"NEW AUSTRALIA."

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4627, 20 January 1894, Page 2

"NEW AUSTRALIA."

Life in Paraguay.

We select the following. extraote from & letter to - the Bnenoß Ayres Stanford; In •worldly wealth the". poorer classes of Paraguay are truly ' poor indeed ! Meanly fed and scantily ' clad, they evince but little oi the stamina of physical strength and are ' content to live from day to tlia continued humdrum 'of a lazy , monotonous life, without aim or ambition ■ whatever, further than the bare keeping together of body and soul. Not the faintest idea of bettering position, or improving the condition, : social or intellectual, of their sins' and daughters.

. No promise of remuneration, , ever generous, will secure the st&dy, ' continued labour of the Paraguayan; he prefero what be stupidly calls Lis " liberty," doing nothing, or at least willonly work when obliged, A lovely view of Asuncion is before me as I stand on the broad terrace- ': balcony ot our hotel, To the right the street in front runs down ■ to the port and water's edge, and beyond a • wide expanse of river that presents ' a 1 lake-like vista with yellow sand/ banks in long stretches here and theref ; ' high and dry, for the river is still sL'; low that navigation of large " oraft ■■ is difficult and dangerous. Away( aoroaa the water, fringed by virgin i. woods and bounded by lohg runß of\ camp-lands is the Ohuoo, where the ! " Indians of many tribes still hold to-.'- f gether and are left comparatively free •' and without molestation. I turn my gaze to the left and a widely different though equally pleasing landScape meets the eye. The sloping bills rise higher, and higher, dott|B by numberless picturesque houses huts, often completely lost in verdure, and on the highest sumniit that the eye can reaoh is the small, interesting ' "God's Aore," belonging to the Spanish community of this capital. The dusk of evening throws around its myaterioua shadows, and the sun . has sunk to reßt in a gorgeous glow, betokening a' fine to-morrow ; the twinkling stars have pierced the veil of night, and are bright and beautiful, and shining lights are also visible on the hill slopes, and out on the water of the broad river, on whose quiet bosom are anchored three Brazilian men .of war, and several Paraguayan and Argentine steamer?, lighters,-, boats, etc, all with their signal lamps burning aloft, Asuncom itself at night is badly lighted; kerosene lamps hung at intervals from houses, or from the arohes of the Awa'd^'. here and there, penetrate but little : the gloom of darkness with their' yellow iare, but the private lamps of 1 the offices and hotels, and the brightly illuminated shop windows are chiefly responsible for theoheeiful light that..,—, enables the pedestrian to see the road after dark,

j The Corporation here evidently ex* „ peot more than reasonable service of ' •' the " Queen of night," Long before she has attained her earliest quarters, and is still a very early goer-to-bed, her light, bo pure and romantic, is, counted upon as a means of economy, and the town's lamps are not lighted, ,so outside the principal streets the 1 place is loat iu gloomy darkness as a • natural consequence, And thus it i coraeH about that (as in the time of ; Lopez) people going home at night 1 .are aooustomed to carry square glass lanterns, and it is curious to see.these i lights flitting about after dark on theC hill sides and outside roads. Indeed i oft times they may be seen in the busiest thoroughfares of the town itself, and even with the gloriously beautiful light of the moon at full, when the dull " flicker of a tallow candle seems ridiou- ' lous, for bo addioted are womeniWhis habit,that,carrying their low, as near the ground as poH^ they seem to rely on that feeble light' " for gaidanca altogether when the brighterilluminationisfulluponthem. I suspect this custom has arisen from the necessity to protect their bare feet as much as poasilbe from the injury so easily incurred by treading on rough ground, or on broken pieces of glass, ' pots, any other ddbris could hurt or woukl them, I have also observed that these bare-footed oreatures have feet, presumably because never known compression in or way. And, again, that children, the big toe is neighbour, by an least an inch or bo in may be in part caused by the iflHl make of this digit of tlie for in riding the great toe is outside the front perpendicular har of the stirrup which is between it and its four younger biethem that rest out- . side on the low bar. In this position the feet seem to have great strength in keeping a firm seat "in the saddle, or standing upright in the stirrups, etc, I Also these, people when carrying water jugs, baskets, parcels or what not on their' heads,' .V ': should they drop or see any thing on ,' ! they do it moft adroitly with tho two first toes, which pinch the artiole be» tween them, and then the' foot is shot (out behind and highered to the -•' level of meeting the hand thatliberates'' v : the .pick-up from tho toe-pincers, wijhout fhe leatt stagger beinceiven to ithe body. - Kay indeed ißLavoJ.r seel girls who did not even' pnt up a m ham to balanco the heavy bnrden on 5 the wad during'tho standing) on'one - r „•

the met* money, and the bring a women any wonder (bat we and other desperate times bb these 1 Men Hffin suffer by sympathy. "AH these things are to be exJotted, but as far as the feelings and ejtlth are concerned their effects may easily l;e orfercome. Ido not mean by rcwog away from duty or by reeortingto the ÜBe of stimulants; but I will tell you what I do mean, 11 For a nnmber oi years past,among fill the discoveries and inventions of ecieace, one preparation has stood out prominent and pre-eminent. It has done more to relieve men when overburdened, and to make women happy instead of despondent, thau any other discovery of modern times. It iB that incomparable preparation known as Warner's Sife Cure. You have a!l of jou, or nearly all, heard of it, and are aware of the popularity it has acquired, and the high standing it maintains. " But you cannot know so well as the professional man the important relation it t retains in suffering humanity. I iiave met with men who were run i]jwn, debilitated, dieoouraged, despairing, who hare been brought back by its means to health and hopefulness, their ambition restored, and their prosperity assured, I have seen women who were pale, weak, and suffering, the viotims of family caret and the general worries of life,

restored to rosy health and happiness.

f These are facts which have been proved in the experience of multitudes, of people, and that can be easily verified in every community among whioh the remedy haß been intro--1 duced." "It is by the persistent use o this great discovery that men and women may be ennbled to combat tuccessfully the trying times that ire now upon us, Certainly there ii no remedy known to ns to-day as Warner's Safe Cure; nothing which takes hold of the _ _ ■ Ararat) gently, yet so powerfully. Undoubtedly iVtliould be used by ill who are either run down or are suffering from the - causes I have indioited, " The worries of life and mental inxieties noir to common, oecasioned " by an almost universal depression in business, are matttrilargely calculated te hare a prejudicial effect on the ohief otgans of the human syatem, producing derangement of the kidneys, liver, bladder, &o. These again Affect the condition oi the blood, rendering it impure and unwholesome. Warner's Sate Cure possesses a i specific influence over these organs—t hence it is that tho medicine has i gained the credit, and rightly so, among reflecting minds for meeting the exigencies of the prevailing terrible times.