The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-10

NaWUVTUUs
down by the ladies as a testimony of their
patriotic feelings The hints and ideas for
these things emanated from headquarters,
lady friend of Lopez being the medium. No
one of course, dared refuse to contribute to-
wards them.
Next 1S6S) the citizens had to make an
Offering, and this time there was no reserve
as to the source of the idea, designs being
made by request of the lady at headquarters,
and from thence sent to Asuncion, where
they were executed The presents this time
consisted of a sword of honor and a crown of
laurel leaves in gold Lopez sent one of his
own swords to be remounted. The hilt was
made with a Saint George and the Dragon on
the guard, all of gold, with twenty-three bril-
liants and numbers of other stones in it. The
sheath was of solid gold, with relieved ara
besques, and the whole was encased in
another telescope sheath also of pure gold,
with golden statue on the top, and made so
that when the telescope part was shut up, the
part which contained the hilt alone was visi-
BILE, thus making beautiful ornament on a
table. The whole was laid on an immense
silver salver
Another patriotic demonstration was or
dered to be made by the women, viz, to beg
permission to take up arms and fight by the
side of their brethren. The offer was made
to the Vice-President at Asuncion, and was
declined for the present. Some twenty girls,
however, belonging to the village of Aregua,
got lances and white dresses with tricoor
bands, and a sort of Scotch cap, designed by
Mrs. Lynch, and they used to go about Asun-
eion singing patriotic hymns.
Paper had become very scarce. A great
quantity was used in Paraguay, as there was
always a document executed to show for
everything which was done. Three new
| weekly papers we're started besides the SeHa-
marie, viz, the CeHtjHeld in Spanish with an
| article OF two in Guarani: and the LaH1baie
| and the CdbjchUi, both entirely in Gualani
| The last-named was meant for representa-
| tive of PHlch, but the jokes in it we're very
| wretched, and sometimes scandalous. The
| Cd6ichij and the CeHtjHCI0 were illustrated
| by woodcuts made 10y two or three soldiers,
| from their own drawings, and were cut with
| penknife.
NJ. Treuenfeldt, of the telegraph, established
paper manutactory, making some of cotton
and some of 'caraguata,' turning out very
| respectable paper. All the government
archives were overhauled, and the fy-leaves
| torn off and used for writing. Everything
was written on as small a piece of paper as
| possible. There was a printing-press with
| the army, where CdJicbUj was printed. The
| articles for the ScmUHdliO were read to Lopez
and when approved were sent to town by tele-
| graph; those which were written in town
being sent by telegraph for his approval, the
amount of correspondence that went through
| the wires being thus something marvellous
Pieces of cowhide were scraped and brought
| to a white surface, and bound mp i'll books
| for writing journals, etc. Parchment was
made from Sheepsllin, and after some trials
was made equal to European parchment
| This was used for the commissions of the
| officers
Ink was made from kind of black bean,
| by extracting the coloring matter with ashes
Soap was made by every division for its own
! consumption by boiling together for time,
varying from four to eight days, according to
| the quality of the ashes, fat meat and wood
| ashes. Three men used to be constantly en-
| ployed in the woods burning these ashes
| having to select a particular tree called
''Youwu, to make strong ashes.
Salt was made formerly made a large scale
| at Lambare, from the river mud, but the
women were too much occupied with other
| things to have time to make enough: cOnSe-
| quently only the hospitals were supplied, and
| that insutficiently. The troops certainly had
a fortnightly ration, but it was quite nominal,
| not being sufficient to salt one meal. Some
months afterwards the men discovered in the
| Chaco a tree with very thick leaves, from
which they extracted, by boiling a substance
resembling salt, but in taste like salt chalk.
| This, however, they ate, being in great want
| of it.
Hides were stretched tight on large square
| frames, and scraped with steel tools till they
were tolerably thin, after which they were
thoroughly rubbed all over with the blunt
point of stick, till they at last became of
the consistency of very thick wash leather.
| These were then cut up and made into trow-
sers, etc; but if the rain fell on Them they
got so stiff that the wearer absolutely could
not bend his legs. They had therefore to be
| given up.
The carpets from the bathrooms of the
club, the railway terminus, etc., in Asuncion,
were cut into 'ponchos' for the soldiers, and
were so stiff that they stood out like adver-
tising boards. As the winters in Para
| quay are extremely cold when the south wind
blows, the men suffered much from want Of
| clothing
Gunpowder was made, the sulphur being
obtained from iron-pyrites, Of which there is
an abundance in Paraguay, and the saltpetre
| being manufactured from urine and decom-
posed animal substances.
Admiral Davis Outwitted.
On December the United States ship Wasp
| again made her appearance, carrying an Ad-
mirals and a Minister'S flag. The new minis
| ter was General McNIahon sent to replace
| Mr. Washburn, whom he had met at Rio
Janeiro. AS Mr.. Washburn had been sub
| iected to some indignities on leaving Para
| guay-especially in having two members of
his legation forcibly taken from him while on
his way to embark thrown into irons and sent
to the army to be iudged-it was determined
that Admiral Davis should goWith a squadron
of war vessels. and demand the surrender OF
these prisoners, and that, until they were
given up, General McNIahon should not land.
The morning the Wasp arrived, captain hlrk,