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stock we had in Texas a generation or
so ago. The animals are understood
They will not weigh within four or five
hundred pounds fthe average stock
be rapidly changed. The government is
encouraging the importation of blood
ed stock, and there is no reason why
Shorthorns and Herefords may not be
raised. / understand that some of the
bumped Indian cattle are being brought
in. AS to sheep I have seen none here
worth the raising. The animals are
weak looking. They are stunted and
their wool is coarse.
All of the stock of Paraguay feed out
in the open, and much of it without
visible care. There are no barns nor
sheds. There are no haystacks. The
grass is green all the year round.
There is but little herding, although on
some of the farms I have seen the
cowboys rounding up the cattle and
branding them. The cattle are 1assoed
and thrown to the ground and the
branding is done with red-hot irons.
Upon rising, the animals are wild and
revengeful. They will attack the cow
boys If they can catch them on foot.
X y
In riding over Paraguay you pass
tens of thousands of ant hills. These
are great round mounds which in some
places rise to a height of from fifteen
to twenty feet. They look like monu-
ments scattered over the fields. In some
places there are hundreds of them
standing together, making you think
they are some strange crop. The hills
differ in size. Here they are not as big
around as a sugar loaf, there one is as
tall as a haycock, and further on are
some that make you think of a hay
stack. The hills are red or brown, ac-
cording to the soil of which they are
made. They are found not only in the
pasture fields, but even IN the cultivat-
ed lands. Sometimes they are only a
few feet apart, and sometimes fifteen
or twenty or more.
These hills are made by the white
ants. Each hill is an ant village, a sort
of catacomb populated by thousands
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huts. There are orange trees in the
thickets, and the great golden balls
shine out of some of the trees as you
ride through the woods. Paraguay is
about the only place upon earth that
the orange grows wild The birds carry
the seeds and the trees are to be found
everywhere.
And such oranges! They are as sweet
as honey and loaded with juice. They
are not especially large and SO far /
have found none without seeds. They
have thin skin of bright yellow.
which contains so much oil that you
can squeeze a piece of the peeling and
little bubbles will come out on the
surface. You can take a match and
light these bubbles
There are oranges for sale at all of
the stations. Bare-footed women bring
them to the car windows in great bas-
kets which rest on their heads. Almost
anywhere. you can get all you can eat
for the asking. l have often had ten
for a cent. At one of the railroad sta
tons ] offered a medic, worth about
half of one of our cents to peddler
saying in my gibberish Spanish, Guam
tos por un medic, senorito"?
"Ocho' (eight) was the reply of the
damsel as she gripped her cigar be-
tween her ivory teeth and held out two
hands full of the sweet golden balls.
The oranges were fresh from the trees
and they made me think of Los An
geles.
1t is estimated that 6o,00O,00O oranges
are annually shipped down the Para
quay river to Buenos Aires. In the
future there will be fruit trains which
will carry the oranges there by rail.
Today one of the great sights of the
country is the mountains of oranges
on the shores of the Paraguay, with
hundreds of Paraguay girls taking
them on to the steamers. The oranges
are brought to the river in carts, each
of which holds about 5000 oranges.
The fruit is thrown into the carts loose
ly, like SO many potatoes, and it is
dumped out on the piles by raising the
carts. just as we dump dirt in repair
ing the roads
The oranges are taken on board the
steamers in baskets of the shape of
bread bowl. A woman will fill her bas-
ket, raise 1t to the head, and walk with
it over gangway to the steamer. She
may not touch her burden until she
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JOHN REDMOND. MP.

the whole resources of Ireland to the
service of the empire and it's cause.
All that Redmond has accomplished
has been brought about by quiet and
friendly negotiation, in which he was
helped immensely. of course, by the
knowledge. both by him and the other
parties to the negotiations, that he had
behind him the solid vote of the Irish
party and also in case of need of a
very respectable muster of liberals and
even tories. who felt strongly on the
curtailment of British liberties. The
only occasion on which a set speech
has been made by one of the Irish
leaders was a few days ago when John
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day. He does not, however. accept
the maxim laid down some years ago
by Mr. Balfour. once leader of the oppo-
sition and now first lord of the admi-
rally in the coalition, that the duty of
an opposition is to oppose" Red
mond's principle is that it is his duty
to help when he believes that the gov
eminent is doing the right thing, to
say nothing when he thinks that what
it is doing is at least not dangerous or
Injurious to the country, and to oppose
with all his might when he is con-
WINGED that it is wrong.
1t must be noted, however. that in all
the cases quoted he has carried his
point without any public opposition or
without any wrangling in parliament
AS a matter of fact, he has only opened
his mouth in the house once since the
war began, and that was to pledge
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The Paraguay Central is one OF the old
roads of South America. 1t was start
ed by the tyrant, Lopez. 1t was orig
inally intended to run from the cap
ital to Villa Rica. That city is the
second town of the country and in the
most thckly populated part of Para
quay The distance to ii from Asun-
cion is about 100 miles. The road had
been completed about half that far
when the war with Prazil broke out
This stopped the construction. and it
was not resumed until almost thirty
years The first road belonged to the
government. but in 1887 this was sold
on the condition that the purchaser
should extend it. the government Civ
ing certain guarantees to the in
come thereon. The new company built
the road on TO Villa Rica: and later
it was extended as far south as Pirapo.
about seventy-tve miles from Encar-
nacion. There it stopped until it was
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Dillon warned the house of the danger
of drifting into conscription in the
it how splendidiy the voiuntary~sys-
tenn has responded to the country's
needs
Apart from the parliamentary side.
Redmond has done splendid work for
the empire. He has silenced the fac
tionsts and the little clique of pro-
Germans in Ireland and his speeches IN
the country have been responsible for
many thousands of recruits for the
army, recruits of the stuff of which
Sergt. Michael OLeary. the Irish
Guards. V. C.. is made. He is holding
up the hands of the government in
suppressing the ridiculous anti-re-
cruiting and pro-kaiser campaign car:
ried on by the remnants of the physical
his full approval that Sheehy Skef-
fington, a former NJ. P, was prose-
cuted in Dublin the other day, and
sentenced to six months hard labor
for making reasonable speeches.
Moreover, it is just as well to say that
in this he has the support of the whole
for men who have themselves suffered
Imprisonment for disloyalty in the
past, and one at least of whom has
borne arms against the British govs
eminent.
The net result of it all is that John
Redmond has added to his reputation
both in Ireland and in England as a
consummate statesman, and he has
made it even more certain than it was
before that the home rule act will go
into operation at the end of the war.
He has disarmed most of the remaining
opposition in England by his manly
work for the empire and for his stand
in defense of English and Irish lber-
ties. He is now looked on in England
much in the same light as the prime
minister of Canada, and it is regarded
quite as a matter of course that he
should be consulted by the government
on every important step. AS leader of
his majestys opposition he is today
in position of far more power and
influence than if he had accepted the
portfolio which was offered him of
his majesty's postmaster general.
CURTIS BROWN.
Copyright, 1915, by Curtis Brown.)
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cowboys. or gauchos on horseback.
There are such men at the stations.
They all ride in their bare feet with
great steel spurs strapped to the heels.
The saddles are heavy, with sheepskins
on top.
l am frequently asked as to the cost
of land in Paraguay. There is plenty
for sale, but it is increasing in value.
Land in the territories of the Argentine
adjoining Paraguay is now selling at
100000 and upward per Argentine
square league, or at about $3.50 per
acre. There are good lands in Para
quay which sell as low 81 an acre.
and in the Chaco the prices are lower.
The climate of the country is delight
full, and it seems to paradise of
the future.
AS it is now the cattle in Parag quay
are poor. They are of mongrel breed.
that looks much like the long horned
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The Scapedog.

CHARLES NJ. SCHWAB, the ironmast.
" er, dresses so well that he is often
taken for an Englishman.
On Mr.. Schwab's last visit to London
a lemon visaged suffragette came up to
him in Piccadilly, extended a little
white feather. and said:
Young man, what are you doing for
king and country"
There were several replies that Mr..
Schwab might have made; but the one
he selected was this-and he delivered
it in the staccato, sing-song voice Of
the English swell:
What am l doing for king and
country? Well, madam. I'd like you
to know that ! bought a dachshund at
the beginning of this war. and there
isn't a crime the Germans perpetrate
that l don't thrash that blooming doc
for"
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DUBLIN, July 8.
07 0HEN the great European war
MAN. broke out and the party
W\V truce was declared in Eng
" " land the friends of Ireland
trembled for the fate of home rule. 1t
seemed as IL Ireland was once again
to be robbed of the fruits Of the age
long work of her patriotic sons, and
there were some Irishmen-tr1e pa
triots and stalwart supporters Of John
Redmond and his party-who honestly
regretted Redmond's policy of loyalty
to England and believed that he should
have put on the screw in the day of
England's difficulty to force from her
immediate home rule.
Fortunately, Redmond's policy pre-
vailed and there are today few Irish
men in Ireland. except the few ire
ooncihble factionists, who do not freely
admit that Redmond's craftsmanship
has fully justified itself and that Ire
land today occupies a far stronger po-
sition in the British empire than she
ever did beforehand that wholly be-
cause of Redmond's tact and ability.
II Is true that when the coalition gov
eminent was formed and 1t was found
that II included some of the most Bit
ter enemies of Ireland's aspirations.
such as Sir Edward Carson and Sir
r. z. Smith. there was some misgiving.
but Redmond has again proved that
he was capable of dealing with the sit
uation and that Ireland has nothing to
fear.
The fact is that today Redmond Is one
- q he rf,I y,ta IL he
British empire. and nothing can be
done by the parliament of the United
Kingdom without his consent. He is
also becoming almost popular in
England as in Ireland. He stands to-
day for the preservation of those liber-
ties that the average Englishman holds
SO dear, and which were threatened by
anxiety. or even panic. over the mill
tary situation. The writer had a con-
crete example Of this new popularity
the other day while dining at a leading
Dublin club. One of the party was an
English business man. who has always
been high TORY and who. in the old
days seldom mentioned Redmond's
name except to execrate ii. On this
occasion he raised his glass and said,
Here's to John Redmond, the man
who saved US from teetotalism and con-
of course. but it was fully in earnest.
This tory Englishman recognized that
John Redmond and his party had pre-
vented the triumph. under the cloak
of the war. of the faddistS and the old
fashioned militarist conscriptionists In
Britain.
mere recital of the things that the
Irish party under John Redmond have
done, or rather have prevented the
British government from doing. will
explain what is meant when II is said
that today the Irish party is the real
ruler Of the British empire. To begin
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in the country it has been lower for
the reason that most of the Irish far
mers are peasant proprietors, who can
not leave their holdings as easily as a
throw up his job to take the kings
shilling. 1t is just men of this ella So
who would have been hit hard, and in
thousands of cases ruined by the sud-
den introduction of compulsory mill
tary service, and in saving them John
Redmond has also saved thousands Of
men in a similar position in England,
who are duly grateful to him. He has
also earned the gratitude of these hum
dreds of thousands of Englishmen who
service and believe that the country can
get all the willing men it needs.
One other example may be quoted OF
Redmonds power. That is his killing
which. when the coalition government
was formed, it was proposed to make
James Campbell, K. c., an Ulster poll
tician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. This
pension for life of $4,000 year of the
present Lord Chancellor Ignatius
OBrien. The scandal is all the greater
as Campbell Is not great lawyer and
O'Brien is. Campbelfs only claim to
the appointment was that he was bit
ter Ulster partisan who had been useful
to Sir Edward Carson, the attorney
general in the new British cabinet. 1t
was also a distinctly bad appointment
because it placed all the immense Irish
legal patronage, including the appoint
ment Of judges. in the hands of bitter
partisan who was opposed to the aspire
atoms of four-fifths of the Irish people.
The writer has no hesitation in say
ing that in defeating this job Redmond
nearly brought down the new coalition
cabinet, but he persevered and he sue
ceeded, and he again suggested the
compromise which saved the cabinet.
When it became known that the Irish
party would not have Campbells APP
pointment, Asquith. the prime minister.
was quite ready to withdraw 1t, but
CampbelIs hackers would not consent
They were, of course, Sir Edward Car
son and Sir F. E. Smith, who had al
ready accepted Office in the new govern
ment. They held Asquith to his prom
Use to appoint Campbell and threatened
to resign If it were not carried out.
Asquith. in his turn. declared that he
would keep his word, but that he would
resign if he had to do SO.
The compromise finally arrived at
after several days of very anxious ne
gotiation was that place of equal
financial Importance should be found
for Campbell in England. and with this
the Ulster politicians had to be satisfied.
Perhaps the wisdom of John Red
mond's decision not to enter the coali-
ton cabinet will now be appreciated.
He has been able to do all these things
simply because he was independent
Had he been in the cabinet he would
have been committed to everything APP
proved by the majority of his col
leagues. and his only course would have
been to approve or resign. He is now
in the position of watchful and en-
tirely friendly leader of the opposition.
and indeed his party is the only indie
pendent opposition in parliament to-
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with there was the drink muddle. First
of all we were to have total prohibi-
ton. There is unimpeachable authority
for the statement that the late liberal
government, partly under misappre-
hension as to the real facts about
drunkenness among the workingmen,
and partly under pressure of the fan
stical teetotal party which forms a
strong wing of the liberal party, had
decided on measure of total prohibit
ton for the period of the war OF
course. this aroused storm of pro-
test in England. but the English, after
all, are pate 1t people and willing
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Writes Of Trip Across Paraguay by Rail

of these insects. There are as many
working ants below the surface as
above it. and one of the serious prob
lens of the farmer is to get rid of the
ants. The only way to do this is to
dig out the hills and burn them. This
must be done before the ground can
be plowed.
villages. They make their way up
through the brick floors, and start their
little hills there. A housewife may go to
bed at night with her floor as clean
as a Dutch kitchen and awake the
next morning to find it covered with
great cones of sand in which there are
thousands of ants. The ants eat wood,
and they honeycomb the rafters and
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to put up with a good deal from their
government.
This protest was effectual in SO far
as the government proposed to modify
it's plan prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of spirits altogether. but i'm
posing what was practically a prohib
tive tax on the heavier beers. This
struck directly at Ireland, for much OF
the spirits consumed in England and
nearly all of the heavy beers are made
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Paradise the Railroad Con-
Quoted IhmdC Woman Smokers-lhe
Fue-PMaguays That
dan in
Raised
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Copyright. 1915. by Frank C. Carpenter.)
ENCARNACION, Paraguay.

q q AVE you ever heard of Encar-
ILL nacion? 1t is a little town of
JTl $4,000. in the very heart of the
q q South American continent. 1t
is situated about half way between the
Amazon river and the Strait of Ma
gellan. 1t is as far west of the At
lantic ocean as Pittsburgh. and as far
east of the Pacific as the distance from
New York to Chicago. 1t is at the
southern end of the Paraguay Repub-
lie. and just across the river from the
Argentine Mesopotamia. a great block
Of fertile land which lies between the
Paraguay and Uruguay rivers. En-
carna cion is on the A1to-Parana. That
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very attractive were it not for the big
cigars in their mouths.
Let me give you some of the pic
lures ! made from the car windows as
l rode through the heart of this far
away land. We shall start at Asun-
cion, the capital of Paraguay. 1t is a
city of 100000 people on the banks of
the Paraguay river. 1t is close to the
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Perhaps the biggest thing of all that
John Redmond has done has been the
prevention of the introduction of con-
scription in the continental form in the
United Kingdom. There is no doubt. of
course. that some form of compulsion
will be introduced to deal with slack
workmen. but the voluntary system for
the army will now be maintained at
least until the war is over and the
country has time to take stock Of the
situation in cold blood
Here. again. Ireland would have been
particularly hit by CONSUMPTION. 1t has
been said that recruiting in Ireland has
not been good, but that is SANDER.
Considering the Irish conditions 1t has
been as good and in many districts
better than in England, though per-
haps not quite SO good as in Scotland.
Recruiting in the Irish towns has been
quite up to the English standard, but
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in Ireland, and Redmond promptly in
formed the government that he would
not have ito use the celebrated
Ulster phrase.
The government decided that it could
not afford to quarrel with the Irish.
and it promptly backed down. The re-
Irishman well, can enjoy his beer
or his whisky and soda. The govern
ment has since learned, what John
Redmond knew. that the extent of the
was grossly exaggerated by the tenn
perance party and the conscriptionists,
working hand in hand.
The next trial of strength between
Redmond and the British Puritans was
over the question Of racing. and here
the situation was a little more COM
plicated. There Is no doubt that the
agitation against racing was largely
is also no doubt that the big race
meetings in England, such as the
Derby. attract large crowds of undesir-
ables and afford an opportunity to
little and care less about horses, to
gamble On the other hand, there Is
not the slightest doubt that racing is
useful as an encouragement to horse
breeding. and that in England at least,
it would be difficult to induce the
farmers to breed horses Of suitable
type for cavalry purposes without
racing.
~ eohie VI INC coieiieHldi cooieiieS
of Europe this difficulty is overcome
by the maintenance of state stud farms,
but nothing of the sort has been done
in England. In the case of racing. Ire
land again was directly affected, for
she is the principal breeding ground of
race and cavalry horses. and the total
prohibition of racing would have been
a severe blow to her farmers.
Recognizing the difficulty of the stu
alton. Redmond proposed the compro--
mise that was finally accented DESPITE
much protest by the opponents Of rae
ing. This was that racing should be
permitted in Ireland. where it is fol-:
lowed as a pure sport, and at one
course in England. Newmarket, which
is sufficiently far from London to pre-
vent the assemblage of the great
crowds which have constituted such a,
scandal and which incidentally might
have afforded a fair mark for Yep
pelins.
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DUBLIN, July 8.
~ 7HEN the great European war
MANI broke out and the party
" " land the friends of Ireland
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-05
FOR HALL OF FAME
Seventeen Names Selected Out Of Which
Five VIII he Chosen.

NEW YORK. June 4-Seventecn
names OF famous Americans, out of
more than 900 nominated by the gen
era! public. have been selected as can
didatcs Tor the five tablets inscribed
every fivc years in tho Hall of Fame
Of New York University. They wer.
chosen by the 100 electors appointed
quinquennial!y 10 render final decision
in the matter and who will choose the
ultimate five in September They are
as follows:
Francis Parkman, author; Mark Hop
kins. educator; Alice Freeman Palmer
teacher: Horace Bushnell, preacher
and theologian; Joseph Henry, Renja-
min Thompson and Louis Agassiz. sci
cntists, George Rogers Clark. Nathan
!cl Greene and Thomas j. Jackson, sol
dicrs; Rufus Choate and Thomas McIn-
tyre Cooley, jurists; Samuel Adams,
Patrick Henry, John Jay and !Alexan-
der Hamilton, statesmen; Charlotte
saunders Cushman. actress
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CARRANZA WILL REPLY
TO WILSON'S NOTE,

VERA CRUZ, June 4-"Appreciative,
friendly and serene" such will he the
tone OF General Carranza's reply to
President Wilson's note. After care
fully considering the note. General
Carranza concluded that IL contains
nothing other than hopeful suggestions
for the Constituencies cause. and
II was officially announced to-day that
his reply to President Wilson would
be handed TO John r. Silliman. personal
representative of President Wilson in
Mexico, for transmission.
AS the note has been read more and
more by Carranza officials and the
Cabinet, il has created n feeling that
President Wilson intends no harsh ac-
ton toward Mexico.
a distinct feeling prevails that a
more definite attitude AT Washington
Will result in Fastening n solution of
the Mexican problem without foreign
aid How this is TO be done nobody
processes to know. except General
Carranza himself. and he expresses the
opinion that his intended rcoccupation
OF MeNico City soon will place the Con-
stitutionalistS in better position TO
be recognized by Washington.