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900 and there are in addition about
$4,000 wild Indians whose census has
never been taken. The bulk of the in
habitants live in Paraguay proper.
They are a mixture of whites and of a
cross between the white face and the
Guarani Indians. The first whites were
Spaniards, many of whom intermarried
with the Guaranis. and it is their de-
scendants and those of the Spaniards
who form the Paraguayans- of today.
In addition to the native population
there are perhaps about $4,000 foreign
ers made up of Italians. Argentinos.
French. There are 10000 Italians, a
little over 5000 Argentinos. perhaps
$500 Germans and not to exceed so
Americans. The Americans are chiefly
in the northern part of the country,
where colony of them has large cat
tie lands. Their leader is G. l.. Rickard.
who is said to have made large part
of his money as the promoter of the
Jeffries-Johnson prize fight,
The most of the population of Para
quay is scattered widely over the coun-
try There are but few cities of size.
Asuncion has nearly 100000 Villa Rica,
which is several hours back from the
river by rail. has $4,000. and Villa Con-
cepcion, thirty hours north of Asun
cion by steamer, has 10000 or more.
Altogether there are a half dozen other
towns ranging in population from 5000
to 10000.
The rest of the people live in little
hamlets composed of thatched huts of
fifteen to twenty-five feet square. The
smaller towns have no modern i'm
provements. Their streets are unpaved,
and the houses are scattered along
roads which are often as grass grown
as the fields.
The smaller cities have one or two
streets of one-story brick buildings,
the walls of which are covered with
stucco and rooted with red tiles. Along
the rivers you now and then see roofs
of galvanized iron. There are some
houses with walls of stone, which are
rooted with palm bark. The larger
cities have parks or plazas. and Asun-
cion is quite up-to-date. 1t has cleo
trio lights and electric street cars. and
some of Its public buildings are fine.
shall write further of it in the future.
There are large parts of Paraguay
that have no inhabitants whatever. hat na
longs to the government, which is
anxious to colonize it. 1t has been en-
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pect Men who have been brought up
for a lifetime IN an atmosphere of po-
litical and religious hatred can hardly
shake il off even after so great an in
ternational CONFUSION as the present
There is still "A section. small on both
sides and composed of men well past
middle life, who are irrscohcilable. but
the great bulk of Irishmen are now
casting around for way to reach an
agreement for the future government
of ireland, which will satisfy her ma
tional aspirations and antagonize none
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other day about the situation, and. he
said:
For my part the Irish can have any
thing they want after war. We were
all wrong about them. I confess that
l was one of those who thought that
the Irish would take the opportunity OF
England's difficulty to make things
hard for US. but l am also more than
glad to confess that I was all wrong
- one appreciates the statesmanlike
attitude of John Redmond better than
the English unionists, and we would be
churlish indeed II we continued to sus-
pect him after what he, and Ireland
under his leadership have done for the
empire. I, for one and 1 know most
Of my colleagues agree with me, am
willing to trust Mr.. Redmond, and ]
don't see that Ulster need have any
thing to fear"
This is the attitude, too, of the un-
official unionists, the British merchants
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Copyright. 1915. by Frank @. Carpenter,

Copyright 1915 by Frank g. Carpenter.)
ASUNCION, Paraguay.
q AM in the heart of another meat
land of Infinite possibilities.
am in Paraguay, country that
& lies midway between Manaos, the
metropolis of the central Amazon river,
and Buenos Aires, the great city at the
mouth of the Rio de II Plata. OF all
the South American republics. Paraguay
and Bolivia only have no seacoast. Bo-
livia is shut off from the Pacific by one
of the greatest deserts on earth. 1t Is
land of snow-peaked mountains and
lofty plateaus. Paraguay is only few
hundred feet above the sea. 1t is
country of perennial green. 1t lies In
the arms of amorous rivers that are
always ready to carry her products out
TO the ocean. 1t has soil of astounding
fertility. pasture lands as good as those
of the pampas lands of Argentina. and
1t promises to I,e one of the bread lands
and wheat lands of the future.
In coming here from the Atlantic
ocean ! have travelled on steamers
1900 miles. and the last 800 was on
the Paraguay river. ] could go on the
same river a thousand miles further
nOrtn INTO the nedrt OF Brazil, anu
there is a good cattle country along
both banks of the river all the way.
Just opposite where T write these
notes the Pilcomayo flows into the
Paraguay. and several hundred miles
off in the opposite direction is the
Alto-Parana. which enters the Parana
ha
of these streams is enormous. I have
written you of the Parana proper. 1t
is double the size of the Ganges. three
times that of the st. Lawrence. four
times that of the Danube and five times
that of the Nile The A!to-Parana 1s
one of its branches. and it extends 6oo
miles from where it joins the Farana
to its source in the GoyaZ mountains OF
Brazil
The Pilcomayo is about 1880 miles
long. 1t rises in the Andes not lar
from the source OF the Madeira, that
winds its way through unknown
wilderness until it empties into the
Paraguay opposite where | am now
The Pilcomayo forms the southern
boundary of the Chaco. the wild west
of the Paraguay republic. or rather 1t
divides the Argentine Chaco and the
Paraguayan Chaco in half 1t Is WIND
ing stream running through SWamps,
great forests and mighty pastures on
its way from Bolivia down to Para-
quay. The Paraguay river proper is a
still greater stream. 1t is navigable
from here almost a thousand miles
northward. and it is SO long that If 1t
were stretched upon the United states,
with it's windings uncoiled. 1t Wouid
reach from Boston to Denver and con-
meet the salt waters of the Atlantic
with those of the South Platte river,
that little stream that washes the feet
of the capital of Colorado
was a day and night in coming
from the Parana proper to the mouth
of the Pilcomayo. The Paraguay river
is about as wide the Mississippi
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ginning Of the row is often the strik-
ing UP of national airs by the Celtic
band, and the unionists feel 1t their
duty to stop the music.
The incident was described by Bel
fast linen merchant, who Is strong
unionist. The match had ended, and
the band began to tune up. Some of
the unionist lads showed signs of un-
rest, but the tune they heard was not
God Save Ireland" or THE Wearing
of the Green" but God Save the
King"
II never heard of such a thing" said
the informant. "a nationalist band
playing God Save the King Our lads
didn't know what to do, but they
couldn't let God Save the King go
the nationalists cheered. and there
wasn't single fight that day"
Irish M. P.s who are returning from
London say. however, that the fate of
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land because they have been taught
that the people are savages. Having
learned that they are not savages, there
is every likelihood that their keen
commercial instinct will lead them to
seek out the wealth to be made in de-
veloping the more backward parts of
their own country. Similarly, perhaps.
the overproduction of doctors and
lawyers for export in the south and
west will cease and the young profess
sional men will be able to find a career
among their own countrymen in the
wealthier north.
At any rate, one thing is certain.
There will be no civil war in Ireland
after the great war is over. The
soldiers will see to that. And another
thing that Is certain is that Ireland
will govern herself in her own way.
Copyright. 1915. by Curtis Brown-)
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Paraguay a Great Meat and Fruit Land Of Fute

it is believed that cotton and bananas
will some day be raised for export.
Paraguay Is a natural stock country
The grass is green all the year round
Much of the country is one mighty
park of green plains spotted with
groves There is water everywhere
and the cattle need but little care. ex-
cept at the times of the annual round
ups. So far there has been no great
upbreeding of stock, and but few i'm
portations of Durhams, Herefords and
Shorthorns, as in the Argentine and
Uruguay. The cattle are now more
like our Texas cattle Of the past. They
are long-horned. rangy animals. which
VIII have to be greatly improved be-
fore they Will do for chilled beef. Such
as are now killed for their meat are
for the salederos. the flesh being turned
into beef extract or salted and dried
for export. AS you ride through Para
quay you see strips and sheets Of such
meat hanging upon poles and swaying
to and fro in the breeze, and the people
seem to like it better than the freshly
killed beef. Such meat is eaten IN the
West Indies Islands, in Brazil. Argen-
tina, and, In fact in nearly all of the
South American countries. 1t is used
for stews, being cooked with rice. po-
tatoes and mandioca-
There is no doubt, however. but that
Paraguay has a great future as . meat
producer. The prices of cattle are ris-
ing, and. with a little care, the pas
turage here can be made as good as
that of the Argentine. I am told that
some trainloads of cattle have already
been shipped over the new railway to
Buenos Aires. and that II the stock
can be bred UP, there is no reason why
millions Of head should not there find
q profitable market. The good cattle
lands are to be found not only in Para
quay proper. but also in various places
throughout the Chaco. and there are
now companies and syndicates who are
buying the grass lands and preparing
to stock them.
Indeed, IT Is in such companies that
American capital is now becoming
largely interested. have already re-
ferred to Mr.. G. L. Rickard or TEX
Richard" as he is popularly known
among the sporting circles of our coun-
try. The business with which he Is
connected is known as the New York
and Paraguay Company. chartered In
Delaware. It has a capital of q million
and half dollars gold, and 1t owns
about a million acres of land in west
ern Paraguay. perhaps forty hours by
steamer north of Asuncion. It's nearest
largo city Is Conception, which is
about 1872 miles up the river. The COM
pany has a town of its own. of the
name Of Puerto Penasco. It has al
ready erected seventy-hve buildings.
including a hotel, a drug store, a pub
lie bakery and post Office and Jail. 1t
has its own police force. authorized by
the Paraguay government. and 1t is
practically supreme In its locality. 1t
has now about 10000 or more cattle,
which it has turned out to Craze.
One Of the chief businesses Of this
syndicate is in exploiting it's forests
of uuehache wood 1t has built q rail-
road twenty-five miles long to bring
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clauses, and no one really accepted it
as final measure.
In the meantime there has been a
great boom in Irish recruiting for the
army, especially in the south and west:
There can be no denying the fact tina. :.
Ulster did better at the beginning OF
the war in furnishing recruits than the
rest Of Ireland, but there are other rea-
sons than excess of loyalty for that;
Ulster Is much more largely industrial
than the rest of the country, and It ID
easier to reach a factory population
than one engaged in agriculture Then,
too. it is much easier for a factory
hand to leave his Job and enlist than
1t is for small farmer to leave nls
farm.
activities of the little group of OK,
tremists who are said to be suppieo
with money by Sir Roger Easement IN
Berlin has had some effect in confus-
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but that day I thanked God that I was
an Irishman. !, for one. will never have
another word to say against any Irish
man, no matter what he believes or
how he says his prayers"
Another little incident in a lighter
vein shows the other side Of the pic
ture. 1t also relates to the Celtic foot
ball ground in Belfast. which Is the
scene of regular matches between ma
tionalist and unionist teams, which
often end in contest more serious
than foot ball The signal for the be-
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Writes Country With Climate Like Florida
Raising Sugar Cane and obaCulvaton Vast Undvoped Pas
tGoemment Lands and Cno Some Exploiting the Cat
TenoyTh Have Bought 100000 Have 10000 Out
Gaze-A Controls ndhyNy Ranches
Whose Owners o Supply Beef to the United States.
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Ireland and Of Ulster is to be decided
by the British unionists. and that a
wonderful change has taken place IN
their attitude. They have never been
so extreme as the Ulster party, and
many OF them, If they had not felt
bound by party loyalty, would have
thrown over the Ulsterttes long ago.
Now they do not conceal their weari-
ness of the whole squabble.
One of the responsible leaders of the
party was talking in his club the
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and professional men who are the
backbone Of the party. They are tired
Of hearing of the Irish question. and
they are ready to trust Mr.. Redmond
and tho men who fought for them in
Flanders.
With this spirit animating both Brit
ish parties 1t ought not to be difficult
to secure an even more satisfactory
measure of home rule than the present
vision, especially in it's financial
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Special Correspondence of The star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
DUBLIN, May 81. 1915
NIHA.TT .Ts vii, .11e be ,hs the wa1 fate St % nFs it.
WV become .s,"n united as co country n.s,,an in
and all shades of religious belief will
unite. as in other countries. for the
common good. or will the ase-old di-
visions which have weakened the coun-
try and make IT the Cinderella among
nations be revived' Men of good will
of all classes are asking these ques-
.tions now, and the writer is glad to
| be able to report that the outlook is
I decidedly favorable for a really united
Ireland
OF course. it is too much TO say that
1 the division between orange and green
will disappear utterly from the face of
I, the country. That is too much to ex-
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out the timber, and It has . numbsr o1
boats Of one kind OF other. n has an
soo-ton steamer that floats tl1s Ar
gentine flag and its manager hes q
launch that carries the Stars and
Stripes. intertwined with the eol0rs o{
this republic. up aad down the Para
quay river.
This American company fs said to be
operated somewhat IN connection with
the Farquhar syndicate. tho stock o}
which is often supposed 70 be under
American influence. II 10 tho eame
company that has tnken over the Para.
quay Central railroad. that now eoes
eouthward from Asuncion to the Altos
Parana river and from there across
into the Argentine ana on to .Buenos
Aires. making a through railroad route
between the two countries- The same
system owns the electric Hight and
street cars Of Asuncion. ana II has been
OF the government given out here with
IN the past few years. N Is now push
ing Its railways on toward the MIA
cara farls OF South America, on the
Parsna river near tho Brazilian bound
sry. The direction Of tho work is un-
DER American constructors
=.
Another concern thnt 10 now owned
by tho FArQuhars 10 La industrial Fara-
guaya. This company controls The
yerbe mate Industry. II has millions
OF acres OF yerbe forests, ana emplovs
thousands OF faborers in getting ont
yerbe mats OF Paraguyan tea II IN
also Interested IN timber production.
and owns forests Of hard and sofS
woods.
Among the other large companies Of
- 1o< e.
tie. and vast tract of land which II
is trying to colonize The title of this
exploring the territories about its
Cattle Company, and Its holdings alto-
gether amount to 5.0oO,oo0 acres It Ia
exploring t he territories about its
estate, and its engineers and surveyors
have gone something like 800 miles
into the interior. I am told that they
have found plenty of pasture, and that
they will eventually have one of the
largest cattle estancias of this part
Of the world.
As it is now. there are many large
ranches in Paraguay proper. whose
owners are raising cattle for the mar
ket. They are beginning to ship to
BuenoS Aires. Some of them have
bought improved stock, and they are
taking more care of their farms than
ever before. They expect to breed up
their animals to such state that they
will be suitable for chilled beef for the
United States and Europe. At present
most of the Paraguay cattle are turned
into dried or jerked beef. There are
saladeros at Conception and other
places, and the cattle are driven there
for sale. Conception is now slaughter
ing something like 10000 a year. and
it exports salt, dried beef. hides. bones
and grease. The dried beef goes to
Brazil, Cuba and Porto Rico and to
other Spanish American countries.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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p. w. c. Keiser-. general chairman of the
b of l. F. and E. and Mrs Keiscr and
daughter, Jane, are spending the HOLIDAYS
with relatives and friends in Arkansas
City.
Elmer Harris, of the machine shops.
has returned from a short business trim
to Independence, Kan.
frank Brooks, of the superintendent
oLilce, and Mrs. Brooks have returned to
their home in Emporia. after a short visit
with friends here.
Rev A E. Peterson will conduct the
9lole lass in the Santa Fe machine shops
thursday noon.
Mrs Jessie Ogan, of Arkansas City. is
SpenuinE the holidays here with relatives
and friends Mrs Ogan was before her
marriage Miss Jessie Perrin, of the ticket
A chorus and orchestra will be organ
lied tonight at the Third Presbyterian
ander for the Bob johnson meetings.
Ear Counter. of the electrical depart
ment has recovered from a few weeks
serious illness.
u: OF L. E. and the Joint Protective board
OF TIE r. Of L +. and E. will reconvene
next Monday morning. the board mem
2ers having gone to their home for the
The next regular meeting of the Ladies'
soIiety 70 the B. of l. f. and Z. will be
neg Wednesday, afternoon, January L.
with Mrs c. Z. Hampstead at which time
held. va OS
J. T. HAYES, of the telegraph depart
ment has returned from short business
c Speers has returned TO Denver.
Colo after short business trip here.
= + Grant has returned to Chica go.
after = short business trip here with Santa
The community of Tecumseh are highly
praistng the offer OF assistance of the
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family dinner and reunion at their home
in Chester avenue Christmas day. Every
member of the family was in attendance
the first time all had been together in
more than fifteen years. The party was
composed of Mr.. and Mrs. Huey, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. L. Curtis and four children of
Manhattan, Kan. Mr.. and Mrs. Grin r.
Peak and sons Burton and Willis of Kan
sas City, Mo, Mr.. Fred Huey and Mr..
Samuel Huey-
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Alibone are spending
the holidays with relatives and friends
in Centralia, Kan
Mr. and Mrs. G. n. Anderson and daugh-
ter Mabel of Forest avenue spending
a few days this week with the Chas. Kim
ball family at Valley Falls. Miss Mabel
will remain until the first of next week.
Mrs. J. b. johnson and daughter June
of Gardner. Kan, arrived today for
short visit with Mrs. Johnson's mother,
Mrs H. A. Armstrong, in Oakland avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Bradshaw of Chester
avenue are visiting relatives in Trenton,
Mo, during the holidays.
The members of the S. o. D. n. club will
hold their Christmas exchange tonight at
the home of Miss Eta BOrst in Poplar
street.
The regular monthly business and social
meeting of the Missionary society of the
Oakland Presbyterian church will be held
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Elizabeth
Lee in Michigan avenue. Mrs. j. w.
Thompson will have charge of the study
for the afternoon.
The members of the c. c. c. club were
entertained this afternoon at the home of
Mrs. S. V. Atwood.
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Mrs. A scheetz and granddaughter, Elsie
Helmond of 512 Chandler street, have
Masters Jewell and Joe Papin are slow
monia at their home in East Sixth street
A surprise birthday party was given
Swygart avenue, for Mr.. Emil Bechtel, who
was eighteen years old yesterday The
and games being played during the eve
ming. Those present were: Miss Daisy
Wo9deox, Miss Lula YoHngman, Miss Min
Fox. Miss Veda Kruse, Miss May Stead
man. Miss Edith Austin, Audley Corwine,
John Myers, Mr.. willard Austin, Mr.. JiIes
Smith, Mr., Albert Warren. Mr.. Joe Tim
norman, Mr.. Than Manley, Mr. and Mrs.
Foster Bradfield, Miss Frida Bechtel, Mr..
and Mrs. Beehtel.
The Dorcas society. of the Third Chris
noon with Mrs. Sig H. Gill, of 326 Klein
sn the orR for Are Are y Tgged IL be be
pleted and special business transacted
Mr. and Mrs v, JGhn Quinn O. Hays City
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Summers in Te
cumseh.
held Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. T. H.
Barnes, at which time the annual Christ
elected officers for the next SIX months
are: President, Mrs. Charles Cole; vice
MFs george B. Vince: tFeasarer. MS +
II. Barnes; reporter, Mrs. f. G. Davis.
Plans were made for watch party for
the members and their husbands which
will be held Friday night at the George
D. villee home, III Branner street. Those
present yesterday we're: Mrs. James
Brizendine Mrs. Charles Cole, Mrs. Frank
Morris, Mrs. Eldon Seagrayes, Mrs Ray
Spencer, Mrs. George D. Villee, Mrs. #. G.
Davis and Mrs. T. H. Barnes.
Mr.. James H Porter, of Klein street
is spending the holidays with the fol-
H. Porter, Jr., Charles Porter, Mrs. George
III Gustin Mrs. A. r. Jack.
Mr. ana Mrs. o. d. johnson have re-
turned rIm a short visit with relatives in
Lawrence, Kansas.
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The Standard Bearers Missionary society
of the NJ E. church which was to give an
entertainment consisting of music and read
ings and followed by box supper tonight
at the home of Miss Mary Gordon in wa
bash avenue, have indefinitely postponed
their entertainment
Mrs. A. r. Kendall of Waldron, Ark,
has returned to her home after spending
part of the holidays with her son, Leroy
Kendall and Mrs. Kendall, at their home
in Chester avenue
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Oakland
Christian church have postponed their
meeting which to have been held
Thursday at the church, one week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones of Oakland
avenue have returned from Westmoreland.
DAYS with relatives. While away they at
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Mr. Jones sister.
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Figure It Out Yourself.

Ashtabula, o., Dec. 2a-Gordon
Scoville, newly arrived on terra firma,
is a cousin to his own grandparents.
Thus: A year ago S G. Scoville, %.
married Ursula P. Scoville, his fifth
cousin, their grandparents being own
cousins. That makes Gordon a sixth
cousin to his grandparents who are
still living