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WY spondence.)-War is-freak Hu- kz,ss man life and death depend not V<&klNaJ from the designs but from the
 caprices of fate. Mars never makes up his mind till the last minute. This have discovered after seeing some fighting, talking to many men who have seen much, and examining many victims, animate and inanimate, of war Death and destruction are not fell. determined monsters which stalk you steadily with unshakable intent. They are tipsy, irreg- ular, unsteady rascals, who usually do not know what they are at. and if they do know carefully prevent you getting a hint of it. They deceive. This is true also of defeat and victory. Especially on a small scale. Big defeats and big vic tories and big defeats are more or less according to someone's plans, or want of plans-genuses win battles and donkeys lose them. But in small affairs, fights for trenches, outposts clashes, cavalry raids patrol skirmishes. it is chance that reigns. Blunders. nervousness. pychicals aberrations have influence but accident does most. It is an accident that you SSre in the way of bullet; an accident dhat the bullet comes your way; happy aecident that you happen to be bending td light your pipe and the bullet scrapes your occput and strikes a1 inagile pine tree, or some other man.
 In the Duma hospital at Sjedec l saw Konstantine Emeyanovitch Kossorotoff Konstantine is as long as his name, and his grin is broader. He is reserve cor poral, and was nailmaker at Tua He has a wound in the thigh. A pretty nasty one, but now he is as cured as he ever will be and he will go home to Tula and fight Prussians no more. He told me the following tale which Eliminates Mars whimsicaIity. Mars Hades-ian way of fooling foolish man.
 Kossorotoff was in the Twenty-second Army corps which came from Finland in September after the Ortelsburg battle. A fight took place at Grajewo and the Rus sians drew back with glory and losses. Kossorotoffs battalion made three coura- geous charges against German trenches. As he marched back from the last attack n bullet flew through his cap. 1.-Two days later he was sent on infantry patrol work. Up came a patrol of General Won Nor gen, and the two patrols fought. The Russians got the best of it. They slew several Germans, and they resolved to rush the other Germans.- Kossoroto1
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ence to the United States. The President said that Paraguay felt friendly to us, and that it could never forget how Presi- dent Hayes, as the arbitrator of it's inter- national dispute with Argentina decided in favor of Paraguay. He referred to Villa Hayes, the colony across the river which had been named in compliment to our former President and announced his regret that there were not more Amerl- cans as a part of that colony. He spoke of the colony headed by MT. Rickard, which is now operating in the northern part of the Chaco, saying that Paraguay considered itself fortunate in having such pioneers, and that he hoped this was but the beginning of a great cattle industry backed by Americans.
 At this point I asked his excelency whether there was much opportunity for American investment in Paraguay. He replied:
 There is no doubt of if. This is one of the meat lands of the future, and the stomach of the nation has to be filled. Our cotton growing possibilities are great, and we have vast areas of land fitted for raising good stock. The government has considerable land for sale, and 1t will in time have more through it's
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taking back certain lands that have been unlawfully appropriated There are now vast tracts in the Chaco that have been kept out of the market but which may be opened up by congress and sold. All of that land will raise cattle, and much of it is suited for farming of one kind or other''
 I asked as to the extent of the cattle in- dustry He replied:
 'We have now about 5000 900 head, and with the vast pastures of the Chaco and those of Paraguay Oriental, the number could be increased eight or tenfold. think it safe to say that this country could support 40, 900, 900 cattle and probably more"
 What is the character of the stock o" l asked.
 'The most of it is of native breed. It originated with the cattle brought in by the Spaniards shortly after this part of the world was discovered, but by inbreeding and lack of care the type has degenerated. Of late years many of our estancieros have been importing bulls from the Argentine. Some are crossing the native stock with the best breeds of Europe and the United States. and from now. on there will be a steady upbreeding. They also bring in zebu bulls of East Indian origin. There is no doubt but that this is as good a cattle country as exists any where. Our grasses are excellent, and the climate is such that the cattle feed out of doors all the year round. Some of our pastures need replanting. but in general the land will raise excellent stock. As it is now, it takes about five acres per animal, so that square league will support something like 500 cattle. With the improvement of the grasses it will support more."
 l spoke of the agricultural possi- bilities of Paraguay, and the President said these would be greatly affected by the new railway connection with Bue- nos Aires. Heretofore Paraguay has depended upon river transportation, and it has taken from three to five days to get its products to the mar kets of the Argentine. Moreover the freight charges have been high. The steamboats are owned by a trust ard they have charged all that the traffic would bear Said President Schaerer:
 We shall now have competition both by river and rail and we shall become the vegetable and fruit garden of Ar gentina. This is one of the great or ange countries of the world. We raise oranges by the millions, and until now have had so many that great quantities went to waste. Shiploads were sent to Buenos Aires. but those that grew in the interior could not pay the transportation charges. and they routed on the trees and on the ground We are beginning to im- prove our oranges by cultivation and breeding. We are introducing new varie- ties, such the navel orange. I know of one man who has 5000 trees of that variety I am improving my own orange trees, and this is so of many other pro- prietors.''
 I asked as to the cotton possibilities of Paraguay The President said:
 Our soil and climate ought to be fitted for it, but so far our plantations are only experimental ones. I know of one man who has 5000 acres in cotton. The crop does we'll. and I shall try II on some of my own lands in the near future"
 I asked President Schaerer whether his country was not a land of revolutions,
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was declared, and of the remainder some
 thing like 100, 600 were women over 15 years of age, the rest were children. It is a
 curious thing that since the war the av- craze number of births of boys have ex-
 ceeded those of the girls by a large percentage. It Is as though nature was about by the war.
 The Paraguay war was caused by the tyrants of South American history. His name was Francisco Solando Lopez, and he was the son of Carlos Antonio Lo- peg His father was president of Para guy as far back as 1s44, in the days of President Tyler. He made himself
 dictator, and ruled the country until the time of his death. The elder Lo- peg was in constant quarrel with foreign
 nations. He had fuss with Uncle Sam, and in 1859 the United States sent a squadron to the Rio de la Plata to enforce demands against him. This man was noted for his cruelties. He had all sorts of ingenious tortues for his ene- mics, one of which was having them sewed up tightly in green cows skin and then set out in the sun. As the skin dried 1t shrunk and squeezed the man to death.
 Francisco Lopez was, in the phrase ology of Rouses version of the Psalms of David. Another of the same" His cruelty bordered on insanity. At one time he had several hundred natives and for egners arrested tortured and executed on an improved charge of conspiracy. These people included generals, ministers, judges, bishops, priests, foreign consuls, end even his own brothers. Two members of our legation were tortured, and the American minister, MT. Washburn, was saved only by the timely arrival of a United States gunboat.
 Francisco Lopez assumed the govern ment on the death of his father. He had been in France and he had an ara- bition to be the Napoleon of Souta America. While there he fell in with woman named Mime. Lynch, and brought her back with him to Paraguay IS lis mistress. Mme. Lynch was an Irish woman. She was a devil, and she is said to heve been the cause of the tor lures and of the revolution. Stimu- lated by her., he made war on the Ar eentines, quarreled with Brazil. and tried to take Matto Crosse. AS the population was decimated by battle. boys of 12 were forced into the army and flogged when they fell from ex- hatistion. The men who would not fight were executed, and officers were often stripped of their uniforms and shot. At one time Lopez had all of his es- oort shot because he imagined them traitors.
 At the beginning of his reign Lopex organized great public improvements at Asuncion. He introduced English engineers and mechanics. He started a railroad. He built the great palace which is now the government building. and I think he put up the houses of Congress. He began to erect a great theatre, which is now used as a gov ernment tobacco warehouse, and put up a tomb for himself, modelled after the Pantheon.
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By FRANK G. CARPENTER
Copyright. 1915. by Frank c. Carpente
 aslluciou Para gina '

Copyright. 1915. by Frank c. Carpenter.)
 Asuncion, Paraguay. fSI N HAVE just had an interview with fXf I the President of the Paraguay s6TzS1I republic He is the democratic ks.s.sss5 ruler of a country situated in
 the very heart of the South American continent His territories are three times as large as the state of Illi- nois, and their population is not much greater than that of Boston. including it's suburbs. Potentially. the land is the seat of very great nation. It has some of the richest soil upon earth. and it's cli- mate is combination of those of Flori- da and southern California. The capital of the republic is this town of Asuncion, which has about 100000 popula ton, and the seat of government is the great palace which was built by Lopez along about the period of our Civil war It is situated on the banks of the Paraguay river, with magnificent view of the country for miles up and down that wide and fast-flowing stream, 1t is there the President has his offices, and there also are the homes of his cabinet ministers
 In my interview today. however, his ex- cellency received me in his private house. The audience was arranged for me by the American consul, and the hour we met was o'clock in the evening. l found that the President spoke excellent English, and 1t was in the tongue of the United States that we chatted together about our re- spective republics.
 But first let me tell you how the Pres ident of Paraguay looks He is, judge, under 40; a straight. well formed man with broad shoulders and musuclar frame. His face is Swiss-German in cast, and his father was a German-Swiss and his mother a Parguayan. His name IS German. It is Eduardo Schaerer He was his mother a Paraguayan His name is fine education. speaking several lan- guages, including the Guaran which Is used throughout Paraguay.
 He is a progressive, and Is doing all he can to develop his country. During my stay he has been receiving bids for the Improvement of the port of Asuncion, and understand that Americans are among the competitors. He has also orga nized movements for the introduction of immi- grants and the building up of colonies throughout the country, and he has a humber of other live works unoer way
 Our conversation opened with a refer-
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advanced trenches and Tarnow town. When trench fighting ceases and a mo- bile battle begins the armies easily fall under their own gun fire. The artillerists far behind cannot see what's happening; they mistake friend for foe, or they fire into mixed masses of friend and foe. This confusion happens even when there Is only trench fighting. The trenches may ba near together, and a small mistake in calculation sends ones own shells among ones own men. This Is freak of Mars and many men die through 1t. Aeroplane bombs seldom hit what they're aimed at German airmen dropped bombs on a Tar nobrzeg house, thinking 1t contained a Russian corps staff. In fact it contained German prisoners One was killed.
 Mars is not what he is made out to be- Hes not stern, designing ruffian. but an ironical, capricious godlet.
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bled the country and people in orher ways
 She undoubtedly carried a great deal of money out of the country, and at enc time admitted that she had s250,oo0 with her when she left She fled from Paraguay to Europe. There she lost her money, and when she died in Paris about b years ago she was a pauper.
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Paraguay navy guns and some naval cadets

As the war neared It's close. Lopez and Mime. Lynch saw they were bound 10 De defeated, and they planned to escape. They took the treasures of the government with them, amounting to about s5.ooo.o 900. Much of this was in specie, and 1t took seven carts to carry 1t. This was taken off and buried or hidden in the swamps. and no one knows where 1t Is to this day. A wooden cross was erected to mark the spot, but this is said to have been burned down during a great fire The official records have been lost, and the possibility of tradition showing the spot was removed by Lopez, who had the men who drove the carts and dug the holes for the treasure killed at the time. As the story goes, they w,re all shot and their bodies were thrown on the top of the chests in order that their ghosts might guard the treasure Lopez was killed about the close of the war and Mme. Lynch fled It is said that she had plans showing just where the money lay, but that she de- stroyed them
 This Mime. Lynch was a holy terror in Paraguay. There are old citizens here now who tell stories of how she domin- ated Lopez and persecuted the people Cur minister, MT. wasnburn, testified that he was afraid for his life He did not fear public execution, but rather secret poison or assassination, and this because Mrs. Washburn refused to meet Mime. Lynch or to go to her entertain ments.
 Mime. Lynch had one of her rivals, a young lady of Asuncion, lanced to death She had the confidence of Lopez, and he would torture or kill any person she disliked. One day an officer spoke to her on the street asking her to inter- cede for a prisoner. The next day he was shot for his presumption. The mad anne demanded money of private citi- zens, and those who refused her were sure of torture and possibly death She took the jewels belonging to the church and had them reset for herself She plundered the government treasury and
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Suspicious

From Judge.
 Bridegroom ton railway train) What makes you think don't love you any more2
 Bride (pouting)-When we passed through the tunnel you never kissed
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Unrest

From the Washington Star.
 ''I found place last summer where could rest in perfect quietude.'
 Did you enjoy it?"
 No. I spent half my time on the cart getting to a place where they had moving pictures and band"
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By BYRON LOMAx

ylARSAW. June 21.-(Special Corre- " ! spondence.)- )-War is-freak Hu- |z,sEs-s man life and death depend not 0E&kz1sJ from the designs but from the
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25
SOLDIERS TO GUARD
CHICAGO SPEEDWAY

ChieaEo. Ill. May 25.-Bctwecn 500
and 1000 soldiers wiii patrol the
course over which ChicaEo's first IN
teTuatipual 800 mile speedway race viii
b. held on Saturday. June -. az Dcs-
PLANES river and Twelfth street. This
announcement was made by President
David Reed. who had received assur-
anees from state authorities that three
OF four companies viii be present
ChieaEo viii Be represented by one
company. EiEin BY second. and Au-
roTs b one or two. Although danger
20 spectators 8 reduced 20 a minimum
By the safety wall and the rule against
crossing the track. the speedway au-
thorities all take every precaution.
a. over 100000 are expected 20 see the
contest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25
FINE EXHIBIT OF
PICTURES SHOWN
Students of Professor OlOf GravstrOm
OF Augustana Display Remark
able Talent.

During commencement week at Au-
gustana, Professor Olof Gravstrom,
head Of the school of art, is conducting
an exhibit in his studio on the third
floor OF the college building. Besides
some scenes by himself all executed in
a mastery fashion, there is an inter
esting exhibition of drawings and
paintings by Professor Graystrom's
pupils that reflects credit on the teach
er. The paintings from still life by
Paul J. Seitz. Helen Young, Margaret
Kuel and Abbie Nelson are exception
ally good. In drawings from casts,
such as the Venus de Milo and others,
the work of Garnet Johnson stands out
preeminent. and in drawings of other
subjects. the work of Joseph Young
strom and Eben Forsling ranks high.
Mr.. Gravstrom is at present working
on an altar painting representing the
Good Shepherd. which is now nearing
completion. He is in his studio con-
tinuously and is ready to explain TO
visitors anything that may be of inter
est.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25
GEORGE EDDY Is
CAPABLE SPEAKER
Man who Has Done Remarkable Work
In China VIII speak AZ \. ".
q. 4. Jane L.

George Sherwood Eddy. who has
bera a prominent factor ia the devcI-
opmrnt o. educational ana religious
Institutions IN China. o. 90 D. in Rock
tsisnd "Wednesday evening. June is.
BE wiu speak ~ a banquet 90 b. given
90 che men % the city iu the Eymna-
silm 6f che Y. ~ C. A. The work
ahleh 3tr Eddy has don" has inter
estrf Christian people aii over the
aoril. and this fact. together with
kiF rare Eift az a plhi!c speaker. viii
make tkiE meeting "a most significant
ono.
Davenport and Moline are expected
90 send large delegations 90 this ban
quef. end 10 lE probable that the ca
pacltY 90 fh- room viii bt taxed. AZ
one % tho meetings which SIR Etty
vas 90 address az Fooehow. China. tile
committee had arranged for the lurE-
est hall in the city. Although only the
leading educators and gentry and bus
incss men wvrr admitted by carefully
distributed tickets. the crowd ~ the
first meeting numbered 500. As the
hall would accommodate only 1900,
60 was necessary within ~ hours TO
Fivr thC same lecture four different
times Following this meeting she
governor Invited an the leading Off
ciaiE 60 q banquet. and az the close
gave SIR Eddy an opportunity 20
speak.
Tho c1mmiEEiorcr OF education and
the C1nfucian president OF so govern
meut colleges and schools entertained
az dinner and they also Invited 1ir.
EDDY 90 speak % them. AS result
% tls address. they made the remark
able concession OF allowing bible
classes 20 meet inside the government
colleges. The result Of hts campaign
in Foochow provinces alone was $3.50
inquirer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25
MEREDOSlA ROAD
CONTRACT IS LET
BArstow Man Successful Bidder in
Project for Constructing Canoe
Greek Highway.
COST WILL BE ABOUT $1,000
To BE Half Mile Long and 81 Feet
wide-Five Foot FIJI Is Required
BY Plans.

Contract was let yesterday for the
construction OF a road from Hillsdale
20 the Meredosia bridge by the high
way commissioners OF Canoe Creek
township. Ed. Stevenson OF Barstow
was low bidder in a field OF ten. he
offering 20 do the work for II cents per
cubic foot. bringing the total for the
Job up 20 about $4,000.
There was a wide range IN prices.
The next low bidder offered 10 con-
struct the road for 10 cents per cubic
foot and others submitted ran as high
as 30 cents. over twice the amount in
the bid OF Mr.. Stevenson
Canoe Creek township AZ the cleo
ton held April 8. voted a bond issue
TO cover the amount for the oonstruc-
ton Of the road. u ts 20 be one-half
mile IN length and will be - feet wide.
Five Foot FIJI Needed.
A hve-ioot I'll viii be required and
the highway viii be constructed en-
tirely Of dirt II Will extend across
low rnarshy land and has been a long
felt want The road VIII run parallel
20 Rock river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25
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