THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO. SEPTEMBER 13. 1908.
PRISONERS LANGUISH FOR YEARS ; IN ITALIAN JAILS
TV.',! Tirr Pnnn Officials in Rome Accused of Moral Cruelties to Prisoners in Order to Extort a Confession, Draws Attention to Long Delay- in Bringing Accused Persons to Trial
RDMR. Sept. . Wd attention 10.
lng attracted by the trial of Com
mendetor Canavelll, director-general
of th prisons f the king
dom, and Commendator Porla,
hla eeeond in command. becaue of
tha , high, roaltlona of tha accueed
and tha . object Joaaon which it
presents for tjioaa who ara agitating
for prompter Justlc, Th two of flclala .
ara bring Indicted for moral crueltle to .
a prleoner with tho object nf Inducing
Mm to betray la acc omplliea,
Tha trial has already had two dis
tinct and beneficial effects; that of
farther opening tha area of itallane to
tha n-ed of .the reform pt prlaon math
oJa. and aleo to tha scandalous delays
In brlnKlnit accueed - poreona. whether
innocent or guilty, to trial.
Tha latter aeema to ba a charactarla
le of "iuktlce" peculiarly Hallan, aa
th.ra la mi a reel r another country where
a prisoner can latigunn lor yeara in km
prinon on mere suspicion. Ho universal
la tha enatom here tliat I have not been 4
. , . I.. . aln.U ImnnptAnl '
ante i u rn."i n 1 m -
trlsl In thla country where tha prisoner
waa tried tnalda of two years after tha
crlm waa committed, and It la usually -Ef
twice that time. . . f
whn ! nt liuril of Aeclarite. tha
would-be murderer of King Humbert T
In the mlnda of moat people he ta such
ancient history that ha la almost for
gotten, hut tha trial now going on haa
to do with hla Imprisonment, although
Ma attempt on tha Ufa of King Hum
bert took place 10 yeara ago. hla ea
caped victim haa been dead eight yeara,
and Acrlarlto himself (a languishing la
a cell where 10 yeara of eolitary con
finement haa made deep Inroads an hla
Intelligence and ba la little better than
an tdot. ' .
It aeema that Commendator Doris,
with the approval of Commendator
Canevelli and soma others, finding that
Aoclarlto refused to acknowledge that
he had accomplices, had one of th
and from tha cell adjoining, by means
of knocks on the wall. Informed Ac
clarlto that hla tnlatreas had had a son,
and that . tbey wera dying of hunger.
To support thla monstrous and untrue
story letters wera aant to him, purport
ing to oa rrom the woman, wun tna
a .1 ..n..,f, that tha haa alwavt Vie1Uv.it that tha latter had'
prison guarria pretend to ba a priaoner, Jllror, an(j even the ju,ige cannot argue a moral Influence In the murder of hla
aereneiy, ana ma; justice ta more apt. nromer. tm laiier , -waa munwrai
to go astray. aeven and a half yeara ago. ao that tha
Thla keeping prisoners for yeara be- accuaed men, now proved to be Innocent,-
fore ' trying them la doubly cruel In have been aeven yeara In prison, turning '
Italy, for the reason that there la no in that time from comparatively young
auch thing aa ball for criminal offeneea men into middle-aged ones. There la no
. n..ihil ihiM A. k.V .lUJni. 'ood an comforts are allowed from lost precloua yeara.
fnPhr and In hli T aonr at their ISn! " they ara poor ao much the The famoua Flllppo Clfariello trial A
..4.nHitin h- , rii:.'L. IJK-worae.for them. Thua an innocent exhibited Italian Juatlca In a new lights
in.t annnilorf tha namaa nf v.ri mn man 8 anaira may go to absolute ruin while retaining tha featurea of the old.
aa hU "eomollce2 l!fte ISJJJir hi n hl fmilv be cast upon While three yeara have passed alnca tlila
?etractM hU i Mnfea7don and Tothlnr th tree "n P,tbllc charity, yet ha Neapolitan aculptor murdered hla wife
cou be pro" ad JgaJnst tham 0tblng haa no redresa. Tills la the reason that n a nt of jealouay, lie la yet un judged
Public Knation' waa at whlta heat both Innocent and guilty at. once take for he nr ma re..on that while trla
when the facta became public, and ao- ,0i cover on the least hint of danger. w 1"8y.t"te.aL tn' P"ng it waa con-
cialiam and aven aahlsm mlda ano?- To ba taken la fatal', if they can hide ttShl'nrfSonathS
moua atridea. Notwithstanding thla. It for a whl e their innocence may be 0,SymF5til oh!iih.iMn Jh2
lias taken 1ft rears to bring these offl- Proved while they ore at liberty. JU(J?? waa not above ausplclon, ana the
cia's to juatlce. . After S 5,1. time tha Another ancjent crime now ' judged PbJ . not only made n . aecret of ita
rubllc carea Jittk on whom the reapon. nd concluded.' and which , Illustrates. fffiTA-enVaA fhl. ac"
albllrty Ilea: what thev demand la that this point, ia that of the murder . of '1J?.ProJ,ci1?';J- I"" "Y?n-"?i".
o auch thing ahalf happen again, and Baron Saporito. brother of the well fffl?d"Vff.TrlSl haP Tbien boatnoned
that tha w-hnla nrtann av.t.n. k. linn siriHun iiniit wh i,.. ha., limit, and tna trial has been postponed.
changed. And Just here Ilea the point the head of ao many parliamentary com
of defense of those -who approve a ; mlsalona to inquire into the Camorra
somewhat lengthy delay between thear- and doubtful doing Inthe south. Dec-
rest or a person lor a serious crlma. and tv Hnnnrltn waa th. hie n i r..n j . : .
hla trial. . They argue that if ha ia tried bringing ex-Mlnlster Nawl to trial, and or the other. The jurora were furloui
DAILY INCIDENTS AT THE ALDER
STREET WAITING ROOM
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at thla, ralllnr It a "mtacarrlaga of Jua-ti-a."
Incldnntally they oLjacted to
being dosrlvd of what waa rally to
them 'aa good aa a play," In which they
had the proud aallnfactlon of being
prominent aciora. "It la uselesa to
chang.' On where yon will all over
Italy, Clfariello will not And a Jury
which will not acnuit htm with Ita eyas
aliut," one en rased juror declared.
A characterlallo cuaa allows another
phase of Italian law, I. a., that even th'
confensed guilt of a prisoner doea not
hurry hla trial. A certain Canale mur- :
dered an elderly man of good meana, In ,
1SS, In Peruaia, and when arreatad
shortly after, confeased hla guilt. Not.
withstanding that ha haa just been
placed on trial. Of course, in auch av
caaa the lawyera for tha Uefanaa aeelc
every excuse to put off tha trial. Their
client la aura to ba given long yeara
of prlaon, but tha time apent in prlaon
before th trial la deducted from th
aenteiice. Before trial, however, he la -
allowed certain privllejrea, auch aa -
rrienaa.
lnr hla family.
"... . . . .
writing,
de
aa
ind
reading.
VAc5 TO-RTUTVl?I
rltlng, better food id lodging, ao he
lalrea naturally to prolong the -period
i long aa possible.
Casals ex nee t to anend tha nast IA
yeara at leaat In prlaon, and now that ,
hla trial haa finally coma. It wlllprob
ably prove a not unwelcome break la
th monotony of hla days. Thla aam
Canale haa lately passed hla leisure In i
prison writing a piay which waa re-,
ported to have bevn accepted by Elea
nor Duaa. Thla waa later discovered .
to b mere Invention and tha confeaaed '
murderer la now writing hla prlaon ex
periences. . Thua th only persona who gain by
the extraordinary dllatorlnesa of tha .
Italian law are tha assured crlminala,
mt It bears hardest of all on theilnno-cent.-
Public opinion In tha peninsula
la perfectly unanimoua In demanding '
that there ahould be a thorough over
hauling of the procedure of tha law. Th
law Itself la of the highest order, and
th ludgea and responsible authorities
in - their great majority are animated
only by an honest desire to aa It car
ried out, but tha juror cannot ba de
pended upon, and the publlo la often
carried away, ao that there la olwaya
delay and often real mlacarrlage of Jus
tice, . , v -
perhaoa for yeara. anvwav for months.
and when it comes on again it will take
Place in the north, at Bologna or Turin.
There the prisoner ia not known, and
"E
By Helen Hop.
XTRA! Extra! Evening pa
pers, all about the murder and
suicide! Paper, mlater?"
Around th waiting-room at
, Flrat and Alder, th new kid
dle were darting about, shrilly crying
their ware with particularly good re
sults. Even th "lady newaboy" trun
dled her baby carriage, atacked high
with newswapers. a little faster than
usual, to keep pace with the increased
demand caused by a local tragedy.
A boy with a bundle of magarlnes
tinder 'hla arm, stood across the street
disconsolately watching his small com
petitor! monopolize "de biz." Hla stock
of magar.lnes seemed to be growing
heavier, instead of lighter, every minute,
when a sudden idea made him take-to
his heela like a young colt.
"Extra, here! Saturday Evening
Post, all about de murder and sooiclde!" !
The inspired urchin tore wildly across
the street and almost smashed directly
into us. : I
Betty's teeth gleamed like an ad for
tooth paste, aa she gave me a punch in
my riba.
sack of confections wiyi the man back brother, 'let'a have some ice cream',
or the candy counter, whose boyhood It's ao hot I'va limt mi tn hv tti"
Hav. u -i . .t. - " "- "
. " i'.'i nt biuu; ma BI1UICB JL 111 tj
ACCTAKlTOoS 'cSWEETTrl'EA'EvT.
Bhlmmering Bay of Naplea.
The alrllsh-looklnar mother shook her
head.
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M60KAItON f
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The waiting-room waa suddenly
turned into a clearing-house for kisses
and Koodbyes. Betty and I simultane
ously looked for Adam and Eva. Sura
"Not today, my dears; mamma la too
tired."
Both children aet uo an insistent
7rn t&J2wIZ- he waatenderly kissing her.
the basket of parcels, and the sleeping
infant In her arms.
A Slater of Mercy aittlng near left her
two -amall charges and whispered some
thing to th young mother. The next
moment the little ones, clinging to th
Sister's hands. aeartiDered over to a
table and were soon chattering happily would make a street in
to her as thev. gulped down their straw- l deserted village,
perry ico cren.
"Tell the bablea I'll ba back in
week," he said with another lov pat,
"All right, papa. Don't forget""
write."
Shades of Eden, thev wera mnrrte1T
"That big' boy over there h hit m.
boo-hoo." .
.' "That big boy hit a little fellow Ilk
you?" Betty jvas growing wrathy. "If
he does It again, 111 call a policeman!"
i ne mtie rauow -straigntenea up in
, siantiy.
"Jjook here boo-hoo,
Dreiner.,:an an you d
WEDDING FEES-Humorous Side
of Marriages as Seen at tKe Parsonage
- From th Congregatlonallat be In." Bom conversation ar un-
HE brldesrooma do drop the ring comrortaoiy tnorougn.
in ecatatlo momentai fin tim ofAJ, SK &ro68 81
did I hav poking on from tin- Uatd at th corner of two other state
dor a bookcasa one while th It proves a Gretna Green for all love-.
bridegroom and hla beat man lck one. . They run away from an-
. ,K,.h, i.",. gered parents, suspicious offspring, coh-
leered sheepishly at my crimson counto- ventionalltle of church wedding th
nance; do forget, to clasp hand glory and th splendor and the dear de-
and often step on th bridal train at light ia they run to us. It adds ma-
that crucial second when th turn I. te"Uy,t0 our me'er t
d ...i ...j n. k,, Tha fees are a source of constant
made aialoward. On unhappy creatur palpitations, sometimes of language,
pulled my face all askew for one mla- aometlmea of chagrin, for the minister
erable moment by answering, "Yea, air, finda in them all the unexpectedneas and
thank you!" to the query, "Don yon take something of th excitement of a gam
thla womanT" A later, bridegroom added bier's days. On pastoral brother ad
at a private performance in my own vised me to keep in stock two varieties
house. "And mighty glad to get 'er, yer of certlflcatea and dlacrlminate. I did.
bet'v " . ' I handed over the tl kind to a 60-cent
The stranger In a strange towirund a couple and bestowed paternally the 12H
strange ceremony furnlah the comedy, cent variety on a youth who graciously
The clergyman Soon learns the faltering presented m in return a $10 bill. I
steps on his porch, the fumble at hla don't discriminate any more,
bell, the nervously twisted hat. the shy. But the fees! I have been paid 60
Jretence at some other and different cents, a quarter, nothing but a promise
uisineas; soon turns confidently and to "kum round Saturday when pay en
Immediately to the nearest streetcar velope cornea In" which it apparently
ost to diacover the half hid flutter of never did and from a dollar up, vet not
rldal skirts. Still sucn wisdom takes ao far aa to be unendurable. Jut the
time, and madame during the first year strangest case arrived from a hilltop
of our own wedded . life turned three town in Massachusetts. She confessed
promising $5 couples from-our "door, to be SO summers. She told the truth.
Then came her eye opening. but not all the truth, while IHs assertion
I was out of town, and when Hattle of 21 was palpably an exaggeration,
Parsons, a demure, beauiess, domesti- though there could be no question as to
cated variety. Of damael, appeared at 5 hla uncouth beauty.
O'clock In i the company of a young man After the cremony he Inquired, "Wal,
th damage?
cried, ' politely, "no dam-
- qciock in ine. company or a young; man After the cer
that'oiter'. mv an(1 asked for me, madame asaured her .at.r what's
'lost better miSd that tbe minister's wife "alwaya doea
ihlK' m nd ift wiir a conviction which Hattl i
w.nuno Wl . tl , HI. , IN11H1 . UIUUIII KJ K ( naWIUUIII
As the Estacada train pulled out of and Golf Links!" sang out
Suddenly I received an awful nudge.
I followed the direction of Betty'a eyes,
and at a glance I aaw the world-old
, story. . There sat Adam and Eve, of
1908, hands clasped and eyes aglow.
"That'a what I call a vulgar display
cream
Betty fdxaot to nudge me.
"I m glad our car ia late," she -said
with a little break in her voice. "That's
worth waiting half a day to aee."
Across from the 8ister's table sat
two sirla of the latest Colored aupple
ment variety. They Inhaled some water
ice through a straw, than giggled' rap
turoualy, and Inhaled again.
"Say, girlie, do you reallv think he
said that?" gurgled one.
"Sure he did. Sue," sniggled the other.
Well, Itan't that , Juat like him,
though?"
I feared Betty was going to Inflict
the usual bodily injury, but this time
she let me escape.
"What do you suppose the Tie's' are
talking about?" I asked her.
"The 'she'a', of courae.1"
"Why 'of course?' "
"Because it's the 'he's and she's' that
make, the world go round," she replied
aententiously.
Down at the end of a long row of
railroad" laborera, with their worldly
possessions "done ut" in red bandanas
and gunnysacks,' sat a' silent scoupte.
surrounded with grip -and bundles. The
woman, ciaa in deepest mourning, gazed
the station, it was ao packed that It
isomDay iook
And in thn
last car amid the struggling mass, a
vau-eyen women ciaa in ueepesi mourn
ing swayed with the motion of the
train aa she clung resignedly to a strap.
Betty's heart Is quickly touched by
the slht of childish woe. A weeping
lad atandtpg a little apart from thi
crowd caused her to Interfere in do
mestic difficulties in real Happy Hooli
gan style.
"What are you crying about, little
boy?" . ,
The lad lifted a tear-wet face.
your own business boo-hoo-hoo!" i"?,' ? "".'.T. 1"JV'"V"" . A.. : aee has been done: but If you refer to
"Mount scott, Hawtnorne, tsej wooa i"" JZti ,;no AZtZu, the expected fee. that's aa you deem the
welcome r i..". T. .u' "7t.u service worth."
voice.
the
green fie
and Betty and I sped through
inging doors In a wild flight to
fields i
and paatures new.
Poor Child.
From the Chicago News.
One eveninc on the farm.n little slum
r.htM waa Anlovlnar riia rirat firltmnae
of paatoral life. On a little stool he sons was getting
at, under a tree, bent with its load of tlioiijrht or it!
rlna nonnhea hnailda tha norik. who waa "HOW did YOU know" she gasped
pluckinar a chicken. He watched that Since that day every youthful book
Wal." asked he, "will c dollar and a
half abaout kiver 'IV
"If that suits you It suits me," I re
sponded. "Say, Jane, T didn't fetch no cash
along; yer pay Mm." ,
Jane thought It worth $2.
door, glanced into me parlor, beheld
a new brown silk never yet seen at
church, gloves and hat to match, seated
close to a youth very black aa to coat,
white as to tie and radiant as to patent
leather.
"Why," cried I Into madame'a aston
ished ear, "I didn't know Hattl Par-
married or. ever rt1 . ot,
Again you hear the world complain
plucking operation gravely for some agent with the slightest trepidation- of Some counties arettlna; too much rain
time Then h said: "Do ye take off manner is bidden: "Come back at I And some not near enough,
their clothea every night, loldy?" o'clock, do! The minister will surely Washington Star.
REPUBLIC OF
P
PARAGUAY An 'Historical Ljountry
muttered my side part- put into the crowded street, unseeing- developed Into as close to a Utopia aa present can tell its actual' capacity, but
of happiness,
ner. lv
"Maybe you have something green In "I think we'll like fTout here, mother,"
your eyea, i observed, tentatively. said her husband tn an attempt at
"Oh, noftot me!" ahe proteited with cheerfulness. "It's a fine country."
unnecessary vehemence. "Of course, 7 "Yes, James," she answered dully,
it's all very nice to be hapov." she ad- while before her blured eves nroan a
mitted, "but so few of us get there lonely little mound far away on tha
ARAGUAT contains 157,722 square
miles. This means that the re
public is practically the size of
California, twice as large as Ne
braska, four timea as large aa
Kentucky. With a history nearly
as old as the Spanish settlement of
South America, and with a civiliza
tion practical today, but at one time
Bolivia.
country,
The Chaeo is a rolling, fertile
covered to a areat extent by
nrlmevnl fnreata from which woods and -
timber of all kinds will be exported
when the demands of civilization reach,
out toward it; what "ia not forest la
plain or meadow through which wander
unnumbered rivers that rise in the east
ern slope of the-Andes. Here' are vast
pastures for future herds of cattle, and
fields that will produce this strains or
iruits or subtrODlcai lire, no one i
"Now Isn'tfthat a acreamlng Joke,
though?"
that it's a trine unkind of them to
Haunt it In our faces. Don't you think
so, truly? It's like placing a platter
of meat just put of reach of a hungry
dog." !
"It's your liver," I suggested.
But Betty didn't hear. She was now
amusedly watching the ticket man "ex
plaining hlmeelf" in elaborate detail to
each purchaser, and through It all wear
ing a placid smile that couldn't be re
moved with anything less than a don
key engine.
Being a lover
and In the agarega
allv wandered
of the waltin
seemea to dp aoxens or tnewe wriggling
little manifestations, though after a
careful count I discovered there were
only 14. But today the hables were too
tired even to play. These little
some In arms and some trottl
had spent several hours in gett
sagebrush Dlalna of Idaho.
The atation was growing more crowd- than the city of Lima. Peru
tru every minute. troupa or urea out
laughing shopgirls filled all the vacant
seats, while young men from offices
and stores strolled up and down tha
out aide, some smoking as they burled
their faces in the evening papers;
others, In their haste to be released
from work, forgetting to remove the
telltale pencils from above their ears.
"Excessively warm In here." vawned
a blondlned beauty aa she bobbed her
Is possible on this earth. Paraguay re
mains the least known and visited re
public of South America
Asuncion, the capital, was founded
In 1636, and is therefore older than
Buenos Ayres, only one year younger
Asuncion
represents geographically in South Amer
ica what St. Louis does in North
America; it lies 1,000 miles from the
Atlantic up the river La Plata, or
rather on. the Paraguay river, which Is
everybody knows that some day It will
yield nourishment and offer homes for
an expanding population.
a
The Chaco of Paraguay Is the retreat
of Spanish-American romance. Its vast
solitudes, its silent water courses, its
unpenetrated forests, hold much of th
remaining mystery of the southern con
tinent. Into these virgin regions hav
taken refuge many of the Indian tribes -which
plaved such an important part
in the early history of the settlement
or the delta or tn Kio ae ia naia.
. .. ostrich feather, tkr th. .k tim. "P"" th two treame are much alike.
vi cnuuren inaiviauaiiv .... .. . : "' r or neanv nair a century irre remihi c thnritv
- i up i , rn i,r . rnrnv-niinn am .man m-hi - - z J
ie, my eyea natur- i,' - '", ' " ,T "'" """ haa been struggling to recover rrom lng for
to the Juvenile members "VVhat'a thi matter with all ,u. the cruel blow struck to hef energies that have
g crowa. mere reany r.... -...:r.. and nroductivity auring ine war which urion tne
----- - i- - .ndlMi with tne aeatn or tne a ctator. to
",le w0t dldn t get out of kelter at leaat once
" aboui dy. " wouldn't be home, aweet home.
.tllr .m irt tn In. ' - , " " " : " "' V ' o a nere.
.7w i m.i nrsl ,"n ,n la" oi ine Bargain Betty Ikes to "find out
shTcilled 'after T- A resuIt their thritlr she put It. so ah went .
X! rscfousoJ '
Betty's Ion high-sign for either
pleasure or pain, or both, is always
made with her eloquent elbow, while I,
her martyred side-kick.
terpret ner meaning;
Here, ner. bo;
the scampering la
glances from ogling youth and groupa
of shirtwaist girl waiting for suburban
cars. - Back cam tha youngster Ilk a
Voting tornado, daahing deftly between
cars and garbage wagon, and drove
of rollicking children. -
"Saturday Evening Post, miss? AH
abeut de murder and ool '." a
"That'll do for-yon, laddie.f I waa
going to buy that scare-bead magasin
yours, but your face Is too dirty.
I'll hav to wait for a cleaner boy."
- Another nudge in my aide.
"Why. that ain't dirt," protested th
boy. rubbing a atlll grimier hand over,
his face. "That juat a weal!"
"Now, boy, you know ya haven't had
a hath einc Pharaoh waa a baby, bar
i '
"Well, t never heard nothin about
that feller.' but on day thla summer I
tnt ewltnmin'. Ain't that a batn?" h
dv-tsanded triumphantly.
Heity waaoVanqutabed. and armed with
tha Post, we want Inatde to wait for
".r rountry car to wbtsk far from
tt, aa-lrl of traffic, and th delqrtaMe
jerfum ef tha garhace wagons, out to
tha a ,ent rlacaa, lt th treoa apeak
n whlapaaa. and whara th frtcket
timidly rhirpa bia Imt aong t th pen- i
.r rrnak ef th frofa. I
1 tHoary to flr th flags of
1 n.uona In ll, A1W atret waliina
!". for kr wr th lirtnr reore-
ilvea of ry I'. tnb and con-
wo. t"xrrt-hud. turhatu-a m.
. aa etrn art aid lnBt aa t,u .
prM-e, !- wi'.b ea'ta nothar wer now rlutchleg t parrel
-I iiir.. ,,i .,w in, troi h- .mill and irt. while anil ktttxri an
man.
"Oh, I suppose" the Madison bridge's
broke down again," he exclaimed good-
naturedly. "You see. If that bridge
nna of tha sreat tributaries forming tha Yet then. Inrtlnna ara bv no meana sav
Immense watershed of La Plata. Ocean age and uncivilised. They were for
steamers can ascend to this port with generations under the Influence of th
greater facility than they can pass up Jesuit fathers, and thir aboriginal gen-
the Mississippi, although In many re- tleness molded Into an unquestioning
obedience to spiritual and pnysicai au-
haa left them a quiet race, wau-
the Christianising inriuence
already begun to have effect
m. ona or tne rorces at wora
ooen this area ta future Inhabitants,
Lopez, and now the country ia emerg- while It exercises a power for lasting
lng rrom tnai unwarranted ooscurity good upon tne Indians, is ine ooum
ion, g
f
mi
f 1 I
r til. "vfii
1 n kf7'"'
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The Capitol Building of Paraguay.
and depress
trial Instruction, It can buy and sell
lands, but its funds from any source
must be returned to the promotion of
the philanthropic purposes of Its charter
instead of being used for a financial
profit. The Chaco has recently been
surveyed by the government, about on
the wilderness have many a time been
ventured, will give electric power for
the machinery of four natlona.
In 1907 the revenuea of Paraguay
amounted to 43,176,000 gold. The for
eign trade. In the aame period wai
something over 110,700,000, but the
Iving promise of soon American Missionary society. This so- the plan devised for the middle westernfshare of the United States was little
reaching that activity and accessibility clety waa chartered in 1900, and Is Ie
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t.r t
f'n t'htnl
he ta turn lir-Ml .v. m i h. l.nl. v
fcelr y",''w-aiT,r.4 'Waratna. I at thura ta4r
r!Bt per4 a -rar-.t girL
things as
on:
urn tronhle
the 'old woman that lived in a h re
taking care of all of these crowds?"
"No. I don't have any trouble at all
with people1 waiting for cars, but in
the winter, along about midnight I
used to hav my handa full. Arter the
last car went out, I'd lock th doors,
but of course I'd have the light on
and a fine fire burning. Then when
the aaloone around here closed up at
1 o'clock and turned their patrons out
In th cold and wet. thla place looked
pretty good to them. They'd come
along and tell me all kinds of fancy
tales o I'd let them In."
"I suppose they wer half drunk, -said
Btty.
"Well, they wer If their tnemev
lasted long enough." ha aald grtmlr.
"On cold night there wa a lot of
them gathered outside, and they said If
I didn't unlock, th door, they'd atnaatt
In the glass and com In anyhow. I
eara If you fellowa don't move on Til
rail th police.' They kept right
jawing. o I telephoned to the chief.
They saw me doing It, and you icht
to have seen 'em travel." ha laughed.
"Tbey'r mostly hoboes who want to
loaf In her all nUht. aren't ther?"
My, no. anlaa, they r ftead or rm-
moetlr. I r)etnrT mow one rs-
ho bad a wire and two rine MMn
home, last aero th Barnald
brldtre. n4 he aald he roulda't r rmtn
trauae th ear wer not mnnlna!
Why. ba dida't I It more than a tnlle
away." th watchman concluded Ji- .
gialadly.
Th tolnata bagan t dra agar
wn aorfletily low mmbla ara
hrd Iir m11at;y there waa a
tw-ramhla I'abs e-e a waiter! ad and
fci!i-a haatilr rWleted
j- Mea. i ittuM, ana waypomi.
It ao well deserves.
a a
Paraguay la truly called the garden
of South America Two-thirds of th
republic lis within the tropica, but this
area Is less Inhabited and In parts la
even unexplored, although the Imagina
tion can picture Jt as a land of unlim
ited possibilities. Thla Is the so-called
Paraguayan Chaco, at one time bear
ing the name of Alto Peru an unknown
region eeparatad today from that
gaily recognised by tha. government of
Paraguay;, its head orric is in Ltouaon,
while It local, actlv center la on the
right (west) bank of the river Para
guay, opposite VUla Concepclon, du
eaat of Antofarasta. Chile, and due
west of Santos, Braill, which He prac
tically on tne tronio or tipncorn, aa
atates in their early history, and for
20 miles Inland from th river Para
guay regular ranchea hav been eatab
lished. which bid fair to rival th
"camps" of Argentina when rapid com
munication is an assured fact. Th
southern portion of the Chaeo is of pe
culiar Intereat to Americans. Here. 11
miles above the city of Asuncion, ia
more than 1H per cent. Great Britain
supplied most or the Imports. Ger
many, the Argentine Republic, Franr-a,
Italy and Spain following. Tb prin
cipal articles Imported were textile
goods, hardware, drugs, foodstuffs,
hats, etc. Exports conalated chlfly of
cattl to the value of 11.000,000, for
estal product 1750,000, agriculture!
Havana la on th tropic of Cancer in th capital of the Chaco, Villa Hayea, ao products I&00.000; tobacco plays an 1m
the northern continent.
This society has authority over all
the Indiana of the Chaco; It haa '--
LilO la ytl imi VI HI'S 1 1 t.U, t 111 ubjcd, av a v a wvw,wvw, vw.v a'laasaa t gill
named because President Hayea in 1171, port ant part In the export figure. In
ancient vice-royalty by the republic of lions for their Intellectual and indua-
at ho
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y
aa arbiter between Argentina and Para
guay, decided In favor of th latter,
a a a
Tha southern third of th republic,
' lying eaat of th Paraguay river, la
th Paraguay we know Tn history and
geography. It represent In th south
ern continent what Florida and Ala
bama are In our own country. Th
summer ara not so hot and sultry as
they ar In New Orleans, for exampla.
nor ar tn winters 'so cold; but th
winter daya ar often chilly, and many
an Englishman has been grateful for
the log fir, which his traditional habit
encouraged him to build at that sea
awn of th year. Th country I roll
ing, hilly rather than mountalnoua.
beautifully wooded, and the anil so rich
that all fruite and field produrta grow Inc. On line nisi from
r the mere tickling of tho earth. - moat; to tn frontier or
tact, raw products rather than manu
factured articles rorm th chief Im
ports. Cattle rangea are Increasing In
extent, and In recent year farmers and
cattlemen from Argentina, Brazil and
Uruguay hvestabllshed themaelvea In
tha country.- Manufacturing la advanc
ing, however, and quit recently a boot
and shoo factory has been started and '
la reported to ba doing well.
a. a a
Th only convenient way to reach
Paraguay la by river ateamer from
Bunoa Ayres or Montevideo, a four
of five-day trip In rommodtou and powerful-
vessels a modern money can
mak them. But railway transporta
tion ia- still Inadequate, although sur
vey and project ar by no means lack-
runs iron Asuncion a)
for
through th
Arreatlna.
arg city of Villa Rl-a.
Ac oa. matnrca." r'ped her lg thwnted tea ceaducter.
Scb ta JLaccagjoa.
Kitura ta hera rat her ' ktndl v than 1m
errMlra or aw Inanirlna. ret aa If to and when this reache th Parana river,
atone for th lack of gradeur that ia ao ronnect tona will soon be mad with
lavishly displayed In Chilnd Co- tha adjacent republics of Argentina an.l
lombla or Ecuador, ah haa placed In t'ruguay. Burreym hav ben well mad
. tn renflnea of Paraguay, two of th toward th neighboring repnbrir of
wonders of th world, th falla of th Bolivia and Braail. ao that th atttdent
Oaaira and th fill a f Irunu. Tb of South American affairs la warranted
former marks tb boundary between In hoping that before the century I
Braill and Paraguay, th tatter ta Jialf over train will run frona th A i-
rlly within th limits of Argentina. Untie to th Paclfi aero tb repabi
Both are magnlficmtt. tmrpaaunr In of Paraguay.
otoe renpecta onr own Niagara It Is Pubiic Instruction la ollnt!y wtato-
pleasant Indnlaenc of tb Imaalna- talned. There la a national nnlrarat tr.
tlon to look forward t th time when a carefully developed roura of Int.
thee region will b allv with lndie- Bieitat cr,oot ana iwmtl iraini
try. aad when, therefore. thw rreat acnool for teacher. A f4 I rn4
a-ianta of nature' wlil ha limMd to bv tha attverament It IH HrtU
man s oa. anl wltboot losing th cf roan ta tb telle rui
hnaasty t aa which tb barda.v,ir of s-arop
loraU-t
taa aai.
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