Show C 1 J alos i f para paraguay 9 has a future aou aft V V special correspondence while in asuncion the capital ot of paraguay no longer than last april I 1 I 1 received no intimation of 0 an impend ing revolution throughout paraguay one Is so impressed with the excess ot of women over men that he wonders where the revolutionists come from there are two causes for the mcarel scare ty of men the first dates back to the time nhen the dictator gen lopez forced his country into a tour four years war with the confederated armies of brazil argentine and uruguay so long a struggle against such odds proved very destructive and at its ex pi pir atlon ration the proportion of men to worn wom en on was as one to twenty although this long war closed thir ile I 1 0 A q ial I 1 iw 1 1 A J I 1 76 O 0 A 0 11 1 1 I 1 V pr J e V 4 k 1 s 1 1 I I 1 e w 91 1 9 cathedral of asuncion t b five 3 ears ago the excess of women Is still noticeable iwas I 1 was told that as recently as twenty years ago it was with great reluctance that any male visitor viator was allowed to depart the costumes of the aristocracy re those of the europeans the women omen of the lower classes dress in calico gowns with low necked waists and short sleeves the should ers and bead head Is draped a white square of cotton which reaches nearly to the bottom of the skirt in the country one sees boys and girls of 10 or 12 years in nature s garb some natives like the tobas bobas indians rear little or nothing A necklace frequently suffices the market place is naturally the center of gossip where it Is the aim ol 01 every woman to be known as the pa of a home it does not cost cast much to live one hundred dollars american money Is north orth paraguayan and 1 para guayan auayan has the purchasing power there which 1 in american money has here at villeta our boat stopped long enough to take on 10 oranges the great piles assorted by woman were worth in american gold only 40 cents a the thousand asand we ate them freely played ball with them and finally conducted a minia minis ture warfare using them as missiles I 1 was subjected to a shower of them from a group of women momen who objected to being photographed while they were sitting on the ground eating lunch and was completely routed the scene of this orange war Is now the head quarters tor for the revolutionary forces under gen ferreira it happened that john barrett re bently resigned as minister to argen una tina was on his way to paraguay on the same boat as the writer the tact fact that a real live american minister whose name had so prominently ap feared in the world a s news was corn ing to paraguay excited more than or binary attention the under secretary of foreign at fairs came to extend a welcome to minister barrett and his party in be halt of the paraguayan president and to invite them to the government louse at 9 that morning A little be tore fore 9 a naval gig was sent alongside and from it we were convened to the wharf where we found the president presidents s carriage in waiting to convey us to the government house on our arrival at the government 1 4 amz 1 I 1 1 av 4 ea TV oll 4 k w A aw W 1 11 91 x k t se A 14 4 4 z w 1 I 11 w 1 ar I 1 A Z N 1 I att 06 k 1 I ft I 1 y w 6 11 1 1 4 4 qa 0 4 E I 1 r 1 aart 4 house we were first received by tho th secretary of foreign affairs the minis ter of war and the minister of justice it was soon announced that the dent was ready to receive us he ile proved to be a tall rawboned raw ray bened beneo man of military appearance formerly a general in the army this office is frequently the stepping stone to the presidency at breakfast which followed N we e were the guests of dr soler who ha has 0 since been deputize I 1 by the revolution ary government to visit brazil and other countries tor for the purpose of ob taming recognition of his narty as bel lige rents he ile Is the owner omner of the cen aral paraguay railroad running from asuncion to pirapo he was educated in argentina and is a gentleman high ly cultivated and of fine sensibility at a banquet attended in asuncion every one responded to a toast except the american dentist who did his part in furnishing the cigars grown on his plantation from havana seed and manufactured at his factory minister larrett in I 1 swe h in english spoke of the world reputed bravery ot of the paraguayans and of the phrase he was wont to hear in his boyhood As brave as a paraguayan and closed with a toast to the president and the country of paraguay the object ot of ray my trip was the in spec lon tion ot of the paraguay river which teems mith ith desirable food fishes at asuncion a fishery Is conducted by italians the daily product of the five or six seines averages thirty binis which sell at from 1 to 9 each A trawl fishery operated by about the same number of men catches as many of other species notably the pacu and dorado inquiry as to why the people did not eat cat more fish elicit ed the reply that fish are too empens ive and besides nobody but indians eats fish As there was ample room for the op oration of long seines I 1 inquired why it was not done to insure a much larg er catch and to this the reply came there Is no demand tor for more als fish but it if they catch more I 1 sa salta idaj the price can be reduced fish within the leach teach of the vye W pie the answer came they do not care to reduce the price upon our departure a delegation of paraguayan and american citizens vis cited the boat to say farewell the reputation for cordiality and ho hospital ty so noticeable to the stranger in south american countries was main talked in paraguay the men whom I 1 met were of a high order of intelligence when the country has settled down to a stable government it will progress as argen tina Is now doing in all south american countries rev solutions are discussed by the people with no more concern than the sub of strikes in our conversation argentina Is perhaps the only south gouth american country bt of which it can be safely said that the period of 0 revola eions Is past |