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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06

country in 1874 with his parents, who To-
Gated in Ohio. In 1855 he came to Nebraska.
He was the only democratic governor Ne
braska ever had, being elected In 1890.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06
Rich Mineral Country.

The city is encirCled by a range of noun
tains with remarkable profiles. Sharp
peaks rise like pinnaces from the SUBMITS
and their sides seem almost perpendicular;
but l am told that they are not too steep
for mining purposes and that the white
spots which be discerned here and
there represent silver and copper opera
lions.
Monterey Is surrounded by rich mineral
country. There famous mines
yielding good dividends at frequent inter-
walls along the line of the National railway
as far south as San Luis Potosi, and as we
came through on the cars we could see
sacks of bullion stacked up along the sides
of the track at several of the little sta
lions, awaiting transportation to the smelt-
yield both silver and gold, generally enough
silver to cover the expenses, leaving the
gold a profit. Properties can be picked up
under options or bonds for two years or
less in order that the buyers may have
time to develop them or at least find out
what they are getting. They be bought
all the way from $500 up, and Mr.. Gregory,
agent of the National railway at Durango,
insists that there is more and quicker
money in such speculations than in any
thing else down in this country. The only
gamble is the experimental expenditure to
test the value of the property. 1t costs
just one-half as much to produce silver in
Mexico in the states. Wages, the chief
expense. are paid in silver instead of gold.
Other people think there is more money In
zinc, which has received little attention,
but promises to be very important branch
Of mining when a zinc smelter is erected
at Monterey. There is no zinc smelter in
the republic of Mexico, and millions of tons
OF ore have been discarded because it is
not rich enough to pay the freight to Kan
sas City, where Is the nearest smelter with
in reach There is said to be 100000 or
100000 tons of zinc ore lying in the
dumps that will pay from ten to thirty dol
lars a ton If it can be reduced in this
vicinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06
THE CITY OF MONTEREY
Has Been Styled the Pittsburg
of Mexico.
HOME OF MANUFACTURING
Ten-Million- Dollar Plant of Steel
Company.
IN A RICH MINERAL COUNTRY
Progress Due to Gen. Reyes, the Gov
ernor, and the Invasion of
American Capital.
BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star the Chicago
Record Herald.


Record Herald
MONTERREY, Mexico, April 80, 1906.
This is the Pittsburg of Mexico-the point
where coal and iron and other metals meet
and are reduced to commercial conditions
The air is overcharged with smoke; tall
chimneys rise above the roofs and cinders
are spread upon the sidewalks. The largest
manufacturing industries in the republic
are situated here. There is a steel COM
pany representing an investmen of $1O,-
0O0Oo0 The Guggenheim trust has a
smelter representing three and half mill
lions; there is another smelter which repre-
sents two and half millions of native cap
those in Chicago or st. Louis and stands
for two million and a half. Other manu-
featuring enterprises make a long list and
are too numerous to mention. Monterey
promises to be one of the largest and one
of the most important cities in the repub-
lie. 1t has everything in its faVor-location
transportation facilities and all the other
conditions. The altitude is about 900 feet
above sea level. with q gentle slope of 30
miles to the gulf, from which come cooling
breeZeS. The surrounding country is very
fertile and is capable of producing any
quantity OF food. With irrigation crops are
as certain as the rising of the sun, and
Of great wealth and reputation, is building
dam which will furnish water enough to
irrigate 1900 acres on the outskirts of the
city and open up new industry in fruit
raising and truck farming for Monterey and
the neighboring cities
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-09-28
PIumaue of the RIuebird.

OF the male bluebird Thoreau said:
"He carries the sky on his back" To
this John Burroughs added, "and the
earth on his breast" The birds back,
wings and tail, chin and throat are
vivid blue. while his breast and TANKS
are chestnut brown and his abdomen
a dirty white. The female is very
much dulInr in coloring, often having
q reddish tone that extends from the
middle of tii.a back over the shoulder.
The Seminole Indians say that the
male bluebird once flew so high that
his back rubbed against the sky,
which impaired to him its own azure
tint. Returning to earth, his wife so
admired his new coat that she deter
mined to have a like one for herself
and the next morning flew away to
get it; but the day proving somewhat
cloudy, the color given to her dress
was not so brilliant as was that re-
ceived by her mate
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-09-28
PRAISE OF THE BAKED POTATO.
Of All Known Varieties the Finest,
Declares Writer.

There are said to be 1,148 different
so far discovered, is the baked pota-
to. Of course, the potato grows down
in the chambers of the earth, away
from the sunshine, the jolly zephyrs
and the songs of the birds. 1t is
down there among the worms and the
creatures of the dark, where the cold
rains huddle about it, says the Colum.
bus Journal.
But, although it's environment is
dismal, and it holds no communion
with the lovely visions of the air, dear
old mother Nature takes good care Of
it, and suffuses it's humble being with
many happy qualities, through the
mystic chemistry of the soil, which
burst in all the exuberance of flow
er, when gently baked and broken
open by loving hand.
Then, that snowy bosom-like ten.
derness exudes an aroma as delicate
as a lily's, and whets the appetite like
3 dish of ambrosia. One wonders how
/, ian be so, that this soggy tuber
develops itself into concretion of
creamy spray, when submitted to the
friendly heat Of the oven. But there
IL is spread out in raptures on the
plate, and anointed with butter and
sprinkled with salt, the fairest dish Of
health and virtue and loving. kindness
in all the menus of delight
There are mashed potatoes, fried
potatoes, boiled potatoes, creamed po-
tatoes, Saratoga chips and divers 9th.
er sorts of greasy, watery, woody
connections of the humble tuber, but
nowhere resides the brooding tender
ness of it's loving mother as when
baked to the turn of an autumn leaf
and breaking into smile before you.
But one must not bake a potato clumr
silly, dumping it into any kind of an
old oven, and giving it no care, no pa
thence, no kindly touch. Give it these,
and of the LAS different kinds of po-
tato you will love the baked the best.
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vorable to the health of the birds,
yield and quality of feathers, and the
production of alfalfa for green feed
the year round.
Ostriches come to maturity when
about four years of age. The female
natures from six months to a year
before the male, but she will seldom
lay fertile egg until she is three and
one-half years old. The nest is a
round hole in the ground, which the
male scoops out with his feet. At
first the female may not take to the
nest, but may lay her first eggs on
the ground, whereupoE the male will
roll them into the nest. Generally,
after the male has put three or four
eggs into the nest, the female will
lay there. In about 80 days she will
lay IL to 16 eggs, and will be ready
to commence incubation.
Incubation under domestication is
carried on in two ways-by natural
and by artificial means. Some grow
ers prefer the former method, others
the latter Either has been found to
yield satisfactory results with fertile
eggs. About AZ days of very careful
attention are required for good re-
suits.
In natural incubation the male takes
prominent part, covering the eggs
Is or 16 hours out of the "a. He will
usually go on the nest about five
o'clock in the evening and remain
there till eight or $50 the next morn
Ing, the female taking her turn during
the day. 1t is thought that the color
of the sexes has had something to do
with developing these instincts. The
male being black, is not SO easily seen
at night, and the female, being drab
or nearly the coloc of sand, cannot be
so readily seen in daylight.
The ostrich is plucked the drst time
when six months old, and should be
plucked about every eight mouths
thereafter during its lifetime. The
only feathers removed are those Of
the wing and the tail. The process Of
plucking consists in cutting the tail
feathers and one row of the largest
quill feathers in the wing with pruning
shears, and drawing by hand those Of
the remaining two or three rows in
the wing. Two months later the quilts
of the cut feathers may be removed.
At plucking time the ostriches are
driven in from the pasture and placed
in a small pen surrounded by tight
board fence five or six feet high. The
plucking box is about four feet high,
20 inches wide, and three and one-half
feet long, open at cnce end and closed
with a door at the other. An ostrich
is caught and hood placed over it's
head. An old black stocking makes
very satisfactory hood. The hooded
bird is very easily handled. 1t is
placed in the plucking box with its
head next to the closed door. The
quicker stands behind the bird while
removing the feathers. This is nece5-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-09-28
COSTLY CLOTHES FOR WOMEN.
Enormous Sums of Money Can Be
Spent for Finery.

CAS- much as $50 yard is often
paid for gold and silver tissue-cloth
of gold, as it is called, though it is not
really" said a dressmaker, Cloth of
gold at all. For cloth of gold, the
real thing, is made of pure gold,
drawn into fine wire, and then woven
by hand. Such cloth was often used
during the middle ages 1t is now
used only in Sumatra. It's cost is quite
5000 yard.
"That seems high, doesn't it? It is
nothing, though, beside the cost Of
lace. A court train of moire antique,
decorated with gold thread and pearls.
was made in Paris for an American
lady last year at a cost of $500.
ITO the empress of Russia not long
ago the mobiles of the province Of
Kherson presented an ermine mantle
worth $4,000.
There are lace handkerchiefs worth
$4,000. Even the thread of which lace
is made comes ridiculously high. The
fine handmade thread used in the
best Brussels lace is spun from fax
grown at Rebecq-Rognon, and fetches.
in good seasons, as much as $4,000 a
pound. "-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-09-28
Artistic Wraps for Fall Wear

There seems little doubt now tnat
the ideas embodied in the artlstlc
wraps so popular during the summer
time will find further expression In
carriage and evening cloaks to De
worn during the fall and winter.
Cloth, velvet and silk suitable for
fall and winter wear are all now
made in such soft and supple Sulse
that they lend themselves readily to
drapery and ample folds, and fur Will
hut add richness to the models. For
that matter. even sheer materials,
such as crepe and mousseline and
lace. are nowadays pressed into serv-
ice for winter evening, coats, and al
most any one of the exquisite summer
cloaks. save those of linen, might
very well be copied for winter wear.
For daytime use the picturesque,
voluminous cloaks in which the chic
Parisians have reveled this summer
appeal to but a small class. They be-
long to the women of luxurious car
riages, of the dainty salons, OF the
innumerable frocks and hats and
wraps, and they are appropriate only
in such a rich setting.
The woman who walks, who rides
on street cars, who climbs elevated
road steps, who has few costumes,
need not concern herself with Res
toration and Louis XVI. and Egyptian
wraps in planning her daytime toilets,
but even she may give herself over
to picturesqueness in the matter Of
an evening coat, and to-day any wom-
an who makes even the smallest pre-
tensions to being well dressed has
her evening coat.
Surely never were materials better
ADAPTED to the purpose of that same
evening coat than are the fabrics Of
today. The silks and velvets have
lost their stiffness, while losing none
of their richness and beauty, and
LEND themselves readily to every trick
of drapery and graceful line. The
erstwhile stiff and uncompromising
broadcloth has become as supple as
crepe, almost as lustrous.
And behind these heavier coat ma
terials is the bust of soft simmer
ing silken stuffs included in the list
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-09-28
"Chiji" or "Chjje."

There have been many arguments
during the last few weeks as to
whether the name of the earthquake
smitten country should be spelled
Chilli or Chile Chile is the Spanish
and Chilean form. The name is COM
monty explained as an old Peruvian
word for snow, the allusion being to
the Andes; but Chill" has also been
identified as a native South American
word, "chTi," meaning cold-Which
would make it really the Chilly" coun'
try. AS to the meaning of "Ondes,"
there is plenty of choice. The word
has bsen variously interpreted as sig.
nifying the haunt of the tapir, the re-
gion of copper, the home of the Anti
tribe ard the site of the "Ondenes."
Spanish gardens on the mountain ter.
races.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-09-28
Gold tissue

ers being a little above the waist
line; from that point they slanted
down abruptly to the belt.
The sleeves were full coat sleeves,
ending a little below the elbows and
having two velvet points overlapping
each for cuffs
A gorgeous dinner gown in pale
pink chiffon taffeta has lengthwise
stripes of pink roses. These stripes
are strips of satin ribbon set on,
and they show half blown rSses and
buds in various shades of pink.
1t is an Empire robe, the slight
slanting in at the waist line being at
tanned by box plaits in the soft chif-
fon taffeta that fare as they de-
scend; ending at the knees.
The top of the robe has it's neck cut
square. Bands of white lace go over
the shoulders near the thoat and ex-
tend to the bust line, and between
them, in both the front and the back,
are squares-not squares, for they are
two inches longer than they are
broad-of lengthwise tucked yellow
chiffon, having three white lace inser-
tions, and wider insertion at the
top as a finish.
The sleeves are knife-plaited
founces of pink chiffon that begin at
the lace bands going over the Shout
ders and end several inches below the
curve of the shoulders, edged with
white lace ruffies. These sleeves are
cut to taper down to the center bust
line, where the white lace straps to
which they are attached end, and the
under part is turned back and forms
a dropping point across the side of
the bust that extends to the under.
arm seam.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-09-28
ms AND OUTS OF OSTRICH
FARMING in ARIZONA
An Industry Which Yet in Its Infancy
By Watson Pickrell.

Ostrich farming in the United States
is really only in its infancy. 1t has
been only % years since the first
American ostrich farm was started.
The early attempts met with varying
degrees of success. The pioneer
breeders in this country had to get
most of their knowledge from their
own experience. In fact, more than
half the ostriches now in the United
States are the progeny of single
pair owned in Arizona in 1891. Great
progress has been made in the last
five years, and there are now 1900
ostriches on farms in the United
States. OF these, 1,540 Gncluding
chicks of 1905) are in Arizona, and the
remainder in California, Florida and
Arkansas.
Where good alfalfa pasture has been
available the birds bred in America
have grown larger than those first i'm
ported. A full-grown fat ostrich will
weigh from 375 to $50 pounds. He
will stand eight feet high, but can
easily reach to 10 or IL feet.
Ostriches thrive best in a warm, dry
climate, but can be grown in any of
the southern states and territories in
this country. In a moist climate they
should have protection from cold and
rain.
Salt River valley, Arizona, is
thought by many to be the best loca-
ton in the United States for ostrich
farming. Climatic conditions are ia
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lively will not be permitted in this
factory That ought to stop it," he
said, looking tickled to death over the
terrible downrightness of the words.
1t did stop 1t, too. After that,
whenever a man wanted little Ii
guild nourishment, he just stepped
outside the door and took his kettle
with him. Wasn't a bad scheme,
either-they could conform with the
rules and get breath of fresh air at
the same time.
One day the engineer, Danny Nc
Carthy, had more steam than he
needed, and got the harmless notion
of letting it off through his whistle.
She started to blow at II o'clock
and at five minutes past she was still
blowing, and there isnt whistle this
side of Halifax with a throat like her.
Ten minutes after II Rigby dropped
the paper he'd been trying to read
and went raving crazy.
Brown" he screamed down the
speaking tube, "send that engineer to
mel"
Mccarthy" he shouted, when Dan.
ny came in, what under the sun is
wrong with that whistler"
"'Tis jiggin'," said Danny, solemn
as an owl.
What do you mean by" said
Rigby, before he caught himself.
"Why don't you stop it?"
Danny looked injured.
"Well, now, Mr.. Rigby, We know as
well as I do what job it is to fix a
jiggin whistle"
Certainly I do-certainly," said
the boy. Il understand all that, but
not knowing the precise kind of whis-
tie you're using, I can't give you spe.
ciflc directions for repairing it. Can't
you stop it-er-jigging yourself?"
WELL" said Danny, considering the
matter, "oi course, the best way is to
let it blow till 1t stops and then soak
it in a pail G soapy water till tbs
thoroughly cool aud the lie out O. the
bearin's. That takes about three
weeks. Then, agin, l can stop it to
wunst by unscrewin' the governor,
only that you run a risk s. hurtin' the
injector"
Never mind the injector" said his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-09-28

The tailored coat and skirt in light
| weight cloths, mixtures, checks,
stripes and plain goods will now'have
their innings. They will be the smart
est form of street costume seen this
fall. Such costumes depend entire
ly on their cut and finish for their
beauty and smartness.
For these costumes, when worn by
| the women of moderate means, the
pld-time favorite blue serge will be
found exceedingly desirable.
One recently seen had short walk.
ing skirt, having four-inch hem,
and three inches apart-the first one
three inches above 1.-TWO three-inch
| tucks. The skirt itself was modi-
fed circular, close at the top. Down
! the center front was tapering box
! plat four inches wide at the belt, by
eight at the bottom, the plat TAX
ing in the tucked section. Across this
plat were loops of blue silk braid,
the braid being quite like cord.
The Elton coat was close around the
waist line, having a pointed double
breasted waistcoat of tan-colored
cloth, closed by loops of the blue
cord, and edged at the top and bot
tom by several rows of the braid
set close together. This waistcoat
pointed down bit below the belt.
The belt also tapered down in point
in the front, and up to the sides,
where it was quite narrow, and the
narrow width continued around the
back. 1t was made of the blue braid
set so closely together that it con-
cealed the foundation. This belt was
attached to the coat. There were
serge revers turned back from the
cloth vest, the widest part of the rev.
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sary, because the ostrich can kick or
strike very hard, but it always strikes
out in front and never behind, so that
the plucker is perfectly safe if he
stands in the rear.
Nothing is positively known as to
how long an ostrich will live. Some
writer's claim that it will live 100
years. Ostriches which are known to
have been in captivity for 40 years
are still breeding and producing feath-
ers. 1t is the experience of Arizona
farmers that among birds having good
nutritious green feed deaths seldom
occur except as the result of accident.
A dog or other small animal will some.
times brighten ostriches and cause
then to run into the fence, which may
result in a broken leg. When this
happens the bird may as we'll be
killed, as few if any ever recover
from such an injury.
The question most frequently asked
by visitors to an ostrich farm is:
What is an ostrich WORTH" The
somewhat curt reply usually given is:
The birds are not for sale at any
price" The day has not yet arrived
when the American grower is ready
to part with his birds as the grower
of other animals does. The value of
the ostrich has only begun to be ap-
preciated. Practically the only in
ducement that will bring an ostrich
farmer to the point where he will sell
birds is lack of available pasture for
them Ostrich farmers may name the
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This all happened about five years
ago-yes, it's just five years this
month that Otis died.
Say, he was the man to run an acid
works. He was super here in the acid
works for II years running, and there
wasn't one fault found with him by
the boss or by the men, which is just
about as important, if not little bit
more so.
One day, about two weeks after the
death of Otis, the boss turned up with
Rigby, mean little boy, maybe % or
%, narrow-chested, hatchet-faced,
green from college and with an opin-
ION of himself that would have bro
ken down an ordinary mans constitu-
ton to carry. --
Mr.. Rigby," the boss announced to
the men, represents the younger gen.
GRAFTON of chemists. He has all the
newest wrinkles in acid manufacture
at his command, and l think he'll
make some improvements here"
Next Monday morning, Rigby came
in for business the first time.
ache to see that strut! First he'd
stride through the whole place with
his hands behind his back and SUI
perior smile on his wien little face,
looking this way and that way, like a
bantam rooster out for fight. Then
he'd stamp upstairs to the office Otis
had had so long, and throw papers
around for a while.
Shortly after he saw a boy coming
IN with a cargo of beer, and down.
stairs he flew to Brown, the shipping
clerk and general manager of the Of
fee.
Brown" he said, there's beer
drinking going on here!"
Can it be-" said Brown.
1T isl" announced the boy. "Tll
put short stop to that. Tonight,
Brown, you will discharge any man
you know to be a chronic beer-drink-
err"
What shall we do for men," asked
Brown.
oh, see here!" cried Rigby, very
sharp and impatient, 'how many men
out of the 80 will you have to dis
charger"
Thirty" said Brown.
"Ah-hum," murmured Rigby.
"Then I'll take another course. Make
. sign, Brown: Beer drinking posi-
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Box 321, DeGraff, Ohio.
DIR. 5. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
I was a terrible sufferer from
pelvic weakness and had headache
continuously. 1 was not able to do nv
homework for myself and husband.
wrote you and described my condi-
ton as nearly as possible. You recon-
mended Peruna. l took four bottles of
it and was completely cured. l think
Pernna a wonderful me dicine and have
recommended it to my friends with the
very best of results.
Esther NJ. Miner.
Very few of the great multitude of
women who have been relieved of some
pelvic disease or weakness by Peruna
ever consent to give a testimonial to be
read by the public.
There are, however, a few courageous.
self-sacrifcing women who will for the
sake of their suffering sisters allow
their cures to be published.
Mrs. Miner is one of these. In her
gratitude for her restoration to health
she is willing that
| A GRATEFUL the women of the
LETTER TO whole world should
DR.. HARTMAN know it. A chronic
invalid brought back
to health is no small matter. Words
are inadequate to express complete
gratitude.