New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24

and it will hou for many. many years - come
There chance of the vein or rather they
many in tins magnificent body ri giving
out The that Is IN sight and cannot be denied
viii pay Pedro The peou thirty Thousand dollars
every day of his life. even should his wears exceed
the three score and ten Of the psalmist An earth
quake might put the palmla out 81 business
tor time but So II might the Bank of England n
Vail Street
When Alvartdo realized that he was i millionaire.
he went money mad Accustomed lii his life 'p The
btterest poverty. ne s4utndcrcd Thousand, Dit-
monds and lcwery. pictures and horse, and ear
uages. and gowns galore Tor his beautiful E>ltc Nir-
ginia who had never had more than Change 4
clothing before lie samhlci. and then he built .
palace which a revelation By 'h- very tcN who
have visited the place these facts voueh,ttri
l. had been the abiding ambition ri Virginia
life all through their poverty some day 20 have
piano; and So when the faithful husband got ms
millions. OF his first acts 20 buy thousand
pianos. one for each IF the thousand rooms III 'hc
palace In each room there is also aviary CON
tanning at least a hundred canary birds. Through
out the palace The woodwork IS oi mahogany hand
carved. Almost every suite OF apartments opens
out into its owu private patio. where fountain
plays AZ night when the canary birds are resting
On saints days and holidays the fountains sad
to run with the most stylish pertuncry from the
Rue De Ia PAX In, this statement | have always
regarded a tropical cxaggcratIon.
For some years Alvaradp had agents in Persia
on the lookout tor the rare Daghcstan rugs. IA
Arabia to bride shciks and pashas Tor permission
export famous mares ot the Yemen breed Inc
Orient for rare curips Indeed. all hat Is rare IN
the world and might the dreams ot sud
denly made Crr,us. that has tins rich IF the
so sought and iur hcrporc he has succeeded IN
getting most Of the worldly things he desired
Tired of His Extravaeances
pUT in the last year or two the delights OF extrava-
ID gance seem 10 have palicd upon Avartdo He
lives quietly and unostentatiousy. While he has
everything that money buy. his personal
pcndture greater than that OF hundred, ot ms
dependents Down in the heart Of his mine he has
erected a shrine % the Virgin. the walls of which
of onyx and the supporting pillars Of aabas'er,
and here day and night a thousand candies burn IN
honor Of Our Lady of the Mine
Pedro Avarado has many children, but in the
disposition Of his wealth. which seems 70 have
brought him greater happiness than was his
when he worked a pcnnilcss peou. he IS su1 to
have no more thought of them than of the children
of his ncghbors. When President Daz refused t.
have the national debt of Mexico wiped out. NJ
varado is said have acted bercft Of reason
for a few days Perhaps the fear the dread 81 he
silver flood engutng him. is working upon the
nerves of this faloritc of fortune. Cndauntei,
however. he is planning another outlet for his
gigantic wealth. lie is gathering the statistics
of every father of a family throughout MeNico.
When the list is ready, he intends 1t IS SAID, -
divide with his fellow countrymcn the output Of
the Pamilla mine The Mexican Government Is