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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12
LiTn0nfour
a Man OF
Brains and
Capabilities

At EXICO, d. F, March 12.-Jose
Nt Yves Idnantour has been called
%'A the 'Witte of Mexico Grant
ing the appelation its complimentary
value, the Mexican minister of finance
needs 10 borrow neither the name nor
the fame of the great Russian financier.
The term is applicable to Limantour
only as 8 mems Of impressing those
who possibly may be unaware of the
gigantic and striking work done by
him in rehabilitating the finances of
the nation and elevating its credit
above that Of the rest Of the Latin
American countries.
A tall, slender man, with pure white
hair mustache and sidewhi skerS, Ii
mantour is now in his 57th year By
birth he is a Mexican, althout h French
blood predominates IN his VEINS. There
Is faction in Mexico which il aggres-
sively antagonistic to Limantour, prin-
cipally on account of his Fren ch blood.
BY men who can think and AXE into
account the material needs of the
country, the mention of Lmantour's
name Is often coupled with the ex-
pressed wish that he might become
president But that is hardly to be an
tacipated- He has enemies, as has been
said. Personally, the suggestion has
always been extremely repugnant to
him It is a moot question, too, II IN
der the constitution. which provides
that the president mut be Mexican
born. Ldnlantour is eligible TO the office.
LimantOur a Genius.
But, aside from all this, 1t is not de-
tracing from the eminence or the quail
ifications OF the minister of finance TO
say that his services may be estimated
TO be Of much more worth to Mexico In
his present position than if he were in
the executive chair. For finance Lii
nantour has innate inclirations which
attain to the dignity OF genius. For
politics he has neither prediction nor
nnesSe. Next to Diaz. he is the most
potent man in Mexico today, upon. the
principle that tn any organization,
political or commercial, the real power
behind the throne is the man who
handles the money. Lmantour keeps
the purse-strings of Mexico tightly
within his clasp. He is an autecrat IN
his department. He has to be.
Eternal vigilance is the price of
treasury SURPRISES. The head OF every
other Departments In the government is
subject to him. so far as money goes.
When the budget estimates are made up,
there is no tossing them to the tender
n1ercses Of congress, as with us, to be
allowed % stand as offered, or hacked
snd pruned unspsringly, according to
the quality and strength Of political in
fiuence which the department heads can
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12
serious. Life is as safe there now as
anywhere in the United States

serious. Life is as safe there now as
anywhere IN the United States.
La RepubIfcn.
La Republica mine, although across
the imaginery line OF Chihuahua, is only
40 miles southeast Of Trinidad, and
geologically and internationally should
belong to the Sahuaripa district. This
is an A No. 1 property and it's present
manager, Webster, / believe Is a very
competent man. He has had great diff
cultes to contend with, for in the last
rainy season the prior management al
lowed the mine to get flooded, which,
from all accounts, could have been
avoided. had they not stopped out the
ore 10 the surface, making an opening
for the rain waters to rush in
The ores near the surface and the
pillars should have been left for futurs
reserves They were as good there as
money in the bank, and could have
been taken out any time.
The unwatering is a big job, but I
don't doubt IL will be accomplished, and
the mine will become good producer"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12
Mexico Not Extravagant.

Mexico has exhibited noteworthy
sanity is refusing to plunge into the
tempting extravagances of huge army
and navy establishments. She does not
need them, and so her budgets have not
been laden down with immense apprO-
priations for their increase and up
keep. She Is not keen on Dreadnaughts
and is quite satisfied TO let other ma
tons rule the wave. She spent last
year on her army, which has utility
principally as a national police force.
only S13,970,000, while her navy cost
her less than s1,000,000. AS a matter
of fact, the army is disproportionately
small for her size and the number of
the inha But labor is scarce in
Mexico. Every man tallen into the
army, Diaz says, filchesf needed pair
of hands from the field or the shop.
So he has kept down the size of the
army and put forth exertions to in
crease the training and efficiency of the
officers, and co-jointly, those of the
rank and file.
Millions for improvements.
The millions that might have been
wasted in a vain glorious essay to pan
der to zest for military glory, or in
seekingSto make Mexico a power on the
sea, have been devoted to internal i'm
provements. Examples of these are the
fine port works at the Atlantic and
Pacific ends of the Tehuantepec rail-
way. at Veracruz and other harbors;
subsidizing railroad lines, building
highways, substituting irrigation pro-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12

ley. The vein runs east and west
through this hill, which is opened by an
inclined shaft 536 feet deep, showing a
shoot so feet wide and 400 feet wide
Another incline was sunk on smaller
vein 257 feet. and IL showed that this
vein Joined the main vein- The ore is
four feet wide. carrying II ounces sill
yer and 81 to $3.50 gold a ton. At the
$50 foot station drifts were run so feet
east and 36 feet west, in this ore.
In the last six years the 1essees cyan
ided 100000 tons OF tailings that had
accumulated as the result Of previous
operations OF the 80 stamp pan amalga-
nation mill. Part of this failing was
cyanfded after dry crushing. The mill
is now being remodeled to provide for
stamp crushing in cyanide solution and
all slime treatment The equipment
nearly all OF which is installed, con-
sists of 20 stamps, four sets of rolls,
two Chalmers & Williams tube mills
20 feet long by four feet diameter, four
Pachuica slime tanks, II by IS feet, two
Burt revolving filters each 80 feet long
five feet diameter. which viii treat so
tons Of slime per "a hours.
With this equipment it is proposed 10
handle 1OG tons of ore a day from the
mine and 200 tons of tailings from q
dump Of 10000 tons from the old MILL
1t is proposed, ultimately, TO retreat
the 100000 ton dump which is supposed
20 contain three ounces of silver and so
the cyanidecentS gold ton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12
You Can Cure That Baekaehe.

Pain along the back. dizziness. head
ache and general languor Get a pack
age Of Mother Gray's AUSTRALIAN
LEAF. the pleasant root and herb cure
for all Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
troubles When you feel all run down.
tired, weak and without energy use this
remarkable combination OF natures
herbs and roots As a regulator 1t has
no equal Mother Gray's Australian
Leaf is sold by Druggists or sent by
mail for so cts Sample sent FREE
Address, The Mother Cray Co., lie Roy,
n. Y.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12
NEW COMPANY TAKES OVER
OLD COMMONWEALTH MINE
Is Now Operating at Pearce, COchise
County, Among Other Things,
Working Over Old Teilings

1t is reported that the lessees OF the
Commonwealth mime and mill at Pearce
Cochise county, Arizona, having pur-
chased the majority of stock, are now
operating the company under the name
of the Commonwealth Mining and Mill
ing company. The mine is on the branch
OF the Southern Pacific railroad from
Cochise to Gleason.
The mine he's record OF producing
millions of dC1ars. 1t is in an andesite
hill. rising abruptly like an island in
the level plains Of Sulphur Spring val
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12
TO SELL SONORA PROPERTY.

FssS9sea Arsz-aEazalZ -NaerorfaffO =
are being conducted in Bisbee for inc
sale of the Vete Grande mine which is
located in the state of Sonora The mine
has been developed TO a certain extent
with good results and, according to ru-
mors. it viii be bought by a syndicate Of
Bisbee people and new company form
ed. The present owner of the mine 10
Jim Finch.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12
re INsTAL MACHINERY.

Bisbee, Ariz-. March 1.-THE old
board of directors was reelected at the
meeting of the Bisbee-Sonora Mining
company The company has decided 10
install additional machinery on its prop
erty and to continue drilling by COM
pressed air instead Of by hand
At present most of the work is beirg
done at the Badger claim
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12

walls to be torn down in 1896, by legis-
lative enactment. The impetus given to
native production in manufactured ar
~ticles was immediate and tremendous.
The adoption Of the gold exchange
standard" and the naturalization of the
bulk of railroad mileage of the coun-
try, are more recent examples of the
daring. progressive and profitable
strokes of Mexican national finance
which go to Limantour,s credit. Mexico
brought her currency in line with that
of the other commercial nations of the
world under the promptings OF similar
considerations as those which operated
in abolshing the "alcabalas." While the
currency laws enacted four years ago
supply stability TO exchange rates they
also make provision for the general use
Of silver money in commercial transac-
lions in Mexico.
Foreign Capital.
Foreign capital has been pouring into
Mexico unremittingly in the past de-
cade. The latest estimates are that
American investors alone have consid-
erably more than one billion invested
here. Mexico could never have Travelled
so far on her own financial resources
The money is not in the country, and
If it were the Mexican is apt to be
chary about risking it in enterprises OF
speculative nature. He is losing some
of his backwardness, and today Mexican
capital is being utilized more and more
freely. Diaz and Limantour have been
severely criticized by some who plead
ultra patriotic motives for their friend
illness to foreign capitalists. But results
seem TO prove that their attitude in this
respect was based upon solid, seeing
utilitarian grounds. No one can assert
with truth that Mexico has lost any
thing by affording facilities for Amerf-
cen and other investors to earn big
returnS on their Investments On the
contrary. she has gained in every way
Next article-Mexican Railroads.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12

y n EXICO, D. F, March 12.-Jose
M Yves Dnlantour has been called
Ava the "Witte of Mexico" Grant
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12
THE FINANCES Of MEXICO
By Robert Fl. Murray

bring TO bear. There is a budget COM
mittee Of the Mexican congress. But
the budget committee IS Limantour. His
word is the committees law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
COMET IS NO STRANGER
 TO TWO NONOGENARIANS

Hartford, May 14.-Because it was an old friend of theirs, Halley's comet failed to worry them and because they have seen too many lucky and unlucky Fridays, the fact that yes terday was the dread Friday, the thirteenth marred in no degree the pleasure of two nonogenarians who celebrated their birthdays in this city with the awesome comet whirling to- ward them for the second time in their lives
 Mrs Martha Holmes Cushman, who was born ninety years ago in West Stafford, Conn.,, spent a quiet day at her home in Church street. At the other end of the town Charles Albert Chapin quietly observed the arrival of his ninety-third birthday. He re- members the visit of Lafayette to the unveiling of Bunker Hill Monument in 1924, as well as Halley's comet on it's previous round trip.
 Lewis w. Ripley of Glastonbury, remarked that yesterday morning he discovered a star of about the sixth magnitude in the centre of the comets head and that it shone undimmed through the mass of gas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
Da!ton's Experiment.

The English chemist Dalton was a schoolteacher. He worked without a laboratory and with crude apparatus, mostly made by himself from simple materials. Here is an example describ- ed in his own words:
 'TOOk an ale glass of a conical fig ure, two and half inches in diameter and three inches deep; filled it with water that had been standing in the room and consequently of the tempera- ture Of the air nearly; put the bulb of the thermometer to the bottom of the glass, the scale being out of the water. Then, having marked the temperature, l put the redhOt tip of the poker half an inch deep in the water. holding it there steadily for half minute, and as soon as it was withdrawn I dipped the bulb of a sensible thermometer into the water, when it rose in a few seconds to 180 degrees
 He then determined the temperatu of the water at the bottom after five minutes, after twenty minutes and aft CT an hour and found that it rose grad ually from fl to J2 degrees. This simple experiment proved that water has the power to conduct heat, which had been denied by no less an author ity than RumfOrd. Youths Compan- inn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
NEW OWLS LOSE
 SUIT TO OLD
Illinois Seceders Not Per mitted to Use the Name
 "OWl' for Their Order

The various difficulties and seces- sions in which the Order of Owls has been involved for sometime, were par tially resolved a few days since when an Illinois Court decided that Fred V. Santer and others, of the American Order of Owls, cannot use the name Owls in any form in the title of the order, they conduct The Amer can Owls were seceders from the South Bend order. The American Owls have been working under a charter from the state of Illinois. The injunction which has been issued against the American Owls is said to be final The Supreme officers of the old order announce that they will file a claim for $5OO00 damages.
 The Bridgeport Nest of Owls which is affiliated with the old order, will pay fraternal visit to New Haven Nest, Monday evening, when there will be class initiation. Thursday night they will attend the installation of a nest in Derby.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
CHRISTIAN CHINK
 MALLS LITTLE BOY
Charlie Kings Example to His Heather Brethren Not of
 the Best.

: Charles King, the Chinese laundry man of 222 Wood avenue, touted as a fine example of what Christianity will do for celestials. was today fined $50 and costs for beating little Joseph Os- borne of IF Park avenue several days ago. King posted bonds of $200 for his appearance in the court of com- mon please, denying the statements of the boys who testified against him.
 Kings trouble with the Osborne boy, it was shown, grew out of a scrap in which his two sons, the King boys who were strangely miss ing about a year ago, and were be- Iieved to have been Kidnapped, had be- come involved with other school chil- dren.
 King blamed the Osborne boy for his childrens troubles, and meeting him in the street, threw him down, beat and kicked him as he lay in the street. The child's injuries were so severe that he required the atten- tion of a physician.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE

Lavender and rose perfumes are said to be fatal to microbes.
 The best "sandpaper' is made from powdered port wine and stout bottles.
 A ten story building recently was erected in New York in ' working days.
 Freshly cut bark of the cork tree, if heated. gives off a gas that can be used as an illuminant.
 Since May 1 Boston has required retail milk dealers to sell their product in sealed bottles only.
 A drainingr ack for wet dishes, to be hung on one side of a dish pan, is new convenience for the house wife.
 Attempts will be made during the aviation meet at Rheims. France, in July to take moving pictures from aeroplanes.
 It is claimed for a new electrical melting pot for glue that it keeps it's contents at a perfectly even tempera- ture.
 The Department of Agriculture is experimenting in several of the South ern States with Japanese grasses used for mating.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
No Morals In praamiand.

If. as many writers have suggested, it is the soul itself that guides the i'm agery of dreams, how are. we to ex- plain the fact that in this chaos of ideas and feelings there is so little dis tinction between right and wrong that when dreaming we commit acts for which we should weep tears of blood were they as real as they seem to be.
 As Professor Hoffman has said, "The familiar check of waking hours, I must not do it because it would be un- just or unkind,' never once seems to arrest us ill the satisfaction of any whim which may blow about our way ward fancies."
 From all of which we must conclude that the dream realm is a world that is entirely oblivious to any moral sense and that, though it may be true that a troubled conscience may produce or affect our dreams. the dreams them selves are never burdened with a con- science.-Bohemian Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
WALL STREET TO-DAY


 New York, May 14.-(Opening)- stock market opened steady with a majority of the issues showing mod crate gains. Later Reading, Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific shaded off and their example was followed by several industrials.
 Il a. m.-After the first few minutes pronounced strength was displayed and prices made material gains. Gov ernment bonds unchanged other bonds dull.
 Closing-Decided strength was shown in the stock market in the last hours trading. Everything in which there was a fair amount of business shared in general upward movement which carried prices up from fractions over points. Reading was a prom inent feature, crossing 162. The Cop per stocks were strong, moving up over one point and a good degree of strength was shown in all the oth- CT leading railroads and industrials.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
The Mistake He Made.

He sauntered into the central police station and approached the desk ser geant. There was a careworn look on his face. He stood there a moment as if in reverie. Finally as tears coursed down his cheeks he timidly said:
 T want to give myself up."
 What have you done that you should seek a felon's cell?" the sergeant asked.
 ''I have long been a fugitive from justice. The welfare of society de mands that should be punished"
 "But what is it? What heinous of fense have you committedT
 'I am a bigamist-yea,. polygamist and l don't dare think what worse. No longer must l keep it from the world. Lock me up. I am ready to do penance.''
 "But will you not explain"
 ''Yes, if you insist. thought mar ried only the daughter, but have found, to my sorrow, that the whole family was included. ."-Kansas City Independent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
BEST MECHANIC BATTER
 TO RECEIVE LOVING CUP
Local Jewellers Make Tempting
 Offer.

AS an incentive to better. batting on the part of the Mechanics, G. w. Fair child 6 Sons, the Main street jewellers, have come forward with an offer of a silver loving cup, which is to be awarded to the local player having the best average at the end of the season. The cup is a beauty, standing about IS inches in height, having two embossed arms. On one side on a corrugated surface in raised silver letters is the following inscription Season 1910-Highest Batting Aver age, The Mechanics, Bridgeport Conn.," The cup rests on an ebony pedestal, making in all a height of about two feet. The cup will be plac- ed on exhibition in Fairchild's win dow today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14

Panama, May 14.-Acting under orders of President Taft, the Pana- ma canal Qualification committee has concluded it's report of how Uncle Sam will guard the big ditch in time of war. President Tafts report is in the hands of the congressional com mittee, and action on his recommen- dations is expected by June 1. The reports do not give the exact locations of the proposed Qualifications, but it is explained that this cannot be furn- ished until information has been ob- tained regarding the status and avail ability of certain parcels of land sit uated along the route of the canal" The armament for the proposed for tifications is enumerated as follows: Ten fourteen-inch rifles, twelve six inch rifles and twenty-five twelve inch mortars. The cost is estimated in excess of $14,O00,000. The report states that the board has examined the ground at the termini of the canal and of territory in the neigh borhood of the canals course with a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
WORK OF WOMEN'S
 RELIEF CORPS

The Woman's Relief Corps is an organization which works quietly and 1 without ostentation, therefore the good work being accomplished by II ! is not wholly known by the public. They devote time and money to soothe inc sick and dying, comfort the sor- rowful and assist and encourage the unfortunate, beside giving aid in many ways.
 The society was organized at Den yer, Col, in 1883, with a membership of 5S and a few dollars, till in 1910 it has enrolled 165,0 900 members and expended for relief work over S3,OOO,- eco It's acceptance as an auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic was almost from it's start, and now it stands as the largest relief organ, ization in the United States, and (omitting loss by death and in other ways) atspresent numbers more than 136.OO0 members in good standing. Connecticut includes in its rangs 3,l { 3 and AZ corps.
 The month of May IS 1uli oI ac- tivity throughout the State, for then is held the Department State cOnVen- tion at Hartford, the yearly visit to the Soldiers Home at Noroton, ana the Memorial Day observances, also services in some church the Sunday evening preceding Memorial Lay TOT the "unknOwn dead.
 The Elias Howe Jr. Relief Corps incIuded in their meetings, Thursday afternoon, a spirited discussion on the preceding subjects. The report from the convention was read by the dele
 gate. Fife T. Kelsey, also general re- Iorts. A htilfty fund was argued. An in1-itation from the Post to attend the Memorial service i'll the Park Street church on the evening of the SetI, was read and accepted. An ar rangenent was made for as many
 members as possible to visit the Sol diars' Home at Noroton the 18th Of May that being the day set by the Hartford convention for the pilgrim age. Each lady is to carry well filled basket.
 The Relief Corps also considered
 the advisa bility of entertaining the
 cnre of Veterans Memorial Day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-14
Goind Some.

Being pursued by farmer and his three sons after being caught in the chicken yard, young colored person had just made up his mind that he was not eluding his followers as quick ly as might be when a long cared jack rabbit jumped up from the roadside and started down the road ahead of him. The would be chicken thief had run a few hundred feet farther when the farmer and his boys were aston ished to hear the negro shout in voice that quavered with fright, though unrestrained, Say, for de Lord sake. you rabbit, get out ob de way and let some one run who can run.''- Argonaut.