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bird are the most valuable.
 Directly after the plueking the feathers are sent to the wash room. where they are thoroughly cleansed with soap and water and rinsed through another water containing a little blueing, and finally passed through q wringer and hung on line to dry. The dyeing and curling proc ess follows, the latter being done by girls. The smaller feathers are used for making boas fans, etc, as noth- ing Is allowed to go to waste. Even the eggs which fail To hatch are drained and sold as souvenirs.
 The wild ostrich is not easily cap tured, as If shuns the presence of man, and it is said to be most sue cessfully hunted on horseback. If cornered 1t will fight, and the hunter can find a certain amount of safety by lying flat on the ground, as the ostrich can kick dangerously only at height of about three feet or over. This, perhaps. explains their fear of 8 small dog. They will not hesitate to charge on man or large animal, but the appearance of a small dog causes even the tame bird to become terror stricken. Often the, captured birds will become very tame. and at one of the farms in the South there Is bird captured in Nubia which now follows its owner about the pen like pet dog.
 The eggs are valued by huntsmen in South Africa as food and are cooked by setting them up before a fire. An opening Is made in one end and they are set up on the other and stirred with stick during the cooking. One egg will make as much omelet as two dozen hen eggs and it is said to be very palatable. It will be long time, however, before ostrich eggs are sold in the markets as food.
 ostrich feathers as a means of orna- ment have been popular for centuries, and royalty has selected them as a mark of particular rank. Tradition says that at the Battle of Creey Ed ward. the Black Prince, plucked | bunch of ostrich feathers from the helmet of the King of Bohemia, and since then three white ostrich feathers hssaItsen tlis badge of-<he Prince of | Wales. .-, a.-trsss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-01
A''''A A z

~ ASHIONS may come and fash
 ions may go, but, like Tenny
 sons famous Brook" the os-
 trich plume "goes on forever''- 1t is always worn in some shape or form. The waving willow plume so popular last year has now given place to the clusters of tips, the bands of ostrich or the short curling feather A tour of the smart millinery shops reveals the fact that some style of ostrich feathers form a part of the trimming of ninety per cent of the .(neadgear of this season. Whilst some of the hats are adorned with wings of birds and aigrettes yet the prevailing fashion for the trimming of dress hats Is the ostrich plume. Millions of these feathers find their way into the shops and while the ostrich farms of he United States play only small part in filling the demand, the twenty i've hundred ostriches corralled on the different farms of Florida, Texas, Arizona and California will yield a handsome profit to their owners this year and doubtless in years to come also. The remarkably small death sate among the birds is surprising when one considers the great differ snce of climate and general conditions ,f Africa as compared with the United States.
 This industry began in 1885. when shipment of thirty-nine ostriches ar .ifsed from Africa. Several of the 5irds were sent to different parts of he West in order to discover just what climate would be best adapted .or their comfort. So far Jackson lille, Florida, and Los Angeles. Cali 'ornia, seem to meet their condition pest. Of course, the sole income of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-01

of Six to eighteen months, and do not fully. mature until they are three years old if female, and four years old if male. Both sexes are simi- lar in appearance and color until they are about eighteen months old. when the feathers of the male begin to darken and finally when the bird is about four years old become decided black. while the feathers of the fe- male remain drab during her entire life.
 When the ostriches have attained their full growth they are allowed to go counting and choose their own
 mates. After pairing off" they are given separate corral. where they set up housekeeping. The male pre- pares the nest by rounding a hollow in the sand in the most secluded spot in their pen, and the manner in which he hollows out the sand shows far more intelligence than is generally credited to the ostrich. After select ing the spot he sits down, resting his weight on his breast bone. Then he begins scratching by backward movement of his legs and toes until he has made the hole of sufficient size and depth-about four feet in diameter and twelve inches deep. The female then lays her eggs-one every other day-until she has deposited from fifteen to eighteen eggs in the nest. The weight of each egg is about three and a quarter pounds, the shell being from one-sixteen to one-eighth of an inch thick. The egg is about fifteen inches in circumference. The period of incubation is forty-two days. The male bird is an exemplary hus- band, for he takes his turn in set ting" usually covering the eggs at
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Sans engravers. Despite the small space allowed for the depletion, 1t Is plainly evident that the two vessels are headed in opposite directions and that one part of the lock is raising one of the ships to a higher level while another is lowering the other to lesser one. In the background are depicted trees and stretches of sand
 An especially interesting item in connection with this stamp is the fact that the design is a reproduction of a model of the Gatun Locks on exhibi- ton at the War Department. This model, by the way, is quite a unique affair, for its locks work, with real water and real miniature ships, ex- actly as will those on the Canal when completed.
 A view of San Francisco Bay, from Goat Island. Is the subject of the de- sign on the five-cent stamp, and in panel beneath it is the caption Golden Gate" To the right and left of the picture are rugged mountains and a setting sun serves as the back ground. On the waters of the "Gold- en Gate" float a small sailboat and a modern ship.
 The ten-cent Panama Exposition stamp depicts the Discovery of San Francisco Bay and shows the explora CTS assembled on the top of a hill looking out over the water they have just discovered. Each figure Is dis tinct, despite it's minute size. The in- scription Discovery of San Francisco Bay" appears in a panel beneath the view.
 It is not a matter of slight moment at Washington to print a new issue of postage stamps. Authorization of the issue must first be obtained from the Postmaster General and then the tremendous task of designing, print ing and distributing them must be taken up. The Commissioners of the Exposition requested MT. Hitchcock to order the special issue, and ob- tained his consent, provided suitable designs were made.
 In the past, special issues were made for the Worlds Fair at Chicago. the Exposition at St. Louis and the Jamestown Exposition. All designs for stamps are made at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, under the supervision of Joseph D. Ralph, the Director, but in case of special issue those who are directly interested are
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so arranged that, instead of four hun dred, the sheets will come off the presses each bearing two-hundred and eighty stamps.
 Another interesting angle of the printing of "the Panamas'' is the fact that. inevitably. 1t means an increase in Uncle Sam's bill for paper. It has been shown that only two hundred and eighty of the new stamps can be printed on a sheet that accommodates four hundred of the regular kind; so, since the daily out-put of stamps at the Bureau must be the same numer- iea1ly, the new issue is bound to re- auire a greater number of sheets of paper Besides this, the cost of the plates and the time of the engravers in making them must be considered. Hence. this "boosting" of the Expo sition by Uncle Sam costs him rather pretty penny. But, being pound wise and not penny-foolish, he does not begrudge the outlay.
 Let us follow a sheet of "Panamas,' in the making through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. After the new plates have been made and prop
  skilled in his art, polishes and inks them as they glide past him on the presses. When this has been done sufficiently. his assistant feeds one of the blank sheets into the press and the pressure necessary to obtain the i'm print is applied. Then the sheet, transformed into two hundred and eighty U. $. postage stamps, is stripped off the press.
 The output of each press is then counted--as sheets-and sent to an- other room in which the gum, or mucilage, Is applied to their backs. They pass through a long machine that applies the sticky mess at one end and turns them out at the other all dried and ready 10 be licked ' To make certain none has been lost, the sheets are counted again.
 They must next be perforated-so that you may easily tear them apart -reoeunted and cut into quarter sections and once more counted to see that none are missing. All this is done by Government employees skilled in their respective phases of the work.
 And right here may be cited evil denee of how closely Uncle sam watches the process. If a single stamp a quarter-sheet or q whole sheet is missing in the count. the worker who should have passed on to I the next employe the correct number but failed to do so is charged with the face value of the missing stamps
 Even though q sheet is spoiled in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-01
HcGL. 2Ix'eCIor

~Y the first of the New Year, N when you step up to the post
 3 office window to buy postage jsV for your letters, you'll be hand ed stamp that at first may make you pause and wonder if the man behind the window hasn't made a mistake. It will be red in color. but its shape and size will differ greatly from the one you've been accustomed to re- ceive. This new stamp will be of the issue struck off by Uncle Sam in hon. or of the coming Panama Exposition at San Francisco. Cal, in 1915. AL ready they are in the making at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in i, Washington, D. c.
 You will be able to procure these hew designs in four denominations one-oent, two-cents, five-cents and ten-cents. The first three will be respectively green. red and blue, ac- cording to provision of the Postal Union Law which names a specific color for stamps of each of those three denominations. Though any color might have been selected for the ten } cent stamp, those in authority con sidered 1t better policy to make 1t conform to the color common to stamps of that denomination, namely orange.
 There are several points of simi- Iarity in the four denominations. Ex- cept as to color, the border is the same on each of them, with the words 'U. s. Postage, San Francisco, 1915," at the top and Cent or Gents at the bottom, the denomination being noted in numerals in the two lower corners. A palm branch is depicted on the right side of the border and a spray of laurel on the left.
 The stamps differ widely as to de- sign. The one-cent one shows, in a circular frame, a picture of Balboa who, you remember, discovered the Pacific Ocean, while background of palm trees and other tropical growth with vista of the ocean beyond eX- tends to the inside edges of the border.
 On the two-eent stamp two ships .are depicted passing through the Gatun Locks of the Panama Canal In a panel below the engraving are the words "'Gatun Locks" Such a sub iect is necessarily repiete with details nd the fact that every line of lock and ship appears, eleanly cut. is real tribute to the artisanship of Uncle
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01
BULLION BARS ARE
SHIPPED BY BELMONT

The Tonopah Bonanza says that one
or the largest consignments of bullion
ever made from the Tonopah district was
forwarded a few days ago by the Bel
ing Of seventyseven bars OF dividend
making mill product which weighed
134, ,4S3 ounces. It is estimated that the
value OF these bars Is close to S104 900
The Tonopah Miner gives the follow
Ing number OF features Of the camp In
Its last Issue:
Tonoph- Belmont workings In rich ore
In both Belmont and Shaft veins
Montana opens flve feet Of high grade
ore In l62 stope. Lets contract for erec-
Arizona
West End profits In October, sss,sG4.
The company shipped this week twenty
three bars OF bullion and twenty two and
resume sinking of the main shaft to the
1000-foot level
The Jim Butler mine shows continued
Improvement In all workings on the 600
level
Tonopah Extension proves downward
extension of o01 stope on 600-foot level
Ships out 215o pounds Of bullion worth
sS1.71b.
MacNamara crosscuts vein on GOO foot
level for thirty feet
Tonopah Merger commences shipments
Continues to develop rich ore on both
levels.
Tonopah Mines corporation completes
purchase of Little Tonopah property for
$3.50, 900.
North Star continues to extract ship
ping ore from the e50-intermediate lev
el- Conditions on the 1250-foot level are
most encouraging.
OF its main shaft in few days sTen from
the 1900 to the 2000-foot level
Tonopah production this week f055A
tons, valued at s263s5o.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01
COURT DECISIONS ARE
EXPECTED MONDAY

James A. Pollock & Co, bankers and
brokers, furnish the following. received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon:
Paine. webber & Co., Boston.-A bull
ish article on Calumet & Arizona was
responsible for some little buying In that
stock this morning, We do not think
the expectation OF an increase In tho div
idend Will be fulfilled this time. CRANKY
was slightly stronger, but on the whole
the market was very narrow. with prices
unchanged.
Logan & Bryan, New YorI.-Tradins
today reflected for the most part the
backing and filling OF the professional eIe-
ment, together with moderate amount
OF week-end realizing, Prices on the
whole were quiet and steady. but the dis
position to refrain from making extern
sive commitments was quite pronounced.
II has been generally expected that to-
days bank statement would not make A
very favorable showing, but 1t was not
anticipated that the surplus reserves
would be depleted TO the extent denoted
In the exhibit published after close.
or course, with the preparations for
the December disbursements in progress
II is not natural to assume that the fg-
ures presented today are an entirely true
index of existing money conditions, but
nevertheless 1t is patent that the strain
is not as yet at an end. II is con-
fidently predicted that Important supreme
court decisions Will be handed down
Monday which. taken In conjunction with
the fact that international politics are
still quito disturbing, leads us to believe
that lines should be strengthened in an
tlcipation OF sharp fluctuations.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01
RESULT Of NEVADA
HILLS OPERATIONS
Tonnage Increased; Values,
Net Earnings and Per Ton
Cost Decreased.

The reports OF the Nevada Hills com
pans are available now for the four ini-
tial months OF operation under the eX-
listing satisfactory mill conditions, and
an interesting study is afforded by com-
pairing the months available II will be
seen that since July the monthly ton
mage handled has increased with the cx-
ception OF August. while the per ton
value of the mill heads has decreased
from s2S.54 In July to S21 in October The
earnings also have decreased from S64,-
S94l0 In July to S41,50i.09 In October.
but the per ton cost OF production has
been Whitfield down from S9,3I In July
and 1885 in August to sS.15 In October.
Friends OF the company assert that the
company has not had an opportunity as
yet to display sufficient results for strlk-
fng fair average OF the mill capacity
or the ore values. The operations AT the
mill have been held back by scarcity
OF water which, 1t is stated, Will be elimi-
mated as soon as the Webber shaft Sc
cures better depth. and when the Eagle
workings have. been given further atten-
tion. They point out that December will
see tho Indebtedness wiped off the books
and the company will start the new year
with clean sheet and with profits in
shape for accumulation against early
dividends. Earnings for four months are
at the rate OF over 90 cent? share an
nually.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01
Significant Indication.

This flow OF water, In itself. IS accepted
as an indication OF o continuous vein
and the character OF the material con-
tained in the ledge. as well as the me-
dium grade assays obtained at this point
are regared as most encouraging for
prospects OF finding commercial ore at
this depth and IN these strong veins
Sinking has not yet been resumed and
will probably not be started again until
tho west crosscut Is completed nor Will
any development work be done on the
veins opened until there is better venti-
latlou. as progress in this work In the
absence Of good air would be slow.
Many rOmors have been current here
OF late regarding the intentions OF the
Merger company regarding the develop
ment OF Its ground. It Is said officially
that some important announcements In
this regard may be made shortly. but
whatever other work may be undertaken
II will in no wise Interfere with the sink
of the deep shaft on the st. Ives claim
TO depth of 1000 feet and the attendant
development that has been planned Cos
sip has II that work will be started on
the Velvet claim OF the Merger group
with the purpose OF picking up at once
the extension Of the ore bodies opened
In the Poleverdc mrfe OF the Jumbo Dx-
tension company and exposed by drifts
up TO the boundary OF the Velvet The
main Velvet shaft, which is between 400
and 500 feet deep. is only about $50 feet
from the side lines of the Poleyerde claim
and It is thought likely that an arrange
ment may be made TO drive under this
shaft from the Jumbo Extension work.
iuZs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01
Shipping to Utah.

The final report Of operations or the
Gold1eld Consolidated for the month OF
October will be issued within a few days
and win probably show a normal pro-
duction in point OF tonnage. The mill
has been treating from $40 to 1000 tons
OF ore daily and ore is being shipped regu-
larly to the smelter ct Tooele Utah from
tho deep workings of the Cernont and
the intermediate drift and slopes between
the 1000-foot level of the Clermont and
the 1900 level OF the Grizzly Bear.
Some extravagant reports have ap-
peared In newspapers regarding the cf-
fects upon the Goldfeld Consolidated
company. among others, Of the recent de-
clsion In favor Of the Moore Slime Filter
company in its suit against the Tonopah-
Belmont Development company. a suit
that was defended by the Buffers Filter
company. whose filters are alleged 10 be
an infringement upon the patent OF the
Moore company. The decision Is OF far
reaching scope and effect and has at
tracted widespread attention in mining
and metallureical circles The reports al
luded 10 have asserted that the Goldded
Consolidated would be compelled to nay
TO the Moore company something like
sl.oo0.0 600 for back royalties The COM
pany's records show that 1t has treated
about 1000, 900 tons Of ore by the slime.
filter process. which, in the event that
the full back royalty of 10 cents per ton
is exacted would amount TO not more
than 800, 900.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01
ALTA CON. AFFAIRS
IN GOOD CONDITION
Arrangements Made for Use
of Tramway, and Much
Ore Available.

The following statement has been Is
sued by William H Child &C. company,
regarding the Alta Consolidated prop
erty. which is one or the interesting
propositions now attracting attention in
local mining circles:
After an inspection OF the Alta Con-
solidated mine. our representative re-
turned today, and reports a wonderful
Improvement In mine conditions in the
last ten days.
Connection has been made with tho
Brooklyn shaft which gives direct air
circulation throughout tho mine. and
which is very beneficial. especially as
to working conditions. 1T also makes
possible the shipping OF ore from the
Brooklyn shaft,
A drift has been run for nfty feet
10 the west OF the Brooklyn raise and
croEs-cutted from this drift to the north
no sign OF n foot wall. In this drift
alone there is a proven orc body that.
conservatively estimated, viii net $50
tGn Been n TT thsreb hS feet sosSS sGw 6St 6S
$4,000 worth OF ore in the past ten
days.
There nre eighteen mon working at the
mine. with twelve teams hauling orc.
The company has just completed It's
boarding house and comfortable quarters
for the men. They have their winter
supplies on hand, and have used every
precaution against any obstacle that
may arise to cause cessation OF opera
tions during the winter months. Ar
rangements have been made with the
company for the use OF
their tramway. which will enable the
Alta Consolidated TO shin at least twenty
tons of ore every day OF the year. The
Michigan Utah has been financed. which
looks good for tho Alta camp.
The Alta Consolidated has got far be-
yond the prospect stage--it is mine.
me !, only question TO be answered now
Ing from present showing and geological
II is destined TO be one Of
the biggest things that was ever dis
covered in the Alta district.
The Alta district Is showing signs OF
HE and there Is no question In our
minds but that Alta is on the verge OF
Il boom, that Will exceed anything here
tofore In this district
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01
LOVE STAR REPORT.
FOR MONTH ISSUED
ST. Ives Property Is Found TO
Garry Substantial Gold
Values.

Secretary j. s. Henderson of the Lone
Star Consolidated company has forward
cd 10 shareholders the following monthly
report Of conditions:
Operations OF the company nave con-
tinuod as outlined in last months report
TO tho stockholders. The southeast drift
on tho 500 foot level OF the Lazy George
claim has been advanced l27 feet: the
northwest drift on the same level was
extended siNty-oDo feet. aud the cross
cut from the latter drift was driven
twenty feet
In old workings oh the Patrick claim
some material has been found that
yields good assays and Manager Healy
will proceed at once 10 drive crosscut
at a depth of fifty feet from a vertical
shaft on this ground TO cut tho vein
which has been opened by two shallow
vertical shaft. This work VIII he In the
nature OF prospecting n known vein and
tho management feels justified la the
hope, that IL VIII yield good results.
a. lease has been granted TO local min
ers. covering ground on the Lone star
and Minnevada claims. at the eastern ex-
tremity OF the property. and Including
tho old Patrick lease shaft and workings.
The lessees arc now at work In this
ground. which has produced some good
ore In the past.
On. The company's St. Ives property,
arc now employed and In stra aiehtening
up the old incline shaft lately they have
exposed n foot of ore that averages $50
per ton, This ore shoot will be further
developed and in the event that q tom
mage Of any magnitude OF this character
OF ore IS developed the product can be
mixed with the orc from the old dumps
and will yield an immediate profit for the
company. All OF this ore carries free
gold and engineers report that II can be
handled for $6 per ton.
Development viii continue without in
terruption on the Lazy George claim,
in workings from the main shaft