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Trefs of righteousness.

HE Psalnist says of the righteous:
n .'He shall be like a tree planted by
~ the rivers OF water. that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither." Are not trees the
most beautiful useful and attractive OBJ
iects in nature and most fitting illustra-
,ions of God $ noblest Creature-man?
So Rev Edwin Whittier CasweN writes in
+he Methodist (BaltimoreD.
After Morris penned his exquisite poem.
.Woodman. Spare That Tree he wrote
the following letter, telling the story of
the poem:
Don't think me foolish, / don't know
how it is; / never ride out but / turn
down this lane to look at that old tree.
] have a thousand recollections about 1t,
and 1 always greet II as familiar and
well-remembered friend. There it Is now.
Near the tree stood a man with his coat
of. sharpening an ak. You're not going
10 cut that tree down, surely?' Yes. but
] am, though, said the woodman. What
for?' inquired the old gentleman. choked
with emotion Well / will tell you; !
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want the tree for irewood. What is the
three worth to you for f1rewood?' Why,
when down, about S1O Suppose should
give you that sum. would you let 1t
stand" Yes. Then give me a bond to
that effect l drew up the bond. 1t was
signed and the money paid over. These
circumstances made strong impression
upon my mind and furnished me with the
material for the song I send you
II human nature is so deeply impressed
with the architecture. the majesty and
glory Of tree. we'll may 1t idealize
noble manhood
The Bible contains many references
to trees; from the trees Of life and
knowledge In the Garden Of Eden to
the trees bearing twelve manner OF
fruits in the paradise Of God, there
are many words about the many
varieties Of these most lovely objects
Of nature. The Old Testament speaks
OF Absalom's oak, Moses bush, Elijah's
juniper tree, Davids mulberry tree
the myrtle tree, the cedar and the
palm. In the New Testament we have
Zaccheus' sycamore. the barren fig
tree and the mustard tree. symbolizing
the kingdom.
Trees have been a favorite theme Of
poets. Roderick Dhu writes of the
evergreen pine. Grey. in his 'Elesy."
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~ HE Lutheran Augustana Synod,
Dl, which has a membership of about
- 12Co Swedish Lutherans in va
sious parts of the United States, has just
decided to erect in Washington a rep
resentative church of the denomination.
end work for the collection Of the neces-
sary fund has just been begun.
The decision was made during the clos
ing sessions of the annual meeting of the
synod just closed in Chicago. after Rev
A. ]. Enstam. in charge of the Swedish
Lutheran mission in this city, which has
been worshipinS in the Luther Place
Memorial Church chapel for two years
past, had made a report of the progress
of the work.
He was also authorized To solicit funds
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Diau Dcspital
III Mexifo Citp

~ HE American Baptist Home Mission
III Society has just been given $4,000
with which to build in the city OF
Mexico modern hospital. to rank with
the best In that city. The society has
long had. In connection with its Baptist
Church there. a physician whose work
was that of a missionary.
Rev, George H. Brewer. superintendent
of the society's work in Mexico. just now
in the United States. says that many
Mexican leaders believe the late difficulty
not a war of revolution. but OF evolution
and hold their country to be on the eve
Of greater things than ever
In spite Of the war Baptist work went
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now had to pay several millions in
assessments before they could make it
again pay but up to July, 1910, they
had received S4.4O5 900 in dividends.
The mines about GuanajuatO. which
are now turning out millions for Amer
leans, originated through the discov
cry of the La Luz mine, out Of which
more than $SOO.OOO.OO0 in silver was
taken, This mineral region was known
to CorteZ. and the La Luz mine was
discovered in 1547, only ffty-five years
after Columbus made his first voyage.
1t was found by a company of Span
ish soldiers who made a fire on a rock
to keep warm and were amazed to
find puddles of silver amid the flames.
They then investigated and found
that the country about was full of sill
yer. They began mining with In
dians. carrying the sacks of ore to the
surface by means of a notched pole.
Each Indian had a bag of this ore on
his back and he climbed with it out of
the mine In this way hundreds OF
millions of dollars worth of ore was
discovered right near the La Luz was
the Valenciana. From 1850 to 1887
this mine produced more than $780,
100000 in silver. and it was mined in
the same rude way.
Later on these mines stopped working
and became filled with water. They were
then bought by American syndicates, and
are now being operated with the best Of
mining machinery. A great electric plant
has been installed. the power for which is
brought for more than 100 miles; and some
Of the old dumps are being worked over.
1t is claimed there is enough ore in the
dumps to keep the smelters running for
twelve years without going down into
the mines; and that the average cost Of
production will be less than half a dollar
per ton. Among the companies now OPP
Grating there are the Guanajuato Consol-
idated Mining and Milling Company, the
Guanajuato Development Company, the
Guanajuato Reduction and Mines Com
pany, and the Guanajuato Amalgamated
Gold Mines Company, all belonging to
United States capitalists.
Other mines, which have been operated
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unyieldingness; others are like the
giant sequoias for majesty, grandeur
and genius. Some are like the willow
in sorrow and suffering. while others
are like the myrtle trees, that clap
their hands for joy. Some are fruitful
in deeds Of benevolence and kindness,
while others are barren as the boughS
Of winter. Some are changeable as the
seasons; others perennial as the ever
green.
The tree grows from within. outward
forming a new ring each year The de-
velopment Of the spiritual manhood is
from the heart not from external ac-
cumulation Trees grow from the soil
humanity up toward divinity. as Hosea
prophesies:
II win be the dew unto Israel;
He shall grow the lily
And cast forth his roots as Lebanon
His branches shall spread.
And his beauty shall be the olive tree.
And his smell Lebanon.
They that dwell under his shadow shall return:
They shall revive the corn and grow as the
The scent thereof shall he as the wine OF Le-
banOn.'
For the righteous to flourish like Leba-
non is to be watered by the dews OF
heaven. to be rooted and grounded in
love divine, on the lofty sides Of Mount
Zion whose leaf shall not wither. who
will shelter all who come under his
shadow, diffusing the charm Of the frag-
rance Of holiness, and whose roots OF
faith shall be as many as the branches
Of profession.
No wonder true fruitful manhood has
been called trees Of righteousness. the
planting of the Lord" AS Christ says.
For herein is My Father glorifed. that
We bear much fruit What bountiful
bearers were Paul and the apostles,
Luther and the reformers. Wesley and
the evangeists, William E. Dodge and the
philanthropists, Livingstone and the mis-
sonaries, Florence Nightingale and the
woman helpers of the world. Robert
Raikes and the Sunday school teachers.
Such lofty souls have ever encouraged
mankind to like aspiration. The word
like was Christs favorite-'like unto
household" like grain Of mustard
seed" like unto a net cast into the
sea- like a treasure hid in a field"
like a merchantmen seeking goodly
pearls" So the psalmist said: HE shall
be like tree
Graft me into thee forever.
Tree Of Life. that may grow
Stronger henvenward. dropping never
For the sharpest storms that blow.
Bearing fruits Of faith and truth:
Then transplant me out OF time.
Into that eternal cline,
Wherc ! shall ronew my YOUTH
When earths witlered leaves shall bloom.
Fresh in beauty from the tomb"
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which the AZtecs cast for him, and a
platter Of gold SO big that two-hundred-
pound hog could have been served upon
it. He describes how gold sold in
at Montezuma's capital. and eXpatiates
upon the great beauty Of the shields, he'll
NETS and plates which We're carved by
the Indians.
Some of the best mining properties of
today are old workings which have been
pumped out and re-Opened. Take the
Real del Monte near Pachuca, in the
state Of Hidalgo. That mine was yield
ing millions, when we We're fighting with
King George as to the tax upon tea. 1t
has been abandoned again and again.
and it is now owned by Americans, who
within the past five years have made it
dends
The Real del Monte was owned 1G5
years ago by mule driver named Ter
reros. He developed the mine and be-
came the Coal Oil Johnnie of his time.
He loaned the King of Spain a million
dollars, and presented him with several
warships fully equipped. In return the
king gave him a title of nobility, and he
was known as the Count of Regla. You
may see his bust on the front of the ma
tional pawnshop here in Mexico City.
He gave the money to found that insti-
tuition. The sum was $3OO, 900 and the
aim was to beat the usurers by loaning
money to the poor at a low rate of in
terest.
Count ReSla once asked the King or
Spain to come over and visit him, say
ing that he would plate the walls of
his bedroom with silver and carpet the
paths upon which he walked about the
place with silver bars.
Shortly after Count Regla's death a
subterranean river burst into the Real
del Monte, and it was under water
when Humboldt came He described
it's possibilities and his report formed
the basis for a mining craze in which
the property was capitalized and Of
fered in England. The stock was in
great demand and the fve-hundred-
dollar shares sold high as $4,000
each in the open market Cornish
miners were brought over and ship
loads Of machinery installed. During
the next twenty-five years twenty mil
lion dollars were spent in operating
the property, and the output was only
three e-fourths of that amount. The
company finally went bankrupt. and
the mine went into the hands of others.
who are said to have taken something
like forty million dollars worth of
metal out of it. The men who own it
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steadily forward last year the churches
and schools not having been injured. Re-
ports are promising for similar growth
the coming year. whether the war comes
to an end or not.
The same society Is about to erect a new
school at Rio Piedras, in Porto Rico.
Grouped around the Insural University.
which was established and is maintained
by the government are being built in
dustrial and religious colleges and houses
Of studies. somewhat the plan OF
houses around the Catholic University
at Brookland
The Baptist project at Rio Piedras is
missionary training SCHOOL. located near
to but not connected with the university.
A certain amount of cooperation is en-
Joyed. The improvement will cost $50, 600.
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best mines are on the western slopes or
the mountains at from a half a mile to a
mile and a half above the sea-level.
Gold is spread over vast area OF the
Sierra Madre. and there are placers in
Sonora and elsewhere. The prospector s
best chance is to take one of the disused
workings or lost mines and follow it back
to the original VEIN / am told that there
is a 12,O0O-acre ranch in Sonora, every
square yard Of which gives color to the
prospectors pan. The source of this gold
was looked for for generations, and was
finally found in hill ten miles away, but
the vein has been worked out. Some day
the old ranch may be run through the
mill for the scattering bits of flour gold
it contains.
I'm another mining region a prospecting
party picked up piece OF rock weighing
two tons. which was streaked with ma
tive silver. 1t was broken up and re-
duced. and found to contain "a OW worth
of metal The prospectors organized a
company and searched the whole neigh
borhood, finally concluding that the great
mass had in some way been carried down
stream from a mining territory forty
miles distant.
There are a number Of old Spanish
mines which are worked out and others
which cannot be located One of these
is the Tiaopa. which the Pima Indians
claim was once the greatest mining prop
erty Of all time, but of which the records
show no existence Wonderful stories
are told of the San Nicolas mine. in
Tamaulipas. which was abandoned at the
time of the struggle for independence.
According to tradition this mine was SO
rich that the streets of the town were
paved with silver, on special occasions.
and silver bullets were cut from the ore.
There is no doubt but that the old
methods of mining have left fortunes in
silver and gold on the dumps. Many of
the mines We're far away in the noun
tains and transportation was SO costly
that only the best ore could be worked.
The methods were rude. the ore being
crushed between great stones, and the
metals taken out by the patio process.
These methods are still used in some of
the mines worked by the natives.
l have seen them getting out silver by
the patio process. The ore is first ground
to a powder and mixed with water until
it forms a kind of a mud. Then mix
ture of vitriol, salt and quicksilver
is added and six or eight blind
folded mules are driven around
through the mud for hours until
the quicksilver has gone through every
part of it. AS the quicksilver touches the
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Grert 5meni8b Church in QQlasf)nQto1
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for the erection of the church In this
city, and in the other congregations Of
the synod He has already made his
plans for the effort and will begin In
about one month.
Prominent persons of Washington inter-
ested in the work of Swedish Lutherans
here it is said have already agreed to
contribute TO the effort for the new
church.
Washington and Our Government Is
the subject Rev Mr. Enstam Will take
for a series of lectures which he Will
give before the various congregations Of
the denomination throughout the coun-
try in the work of raising the necessary
funds.
No site for the proposed new church
has been decided upon as yet, but 1t will
in all probability be located in the north
west section of the city.
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AT the College of Mines. in this city, you
may see gold and silver from workings
" hich once turned out millions, but are
now filled with water: and in the govern
snent records are notes of vast properties
which have long since been abandoned
When Alexander Humboldt, the great
scientist, travelled over Mexico, more than
D century ago, he counted 1000 mines,
and l am told that fully 1000 of these
are not now IN existence. OF some the
very records have been lost. and they
are now known only by tradition.
When Mexico got its independence by
overthrowing the rule OF Spain Il enter
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The oak roars the beech shrieks, the
elm has a deep groan. the ash means.
the pine whistles. the birch signs, the
mulberry sings and the willow Whis-
pers. These minor strains combine to
make, next to the birds, the great choir
of nature.
There are great a variety In the
qualities OF trees as in the tempera-
ments Of men. Some men are like the
oak in strength and steadfastness,
others like the elm, for shade and
shelter. Some are like tho hickory for
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of the yew trees shade and OF the
rugged elm; Bryant Of the apple tree.
Of the birch and the cedar
in his 'Evangeline" and Bayard Tay-
lor Of the palm tree. Samuel Walter
Foss says of the tree:
Who loves tree he loves the life
That springs in star and rlOd:
He loves the Love that gilds the clouds
And greens the April sod.
He loves rha wide benefcence,
His soul takes hold on God"
Every tree has q voice of its own.
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receive the blessing Of a naAn like David
Livinsstone! The Livingstone. Shaftes-
bury, Patton, Moody type of man Is alone
92:2h. The genuine 'phiianthropist"
dover of humanity Is first of all lover
Of God-then. filled and fired with the
spirit Of the ministering Christ he be-
comes fitted to act as a self-sacrlficing
ssrvitor of mankind in those things which
pertain to its higher life and its most
lasting interests.
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Marks Of the Christian.
From lions Herald.

From Zioh's HeraId,
Men who spend and are spent In the
cause Of Christ and of ministry to their
fellow-nen are the true successors Of the
apostles. II would not cress the street
to hear a man simply because he claimed
to be a lineal successor of the apostles" ="
says Rev. Samuel Howard, but l would
kneel in the mud. or in q snoWbank, 70
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MENlCO CITY.
INCE l came to
Mexico my eyes
have been bulging
at the stories l
hear of the lost
treasures of Mexi-
co. They come
from old pros
pectors, from min
ing engineers and
from men posted
as to the Mexican
mineral territory.
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for hundreds of years and which are in
existence today, are in Chihuahua, Fac
atecas. Sonora and elsewhere. The Ba-
torilas mine, which Boss Shepherd re-
claimed. had been operated for genera
tions before him. and the mines Of Parral.
one Of which has given the peon mining
king. Alvarado, his millions, was in a
territory which was well known at the
time Cortez died. In 1900 the mines
there were operated by 1000 miners, most
of whom were Indian slaves; they worked
under the lash and for a century or
so sent a steady stream of silver across
the ocean.
The work was so hard that the In
dams revenged themselves by flooding
the mines. and they remained unused
until Americans pumped out the water.
AS to Alvarado he was bitterly poor
until he made his great strike. He is
now worth tens of millions. and there
are some who put his possessions at
s75,00O.000. I am told that he first
bought every luxury he could think
of. building a great palace. which he
filled with pianos and canary birds to
such an extent that it was known as
charitable, and one Christmas day gave
away 100000 silver dollars. piling the
money on truck and scattering it
about among the poems Of Parral. This
is the same man who once said he
would give s10.000.0O0 to the poor Of
his country. He even offered to pay
the national debt.
=
Another bonanza king took out 55.-
100000 ounces of silver from one mine
in twelve years and then went to Eu-
rope to spend it. He lived as extrava
gantly as he could. but left something
like sixty millions for his heirs to fight
over.
The extent of the mining territory here
Is so great that you can get traditions OF
lost mines from all parts Of the country
The mining regions are to be found in al
most every state. but the principal ones
are in central and western Mexico. They
run from the border of the United States
as far down as OaXaca. a distance as
long as from New York to Oklahoma
City. and they go from there westward
far from New York to Boston. The
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THE Gold of the Aztecs
L Lost in the Waters.
What Cortez Found Old
Workings Which Now Pay
Big Dividends-The Real
Del Monte" and the Wonder
full Mines of La Luz-They
Have Produced Hundreds of
Millions and Are Now Owned
by Americans-Pedro Alva-
RADIO, the Indian Mining King.
Stories of Lost Mines and
Rock Heaps Sprinkled With
Silver and Gold-Mexico's
Mining Laws and Her Pearl
Farms-In the Opal Region.
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| ed upon an era of revolution which lasted
for years. During that time some of the
most profitable mines were abandoned
The water rushed in. their works We're
destroyed, and for a time their very en-
istence was blOtted from the knowledge
of man. There are still many old dumps
and the remains of old workings. scat
tered here and there. throughout the
whole Mexican territory. Some of these
old dumps are said to contain fortunes.
1t used to he that a mine had to pro-
duce at least $50 to the ton to be worth
operating. so that rich only was
taken and the poor left on the side. We
have in the United. States mines which
are now paying we'll at less than S5 per
ton, and the cyanide and new smelling
processes are bringing out tens OF mil
lions of dollars worth OF gold and silver
that formerly went to waste
Many Of the mines of the Aztecs are
still to be found When Cortez had
conquered Montezuma he got him to
send his taXgaIherers out over the
country to make records of the loca-
tion of the best mines They brought
back an itemized list, but it is doubtful
whether it was a true one. Cortez
was even less successful in his at
tempts to find where the Aztecs had
buried their treasures He tried TO
screw this information out Of Guate-
mozin, the nephew of MonteZuma and
his son-in-law. This prince was tortured
by fire to make him disclose the secret.
He at first claimed there was no treas
ure but finally said that the gold had
been thrown into the waters. Cortez
then searched the lakes about Mexico
City. but his divers found nothing, al
though they dug up a disc of pure
gold as big as a cart wheel out of the
garden of GuatemoZin.
The treasures Of Montezuma ire still
undiscovered. They are said to have
been worth sSO.000,000. and there are
documents. in picture language. which
itemize the shields. helmets. sandals
and plates of solid gold. and the gold
grains and dust which were worth
this great sum. One tradition locates
the burial site of the treasure at Coyo-
acan, not far from Mexico City.
There is no question as to the extent
of the precious metals Of the times Of the
Aztecs. The king who preceded Monte
yuma, was a miser. and he had collected
a treasure which. Cortez says. was great
er than that possessed by any monarch
OF Europe. Much of this consisted of
grains and nuggets of gold and gold uten-
sils and trinkets. CorteZ had great part
of it melted and cast into ingots. He
sent one-ffth of the product to Spain,
and among other things, a gold cannon
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Copyrighted. 1918, Icy Frank q. Carpenter.l
Special correspondence OF The Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-20
HEALTH AND BEAUTY HINTS
BY MRS. MAE MARTIN.

Margaret You can overcome the life
less, "stringy,' brittle condition of your
hair and make it soft, brilliant and lux
urious again by the use of this simple
qunine tonic: Get one ounce of quinZoin
from your druggist dissolve in half-pnt
alcohol. add pint water Vigorous scalp
massage with this tonic will stimulate
roots and tissues to healthy action. over
comes dandruff oiness and irritation
and the hair will regain former color
gloss and life.
Grace NJ: l know you will like della
tone for removing superiiuous hairs.
with a little water make enough paste
to cover the hairs; let remain two or
three minutes, then rub off, wash the
skin and every trace of hair will have
vanished. This is an inexpensive, pain
less way to remove hair or fuzZ and no
harm results from its use.
Irene: Impurities in the blood cause
the condition of which you speak and
until this is corrected you can hope for no
relief. An economical, old-fashioned tonic
and system regulator can be made at
home by dssolVing one ounce of kardene
in half-pint alcohol then adding half
cup sugar and enough hot water to make
a quart. A tablespoonful before each
Accommodations and gives you strength
and energy When the blood is cleansed
of impurities the skin becomes clear and
the complexion taxes on a healthy tint.
Miss c.: No | would not use paint of
any make Rouge aud powder only cover
defect-a spurmaN lotion removes them,
breathe. removes impurities and replaces
the sallow, muddy appearance with the
pink and white bloom of health. Four
ounces of spurmaX (Which you can get