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are needed for that purpose. We have coal, but 1t is not of the right quality"
 How about smelting by electricity?"
 "I do not think that is feasible. Flee tric smelting takes about one-thrd as much coal as smeting altogether by coal"
 Were these iron beds of Minas Geraes recently discovered ?'
 NO. They have been known for hun dreds of years. The colonial records show that an exploiting party started out from the town of Sac Paulo in 1890, and dis covered iron ore in the mountains which are about 60 miles to the southwark. About 100 years later the gold fields of Ouro Preto, where the electric furnace is now, were opened up and the iron fields were made known to the world. large part of the gold in that district is found in connection with the iron, although more than 100 years went by before we have any records of the iron being turned into use. Along about the beginning of the last century each gold mine was pro- ducing It's own iron. some of them using the ordinary blacksmith's forge and at that time a little smelting plant was es- tablished which turned out iron at the rate of about 100 pounds per day. Later still the whole of the mining district was dotted with little furnaces and about the time of our civil war. 1864, as many as 120 were still in operation"
 It is Dr. Orville Derby who brought the great meteorite from the state of Bahia to Rio de Janeiro. This meteorite is the largest in any museum. It is more than seven feet long, almost five feet in width. and It's weight when it fell was about 12,0OO pounds. It was first discovered in 17S4, and the following year an attempt was made to convey it to the town of Bahia by means of truck built for the purpose. It took the men three days to load it. and IS oxen dragged it a distance of 1500 feet to the bed of a stream near by where they had to abandon it. There it lay for about 20 years, when MT. Nor nay, an Englishman, found 1t resting in a bed of rust.
 Seven years later a few pieces were broken up by the aid Of instruments and fire and some of these were taken to other museums. The largest piece is now in a museum in Munich. 1t was shortly after Dr. Derby came to Brazil that he concIuled to get the meteofite to Rio de Janero. railroad had been built in the meanwhile and a special truck was made to work on the rails. It toook 125 days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17
Hunting Reed Birds
 In a Boat

stake two inches thick mite make him square mee1. and yet up peepu go out and endure all kinds of hardships to commit assault and battery theese helpless little Tom-tts To shoot reed burds with 12-gauge gun is like using Gurman seege gun to kill cockroaches.
 now have sceem for capturing reed burds which air regarded with high favur by the connisewers heer and that Is to fly paper Fore five hundred sheets of fly paper properly distributed the local swamps ought to capture quite number of reed burds Insect powder would likely do we'll exsept that insect powder in reed burd pie mite creeate naturel prejudse against that grae dellicasy. I strong for outdoor sports but shall in the future pass up reed burd shooten. To seek the reed burd with shotgun is like fishing for minnows with harpoon.
 One of the most successful reed burd hunts resent ly this citty reported in which two yung full of enthewsiasm and book beer succeeded in potting fore reed burds and three uther reed burd hunters all in afturnoon The three potted hunt CTS. aftur having the burd shot extracted frum theere systems, have reformed which will help sum.
 Yours trooly
 BILL VINES. Washington, D. C.
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of South Africa. red diamond, almost ruby in color, which weighed two and three-fourths carats. brought s15,000 In London in 1899 vivid green one oe two and one-half carats was found fin 1906, and two blue white ones of 2l and sa carats were discovered about the same time. The Irish crown jewels, valued at s250,00o are made up almost entirely of Brazllion gems. In 1909 there were 456 diamond claims in Diamantina alone, scattered over an area of about 600,000 acres. They produced s1o00,000 worth of diamonds that year. Altogether 1t is said that up to 1903 Brazil had exported a total of something like four tons of diamonds. In addition to its cartoons and other precious stones.
 There is a great deal of money in the cartoons of Brazil. Cartoons are in pure diamonds of q black or brown color. They are very hard and are used to make boring machines and for polishing hard substances. They are found in al. sizes from some as big as grain of sand to others that weigh hundreds of carats- We buy thousands of dollars worth of these cartoons every year. One was found sometime ago that weighed 5000 carats It was sold in Bahia and sent out to Europe, where it brought S25000; another weighing 976 carats, was sent to Paris. where it sold for 100000 francs.
 During my stay in Rio I have visited many of the jewelry stores. They have magnificent diamonds, but I am told the prices about the same as those of other cities. Senor Brill of the Avenila Central sells rough diamonds up to one- fourth of carat from $5 to SIP each, and from one-fourth carat to one carat in size from s15 to s25. Rough diamonds, which weigh from one to two carats. bring $25 and upward. Above two carats there are no fixed rates Cut stones are far more expensive than the stones in the rough.
 Among the other stones sold which are especially beautiful are tourmalines, aqua marines and topazes One of the most beautiful topaZes ever discovered came from Brazil It was originally given by the Emperor Don Pedro to Pope Plus TX, who gave it to the King of Naples Upon this was engraved as figure of Christ so dellcately that 1t took 12 years to make it. The price asked for the stone was $200,000. In the National Museum here there Is a topaz which weighs four and one-half pounds, and pr. Costa Senna, director of the School of Mines at Ouro Preto. has a blush white stone that weighs AS grammes. A ruby red topaz of 2a carats sold In the nineteenth cen- tury for $25. A white one in the Portu- gese crown jewels weighs over 1900 ca- rats.
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As soon as we recover our mental equi- librium and discover that we are not looked upon exactly in the light of raw material. we begin by praising ourselves, our section and all that therein is. We announce with festive assurance that the sun shines more brightly upon Dixie than upon any other section of the known world: we declare that the women of Sunland are earth's fairest feminine prod uct; we assert. and without apparent thought of possible contradiction. that the courtesy of the south is unexcelled. and that its hospitality is something that New Workers cannot even conceive of unless they visit down among the cot. ton fields; we dive deliriously into an inspired monologue anent our fine old southern families;'' we dismiss the ''ne- gro problem as If not worth discussing with one who can know no more about 1t than native New Yorker. and to cap the climax. we rise from our seats in theatre at the first strains of Dixie, ' cheer a frantic solo or duet-cheer (there is never more than trio of such cheer ers). and discover. ere we can reseat our selves; that the orchestral medley has shifted to the chorus of Hes a Devil in His Own Home Town"
 And yet-Twhen the New Yorker visits us, we complain audibly because he as- serts that his native city has a few mer- its peculiarly It's own; that 1t is. in some respects, world d-beater. and that. being something of. a melting pot. he is able to get line on the people of many sec tions and countries without leaving tho Island of Manhattan.
 It has been my pleasant privilege In the past to point out few errors com- mon to Manhattan-not that New York has been .. -, worried about it-and now. in order to prove that am not following poor rule" it ts but fair to see if 1t will not work both ways"
 Tn Now York 1t is not beneficial to the visitor from sunland to overboost 1is section. I do not preach disloyaltys
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UP AND DOWN BROADWAY--By Allen Griffin Johnson

but I would abolish bonn bast; I do not suggest treachery. but | would advise tact for even as every knock is a boost,' so Is many an intended boost correctly classified among the hardest knocks. ss
 "Why. how Is this?" you say. Not cheer for Dixie?'" But I did not say that by any means. Cheer 1t when a cheer Is due, but do not rise at the first few strains of a medley. make yourself absurdly conspicuous and win for your self, as representative of the south, frowns and adverse criticisms. When you give vent to solo cheer for Dixie" in a New York theatre, you are more than likely to call forth such remarks as. Whats the matter with that poor boob? "Oh. it's just pickled rebel who doesn't know the civil war Is over"
 And when you start overpraising the beauty and clinging wine qualities (Are they extinct yet?) of the south ern woman. the loyal New Yorker merely feels called upon to- defend the excellences of the maids of Manhattan and the belles of Brooklyn and the Bronx
 Nothing can be moro unpleasant to New Yorker-not less tactful on the part of southerners-than discussion of fine old southern families" we know. or are connected with It puts him entirely out of the converse ton, but to his credit be 1t stated that. gen. erally, he is polite enough to sit quiet ly through 1t, and even contribute an occasional smile of acquiescence and approval.
 of the negro problem which we of the south have paid all too little heed to-. For instance: There are many "fine old southern families'' (and we might eliminate the quotation marks just as welD: which have boasted of the abil- itys of their negro cooks and have em- ployed many other negres servAnts. yet
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Seems as if the love that won me
 Yesterday, today would shun me Can 1t be that now another knows the
 lips my own caressed?
 Oh. the thought is burning, burning,
 And the heart of me is yearning For the sunlight that has left me lonely,
 lonely and distressed.
 An. but stay, for hope is beaming,
 Cleaning. nay I am not dreaming; Now the clouds are rifting, rifting and
 the light of love shines through,
 While the raindrops' pitter-patter.
 Gently modulated chatter.
 Sounds a telegra phic message. telling me
 you're lonely, too.
 Tuesday of this week was holiday. I didn't know what for. being so interested In the worlds series that I was actually two trenches behind in my war informa- : ton. but seeing evidences of a holiday. and being unable to purchase something wanted-because the store was closed asked policeman. He replied. Sure. its a holiday--it is Wop day.
 After writing to Beatrice Fairfax. Dor othy Dix and Lydia Pinkham. I finally discovered 1t to be Columbus day-poor old Col-how quickly we forget the man who discovered us,
 You will not believe me. but it Is true that there are several women in New York city who will not ride on the subway. And now, since cave-ins have come into fashion here. these same women are afraid of the sur face, while they would not dream of rounding that high curve at 110th street on the .'L." In fact they are al- most desperate enough to let their hus- bands purchase flivvers for them. New York never was offered as a cure for nerves-merely a cultivator of nerve. that's all.
 One of the Vaccinations of New York is the great field of opportunity. Some times things happen here that are like dreams, novels sor fairy stories. Take
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|
 RIO DE JANEIRO.
 IN American syndicate with a A capital of about s1OO, ,Ooo,o00 has sSSSE been formed to develop the &91&SI iron deposits of the central part
 of Minas Geraes." take this statement from a late pub- cation authorized by the Brazilian gov rnment. It relates to some of the great fst iron beds yet undeveloped Minas seraes is great state a short distance back from the Atlantic ocean, It is eparated from the Atlantic by the nar- low states of Espirato Santo and Rio de anero The country is high, and 1t has hany kinds of minerals, including dia- 5nonds. It has great beds of iron In the central and southern parts of the state here are said to be more than 2,000, ,O00,- 700 tons of ore in sight. and one block of ron that contains 20.O00,0O0 tons. The lat CT is 50 per cent pure. The Minas ores nave been analysed by experts from he United States Steel company and From the Krupps. and they are known to be very valuable. So far 52 outcrops nave been surveyed by the mining engi- leers of the Brazilian government, and helf estimate IS that they contain no sse than 12.000000,000 tons of high grade |hre. Minas Geraes has one small iron works that is now smelting six tons of metal day at a profit of s per ton. Experiments are being made to reduce fhe iron by electricity and the govern tJlent has charge of an electric furnace at lpuro Preto, which has been recently frected at a cost of $20000. The great trouble is the lack of good coal for smelt- ng. and 1t is a question whether any buch can be found in Brazil.
 Iron ore is found in every Brazilian Etate. One of the fields in Minas, which 8 more than 50 miles long is crossed py the Central railroad and the Leo poldino railroad passes by other great beds. In the state of Parana there is a great deposit of ore which is only three miles from a seaport, and ore in large quantities is known to exist in Sac Paulo hnd Santa Catharipa.
 The iron ores of Brazil are of two distinct types. The magnetic ores are Found in several states They are of small importance, occurring only as Bcattered deposits. The hematite ores hre found chiefly in Minas Geraes. They occupy the south central part ob the btate and the principal beds are within territory 100 miles long and 60 miles
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Tatto Ink Killing Woman Freak

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 The lights are going out for Irene, the worlds most famous tatooed woman. All the blare of music. all the garishness and excitement of the circus and the stage have given way to the colorless interior of room at the Philadelphia hospital. where Irene, now known as Mrs Irene Woodward, Is slowly dying of cancer of the stomach
 A few years ago Irene made money SD rapidly that she never took time to bal ance her accounts or to worry about tie future. She spent 20 years of her career in Europe, appearing before the crowned heads. She travelled all the big circus routes of the United States. drawing d fat salary.
 Then the poison of the tattoo marks she had worn all over her body from the age of years began to put in it's deadly work. Physicians say she has cancer of the stomach in stage so advanced that an operation would be futile The only thing the woman can do now ia await death. She is 57 years old and
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E1 1ISTUR EDDITUR: If theere Is enny thing 5Vk Whatsoever that appees to me verry much 5S3>,T2 it is outdoor sport. I have always been
 fond of enny kind of outdoor amusemint when I was boy found it one of my sratest trials to go to school in the warm spring
 lunths, when the cute and festive little angul legan to make his apperense under old boards and pings Menny is the time that stole away frum Ichool and sat all day the damp grass keeping Iareful watch on bottle stopper hobbng up and own cn the p,asid boosum of the old fishing hole,
 Ind ponderring the vissitudes of the average uth of the land In this way piled up moor ponder Ihan geeometry and latter in the evening would +ccumuate anuther big supply of vissitudes aftur
 rrlved at home, where the teecher had alreddy re- ported that was not in my phase at school
 When reecned manhood's estate sumhov this n- linasinn c!ung to me; it mattered little to me how +bsorbing my wCrk was was neerly always willing |o lay 1t aside and get out of doors and breeh the |urcumaLs bient atmosfeer and chase the wild hare With his cute little white tail the landskape. What grater joy is theere than to follow pair of We'll trained pointers through the brown stubbe and
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have never thought of providing prop CT facilities for such servants in the matter of baths and cleanliness. And that is one reason why the negro of the north Is not so objectionable. At least one can enter the same house with him and not be aware of his race without ever seeing minor her
 And there. are many New Workers who, while disagreeing with many southern opinions and ideas regarding the negro (unkempt and unclean) who criticize us for permitting them to pre- pare our meals without first preparing themselves and putting their bodies in such a condition that onions would have chance to claim a perceptible odor.
 It is always easy to fall into error. and one of the hardest stains for anyone to rub off is provincialism. To the stranger here, Broadway, chatter is jargon To the Broadwayite the same condition ex- ists everywhere else-almost. But neither can justly blame the other more than he planes himself. Good English English that Is correct anywhere 1t is spoken and that is free from provincialisms. is the correct speech-unless you are hyphenated or hall from the war zone.
 THE SHOWER
 As I listen to the batter.
 Gently modulated chatter Of the little raindrops beating. beating on
 my window pane,
 Thoughts of gentle sadness only.
 And a feeling very lonely. Creep upon me just to tell me life is vain
 vain, vain.
 Fades away hopes gentle glimmer. Like the sunsets dying shimmer And the world seems dreary, dreary in its
 ashen garb of gray.
 And long with heart that's paining While it's raining. raining, raining For the golden hopes and fancies of a
 long-gone yesterday
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With many n new-found flaw.

With many n new-found flaw. For half of the sins we have. We hide.
 And would hide all if We could The Bad would like to walk side by
 With the spirit of All-Thats- Good And many's the reason we hear each
 day,
 Why thls and why that Is done. But the things we do and the things
 we say
 Are frequently not at one. Oh. the wolves we meet in the garb of
 sheep.
 Who in Gods own sunlight bask- fact we had best not probe too deep.
 And, in mercy, permit the mask.
 Thousands of Italians are now oc- cupying the trenches in New York city --subways.
 rapidly weakening.
 According to her own story Mrs. Wood wards father was an artist He tatooed her from head to foot when she was a child. She married George Woodward when she 16 years old and shortly after he secured for her circus engage fhtHt lHe Wuindl says nef nuSDdnu iS now prominent inventor with an office in Washing ton. She and her friends say ho has deserted her
 For two years old friends of theatrical circuits have been supporting Mrs Wood- ward. She became too weak to travel with a circus or appear on the stage. All the half million dollars she and her husband made in Europe and this country has been spent. She says her husband disposed of most of the money.
 Now Irene spends her time telling ab- sorbing tales of circus life to the nurses in voice that every day grows a litt&o weaker. As her strength ebbs her mem- ory seems to grow stronger. Little inci- dents of the past stand out vividly and lose nothing in her recital. Irene. still an actress, is making the supreme effort 0e her career before her last audience
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the case of Morris Hornfeldt. Morris was a truck driver the other day, but he stepped into Mr. Aborn's offices and announced that he could sing He was heard and now he has signed con tract under the terms of which he is to study music at the expense of MT. Aborn. who thinks he has discovered q second Caruso. And the ''feldt" has fall on off--he is now Morris Horn. grand opera star of the future
 N. B.-Don't let this influence you to come here and try the same stunt truck driving isn't profitable as q rule.
 THE MASK If the mask were torn from many a
 face,
 And the faces themselves we saw, The world would seem like a different
 place,
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EW YORK, october 16.-(Special Correspondence. .)-Talking to a
 southerner who has spent the
 past 12 years as a resident of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17

One of the fascinations of New York is the great field of opportunity. Some times things happen here that are like dreams, novels sor fairy stories. Take
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17
By FRANK G. CARPENTER

1s15 by Frank G. Carpenter
 RIO DE JANEIRO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17

RIO DE JANEIRO. N American syndicate with a capital of about s100, ,000, GOO has been formed to develop the 'J iron deposits of the central part of Minas Geraes."
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Washington, D. c.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
CREW FOLLOWERS MYsT1FIED.
Morning Races at Pougbkeep-ic Arc
Cause of PuxsIIng Problem.

When II became known yesterday that
the stewards of the intercollegiate Row
ing Association had decided to row the
freshman and Junior races at Pougn-
keepsie in the morning there was a good
deal OF curious speculation about the
effect that the change would have on the
attendance at the big regatta. Columbia
students and graduates and the followers
OF Cornell. Pennsylvania and Syracuse
who live in Now York discussed the
matter eagerly, and the general opinion
seemed to be that The pilgrims to Pough-
kcepsie this year would in most cases see
nothing but the varsity race
The difficulty OF getting to PouGhkcep-
sic. which Is about seNCnty-fve miles from
New York. In time ~ watch races rowed
In the morning II likely to prove a pretty
considerable obstacle TO the crowds which
are accustomed to going to tho regatta
each year. and another difficulty will he
the problem Of what to d. and where to
eat during the intermission between the
two minor races in the morning and the
big race in the afternoon. There are no
restaurants on the west side of the river.
where the observation train runs, and the
experiences of the past will make most
OF the watchers anything but anxious 10
make an extra trip over TO poughkeepsie
and back between races
A third factor that II likely 10 cut down
the attendance, this year at least, Is the
selection Of Monday. June 2s. as regatta
day. Monday never has been regarded as
a good day on which to hold sporting
events, but OF course the stewards are I'M
able to avoid the selection OF Monday once
in a while because OF the tidal condi-
lions.
No specific time has been set for tho
two minor races, and whether or not the
hour for the VARSITY race will be set for
ward also has not yet been announced.
The decision not to reduce the varsity
race from four miles to three seemed to
meet with general approval among the
followers OF the college crews and tho
statement that the stewards would make
a thorough Investigation Of tho entire
question during the next twelve months
also was the subject OF praise
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
NEW ORLEANS RACING RESULTS.

First Rnce-Maiden two-ycsr- olds; selling
purse 5000; three turlonEs -Prepaid. i65
,Dishmom. 7 to 5: TO and out, won.
and "a TO !. second; Sands Diamond. io7
Ike 1ESeogSl S TO ! to ! and eycn,. third
second Race-Three- wear -oids and up
furlonEs splriueile, % Ci.iilyJ. : to 'i J.,
to ;, to s and / to I, socond: li TaaSrsn.
10 tMurphyl. to J. 10 and even third
Time, 1905 - 2thelburE H.. Yemassee.
Father Phelan also ran
Third Race--Three- year Odds and upward:
selling purse 5000. nye and a half furionss
and out, scSond MIA TX 2con GyeHj 80 TO 10
Miss Frances. Noble Man, Long Reach. Erath
and Kayderoseros also ran
Fourth tace--The Tulane selling purse
for four year ODDS and upward. purse 1900;
iilltMurol, to /. to and even, won
verona, ll3 Crurner). to l, 7 40 and :
70 10. SECOND; Henry Hutchinson. ios INC.
Time. l;t5 -. Mary Ann X. Arinor and
G1rneau also ran.
Th,n Ra syS S Tudor selling pure; for
u ,BTTssGh} ,os {! ..,i,, to ara 70 { won,
second; stick Pin. iO5 SPoon, = to "a' . Tsf;
The Gander. Huda's BTothef. % Gallant Se Boy
sixth Race~scIling. for fouI-y.ar-olds
and upward purse 500; one milo and
twenty yaris,,surpasslng 1903 (Goossi. 3 TO
w even ven and snd ,oo I? won: rIain Ann, lc1
second; Electric iO7 CMcGowanJ, s to i,
10 and even; third; Time. 1l2 rs.
stuart, EARLY Light, Rake Old Jordan and
Frank Flosher also ran