Show F P U DA BANDA DANDA ORIENTAL r IAL DEL URUGUAY U I I Ig The Tho Country C U and d Its I Aa As Thoy TI Impress P tho For O g Mining 5 I uJ n n n n n i Special Uruguay stay May M 17 11 1 W Travelers fresh th from tho the western aide Ido of South view the At Atlantic lantic coast cout with willi disappointment tor for boundless bound lUll plains and rivers rn upper tame lumc and unattractive by hy con contract trim tract with Andean ry One la II ol at olto olEO ateo EO to struck by a II marked different difference In the B I look 1001 of ot the tho towns town because while people under the shadows of the tha Cleat Crent Cordillera live llva In III constant fear teal of and therefore build none Hone but low thick w wal ll those thole on th the eastern eldo side having no each uch dread eur houses us high ns se their th lr mean will allow nut Hut time there are compensations oven for lode lack of ot Th The Then n the tho the lover of ot nature may find n In the thought that lint though the Iho of or Peru Veru the Ille solemn tl ul of ot Bolivian scenery and the diversified fr verel cd of ur Chill Chili hill are wanting develop development mont ment has hns mail made much mum mute rapid pro program 1 green gram jle on the horl cue ous railway liner s 1 the th grad lit plains plain and ships of at all nations ply pI tin the rivers no su that thaI now one mIe may In III n II few feIY tune und anti at al lilt ulf ling fins coat COBI expeditions which formally required months month of If laborious travel Jn In hig und and the Ihl of lr f a B fortune tort un Tin runt WATCH One misses the th rambling out old of or Limn Lima Santiago nill und Are Arc Mth their Moorish h patine their blast wall Ovalle fumed l I hiding fountain fountaine and In the tho I Inner court Our I The more ambitious house of or Montevideo and Buenos Ayrea Ayres tint lint root roofs commanding II aaa n nI I view and ore are the favorite r sort of oC the tha thai i 1 In One line weather westher Most MOlt of them havo have n sort of ot watch tower celled a II roofed and windowed on all allI 1 I elder Idel wherein her i nine ln may heat bout wr ur II winds may blow biow Idle 11 people run cull still take of ot their neIghbors neighbor at lit ati litI i fairs and enjoy the varied prospects of ot busy bu hue y streets and ocean Closer acquaintance with this thin remote Republic continually develops develop new c cause u o I for wonder and admiration Though comparatively unknown to III the world Uruguay Is not only the most moat favored faction of ot South America UN us regards re ludl climate soil eoll and geographical I but hut It Is la already the mOlt moat and by of Its natural advantage J Its i la hi destined to 10 become the moat mOlt Im Ini Important In point of ot commerce Con Muting n a I Inep you OU will Ind the little I piece of at earth named 1 Uruguay cm cut out nut apparently from the th Argentine Argentino Republic the dividing 1 lino line being he lie In hn Plata und and while It on th northeast and the Atlantic ocean gash wn h hII on PS II HH III southwest Though only about geographical It nas sae n a tea sea und and l r liver fiver oust t lit of 02 miles with many marry natural I tat 1111 I No seo seu seuI I lion of ot the globe IK IS more abundantly watered there b bIng thirty rivers which receive as many mew a all as 1500 1600 tributaries forming a II network of I In nil all directions not to tt men mn mention lion tion numerous small lake and creeks that swell awell to considerable lie size during the rain season Yet Vet Y t there IH Is not a n I spot in III nil all Uruguay nor nn an acre of ot soil Boll where agriculture la II re reI 1 I tattled by excessive exe moisture j DOUBLED Within tho the hunt decade the population i of ot Uruguay baa hili doubled na as much from i natural can causes CAUS MB at as from migration the birth rate rale Averaging to th the tha and the heath drath rate twenty coven It Il Is II by foreigners that Uruguay I la not only the place on the tha I face tace of at the earth parth but bul that good living Jiving IH is cheaper here than anywhere anY else ales For example The heat bent be l of ot beef beet mut haul mutton mutton haulton ton and pork cnn can be bought for fat four i cents the tho pound Uh itch are ore three to live five cents cent each In III the thu markets ens ell und nod e from froni ten tn to fifteen cents conta per bird and vegetables of at till all kinds cheap cheAl With Witha a n population approximating Uru I guny nimy not lUll lees than R 5 1 hu hell of tiC grain avery 0 year rOllI on nu am average 0 of tan tAli bushels to each man woman und and child chili I In the country The t export I Is II wool valued at lit over oer n a 1 your fleet Deet corner comet next on un the lift I t tIn in quantity valued at about the same Ham figure and hides third not lees leati than 3 being shipped every year ear Then i comes cornea wheat about corn carll SI 1 I and ond other othor agricultural products l foot up lip to tn nearly more All AllI I those these have more than doubled double during the last 10 yearn and continue to In Increase I f crease hike compound Interest OLD OID IJ I i The old placer walking from which I the and the th viceroys of Spain I I used to 10 get ret such auch fabulous of ot KoHl gottl slid and ether were all ull long Ine ex ox haunted or their localities have been and nn l forgotten During a II hundred years yearn of ot almost continuous warfare Including thu lone hung struggle for tor Independence and 80 sub aub aubI I Quent revolution the people ware mercilessly robbed of their thell wealth nail many mall poor wretches who were wera suspect I oil od 01 of knowing where whre gold and silver shyer might be Le obtained were persecuted un url until t til they the seen ecret or died to I It and ao II i such curb pain panne were tak taken takI I en on to lo hille all t acs of ot natures etore I that In ho n many cease onsen after the lapse lapee of ot a 1 few fell years year the descendant of the original I owners owner could not find them However within the last lut quite quarter ter tel century new mineral deposits of ot ex extraordinary richness have been boen discovered tired Med and the report of a II recent geological ical heal commission appointed by hy the tho gov government ro government to exa examine these resources reoda like a 11 tale of at the Arabian Nights The mineral deposits gold silver shiver copper lead magnesia atty a thiet riI n ote n te alabaster and alit marble ara mostly found within the northern hills blue mixed py lif with gneiss and gracile por pOI porphyry porphyry and MINING T Ti i A corporation called the Gold Mining Company of or Uruguay holds a I govern government ment commission in 11 the districts of ot Cu ru and ami Is I rapidly projecting the acquisition of ot new mines miner min while the Until Gold Mining company hoe has n A i concession almost as al big In the thc district Of ot Two mints mine near n lIr the foot fool of or Pan de Azucar Sugar Kuar Loaf are Rt In operation and yielding fairly well wAil but nil all tho the real n re r remain main comparatively principally pally pIllI because of the eternal that the country I At the last lant Paris J rl exposition were wens I 1 chown 00 different of ot Uruguay j j marble In Montevideo every house with any In tr to elegance lieu Ims hR Its It marble entrance hall hail flooring gables ga a I bleB blea and grand of ot the he same amp beautiful end and a It great gront deal of or It ii appear on th the nf ot n both bath pub public I lie lic nd ad I building Tat 1 et strange to say la ay It It It la J nearly nil all Imported Imported though I vast vAIl quantities of or th the marble maible 11 i within n tw few w wiles miles of ot this III city ell cit The TIlt great coalfields of ot the tha northern provinces i mace inces are also allo unworked II II anti and must mont of or orthe the coal rued In Uruguay II la Imported from Cardiff at lit a an average wit elt It when delivered ot of 16 a lollIAS lOll ton HAS PINK FINK l I I Since Uruguay lies hies within the tho teme tern zone aone lt its fruits are much uncut like those thole ot of the United yi cherries peaches peach lea ell etc etl 1111 grow row to astonishing hlll and aru old Bold by the t hl piece or 01 the I he foam el by measure Un gage Kap too are Ire enor large and being valued Iu by b good fur for putting up UI In n brandy they come high In III market cents cent the tho dosen Nowhere O here do vegetable come to ouch r perfection with so KO trouble und and lid therefore there tore they are Itle cheap but hot po 10 are arc scarce and dear deor though ell cli climate mate malA and soil Mil are aro admirably adapted to their growth because the natives have hAe not nol yd learned to Include them In the tho dully dally menu mein and therefore do not raise many mallY of ot thom then Grasses remain green mind succulent the year round furnishing the bet best of or In Uruguay n as In Argen Argentina tina line the wealth In le 11 due to 10 the fertilising fertilizing of fir pampa mud geologically associated with gi KI gigantic gantic ganti ante whoso whose remains abound In th tI regions Thera nii am 01 p f tel few w l except along ulong th the riverbanks river banks bank mind th lh Sierras have hao no trees worth mentioning nut Hut every overy hillside la hi I covered with bushes myrtle acacia rosemary and Ind tile the eldo cello with Ita scarlet blooms while the valleys valley II are all with bay anti and carpeted with crimson on verl verbenas nas nall anti other brilliant Mower hewer The great Hlo Hla Negro t lerk river gOt ot Its it name from the tact that thai at n 0 certain season of lr the year It la to l blackened by the growIng crowing along long UK Its hank Cranks nail other rivers ore lire so 10 o Impregnated tell with the root of the medicinal plant plan OR on tn to exempt the people who drink their waters water front from frontany any anT skin diseases arising from Impurities ties tie of ot the tho blood ARK AIm NO SCORPIONS There urn ore no scorpions centipedes or tarantulas hare hern to frighten unwary unar travelers traveler but enormous ar are aro alarmingly common and are said ald to be venomous The only rep rop hies are rattlesnake and they thoy are aro chiefly to 10 the stony hands of oC l Tura x Minns Mims lIn Th There re I II he also olAO a 11 guitar viper called la Ia de In lit Cruz bo ho cause tau on nil It lit Ilk head are Aro vivid murk In III Inthe Inthe the form of a t cros Iro mountain untie t I are found near the tile Bonner I and along tho the banks of oC tho the larger rivers r Tha it tiger ran ne a It entail tho Iho wooded leland Uland mind and thero there are wildcats tapirs deor dour foxe and asti mil null Nuns lions of th the little anteaters here herll called or mules mule I sole lole remnants of ot the tho ancient mastodons ma and The Thin ostrich o mIen Americana Americano roasts roams the There Thoro are me In III tho the thickets and water fowl on the thus lagoons partridges quail several specimen of ot the vulture tribe end tall lall lean lonn crows Tho The are full tull of ot itch fluid It Is h asserted as os asserted that hunt nearly 10 of the tho fin finny ny fly tribes are found along the seashore Taken faken altogether Uruguay Is la not lIot an at unfavorable place Iliac for tor the hunter the tha Hibernian fisherman or er thin tho III |