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California in Second Place.

California still remains second in the list
of gold producing states. 1t lost the first
place to Colorado several years ago and II
Is doubtful whether it will ever recover. At
the time of the first settlement Of California
by Americans, following the discoveries of
forty-nine, nothing was looked for but
placer mines, and twas several years before
quartz mining was attempted. During those
years the gold output ran up into immense
figures The river beds and surface gravel
were filed with kernels of gold. In 1852 not
less than $50, 000, 900 was washed out with
rude apparatus and machinery Between
1850 and 1860 the lowest yield for any year
was S41,273, LOG, and the annual average for
the ten years was $57 ,303. In 1855 the
annual yield dropped 10 about SIS, 900, 900,
because the most accessible and richest
surface deposits were exhausted. Since
then the annual output has been about the
same, although many improvements have
been introduced for the saving of labor and
for convenience and economy. individuals
no longer attempt to york claims. Mining
has become organized industry and is
carried on by companies with large capt.
tad and extensive operations.
The director of the mint has not re-
ceived any information from the aew
gold camps of Patagonia and Terra del
Fuego, where there has been great eX-
element over rich discoveries during the
last year and thousands of miners are al
work washing the sands of the beaches
along on both sides of the Straits of Ma
gellan and turning over the gravel in the
gulches of the mountains. A few months
ago it was reported that II, 900 men from
all parts of the world were engaged there
with more or less profit, and ii is pre-
sumed that the government of Chile,
which has a very competent mining bu-
reau. is keeping record of the results but
no Information has thus far reached the
bureau of the mint or the geological sur
vey here.
There have also been several notable
discoveries reported by the newspapers
from the eastern slopes of the mountains
of Peru and Bolivia, and the Peruvian
government is SO confident of their value
that it has recently negotiated a large
loan to pay for the construction of a rail-
way over the Andes Into that almost in
accessible district. There have been no
official returns however, and 1t cannot
be said how much the labor of the miners
in Peru and Patagonia have increased the
worlds output for the year.
Gold Output Of the States.
The following table will give the gold
harvest from the several states for the
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Geological Survey Statement.

The director of the geological survey
makes the following return by states for
1904 and shows the increase or decrease in
each case from 1909 as follows:
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FAKE LAXATIVE BR0No Quinips Tablets.
Druggists Eefnnd moneS Is fails 10 eule.
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GOLD HARVEST OF 1905
Gain of s28, 1000, 900 Through
out the World.
MOSTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA
California Show a Loss of Million
and Half.
CHARGED TO THE DROUGHT
Returns From Nevada Disappointing
Owing to High Freight Rates
Much Stored in Warehouses.
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.


Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
The total gold harvest of the world for
1905, with December estimated, is reckoned
at 1915. 100000 by George z. Roberts, direc-
tor of the mint This Is a gain of SIS, 00O,-
600 over the previous year, when the total
was s347, 100000.
There has been falling off in the prod
uct of Australia and in several other coun-
tries, and the gain is credited to South
Africa, the United States and Alaska. Es-
timating December, the total product Of
South African gold mines for the year 1903
was $112, 100000, an increase of $50, O00,0OO
over 1904. and from sT0,OO0,oO0 the year
after the Boer war.
The gain in Alaska has been nearly So
100000 the. total for 1905 being s14, $50, 100
against 50, 100, 500 in 1901 This is nearly
ell credited to the Tanana district, OF
which the town OF Fairbanks is the COM
mercial center. The returns from there are
S., 107 eco. The returns from Nome are
about the same as last year, but there has
been a marked decrease in the output OF
the klondike, which is 81, OOO,O 600 below 1904.
California shows loss of about a million
and half, which is attributed TO severe
drought which interfered with the work OF
the quartz mills and prevented the use of
dredges IN placer mining
Colorado gains about 81, OoO. 600 The other
mountain states run about the same as the
previous year with the exception of Utah,
which is about $4,000 in advance and Ne
vada, which gained little less than $780,
600
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The following table will give the gold
harvest from the several states for the
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High Freight Rates Prevail.

polntlhetlt. Inc returns from the new
camps IN that state not up TO expec-
tattons but various explanations are
given. Mr. Chapman, a mineralogist of
the geological survey, who has been spend
ing several months in that district, con-
firms the newspaper reports that a large
quantity of rich ore has been produced
there and is now stored in warehouses
and abandoned shafts because of litiga-
ton and high freights The advent of
the railroad has not relieved the transpor-
tation situation to any great extent. The
charge is So ton for hauling ore TWEEN
ty-eight miles over the new tracks, and
the rate to San Francisco is $50 a ton, a
decrease of only $40 a ton from that which
prevailed before the railway was finished
Very little ore can afford to pay such
charges, and the only alternative is for
the mine owners to erect their own smelt-
ers at Goldfelds or Tonapah, which they
are proposing to do. Mr.. Chapman also
says that millions of dollars worth of ore
is tied up by injunctions. AS is usual,
nearly every profitable mine has been at
tackled by claimants or rivals and Is In
volved in litigation. Such an epidemic
always occurs in every successful mining
camp and work is either entirely sus-
pended or the output is held from the mar
ket until the suits are decided. Mr. Chap
man describes one abandoned shaft which
is now entirely filled with rich ore in bags
and protected by iron graungs riyeted to
the rocks so that it cannot be disturbed
until the rival claims for ownership are
settled These, he says, are the reasons
why Nevada does not show up better in
the statistics of the gold output for 1905.
The output from Death valley has also
been a disappointment because the many
encouraging prospects have not been de-
veIoned as expected The district is full of
miners and they are working industriously.
Many valuable discoveries are reported, but
thus far the evidences have all been verbal
and very little gold dust or bullion has been
brought our. The county authorities of
California and Arizona are marking the
trails and the springs so that prospecting Is
not so dangerous as formerly but II Is still
n perilous place for tenderfeet.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
STRAWBERRY CREAM.

Soak third of box of gelatine
in third of cupful ofwater; when
dissolved, drain and stir il into a
half pint Of boiling cream; beat The
yolks of three eggs with a cupful OF
sugar and add to the boiling mixture
a little at time; heat it until IT be-
gins to thiclsen, then add a table
spoonful of lemon juice and a cupful
Of strawberry juice; strain and set or
ice until chilled and beginning Y
harden. Then add a cupful of whin
ped cream and whip gently until IN
mixture is of the consistency &
spongecalSe batter; line the bottom
and sides Of a wetted mold witt
strawberries, pour in the mixture I'M
set on ice until ready to serve.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
USES OF RHUBARB.

Perhaps ii is not generally known
that the common garden rhubarb, or
pie-plant, as many Of US call Il, is
valuable spring tonic. Here Is 4
homely plant that We do not aDpre-
ciate at its full worth. Perhaps We
make a pie or two and then declare
ourselves tired of it and neglect It's
further use As matter of fact, the
tender acidulous leafstalk is an ex-
cellent substitute for fruit in a season
when fruit is scarce, and its "toniag
up qualities is unexcelled by any
ordinary article of diet.
1t may truly be called our first fruit
Of the garden, because it takes the
place of fruit and is one of the earli-
est things on the market. Rhubart
might be common article of die
all the year round. For the eprini
and summer seasons II can be made
into a variety of pies and puddings
and for the winter season it may b.
preserved in the form of jam, jelly
butter. or canned, either alone or Il
combination with other fruits. Gu
UP into small bits and stewed, it form
an excellent sauce" for supper, Z
be eaten with bread and butter. On
OF the objections given to the plenti
full use of rhubarb is the amount G
sugar called for to make it swee
enough, but it is worth the cost
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
ALTERING PIGS.

"The fact that so many pigs sue
cumb to the operation of castrauon,
or suffer from tumors forming in the
scrotum after removal of the testi-
cles." states report just received
by the Department of Agriculture, lis
largely due to carelessness and !gnor-
ance." says DR.. A. S. Alexander, II
IS a very easy matter to castrate
young pig, but just as easy to do it
wrong. Most of the trouble comes
from the use of dirty instruments and
rough handling. The knife that is
used for tobacco-cutting and is spec
tally sharpened when the times comes
to castrate pigs is apt to cause IN
lection. 1t may be a suitable knife
otherwise. but Is dirty, and should be
thoroughly cleansed before using.
Boiling will suffice IL that can be
done. which is seldom the case. 1t
is. therefore, best to immerse 1t in a
strong dIslnfectant before use and
after operating upon each pig.
The hands should be cleansed with
similar solution, and it is well to
use it also upon the parts to be oper-
ated upon. AS 1t is, pigs are often
taken from filthy pen and castrated
without preliminary washing, and nS
provisicn Is made 20 have them oc-
cupy a clean, disinfected and freshly
bedded pen, after the work has beec
done. pigs should be taken from
clean pen. or washed before operat'
dug. and afterwards should go on Il
a clean pasture-field or into pc.
that has been specially prepared b'
scrubbing. disinfection and white
washing.
The next point is TO make fret
incisions In the scrotum. Wher'
small cuts are made. the wouad
close too soon and retain blood @
nus. and there is also a liability 0
the cords 20 become caught betwee'
-s,.s leassssg, lsps.ps ,tss~sGrotal wound
which will surely be followed by "a
formation Of tumors such as we nav
alluded to- The cords should b
severed high, and where this is dsi
and the scrotal wounds are large
there Is little danger Of tumor lorna
ton. Rough handling, and especial
DRAGGING upon the cords, incrensf
the liability to tumor and also 8
ruptures. when pig is found ru7
tured In the scrotum "a cas:rat'e'
time Il should be left uncut or cas-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
Farms for Sale.

3 adjoining farms ~ miles fro
webbyille, l of 200 acres has 2 good
dwellings, storehouse and all out
buildings, plenty of water, orchard
so acres in grass, $50 acres cleared
plenty of timber TO keep up the
place.
Another, that of 1O5 acres. so Of
IL cleared, 80 acres in grass. dwell
ings, plenty of good springs.
Also, 1870 acres, 10 acres cleared
40 acres in grass, mostly fresh. q
acres of bottom on all these tracts
VIII sell these places all together
or separately.
Also. have a good saw and gris'
mill on the place which will be solo
with IT, or separately. Good engine
and boiler and good barns.
Terms cash. For further informa
ton apply to Big Sandy News, Lon
lisa, Ky. u
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
THE FARM.
STRAWBERRY BALLS.

Make a good biscuit dough and
roll 1t out a quarter of an inch thick;
cut into squares, two and one-half
inches; put spoonful of berries on
each square, bring the corners TO-
gether. pinch, and place the balls on
buttered tin. Nett tablespoonful
Of butter and the same quantity Of
sugar in fourth of cupful of boil
ing water, and brush the balls with
II; bake in hot oven, and serve with
amy preferred sauce.
Strawberries may be made into
jams, jelies, preserves, wines, and
the juice may also be bottled in az
unfermented state.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

trated by the covered" method. This
consists in cutting through the skin
OF the scrotum alone, and then en-
closing testicles and their nevelopes
in clamps, which viii cause the parts
to slough off and leave the sac
healed so that the intestine canaot
descend. The same end may be
achieved by stitching the envelopes
sldllfully.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
Coffins Delivered in Country

People living in the country may or
der collins or caskets from US by tel
ephone or otherwise and we will deliv-
or them at very small cost. We have
n team that we can send out at any
time and the expense will be slight.
snyder Hardware Company,
Louisa, Ky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
WARNING.

You cannot have good health unless
your kidneys are sjtiad, for the KID
news filter the blood of impurities
which otherwise act as irritating pol
sons and break down the delicate
organs Of the body and cause serious
trouble. II you have kidney or blad-
der trouble and do not use Foley's
Kidney Cure, you will have only
yourself to blame for results, as It
positively cures all forms Of kidney
and bladder diseases. Sold by Louisa
hug Company.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
DEATHs FROM AprENDIcITls

decrease in the same ratio that the
use Of Or. Kings New Life pills IN
creases. They save you LON danger
and bring quick anu painless release
from constipation and the Ills grow
ing out Of IT. strength and yigor al
ways follow their use Guaranteed
~ A. NJ. Hughes, Druggist 25e. II!
them.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

them up. IN fifteen minutes they Will
be ready to peel. Lift them with
spoon or fork Lay them ON a flat
dish so they may cool rapidly.
AS the acid Of the tomato stains
a brass kettle badly and necessi-
tates constant securing during the
canning season, heat the tomatoes in
iron pots, having the pots first care
fully washed and free from all grease.
The tomatoes are as nice boiled IN
iron and it saves word of trouble,
BY canning either directly after
lbrea,x fast or directly after dinner YOU
can use these iron pots without con-
flicting the dinner.
After putting ON your tomatoes 70
lheat, get together all the things
needed about canning so you may pro-
coed without delay. Lay newspaper
: on the kitchen table. Set the cans
ON it so you may not soil the table
Hardware dealers keep coming ce-
r ment sotyou will have no trouble IN
+ procuring 1t. Some of 1t comes IN
: sticks. some In tin cups, and some M
: tapers II you use the stick cement
e keep an old frying-pan for the pr-
nose of dissolving the cement Keep
G a pewter teaspoon to dip It up.
e Have bundle of clean, soft, old
a rags to wipe the rims of the ga
IS ans perfectly dry. This is one o.
n the most important points about
a canning in tin.
lie When the tomatoes come to
le boil lift them up with a tin dipper
e. 30 your hand may not come into io'
~ close contact with them. When yal
o. fill the can as fun us il will hold
~ take a rag and pass 1t around !h
rim twenty times, until you are Ger
IN tatn that Il is dry, as the leas
ry moisture on It win prevent the &c
nd ment from sticking Press the 70
ne f.rmly on. again pass the rag arona
II the rim; dip up a spoonful Ct melte
Il cement and pour II from the point
ew the spooa into the rim Of the car
Y II you hear kissing sound SO
We instantly. that is the sign there
AZ some dampness about the RIM pr
il with a rag, or. II you have son
ID, too far. set the can aside until %
GU can cools. Then unseal H. Heat u
IL tomatoes again for few moment
ghi Dry the rim more carefully, seal
IN the can again. The cement harie.
II. in few minutes and is much mo
my easily removed than when warm AZ
'oii sticky. If you are canning mo
to than few quarts YOU ought TO ma
me scme enc to help you.
ne, Leave the cans IN some aecessll
Oh place so you may daily examine the
for week. II they keep that 10
lalf YOU are secure. The sunlight has
Jars effect ON tin cans, but they Dug
10 not to be left where they are
IN 40 freeze in winter
The directions given for tomato
ARK viii apply, with slight variations
me all vegetables. Corn alone is SAID
iers he beyond the power of an amatt
oil TO can successfully. have Kept
'nn- very well, however, BY canning
uirs half and half with tomatoes.
'ack Tin cans can be used several s.
sons by careful person. You sho'
lass thoroughly wash and dry them
ents soon as you empty them, espeeia
ping rubbing them just underneath
ris- rim where the rust Is most apt
use appear. Then fit en- a proper
ours There is great diversity IN the I
light Of differlat manufacturers. Lock
you the Gang until the next canning
an son. Do not keep them near salt
'ise' salt meat H. I
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

correspondents, try to get your
letters in before Wednesday That
is our busy day.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-05-12

In THE SUN recently attention called to an
article written by Mr.. Charles Francis Adams of
Boston, in which he related his observations Of the
negro in Africa and alluded to the mistakes made
by people of New England in their attempts to up
lift the race.
The New York Sun, in editorial discussion of this
matter, says:
"In the resolution appropriating $4,000 for the
expenses of Massachusetts, participation in the
jamestown exposition the General Court has incor.
porated clause which requires that the Governor,
before he appoints the State Commission, must be
satisfied that in the exposition and its grounds all
citizens of the Commonwealth will be treated with
out discrimination, exactly if the exposition
to be held in Boston itself. This provision was
adopted at the request of the negroes and the negro
sympathizers of the old Bay State. There the old
abolition spirit is undiminshed. Some citizens of
Massachusetts,, according to the Springfield Repub.
ican wanted the General Court TO insist upon equal
treatment by the Southern people outside of the
grounds of the exposition, namely, that all the laws
of Virginia which discriminate against the cOlored
people should be suspended by act of Legislature on
account of the presence of cOored people of Massa
colored people be treated with more difference
than they are treated within Massachusetts,
"This is rather large contract even for Massa'
chusetts, and it is not likely to be undertaken.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Charles Francis Adams has been
travelling in Africa and more has contributed
to the pubic some of the impressions produced on his
sensitive, acute mind and some of the thoughts in
spired in him by the sights he saw"
Then the Sum- reprinting the opinion of Mr..
Adams, as published in this paper declares that
"ths will not be mistaken for antebeum error and
cant of the New England phianthropic and theoris-
tic school. Mr.. Adams further declares that after
emancipation the negro should have been treated as
a ward and dependant, and not political equal
Mr.. Adams continues: Equality results not from
law, but exists because things in essentials ake
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-05-12
What's Agitating the People These Days

alton at the hands of his colleagues when he retires
from that august body, whatever the shade OF his
politics and whatever the Of his retirement is
again called to mind by published allusion TO the
circumstance that when the Populist Senator PETER
of Kansas failed of reelection some eleven years ago.
his former colleagues employed him to compile
summary of the Congressional Record from its be-
ginning, classified by topics. PETER has been ut
work ever since and announced the other day that
he had got down as far 1897. At this rate OF
progress he ought to be through with his JOB in
something like fifty years, unless his labors are
sooner interrupted by his taking off, Ex-senator
Chambers court of claims snap is real hardship COM
pared with this" -
The South's industrial progress is wonderful.
The growth Of population and business enterprise Is
astonishing in view OF the handicaps that had re-
tarded this portion of the country.
The following figures collected by the Manufac'
turers Record, will give an idea of the extent OF this
growth:
an 1905 the South had population of 25,OOO,-
OOO while the rest of the country had, in 1880, a.
100000.
6O,OOO while the 1880 mileage for the rest of the
country 81 900.
"TRe South last year made 100000 tons of pig
iron against 100000 for all the rest of the country
in 1850; mined 100000, tons of COAL against &c.,
100000; made 8244 tons of coke, against 100000;
produced AZ 900 barrels of OIL against 20 OO0 OOO
"The Souths capital invested in cotton mills in
1905 was $225,000,0OO, as against $2OO,OOO,0OO In
the rest of the country in 1880; its annual lumber
products $2500O0O00, as against $l04 100000;
its annual farm products $l75O,000OOO, as against
$l,55 OOO."
"These are empire building figures" says the st.
Louis Star "rhey leave no reason to doubt that in
another quarter.century the South will be produc'
ing much the rest of the country Is doing to-
day. And meanwhile the rest of the country will be
growing on its own account"
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-05-12
THE SUN

and political system which works admirably when
applied to homogeneous equals results only in chaos
when generalized into nostrum to be administered
universally. It has been markedly SO of late with
u.s.
"The action of the Massachusetts, lawmakers
comes at the very moment Mr.. Adams article is
printed. Each is the expression of Massachusetts,
opinion subject of the greatest and most urgent
Importance. Which is correct Mr.. Adams, unn-
uenced by party political considerations the fruit of
personal observation and close study or that OF the
General Court the members Of which will 60 before
the people this fall for vindcation and reelection"
Despite the efforts of the Administration to pre-
sent only the bright side Of conditions at the Pan
ANA canal zone, much truth presenting darker fea-
lures is constantly oozng forth, and not the least
of the contributions for the enlightenment of the
people are the letters of Mr.. Woodwork Clum rep
resentative of the Washington Post, who Is writing
facts of the most interesting kind.
Mr.. Clum accomplished clever bit of news
paper work in proving the correctness of his state
ment regarding water famine at Colon, and showing
the falsity of the denial made by Chief Engineer
Stevens, who appears to have manufactured state
ment to fit the occasion and discredt the newspaper
report.
The old maxim of law, "false in part, false in
ALL" seems to apply with much force to the official
statements the people are given from Panama So
much evasion and twisting of the truth has occurred
in the official reports that the public longer
give any of them but slight credence.
There seems to be no trouble in solving the prob
lem of what to do with our former United States
Senators. An easy berth Is found somewhere, and
the loss OF the t0ga is recompensed by job that
while it may lack dignity, will carry good salary.
Commenting on this condition the Boston Herald
says:
"The somewhat familiar fact that United States
Senator is generally an object of generous consider