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work on a scientific basis leading to
practical utilization.
ON this team declared Miss Pen
nington. the industries involved
warehouse men, railroadmen. fishermen.
even the berated retailer-all have po-
sitions. Were it not for their good
play our best facilities and most ener-
getic work would never have been able
to even accumulate the many facts
needed, not to mention the adoption of
new ways and ideas by the industries.
"Compulsion of prosecution has no
part in work of this character. 1t is
entirely constructive. aiming to be so
practical and so sensible that the in
dustries need only to understand the
outcome of our recommendations to
adopt them.
isn't this work a part of the pure
food law work? No; for it is on a
separate appropriation and managed in
an entirely different way. Its aims.
however. are essentially the same
that is, to procure better foods for the
people,
individual manufacturing concerns
can hire chemists to solve their prob
lens for them. On the other hand, farm
and sea products are under the control
of many thousand of small merchants.
unorganiZed and without capital. Their
wares travel the length and breadth of
the land to confront the laws of many
states and the distrust of many buy
ers. 1t is not such an easy matter to
solve their problems.
oHly tne 1eQeTdl government, Win
an equal interest in north and south.
east and west, the smallest country
merchant and the biggest wholesaler.
the peddler with the pushcart and the
railroad with all-steel equipment. can
gain the confidence of all the links in
the chain. Having that confidence
makes it easy for us to prevent many
of the evils that the food law was
drawn to cure.
For example" proceeded Miss Pen
nington. consider the frozen and dried
egg industry. few years ago these
products were bad as often as good;
the food officials and the industry were
in constant and bitter conflicts. Yet
there seemed to be an economic foun-
dation for preserving eggs by drying
and freezing. The problem was turned
over to the food research laboratory to
solve.
I'VE put a model laboratory into a
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on the farm of man named Reed in
Carbarrus county. n. c., in 1893, but
years after that date, and when it's
worth was learned search revealed
many more nuggets and Jumps of rich
ore. That was the beginning of gold
mining in North Carolina, far the
records show. From 1904 to 1927 all
the gold produced in the United States
came from North Carolina. and the total
amount shown by the records was only
$4,000 Up to 1925 all the gold of that
state came from washings. but in that
year one Matthias Barrfnger made
successful excavation in Montgomery
county, and soon afterward good quartz
veins were found in Mecklenburg
county.
South Carolina sent it's first gold to
the mint in 1929, and a discovery of
gold was made in Hobersham county,
excitement in both states, and it is said
that in the case of the Georgia gold
rush 5000 or 1000 persons were soon
washing for gold in northern Georgia.
ord, or, indeed, anything in connection
with the matter. except that at such
and such localities large numbers of
men were engaged in the work. and
that at certain places it was said to be
profitable"
Though Jefferson noted the finding of
gold in Virginia in 1874. Thomas Pol
lard, commissioner of agriculture, in a
r
on Cold" in 1882, wrote that after the
date. of Jefferson's note. the first dis
covery of gold in Virginia is said to
have been made in 1881 In 1894 man
named A. Del Rio published report on
the Rappahannock gold mine in Vir-
ginia, and in 1885 T. G. Clemson made a
report on the Gold Region of Vir-
ginia," which paper may be found in
the Transactions Of the Pennsylvania
Geological Society"
In 1886 there was considerable ac-
tivity in gold mining, and, according to
B. Silliman in his Remarks on Some
Gold Mines in Virginia." published in
the American journal of Science in 1897,
large amounts were taken from the
earth. In the same year. 1897, NJ. F.
Maury had an article in the American
Journal of Science on The Gold Veins
of the United States Mine, near Freder-
icksburg. Va"
The Rambler has found few facts
about the discovery of gold in Mary
land. but in the American journal Of
Science for 1880 you may read what
follows:
Gold in Maryland: A letter just re-
ceived from a correspondent in Balti-
more informs us that gold has recently
been found in Maryland 1t is known
to exist in Virginia, and these localities,
with those of North Carolina, appear to
form straight line parallel, or nearly
range Quartz is abundant in the re-
gion about that discovered in Maryland,
as is the case also in that of North
Carolina"
There is nothing in that communca-
ton to indicate in what mart IF NARY
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"CaIIing Down" Kitchener.

II ORD KITCHENER is celebrated for
u his stern and exacting manner. On
one occasion, however. the conqueror
of the Sudan met his match. and
proved the fine quality of his nature
by acknowledging the fact.
1t was in the days when the railway
was being driven across the desert to
Khartum A young Canadian officer
of engineers was in charge of the
work, which was progressing salts
factorily, when one morning the Sirdar
Gas Kitchener then was) appeared on
the scene and expressed his disap-
prevail of certain features of the work
with his usual bluntness.
The young ofiicer listened until his
chief had finished. and then quietly
inquired:
Am / bossing this railway. sir. or
are you?"
Kitchener gave him a quick glance,
recognised him as one of his own sort,
nodded approval and went away.
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part of the bureau of chemistry. Does
1t strike you as strange that the
science that had its inception in the
black art of the very ancient east
should concern itself with such Gues-
tons as the best way to kill a chicken
to get blood out of the carcass, the
quickest way to freeze a fish and the
most efficient type of railroad car in
which Ito ship eggs?
Yet think a moment. You will re-
member that blood in a dead carcass
promotes decay-only another way of
saying that changes in composition
decay; that our complicated system
of food distribution often involves
long hauls. throughout which decay
must be checked-,and you will have
logical reason why this Office should
be in the realm Of the chief chemist.
However, explained DR.. Penning-
ton. no one supposed. away back in
1907. when DIR. Wiley said, We really
must get some fundamental facts about
this cold storage of poultry that the
very simple experiments then begun
in just one room and with just two
piece Of work that has already en-
joyed the privilege of helping to put
the Texas egg into the New York
market so fresh and so sweet that the
Jersey egg DluSneS with chagrln-Or,
to use a smile that is technically cor
rect. 1t shows a fiattened yolk and a
watery white for lack of the refrigera-
ton that it's Texas sister has had.
1T makes all Of US on the laboratory
STAFF work with more vim when we
consider how much the dressed poul-
try on the market has improved dur
ing the last few years. and how very
welcome to the industry dealing with
these products have been the results
of the laboratory's work.
the poultry and egg packing houses. on
the refrigerator cars, at the docks
where the fishermen. unload their
catches. in the market districts OF The
cities, and in the little country buying
centers where the farmers drive to
start the fruits of mother earth to her
distant children in the forests of brick
and the lanes of asphalt-children so
ignorant of the real freshness of these
fruits that they sometimes actually
prefer the flavor that has resulted
from bad handling and the consequent
chemical changes.
These men, working side by side with
the industry, see clearly the difficult
problems to be solved. They perceive
wherein the chemists and bacteriolog-
lists. busy with test tube in the quiet
of the research laboratory. can help to
save the great waste of good food
stun that now decays. and maintain
quality from the farm to the consumer.
BY an exchange of their knowledge,
the way 10 paved for a little better
chicken on the market, fresher egg.
a more appetizing fish. 1t is all team
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packed in small kegs. or, if they are
higher grade, in boxes, each holding
paper and shipped to market in a re-
frigerator car. Water never touches
them until they are rinsed off in the
housewives kitchen.
Such handling keeps chickens three
to Ave days longer on the market. Ii
all were so handled one of the big
problems would be solved. decay in
poultry would be eliminated. The
at least s250,O00.O0O a year. Ten per
cent of it spoils before it goes to the
consumer What a waste OF money
this is. and worse, what a waste of
valuable food!
The egg waste is about s50,000.000."
DR.. Pennington answered, in reply to
query. The eggs of this country
poultry, and the best figures we can
get show a ten-per-cent loss in them,
Once more the trouble begins and Is
worse at the source of production. The
farmer and the country storekeeper
who do not have refrigeration are
chiefly responsible for the loss.
Through our demonstration car we
are trying to spread the gospel Of bet
ter handling to just these folk in the
DyNdyS OI tHe eSS tTaue II coHtdiilS
a refrigerated, egg-packing house. Our
demonstrators go with the car, stop
ping a day here and a day there all
along the line to tell those who are
interested how to candle, grade, pack
and ship eggs and to preserve quality
and prevent waste. 1t has Travelled
over 1000 miles and talked to more
than 1900 people in the two summers
that it has been doing it's work.
Through this car and our expert
ments we have prevailed upon some
railroads to remodel their cars and
construct them so that lower tempera-
lures are possible during transporta-
ton.
ITO enumerate all that my Office has
DONE" she went on to say. would take
more time than ! could give; but
among the other important findings we
have contributed to the food industries
1 would like to mention our expert
ments with live poultry. We have been
able to give definite instruction as to
how to feed live birds which are held
in storage for a number OF days in or
der that they will not lose in weight
before they are sold.
an opportunity to make practical use
of the many wonderful facts of nutri-
ton that the Department Of Agricul-
ture has assembled during recent years.
Now" concluded Miss Pennington.
I'VE are working on another vital prob
lem, the solution of which ought to
be Of widespread benefit to the Ameri-
the cold storage of >hsh
SO that such varieties as shad or sal
mon may be obtained fresh in the
winter at all Of our markets.
1T is simply a matter of shipping
the fish hard frozen during the season
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land the gold discovery was made, but
the inference to be drawn is that the
find was made in Montgomery county.
If there was much interest in the dis
covery at that time it no doubt waned.
and little or nothing was heard of gold
near Washington until early in the
civil war. California and Oregon vol
unteers were encamped on the Mary
land side of the Potomac, and the story
is that some of these men, no doubt
with mining in the west. dis
covered gold on a farm near Great
Falls. They promised to return and
thoroughly prospect the ground otter
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cent specimens Of gold quartz which
ne said had been taken from the mine;
from the size of a grain of sand to the
size of pea. 1t was exceedingly rich
ore. In summer he lived in an old
house near the mine, where he enter
tanned in an open-handed manner The
house was fitted with costly furnish
ings. and the gardens We're bright with
many kinds of flowers. Mr.. Russ had
faith in his property and spent large
sums of money on shafts, tunnels. ma
chinery and mine house, but he lost
his money. After several years Oh
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the close of the war, but they never
returned. 1t is believed that these SOL
diers made their discovery on the
ridge and near the site of what is
called the Maryland mine, for there is
story that people of the neighbor-
hood began digging there about 1867.
A Georgia gold miner named Kirk,
in 1885, found gold on the Harrison
farm, and about that time a Chicagoan.
A. B. Russ, began the development of
prospect which he called the Poto-
mac mine. In winter Mr.. Russ lived at
the National Hotel, and a big table in
his room was piled high with magnif-
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work and hope he gave up and went
away. He died about five years ago,
and his widow, who lived at the mine
with him in summer, is living in La
fayette, Ind.
Great changes had come over the Po-
tomac mine property when the Ram
bier walked that way last Sunday. The
house is still there, but somewhat
more decrepit. and its furnishings and
fittings are not the same. The won
derful flower garden has gone. The
mine house has decayed, the main
shaft has caved in and is nearly filled,
and proba bly, the tunnels have col
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- - ISUALiZE, if you can. the
" II enormous quantity of food
W. stuff that is shipped from
" country to city. from river to
coast, from ocean 10 ocean. to feed the
people of the United States. And then
imagine woman undertaking the
colossal job of elevating the standard
OF this foodstuff,
Or. Mary Pennington of the food re-
search laboratory of the Department of
Agriculture has not only undertaken
this big order, but she is also demon
strating through the work OF her bu-
reau that when the men of the food
industry-that is. our farmers. fisher
men. poultrymen, railroad men, re-
ceivers and warehouse men-are taught
to properly garner their fOodstuffs,
pack them, ship them and store them.
an increase of profits is insured all
around; and that the housewives. who
hold in their control the good health
of the community. can be given better
products for the same amount of money
which they are now spending.
The food research laboratory. of which
she is chief. has ventured to work out
methods for handling perishable food
stun. especially eggs. chicken and fish,
while en- route to their markets, and
to apply the advantages of refrigera-
ton In proionging their good quality.
Miss Pennington's personal expert
meatation along these lines has result
ed in the organization of her especial
office. Her chief concern. however. is not
for the part which she is playing in its
development, but rather for the signif-
icanee of the researches that are being
made and their benefit to the American
market Industries.
Our laboratory" she said lis locat-
ed in Philadelphia. for the simple rea-
son that there we are able to study
under typia1 market conditions the pre-
vention of decay in poultry. eggs and fish
as they come through regular COM
merical channels to commission men,
jobbers. retailers and warehouse men.
one and a representative one as we'll:
Washington, on the other hand, does
not offer any such facilities. Further
more, its market standard is so much
lower than that Of other large north
ern cities that one cannot formulate
conclusions from it that would be ap-
plicable to all.
But. the fundamental conception of
this investigation is prevention. rather
than cure. hence we must go back to
the producing section and study there
how to get the foodstun to market
in perfect condition. So, well equipped
Laboratories. under the direction Of
our Philadelphia once. are set up right
in the midst of the sources Of supply;
and chemists. bacterioloEists. and the
men OF the industry unite to keep
Humpty DumptY, from coming apart.
The food research laboratory Is q
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Chief Laboratory Agcu
Tells of the Governments Efforts Improve Packing and Marketing Food Prod
Value
Which the Housekeepe Should Be Acquainted With
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!, OLD mines are in operation
"" near Washington. and ore
n which by assay shows good
yol,,ea - heine dug sacked

~ OLD mines are in operation
N near Washington. and ore
II q which by assay shows good
W values is being dug. sacked
and shipped to distant plants for the
recovery of the yellow metal. The
process seems to be profitable. The
mine actually shipping ore. and which
has been shipping it for more than
year, is the Ford mine, and another,
where the Rambler saw perhaps hum
bred tons of ore sacked and ready for
shipment. is the Maryland mine. The
first named mine is about three-quar-
tiers of a mile beyond Great Falls,
little way back from the canal, and the
Maryland mine is on top of the ridge.
about midway between the Anglers
roadhouse and Great Falls. The Mary.
and mine is one of the old mines Of the
region, and the Ford mine, SO called
from the Ford farm. on which 1t is,
was opened a good many years ago.
That section of Montgomery county
is pitted with old mines and prospect
holes and trenches. Every acre of land
had been prospected for miles around
and gold has been found in many
places. Quantities of gold have been
discovered and recovered and quaint
ties OF gold remain in the ground In
some places systematic development
has been carried on, and generally with
the result OF opening up veins or ore
bodies that showed by assay values SO
high that many rosy or golden hopes
have been built on them. Various
kinds Of plants and mills, roasting fur
naces. stamp mills, concentration plants
and the like have been installed at
some of these mines, but after time
nearly all of them have been aban-
doned. One can find a number of these
abandoned mines and at some OF them
are the ruins of the plants.
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ing quantities, but in the years that
have elapsed since the gold fever
struck the neighborhood of Washing
ton few persons have succeeded in
getting out gold with profit. and in
several cases within the knowledge of
the Rambler men with money and with
ore deposits that made an excellent
showing under assays have lost large
, sums. The shipment of these ores. for
~ there are several kinds, to smelling
: and refining plants. where the ore may
= receive the cheapest and most effective
treatment by the most approved pro-
ocesses. is a comparatively new way OF
dealing with this proposition.
ITO speak of Montgomery county gold
= mines is to bring smile to many per-
sons, but perhaps some day great treas
. ure will be brought forth There are
who believe that the mother lode of
the Appalachian gold belt Is somewhere
near the falls. The Appalachian gold
belt is no fiction, for gold has been
more than a century in that great
range. and gold bearing rocks are
found in it from Newfoundland to
Georgia.
geological survey by George F. Becker
of the survey reconnaissance OF the
. gold fields Of the southern Appalach-
ians. and in this work have been incor-
pOraleQ the numerous references u
gold made by early explorers, who OBJ
served gold ornaments on Indians In
formation regarding Atlantic coast gold
may be had by reading Lamoyne's
s. Brief Narration of the Journeys Made
by la udonnier in 1854" and. comment
ing on this. Mr. Becker wrote:
There can be no doubt that the In
dams possessed gold. 1t was actually
tested on the spot during Laudonniers
expedition. and the locality from which
the Indians said it came, as shown by
Lemoyne's map. is the neighborhood Of
Dahlonega. Ga. Even within the last
two years handsome nuggets. Of from
fifty to 100 pennyweights, have been
found in this region, and they must
have been fairly abundant after rains
In the sixteenth century" There are
some early narratives purporting to
tell how Indians washed or mined gold,
and. on this subject Mr.. Becker wrote:
While panning is process known
throughout the eastern hemisphere,
with minor notifications, and is no
doubt of prehistoric origin, have met
with no clear and authoritative state
Jment of the means originally employed
by the American Indian in gathering
gold from sands.
Few data are to be had on the subject
of gold mining in the Appalachian re-
;gfon during the eighteenth century, but
Thomas Jefferson wrote, in 1882. of
lump of ore of about four pounds
weight from the north side of the Rap
pahannock in Virginia. found four miles
above the falls of that river, and which
lump of ore yielded seventeen penny
weight of gold. Jefferson mentioned
this gold find in his famous Notes on
Virginia. and also says that he heard
of no other indication of gold in the
neighborhood.
A large nugget of gold was discovered
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BY an exchange of their knowledge.
the way is paved for little better
chicken on the market, a fresher egg.
a more appetizing fish. 1t is all team
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There is nothing in that communica
ton to indicate in what part of Mary
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-19
Unique Mystical
Wedding Ceremony
at Berkeley, Cal,

BERKELEY. Cal. May B-Henry B.
Monges jr.. OF the architectural. depart
ment Of the University OF California. and
Miss Madeline Breckenridge OF Toledo,
O.. we're united in marriage yesterday in
unique mystical ceremony.
They knelt together before an open
fireplace in the presence OF fifteen
guests. Face to face. with lips almost
touching. they repeated a service OF
words. and with earth. water and fire
symbolically enacted their physical. mem
tai and spiritual union.
The pair held two separate urns OF
earth. and alternating with their right
and left hands. dropped the earth into
a third urn. signifying the physical union
To symbolic the union OF minds. each
held a flask OF water and together they
poured the water into third flask The
spiritual union was accomplished by the
lighting OF two candles. typlfying the
fires OF the home. The flaming wax
sticks were held together until the melted
wax welded them into one,
After these esotehc rites the orthodox
marriage service was performed by Judge
William II. Waste.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-19
Ferris in Personal
Appeal for Frank to
Georgia Governor

LANSING. Mich. May ls.-Goyerpor
Ferris Of Michigan yesterday made a
personal appeal to Governor Slaton or
Georgia for the Communication OF the SEN
tence OF Leo N. Frank. whose fight TO
escape the death penalty imposed upon
him after his conviction Of the murder of
Mary Phegan. a factory girl. has at
tracted pation-wide interest.
In a letter to the Georgia governor, Mr..
Ferris based his argument on the fact
that he is opposed to capital punishment.
BY committing the sentence, Governor
Ferris wrote. Governor slaton could
make amends for any mistake which
either the jury, or the courts might
have made and at the same time give
heed TO the request of Frank that he be
given a chance ultimately to prove his
innocence.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 1s.-rhe Ten
nessee state passed a resolution last night
requesting the governor Of Georgia &c
commute TO life imprisonment the death
sentence Of Leo NJ. Frank.