Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1891 — Gold-Bearing Streams, [ARTICLE]

Gold-Bearing Streams,

The wst famous goldbbeartng rivers of California are the American,. Yuba and Feather. - This latter, whose- current has been turned; into a new channel by Frank McLaughlin,, the noted Pacific Silope mining expert, is said to have been- so named in early times because its swift current whirled nuggets along like feathers. An Atlanta poet, who, claims that his hair is now silver, has just broken out in a rhapsody on his first kiss. He must, have a tenacious memory to keep track of. the fleeting moments through this flood-at years. „ It takes six years to paint the great Brooklyn bridge, and as soon as the job is completed it has to be done over again. The contract for painting it would be a good one to have in a family. Deacon Wnrre, who made such a disastrous failure in his attempt to corner corn, will resume business with a capital of 1250.000. It might be better to retire on it. >