Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-11

ed to monkeys as laborers was in the dia-
| mond mines Of Brazil, where they are
found very useful, picking up the pieces
OF quartz and placing in regular piles
Ihey work steadily, and enjoy 1t. A mon
Key Will copy after its master as closely
as a Chinaman will, and q friend of mine
presenting me with fine large monkey, 1
concluded to see how much he could be
| taught. My monkey learned to wash dishes
nrst. 1t took several weeks to keep him
from occasionally throwing a cup at some
passing animal. but finally he learned to
take good care of the china. Then taught
him to sweep, which he learned without
much trouble. and finally trained him to
drive my team Of horses. That is as far
as nave made him useful, but am salts
| Ned that monkey can be trained to do
anything his master does in a manual
way, and he will take an active interest
In his work. 1 greatly prefer the help of
my monkey to that of any of the natives
whom have yet employed
1T now looks as IL the state of Washing
ton would eventually rival California as a
gold producer" said C. d. Kenner Of Spo-
kane at the Shoreham. 1T has been COM
paratVely very short time since it was
learned that gold in any paying quantities
could be found in Washington, and, in fact,
the fabulous pockets that have been dis
covered In other new fields appear to be
wholly wanting, but for good medium grade
east Washington. There is not great deal
OF excitement, less than l have ever known
In a new territory, but stamp mills and
bIheiters are going up In unprecedented
numbers. Several millions of dollars are
already Invested in paying mines, and all
on development rather than speculative
OASIS. In fact the usual grub stakers and
| prospectors have not been wanted, and the
claims are so closely taken up that there
is but little chance for men without money
to make anything out of the field The
new gold producing territory is about as
large as the New England states combined
ana there nave been no failures. Every
mine opened Is paying good dividends"
r. T. Leonard. who is accompanying Mr.
kinner. also has good word for the
Washington gold field He is one Of the
fortunate few who succeeded in returning
from Alaska, Of which he said There is
gold In Alaska, how much 1 do not know,
but there are very rich placers on Forty
Mile creek, and on other tributaries of the
Yukon The newspapers, however, should
II axe the real condition of affairs known
II Is at present impossible to get to the
goid nelds and the towns are crowded with
hieH' ScHle OF Whom are actually starving
10 death Supplies cost from four to ten
'lmes as much as in the states, and trans
portatlon to and from the mines al this sea-
son OF the year Is impossible The condition
VI common miners there is pitiable in the
extreme. If food and clothing is not fur
nIsned tnem soon they will die from hunger
ana exposure. The steamship COMPANIES
advertised glowing accounts of the gold
heios' and thousands of Adventures ex-
pended all the money they could raise to
seI mere ana now cannot return. There is
Sold there, but it is worse than useless n
Is suicidal, for men to go who have not can
ital 10 carry on mining for themselves and
puy years supplies in advance From the
reports received in Alaska the field is No
he in
States. while the difficulties are many times
as great
Among the guests at the National is r.
{. Frazier of Chicago He walks ranidlv
but II he is closely watched it will he
seen That there is a slight jerky motion.
INDICATING a crippled condition. But no one
VINO Is not familiar with his history would
Imagine Tor a moment that there is no life
Whatever IN his lower limbs, and that he
HAS no control over them. Mr.. Frazier is
III electrician, and says that he intends to
perfect and patent the appliance which he
uses before he allows its principles to be-
e .t known. All that he will now tell is
that he was paralyzed, as he expressed 1t,
Il entirely lost the use of the lower nor
ton of my body, and had to be turned over
IN my bed. l had studied electricity as a
profession, and after many weeks of ex-
periments, l succeeded in perfecting belt
charged strongly with electricity connected
by wires with the legs and feet, that an
automatic motion is produced similar to a
natural walk. The electricity can be turn
cd on or off by means of thumb-screw."
w men ne Is walking he cannot stop unless
the current is turned Off 1t has no effect
upon the limbs, and is not intended as a
cure IN any way, but only as a means of
automatic locomotion for cripples
visited small town in Alaba ma a
few days ago, where they are anxiously
there for the purpose of establishing a
school," said +. R. Letter, New York
| travelling man, at the Riggs THE man.
who wore a clerical suit of clothes. renro.
| sented that he was agent for an educa-
tional fund, similar to that left by Pea
| body, and had heard that the people of tho
town were without proper school facilities
II would cost $4,000 to erect the right kind
OF building of which he would donate
one-halr There was no bank there so he
deposited his share in Birmingham bank
and held several mass meetings to raise
the balance. The citizens became very en-
tliusldsuc' ana within a month the money
was raised and turned over to him to add
| to the fund In bank. Then he went to oh
| tain plans for a building, being accomna-
MED by two Of the best citizens, who went
| with him to the bank and saw him
deposit the money An architect was en-.
pioyed and the citizens returned. leaving
the phlanthropst to complete arrange
hehts. AS soon IS they were gone he
| drew the money out of bank and has rot
been heard of since. 1t was a new scheme
10 me, and the newspapers don't seem to
| have heard Of it, ~
"One Of the most interesting chess clubs
| L know Of, said A. L. Hoover of Cedar
| RAPIDS, Iowa, at the Howard, lis along the
line of the Burlington road in Iowa.
! station agent, who is an enthrs iastic chess
| player, learned that another operator along
| the road was also devotee Of the game
| These two began to play, and once in a
While an operator would break in in such
way as to show that he also understood
1t: AS result ten Of the operators form
ed a club, and match was instituted.
| taking year to play the full series. They
| are just now being completed and strange
to say. not one of those who started in
| the game has had his station changed. II
would seem that the fascination of the
| game has overcome the rowing disposition
| OF the operators to such an extent that
they have done their utmost to hold their
| positions and have refused to go to new
| fields, largely in order to complete the
championship series of chess"