Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-28
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| metropolis at the Ebbitt. HE is preparing
| to end his business career al he began 1t,
mining. in the west, and has purchased
| some extensive gold properties, among
| them being one in California, that he once
lost money in when he could not afford to
lose. keene's life has been a remarkable
| one. He was a poor laborer about the
| mines, and in some way got in on the Com
stock lode with Croker. He left the Pa
cific coast with ten millions of dollars
winch he lost on wheat, made and lost
| another fortune in the same way, made an
| other on the cordage trust that wrecked
SO many others. and will now return to
ELS nrSt love, that Of gold mining He is
| not going to confine himself to specializing
In stocks, but is buying property for the
H Hl,,,' OF developing and operating it
with keene in the field, wonderful sur.
Vival of interest may be expected in gold
mining operations"
c. A. HawIey of Cincinnati is at the
Cochran. Mr.. Hawley has just returned
from trip across the Atlantic, and, in
telling his experiences, related some that
were exceedingly interesting.
Upon my way to London" he said, IT
became acquainted with three young Eng
ilshmen who were returning from the far
west, very much disguised. They had each
pald 800 to a man in London to obtain
them positions in this country, one to learn
the cattle business, one 20 learn wheat
farming, and one orange farming Each
had contract by which they were to be
boarded and clothed for two years and re-
ceive all necessary tuition and experience
In exchange for their services ITron in
quiry l learned that this is considered a
sood contract in England among young
men VINO desire to learn farming. They
nave enough money to enter into the bust
ness but lack the practical experience
rms they are glad to pay for, and the
Iondon agent, who adyertises to find such
openings, reaps good harvest. There are
q nuluper OF such advertisements in the
Ehgiisn papers. Bogus names are inserted
IN the contracts, and, as a rule the Eng
llshnan. who pays for the situation. finds
ahother mere and does not go home. IL he
uoes the agent claims that the man sirlDiy
failed to find the one he was sen, to and
succeeds In clearing himself
Il found that the scheme was rather ex-
zen teensl l,y worked. OF course, IL is against
me AMEN contract labor law, but that does
not seem to deter either brokers or Gus
TONER'S
Leprosy has been on the increase I'm the
o"ited states for the past ten years." said
Dr. f. w. Munshall Of New Orleans at the
Arlington. Very little is said about it, but
Louisiana has had to provide a separate
hospital for them. as has California. There
are good many cases of genuine leprosy.
and the number has been increasing until
very recently because no cure has been
known. Now, there is cure that I ne
ileve will prove an absolute specific and
me reports have received from Il in Mo-
haiai the leper Island, are such that will
ne surprised if it does not practically ham
ish ieprosy from the world. The remedy
was discovered by DIR. Goto a Japanese
pilS siciah OF great reputation. and it has
ALREADY received royal sanction in Japan.
ii is now being tried in the Pacific islands
and l am informed by reliable authority
mat cases have been cured where no other
known remedy would have had the least
effect"
They talk about the drink habit, the to-
bacco habit and the morphine habit" said
DE- +. G. Briggs of P!ttsburg at Wizards
Dat the worst habit to which a man can
become addicted 1 have never seen men
toned in print. l refer to the reading
habit. Reading is at once a source of rec
reation and profit. when properly regulated,
but when it becomes a confirmed habit it
wrecks a man mentally and physically
rendering him entirely useless to himself
or the world. Every librarian knows the
class to whom / refer Those with the
reading habit read every minute. their
BRAN becomes t'icapable of realizing the
actual affairs of earth, and they no more
understand other men than though they
had never seen one They are. of course,
possessed of ineXhaust.b BILE information
and person to talk to casually would
suppose him to be great man, when, as
a matter of fact he is no more fitted to
is child in the cradle. If they have
money. it is soon gone in visionary
schemes. they are nuiSaHceS to those
around them, because they do not under
stand them. their time is entirely wasted
in the passion for reading, and there is no
more pit.able object on earth than the man
inflicted with the reading mania
I'm parts of Texas and Arizona 1 found
a river to be a streak of sand across the
Prairie. whila a lake is a body of sand sur
rounded by mosquito bushes" said Pc l..
Ireland of S.. Louis at the Metropolitan.
mo trace of water is visible in some of
the lakes ard rivers, except immedia tely
after rain, but they are valuable never
theless. as by scraping a hole in the sand
water can be obtained. The Virginia Dale
gold mine is situated at the end of one of
these lakes. 1t had five-stamp mill, and
was run with profit for small plant
While l was out there, storm came up,
the sand shifted and for several days no
one could venture out on account of the
sand When it subsidized, no trace could be
seen of the stamp mill. 1t had been COW
cred by the sand. 1t would cost more to
dig it out than to build a new MILL so the
company is now putting up new ten
stamp mill en- top Of the old one A thou-
sand years from now. some one may I'M
earth the mill and write learned articles
upon the age in which it was built"
whether not the anecdote told nv
'Parson' WeemS about George washington
and the cherry tree is true, or whether the
father of our country ever told a lie one
of its defenders has been found who will
not said Arthur Briggs of Los Angeles
at the Howard "A man named Patrick
Kennedy, whose friends are all dead and
who is unable to earn a living applied for
admission to the Soldiers Home. He had
served three years. was honorably dis
charged and his papers were clear. He had
tramped hundred miles across the noun
tains to reach the home and was almost a
total physical wreck from his long, weari-
some journey. Had only his papers been
looked at he would have been admitted,
but the usual questions were asked among
them being whether or not he had ever
aided the confederate cause. His face
turned white. and tears came into his eyes,
He knew that to answer the question
truthfully meant to deprive himself of the
benefits of the home. But he did not hesi-
tate. He stated that he had been con-
scripted and served one year, constantly
trying to desert and join the Union army
in the cause of which he was in thorough
sympathy. He seized the first opportunity
and fought three years for the stars and
stripes, but he was not eligible to the
home, and he turned sadly away to suffer
GeStitution.'