The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20

had been pending for several years and it
was ably fought Hon Thomas B Reed
was Of, counsel for the plaintiff
The contest was over patent no. 4o4, Az.
issued June I, 1885, to William B. Jones.
who assigned It TO the Carnegie Company.
1t was a device for mixing molten pig
metal and has become quite important il
the business. The suit was for infringe
meut of patent
The attendants at the model room of the
Patent Office in the old Postofice building
are often asked to be shown the models Of
contemplating machines. A revival of the
industry of making machinery to do the
work of the negroes is feared. For the
past few years the inventors have let this
subject alone and there are a number CT
investors who wish they had the money
they used to have when they had less ex-
perienee-
The models of the earlier machines were
burned in the fire OF 1874 The first ma
chine to be worked was used by a South
Carolina planter named Richardson. who
abandoned It The inventor was Charles
Mason, the inventor OF the Mason tele-
phone and the head Of the company now
turning them out.
The inventors of the machines were
thrown into panic q few years ago by the
rank fake of an Atlanta newspaper man
who imagined a plantation in Mississippi
where monkeys had been taught 10 pici1
cotton SO well and at so little cost that
The IaboTers and machines would never be
IN the competition. But even now the
monkeys in the South belong mainly to the
organ grinders and the cotton is still
picked by hand.
Capt William r. Ramsay, foreman Of
the specification division of the Printing
Office. is an able man and a popular one
The specification room is under the jurIs-
dictior OF the Public Printer. and about
2e5 printers are employed. The work IS
intricate and important, and only under
such expert supervision as Captain Ram
say Is able to give can the work be car
ried on The system Of Photographic
reproduction is found in perfection in this
division
Captain Ramsay has been in the serv-
ice of the Government for several years.
He was civil war officer il an Ohio
regiment. He is highly regarded by his
felloE-craftsmen, who have repeatedly
honored him.
Capt. Robert z. Grant. OF Ohio, one OF
the clerks at the Patent Office, is genial
and able man. and is one Of the stand
bys" OF the Office. He-is noted for his in
terest in his fellow workers Captain
Grant is from Missouri and IS commander
OF Kit Carson Post, G. 4. R.
The Government Printing Office organi-
cation Of soldiers and sailors OF the civil
war was entertained by its lady friends
Saturday night. The programme was
largely musical. Among the guests were
Rev W H. Miiburn, chaplain of the
Senate.
Three old and honored employees of the
Government continue Ill. All are mem
hers Of Kit Carson Post, G. A r, and are
VISITED by large numbers of their COM
rades They are John Bostick, and Ohio
man. at the Pension Office: Major J. n
Emory, and Mr.. Oscar c. Fox. Of the Pat
ent Office. Mr. Bostick has nervous pros
tration.
A former member of the Geological
Survey, who has joined the rash toward
the ncw-found gold fields of Idaho. fol
which q KIondike future is predicted il
a letter TO a friend in the Treasury De
partment. tells Of the hardships Of the
Thunaer Mountain trail over which tht
army OF the hopeful is now travelling
dos, this letter is full Of interest ant
gives fair idea of what the fortune
hunters endure.
The former Government emDloye is or
Of a party who started from Wei5er Z
Thunilcr Mountain with assurances from
the unctuous hotelkeeper and outftte
that Il was pleasant little excursion 0
sixteen days The letter was written o.
the twentieth day. when the party wa
still forty miles away. with mountain
Intervening They crossed nUmerou
mountains covered with snow OF te-rify
ing depth and after going through
pleasant valley tackled another noun
tain. the trail seeming to Iengthen III
whole time Half a days travel cause
them TO gain an altitude of 5000 feet. 1
six miles they descended 1909 feet owe
hard-frozeu snow
Mere attention is now directed towar
Thunder Mountain than to any part {
the mining world. The deposits az
claimed to be very similar 10 those {