Show monk r at 1 irk l ori la in the hie Tran vl captain E moss tho rho T ho recently returned to london from the transvaal tells this story of the monkeys who wh work tor for him in the mines 1 I have twenty menty tour four monkeys said he employed about my ay mines they do the work of seven a able le h bodied men and it Is IB no reflection upon uon the human laborers to say the they do a class of work a man can cannot zot do de as well as tn in many instances they lend vailuu va lui aid where a san man is us useless aless tb they ey gather up the small pieces of quartz that would duld be passed unnoticed by the kingman workingman wo and pile alle them up in little herps that can easly easily ly be gathered up in shovel and be thrown in the mill chiy are exceed exceedingly ngy adept at catch catching ng he little particles particle s and the their i r sharp eyes neter nene escape the very things that the human eye would pass over when I 1 went digging gold I 1 had two monkeys that were exceedingly interesting pets they were constantly following following me bout about the mines and one day I 1 noticed that they were busily engaged in gathering up little bits of quartz and putting them in piles they seemed to enjoy the labor very much and would go to the mines every marn morning ing and work there during the day it did dd not take me I 1 long to learn their value as laborers and I 1 decided to procure more so I 1 immediately procured a number and now nom have two dozen working dally daily in and about the mines it Is exceedingly interesting to watch my two pet monkey teach the new ones how to work and still stranger to see how the new comers take to it 11 they work just as they please sometimes sometime es going down into the mines when they have cleared cleare dup up all the debris debria on the outside they live and work together without quarrelling any more than men do they are quite methodical in their habits and go to work and finish up in the same manner as human beings raould do under similar circumstances s |