Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03

trial at such times comes between 3 and :
in the morning, he says. and If man car
get through with those two hours he is not
likely to have much more trouble until the
next night.
But even with practice man has to be
in good condition to go without sleep for
more than night. "A few months ago,
he said Il went out with some picked men
on a bit of work that required to keep
awake. The men had not Jared well and
were rather run down, so | said to them
If at any time you feel that you can't pos
sibly keep awake any longer come to me
and let me know, but on no account go to
sleep without warning me- They were
good soldiers and had every intention of
obeyfng orders, but at in the morning !
found several of them sound asleep. They
had dropped off before they could tell me. y
"B. p" on Durham.
Lieut.. Gen. Baden-Powell in his famous
book on scouting. which is now used as a
handbook by the German army, gratefully
acknowledges that not a little of his in
formation came from Burnham. In a let
ter to his mother, written at the time of
the Matabele campaign of 1885, describing
a scouting trip to Kani from Bulawayo
in company with the American scout, he
says: 'Burnham is most delightful COM
panion on such trip; amusing, interesting
and most instructive. Having seen service
against the red Indians he brings quite a
new experience to bear on scouting work
a thing escapes his quick moving eye,
whether it is on the horizon or at his feet.
We got on well together, and he much ap-
proved of the results of your early develop
ment in me of the art of inductive reason
ing. In fact. before we had examined and
carried out many little indications in the
course of our ride he had nicknamed me
Sherlock Holiness We planned to do much
scouting together in the future,
A Cosmopolitan Family.
Maj. Burnham is curously cosmopolitan
in the matter of residences. He still owns
a house in Bulawayo, and until Lord Rob-
erts sent for him to go to the Transvaal he
had another in the Klondke. His home is
Pasadena, Cal, and he lives In London
for the present. He has practically recov-
cred from the injuries which sent him
north from Pretoria on the invalid list, and
it is safe to say that some other quarter
of the globe will claim him before long, for
he is only thirty-nine years old and sound
dollar.
Wherever he goes the chances are that
Mrs. Durham will go with him. She went
through two of his African campaigns, then
stepped over to the opposite side of the
globe and set up housekeeping in the Klon-
dixie. and is now here in London. She is a
charming, black-eyed American woman of
quiet tastes. who can handle rifle or ride
horse with the best of them. If her hus-
band were to announce tomorrow that he
was about to set out for the north pole
she would prepare for the journey as quick
ly and calmly as if she were only going
from their home in ST. Johns Wood across
London to Dulwich. They have two chill
dren, boy of fourteen years, who is at an
English school, and another of three, who
has already distinguished himself by lift
ing with one hand a weight greater than
mis- own A daughter. who was the first
white child born in Bulawayo, persisted
during the siege of that place in 1896.
CURTIS BROWN.