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through the drift evidently feared him. y fleeing foe
surely to be followed; but that long. dark shape
crawling at the strangers heels. that looked formidable
and very mysterious. The beast stopped shook his
head snorted again more loudly and drew back those
few PAGES he had advanced Perhaps was rs as we'll
not to be toO bold in intcrrogatiug the Unknown.
After a few moments OF hesitation he wheeled aside
lifted his massive and shaggy head. suicl the air
listened ncntly and Withdrew to rcoiu the little herd
which lying down and CoutCutcdly chewing the C1i
all indifferent to the drive of the polar storm
The black bull of the bdrrcns he stood and cvCd
the resting herd contcmpativcly. showed small in stat
feet in length from muzzlc TO tall and not over three
feet high the shoulder. he modelled nevertheless
on lines that for power mammoth might have Cnvicl.
Ills square frame clothed with long bIaCkiSh hair
reaching almost to the tctocls His pondcrous head,
named and shaggy, armed with short crescent
horns keen tipped and scrvCcablc for battle And he
carried it swung low muzzle in and front well forward
always ready for defense against the enemies of the herd
The herd numbered some dozen or fifteen cows.
armed and powerful like their mates several Younger
bulls and perhaps dozen ycarling or two-vcar-old
calves. Al one moment, the fierce drift sackcncd
they would all be more less visible Shroudcd, dark
forms with contempative eyes, peacefully Illuminating.
moment more and they would vanish, as the
AGAIN closed down about them.
TT the old bull alone that seemed 10 be thor
oughly on the alert. lIither and thther. with a
certain slow vigilance, he moved through the herd
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MI at once he lifted his head sharply and questioned
the AIR with diIJtiug noStrilS, while his eyes cleaned
with anger and anxiety. The instant he stamped
his foot and gave loud, abrupt CALL half beat- ha-t
below.
PLAINLY IL was a signal well understood In q second
the whole herd its feet. In another with hight
ming precision 1t had formed itself compact circle
using the vachful leader the basic point OF It's tor-
tom The calves, buted unceremonouSly INTO the cen
ter. hustled upon the other. with uptcd muzzeS
over the others shoulders and mild eyes staring with
startled fright. The rim of the circle became
fringe of slen lowering foreheads angry eyes and Keen
horns uttlng tormidably from snow powdered names OF
dark hair.
Not member of the musk OK herd, 20 the youngest
calf. but knew very we'll against what enemy the od
bull had SO suddenly narshalcd them INTO nghtnS pha-
lanN. For some moments, howcver,-long, tense Wig
liant Moments nothing appeared lfen NJ EiSt;
through the driving flake they caught sight OF several
gdunt, ledping forms gray and shadowy, which swept
down upon them in silence cut OF the storm
With terrible sudcnuc>S and speed they came, these
capng forms, If they would hurl themselves b.niN
upon the maSsed herd But the line OF lowered aorS
never tnchcd wavcrcd and with short Sndrl from
their leader the wolves swervcd. Just time % escape
4 savage thrust from the old bull. They SwerVGd'
strung out into line and went Oping round the Gree
their narrowed grccnish erCcSS eyes gldrug into o
obstinate OF the musk oxen Again and again jlef
Circcd the rampant of horns. again and again they drew
OF and swept up tuTIOusy To the assault hoping o. d
some weak point IN the detenses,-Some timOrous 'nS
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Saved by a Mule

A S must necessarily be the case with q who has
had much travel and adventure. Hammond --
eniOved great strokes Of luck. Soon after he first
10 work he coming out of Mexico into this COur-
with some gold he had found in a small claim He ha
ford river to get the frontier. and when
reached there it the middle of night. with ra-
falling IN torrents. He driving a double team
consisting OF a horse and mule. He noticed that Oh
river high; but thought he could get across wh0
danger When he tried TO drive the into the
the mule baked. BY neither kind words nor blows
the whip could ne get that mule 20 bulge Then h
thought that by turning the team and rushing ther
down the river bank. he could get them far into th
stream that they would have 70 keep to the oth--
side. He tried this three times but each time. whi
the horse willing go forward the mule stoppe
at the waters edge.
He had resigned himself to spending the night in -h
Cortras4 F1gs -
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Mr.. Hammond 10 go down into the various leads and
select his own samples Then he the sample cf
ore through the crusher and asked Hammond To
watch the stuff as it came out This Hammond did.
and found that the samples contained gold IN rich q
titles: but he also discovered that the old -
put the samples into the crusher threw IN with them
the gold that apparently was coming out OF the ore
over He gathered up all the stuff that had gold In II.
got fresh samples from the mines, and started back
San Francisco with his burden, telling the old man that
of the investigation. Then he had the imported gold
melted into solid bar which he presented souvenir
of the saed property to the men who had though Of
buving 1t.
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Sizing Up Men and Mines

HAMMOND has rare gift for Judging human nature
IL and sizing up at their true worth Coupled
with his courage this trait has stood him good stead
During the CCeur Alene mining strikes and riots he
was one of the busiest the trying to pre-
serve order One morning he received letter from the
strikers saying that if he dared to leave the company
offices and go down into the of Coeur dAlene, he
would be shot on sight.
He did not stop to look over the rest of his mail
Putting his cap, he sauntered leisurely down the
hill and travesed the entire length of the main street,
taking the right hand sidewalk Then still in leisurely
fashion, he returned the other side finding it
sarv to elbow into the roadway several of the strikers
who made a bluff of obstructing his passage They
gowered at him and muttered threats; but one
made a move to hurt him.
He had figured the thing out a moment after reading
the letter that carried the threat and had decided that
not of the strikers would have the to shoot
he went among them and met them face to face.
Hammond has put lot of time going out and look
ing mines to find out whether they of any
real value and in the of this work has detected
several clever attempts to salt properties Sailing
consists of hiding gold in scattered quantities mine
that has just been opened, that the prospective
purchaser on finding the metal, will come to the
clusion that the property is extremely valuable
On one occasion he went to San Francisco to look
at a mine that a number of wealthy of that city
thought of buying. The who wanted to sell had
devised an ingenious method of sailing. He invited
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heSh,-tOugh and reckIng to nausea with musk. He
wanted d young COW, whose meat would be tender and
sweet caribou. He content to wait knowing
that the herd must be and would not leave thes.
feeding grounds unless frightened At this season the
black bull, then staring at him heavily through the
drift would not be solitary
The trappcr, who making his wav
down the river to the Hudson Bay Company post at
the mouth Through failure of the caribou to come his
way, according to their custom, his supplies had run
short and he seeking the post in good time before
the pinch of hunger should fix itself upon him. But he
had had bad luck The failure of the caribou had hit
Others besides himself The wolves had suffered bv it.
Perhaps in their shreWd and savage spirits, they had
blamed the for the absence of their accustomed
quarry Some weeks before his they had craftly
picked off his dogs reasonable and satisfying retaa-
ton. And now the hauling the slcdge himself
In moment lift Of the storm the man had noted
little valley, depression in the vast wind swept level
OF the barrcns lying but couple of stones throw aside
from the banks of the river that his guide H.
knew that there he would find a dense growth Of the
stuned frs that spring up wherever they can find shell
ter from the wind There, he knew he would find drv
stuff in plenty for his fire There he would take covert
TIL the storm should go down and suffer him to trail
the musk OK herd.
After eying the black bull steadily for some minutes
he softly turned away. and without haste made for b
Valley of the Little Frs dragging the laden slege be-
hind him.
The black bull snored thickly and took sevcr, stems
forward. The strange figure fading silently away
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Down in South Africa

THE career of John Hays Hammond 50 far has fallen
into three periods.-hs first years of work which
he spent in this country Mexico. Central America, and
South America; his work in South Africa from 1898
to 1900; and the time that has elapsed since his return
to the United States III 1900 Incidentally he has this
to say:
The United States is the best place on earth, and
I'm going to spend the rest of my life in it.
1t was in South Africa that Cecil Rhodes sent HIM
out with another man take look at the tabled mines
of King Solomon and to report whether it was advisable
to run railroad up the coast through the section of the
country now called Rhodesia. Hammond and his fel-
low got lost in the African desert and had to walk two
hundred miles amid such privatiOns and toruring heat
and thirst that the experience killed the other man
Hammond, however, reached the mines, explored the
country and made report which led to the building
of the railroad.
His experiences in connection with the Jameson raid
in South Africa when, his friends say, without having
been guilty of any wrOngdOing breaking any law, he
was sentenced by the Beers to be hanged too we'll
known to be dwelt here; but, without reading Mrs
Hammond's book which describes the suffering he en-
dured during that period can form accurate
estimate of the herOisn he displayed. His prison prva
tons such that physicians thought he would die,
and the Beers let him go to his home parole TO
cuperate 1t throws light his character to know
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hurriedlv penciled his hotel address a card and
handed it to Gale. Call on me there at ten o'clock
tomorrow morning" he said. Il want to have talk
with you"
Gale said he would; but the next morning he did not
appear and since then neither Gale John has come
into HammOnds life.
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that when the time came for him return TO prison. the
gzzed Beers who had done guard duty in his s1crOon
and patroled his yard stood about him in circle with
tears in their eyes they drank TO him farewell toast
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
THE LITTLE BULL OF THE BARRENS
By a1es G. Robers
THROUGH the thick drive

THROUGH the thick drive
l. of Ofthesnowflakes-small.
hard, bitter flakes, borne on
the long wind of the terrible
copper mine barrens-the
man and the beast stood star
ing at each other, motionless.
In the beasts eyes was heavy
wonder, mixed with curiosity
and dread. Never before had
he seen any being like this
erect, slim shape, veiled and
vague and dark in the whirl-
ing drift. He felt it to be
dangerous; but he was loath
to tear himself away from the
scrutiny of it.
The man, on the other
hand, had neither wonder,
curiosity, nor dread in his
gaze. He knew that the black
and massive apparition before
him was a musk OK. His first
impulse had been to snatch
up his rife and shoot, before
the beast could fade off into
the white confusion of the
storm; but his practised eye
had told him that the animal
was an old bull. His necessity
was not fierce enough to drive
him to the eating of such
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other battleships. the Delaware will 60 to
Norfolk and anchor for a month. Many
visitors have taken advantage Of the fact
that this ship has been anchored 80 near
News in parties to board her. and through
the courtesy of the officers in command
have been shown all over the mammoth
vessel.
Mrs. Robert s. Abernethy, wife o: Capt
Abernethy of the post. will have as her
guest for a month Miss Ruth Tisdale of
San Francisco. Cal. Miss Marguerite
Knox, whose father is Gen. Knox. governor
of the Old Soldiers Home at Hampton. is
visiting at Annapolis. Thirteen is consid-
cred an unlucky number the world over.
and none of the young people here doubt
the truth of the saying. for the entire
18th Company. Coast Artillery. has been
ordered to the Philippines, and as this
company includes some OF the finest look
ing officers of the post there is much
waiting among the young girls. Capt
Frank Miller of this company and Capt
and Mrs. William w. Rose will be sadly
missed. Capt. Miller has been here for
over three years. and during that time
has made friends of young and old at
the post Capt. Miller spent the holidays
at his old home in Syracuse. n. Y, where
he was entertained extensively The New
School by the wives and officers Of the
garrison was one of the most enjoyable
balls of the year. Taps were sounded as
the hands of the clock pointed to five
minutes of II. and while the midnight
hour struck revelry was sounded. Recent
arrivals at the Hotel Chamberlin from
Washington are c. a. Russell. Miss NJ.
b. Davis, Thomas J. Fisher. Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace n. Curtis, Mrs. G. b. Russell.
F. Basil Miles, P. Crawford. II. O.
Averell. J. G. Darden, Mrs. n. D. Petit
grew, Miss D. NJ. Prentice and Miss F.
Granden
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Do You Really Love Dogs?
From the Atlantic.


Perhaps the final test OF anybody's love
of dogs is willingness to permit them to
make camping ground of the bed. There
is no other place In the world that suits
the dog quite so we'll. On the bed he
is safe from being stepped upon, he is
out of the way of drafts; he has a
commanding position from which to sur
vey what goes on In the world. and.
above all, the surface Is soft and yielding
to his outstrstched limbs. No mere man
can ever be so comfortable as a dog looks.
Some persons object to having a dog on
the bed at night; and 1t must be admit
ted that he lies little heavily upon ones
limbs; but why be so base as to prefer
comfort to companionship! To wake up
in the dark night and put your hand on
that warm soft body. to feel the beating
of that faithful hearts, not this better
that undisturbed sloth? The best nights
re st l ever had was once when a cocker
spaniel puppy. who had just recovered
from stomachache dose one to two soda
mnts), and was a little frightened by
the strange experience. curled up on my
shoulder like fur tippet, gently pushed
his cold. soft nose into my neck. and
there slept sweetly and soundly until
morning.
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Japanese Formally.

Cor. Of Lafcadio Hearn in the Atlantic.
The foreigner does not see the real
Japanese life, even under the most fa'
vored conditions. Only the other day
at a Japanese house my host, drawing
his child to his breast and caressing 1t,
said to me: I'VE cannot do that among
ourselves. and the little fellow knows he
has not any right to come near me
(meanng cuddle up to HIM when there
are guests. but as you are foreigner
you will excuse him. In Izumo 1 no.
ticed contrary signs. proving that the
conduct of husband and wife to each
other is by rigid rule purely formal under
observation. Even the pretended throw
ing aside of Formally is formal. or
course have learned something of other
lives. but not by observation. The emo
tional side. even in the case of death, IS
forever hidden. not from US alone. but
from all i heard the other day of trag-
edies that astounded me. The sufferers
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES interrupted duty
nor limited of their loss or suffering in
any possible way. They would have
thought themselves degraded to have
done SO.
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OUR PHILIPPINE TRADE.
Last Year We Had Sixth of Imports
and Third of Exports.

From Journal Of American Asiatic Association.
The share of the United States in the
import trade of the islands last year
amounted to s4.G91.77O and was $685.. III
less than in 1905. Nearly half of the
years total was made up of leather and
iron and steel. and of the two great
oil. while the balance was OF
q widely diversified character.
American goods constituted IL per
cent Of the total value of Philippine I'M
ports and there was a relatively insigniii-
cant increase over the proportion of the
previous year.
That under the free trade conditions
inaugurated by the new tariff of August
s. 1909. there will be considerable in
crease In the volume Of American ship
ments is to be expected. but to what
extent the Philippine market will be
supplied by the United States will depend
upon how far the tariff differential will
go toward compromising for the higher
cost OF American production In COM
petition with other countries intrenched
In the trade. and the extent to which the
American manufacturer will press his
opportunity and adapt his products to
the native tastes and requirements.
OF the years exports the United States
took only slightly SmaIler value tnan
in 1908. being credited with $40. 1871, or
q third of the total. The large American
demand for hemp has made the United
States good customer of the islands
In the past. Limited free entry Of Philip
pine sugar and tobacco under the new
tariff provides a much improved market
for these staples, and free admission OF
other commodities furnishes a new stimu-
lus to their production.
A new era of activity and an increased
volume of trade is therefore to be ex-
pected with the lapse of the restraining
clause of the treaty Of Paris and the
establishment of practically unrestricted
commercial conditions between the two
countries.
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will visit her for short time. Mr.. J.
B. Hull of Cleveland. Ohio. spent several
days with relatives at Arlington. Va,
this week. MIR. L. NJ. Walter of Airing
ton left Monday for a visit to Chicago.
Mr.. D. H. Rhodes has returned to Ar
lington after a three-month inspection
tour of the national cemeteries in the
southern states.
At the home of Mr.. Joseph Stewart at
In honor of Miss Katie Stewart OF Wash
ington. d. c. There were about twenty
guests present. many of whom were
observation-disclosures. Miss Ethel Richards
Of Washington, d. c.. was the guest of
Mrs: w. f. Weaver of Rosslyn this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. H. Moncure of Fairfax
have moved into a new house at Claren-
don. where they will spend the winter.
Mr.. Sweeney and family of Clarendon
have moved to Washington for the win
ter. Mr.. Carl SIN tn of Arlington has
purchased a new house at Fort Myer
Heights and moved his family into it this
week. The members of the Citizens AS
ISOLATION were entertained at the home
Heights Monday night. After business
session. during WHICH reports on side
walks and the improvements along that
line were discussed, the meeting adjourn
ed for social hour.
Miss Nettie Ball gave a party at the
home of her father. Mr.. William Ball of
Clarendon, last Friday night There
were present quite a few of her friends
and relatives. who spent a most pleasant
teresting and mirth-producing games.
The young hostess served most dainty
and delightful refreshments Among
those present were Miss Helen Ransome,
Messrs. John and James Ransome of Bal
timore. Md: Miss Maud and Mr.. Paul
Cromwell. Miss Ruby Sawyer. Mr.. Fred
Marks. Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Ball. Mr..
and Mrs. H. C. Bail, Mss Edna Miller,
Mr.. Z. B. Croson. Miss Ruby Croson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Croson. Miss Min
Rev. James Dudley. Messrs. Fl. Challenger,
Dallas and Frank Ball The Thirteen
Club of Ballston will be entertained by
Mr.. Thomas A. Broadus at Waycroft
Cottage next week. Miss Inez Sampseli
of Rectortown. Va, and Miss Maud Nally
of Washington. D. c., were guests at
the home of Mr.. r. II. Sampsell, on
Chestnut street, Clarendon, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A. Broadus of
Waycroft have returned to their Way
croft cottage after a ten-day visit to
relatives near Bealeton, Va. Mr.. w. H.
Torreyson of Freedom. Nd. paid visit
to friends at Rosslyn this week. Mr..
Kenneth Lewis after spending two weeks
with his parents at Fort Myer Heights
returned to New York this week. Misses
Viola and Vestal Reese of Washington,
D. c.. after spending the holidays at the
home of Mr.. l. N. Rich of Fort Myer
Heights. returned home last week Miss
Annie Walton, who has been the house
guest of Mrs. II. w. McGeorge at Fort
Myer Heights. has returned home. Mrs.
Lizzie Hite of Newport News is the guest
of Mrs. g. Guy Ware of Fort Myer
Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Bossi Of Wash
inston, D: c.. were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Karl Kerr at Fort Myer Heights
this week. Mrs. G.. E. Lewis of Gray
Gables gave party at her home the
past week. Mr. and Mrs. James Tay-
man of Fort Myer Heights entertained
quite number of friends at a party last
Thursday.
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NEGRO MUSIC.
Is It Not to Be Found in the Mel
odies Heard at Reyivals2

Letter to the New York Sun.
l read with pleasure the article in the
Sun on "A Negro Foot Washing" The
evidences Of purely negro music there
given conflict with your views on that
subject as expressed in a recent editorial
article. There is a body of music that
is mot only in it's essence but altogether
negro.
The point of the editorial I refer to
was directed against those songs Of
bastard origin like THE Suwanee River"
and "Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground"
that people ignorant Of the negro's past
will persist in proclaiming as his. But
is there any doubt that such we'll nigh
forgotten 'spirituals" as "Wrestlin
Jacob" my Lord, What a Morning"
THE Gospel Train." Swing Low. Sweet
Chariot Nobody Knows de Trouble
I've Seen and I'm Dat Great Gfttin' Up
as in words? have heard them sung
and know that they are unlike any other
body of music. and ii you could go
through the same experience you would
say SO too. Prof. Du Bots in The
Souls of Black Folk has pointed out
that many of these melodies are not only
negro, but demonstrably African. And
Dvorak declared few years ago that
the remainder constitutes the only body
of original American music Indigenous
to the soil.
But to revert to the American blacks
peculiar institution. the ecstatic prayer
the religious idea among black people Is
distinct and different from the religious
idea among white people? l have been
engaged in the study of this subject for
more than five years, and 1T may be That
a few of the conclusions arrived at may
Nf ho S1fY N
the first place. it involves different
racial psychology. Being purely emo
tional, it is ASSOCIATED from all ethical
This explains why the deacon
of Sunday may be SO immoral from Mon
day to Saturday. The excess of emo
tionalism which eliminates In this queer
religious frenzy is due, l think, to the
TACT that the negro of slavery days was
restricted in other lines Of emotional ex-
preston. A curious essay by the late
Herbert Spencer on the Psychology OF
Laughter will serve to explain why
such restrictions add 10 the force OF the
emotional discharges.
Another significant fact Ia this: That
this dancing and shouting mania Is q
direct development of the great war
dance which was such feature OF West
African assemblages long ago. study
of the dancing dervishes, the bowling
dervishes and the, dancing mania OF the
ing parallels. And IL one would but
note how the "quaver'' comes in at reg
uar intervals as we'll as the beat OF the
foot and hand, how the fund of emotion
is increased thereby, and how regular Is
the graduation of feeling from simple in
terest to the concentrated energy of
drunkenness. he might
divine the explanation Of the so-called
ictus in Latin poetry as well as the true
nature of the beat" in popular music.