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ring, so authorities claim. was worn by
members of the imperial family
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Some of the rings worn by the Rom
ans on the little finger weighed as
much as three ounces. A famous ring
which belonged to julius Caesar pic
tured an armed Venus. He was said to
be very fond OF this. claiming descent
from that dainty goddess. julius Cae-
sar's successors used his portrait on
their rings
Gladiators wore rings that were so
heavy that Il blow from one was not
infrequentiy fatal. Rings with keys
fastened on their hoops were popular
novelties of this Roman period.
stone ring of chalcedony was in COM
mon use and worn among the lower
classes of the people
In this connection il is curious to
note that the simplest and most useful
of rings worn by all people of all ma
tions at all times were plain, prosaic
elastic hoops. The early Christian ring
is seldom confused with those Of the
ancients. Its designs were distinctive.
The materials used were silver bronze
and lead. The designs commonly used
were of palms. wpeaths of flowers, en-
cravings of the dove and star. etc
Rings were in use among the people
of medieval times. 1t was customary
for the Britons to wear their rings on
the middle finger. The Anglo -Saxons,
on the other hand, wore the ring on
Evening star., 1916-03-12

from Benjamin Berry, the builder of
the great mansion called independence.
which stood about a mile east of the
east corner of the District
In the course of these journeys
through the historic country beyond
the Eastern branch frequent mention
has been made of Seat Pleasant. Some
times reference has been made to the
of the important suburbs of Washing
ton, and which takes its name from
the old estate. Seat Pleasant. small
part of which furnished the site for the
village. Sometimes reference has been
made to the Seat Pleasant neighbor-
hood. which is co-eXtensive with the old
Seat Pleasant tract and includes num-
erous suburban subdivisions, settle
mentS and many farms and perhaps
of small homes whose occu-
pants spend their working hours in
Wa shington.
1t was to revisit the mansion house
of the Seat Pleasant plantation that
the Rambler undertook this walk, and
there were more difficulties than one
might think. Most of the dwellers in
that neighborhood are newcomers. and
the only Seat Pleasant many of them
ever heard of is the village of Seat
Pleasant. From the end of the electric
car line at Seat Pleasant village the
Rambler followed the main street
north. The principal object is big
new brick schoolhouse with white
columns There the electric line to
Baltimore passes through cut and a
wooden bridge carries across the rail-
road dirt road which leads to a
small brick church in, grove of trees
and thicket of tombstones. That is
Chapel, one of the old and in
teresting churches in the environs of
the capital. II has a regular church
name. but the particular saint escapes
The Rambler's memory. Nearly every
body calls it Addison Chapel. Rev. Mr.
Marsh, who is also the minister at st.
Barnabas' Episcopal Church at Iceland,
Evening star., 1916-03-12

q ATE in the afternoon of that wild
and windy Sunday of two weeks
n ago the Rambler. after a march
- of several miles through the
p. highlands beyond the Eastern branch.
. turned homeward and from the tracks
. of the electric line that leads to Balti-
more entered the Sheriff road about two
miles west of that strange place called
Brightseat and about one and half
miles east of the intersection of the
District boundary and the Sheriff road.
At a bend in the dirt road a few hun
= dred yards east of the railroad one
comes upon big frame house with
four strong and lofty brick chimneys.
1t stands on hillock considera bly,
above yet beside the road.
Around the house and along the road
side are old trees whipped bare of
every leaf. Their bark seemed black
in the cold, dim winter light. Their
branches swayed and creaked violently
as the bitter wind rushed and whirled
among them.
The elevation which the house
stood gave some protection from the
numbing wind. and the Rambler stop
PED un0er tne lee OF tne llttle nlii II
was a Good-iooking old house. tall,
broad and strong, and there was no
doubt that ii had stood there many
years. There was nothing pretentious
in the appearance of the house. but it
had q simple, quiet air of dignity. and
II seemed to feel secure in it's social
position among the houses of that part
of Prince Georges county. II was no
upstart of house. 1t did not strive
10 make an impression. 1t did not start
out at once to tell how many great
men and lovely women had crossed it's
threshold. 1t did not stand out on the
hillside and shout to you that George
Washington had once slept in it: that
Lafayette had been entertained in ii:
that its bricks were brought from Eng
land in ballast, and that its timbers
were hewn and its shingles rived by
hand. 1t did not even insist on first
acquaintance that it's grandfather ten
times removed had come over with
Lord Baltimore; that its great-grand
Evening star., 1916-03-12
OLD APPLE TREE At SEAT PLEASANT.

aunt twice removed had been a lady
in-waiting or maid of honor to Marie
Antoinette. 1t was very quiet old
house. and did not seem to be splitting
its sides and raftcrS to get its name
and picture in the paper. but after
contemplating it's kindly features the
Rambler knew that had he called out
to that old house that he was cold and
tired the old house would have opened
its arms and its doors and called back
Come, stranger. and sit in my ingle-
nook.
=: Z
As the Rambler somewhat thawed
out. and as the thoughts of steam
radiator and the beefsteak became less
poignant. the features of the old house
became familiar. memories were re-
vived by it and the Rambler recognized
old friend he had not seen since the
last time he passed that way. which
was several years ago, and then the
landscape was clothed in green and the
house was embowered in the foliage of
those trees now wind-racked and
wind-rocked. The Rambler knew that
it was one of the Magruder homes.
The Masruder family is old and
numerous one in Maryland and the
District of Columbia, and is related 10
all the ola famil1eS ana many OF the
new ones of the state and District.
There are Magruder homes just as
there are Calvert homes. Bowie homes.
Dent homes and Addison homes. They
are scattered all over the state. But
this particular Magruder home is a
veteran. 1t is the parent home of a
large number of Magruder homes. The
name of the estate is Union Valley, and
it has borne that name for more than
200 years, in fact. it has been Union
11A,- II f.r hlf in h q
depths of time thA Ramblers MEM
ory goes The estate is\not SO large as
it was once upon a times but it is still
one of the big farms of the region
around Washington. There is great
tract of cleared land with patches of
woodland. and on hill about a half
mile northeast of the mansion house of
Union Valley is another Magruder
home. which bears the name of the
Old Orchard. and close to that house
is little family burial ground where
Evening star., 1916-03-12
READUS FRYE AND LOUIS HELLMUTH.

land of Benjamin Berry. As far back las
the Rambler can go Seat Pleasant be-
longed to Samuel Harper. who gave the
land for Addison Chapel 1t was bought
early in the nineteenth century by
Thomas +. Berry. At his death the
property passed to his widow. Polly
Berry. who died in the Seat Pleasant
house before the outbreak of the civil
war. She and her husband were buried
at Seat Pleasant. After Polly Berry's
death. her son. Thomas L. Berry, sold
the property to John Edwin Berry. son
of DR.. John E. Berry of Independence.
John Edwin Berry before that lived al
another estate he owned called EvArs-
field. farther out in Prince Georges
county. John Edwin Berry of Evers-
field and Seat Pleasant passed away a
good many years ago. and the Rambler
knows two of his children. A. p. Berry
and Mrs. Annie NJ Berry, both residents
of Washington. After the civil war
Seat Pleasant was acquired by William
Jackson of Washington, and he sold
the property to man named Rollins
according to the Rambler's memory.
David Rollins. Mr.. Rollins. who sleeps
in the churchyard of Addison Chapel. is
survived by two sons.who live in Wash
inSton. One is employed in the Post
Office Department and one in the fire
department of the District. Rollins di-
vided the great tract into small farms
and it was during his ownership that
the village of Seat Pleasant came into
being. While the Rollins family were
living in the old Seat Pleasant house
it was destroyed by fire. Rollins re-
built the house and sold it and a fair
acreage around it to a Mrs. browns
The murder of her daughter, Margaret
in that house by negro youth en-
ployed on the place was one of the ter
rble crimes of the country around
Washington. The Rambler's memory
is uncertain but the murder was in
1895 or 1896.
About 1900 the house burned down
again. 1t was not rebuilt. Mrs. browns
sold the place to J. II. Frye. He con-
sidered the site of the Seat Pleasant
house unlucky and established him
self and his family in little
house about twenty yards away.
Mr.. Frye settled in Washington in
1855. directly after the close of the
war and remained in Washington until
1893. when he bought the farm Spring
field. in GunSton Neck. not far from
Gunston Hall. He farmed there until
1900, when he bought that part of the
Seat Pleasant tract which Rollins had
sold to Mrs. browns.
About two hundred yards from the
site of the house and on land now
owned by Louis Hellmuth, whose bust
ness hours are spent in Washington, is
the burial ground of the Berrys of Seat
Pleasant. And here the Rambler comes
Evening star., 1916-03-12
HUNTING WITH A TRAINED HAWK.

81 RAWkS of certain species haunt
III the woods and fields around
Washington all winter, and al
for these fierce birds. it is to be noted
that the worlds attitude has changed
toward the hawk. This change of SEN
timent has been especially noticeable
among farmers, all of whom know the
hawk by whatever other name he may
be called. The change of sentiment is
not SO noticeable among city people,
most of whom would not know a hawk
unless they saw it in the Zoo with a
plain. bold label on the cage. Nearly
everybody. including those who do not
know a hawk from a buzzard. instinc-
lively feel that he is a dreadful bird,
an enemy to man and to everything
that flies, and to many creatures of the
woods and fields that cannot fly. Yet,
once upon a time the hawk was es-
teemed as the friend and companion of
man, and women of medieval fashion
priced their pet hawks highly. Certain
species of the hawk were held in par
ticularly high regard for use in fall
conry or hawking.
Falconry, one of the most venerable
of the field sports, has declined in those
countries where once it was gayly and
widely practiced. 1t never gained much
of a foothold in the United States, for
when European settlers began coming
to the new world falconry was passing
away in Europe. The invention of fire.
arms, the use of 'fowling pieces" the
extension of agriculture and the set
ting aside of large tracts of country by
rich or ennobled persons as game pre-
serves all contributed to the decline of
falconry. Birds of the kind which the
falconers trained are still flying, and
some of the species most priced for
hawking are common in America.
Falconry. or hawking. appears to
have been first developed in China, and
it was practiced there at least two
thousand years before the Christian
era. Perhaps it appears to have been
first practiced in China because record
ed history reaches back SO far in that
hoary and mysterious land, and deep
back in Chinese history scholars find
Evening star., 1916-03-12

like wheel. 1t was three inches in
diameter. and spokes radiated from the
center, forming several concentric cir
cles. A large round sapphire was set
in the center, and at the intersections
of these several spokes gems were set.
Every valuable stone. with the excep-
tion of the diamond, was put into the
ring. On the back of this bejeweled
wheel the shank of the ring was at
tached. and when the ring was worn it
resembled, in size and shape, a huge
Evening star., 1916-03-12

ones is called spiral" ring and re-
sembles three fine wires which close
about the finger. Another odd one is
made of a strip of bronze and ribbed
in repousse work. One end terminates
in a wire hook which is passed through
the pierced other end and fastened.
ring which attracts the eye because of
it's neutrality-suspicious. one inch tall
is Of bronze and prettily fiuted.
There are also bone rings in these
cases, clay rings. schist rings. black
stone rings, ivory rings and rings fash
ioned from stag horn.
The Hndoo mogul divinities all had
rings. One of these rings shows a head
thrown up and set with diamonds. The
sides OF the ring are pierced into
fantastic pattern.
Persian kings honored faithful sub
jects by presenting them with rings
bearing on them likencsses of Darius
and Cyrus. ring found among the
higher classes of Egyptians was form
ed by a simple twist of gold to which
hung series of pendant ornaments,
beads of coral and thin plates of gold
supposed to represent leaves of plants.
A ring with what was called a "dou-
BILE keeper was popular among Esyp-
tian men hoop of twisted wire made
the Keeper" The lower keeper was
first slipped on the finger. then the
ring proper, and finally the upper
keeper. The keepers were held secure
ly by brace which was fixed at the
back of the ring. This unique arrange
ment was worn for safety's sake, much
as guards are worn with some rings
today.
The Lacedaemonians claimed that
they despised rings of gold and prefer
red rings of iron to those made from
any other metal In the New Museum
some of the iron rings on display were
no doubt property of LacedaemonlanS
at one time.
A strange story is told about a work
man who was toiling on the roads in
the vicinity of Rome Heavy rains had
made the roads sea of mud and great
hunks of mud adhered TO the wheels of
his wagon The toiler noticed queer
white spots Oh some of these chunks of
mud that revolved with the wheels.
Upon investigation they proved to be
coins. and further search resulted in
the discovery of an old vase which con-
tanned other coins and two rings of Il
late Roman period.
Under the Roman Emperor Hadrian
the most general and lasting rings
were produced. The greater number
OF rings of this period had massive
faces which made strong settings for
the cornelian. A faVorite design for
the cornelian was the figure of wom-
an bearing corn and fruit in her arms.
AS the love of excessive luxury grew
in Rome people of wealth and promi-
nence had rings for summer and an
entirely different set for winter. One
ring. illustrating their love of extrava
gance, was absurdly large. made of
bronze and represented a COW seated
with bell around its neck. Another
Roman ring. worn ON the thumb, bore
upon 1t bust Of the Empress Plotina.
nj L.
done in high relief and the empress Is
seen with the imperial diadem. This
Evening star., 1916-03-12

The great jer-falcon, which the Amer
ican ornithologist Audubon writes
down as the ger-falcon, was the hawk
used by royalty. The peregrine hawk
the male of which species was called
a uercel,' was the falcon of the earl
and the humber orders of society and
commoner people used those species Of
tne hawk called in England goshawk
kestrel hobby. merlin and tanner Fall
conry was a great pastme with the
rich, and II was sport and food -produc-
ing means with the other classes in
England and most of continental Eu-
r''"H f"om the ninth to the seventeenth
century.
word falcon" includes many
birds OF the family falconidae-the
goshawk marsh hawk, pigeon hawk or
merlin. the fish hawk and a good many
others. One authority says that the
true american falcons are the pigeon
hawk and the sparrow hawk Audubon
presents a long list of falconine birds.
including the eagles. the great fishing.
eagle or the bird of Washington" the
red-tailed hawk. black warrior hawk.
broad winged hawk. red-shouldered
hawk. swallow-tailed hawk, rough
legged falcon, black -shouldered hawk.
marsh hawk. goshawk, Cooper's hawk,
pigeon hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and
the vultures.
He classes as the true falcons" the
Greenland. Iceland, Labrador. the
northern parts of continental North
America and the northern islands of
Europe: the peregrine falcon and the
pigeon hawk. The ger-falcon feeds on
grouse. ducks, pigeons, rabbits, hares,
seafowl and ptarmigan, and the pere-
grine falcon and the pigeon hawk fol.
low the redwing blackbirds. the rice
birds and the small migratory birds
from south to north and then from
north to south.
All parts of the world have their
hawks. but naturally the birds have
different names in the different lam
guages and sometimes species found i'm
no other part of the world but they
are distinguished from other birds o.
the beak hooked at the point and the
upper mandible having a notch or )
tooth. or two notches in some species,
on the cutting edge. They are said to
pc the most perfectly developed.
strongest and fastest flying members of
the feathered tribes. Anybody inter
ested in falccnry can find in the Lii
brary OF Congress pictures In color of
all the birds.
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and the god Ra, or the sun. seated and
floating through the heavens in a boat
Other rings in bas-relief showed the
god Baal, full fla ced. playing on a tam
BOURNE. Yet others have plates in the
shape of the right symbolical eye, an
emblem of the sun.
A signet ring belonging to Senna-
cherib. King of Assyria, thousand or
SO years ago. is extant. 1t is made of
an Amazon stone, one of the hardest
stones known to lapidaries. On it is an
intaglio which reveals the high excel
lence this art reached in extreme mi
nuteness and precision.
The crossed hands of women, heavily
loaded with rings. shown on the old
Egyptian mummy cases lead one to
Evening star., 1916-03-12

TIL Ring Seveda Tmod Purpose Among Egyptians Bbona Greeks
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Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
WORK ON SPECIAL NUMBER OF
 MOHAVE COUNTY MINER BEGUN

'. Work has already begun on the de luxe edition of MOhave County Miner. G. B. Lindsley, a specialist in such work, who will personally prepare and edit the big magazine supplement, is in town and working on the prelimin- ary matter, planning the art designs, and getting a line on the county, it's citizens, resources and attractions.
 Within the next few days he will start on a systematic campaign of sightseeing and information gathering auto trip and before he is through will visit every section of the county and secure data and photographs that will be needed. Pictures of mines, ranches, roads and scenic beauties will be turned over to Jack Box, the famous New York cartOOnist, facial delineator, and illustrator, who will make suitable layouts for photograph and pen and ink etching of the more prominent citizens. Mir. Box has just finished a striking illustration for the cover page
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
EMERSON MINE Is
 BEING CLEANED OUT
tFrou, Chloride Section Daily Mlner)


 The Emerson mine is still being Icleaned out and prospected. The 1Os- foot winze from the tunnel level has been put in shape and sampled. The values are said to have been quite sat isfactory.
 The vein was wider than expected. During the year in which the old working had been unused, the tale, which was thought to be the footwall, slacked and caved, exposing to the present owners an additional three feet of goOd-loOking ore. This makes the vein about ten feet wide at that point.
 An old shaft, 400 feet distant on the same vein, has also been cleaned out and will be sunk 50 feet deeper. This shaft may be utilized as a main working shaft when real mining is in full swing.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
DEVELOPING CLAIMS
 AT CRYSTAL SPRINGS
(FrOm oatman seetion paIly MInerl

A carload of supplies for the Old trails Exploration company has ar rived in Kingman. It includes rails, fish plates, spikes, car, blacksmith outfit, etc, for use at the Crystal Springs claims of the company, where a tunnel is being driven under the direction of Max Brown. The tunnel, it is calculated, will cut 5O-foot ledge at a depth of $50 feet.
 Manager Brown says the ledge is a strong one and gives surface assays considerably higher than the average in the Oatman district. The ledge strikes directly east from the Goldroad mine. The tunnel site is about $500 feet northerly from the Tom Reed mine. The company has a well equipped camp and is developing it's claims with one shift of miners at present.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
SENDING OUT SAMPLES OF BLACK RANGE ORE
CFrom oatman section DaIIy Mlnsrl

Mitchell Carter, secretary of the Black Range Mining company, has adopted an advertising scheme that is unique in Mohave county. He has se- cured 5000 small sample sacks and has printed thereon Sample of ore from the Black Range" Into these sacks he is placing small samples of ore from the property and each day large number of them are leaving through the mail for various parts Of the country. Asf
 Enough ore is contained in each sack for an assay, and it is the hope of Mir. Carter and his company that all who receive samples will have them assayed. The idea is original with Mr
 Carter and it is probable that tNit win be taken up by the Oatman Bureau of Mines in its publicity campaign. t.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
NIGHT HAWK MINE LEASERS RECEIVE
 RETURNS ON ORE

Returns from a recent shipment of ore from the Night Hawk mine was received a few days ago by Frank Ferraris and others interested in the lease on that rich old property. The ore gave a net return of $500 per ton in gold and silver. LYr. Ferraris has gone back to the property and expects soon to have another shipment of the same grade of ore.
 The Night Hawk was one of the old shippers of the county, producing largely high grade ore. Some of the handsomest and richest specimens of ruby silver ore ever found were taken from it in early days. These speci- mems also ran high in gold, the aver age being about S24O a ton. Four teen tons of ore shipped from the mine by the late George M. Bowers netted S19,500. Leasers shipped many car loads, but on effort was ever made to equip the mine and sink to a new level. All the development work was done through tunnels, the longest be- ing 400 feet. With proper equipment the mine would be a big winner.- Chloride Herald.