AN OVATION
The Mighty Traveler Goes
and Trying Reception-J
Interest in Ever]
The White Company Recei
the Sturdy Reliability
Mr. Roosevel
Theodore Roosevelt and
After fifteen mouths' absence, es
Roosevelt disembarked from the Kais?
lng, June IS, at ll a. m. To the kee
newspaper correspondents, Mr. Roose
to be interviewed cr to talk on politic
tions showed the same virile interest i
If the welcome tendered ly th
criterion upon which to base a "returr
cordant note in the immense receptioi
crowd which cheered at every glimpse
The incidents of the day in New 1
ter Illustrated the net vous energy and
be up-and-doiug, which he has broug!
horses and carriages for the swifter
moment the Roosevelt family and
whisked away iu White Steamers to t
433 Fifth avenue. A little later, whe:
Fifty-ninth street and Fifth avenue,
preference for the motor car in gene:
when he. Cornelius Vanderbilt and C
carriage to White Steamers, which wei
After luncheon at Mr. Robinson
Colonel Roosevelt, again entered the
Island City, where they were to take
home at Oyster Bay.
The supremacy of the White can
demonstrated on Sunday, when the pai
Steamers, and a group of some forty
In a White Gasoline Truck to a clamba
the New York Athletic Club
Farm Notes.
It has long been known that birds
eat insects, but it has remained for a
Rhode Island farmer deliberately to
. culitiyate and encourage birds on his
farm for' that particular' purpose.
Eave swallows, robins, orioles. and
many othe:r "feathered f fiends"
were got to live . within a
few hundred yards of the
house. As a result, there was not only
plenty of sweet music, but in a year
when the aphids, or lice, ravaged the
apple-crop, farmers had a big yield cf
valuable fruit.
The mortgage nightmare is rapidly
becoming an extinct
farm.
breed on the
So.-28-lO.
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Buoyantly Through a Long
Parade, Showing Lively
rthing American.
ves Unique Compliment For
of Its Steam Car From
t and Family.
Par? y ia White Steamer.
;actiy as scheduled, Colonel Theodore
jrin Auguste Victoria, Saturday morn
tn disappointment o? a large group of
velt absolutely refused, as heretofore,
al subjects, but hi3 rapid fire of ques
n public affairs as before,
e vast throng may be considered a
i from Elba," surely there was no dis
a-parade, nor In the wildly clamorous
and hung on his very word.
rork were many, but perhaps nene bet?
vitality of the man, the near-mania to
bt bade to us. than the discarding of
and more reliable automobiles. The
immediate party landed, they were
he home of Mr. Douglas Robinson at
i the procession reached the corner of
Colonel Roosevelt again showed his
ral and the White cars -in particular,
Collector Loeb transferred from their
re in waiting for them,
's house, the entire party, including
White cars and were driven to Long
a special train to the ex-President's
j with the Roosevelt party was again
rty was driven to church in the White
prominent Rough Riders were taken
,ke at the Travers Island clubhouse of
?In a really heroic life there is no
peradventure. It is always either
doing or dying.-Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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The Newspaper Guy.
I see a man pushing his way through
the lines
Where the woik of the terrible fire
fiend shines:
"The chief?" I inquire, and a police
man replies
"Why, no, he's one of th-sm news
paper guys."
I see a man walk through the door of
a show
Where the srreat throngs are block
ed by tho sign "S. R. 0."
"Is this man a star that no ticket he
buys?"_
"Star nothing; he's one of them
newspaper guys."
I see a man start cn the trail of a
crook,
"While he scorns the police and
brings him to book.
"Sherlock Holmes?" I exclaim, and
someone replies,
"Sherlock Holmes! He's one of
them newspaper guys."
And some day I'll pass by the great
gates of gold,
And see a man pass through un
questioned and bold.
"A Saint?" and Saint Peter will
surely reply,
"He carries a pass; that's a news
paper guy."
Compound
Interest
comes to life when the body
feels the delicious glow of.
health', vigor and energy.
?hat Certain Sense
of vigor in the brain and easy
poise of the nerves comes
when the improper .foods are
cut out and predigested.
rape'Nuts
take their placer
If it has taken you yea?3
(to run down don't expect one
mouthful of this great food
(to bring you back (for it is
not a stimulant but a
rcbuilder.)
Ten days trial shows such
^ig results that one. sticks,
to it.
{.There's a Reason"
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.Battle Creek. Mich.
THEIR
THEIR
FEATHERS IN PARISIAN MILLI
NERY.
Ostrich is used a great dea4, and
the market is flooded with the most
beautiful tips and half-long feathers;
I am told that a great many of these
come from the ostrich farms estab
lished some time ago in the South of
France, which are proving a brilliant
success, and they have certainly con
tributed to bring down the prices
somewhat.
A sort of hicorn, with the brim
turned right back in front and merely
rolled behind, is sometimes trimmed
with two half-long Amazons attached
to the left side and sweeping right
across the crown. The hat, which is
intended to be worn so as to come
down almost to the eyebrows, looks
particularly well made of black hair
with sage-green or reseda feathers,
but it is also made in such combina
tions as deep violet and reseda, tete
de-negre brown, and a light gaiac
shade.
Feathers are arrayed in a great va
riety of ways, but they are no longer
stuck up erect. Indeed, trimmings do
not as a rule very seriously increase
the height of the shape. Tm's does
not mean that low arrangements pre
dominate, because many of the late
sbapes have the wide brim turned
high, or else fairly high crowns, but
that the proportions are preserved
pretty strictly. Exceptions are to be
found in some of the evening toques,
built up of light puffings of tulle,
often frosted with gold or silver, and
surmounted by aigrettes of crane or
other very light plumage.
Trimmings are often placed against
3 3 ? S Raised Doughnuts.-:
i O > o
? a c?
O e.
dough, ready for shaping
of walnut, one cupful of
rise until it doubles its b
cut into rings. Let the<
fry in deop fat.
the up-turned portions of the crown,
! whether this be at the back or at the
front. If the feathers are fastened,
then they come forward over the
crown, and vice versa.
Very stylish is the very large leg
horn turned back right up from the
left temple and forced in this position
by feathers that sweep over the hat.
Others have the crown covered with
flowers and coming over the brims,
are turned up straight either behind
or before. This arrangement is very
effective, carried out in lilac, wistaria,
or laburnum or sage-green, or some
quite dark-green straw shapes, lined
with crepon or surah of the same
color as tho flowers.
If the brim is rolled at the side or
nearly in front, a quantity of muslin
roses will Sometimes be clustered over
the roll, A black straw hat trimmed
in this way has the crown covered
with puffings of black tulle. Another f
.pretty way of arranging roses-j
either muslin or Dresden roses-is to
make them up into a close garland j
or cordon, which, after encircling the
back and right side of the crown,
passes over the brim (rolled on the
left side) and is continued around the
outside of it, close to the. hair, to the
back. I was shown a big hat of black
Chantilly all-over trimmed in this
way witv. pale gray-blue Dresden
roses, mixed in with a few dull-green
leaves.-Millinery Trade Review.
TRAVELIN U CHEAPLY.
"The best you can get on a Jour
ney," said a seasoned traveler, "ls
none too good."
There is truth in this statement,
I but everybody cannot get the best,
inadequate as even that may be. An
increasingly large number of busy
I workers have to travel cheaply if they
are to travel at all, but they need not
travel uncomfortably on that account,
especially on long journeys. A brave
and gay spirit, however, can make
light of many discomforts that crush
the grumbler, and a soupcon of com
mon -mse when one is making prep
arations for a long trip in the tourist
instead of the Pullman cars will go
far to lessen the natural envy the ?
"tourist" will probably feel as wealth
ier fellow travelers sweep toward
their p.ush covered seats.
A young woman who has crossed j
the Continent four times as a tourist |
passenger declares it can be done i
very comfortably, especial}' if two or j
, more travel together. She recom
I mends that the porter be tipped at
j the start, wisely, but not too well,
with a hint of further emoulment as,
lt shall be deserved. He will then I
afford gladly all the aid you need in
the preparation of meals.
"Before you pack up your provis-1
ions," she says, "make as many.)
cheesecloth bags from three to six
inches square as you expect to have
meals. Half fill them with tea or cof
fee sufficient for each meal. These
bags are easily thrown from the car
window when the tidying up begins,
and they save the always somewhat
disagreeable task of washing teapot
or coffeepot.
"Take a small but well stoppered
bottle and fill it with what I heard a
little girl call the 'squozen' juice of
two or three lemons. Add some su
gar, and see that your cork is firm. A
spoonful of this mixture in your cup,
which has been filled with water from
the ice cooler, will make a drink
which, agreeable at any time, be
comes nectar on thc ho:, dusty train. '
And it is so easily made!
"Another luxury that will be much
appreciated should be provided before
starting, namely, some large squares
-say, from a quarter to half a yard
across-of cheesecloth, equal in num
ber to the number of toilets you ex
pect to make. Then you will have no
damp, mussy things In your bag,
moistening the powder that you have
spilled and making an uncomfort
able, pasty substance that adheres to
your combs and brushes. Be careful,
by the way, to carry as little powder 1
! as possible. Let your dentifrice take
the form of a paste.
"A very nice gift for a traveler
starting on such a journey, one that
costs nothing save time and affection
ate forethought, is an envelope of
clippings, especially humorous clip
pings. Magazines are expensive on
the cars and heavy enough to tire the
hand, but an envelope from which
you draw, you know not what, with
the added satisfaction of remember
ing that whatever you draw was put
there specially for you, is a real de
light, and the joke over which you
know your friend has laughed will be
mirth provoking on the jrurney,
while the useful fact or interesting
opinion will derive a double charm
from place and circumstance."-New
York Tribune.
BLUE FLOWERS NOW POPULAR.
The cultivation of blue flowers is
one which is credited to Queen Mar
gherita. The chicory, a rather rough
and homely flower in this country,
grows to majestic proportions in
Italy, and when cultivated makes an
exquisite border for beds of blue flow
ers. Blue flowers are said by bot
anists to possess the greatest possi
bilities for cultivation, particularly
the wild species. Corn flowers form
one of the sights in Biltmore, and
those who wish to make striking ef
fects of blooms among the tender
greens of spring are selecting blue
flowers rather than the old time fav
orites, yellow, red and pink. Lady
Aberdeen has written a dainty little
brochure on the hidden glories of
wild flowers. She calls attention to
Mix together three cupfuls of bread
; into loaves, a piece of butter size
sugar, two eggs and nutmeg. Let it
ulk. Then roll into thin sheets and
.e stand until double in buik, then
the fact that there are 110,000 flow
erlng plants and shrubs, and of these
less than 1000 are un?er cultivation
Lady Aberdeen has encouraged the
growing of the native plants in every
country where her husband's duties
have carried him. She established
.nurseries near Ottawa, which have
become famous for the beauty and
variety of Canadian wild Howers un
der cultivation. She has done the
same in Ireland, though that land
abounds in such exquisite flowers,
wild and cultivated, that little impet<
us was needed.-New York Press.
Some of the checked habutai silks
are unusually attractive. They are
to be had in a wide range of colors.
As a rule afternoon hats are large,
with wide, rolling brims, forming a
most lovely background for the face.
The thin muslin collar, appliqued
or inset with lace or embroidered mo
tifs, is the lates: comer in the round
styles.
The lace dress, whether of chantil
ly or other hand-run laces, will un
doubtedly be a feature of thc coming
season.
Sleeves tucked in groups with
bandings showing handwork separat
ing the groups are seen in some of the
new gowns.
There are big wired bows of chan
tilly, like graceful butterflies, which
are being shown on many of the new
! millinery models.
Perhaps the most conspicuous fea
ture in the latest waists is the use of
chantilly lace for the main portion of
the body and sleeves.
The first evening toilet worn In
mourning is usually of chiffon over
dull silk, lit up with a touch of jet
and hand embroidery.
The ribbon sachet flowers are used
for all purposes, for muff, corset or
garter garnitures, and for sachet,
? skirt and shoulder bows.
I Short dressing jackets show rib
! bons at the throat, back, in front in
: long lcops and ends at the waist line,
! which is usually rather short.
Hats aro unusually attractive In
I themselves, combining the charm of
j simplicity and graceful lines which
will be generally becoming.
Black-bordered handkerchiefs are
worn with crepe or piain black; also
onyx jewelry, silk watch guard and
white lisse for neck and sleeves.
Metal straws-that is, a straw with
a few threads of gold or silver woven
in it-are another new feature and a
most charming one for evening hats.
Father of Baseball.
The other day Secretary MacVeagh
was talking with Assistant Secretary
Hilles. "Did you know," said Mr.
Hilles, "that among the clerks in the
Treasury is the father of organized
baseball in America?" "No," replied
Secretary MacVeagh. "Who is he?"
"Nick Young," said Mr. Hilles. "He
is a clerk in the oifice of the Auditor
of the State Department, and has
been here for many years. He or
ganized the first'professional baseball
association in America in 1S71, and
for years was president of the Na
tional League." Secretary MacVeagh
expressed a desire to meet Uncle Nick
and the latter was. called in. Uncle
Nick is entitled to thirty days' annual
leave, but he has never taken it all
at one time. He takes it piecemeal,
an ho,ur at a time. He quits his office
at 3.?0 instead of 4.30 every time the
Washingtons play ball there, so as
to take in the game.
My imagination would never have
served me as it has but for the habit
of commonplace, humble, patient,
daily, toiling, drudging attention.
Charles Dickens.
POTATO SOUP.
Wash, peel and cut four medium
sized potatoes into small pieces, cover
with cold water, salted, and cook un
til done. Have ready a pint of milk
scalded In a double boiler, together
with a tablespoon of minced onion
and a little celery or celery seed to
flavor. Take the potatoes from the
fire, turn off the water and mash.
Thicken the milk with a tablespoon
ful of flour, then add to the potato
and mix. Add a tablespoonful of fine
minced parsley and serve with crack
ers or croutons.-New York Tele?
gram.
RICE AND TOMATOES.
Beat together one egg and half a
mnful of milk. Stir in a cupful of
boiled rice. Add a teaspoonful of
butter and season with salt and pep
per. Let the mixture simmer for a
few minutes; then drain the ricp. line
a dish with lt. wash it over with a
beaten egg. ?nd put it into the oven
until firm. Strain half a can of toma
toes, season with salt, cayenne pep
per and half a finely chopped onion.
Stew for twenty minutes. Then stir
In a tablespoonful of butter and two
tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs. Let
simmer until thick and pour into the
centre of the rice mold.-New York
Tribune.
MACARONI AND CHESTNUTS.
Peel and boil a dozen big chestnuts)
and pound them to a paste. Season
with a saltspoonful of salt and put
them into a saucepan with two cup
fuls of boiled macaroni, chopped; two
tablespoonfuls of butter and one larcre
onion peeled but not chopped. Stir
the whole together until well mixed
and heated; moisten, if necessary,
with a little milk. When perfectly
hot, remove the onion and put the
macaroni and chestnuts into a but
tered baking dish, cover with bread
crumbs and grated cheese in equal
quantities and brown in the oven.-?
Kew York Tribune.
STEWED RABBIT.
Wash and soak the rabbit. Wipe
It thoroughly dry and divide it at the
joints. Sprinkle it thickly with flour.
Place in a stewpan with two heaping
tablespoonfuls of butter and three
or four thin slices of ham. Pour on
little by little a quart cf gravy.
Stew the meat over a slow fire for
two hours. Season with half a tea
spoonful of salt. Add to it the rind
of half a lemon, cut into small bits.
A quarter of an hour before serving
stir in a teaspoonful of-rice flour that
has been mixed with two tablespoon
fuls of .mushroom catsup and a half
teaspoonful of c?y?nne pepper.-?
Boston Post.
PLAIN ONION SOUP.
This ls wholesome and "tasty.*
Slice two or three large onions and
fry yellow in butter or clarified drip
pings. When soft add three table
spoonfuls flour and stir, untli cooked
and frothy. Now add slowly a pint
of boiling water, stirring until smooth
and slightly thickened. Have ready
three potatoes bolled and mashed and
add to them a quart of milk that bas
been brought just to the scalding
point. Put the potato and onion mix
ture together, season with salt and
pepper, let it get hot, then press
through a strainer into a hot tureen.
Sprinkle over the top a little parsley
minced fine and a handful crisp crou?
tons.-New Yprk Telegram.
A small camel's hair urusb will
quickly and without irritation remove
a cinder or other foreign substance
from the eye.
To clean a pot: Put one-half a tea
spoon of soda in it, fill with hot
water, let stand half a day .or over
night, cleans very easily.
The arrangement of a mirror so
that a child can see itself at play will
oftentimes prove as amusing to a
child as a playmate.
When sweeping a room which has
a heavy old-fashioned dresser in it.
remove the lower drawer and sweep
under with a whisk broom.
If you wish to prevent raisins, cit
ron or currants from sinking to the
bottom of your cake, have them well
warmed in the oven before adding to
the batter.
When you fry fish, and the fat gets
boiling hot, before you put the fish lu,
sprinkle a little salt on the bottom
of the pan; you may then turn the
fish without breaking.
After you have washed lamp chim
neys tie paper bags over each chim
ney. Be sure the bags are clean be
fore you put them on. Pin the bag
tightly around the bottom.
For quickly cleaning silver, put in
kettle one tablespoonful of potash,
eight quarts of cold water. Dissolve
potash. Put iu silver. Set on the
stove and let come to boil, then take
off. Kluse well; wipe.
When you place irons on the stove
to heat, put a brick over the fire.
The brick is used as a ?ron stand. It
will save many trips to the stove and
back; being hot it keeps the irons
warm much longer than a common
stand. As each fresh iron is placed
on the brick, it renews its heat.
-
Where People Live Long.
Church White says taat over lu
Hainesvllle, Mo., where he lived as a
boy, people lived until a great age;
if a man died as young as ninety it
was generally said he died of cholera
Infantum.-Atchisou Globe.
Gondolas are being displaced by
motor boats on the main canals of
Venice, but they hold their owu in the
12-1 side canals.
PORTRAITS. }
i When Thompson lakes my photograph
I there's always such a fuss;
?My dress must he s?o stiff and clean, my
' curls I must not muss.
And when we reach the gallery we stay
a dreadful while!
He puts a clamp against my head, and asks
me please to smile.
Ile stands me up, and "poses" me, and
tries this way and that;
Then mother says she d like just one with
muff and coat and hat;
And then she starts to fbc my hair in quite
another way,
And I get cross and crosser, 'cause I want
to go and play.
But now an artist's painting mc, and that's
the worst of nil;
I'd rather have a tooth pulled out, or go
to make a call!
Why, even Thompson's gallery I shouldn't
mind a bit;
For here there's not a thing to do but
sit-and sit-and sit!
-Annie Willis McCullough, in St. Nich
olas.
LITTLE BESSIE'S WISH.
Bessie and Billie were awfully lone
ly. Their mamma had gone from
home the day before and left them in
charge of a very aged aunt. And
this aged aunt-by name, Aunt Mar
tha- would not allow Bessie and
Billie to make any noise while at
play, for she said "children's noises,
cats fighting and dogs barking drove
her clean distracted." So, you will
readily understand that Bessie and
Billie could not enjoy their play very
much while their mamma was away.
"We can play in the attic," whis-|
pered Bessie to Billie, as they sat
very quietly in the sitting room after
breakfast. Aunt Martha was sitting
there also, darning a very long and
very heavy woolen stocking. "If wo
want to play ghost or fairy up there
Aunt Martha can't hear us."
"What are you whispering abouti
asked Aunt Martha, turning her j
sharp eyes toward the corner where |
the six-year-old niece and eight-year
old nephew sat like tortured little
mice, fearing to move lest-ike old cat
might gobble them up. . "What are
you whispering about? Can't you
speak aloud? Nobody is going to eat
you! Come, who was doing the whis
pering? I dislike to hear whispers;
they tickle my ears like a feather
wigging about in them. One only
hears sounds and can't make out the
words. "
"I whispered to brother that we
might play in the attic," confessed
Bessie. We won't botner you, Aunt
Martha, if we're up there."
"But it's as cold as the North Pole
up there, child," said Aunt Martha.
However, a smile of agreableness
played about the sharp corners of
her mouth as she said this, for the
truth is she thought it a good idea
for "the vexatious youngsters".to play
somewhere a long way from her. She
had not been a child for sixty years,
and had forgotten all about their
needs and desires. "But, if you want
to play there for half an hour, why,
go up and do so. But mind, no tum
bling down on the floor, or shrieking,
or laughing tod loudly."
"I'd like to stay till mamma comes
home," whispered Billie to Bessie, as
they crept along the hall toward the
stair. And up the steps they went
like little culprits, fearing lest their
tiny feet might make a noise to dis
turb the aged aunt below stairs, who
was communing thus to her stocking:
"Children are a dreadful bother. I
am thankful I don't have to put up
with 'em very much longer. Their
mother ought to be home some time
to-morrow. And she, silly woman,
thinks those two noisy, bad-man
nered little brats are angels. If they
run and scream like wild Indians,
she laughs and says: 'Bless my
babies! Just see how happy they are.'
Babies! Ugh, six and eight! Ought
to be put at books and work every
hour of the day. They fool away val
uable time playing with toys and
reading foolish fairy tales. So few j
people know how to raise children.
Hard as it would be, I'd like to take
those two children in hand and show
their parents what might be made of
them."
Meanwhile, Eessie and Billie had
reached the attic, closed the door to
keep inside all their noise, and opened
their mouths and cried, "Goody,
goody! It's so nice to get away from
Aunt Martha!"
"What shall we play?" asked Bil
lie. "Shall we play ghost?"
"Ugh, no! It's so scary, brother.
The attic is so dark and I'd get so
frightened I'd hide and cry. Let's
play fairy.''
"All right, sister, let's play fairy.
Who'll be the fairy-you cr I?"
"You be the fairy, brother, and
play 'at I'm a little girl what's lost in
the big forest, and, and 'at I'm crying
for my mamma."
"All right," said Billie, "I'll play
that I'm in a tree and wLen you come
along under ?it I look down and see
you crying, and I'll ask you, 'What's
the matter, little girl?' and you must
say, 'Oh, I'm lost in the forest, and
can't find my mamma. And the bears
are about, and a big snake is under
the boulders, and I don't know where
to go. Oh, please, good fairy, help
me.' "
"Oh, that will be such great fun,"
cried Bessie, clapping her hands.
"And now, let's begin."
Bessie walked along beside the box,
dropped down upon the f.oor, aud be
gan her pretense of crying. "Ab, lit
tle girl, what is the matter?" asked
Billie. "Car. I do anything for you?"
"Yes, good fairy, I'm lost in the
forest and a big bear wants to eat
me, and a big snake wants to bite my
big toe. And I can't find my manama.
Will you help me, good fairy?"
"Yes, make a wish, and I shall
grant it," replied Billie.
"Well, good fairy, I want my dear
mamma, ' replied Bessie, and her
voice trembled a blt au she said this,
for she voiced her dearest wish in
very truth as well as in play.
Billie waved his wand, saying,
"Wave, wand, for luck. Wav*. wave,
to help those in distress Wave,
wand, and keep the bear from eating
ner. Wave, wand, and strangle the
Hcake before it bites her bis toe.
irerL...
Wave, wand, and find her mother for
her, for that ls her dearest wish."
"Ah, bless my babies, what are
they doing in this cold attic?" And
to the supreme delight of Bessie ami
Billie their mother came into the
attic and had them in her arms, klssi
ing and hugging them until they
could scarcely get their breath. And
when at last they could speak, Bessie
said, "Mamma, Billie made tte best
est fairy in the world. "Ie brought
you to mc, my dearest wish."-Wash?
ington Star.
THE OTTER.
In the Washington Zoological Park.\
down next the beavers' quarters, are
two otters. People going to the brook
during the day must content them
selves looking at the otters, for the
beavers sleep all day. and do their
work after sunset. The otters are
always out, playing like kittens. Of
ten the visitors call them beavers,
but they would never again do so if
they could contrast the two animals.
Their point of closest similarity con
sists in spending much of their time
in the water. The otter is darker
brown and is a much more slender
animal. In fact, with its thick whis
kers, it looks not unlike a cat as it
swims about with its head out of the
water, says the Churchman.
When it drags its body upon the
bank one sees that the legs are short
er tb?n a cat's, and the tall, which is
broad and strong, is flattened more
like a beaver's. It is unlike the beav
er's in tapering toward the end, for
it does not need to use its tail as a
mr.son's trowel, as the beaver does.
In reality the otter is a very dis
tinct creature, not like any other an
imal. It is found ali over the world,
and is much alike in all places. The
points of difference are not unlike the
difference which exist between men
in different parts of the world, being
mainly variations in color and size.
They are much prized, by trappers for
their fur, those of Labrador and Can
ada being especially-beautiful.
. Once there were a great many ot- '
ters in England, but the little crea
tures were too fond of fiEh to please
the fishermen, so otter hunting with,
dogs became a fashionable sport.
Hounds especially trained for that
purpose hunted down and brought the
otter to bay, 'and they were killed
with long spears carried by the hunt
ers. In India and China the animal's
fondness for fish has been turned to.
good account. In the former coun
try it has been taught to drive fish
into nets, while In China the otter 13
allowed to go Into the stream to catch
fish and is then drawn out by means
of a rope held on shore. This is a
very satisfactory way of getting fish,
as the animal never eats its prey un
til it reaches shore, and thus it is se
cured in a perfect state.-Newark
Call.
CAMPING.
A week or two before tho Easter
vacation a friend and I decided it
would be great sport to use the first
three days for camping somewhere. .
The best place we could think of near
the city and yet away from "civiliza
tion" was a small island a few hun
dred feet from the shore of Long Isl
and Sound, Just south of New Ro
[ chelle. By good luck a cousin of mine
who camps out in summer had a tent,
two cots and cooking utensils, which
he was glad to let us have. In the
way of food we took a do^en eggs
carefully wrapped, some bacon, lard,
and canned meats and vegetables.
We also took our rifles along, four ^
hundred bullets and fishing tackle.
On the first day (Monday) we ar
rived at New Rochelle at about 9.30
o'clock, and soon had our outfit
stored in a good sized rowboat which
belonged to my friend. In fifteen
minutes the boat grated on a small
sandy beach of the island.we were to
occupy. After fastening the boat we
found a good place for the tent, set
it up and found a safe corner for our
supplies. The fun we had for the
next three days would nearly fill a
book, and therefore I cannot say
much about it. We shot at targets
and floating bottles, caught fish and
had them at cur meals, and on the
whole had the time of our lives.
George Cooper, in the New York Tri?
bune.
Letter Censorship.
In Russia one letter in every ten
passing through the post is opened
[by the authorities as a matter ot
course. Indeed the postal authorities
of every country have experts who
have raised letter opening to a fine
art. Some kinds of pape:: can be
steamed open without leaving 'any J
traces, and this simple operation is
finished by reburnishing the flap with
a bone instrument. In the case of a
sc-al a matrix is .'aken by means of
new bread before breaking the wax.
When other methods fail the envel
ope is placed between pieces of wood
with edge projecting one-twentieth ot
an inch. The edge of the envelope is
first flattened, then roughened and
finally slii open. Later a hair line of
strong white gum is applied and the
edges united under pressuic.-Lon?
don Chronicle.
Disagreeable Work.
Searching for important old manu
scripts at the British public record
office, whether by Shakespearean stu
dents or others, is disagreeable work.
Nine-tenths of the manuscripts are
covered with the dust of ages, and aa
hour among them makes the searcher
as black as a sweep. Some of the
documents are so fragile that they
can scarcely be touched without their
falling to pieces, such as those res
cued from the House of Lords fire
in 1S34, which were so hopelessly
saturated with water that bundles
of them had to be squeezed dry ia
powerful presses. It has been esti
mated that it would take fifty house
maids fifty years to spring clean the ?
contents of the record office. ... '.|