Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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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. A Package Mailed Free on Rerjuest of -RUNYON'S PAW-PAWPILLS The best Stomach and Liver Pills known and a positive and speedy cure for Constipation, Indigestion, Jaundice, Biliousness, Sour Stom ach, Headache, and all ailments arising from a disordered stomach or sluggish liver. They contain in concen trated form all the virtues and values of Munyon'r Paw Paw tonic and are made from t e Juice of the Paw-Paw fruit. I un hesitatingly recommend these pills as being the best laxative and cathartic ever compounded. Send us postal or letter, requesting a freo package of Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa tive Pills, and we will mall same free of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEO PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO.. 53d and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Restores Gray Hair to Natural Co!sr REMOVE* DANDRUFF AND SCURF Invigorates a&d pr?venu thc bair from falling off. For tal* br Druggists, or Sent Dlroot by XANTHINE CO., Richmond, Virginia fries ll Fer Dolli.- Sample Boult j5c Sens' (or Clrcvlsrs CURED Gives Quick Relief. Removes all swelling In 8 to so days ; effects a permanent cure in 30 to 6o days. Trial treatment .given free, libthingcan be fairer Write Dr. H. H. Green's Sons, ?Specialists, Bex Q Atlanta,Ga. AN ITCHING SKIN Is about the most troublesome thing there ls. Yon know it if you've ever had any kind of skin trouble. But they all give way, disappear, every last one-every pimply, scaly, itching, eruptive kind of disease of the skin-when you treat them to a box of well rubbed in. Nothing Mke it to iaake thc skin healthy and smooth and free from sting, or itch or pain. Price ls 50 cents a box, and one box ls guaranteed to cure any one case or you GET YOUR MONEY BACK, Ask Your Druggist for Hunt's Cure A. B. BCHASDS MEDICINE CO., Sherman, Tero 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. For HEADACHE- Hicks? OAPUDINB Whether from Colds. Beat. ' 'Stomach or I N>rvou*Troubles. CariudJne will relieve rou. I It's liquid-pleasant to take-?ci* lmrnedi r ately. Try lt, 10c.. 25c, and S?t at dru? ' iteres. 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" /Get the little book, "Thel (Road \ to Wellville," in pkgSj, rOSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD.^ .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. ... '.|