Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

closely fitting cover. From this cover
bamboo pipe leads to succession of
other tubs with bamboo connections,
and the last of these tubs is divided in
to two compartments, one above the
other, the dividing floor being perforat-
ed with small holes to allow the water
and Oil to pass to the lower compart-
ment. The upper compartment is sup
Piled with straw layer, which catches
and holds the camphor in crystal in de-
post as it passes to the cooling process.
The camphor is then separated from the
straw: packed in wooden tubes and is
ready for market. The oil is used by
the natives for Illuminating and other
purposes The Druggist.
BEAVER KITTENS"
When beavers are taken at an early
age they are very easily domesticated,
and SO esteemed as pets in the far West
and fur countries that almost every
trading post or camp can exhibit three
or TOUR. 1t is no uncommon occurrence
to see one running about an Indian
lodge, submitting patiently to the wiles
and caprices of the little savages, or
Joining in their sports, and frequently
receiving with the papoose the nourish-
ment from the maternal breast. The
c1y of the kitten" too is SO exactly like
that Of an unweaned child that one is
really mistaken for the other even by
the initiated. On one occasion the
writer visited wigwam at Little TRAY
erse, Mich, for the purpose of viewing
real, live, baby beaver" "He cry all
same as papoose," remarked the squaw,
as she brought the little fellow forward,
at the same time giving him an unmer-
ciful pinch, that caused him to set up a
doleful little wall that, had he not been
forewarned, he should certainly have
believed to proceed from a minute,
black-eyed specimen of an aboriginal
infant that, swathed in cloth, beads and
bark, and bound fast, mummy like, to q
board, stood leaned up against the wall.
= Popular Science Monthly.
1T WAS BOY.
A friend of the writer's, who for more
than forty years has been in the employ
ment of the Dutch Government, bears
personal witness to the prevalence of
the custom in Sumatra up till recent
times. He was once making scientific
Investigations in the interior of that
island, and was being entertained in the
most hospitable manner by the native
Raiah, or chief, of the place he was in.
A feast had been made to which he was
hidden, and to which he went, taking
his own native servant with him. The
banquet had proceeded for some time
without interruption, when at last, as a
crown of the feast, beautiful brown
roast joint was brought from the back
of the house to the open airy place where
the repast was being held. This was
cut up without remark and handed
round, and the Dutch gentleman was
on the point of eating his portion, hav-
ing raised a portion of it to his lips,
when his servant rushed forward and
stopped him, saying: "Master, master,
do not eat, it is boy" The chief, On
being questioned, admitted with no
small pride at the extent of his hospi-
tally, that hearing that the white man
would feast with him, he had ordered q
young boy to be killed and cooked in
his honor, as the greatest delicacy OBJ
tainable, and that the joint before them
was the best part, the thigh Gen
tlemens Magazine.