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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA.

I am ten years and five months old. I read YOUNG PEOPLE every
week. The answer to the "Personation" in No. 24 is Queen Charlotte
of England, wife of George the Third. She was married in 1761, and
died in 1818. The town in which I live is named for her. It was
incorporated by the Colonial Legislature in 1762. Two miles
southeast of this town is Monticello, the former residence and now
the burial-place of Thomas Jefferson, the writer of the
Declaration of Independence, and former President of the United
States. One mile southwest from here is the University of
Virginia, founded by Jefferson. When I am old enough I hope to
become a student there.

HARRY A. G.

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OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

I once had a gray fox, but one night he got loose, and a dog
killed him. Last spring I bought a 'coon, and kept him all summer.
He was very cunning, but my fox was the best. He would play
hide-and-seek with me for hours. Will you please tell me what
minnows eat, and must I change the water every morning and
evening? Sometimes I leave the water unchanged for days, and the
fish seem livelier. I caught them in a ditch.

WILLIS E. L.

Minnows may be fed the same as gold-fish (see YOUNG PEOPLE No. 6). Once
a day is sufficient to change the water, although if you have certain
kinds of water-plants in your globe or aquarium, the water may go
unchanged for days, and still remain pure.

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INGLESIDE.

I am a little girl only ten years old. I live on a farm in
Cherokee County, Georgia. Last summer I began to make a collection
of insects, but did not succeed very well. Will you please tell me
what is the best way to kill and preserve them?

KATIE R. P.

The best method of catching butterflies and insects is with a net, which
can be made in the following manner: Take a common barrel hoop, and slit
off a strip about a quarter of an inch wide. Of this make a hoop about a
foot in diameter, and fasten it with wire to a light rod about a yard
long. Then take a round piece of mosquito netting about three-quarters
of a yard in diameter, and bind it firmly to the hoop. Insects captured
with a net do not get broken as if caught rudely with the hand. When
your treasure is secured, gather the net in your han