FOH GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
Jl.OO a yearin advance.
VOL. VI.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1894.
NO. 15.
W. FletchcrAusbon,Editor and Manager.
V
P.
One-third of the earth 13 controlled
by the Anglo-Saxon race.
It ia eetimatcd that the world's can
aon hare cost over $40,000,000.
,. The New Zealand Maoris own about
10,000,000 acres of land.
Tho spring and autumn maneuvers
of European armies cost annually $10,
000,000. -..''
, The Egyptian Government , pays in
terest on $80,000,003 Kile Canal debt
and $30,000,000 Suez Canal bonds,
squeezing the money out of the farm'
,ers.
Tn the mountains of KentacTiv a ma
jority of the log houses are built now
just as they were in the days of Daniel
"Boone. There are no windows, "no
earpets, no whitewashing often but
one room, and many of them not even
.hewn. ' ?;
The most unhealthy oity in Europe,
according to statistics recently issued,
is Barcelona, Spain, one of the love
Host places in that part of the con
tinent.' . .One who lives in Barcelona
increases considerably his chances of
death.
. -With the growth of the new taste for
cut flowers ..the cultivation of small
flower gardens miy become a Bource of
unexpected revenue to .' countless
homes. . Many valuable plants can be
made profitable with care, even in V
small backyard or in a sunny room,
and certainly no more agreeable homo
, industry for women can be imagined.
3"he work .demands , fitness, patienoe
and unremitting care, but it pays rioh
dividends for the amounts invested.
- A young man of Lewiston, Me., who
prides himself on his attractiveness
for the gentler sex, got on a train the
o.th'eE..-jday and saw a good-looking
young lady, who seemed to have no-
body with her. He approached her,
reriateteike New Orleans Picayune, and
did ' the 'masher act. She was re
sponsive, and he was having a very
nice time when a man came in and
thanked him for having made the task
of faking a lunatic, to the asylum
easior than he dared hope.
' , N, S. .Nesteroff, an attache of the
Russian Department of Agricuttare, is
in Michigan inspecting methods em
ployed there iu cutting and market
ing lumber. His object is principally
to : get - imformation respecting im
provements in' tawmill" machinery.'
Mr.' Nesteroff pronounces the Saginaw
Valley mills the finest he has ever
seen. He was especially interested in
the maple sugar industry in the
spring, and spent a month in a New
York State sugar camp. This busi
ness was entirely new to him7and he
will try to introduce it into his native
country, which has, he" says, an abun
dance of sugar maples."
" The Chinese trade unions can trace
their History baci for more than 4000
years. - The Chinaman does not din
euss with - his employer -what he is to
receive for the work he does; he sim
ply takes what he .considers a fair and
proper remuneration. . He levies toll
on every transaction according to laws
laid down - by his trade union, and
without" for r.. a : moment taking into
consideration what his employer may
consider - proper. '"-' He is, therefore,
says a correspondent Tof the Philadel
ph ia Telegraph, generally called a
thief; but heis acting 'under .due
guarantees, in obedience to laws that
are far better observed and more wiiot
than any the polioe have been able to
impose. " - ...
An t estimate of the charitable' be
quests in . England daring -1893 puts
the total sum at about $7,000,000.
This is held to be about one-tenth of
the estates upon which probate duty
has been levied.. Among , the larger
amounts given are the following i ' Earl
of Derby, $100,000 ; Richard Yaughan, ,
of Bath, a retired brewer, $225,000 ;
thej Rev. James Spurrell, $1,300,000 ;
TohnHorniman, a tea merchant, $130,
000 ; Henry Spicer, the well-known
paper dealer, $750,000; Sir ! William.
Mackinnc, $330,000. The largest
legacy of all is by Baroness Forrester,
SiWooo. . ;
TELLINO STORIES.. ,
I know of a boy that's sleepy, , -
I cim tell by the nodding heal,
And the eyes tbat cannot stay open -
Wblle the jroo 1-nkht prayer Is sail.
And the whispered "Toll a 'tory," J .
Said in snch a drowiy way,
Makes ma hour the bells of Dreamland,
That ring at close of day. . V
80 you want a story, darling! ,
What shill the story be?
Or Little Boy Blue In the haystack,'
And the sheep he tails to see,
A they nibble the meadow clovr
While the cows are In the corn?
0 Little Boy Blue, wake up, wake up, .
For the farmer blows his horn I
Or shall it be the story
Of Little Bo Peep I tell, 4 '
. And the sheep he lost and mourned fdr,
As if awful fate befell?
But there was no neel of sorrow
For the pet that went astray, "
Since, left home, he came back home
In his own good time and way. .' '
Oh, the pls that went to market "
That's the tale for me to tell !
The grent of? pig, and the little ptg
And the wee, wee pi? as wolL "
Here's the bis pig what a beauty I
. But not half as cunning is he
As this little tot of a baby pig
. That oan only say We-wei"
Just look at the baby, blesi hln !
The little rogue's fast asleep,
1 mlsfht have stopped telling stories
When I got to Little Bo Peep.
. Oh, little one. how I love you !
You are so deart so fair !
Here's a good-night kiss, my baby .
God have you in His care !
. Eben E. Bexford.
OCTAVJA'S CHOICE.
BY HELEN WHITNEY CLASS. . .
T ain't right," ae
acordin' to mj
idees of what'i
right an what'i
wrong, Octavy I "
said .Grandma
Mockbee, severe
ly. 'An' I shan't
give my con
sent ''added the old lady, winding
briskly away on a big ball of clouded
red and white yarn.
Miss Octavia " Mockbee, black-eyed
and soarlet-lipped, : turned sharply
around with an impatient ' frown '. on
her shapely forehead. : V
"I haven't, asked your consent yet 1"
she retorted, imperiously. "When I
do, it will be time'enough to refuse 1"
Then you aint a-goin' to marry
him after all, 4 Octavy ?" cheerfully
commented Aunt Adaline, looking up
from the sponge pudding she was mak
ing for dinner. ' "I'm eo glad! Mr.
Fothergill may be respectable, for all
we know, an' then ag'in he mayn't.
But we know ail about Jerome Mead
owgay, an' his folks afore him. Not a
shiftless cne among 'em." - -
An like as not the t other one is a
wolf in sheep's .clothin'," sagely com
mented Miss Martha Phipps,vwho was
spending the day. "It ain'tbest to
take no resks, Octavy." r-v- 4
"JtJut you naan ougnt to'.encour-
age Mr. Fothergill so much, . Ockie,'.'
admonished Mrs. Mockbee, with" a
mollified glance at her tall grand
daughter,. "It ainH -right to accept
the attentions of any man without you
think"- " ' v
"Now," look here, "grandma, and
Aunt Adaline and you, too, Miss
Phipps!'! .
The black-eyed beauty wheeled
around and leveled a' whole battery of
angry glances at her startle! hearers.
'xou may all keep your good advice
till it's called for ! I don't wAnt it I
I'm going to marry - Ferdinand Foth
ergill and live in tfte city. I shan't tie
mynelf down to a common farmer like
Jwrofce Meadowgay, and you needn't
think it !" : . -.. -
And the offended Xaotippe flounced
out of the room, leaving her auditors
breathless with astonishment.- ; . -
One hour later, sixteen-year-old
Margie, coming in from the barn-loft
with a flat split-basket of iresn-laid
es&p, met J erome? Meadovgay leaving
the' huuse. - '
"Oh. Jerome, do stay to dinner J"
greeted , Margie, -coraially. . ' "We're
oing to have rice waffles and sponge
pudding." ' " '" ' ' '
Uut Jerome gioomuy snoos; cis
head; ' - ' ' '
"I'm going away, Margie," he said
gently. . "This is the last time I shall
ree yuu for a long while perhaps for
ever.'; ' ' ' ' '
Margie's dimpled face clouded over
liko an' April sky. .
4,Goin awav. Jerome! 1 'But but
wher? ', she asked, blankly.
"J-I don t know yet,' hesitated
Jerome. t "Maybe to Greonland," he
added, recklessly. "But good-by, lit
tl argie. Don't forget- me, will
you?.; There'll be nobody else to re
member me." . : ' ' .
But Margie clung to his hand.
"Qh, Jerome, mamma and grandma
will Remember you, and so will I !"
she declared, impulsively. ; "And if
Cousin Octavia prefers that little dude
of a Ferdinand Fothergill to you,
she'll rue it some day, see if she don't.
T "But you'll write to . us, won't you,
Jerome?" she pleaded, looking at hiui
through a pair of forget-me-not blue
eves fringed with thick, curling lashc?..
ill
"That's is, if yon don't get froze up
in Greenland, " she added, dubiously.
Jerome laughed in spite of his
gloomy prospects, and a ray oi
warmth seemed to find its way to his
chilled heart.
"I don't think I'll freeze, Margie
and I'll certainly write to you," he
promised.
And releasing the mi to of a hand,
he fltrode away, while Margie hurried
into the house.' -
"I mustn't watch him 'out of "sight,
because it Would bring bad luok, and
maybe he would never come back,"
she commented,' gravely, to herself,
as she stowed the eggs away in a stone
jar on the pantry shelf. "Ugh! how
I would hate to go to Greenland !" she
redected,' with a shudder attthe, pict
,ure her .fancy conjured "up. - . " ;
How Jerome Meadowgay had come
to fall so desperately in love with Oc
tavia Mockbee was a mystery, seeing
there were plenty of other girls -quite
as pretty, and with more amiable dis-
portions around the village of Hills
dale. , ..
However, love is proverbially blind
to all defects, and though Octavia
w as heartless as one of the marble
Bacchantes at Forest ITarlt, etie was
really very attractive-looking, with
her red lips and Spanish black eyes.
And as Jerome Meadowgay was con
sidered quite an eligible match among
the beiles of Hillsdale, the course of
his love seemed to drift placidly along,
and bid fair to run in a smooth chan
nel for a time until Ferdinand Foth
ergill appeared upon the scene. Then,
everything was changed.'
Air. Fothergill was an insurance
agent, and made plenty of money ; at
least he spent it plentifully, which
amounts to the same , thing as far 9
appearances are concerned -
He was a dashing young man, with
sharp gray eyes, and whiskera cut a la
Vandyke. . - . '
He wore a seal-ring, a dangling gold
watch chain and the finest of broad
cloth attire. And as Octavia Mockbee
was one. of those persona who are
cansht by superficial attractions and
outside glitter, she straightway gave
Jerome Meadowgay the cold shoulder.
The forty-acre farm, well stooked
and timbered, with its . snug cottage.
Gothic-roofed and covered in spring
with clambering hop vines and Vir
ginia creepers, . whereof Jerome had
hoped to make her the mistress of
compared to the prospects" offered by
the dashing city dude, soon dwindled
into insignificance.
And in spite of all opposition, Oota
via determinedly took her fate into
her own hands and made no secret of
the fact that she was "off with the old
love, and on with the new."- ,'"k ? :
Seeing that she was' determined to
follow her own course, Grandma
Mockbee and Aunt Adaline decided to
give her ; a respectable wedding, at
least. '.
"It's the best we can do fur her,"
sighed the grandmother. "A willful
girl must' have her own way ; but if
she lives to repent, it won't be laid W
on 1? charge." ' ,. .
And so the wedding jdjrev near, and
there was whisking of eggs itid baking
of cakes,--to say, nothing- of i dress
making and clear starching,' within the
-old Mockbee homestead. , . '
' The prospective ;; bridgroom had
gone on a collecting tour which would
detain him till the eve of the wedding
day, and the morning before the aus
picious event arrived.
Octavia was tryinsr the 'effect , of- a
pale pink necktie against her creamy
complexion ; Annt Adaline was basting
the box pleats in a silver gray, poplin
that was to do duty as a "second-day"
dress; Grandma Mockbee -was thread
ing the laces in a French corset, over
which the wedding gown--was to.- be
tried on. . . . . -.. '. '
Margie alone 'was idle, " having re
fused to lend any assistance whatever
toward the coming festivities.
ul shall i not help to injure poor
Jerome!" eho declared, with? a curl
ing lip. V . .
"Poor Jerome, indeed !" mimicked
Octavia, sneeringly. -
She was about to add sme stinging
remark, when a.soream from the dress
aiaker, Miss Martha Phipps, drew
every eye in her direction. .. ' ' . ;' ;
Oh, Miss Modkbeer-otavia look'
here! I don't understand ii.. Maybe
it don't mean him, though.'. ..
"Dear me, what a fuss yon are mak
ing Miss Phipps!" cried Octavia, im
patiently. -"Can't yon tell what the
matter is, or have you lost the use of
your tongue?" ?
Miss Phipps . resented the' caustic
speeoh with a toss of her head. - " ;
"No, I haven't lost the use of my
tongue," she responded, spitefully
"nor my eyes, either, or I wouldn't
have spied this notice in the Poplar
Bluff Gazette! It's the marriage li
cense ol Ferdinand Fothergill, Hills
dale, and Miss Amy Cotterill, of Pop
lar Blnfi"U i v '
"It's a lie I" shrieked Octavia, evi
dently verging t)n hysterios. "I don't
believe a word of it 1"
"It's right herein black and white,
asserted Miss Phipps, -holding up the
paper.
And at that , very moment a letter
was brought by a special carrier, ad
dressed to Octavia.
She tore it open and real : -
Dear Miss Moektee Owing t-v tb.e hard
times and btrsiii is reveries, I regret to say
that I il l I myself unable to support a wilo.
Under the circumstances I cannot afford to
marry for love a. one, and. tnerelore, I givo
you tmok your freedom, and hope you will
oon forget taat then ever was suoa a per
son as Ferdinand PothergUl.
.. "Three years since I went away a
bachelor forlorn' laughed Jerome
Meadowgay, as he strode along toward
the Mockbee farm and turned his
steps toward the old stile at the foot
of the lane. - . "
. A tall figure stood in the dusky
twilight, saintly outlined against ; the
slowly-fading crimson of the west -"Welcome
home!" called a soft
voice. .' - 1 - ; -
Jerome sprang eagerly forward.
. 1 f,'Margie !"ihc cried. ;
'No, not Margie !". in pettish tones.'
, Vlt'a Octavia ' Don'c yon - know me,
Jerome she asked , then added, - in
dulcet accents, " 1 did not know my
own heart when I sent you away. For
give me, Jerome, and and let us bury
the past!" ; ;
A soft hand was laid on his arm, and
Octavia's liquid eyes looked apparently
into his. , . . Z. v
.- Jerome put the hand coldly aside.
"The past is buried, so far as I am
concerned." he assured ..her, "Xou
said all was over between ns that day,
Octavia, and I acoeptedyour decision.".
! "But but it is not too late yet,
Jerome. I" . j J ' "3 i i
"It is too late!" was the stern re
ply. ' '
Pretty, pink-cheeked, Margie made"
a charming bride, a few weeks later,
and the Gothic-roofed cottage, with
its hop-vine and Virginia creepers,
is no longer in want of a mistress.
Saturday Night. "
. Living With Their Meads Off.
Most persons of an observing turn
of mind are aware of the fact ' that
there 'are several species of insects'
that will continue to live' without
seeming inconvenience for some time
after decapitation, exact knowledge on)
the length of time which the various
species of insects . would survive such
mutilation ; being' some what vague".
Professor 'Conestrini once undertook
a series of experiments: with a view of
determining that and other facts in
relation to the wonderful vitality of
suoh creatures. In each case the head
,was bmoothly removed with a pair of.
thin-bladed forceps, and when pon-;
tanebus movements of "wings and legs
ceased he employed sundry irritating
devices, such as 'pricking, squeezing
and blowing tobacco smoke - over the
insect. As a result of these experi
ments, he ascertained that members"
of the beetle 'family- at onee showed
signs of suffering, while such as ants,
bees, wasps, etc, remained "for hours
unaffected. Some which' seemed
stunned from the, effects of the opera
tion recovered after a time, and con
tinned to live and enjoy a headless ex
istence for several days. . Butterflies
and moths seemed but little affected
by "the " guillotining process, arid the
common flies appeared to. regard the
operation as ahuge joke. ' i ' '
'The common house fly," says our',
experimenter, "appeared to be in full
possession of his senses (rather "para
doxical, when in all probabilities "the
canary had swallowed head, sense' and
all) thirty-six hours after being oper
ated upon." - H - : ' ' ' :'-'"
-. The bodies of some species of butter
flies survived as long as, eighteen days
after.he" head'had been vremoved, but
thethad'itself'seld'om showed signs of
life; longer than six hours-after deeapi
tation. .Inthe general summary ot
these: hugo experiments.; we .are in
formed that tfieJast signs of fife were
manifested" either 'in the middle or
last pair Of legs and that the! jnyrjio-:
pods" shTwadaV tenacity" of fife'
dapreiMd.(wholly " indifferent to
the loss of .their -heads." St. Louis
Bepubho. ., , .4 - : - -
a rj'aj -iioanivei'-' : ";
the.n tbe wofktnen came 4t6 tear off
the joof of thel Ellioottvityf (Md.) '
Presbyterian Caurchj which 'is being
demolished -to give-place' to a "new
church,:they etirrsdf up -.anumerous
and influential colony of bees which -bad
made their, hoaie . in a. cornice of
the old building for ycars and years.
.The Wes'f ought oiTths intruders and
bad to ba smoked; out ana massacred
before the men could go on with thair
work. The- honey which theViadus -trious
Jittlo insects 'had hoajdeiip
was taken but, and it filled a 'big tub
and a pan making all told 'cot much'
legs than 150 pounds. Washington
Star.. ' ' . ' ' :'. .
Mount .,de : Aq'ua, ; otherwise the
"water volcano," is situated twenty
five miles south of the capital of
Guatemala. It takes spells of vomit
ing immense- torrents of pure cold
..water.''
THE LA.PL1NDEBS.
TIIEY ARK A'PECUMAR AND IN
TERESTING FEOfMJ.
A Great Proportion of the Race Are
" Pagans Bear II an ting Their Pur
suit Reindeer Their Stand-:
by Lapp Loveraakinar.
J TIE Laplanders are a peculiar
and . interesting people
. peculiar in their appearance
and in their habits; interest
ing in that we Americans always find
interest in every thing strange with
which we come in contact or . about
hich we hear. It was in the streets
of Hammerfest that I first came upon
one. of these people, writes A. M.
Dewey in the Washington Star. . Turn
ing round the corner of one of the ill
built houses, I suddenly ran over a
diminutive little personage in a white
woolen tunic, bordered with red and
yellow stripes, green trousers, fastened
round the: ankles, and. reindeer boots
curving up at the toes like Turkish
slippers. On her head for notwith
standing the trousers it turned out to
be a woman was perched a colored
cap," fitting closoly 'around the face
and running up at the back into an
overarching 'peak of red cloth. , . Into
this peak , was crammed, I afterward
learned, apiece of hollow wood weigh
ing about a quarter of a pound, into
which is fitted the wearer's back hair ;
so that perhaps," after all, there does
exist a more convenient coiffure than
a Paris bonnet. ' Hardly had I taken
off my hat and bowed f a thousand
apologies for my unintentional rude
ness" to the ;fair 'wearer of the green ,
trousers, before a couple of Lapp
gentlemen hove in sight. ' They were
dressed pretty much like their com
panion, except that an ordinary red
night-cap replaced the - queer helmet
worn by the lady.w The tunics,' too,
may have been a trifle shorter. None
of the . three were handsome. '' High
cheek Jones, " short ( hoses, I oblique
Mongol eyes, no eyelashes and enor
mous months,' made up a cast of
features which their burnt-sienna
complexion and hair did not much
enhance. Their expression of counte
nance was not unintelligent, and there
was a merry, half-timid, half-cunning,
twinkle in their eyes which reminded
me of faces' I had met during my
travels in some of the more neglected
districts of Europe. Some ethnolo-.
gists, indeed, are inclined to reckon
the Laplanders as a branch of the
Celtio family
, Even at this late day a great pro
portion of this race are pagans, and
even the most intelligent among them
remain slaves to the grossest supersti
tion. When a couple is to be married,
if a priest happens to be in the way
they will send for him, perhaps out of
complaisance, but otherwise theyonng
lady's papa merely strikes a flint and
steel together, " and the ceremony is
not the less irrevocably completed.
When they die a hatchet and a flint
and steel are invaiiably buried with
the deceased, in case v he should -find
himself chilly on his long journey.
When they go bear hunting the most
important business in their lives it is.
a sorcerer, with no other defense than
his inoantations, who marches at the
head of the , procession. In the : in
ternal arrangement of their huts it is
not a room to' themselves, " but a door
to themselves, that is assigned to their
womankind ; for woe betide , a hunter
if a woman has ever crossed the
threshold over which lie sallies to the
chase ; and for three days after ,the
slaughter of his prey he must live
apart from the female portion of his
family iu order to appease the evil
deity whose familiar he is supposed to
have destroyed. It would be useless
to attempt to recountthe innumerable
occasions on which the ancient rites of
jumula'are still interpolated among
the Christian observances they pro
fess to have adopted.
. Their manner of life is strange
enough. Here and there, as we strolled
outside the town, blue wreaths of
smoke curling fromsome little green
pook among the rooks would betray
their temporary places of abode. In
the summer time they live, in oanvas
tents during winter, wbea the snow
lies deep on the ' groaud, the . forest
Lapps build huts ia the, branches of
trees and so live like birds. Their tents
or huts are muallyhexagonal in form,
with fir" in the c-?iit:v. the smoLe froiu
which rises through a hole in the roof. '
The men and women occupy different
sides of the same apartment, but a
long pole laid across the space between
them symbolizes an ideal partition. -'
Hunting and fishing are the ehief
employments of the Lapp tribes,- and
to slay a bear is the most honorable
exploit a Lapp hero can achieve. ; The
flesh of the slaughtered beatt becomes
the property, not of the. man who
killed it, but of . him who discovered
its trail, and the skin is hung upon a
pole for the wives of all" who took part
in the expedition to shoot at, with
their eyes bandaged. Fortunate is
she whose arrow pierces the trophy.
Not only does it become her, prize,
but in the eyes of the whole settle
ment her husband is looked , npon
thenceforth as the . most fortunate of
men. . As long as the chase is going on
the women are' not allowed to stir
abroad, but S3 soon as the party have
saMy brought home their booty, the
whole female population ' issue from
their tents, and, having deliberately
chewed some bark from a species of
alder, they spit the red juice in their
husbands' faces, typifying thereby the
blood of the beast, which has been
shed in an honorable manner. '
t Although the forests, the rivers and -,the
sea supply them in a great meas
ure with their food, it is "upon the
reindeer that tho Laplander is depen
dent for every . other' comfort in life.
The reindeer i is his estate,, his horse,
his cow, his companion and friend
he has twenty-two different names for
him. His coat, trousers and : shoes
are made from reindeer skin, stitched
I wnn inreaa manuiaoiureo. irora mo,
; nerves and sinews, of the same beast.
Beindeer milk is the most important,
fitem of his diet. Out , of reindeer
horns are made most of the utensils
used in his domestic economy, and it
is the reindeer that carries his baggage
and drags his sledge. Moreover, so
just an appreciation has tho creature
of what is due to his own - merit, that
if his owner seeks to tax him beyond
nw strengtn, ne not oniy pecomes res
tive, but often actually , turns upon
the inconsiderate jehu who has -overdriven
him. " When, therefore, a Lapp
is in a great hurry, instead of taking
to his sledge, I he puts on a pair .of ..
skates twice as long as his own body,
and so flies on the -wings of the wind.
Every Laplander, however, has his
dozen or two of deer; and the flocks
of a Lapp Croesus amount sometimes
to two thousand head. As soon as a
young lady is born after having been 1
duly rolled in the snow she is dow
ered by her father with acertain num
ber of deer, which' are immediately
branded with her initials, and thence-,
forth kept apart as her especial prop
erty. In proportion as iij? increase :
and multiply does her chance improve
for m akin or a desirable match in mar- .
riageC
Lapp courtships are conducted in
pretty much "the same" fashion as in
other parts of the world. The aspirant
to a lady's hand as soon as he discov
ers that he hav lost his heart, goes off
in search of a friend and a bottle of
brandy. The friend 'enters the tent
of the fair maiden's parents and opens,
simultaneously, the . brandy and . his-
business, while the lover remains out
side engaged in hewing wood or soma
other menial employment ' If, after
the brandy and proposal have been
discussed, the eloquence of the friend -prevails,
the suitor is hinisel f called
into tha inolosure, and the young peor
pie are allowed to rub noses. The
bride to be then accepts from her suit- .
or the ' present of a raindeer tongue,
and the espousals are considered con
cluded. The . marriage does not take
place for three years afterward; and
during the interval the lover is obliged
to labor in tho service of his father-in-law
as diligently as did Jacob serve
for his long loved Bachel. , .
An Uftpieasant Surpriss. '
Widowed Papa (to' his sixteen-year-r1r1
daiifrM, "EfSe. did von know
our housekeeper was going to be
married?" ... ; .
Eifie- "Is she, really? Well, thanlt
fortune, we'll get rid of the disagree
able old thing at last. . Who is she
going to marry?"
rapa ' -Me. "Truth.
A special train on ' tho London and
"Northwestern Eailway makes the trip
from Liverpool to London, a distance
of 2J1 mil;::, intUrea hours and forty
fjree raiii.: . '