In some parts of Scotland is still kept up the custon of Lyke-wake (Lich-wake), or watching beside the dead body before its burial.

Derricks are being made slightly higher, the Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Co. making all its derricks 122 feet instead of 114 feet as hitherto; this gives greater head room for extra long fourbles, and is an advantage.

The big influx of workers into the Shiyan municipality where the administration of the prefecture lies, makes for dominance of the common language, for there are workers from Shanghai, Jiangsu(Kiangsu), and many other places come together.

Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.