The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-17

Terence is nearly two miles; the wall
IS covered with imperial yellow tiles.
which look brilliant when seen from a
distance. The Enclosure next outside
OF this is occupied by the government
offices, and by the army appointed to
keep guard over the emperor and his
family. The next outside Of this is
the outermost Of all, and consists of
dwelling houses and shops. THE True
Story of Marco Polo, by Noah Brooks,
In December st. Nicholas.
Drives Milk Wagon.
OF all the girls in Westfeld, N. j.,
fifteen year-old Lizzie Willoughby is at
tracing the most attention now, saws
the New York Journal.
The Willoughby are in good circum-
stances. The father is in business. but
the family's affairs are such that little
Miss Lizzie is regularly stributing the
mix OF thirteen cows and is building
UP trade that is the envy of the four
teen milklnen of Westfeld.
Regularly every morning Lizzie is
out OF bed before 5 o'clock. Then she
hops into a light spring wagon with an
lnclosed box top having windows in
front and on the sides. There are two
Sits in the frame on the forward win
dow through which the reins pass. The
milk milk cans are in the forward compart-4
ment. There is a comfortable back
seat with cushions and blankets so that
Lizzie drives on her milk route pretty
much as if she were sheltered in "a
coupe. If a chill morning happens
along she takes along a lantern for a
foot warmer.
sOf course, like the business she
says. Il wouldn't do it for a moment
II Il didn't. Father has plenty for US
|5all, but / like to be doing something.
Il began this way: Several wears
ago went out with father in the
wa gon just FORUM. Then took an in
terest and began, to do little things
just to help, and before long knew all
there was to do. After that some
mornings came along when father had
very important business to attend to,
and went out with the wagon and
made deliveries III his place. All this
summer I have done the work.
when L get up at about a quarter to
5 o'clock mother has breakfast ready
and the horse is in the wal on. L jump
in and start. Everybody treats me real
nice, except some who are jealous Of
our big trade. They say things.
q; don't like to be talked about as
fl was something dreadful or won
derful, and I don't like to be stared at,
but it's so early when I drive around
that few people are out to notice me.
Then l always remember that work is
nothing to be ashamed Of
II finish my rounds about o'clock,
then I change my clothes and go to
the high school. / will graduate this
year. Then l am going to study and
become a teacher. I love dancing best
Of anything. Why, Eve danced all
night and gone home and got right into
the milk, wagon and driven ont. Oh,
but how I did sleep when 1 got home.
Nothing could have walked me up-ex-
Scept another dance
So The ambitious little business woman
whipped up her horse and drove off on
her rounds collecting overdue milk
bills.
Mining Loge for Lumber.
8 Instead Of going into the woods and
cutting trees and saving them into
log lengths, the lmbermen of Cape
May, in New Jersey, mine their Mm-
ber
Ages ana ages ago a forest OF sceddr
trees waved it's branches in the breezesN
about Cape May. The sea is, supposed
to have broken the barrier which sep
arated it from the trees and overturned
them by undermining the roots. Their
weight caused them to sink in the. soft
muck where they had stood and the
mold Of centuries Of leaves closed over
them. One day man in passing
through the swamp found one of the
cedar logs, and when he had dug it out
it was as sound as when it grew hun
dreds Of years before OF course it
was very valuable as lumber and from
that time on the mining of logs has
kept a great many men busy every
summer. They locate the trees by
plunging a long iron rod into the soft
muck When they have '..struck wood,
they begin digging until the mine is
laid bare and the logs are then hauled
away to the saw mill. Most Of the
trees are from ten to twelve feet under
ground, but some of them have been
found as deep as ninety feet down.