From a story in The Glasgow Herald:—
"'He had his feathers ruffled that time, anyway,' laughed my husband, as he followed me whistling into the house."
It isn't every woman that has a husband who can talk and laugh and whistle all at once. Was he the clever man in the French tale, we wonder, who chanted a Scottish air, accompanying himself on the bag-pipes?
"Fire has broken out in an oven in Kafr Zarb, near Suez, completely destroying the fire brigade extinguishing the blaze."
Egyptian Mail.
Serve them right for their officiousness.
"Wanted, Experienced Ruler (female); permanency."
Bristol Times and Mirror.
Might suit a widow.