HERE AND THERE.

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXI, Issue 2440, 4 May 1925, Page 5

HERE AND THERE.

AN EYE FOR EVERYTHING. INDIANS IN AME RICA.Thd Indian population of the United States to-day I<s b'elicvcd to be as large as it was when Columbus discot'-erea America, according to reports of ihc Department of the Interior. The figures show a total of 346,9612, counting all tribes, represent:n’g an increase of 2619 in the fiscal year ended last June, and a gain of 16,283 on the 1 ast eleven months. Oklahoma, leads in Indian population, and Ne’w York co ntains the largest number of red men in the East. <J> <s> <S> LIQUID LIGHT. “Wonders never cease.” We are pro mised a light which never fails I. There is nothing to pay, xedpt the ■ orig! nal cost of buying say, half a pint o f l iquid light. You pour your liquid light into a bulb and the resultant light is said to be superior to electric or any' other known light, except Nature’s own brand .of day! ght. The light, being, in fact', radio-active, will remain good for seven years or more when the. bulb may requrc rel-filling. It is clai jmed, also, that the liquid will event rally render coal and oil power a thim g of the past. If that ds the case the real abolition of smoko seems to be in sight, for, although electric power is sim fkdless, there will be smoke, as long as j Del ds necessary for its gotacration. ❖ ❖ TOMBS OF DISTANT TIMES. The world’s oldest stone buildings arc. reported to have been discovert X’-. near the famous pyramids or Sakkara. about fifteen miles south of Cair o. They ard two Royal tomb chapels is.t the Egyptian dynasty, about 4000 B. C. Built in a style differing in almo >st every respect from what is known as Egyptian architecture, the chapels a rt» believed to have ben the burial plac es of princesses or queens. Fragments of gravestones of Royal princesses a resaid to have ben found by archtvbl ogists who have been dl gging on tl v« site, <•><«> <S> CHIPS OF |OLD CATHEDRAL. A stone of Canterbury Cathedral, the “Mother Church of the Anglican, community,” is to be. built into the structure of the cathedral of St. John the Dl/vi-nc, New York,” as a link betwen thd two great churches of tho Old and the New World.” The offer of a stone recently made, by Dr. Bell, the Dean of Canterbury, has been accept- I d by Bishop Manning, of Ndw York, as ‘ 1 a- symbol of our fellowship witn i the, ’See of Canterbury and with the Church of England.” Dr. Bell stated the other day that the 1 stone to be sent to New York would bo a loose, one belonging to the older part of the cathedral, probably one of the monastic bn (Tilings. “A number of these, loose? stones,” said Dr. Bell, “have been incorporated in the structure bf cathedrals in England, and in at least one in America —that of Washington. <•><?> <S> BIRD .BAROMETERS. In the absence of a barometer watch the birds —they may bo able to tell you whether the weather is to be good or bad. When a skylark soars extra high the weather is likely to remain fine. Most birds are, restless when a change of weather for the worse .is likely. Guinea-fowls and peacocks shriek and spuall when rain is approaching, and Iff a parrot whistles more than usual, or if the pigeons in the garden return home very early, you may expect a downpour. Domestic fowls giv-.” fair warning of changes bn the weather. An old rhyme runs “When fowls roil in the sand rain is atxhand.” Many country folk think that when he'ns gather on a little mound and trim their feather they are expecting rain, whilst it is a common belief that of fowls’ wings droop rain is near. Ducks, too, are supposed to be weather-wise. When you see thffin very busy .on the pond,

filing backwards and forwards, and splashing water over their backs, you may expect rain. WHEN CONVICTS TRAVELLED BY STAGE COACH, Relating his experiences on the road during the reigns of George IV. and William IV., a gentleman , coachman gave the following incident: “In or about November, 1834, I got upon the ‘Albion’ coach, witch ran from....Birkenhead to London. There was no one on the box, a most unusual thing, so I got beside the coachman. I suppose you know what kind of a load we’ve got, sir ’ said he, ‘No,’ I answered. ‘They look a queer Tot; What azo they?’ ‘Where arc they gosaid I, ‘Why to Botany Bay, anti I wish they were there now, for they are inclined to give some trouble, and would do if they had not got raffles on; but they’re pretty saf-l, 2 think. ’ They had two turnkeys w(!tli them;, .and there was no one else on the coa.ch but these worthies, their kcepiersi, .mys'elf, coachman and guard. I left the coach at Wolverhampton, and a lucKy thing for me it was, for before reaching Walsall the horses sh.ed at some sparks flying across the road from a blacksmith’s shop, bolted, ran against a post, and upset tne coach. No one was killed at the time, but the coachmtm died of the injures then, received. During the confusion caused by the accident, and whilst another coach and coachman were being got ready to take them on ,some of ta.’i convicts contrived to get files and other implements, and by thesd means put their handcuffs into such condition, that they could sip them whenever they chose to do so. At a given signal they freed themselves, sprang upon and overpowered their keepers, guard and ’poachman, handcuffed them, cut tiucoachman, handcuffed them, cut the horses loose and decamped. The greater number of them were, however, recaptured.