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In an exhibit which contained many new and interesting articles, none wore deserving of closer at tontion than certain new life-any-
EXTINCT INDIAN
TRIBE.
UNIQUE RELIGION
REVEALED.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
Lincoln, Neb, May 7-Travel- ing carments, in the recent rubberling in a queer little automobile; trades show in England. Printi E. E. Blackman, curator of the pal among these was a flying suit for avaitors, which is cut vers much on the lines of the standard Sidcot suit, but instead of being quilted with kapok or some such cotton material. It is padded with foum rubber which, as is well known, is nerated rubber gassified under high pressure when the rub bor is in a liquid state.
Nebraska Historical Society, and prominent historian, will leave hore early in June on an explora
lon trip which he hopes will prove a startling similiarity between re- ligious beliefs of the extinct Skidi Indian tribe and Christiane ofte day.
The Skidis, a highly religious tribe, belleved that the North Loup valley of Nebraska was the Garden of Eden, mentioned in the Bible, according to Blackman.
Many advantages are claimed for this type of floating suit over those made with kapok on glosed in waterproof material, the objections to which are that the
Blackman, a small elderly man outer material may cease to bu waterproof, and so let the water with a head of dishevelled white in just when floation is most need-hair, will no doubt startle the na- ed, or the material may be torn tives of central Nebraska with his His.... car in an accident or perforated with unique automobile, bullets, in which case the kapok weights 150 pounds, travels 80 would become waterlogged and al- miles on a gallon of gasoline, and low the wearer of the suit to sink. although the tank holds slightly When garments lined with kapok more than a quart, the little "go- Are kept in store for any length devil" as he calls it, averages The of time they are liable to be eaten about 15 miles an hour. by rate and mice, which appear to wheels require a 20 inch pneuma- appreciate kapok as a lining for the tyre and his teepee and entire their nests. On the other hand, camp outfit weighs 72 pounds. no vermin will attack foam rub-Loosening wires in fences he goes does not over fields or through roves with ber, which apparently
little difficulty. appeal to them."
Foam Rubber Lasts. The life of foam rubber is stated to be indennite and water, whether salt or otherwise, has no effect upon it. The buoyancy of a suit which is made with foam rubber cannot be affected, for no matter how the material may be torn or punctured, the rubber Itself still maintains the same power of flotu- tion.
"Add to these advantages the fact that foam rubber, being aerated, makes, #n
WAGES IN POST OFFICE.
END OF INQUIRY NOT YET
IN SIGHT.
Opening in the early days of January the Civil Service Indus- trial Court which is inquiring into the application of the Post Offica its fourth change of meeting place workers for higher wages, made last month, when it higrated to the Law Courts, London. No one can foresee the end of the pro ceedings, and, arrangements have been runde for, sitting throughout May, says a Home paper. Tho evidence so far taken fills several huge volumes.
has
The Postmaster-General. estimated that admission of the claims would involve his Depart- ment in an additional expendi ture of seven millions per annum, and besides declaring that the Post Office workers are adéquate- ly remunerated compared with the rates paid in outside indus- tries, he has counter-claimed reduce the wages of all new an trants to the servico.
to
To-day the application of the women telephonists was further argued, the claim of the operators of Northern Ireland being sub- mitted by Mr. 31. Connell, who complained that although Belfast Ireland in Northern was the largest automatic ex- change neither it nor any of the sub- exchanges was equipped with au- Setting out from Lincoln, Black- tomatic registers, with the man will go to the mouth of the sult that all calls had to be re- Loup River at Columbus, and fal-corded by the operators. lowing the river by the pathway traversed by the Skidis as early as 1350, he, will cross Cedar creek surveying the village sites for relies.
War-Time Incident.
re-
Edith Howse, in the Miss over to
course of her reply for the women telephonista, detailed an interest- ing incident which occurred dur ing the war when the whole tele phonic staffs of the London and Provincial Exchanges threatened to strike, with the exception "of performing those duties in con- nexion with hospital and military work. She said the
growing amount of telephone work in the last years of the war and the con- stant night duty on account of the air raids had created a strong feeling of dissatisfaction with the reluctance of the Post Office to recompense adequately the operators, and the irritation reach- ed such a pitch eventually that) Mr. Raven had to meet the auting secretary of the Union and dia-
Ancient Separation. The Skid's, a branch of the Pawnee tribe, separated from the main tribe centuries ago, accord- ing to Blackman. The tribe was excellent insulator simon-pure in its religious prac against cold and is both wind fees while the Pawnees were of proof and cold proof. A complete the renegade order, This may suit of the type described, weighs have caused the break but at any 8 to 8% bs, and maintains a man rate the Skidis came to Nebraska breast high out of the water in as early as 1350 and perhaps car vertical position and allows him lier. ample Buoyancy to support an- other person who has no flotation equipment.
Blackman will make a strenuous effort to ascertain how much the The wonderful properties of religious legends of the tribes con- foam rubber open up for it enorm.icted with that of the early mis- ous possibilities, but it is doubtsionaries. Since the doctrine was ful whether a better use has yet handed down by word of mouth it been found for it than that men is quite possible that the legende tioned above.
OLD HAWAII RELIC.
CLOCK FROM SAILING SHIP,
became contaminated.
Their god known as Tirawa, the supreme being, also had a son. The legends begin "In the begin ning was Tirawahut," but in the remaining legends the god is re- ferred to as Tirawa. The son in these legends somewhat resembles Honolulu-An ancient clock, the man of Galilee, although the part of the equipment of the Thad-Indian religion is closely, allled deus, the sailing vessel which with nature and animals. brought the first Christian mis- alonaires to Hawaii in 1820, has been renovated and attached to the pulpit of Kawainhao Church, andient Hawaiian religious institu- tion here.
After some time Tirawn became displeased with his children and sent deluge and the earth was re- The populated with another race. Indians believed the Loup Valley in. Nebraska was the cradle of création.
The Creation.
Until a few weeks ago the clock was in the Moiliili church, a smali place of worship In a secluded.part of the city. It did not run, was
However, the ereation of man without hands, and was roerely considered an ornamental relis. according to the legends compiled by Blackman and others, is very Now the time-piece has been re-different than the creation of man stored to its former beauty and
in the Bible.
Woman, was created first, ne- graces the auditorium of the fam- ous church..
It is one of the oldest time-cording to these legends, when the pieces in the fluwalian Islands evening star and morning star and bears the inscription; "Kame-cohabited and morning star was the mother of the first woman. hameha III, Presented by James For many years this woman wan- Hunnewell of Charleston, Mass.dered about the earth alone, until U.S.A."
Hunnewel was one of the officers the sun, seeing the loneliness on of the Thaddeus, and presented earth, journeyed over to the moon the clock to King Kamehameha, and the moon conceived who at that time was sovereign of the islands. "
use the serious situation.
the two officials the workers' de-
After a serious talk between! mands were submitted to the Civil Service Arbitration Board, and. a' two later an increase month of three shillings on the basic month rates was secured. afterwards the raised from 12s. 6d. to 15e., with increased remuneration for Suri- day work and overtime.
war bonus
Was
The Post Office readily paid up she said, but emphasised the fact that it was only the threat of a withdrawal of all telephonists'! labour in 1918 that brought the department to heel.
Mild "Scene."
Later in the proceedings Miss Howse and the chairman, Sr Harald Morris, K.C., figured in a mild scene. Miss Howse bad re- ferred to a description of the work of the Telephone Exchange given during the evidence, and charac-| torised the summary furnished to the Court as inaccurate.
The chairman observed that it: was a summary that gave all the points, and one that he thought was fully adequate.
Miss Howse, however, demurred, and the chairman replied that it was very necessary to summariso certain conclusions, otherwise when the Court came to give its
a boy. award its judgment would re- Both the girl and the boy-the leg-quire to be expanded in a volume ends refer to them as such--were similar to that which contained sent to earth on a cloud. And the original claim of the Post of 400 populated. Office workers, a book The Salt Inspectorate in Che-thus the earth was kiang province, established in con- However, it is interesting to note pages. nexion with the 1913 Recrganisa-that the boy and girl were.sinless.
And propagation was taught tion Loan, has been abolished
Tirawit. order of the Nationalists. Collec
Further legends tell of the crea- tion of salt tax in the province am. other functions of the Salt inspection of various animals and in this torate are to be undertaken by the connexion grises another problem Provincial Salt Commissioner, who which Blackman will try to solve. used to be the highest authority All animals were the subjects of in the provincial suit administra-legends with the exception of the tion before 3913. Owing to this horse, which would tend to sub- change, the Cheklang Salt Bank stantiate the contention of ar founded with the salt funda has chacolorists that the horse was
brought to America by Cortez. also been suspended.
POET'S CORNER.
ABRAHAM, A MODERN.
[An archaeologist has stated that quite possibly Abraham lived at Ur in a jolly house with practically all the modern conveniences.]
Oh, Abraham lived in a maisonette,
As the learned gents aver,
With a super-Hittite gramophone,
In contradiction to this, however, Blackman has three stone horse teeth, which he asserts could not have become fossilized in less than from seven to ten thousand years. All these problems will form the basis of his study.
He will also add to the collection of Indian trophies now a part of the society's museum.
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.
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The following, general, know- ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express.
Answers, for those who need them, will be found on Page 12| of this issue..
1.What is a cordwainer?
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HAWAII AND HOME
IN ONE VACATION Two trips in one for your next and the nights cool, rest under Stop off at fragrant blossoming trees. On summer, vacationi
(porches) of Hawaii on the way home! It will the broad
to
well as shoes are usually more skilled, and earn higher wages.
Apprentices in the leather shoe shops have to serve four years. are. During this time, they
free
and given only
board
break the monetoly, of a long Honolulu hotele listen first lodging, and during the
Visit
the colourful Hawaiian beach boys on their year after apprenticeship, they journey. are only paid $4-$5 a month.
Waimea canyon and Haleakala, the moonlight serenades. The regular workers and the ap
largest extinct crater in the world, Stop-over arrangements may be, prentices are granted about a
Motor through luxuriant tree fern easily made and tickets are inter week's holiday in the year, from the first, to the seventh of the first
forests in Hawaii National Park changeable on several steamship month, Lunar calendar.
to the edge of Kilauen ernter. lines to the Pacific Coast. Hoteli Thero are altogether seven
Enjoy the fresh vegetables, rates range from $2.50 to $15.00 At present, there are 60 such es-Japanese establishments, making
They also fruits, racat and milk which are (Gold) per day, with meals For tablishments, each employing 8 to leather shoes as well as other 15 workers. Most leather shoe- leather accessories. makers at Taingtao come from dis- employ Chinese workers, usually plentiful all year round. Play details ask your Learest atenmahing -Who composed "Onward, Christricts along the Klaochow Tainan the more skilled ones, and Chinese 10-Which is the longer, a knot or Railway. Their scale of wages is apprentices, and pay higher wages, lower than that of workers of the Workers in the Japanese shops a mile? 11-Who was the "Swedish Night-same trade in other ports, the are given a holiday on the first and
ingale"7
highest bolag $18-$19 and the low-fifteenth of every month
The Chinese shops give better 12. Who invented the finger-print est $8-$9 por month, in addition to
system of identification? free board and lodging. Workers food to the workers, costing about 18-Did Moses reach the Promised in shops selling leather as well as 20 cents a day for each person, earn and generally consisting of Chin-. Land?
Chinese cotton slippers the1d-What was "Excalibur"?
smaller wage, about $10 a month, ese bread and vegetables. Meat 16.-Whence comes the quotation
"Full fathom vo thy father while these working in shops makis given on four or five occasions
ing aaddlery and other articles as a month. llos"?
New copper deposits, which ac- cording to mining experts occur
And a novel to read when left alone, in large bodies, and are very valu- And a tenpenny bottle of chemicalable, have been discover
Beaune,
along the Anchique River in Columbia, At the Laurels, Smith-streat, Ur.
about 150 miles from Bogota. Hatoned-Analysis showed a "high percent-
Ho lay in his bath, and he
in,
As happy. ns could be, With the hot pipes on whenover ho
chosó,
And the telephone shoved right
under his nogu.
To zing up his dear Uttle Irish rose, For a Jolly old man was ho.
age of pure copper in, the ore, reaching in several cases. 69 per. cent. Some of the deposits lle as far as 18 miles distant from each other. Exploitation is. In hands of Columbians who hope that Anchique production will ex- ceod that of Chile.
handful of silver ho left ue"? 7-Who were the Aztecs?
B-Which is the longest tunnel in
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