MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8923, 17 September 1907, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Prior to racing on July 17th at Newmarket the King complimented his trainer, R. Marsh, on the success of one of the Royal horses the previous day, and remarked: “It is no use giving you any more pins. Take this as a little souvenir for your wife. ’ ’ The gift was a handsome brooch in diamonds, representing a racehorse at full gallop, with the jockev hearing the Royal colours. Mr Robert Cain, head of the large Liverpool brewery company, Robert Cain and Sons, Ltd., died recently, in his 83nd year, at his residence in Hoylake, Wirral. The late Mr Cain was originally a ship’s rigger, but left that calling to carry on a small beerhouse. Subsequently he commenced brewing beer on a small scale and rapidly built up his huge business. Years ago Mr Will Crooks. M.P., worked as a cooper in .Cain’s brewery. John Beemau, a negro preacher, has made an application to President Roosevelt to be allowed to die on the gallows for his brother, David Beemau. The preacher says he is a good man and his brother a bad man. His sacrifice would have a tendency to convert his brother. The offer of the negro, says the Evening Standard’s correspondent, has caused a wave of sympathy throughout the country for both him and the condemned man, and a petition is being circulated to save the prisoner. Mrs Elizabeth Bryant, an old widow, has put in a claim for £IOO in gold and silver found under the floor of an empty house in Bristol where she recently lived. She had previously denied knowledge of the money, and now says that she has suddenly recalled the fact that she stored the money for safety. Mrs Bryant and her husband had lived in the house for nearly half a century, and her explanation is that when Mr Bryant became addicted to drink she had to manage the dairy business and put by a portion of the takings secretly for a rainy day, continuing this practice for several years after the death of her husband. She had ill-health, her memory failed, and she lost all rt,collecton of the hidden money, although in recent months she had been m reduced circumstances, just managing, with the help of some kind friends, to keep clear of the workhouse, of which she has a dread. An .interesting optical experiment 1 may be made with the ordinary incandescent light. Gaze steadily at the light for a few seconds, then suddenly extinguish it. The experiment, says the Baltimore Sun, is best performed in a dark room. In about|half nominate you will see the perfect image of the light, with the fine strands of wire plainly visible. It will be red at first. In a few minutes it will turn purple, and then a bright blue. Later it will apparently move to the right. As you turn your gaze it will continue moving to the right. If you keep your gaze fixed, it will come back. It is surprising how long the illusion will last. It will be seen for fully five minutes, perhaps longer, and if you turn on the light and look away from it you will sec the old image for several minutes, though more faintly than in the darkness.