Odds and Ends.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42778, 14 September 1905, Page 4

Odds and Ends.

' Taking Off the Hat, .... old fnufcliSi' ol takidg" off helmet - when no danger is nighi A man removed hie helmet to show, that he - : dared stand unarmed in : your presence^ The Dew and Colour?. /. s Jt is said that detv is a great respect •• er of/colours. To proye;tluß,. take^ glass or hoard and paint them i r red;yeliow, green, and Mack. Expose them at night and you will hnd-mai the yeUow will^ePove^^mdi^l^ ure, and the green Will De damp, out that the red and black will be perfectly dry. ■' ,v * The Ghlf Lesson. “ New,” said Mr who ivas u - instructing her in the ; mysteries of . -- golf, ‘*you know; what a ‘ tee _is? ! Let me explain now : the duties:of the ‘ caddie.’‘ iYonsee-^ —— y > ' "Of course,”? she interrupted,- A ‘ the u< ■ ■ caddie’s what you'you put tea ini -I know what a tea caddie is.” West Indian Hibernians. ' The Irish language is. frequently spoken in the Bahamas , amongvthe mixed descendants of the Hibernian,, - patriots banished by CromweU to.the West Indies.- Negrd : m'oiig j : the London Docks, who cannot fdlka, 5 word of English, sometimes; talk'lris'i . to the old Irish appt«Kwdmen who - in the district. Diving for the Truth. In Siam, when there is a questions" ! at law between two parties atid a scarcity of witnessesto' establish the truth r w in the caSe, it is customary to resort ?toi : • ‘rhe Water test.? Both parties afe* re- r> r : quired to dive.* simultaneously •>! into deep water, and the one that; stays the ; ■■> longest underiiS-adjiiidg^f[the truth-< teller, and gets,the verdict. Brought Back to Life.■ ■ Two doctors have independently' ; : arrived at the conclusion' that most - r persons struck by lightning,-and to - : all appearance dead, could to 1 life by applying the method of artificial lespiration in use for resuscitating? '; I •• ; the drowned. This method proved to be successful iu the case of a trumpeter who was apparently killed atßerlin in ,