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VOL. UV. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JULY 12, 1928. NO. 23. | J
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CURRENTEVENTS
Two Italians Fly From Rome
to Brazil, Establishing
New Distance Record.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
TWO Italian aviators, Captain Fer
rarln and Major Del Prete, starting
from Borne In a Flat-motored Savola
monoplane, beaded for Soutb America
on a nonstop flight, reached Brazil In
safety, establishing a new record.
When they landed near Port Natal
they had flown about 4,485 miles, bet
tering the distance record of 8,906
miles made by Chamberlln and Levlne
by about 576 miles These aviators
already held the duration flight rec
ord of 58 hours, 88 minutes and 26
seconds. When the flyers passed over
Bt Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, ap
proximately 8,000 miles from Rome,
" they bad been up 22 hours with the re
markable average of more than 135
miles an hour. They made the 1,600
miles from there across the south At
lantic ocean at almost equal speed.
On the way they were In radio com
munication with the steamship Pbllarus
and said all was well with them. The
flight was made under the auspices of
the Italian military aviation service.
ONE of the extraordinary tragedies
of aviation occurred last week
over the North sea. Capt Alfred Loew
ensteln, world-famous Belgian finan
cier and rated as one of the wealthiest
men In the world, disappeared from
his Fokker plane in which be was
grossing from Croydon, England, to
Brussels. It was believed that he bad
mistaken the door by which passen
gers left the plane for the one to the
washroom, and, opening the former,
stepped off Into space and fell Into
the sea.
Loewenlteln's wealth was estimated
to be only less than that of Henry
Ford and the Rockefellers.
He controlled steamship lines, was
one of the chief stockholders In the
Belgian railway system, owned man
ganese Iron mines In Silesia, steel
furnaces in the north of Spain, coal
properties In the Saar basin and In the
Ruhr, and Immense rubber plantations
In the Congo. Two years ago he
startled the world by offering the Bel
gian government a loan of $50,000,000
for two years without interest In or
- der that the Belgian franc might be
stabilized. The offer was refused.
Shortly after this he offered to lend
France a like amount at Interest of
2 per cent Quite recently Captain
Loewensteln spent several weeks In the
United States and Canada on business,
traveling most of the time by airplane,
?e was an enthusiast on aviation and
owned a number of big planes whlcb
were equipped with office desks and
carried a staff o} secretaries so he
eonld work while flying.
Immediately after the capitalist's
disappearance was reported there
were rumors that he bad committed
suicide because of financial embar
rassment following his recent fall ores
to obtain large loans These stories
were denied and were succeeded by
reports that he was secretly landed
In France from his plane and* had
been met by an automobile which took
him to a place of retreat On Euro
pean stock exchanges the tocwensteln
shares fell rapidly.
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
HOOTER (pent ^Independence day
In rest and quiet recreation, but gave
up the reet of the week to prepara
tion* for bla departure from Washlng
ton, winding up with a conference on
Saturday with prominent eastern Re
publican! for the purpose of establish
ing a campaign organisation In that
section of the country. It was an
nounced that Mr. Hoover would de
liver his resigns tion from the cabinet
to President Ooolldge at the summer
Whits House on the Brule river. Fur
ther than that his plans were not
made public. His notification and
speech of acceptance will be made la
California, the first week in Auguet
Governor Smith made two speeches
on the Fourth of July, one at Tam
many hall and the other from the
steps of the city hall hi New Took
Memphis Pudi Palace
to Be State Museum
The famous Pink palace, built by
Clarence Saunders, cbala store opera
tor, far s home, soon Is to be con
certed into what the Memphis board
ei park commissioners hopes to make
the outstanding municipal mnasnia In
tfco South.
Xha massive marble and gi salts
structure, reaUlnlng t> ssoma besldas
rMosrislsrlss and ana palters, had
city, but In botb of them be avoided
partisan politics, maklnc only passing
allusion to his nomination for the
Presidency. Then he went to Albany
to attend to state business. His plans
called for a campaign conference with
Senator Robinson, his running mate,
and the Democratic national committee
this week. Governor Smith also will
be notified of bis nomination early In
August, and It Is asserted that In his
speech of acceptance he will make a
further pronouncement on his position
In {he matter of prohibition. Until
then he declined to reply to Josephus
Daniels, who, while calling on all Dem
ocrats to support Smith, said A1 had
not been given any leadership by the
Democratic party to seek to change
the Volstead act and that any at
tempts to weaken the prohibition laws
must be fought In congress.
Ernest H. Cherrington, general sec
retary of the World League Against
Alcohol and a leader In the Anti
Saloon league. Issued a summons to
all friends of prohibition to unite
against Smith, asserting that the coun
try faces "what promises to be the
greatest 'wet and dry' battle that the
Datlon has ever seen." National Pro
hibition party chiefs seemed to be at
outs as to the party's national conven
tion called for July 10 and 11 In Chi
cago. Some desired to nominate some
prominent dry Democrat, preferably
from the South, while others believed
It would be best to Indorse Hoover.
The Anti-Saloon league, scheduled to
hold a convention In Asbevllle, N. (X,
at the same time, was said not to be
co-operating at all with the Prohlbl
tlnn nortn
~v" J"" V ?
If there Is dissension among the
drys, there Is still greater disagree
ment among the men who profess to
be the leaders of the Middle-West
farmers. Got. Adam McMullen, Re
publican, of Nebraska; George N.
Peek, chairman of the corn belt com
mittee formed In 1926, and some others
declared the Democratic plank on form
relief was satisfactory to agricultur
ists and far superior to the Republican
plank, and they predicted the corn belt
farmers would vote for Smith. A
counterblast came promptly from Sen
ator Brookhart and Governor Ham
mill of Iowa, who accused Peek of
double crossing Lowden and denied
the assertions that the farmers were
going Democratic. Meanwhile men
who think they know the mind of the
fanner continue to assert that those
who hare been Republicans in the past
will support Hoover, and those who
have been Democratic will cast their
votes for Smith.
JEAN LACSSIER, thirty-six years
old, a French Canadian salesman
from Springfield, Mass., achieved no
toriety and perhaps fame last week by
going over Niagara falls In a rubber
and steel ball designed by himself
Taken from the river a few hundred
feet below the cataract be was f'ound
to be uninjured beyond a few bruises
on nice anthshouiders. He was the
third person to perforin this feat and
live. The others were Bobble Leach
and Annie Edson Taylor, both of whom
performed the stunt in barrels Laos
filer's rubber ball was eleven feet In
diameter. Inside the outer covering
was a canvas lining. Then came a
steel framework and another canvas
lining, and Inside all a harness-like
arrangement In which the occupant
strapped himself He carried in tanks
enough oxygen to keep him alive forty
hntrm
GERMANY'S model of a treaty for
?treofthenlot the means of pre
venting war was adopted by the com
mittee on security and arbitration of
tbe League of Nations In Genera, and
was ordered sent to all governments In
preparation for a general discussion
of the subject at the September assem
bly of the league. The essence of the
so-called German treaty Is that the
nations win bind themselves In ad
vance to accept the recommendations
of the league council In the case of a
threat of war and to refrain from
measures likely to aggravate the dis
pute. Its object la the same as that
of the proposed Kellogg pact?namely:
the outlawry of war.
CHIEF feature of the celebration of
the Fourth of July by Americans
In Paris was the dedication of the
beautiful triumphal arch in Pare VII
leneuve L'Etang la memory of 87
young American members of the la
fooght ud lost Ms spectacular battle
to Well Street See jeers ago. As
one result of this fight, which be led
personally against a "bear" raid on
shares of the Plggiy-Wlgglj Stores,
of srhlch ha was then president. Saun
ders relinquished the abow place that
was repetad to have cost him H.000*
ooa
When finHhtmg, toncbss hare boon
pot ha the ?? i an tt wfll he raleod by
0^7eH3%Mh the dtp waa
eatp fUKVBM Of the latter amowt
fayette Escadrllle who (ell to the ser*- j
Ice of France. Paul Palnleve, mln
later of war, delivered the addreea to j
a great throng that included Ambas
sador Herrlck, Marshal Foch and other
notablea Ten French army plane*
droned overhead gpd aa the laat aalute
waa tired and tapa blown, tribute waa
paid to each grave in the marble-lined
crypt, where the dead blrdmen lie four
by four In the order in which they 1
fell.
Americans In Shanghai had aa a 1
part of their celebration a Wild West
rodeo given by the marines, the Brat
ever seen In the Orient Checho
slovakia made the day, wblch waa also
the tenth anniversary of its own In
dependence, the occasion for the dedi
cation of a monument to Wood row
Wilson In Prague.
CROATIA'S threats of demanding
complete separation from Serbia
because of the killing of two Croatian
deputies In the parliament resulted in
the resignation of the Yugo-Slavian
government The king began negotia
tions with party leaders with a view
to forming a coalition government that
would satisfy the demands of Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina for equal rep
resentation with Serbia. Italy an
nounced that she would refuse to ac
cept the ratification of the disputed
Neltuno treaty unless It was approved
by tlie Croatian deputies.
Encouragement of foreign im
migration and capital are tha
alms of a bill drawn up by official* of
the Mexican government for the pur
pose of rehabilitating Mexican na
tional finances. The measure has been
approved by President Oalles and also
by Alvaro Obregon, who was unan
imously elected President of the re
public. The proposed law throws over
board most of the disabilities of for
eigners and foreign capital. General
Obregon's election was unopposed, as
he waa the sole surviving candidate.
His supporters will be In control of
the senate, chamber of deputies and
state legislatures.
HERMANN MUELLER, the new So
cialist chancellor of Germany, an
nounced to the relchstag that Germany
la ready for a final discussion of her
fall reparation debts. "The Dawes plan
has been carried out for almost four
years and has prepared the ground for
a definite settlement," Chancellor Muel
ler stated. "The exact date of the
final agreement remains vague, but
matters have progressed so far that
all parties concerned are convinced
that a definite debt settlement Is not
only desirable, but also possible."
In stating bis policies Herr Mueller
said: "We will give up all thought of
revenge. This Is the foundation of oar
policy, and starting from this stand
point we shall endeavor to reconquer
for Germany the same rights that
other nations have." I ? ri*" ?
Young chang hsueh-liano,
son of the late Marshal Chang, has
succeeded to the dictatorship of Man
churia and has made overtures to the
Nationalist leaders at Peking looking
to the unification of China. General
Cbaing Kai-shek, commander of the
Nationalist armies, says that Nanking
will become the capital of the country
Immediately, even if the foreign dip
lomats should refuse to move there.
REVISED but unofficial figure* glra
first place In the international bal
loon race, which started from Detroit,
to the United States arm; balloon,
with the French bag Blanchard second
and the German balloon Barmen third.
The bag* all landed In Virginia, West
Virginia and North Carolina.
Rehabilitation or disabled
World war veterans, aa a govern
ment activity, came to an end laat
week when the last of the 128,300 men
who have been trained to be self-sup
portlng, or nearly so, at a total cost
of more than 1000,000,000, received their
diplomas. The number of men who
took advantage of the training offered
them far exceeded the original esti
mates. A total of 354,494 applied for
the benefits offered them before Jane
80, 1S23, and of these 216,481 were
rated aa entitled to full courses Out
of ths latter number, 3&S78 dropped
out Besides paying for tuition and
books the government provided $100
a month for alngie men and $186 a
month for married men with additional
allowance* for other dependents
$100,000 Is for completion of the Pink
palace, $29,000 for the purchase of
land.
Tbare will be In the moseom ex
hibit! of natural history and Indus
trial art, a history of Memphis and
went Twin eases, reference library and
reading room, and an andltorlnm and
Flower gardens, tennis courts, swim
?lag pools and recreations of other
hinds win U maintained so the qm
dons grsende which snnssad the
AFTER THE
\ GUARD HAD
? DESERTED j
(? k> a j. W?U<L>
TUB owner walked swiftly among
them, studying the faces and
Hfures through ahrewd, half-shut
eyes and making tb almost Im
perceptible motion toward one here
and one there and another yonder.
Be was weeding out hla help and do
ing It Impartially and Imperiously, as
was his wont. The foreman walked
by Ills side, noting.
After the owner Jumped Into bis
automobile and shot away the fore
man went among the hands delivering
the sentences. Presently be ap
proacbed a slight girl who was past
tng labels on cans. She bad been
watching through the corners of her
eyes and whitened a little aa be
stopped by her side.
"1 go,' too," she said, anticipating
him. "I saw It In the way old Ball
Cent squinted bis eyes at me. When
do 1 go?"
"Ton may work out the day."
"And not come back? All right.
But you know, Mr. Ualstead, that I'm
the best worker you've got In this de
partment I'm small, but pa says It's
all muscle and knots. I've never been
sick a day In my life and never get
tired, and never shirk when your back
la turned, like some do. And?and 1
like the wort I da It ain't Just the
number of cents It brings la"
"1 know, 1 know," ? little wearily.
"But you understand bow 'tin. 1 tried
to say something for your tablemate,
Rosa, and you noticed how Mr. Barkes
whirled and looked at ma If't wasn't
for so many depending on me I'd like
to be going myself, but?" Be drew
himself together sharply, glancing
about to see If any of the others bad
overheard. "You?of course, you'll
never hint to anybody that I'm dissat
isfied. Clara, I'm not I can't afford
to be."
"You've known me too long to say
that, Mr. Halstead," said Clare gently.
"1 guess we're all In the tame boat.
If things had been all right Tom and
I'd have been married long ago."
The foreman nodded sympatheti
cally. "Bow's poor TomT be asked.
"Mending slowly, but still on
crutches It's been over sis months
now and the first two, you know, we
didn't think be'd live. That's more
of Half Cent's work. Tom was his
best picker and In the bnrry be kept
Tom rushing days and half the nights
and then sent blin up Into the top of
that big seedling York to get the stray
apples the other pickers bad ttft. And
do you know," two red spots burning
In her cheeks, "thai from the time
Tom fgll and was carried home old
Half Cent has never sent to inquire
after him once and be stopped Tom's
pay the very -?ay he was hurt"
"itjs be?B a pretty heavj expense
to Tom." sympathized the foreman.
"Be'd saved nearly enough to build
a Uttle G5uU on the lot be bought,
and that's gooe, and he still owes the
doctor some. I've been saving op to
buy furniture and dishes, and this is
my last day. Yea, I guess we're all
In the same boat. You've got six to
look out for, and Uosa's sold the cow
and calf she's earned. Oh-hol Say,
think, there's any danger of a frost
(ADlfhtr
"Not the least Tbe thermometer
has been rising for tbe last tvo hours
In fact I believe tbe retard boys are
planning for a dance down the valley
tonight"
"Better not let the owner hear of
It" said Clara, shaking ber head., "It
wonld cost every last one of them his
job. It's foolish to leave the orchard
during tbe period of frost danger to
tbe blossoms"
"No danger tonight" declared tbe
foreman, "not In the least"
And so thought Clara when she
went to ber home through the Im
mense blossom-laden apple orchard
after ber work was dons The air
was almost mild and tbe night was
clear and calm, with myriad stars In
the sky, which showed as she passed
beneath the trees Down each alter
aate row were round black objects
that looked like beasts of prey in tbe
aemidarkaees of the nnderfoliags
Bat they ware not They were guards
more than a thousand stores Oiled
with erode petroleum and covering
200 acres of blossoming promised
fruit Near the far side of tbe orth
ard and only a few rods from the little
bouse where Clara lived with ber
Cither was the guard boons Here
twelve man slept fully diassid. In
bunks during the ten days or so of
danger to the blossoming trass When
tbe nights were cloudless still the
cold sometimes dropped, dropped, us
HI It Beared the dsnger point .Then
It rang s bell ia the guardhouse,
awakening the men. The twelve
rushed berth with lighted torches and
raced along the open stoves tench
tag sack. an til the greet snhnrd was
Bkn a mighty army Misnsiblsg with
?oon aa tba petroleum flared up li
rataed tba tempera fore Ova or aU de
grees In half aa boor and enveloped
tba orchard la a dense black amok a
Ilka a cloud. It was a battle of de
fenae? to aava a possible lioo.uoo
worth of frtilL Bat tonight the tem
perature waa rlaiof and there was to
be no froat; so the twelve trusted men
of tbe borne guard were mealing away
through tbe orchard to a dance.
Clara could not sleep toDlght?
and, anyway, rieep did not matter, for
she was not to work on tbe morrow.
In the morning expenses would com- -
mence eating Into the furniture ant
dishes board.
Toward midnight she opened the
door and went out. She loved tbe
great orchard and Just now It was
very beautiful wltb tbe bough-laden
blossoms sending their rlcb fragrance
Into- tbe breezeless night She bad
oot gone far when tbe Insidious still
uess of the cold began to chill ber and
she looked about expecting to see the
sudden flaring up of the moves. Then
she remembered. Tbe guard had do
aerted. And It was growing colder.
Clara had no thought for the own
er, but she loved the orchard. She
sped toward the guardhouse where tbe
torches were kept
Tbe owner bad been out that eve
nlng and he returned an hour after
midnight complacent wltb a good din
ner and with much flattery for bis
success as an apple king. At the gate
he paused with coat buttoned to his
chin and hands In pockets. The ther
mometer must be lo a fickle mood, for
It had been rising when be wen) oot.
and now It was falling rapidly. Be
glanced toward the orchard. There
were long lines of lights and others
flaring up every few seconds. All was
well, but he did not open tbe gate.
There was much at stake and he
would walk through the orchard hlm
aelt
Clara was Just rising from the lam
lighted stove when be appeared In
front of her, his face hard and stern.
"Where are tbe men!" be demand
ed.
"?It does not matter," she en
swered shortly. "No harm's been
done. I've lighted all the stoves and
the frost Isn't severe enough yet to do
any real damage."
"Ton?lighted all of them," Incredu
lously, "by yourself! Bow long did II
"About an bour. Bui I'm strung
and can get aroond taste, tlian per
sona who are heerier built. Now III
go see that none of the (Ires burn out."
"Walt a minute. Wherever the men
ere, none of tliem can come beck to
work. And yoo?oh. you are the girl
I dismissed yesterday. I suppose you
did tills to get your job hnck and
maybe In hope of a reward. Well. J
never change my mind In such mjt
ters, but you shall have the pay of the
twelve m?n who shirked."
Be was reselling bio bis pocket
when she whirled on him. drawn to
Iter full height, and her eyes blazing
She bad been regarded as a quiet girl
of few words, but now the scathing
denunciation poured from her lips In
a scornful, contemptuous stream. She
toll Ida thoy! jlpsa, about Topi,
about toe arbitrary i83 loutish things
be bad done?that all bla help de
tested him, though most of them loved
the orchard and their work. And he
listened at first trying to speak, then
silently angry and at last with a curl
ous expression coming Into his face.
"And now, yon poor allly Bait
Cent," the angry gtrl finally flashed.
"I didn't do this wltb a thought of re
ward or of going back to work, but
because I love the orchard and don't
want a single one of the dear bias
soma to get hurt."
Whirling the torch about 'ber bead
to revive the dying flame, she darted
back a bong the trees, not ready even
yet to desert her friends, however
much she despised their owner.
The next day the foreman sooghl
tiara at her home.
"Here's a letter Mr. Barken told me
to bring yon." be said "lie's been
making some changes I'm to he the
bookkeeper now and shall like thai
job better. It will be quieter."
Clara opened ber letter. It read:
The best way to acknowledge a
mistake la to remedy It Tomorrow
you are to take Mr. Balstead*s place
as overseer of your department and I
want you to engage and dismiss help
yourself. In accordance with theli
ability ahd Interest In the work. Torn
salary will be what Mr. Hals!red re
eel red. which, I believe. Is about three
times your own. If Rosa Is compe
tent, take her back. Tom will be sent
an order for back pay through his III
seas and when able to work ahall have
charge of the orchard gang. Be Is
capable. I believe
"And, Anally, do not feel under any
obligations to me. The thousands of
dollars yon saved me would make thai
seem wholly trivial. T. U Barkea."
Btrd-Lcng Extinct
The moo was a w log leas bird found
la New Zealand, somewhat like an
ostrich la appearance. It varied from
the Mas of a tftkey to birds 12 feet
la hstght They warn edible, aad their
age b probably das Is this Haft*"*"
ODD THINGS 1
in AUSTRALIA 1
"Laughing Jackasses" of Australia
?- ?*
tnepam or in* mhobji >miripoK i
Society. Waihinitot. U. C.I j
Australia, possessor of so ,
ninny features unfamiliar (o j
the rest of the world. iiil^hf t>e ,
catalogued by a nature lover j
by her trees and her birds. One read
ily understands why the Australian
loves his trees. The groves of giant
eucalyptus form pictures never for
gotten. and the scent of the wattle
brings a homesick feeling like (he
smell of the sage to a Wesierner
The llora is not only beautiful It is
uniqutv without counterpart In other
lands. Of lire 1U.UUU species of plunt*
most of them are purely Australian
and are unknown even in New /ea
laud. The geueral impression one
gets of Australian forests is their
total unlikeness to unything seen else
where. The great forests of timber
trees are not damp and shaded and
all of one species, but nre well lighted
and tilled with other forests of short
er trees; in places the woods consist
of large widely spaced trees surround
ed only by bunch grass, and even In
areas where water is not to be found
on the surfuce for hundreds of square
miles true forests of low trees ar?
present.
Forn>? which may be recognised as
tulip, iiiy, honeysuckle and fern Lite
on a surprising aspect. They nre not
garden flowers, but trees, und the
laudscape of which they form a par
reminds one of the hypothetical rep
reseutations in books of science of a
landscape of Mesozolc time, a period
antedating our own by inlllions of
I The trees are Indeed those of a by
gone age. In America and Euroi*
' shadowy forma of fossil leaves of
strange plunt species are gathered
from the rock and studied with In
terest ; In Australia uiuny of these
ancient trees are living. The luipres
sion that one Is looking at a land
scni>e which has forever disappeared
from other parts Of the world is so
vivid that the elms and maples and
oaks In some of the city streets strike
a Jarring note. The transition from
Jurassic to modern times is pain
fully abrupt.
With a flora ot such great Interest.
It occasions no surprise to find thai
Australia Is the home of many end
neut botanists, slid thill geologic his
tory Is a common subject of study
; In schools
Eucalyptus the National Tras
Australia,Is the home of the woo
I derful eucalyptus, a tree shunt which
! a fair-sited library ot books and
; pamphlets lias been written, without
; exhausting the subject. For geological
| ages I lie eucalypts have remained an
| disturbed in this "biological thickwa
ter," and, spreading over the con
Uueut, have adapted themselves to
many varieties of soil and climate sod
elevation. About 9U0 species bare al
ready been discovered Id the small
part of the continent explored by
botanists
The eucalypts include sotne of the
tallest trees In the world. The Vic
torian forests deportment records
trees which measure 321). 333 and 342
feet, and state* that there ire "scores
of tree* about 900 feet Id beigr.t.
The surveyor of tbe Danden. ng
ranges made notes of tbe tallest trees
felled during an eight-yaar period and
report* that "ail I hose measured were
over 900 feet In length."
Eucalyptus trees reproduce tbcw
selves readily and grow about seven
time* more rapidly than oak or hick
ory. From a too of bark of the gimlet
tree was obtained by analysis 4m
pounds of tannin extract *04 MB
I pounds ot oxalic adC From the cant
' ml leaves or thee* bresa cease alas
.. . .i ? wJfesfr a
nc miuainc cumi?|Hti*
'rotu which so hn than lami? ?'??
ronstituents liar* brni distilled tar
yliamiaceuliral purpose* awl for 'ho
?etuiratioo of metals bj the #< Ha I low
process. ,
The eucalyptus la lite great timhe<
tree of the continent. Of sixty <arl
Hin Id Victoria, twenty have hick
commercial calne ami are finding aw
rver-iiivreosing market. The Tua
luaninn blue gow la one ol I lie strung -
rat. densest, and must durable eoudi
la the world. Timbers 2 feet square,
exceeding 100 feel In length, are
readily obtained, and. when used Car
piling, need Dot be weighted, for daw
density of the wood* a ruth that It
sinks In water. Their strength Jb
iwiee that of English oak. and they
are practically immune from attack
l-y the teredo, which plays such ha?or
with ordinary timbers. *
The jarrah. a eucalyptus ol weal
Australia, is another famous tree, ft
ia one of I lie few woods of the world
which successfully resist the ravages
of white suts; U is practically im
mune from the attacks of marine bor
ers, and. like the Iron bark of Vic
toria and New South Wales, baa been
known to wllbstaud Are belter than
Iron girders 4 as. -
Many Beautiful Birds.
Australia la stocked with beaul tut
birds, many of litem of unusual ins
pect. Tlie uian who originated the
popular saying thai "Australian bi d*
have plumage, bat do ooog." tuust
liave lived in a sound-proof lot.
Aiuong the 775 species are included
some of the most brilliantly cotmed.
sweetest voiced and must unusual
birds in the world.
Along the uortlleast coast is the
bower bird, which adorns iia nest
and decorates Its playing ground with .
shells, seeds, and otber bright ob
jects, not despising brass buttons and
cartridge esse*.
jne IJ re wru. miaous lor ii? [NW
age, U the rival of (be mockingbird
of die South in sweetness of tot* and
skill at a mimic. The crowobrikat
('magpies"), the brown flycatcher
CJacky winter''), the bush warbler,
the rock warbler, the reel warbler,
the bush lark, the cuckoos, the hooey
eaters ami the "willy wagtail." cow*
ktitute porta of a bird chorus difficult
to surpass Cockatoos are aa ram
?uon in Australia as crows la the
Central Weal-.even In theilosrri lhah,S
are frequently teen. Some of them
are excellent talkers imwt of lhe..i
gorgeously dressed.
A must surprising Mrd fa the kuo
kooburra or laughing Jackass All at
once In the quiet bush come I ? . J
peals of uproarious mucking laughter.
One is not inclined to Join la the
merriment?II all teems aa fbotiah and
weird as if an idiot boy were disturb
ing a congregation la church. When
the source of the laughter is located It
torus out lo be a sill) looking bird
with clumsy, square body and open
mouthy silting unconcernedly eh a
stump.
The Ibis occurs by thousands and
the gigantic Mack-necked at orb, ?r
Jabiru. standing 5 feet high. Inhabits
the swamps of the northern coast,
while the graceful Mack swaa fre
quents the estuaries and bikes The -
malice lien and (be brush turkey bofld
mounds of sticks lea res safe earth 3
to IV feet high.
The cassowary of the forests sf
gueetitlaad and Papua and the emu,
which is found throughout the esfc
tlneut. are unknown outside the .Am
tralian region. The emu In the an