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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 363, 23 April 1903, Page 3

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Veins Bwiw Foveas* CtMffMS ft Wmvw IteaA of Site* Vautev oeetta Hi sua, Tha M XroB Chanceller" has disappeared, b»t» the Westminster Garotte, tout there is still a. Teuton very much aMve who la "a man of iron" te a* almost literal sense of the term. Ibbt came out a few days ago wheat a young Qarman porter bragged at a public house that he was a man of iron, since a sportsman had discharged at least 90 grains of shot into his heek. He would have nothing to do with surgeons, wherefore his brother had removed about half of the "load" by the simple expedient of cutting the shots out with a knife. The story was presently brought before the authorities, and the porter was medically examined, with the result that his story proved absolutely true. His baek and arms were "larded" with lead balls, which he carried about without any discomfort whatever. The reason for his reluctance to approach a surgeon seems to have been that the sportsman who had thus marked him was a gamekeeper, and it was while he was on a poaching expedition that illluek thus befell him. It «*»«« Cmttlm to Sleep. Sleepy grass is found i» New Mexico, Texas and Siberia. It has a most injurious effect on horses and sheep, being a strong narcotic or sedative and causing profound sleep or stupor lastteg 8* to *8 hours.