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1 In Texas superstitiou* people carry i a small bone from a fish's head, but ; the luck only come* after the charm ' has been lost. The Bedouin Arabs are small eat- ■ erfi. Six or aeren dates soaked in melti ed butter serve a man a whole day, j with a very small quantity of <Jb*rae ; flour or a little ball of riee. : As late as 18-iO there were neither i roads nor couches in any country disj trict of Portugal. Gentlemen traveled i 3 n horseback and ladies in sedan chairs, I carried by men, or in mule litters, i It is said' that Herbert C. Hoover is ■ one of the highest salaried men of hie years in the industrial world. At the age of 29 he i» in recept of $33,000 annually for his services as a mining cx■tar*
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3574, 19 September 1905, Page 4
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143SCRAPS OF INFORMATION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3574, 19 September 1905, Page 4
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