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In Texas superstitious people carry a small bone from a fish’s head, but the luck only comes after the charm has been lost; '
The Bedo-pin Arabs are small eaters. Six or seven dates soaked in melted butter serve a man a whole day, with a, very small quantity of (Sbsrs* flour or a little ball of rice. As late aa IS4O there were neither roads nor coaches .in. any country district of Portugal. Gentlemen traveled on horseback-and ladies in sedan carried by nien, or Tn mule litters, It is said' t-hat Herbert C. Hoover is one of the highest salaried men of his years in the industrial world. At the aire of 29 he is in recept of $33,000 annually for his services as a mining ea- ' • nesiJ' l »
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3607, 7 December 1905, Page 4
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132SCRAPS OF INFORMATION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3607, 7 December 1905, Page 4
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