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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3613, 28 December 1905, Page 3

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Slfteen hundred pounds hea befen k&given by Sir John Long “to promote the teaching- of the songs of Scotland” jttinong the school children of Dundee. Typhoid fever in South Africa has been spread largely by means--which sanitation could not cope with, the germs being conveyed into food and water by flics, an A by the dust which pervades every th in-fr. The Formosan f.sdcl mines are aituft ted in the neighborhood of Kelmur. The output of gold in 1808 was about, 112 pounds; in 38V>&, 343 pounds, and for the lirst six months of 1000, 365 pounds. The gold is all .sent to Japan. Eighteen peasants of the district of Tscherdinsk bearing the family name of Dyavol (devil) have sent a petition to the czar asking for permission to Change the name to Bugolubow (God beloved). This request was granted them.

The Russian empire contains mote than 65 independent radical groups. It is a veritable tower of Babek Even with the omission of Siberia and central Asia, there remains in Russia, in Europe and the Caucasus alone, 46 different peoples. Poland has a wealth of animal super-

etdtions. The goat is there considered \tJu best harbinger of luck, while the cro,w an <l plffeon are looked upon as unlucky. The skin of a cat worn on the chest is alleged to cure consumption. To cure cataract in the eye, take a black cock, m ake him look at the sun, look at it yourself, then throw the coek on the ground, jump on ft fence nod crow three times.”