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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1724, 3 June 1886, Page 4

The great sand dunes along the banks of many rivers, and pariiculaly along the shores of the southern end of lake Michigan, arp cine to the presence of thn Ammophila arenaria, or Baiul gathering grass, -which po^esses a -remarkable power of drawing up moisture Indeed, it may almost \>e called si miniature water-pump, for it s able to keep the earth weh for sev-..erallnche.-s around it: This wet earth patches and holds the drifting sands. Thft|)' i oce*s goes o->, ihe gvash growing anothe sand co'lectinjr until a great ''sand dune is the result. It was at a ball, and the subject under dixciHsion was vanity. A lady •maintained that men were also given somewhat to vanity. "The men aro ten times more vain than Ihe ladies," she remarked. "That's impossible," said several gentlemen. The snbject changed, and a few minutes later the lady renmrked: "The handsompst man m the room haa s» Spot on his waistcoat," wh err upon every gpn tieman wi Inn hearing glanced down with a scared expression of countenance at his vest.