The horses in the world number about a hundred million, of which nearly onefourth are in the United States. Turkeys originally were natives, not of Turkey or any country belonging to the Turks, but of North America; they were introduced into Europe in the sixteenth century by one of Sebastian Oabot’s lieutenants. Statistics show that of children born of parents at the age of forty-one onethird die during the first year; while the rate of mortality among those born of parents between tho ages of twentyono and thirty is less than 8 per cent. Not so very long ago strongly marked features were greatly admired eve in women. The beauty of Jewesses was extolled. Nowadays it is not so. On the other hand, marked characters are greatly admired even in ostrerue youth.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8350, 10 February 1913, Page 11
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132Untitled New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8350, 10 February 1913, Page 11
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