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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 178, 25 December 1880, Page 2

A curious mill astounding ealeiilation li:is liccn made liy'im Amerieaii |>h ysicinii Dr. Farrai'. Ho estimates that not loss than half a tun of juiri; gold. worth half a million of dollars, is annually packed into people’s tooth in the I’nited States. At this rate, all the gold in circulation will he hnried in the earth in three linndrcil years. lie also ealeidates that three millions of arlilielal teeth are annually supplied, and that only one person in eight has sound teeth. A singular race tool; place at the recent annual regatta in Shetland. Shetland women nre noted for their ability in managing a boat, and Sheriff anil Admiral Thomas, who was in Lerwick at the time, offered to act as coxswain to linen snapping Shetland damsels in a contest between them and a crew of men from the Revenue nutter Ragle. The match was keenly contested, hnl ultimately was easily won by the Shetland damsels by over four minutes on a hall-mile, The Shetlanders, who e. ,1 two mils each, pulled Very gracefully.