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0 " The Sutlej, in India, is the fastest flowing river in the world. Its descent in one section is 12,000 ft in 180 mil^s. In the United States Navy 52 per cent of the petty officers and 42 per cent of the seamen are foreign-born. About 5000 horses are aunually killed in Spain in bullfights. At these contests from 1000 to 1200 bulla are annually sacrificed. Urabre las were not known in America un'.il a year or bo before the Revolu. tionary War. r Tea was cultivate \ in China 2700 years before the CraWstian ora, and it was first nsed afjp|Lbeverage. Electric street-swlfehg m vchmes are in use in Paris. Tk<Pf|ire planned aft iit tht) model of ttutotnobile, with revolving brooms. ,'
Little M*y oflferai her Undo some sweets from a packat. Undo : "No, thank yoil,;d"ar; my doctor says I must not ea'<; sw.-ets or c*ke-." May : Oh, unole, why don't you have another doctor ? "Mr White," said a lawyer to a witness in the box, *' at the time th<sse papers Were executed you were specular.ing, were vou not?" " Yes. sir." "You wet« in oil ?" "1 was." "And what are you in now ?" " Bankruptcy," was the solemn roply.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 185, 6 August 1901, Page 3
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316News Items. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 185, 6 August 1901, Page 3
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