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...lower part of the stomach. There it multiplies and feeds voraciously on whatever its victim eats. In order to satisfy its demands the patient himself eats enormously of all kinds of cereals until his stomach becomes hideously distended. There is only one cure and that is to drink eucalyptus, which kills the jigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Noxious Pest | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

...wouldn't do, he irritates you, and you dislike the play. So the news article that interests you most is the 'human interest' one, that records some happening that might have happened to you. People like to read about the things they know about. An article about a eucalyptus tree wouldn't interest most people as much as one about a cherry tree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOTS AND TITLES | 11/2/1923 | See Source »

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