MACEDONIAN'S MADMAN.
Alexander the Great made an imperial banquet at Babylon, and though he had been drinking the health of guests all one night, and all next day, the second night he had twenty guests, and he drank the health of each separately. Then calling for the cup of Hercules, the giant, a monster cup, he filled and drained it twice, to show his endurance; but as finished the last draught from t?ie cup of Hercules, the giant, he dropped in a fit from which he never recovered.
The death-rate of the world is sixtyseven and the birth-rate seventy a minute, and this seemingly light percentage of gain is sufficient to a net increase in population each year of 1,200,000.
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Golden Bay Argus, Volume VII, Issue 69, 26 September 1901, Page 2
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120MACEDONIAN'S MADMAN. Golden Bay Argus, Volume VII, Issue 69, 26 September 1901, Page 2
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