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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXX, Issue LXXX, 7 January 1920, Page 4

Probably no monarch is :a mate firm, believer in the power of the mascot, than the young Shah of Persia. Altogether he has nearly 20Q mascots,, most of them heirlooms which have> played some part in the history of his. predecessors. Chief among these is »• cube of amber which, according to* Eastern lore, fell from heaven in Mohammed's time. It is supposed 'to* ward off danger, and the Shah.usually wears it round his neck. Anotherfamous mascot is the gold star-, whicl^j is ; said to have the power of making; criminals confess. Perhaps- the quaint-^ est charm that, the Shah carries is at little box of gold set in emeralds and dating from the days of the Prophet,., who is said to have blessed it. It is* believed to have the power of rendering members of the Persian Royal? Family invisible so long as they arecelibates, but it is not on record whether any of the Shahs have put itspowers in this respect to the test "A word about 1920" is given in thereplace advertisement of Jury and Co. in this issue. They draw special atltention to their increased stacks oF men's and boys' wear. RELIEVES SORENESS. Soreness of the muscles, whether dW to violent exercise or injury, is mucklyrelieved by Chamberlain's Pain Balm. For muscular rheumatism, pains m the* side and chest, nothing gives sucb*quiek relief as Chamberlain's Painr Palm. Sold everywhere.—Advt. INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS. [ At Hamilton, Auckland and elsewhere, influenza has again appeared ~ but the violent epidemic of 1918 is not at all likely to recur. The,public now have an intelligent appreciation of the necessity of daily irrigating the throat and nose with Fluenzol (1/6 and 2/6^, as a.certain safeguard against infectioni —A3vt. ■•;■•.