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...They began to stamp their feet. Divine appeared. "Oh Father Divine is so sweet, is so sweet," they chanted. On the platform Divine said nothing, rocked gently from side to side. Then he left for nearby Faithful Mary Mission, one of his many "extensions of Heaven," where his followers ate the turkey, the cold meats, the cakes, the pickles he had provided for them free...
...prevent him from swallowing stones, sticks, or bits of harness. Grown milder and 160 lb. heavier with age, he is now more tractable and far wiser. He drinks water from a golden cup which was one of his prizes. On his birthday last week, he behaved as usual-ate four quarts of oats, galloped four miles, sunned himself in paddock for two hours. A cake containing 17 carrots instead of candles, presented to Man o' War by the Lexington Board of Commerce, was eaten by his grooms...
...pair of golden bars which were carried by thongs over the shoulders. For protection the fighters had golden helmets, golden elbow-length cuffs, golden greaves. For arms they had clubs, spears, arrows and darts which in the air made a whistling noise. The chiefs and nobles were polygamous. They ate with their fingers but used finger-bowls. A dead chief was either mummified by fire or buried with his wives and retainers, who prepared for the ordeal by getting as drunk as possible. But of the tons of treasure that went back to Spain, all was melted up or disappeared...
...aside his dragon robes, wandered about his garden in a U. S. sack suit with a green fountain pen protruding from a vest pocket. After playing with his mastiff and smoking a great many cigarets, he sent for and read all the foreign comments he could find, and ate. with little relish, a dinner of sharks' fins, "Buddha's ears" mushrooms, dove's eggs, octopus tentacles and lily roots...
...Last Man's Club. Last Man Lockwood opened a bottle of rare old Burgundy four years ago, but the Bully Beef club had a battle-scarred can of bully beef to be opened by the last two survivors of its 286 members. Said Last Man Lockwood: "We ate many cans of bully beef during the Civil War but we chose a rare old bottle of Burgundy wine for the final toast. Anyway, wine is more in keeping with the times." Forthwith beside the battle-scarred can of bully beef was placed a brand-new bottle of Burgundy...