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Show Onion Always Popular From the earliest times of which there are authentic records the onion has been highly esteemed as an article ar-ticle of food. In desert regions It was used also as a preventive of thirst by travelers and soldiers on the march. The original home of the plant ot which there are many varieties, was probably southern Asia or the borders of the Mediterranean sen. Egyptians cultivated the onion at the dawn ot history. Detroit New 1 owe all my success In life to having hav-ing been always a quarter of an hour beforehand. Nelson, What we can do for another Is the test of powers; what we can suffer for Is ttie test of love. ' The happiness of a man in this life does not consist In the absence hut In ' the mastery of his passions. Tenny-son. |