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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

In the light of last years cam
paign against the yellow fever,
Memphis, Tenn, has begun o Wig
orous campaign against mosqui-
toes. DR.. Rogers, president of the
board of health, with the help of
the sanitary police, will see to il
that all open cisterns are screened
at once, ponds drained, and places
where water stands and stagnates,
filled. The ambition of the Mem.
phis authorities ls to have the
cleanest and healthiest city of the
South.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

At Danville, Va, an unknown
negro was shot and instantly kill
ed at about midnight, while in
the act of attempting entrance to
the home of Mr.. r. E. Morris,
q detective of the Southern Ex-
press company. The negro had
raised a window to a room occu-
pied by Mrs. Morris and her
daughter, about Is years, when
discovered by Morris, who was in
the room directly above that of
his wife.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

Capt. Mcdonald, of New Or
leans, has broken the fishing re-
cord at Pass Christian, Miss,
Some days ago he caught black
bass more than eight feet long and
weighing four hundred and forty
pounds. Capt. Mcdonald weighs
22O pounds. The capture was
made with roo and reel, and the
fight between man and fish lasted
over two hours. The previous re.
cord for bass was held by Mr..
Llewellyn, of Chicago, who caught
425-pounder at Catalina Island
Cal some years ago.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

Four thousand different varie-
ties of potatoes have been planted
Oh the farm of Luther Burbank,
the Santa Rosa, (Cal. horticul-
turist, constituting part of $4,000
species of the tuber family with
which Burbank will experiment
this year in his plans to give the
world another new potato.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

Melville Ingalls,, the Western
railroad magnate, was induced by
q friend while spending Sunday
with him to attend service at a
church, the pastor of which is
noted Tor the extreme length of
his sermons. AS the friends were
leaving at the conclusion of TIE
service, the Bostonian, with a
touch of pride, inquired: CDR,
Blank is a most eloquent minister,
is he not?" every eloquent, .
was the dry response of the rail-
road man. "but he has poor ter
minal facilities.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05
SENT HIS DAUGHTER.

A gentleman who vas once
stopped by al old man begging
replied, Don't you know, my
man, that fortune knocks once at
every man't door?"
eyes," said the old man, she
knocked at my door once, hut /
was out and ever since then he has
sent his daughter
Ellis dsughter?" replied the
gentleman. "What do YOU
mean?"
"Why, Miss Fortune.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

The irony of fate was exhibited
when President Roosevelt signed q
bill allowing him $4,000 a year
for travelling expenses or the same
day upon which members of Con-
gress had to bow to public opin-
ion and cut off their supply of
railroad passes.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

The United States navy has
placed the ban of it's disapproval'
upon the cigarette. Notice was
posted at the Norfolk yard the
other day that no young man who
smoked cigarettes would hereafter
be enlisted as apprentices
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

At Toledo, Ohio, the managers
of the five ice companies sentenced
to pay fine of $1,000 each and
to serve one year in the work
house, were locked up in the coun-
ty jail. The local price of ice,
which was increased IS to 100 per
cent. by the combine, has dropped
from 30 to 40 per cent.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05
HALF THE WORLD WONDERS

how the other half lives. Those who
use Bucklen's Arnica Salve never WON
der If it will cure cuts, wounds. burns,
sores and all skin eruptions they know
1T will. Mrs. Grant Shy, 1130 E. Rey-
nolds street. Springfield, ILL.,, says: II
regard it one of the absolute necessities
of housekeeping" Guaranteed by J.
W. Legg & Co., druggists, 25c.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

Democrats who are objecting to
the appropriation of $4,000 a
year to pay the presidents trav-
cling expenses should change their
views. They certainly will not
wish to see Mr.. Bryan paying this
bill.-Kansas City Post.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

The Kansas City packers esti-
mates that the agitation against
their methods will cost the houses
in that city alone 100000
worth of business.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05
A GUARANTEED CURE For PILES.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Druggists are authorized to
refund money if PAZO OINTMENT
ails to cure in to IA days. Soc.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

Congress proved its extreme
generosity by spending $900,000,-
600 in six months. 1t was Other
peoples money.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

1t is reported that the president
is getting ready to tackle the
Standard Oil Trust.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

The only way AMMAN can get
ahead of the gas company is to
put the tube in his mouth and
turn it on full head. j
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

Our idea of a poor housekeeper
is O woman who runs the house on
business principles.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-07-05

Money can be lost in more ways
than won.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02

Sl2O0-Cash; f-room cottage. close In: rents
for $ll, near center: lot 50xl40.
$f0O0-Niee country home, servants house,
barns. fine spring; lot 4OOx257; best bar
gain In this kind of property offered.
$500 acres, near the railroad yards Of
Illinois Central and Southern Railroad
company, other large plants nearby.
$3.50 new 5-room cottages on 9th ava,
near business center
SlS50-New 5-room COTTAGE splendid loca-
ton; cabinet mantels, city water and
lights.
$ts50-e-room, modern cottage, everything
modern.
sl0oo-corner lot 1Oox2oo; can give terms
on per cent
$GO0-Corner on 10th ave: 50xl50. near man.
ufacturing plants; fronts south and
east
Si000-100x1i0; corner 4th ave. and 2nd st.;
800 feet of ear line.
S7Oo-For two good business lots, IN main
street; this will double in value before
very long.
SEQ cash; the best corner lot. 101x1iO,
In town; high elevation, some shade;
house on adjoining lot cost 5000
Don't delay, If you wish TO make IN in
vestment. better opportunities will never
be offered you. North Birmingham, the
best place of all. The evidence is here.
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NORTH BIRMINGHAM
BARGAINS

sS5o-Cash; a good business lot on 9th
street.
5000 good business lots near new pipe
works; these lots will double in value.
$2250-Brick store In main business block.
$4O0-Good residence lot on Ave Al best
of location
s2O0O-Cash bargain in a broom cottage
on ear line.
$2O00-1s cash; bargain in a 5-room and
store room, on 2ith street; I'm main resi-
dence section; best of location for a
small business.
$1,000 business lot on 29th ave only two
more at this price, don't delay # you
wish central business location.
s35C0-Corner; 70x9O; best business corner
that will be available; fronts on car line
in main center.
$3.50 new 4-room houses, ON car line
rents for $3.50 per year; a splendid In
yestment.
sG500-one block on 90 lots, iOO-foot front,
on l.. & N. X. r.; other roads near by
and available; plenty of water for man
ufactories on one, or you could rent 20
houses on this If you will improve it.
s3ooO-24 lots. 25xl00, on 25th ave. and 221
street; only 1925 each; do you know
anything that equals it?
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q. E ERoRN
6O4-7 Brown-Marx Building.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
s55Oo-Lot 6Ox19O with 7-room, furnace
heated residence; Norwood Place. near
18th ave-, north.
s4750-Modern 7-room residence In fine re-
pair; 18th ave-, north between oath and
18th streets.
s3150-7-room residence, Ave. G; corner.
s45O0-Lot 45x190 with S-room residence:
2023 Ave. G.
s4O00-One broom and one 4-room cottage.
and room for one more; 18th street be-
tween 7th and Sth avenues.
s750O0-Lot 100x1f0. Ave. C; close In 7
houses renting for sS1 per month
s12 5o0--Lot 50x140; with 2-story brick store,
renting for 500 per month; End avenue
s7500-Two vacant lots; list ave-; close In:
s325o-Lot bOx140 with S-room cottage on
Ave. 1.
s375O-Lot 50x150 with Groom cottage on
South 18th street, between 10th and 18th
avenues.
s1OOO-Lot 40x150 on 23rd street, north, be-
tween 18th and 18th avenues.
w. NJ. MALONE g. CO.,
| 2l9 N. 21st St. Both Phones 1893.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
5O4-7 Brown-Marx Bldg.

FOR SALE.
s2200-s2OO cash, 500 monthly, rooms. 2
lots, corner near South Ensley and
Bessemer car lines.
$5O0-$100 cash, $40 a month, lot on car
line North Highlands.
$4500-S500 cash, $40 a month, Groom, 2
story house, bath, electric lights, corner;
all street improvements and sidewalks
paid for; this is a bargain worth looking
into.
$780, lots, 6l TT. front each or lots OF
30Ia IT, front; this property is worth al
least $500; near car line and school;
North Highlands.
$2500-$3Oe cash, $25 a month, rooms, BATH
electric lights, corner lot; near Fountain
Heights ear line.
$9000-Ia cash. balance $1,000 a year at 6
6 per cent; 8 brick houses of rooms
each, now bringing u per cent in
terest located on a corner, 100x140 IT.;
this Is a fine investment for some one.
s16OO-$6OO cash, balance 1 and 2 years.
broom new house, well located on pretty
lot, North Birmingham.
We have several pretty lots which we
can sell on very easy term and build you
a house to suit you.
INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE CO.
OF ALABAMA,
HARRY LYON, Sales Agent.
Bell phone 764. 2109 1st Ave-
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Retail Delivered Prices


FRAMING-2x4-6-8 and 10, ~ to 16ft., 4x4-
Ga and 10, IL to 16 IT,, 6x6-6 and 10. ~ to
1s IT,. r. $780, sized, $1S; d. g., s23
per 1000. For each 2 in. above 10 in. add 81
per 1000. For heart add 81 per 1000.
TIMBERS-sxS, 70 to 16 it,, 10x10 IL to Is
IT.. r. SIS, sized, $40 per 1000. For heart r.
p. qualifications add 81 per 1000. For every
additional feet add SOC per 1000 on franz
ing and timber.
GREEN BOARDS-1x4-6-8 and TO- r. SIS;
D. S., $40 per 1000 For each Q in. above
10 in. in width add 81 per $1,000. For IL add
% per $1,000. For heart-face add 81 per
1000.
sHEETING BOARDS-1x4-6-8-1O and ~
d. is, not assorted, SIG per 1000. 1x4 r. OF
Gull flooring, sl400 per 100.
RESAWED, w. B.-1sx5h No. 2 COM
mon. sl3 per 1000; No. common. SIG per
1OOO No. B., SIS per 1000; ssx5k. add 81
per 1000.
KILN DRIED BOARDS-13-l6x4-6 and 8,
No common , rs, 500 per 1000; No. /
common D. IS. s25 per 1000; No. B. d. 2
8. $50 per 1900; NO. A. ID. 2S, $50 per
$1,000: 13-16x1o and p, add 81 per 1000. For
each in. in width above IL in. add 50
ner 1000 For each u in. In thickness add 80
per 1000 For d. 8. add 81 per 1000. For
| HALLE-RANI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
5O4-7 Brown-Marx Rulldin
FOR SALE.

EOR SALE.
$1O.50O-Splended modern residences neal
Five Points, terms reasonable.
S4500-7-room residence; practically new
excellent locality South Highlands.
$1S00-5-room cottage; practically new
blocks car line, West End; cement
walks nearly all the way; $500 cash, bal
ance $40 per month.
S350-Each, lovely lots, l block car line;
Elizabeth station West End
$9O0-56x9O. Eastern 'front.' curbing; gut
tering; matchmaking, sanitation all in,
Situated in the best block on Fountain
Heights; overlooks city.
$3000-50x140. lovely broom cottage; prac-
tically new; 1 block Martin SCHOOL, Foun-
tain Heights; y cash.
$1300-50x1S0, good 4-room cottage; l block
car line; SD street, Woodlawn terms
reasonable
$40O-4Ox140, l block from end Of car line;
North Haven; fronts macadam road.
FOR RENT. I
S20-7-room cottage; splendid neighbour
hood near Central school. Woodlawn
s15-5-room cottage, blocks car line,
West End.
$15-5-room cottage, next to drug store,
near academy West End; block car.
JOHN 3. BETHEA,
Bell S6S. 46l Hood bldg.
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VALUABLE PLANTATION
FOR SALE CHEAP

About $500 acres IN West Alabama. Most
of 1t cultivated. Plenty water; on Sip
sey river near Tombigbee; ten flowing
wells. Game abundant Labor already
there. Well equipped for cotton raising
$500 per acre will buy it, Terms to suit
offered for sale for division among
heirs Address plantation" care Age
Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
S40.00O-IlMRER

Fifteen million feet virgin pine, Ala
bama; on railroad; mill, live stock and
equipments. Paying $1,000 monthly clear.
Terms, $4,000 cash, balance monthly or
modified.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
BARGAINS

Five Hundred unredeemed
overcoats for sale cheap.
Pledges of all kinds for sale
at Liberal Loan Company
1920 Second Avenue, between
22nd and 23rd street, Birming-
ham, Alabama.
M. MALONY,
Proprietor.
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TO INVESTORS.
5Oi-7 Brown-Marx Bldg.

$4.500-$2,500 cash, balance
on time, will buy three lots on
9th st. right at the entrance to
the new steel mill at Ensley. No
better investment in the Biz
mingham district.
Address Owners, care Age
Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02

A GOLD MINE-Not a gold brick; the
Carrahee or Roberts proven gold mine;
$50 acres North Georgia, on railroad;
assays s24.S0 to SIP per ton; some sam
pies have assayed at the rate of 5000
per ton; the owner on account of age
and ample wealth retired from business;
unable to give active attention; fine
opening for capital to make millions;
the skeptics never win; the business
man proves investments; this PROPOSE
tion will stand close investigation. b.
f. Eborn, 5O4-7 Brown-Marx Bldg.
] WILL give 500 for the use of $500 for
80 days; security worth $7000 would
sell on the block for $4,000. Address $500,
care Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE.
Northwest corner ed street and Avenue
r, i00x190 feet.
Alley corner 18th street and Alley c, 40x90
feet Eastern front; good location for a
store.
Lot in Elyton 100x100, with 8 houses on it;
will sell for $4,000; terms can be had
Lot O'Brien avenue, near 18th street, 50x
125; southern front. S1125.
FOR RENT.
1902 Ave. r., rooms, bath, gas and SER
wants house. Cheap, SIS.
l.. G. PETTYJoHN.
Phones i55 and 1851 1s261a Sd Ave
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$500 Cash
For the Best
Conservative
Speculation
On the narket

Twenty-Five standard lots in
the heart of one of Birming-
hams most popular suburbs.
Houses have been built all
around them, and neighboring,
lots are selling easily at $500
and over.
Owing to peculiar conditions
these have never been devel-
oped, but we have overcome
these conditions and are en-
abled to offer the lot at one
half their market value.
There's good money in this.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
RESTDENCE-S75O

Cash and $40 month at per cent.
Total cost, $4,000. In one of the best
neighborhoods on South Highlands.
Eight rooms. This is an ideal oppor-
tunity to buy home ON most favorable
terms
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

e2500-138-acre farm, 60 acres under pillow,
h-room dwelling, 5-acre orchard; 40 min
utes' ride of Birmingham. b. E. Ebern.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
LUMBER QUOTATIONS
3O3 WOODWARD BUILDING.

m Yellow Pine November, 1906
d. s.. and nosed for steps, add 81
per 1000.
NOVELTY SIDING-%x5ja; No. 2 COM
mon stock pattern SIG per 1000; No CON-
mon, s25 per 1000; No. b, s32 per 1000: No
A, $35 per 1000.
FLOORING and cEILING--13-1Gx3h,
count 1x4 flooring No. common, sl6 per
1000; No. common, $500 per 1000; No b.
s28 per 1000, No. A., $50, per 1900. For heart
face add IS per 1000 13-16x2A counted 1xs
flooring, b. rift, $40 per 1000; A. rift. $50 per
1000. For heart rift add $40 per 1000; for IL
stock add 81 per- 1000: % ceiling, SOC per
1000 less than flooring. "a ceiling wainscot
or partition add 50 per 1000
MOULDINGS-Reeded Castings and
Base Plowed lambs, Porch Rails, Reeded
Balusters. Etc.-1 in. stock No. ! c. mould
ings. s5c per 100 lineal feet; In clear
mouldings, Soc per 100 lineal feet. 7sx1h
grounds, 9Oc per 100 lineal feet; ssx1A lat
tice. 40c per 100 lineal feet.
SHINGLES-5x16 No. pine shingles,
s2.5 per 1000; 5s16 NO pine shingles $500
per 1000; skis No. 2 cypress shingles. $500
per 1000; 5x16 no. cypress shingles. $3.50;
5x16 No. / red cedar shingles. s. per 1000
random width cedar, $40 per 1000.
LATHES-No. 2. s2.25 per 1900; No. 1.
1925 per 1000
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broom dwelling, 5-aere orchard 40 min
utes' ride of Birmingham b. E. Ebern.
ROPOSALS-United States Department
of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary,
Washington, d. c., November Is, 1906
Sealed proposals will be received by the
secretary of agriculture until noon,
Tuesday, December II, 1906, for the cree
tion of two-story and cellar brick
building for the weather bureau, United
States department of agriculture, at Bir-
mingham, Ala, and at Admission, Ala, in
accordance with plans and specifications
which may be obtained from the OBJ
server, weather bureau, Birmingham,
Ala, and observer, weather bureau, An
niston, Ala. or at the office of the chief
of the weather bureau, Washington,
d. c. Bids for each building must be
separate and distinct, and must be
scaled and Endorsed in separate cnve-
1opes Proposal for Weather Bureau
Building, Birmingham, Ala.," and PRO
posal for Weather Bureau Building, An
niston, Ala" and addressed to the
Chief U. S. Weather Bureau. Washing
ton, d. C. Bids will be accepted for
one or for both buildings. The depart
ment reserves the right to reject any
or all bids JAMES WILSON,
11-27-29-12-2-4-6-S Secretary.
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BRICK STOREHOUSE-
$12,5OO

50x14O on end ave. Steadily enhancing
in value. Two stories. Good terms at
ner cent
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TWO HOUsES-S5OO

Balance easy. Total $500. Two good
lots and houses. Five rooms and three
rooms Excellent chance to get home
and a neighboring house to rent out.
Located ON North Highlands.
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sl0,0OO-Rental s1O65 year; 1O0x14O, corner;
brick B. f. Eborn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-19
GCcco 2aggape.

A railroad man Who has been down
in Guatemala TELLS Of the unusual bag
gage transported by the railroads
down there. Al he station of Retail
huleu, in western Guatemala, be saw
tue tollowing articles checked as bag
gage; One cage Of chickens, a basket
OF ducks, % bundle Of dried fish. Il
crate Of live %isuanas, various empty
baskets, q crate of fighting cocks.
baskets Of eggs. baskets Of fruit, sill
yer in sacks, q bundle Of soiled clothes
that some woman was taking down to
the river to wash, furniture, hides in
packages, smoked crabs that smelled
TO the n%t%t9tian, baskets OF bread,
9 1mffallieaIlr and two live pigs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-19

very ...l.a the railway VIII deye.op
ln Them a large fraIt and vegetable in
a'a.rE. The railway terminating at
Key West will be the shortest line, il
IS held, not only to havana. out to the
Pacific via The Panama canal. From
rested by Mr.. Flagler in his various
hotel, canal and railway enterprises in
Florida, the route here described being
the most recent of his many ventures.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-19
EUILpINO OoEAMIc RAILWAY
Remarkable Line Over Portions Of
the Atlantic Ocean il West
ern Florida.

Dir. Fl. NJ. Flagler. who has been
very largely concerned in the develop
ment of Florida. is about to construct
a railway 1913 miles long. from Home
stead TO Key West. crossing from lie
mainland over 100 miles Of islands
and sea. From Miami to Homestead
Is miles have been completed, the
whole distance covered by the project
being 154 miles. The work. says the
BaltimorS Sun, is remarkable for its
'.oceanA 7%racter, a large part OF
-it-n EnSIof the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-19

The pressure Of want is the pow
erful incentive 10 invention" and the
want ads. are particularly useful TO
those who, in any feel this
pressure.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-19
Room for Railways.

There is room in western Canada
for 80, 1000 miles of railway. To-day
there are scarcely more than 5000
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-19

Subscribe for The NEWS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-19
Pointed Paragraphs.

Promotion cometh by sticking to bus
mess.
Victory always lies on the farther
side of the conflict.
It IS not our trials that test us. but
the way we meet them.
He who is willing to do anything
will rot long wait for anything to do
We can walk through the furnace OF
fire il the One like unto the Son of God
walks with us.
Has Coo kept the sun in the heav-
ems all these thousands of years and
will he not keep thee, oh thou of little
faith?-United Presbyterian.
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MRS. EDDY, DISCOVERER
OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

IT deny most emphatically that Mrs.
Eddy has any such disease as cancer. or
that she has any other disease. As / am,
and have been. in daily contact with
Mrs. Eddy, seeing her many times each
day. am in position to know as to
what am stating. And she has not pal
w Of the hand. The story that physi-
clan from Boston is attending her is
without foundation, as there is no physi-
clan from anywhere attending Mrs Eddy,
nor has there been while have been in
her house.
MRS. PAMELA J. LEONARD
state of New Hampshire,
October 49, 1906.
'Merrimack, S.:
PERSONALLY appeared before me Mrs.
PAMELA j. Leonard who, being duly
sworn, deposes and says that the above
statement made and signed by her IS
true. JOSIAH e. FERNALD,
.sfSeaD. Notary Public
All mankind really desire the facts IN
every case. in order that they may judge
correctly as to what will help them out
of the disease and discord of ordinary
human experience. 1t is, therefore, SIM
pie justice to the public that these facts
be stated.
IDA TIGNOR HODNETT
Christian Science State Publication Com
mittee
Mobile, November s, 1906.
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Fish a Lucky Omen.

From the Lahore Gndia) Tribune.
Fish is a sign OF good omen. In Bengal,
when the bride comes with the BRIDE
groom for the first time In the house Of
the latter. the former has to catch hold
of fish In a certain welcome ceremony
in prospect. perhaps, of a generation as
fruitful as that of fish. While entering
a new house for the first time. the lady
Is to take hold of a fish, probably for
the same reason. Whatever may be the
reason for regarding the handling of fish
as suspicious. it is indsputable that
over large part of northern India the
water vegetable" (as 1t Is called by high
caste Punjabis. who eat 1t in spite of its
being considered forbidden food for Brain
man. Khatris and Baniyas) Is taken to
assure good luck. The writer of this was
hurrying to Nepal in the fall of 1896 to see
sister who was dangerously ILL., lie
came across a Nepalese gentleman near
Patna, who offered to accompany him to
his destination. being moved to pity on
hearing of his errand. When crossing the