A curions instance of the period of time between two brothers was revealed in a French court some months back. A witness was asked if he had any brorher alive. He replied: “My only brother died 160 years _ ago.'’ Few would consider this anything but a joke without knowing the facts. However, he explained that his father married when he was twenty, and had a eon. who died in infancy. His wife died soon after. The father married again when he was seventy-seven, and had a son (the witness), who was ninetythree a little while ago. While Marius Pudon was cleaning, in the armory of the 107th Regiment at Belfort, France, a shell, supposed to be unloaded, dating from the time of Vanban, the famous military engineer, who died in 1707, he hammered a projecting piece of iron. There was an explosion, and Pudon was blown to pieces. Bronchitis and asthma sufferers—inhale “ NAZOL ” for quick relief. Penetrates bronchial tubes. Wonderfully soothing* 60 doses Ig 6di—> MasiJj •-■ ■■ -'■ -- -
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Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 19
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166Page 19 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 19
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