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76TH YAR rde SI. CR2iX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. S R AL3---50 cents monthly in advance. 2 cents per single copy. wntered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Ofice at Christian sted, St. Croiz, V. L. of the U. S. 4.. un der the Act ofMarch 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and 1s accompa- nied with the author’s mame, as a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. e FIN. RUINS oF ANCIENT TIBERUS. While engaged on a Government road near liberias, Sea of Galilee, Jewish workmen found part of an old wall and columns which are believed to have belonged to Tiberius, the an- ecient city named in honour of Tiberius Caesar. This city was the scene of a number of important historical hap- penings, particularly events connected with Bible history. Near by Jesus preached his sermon 0D the mount. There also was the town which gave Mary Magdalene her name. Plans have been made for a systematic explora- tion of the ruins under the direction cos scientists.—The Pathfinder WEiGHED HUMAN SOUL. The death of Dr. Duncan Mac Dou- gall at Haver hill, Mass., a short time ago recalls the experiments which he once made for the purpose of ascer- tain'ng whether the soul is a ponder- able part of a man. By comparing the weight of a man’s body just before and immediately after death, deter- mined by delicate weighing apparatus he found, he declared, that the soul actually has weight—between six and eight ounces. This loss of ‘veight s probably not what we call the soul, however. ibid. of the series of 1921 can be obtained st the Post Office. This issue contains a portraiture of Lincoln and are sold at the same rates and under the same con- ditons} as before. We Plan To Perform Special Ser- vice This Year. ALL at our newsstands and purchase G copies of the nation; Life & Letters of Debbs, Searchlight, Crisis, Ameri- can Musician, Saturday Evening Post, L.adies Home Journal, Wood Worker, and the wonderful New Success. We’ve se- lected these books. and magazines to sell you, because we’re confident that they will perform special service to all classes of the community, and because we mean to convince you that ‘‘Reading for Pur- pose Puts Knowledge in the Head.”’ GIELMO EDWARDS, JOHN BENJAMIN, CARL SCHOU News Distributors, Christiansced. CukiISTIANSIED. V.11.U.5. A MONDAY 24tH JANUARY 1921. Ko 18 CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE £.OO. THIS EVENING B.OC. “The Man B th.” e all DeEneatn. Featuring: , Famous §essue Hayakawa® =s Dr. Chindi Ashutor The Story: When the bride, Mary Erskine’s wedding trousseau is in the making, and the horiz- on suggests nothing but sunshine, a shadow appears in the ghost of a youthful folly of the bridegroom, James Basset. He is sumnioned by the Italian Black Hand Society, to which, for the sake of adventure, he has allowed himself to beecome attached, and which has chosen him to commit a murder. The meeting of Basset with Ashutor about the time when The Black Hand Gang have rounded him up for failure to do their hidding, results in the clever manipulation of matters by the Hindu. who accompanies Basset on his homeward journey, as his servant While on the voyage, trailed by the secret agents of the society, Ashutor uses his Hindu Magic to put Basse: to sleep. When Basset is folded in his winding sheet Ashu- tor substitutes a dummy, which is buried at sea, and thus frustrate the plans of The Black Hand. Mystifying Photoplay Made From Edmund Mitchel!’s Famous Novel, Showing How Clever Hindoo Magic Thwarts Despicable Purposes of Conniving Villains. Beginning Monday Jan. 31st ’ “The Yellow Menace” a¢e . 32 REEL SERIAL. ADMISSION: R ... . ) o dha (General Entrance.......... e 0 B ' : Children 20 and 10c. . Ard Noises In The Head. 14" YOU ARE A SUFFERE-—Go to your Local Druggist and order ‘CON- CENTRATED SOURDAL,” price 46/ per tin. This New remedy gives almost immediate relief, and quickly efects a permanent cure. It penetrates to the actual seat of the complaint, and has completely cured many cases which were considered hopeless If your Chemist does not yet stock ‘SOURDAL’, do not accept any substitute, but send money- order for a supply direct to the ‘SOQUR- DAL’ DISTRIBUTING CO, 38 STA- TION ROAD, CROYDON,. SURREY, ENG., and a package will be mailed per return with full directions.