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CROCODILE OR. PERHAPS. an EEL.
A PeunsyIvania Town In Panic Over Some
thing Mig in q Reservolr.


LEBANON. Sept. 20.-some OF the men en-
ployed at the new impounding reservoir OF the
Lebanon water supply were startled yester-
day by the appearance OF n crocodile in No.
dam. It seemed twenty feet long. The men
became so frightened that they dropped their
shovels and took to tho woods How the
crocodile got into the dam Is great mystery.
For some time Farmer Horst, who resides
half mile from the dam. has noticed that his
ducks and geese were gradually disappearing.
He has been In the habit lately of going to the
dam at night with his gun and watching for the
cause OF the taking OF OF his poultry. His
nightly vigils were rewarded last night by
sudden commotion In the .watcr. followed by
something resembling n huge plank rising
above tho surface 1t Immediately gave chase
to flock 81 geese; and before the farmer me-
Tho news Of the discovery OF tho animal
spread swiftly A courier was sent post haste
to carry the news to Lebanon, making the six
miles In twenty five minutes.
The city authorities listened with some mis-
givings to tho tale Of the half-frightcned mes
scngcr. The news. however. spread. and the
ordered his officers to summon the. Water
Commissioners and Superintendent Allison.
and they all drove to tho dam to Investigate.
officials were suddenly thrown into Il panic AS
the crocodile UNEXPECTEDLY rose from the
water. Policeman Leonard: an excellent
dam. was caught by the leg and Sc, severely
bitten that he is now in tho Good Samaritan
Hospital. The authorities do not know how to
proceed. and to make the situation more en-
pies dam on which the city must at present
depend Tor its entire water supply.
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GREAT DISTRESS IN RUSSIA.
THE POOR DYING OF STARVATION
IN LARGE DISTRICTS.

| driven TO Fat Refuse They Would Not
| Touch Unless stsrving-Thirteea Prov
inees Famine Stricken-The Government,
| However. sim Collects Taxes.
LONDON. Sept. pa despatch from st. Pc
tershurg to the Telegraph describing the ait
uation In Russia. arising from the failure OF
| tho crops. says that not for centuries has such
| widespread distress been recorded. 1t is moth
| ing less than O national calamity. The Tele-
| oruphs correspondent says that the trouble Is
| chiefly due to the Government. which. ut tho
beginning OF the year. was we'll aware that a
famine was imminent. Tho authorities de-
aycd taking any action to relieve the distress
until II was too late.
Tho little food OF the peasants is OF the vilest
description. but 40 sharp arc the pangs OF
hunger that they gladly eat food that at other
times they would not touch. Many cases their
only food is the swecpings and refuse from
tho -four mills. In Sarntof the landowners
found this refuse so injurious to their cattle
tint they wc1d not feed il to .t them tp a But
owners. made bread OF 1t and sold 1t to tho
peasants -
bran. mixed with very small quantity OF rye.
is considered II god-scnd. In many districts
even " these sol miserable substitutes for noursh-
ing food. and are reduced TO tho most dire
to ,6c,s snys sinEts met te VIII pop pTs
tion arc Keeping themselves alive. by
making what they c1l hunger bread" MS
hardly to be believed that human beings could
compound as this so-calcd hunger bread"
yet 1t is reported as Il fact that the Ingredients
entering into this bread are dried dung. the
powdered bark of trees. and ground peas and
Ecose.f9ot% plan, nIre som1m1"niy known ~, rs as
Heavy rains have fallen and the ground is SO
ting. Tho price, Of potatoes has already
doubled. and is still rising.
Tho peasant Boards have sent petitions TO
the Ministry praying that the taxes and ar
declare that tho Government will be obliged
to maintain tho Impoverished people for four
teen months and that II will he utterly impos
sibe for them to pay the taxes.
the Interior which cnumcrni:s thirteen Coy
famine stricken. and eight in which u partial
famine prevails.
The. great inir which is annually, held at
Mini Novgorod and which is attended by mer-
was failure this year. This was due to the
seuucnt withdrawal from trade.
In many villages the peasants have nailed
up their huts. and hive left their communcs
t. the s p G" Hum
are begging along, the roasitcs. In nun!er;
Gus cases the seed corn which was furns shed
the peasants by the Government has been
eaten instead OF being planted. and the land Is
Notwithstanding the terrible condition OF
the pensantry the taxes continue to be eN-
!ortcd from tho starving people EVERYTHING
the tax gathcrers. Where the peasants dis
play any unwllingness to nay their taxes tho
collectors resort TO physical means t" cxtort
the money from them. The Enuut is extern
~ .lv NJ NIL ~ u hn nj
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The memorial lectern given by Luther Kel.
lose TO All Angels Church. at Eighty. 1rst
e,lee. ana west End avenue. was unveiled last
night by Bishop Potter The rector NJ a.
Church, the Rev. Charles Frederick Horman
VINO Ia Ia Europe. sent despatch OF connrnfm..
,a, an The church is the gift VI Dean Hon.
~, me services Were conducted by the curate
the e,l tey: Delaney Townsend aided i by ~;
S essnsSst tie the Rey Mr. True Bishop Potter
R Re Hoffman, Pr Peters. Dir. Schack lsnsld'
Rs s tHi!!GG l Father Brown, Dir. Parker. ths
Kev Mr. 'r" "h.e ihe Rev. Dr. Houghton and the
MI Lhs t brass End bronze ectorn is the gift Of
danabta rsr hheilogg IN memory OF his two
Shurch, Tho design is the figure Of an an tns
N graceful pose. supporting the boot resi-
1he nGure 10 seven feet high. VIVA see@
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II railroad Notes.

s M fHy I Hub 81 Mosa to the
PARK the price es Of IS ssnts Wits
s tfsn! Q! ae HSmpafR 10Y
sacaniaea far k.. The Board Board Yesterday " do @.
cid.d that such Discrimination in favor OF tho
cottaRers was unjust and indefensiblc. and it
into, force special rates to any locality on its
less such reduced rates are given to al Stha
points.
There a. meeting yesterday at the head.
and effect a restoration Of west bound freight
rates from Boston 10 Chicago and the North.
West W&ommissone5s ,idgsy and Banchard
sociations were present and some Of the New
a ENGLAND , tines were represented The meeting
Sut: Hates out q New England have S BEEN cen
aoTn at tbn T weeks
to the trunk lines and Central Trafiic roads. .''N
y The statement Of the Norfolk and Western
h"rGsa E 2Asus sho " arGss
l last Y year; expenses lnclHding taxes. Sos.
asEaasU an OF iacrsaio 81 ut ssTa
the ' tss year
expenses tnclm5ding taxesl $40 1886. 64, an
7O4.O2. an increase OF $l34.871.7U.
Tho Wcstchestor ana Putnam Railroad was
incorporatGd yesterday with u capital OF $780,
IVY 10 huild narrow gauge line from the
chester county. The directors arc Thomas K.
Edison. SHmuel 1nsull. Charles Bachelor.
kobert J.. Cutting. William =. Perry. Sherburne
5. E@ton. John a. Wagstaff Thomas Butler.
=, a conference has been called Of the New
stockholders to be held in Boston on Oct g.
In the caIl for the meeting President Madden
says: me affairs OF the company are in such
important that every shareholder be present"
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THE .NEW Law SCHOOL.
II will Begin Its First Session To-day In the
Equitable Building.


The New York Law School will enter upon
its first year tomorrow. This is the new
school which was chartered by the Regents OF
the state last June. and whose faculty IL COM
posed OF all the retiring professors from the
Columbia College Law School, with the single
exception Of Prof. Theodore Dwight. Prof.
George Chase. who has been at the Columbia
School for n number OF years. is Dean Of the
now school. With him are associated Prof.
Robert D. Petty and Prof. Alfred g. Reeyes.
quarters in, the Equitable building. and its
students will have the use of the large and
valuable library OF the Lawyers Club in the
same building. Special tables have been re-
served for the students.
Tho registration Of the past two days has
demonstrated that the school Is to be a success
have been entered upon the books.
The feeling that the former Columbia stu
dents entertain for this new venture Of their
we'll known Professors is seen from tho fact
that more than one-third Of those now regis
tered are students who were last year in the
Columbia Law School. Princeton. Yale. Cor
nell! and other colleges arc well represented.
At a recent meeting of the trustees the Hon.
John Bigelow. cS-A ssistant Secretary OF State.
was elected President. Edward Earle was
chosen Secretary and Thomas ). Ormiston
Treasurer
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THE HEIRS SETTLED FOR $1,000.
A Lawsuit Growing Ont or Murder Com.
promised Pending Final Decision.


DEros1T. N. Y. Sept. GA civil damage case.
growing out OF the triple murder here. has just
been settled after six years litigation in the
courts On Decoration Day. 1886. George Ak
tel. n young farmer OF this town. got crazy
drunk and ran through the streets with pis-
tol. shooting at every person he met He killed
three men before he was disarmed He was
tried for the murders at the Broome county
Oyer and Terminer. and convicted and sem
fenced to no hanged. But while lying in the
Binghamton JAIL and on the day before that
fixed for his execution. he cheated the gallows
by dying suddenly. under circumstances ndi-
eating That he might have been his own eXecu-
toner with dose Of POISON.
One OF his victims was Adam French. high
ly respectable and peaceable citizen. who left
wife md children. He was shot down in
front OF n saloon kept by Gilbert Conrow, n
man OF property. Mrs. Clarissa French. the
widow. brought an action against Conrow for
$4,000 damages for the loss Of her husband
under that section OF the excise laws known as
the Civil Damage act. she claiming that he
sold liquor to AXtell Just before tho murder
Tho suit was tried ut the Broome county Cir
widow 81. 80 damages. Conrow appealed and
the case has been hanging in the appellate
courts. Conrow died II few days ago. and his
heirs have since effected n settlement with the
widow by paying her 81 900 and costs.
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OBITUARY..

DR.. s. s. Shuttle. superintendent OF the Penn
sylvania state Hospital for the Insane. died on
Monday at Danvile in his 61st year. He was
born in Berks county in 1881. graduated from
Princeton in 1852 and from the Medical De
partment Of the University OF Pennsylva MIA In
OF the Seventy-fifth and Twenty third Regi-
ments. Pennsyvan.a Volunteers and was sur
sbars ct ky Madsoen ind and
Columbus. Ohio. He was made superintend-
ent at Danville in 1868.
:, Father Huber. WHO died at Wheeling on Sun,
DAY. was one OF the few men who remained at
his post when the cholera epidemic OF the co 8
drove from town every, one who could possibly
oath Of allegiance, and therefore he had the
one Az lie reformed the marriage s ceremon9
for thirty-two hearts which beat as sixteen.
Mrs Mary 4. Clark. who died at Mount Free
forty years previous to that there had been no
assn IN d 5hH saRs in the
Two children and her husband. Sylvester
Clark. survive her
John ohm Nen. retired brewer; died at his home
came to this country from Bavaria in 1882
and soon afterward began brewing lager on a
plant e the Citizens Brewisg Company NY and md
large family Of adult children.
Iron and Steel Rolling Mill Company and for
many years one Of the best-known and most
IN E Ii SGssesR Ssy
aged ". He had been in failing health Tor
several months. "
John '. Schemerhorn. well:known citizen
" "I n bs dsh suddenly on Friday e
whom he had lived sixty Years. survives him. him.
They were the parents OF sixteen children, ten
Of whom are living.
hram dkindF s5 c n Leading q
Y. on Saturday. aged "a. He was an active We
presbyterian and q ruling Elder Of the Little
rams church. He leaves a wife and children.
George Egbert. who died ut Columbia, n. j..
ERECTED tho famous Egbcrt Church. tho Oldest
old. A' ""' VI years
y benjamin 2, Van Emburgh Of the firm Of
home IN Westwood y yestsiaS Sis ssc 81 bis
George b Mcclellan died at 1t. Luke's Hos
S WIS for
Empress. His home was on Long Island.
=, Peter t. Philippi. we'll known Alderman Of
t Eeauihg. "a. died on Monday in his Seth year
IfGm me IL, ttGsopenirg 81 gunshot wound re-
William II. Woolston. who for flfty ven re- was
resident o! Mcdiord. N. j.. died ut his Ocean
Grove cottage on Monday night, 90 years Old.
T.. samMcl kitttell; one Of the founders Of Mop.
TT n1S wv ~ NJ. dcd Yesterday in West Asbury
Daniel \. Bonner Of Trenton died on Monday
night 81 Bright's disease. lie was IS Years
Oh. lie leaves eight sons.
samuel Morris, who built the first log cabin
WIS. on Sunday. aged 81.
Francis Mccoy manager Of tbe r,mbrio rro,
dry IN ills 74th year ''''s' III" a'eu on Mon
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FORKS THE FARMERS WAY THIS YEAR.
A Game or Tit.for-Tat In jumping Contra
by Connecticut Tobacco Growers.

ny Connecticut Tobacco Growers.
DANBURy. Sept. Tobacco has taken a
sudden rise all through the Housatonic Valley.
and tho shrowd Yankees who raise it arc
laughing at the way they have beaten the big
New York buyers at their own game. Last
year the buyers came In early. and contracted
for acres OF tobacco while it was standing at
reasonable prices. Tho crop was fine. and the
farmers expected to reap harvest. The New
York dealers saw the chance. and they prompt
ly offered the grower half the contract price or
nothing. Tho farmer was angfy. but no had to
make tho best of 1t or run the risk Of losing all
his crop and his summers profit.
This year the crop promised to be unusually
hne, and tho buyers were again on hand: but
thousands OF dol lars. and the weed Is scarce
and consequently in great demand. The buy
ora who made early contracts ex pccted to reap
2 harvest, but they nnd the farmers jumping
handing two and even three times tho stipu-
lated price. and when the buyers growl thoy
simply mention their own sharp practice OF
last year, Tho buyers are angry and threaten
to go to tho courts. but in the mean time they
are losing their tobacco The country lawyer
stands ready to reap the harvest. and he and
the farmer appear to be- In clover.
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ADJUSTING WESTERN RATES.
Amicabie Settlement OF PacInc Const Busi.
nesR.


meeting Of general passenger agents was
held In Cincinnati yesterday representing
twenty-five roads in Central Traffic territory
and in the territory south Of the Ohio River.
Rates to the Pacific coast were adjusted. They
will be based on a fare Of S15 from Cincinnati
low trnnscontincntal rntes. This viii make
rates from Cincinnati TO Pacific points about
$40 more than from Chicago.
Winter tourist rates to Florida were fixed at
cents mile both ways from the Obi River.
to W ich will be added 30 per cent. OF double
the local rates from points on lines north OF
the Ohio River. The round-trin ratio TO Jack
sonvlle, Fla. was fixed at S:}4 from Cincin-
natl; S32 from Louisville, $50 from st. Louis.
S45 from Chicago. and $3S from Indianapolis.
9mestsd t. present a proposition at the Chi
ton on Oct. q to havo tho Illinois Central ad-
}nst its rates SO as TO prevent scalpine from
Louisville. The Cincinnati Freight Associa-
ton fixed rates from Cincinnati to st. Paul and
Minneapolis at 20 per cent. above Chicago rates.
The same was adopted for Evansville.
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NrAcK. Sept 29.-The indictments against
Assemblyman Frank l.. Demarest for forgery
have gone over to another court, Judge Pratt
having declined to try them this week In the
Rockland Circuit Court because OF lack OF time.
He has. he says. important business in Brook
point special term ~ court here for The trIssi
would not have the time. The Indictments
can DO moved In tho Rockland County Court In
October, but tho District Attorney and Judge
Weiant both prefer that tho case shall be tried
In the Supreme Court. II the case does not
come up IN the County Court in October 1t will
miner In May. 1892.
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SPOKANE FALLS. WASH. Sept. 20.-The set
tiers In Calispel Valley. IN northern Idaho. are
alarmed at the menacing attitude of the In.
dams in that section. Marsela. chief OF tho
Calspels. it is reported. has ordered all white
settlers out of tho country. and the Indians
are running of the settlers stock and other
wise annoying the whites. Gen. Csrlin in
In Spokane. has been urged to take measuras
Of prec9utiop; He has sent for Indian Agent
cavalry. under command OF Gen. Carlin. is
ready to march, and may start at once for the
scene OF DISTURBANCE. Calispel Valley is iso-
nnck. RI n
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HAMBURG. Sept. 2n-The troubles between
the officers and crew OF the Gillian war ship
Presidente Pinto. which is noored In the River
Elbe near this city. have broken out airesh.
Tho crew are mutinous and have refused to
force discipline. and for the second time has
appealed 70 the authorities to assist him In
combining the mutineers. 50
a short time ago the crew were nsubordi-
nate; and the Captain was obliged to appeal to
the Hamburg police for assistance. On that
occasion the authorities decided that It was
not within their province TO board war ship
storing order. "
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A Hundred Cattle Lost on the voy.si

LONDON. Sept. 2o.-The British steamer City
OF Lincoln. at Dundee from Montreal. reports
that she encountered severe weather on the
passage. On Sept % she ran into a hurri.
cano. Tho sea was running high and several
heavy seas came aboard. Her cattle fittings
in the deck pens wore washed overheard.
Others .wero killed and number were Injured.
lost. There are still few carcasses on board.
Some OF the injured cattlo are in such condI-
tio , TINT It viii he necessary to XII them be-
vessel presents sickening sight, and there is
no doubt that tho incidents OF this voyage will
restrictions upon tho nsatlantfc cattle trade.
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Two Murderers HANGED,

GATEsvIILE. Tex. Sept. 20.-Ed Powell and
Jim Leeper were hanged In the jail yard hero
this afternoon. On Dec. II. 1880. Leeper and
Powell attacked some farmers as they went
home from town. where thoy had sold their
cotton. In the fight J. T. Mathis was killed.
1t was dark at the time and the men could not
be identified positively. but tho circumstnntial
evidence was so strong that the Jury brought
the supreme Court Of the United States. but
the verdict was sustained
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
NEW PROJECTS OF THE OLD COLONY.
1t Was Incidentally Decided, at tho Annual
Meeting, to Abolish IntcmPerance.

IL =" As incidentally Decided, At tho Annual
Meeting, to Abolish Intcmperance.
At the annual meeting yesterday OF the Old
Colony Railroad these directors were elected:
Charles F. Choate. Southboro Frederick L.
Ames. Easton; Thomas J. Borden and John &
Brayton. Fall River: Thomas Dunn. Newport,
and Abbott Lawrence. Boston: Charles l.. Low
ering. Taunton; William J. Rotch. New Bed
Sears. Boston. and Nathaniel Thaycr. Lancas-
ter. Joshua NJ. Sears takes the place OF Royal
W. Turner deceased.
the New York. Providence and Boston and
Old Colony Terminal Company. with
Mt Providence. They were also authorized to
aid in tho construction Of the Plymouth and
Middlcboro Railroad by contract for it's
An order was issued to station agents on the
road to report the names OF all employees
using intoxicating liquor.
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DR.. Greene. Free Pr.y.,. I..eture. to Men.

There will DO another opportunity for young
and old men to attend the FREQ private lectures
to men only by DR.. Greene. the specialist Of
30 West 14th ST.. New York. The Doctor will
give those great and valuable lectures to men.
exactly and correctly illustrated by d!ssolving
views. In Chickering Hall. on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings. Sept 20 and 30. at 8
o'clock. Admission is free to all parts Of the
hall.-Adc.
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jim. Here's Your Son James.

There Is u small boy ut Police Headquarters
for whom no claimants have appeared. He
WAS found at Ffty-ninth street and Ninth ave-
nue on Monday night by Policeman Wagner.
He Is about 8 years old is chubby. and has fair
hsir; He is q nice,looking boy, He says that
fathers name is Jim, his mothers Isabella,
and that he had brother John. He says his
doors. He camo over the bridge from Brook
lyn. and he goes to school In that city.
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China Too Weak to Control Her Riotou,
Troops.

LONDON. Sept. 29.-Ths Times to-day pub.
fishes despatch from Shanghai saying that
adviccs havo been received there that the
Chinese Government will not be ablo to con.
troll the Hunanese troops unless fleet is sent
to the scene OF tho troubles
British customs officer named Mason has
been arrested by the Chinese Government. IL
Is alleged that no wanted first to gain the con
ndence OF the Government. learn what action
is slightly insane. ''"''''
\, The shanghai papers urge that the British
Shanghai; where information Of events taking
place in China can be promptly obtained.
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Meyer Jonasson 4 Co.. cloak manufacturers,
reduced yesterday the wages Of their week
workers from SIS to s12 In the custom and
designinE depsrtments. The pressers' wages
out on strike. Meetings were held at iS5
Niyington street all day and long list OF
grievances was discussed. '''' VI
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MONTREAL. Quebec. Sept. 2a.-The Star to.
night publishes the following from it's London
correspondent:
News reaches me that Canada is in imms.
diate danger OF a large influx OF Russian Jew
refugees; The agents OF some OF tho great
booking large numbersln Europe, and In order
TO avoid renewal OF the trouble with the
Government inspectors at Montreal the emil.
grants are being, booked through to various
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He Think. the re.e. OF Europ. q. Assured

BERLIN Sept 2o.-Dr. Won Boettlcher. Prus.
sian Minister OF Commerce. delivered an ad-
dross before the Rhenish Agricultural Asso-
citation at Remscheid yesterday In which no
said that tho welfare Of agriculture depended
upon tho preservation OF tho golden gift OF
quarters. no said, that the peace OF Europe
was epdangered. but. notwithstanding these
apprehensions. apart from the changes that
are always possible. peace was never So surely
guaranteed AS at tho present time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
Cotton Growing In Turk esta..

LONDON. Sept 20.-The Standards Moscow
correspondent says: The cotton crop In
Turkestan is expected TO amount TO $500. 900
experiments now being made with improved
labor saving machines and in irrigating.
planting 9c.. II successful. will result in still
more rapid increase"
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Gladstone on Scottish Home Ru,s.

ABERDEEN. Sept. CA meeting OF the Scot
fish Home Rule Association was held here
to-day. An interesting incident Of the meet
ing was the reading OF letter from Gladstone,
In which he said that since he had last spoken
In Aberdeen. which was In 1870. the wants and
convictions Of Ireland had been made known
that the Scottish people were as we'll entitled
as the Irish to form judgment on their own
AFFAIRS.
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Loudon's New Lord Mayor.

LONDON. Sept 2e.-Davd Evans. Esq. who
represents the Castle Baynard ward in the
Board OF Aldermen. has been elected 10 s,c-
coed Sir Joseph Slavery as Lord Mayor Of Lon
don. MIR; Evans was elected an Alderman In
1884. and was Sheriff Of London In 1855.
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Hoods Sarsapariila

h vsry sratityias Because Of these We urse all whe
suffer frsn scrsfuA Salt Rhsun Or any other disease
caused ~ impure bleed lev STATE Of the system to
try Hssds sArsapAriiiA