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QUEER ALASKAN STRUCTURE.
New Traveller From the Chandeiaire River
Tells OF "NOah's Ark" Previously Described.

New Traveller From the Chandelaire River
Tells OF "Noat's Ark" Previously Described.
TACOMA, June 9-The story OF the exist
ence of big ship on a. high hill overlooking
string Of lakes fifty miles from the head
Of Chardelaire River has been brought
to Dawson by n. }. Brown, recent arrival
from that district. 1t Ats in with the story
told five years ago of the finding of Noah's
Ark"
The big structure, as described by Brown.
may have been Russian fort. He believes
it was a sort OF floating fort constructed
In some of the lakes by early Russian set
tiers and later abandoned. The structure
is one story high, measuring twelve to
fourteen feet to the caves. It is 100 yards
long, Brown says, and is made with copper
nails, bolts and washers. 1t has doors
and windows in the upper works and bears
peculiar letters unknown by any traveller,
besides some Russian words.
Indians in the vicinity go to the nearby
lakes to fish. Some OF them have used
the huge craft for drying salmon. A ma
jority OF the tribe, however are super
stitious and the whole tribe has now moved
q hundred miles to get away from 1t.
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pLACATING THE NEGRO.
TAFT Folks Getting Out Literature Designed
to Appease Him.

WASHINGTON. June 9.-Secretary Taft's
managers in Washington have finally
awakened to the importance OF conciliat-
ing the negro vote 1t was stated on good
authority to-day that Mr., Taft's friends
stand moro in awe Of the negro vote than
of organized labor. To meet the con-
stantly growing revolt against the Secre-
tary among the colored voters the Taft
bureau in Washington is getting out a lot
Of literature to show the friendliness Of
the Republican party to the negro.
The output will include remarks OF Secre-
tary Taft that it is thought will please the
negro, editorials from newspapers which
have defended the course Of the Secretary
and other material designed to check the
growing revolt.
The National Negro Political League
has it's headquarters in Washington
and is presided over by the Rev. j.
Milton Waldron. D. D., an active and in
teligent negro who claims control through
the organization Of the negro vote Of the
States Of New York. New Jersey, West
Virginia. Ohio. Indiana and Illinois: The
league according to Mr.. Waldron, will send
/ 900 members OF the organization to Chi
cago to make a demonstration to have the
rights Of the negroes protected.
They will ask for hearing before the
resolutions committee and will demand that
plank be put in the platform on the subject
Of Brownsville and the enforcement OF the
Fifteenth Amendment
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GONE VEST WITH THEPL PLATFORM.
wade Ellis Leaves Washington and Taft
Equipped With the Planks.

WASHINGTON. June e-Wade H. Ellis,
Attorney General of Ohio. who has been
in daily conference with the President
and Secretary Taft regarding the platform
to be adopted at Chicago, left tonight
for home carrying with him a draft Of
the planks for the Republican platform
that are desired by the President and his
Secretary Of War. Mr.. Ellis denied that
Secretary Taft was trying to frame plat
form for the convention and explained
that il had been the custom of national
conventions to consult the prospective
candidate regarding the party platform.
II WAS done. he said, in advance of the
St Louis convention that nominated Presi-
dent Mckinley. The views of Major
Mckinley on a number of the most i'm
portant matters were impressed on the
pialiorm makers that year and were well
conied in fact, nothing went into the
platform after it became reasonably GER
tam that Mr.. Mckinley would be nominated
mat DID dd not have his approval. according to
1t is the expectation Of politicians who
stand close to the Secretary that the
Attorney, General Of Ohio. who drew the
Ohio platform. win have much TO do with
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DIED..

ARTSHoRNE.-Suddenly. at Rye, N. Y. June T.
1908, Richard B. Hartshorne in the osth year
OF his age.
Funeral service at st. Thomas's Church, SD Ct.
and 5th av. New York city. Wednesday.
10th Inst. at II A. NJ.
HUSTED-The funeral services for Charles Sey-
mour Hustled. who died in Paris, March a. will
be held at his late residence, 1877 Clinton av-
Brooklyn, on Thursday afternoon, June III at
O'Clock
LARocoUE.-At his residence, East osth st..
Tuesday. June o. Joseph Larocaue. In the 18th
year of his age.
Funeral service will be held at St. Bartholomew
Church, Madison av. and 18th st.. Friday morn.
ing. June IL, at 10 o'clock. It is requested
that no flowers be sent.
SAYRE.-At Madison. N. j.. Anna J. condit, wife
OF Louis A. Sayre and daughter OF Daniel Con-
dit, formerly OF Newark.
Funeral service at her late residence. % Madison
av' Thursday afternoon on arrival OF 216 train
from Hoboken.
WHfTiNG.-On Monday. June g. at the residence
OF his son. law John II. sconeid. wild Cliff
New Rochelle, N. Y. David George whiting
second son OF the late William II. and Mary
Whiting. In tho esd year OF his age.
Funeral services as Trinity Church. New Rochelle
Thursday. June, II. At . o'clock. In,erment
At Beechwood.
WILSON, June 0, after q short Illness Eliza
Wilson, wife Of the lato Henry Wnsoa Of Eew
York.
Funeral services at her late residence the Seul.
graw apartmcnts. o7i West isoth St. on Thurs
Gay morning at II o'clock lntemont az
Greenwood.
WISrER.-on Tucdsay morning, June 0. 1908
Sarah Butier. widow of Dr. Owen Jones wlster
q seadenoe. Butler Place. Philadelphia. Pa- aged
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SAY FAIRBANKS DID TT.
His Friends Credit Him with Checking the
Threatened Revolt OF tho Allies.

Threatened Revolt OF tho Allies.
INDIANAPOLIS. June e.-Declarations that
vice-Presdent Fairbanks stopped the
threatened bolt Of the "allies." when they
announced on Saturday that they would
carry no more contests before the sub
committee sitting at Chicago. are being
made by his friends here. According
TO them he called Senator Hemenway by
telephone when he heard OF the threatened
bolt and put his veto on II.
1t is said that he told Hemenway that
under no circumstances should his friends
act outside OF the established rules Of the
Republican party, no matter what the
consequences might be to himself. for his
friends could not afford to set an example
of insubordination and challenge the justice
Of rules for deciding contests that have
been invoked by the party's highest au-
thority.
He no longer expects to get anything
from the convention. 10 is said, and he does
not want to engender enmities when nothing
can be gained by such course.
The alacrity with which Indiana Repub-
licans replied to the letter OF the State
committee asking them to 60 to Chicago
and work for Fairbanks was explained
to-day when it was learned that the COM
mittee has issued secret advioes that every
man who goes to Chicago from Indiana will
be admitted to the convention.
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WHOSE THE sUNKEN MEADOWS ;
"Ours,' Say the Joneses-But tho Csty
Ignores queen Anne.

ours" Say the JOneSes-But tho Gaty
Ignores queen Anne.
When good Queen Anne made o grant Of the
Sunken Meadows tract of half submerged
fen land In the East River between Randall's 8
Island, Wards Island and Port Morris
to her loyal subject William Lawrence
on May 13. 1903, she doubtless had not the
slightest idea that some 200 years later
her act would be the indirect cause of send
ing Dick Mahon private watchman. to
the Harlem police court while lawyers
bcrated tho highhandedness Of city gov
ernments. Nevertheless that's exactly what
came to pass.
One Of William Lawrence's heirs decided
the property to John Jones in 1900, and the
Jones family has claimed it ever since.
The Jones family. according to their
lawyers held undisputed possession until
last year, when somebody introduced bill
in the State Legislature providing for the
transfer of the rights of the State in the
meadows to the city of New York. The
Jones lawyers wouldn't admit that theuState
had any rights. but they allowed the bill to
go through after clause had been added
providing that the transfer should be with
out prejudice to the claims Of their clients.
A guard commanded by Dick Mahon was
established on the meadows by the Joneses.
any ytsltTuay HlOTHIlR When b"o Shty
surveyors and rodmen under command of
James b. Crowley rowed over to the mead
ows and tried to land they were met by
Mahon and his fellow guardsmen.
Nothing doing" said Mahon. I'm here
to uphold the divine right OF kings and
queens and things and you cant land"
The city surveyors didn't know about the
kings and queens, but they did know that
policeman was a trump card 10 take either
and rowed back to pick up Policeman Finne-
gan Of the harbor squad.
1t looked for time as if the battle of the
Sunken Meadows was to be fought between
the city forces and the marsh guards, but
Mahon decided to arbitrate. Leaving one
of his force, he went with the others to the
Harlem court. Magistrate Kernochan said
that he didn't see what he could do about
it and discharged the guards, who at once
started back to hold the marsh.
At the Dock Department the chief en-
gineer said that he had heard about the
attempt Of the surveyors to land, but didn't
The matter had been referred to the Cor
poration Counsel, he said. The engineer
was also rather hazy as to what the city
wanted the meadows for after paying so
little attention to them all these years. He
thought that maybe the idea was to build
bulkheads and fill in until the marsh land
became part of Randalls 8 Island and could
be used for new city buildings.
The meadows. sunken and visible, COM
prise about twenty acres and are valued by
the attorneys for Mrs. Jones at $1,000. 600.
Mrs. Mary +. Jones is the wife Of DR.. Oliver
Livingston Jones, having married without
changing her name She is said to be one
of the richest women in the State and the
biggest landholder in Nassau county.
Besides their home at l18 West Seventy
second street, Dr. and Mrs. Jones have
country place at Cold Spring Harbor
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GRADUATES RETURN TO STEVENS.
They Parade Picturesduely and Help DetIl-
cate the Institutes Athletic Field.

HtVhotVotuNiy hhNip pNs'-
cate the Institutes Athletic Field.
Hoboken saw a. real celebration yester-
day when the alumni of Stevens Institute
Of Technology gathered there to help
dedicate the new Castle Point athletic field.
At the end Of the field was the speakers
stand dressed in the colors of the institute
and at one side a large tent, the reviewing
stand, occupied by President and Mrs.
Alexander c. Humphrey, faculty members
and prominent alumni.
The parade of the graduates to the field
was picturesque and in spots .grotesque.
The seniors in caps and gowns led OH fol-
lowed by the class OF "a in coach and four
in-hand with the horses trimmed with the
colors of the institute. President Hum
phrey was on the front seat. The class OF
81 came next, dressed up as yellow kids, y
and then 80, with wide hayseed hats deco
rated with feathers; 80. with Scotch High
straw hats and cardboard "beaks' tied to
their faces; '93 wrapped in bunting; 9i,
dressed like members of ithe Kukux-klan
and carrying red parasols; '95, in an auto
mobile truck; 90, with Japanese umbrellas;
'Ol with flags pinned TO their shoulders;
'02 dressed in white as cooks; o. with red
and gray clown suits and acting clowny;
'05, as tin soldiers shooting tiny '05 flags
into the crowd; 06. in white linen, march
ing as soldiers, and 'O7, in workingmens g
togs.
The s3OOOOO athletic field recently pur-
chased from the Stevens family was dedi-
Gated with speeches by Col. F.. A. Stevens,
the son Of the founder OF the institute and
present head of the family. and President
Humphrey. Col. Stevens said that the
field marked new epoch in the instituted S
life, making for new spirit. President
Humphrey advocated the purchase of the
entire Stevens estate. including the famous
castle, not only because they would reed
the ground but because of the historic
connections Of the Stevens family.
There was an Alumni Varsity ball game,
in which the undergraduates won by to o.
and last night there were class reunions
and dinners, ending with concert in the
auditorium and dance
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DROSS LABELLED CARTRIDGES.
Nicaragua Bought 1t to Put Down Re-
beIliOn--James ID. Hallen Arrested.

James d. Hallen, now gray haired but
still carrying the same distinguished air Of
ten years ago when as a lawyer he stole
about $40 900 from his clients-paying most
of 1t back, he says-and was sentenced to
eight years in Sing Sing for forgery, bobbed
up again yesterday in the Criminal Courts.
This time he is accused Of swindling the
Nicaraguan Government out Of Sll 900
When Nicaragua was tackling revolu-
ton in the fall of 1908 it needed millions of
cartridges Hallen went to the representa-
tive of'Nicaragua in this city and said he
could supply ,l00.0 900 Remington cartridges
for slI 900. He got the contract Then.
IL is alleged, he bought lot Of copper dross,
which is cheap and is sold as ballast, boxed
it as cartridges, shipped them or, a South
American steamer and on the bills Of lading
collected the S11 900 from Ramon Echazar-
rita. the New York agent for the Nicaraguan
Government.
Mr.. Hallen had wandered away. II has
been his practice when he made a bit Of
money TO travel and write about his travels
In such an entertaining way that he found
publishers who paid him for what he pro-
duced He has just returned from South
America. He was arrested yesterday By
Detectives Flood and Fitzsimmons Of the
District Attorneys Office in, the Produce
Exchange annex. He said that he was
broker and that his home was at Sufern.
He went to the Tombs In default OF 5000
ball -. =
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Mnyements Of Naval Vessels.

WASHINGTON. June s.-The gunboat
Vixen has arrived at Camden. the gunboat
Eagle at Annapolis. the tug Rocket at
Washington. the cruiser Prairie at New
port, the cruiser Chester at Hampton
Roads the collier Justin at San Francisco.
the cruisers West Virginia. Colorado. Mary
land. Pennsylvania California and Wash
ington at Santa Barbara.
The gunboat Chattanooga has sailed
from Swatow for Cavite, the gunboat
Scorpion from New York for Boston. the
battleships Maine and Atlanta from San
Francisco for Honolulu. the cruiser Olympia
and Chicago, monitors Arkansas and
Nevada and the transport Hartford from
Annapolis on o cruise and the torpedo
boat Preble from Portland. Ore, for San
Francisco.
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MARRIED..

BRfANT-MINER.-on June 10. 1903. at the brides
residence. ll9 Capitol av.. Hartford. Conn,
by Bishop Cnauncey Bunce Brewster D. D.
Miss Nadia Louise Miner and Edward Ballard
Bryant, son of the Rev. Hllllard Bryant.
CUSHMAN- GoODRICH.-on Tuesday, juno 0.
1908, at st. Luke's Church, isist st., New York.
Helen Coneiia. daughter of Cornelia K. and
the late Louis c. Goodrich. to J. Clydesdalo
Cushman.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Tuesday, June O. at
o'clock. at sS4 Mount Prospect av. Newark.
by the Rev. John Mcdonald, Amanda Lewis.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edward NJ. Crane,
to Litteton Kirkpatrick.
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CAPT. BARTON'S ADVANCE.
He Is Appointed Engineer In Chief OF the
Navy to Succeed Rae.

WASHINGTON. June Capt. John Ken
nedy Barton, engineer officer OF the League
Island Navy Yard at Philadelphia, has
been appointed Engineer-in-Chief Of the
Navy by President Roosevelt, to succeed
Rear Admiral Charles W. Rae, former chief
of the Bureau OF Steam Engineering, who
died May IL last.
Capt. Barton is native OF Pennsylvania.
He was born on April 7, 1853, and win there
fore retire in 1915. He was appointed cadet
engineer in the navy in 1871 and served on
the gunboat Castine, the cruiser Columbia
and the U. s. 8. Richmond. From 1901 to
1902 he served as feet engineer Of the
Asiatic squadron. In August, 1902 he
Annapolis, where he served until 1907. He
has been at the League Island Navy Yard
since July, 1907.
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UNION RAISES MONEY.
Carnegie Gift Met-s;o,. Hughes tes AN
Honorary Degree.

SCHENECTADY. N. Y. June 9.-The hon
orary degree of doctor of laws will be
conferred upon Gov. Hughes by Union
College tomorrow. the board Of trustees
having so decided at to-day's meeting.
The chancellors address tomorrow will
be delivered either by Dr. George Alexan-
der, temporary president, or by ex-President
Andrew V. V. Raymond.
At the meeting Of the alumni association
this morning Edward P. White, 70, of Buffalo.
was elected president. The Rev. John r.
Harding D. D., 'sS, Utica, the Rev. George
Alexander. D. d.. '88. New York. and Frank
Bailey. 's5, Brooklyn. spoke at the alumni
luncheon.
1t was announced to-day that the 5000
contributions necessary to secure the
100000 offered to the college by Andrew
Carnegie had been paid in. The 100000
Rockefeller offer, made under similar condi-
tions. will stand good for three years from
the date OF the election Of new president.
the time having been extended.
The sun., 1908-06-10
sherman Hasn't the Price.

UTICA, June 9-Congressman James S.
Sherman will leave for Chicago on Friday
evening. A friend of Congressman Sher-
man said to-day that he cannot afford to
accept a nomination for the Vice-Presi-
dency, as the duties of Vice-President
require the expenditure of an amount of
money which is beyond him. Mr.. Sherman
has, It is said, tried to impress this fact
The sun., 1908-06-10
Diplomats VIII Attend Convention.

WASHINGTON, June e.-Twenty-two mem
bers Of the Diplomatic Corps will witness
the Republican national convention. Am
bassador Bryce Esme Howard, counsellor
Of the Embassy. and Capt. Horace Hood,
Naval Attaohe; Wu Ting-fang. Ambassador
Jusserand, and Viscount Charles de Cham
brun, his secretary; Mr.. Kroupensky
counsellor Of the Russian Embassy, and the
secretary Prince Nicholas Kondacheff, and
the Ministers from the Argentine Republic.
Colombia, the Netherlands Greece. Panama.
Switzerland. Uruguay and Cuba will
attapd
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no SECOND PLACE FOR KNOX.
Senator's Friends Declare He wouldn't
Hun for yice-President.

PrTTsBuRo, June s.-United States Sena-
tor p. C. Knox came to Pittsburg to-day
but was silent regarding his Presidential
aspirations He spent the greater part Of
the day in conference with Federal Judge
James S. Young.
This evening friends Of Senator Knox
announced that under no circumstances
would he accept the nomination for Vice
President. 1t is said that Senator Knox
has been picked for Secretary Of State il
Taft is elected, but it is doubtful IL he
would accept. as he would prefer to remain
in the Senate.
The sun., 1908-06-10
Texans Organize for John Mitchell.

DALLAS, Tex. June 9.-At meeting OF
Democrats held in Dallas to-day a State
organization was formed to promote the
candidacy OF John Mitchell of Illinois for
President. D. s. Chessher Of George
town was elected chairman and d. A. Gregg
of Austin secretary and treasurer. Both
are members Of the State executive COM
mittee. An address to the Democracy of
the ma ton Was adopted.
The sun., 1908-06-10
Loses Leg Because or q Blister.

George Upington. publisher Of the Brook
lyn Directory. recently had his left leg am
weeks ago a blister appeared on the sole Of
his foot and he had it removed by a ohirop-
odist. The wound failed to heal and gan
creme setting in the leg had to be amputated
to save his life
The sun., 1908-06-10
Now po,ta, station for BROOKLYN.

WASHINGTON, June s.-The First Assist
ant Postmaster General issued an order
to-day for the establishment on July
of a new postal station in Brooklyn: II
will be known as Station 7. ut l7o and l72
Hamilton avenue. and will have facilities
for the transaction of money order and
re gistry business and sale of postal supplies.
The sun., 1908-06-10
CLASS DAY AT T.ASS4R.
The Daisy Chain and the Senior Tree Cere-
mOny, as Usual.

PoUoHxEEPsIE. N. Y, June o,-The cam
pus at Vassar College was crowded to-day
with spectators, who shared with the stu
dents the enjoyment of class day. The daisy
chain march was the usual pretty picture
The procession, the pick Of the sophomore
class. included twenty-four girls. who bore
on their shoulders chain of daisies sixty
feet long and foot in diameter. They
were led by Miss Florence Dorothy Wad-
hams of Pittsfeld, Mass. The senior tree
ceremony was next.
The commencement exercises will be held
tomorrow in the college chapel, and in the
evening the class supper will be held.
The sun., 1908-06-10
EX-yuDGE Il. p. COYNE MARRIED.
His First NMc Got q Diyorce-NIiss Mary
GatinS the New Bride.

Miss Mary Gatins, daughter of Joseph
Gatins. a retired stock broker of Atlanta
Ca, was married yesterday afternoon to
Edward p. Coyne, formerly County Judge
and Surrogate Of Livingston county, at
the residence Of the bride, II Central Park
West.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev
DR.. Charles D. McGregor. Only intimate
friends Of both families were present. The
bride was given away by her father and
was attended by Miss Gladys Hoadley OF
New York Stephen B. Elltins. Jr., a son Of
Senator EllSins. and John l.. ds saulles
the former Yale quarterba 4. were the
ushers. Judge Coyne was divorced from
his frst wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Doty.
daughter Of the Rev. DR.. w. D'Orville Doty,
OF Rochester. N. Y. In September. 1907.
He did not contest the suit, /,
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Oregon Democrats for Bryan.

PORTLAND Ore. June s.-The Oregon
Democratic State convention to-day re-
solved itself into an enthusiastic demon
stration for Bryan, The platform declares
that the Oregon Democracy is unit in
favor Of Bryan, upon whose candidacy
the people OF the State look with favor
The sun., 1908-06-10

lieut. H. E. Yarnell. TO the Connect tcut. as senior
engineer otficer. surgeon G. 7. Smith from Naval
Medical School. Washington, d. c.. 70 Naval Hospl
tai, New York. Passed Assistant Surgeon z. NJ.
Brown, sick leave extended three months from
June H. lh06. Assistant Surgeon c. W. .. Bunker.
from naval Academy, Annapolis. to the Arkansas.
Assistant Surgeon F. E. Sellers, from Naval Acad
envy 70 the Nevada Assistant Paymaster B. II.
Brooke. from naval station. Hawaii, 70 South A.
The sun., 1908-06-10
ARMY and Navy Orders.

WARRINGTON. June 9-These army orders were
Issued to day:
Capt. Peter f. Traub. from Thirteenth Cavalry to
Twciith TO Thirteenth Cavalry, Capt. Isaac Newell.
Twenty second Infantry, to West Point. First
Lieut.. Joseph W. Bcacham, Jr, from Sevent teenth
II. Cheston. jr.. from Twenty seventh TO Seven
teenth Infantry.
The sun., 1908-06-10

the making Of the platform at Chicago.
After brief stay at Columbus Mr.. Ellis
will 60 TO Chicago to lay before the plat
form committee the views Of the President
and Secretary Taft.
The sun., 1908-06-10
succeed CONGRESSMAN Brick .

Nominated to succeed Congressman Brick.
INDIANAPOLIS. June e.-Charles W. Miller
was nominated for Congress- by the Re-
pubicans Of the Thirteenth district at
Plymouth tonight to succeed Abram l..
Brick, who died in this city in April.
The Washburn leader., 1908-12-18
YOU MAY NOT
NEED IT NOW

Here is simple homemade
mixture as given by an eminent
authority on Kidney diseases, who
make the statement that it will
relieve almost any case of Kidney
trouble if taken before the stage Of
Bright's- disease. He states that
such symptoms as lame back, pain
in the side, frequent desire to
urinate especially at night; pain
fQl and discolored urination; are
readily overcome. Here is the
recipe. Try it:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
half ounce; Compound Kargon
one ounce; Compound Syrup
Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Take
a teaspoonful after each meal and
at bedtime.
A well-known druggist here in
town is authority that these in
gradients are all harmless and
easily mixed at home by shaking
we'll in bottle. This mixture has
a peculiar healing and soothing
effect upon the entire Kidney and
Urinary structure, and often over
comes the worst forms of Rheu-
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mixture is said to remove all blood
disorders and cure Rheumatism
by forcing the Kidneys to filter
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