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————— EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1895—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF THE FAMOUS De MANOUVRIER Collection CERAMIC ART. y t Comprising choice specimens of Antique Marseilles, Mayence, Lille, Lowestoft, Capo-di=-Monte, Crown Derby, Strasbourg, Chel= sea, Rouen, Royal Worcester and Rare Dresden and Royal Vienna PORCELAINS, Also pieces of Soft Paste (Pate tendre) Sevres and some magnificent Empire, Parqueterie, Boule and Vernis Martin Furnit: r2, Will take place in our Art Gallery, 1407 G Street, Wednesday, Nov. 20, and three following days, At 11a.m. and 3 p.m. each day. Exhibition: Menday and Tuesday, November 18 & 19. C. G. SLOAN & CO., Auctioneers, 1407 G Street. Descriptive Catalogues mailed on application. IN THE CHURCHES ‘At a recent meeting of the Ladies’ Asso- ciation of Metropolitan M. E. Churck following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Marla S. Tulloch; vice presidents, Mrs. A. B. Duvall, Mrs. A. D. Lynch, Mrs. W. E. Wright, Mr: Miley and Mrs. W. G. McDowell; secretary, Mrs. M. E. Ed ant secret Mrs. E. L. # treasu Mrs. W. C. Eldridge, and ant treasurer, Mrs. J. C. Tasker. The people of the First Congregational Church are celebrating the thirtieth am ization, and an offle ing a long Octobe y present position as organist and director of and has continued in it without in- iption since. Ground was broken this week for a build- Ing which is being erected for use as a mis- sion of the Western Presbyterian Church. The buliding is to occupy the ground which was used during the past summer for a jon tent at the corner of Virginia avenue and 24th street. The plans call for @ two-story frame structure, with the hall on the lower floor. Regular church service will not be held for some time, but a Sunday school Is to be organized as soon as the building is ready for occupancy, and will be under the superintendence of Mr. W! I. Simpson. In addition to the exercises the Sabbath school, it is proposed to es lish an industrial school for work during the ir onal Church has been filled by the selection at a recent meeting of als of the church of Mrs. Hattie ith. Young Ladies’ Foreign Missionary ety of Metropolitan M. E. Church gave “wishbone party’ ‘day evening at Shiles, on 13th street In_ addition to the entertain- provided through the medium of Mrs. John C. Clark, now of New York, but formerly well known in this city, read an interesting paper on “Why Am I Interested in Missions?” Pleasant Congregational Church ed not to begin building just yet. als of the church have thought best to first pay for the lot bought last sum- r, then sell the present edifice, and, after t, go on with the work of building. w the recent conference of the bishops of a the residence of Mr: northwest. ment numerous wishbones, Methodist Episcopal Church held at Toledo, Ohio, Bishop H. W. Warren, whose rmanent residence is in Denver, Colorado, as assigned to preside for one vear pver the conference in which this city is Jocated. Bishop John F. Hurst goes to the Philadelphia conference. It was also decid- ed that the annual conference of the Balti- more conference, which includes Washing- ton, shall meet on the 11th of next March in Broadway Church, Baltimore. Bishop Warren is also to have charge of the Wil- mington conference. In addition to the Dahlgren Memorial 1, which has three altars, Georgetown y is in possession of five chapels. one has just been completed. It is ° shape of an annex to the domestic and is located In the second story of south Iding. The American Society of Religious Educa- tion is to hold a convention in this city Le- ginning April 21. Rev. Dr. J. B. Gilbert cf this city is making the @rrangements and has requested the various ministerial as: clations to co-operate with him fn the mat- ter and haye a preliminary conference. Dec be a great day ns in the local Methodist churches. morning there will be serm ered by Rev. Dr. Gouche i ‘Women's College, Baltimore; c. Me d Rev. Dr. Leonard, n es of the Methodist Church lo- at New York, and Bishop Hurst. toon there will be § t four points, namely, tan, Foundry, Hamline h; at all of which the exercises will be the same,with the ex ses, which are to be delivered by prominent men. At night there is to be a general missionary rally in each of the four churches mentioned. Rey. Howard Wilbur Ennis, Presbyterian member of the federal council of the Broth- erbood of Andrew and Philip, organized at chapter of the organization last week at g Del., which numbers among its Members the mayor of the city and a mem- ber of the state iegislature. Rev. Mr. Ennis also expects {n a short time to institute a couple of new chapters in this city. The workmen are now well started on job of arranzins the terrace of the Congregational Church. A wall of ne brown ston is to be built up to yut four feet, topped with. a coping, and hh will be surmounted by a low fron The ground lying between the wall and the church building is then to be sloped down to the former. While everything in the way of improvements on the building has not been completed as yet, it Is ex- pectet that all t ork contracted for will be done in two or three weeks. St. uls M, EB. Chureh has proceeded sfully with its organization and ngregation has ased to Such a are looking for a - Dr. Hugh John- and his assistant, > alternated in hold- ene of Metropolitan Dr. MeCar ston Rev. ing The Baj Asscelation held @ very interesting sion last Monday morning at Calvary Church. The feature of the gathering w President B. L. W University on “T Force." Routine @ paper read by man of Co! i. ‘ollege as a Moral pusiness was also trans- e in the attendance at st. *k’'s Sabbath school has resulted branch of Sunday school work ished. It is the formation of in the + taught by Rev. Ministers’ Association nee the summer va- morning in the Church of the with an attendance which includ- ed most of the re erian clergy- men. The presi orge O. Little, opened the meeting, and then the election of officers for the ensuing year was held, nd@ which resulted as follows: Pr Presbyterian Church, and secretary, Rev. Jemes Marshall, pastor of the Warner Me- morial Presbyterian Church at Kensington. There is now being held in the Arch Street Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia the second federal convention of the Brother- hood of Andrew and Philip. There are pres- ent from this city about a half a dozen dele- sates representing the chapters of the West- ern Presbyterian and First Congregational Churches. h chapter is accompanied by the pastor of its church, and this after- noon Rey. S. M. Newman, D. D., taiks about “The Perso! Work” and Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis delivers an address on the “Brotherhood Extension.” Rev. Hugh Johnston next month is to give the results of his recent trip throush the British Isles in a series of thrce lectures, en- titled “England and the English,” “Ireland, Its Scenery and People,” and “Scotland and the Scotch.” Revival services are being held at Mc- Kendree Church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. L. T. Widerman, D. D. At a meeting of Methodist ministers Mon- day morning at Foundry Church, Bishop William Taylor of Africa made an address and told of his last Episcopal tour, in which he traveled on foot through a wild country, and inhabited by still wilder tribes, a dis- tance of over four hundred miles. The bishop leaves this country for Africa on Wednesday. The Industrial School of Trinity P. E. Parish opened last Saturday in the parish hall with about fifty scholars. The school is under the direction of the wife of the rector, Mrs. Addison, and is designed to teach indigent children to sew, the children being allowed to retain whatever garments they succeed in making for themselves. A forty hours’ devotion began in St. Au- gustine’s Church last Sunday with a solemn high mass, which was celebrated by Rev. Father Dougherty, with Rev. Father Griffith as deacon and Rev. F. X. Bischoff subdeacon. The forty hours closed Tuesday morning with a high mass at 10 o'clock. The bi-monthly mass meeting of the local council, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, is to be held next week in Epiphany Mission Chapel. Thera is to be a general discus- sion on, first, Plans for Work for the Com- ing Year, and second, How to Get Men to Church. The general secretary of the broth- erhcod, John W. Wood of New York, is down on the program for an address. The Endeavor Society of Congress Street Methodist Protestant Church celebrated the eighth anniversary of its organization last week. There was a communion service in the morning, a junior meeting in the after- pee and a consecration service in the even- ing. Rey. Howard Wilbur Ennis, Pastor of tne Western Presbyterian Church, has received and accepted an invitation to deliver an ad- dress next Friday evening before the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, Chapter 39, of the Reformed Church of Baltimore. Tke C. E. Society of the West Street Church sends a visiting delegation each Week, accompanied by the pastor, to the Home for Incurables. It 13 also conducting a mission on Market space. ‘The tenth anniversary of the erection of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church is to be observed by a series of religious meetings beginning tomorrow and extending through to the Sth of December. Tomorrow there will be preaching in the morning by Rev. J. H. Collet, presiding elder, and the evening sermon will be delivered by Rey. J. T. Jenifer, D.D., pastor of the church. ‘The pastor of the E Street Baptist Church, Rev. J {uir, D.D., will begin Sunday evening a s of sermons on “The Model Prayer,” the first subject being “Our Fa- to be followed successively by “His ” “His Kingdom,” “His Will,” “His nee,” “His Forgiveness” and “His The pastor and congregation of the Israel Baptist Church, on 11th street between F and G nc it, are arranging for the cele- bration of the fifteenth anniversary of the crganization of their church. The celebra- tion will consist of a reunion of all the mem- bers of the church, and the delivery of ser- mons by prominent pastors in the Baptist churches of this city. The meeting in con- nection with the celebration will last for one week. The celebration will be conducted under the auspices of a celebration com- mittee, of which the Rev. T. H. Gibson is chairman. ‘The Y. M. C. A. Gospel meeting for men, which is held egch Sunday at 4:30 in Foun- dry M. E. Church, will be addressed tomor- row by Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, D. of the Church of the Covenant. Bird of the United States men’s Bible class at An Explanation, From the Sioux Union. The Rector—“You don’t mean to say you went to a dog show on Sunday?" Penelope—“Yes; but I looked at the St. Bernards only. ‘The direction of balloons is at last prac- ticable.—Harper'’s Bazar. 1. The Star will pay $250 in gold to the reader from whom it receives by mail, at the publication office, Pennsylvania avenue and lith street, the complete and absolutely correct solution of “Before They Were Mar- ried,” as it shall be disclosed in the final chapter of the story, to be published Satur- day, December 14, in The Star. If two or more complete and absolutely correct solu- tions are received the $250 in gold will be divided equaliy. 2. 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Ms - The names and addresses of the winners of the cash prizes will be published in The Star at the earliest date possible after the publication of the final chapter. No condition of subscription to The Even- Ing Star Is imposed. Guessers must be wo- men and girls and necessarily they must be readers of The Star, but they may read the story in The Star taken by any member of the family and need not be regular subscrib- ers themselves in order to enter the competi- tion. While only women and girls may guess and win the prizes, they can receive help as to their guess from any member of their family or from all the family. SEVENTH INSTALLMENT. CHSPTER VIIL—THE DOCTOR'S COVERY. Louise screamed loudly as Mr. Philbrick disappeared and a small torrent of spray shot up from the pool at the base of the Icdge. Amelia steppe quickly to the rail, placed both hands upon it end gazed in- tently down. Even iu the excitement of the moment Dr. Williams was struck by her act and attitude. “Don't fear, Lou,” cried the doctor, giv- ing her hand a hasty pressure, and running along the piazza to the step: Mr. Philbrick came to the surface almost immediately. He saw the faces of the young ladies above him, blew the water out of his mouth and shouted: “Please dowt be frightened, there isn’t going to be any tragedy this time.” With that he began to swim for the nar- row strip of rock beneath the piazza, and in spite of the current and the weight of Lis clothing he made perceptible headway. Amelia watched him with straining eyes, while Louise, after a single glance, ran around the house to call her father. Dr. Williams picked up a loose board under the piazza and ran with it to the water's edge. “How are you making it, Philbrick?” he asked anxiously, as he saw that the swim- DIs- “Doctor Williams picked up a loose board.” mer was struggling hard, and that the board would not reach half way to him. “Oh, I'm afloat,” responded Philbrick cheerfully; “and I shall land somewhere before long, but the current just here sets from the house as if it were a mill n’t you keep away from the current till I get a rope? or will this board be of any use?” “Don’t throw in the board. It would be in my way. If you had a rope I wouldn't mind a little help, but I shall get on all the same.” The doctor had not waited to hear all of this. Seeing that he could be of no use at all by standing on the bank, he ran around to the steps, intending to go thence to the stable to find the professor. Louise was before him and Prof. Drummond at that moment came running from the stable with the key of the house in hts hand. “Stay below, doctor,” he cried. “I'll toss bim a line from the piazza.” Dr. Williams accordingly returned to the water's edge. Mr. Philbrick had given up trying to make headway against the current that ran between him and the house, and was allowing himself to drift down stream, swimming just enough to keep from being borne against rocks, whose presence was made manifest by the larger ripples on the surface of the water. “T'll_ get ashore just below here,” he called. Dr. Williams followed along the bank for a few rods, and just after Professor Drum- mond issued from the house with a clothes- line Mr. Philbrick caught hold of the doc- tor’s extended hand and pulled himself upon a rock near the point where he had begun his day’s fishing. He was laughing and panting at the same time. “This wasn’t on the program,” he said, wringing his coat sleeve. “I hope you're not hurt,” exclaimed Pro- fessor Drummond, running up. “No, sir; not at all,” replied Mr. Philbrick. “In fact, there was no danger at all, I sup- pose, unless it was from the hidden rocks. I confess that I thought of them. Young Starkweather—but I beg pardon, I didn’t mean to refer to that sad occurrence.” “It was in my mind,” returned the pro- fessor, “‘the Instant my daughter told me that a gentleman had fallen into the stream. Starkweather’s wounds show that the rocks beneath the surface must be extremely rag- ell, no harm's done,” said Mr. Phil- , “except that I lost my rod. Perhaps as floated ashore somewhere. I'll come afternoon and look for it.”” exclaimed Professor Drummond; “you'll not come up this afternoon. We're not going to let you go home in such a plight as that. It would be dangerous, wouldn't it, doctor? “Undoubtedly there would be risk: swered the doctor, truthfully, much as he regretted the fact that this episode would make it necessary to take Mr. Philbrick into the hous He looked at the profes- sor as he spoke, and, interpreting the lat- ter’s glance of inquiry, added: “This is Mr. Philbrick, Professor Drummond.” “Don’t shake a wet hand,” laughed Mr. Philbrick. “I won't stay for further formality, Mr. Philbrick,” said the professor. “I will run up to my room for some dry clothing. Take him to the Kitchen, doctor. There’s a fire an- And introduce Mr. Philbrick to the with this he was off at arun. The doc- tor, chafing at the event, followed more slowly with Mr. Philbrick, who said, in a ed manner: “A fellow can’t resist such splendid hospi- tality, but on my word it seems rather ridiculous to meet ladies in this condition,” and he laughed again at the thought of it. “I’m afraid you've given one of the young ladies, at least, a severe shock,” growled the doctor, ungraciously. “Oh! I hope not! But If that is even pos- sible it is all the more reason why I should sacrifice any reluctance to meeting them in order to Show that the escapade has no serious consequence.” Dr. Williams doubted the reluctance, but he made no retort. Louise and Amelia came down the steps to meet them, the former with the key to the basement door. “If you will come this way,” she said, “you will get toa fire the quicker.” Her voice shook with the fright the ac- cident had given her, au Amelia showed no sign of being moved by it unless the small red spot on either cheek and the un- usually bright gleam in her eyes could be so accounted for. ou are more kind than I deserve, ladies,” said Mr. Philbrick. “I assure you I am suffering nothing but the slight an- noyance of wet clothes, whose unpresent- able appearance troubles me more than their wetness. In my own opinion I could go to the hotel with perfect safety as I am, but Dr. Williams so emphatically urged that there was danger in such a course that I could not venture to disregard uis advice.” He glanced mischievously out of the cor- ners of his eyes at the doctor, who scowled and inwardly raved at the man’s impe: inence. They were entering the basement. “And Prof. Drummond was 80 insistently hospitable,” added Mr. Philbrick. “Ah! this is good and no mistake,” and with a shiver he went close to the fire. “Miss Drummond,” said Dr. Williams, conscious that his face was scarlet, “this is Mr. Philbrick. Miss Willis, Mr. Phil- brick.” “I am sincerely delighted to meet you, ladies,” said Mr. Philbrick, bowing with ex- travagant formality, “althdush I could wish that the circumstances were more favorable to me.” “Then I won't say that I am glad to know you,” returned Louise, whose agita- tion had been quickly dispelled by the stranger's lightness of manner and his evi- dently sound condition, “but I will give you @ hearty welcome, just the same.” She held out her hand. “Wait a minute,” exclaimed Mr. Phil- brick, and he held both hands over the hot kitchen range and rubbed them together until they were dry. “Now, if you please,” and he held kis right hand high in mocking imitation of the style of handshake that prevails in fasnion- able circles, “look out for me garment! Louise took his hand in the same man- ner, laughing hard, and well she might, for in his dripping, bedraggled cloties, Mr. Philbrick, with his lofty manners, present- ed a ludicrous spectacle. “Now, Miss Willis, may I?” he said, turn- ing to “Amelia with the same gesture. “I am honestly glad to know you,” re- sponded Amelia, with a grave smile, as she extended her hand in the ordinary way. Mr. Philbrick promptly descended from his comicality and shook hands naturally. Dr. Williams had watched the little scene without a smile. He could see no fun in it; “Caught hold of, the, doctor's out- stretched hand.” he detested Philbrick cordially, and _be- rated the man’s foolhardy devotion to sport that had made this meeting possible, and had condemned him, the doctor, to perform the ceremony of introduction. Prof. Drummond came in with an armful of clothing. “It will be more comfortable for you to change here, Mr. Philbrick,” he said there’s no other fire in the house. not exactly of the same build, but these clothes will be big enough for you at all events.”” “You're awfully kind,” Philbrick. The, others went upstairs and strolled responded Mr. into the dining room, which was used morey than any other room in the house on ac: count of the view its windows commanded. Dr. Williams then remembered for the first time how he had called Louise by her given name in the moment of excitement, when all thought that the angler was in peril. He wondered if she had noticed it, and if so, what she thought of it. The doctor was rather embarrassed, the more so as Louise seemed to avoid him and kept her eyes steadfastly from meeting his. Her diffidence, if such it was, enabled Amelia to speak briefly to the doctor un- heard by Louise or Professor Drummond. “Did you notice,” she asked, “how easily he kept afloat and avoided dangerous rocks?” “Mr. Philbrick is an expert swimmer evl- dently,” responded the doctor. “So was Mr. Starkweather.” The words were few, but they were plain- ly significant of what was in Amelia’s mind. Discarding the theory of suicide she believed that the unfortunate young man had been entirely helpless if not dead when he.entered the river. Dr. Williams understood, and his brow clouded as the tragedy and its mystery were recalled to him. His promise was also recalled by the presence of the girl who had exacted it, and in whose thoughts there was apparently room for nothing but speculation concerning Starkweather's death. Professor Drummond had been talking with Louise about minor household mat- ters, and he concluded by saying: “I have some business to attend to in the village that I didn’t want to stop for. when we were down awhile ago. There’a time enough before luncheon, and as the horse isn't unhitched I'll drive down now. You will, of course, have Mr. Philbrick stay to luncheon, and you'll stay, too, won't you, doctor?” “With pleasure,” replied the doctor with suspicious willingness. “And by the way, doctor. I hadn't thought of it, but Philbrick may want a stimulant. Take him down some brandy, will you?” ‘The doctor nodded and went to the side- board as Professor Drummond left the room. A little later Dr. Williams knocked at the basement door. There was no re- sponse. He knocked again, and, after a pause, tried the door. It was locked. Quick to stir with suspicion in this house of unusual events, he felt his heart beat- ing with apprehensive excitement, when Mr. Philbrick’s cheery voice sounded from within: “Who is it?” “Me; Williams; I have some brandy for you." “Thanks, doctor: even for medicine. The doctor waited irresolute for a mo- ment and then said: “Are you most ready?” “Oh, no!" “I knocked twice, Mr. Philbrick.”” "* in a tone of amazement, y, I didn’t hear you.” “You lie!’ thought the doctor. Aloud: “The young ladies are waiting for you. Come up as soon as you can.” “All right,” came the contented, uncon- cerned reply, and the doctor withdrew. “That will bring him up quickly if any- thing will,” he reflected, “but I'd like to burst open the door and see what he's up to.” Dr. Williams returned to the dining room. Amelia was sitting by a window gazing somberly out upon the Miniski. Louise had but I never drink, not “Prof. Drummond came in with an armful of clothing.” taken some sewing and was busy over it, a work basket on her lap. The doctor took a chair near her and he thought her face flushed slightly as she bent her head fur- ther over her work. “That's an original device,” remarked the doctor, looking up at a lamp suspended from the ceiling over the table. It was evidently arranged to be raised or lower- ed at will. “I don’t seo just how it works,” he added. “I'll show you,” said Louise, rising, and as she did so her thimble dropped to the floor. At the moment she did not notice it. “It is papa’s invention. He's a wonderful me- chanic, doctor. I’ve heard lots of men say that there’s nobody like him for applying mechanical principles. The lamp is worked by this button on the table,” and she raised the cloth, revealing a button like an elec- tric annunciator. She pressed it, and the lamp began to descend. “Is it electricity?” asked the doctor, feel- ing his heart quake, for Prof. Drummond had said his electrical apparatus was wholly in his shop. “Oh, no, pure mechanics. The table is at- tached to the floor. This button is over a hollow leg, in which is a coil, or something, and it is connected with the lamp by wires thet run over wheels beneath the floor and within the wall to the ceiling.” The doctor breathed more freely. It would have been terribly repugnant to him to catch the professor in a lie, or to discover any evi- dence pointing to his probable guilt. He longed now with the utmost earnestness to establish the professor’s innocence, and he determined boldly to approach the profes- sor, tell him how suspicion was rife in the neighborhood, and beg him to take every step possible to clear himself. “Dear me!” exclaimed Louise, “I’ve drop- ped my thimble.” She began to look around on the floor. “Perhaps it's under the table,” said the doctor, and he promptly got down on all fours and crawled part way under. He did not see the thimble at once, but he did see something that more than interested him. While pretending to look for the.thimble he kept his eyes on this object and tried to quell the beating of his heart, so that when he should arise his face would be perfectly composed. On the leg of the table at the side where Professor Drtmmond always sat was a little brass lever. There was no mistaking it. It was not part of the mechanism by ich the leaves of the table were joined together. 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Richer in nutriment than cocoa. noi6-28e039t é Here, then, was thé proof of a lie! No wonder the professor calmly denied the preSence of electrical apparatus outside his “shop” if he had reason ‘to wish that no- body should know of its existence, for no man could have dreamed of the trivial ac- cident that- would reveal its presence to the one man who niight guess its signifi- cance in relation to Starkweather’s death. “The one man?’ Hardly. Mr. Philbrick stalked into the room, infent upon making the most fun possible out of the roomy gar- ments of the professor, and, catching a glimpse of the doctor beneath the table,- exclaimed: “Something lost? What is it? Let me help.” jo, nothing; I’ve found it,” stammered the doctor; “no, I haven't. It's not under there, Miss Drummond,” and he arose with flushed face, determined to prevent Mr. Philbrick,- by. main strength if necessary, from looking under the table. “Never mind,” said Louise; “I'll use Amelia's; it’s here in the basket some- where.” (To be continued next Monday.) A NEW JERSEY PHEASANTRY. English Pheasants by the Thousand Bred on Havemeyer’s Model Farm. From the New York Herald. Just about thirty miles from New York, near the ‘tation of Mahwah, N. J., is a pheasantry. There are a few small pheas- ant breeders in the United States, who sup- ply birds nd eggs for hatching in limited quantities, but there is nothing on so com- plete a scale outside of England or France as this phcasent-breeding establishment. It occupies about fifty acres of the pleas- antly undulating country of the model farm of Theodore A. Havemeyer. The breeding of pheasants in America is not an evidence of Avgiomania. The natur- ally abundant game bird supply is gradu- ally decreasing, owing to improved shot- guns and the additional number of shoot- ers; consequently means must be devised for keeping up the opportunities for sport. The pheasent is the king of birds for this purpose, as American game birds under present conditions promise, like other in- digenous creatures, notably the buffalo, soon to be extinc! —____+e+_—____. , She Obeyed Orders. From the Detroit Tribune. “I thought you had a good girl, Bloom?” “I had.” “What became of her?” “I told her to get up early and dust.” “Well?” “She got up and dusted.” Mrs. ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the Bys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. 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