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CHAPTER XXH.-(Continued.)
Porter Returns from q Journey.

I'm free to confess said Fenton,
that I'm sorry you've gone into this.
This isn't the kind Of thing that you're
In the habit of going into. I am not
much taken with the idea of mixing
up in a corporation that has as dis
company. It's been m1smanaged and
robbed until there's not much left for
an honest man to take hold Of; they
issue no statements; no one of any re-
sponsibflity has been connected with it
for long time. The outside stock
holders are scattered all over the
country, and most Of them have quit
trying to enforce their rights, if they
may be said to have any rights. You
remember that the last time they went
into court they We're knocked out and
I'm free to say that I don't want to
have to go into any litigation against
the company"
Yes, but the franchise is all
f"Probably it is all right" admitted
the lawyer reluctantly, but that isn't
the whole story by any manner OF
means. If it's known that you're pick
ing UP theAstock, every fellow that has
any will soak you good and hard be-
fore he parts with it. Now, there are
the bondholders-
f'Well, what can the bondholders
do?' demanded Portor.
f;, get o,, reeeixsr naat and haye lot
time, too. Those Eastern fellows are
slow sometimes, but they generally
know what they're about
ives, but if they weren't eastern
fellows"
oh, a bondholder's rights
aTa otner as rhoss gSea sus ITS are Paes asuay Z;
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spent the remainder of the day study
inc il He had troubled much over

spent the remainder of the day study
ing it. He had troubled much over
Porter,s secretive ways, and had
labored to shatter the dangerous con
ceit which had gradually grown up in
his client. Porter had, in fact, a con-
tempt for lawyers, tho he leaned on
Fenton more than he would admit.
Fenton, on the other hand, was con-
stantly fearful lest his client should
undo himself by his secretive meth
DDS. He had difficulty in getting all
the facts out of him even when they
were imperatively required. Once in
the trial of a case for Porter, the op-
which Fenton rose in full confidence to
refute. His antagonist reaffrmed 1t,
and Fenton, not doubling that he un-
derstood Porters position thoroly, ap-
pealed to him to deny the charge, fully
expecting to score an effective point
before the court. To his consterna-
! ton, Porter cody. admitted the truth
of the imputation. But even
this incident and Fenton's i'm
portunity in every matter that arose
thereafter did not cure Porter of his
| weakness. He was a difficult client,
who was, as Fenton often said to him.
self, good deal harder to manage In
lawsuit than the trial Judge or OppO-
sing counsel.
The next morning Fenton was at his
office early and sent his boy at once to
ask Mr.. Porter to come up. The boy
reported that Mr.. Porter had not been
| at the bank Fenton went down him
self at 10 O'Clock and found the presl-
dents desk closed.
"Where's the boss?" he demanded.
won't be down this morning. said
Wheaton. Miss Porter telephoned
| that he wasn't feeling well, but he ex-
/ pected to be down after luncheon"
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Milwaukee Sentinel,

Did Julius M. Farmer, who died
Thursday at the county hospital, sue
ceed in solving the problem of a prac-
teal rotary engine, on which engi-
sneers have worked for the last forty
years, only to die after quarter of
a century Of effort on the eve of the
realization Of his hopes and the reap
ing of rich reward for life of hard
that he did. They declare that recent
tests of Mr.. Farmers great work have
demonstrated that~in it he had invent
ed a rotary engine that will revolu-
tionize the engine building. world and
that a company will soon put the in
vention on the market. ...
For many years engineers have en-
deavored to perfect the rotary en-
gine," said J. E. Matteson yesterday.
MANY machines have been construct
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!, Fenton sat gazing at him in
.stupefed wonder.
% Weuld v 9'' d :s9 y9@ mind saying that
silent amazement in which he sat star
ing. at his client, who was blowing
rings of smoke with great equanimity
I've got all the bonds" was what
T said.
The lawyer walked around the table
and put his hand on Porter's shoulder.
/, He was trying to keep from laugh
ing, like parent who is about to re-
cause Of its offense Porter evidently
thought that he had done an extreme
ly bright thing.
"As I understand you, you have
! bought all of the bonds and half of the
stock $ .g.@ ,..5a- .,..., =, H.
! tle-shOrt.' ? = =
will you kindly tell me what you
wanted with the stock if you had the
ibonds?''
well, I figured, it this way, that the
franchise was worth the price had to
pay for the whole thing, and if I had
the stock control I'd save the fuss of
make a lot of runnpus about those
prejudice the eastern market when /
come to reorganize and sell out"
Fenton lay back in his chair and
laughed, while Porter looked at him
a little. defantly, with his hat tipped
over his eyes and a cigar sticking in
his mouth at an impertinent angle.
you'd better finish your job and
make sure of your majority said
Fenton. His rage was rising now and
he did not urge Porter to remain when
the banker got up to go. He was no,
at all anxious to defend franchise
which the local courts, always sensi.
tive to public sentiment, might sci
aside.
| IN see you in the morning first
thing said Porter at the door, which
Fenton opened for him. II want you
to go to the meeting with me and wei
I.need day to get ready"
The lawyer watchedsaiis client walk
4 toward the elevator occurred tc
him that Porter's step was losing its
elasticity. While the banker waited
for the elevator car he leaned Wearily
81 against the wire screen of the shaft.
. Fenton swore quietly to himself fol
a few minutes and then sat down witt
lTraction company before him, ant
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lying on the floor when she returned.
When the doctor came he found the
household in panic, and almost be-
fore Porter realized it. he was hazily
watching the white cap of the trained
nurse whom the doctor ordered with
his medicines.
your father. has a fever Of some
Sort he said to Evelyn. "It may be
only severe attack Of malaria; but it's
probably typhoid. In any event,
there's nothing to be alarmed about.
Mr.. Porter has one of the old-fash-
ioned constitutions" he added, reas-
suringly, "and there's nothing to fear
for him.
Porter protested all the morning
that he would go to his office
after luncheon, but the tempera-
ture line on the nurses chart
climbed steadily upward. He re-
sented the tyranny of the nurse,
who moved about the, room with an
air of having been there always, and
he was impatient under the efforts of
Evelyn to, soothe him. The doctor
ter's age and an old friend; he dealt
frankly with his patient now. Evelyn
stood by and listened, adding her own
words of pleading and cheer; and
while the doctor gave instructions to
the nurse outside, he relaxed, and let
1ASl SAiAooIiA LIS p111o" cllu pdlllC Ills
hot brow.
This may be my turn he began.
mot by any manner Of means,
father" she broke in with a lightness
she did not feel. Tt moved her greatly
to see his weakness.
Its an unfortunate time," he said
and there's something you must do
for me. I've got to see Wheaton or
F'enton- It's,very important"
But you mustn't, father; business
can wait until you're well again. II
will be only a few days
"You mustn't question what I ask, >
| he went on very steadily. Its OF
great Importance and she knew tha,
! he meant 1t.
Cant I see them for you?" she
asked. He turned his slight lean body
under the covers, and shook his head
heIpIessly on his pillow.
on see you can't talk, father
she said very gently. rs there any.
thing can say to them for you?"
"Yes." he said weakly, II want yor
to give the key to one Of my boxes te
| Wheaton. Tell him to take out {
age--nnarked Traction-and give
1 it to Fenton.
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PERFECT ROTARY STEAM ENGINE
What Milwaukee inventor Worked 0utThe Engine Works
Stationary Shaft and Do the Rotating ITSELF

ed which would work. but all Of them
were impractical lnaSmuch as they
required too much steam to develop
any power. For twenty-five years, in
the intervals of other work, Mr.. Far
mer worked on this problem, and at
tested a week ago last Sunday at the
National Blower company's plant on
st. Paul avenue, and proved to be a
perfect success.
The great advantages of the rotary
engine are its small size, it's economy
of space and reduction in the amount
of fuel required to develop high power.
All Of these things have been accom-
plished by Mr.. Farmers invention. and
the invention will soon organize a
company, heavily capitalized, which
will put the invention on the market
"The best description of the engine
is to say that it is a mass of engines
comprised in one machine, Instead
of the movable shaft, the engine itself
rotates on a stationary shaft. The sim
plicity Of the machine is strong point
in it's favor, as it is composed OF only
twenty-six parts. as against 2o0~ and
800 parts in other machines. At the
test, week ago, tWenty-six horse
power was developed with seventy
pounds of steam, and it was shown
that with 100 pounds of steam forty
horse power could be developed from
this little engine, which is only thirty
inches high. 1t contains eight en-
gines, 5x5 inches in size.
MANY other rotary engines have
been patented, but they have never
been successful. They have never
economized in steam, and the few that
have been put in active operation have
never paid and have soon been aban-
doned.
Henry Coudser, foreman of the
Krause & Schneck company. in whose
shop the engine was built, pronounced
it complete success.
1.-The experimental tests made a
week ago Sunday demonstrated the
success of Mr.. Farmers invention -
said Mr.. Coudser, 'and it is a pity he
could not have lived to witness the
triumph of his ideas. The small size
of the engine, it's economy in steam.
the fact that a tifty-horse power en-
gine of its kind can be built at one
third the cost of the other styles of
engines, all make it a revolution in
the engineering world
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THE NEW DEMOCRATIC HOUSE LEADER
John Sharp Williams, Whose InteIli-
gent Leadership Of the Opposition
in the House Gives Hope to the
non,oonoo,
Democracy.

The new leader of the democracy on
the floor Of the house Of representa-
ttves, John Sharp Williams is A 9 years
old, and a native Of Memphis, Tenn.
BY profession he Is a lawyer, by oc-
cupation planter, and by choice a
politician. He employs 5000 negroes
on his cottons plantation in Mississippi
and is, wealthy. He has never held any
public office except that of congress-
man, to which he was first elected ten
years ago, and apparently has no am
b1tion beyond place in the house of
representatives.
He is a graduate of the University
Of Virginia, and of the University Of
Heidelberg, Germany, and he speaks
I German, French, Spanish, Italian,
Latin and Greek with much huency.
In point of scholarship, it is believed
that he stands at the head Of his col
leagues.
AS a rough and tumble debater on
the floor he is exce1led by few men in
either house, and in a set speech he is
eloquent to the point of real oratory.
He. did not have single vote cast
against him in the last election, and
his position in the house seems to be
certain as long he cares to fill it
Should the democrats get control of
the house he would become speaker.
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Evelyn brought his key ring and
he pointed out the key and watched
her slip it from the ring.
TIL send for Mr.. Wheaton at once"
she said. Don't worry any more about
it, father" s
Evelyn She had started for the
door, but now hurried back to him.
Don't tell him anything over the
telephones; just ask him to come up"
She went out at once that he might be
assured, and he turned Wearily on his
pillow and slept.
Porters illness was proclaimed in
the first editions of the afternoon pa
pers, which Wheaton saw at his desk.
News gains force by publication, and
when he read the printed statement
that the president of the Clarkson Ma
tional bank was confined to his house
by illness, he felt that Porter must
really be very sick: and he naturally
turned the fact over In his mind to
see how this might affect him.. The
directors came in and sat about in the
directors room with their hats on.
turer, who had seen Porter's doctor,
pronounced the president very sick
man and suggested that Thompson,
the invalid vice president, ought to be
notified. The others acquiesced, and
they prepared a telegram to sThornp-
son at Phoenix, suggesting his imme-
diate return, If possible.
Wheaton sat with them and listened
respectfully. When he was first ap-
pointed to his position, he had waited
with a kind of awe for the. pronounce
ments of the directors; but he had ac-
quired a low opinion of them. He
certainly knew more about the affairs
Of the bank than anyssof them except
Porter and he knew more than Porter
of the details During this informal
conference Of the directors. Wheaton
was called to the telephone, and was
cheered by the sound of Evelyn $
voice. She asked him to come up as
soon as convenient; she wished to give
him a message from her father, who
was very comfortable, she said After
dinner would do; she knew that he
must be very busy. He expressed his
| sympathy formally, and went back to
the directors with a kindlier feeling
toward the world. There was a CON
ISOLATION for him in the knowledge that
Miss Porter must summon him to her
| in this way; her fathers illness made
another tie between them.
! Go be continued to-morrow-1
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. But why should 1t be so terrible to
acknowledge. that your husband is
nobler and larger than yourself? Be
thankful if it is so. Try to climb
up on his broad shoulders and see
the world thru his eyes, What an OPP
with an intelligence and a character
50 much greater than your &wn If
you are modest and simple and true
to yourself, he will not crush you; he
will elevate you. He will not bully
you; he will enlighten you Bend
your proud little neck to the yoke of
his judgment. Be less assertive and
aggressive. Sit at his feet and learn.
# it become necessary-obey. Some
times his mind has SO much wider
sweep than yours that 1t will be far
a wife.
And there are women whose judg-
ments exceed their husbands in the
same way. 1t Is harder for man to
admit it, of course. But why should
a man prefer smashing his home to
of IL wife whom God has enriched
with that noblest of all human endow-
ments--ins1ght? 1t Is tough, no doubt
to acknowledge that this little fair
haired woman whom you made such
boasts of cherishing and protecting
and defending should reveal a ca
pacity that throws all your moderate
talents into the shade. But how great
blessing her gifts might be to you
Be humble in their presence. Give
them your reverence. Do not be a
sneak and puppy Do not dangle
after hef like some august divinity.
But thank heaven that you have those
clear eyes to see thru, and If you have
been wrecking your business pros
poets and rnisrnanaging your family
affairs sit quietly at the feet of this
little clear-eyed woman and learn the
deeper truths which she sees by some
divination that you know not of.
Terminate that fearful struggle OF
a brute will with a high intelligence
Cease that futile and disastrous self.
assertion. Do not cringe and truckle
like a slave, but offer a genuine and
noble difference to mental and mora
superiority.
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value: For twenty-five years the
firm had been extracting uranium
from ore, and rejecting the by-products
as valueless.
From these very same bi-products
radiur could be obtained, but they
had all been removed by the public
refuse carts, the firm sharing the
worlds ignorance of their value. Some
of the by-products may possibly be re-
covered, as they are indestructible, but
doubtless most of them were dis
persed.
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TAKE THE TRAIN TO PEKING,

According to the Borsen Courier it
has been decided to run a train de
and Warsaw to the Chinese capital,
beginning, April /, next. The
Russian government will arrange to
simplify the passport and customs
regulations for thru passengers, so
that these tedious and unpleasant for
malities would only be gone thru once.
Arrangements will be made for re-
duced sea passage for travellers to
Peking, should these desire to return
to Europe by steamer
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RENoUNCEs
HIS ALLEGIANCE
CHICAGOAN REH

Edward w: Stewart is said to be the
first 2naturalized citizen of Chicago
to renounce his allegiance to the
United States. Recently he wrote to
the clerk of the circuit court of Cook
county from Falcoragh, county Done
gal; gal Ire Ireland a. saying II forward to
I relinquish all rights to same, also
all claims of any kind I have had up to
the present against the United States
of America. 1t is with regret T do
this, but necessity cOmnels me-,
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Father CridWick,

Father Cridwick, probably the
best known chaplain the navy has,
will retire as soon as the necessary
form can be observed. Secretary
Moody has received a letter from him
rendering his resignation. It is the
understanding that when the chaplain
puts off the uniform he will be given
an Important charge in New York
city. Father Chidwicl< was chaplain
Of the battleship Maine, which was
blown upu in Havana harbor Feb. Is,
1898. 1t fell to his lot to say the
funeral services over as many Of the
bodies Of the $50 dead were found.
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CHAPTER XIII.
Interrupted Plans.

Porter had Wakened that morning
with a painracked body and the hot
taste of fever in his mouth. He
dressed and went downstairs to break
fast, but left the table and returned
to his room to lie down.
4 It'll be all right in an hour or So;
I guess I've taken cold," he said to
Evelyn. At the end of an hour he was
shaking with a chill
Evelyn left him alone to telephone
for the doctor and in her absence he
tried to rise and tainted. He was still
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BUYING, SELLING
AND BUILDING
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Bernheimer Land company to Andrew &. john
sen ct al, in section 22, township III, range
Ella G. Bigelow and husband to Modena Han
soon, lots 8 9, & L, Is and Il, block 8, Pleasant
row. lot !, 3 H; Aldriehs rearranEemsnt 81 .sgS,
lot 13, Bonham's subdivision $500.
Charles H. Boardman and wife to Frederick I.
Bird, in section 2s township 1oo range 21,
Block s seaso SyenSs Parh 7oS
George D. DAYTON and % Wife to- to David Draper
Dayton lot 20 Block @ J. T. Blaisdell's revised
Frederick H. Porter and wife to Harry F. But
1S blocks s. Ksea and Lake Street addion Il s2 800
| James R. Thorpe and wife to Victor Carlson
ct al, lot II, block g. the Erastus Byers addition,
Msn ii 2 ssas % s xs to 9a
Charles f. Walen and wife to Nels J. Nelson,
lot / blk block X / Abbott's addition $40;
Sss $50 block o. riverside Short Line
and husband ii is 6esf s. ar Grosnds sd
1 ton, $500.
Maria Il; Williams to William NJ. Higgins, lot
Annie Esnouf Edman and iiaU husband ND to Isaac
Heller part lots Lots and G. block H. Gales second
ti0n Z township III, range "A, s725. -,
| . me flnance company or Minnesota to g. Ar.
thur r. Goetze and wife lots %. % and "a, block
ton 12, town 20. range Fl, sioo III see-
Frank atcher, Sr., and wife to James
Hatcher, Hatcher, in section Is, town 11s, range e.,
Hennepin County Savings Bank to Henry R.
BeItueit, lots Z AMI g. block %, Oak Park
silas D. Hillman and wife to Walter s. HILL
5000
Enery G.. Holiday and wife to H. G. Brown
lot I, block g.. Parkers addition, $3.50.
Ora l.. Latham and husband to John Aaron
Nelson; lot s, block 2, Chanberlan's addi-
John A. Lane to Mary T.. shafer, part lots
10 and II, block 8, Meeker Island Land and
Power Company's addition $3.50.
| George Weston Lawrence to John Wilkin-
son. In section 3d. town 11s, range 23, $3.50.
Minnesota Canada Land and Investment COM
pany to Grace Hayward Ferris ct al, lot g.
! block Q, Snyder & Co.'s first addition $4,000
a"i t,sbloek =: Murphy's addition. Isl $500 :
/ Phoenix Security company to John Engquist
ct al (trustees), lot 4, block 1, s. G.. Cutters
George F.. Piper and wife to Nellie NJ. Baker,
lot :, l y, block Il, Oak Park addition, $4,000.
Hansen, lots 2 and 8, block /, Menage's sup.
plpmenl. $3.50.
| Thirty miner and unpublished deeds, $1,O45.
! Total, si%1y-one deeds, $43, ,O95.,.
BUILDING PERMITS.
lanes II. Horton, 1916 Wentworth avenue,
| dwelling, $1,250.
Andrew Erickson, 1902 Twenty fourth avenue
+! N. dwelling, $1,000.
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Sir William Ramsay Discovers Tha,
Big Firm of Chemists Has
Been Doing This.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
London, Dec. 5l.-In the course of
lecture Sir William Ramsey to-day
stated he had discovered that a
prominent firm of analytical chemists
and metallurgists in London had been
throwing away radium of incalculable
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-31

Governor Yates of Illinois has ap-
pointed five commissioners to pur-
chase a statue Of Francis E. Willard,
the temperance apostle, and erect the
same in Statuary hall, Washington.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST
Probably tonight; Friday

Weather Now and Them Minimum
with
portion Friday
+
portion
bri norher wind
and brisk
nOrtherly
Monanasnow tonight Friday;
Upper Nicasaasnow
North Dakota Manitoba AnibOa
f f II S.
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CRADLE, ALTAR
AND GRAVE
BIRTHS.

BIRTHS. - s,sE
Currier--Mr. and Mrs. Oscar, So33 Second ave-
nue. S, daughter.
Peterson-Mr. and Mrs. George. 2742 Taylor
street NE, daughter. = : :
JohnSon-Mr. and Mrs. Thomas. 34O Twenty
third avenue s, daughter. =
Carlson-Mr. and Mrs. John, 2709 Thirteenth
avenue s. daughter. 80
Johnson-A1r. and Mrs. August, 1922 Fifth
Bibbius-S1r and Mrs e. NJ 6o5o Thirteenth
avenue S, daughter.
Peterson-Mr. and Mrs. Charles 1917 First
street s, twin girls.
! Nilson-Nlr. and Mrs. Ole, 634 Tyler street NE,
daughter.
avenue Me- daughter. ,ag -. -.7z%sl7G = e
y Telander- and Mrs Alfred, 62s Twentieth
avenue S.. son. :f W. tEttr&t s$&% tE',
sNilsen-;alr. and Mrs. Charles, 1916 Fifth street
S, a daughter. II Il: Il y e: |..s !rfs-
olso,..,.r and. Mrs. M.,A2621 Stevens avenue
j, daughter. =
scott-Mr. and Mrs. ClM., SO Thirteenth
Little-Mr. and Mrs G. w. e32 Elwood ave-
nue., son. = =.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
William p Baldwin Nellie Fl. PricSard
Charlie ii. Dodge; and Ida t., JOnes.
Frank e. Palmer andS Annie LIebke. -,
August Larson and Hilda Peterson. :. ~
Irwin B. Ward and Edythe NJ Buckinham. -
Carson C.. Champlin and Albine NJ. De Slau-
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MINIMUM TEMPERATURES.
at a
ernper las tMen -four hours

Edward Gleason and Pesrle NJ. Schultz
Perez f. Nation and Sadie NJ. jenkins.
Anton Thompson and Inger Tryggestad.
William Carlson and Agnes Nelson.
Anton Odette and Frida Fenold
John Lawless and Harriet Erickson.
Corlice Sykes and Mae Thompson.
Charles Cherpeskie and Lily Gagnon r..
George w. McBreath and Elsie II. Hase
James Orr and Amelia J. Hallett.
Frank A. Young and Marie Dahl.
lrenens Atkinson and Louise Adelia Kirkwood.
George r. Pitcher and Anna e. Dillaber.
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DEATHS.

DEATHS.
Brochwich-John, 142 Cooper street.
Stepheney-kitty 407 Plymouth avenue NJ.
Moyy--Loraine 3108 Lyndale avenue n.
Kostmann-Mary, 2125 Bryant avenue N.
MoranECora p. Eleventh street s.
Harper-Robert G., 17i9 Elliott avenue.
Holmes-Harriet. 1924 q Nineteenth street,
Sundberg-1saac, rs Ninth avenue S.
Leah-Thomas city hospital. <saI
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p BUILDING PERMITS.
"ames II. Horton, 1916 Wentworth avenue,
dwelling, $1,250.
Andrew Erickson, 1902 Twenty fourth avenue
NJ dwelling, 81. 900.
Minneapolis Board Of Park Commissioners,
pavilion at Lake Harriet. sac, ,OOO
Total,
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SHOULD THE WIFE
OBEY HUSBAND

Word Obey in Marriage Service Sounds Like Sham to Dr.
Goss Mental and Moral Superiority of Husband Wife
Should Be Gladly Recognized and Deferred Tosubnerg-
ence Of Personality to Be Avoided.
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CHARLES FREDERIC G0Ss Redemption
Etc.
Copyright by Joseph Bowls.