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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
newnIf Honner Divorced.

MineoIa, n. Y, April 2S.-Ellen B.
Hopper, a comic opera singer, known
on the stage as Nella Bergen, was
granted a permanent decree of di-
vorce from DeWolf Hopper, actor,
Mondoy. There was no defense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
q & O Train In a Wreck.

Ravenna, O., April 24.-Two Pull
man sieepers attached to Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train No. IL, from
New York 10 Chicago, were over
turned near here Tuesday. Four per-
sons we're injured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Cashier Gets Ten Years.

San Francisco, April 23.-Charles
F. Baker. defauiting assistant cashier
of the Croker National bank. was
sentenced in the United States dis
trict court Monday to serve ten years
In San Quentin penitentiary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
TWO Fishermen Drowned.

Marshfeld.-Ray Krause, son of B.
L. Krause, wealthy mill owner of this
city, with his companion, Walter Far
mentier, was drowned in the wiscon.
sin river about eight miles from Grand
Rapids.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Rov <idnsped Last AUGUST Found.

Columbia, Miss, April 23.-Robert
Dunbar. the eight-year-old child who
was kidnapped at the home of its
parents near Opelousas, La. last Au-
gust. was found and identified by his
father Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Pope Continues to Improve.

Rome, April 24.-The pope's i'm
provement continued Tuesday eve
ming. despite the fact that he awoke
depressed and restless. He refused
solid food, so the liquid diet was re
sumed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Prince Has Narrow Escape.

Copenhagen, April 26.-Prince Axei
of Denmark had narrow escape from
death Thursday when, after success
full flight the aeroplane in which he
was riding smashed agains+ a barrier
on coming to the ground
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
cressnn Minis Golf Match

London, April 23.-William P. Ores
son. second secretary of the United
States embassy, won the diplomatic
golf challenge cup Monday in the
stroke competition played annually at
Ranelagh.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Mountain Tnn Falls

F1orac, France, April 24.-The crest
of Mount Rochefort, dominating this
town, fell off Tuesday. An enormous
mass of rock rolled for mile and a
half into the valley, destroying fields,
gardens, orchards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01

To Compensate Innocent Prisoners
Madison.-The senate concurred in
the Holmes bill to compensate inno-
cent prisoners who are committed
through an error in criminal justice.
The bill now goes to the governor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Another Mishap on Big Steamer.

Berlin, April 26.-Another mishap
on the Imperator, the worlds largest
steamship, was reported Thursday.
Eight men were injured by explosion
of gasoline, caused by careless hand
ling. The ship was not damaged
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
NEGRO Minister Bound Over.

La Crosse.-H. B. Alexander. col
ored, of Milwaukee, an ordained min
lister, was bound over for trial here on
the charge of obtaining money under
false pretenSes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01

Indiana Student at Harvard Suicides.
Cambridge, Mass, April 24.-Lucien
D. Tenant, aged twenty-five years,
of Terre Haute, Ind, first year stu
dent in the Harvard graduate school,
was found deld Tuesday, with bull
let hole in his head.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Old Time Actor suicides

New York. April 24.-Louden McCor-
mack. a well-known actor Of the old
school. was found dead in his room in
the Empire hotel Wednesday. Nearby
was bottle that had contained
laudanum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
To Abolish Roadhouse evil.

La Crosse.-In an effort to abolish
the roadhouse evil, Mayor Sorensen
has applied 10 Governor McGovern,
who promised that the element will be
cleared up at once.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Arcadia Under Quarantine

Arcadia.-Persons under y years of
age are prohibited on the streets, and
the whole city is under quarantine,
the result of an epidemic of scarlet
fever.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Assistant Attorney General Named

Washington. April 24,-Samuel J.
Graham of Pittsburgh was selected
Tuesday for iirst assistant attorney
general to fill the vacancy caused by
The resignation of William H. Lewis,
the Boston negro.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
VOTERS RECALL A JUDGE
Charles Weller Removed From Bench
in San Francisco.


San Francisco, April 26.-In a recall
election-the first ever held in San
Francisco-Police Judge Charles Wei
Ter was removed from the bench by
the voters of San Francisco.
The movement against Judge Weller
grew directly out of his action in re
ducing the bail of man charged with
attacking a girl. allowing the man to
escape. The bail had been set at
$4,000 by one judge and Judge Weller
reduced it to 1000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Sc. 600 RrnnkIvn Fire

New York, April 25.-Fire partially
destroyed the Brooklyn factory of the
American Steel Barrel company Wed
nesday of which Mrs. Elizabeth c..
Seaman (''Nellie Bly, is the princi-
pal stakeholder. Damage, $4,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Builder of Canal Dies.

Frankfort-on-the-Ma G any,
April 25.-Herr Holman, builder of
the famous Kaiser Wilhelm ship
canal. connecting the North sea and
the Baltic sea, died here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Daily Thoucht.

Riches take wings, comforts vanish,
hope withers away, but loves stays
with US. Love IL God.-Lew Wallace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
Riuht Kid of a Job.

Try to get a job SO important they
will say you have handed in your
resignation If you get f1red.-Atchiso
Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01
MRS. GEORGE w. ELkINS DIES
Wife of Head of Wealthy PhiIadeE-
phia (Pa.O Family Succumbs,

phia (Pa.) Family Succumbs.
Philadelphia, Pa, April &c. - Mrs.
George w. EIkins, wife of the head of
the Elkins family in Philadelphia, is
dead at her country home after long
Illness. Mr. Elkins is one of the
wealthiest men in the country, his ia
Their having been a member of the
Widener-Elkins syndicate, owners of
street railway lines in many of the
large cities. Mrs. Elkins was Miss
Stella E. McIntire of Dayton, O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01

James z. Edgerton, a former New
Jersey newspaper man, has been APP
pointed by the president as purchas-
Ing agent of the postoffice department
at salary of $4,000 year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-01

Chicago, April &c, 1913.
Cattle-Beeves, 7.40@9.25; stockers
and feeders, 610@8.10; cows and heif-
ers, 4.00@8.50; calves, 6.00@S50.
Hogs-Light, S.S0@910; heavy, $50
@9.05; rough, S.55@S.70; pigs, 6.9e@
800.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

! lifted his hand solemnly. mo more.
| There is your answer-there Is the
law, The people! Ask them, Wiley"
Curran glanced back, an impulse to
make last passionate cutlery 10 some
thing, he knew not what But the
peopie-the Midlanders, indomitable,
contained unfearing the final issues OF
nothing. Their land, their law-their
Saxon strength had won and made II
through bloody centuries. The man
standing alone seemed to read their
will. He checked his cry. What
would 1t be but the cry OF broken
man, a discredited leader?-himself
without place among them? They had
not spoken now at the crisis-they
had approved by this silence. Curran
bowed his head I'm a sorrow that only
the light of heart may know.
Then, with a swift remembrance, he
stretched his hands 70 Harlan.
For Gods sake. boy. Wsit-Aure-
lie is coming! And you love her. Har
lam"
But the other man had galloped
down the road, speaking to a group
here and there. The deputies sprang
up in a struggling line. Some one up
in the quarry face fired a shot and a
shout rang from the farther woods.
The man by the fence watched them
silently. He turned to look at the
people. They, too, were still, stead
fast; absorbed as If. from a mighty
arena, under the gray stare OF the
sky, they, the rulers, the arbiters.
watched a drama-the conflict OF eter-
nal forces which would destroy what
they ordained TO destroy. and save
what they ordained TO be saved. That
was the communal law, the social com.
pact. He who set himself against II
would perish. Curran felt its inexora.
bleness-he. too, had defed it--and 1t
had bided its time TO destroy him.
(Continued)
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22
CHAPTER XIV.
(Contlnued)

They came upon the blond-headed
young man who In night, had come
70 have authority In his manner-that
.tacit authority past all trappings OF
e6lce which men acknowledge In
discs. He stood by the road hum
dred yards outside the Lindstrom
fence. All along this fence, and stretch
ing into the woods, was the hastilysum-
moned posse, armed with shotguns.
Yi6es, revolvers--with all the moo-in-
e0lciency of a community unused 10
the issues of force. Among the woods
and on the bridge across Sinsinawa
Greek, and all along the way to town,
were buggies, motor-cars, horsemen,
pedestrians, coming out and strag-
cling back. The coroner's men had
been there, and all evidences OF Lind
etrom's bloody work had been re-
moved In the fence corners, fires
were going; the deputies, chilled from
the all-night vigil, were making COZ
Zee. Newsboys from Earlville were
SOw going among the crowds crying
papers; an dthese and the deputies
eating and some laughing nervously
with one another gave the AFFAIR the
aapect Of q huge grotesque picnic
They hurled Quips at one anothers
courage and taunts to the embryo war
correspondents who hurried back to
the telegraph Offices, and then came
On to question leading citizens, and to
badger Harlan Van Hart, the Irospec-
tive district attorney, who seemed In
control. Murmurs were heard. Why
wasn't something done? Who fired
the last shot? II was getting ridicu-
lous, this waiting and considering.
The Chic ago newspaper men, who just
arrived, were laughing over the blum
dsring and inefficiency. Some OF the
deputies had secured whisky and were
already drunk.
\. Arne vance's machine reached Har-
Ian Just as this word was brought.
Curran saw his eye set coldly; he
was glancing along his disorderly cor
DON by the fence. He seemed about
I 70 ride down the line, and then he
looked at his watch.
Harlan" cried Arne, I'VE brought
Wiley back"
Currpn was conscious that Janet.
&C his side. and Harlan were looking
at each other with a significant 81.
lance. He was going to speak to Har-
Ian. when that young man slowly mo-
toned to him to leave the machine He
6escended and went along the rail
nance from the others.
wiley" muttered Harlan, will you
70 IN thereY''
Wiley glanced at the Lindstrom
lort, q gray and silent frame shack in
ne midst, OF the corn stubble; stack
81 brokep-dovn wagon, and the well
6ouse. No Sign of life, nothing, yet
Ann q window here and there. will
beWsldering ubiquity, the deadly rife
6h0t had rung whenever a man hat
approached. John will treat witt
rou. He swore you we're the onl!
!, nan In the county he would trust.
b6e near an hour ago and delivered
!. Gnr message. Gave him two hours Il
nrTender or take the consequences.
z Harlan, those children"
ri know. And his wife-and tina
|rnook Of n Frenchman is there.
b IT, be glanced at the townspeopl,
nc1utoly. they left II to me--ant
q N rot endure this Dead or alive
N take him this morning-and III
answer for any one. I'll lead the
Nd vhon the rush comes, Wiley"
~ .oa1or man locked up at sinr
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22
Sterling NoUel of the Great Middle West
The MIDLANDERS
Bv[HARLES TENNEY JACKSON
-Ehs o. Souls" Brothers
aaT sohS Murno
By CHARLES TENNEY JACKSON

Yes. Id expect you He was seek
ing a answer In Harlan's eyes-Har
Ian must know-surely he knew, Bu
Curran could not speak. SO great was
the press OF this other greater mat
ter.
Harlan put out his hand. Wiley,
depend on you. If they can be saved
it will be you"
Curran looked about. Some no
ton that Harlan was doggedly suffer
ing under the covert gibes OF the
spectators at the safe distance-the
mob who knew nothing OF the ext
gencies OF the case-came to him
Some idea that the day would be cru
ciai for the younger man, II he finch
ed under the responsibility.
iii co. he answered, and for the
first time since his own tragedy be
gan, trace of the old friendly smile
came to his lips. At the fence he
called back: And II he does not
conner"
The law will have to take It's
course. | promise nothing,"
Curran drew a white handkerchief
from his pocket as he crossed the
Held. He was vaguely aware that
Arne Vance's machine had turned
down the creek road back to town.
But keener still was the impression
that the thousandsiof eyes were watch.
Ing him. Presently he heard a mrr.
muir among the deputies, taken up,
growing. spreading to the masses OF
people away beyond He did not look
back. They knew him. they would
recognize him, the recreant, the fallen
man or the county who would have
been their leader. Even when a
struggling shout went up, he did not
turn; II rang with wild hysterical
note. primal with hostility It seemed
10 Curran. Then the watchers saw
hlm reach the house. pause at the
door, and be admitted.
Inc throng began 10 murmur again.
and shit. But many stared silently al
the house in the bleak field. John
had not fired at "Curran OF the
News They began 70 mutter and
argue explanations. The correspond
ents went off to put more stun" on
the wire about this turn OF affairs
AND after fifteen minutes, that seemed
an hour they saw Wiley Curran come
out or the house. He seemed plead
ing; and they saw boys tow head
in the door. And presently. Curran
came on. He crossed the field In a
great silence Even the nearer peo
! pie did not crowd up TO listen when
he reached Harlan sitting his horse or
the creek road. Curran spoke quiet
! ly, yet il seemed his voice reached
them all, so acute the stiffness.
He Will not surrender. | pleaded
every point Told him that LATE Ma
son offered to defend him. That he'C
have b fair trial. That our peopl,
lwere people OF the law-they would
give him justice. | begged for hi
wife and children. But he told his oil,
story. The land was his No maj
could put foot on it until he was paid
He told his old grievance. The Law
sent him to jail--it made him wha
he was. Never again would he fac
mans justice-God was the suprem
judge-and not Van Hart
Van Harris son was pale. Their
seemed challenge and Indictment II
the others tone. He gathered hi
reins tighter. Well, We'll take him
"Harlan--in Gods name-those chill
dren,"
He had bis choice"
Walt" Curran stopped nearer
then faced as II TO the others.
Harlan turned in the saddle. II,
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

they preached farming. and began to
practice it, too.
IL takes scientific methods 10 raise
good crops In this semi-arid land,
where the sob is fertile, but rainfall
is gamble s'iel.s sec usually allowed
To Tie fal!oN" every other year, and
tho farmer must plow deep. treasure
every bit OF moisture and use wisdom
In selecting and rotating crops. wise
cultivation. however, brings big re-
wards.
What those amateur Indian farm
ers did was shown last OCTOBER al
Poplar, Mont, in the first indian
fair" ever held. Crazy Bull and some
OF Ia eIndian school boys and girls
made especially good records. They
produced 20 10 % bushels OF wheat
TO the acre, 90 TO 50 bushels OF oats
and Is 70 20 bushels OF flax. This
year they have twice as much land
under cultivation, and the average
production is running just as high.
The Indians are as proud or their
progress as they ever were Of big
buffalo kills and scalp-lock collections.
The word has been passed around
that white man must go some 10 beat
lnjun.'
The registration places for the big
land drawing are Great Falls, Glas-
gov and Havre, Mont, Farms OF 100
acres will be allotted to settlers. I'M
der. the homestead law. as long as
they last. Those drawing the early
numbers get the pick of the S,406
farms They have TO pay the low ap-
praised valuation of $3.50 to 81 an
acre. In five annual installments.
The land is considered worth s25
an acre, and is expected TO add 90
100000 bushels a year 70 the grain
production OF the northwest
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22
MAINE WOODS HAVE
MODERN SAMSON
Almost Seven Feet Tall, and
Handle Whole Trees
Alone

BANGOR, Me, Aug. 22.-John J.
Nueent, OF Caratunk, Me, is the big
gest man in the Maine woods. He
is thirty-four, six feet nine and three
quarter inches tall. weighs 235 pounds
and strong In proportion. He has
seven brothers. all OF whom are over
six feet tall. .fxla
Nugcnt uses a sled eight feet long
by thirty inches wide. On one oc.
casion Nugent had loaded on the sled
the butt OF tree which he had cut.
The butt was seventeen feet I'm
length. He started TO haul the butt
10 the landing. a full haifmile away.
The log was so long that IL caused
the front part OF the sled 20 tin up.
and in order 10 make the load balance
he placed on the front part two rail.
road ties. which added weight OF
$50 pounds He reached the landing
on schedule time.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

Using mercury vapor lamps In her
greenhouse, a Scotch woman horti-
culturist not only forces seeds to
sprout and plants TO grow In half the
usual time. but also produces greater
depth OF color ia the vegetables.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

Clusters, now a Christian.
S406 white mans farms 10 be drawn
by lot, beginning September l.
The Indians are prepared for the
change. That is the remarkable phase
of this business. They themselves
have made esy the last trasition
stage from barbarism to agricultural
competition with their paleface en-
emies.
Two year sago Louis Hill, chairman
of the board of directors of the Great
Northern railway. picked few In
dams from the reservation and sent
them 10 the New York land show. He
wanted them to see what the white
man was doing with land like theirs.
Chief Crazy Bull was one of them
They saw and were converted. When
Crazy Bull and his braves returned
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

FIERCE WARRIOR TRIBE THAT
MAssAcREo CUSTER HAS SET
TIED DOWN TO AGRICULTURE
WITH REMARKABLE SUCCESS.
GREAT FALLS. Mont. Aug. az
The last wild Indians" have been
tanned. The fierce Sioux tribe when,
nearly half a century ago, massacred
General Custer and his brave oanu
OF cavalrymen In the valley or the
Little Big Horn. has changed into
peaceful community OF farmers. And
Uncle Sam is about TO add the nnlsn-
inr touch to their new civilization.
There are but 5000 left OF the no
madic Sioux bands that long terri
6ed the northwest In recent years
they have been confined on the Fort
Peck reservation, in northern Mon
tana, far from the scene of their last
big battle, where they mustered 20,
600 or more.
Here, as the wards Of the govern
ment. they have had the limited free
dom of ZOOS 900 acres-one square
mile for each redskin. But now their
range Is to be further restricted TO
make room for the invading hordes OF
white settlers, hungry for land
The Indians have been allotted 723,-
693 acres, making farms averaging 240
acres apiece, and the remaining L.
345,000 acres have been carried into
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22
It's No Joke to Be Deaf
Every Deaf Person Knows Ths

i was deaf myself for twenty live
years. / became SO deaf that / had 10
use an ear trumpet as large as small
teapot, In order to ahear public speak
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

fectly comfortable. invite every per-
son who Is deaf. reading this adver
tisement TO come and see me at my
home Office, is Adelaide st, Detroit
I can tell you in few minutes whether
artificial Ear Drums will help you or
not. l have worn Ear Drums myself
for fifteen years, and can hear fine.
During the past Ave years l have treat
ed and advised with over MY thou
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

ing. But / can now
hear with those
little artificial Ear
Drums (pictured In
this ad vertis e
ment) In nv ears.
l wear them night
and day. You can
not see them in
the ears. and l
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-06-20
WHY WORRY
Co To
LUCY LAKE
Fish, Boat, Battle, Skate, Eat, Drink
Pure Artesian Water and
Forget Your Troubles

LUCY LAKE--a Resort and Picnic Grounds the
OCILLA SOUTHERN RAILROAD is open and running full
blast.
Extensive Ground Improvements have been made this
season. and in addition to the large bathing pool
selffowng aresian wells pavons Electric Lights etc.
we now have large Skating Pavilion with Maple Floor
first class Restaurant and several furnished cottages
which rent at reasonable rates. all of which 90 to make
this of the attractive and ideal resorts in the
state for rest and recreation.
THE OCILLA SOUTHERN, beginning Sunday June LIST,
special Sunday Train leaving Nashville loo p Ala
paha 4O PM arriving Lucy Lake 155 Pm. leaving Lucy
Lake $40 PM arriving Oclla 625 M Fitzgerald ZOO P.
NJ Mixed ain leaves Lucy Lake daily except Sunday at
500 PM north-bound which will handle passengers who
desire to return before the regular train.
Commencing Thursday June the 5th special train will
be operated each Thursday evening leaving Fitzgerald
PM arriving Lucy Lake IT'S M. returning leave Lucy
Lake 1915 PM arriving Oclla loo PM Fitzgerald 1880
P M.
Upon application special train service be arranged
for Sunday Schools Secret Orders or other special pccs
desiring to go in body.
Round trip rates of SOC for whole and Csc for half tickets
from Fitzgerald are in effect for party of five more
Tickets must be secured before boarding trains at agency
points Corresponding low accorded from non
agency stations and conductors will sell tickets to cover
For further information call Ticket Agents or write.
D. C. SMITH, Gen. Mgr. B. G. TIPPINS Com, Agent
Ocilla, Ga. Fitzgerald, Ga.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-08-28
CHRISTIANS IN SYNAGOGUE
Jews Lend WorshIplns Place TO Pro.
testant Congregation.

San Francisco.-A condition said TO
be unique In ecclesiastical annals OF
California has grown out OF the hos.
pltality OF Rabbi Martin \. Meyer and
his congregation, who have thrown op.
On their place OF worship, the Temple
Emanuel. 90 the congregation OF the
First Congregational church. OF which
Rev Charles +. Aked ~ pastor. and
for the next IL months Hebrew and
Christians will worship. according 10
their separate creeds, in the same edi.
flee.
In welcoming the oongregation To
the Jewish temple, Rabbi Meyer said;
This building. consecrated TO the
worship OF the Jews, viii be doubly
consecrated to us now from the knowl.
edge that whore we sat and worship,
ped on Saturday there also you sat and
worshipped the same God on the Sab,
bath"