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New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
". ". ELLsWoRrH,s LHcrrRE.

W. w. Ellsworth of this city, iectured before ~
Young Mems Association last evening the Broadway
Tabernacle, taking for his subject An American In
Egypt" A large audience present. Mr.. Ellsworth
spent winter IN the East two and the lecture
transcript Of his personal impressions and expert
enees vigorous writer agreeable speaker, with
good eye for the picturesque and the humorous he sh
fully blended amusement and instruction In his lecture.
frequently interrupted by applause and when -
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
AMERICAN LNSururE QrARrERLY MEEr1Sa.

The quarterly meeting Of the American Institute was
held last night at No. Ill w st hirtyeighthst Repore
committees having In charge various branches OF tile
Institutes all showed encouraging progress. A
order OF business fof the conduct Of the meetings
adopted with view Il making them more interesting
than formerly. The order includes the reading d
full detailed report, the polytechnic, Photographic
and Farmers Club branches Of the Institute.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
WoMAy CAPTURES A BURGLAR.

Mrs Elizabeth Virgins. Of No. 175 West Twelfth'st
e brave woman. after midnight she was awakened
bv the striking Of match in her room on the hrst nat'
She sprang out of bed and saw man hurry oue Oh ue
- od then try 70 unlock the street door. She seized
him and screamed which woke up her son william whom
she sent for a policeman. omcer Seaman arrived and
took the burglar custody. The fellow had entered
the nat by the paror window At the Jenerson Market
police Court the prisoner described himself as william
Roberts eighteen years old. Justice Kelly held him in
&c ZOO hail trial.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
ar,re ,oYv srErsoN FOR GAMBLING LOSS.

cy,rDc Io9N sTETSON FOR GAMBLING LUsS'
Boston, May CspcciaD-An interesting suit mas mas
been brought against John setson proprietor o, 'e
GIobe TSestre by Mrs. Annie Everett. Her husoanu
was formerly in the employ OF Mr.. steson' anu W~S
arrested and indicted on charge OF at.
S Ds,rict Attorney Stevens "nolle pressed" the IN
S,otnent II was while the criminal proceedings were
nondinr that Mrs Everett began her action. IL Is
p iern. nnder a statute which provides that when a
an loses money at gaming, and does not bring
scton against the proprietor Of the place WITHIN
cjvon time, suit may be instituted py any o'ner pel
~ ho can recover three times the sum lost PTS
son, wio 1aIrs Ia tbat Jonathan Bourne, r., ios'
S1S oo0 in a gambling house malna6hed Oy MF' s'e'
son and she seeks to recover ~4o'o00
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
..rswrR1NG MISS CorzINs,s BILL.

Chicago, May THE Worlds Fair Board OF con,
troll and Mrs Potter Palmer ana mrs uae' Oh tne
uoi anu "a, Managers. filed in the Federal Court a
O - 70 Miss Couzins's bill for an Injunction
nrsyent her removal from the office Of secretary
Tba charge that the Ladies' Executive Committee had
in0 30 remove Miss Couzins is met by the state
mont that the entire Boara of Lady Managers could
nNf meet as Congress had failed TO appropriate oeS
10 defray expenses
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
LONG ISLAND.


The body Of a respectfully dressed man was found In
the river at Sxth-st, Long Island City, late on
Wednesday afternoon. The BODY was reihoVeu "
Conway's morgue where Drs. Strong and MeEwln made
an autopsy under the direction OF Coroner Mieners'
Marks OF violence were found the face and neck
both eyes being bacened and the nose Skinned Ihee
were also marks about the throat. There was no
vator in the stomach and the lungs were filed with
air This indicated that the man did not meet his
death by drowning. It is the opinion of some that
the man met with foul play.
Yesterday afternoon samuel Levy cgarmaker Oh
No 46 Third-st. New York, called at the morgue,
and as soon as he looked at the body he said 1t was
that OF Frederick Wagner, who had lived In west
Fourths New York Levy said that ne last saw wagner
alive ON April IL In New-IOrk, when he had In his
possession dog which he said he expected TO sell ior
500. Wagner at that time was without money anu
seemed pondent Levy said that he beneved wagner
committed suicide by jumping 3vsrp0spn Tiiie % IN d
lived on a farm at Manhasset. L. l. Wagner lived
fast life In New-York after leaving his parents nome.
lie was about thirty years old. Coroner Melners mas
empancIled jury and will make thorough inVesus-
tIono nj
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
-up conrrY MIST PAY ZOE rHE RLor

The Clark Thread Company Of Kearny " j.. sent q
= 80 the Hoard of Freehoders OF Hudson County last
, ,at damage amounting 70 sl073 81 done % one
=, their factories during the riot Oh February IL and ID
M conrany said that held the county responsible and
,e county did not make good the companys loss WITHIN
three months from the date OF the riot suit against "'o
county would be brought
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
ROCKLAND COUNTY

NEW-CITY.-The jury in the divorce case ID James
p Vers against his wife, which tried at the Rock
land oyer ard Terminer Court In NewCity on wedncs
day in the presence of large company OF spectators
were out all night, and came in yesterday after arg
Ing the among themselves for many hours. Thcy
reported tO the court that they could not agree ana
voted six for the plaintiff and six for the defendant
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
,,,,p CT PAIL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Albany. May ALBERT schefer, president VI uao
St Paul Insurance Company, called al inc 49,
o'' ~ - % dow and had a consultation with Super
"snt porce Mr. schcffer said that the require
a,oats of tbe state Insurance Department would De
nnunrIied with by his company within few days when
Sprintendent Pierce would rensate the company Ill
tut. GtofA
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
a projecr too tar prolonged de-
faats IFS own ends.

II IL Natures own remedy for all diseases OF the stomach
liver and Kidneys constipation sOut and rheumatism
Be sure 10 obtain the genuine article which must have the
signature OF Elsner Aendelson Co.. Sole AgsnH Ae"'
York" on every bottiA
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
TO RuILD 4 NEW LUyA1Ic ASFLUA.

The Hudson County. n. j., Board Of Freehoders last
night decided build proposed s5ooO0 lunauc asylum
a, snake un The clerk was directed 70 inform judge
KnsnD ~ this conclusion and to him appoint Al
architect as the law provided in this case.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08

building being erected by Wood Menagh in Newark
ave While irving 10 ascend TO top OF the building,
Muy put his head out Of the elevator, and t came IN
contact with the ceiling Before he could release himself
the heavy elevator ground his skull to pulp "ioo"
and child survive him.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
nF11BERArryG OVER ELBoGEyS FATE.

The trial Of August Ebo2en' the dramatic asSn'' Of
70 90 Fast FouIthst on a charge kidnapping Jennie
Reckweg came a close In Part II of the Court OF "e-
aral Sessions yesterday. The went to the Jury az
40 o'clock No verdict having been returned at 10 80
Irdae Martne ordered he jurors locked up for ne hsh
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
A PURPLE sTREAMER WITH THE GRAPE.

The Hudson County Board Of Health has directed
ell underakers in every coming under their care
for burial where death caused by smallpox
measles, diphtheria scarlet fever, typhus fever OF
spotted fever to cause to be attached to the Grape
placed upon the entrance to the dwelling wnerc tiis
death took place streamer of purple Color elShMne M
inches long and two inches wide. VIOLATION oI lus
order involves penalty of $40 for each case.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
J. d. YOUNG INDICTED FOR MAySLAUGHrER.

Grand Jury Of Suffolk County has indicted John d.
Young OF Southod In the FIRST degree
IN killing his hired during quarrel about the
driving OF a horse Young sad that he shot the
In sefdefenee Young lived farm at Southod. His
wealthy and lives at the Murray Hin Hotel In
New-York She allowed him $500 per month. IL Is sai1
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08

ship money heretofore exacted vessels in the foreign
trade viii be exacted after the port opened Goods
stored In the free port be bought
sad, pledged end insured only by sample. The manu-.
faeture OF artificial manure margarine the printing and
binding Of books within the free port are pIohlblted
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
rL0RENcE BIRCH INDICTED.

The Suffolk County Grand Jury. in session at River
head have indicted Florence Birch the young mliner
Of Isllp for arson In having set fire to her store In
Isrp village. Miss Birch made several contradictory
statements about the fire which finally led TO her ar
rest. She accused a young man named Wllnam
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
NEWS FROM NEW-JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY.
INJURED BY AN EXPLODING TANK.

The tank Of drip" wagon exploded In shed at the
Jersey City Gas Companys works, in slxth-st, yester
day. and the top Of the tank blown through the
and picked up in Seventh-st., a block away.
piece of the tank struck owen Mullins, OF No. 10
Skiilnan-aye., employe and broke his and
injured him about the body. He taken 10 the
CITY Hospital In insensble condition. The cause OF
the explosion Is not known. drip wagon Is used
for pumping water from the gas in the street mains.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
FILLED yyAy ELEVAToR SHAFT.

Joh- Muty, thirty.two years old. Of No 2le Newsrs
.vs t,5.ey City was killed at AS p yesterday IN
an Elevator He was employed as wstchmsn 50 new
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08
GRANITE WORKERS WIN A STRIKE.

Boston, Mass. May IA dispatch from Barre, Vt,
saws the strike at the granite quaies was settled last
evening by the employers yielding to the strikers.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08

Do You Need Pnrn!turet
Geo. g. Flint Co.. Wes. 1fh-st. ars closing OUT MANI
stSies u great baigainS.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27
Edison's Latest.

Edison calls his latest invention the
kintograph, says New York CORES
pondent. When it is completed and
Edison is confident of its future, it
will be possible not only to hear the
voice Of person coming from the
phonograph, but to see the persons
face just as it was at the time the
other words we're spoken, with
every change of expression, the move.
ment of the lips, the eyes, etc. If it
is a reproduction Of a scene upon the
stage, the picture will be seen, the
actors moving about and making the
proper gesture MS they speak. In the
case of the head Of a person talking to
you from the phonograph it will be
life size if Unnecessary. The mechanism
by which this is accomplished is ex-
tremely simple, and the thing has been
made possible by the discovery Of the
instantaneous process of photography,
by which animals in motion or can
non ball flying through-the air have
been photographed.
Suppose that Edison wishes to re-
produce the face Of man as he says
How do you do : through the phono-
graph. If the time required for say
ing "How do you dof" is two seconds,
an apparatus is arranged by which no
less than 20 photograph can be taken
at equal intervals during these two
second. Now, if these 20 photograph
which cover the whole space of time,
at intervals of tenth of a second
each, are placed upon a wheel, side
by side along the rim, and this wheel
is made to revolve in front of small
looking glass, the result in the look
ing glass is a mans face as he says
"How do you do"
Among the curiositiss at the labora-
tory is large sheet 10 feet square,
upon which, by means of magic Ian
tern, experiments were carried out
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27
Humor Of Ye Olden Times.

That all jokes are chestnuts and
that there is really nothing new under
the sun except the day just begun j,
we'll shown by the life Of Joseph
Jekyll, a celebrated London wit, who
died on March 8, 1897. It used to
be said his brilliant saying would 6ll
volumes, but it is fact that what
remains Of his pleasantries would
hardly fill a page. The reason OF
this is doubtless that successive wits
only repeat the jokes of their prede-
cessors. 1t is related of DR.. johnson
that an ambitious writer once sent
him manuscript of poem with the
assurance that he had many other
irons in the FIRE, to which the doctor
replied that he had better put the
manuscript with the irons. This
story exactly reproduces one in the
yellow Dwarf,"a French seventeenth
century jest-book. A hundred years
ago Lord Henry Pawlett was paying
his attention to a lady who persuaded
him to present her with a couple Of
monkeys. Eager to oblige. Lord
Henry applied to a friend in the east
for the animals. Writing in a bad
hand and spelling "two" too, the word
was mistaken for 100 in figures. and
nobleman was dismayed when he re.
ceived letter from his agent with
the news that he would receive fifty
monkeys by such a chip and ffty more
as soon as they could be procured.
But this Joke has its counterpart in
the story of Virginia planter Gen.
tury earlier, who wrote to his factory
in England to send him two virtuous
young women. Through q misappre-
hension of the characters forming the
word two, the factory sent him fifty
examples of the softer sex, with the
promise Of fifty moro as soon as the
number Of volunteers for Virginia
could be made up. Sir Edward Yer
nay, in letter TO his son Ralph dated
January 10, 1885, tells this story: A
London merchant wrote to his factor
beyond the sea to send him by the next
ship two or three apes. He forgot the
r, and then it was two hundred and
three apes. His factor sent him four
score with the promise that he would
have the remainder by the next YES
sel.--Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27
A Handkerchief Specialist.

The other morning. as the departing
Cunard steamer was casting off its
lines and swinging out into the stream
an elderly-looking business man hasti-
ly embraced lady who was one of
the passengers, and rushed down the
gang plank to the wharf.
Going hurriecly up to a melancholy
loafer who was watching the busy
crowd, the gentleman drew him be-
hind pile of freight and said:
"Want to earn a dollarf"
"You bet."
you see that lady in black on the
bridge there :" said the citizen.
"Cert."
"Well. that's my wife, going to
Europe. Now, of course, she'll OK.
pect me to stand here for the next
twenty minutes, while the steamer is
backing and filing around, so as to
wave my handkerchief and watch her
out of sight. Sect"
81 ketch on, boss"
swell, I'm too busy to fool around
here; stock to buy, biz to attend to.
She's little near. sighted so I'll just
hire you to wave the handkerchief in
stead. It's a big one, with red
border and as long as she sees it, she'll
think it's me. Come up to 202 Wall
street when they are we'll of, and I'll
pay you."
"S'posin' she looked through a tele-
scope or suthin''"
"In that case you'll have to bury
your face in the handkerchief, and
do the great weep act"
"That'll be fifty cents extra"
Call right. Time is money. Look
sharp nowl You can kiss your hand
few times at, say, one dime per kiss,
and swapping his watch the overdriven
business man rushed of.
We print this affecting little Incl
dent to call attention to the fact that
the man thus employed has gone into
the business regularly. He is now
professional fsreweller, and business
men and others can save valuable
time, and yet give their departing rel
atives an enthusiastic send-off by ap-
plying to the above specialist any
steamer day. 60 early to avoid the
rush.-Puck.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

sery night in picturing mans max
ing speech. First the man makes
his speech, the phonograph taking
down his words, and the photograph
making the pictures of him at inter.
walls of one-tenth of . second. Then
the result is thrown upon this sheet
by means of a magic lantern, and the
man. life-size. repeats in tho picture
his performance. The results are al
ready so wonderful that no one can
doubt that the perfecting ofthe inven-
tion is merely q matter of detail.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27
The Maiden's Dilemma.

"Hark !"
The word cut the stiffness of the
room like a dull knife cuts Limberger
cheese. The evanescent shadows
played hide and seek upon the silken
tassels of the sofa the lamp only in
dicated by flicker that it was burn
ing, for it had been turned low; the
pale moonbeams peeped coyly into
the darkened room and all nature
seemed hushed, when again came that
half.whispered word. "Hark!"
1t was Chyppyngton Chaicer who
spoke. The word came from his
clenched lips like molasses comes
from frozen faucet, and his whole
being seemed bent upon being alert.
Lenora Vargrave gazed upon Cbyp-
pyngton with gaze like that of a
locoed calf in sand storm. She was
agitated. 1t was her destiny to be
more agitated presently. She had
heard her lovers smothered word of
warning and she was using the ut
most endeavors of her frail young
womanhood to bark to the best of her
ability.
Chyppyngton remained silent. his
gaze glued to spot on the carpet
where a pint of kerosine oil had been
spilled, and it was Lenora who broke
the silence by timidly lisping:
"What was it, lovei"
Something futtered over the car.
pet, something ran under the sofa on
which the two young people were en-
joying themselves. In a minute (beg
pardon, moment) they had forgotten
it, such is the elasticity of young souls
when touched with the radiant FIRE of
love.
Again there was silence; again
Chyppyngton and Lenora were i'm.
proving the feeting moments and
feeling that they were alive, when
suddenly Lenora's beautiful eyes were
dimmed with pain, her breath came
fast, her grip on Chyppyngton's neck
tightened, she kicked one foot wildly
at the rug and almost tainted.
Chyppyngton felt that the coming
moment might be the next. In fact,
he felt ratified. What if Lenora
should die thus in his arms What
if she should go crazy without any
warningi What if she were about to
contract heart disease or give vent to
a quotation from Isben The symp-
toms might mean anything. He lean
ed over her fair young form with fear
and pity mingled in the expression of
his countenance and asked her in
tender accents what the ruction was.
With a countenace blanched with
fear and suffused with shame Lenora
hid her face in the cushion and coyly
suffered that.
"A mouse had run up her le- limb
and that she was-was afraid to ask
Chyppyngton to catch it and that she
was--was afraid to catch it herself"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

"Did you see the notice ] gave
your" said the editor to the grocer.
"Yes; and / don't want another
The man who says I've got plenty of
sand, that the milk sell is of the
first water, that there are no flies on
my sugar, and that my butter is the
strongest in the market, may mean
well, but he is not the man / want to
fatter me the second time. ."-Har.
per's Bazaar.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

"A bright.10-year-old girl, whose
father is addicted to amateur photo
graphy, attended trial at court the
other day for the first time. This wa,
her account of the judges charge
THE judge made long speech tc
the jury of twelve men, and then SEM
them off into little dark room to de-
velop." New York Tribune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Fred-"I am disappointed in you.
1t never occurred to me that you'd
ask for the hand of Miss Giddyhead." !"
Joe-"Why, there's a $4,000 dia-
mond ring on that hand, old fellow. I"
-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

"You mustn't associate with chick
ens," said Mother Duck to her duck
lings. "Why not, mammal" "Be
cause they are not in the SWIM
Brooklyn Life.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

You should never judge how we'll a
man can keep secret by the way he
keeps one that is unfavorable to him.
-Atchisop Globe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Our dog Sport, who has been spend
ing a few weeks in the country, re-.
turned to the prison Monday very
much broken down in health.-Prison
Mirror.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

When the women folks are engaged
in taking up carpets it is not fair for
the man of the house to get up and
dust.-Baltimore American.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Jake Jimson-"Do you think you
will love me when I'm old, darlingf'
Cora Bellows-"If l ever do, 1t will
be then."-New York Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

There is music in the heir" said
the young husband, reaching for the
paregoric bottle.-Harvard Lampoon.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

We should think the saloon business
would make a bartender tough
Lowell Courier.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

A good many so.called "swells"
have nothing about them to merit
that title but their heads.-St. Joseph
News.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Diamonds are coming down in
price, and probably will soon meet
potatoes going up.-Chicago Tribune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

A man is always ready to listen to
words of wisdom when he is speaking
them himself.-Somerville Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27
WIT AND HUM0R.

Hurt no mans feelings unnecessar-
lily. There are thorns in abundance
in the path of human life.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Bogus coffee is giving great grounds
for complaint.-New Orleans Picay-
une
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Every man knows good use in
which some other man might put b is
money. .-Atchison Globe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Freddie (who has just been whip
ped for sitting on the wet ground)-
"Father, may sit down on the ground
again : 1t won't wet me now
Father-"It won't, sh How is
thati"
"Why, you've just finished shing-
ling MEEK.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Unsophisticated Parent-"Hello.
there, nurse, what's the baby yelling
that way for' / can't read at ALL"
Nurse-"He's cutting his teeth,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

You can never measure how long n
man will be missed in this world by
the length of his widows veil.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

The Itata is a chased specimen of
naval architecture.-Washington
Star.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

II bought this broad-brimmed hat
to keep the light out of my eyes," she
said con6dingly.
Nothing can do that" he answer
ed gallantly, and the world revolved
on its regular twenty-four hour-a-day
system Just 40 asual.-Ex.,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

"Who was the author of the saying.
"There's always room at the top :"
"The hotel clerk, I believe"
--Boston Gazette.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Don't you think the sermon to-
day was full of consolation :"
"No."
"Why not 7"
"The preacher said he hoped to
meet us in Heaven to part from
us no more" New York Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

Unsophisticated Parent-"Well.
see that he doesn't do it any more, or
you'll lose your place. Life.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

He-"Miss Sharp has very fine
voice."
Sbe--"No wonder. She grinds IL
20 much. ."-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27

He Cat 11:45 p. m.)-"Time waits
on no man."
She-"I don't blame it. II would
lose lots of sleep if II waited on some
persons / know."--Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27
MICHIGAN CENTRAL
"Ths Niagara Falls Route"

sDaily. Daily except Sunday. Parlor car Oh
day trains and sleeping cars night trsins.
J.wHITING, Ticket Agent.
o.w. .RUdeLEs. @. p. & T. Agt.
0etroit Raw Civ q Athena R,R,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-27
0. l. PARTRIDGE.
Real Estate Agent

Rooms 4, 5, Dawson Block.
viii take charge.of estates for residents and non.
residents. collect rents pay taxes place insurance
obtain abstracts Of title, etc.
Office hours-10 to 12A. NJ, to6P.M.