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The Press., 1897-05-27
Discussion Settled by q Woman.

About o'clock ill the afternoon of 8 muddy day the thin man left the Rock cry building and started south on the east side of Lasalle street. The side- walk ill front of new building was nearly ankle deep with mud. Planks had been laid across the area of black paste. The thin man reached one of these blanks just as fat man who was coming from the direction of the board of trade stepped on the other end. Each of the men walked with his head down. They met squarely ill the middle of the plank, and each waited for the other to step aside and let him pass.
 Excuse me, sir,'' said the fat man as he made a move to go ahead. "Be careful, sir,'' said the thin man as he grabbed the fat mans arm to save himself from being pushed off into the mud, Cor I'll fall off. '
 "Well, don't hold on to me, ; said the fat man, drowning, Cor I'll fall off my self. Can't you step aside?"
 "No, sir, can't ;" answered the thin man. ''How ill the world can l? Any way think was the first on the plank ''
 Huh, Pm not so sure about thatP' returned the fat man.
 "Well, what are you going to do about it, ," said the thin man, folding his arms. "I can't get off to let you pass.
 Well, sir, don't you think, sir, that Pm going to get off to let you pass, '' retOrted the fat man, with shake of the fist. Just then woman with all armful of bundles stepped on the plank. The fat man saw her and stepped of with his right foot into the mud anc drew his body aside The woman passed him. The thin man hunted for what ht thought was a shallow spot and stepped off with his left foot. The woman wen on. The men looked at each other ana edged past, each with one foot ill the mud and one on the plank and the evi glare in their eyes, They seemed to be thinking, "Oh, if it hadn't been fol that woman P'-Chicago Tribune.
The Press., 1897-05-27
Double Grievance.

'Tt's the men, savagely exclaimed Mrs. Gofrequently, "that do all the hold ups. !"
 And when it comes to our hats, '' wrathfully added Mrs Muchabout, tits the men that do all the pull downs D. Detroit Free Press
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Don't neglect a cough because the weather is pleasant; before the next storm rolls around it may develop into serious difficulty beyond repair. One Minute Cough Cure is easy to take and will do what it's name implies. w. b. Heald's Drug store.
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Don't thin your blood with sassafras or poison it with blue-mass but aid Nature by using De Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous little pills for constipation, biliousness and stomach and liver trou- bles. They are purely vegetable. w. D. Heald's Drug store.
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is not generally known that by an act "f the English parliament passed in 1855 it is enacted that all wedding rings must be of standard gold, the enactment being intended more to raise the amount of gold duties than to protect the public from limitations
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It is fortunate day for a man when he first discovers the value of Ayers Sarsa- parilla as blOOd-purifier. With this medicine he knows he has found remedy upon which he may rely, and that his lifelong malady is at last conquered. Has cured others, will cure you.
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In Europe there are 51s, ,OOO insane'; in
 the United States 179, ,O00..
Try GraIn-oi Try Grain-OI

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you package Of GRAIN=O, the new food drink that takes the place Of coffee. The children may drink 1t with out injury as well as the adult. All who try it. like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown Oi Mocha or Java but 1t is made from pure grains and the most deliclte stomach receives it with out distress. k the price of coffee. 15c. and 2s cts per package. Sold by all groceTs-
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Not only piles of the very worst kind can be cured by De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, but eczema, scalds, burns, bruises, boils, ulcers and all other skin troubles can be instantly relieved by the same remedy. w. D. Heald's Drug store.
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They are dandies,'' said Thos. Bow CTS, of the Crockett, Texas. Enterprise, while writing about De Witt's Little Barry Risers, the famous little pills for sick headache and disorders of the stom- ach and liver. w. D. Heald's Drug StOra
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One Way to be Happy

Is to attend to the comforts of your family. Should one catch a cold or cough, call on E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs; w. P. Fuller, Somers; Odell & Jones, Staff fordville, sole agents, and get a trial bot tie of Otto's Cure, the great German Rem edy, Free. We give it away to prove that we have sure Cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Consumption, and all diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Large sizes soc and 25c.
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W. B. Johnson, Newark O., says, "One Minute Cough Cure saved my only child from dying by croup." It has saved thousands of others suffering from croup, pneumonia, bronchitis and other serious throat and lung troubles. w. D. Heald's Drug store.
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Some for ten, some for twenty and some for thirty years have suffered from piles and then have been quickly and per- mdnently cured by using De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles and all forms of skin diseases. w. D. Heald's Drug store.
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The Baltic canal, from the Baltic to North sea, is sixty-two miles long, and cost $39, 100000.
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There is nothing lower than hypocrisy. To profess friendship and act enmity is a sure proof of total depravity.
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Oscar Wilde, who was sentenced in England to two years Imprisonment for immoral practices, was released from prison last week.
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Vanity does about as much for society as pawn ticket for an overcoat does for it's owner on cold day.
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Outside of New England every promin- ent railroad will now check bicycles as bag gage.
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there are not less than 100, 900 varieties of plants already known and classified.
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He rarely lives to enjoy the fruit who does his planting in the unreasonable hours of OverwOrk.
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Sick headache can be quickly and con- pletely overcome by using those famous little pills known as "De Witt's Little Early Risers. w. D. Heald's Drug store.
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One 64-year-old resident of Pettis, Mo-, says that he has never worn a pair of over shoes, a watch, or paper collar.
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One hectare, or 10, 900 square meters, ts equal to 2K acres ..........
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TERRIBLE AOOIDENT.-It is a terrible accident to be burned or soalded but the pain and agony and the frightful disfigure- ments can be quickly overcome without leaving scar by using De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. ". D. Heald's Drug store.
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It is computed that 20, 900 tons of cam ed salmon are consumed annually in Eng land
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Og, the famous king of Bashan, men, tioned in Deuteronomy, had a bedstead 9 cubits long, or about 1616 feet. It is doubtful whether Og himself was of the full length of his bedstead. Many bones of reputed giants have been found in different countries of the world, and un- informed people hastily concluded that the men to whom these bones were sup- posed to have belonged must have been from 15 to 80 feet in height. All such remains have been proved to be those of the gigantic animals existing in for mer era of the worlds history.
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At an entertainment in Dublin a thought

At an entertainment in Dublin thought reader boasted that he could find marked pin hidden by one of the audience. The pin was hidden by Trinity student, in an adjoining room in the presence of the committee, among whom was cOnfeder- ate. The student, suspecting the man from his looks, slyly took away the pin from it's hiding place. On his return to the platform the thought reader gazed in- to the hiders's face, and, putting his hand on his brow, was blindfolded, and led the student to the hiding place, but, of course could find no pin. He returned, acknowl- edging his defeat, and looked daggers at his confederate. ''Now," gentlemen" said the student, ''I undertake to say that if this diviner of the human mind will do as tell him, half the audience, without a single hint, will know where the pin is," and, turning to the thought reader, he said: "'Sit down." He did so There was yell, and jumping up the thought reader hastily pulled from his coat tails the marked pin.
 THE TRUE REMEDY.-W M. RepIne, editor Tiskilwa, Ill.,, "Chief," says: I've won't keep house without pr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs, and Colds. No other remedy can take its place in our home, as in it we have cer- tain and sure cure of Coughs, Colds, | Whooping Cough, etc." It is idle to eX- pertinent with other remedies, even if they are urged on you as just as good as Dr. Kings New Discovery. They are not as good, because this remedy has a record of cures and besides is guaranteed. It never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles free at E. K. Taft's Drug Store.
 The I1t Rev. Dr. Joseph Ferguson has been elected Anglican archbishop of Dub lin, to succeed Lord Plunkett who died April l.
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The peach blossom indicates submis- sion, though why nobody has been ahla Co guess.
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It is London now that has the button fever. The department stores are selling the motto nuisances by the thousands.
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BUCKLEN's ARNIoA SALvK.-The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, ehapped hands, chllblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 26c per box. Sold by E. K. Taft
 Happiness consists in the attainment of our desires, and in our having only right desires.
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GIT IS THE BEST ON EARTH" That is
 what Edwards & Parker, merchants of Plains, Ga., say of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, for rheumatism, lame back, deep
 seated and muscular pains. Sold by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
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y BETTER THAN EVER"

embody than other before the public Never beIore machines suited.
 CENTRAL CYCLE MFG. CO.,.
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Of the 51 ,O00 breweries estimated to b in. the world 26,O ,OOO are in Germany.

Ex-President Cleveland has got settled in his Princeton home.
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finally accented the offer. The lawyer for the
defence says that after q long delay he had to
mont. which was done on Nov. 20, the papera
being handed down by Justice Wilmot NJ. Smith
in a Special Term Of the Supreme Court in
BROOKLYN. IL was adjudged that agreement
set forth, be specifically performed and costs
nett Is not only forced to carry out an agreement
made in his paper, but also has S2s.Ssof insult
When Mr.. Bass was asked about the anti n
few days ago he exhibited all tho symptoms OF
"Ssy." ho said, "I don't want to ~sntsgonizo
Bennett. He's q sport, Bennett is, a dead game
American sport. This was only a friendly suit,
"Did you regard II as a friendly performance
when the Telegram refused to live up to its
EOh, we'll, I wish you wouldn't ask mo that.
II / told you that It might antaRoniZe Bennett,
and that would make my trip unpleasant. Oh,
yes. I'm going. I'm on admirer of Jim Bennett,
/ am. He spends his money free
rested then the reporter. until he was sai pressed SuS'
."Oh. we'll, the Telegram folks didn't think
that any one would have the nerve to call 'em
down and make EN- pay up. They thought they
could BLUM me. But It's all right now and
everything Is lovely"
Mr.. Bass hasn't made up his mind when he'll
start. Lawyer Townshend says that no has
given Bass ten days to get ready, and after that
he, will make q motion to have the judgment set
aside.
Just here It may not be out of place to mention
that the Evening Telegram 10 running a Klon-
dixie contest. tho winner to be sent to the Klon-
dixie free of expense. Tho date OF the sending
has somehow been left out. How ~carelessi
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HAR1Sa D1sc1p11NEs 4 Hos11 ER,
And in This Fashion Nails His skin to the
Barn Door In Terrorem.

And in This Fashion Nails His Skin to the
barn Door In Terrorem.
Col. Waring made public yesterday can IN
stance of discipline In the Department of Street
Cleaning" He said:
Andrew J. Lusk. a hostler In Stable I. has
received the following communication,
Upon evidence satisfactory to me that you arc
guilty Of breach Of discipline in that you have. at Q
meeting OF q committee Of employees Of this depart
ment. made q motion followed by q violent and in
subordinate speech) censuring your Commissioner
for his action in imposing zines for misconduct of en-
ployees; In oppression In the matter OF the wearing OF
uniforms, and in performing other legal acts which
were In his Judgment necessary to good discipline
and to the proper execution Of the work OF the de-
partment. you arc dismissed, and your position OF
hostier IL the Department OF Street Cleaning Is va
Gated from and after this date.
GEORGE z. WARNo, Jr., Commissioner.
THE remaining nine members of the commit
tee resented the Offering of this motion and
fully sustained the Commissioners action, call
ing attention to tho improved condition Of the
work Of the department and the improved char
acter of its employees resulting therefrom."
Lusk was the Secretary of the Committee Of
Forty-one, a body established by Col. Warning
for the arbitration of all grievances OF his men.
Employees Of the department say that he 10 q
labor agitator of great vocal activity.
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DEPosED rnoM ELS PULPIT.
a Presbyterian CierEJnau Founa Guuty st
Gross Hmmorntty.

MEDINA, N. V, Nov. 29.-For three years tho
presbyterian Church in this place has been torn
up over the question of whether the Rev. Charles
II. Lester, Tor eight years prior to 1894 pastor Of
tho church. was guilty of tho charges Of the
grossest sort OF immortality under which he was
forced to leave Medina. A despatch from
Shortsville says he has Just been forced TO re-
sign the pulpit Of the First Presbyterian Church
OF That village under similar circumstances,
and that the pastor has accepted the inevitable,
has resigned and left for parts unknown, which
the people OF Shortsville say will not DO to new
fields OF work il they can help 1t, and tho Me-
dina Preshyterians take a similar stand.
When Lester came to Medina to take the pas
torate Of the Presbyterian church he made q
hne impression, which was not dispelled for
several years. He was a good preacher, q brill
liant scholar, an accomplished gentleman. He
seemed thoroughly in earnest In his pastoral
work. He was unmarried and lived in hand
some bachelor apartments at a hotel. 1t looked
very muS9 as though the pastorate was to be
member OF the session got up at n church meet
Ing one Sunday morning and, accusing the minis
slant resignation and that he be deposed from
the ministry. Alarge number OF the people OF the
the church was divided and has been ever since
on the subject.
The pastor denied the charges. and a secret In
vesiigation was made by the session OF the
church, many meetings being called. Tho
session was thoroughly convinced of tho truth
for publication. but rather than have the matter
publicly tried by the presbytery or in the civil
courts, consented to let Mr.. Lester depart from
Medina with an unblotted character, 1t being
believed that he would reform. He obtained a
new pastorate in Shortsville. where his talents
were appreciated. Medina people have been
left in a divided state as to his guilt, the results
Of the Investigations made by the sessi n not
being believed by many. but to-day's revelations
from Shortsville seem to authenticate every
charge.
The people of the Shortsville congregation do
not seem to DO as lenient as were the people OF
Medina. for they say that Lester shall never oc-
cupy a pulpit again IL they can help u, and now
that these charges have been brought against
him 1t Is probable that the Medina congregation
will assist in Keeping him from the sacred desk.
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SYRACUSE NEWS SUSPENDs.
Tho Fate or . Democratic Newspaper That
wal started rs the Organ OF n Faction.

Tho Fate or = Democratic Newspaper That
was started rs the Organ OF n Faction.
sYRAcrsE, Nov. 29.-when the employees Of
tho Syracuse EreninO Netcs, a Democratic one
cent paper which was started by ex-Mayor
Thomas Ryan five years ago as a fractional
organ. went to the Office this morning they saw
a big placard on tho door reading Closed
Last February the affairs Of the Netrs had
reached such Q stage that John c. Keefe was
appointed receiver. In Juno the paper was
sold, Thomas Ryan buying it for $4,000. On
July 20 the paper was Suspended. because Mr..
Ryan said he was tired of paying the bills. A
ishort time later the paper again issued, it be-
ing conducted by the employees on O co-opera-
tive plan. On Aug. 20 II was announced that
Milton G.. Northrup, former Postmaster, had
leased 1t. 1t was continued through the am;
paign, supporting Mayor Mcclure. 1t 10 learned
that Mr.. Northrup only secured an option ON
tho plant and that the option expired. to-day.
Ex.Mayor Ryan has dropped something like
&25, 900 in trying to make tho Netcs Q success,
and now says he has quit for good. This result
is probably duo to the recent decision or John 4.
Gaynor and other leaders to make the Courier
the party organ.
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WOODWARD GETS FIVE YEARS.
Fer the First Tiue This Notorious owinaier
Breaks Into State Prison.

Fer the First Time This Notorious 0winalor
Breaks Into state Prison.
William Q. Woodward. known as Big Hawley,
the cardsharper and swindler, was sentenced
yesterday to Ave years imprisonment by Justice
Fursman in tho Crimina Branch Of tho SUI
premc Court
Big Hawley was convicted a few days ago Of
attempting to blackmail Samuel w. Brigham,
the well-known clubman and son-in-law Of VIII
liam G. Schermerhorn. 1t Is his frst conviction
after . long life Of swindling. With three other
crooks Big Hawley laid the foundation for his
~blackmailing scheme by getting q woman to
pose as an injured wife. and then getting q
mythical husbands name on papers in q civil
suit against Brigham for 500 900 damages
for alternating tho affections of the supposed
wife.
Big hswley. while in the Tombs, Dragged that
he intended to denounco the Judge who sem
fenced him, but when brought into court yes
terday he did not have n word to say other than
to answer the questions asked him. He threw o
paper upon the reporters' table, remarking in q
whisper: There's what I've got to say"
Tho paper contained abuse of tho Judge, tho
Jury, and the District Attorneys office. In it
Hawley says that he will wait until the present
gang OF reformers have Como out Of office. and
that then he will produce the man who wrote
the blackmailing letter to Brigham. The Jury
evidently believed that Woodward wrote it
himself.
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GIANT STIRS THINGS UP.
VOORHEES, ENLITENs THE PRISON
WARD AT BELLEYUE.

he sinEa ard Dances and the other Frtssners
Sein In-Throws Piiiows ut Rurses nna rs's
Out Enthusiastically Want Lef hiu Va
dress Behind n Screen Only Five Feet H,Eh'
Willis A. Voorhees,, the New Jersey giant.
who was taken to the insane pavilion at Belle
vue Hospital on Saturday was placed In tho
prison ward late yesterday afternoon. AT =
o'clock Voorhees,, accompanied by his brother
Charles. left the hospital In y cab for the Essex
Market Court to have the permit for his re-
moval to his home in New Brunswick signed.
On the way down the cab was blocked, and
when the giant arrived at the court 1t was
closed. He was taken back to the hospital, and
as he had been discharged from the insane pa
vilion he was placed In the prison ward. He
had no sooner heard the barred gate close be-
hind him than he started In to whoop things up.
Walking up TO the nurse, he slapped him on the
back OF the neck.
Hey, Mr.. Barkcep, bring us q drlnkl' no
cried. Then turning around, he faced the row OF
patients and sang "Thero'n DO n hot time In the
old town tom 'ght." The entire ward hvened
up, and men who q few days before had
attempted to kill themselves forgot their woes
and Joined in the chorus. VOORHEES, paused
long enough to throw a pillow at o nurse and to
turn out the electric lights. Then he commenced
to whistle. walking up and down the room with
out bending his knees.
for No SOnI ! haven ,in bent yet, and ss don't hin intend en- 1d to
call this musical instrument q he continued,
turning on the electric fan.
Here, here p shouted Policeman Burke.
That's Just what l said to the cable car. and
It never stopped" answered the giant, empty.
Ing a pitcher Of water down q patients neck.
:" Now, then, boys, all together and he com.
mSneed to whistle a jig, keeping time
Who by this time had found out who
Voorhees, was. Joined In and the noise OF whis-
Ting and laughter rang through the
lower floor of tho building. Then Voor.
hees grasped q pipe fastened to the ceiling
a aJars. wa sip! qn the as bpp 0 enf,ed 9i it, e% Mssn he ", a
hauled down. Shutting over to where a nurse
was dressing a patients hand. he grabbed him
by the collar and before the man could free him.
self banged his head against the patients.
Finally, after he had smashed an incandescent
nearly. FIVE feet and a half high. was placed
around his bed. voorhees,. who is q feet 8 inches
In height, objected strenuously to undressing
bring another one and put It on top of this, -
me to disrobe in public"
Another screen was brought and he was per.
suaded to undress and get into bed. A second
later he threw the pillow at the nurse.
You had better keep quiet or I'll lock you
up" said Policeman Burke, shaking his club at
All serene, old man. III keep quiet II wa
have one more song"
At the conclusion Of the song. which he wal
allowed to sing, voorhees, turned to Burke:
Look here; mister COP" he said. when Dich
EN- In. Do you heart I'll blow you of, II you
Burke promised. and a little later the giant
was In dreamland.
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AFTER ANOTHER FLAT AGENT.
John C. Ellis ArraiEned for Renting to Dis
orderly Women Last Summer.

John C. Ellis ArraiEned FER Renting to Dis
orderly Women Last Summer.
Magistrate Meade in Centre Street Court yes
terday held q continued hearing in the case of
John 9. Ellis. a real estate agent, Of 304 West
Twenty.eighth street and go West Thirty
eighth street, who was arraigned In an uptown
court last month on o charge of renting threo
fiat houses at 90, 80, and 80 West Sixty-fourth
street for Immoral purposes. The complainants
were Charles A. Blohm. q real estate agent rent
ing flats opposite those complained Of; Daniel c.
Jacobus, an owner Of property in the same
block, and Capt. Price Of the West Sixty-eiehth
street station.
These three aud several detectives declared
that up to the time Of the making of the com.
plant Ellis had knowingly rented the fats to
absolute women, many Of whom had been
arrested and fined. Jacobus declared that in
one night in Juno, between IL and 4 O'Clock. he
counted sixty five persons entering the building,
and that forty-dvo men left within the same
time.
Lawyer Barlow g. Weeks forced Capt. Price
and the other complainants to admit that since
the date Of the complaint the premises had been
conducted in a manner about which there could
be no complaint. He thereupon asked that
Ellis be discharged.
Assistant District Attorney Earring declared
that this was not the question for the court to
decide, but whether the house had been n nuts
ance before the complaint was made. Magis-
trate Meade sustained Earrings position. and
then. at Lawyer Weeks's request, adjourned tho
examination until Monday.