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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23

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Thesworld moves slowly until it gets
a good start, and then it goes with a
whiz. Which may be the reason why
the world has gone ahead faster and
further during the last six thousand
years than it did during the previous
six million years of its existence. AS
the Creator of the world had to wait,
and no doubt worry, long, long time
before it became fairly started, it is
not to- be wondered at that men in
later times who seek to introduce
something new. and strange naustes also
wait and worry before it gets start.
Skipping the hundreds of inventions
of the last thousand years, we come
to the automobile, which in some re-
spects is the latest of the really great
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
UnIcrtunate slim.

a ii1l
dicrous remark made by young man
just about ready to graduate into the
ministry. The youthful divine was
called upon to address the inmates of
a penitentiary On an occasion when
the prisoners were assembled in the
chapel for prayers.
When he looked down from his pull
pit at the derraved and desperate
looking characters in the congrega-
ton, the young parson experienced
quite a turn. Surely he would find it
difficult to say an:-thing that would
impress such an audience. He entire
ly forgot, in that instant, all the fine
sentiments he had prepared. He
cleared his throat once-then again
and again. Finally he, spoke, but in
stead of the fine address he had hoped
to make the best he could stammer
forth was:
''Ah, my friends, am indeed happy
to see so many OF you here this morn
ing!"-Lippincott's
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
A Character Sketch.

I knew a man who thought he knew it
all:
He knew how earth became a rolling
ball.
He knew the source and secret Of al
life;
He also knew how Adam came to fall.
He knew the causes Of the glacial age,
And what it was that made the deluge
rage.
He knew in fact, he knew most every
thing:
In his own mind he was earth's greatest
sage.
His knowledge was of such stupendous
girth
1t took in everything upon the earth
And in the heavens; but most strange
Of all,
He didn't know thing of real worth.
He knew where people go when they are
He knew all wonders ever sung or said.
He knew the past and future; but for
He didn't know enough to ca m his bread.
He was a marvel of omniscience,
He knew the secret of the hence and
whence.
He was a bundle of great theories:
The only thing he lacked was common
sense. -- ...-
j. A. >Edgerton.
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Wanted Good Luck.

@ Wanted Good Luck. -
'sSome women said the Chestnut
street reserve, "are SO superstitious
that they. seem to think it's bad luck
to pass a pin without picking it up.
When the streets are crowded with
shoppers you would think they would
MT have much time to bother with
such things, but that's where you are
wrong. There was perfect blockade
at my corner this morning, all caused
by an elderly female who had caught
sight Of pin lying on the pavement.
AT oncesshe topped down without any
regard for the other people who were,
walking along, and tried to pick it up
She wore gloves, and the pin eluded
her grasp. Again and again she at
tempted to capture It, but It always
managed to escape her. OF course,
all this only took few moments, but
already there was quite block, and
people were walking IN the street to
ret around her. Finally what did she
do but deliberately remove the glove
from her right hand, pick up the pin
with her bare fingers and stock It into.
the lapel of her coat And. having
satisfied herself. traf1c was once more
IrSsumed. I, Philade lphia Record
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
MORAL IN THIS STORY.
Impossible to Efface A1i Consequences
of Wronn Hnina

Impossible to Efface All Consequences
of Wrong Doing.
Speaking once of the impossibility
of ever completely. effacing the conse-
quences of mischief done in boyish
pranks, Senator Scott Of West Vir-
ginia said:
MY boon companion in boyhood
was a mischievous lad whose father
would drive nail into the bark Of a
tree facing the veranda for every
transgression his son was guilty Of
For every good deed that he would, I
am loath to say, somewhat rarely be
credited with, a nail would be re-
moved. This debit and credit account
continued and in course of time, such
an effect. did the custom have on him
that not a nail remained. In after
years, while On q visit to the old farm,
my friend contemplated this tree with
much gravity, and then burst out cry
ing. His old father standing by in
CURED as to the cause CT his tears,
and his hopeful offspring, still sob
binb, replied: 49,
FEATHER, the nails are all gone, but
the holes will always remain New
York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
Precccious,

"Some of the little ones meet dur
ing my visits to my parochial school"
said a well-known clergyman few
nights ago, "are remarkably bright.
met one short time ago who was
very pert, to say the least.
II visited the school just at recess
time AS I entered the yard where the
children were at play I heard this
youngster, girl about 8 years old,
call a playmate a fool. Thinking to
scare her little bit and thus break
her of the habit of using the word, l
called her to me. and said:
Julia, don't you know that when
you call person fool you are with
in an inch of hell?" &sts. 4. Z
Quick as fash the little one turn
ed around and again called her play
mate fool. 50
"'Child,' said, surprised and
shocked, what made you do that?'
"''Cause wanted to be two inches,
father was the answer got.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
OLIVER EVANS WAS INVENTOR or
FIRST AMERICAN HORSELESS WAGON

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wherefore, nor will it's powers of dis
covery be any larger a hundred years
hence. The way of the inventor is up
hill all the time, past, present and fu-
ture. Evans was dead and buried
nearly a dozen years before Peter
Cooper went down from New York city
with an engine he had built at his
glue factory, and proved to the man
ayers of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road that an engine could be success
fully run over the crooked thirteen
miles of their track. And he had been
under ground quarter of century
before his dream of a road between
New York and Philadelphia came true.
i. In 1856 the legislature of Maryland
granted him the right Of way over
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23

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and he now began to feel the burden Of
the poor inventor. Heflsnew what he
could do, what he had done, but there
was no man with money who thought
as oliver did, and he struggled along,
as the moneyless must
He did not confneE himself exclusive
ly to steam engines, or road wagons,
but invented, among other things, a
process, for flour making, which al
most revolutionized%t that manufacture,
and made him little money, which he
spent at>oneezinsde#e sping his other
inventions. He also fnade the first
high pressure engine, a long step in
advance of the NeWcpmen and the
Watt engine. FzsssSyA a.. =, : r...u
At eighteen-that As. in 17ee, Cug-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
Brahms Modesty...

At q dinner party, given by Joachim,
at which were present Brahms, as
guest Of honor, and also Prof. Dorm Of
Naples and Won Herzogenberg, the
composer, an amusingly characteristic
scene occurred. Joachim, in q few well
chosen words, was asking his guests
not to. lose the opportunity Of drink
ing the health Of the greatest com
poser. Before he could say the name
Brahms bounded to his feet, glass In
hand, called out Quite right! Here's
sMozart's health & and walked round.
blinking glasses with every one. His
old hatred Of personal eulogy WIS
thus expressed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
The Masquerade.

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Masked dancers in the Dance Of life
We move sedately YEARLY to-
- Rether,
We hold our souls In tether.
We dance with proud and smiling lips.
With frank. appealing eyes, with shy
hands clingfng. * Z.
We sing, and few will question II there
slips sg E.t5
"A sob into our singing.
Each has certain step to learn,
Our prisoned feet move staidly IN sci
And to and fro We pass. since life y
stern, 5s $ ~
Yet some there are who will not dance, .
They sit apart most sorrowfnl u and
HIT ali tire rest trip Of, ass IN a trance.
Until the Dance is epded. . --SS 4;
-:aIive CUStance. IN Living e 80
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
HUSBAND AND HOME
ARE THESE THE CHIEF IDEALS
= OF. WOMAN?
Writer Claims That To-day, as Ever,
the Instincts of the GentIer Sex
Are for Love and Protection-Ts,e
Mother the Bond of All.

A generation ago to be an ideal
iousekeeper was the chief ambition
OF almost every women. No girl de-
sired a fairer fate than to be placed
good and loving husband to supply ala
her wants and make her the mistress
and the queen of his heart and his
home. In most cases the girl who
started housekeeping had more OF
less experience in the art under he
tuition of her mother. She loved t6>
decorate and beautify the hc4sses'
which was to be her home during the
rest of her earthly pilgrimage Shs-
loved to create delicacies foG her
husband and her children, and, dis
guise it as we may, much OF the AZ
lection she received was due entirely
to her skill as a homemaker.
When Ter children grew up aroEntE
ner this kind and sympathetic ntsfts,-
er and the pantry were the CHIEF 2t-
fractions in their world. AS they
grew older the ties only grew the
stronger. When they acquired flEs-
lilies of their own the old homestead,
with it's abundance of good things,
still had attractions for them. Tnee
kind old mother was still their be:sS'
friend. She knew all the difficult ksss.
they had to encounter in starting;
homes Of their own. and her advice
and sympathy were worth more t5'
them than gold The grandchildren
came to vcnerate her as sort Of Tezs
cradle goddess, and when she tir1aify
went away from the home circle She
LETT vacancy which could never be
filled.
But we are assured with every
symptom of rejoicing that these co1s-
ditions are passing; that women have
been emancipated; that in the fntg2E'es
they are to be the rival, instead a,S,
the helpmate of man, and THAI they
must combine to enforce their itssE
demands against the hostility of the.
male sex. This is nonsense pure ;asacS
simple 1t may be true that there
are more manrish women in TING:
generation than there were in the
last. 1t is unfortunately true that q
larger proportion CT, the female pGCu-
lation has been forced to be self-suq~
porting, but it is not true that wo1n-
en- enjoy the sso-called liberty" whish
The home instinct is too deeply
planted in the heart Of women to dSfs'
removed by the effects Of a genera
ton of club work 1t will never $ss'
removed A few women may GO az
ter strange gods, but the NATURAL T..
wholesome girl will still find ss:r"
highest ideal Of happiness in gs,stE
husband and a coy home. The cl1ass
may succeed in making such hoHas'
impossible to a few men and wot1en
by making the young women feel sEkst
they have a more important work irs
the world than the prosaic duty Of
home-making, but among the masses
of the American people the mother
will continue to be the bond which
unites the unities of that holy insti
tuition the family, and she will CON
tinue in this exalted role until the
end of all things.-PeoriA Herald
Transcript.
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Remained Uncured.

A few months ago a concert was
given by Continental string quartet,
and to it an enthusiastic amateur
dragged in an incurably unmusical
friend to hear; the party interpret
beethoven. 49, ... y. 49,.
+ At the end of the concert the en-
thusiast, feeling that such super6ne
iddling required explanation, ex-
claimed proudly: s-.-,.s r.. s...5...
Those four men have been playing
together for ten years uninterrupt-
edly.' ~, i.
t.Ten years!' said the victim, in a
reproachful tone. why, surely we've
been here longer than that?' .zs=y 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
WHAT'S THE BILL GOOD FOR?
BROOKLYN TaiIor's Comment on Re-
cent Find at Nippur.

cent r ina at iNIpP1I'
On the car the other morning !
happened to hang by the strap next
to Bimmelstein's. Between begging
pardons Of and granting pardons to my
near neighbors, I managed to read
few paragraphs in my newspaper
One Of them told Of remarkable IND
by a Nippur expedition Of the UnlVer-
sity of Pennsylvania. It was nothing
less than a well-preserved and thor
oughly authenticated tailor's bill near
" 5000 years Old.
Since Bimmelstein himself is en-
sgaged othiing business III
kss NO. this
ancient relic, so I told him about It,
but the story seemed to make no i'm
preston on him.
Hang it. man." said I, "don't you
understand? It's tailor bill almost
1000 years DID,
"Ve]l,' he answered, "vot ISIS it good
for? Dey can't COLLECT it,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
Cupid unmasked.

Said Cupid to his Love, one day,
His voice all full Of pleading.
Come, take your mask from OF your
- face! rs sd
Your soul would be reading!''
But Phyllis wisely shook her head,
~ march you would be stealing!
Til keep my mask before my face,
My secrets unrevealing!
Then Cupid fell upon his knees!
He said. Dear Heart, I love you.
Come, Marry me, and r be true!
True as the heavens above you! - s55SE5
Said Phylh 20 Now YOU ne talking sense!
s. loved you all the time. Dear! 8
And now you've taken Oft your mask
III be removing mine. Dear i's9
g. So ID Eyellne F'arT.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23

II l roads in that state for his horseleSS
wagon, but it was rot until -SO4
= that the actual horseless wagon
I was demonstrated. In that year
j the Philadelphia board Of health
/ wanted the water cleaned about
i the docks, and Evans was given
| | commission to build a machine for
= he purpose. He Put his ideas into
- iron and turned out his "Orahter
Amnhibolos," Of Digger" a horseless
carriage OH the road and sallless
vessel on the water.
He had become SO poor that his
wife was compelled to spin tow cloth
ana sell it for the family sustenance,
and now, when his wagon was made, it
was too heavy, and to reconstruct it
zths3s sWorki d ems ufRered their services;
ssst
the first automobile in America, was
completed, and it was Put On exhibit
ton at Central Square, where the
city hall now stands. Here 1t was
run around the square daily and the
public was invited to pay shilling
head to look at it, One-half the money
to 20 to the wOrk1ren, the other half
to the inventor, rot for his support,
but to be expended in further improve
ments.
After the Digger" had proved that
it could go by it's own power OH land,
it was run down to the Schuylllll,
where a wheel was rugged at it's stern
and it took to the water, going down
to the Delaware river and to it's des'
tination, sixteen miles, passing all sail
ing vessels on the ay.
=, The digger" answered the purpose
for which it was built, but it did not
open the pocketbooks of the capital
/ lists, and Evans still struggled on.
Specialized and gray at forty, he was
| wrinkled and old now, but the spirit
| was strong within him, and he kept
on. BY some means he secured a
shop, where he did engine repairing g,
when he was not busy with his
dreams, and he made a comfortable
living for his family. But this was too
good luck, and on April, II, 1919, his
snop was burned to the ground, de-
/ stroying. all his papers and his pat
| terms. 1t was a fatal stroke to this
man of sorrows, but he met it bravely,
and went at once to New York to Sc
cure means for re-establishing himself.
There the reaction came, and the Com
mercial Advertiser of April 16, 1919,
contained, under the head of Deaths -
| this notice:
Yesterday, at the house of Elijah
Ward, Oliver Evans, Esq, of Philadel-
phia, in his sixty-fourth year."
That was the end. The body was
buried at the old Zion burying ground,
| whence many years later it was re-
moved to Cypress Hills, Long Island,
| where it rests now in an unmarked
grave. Oliver Evans is forgotten, but
his works live after him, and the auto.
! mobilists Of America should find his
last resting place and erect over it a
! monument worthy of the man.--Will-
! lam J. Hampton in New York Herald.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
OLIVER EVANS

roads in that state for his horseless
wagon, but it was rot until 1904
that the actual horseless wagon
was demonstrated. In that year
the Philadelphia board Of health
wanted the water cleaned about
the docks, and Evans was given a
commission to build a machine for
:1ao ,,11rnnco IIa r11t his IDEAS into
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-22
PREVENTS BANK ROBBERY
woman Calls Out Citizens Who prs.
vent Bank Robbery.

rlrTsBURG, Kan, Dec. 2O.-An at.
Tempt was made this morning to loot
sne bank at Mulberry, and had It NOT
oeen Tor Miss Addie Burlinpame the
ROBBERS would have went away we'll
palu ior their work. They first piled
= ioO OF lnllamable material against
sne reaiof Kurtz &Smilie's store, and
set 1t on fire. "u
before the blaze had gained mucb
neauWay, Miss Burlingame gave the
alarm' and soon a crowd Of the cIti.
eenS gathered and extinguIshed the
nre' The sound of an explosion was
neard Immediately after the fire, in
Vne direction of the bank, two blocks
away The lookout" gave the signal
when he observed the approach Of the
posse and all escaped. The outer
door OF the banks safe was blown of.
out the inner door was intact.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-22
Montgomery Retains Rev. Kerr.

AT special meeting OF Missouri
Presbytery held in this city last week,
Rev. John e. Kerr was refused per-
mission to resign the pastorate Of the
Montgomery City Presbyterian church
to accept call from Charlottesville,
Mo. Rev. Kerr, besides the Mont
gomery City charge, also is in charge
Of the Presbyterian church at Benton
City.
The Presbytery acted fayorably on
the call made by the Fulton congre-
CATION to Rev. W. W. Stoddert, Of
Lebanon, KY. Rev. Stoddert has ac
cepted and will arrive in Fulton to be.
gin his new work by January l. The
congregation has been without a pas
tor for about a year.
Those attending the Presbytery
were: Reverends W. W. Elwang,
Columbia; FL B. Banks, Fulton; ]. E.
Kerr, Montgomery City; Frank Mitch
ell, Keytesville; Doctors A. A. Wal
lace, this city; Frank d. S. Gage,
Fulton; Messrs. S. P. Powell, Mont
gomery City; Levi Watts and Frank
Pierce, Benton City; William Pollock,
Mexico, and Judge White, Montgom-
cry City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-22
BENTON 1 4 ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
BENTON CITY, Dec. 2l,-The infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Foster, Of
Moberly, was buried here last Satur.
day.
G.. W. Russell is erecting a wind
mill and placing a pump on W. W.
b'ry's farm, 4 miles south Of Mexico.
Miss Alpha Mcdaniel is afflicted
with the measles.
DR.. GoOdson is suffering from the
effects Of falling from a load Of hay.
Miss Cora Foley was a visitor In
Mexico Tuesday.
We are glad to announce that Rev.
John Kerr will not quit preaching at
this place.
We are sorry to have reported the
Presbyterian oyster supper wrong, but
it will be the Thursday following
Xmas.
Mrs. Will Reed spent Saturday and
Sunday visiting friends in this place.
Mrs. ]. d. Reed fell and hurt her
arm severely Tuesday.
Miss Martin, niece Of esquire" Dill
Ion, is spending a few days with him.
The Burlington s new section house
is almost completed.
Miss Lily e. G. Hendrix gave a
musical entertainment at the Christ
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-22
FROM YOUNGS GREEK,

Correspondence of the Ledger.
YoUNas CREEK, Dec. 21.-There
will be preaching at Mt. Zion, Olivet
and Long Branch Christmas Day.
Jake Middleton has moved his fam
lily to Mexico. We regret to lose this
estimable family from Jul midst. His
sale on the 18th was very we'll attend,
cd Stock sold low.
]. W. Ellis delivered 30 hogs to W
W. Mundy and Powell at 4c last Mon
day.
W. I. Asbury delivered 0 head oil
hogs to Mundy s. Powell at &c.
Mrs. Joe Miller, Of Long Branch,
was the champion turkey raiser in bel
locality, raising so head this year, sell.
ing 80 head of them for S67.
Mrs Oscar Cauthorn, of Youngs
Greek, champion turkey raiser of hel
neighbornood, raised so head, which
brought her 1921 II.
Mrs. H.. W. Brenton and Mrs. Settle
are suffering with rheumatism.
Jas. Sneed's baby is sick.
Bud Johnson's baby who has beer
sick for some time is better.
Mrs. Jessie Fowles' baby is sick.
Lind Stewart and Charles Browning
we're business visitors to Paris thii
week.
Ed Sharp, who has been on the sicl
list, Is better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-22
Popular Publication.

IA
ole Of the most popular historical
yves Of day is THE Issue'' by Geo.
sIsan' illustrated. published by ].
-~lppencott Company, philadelphia,
ana sells for sl.50. 1t is astory Of
1ags Of Clay, Webster, Calhoun
piece Of literature-"Such nov
The Issue are rare upon any
ltisa work that must have
tremendous toll, a masterpiece.
~ssaperior to The Crisis pitts
love story-"The love story
through the book IS very ten
.1a s~eet"-St Paul Dispatch.
historical noyel-"when w
,n.ile that We are Ia the hands Of
Inquirer, Philadelphia
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-22
Death of DR.. BRACES Mothsr.

Died, Friday, at her home In Troy
which she had occupied for 81 years,
Mrs. Elvira R. R~ansdell, aged GA years.
The deceased was born, Sydnor, and
was raised IN Lincoln county. Her
first husband was Talbot Bragg, who
lied in 1860 in Idaho on his way to
California.
Three children survive this union,
W. L. Bragg, of Troy; DR., K. R.
Bragg, and Mrs. Spaulding, both Of
this city.
The second marriage was to Mr..
RanSdell In 1866 to which union there
survives Miss Dora NJ. Ransdell, of
Troy.
Mrs. Ransdell was a member Of the
Presbyterian church since eight years
of age and was a lady Of intellect,
kind and beloved.
Funeral services were conducted
and burial made at Troy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-22
M-ARTINSBURG ITEMS.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
MARTINsBURe, Dec. 2l.-Mr. Price,
cashier of the Farber bank, was a bus
ness visitor here Thursday.
Bob Rodgers was down from Mexico
Thursday on business.
There will be a Christmas tree of
Woodman Hall Saturday night.
George Kellerhals vas down from
Benton City Thursday.
Misses Sullivan and Crockett, OF
Mexico, visited DR.. Rambo Friday.
Miss Minnie Rhodes went to Benton
City Sunday.
DR.. Diven is now domiciled in bis
new office.
John Kreiger is over from Farber.
Bert Waddlngton and wife and Mis-
Fannie Kellerhals, of Benton City,
were here shopping Saturday.
Walter Henry is helping to builC
the section house on the Burlington
at Benton City.
Chess Wilburn and wife are enter
tanning relatives from Washington.
Joe Neihaus made a business trip L
Wellsville one day last week.
The merchants are enjoying
fiourishing Christmas trade.
Rev. Father Haar returned Monda,
from St. Louis, where he has been II
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-22
FROM THOMPSON.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
THOMPSON, Dec. 21.-Sam Dudley
has returned from q stay in St. Louis,
]. Lancaster has moved to Illinois
to reside.
john Lyons is here from st. Louis
to spend the holidays.
DIR. e. +. Elliott, Of Kansas City,
will arrive the last of the week to Wis
it relatives during the holidays.
Tom Fletcher has returned TO his
home In st. Louis.
J. Harrison Brown is convalescent,
and returned to Mexico Tuesday to
resume school duties.
Mrs. Charles Clark has returned
from a visit to Mexico relatives.
]. Owen Tinsley and wife, Of Orrick,
were recent guests OF f. M. Tinsley
and family.
Mrs. S. T. Davis and children left
for Kansas City Sunday to spend the
holidays.
e. f. Elliott has a telephone at his
residence now.
The Chicago & Alton Railroad Com.
pany are having scales put up here.
George Chadwick has purchased W.
e. McDonald's residence here.
Mrs. R Henderson is home from q
weeks visit to Auxvasse relatives.
Mrs. Felix Dudley returned from
Columbia Tuesday much improved in
health.
Charles Clark left for st. Louis this
week with 8 carloads Of cattle via the
Wabash.
Cant s. Considine shipped l car load
of hogs via Wabash the first Of the
week.