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Show FRANKl IN SLi PT U CHURCH He and i"r.jit;-.,t ..dame Tried Patience Pa-tience of Preacher. Siwitor Quay of Pennsylvania has beon ftr years n student of the llfo of Benjamin Franklin, regarding whom ho knows much moro than Is irlntcd In tho hooks. Sonator Quay says that on a certain Sunday morn-fng morn-fng during tho administration of John Adams, Franklin attended church with the president, aud, slnco both statesmen states-men had sat up lute the night beforo, both fell asleop during tho progress of the sermon. The chaplain bore with tho slumbor of his two chief auditors for somo time, but Anally rage got tho better ot him. "Mr. Franklin! Mr. Franklin!" ho called from tho pulpit. Mr. Franklin awoke, and looked up,' startled. "Mr. Franklin, pardon mo for Interrupting In-terrupting you," said tho chaplain In a grim volco. "I only wished to ro-quest ro-quest you not to snoro bo loud, lest you awake tho president" ; i i |