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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15
DALLAS RACE TROUBLE
HAS BEEN SETTLEp

DALLAS, Texas. July l5.-The ne
gro Who bought house on the eas;
side OF Washington avenue in Dee-s
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

r. j. Herndon. principal OF the
waxahschie high school, has been
offered place on the board Of state
normal examiners, but on accoant
|of other pressing duties he cannot
accept. This il the second man out
of waxahachie who could have serv-
ed on this hoard. but the local schools
cali for their attention The year round
and il was impossible for either to
accept II is an honor, however, that
lis duly. appreciated by Mr.. Herndon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

Ger made Ne said be would Judge
earn would average 80 bushels an
acre M. Blake has In 81 acres q
sweet petat6s that Is doing nicely,
he said
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

Mrs. NJ. u. Knowles IL 10 receipt
lof message from Paris. Texas. an
nounrang the death OF Jasper Bian-
tons mother at that place last night.
Jasper nIanton has been here in Tin
lIts for a number OF years and has
many friends In the city who will re-
'gret to learn Of his sorrow.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15
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oeoeeeoe - $500
~ fsed aad fuel phone fsrosd-
food 3 Kennedy. Old phoos Is q
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

Mr. aud Mrs Porter L. Williams
left yesterday afternoon for Bowie
10 vislt Mrs Williams sister, Mrs.
Lawson. and from there they will 20
to Mineral wells 10 spend about ten
days.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

The LADDERS OF the Main Street
Christian church viii serve ice cream
on the court mouse lawn the night
OF the primary election ADV 81
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

j. r. Blaks 81 Rocket VAS seen
Ay reporter today ahd said the
efprk on his t~o places, enc At
Reekett and one 1t Golfers Chapel.
WEIR 10 me ceadition and with an
usher rain Ellis eounsy would make
cue Of shn biggest cotton crops she
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

IDEAL. sARsAPARIf.LA works
ont liver troubles. fioshss the Kid
nsys. purifiss the blood Good health
fcllowA Try one hair bottle under
our guarantees Al drug stores. ad II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

The ~ark u feafinF a~ns lao
First Presbyterian church Was start
cd This ~esk The church Il heing
torn down In order that the Iumher
and tlnab&r~ may be used In ths coz
xtrurfson III the net church on West
Main sfse@s. IL IL expected Mai this
work wsil begin u an early siay
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

Contractor A \ Guthrie stated
10 reporter isa was erecting mod
srp z.xters re~idease for r 4. Fer
fax 90 his farm - Rocket VAL
Burger and family. who has The
farm In charge. viii occupy same
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15

Janes. Moore. age sesenty-tso.
died Thursday night ~ hss home
near The public school buliding fol-
lowsnk long and sericus illness
ard was buried Friday afternoon ~
the city eemstery. The deceased has
liked h~re Tor many years and MAS
usal and fayorablx khown Hc Is
the father Of s. 4. Moore 81 this eits
Fraands sender sympathy ~ this boar
Of bere~syineus
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-15
Evidence All In.

The evidence was concluded early
this morning and Judge Hawkins
presented his charge. which was just
plain charge on criminal assault
A special charge on .circumstantial
evidence was asked by the defense.
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y ..... =
= 5
O A g
j 10 4

Clubs are trumps n q 10 In the lead.
Y and Y want Ave tricks against any
defence.
The solution 10 for z TO lead the trump.
which Y wins. Y then leads the smaller
OF his two diamonds, which b passes up.
Although the eight would win the trick.
Il puts OF the ace inc leads the eight. so
as to throw the lead into BIS hand This
forces Il to kill his partners queen ~
hearts. the whole spade suit being
thrown away.
II y anticipates this attack by playing
the king OF diamonds when Y leads the
six z will still win the trick with the ace.
but instead Of returning the diamond,
which would now throw Y into the lead.
he adjusts his play to As discards.
II A still holds two hearts he must
have shed a spade on the diamond. and
by leading the spade jach Y makes two
tricks In that suit uniess A prefers to
give Y W heart tricks. II A has dis
csrded II OF his hearts on the diamond
y and n get six tricks instead OF Ave.
as u still has the eight Of diamonds to
lead. and Y can win II with the ten. so
az to make all three of his hearts.
Tho following list. alphabetically ar
ranged, contains the names Of all who
solved this problem correctly and who
had already solved Nos 4o1 and 400.
Those who solved No. 400 but missed
either OF the others are IN a separate
list
Henry Andersen. Harry T.. Atwood.
Louis Bernstein, Il. y. Blair, O. II. Bos-
ton. y. g. Brainc. bud. Frank s. Buseer.
E-S.-kC.. Charles J. Chapman, Harry
Cook, Mary Adams Cox. Cumberland
". n, p. X. Danneman. George NJ.
neville, Irving c. butcher. \. J. T., J.
VI. Ednunds, *. Elizabeth. T.. A. Evans,
Mrs Ilnplnn Isruasa Irnnr. II
Fuller. Jules X. Gimbernat. George y.
Glover. W H.. Roscoe {. Harris. l.. :.
Hart. Jr.. l.. A. Hawkins. Charles
Haynes. J.. l.. Hicks. Karl Humphrey.
+. H. Huy. J. c. Hume. Dr. VI. Isaac,
Arthur 6. Ives, a. s. j., W. J.. julien,
{. +. johnson. W. o. Johnson. r. e.
j@utten. Keystone. Mrs, f. Clark King.
William A. Knight. Mary Lee, A.. X.
l.eech, G. H. lie Mon. Archer F. Lowe,
~ {. NJ. +. -. Machay. Markham. +.
Martin, II. e. Nankowski. Carlos Mon
treal, c. +. Morse. Sioux Murphy, W. ".
Murphy. T.. c. Norman. William u. orr.
Mrs. +. n. osborne. .. :. T., Lefer,s
Fark' f. Converse Pierce. J. t;arci,
%Finentel. Charles +. \. Popp, NJ. r.
Raymond. Henry Ritter. 7. Y. Roe, Will
lam T.. Rooney. Charles NJ. Root. Harry
Rosenthal. capt. Frank Roy. s. G. r.,
John G. Schoenewolf. Julius 4. Sierra, C..
q S'nedley. Isabel II. Sut!in, T.. /.
Tyler. W. j. Vanderwoort, II. 4. W. y.
g, W. W. i. W. Henry Wallace, Ed
ward II. Warren. Marie Van Rlper
Watts. Mrs, Robert g Weeks. T.. w
White and Percival Wilde. The only
solver 81 403 who missed both the Others
was l.. BecE.
The ten Of diamond. WIS responsible
for tho elimination Of thirty names from
INC Former list. That play will no,
solve II y covers with the king. because
\ can men discard hearts and duel. tho
first high spade 4 leads. making king
AID eight. ~
For tho information Of several in
lu'rcrs. In card diagrams the lacks have
legs. tho kings have not.
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White.
Black TO Play and Draw.
SOME MORE GEOMETRY.

Several correspondents have been good
enough from time TO time TO compliment
The Sun upon the originality OF Its
seometrical problems. the solutions TO
which are not to be found I'm any OF the
text books of the schools. Some have
also been good enough to suggest new
and difficult problems that nave pre-
scented themselves In practical life.
Here Is one. from a correspondent who
prefers to conceal his Identity under
the name Of "Handa." which presents a
rather unusual set OF conditions, but
which should attract the attention OF
n one who II Interested in the prac-
teal uses Of geometrical formulas.
a man whom We shall cali A owned a
piece OF ground. and gave another man.
y. an option on half Of II. but the writ
ten memorandum did not state In exact
terms how the property was 10 be d.
vided. except that II should he by
straight lines" In talking IL over be-
tween themselves they had probably
agreed where these lines were 10 20.
The piece OF land In question was Of a
peculiar shape. owing to the fact that
a railroad curve formed one boundary
ana that before The present owner came
into possession this railroad had started
TO cut across the property on a continu-
alton OF the curve from l. To- G, but
nndinr the house directly On the way. II
had shifted the curve from u to l.. The
angles a and u are 80 degrees.
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to be followed. and show how her
great navy has been built and de-
veloped in the years since the United
States began to consider the matter.
From the same point Of view of CT
fectivcness he can find no better
model than that " the Germans. a
General Staff that is practically per-
manent and is steadily studying the
problems the navy must meet. II
is clear that he also admirers the man
ner In which respect for the decisions
and estimates of that directing body
is enforced on the legislative body, and
II may be inferred that he deprcca.es
the tampcring with the results of the
mature deliberations of technical ex-
pcrts by Congressional committees and
civilian heads of departments who are
mere politicians. Admiral Fiske's book
should be read by every American and
carefully thought over after reading.
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ster: "let me be frst." so the ape
brings a piece Of bamboo. II will get
inside" say the trickster, while you
collect leaves with which to pack me
In tight. But while you are packing
me in don't look inside the bamboo"
While the p gathers leaves the
trickster crawls out and hides. The
ape stuffs the hollow and starts tho
fire. When he thinks the meat is lone
he takes the vessel from the fire and
goes after large leaves on which to
serve his meal. The trickster, waiting
for the water to cool. gets back into
the vessel. When the ape returns his
friend tells such "a pleasing tale of his
experience that the ape insists on try
ing II. OF course he gets cooked and
eaten, the trickstcr paying no heed
to his appeals for deliverance as the
water gets hot and hotter. Good
friend. have pity on mel" cries the
ape. We'll. I did not complain when
YOU cooked me- replies the heartless
trickster. But the ape appears again
and again. now playing the trick and
now taking the part OF victim.
Australian myths show their most
marked resemblance to those Of
Meiancsia in the southern and eastern
parts of the continent. both in gem
eral type and In specific details.
only here. apparently. do We meet
with such themes as the swan maiden
or the arrow chain: and 1t IL here
that the animal stories are most album
dant and that We find cosmogonic
tales referring to the creation both Of
the world and OF ma But little trace
Is found Of the Melanesian dualistic
ideas presented In the tales OF the
wise and the foolish brothers" The
Of the central and northern
parts Of Australia stands alone"
migations. "Cultural. linguistic
and physical evidence clearly shows
that the present inhabitants of the
continent are n mixture of this earli-
est stratum with ut least two groups
Of invaders. The linguistic data have
been taken to indicate that the central
and northern tribes are the later of
these groups and represent n Papuan
wave from New Guinea. but on the
Of mythology 1t would seem that
an alternative hypothesis is rather
more In accord with the facts and that
tho central and northern tribes repre-
the earlier and presumably
Papuan group. driven back into the
less favorable portion Of the continent
by a wav OF Melanesian peoples
spreading from the northeast. thus re-
"A process which had already
taken place In Melanesia Itself"
A fascinating study; and 1t Is quite
easy to forgive Prof. Dixon for not
making II solemnly scientific"
The sun., 1916-11-12

In Columbus. says the Dispatch. there
Is a man whose chief Joy Is In a colIec-
tion of newspaper titles.
There are Hcddii0hts. FiashHohts,
Bees. Eagles. Owis. Mirrors and Nrrs-
Letters. hut when II comes 10 Dcyyicks
HcddIcrs. Telescopes. E1ags and SIM
beams the class Is limited. In Hot
Springs there is published tho Irkan-
sds Thomds Cat, aud other titles inst
as unusual are the SirdJc Hammer.
the i'1'cprcssiblc, the Stlcnt Vorkcr and
GdN. ~
Frequently II is possible to tell from
the title of a newspaper tho state i'm
which 1t II published. For instance. ,hc
Ch''ffdm Is In oklahoma tho Rus
Ter ana tho Ldridt are in Texas; Bin
Hoie Rrccscs in Montana, and tl,c
ROundUp In Wyoming.
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II was while the lane was IN This. shape
that y gave u the option on hal. Of IL,
"a before the option expired both \ and
u died and IN" executors % Rs estate
determined 10 take up tho option for his
heirs and called upon As executors 10
divide The piece into two equal parts by
straight limos alone. and with AS few
lines as possible, The shape was not the
point SO much as equal acreage.
What might have been the original
idea Of The division there was nothing TO
show. cxcep, that 4, was assumed that 4
should be ler' in possession Of his house.
The reason for thc stipulation about the
straight lines was evidently TO avoid the
possibility Of BIS being put of with a
thin slice along tho curve ~ tho railroad.
How was The property divided into two
parts Of exactly the same area with as
few straight, lines as possible. and how
did the executors prove that the division
was absolutely correct
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Lowe. Frank w. Maybcck. r. ". Null
laney, J. Murphy. Angus Mcdonald. p.
j. McGarry. r. W. Mcmahon. James Nc
Nally. J. II. Noremac, William b. Orr.
IL. l.. Paine. James q. Pinkerton. Julius
c. Rauch. Edward Roeben. c. Ross. John
Ryan. T. F. s.. julius A. Sierra. Andrew
Sheppard, Benjamin Simon, Thomas
Stapleton. Michael Triebel, d. A. W. and
Charles Whitehead.
Those who solved 400 and 400 but
missed 401. were: Samuel Gonotsky, Ii.
Prior King and Evan Powell. Those
who solved 4O3 only are: George Bauer.
3. Riddell, NJ. Schechter and J. NJ. Sulli-
van.
Several nave written to say that No.
4O4 must be set up wrong. Such is not
the case. The distribution OF the pieces
is: Black men or II, kings on 20 and 80.
White man on 30, kings on 10 and 81.
Black to play and win. This IL the first
bombardment of the honor list.
PROBLEM NO. 405. CHECKERS.
Rlsck
The sun., 1916-11-12

The following alphabetical list shows
those who have correctly solved Nos.
i"l. t02 and i03, Those who missed
one or other of the previous problems
Int suiNcd this one are in "A separate
list
Albany, conrad Alhcidt, W. T.. Al,cn.
\. j, H., i, NJ H., II, T., Bourne, William
Brommcnkaut, j. J. T., BronN. &. NJ.
Bum. \. g. A.. Z. Campbell, Dewitt r.
,'nyton. William /, clark. 7, j, Conner
ford, J, L. Compton, &, T. torliss. Fausto
Dalumi. Willard r. Draper. \. 4. Dunn.
NJ Edmunds, William Fleming. Albert
i. Ford Samuel :. Ford. owen Fox,
Thomas Toy. George +. Frapric. Thomas
'iimcncz, T.. J. Graf. John Graham,
l.. Grimes. j. u, Gloss. II. \. NJ,
l.. =, Hart, Jr,. e. r Hartmayer, Charles
Higgs, Hobokcn, James Hyland. David
Jack, Elijah p, Landry. Mary Lee,
Charles C. Long. George NJ. Lord. Henry
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The Happy Family.

There's a lullaby land
Where adJectives stand
Like nurses and coddie . noun.
When advcrbs draw =
They tremble with fear
At sight OF Doc Syntax's frown.
The verbs In a row
Tell ali that they know
About the noun baby petite.
While c~onjunctions so kind
In a trlce have combined
Soft words In a culogy sweet.
Proportions join In
With the family din.
All led by old Grammar % true.
And TO show their affections
Pronouns and i~nterjections
Make glad at the christening too.
H. srANLRr HAsxiSs.
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At the one table AT which the double
was correctly used z gave the opror-
tunity for 1, by an initial bid 4 o."
spade. His cards do not Justify su.. ,
declaration on the first round II o..
situation appears favorable for 1t q.
could bid spades on tie Second round. 'l'
he has only one sure trick IN lis J..
10 start with.
When y and Y both passed Il do,.,'.l
This Is the only sound bid made a'rDr.
the doubles and snors that y hn, %
good no trumpcr but cannot stop 'hr
spades. When Z passed. \ accepted
hint and ND ~ trump. making tho i..
odd and 30 aces without any trouble
At another table at which z star'ol
with a spade II Was \ that dpubl"d
This Is a very bad double. because
partner cannot understand it. It M sN'
mean that A had a fair no trump hand
but no stopper in spades. Tholr
nothing to prevent Y from having TIE
spades 4 actually holds.
As r cou.d not stop the spades az
N'''' 80 'f'N ~ - 'HA'I ~ t-A CIV
diamonds. and 4 left him with Il. VIA
he was afraid OF 1t is difficult to .raa.
with all his kings to be led up -
and at least three sure tricks IN -;u
II Y leads them through. b made only
four odd in diamonds. lie shot rq.o
gone game, as two other tables d:i -
z opened with the short club .u'.
and dummy put or the King and 'cl a
trump for the fnessc. A small hear 10
the fnesse In that suit allowed aro''"-
trump lead and fncsse. she inE 4 80 3
r led tho ace OF trunps and %foiloNsi
win a heart. so hat Y had e. ;'unY
with the king of diamonds. -
club to shut out dummy's nine "
won by the ace. leaving b WIN '"
nine and eight 20 force tho 'a'k.
that the trump and the club we've TIE
only tricks for Y and T..
AZ one table when Il started N!'N -
spade he a a narrow escape from ''s.
Ing about 400 in penalties. ms y hii 80
clubs as n warning when \ passed.
Instead Of doubling this and %le'.rs Y
play II or forcing Il to more spades y
bid two diamonds ana went game.
The top score on this hand Was rais
by 4 and II against n very va So.
ondary bid on rs part. z passed w.
out a bid on the first round \ "a
no trump. Y ms b passing. AMI then
4 bid two spades.
A doubled the two spado hid aud y
thought best 20 leave Il alo'
judgment was clearly Justified N'N
they sat the spade con;rt.t e.. 'S
points, The same result was '~.gl p
about when 4 started VITA n spade :
and Y passed and Il weu - TWO spades
over Rs two diamonds. This : .-
bidding y hand without waiting 'or o."
partner, Such bids are supposed 20 81 &
sin or seven sure TRICKS I'm the rd#,
own cards. \ liberal estimate - -
hand would he four
There arc SIN II number OF ,o.. e''
players VIII object 10 IN" cnuv,.'.
taking out Of partners n trump,'. So
Ave cards Of a major SUI w'...
hand il strong "uoVEh t. l.,No .r.
certainty Of game. y lr,..
pointed out IN these articles. '
consequences nf tie take ou' Ir
to thu failure ut IL" orici,t' ~ 'r.
- sui'ur' Tive SUI, Hero f. SO
tho ku''hcrhock'r tuIru,u' -.
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\ Mem OriaI TO Poe.

The old Literary Messenger building
at Richmond. says the rtrgirian. the
p'ac" where Edgar Allan Poe began
MS literary career, must be torn down.
IN" committee which has been working
To prcscrv" the structure AS a memorial
T." Poe VIII 80" that thu building Is
torn down In such u way ms to render
the materials availabl" for the recon
s'ruction' II was In this house, 1t will
he recalled, that Poe wrote tho first OF
his great poems which became famou..
II is possible that the Council will pro-
vide sufficient funds for the rebuilding
Of the house. In all probability Il will
be built on the Richmond College cam
pus At Westhampton.
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USE OF THE DOUBLE
ROYAL AUCTION
Correct Tactics at Bridge Arc
illustrated From Ac.
tual Games.
By r. F. FOSTER.

The following interesting case ha. fire,
been decided by the COMMITTEES IN ,,r.
OF The Whist Club. The point a. ,..r.
was as to which Of two penalties should
apply. The question wal whether IN.
player In error gave his partner ,nso,.
nation as to certain cards IN hama
which would come under clause 4 OF law
SO. the penalty for which would h. N
expose the cards indicated; or whether
1t was an unauthorized reference to a,
Incident Of the play. the penalty fo-
which Is TO call a lead under law %.
Casa no trump Is being p,ay.d
The opening lead 10 a spade. which 4,
won by the leader. who continues II. q,
the third round OF spades, three card,
having been played. the declarer ~.
tates and the leader says. Put on your
ACE. It's the only spade you have" Tn.
player who made the remark had two
spades remaining in his hand and IN.
ace was the only spade not In his hand
Query: Did this remark give improves
Information TO his partner and IL 80
what is the penalty?
Decislon-This case IL covered By law
%. It Is an unauthorized reference TO
an incident OF the play and the decla-cr
has the right to call a suit from tho al.
versary whose next turn II Is to lead
A good illustration Of the correc, ana
the Incorrect use OF the double was
given In the following hand played At
the Kn.ckerbocker duplicate game:
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POEMS WORTH READING.
81. Martins Summer.

Brown are the gardens and the neids.
And tray the branches bare,
Sad colored as the monkish garb
st. Martin used to wear:
And all the littls woodland brooks
In brier and bramble lost.
And blades OF withered grasses tell
Their crystal beads OF frost.
But see. the Hudson flows beneath
A veil of silver mist.
The Palisades are robed n crowned
with rose and amethyst.
A golden simmer Nils the sky
And DER the earth Is spread
The glory OF the halo bright
Around 81! Martins head.
NINA 1RvINa.
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Ble~aing.


Prom the Springfield Rspuhiicar.
To-day a rosebud opened In the garden of
my heart:
A lttlr love rose bloomcd 30 fair within
It's clustered space.
And oil the air IL rcdolent-the spaces OF
my hear
Are ',ircr f"r Its blooming, as ~ n sud
den grace
Had lent itsolf to living; an, rose thu,
hlonmod o'cr night.
shall ! ,iespair because alas. ali ro,es'
petals fall'
What y a thorn ne hidden underneath
your petals white,
Your Fragrance ave will lingpr here
within my garden wall.
FLORA SHrVELT RIyoIA.
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An Encounter.


From the Atlantic Monthly.
Once on the kind of day called weather
breeder
Whom tn" heat slowly hazes and the sun
BY is own power seems to he unione.
wa half boring through. half climb
Ing through
A swamp Of cedar. choked with oil ~
cedar
and scurf o. plants, and weary and over
heated,
And sorry I had LET, the road I knew.
paused AMI rested on a sort ~ hook
That had me- by th" coat az good as seated,
And since there was no other way to look
Looked up toward heaven. and there,
against In" blue,
stood over me n resurrected tree.
A tree that had been down and raised
a harklrss spectre. IT. had halted too.
As n for fear Of treading upon me.
saw tho strane" position Of his hands
Up at his shoulders, dragging yellow
strand.
OF wire wifi something In /, from men TO
men.
You hsrc"n . said. "wh.r. .r.n', you
Ard whats the news You earry-'' YOU
And tell me where your. on for-Mont-
real"
Me- I'm not IN for NJ all
Sometimes wander out Of beaten WAYS
Half looking for tho Orchid Calypso
IioHErr FRosr,