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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS
DAVIDSON TO TIE
HARD FOUGHT GAME is PLAYED
ON NASHVILLE GRIp-NElTH.
Err TEAM SCORES.
(From Saturdays HeraldD

Playing "bang-up' ball, Central
High of Maury county battled the
heavy Central High of Davidson coun.
ty to scoreless tie on the Nash
vile boys own gridiron Friday.
Both teams had been greatly
strengthened since their defeats last
week, Columbia having been swamp
cd by the Hume-Fogg team to the tune
of forty to nothing, but yesterday
played in entirely different form.
Columbia outplayed the Davidson
county boys in every department of
the game, and should have won with
three or four touch downs to spare.
for a greater part of the game the ball
was under the shadow of the David
son county boys goal. but the neces-
sary diving force was not there to
put the ball across the line.
Captain Hardison's team made its
best gains through some beautiful end
runs. The game was refereed by Jim
Early. of the Vanderbilt team.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
BREAD DEMONSTRATION
At BRYANT'S STATION

The Bryant Station demonstration
club yesterday held a most interest.
ing meeting at the home of Mrs. w. H.
Mayberry. at which time bread dem.
onstration was held.
The club enjoyed an address by
Miss Maude Guthrie, home economic
specialist, who discussed the necessi.
ty of good bread in the home. and its
making and care.
Plans were made for bread con.
test in which all the clubs of the coun-
ty will take part early next spring.
and in which the leading culinary ar.
lists of the county will participate.
The club adjourned to meet in No
yember at the home of Mrs. Reavis at
Bryant Station. A most interesting
meeting will be held at that time and
a demonstration on the canning of
meats will be held.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
.PORKER PRICES
CONTINUE DECLINE
DROP OF QUARTER RECORDED
TO-DAY -, POULTRY LOWER,
GREEN HIDES REDUCED.

Porker prices continued on the to
boggan today, another quarter being
subtracted from the selling price of
both tops and lights. Other grades
were steady. FISH,
Since week aga heavy hogs have
declined $3.50, medium hogs are
down $500 and lights $1.75, but still
the quotations of today are a. dollar
higher on all grades than those of
October Il, year ago.
Porker prices hit the toboggan in
July of last year, dropping in a short
time from $3.50 on top hogs to $1,000,
a decline of ten cents Der pound.
Cattle prices were steady. but the
market was slow today.
Local dealers report another slump
in poultry prices, hens and stays be-
ing quoted at Is cents today. Green
hides are down to six cents per
pound.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
WOMEN VOTERS HERE
HAVE HEADQUARTERS
WILL CONDUCT A VIGOROUS CAM.
PAlGN FROM THE GARAGE OF
HARRISON MOTOR CO.

Women voters of the democratic
faith have opened Headquarters at the
Hardison Motor Company garage with
Miss Camille Herndon in charge. From
this place they will wage a vigorous
campaign for the next two weeks to
get the women of the county to vote
the democratic ticket. The leaders
are very much in earnest and are do
ing much more effective, intelligent
and sincere work to get out the vote
than is being done by the men who
are essaying to lead the party in the
county
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
BAPTISTS MEET
AT FA|RVIEW ON
OCTOBER 29-31
THREE DAYS SESSION vii / DIS
CUSS MANY PROBLEMS VITAL
TO THE DENOMINATION.
1ttIus1 Lnlusiu -BUAfrs
OPENING SERMON FRIDAY NIGHT
Rev, L. M. Latin viii Begin Meeting
With a Number of Others Follow.
ing During the Two Days There
after-Dr. Barber to Speak.

NfIoH FRIDAY daily lIcrald.)
There will be three days confer.
ence or meeting at the Fairview Bap.
list church near McCain's, beginning
on Friday night, October 80. The
meeting will continue through the fol-
lowing Sunday, October 81. A very
interesting program has been arrang-
ed by the committee which is com
posed of l.. A. Hatfield, John L. Hight
and John Fl. Barber. The opening
sermon of the meeting will be deliver.
cd by l., Nj. Latin on Friday night
and the final session will be held Sun.
day at II o'clock with IA sermon by
DR.. NJ. ]. Taylor
The following is the complete pro
gram for the meeting.
Friday night Sermon by l.. NJ. La.
tin ..f. ~ a"f I~- tt1t t
' Saturday, A, M.
$50, observation-disclosures Mahegcn.
9:i5 to fl;OO, Associational Work
Last Year. E. Hight, leader.
g. 11:00, Sermon-Jno. II. Barber.
Saturday, p. N.
1870 to 1900, The Baptist Program
for Today.
1870 to ,, Our Doctrincs-L NJ. La
tin.
200 to go, Evangelism-M. J.
Taylor.
2:3O to 800, Church attendance
N b. Williams.
800 to $50, The Importance OF
Sunday school--G. +. Howell
$3.50 TO 400, Our Duty to Support
the Gospel-Jno. II. Barber.
Saturday night, Sermon-Jack Hay.
wood.
Sunday A, M.
$50 to HOO. Sunday School
1l:0O, Sermon-M. J. Taylor.
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PoL|7|MlplII i. !,
OBBlES M6AnIY
f8~g1sx;fxxy pssassra ,


NEW YORK, Oct, 21.-The political
atmosphere was palpitating with chal.
lenges, claims and counter-claims. in,
terpretations, reservations and state.
ments today. Leading republicans
have gone democratic after lifetime,
and vice versa. Governor Cox has
been promised reward by Harding If
he can point out a single inconsistent
word on the latter's stand on the
league. A. A,tst.-
Elihu Root has received from Gov.
ernor CoS,. seconded by MIR. Roose.
welt, a cordial invitation to Join the
Ananias Club on account of the as
sertion Cox declared he will insist
upon tho treaty as Wilson negotiated
it."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
MT. PLEASANT ITEMS.

Mrs. r. c. Willis was hostess last
Sunday at her home on Wall street
at diner in honor of her brother, G.
NJ. Raines, of Hooker, Okla, covers
were laid for seventeen. Those pres.
ent were Mr.. and Mrs G. l.. Raines.
of Hampshire: Mr.. and Mrs. r. B.
Rousseau. Mr.. and Mrs. Webb TEN.
pie and son. Mrs. r. l.. Huffman. of
Columbia, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Rous-
sean and daughters. A beautiful mu.
steal program was rendered in the
afternoon. d..
Merrill Raines. of Hooker, Okla. is
visiting his parents and sisters here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Temple and son
of Columbia, spent the weekend with
Mrs. r. c. Willis.
Mrs. r. e. HUFFMAN and Mrs. E. r.
Rousseau spent Tuesday in CoIum.
bia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
INCREASED Vote
AT COURT HOUSE
To TAX OFFICERS
ESTIMATED THAT 1900 MAY BE
PoLLEo AT ONE BOX IN SEVEN
HOURS POLLS OPEN.
TWENTY HOURS TO COUNT
Effort May Be Made to Get the Voters
r. to Divide Between the Stock Yards
md Up Town Box in Order to Fa.
cilitate the Work.
From Wednesdays Daily Herald.

From Wednesdays Daily Herald.
II the total vote at the court house
should be increased by the number of
women who have registered the mat
ter of getting the votes in the ballot
box during the seven hours that the
polls will be open and worse still the
question of counting them after they
are cast is going to be serious prob
lem. II is conservatively estimated
allowing for Implications and ALL that
there are not less than 1900 register
ed voters in the ninth district, that
is men and women who will be quail.
fed. The men who are registered and
who did not before October pay their
poll taxes are not qualified.
Generally there are four times as
many voters at the court house as
there are at the stock yards This
means that 1900 people will try to
vote at the court house, or something
like 400 in excess of any number that
has heretofore voted there in a gener-
al election. IN past elections it has
sometimes been a problem to get all
the voters accommodated in the seven
hours the polls are open. To accom-.
modate the voters in the coming cleo
ton they must vote at the rate 165
an hour which would require some
hustling .,t5
But great as is that problem, the one
of counting 1900 votes, cast in pres.
idential year is appalling to the offic
ers of the election already oevrwork.
ed and underpaid.
1t is big job to count and tabulate
seventy-five long ballots an hour. This
means that it will take sixteen long
hours to count the ballots. Some est.
mate that ballot inmate is good
work. That would then require TWEEN
ty hours. IfHthe first calculation is
correct and sixteen hours are requr-
cd it will be eight o clock the fol.
lowing morning before the court house
box is completed, At a ballot to the
minute it will be IL O'Clock noon the
next day
In the famous Judiciary lection ten
years ago there were about 800 ballots
cast at the court house box here. The
ballots were long and complicated and
it was o'clock the following after
noon before the count was finished.
To vote full ticket one must mark
twelve electors, one governor, one. rail
road commissioner, one representative
in congress, one senator and two rep.
resentatives, or a total of eighteen
names. These names must all be
called when the ballots are counted.
In order to relieve the situation it
is probable that the voters will be urg.
ed to go in much larger numbers than
usual to the stock yards in South Co
lumbia. If the vote of the district
could be divided between the two
boxes it would greatly, facilitate both
the casting and the counting of the
' -ts,sas ps9ssiA. s5,,aslF-. sat&
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
AUXILIARY HERE
NAMES OFFICERS
]. PLANS A Dinner
MRS. JOHN r. WOOTEN is ELECT
ED FIRST PRESIDENT OF Lee
:. =. .GION BRANCH.
rSs tsIxIiassftf IN IS
INITIAL MEMBERSHIP GOOD
Will Serve the Dinner of the Local
Post When Armistice Day Is OBJ
served Here-Expect to Enroll 9th
err Eligibles at Once.

From Wednesdays Daily Herald.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Her.
bert Griffin Post of the American Lee
gion was duly organized here on Tues
day afternoon when about a score of
women, wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters Of Legionaires, met at the
parlors of the Bethel House and elect
ed officers. The charter had already
been issued and the organization
starts off its career with about thirty
members. 1t is expected that others
will be enrolled soon.
Mrs. John T, Wooten, who has been
active in the organization. and who
is a gold star mother. was elected
president. Miss Willie Biddle was
elected vice president and Mrs. Rich
ard Smith secretary. Miss Sammie
Church was made treasurer. The fol
lowing executive committee was elect.
ed: Mrs. Eugene Long, Mrs. II. "A.
Cant and Mrs. Horace Frierson. Mrs.
Jas. |. Finney was elected press rep.
resentative
The women discussed plans for serv-
ing the Armistice Day dinner and
agreed that they would render any
service possible to make the oCca.
sion a complete success They will
serve the dinner and take part in the
festivities of the day. A campaign
will be made to obtain additional
members so that the Auxiliary may
soon become one of the strongest in
the state.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
LOUISVILLE LIVE STOCK
fBy Bourbon STOCK Yards.)
Special to The Herald.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 21.-Cattle
receipts 500. market slow but steady.
Hog receipts 1900, market steady
to quarter lower. From 165 pounds
and up $1375; from 100 pounds to
165 pounds $15.25; pigs from 100
pounds down $3.50; throwouts from
$1,000 down.
Sheep receipts 200, market steady.
Lambs s10 sheep $3.50 down.
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} PERSONALS. q
} EeKaEeI o = e=eI o :

Eugene Anderson aud Allen Sloan
are today attending the .Lynnyille
Fair.
Misses Mary Orman and Louise
Stokes are spending the weekend
with Mrs. J. r. McClOud at Lynn
vile.
]. w. Jones has returned to his
home in Winter Garden, Fla. after a
visit to General and Mrs. John l..
Jones and family
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
CLOVER AND GRAasEA.

Retail price cloyers and grass
seeds: Glover. $40 bu.; alsyke
clover, $40 bu.; blue grass, 1915 bu.;
orchard grass, $3.50 bu.; timothy.
$3.50 bu.; herdsgrass, zoe h.. alfalfa
$3.50 bu.; crimson clover, $3.50 bu.;
Rye, s2.50Qs2.6O Blu.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
PRODUCE,

Eggs, so cents; hens. Is cents fry.
ing chickens, 20 cents; little chickens.
"a cents; stays. is cents; ROSTERS, 12c,
turkeys, toms, goa 26c; hens. "A cents;
DUCKS, 10G2Oc 10; geese, Sc 10.
Butter-Packing house, 20 cents -.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
dd-Whitaker.

Iadd-WhItakeT.
Miss Jessie Whitaker and Newton
Ladd, both of Santa Fe section. were
married In the presence of a few
friends on Monday afternoon by Rev.
J. T. Cotton, pastor of the Santa Fe
Methodist church. The groom is a
hustling young farmer and the bride
is very attractive. Co.,.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
Roberts-Guest Wedding.

Miss Louise Guest, of Columbia,
and Harry Roberts were quietly mar.
ried Thursday, October ID, at the
home of DR.. j. Fl. McNeily, on Benton
avenue. They were attended by a
few friends. .o Il aAia 10 VII
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Claudia NJ. Guest, of Columbia and is
a girl of unusual popularity. Mn
Roberts is resident of this city and
successfully connected with the Nash
vile. Chattanooga & st. Louis rail.
road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts, after short
wedding trip, will make their home in
this city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
GRAIN AND FLOUR.

Corn-Per barrel, $3.50: new corn
ST.
Flour-Superlauve patent, $13.25
barrel; best patent. $12.5e barrel:
bran, $4,000 per ton: shorts. $1,000
per ton.
Oats-Per bushel 20 cents.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
.eD Revolution
Now Threatened
In Pueblo, State

VERA CRUZ, Oct. l9.-Armcd op-
position to the Mexican government
ha sarisen in the state of Pueblo.
where revolutionists have cOngrcga.-
ed in towns. according to dispatches.
II is claimed that 5000 former Car.
rama troops are fully armed and have
sworn to prevent Obregon from assum-
ing the presidency.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
Fly-FIy.

Miss Annie Fly and James II. Fly
were quietly married at the home of
the bride just over the Hickman coun.
ty line from Fly's station on Wednes.
day at A o'clock, by Rev. J. B. Spur
lock, pastor of the Williamsport Meth.
odist church. They are both deserved
ly POPULAR in their community.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
NASHVILLE LIVE STOCK.
(By Union Stock Yards.)
Special to, The, Herald.

NAs3H7XS1llLrltt IE Tenn pnh.r Oct, 2l,-Hog
receipts 1000, tops and lights quarter
lower Other grades steady
Cattle receipts 200, market slow,
quotations unchanged.
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} SOCIETY .
D : e=s- szs5 sEs
SOCIETY
Dowell-Vauahan.

UoWeII-VauHhan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lee Vaughan
have issued invitations to the mar.
riage of their daughter, Theo Adeline,
to Nobel Yates Dowell, of Du Quoin,
H., the Wedding to take place at their
home Tuesday, October Goth. y
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Miss Loura VOORHEES,, daughter of
M. T. VOORHEES,, of near Mt Pleasant,
and Joe Alexander, were united in
marriage Thursday afternoon at $50
o'clock sat the Methodist parsonage,
Rev. J. w. Cherry, performing the
cermony. Immediately after the cere-
mony the young couple went to Nash.
vile to visit the grooms relatives
where they will be for about ten days,
after which time they wifi have rooms
with Mrs. W. E.. Bostick on South
Garden street. The bride is one OF
the most charming young ladies of
Maury county and numbers her
friends by her acquaintance. The
groom is assistant manager OF the
Peerless Chemical Co, phosphate
plahI' - sa a-.s55 g.-...'- ,..a. -.s.... s..
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
Ladd-Whitaker.


A wedding that came as a surprise
to the many friends was that of Miss
Jessie Whitaker, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Whitaker, to Newton
Ladd on last Monday afternoon at
four o'clock, the Rev. J. T. Cotton per.
forming the ceremony Immediately
after the ceremony the young couple
left for brief wedding tour, after
which they will be at home on Mr.
Ladd's farm on Snow Creek.
The bride was becomingly affair.
ed in suit of blue ,tricotine with ac-
cessories to harmonize The groom
is the only son of Mrs. r. D. Jarratt,
of Theta, and is a prosperous young
farmer. The best wishes of their
many friends is extended to them as
they start out in their new life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
lipg.DiIIehay.

III Charming in every respect was the
wedding of Miss Katie Sue Dillehay
Youngest daughter of j. G.. Dillehay. OF
this city, to Robert Ling, of Detroit
Mich, youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs,
b. Ling, which took place Saturday
evening, October 16, at s o'clock at
the First Presbyterian church, the
Rev. C. e, Stedman officiating. The
church was decorated with autumn TO.
liage and the wedding was witnessed
by many guests.
The bride was attired in a brown
suit of duvetyn and carried pink roses.
She was attended by her friend. Mel.
lie, who wore dark blue duvetyn suit
and a corsage of yellow roses. John
Hickey attended the bridegroom as
best man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ling left immediately
for trip east, and will be at home
after November 1 at Detroit, Mich.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22

Herald Cheap Column Ads Pay.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
QUOTATIONS

QUV TINVS
HOGS m!
Choice heavy hogs, 800
pounds and up :. 1900.
Selected medium weights
100 to 300 pounds 49,. 1850
Prime light hogs, 1870 TO
l65 pounds ........., 1900
Choice heavy pigs, 80 to
1870 pounds g.. .... 975
Good light pigs, 80
pounds down $50. 9.75
Throwouts -, -. 49,. 1000
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22

$50 to HOO, Sunday School
1900, Sermon-M. J. Taylor.
The Winslow mail., 1920-01-09

ed my official seal, this 18th day of
August, 1919,
]. E. CLARK, County Clerk
Seal
By IDA NJ HOLMAN, Deputy Clerk
Filed and certificate issued Aug. 18,
1919.
HARDEN BENNION, Sec. of State.
(6-t Az
The Winslow mail., 1920-01-09

Endorsed No. 6563 Certificate to
Amendments of Articles of Incor
poration of the j. C. Penney Com
pany
Filed in the Clerks Office Salt
Lake County, Utah, Aug. IS, 1919
j. E. Clark, County Clerk, by Ida M
Holihan, Deputy Clerk.
State Of Utah, County of Salt Lake, SIS
I, J. E. Clark, County Clerk in and
for the County of Salt Lake, in the
State of Utah, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is full, true and cor
rect copy of the Original Certificate
to Amendments of Articles Of Incor-
poration of the ]. G. Penney Com
pany No. 6563 as appears of record
in my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
have hereunto set my hand and affix-
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-03-13
ONIONS VIRTUES ARE MANY
According to Physcians-AId
to Beauty Seekers.

Onion eaters, as medical men have
noted, are rarely i'll, and that because
onions clear, as nothing else does, all
the pOisons and impurities and germs
from the body, according to London
Answers. Onions. in fact, are strong
disinfectants, and If sliced raw and
put about sickroom would gather to
themselves all the infectious germs
just as well as an expensive dlsinfect-
ant would
1t is for that reason that it Is ex-
tremely dangerous to eat cut or
skinned onion that has been exposed
to the air. 1t has cleared the air but
gathered to it's raw surface what 1t has
cleared.
Medically. onions are excellent for
Insomnia and they aid digestion. Fur
Their, an onion diet is one of the cures
for rheumatism. This is due to the
large proportion Of sulphur oil in
onions.
1t is this oil, no, which produces a
beautiful, clear and velvety complex
ion. Bretons. great onion eaters, are
noted for their smooth skins. Onion
juice, too, gives immediate relief from
pain of wasp and other insects stings.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-03-13
Woman,s Gift Of Instinct.

A celebrated lecturer in giving an
informal talk to number of women
on ethics startled his audience, who
fairly bristled with rage, when he an
nounced that he did not think women
possessed any reasoning powers at all.
But" he continued, you have what
is far better-an instantaneous appre-
ciatiOn."
This wonderful gift Of instinct said
to belong to womankind, and seldom
appraised at Its true value by the So
called stronger sex, is certainly
heaven sent. No amount of cultiva-
ton will develop it. for 1t is involun-
tary and is not the result of reasoning,
but entirely Independent of 1t.
Where man will exert all his
mental faculties In revolving round and
round subject, looking at 1t from
every point OF view, thinking perhaps
that he is using calm, cool Judgment.
he may, nine times out Of ten, make
q mistake, when wOman's unerring
instinct leaps at one bound to the
right conclusion.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-03-13
Agriculture Is the Chief
Occupation of FinIanders

In spite Of its nOrtherly position and
its poor soil, agriculture II still the
chief occupation of Finland, even
though the cultivated area covers only
8.5 per cent Of the land. The coop
erative movement. the Introduction and
use Of modern agricultural machinery
and improved methods Of cultivation
have greatly helped in the develop,
ment, but there IL ample opportunity
for further development. Cattle rails
ing and dairying also have grown con-.
siderably during the last decades. The
lumber industry ranks second n i'm
portance. with about 81 per cent Of
the area Of the country forest lands.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-03-13
WATERMELON A La FILIPINO
WslI-Msant Efeert Of Native Chef
Spoiled Surprise American Army
0hIeer Had Planned.

The Filipinos, 1t seems, have more
than one way ct serving a watermelon.
The melons grown in the far eastern
archipelago are small In size and In
ferior In flavor. Lieutenant Smith,
stationed in one of the towns Of north
ern Luzon, hankered for the Juicy
righteousness Of q melon from his own
sunny southland. So his family in
Tennessee carefully Grated I choice
Watermelon and shipped 1t to him by
express. 1t cost him q good many
pesos, but no matter. 1t was beauty
and arrived in perfect condition.
he instructed the cook to prepare q
good dinner that very day; the splen-
did melon was to be served as a crown
ing glory. The provincial treasurer,
the school teacher and the few Ameri-
cans in the town were invited to par
take Of q treat that was to be a sur
prise to them.
The dinner went forward success
fully; but there was much curiosity
concerning the surprise that the host
had promised his guests. and all eyes
were turned frequently toward the
door through which it was expected to
appear. At last 1t came. The cook en-
tered bearing aloft an immense plat
ter, and there came from the company
a chorus of "Ahs - The platter was
placed on the table under halo, no, a
cloud of-steam. The melon was
boiled, thoroughly boiled.
The quick rising of the host to his
feet with the carving knife in his hand
convinced the cook that he had better
make the quickest exist possible.
which was through the window. and
involved leap of ten feet to the
ground. Reports from the second
barrio on the road leading north were
that he was still running when he
passed through. Lieutenant Smith has
not been able to smile about that wa
termelon yet.-New York Herald.