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THE COLUMN! A IIEUALI): FRIDAY, MAY G, 180S. 7 1 I f I KEY. T. J. -DUNCAN. 1 ! TRADE PALACE. ill We offer extra inducements in this line. We have too much them out. Shoe Department Bargain. If Skirts and Shirt Waists. i I m Great Reduction in Silks. 1 t i I: 1 Special Bargains in Our Millinery Department. New Sailors. 25c and 50c. Worth 50c and $1 00. Another of Mis Interesting Letters to the Herald. On II in Way to Conference at Halt Inlin e Fond Memories of Friend and Scenes in Tennessee. in stock and wish'Jto close Just received another lot of those Tan and Black Vested top Oxford Ties, $1.00 per pair; worth $1 50. Ladies' Underwear Sale. MuHlin Underwear almost at your own price. A nice Gauze Vest for 4c. Bilk Taped Vest, worth 25c, only 10c. 2 5 yards, yard-wide Sea Island domestic, for $i. Belts! Belts! Belts! This season's purchase, worth 40c," 50c choice for 25c. and 75c ; ioo doz. large size Turkish Bath Towels, only oc. TRADE PALACE. MARTIN & WILKINS. PRACTICAL MACHINISTS. nf all Winds done nromDtlv and good, at reasonable pri- 'Throuiioi- nH sw Mill work a specialty. Also dealers In Iron li:n Winn ill ourl i iua Kittinus. Tnsoirators. Inieetors and Brass Goods of all kinds. Pickering or Sensitive governors furnished on short notice. We are Agents for the Champion Wagon. rp..i., ... . to o .nriouiK' in thewavnf improvement on a farm wagon. will nav all unities wanting'the best wagon on the market to examine the Cham i.JforP bin-chasing. We would be glad to see parties wanting anything in vur line at our machine shop in front of Passenger Depot, Columbia, lenn. aprill m On Board Tkain, West Tenn., May 'A. Ikar Herald: I am now sweeping through a poition of West Tennessee on the 1. 0. The day Tuesday, May 3 is a delightful one; my company of the most pleasant and entertaining. My however, are on the rampage Though on to Baltimore in body, my soul is drinking from nature's streams and memory's cup. I am having a heart-to-heart tete a-tete with dear old Tennessee. In a few hours we will be in Kentucky, on through Ohio to the city on the bay. It will be the fifth General Conference which I have attended; the third as a visitor. It is in this relation that a General Con ference is most enjoyable. The fun is for me; the responsibility is for the other fellow. At Louis ville and McKendree I was a visitor, and how I did enjoy the privilege. I hope to remain in Baltimore un til the Conference closes, and then make a trip down through Tennes- nessee iiiuugu oiuy iuui ni uuo- half years have passed away ince I left there, many changes have taken place, aud I shall miss many of the friends of former years. Then the time added to the lives of the young has doubtless made marked chamre in them. Uie dearest spot of all is that where slneD8 mv beautiful dead. 1 nave been able under tne pressure ot cir cunstances to put away from me the memory of many things, but the memory of this sacred spot aoiaes. I have uever doubted lor a moment her heavenly Father's care for her, hut a part of her earthly father's life went awav witn ner. i snail lav another flower on her grave b"dew it once more with a father's tears. Even now, while I write, my eves are filled as I contemplate the v sit. 1 Know tney snail soon De wiped away forever. This leads me to say mat i nave no small interest in Rose Hill. It is a long-time pastor s interest, Bro. Barr and 1 went there and eisewnere eighty-six times on funeral errand. How often we went witn inose wno were dear to me, made so by the stoigest pastoral ties! How the sweet little children come before my vision to-day ! Many of them went away choked and pained with diphtheria. I have seen them suffer and struggle lor oreatn until tneir home-going was a poslttvo roller. One day God is my authority for the statement they will, with all Rose Hill, come forth. In that glad dav all will be well forever. I left Black-eyes cnucKing ner grand-children under the chin. 8he has three or tliem, with tneir rnoin- er, for company while I am away My congregation consented to my absence with aggravating pleasure I have snent but two Sundays out of my church since I have been their pastor. How I will miss them ! Hence, what a fine time they will have going round to hear prrachinq. ... .1.., l was utiiictivi witn Hi uiouguis, )esl doctors did me no Rood, though I took Doctors Can't Cure It! Contagious blood poison is absolutely beyond the skill of the doctors. They may dose a patient for years on their mercurial and potash remedies, but he will never be rid of the disease ; on the other hand, his condition will grow steadily worse. S. S. S. is the only cure for this terrible affliction, because it is the only remedy which goes direct to the cause of the disease and forces it from the system. 1 was atlllctnd with Blood Poison, and the 1 P tlin . ti.,..t,1T f.lll.. fJSfijfc fully. In fact. I somed t to K p t worse nil t h while 1 iiHik a 1 in o 8 l every So-called Mood remedy, Mit they dldnot seem to reach the dis ensv and had no fffret whatever. I w a a d 1 s heartened, for it seemed thiit I wniild never ! cured. At the advtee ot a friend I then took )4 Si M Mud Iwimn tnlnt. "' ' ' Drove. 1 continued the medielne. and tt rivi m completely, build- liiKiipmy health and Increasing my tietlte Although this was ten yen r ago. I have nevei yet had a sign of the disease to return. Staunton, Va. It is like self-destruction to continue to take potash uiid mercury ; besides totally destroying the digestion, they dry un the marrow in the bones, pro ducing a stiffness and swelling of the joints, causing the hair to fall out, and completely wrecking tne system THE 1MI1L11TINES. Some Facts About the Islands Where Dewey Has Keen Operating. The Peaceful Native Turned Into Ittuod tbiroty Savages by Spain' Treat ment Toward Them. 1. . CIIAUITY EUCI1KE. REPORT OF A GAME IN BROOKLYN, WHERE IT IS POPULAR. TU I II II II I WttSTFa 1 ILK VI is Guaranteed Purely Vegetable, and is the only blood remedy free from these dangerous minerals. Book on self-treatment sent free bj Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Cta. THE El'WOKTH LEAGUE. in OUR CORKESrONDENTS. (Continued from Third Page.) UIUUYVILLE. Biunvvn.i.E, Mav .1.-There will he services at this place next Sunday morning, conducted by Hev. Mr. Stroud, of Howard Institute. Messrs. O. Ii. Uidcomb and Robt. Terry were elected delegates to the Sunday-school Convention at Santa Fe next Saturday. On next Kridav night, iu addition to Mr. Fleming's address, several young ladies of the school will favor the audi nce with recitations. The speakers foi the public debate on Saturday nigh' are: Allirmative, Messrs. ICS. lLiwiPtt. Job A. Perrv. C'has. Peden and . S. Calvert. Negative, Messrs. A. S. n.wd J. II. Courtney. Marshall Mc- Kissiek and R. S. Perry, iinrum Thomas, who has been attend Webb Bros'. School at Hell Huekle, reached home Friday. His many friends, althoutrh Klad to see htm, re Kret that on account of sickness he was tillable to remain until the close of the lffihprt Powers, a punil of the school this nlace. was called to his home in 1 . ' . iiles county io-(iy, on mwuiiv ui m. serious Illness of his father. Mrs. M. M. Russell, of Williamsport, Is with her daughter, Mrs. Thompson, and other relatives here. tuite a number of our young people attended services at (iibsonville Sun lKy. Kkpoktkb. Garwood's Sarsaparilla for the blood guaranteed to cure. A. Ii. Rains. MT. ZIOS AM) Til ETA. Mt. ion. Mav 1. It has been some time since your newsy columns con taind any items from tliis place, hut we have no't forgotten the paper or its many readers We take ureat Interest in reading the items from all over the county every week. C)ur 'prayer-meeting at Mt. ion con tinues to grow more interesting. We bope that everyone who can, will come out and help iti this noble cause. Children's Day will be celebrated here the third Su'ndv in May. Miss Carrie Oakley will visit relatives atllurricane this week. Mr. and Mrs. Hurton Dalton visited relatives In N'ashx ille sinee our last. As news is about exhausted we will oiose. Scho i. Girl. Thirtv-tive years make a generation. That is" how long Adolnh Fisher, of illp. Ohio, suffered from piles Hp was cured bv using three boxes of DeWitt's Witc'h Hazei Sa.ve. A. B Rains. ly CAMIMIELL'S STATION. Campiiell'h Station, Mav 3. After an absence of threu weeks, 1 will en deavor to give you the happenings of our village. Uev. ii. M. i. ray tiiieu tils regular ap pointment at Kvergreen Sunday morn lngand evening. Kluer .Newton Derry nerrv, or An drews, preached at the Christian chruch last Sunday. Miss t leming and Mr. Clark, or Hur ricane, were the guests of Miss Alice Cochran since our last. Mrs. B. F. Hobbs has returned from a week's visit to her daughter, Mrs. John Wells, in .Nashville. Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Fitzgerald, of Theta, spent part of last week with Mrs. 1 11 L. .... nruco into. Mrs. Cherril, of IViwling Green, Ky., is on a protracted visit to Mr. J. McCall and family. Prof, and Mrs. Weeden suspended their school last Thursday and Friday, to attend Frsebytery at Mt. Moi'iah, Giles county. Mrs. Daisy Evans and son, of Waco, we.'e the guests of Mrs. Joe Kerr last week. Mr. Hiram Coggin and family are visiting relatives at, uiaua inis weeK Mrs. Ward is visiting relatives t Hurricane this week. Mr. Chapman of Nashville, will be out this weeK prospectiug for phosphate DAISY SHAM. Another Freak. "That young man of yours," 6aid the observing parent us his daughter canio down to breakliist, "should apply for a job in a (lime mu.-eum. " "Why, father," exclaimed the young lady in tonus of indignation, "what do you meanr" "I noticed when I passed through the hall late last night, answered the old man, "that he hail two heads upon his bhouldera. "Chicago News. A Distilled IHfluitlon. A rising genius detlnes Kentucky as the land where The corn Is full of kernels And tbo colonels full of corn. Macon News. Some years ago the sect of abstainers, or Dil.le C hristians, who tat no meat and regard the killing of animals as sinful built a somewhat pretentious church in Third slrett, Philadelphia. The building is now ore ii pied ly a linn of pork packers and sautsige makers The puichasing power of money in the tlays of the Komati emperors was about tou times what it is at uruseut. 'How to Start I ntriilned League Literary Work." The following paper on "How to Start Untrained Leagues in Lit erary Work," was read at the recent Kpworth League Conference by Miss Mabel Heasley, of Elkton, Tenn., and, on account of the many good points it contained, was order ed published in the Hkkalu: Knowledge is tbo lever that sways the P'ogress or the world; the rich store-house for the glory of God, and if genuine, stenides deep research into the book of God's word. Every lionet struggle t admire knowledge rids the mind ot baitisrism, superstition and ignorance, and this truth isemphasized in "the rear oi the iora is tne oegin ning of wisdom." During many centuries prayer meet ings, mission societies and Bible classes have been formed, uplifting hearts ot devotion, but no typical stimulus for euifviug the young life of communi ties hart appeared until tne Literary Department of the League was estalv lished. Being the latest gradation to ward the culmination of biblical and spiritual excellence, benefactors are promoting its cause and readily per ceiving the f rce of the result. Hardly claiming importance, so much as the devotional work of this League, yet by many It is avowed the necessary suu plement to it, to produce cultured men and women, and to fortify strong Methodists or young christians. This department typilies the great effort striving for universal improve ment, inducing Leaguers to become in tereted in the study of the course pre scribed by tlie General Board of Con ference. In lS'.K), at the conference, a general and systematic organization or the outhfol members of the church was i r'ed, for co-i perative christian work, for Information of the doctrine, polity and hi.ttory of the church, and in para graph i"l of the discipline, the board w as authorized to an ange a course of reading in connection with the agents of the ruiillsiung House. With care ful deliberation these books were se lected, and if properly studied will prove a channel to the broad field of cultine. The course is: 1st Dr. Basker- vill s 'Southern Writers" a d 1 ghtful treatise of our men and womeu of note, aud brimming with Methodist litera ture, ediii atioual movements and value of the press to Methodism. Jnd,"Emi nent Methodists," bv that grand old man, Bishop Fitzgerald, which needs no recommendation. The tone ot it brings us in close touch with our pio neer Methodists and magnetically elevates the mind. :iid, the ' Circuit of the Globe," a volume of foreign descrip tious, andof the lauds which are bless ed with our missionaries Lastly, "foretokens oi immortality, an in spiring compendium of the four .points i,l' M et hoil ism ! "heart eon vpr.siiin. as- ' surance, experience and sanetitication." ! The literary work should begin Octo ber 1st. Tlie'.'ird Vice-President of the league has control of this department, and he or she, as it were, should be a thoroughly cousecrattd, systematic and energetic leaguer. Filled with deep re- 1 ligioiis convictions and broad practical intelligence, he must carefully gain in sight into the minds of the members so as to fairly ami skilfully appoint committees, arrange programmes, as sign topics and justly criticize. His knowledge necessarily must extend over the polity and discipline of Meth odism. An important feature is the Social Committee, to induce disinterested per sons to loin, and to promote entertain ing pleasures. The first meeting is an important one, and gome able speaker or the pastor might Dts asaea to ten ot "Danger in Books." "Influence of Good Heading," "How and What to Head," or to talk on a more lnexnaustaoie topic the "Beauties of the Bible." A song followed by a prayer, is always ap propriate for opening the programme Let" roll call be answered by quoting from some men of letters, from some b ok or poem, after which a summary of the poet's life, works and success mav he fortnightly read. Several essays, based on the book being studied, nrove the girts or tne memners, ana discussions by all vitalize interest Several songs. Diai.o solos, or recita- tons vary the tedium of thought. To portray the styles ot greatness, read snatches from poetic genius or logician. Always have a Bible study; the Gosnels. with their various diner ences. records and teachings, or the historical portion or the Old testament, are very instructive and interesting to beginners. To prove the application of each student ask questions on the lesson. For a half-hour indulge in purely social enjoyment, which banishes all i leas of study. Dismiss witn a song. Weekly meetings prove more proiuauio than less frequent ones, as the interest does not waver, but is alert for the duty of the ensuing week. In the " ... t . a .... homes or me leaguers or oi me pasior mors measure and freedom are dis- nlaved than at the church. Intelligence, of course, is essential to success, but the dullard and iudilTer etit must be themes of interest. Allot to ihe indifferent one a pleasant duty, as a poem to read, a song to sing or cur rent toDics to reoort, and by every schema entice his enthusiasm. The dullard will nrobablv enjoy the Focial feature. Ask him or her to Dnng one ouestioti suggested from observation then assign a mild topic to nun. Eventually his ignorance will embarass him so that he will join the studious clan. Trials are lost and failure with Koine is inevitable. For those without advantages, take ttie Bible as their basis. Ask each member to read live chanters and report there on. 1 ace good, standard hooks in their reach to create literary thought? and auirment their style, lo those that read trash substitute a light but pure novel. Investigate their acquire ments, and at each meeting explain mythological and historical references If'the Leaguers are unable to furnish books, let League funds buy a library of a few volumes, it will prove, as in th Elkton League, an incentive to read. When the minds can grasp them, study 'Tennessee Methodisig," or discipline and polity of the church. Avoid school-room rigidity, ana navor p -"gramme witn variety and noveuy. The pastor snouiu ou uie nuiu m advice in every detail, but the success is due principally to tne rniru mo President, and nothing should thwart or discourage his plans. The organ of the League, the "Era," should bn accessible at all times. No iron-clad rules are expedient, but many of these suggestions ruiuueu in our work, we claim, rank with the best Leagues of the district. MARK 1. I.KASLK Y, Elkton, Tenn. Couldn't Tell Much About It. The following conversation took place between the president of the State Nor mal school at Mansfield and George K., a farm laborer, when tho latter, after de bating a long while in his own mind whether to get a "bike" or taka a course at Mansfield upplied for admission to the school: "Have you ever been through algebra?" "Yes, sir." 'Can you tell me anything about it now?" George K. (promptly) It was gettln dark when I passed through, and tho cars went so fast I couldn't get much of an idee what it was like. Philadelphia Call. Hound to Re Mode.U "If a girl wears a bicycle skirt that conies within two Inches of the tops of her shoes, tiere can lie no question as to her modesty, can there?" she asked. "Certainly not," was the unsuspecting reply. "Because," she went on, "I am very anxious to keep well within the bounds of modesty and propriety." Thu question being thus settled, she straightway purchased a pair of bicycle button boots that reached to her knee. Chicago l'ost. Wanted Authority. "Ethel, v hnt are yon doing with that conei rdanec?" "I'm looking through the IPs, grandma, to see if there is anything In the Bible iibolit bicycle riding t.n Suu tlav heii, c wrong." Household Words. Han Francisco Chronicle. The aggregate area of the 1,!XH) odd islands constituting the l'hillippine sroup is about the same as that of California; but the population of the islands is said to number seven or eight millions. The principal island. Luzon, exceeds Cuba in area oy 11,000 miles, and contains over twice the population. In this population two hundred tribes, indigenous and mixed, are said to be represented. Such are the negritos, who were the aborigines; about five thousand Spanish-born, and a few hundred English, Ami. leans ana uermans; a considerable body cf Spanish mejtizos, tbo offspring of Spanish fathers and native mothers; several hundred thousand Chinese and Chinese mestizos that is to say, the offspring of Chinese fathers and native mothers nut tne great duik of the inhabitants are Malays, who conquered the islands long UeMre the Spariards landed, and resisted fiercely, but inenecrnany, me European invasion. They were oritrinallv a mild, gentle, kind and hosrt tab e people, out centuries ui cruel oppression have generated among them a warrior class which has learned to outdo the Spaniards In ferocity. In the rebellions of 1872 aud 1895 they made no secret of their purpose to grant no quarter. The region is congenial tor the development of passion. The whole Philippine group is or volcanic nriiHn: one of tne greatest active vn pannes in tne wjria. mayon, is within sight of Mauila. barth quakes are frequent, and they are t o terrible that men s nones are mu u ahnkfi. Sir John Browning said "they overturn mountains, they fl 1 up valleys, they desolate plains, iney open passages to the sea into the in terior, and from the lakes into tne sea.'" The earthquakes of Japan are gentle tremors in comparison. Less than a year ago tne insurgent forces in Luzon were said to number 40,000. about 5,000 or whom were armed with Mauser Tines, the others bearing howie knives, spears and formidable bamboo lancts Thy have a few cannon, mostly cast from church bells, and a mitrailleuse or two, fashioned from cast-Iron water pipes. 1 et these lsianus, uk uo,w uum ha a veritable paradise if order could be maintained. Jonn Darren, wno was United States Minister to Slam, wrote of them lastyear: " I he prodi iriilitv of nature impresses the trav- e er win r ve- he travels, in tne forpsts be sees ebony, logwood, iron wood, aanan-wood and cedar; be- .. t tween the forests ana tne garueim th fruit trees, orange, mango, ta marind, guava and cocoanut; in tne cultivated area, sugar-cane, tobacco, rice. hemn. coilee, cotton, Danauus, umiilbi. cassia, ginger, pepper, in- diiro. cocoa, nineaooles, wheat and corn. The minerals include gold, cntmpr. iron. coal. Quicksilver and r r. . , -. - -. . saltpetre. I rom tne sen, uiuuiei ui near . eoril . tortO se Slltili im am ber are derived. The animal king dom kwpns mice with the vegetable a ml mineral. To say nothing of the water hutlalo. the most useful Deast in tbfi ironies, coats, sheep, swine mid tough little ponies, the jungle swarms with such a variety of fauna that, the naturalist nnds here a para .lisp. Snakes and lizards, spiders mid ants, tarantulas and crocoaues Abound. Strange to relate, there arefew' beasts of prey worthy or n.itf. Tim Horn of the country is as rich as the f una. The phy8ic.il conflrma 1 n of L izon Is conducive to extensive cultivation and large nonulation. Tie high mountain tbn interior gradually low ers to the sea, making beautiful val ines, rollim? hil s. upland ana low laud, fortst and field, drained numerous rivers, and dotted and there with lakes. Tho line is irregular, and bays and mis extend far inland." U ia the boast of Manila that us foreign trade now amounts to ?.Jo, 000,000 a year, and comprises an ex port of over 18,000 000 ot nemp, o,- 000.000 of sugar and $2,000,000 of to hnceo. Hut this volume oi ioreign exports seem slim for such a region, inhabited bv 8.000.000 people. Un der a more enlightened Government the commercial movement would be very much larger. Like Cuba and British India, the colony is cherish ed by the mother country because it furnishes a nursery in which men of good family in Spain and young men with inuuentiai .onneciiou can u-row rich in a short period of time Kntil bitelv. when the expense of nnttinu-down rebellions involved a drain on the Spanish Treasury, the Philirmines were also valued De cause of the coin they supplied Kvervthinir in sight is taxed, in- elndinir the natives themselves, and thus the islands are made t yield an annual revenue of some $8,000, 000. Dana C. Worcester states that both the poll tax and the tallie are exacted by the omciais. in some cases the poll tax amounts to $25 a year, and women have to pay it as well as men. mere are taxes on stores and shops, on weights and measures, on house property, tav erns and the smallest factories. A man must pay a tax for the priv ilege of killing his own buffalo or pig for meat, or of owning a horse, or of pressing oil out of his cocoa nuts. The weight of taxation is aggravated by the rapacity of the Governors. When Gen. Weyler was Governor-General he received a salary of $40,000 a year, but it was said that the calls upon his purse I for entertainments and charities, left him no savings at the end of the year. Nevertheless, at the close of his term he had lying to bis credit In the banks of London and Paris a sum which Madrid politicians vari ously estimated at from $1,000,000 to $4,000,000. with her coast bay Subscribe or the Herald. Playing For Prizri and Incidentally Tor Charity An Amunemetit That Almoak Produced a It lot A Simple Way of Awarding the Prlirs. Every one in Brooklyn plays euchre. It is as much a characteristic of Brooklyn as Is beer drinking of Hoboken or w earing rubber boots of the struggle for existence In New Rochelle and similar suburbs. Brooklynites contract the habit when young, and It usually grows on them. MBny authorities believe it to be contagi ous, as there ore cases on record where persons who have played euchre whllo vis iting in Brooklyn have scattered it broad cast about their own homes after return ing. Women seem to bo more affected by It than men. It Is of man's lite a thing apart; tls woman s whole exlstcnco in Brooklyn. In the very virulent cases they even play with a joker In the pack ! tor the Leneiit or tho reader wno is ig norant of what progressive euchre Is (if any such exists), a brief diagnosis may be given. Progressive euchre Is that form of tho game whero many persons play, four at a table, the winning pair progressing each timo to a higher tablo, while the los ing pair stays. The first tablo, usually known as the king table, plays five points, at the conclusion of which a gong is rung and all the other garnet, stop then and there, the count reverting to the last com pleted deal. At the conclusion of the per formance the person having won tho great est number of games gets a prize, and fre quently there are a number of other prlzos for those finishing near the top. For each game won the player pastes a little star of colored paper on his or her card. These serve as counters and afford an Adequate basi fur accusations of cheat ing. Recently thtre was a large and typ ical progressive euchie contest for charity, open to ladles only, held in a publlo build ing in Brooklyn, at which a reporter was present. Being unurmorcd, ho sat in the gallory, where he was out of danger's way and could see everything. Explanations of the movements were furnished to hint by a young ludy who wasn't playing on account of injuries to hor feelings received a week before in a game In which she had been wrongfully, maliciously, illegally, underhandedly and devilishly deprived of third prizo. "Now they re going to Degin, saiu tne reporter's mentor as somebody rang a big gong several times. Immediately about 6Uu women on we floor began rushing tumultuously about the place, whllo the air buzzed with the inquiry: "Which Is my tablo?" A red haired woman who sat at a stand near the door seemed to be In chargo, as sisted by eight young women weuring badges. "They're tho scorers," said tho mentor, "and before this is over they'll wish they were dead." A fow moments were consumed in the distribution of playing and scoro oards, after which tbo manager called out: Play will now la-gin at tho sound of the gong and continue until tho gong rings, when all hands must bo thrown down. Are you all ready?" "Walt! wait 1" shrieked a little woman shrilly. "This pack hasn't any joker In it. We don t play euchre witn a joker here," replied the manager In withering tones. "Wo will proceed." "I'd like to know whero sho comes from," commented the mentor, "to want to play with the joker!" Clang! went tho gong, ana trio game commenced. For five minutes there was comparative silenco, broken only by spo radic wrangles over tricks cropping up at various tables. Then somebody at the king tablo cried: "That sflvo. Wo reout. King tno neii. Again tho bell sounded, and this time it was the signal fur pandemonium. "Piny the hnnd out." "No; piny stops ....... . i in now. "0,11110111. vu ru ununu. "It Isn't fair; you ought to play out." "When the trick is on the board, you nave to take it up." "Tho hand la finished." Here, bring tho stars." "No, not there. We won that hand. ' Five hundred separate questions were fired simultaneously at tho manager, w hile t he scorers tried to unravel the snarl. A gaunt woman finally obtained recognition by standing upon a chair and waving her arms. "When diamonds are trumps, docs the right bower take tho left bowerr" is what bhe wanted to know In thunderous tones. "Sit down!"callod a scoroof voices, anil she subsided under a load of explanations. Would you rnther manago that or uni- plro a football game)'" said the reporter a mentor to him. "That s the way it mil be after every hand." It was, only It seemed to grow worse each time. At one time there wcro no less than, 20 women who,, having, ruHhed UP the floor, were waving lratitio arms at the manager and demanding that justice be done though tho roof fall, which it seemed very likely to do. Then four players got Into so animated a discussion that they all burst into tears and left the game, vowing that it served them right for entering a publlo progressive euchre game, where you never could tell what kind of people you wore playing with. It was quite vain for the scorers to try to kocp order, but In some way or other they managed to get the tablo rearranged and .the play to pro ceed. Once the king table mado itself un popular by ahsontmindedly playing on past the live points, which, when it be came known, caused all the losers In that hand to demand that no count be made I of It. This sort of thing kept on for two hours, the number of players diminishing after each hand. At tho final hand there was almost a riot, and it seemed likely for a time that the police would have to bo called in to save tho lives of the manager and scorers. Quiet being ilnally restored, It was found that the statistics of the game were approximately as follows: Number of players entered Left the name in an iter W Left the game in tears. 28 Left the game in hysterics i Kefused lo play because of unladylike be havior of opponents 21 Number in game at finish 8T4 Claimed first prize Claimed aecond prize 25 Claimed third prize W Claimants for other 2a prizes 1 Contents to be adjudicated The manager and eight scorers, forming the committee on awards, said that th results would be announced In a fow days. A week later they were announced, and the aunouueciuonts were lininediuU ly fol lowed by storms of protest. But, as It hap pened, the decision was reached in the most equitable manner. Tho commltu simply drew lou to decide the winner. Otherwise thry'd be In aesnlon jeV New York sun.