A Traveler's Tale

The tall man with the literary stoop in his shoulders then broke the silence. "The average native of Porto Rico," he began, "is so large that he will fill a good sized hogshead." A loud protest went up from the loungers in front of the postoffiee. The tall man cleared his throat again. "I ought to add," he said, in a softened tone, "that he will fill the hogshead with dark-brown molasses." Whereupon the hour for dinner having arrived the house adjourned until 2 p. m. without ceremony. - New York World.