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Show Odd tangles. JWord deflnlli ns, nl'js otherwise stated, stat-ed, are nccordu.g to Webster s International Interna-tional Dlitlonar LI 'ncott Oaietteer er Phillips s Dktlonar Jf Illographlcal Heferrnce Original contributions will h welcomed, communications (or this de-purlmcnl de-purlmcnl to bo addressed to 12. H. Chad oourn, Lewlston, Me WW -A NKW VERSION P VZ7.I.T.U. lfJl-MACltC CHANGES Chingo the tirst word lo the second the rennet to Iho third, mil so on bv the ibnrfce of one letter each litre and end with tho nrlalttil word Kxample band hard, bird Mm!, hand 1 A portion. Impudent, shut up, lo breathe qui. kl, a portion 2 To be sub len, a rubric. III to draw, to be sullen i In tho greatest degree, part of a ship, market tho note sounded at the death .. game In the greatest degree 4 To ex 1st iiffectlon, soittarj , u row or words. In exl.t 5 ' I or four that " listen, rnv. eleil lineii, Inine-d. for feir that el lo fitstratc, the rear, n mile deer, miss to frustrate A T D 102. -DIAMOND The Isthmian Canal OMl Is more than once In PIUIPLFX-ITY PIUIPLFX-ITY when be seriously considers Ibis sub. Jeet As the cllmute Is TWO wherever the great Isthmlm Water Way mn be located It will surprise no one If, among thoso who ni" bo engaged In digging it rnanv n man sickens and THIU.U for Iho delicious rol'It of the old home that he mav never seo again, nnd this, ton thouc.li ho frequently finds FIVE plants of great beuutj and delightful fragrance, as well as man) other, to him wonderful thlnRS Hut the exnci roato has not jet been cer-talnlj cer-talnlj decided upon The choice seems lo lie between what Is colled tho Nicaragua routo.nnd the route of the unfinished BIX To the determination of this choice should be sf.VKN all the mental powers of everv KIGIIT and representative before he casts his vote VVJiat Is the N1NK courso to pursue la noi a question tint can bo decided by an mere TJJN In his teens but 1. ono that demands the com. blned wisdom of tho majority of both Houses In Congress assembled, many of whom aro men of DLllVLN joirs of ago or more, and even they may finally make a wrong decision, though It is tondly hoped that they will not. T. II. 102: ANAGRAM Tho Church's W HOLE oftlmes become The lM7r MORAt.ITIKS of some Whose toll the TOTAL to provide Has mide them known loth far and wide Their purse strings aro so loose that they Aro ever ready dues to pay, W hlle eieh might eav and each siy true, I TOP IIBAL. MITLS with what I do.'! T. II 10K-A MATHEMATICAL CONUNDRUM "In mJthematlcs ho was greater Than Tvscho llrahe or Hera rater; For he by geometric scale. Could tako Iho alio of pota of ale; Hoolvo b lined nnd tangents straight If bread nnd butler wanted weight: And wisely tell what hour of day The clock does strike bv algebra "" Watching one dny my dappled team, He siw them wauo across the stream. "1 hose, horses " said ho to me In fun, "W elgh Just three halves a ion " Now rlddlers, ou miy well debate How could ho tell their very weight? Drjden. IfW -TRANSPOSITION. When Dartle sung nf entering PRIMAL be dercrlb'd his Interview with the TWO of Irgll and tho pleasures of that con. versatlon The Ideas In their T1IRUI. llf TIIRl.n the had) flowed In the same channel giving proof of the proverb that I great minds think-alike , Of the. others whom the poet met Ihcre may have been somo that expressed sorrow-for tholr earthly lift, but wo can hardly think that they were FOUR as a sign of their repentance. re-pentance. MEDIUS, 10:(-CIIAHADK He was a champion at COMPLETE, At many n brilliant TWO. Amid the maze of living feet. His ONU the llceteat new. In scholarship ho reached the head: The ONI! ho never knew; "Tho TWO Is at his ONE.'' they said. As still his honors grew. In battle next ho won his meed For deeds of valor done. When suddenlj ho found. Indeed, "The TWO waa nt his ONE." No more his ONE will lead his TWO, While manj his iifllletlnn rue, "Fortunes COMPLETE," thev say. Jf. C. 8. 1021. -MADAME CHAUVENETTE'S SEANCE. Madamo Chauvenetto succeded In mak-Ing mak-Ing some remarknbiy clever guesses (If such they were), or startling revelations (as they seemed) of past and future events, while alio was In Toronto On my visit to her I, of course, ndopied the old. tlmo custom of crossing her hand with silver: but, noticing lhat I wus , giving her an old coin dated 1W4 I nulckTv substituted another. It was this hint of numlsmntlrs 1 suspect, that sug. gested the following dialogue toward the close of tho Interview: 'You collect stamps" Somstlmes," I admitted. "V.011 were In tho crush In the Toronto postoftlce at the Issue of the first Jubilee stamPB when policemen were needed to control the crowd" "es I bought stamps of four varieties a different dif-ferent number of eurh " "Also at the Bccond Issue." "Yes. I repeated my first purchase ixaetly." "You nave sold most of these stampa" '1 have onlv one left." "You sold the stumps at different times" "I neccpted an offer of a dollar for one-haK-cent two two-cent nnd three six-cent stamps Of the remainder (except the one stump which 1 had put aside) I sold all the half. cent and one-half one-half of tho eight. cent vurlety In one lot, nil the two.cent and half the six-cent ones In another lot. the other six. cent and eight-cent ernes In a third lot." While speaklngvlt suddenly occurred to me thst here whs a chance to teat her powers of divination, and 1 asked, ' Can you tell me, mndame. which ono of the stamps I retained?" ' Certainly," she replied I overheard her mutter to herself some-tiling some-tiling about the number bought und sold being odd or even, but I'm not sure what. At any rate, Bhe nlmoet immediate. I) mentioned tho very stamp which 1 hid kei t Was It merely a lucky guess? I am sure that 1 gave her no further Infofma. tlon than 1 havo Just set down. Can you suggest any method hy which she could determine what variety of stamp I re-talned. re-talned. or must wo conclude that It was a true case of divination? F, L. S. 1020 -DOUBLE-LETTER ENIGMA. She meets her husband at the door W hen stars are fading from the sky: When dawn's pule light steals throuch tho ONE Dire vengeance glitters In her eje. He marks the signs of coming storm. And feels a presage of defeat. For lotdly man must ever jield To lovely woman s dread COMPLETE, SCALDING tears sho keeps In stock, CRUEL sobs and scathing talk: RICH and round expletives tremble on her tongue TACT the culprit muy avail; ARGUMENT can onlv fail: . DIRE destruction 'walls the comer WHEN the midnight bells have rung, If bustness' pressing cares detain, Fraternal orders claim attention. Or pleaaure lure, it a all the same. Her fury waits on his detention I heaters, concerts, cards may charm. Hut platform speeches make him run: "No TWOS for me," he sajs: "I get Lnough of those behind the ONE " MYRTLE. ANSWERS. 1010 -"Tramn, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching1' ' nil. Serapls, piiesls. JOU. 3 5 4 9 h 6 3 5 5 4 0 3 5 7 D 4 101! An-not. ate 1014 Toughen (tough-hen) 1(115 Tomorrow, 101 the Judge added one of his cows to the bunch, making the total 20 Then to the wife he gave one. half, or 10 cows, to John, one. (ninth, or 5, and to James, one-ilfth. or 4 Ilia cow remained, to be taken home again, 1017. Desolation. . XMA-Rlrht allcr-warcL H&jpp ,Tpi |