Show 00 Odd q Cilft S mnd definitions unless otherwise stat J ire according to Websters Intcrna ftonal Dictionary Llpplncotts Gazetteer nal 1 phlnnllss Dictionary or Biographical ffcfirenS Original con tribu lIons will be scorned etereflC l communications for this do wClcomt to be addressed to E R Chad nartmnu bourn Lewlston Me V K0PICTURED CHARACTER 4I VY A s 1 W b I ri roR JlJ J A lJ 1 J 0 1 I J I U l INn r t t IN-n estimate of tho capacity of some jxuplo we know It p UZZLER STl HISTORICAL ANAGRAM In competition I I HONOR NOT TIME CREED Evorr nation has Its creeds zj fridltlois customs horn of aceda Which constitute sound precedent jillstisg popular consent < I In course of tlmo advance Is made i On niMvir utIca and some prrsundo Thcmehc that Issues hliong and clear 1 Ails which force a changed career They woiiM advHo the throwing down Of safeguards that have gained renown Tfce > honor nol the crcrds of time I Nor think erasing thorn a crime Our fathus had forecasting eyes And judgment over wound and wise I The UUt we have iccclvcd from them is sacred as a diadem MD1US I 9 ft K2 INITIAL CHANGES In I Competition Amid all the striking splendors of mng nlllcent llfjurc paintings and bIzarre Orl witil studios ut the Paris art salon of jvo then vfiis one picture before which I tho crowds lintercel lonKest simple Ht tie scene of a bit of New England seacoast sea-coast There was all the charm of na turo and the poetry of a NINE THREE In the quiet landscape tho Melds of SIX newly cut drying In the morning suns TWELVES with a glimpse of the ONE curving Inland and a tiny TWO a mllo or so from shoiv In the foreground a bronzed and stalwart country lad walked besIde a vIr > FOUR of a girl and his head waD bent to catch her words as If he trembled lest she should THIRTEEN his TEN It needed but the shilll cry of the SEVEN or the FIVE EIGHT of tho meadow lark to complete the real l effect of the picture and the American visitors went their FOURTEEN from It with plaintive homesick eyes and lips that sighed whllo they smiled which were the Dlncertst tributes one could ELEVEN MYRTLE e 053TRANSDELETION Example Bread dare era Jn PRIMAL dressed Nan seems a pretty girl But what far more concerns Ui Is J that like the TOTAL with thc curl Shes good and bad by turns Now sad of TWO now blithe and gay Is she i I i A breath her fancy fans But yesterday In doleful dumps wao eho About her Christmas plans i i Today again tho cloud of worry lifts And sho no more Is blue Shes read a column lllntc for Christmas Christ-mas Gifts And thinks shell slve n few SYAIP AXGEL I e 934DIAMOND In Competition 1 A letter 2T The merest trifle 3 Foundation 4 1 < French engineer and writer 16931761 5 A device for Undine directly the error of a ships compass by showing directly the bearings of an object ob-ject In the heavens 6 Indisposed 7 J3ullt a nest S A form of compound syllogism I syl-logism made up of successive coordinate coordi-nate members 9 Charactura of the early alphabets or futhorcs 10 A snood cent 11 A letter MEDIUS 955 LINKADE In competition The ONE swift files or skims the ground Where crowds come out to see The TWO tiles too or skims around On water fast and free But a COMPLETE much higher files Than either ONE or TWO Though not a native of the skies TIs sometimes lost to view T H M t 0 I 956 BUILDING A DAM A college professor out West tells how ho convinced a friend who did not believe beavers could build dams He bought a baby beaver of a hunter and sent It to his skeptical friend Thecrcjituio became a great pet in tho house but showed no signs of wanting to build a dam until one morning a leaky pall full of water was put on tho floor of the back kitchen Tho beaver was there Ho was only a baby to be sure but tho moment ho saw tho water oozing out of a crack Inthe pall he scampered Into the yard brought In a chip nnd placing It a llttlo distance from the pall equal to tho diameter of tho pall began building his dam His owner was called and gave orders or-ders after watching tho little follow to have the pall left where It was Tho In dustrious beaver kept at his work until ho had built a solid circular dam all around tho pall tho water both within and without the pall being now at a level with tho top of tho dam The professor told this story to a class In mensuration when Illustrating the theorem Similar figures are to one another an-other as the squares of like dimensions and asked his students to determine the height of the dam If the pall was thirteen and a half inches high F L S p S 957 LETTER REBUS The penmanship perhaps Is rude The spelling may be rather crude And punctuation quite esch wed But later writings never Bring such a glow of happy prIde As this when we have sealed and dried That thumbmark cannot be denied And stuck tho stamp on the outside All by our own endeavor M C S S TERMINAL ELISION Yonder lighthouse fears neither passing years Nor the fierce brushIng tide But with brow elate In majestic state All unbowed It faces Its lonely fate N9W my heart with yearning cried Oh tho spirit truo that abides In you With a purpose strong to win Would that steadfast flame burned In me tho flame Calm through grief or Joy shall the night proclaim When tho fishing boats como In When tho winds ONE shout as ho reels about Is a drunken ceaseless din With my fears 1 wait by the ocean gate And your faith Is strong though tho hours v grow late Till the fishing boats como InComes In-Comes a sound of TWO then a ghostly crew Shadows forth whcro void has been j Still your watch you keep by the midnight I deep Still tho mothers pray may the orphans sleep For the Tishlng boats are In I InSAXOjtf ANSWERS 912Ko one la KJ Independent as not to bo dependent on some one elso Circumstances alter cases 9Ul Corn 2 Peas z Pears 4 Peach 5 Sage G Currants 7 Cherry 945Thc family is the alphabet and tho members are tho following wHknown abbreviations 111 D 2 D D 3 H E H 4 E 5 IOU 6 N 7 M S S U S N 9 PI 10 R A 11 N B 12 M P 13 R R 14 S S 9 Perslstcnt 9 17Ba t 9IS Tpsce steep t m tempest Icmpcft in a teapot Theologians |