Show S oad tangles I I Word definitions unless othorwlso stated I stat-ed ore according to Websters Interna tional Dictionary LIppIncotfs Gazetteer or Phllllpss Dictionary of Biographical Reference Original contributions will bo welcomed communications for this department de-partment to be addressed to E R Chad bourn Lewlston Me 076TIIE SEASONS CHANT ill fit OR ORU S TrNEllw1E II SEE BEE TRANSPOSAL 1 Bells ringing merrily bolls ringing cheer I llv Comfort the grieving one True arc the scales and all Is weighed For good or 1Ilthe record made Just as the year Is done Bolls ringing madly bells ringing gladly Filling tho air with sound Ah they renew a broken vow Healing and strength UTe wafted now Over tho frozen ground Bells ringing mildly bells ringing wildly Mingled emotions rise Hopes that are born of deep regret Fears that hall yield to courage yot Peace out of miseries Bells ringing sadly bells ringing gladly Sorrow and Joy in one Answer tho solemn thoughts that fly Up to the listening winter sky Just ua tho years begun I S SAXONS SAXON-S CHARACTERISTIC INITIALS A Literary Reception Tho titles of wjyks are given In Char acteristic Initials tho authors Initials aro in brackets Tho reception strange to say was held In a ver humble cot Under Tc Castle II k n K nd the first lo arrive were 11 two old fellows hi shirt alcoves who necmcd very glad to become acquainted and began to swap horse yarns at once One wan a Dry Humorist E N AV i and the other Everybody B Hobby I B The next wna a noollcal heroine whom roullcal they simply called tho Ludy 0 M and after her came a teacher but when asked If showan a professor In a coed col bogey she said I Brf A fortunately Only Teach Girls R N C A very learned gentle mftnva PhllosoiUirr known as the Fatalist T 1 V V G followed HOOII and bv contrast a young guest whom lluy sun Ply called hubby M C and after him cumQ a lI osiei l heroine An Odd Original Virgin M J while there drove up an Envenomed Virgin In That Wobbling Old I Heavy Surrey of which wo have heard In vcrao CO E II There wore also present a Hud fly Runaway J F C und Homo Southern peraomtKca a True Con federate and Homo Tall Gentry boil I parties coming from ono house < GV C Next was a famous Globo Trotter Intro duce by a reverend gentleman J S When tiny were tired of ono anotlun they all wont away each to his own Hap py S Sereno Habitation S J H R DOROTHEA ana S < > NUMERICAL 12 J In yon blue arch Gleams through the leaflcsn larch A 345 on lll nilshtyi march S The 16G at sea I Beholds and pleased Is ho S I To see It shine from fogs and vapors free What Is tho lovely thing And wherefore does It swing Even through Itsunseen aerial ring A J5C7 I Would gin If I could fly Or had the 567 lo reach thc sky I Balloons are commonplace They rise a little space And then tho crow grow purple In the faco With cold but were It given To me to scale the heaven Id bo an 1234567 S S S MCS 5 5 55 S 5 5f If i S OSO DIAMOND In Competition 1 A letter 2 Wolframite 3 Cut off a covering layer or edge 1 Tho hard bony part of certain fruits 5 Without quaIl Icallon or condition 6 Scaly pearly vas rlously colored translucent sodium micas 7 Drinks of lemon Juice and water and sugar S One who derides 9 An acicular acicu-lar vitreous white subtransparent sa I line potassium nitrate 10 Places llalli well 11 A letter I 5 S CHARADE Through the mist hanging over tho valley Where the river of summer flows Through tho clouds bordering over tho mountain Where the zephyr of evening blows Through the shades of the darkness fallIng fall-ing Like ONE glittering scroll unrolled A crimson rift of the sunset drift Streams ALL from tho Land of Gold O rift of tho dying sunset I would fain take wings with the And fly from this land of shadows fih To the Isles of tho Twilight Sea TWO away from tho life or a daytime And a grave In a cheerless world To an endless sight 9C o rnal light In tho beautiful Land of Gold S HESPERUS |