Show O Caks ion i-on dofinlMony unless otherwise stated stat-ed are according lo Websters International I Interna-tional Dictionary Llpnlncolts 1 Gazettc 1 or PhllllpHti DIctlonnrv of Biographical Reference OriGinal contributions will bo welcomed communications for this department de-partment lo be addressed to E R Chad bourn Lewiston Me 623PICTURED VERSE 1u41UD I I f Jr i W I I rr2l n L 11 1L > > a I J a i r r tl t Z = set Jnal TI lAn t An oftrepeated couplet from Hannah More still as true as ever BOY I o e ANAGRAM I The Mandarin heaved such a sigh It chllloJ his bleamlrR rice Tho times arc perilous but I Will COPY II HES NICE Tiho foreign devils hold usytlght As In an Iron vice Ah mo I am too fat to OhM Ill COPY LI HES NICE Though if tho Empress wants my aid She neednt ask me twice Ill keep discreetly In the hade And COPY LI HES NICE Not Buddha could be more serene But quietly as mice That gnaw unseen behind the screen Ill COPY LI HES NICE M C S i > r 5 PALINDROME Is it tho truth With bow nnd arrow That from youth His foes did harrow Bold Robin Hood l With hair dishevelled In tho prrccnwood D L ° EK 4EELDl v T IIi II-i s CM SOME TIMELY REJOINERS A weary traveler along dusty highway had paused to speak to a laborer in an adjoining Held I At what tlmo does the stage coach pass through the next vlliago on tho way to B he asked The old man left his plough to reply I I I The lime past noon nt which It arrives Is exactly one lhirl of the time to midnight mid-night said ho smiling I And what ocloCk la It now my good frlMid demanded the stranger Art wearied thus early In the day 7 said the old man questioning in his turn From six to six 1 toll here In the cruel heat nnd I see by the sun that tho limo now is Just equal to tho number of hours I must labor still cro act of nun I The traveler thanked the whimsical ploughman and retiring to the shade oCr oC-r nn oak near by soon succeeded In finding I the lequlrod answers tu his question Some puzzler may like to try It tor himself l him-self MABEL P I I J II I K 7 WHATS ITS iNAME They have a way In England OC welching goods by measure I I And really the one we seek I Most truly la a treasure Six and onehalf rods of wool > It Expresses a load of wheat i Or forty bushels of Ball Two hundred of butter sweet I Four dozen bushels of oats Or thirtytwo cloves of cheese I The measures tho same each time i Though neer Iho weight ucrccs SPIIIXX I C KSCUUTAT LM15 NT When good King Mnrv l held the throne beloved of all the fates Dont ask A D or SIX I own I cant remember re-member dates This ONE was famed In all tho land slnco any TWO who willed Might enter there to win tho hand of Lady lumen < Ild Her father known for mirth and might tho Baron Ovorthorc Was lord of nil Iho land In sight and she his only heir So princes peers and knights galore their honored names enrolled Such golden prospect wus In store for him who hit the sold But mid them Bland the stranger who makes warmest how es shiver Ho speeds one shaH and every TWO 13 thrown Into SEVEN quiver The noblest brows and backs are THREE with rago and wonder tense Tho Crown Prlnco eon says that ho cols I just Hko twenty penco The heliest FIVE of gentlefolks consult by twos and throes TIs Bondlow of HIP Robbers Oaks an outlaw If you please But nerve like him In ONE is skilled tho Judges all decide And lovely Lady Ermonglld must be an outlaws bride With FOUR smllo she accepts her lot I and welcomes Iho award When lords vxro robbers Thy should not this robber SEVEN lord l Some say the happy pair had plated It allI do not know But Eror as I understand was partial to the bOW JL C S a 4 INAUGURAL TRANSPOSAL The names and dales of Inauguration arc correct except that both letters and figures have been somewhat jumbled and need rearranging by the render 1 Mr Amo E Jones 17S1 2 Floral I Miller M D l5 3 Iow1n 1 Klllmn M C 1T 1 I Charley A Rozaty 1S1 1 ii Sir Howgllw Norget li 0 r S S I3jolned 1i A US0 i X J Soda Ham lpi S Malo E J 11 oo ie s R N 1S10 0 Ned N Washoon Jr ISfS DOROTHEA a II BCOA FREAK FLORIST There was once a funny florist Who desired tone unique And so stirred up ill his neighbors By this most astounding freak With four roses red white yellow link the same of poppies too Snmp of gladioli tulips Same In number same In hue l lIe laid out n flower garden These sixteen flowers In a square So that In no row or column Might tho eye distinguish there I like colors I Two like lowers or two Nor diagonals well How tho world lie over did It i Is a wonder can you tell 531 CHANGE OF VOWEL Yes he could ONE himself to circumstances circum-stances In all kinds of society ho fitted Of parties picnics drives and merry dances lie was the life so ti lively and quick willed He was a SECOND In tho art of writing A Jack of all trades helpful quick and handy An athlete too not given to quarrel and IIgh tinA ° tin-A wearer of good clothes and yet no dandy And scores of friends ho had admirers plent Who tried to THREE his style so free and giving r s Yet sad to say this 7 man of five and twenty This fine youngfcllow could not mako a living I E EC December Prize The poetical works of Burns will bo given giv-en the sender of tho best lot of answers for tho month The solutions whether one or several each timeshould bo full warded In weekly Installments and full credit will be given each competitor at tho close of the month J ANSWERS OttFor one to bo bored by a crank whoso tales of woo are over and over again In the same old strain Is provoking indeed DOT Campaign WSl Story 2 Harto heart 3 Bacon Ba-con 1 Black 6 Lamb 0 + Cubic L Cooper S Porter 9 Pope 10 Cooke 1L Burroughs burrows iX Crane 13 Scott 11 Hawthorne 15 Taylor tailor 16 Locks 17 Lang yttFool cool pool 510 P 11 C ti WALLA y WALLETT t PALLIATED vv = MILLI0NAIRIa C L E A N L I LY A T T A INS T K 1 L S DRY S 511 Fllttermousc 012 Daybreak and nightfall 613 1 Saw was U Saw at Tawafl Ell Stable table able |