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Show Odd tangles. 1S97. An Amorlcan Greeting. THEM R& HUT 888 2m 'IA FRANS FOLKS. 1E0S. DECAPITATION. To viow "Auld Scotia's bonny heaven," Forth sailed Nell Mnclane, Afl bright and sharp as any SEVEN . Upon a now-gilt vano. O, he was ONE with caKcrnoss To reach hla natlvo glen; Three months of Paradise, no less, . Ills visits promised then. Ho scorned to frot, as many do, While waiting for the THREE. But eoftly hummed a Scottish TWO, About his "FIVE coantrle." SIX one month's tlmo ho cam again, Yet all too long hlB Ptay; "FOUR, mist and FOUR; the- dowf aold glen Was droukit Ilka day. "When I was young, the days were fine;" Ho finds it passing strange, And TWOs conjecture to divine What can havo wrought tho change? M. C o. 1S9D. NUMERICAL. 1 to 6. This is something often told. And Is a talo that's always old ; Many a one I've read and heard. And found them often qulto absurd; Thfiv havo romance as well as raystory, But trust them not for truthful history, S-7-9. In this is "Intellectual light." And something that Is always bright; Through darkness Ii may pierce Its way, Tls offspring of tho god of day. A plant or llowor wo And It In, And also ln a fish's fin. 1 to 0. Absurdly strange is 1 to 9. TIB born of falsohood, 1 pplno; Wo find It, too. as 1 to C, Whero truth and fiction i strangely mix. Tis something told, and It may give AftnugrhSHsn1n?7orsooth. 0-weBUmhor to fancy thantott. 1800. RHYMING WORDS. Jones, the grocer. Inserted tho following nd in th? morning papers. The blanks are to bo filled with words that rhyme: Personal. This morning when going to my place of hiuinMa I a of coffee neatly In ono of my wrapping papers, and lying on tho near tho stcpB to ray store. No doubt ono of my cuatomorH lost It last night. Tho owner can hava It by calling to tho store, and proving ...... far and ncar J nm to keep ahead of any ono else in tho county, ln tho grocery line. ETHYL. 1902.-ENIGMA. What actors hope to be, And colonels hops to try on; What those who fall may see, x And those who rls rely on; What printers often set up, What wizards claim to read; What puzzlers sometimes get up, What luckless oysters feed; What never leavo their station, Though many see them fall; Well known to every nation, What arc they, after all? M. a S. ' 1M. ANAGRAM. 1 eald to WHOLE: "I understand You arc the leader of a band; In Judging men. no doubt, you find That somo aro of deceitful kind; Perhaps, as music Is your trade, You're fond of noise, however made. And by such rule the talker loud Would have you preference In a crowd." "You're much mistaken, sir," said he, My plan of Judging Is morn just. It is tho SILENT MAN I TRUST." NELSONIAN. 1001 A LARGE FAMILY. A family of Salt Lake City or some other city of which you know consists of the following Individuals 1 grnndmothor. 2 mothers, 5 daughters, 2 sons, 4 granddaughters. grand-daughters. 2 grandsons, G sisters. 2 broth ers, 0 nieces, 2 nephews, 2 aunts, 1 great aunt. How many persons aro there In tho family? fam-ily? ROBERT. 1S01. CHARADE. Why In woman so avorso to tell ONE THREE you ask? I do not know why TWO Is worse than any other task. But this I know, whllo for the best to bravo THREE and reveal TWO. Tho ALL of woman Is confessed, ONE longing to conceal TWO. TRANZA. |