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Show Odd tangles. (WorcH dcflnitlona. unless otherwise stated. aVc according to Webster's International Inter-national Dictionary. Lirplncott s Gazetteer Gazet-teer or Phillip s IDlctlonary of Biography Reference. , Original contributions will be welcomed. Communications for this department de-partment to bo addressed to B. R. Chad-bourn, Chad-bourn, Lewlston, Me.) 20T1.-REBUS Recent experience, in Russia. ROBERT. 2072. ANAGRAMS. I. SEE! HARD! STONY". When come the droughts or mid-July, Ho swears because the days arc hot; And as the enrth Is hard and dry, ll sallies forth with sprinkling pot To save the flowers and thp lawn. Or to the hardware store he goes And studies several hours on The many different styles of hose. II. RAINWATER. IIEY? But -when at length the rain comes down . With steady, heavy, ceaseless pour, He mayhap finds himself in town. So to the window of a storo That fronts upon a storm-swopt square. With obvious Intent, he goes. And studies, from his vantage there, The many different styles of hose. ARTl hbfc. 2073.-CATS AND DOGS. fReplace tho words In capitals with others beginning with either cat or dos.) lHdo and Tubby lived a cat and dog life In the region around tho SUBTERRA- NEAN VAULTS of Rome One evening puss was trying to catch AN AMERICAN THRUSH, nesting in a BIGNOIA TREE, when Fldo came up and made a STUBBORN STUB-BORN attack upon her It was In the spring, and THE INFLORESCENCE of the willows, and the large whlto llowcrs of tho CORN US were to be seen, while tho buds of the NATIVE AMERICAN grape, and those of the WILD BRAMBLE were swelling; though they would not be In bloom much before the HEATED TERM of summer was here. It was between tho time of day which tho sailors call thf- second sec-ond TWO HOURS' WATCH and tho time for S1RUS to be seen In the sky. but tho air was fine, and two ladles, Spaniards, Span-iards, or rather NATIVES OF A PROVINCE PROV-INCE IN SPAIN, were driving out In a TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE and passed a young student or a NEPirYTE of the church of Rome poring over the TEN-NETS TEN-NETS of his church In a book somewhat old and ROLLED AT THE CORNERS. He also had with him his BOOK OF INSTRUCTION, IN-STRUCTION, and was rending and answering an-swering Its questions His health was very poor, as he not nly bad a DISCHARGE DIS-CHARGE FROM THE HEAD, and was subject to SPASMODIC SEIZURES, but was Koimr blind in one eye from A HORNY GROWTH. He also had with him a list of saints of his church Tho ladles ceased humming tho FOOLISH VERSES they were singing and called his attention to the cat and dop. tho former looking as fierce as a PUMA about to spring on the bird, and puss herself in tho same PREDICAMENT of doomed victims, owing to the dog belns: about to hurl himself him-self like AN ANCIENT ENGINE OF WAR upon hr. Now the poor theolocue though so ficrco as a TEACHER OF DOCTRINE, -was as tender-hearted as possible, and would not see even a WOOLLY' GRl'B hurt unnecessarily, unnec-essarily, and he rushed to prevent such . AN OVERWHELMING FLOOD of destruction de-struction as the death of the two cca-turea, cca-turea, perhaps forcsefllng the day not long distant when his own form would b atretched upon tho FUNERAL BIER, and o the CALAMITOUS DENOUEMENT was prevented, and the youth, fecllnj, quite happv over his success, went homo to his sup'per of polenta and TOMATO SAUCE. DOROTHEA. 2071. DELETIONS. 1- A word deflnicd as "lnollnatlon" Becomes "to guard" by syncopation. II. An animal that's called COMPLETE Makes what Is worn upon the fecL III. I syncopate "a ghost," and lo! I sec u stream or WRtcr "flow." IV. An artificial trick I? ALL And LAST lo trifling, weak and small. NELSON1AN. 2075. PRACTICAL PROBLEM Tho following simple practical problem seems to worry some of the "wise" hereabouts. here-abouts. A man borrowed flQO. agreeing to pay with 10 per cent Interest rior annum. Ho canceled the debt by making four equal paymonts, one, two, three and four years from date of borrowing. What was the amount of each payment? E. W. BUTLER, 2076-CONUNDRUM. "I'm tired of being always up and dressed." A indou-looklns: Bcarccrow said; "O. for a nlcht's long, dreamless rest-Well, rest-Well, In von soft strawberry bed!" "Dressed?'' the rake laughed, showing every tooth, While a carrot, rather hard and rooty. Cried. "We'll have some tableaux, and, forsooth. The scarecrow 3hall bo 'Sleeping Beauty Beau-ty V So they bantered him. even the spade Gave him n dig, till presently A stout, good-hearted cabbacc mado A move. "Let's have some riddles," cried she. Well, they each gave one; some poor, some good. And even the luckless "Sleeping Beauty Asked this one, I have understood: "When Is a scytho like doing one's duty?" MABEL P. 2CT77 ODD SUBTRACTION 1. Take a well-bred woman from dls-I dls-I ease and leave mother. 2, Take a donkey ! from a donkcy and leavo a donkey 3, I Take a rustic from a jager gull and leavfl a small open vessel. ! Tako a sip from a well-known plant of the genus Nepcta and leave an old game. G. Take relatives from a varying measure of capacity and leave a conlt'erous tree. 6. Take the greatest nuhibcr posslblo from chief In r.nk or dignity and leave antecedent. 7 Take a covering for the head from courage cour-age and leave tho human race. T. H. 207S. DECAPITATION. I lovo to seek a shady nook. Where ONES the purling stream, And 'neath the TWO-bent wl!low3 I now would lie and dream. ARCANUS 1079. CURTAILMENT. Folks of leisure may find pleasure In THREE'S well cushioned scat; A rido In TWO would never do For nahob and elite. If you should chance to bo In Franco And dine in a cafe. You'd likely see a printed ONE And hear much Fronch "p3rlc." NELSONIAN Prise Zoology. Bums' Poetical Works, In an attractive edition, will be given the sender of tho best list of "cats and dogs" answering No. 2073. The solutions aro to bo forwarded forward-ed within one week, and In case of doubt the winner will be decided by any extra neatness or other special merit noted in one of the two or more nearest complete lists. Answers. CW2. No llf Is free from rain. 203. Coquetries. 2CiM.-Vlclorla Elizabeth, Adelaide. Columbus, Co-lumbus, Ferdinand. Isabella, Nelson, Nnnler, Wellington, Washlnrton, Madison, Jefferson. Jackson, Franklin, Scott, Lowell, Low-ell, (Po (e). Addison, Greeley. St. Lawrence, Law-rence, St Paul. San Francisco. Santa Barbara, St Louis. La Salle, Paris, . RomoO, Aurora, Sherman, Fremont. 1O05. Bears, ear, a. 2006. They ore equal. 007 Rotator. 2tB, Center, scent her, sent her, scentor. 2069, O-paln-scent 207a Presented, resented. 1 |