The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-25
EKWPUzzLE COLUNN.
This TIE Last snsdsv In the Novsmbss
Cont~st.
M.-CHARADE.

THAT on bcautys bosom rest,
Seek, sad soul, a heavenly maven
Find from sorrow glad release,
BE thou black as rock or raven
Thou wilt turn dove OF peace.
10. the blosmy breeze Is blowing.
All the sky Is decked with gold
And the tender moon Is glowing
over mountain, lake and wold'
In the world no word Is spoken,
Silent are the stars above,
But the silence, though unbroken.
Breathes OF neyer-dying love.
Der the silver waters drifting.
Lost in dreams OF perfect bliss,
Sweet the lips that one Is lifting
Though COMPLETE sad souls are sigh
ing.
Here is peace in earth and sky;
Though COMPLETE love lies a-dylng'
Here true love can never dies
ROMERO.
a-FLORAL CoLoRs.
There is a purple red said Junia,
Now much affected, called
l am old-fashioned. | suppose:
My taste inclines TO clear, bright
While for paler thint think
There's nothing daInter than
Although a charming blue is new. rs
Named for the fairy flowers called
They bloomed in yonder field. where dim
rose
Tall stalks of pale-gOld evening
II Though . some think purple, such . t.i.. it
is most superb In deep, deep
And when an Easter bonnet / lack
Color and flower shall both be
But for the summer, / prefer
White, softly touched with 49,
N. C. s.
Sword SUBTRACTION.
Count one point for the first time
second four for the third. and so on)
l. From ''assertiveness' take a word
Of seventeen points sgnifying 20 value.
2 From millennium" take a word or
seven points that IS the name OF "a small
liquid measure
Z. From citrate" take a word Of ten
RALPH.
NUMERICAL
A wee 1884 who stays on our floor
Keeps us always wrought up WIN
vague fears.
oh. the 5-6-7-S's-that would crush older
He has had i'm his life Of five years!
Now 6-7-S the blows he has had on his
Should have made it quite Hat, you'd
But; fie' such 2-3-4s! he will not even
pause
When he's stumped all his poor little
All viii be quiet. when young 5-7-S-9-lO
Wakes the house up TO sudden "ild
fright
There he's 5-6-7-s,,9-lo of the front gate
i-2-3-f-I-G-7-S-9-lO az his fix
But-heH do it again before night!
MABEL p.
G-ARGTHNETICAL.
The boys brought melons into town,
Aud each took thirty as his share.
Max had the giants oyergroWn;
Middy's were medium 10 fair-'
Max sold them, two for half-a dollar,
While MILDLY offered three
When all were gone, said Max the
Now, how much should there be?
Five for dollar yours ana mine
Twelve and a-half before them shine.
The actual amount
Max is perplexcd; be cannot laugh.
PRAY solvers set this matter straight;
Where did they get the extra half,
or, how did he miscalcuate2
-DTSMEMBERMENT.
:. Take bag from 70 hunt. and leave
2. TAKE one glass dish from another.
and have 20 put OFF.
g. Take a fluid from rejecting. and
have a word applied TO inanimate OBJ
4. Take the whole amount from to
waste, or squander, and have geome-
5. Take crippled from free from re-
proach, and leave TO make happy.
ETHYL.
56.-RIDDLE.
We're a nimble little crew,
Wonderful the work We do;
Yet we never disagree
Though we're doomed 20 slavery
When Of US you Ger have need
We obey your wish with speed,
And for work that you have planned
We are always found on hand.
II the task we do not like
We've been sometimes known 20 strike,
But the bonds that US unite
Put the mutiny 10 flight.
We're a firm, united band
And we by each other stand
Ne'er our master 20 tOrsake
Though the elements should quake
When we are the slaves OF kings
We are often found iu rings,
Though the humble peasant boy
Gives us sturdicr employ
Noble deeds we long have wrought
Guided by superior thought.