The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-14

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2.-sKELETON CITIES.
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2l-ANAGRAM.
4 marshy level. spreading wide.
Where plashy pools and sluices moe
Nv rushes fringed on every side,
And cat-tais velvet brown.
There IS no hill or forest nigh.
No need to lift an upward eye,
Unless you lift 10 TO the sky
The landscape IL ALL DOWN.
To yonder pond-pcrhaps, rood
The wild duck leads her huhy proou'
As II in suicidal mood
They all intend 10 drown;
But every palmiped VIII noat
As lightly as "A fairy boat,
And like the scenery. YOU may note
Those duckings are ALL DOWN.
@-cHANcE or VOWEL.
Example: Same. some)
Her gifts were many. She could make
TO g %i% great Pleatt ONES of dough was her
And then her bread was always sure to
Her cake was lovely and her biscuit
right
And She could write; no matter what her
She ever gave one something good and
new.
Her letters ohoorcd ono like sudden
There almost seemed some magic in
her TWO.
And sho could sew; with nearly fault
less taste
aud THREE.
Dressmakine too-she'd never cut to
Her perfect fits were beautiful to see.
And she had wit. loved FOUR and repair
with learned divines on ologIes could
talk,
And Yet her husband sighs-how selfish
This gifted woman never darned 9. sock
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pm DEEP SEA WATERS.
CThe numerals represent fish. each OF
which may be found by transp0sing the
subsequent emphasized word on Words
In the employ Of the Submarine lnves-
tigating Company" l had dived to the
wreck OF the Empire. sunk, with a pre-
cious cargo. many fathoms deep. Wear
| led with my scrambles through maze or
| rusty tacklius, / had stretched my limbs
Il
/ surprise l found tho sounds about me
! quite audible through my thick helmet
Behind a screen Of giant pink coral a as
! pute OF some sort seemed Waglng. yam
| dial" cried an industrious ]. apostrophiz-
| ing q bold swimmer who had disturbed
| her nest OF woven sea-wceds, and Tor
/ whom she would have liked 10 fiCh
! BLACKER cpithets had her vocabulary
! allowed. "Nandal- But what could be eH-
/ pected OF a vagrant 2, Your rudeness Is
/ the result OF a MERE LACK Of train
/ ing" Lack Of training" snined tho
! abused, You forget our schools are
| among the largest and finest IN ths sea
! Neither manners nor looks are every
/ thing" a wise @ declared. How alllr-
! ing the rosy softnffs OF the opelet I'm her
/ shelly bed; but Ike many BAD, rob her
! of outward charms and graces and what
/ but the venCmcd heart remains. ron. 1
Ike plain folk myself SAID his cousin,
! the 4. who would never LOSE chance
! of getting in q joke. Now. i could not
| be q society man. Ike our friend. the Cod
here society man. ekcd6i9 nee.
would-be wit. you take part In the fish
| balls. do you not?' TO cover an awkward
| pause remarked What aimless
| tOyers men are when / lived on a
| high bank once. l watched some city
! chaps FISH day aflnr day without getting
! bite. even. They did fire load Of shot
| into an ugly cuttle-iish, thought" Never
! mind" said the 8. Oyerhearing, and con-
7
| rage, soon comes the D-reh Of OCT.
| SOUP Is good, men say, and also GER
/ tain csculent biValVe on tho half-sheN.
| as epicures have IT, A sleepy Z, whose
habit was 10 browse along pleasant
shores where juicy algao grow. looked
howihed; De MEN EAT A Shiny thing
like that she asked. That" said q
| small S, whose ashcn body was brilliant
| ly powdered with metallic spangles. us
what they come TO the SEASHORE for
I l.fr hA D. 40 OIL
head impudently. There's no telling.
sighed tremulously. TO what MAD
| USE men will put even the humblesi
fsh. Shall 1 tell you the fcarscme thiua
! saw when a wave washed me into the
heart of the grim iron thing therc| Tie
! 10 trembed too with curiosity: DO, ERE
dinner hour she begged, for though
| the IL URGES NOT even he IS eager q
jelly-hsh. 81 found myself on a long shelf
where were many round vessels such a,
boys carry for holding bait. only thes'
had gay pictures on them. Soon swim'
an q line j.. who looks 1T the vessel. then
literally MELTS away in terror "Fo
| hundreds of the tin boxes held-tish
| snugly stored away for men T. eat!
| HORRIBLE" commented l3, 1T quite
TAKES my appetite away" But grea
! u showed his rows OF cruel teeth. III
/ this case" he began, glancinS significant
! ly at the wreck. I'VE ate-but 81 IARK
Was not that man behind tho cora
/ WALL With lightning rapidly tho talk
crs sped away. A few hid among th'
delicate sea ferns or slipped softly be
hind a big pink-lppcd cOnch. but most OF
them were off 20 the feeding ground
| along silycr-sanded reefs and shadows
! While the diver mounted slowly through
the golden canopy Of waters. musug oi
! his dream. shall Lay. or his real glimps
into the life OF the wonderful people o
the sea, MABEL p.
27.-ANAGRANL
THEME: CRY VOICED FOR ASIA.
after strange stars. inscrutable. or high
After strange seas beneath his hOatinl
feet.
After the glare IN many brooding eve
/ wonder If the cry of Land wa
sweet
or did tho guerdon the Bahamas brought
OF ferns and fruits and flowers. seen
poor, at best.
To the explorer who had come. h
thought.
on India after sailing 70 the West?
JOCAROL
.-ARITHMETICAL.
one number Is the cube OF four time
itself Another number Is one-half "a
SQUARE Of one-half itself
What IS the product of the two mum
bers? T. -. >.
That Other Prize.
: ,-ba OTHER PRIZE will be A CELE
| RRATED BOOK BY THE GkEA
"a he WATER BABIES" and Full
or BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. As Their
NAS RFEN SUCH A DECIDED IN
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