Life — June 7, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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1800 pounds 45 miles per hour Note the lines of fleetness and power in this Franklin Type D— the “gray-hound”’ of motor-cars. The «cylinder air-cooled mator with the | nickelsteel, aluminum bodies, Franklin wood- Franklin auxiliary exhaust insures {ull and sills and four fall-elliptic springs—save the ready power positively without overheating, power usually lost through road-shocks, make without waste and without an ounce of super- | speed safeand comfortable and secure utmost fluous metal. Thestrong. light,jar-eliminating | efficiency and strength with minimum weight; construction, large proportion of high grade | utmost performance at minimum expense. The Franklin holds the world’s long-distance touring record. Sf .St BSS poklet, also he Catalogue. der Runabout $1400 Four-cylinder Tomingcar $2808 der Light Touring-car $1800 - Six-cylinder Touring-car $4 H. H. FRANKLIN MFG. CO., Syracuse, N. Y., M. A. L. A. M. THE BEST PUZZLES | HE puzzle editor of the Hartford Times has been gathering together the best puzzles ever made. Each competitor was required to select | twenty puzzles, and the award was made by giving cach puzzle one point for every time it occurred in the lists submitted, the highest total of points in any list winning. ‘The following specimens are from the prize list, and, while they do not illustrate the range in popu: lar taste, they may be taken as fairly representing the finest and most pleasing puzzles of all the ages Enigma *Twas whispered in heaven, ‘twas muttered in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell. | On the confines of earth "twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its pre: ’ Twill be found in the sphere when ‘tis riven asunder, Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder; ’Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, | Attends at his birth and awaits him in de Presides o'er his happiness, honor and health, Is the prop of his house and the end of his wealth In the heaps of the miser ‘tis hoarded with care, But is sure to be lost on his prodigal heir. It begins every hope, every wish it must bound, With the husbandman toils, with the monarch i crowned. Without it the soldier and seaman may roam, But woe to the wretch who expels it from home! In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found, ————— Nor e’en in the whirlpool of passion be drowned. BRIGHTON Flat Clasp Garters That sense of absolute security, complete comfort and perfect neat- secure only by wearing’ Brighton Flat Clasp Garters | The perfectly flat clasp holds gently, but securely. They give the ankles that sleck appearance, “The web {sone piece pure silk (not mercerized cotton). No sharp pro- jections to injure the clothing. Ail metal parts heavily nickeled. If your dealer hasn't them, 25 cents will secure a pair from the makers—postpa id. PIONEER SUSPENDER CO., 718 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. akere of Pronver Suspenders SHE: ‘Toke the glass and look, Tor! Did youever see such abeautifulview? Just , ee look at the snow glisten- <6U aa \Sland ing on that peak — isn't it magnificent! The Colorado Line. IN COLORADO Before you looms the grandest scenery. © Overhead is the bluest sky. Delight for a whole summer tucked away in any one of a thousand canyons. @ Why not spend your vacation there? GA specially good way to go is on the superbly equipped trains of Rock Island Lines—direct to both Colorado Springs and Denver. G Low rates all summer. Send three two-cent stamps for beauutully illus- trated book on Colorado, full of information that you need. Address JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Room 3, La Salle Station, Chicago. 'Twill not soften the heart, but though deaf be th *Twill make it acutely and instantly hear. Yet in shade let it rest like a delicate flower; Ab! breathe on it softly, it dies in an hour. . Catherine Fansha Answer: The letter 1.” (Often ascribed to Byron, and included in early editions of his pocms. Described by Bryant, in his Library of Poetry and Son finest riddle in existence.) Riddle Formed long ago, yet made to-day, I'm most employed while others sh What few would wish to give awa And none would ever wish to keep. Charles James Fox. have long regarded as the ideal ( riddle." —M. C. S.) Enigma Cut off my head, and singular Tam; Cut off my tail and plural | appear; Cut off my head and tail, and, wondrous feat! Although my middle’s left, there's nothing there. What is my head cut off? A sounding sea. What is my tail cut off? A rushing river. And in their mighty depth I fearless play, Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever. Thomas Babington Macau Answer: C-O-D. | (The well-known logogriph by Lord Macaulay li at the Britons can boast THE FASTENER WITH A BULL-DOG GRIP WASHBURNE te. FASTENERS