I T H
A D D I S O N
F U G U E
P O E
U (Central also in "Faust.")
J.R.L. (James Russell Lowell.)

D A N T E
I N G E L O W
A B N E Y P A R K

3.
D A R E D
N E A R S
D R E A D
L A V E D
D E E D S

_Diagonals--_
D, an, red, earl, dread, save, Dee, D. D., s.

4.
It is a serious (cereous) matter, and a wicked work brought to light. He
is making light of a serious (cereous) matter.

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A STARVING RACE.

It is believed by some persons that the Anglo-American race in this
country is tending rapidly to extinction. Both the birth-rate and the
mother's power to nurse her children seem to be steadily diminishing.

Many persons refer the cause to our climate; others to the overaction of
the brain and nerves in childhood and youth by our schools, and by the
exhaustive excitements of social and fashionable life.

We have no doubt that the latter cause, especially,