THE ILLUSTRATED
Hundred and Ninety-four Rebuses, Enigmts, Etc., with Answers.
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Fabled History of the First Riddle.
The ancients believed that the monster Sphynx was the inventor of riddles. Tho one she proposed for solution is this: "What animal is that which goes upon four legs in the morning, upon two at noon and upon three at night?" Many persons strove to ex- plain it, but failed and were torn to pieces by her. At length CEdipus solved it by say- ing that the animal was a man, who, in in- fancy, or in the morning of his life, creeps upon his hands and feet and so goes upon all fours; in the noon of his life walks on two feet, and in the night of old age requires a Stick and so totters upon three legs
No. 1. — Picture Puzzle.
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No. 2. — Enigma In Rhyme.
Green am I in spring, Late iu summer yellow;
In the autumn red, When the days grow mellow.
You may on me read;
You may on me write; Green, red, yellow, though I am,
I am always white.
Wrinkle not my face;
Let me live in clover; Look, but handle not;
Yes, you may turn me over.
No. 3. — Arithmetic Tangle* A countrywoman carrying eggs to a garri- son, where she had three guards to pass, sold to the first guard half the number she had and half an egg more ; to the second, the half of what remained and half an egg beside, and to the third guard, she sold the half of the remainder and half another egg. When She arrived at the market place she had three dozen still to sell; how was this possible with- out breaking any of the eggs?
No. 4.— A Star.
1. A letter. 2. Mamma. 3. Recited. 4. Escaped by stratagem. 5. Relating to the moon. 6. Title of address to a lady. 7. A provider of provisions. 8. A male nickname. 9. A letter.
No. 5. — Conundrums.
(a) How do we know that Byron never wore a wig?
(b) "Why is the leaf of a tree like the human body?
(c) Which is the oldest tree in England?
(d) Why are feet like olden tales?
(e) Why is a spider a good correspondent?
(f) Why is a thief, picking a coiner's pocket, reminded of a line in Othello?
(g) Why is an undutiful son like one born deaf?
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(h) Why are the pages of a book like the days of a man!
(i) How many sides arc there to a tree!
(j Why is your nose like St. Paul's?
(k) What's that which every living man hath seen, but nevermore wit see again, I ween?
A Metamorphosis.
What a wonderful letter is N. Beside making a window of widow, it metamor- phoses a leviathan into two well known Jews, Levi N-athan ; makes a bungle of a bugle ; Norma, a Norman, and even causes a modest violet to be violent.
One of the nicest uses to put an N to is to change an eclipse into necklips, which charms, on a pretty woman, eclipse many others.
A Riddle Answered. "What is the difference between a widow and a window.'"' You give it up. I knew you •would 1 Well, there is little if any, for the transparent griefs like the transparent panes of the other are Removed in course of repair- ing, and the latter is for mankind to look out of, while the former looks out for mankind.
Pnnlana.
Some one says that laundresses, like rail- roads, have their irons all over the country, and occasionally do a little mangling; but this, you know, is speaking ironically.
Is anything worse than the Englishman in Paris, who said he guessed a certain French lady to be mad, as her husband continually addressed her as March hare (Ma chere).
Theodore Rook was once asked to review a book called "Three Words to a Drunkard." "That I will do in three words," he said. "Pass the bottle!"
Motto for grocers: "Honest tea is the best policy."
Where is the ruffian who said, "My no- tion of a wife at forty is that one should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two twenties."
Talking of a woman at forty, makes us think how funny it is that a woman who never knows her own age, can tell you in a minute the age of all her female acquaint- ances.
It was the original learned pig who made this observation, when running away from the pork butcher, "Prevention is better
than cure."
Learn in your youth to beehive through life, with the regularity and industry of the bee; and then, as you kettle little holder, you will not get into hot water through bad habit*, and burn your flngera.
Dream Interpretations. One or two dream interpretations that may be useful some day : To dream of a police- man is a sure sign of the "blues." To dream you are a monkey is— to say the least — sug- gestive. To dream your head is being punched, and, on waking, to discover that Buch is not the case, is — lucky for you. To dream you have eloped with a wicked female ghost is a sure sign you have taken bad spir- its (over night). If a "gentleman of the press" dreams of donkeys, it is called a "ned- dy-torial" vision. To dream of suet shows a fat-uous mind (don't do it again).
Double
L amps in millions, O n the earth
N ever conquered, D ayvlish pleasant, O nly shame 'tis, N oses smell such
Acrostic.
L ights on billions, O mnipotent; N ever failing, D em magnificent. O 'er Thames sailing, N asty stiff scent.
No. C. — Anagrams.
For the benefit of very j-oung readers we will explain that making an anagram con- sists in forming a new word or words from the letters of other words. An illustration is: Cheer sick lands— the anagram for Charles Dickens. We now invite you, with the per- mission of Good Housekeeping, to an ana- gramatical Dickens party, the guests of which nre prominent characters in Dickens* writings: Blame Crumple; We debtor to toys; Clev-sr fop I did pad; Pair my ages; His by a linen clock; Toy lily blows; Canny Skyes; Mere Walls ; O, feel my corn bed ; We kill red vies; Over it wilts; Bug ran by dear.
No. 7 — Enigma.
I am a word of four letters, two of which are of no importance, signifying nought. For myself, I am an article of extended use, and worn by a lady, a friar, a snake, a clergyman, a flower and a bird. I gave a surname to a famous archer who lived about the time of Richard I, and to a poet of the reign of Victoria. My family is large, though I am an orphan, for when I go among them, I can count sisters and brothel's, maid- ens and mothers. I am somewhat addicted to single life, for I dwell with spinsters; yet I am fond of society, for where a great many neighbors dwell together j-ou will always find me. 1 am rather of a monastic turn, too, and have patronized Bo^nines, and Sceurs de Charite, Capuchins and 1'r.nu-iscans. Kings and querns t:ivor »np> when I as-
sume knightly orders, and I flourish highest under their protection. Wherever I am I am at least sure of subsistence. In all prob- ability you have seen my like, but even when you find mo you may be puzzled, fox I of tun show two fact*
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Xo. 8.— A Riddle in Rhyme.
I am borne on the pale in the stillness of night,
A sentinel's signal that all is not ri.uht.
I am not a swallow, yet skim o'er the wave ;
I am not a doctor, yet patients I save ;
When the sapling has trrmvn to a flourishing live
Jt limls a protector henceforward in me?
Xo. 9.— Pictorial Reims.
5fo. 1O. — Syncopation*.
Syncopate (by omitting one letter in the middle of the word) to wander, and leave 1o stand still ; to enslave, and leave part of the far • : a drink, and leave a ditch ; t > sail near the shore, and leave detriment : livelv, and leave fancy ; to divide and leave a prophet ; lnmulr, and leave part of the face ; to cue1 gel, ami leave to lessen.
1 he syncopated words are all of equal length, and thy litters tak-u f om them, j.lar-tl in
order, name s >:r.cth:ng seldom met with.
Wide Awake.
No. 11. — Poetical Charade.
My second sweepeth clean, 'tis said,
When new ; but housewives say That 'tis no good when constant use
Hath worn its strength away. Ah, lazy son, your algebra
You've very badly reckoned: My first shall point my whole for you
In likeness of my second.
No. 12. — Connntlrums.
(a) If you had a strong desire to leave some
property to the man in the moon, how would you go about it?
(b) If you tumbled to the bottom of the first
week in April, what sort of a Yankee would you suggest?
{c) What is the difference between a sailor on duty and a sailor discharged?
(d) What is the best way to prevent water
coming into your house?
(e) Why is a butler like a mountain?
(f) Spell auburn locks in two letters.
(g) What is it which occurs twice in a mo-
ment, once in a minute and not once in 1,000 years?
(h) If you suddenly saw a house on fire what three celebrated authors would you feel at onco disposed to name? (i) Whcu is a slug liko a poem of Tennyson's!
No. 13. — Charade. The student o'er my first doth pore»
From early morn till night; My next is buried 'neath the earth, And seldom sees the light. ' ,•
My whole a fancy has for books,
Devouring many a line; And now I think you ought to guess
This short charade of mine.
T>y starting at the right letter in one of the above words, and then taking every third letter, a quotation from Shakespeare's plays may be formed. — St. Nicholas.
No. 15. — An Enigmatical List of Trees. What is the sociable tree (a), and the dancing
tree (b),
And the tree that is nearest the sea (c)?1 The most yielding tree (d), and the busiest tree (e;, And the tree where ships may be (f) ?
The Umg Khing tree (g), the least selfish tree (hX tree that bears a curse (i);
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The chr- .nologlst's trre (j), and the fisherman's
t- (k), And the tree like an Irish nurse (1)?
What s the telltale tree (m), the fisherman's
tree
And the tree that is wannest clad (o)? Tu* laymuu's restraint (p), and the housewife's
live i.jl,
And the tree that makes us sad (r)f
No. 10. — A Puzzler for Old and Young;
(a) Add an ell to a lady's name, and ye
teeth will chatter as you sit beside h^ What is her name?
(b) What letter will moke a lady fit for re-
straint?
(c) Which two will make a chatting lady
very dull?
(d) Add one letter and remove another, and
who becomes a beauty?
(e) Take two letters away, and what lady
becomes very painful?
(f) Who shows bad behavior when half of
her name is lost?
(g) Take away her first letter, and place her
last elsewhere, and she remains what she was before. What is her name?
(h) Take away two letters from both ends of a lady's name, and you make a martyr of her. Who is she?
Halve the lady mentioned, and she bo- comes an inhabitant of the desert. Her name, please?
(i) Add ourselves to the end of a lady's name, and she becomes a village famous in Bible story. What is her name?
(j) Take away the three last letters from a lady's name, and you make her a sacred song. What can it be?
No. 17. — The Two Traveler*.
Two poor boys, Tom and Ned, walk be- tween London and Wolverhampton; Tom leaves the latter at 8 o'clock 10 the morning and walks at the rate of thnx; miles an hour without intermission, and Ned sets out at 4 o'clock the same evening and walks for \Vol- verhampton at the rate of four miles an hour constantly. Now supposing the distance be- tween the two places to bj loO miles, and suj)- pose the boys capable of continuing their Journeys, whereabouts on the rood will they in. • t. '
No. 18. — An 1 nltrma In irose. I am a newsvendor. I tell of births, mar- riages, and deaths. I invite people to din- ner, and carry their refusals. I send people abroad, and order their return. Through me, buying, selling and bartering are fre- quently accomplished. I speak the most poliftbed language and tho roughest tongue, wuitc, of Lou blue, aud
times of the most delicate tints. I am some- times used with care, but more frequently receive little or none, and am often destroyed. I am also heard in the son r of the nightingale and the melody of the blackbird. Musical in- struments are"u«elc<:s without me. and I am the foundation <<f the musician's art.
NO. I '.». « •iiiiiiitli-lim-.
(a) \V!,at sea would a man most like to be in on u \\t't day 'f
(b) \\ hcii i< a Iml.y like a breaHnst cu{> ?
;c) Pray state where that celebrated actor Henry Irving \\ent on liis teuth hiithday.
(d) Why is o the noisiest of the \ u\v els ?
(e) Why is cufft-e like an axe with a dull edge ?
(f) Why are teeth like verbs?
(g) When is money dump ?
(h) How would you express, in one word, having met a doctor of medicine? (i) Why is a vine like a soldier ?
Xo. 2O.— DoiiMe iVord Knlgiua.
In l.<«m rary ; '
In irony ;"
In ra-' t>;iL' :->
In linn! 1 i
In uiMrir.tr :"
In tearmi.' :"
In sailoi-'.- ili:ty " or "Enip're City.'
In al;no-t eve.-y country,
lit al.iio-t every to'.vii, YII I've he.inl of tin- effn i.tory,
Ami <>:' it- i.riv:it ivuo-.vii : Y..n know tliat T.ITAI. i- a crime.
\\ it!i a <i>ntciii':' the criminal fear* Am1. \\ hen convii t>'.i. -•>. \> * a term
In jiil oi twenty years.— (folilen Day*.
No. 21.— Reims.
I am a word of five letters only; but if yon take a lesson from boll ringers and play the changes upon me, my combinations are infi- nite. My original word as it stands, silled with three i-o.. sonants at1.. I two vowols, signi- fies a veajion fomuTly in great repute, .-mil still of much use with s;iva;v nations. Trans- pose me, and I give you some fruit of a w holt-some and delicious nature, chiefly im- {M.rt.'il fnun < luornsey and Jersey. Cut off one letter, and 1 give you a seed; transpose me, and I cut your corn; again, and I j>eol your fruit. Alter the letter, and I present a large form of the monkey tnl>,' to you, which, if you transpose again, you will convert into a very largely usod leguminous food. Alter the letter again, and you will have the or- gans of a sense ; transpose, and you level me to the ground again, and you mark me with scars. AlU-r my letters again, and I grate for you, when, if you behead me, I become a poisonous reptile. Alter the letters again, and I go upon " 'Change;" transpose me, and
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\ speak to a "medium." Alter me three times more and I become successively the materials for a dress, the blood of a plant, and what you must be. Finally, use my whole five letters once more, and if you are accustomed to the very useful grammatical exercise they show you, I think you ought to be able to make out all my meanings.
No. 22. — Wor.l Puzzles.
(a) Name an English word containing eight syllables.
(b) Name an English word in which the letter "i" occurs five times.
(c) Name at least three English words, each of which contains all the vowels, in- cluding the "y."
No. 23. — Who Can Tflll?
Twice ten are six of us, Six are but three of us, Nine are but four of us.
What can we possibly be? Would you know more of us? I'll tell you more of us; Twelve are but six of us,
Five are but four, do you see ?
No. 24. — Word Square. 1. Strengthens. 3. A ruler. 3. Memor- andum books. 4. The middle. 5. To make dear. 6. Adorned with stars.
No. 25. — Charade.
I'll tell you— no, it cannot be
That you should guess my first so pat; I've said it, tho', and so will you.
When you have puzzled long— that's flat. My second is a thing— like a hat :
Like anything you please— depend on it. I've said it twice, so, in a thrice.
Resolve my whole and make an end on it.
No. 20. — J'ictorial Proverb.
No. 27.— Enigma.
There Is a certain natural production which exists from two to six feet above the surface of the earth. It is neither animal, vegetable nor mineral ; neither male nor female, but something between both. It has neither length, breadth nor substance; is recorded in the Old Testament, and often mentioned in the New, and it serves the purpose of both treachery and fidelity.
No. 28. — Conundrums.
Ca) From a number that's odd, cut oft the head,
It then will even be; It's tail, I pray, take next away, Your mother then you'll see.
Cb) What does man love more than life? Hate more than death or mortal strife? That which contented men desire? The poor have, the rich require? The miser spends, the spendthrift saves? And all meu carry to their graves.
(c) My first makes company; My second shuns company; My third assembles company; My whole puzzles company.
(d) My first is a point, my second a span;
In my whole often ends the greatness of man.
(e) The public credit and the public shame, Though widely different, differ not in name.
No. 29.— Decapitations.
fa) Behead an animal, and leave a grain. CD) Behead a dance, and leave a fish, (o) Behead a gulf, and leave a cave, (d) Be- head part of the neck, and leave an animal, (e) Behead a useful article and leave a beam.
The beheaded letters will spell the a famous American general.
No. 30. — The Number Forty-five.
How can the number forty five be divided into four such parts that if you add two to the first part, subtract two from the second part, multiply the third part by two and divide the fourth part by two, the total of the addition, the remainder of the sub- traction, the product of the multiplication and the quotient of the division are all equal §
No. 31. — Enigma in Kliyrae. I am a cheerful little thing,
Rejoicing in the heat ; Whether it come from sea coal fire.
Or log of wood, or peat.
Again, I love a sunny day
In park or grassy field, Whom 'neath my banner man and youtb Their utmost prowess wield.
And there they stand with ready arm. Unflinching every one; v
Everybody's
Their only aim to prove themselYW "A Briton to the bonel"
That I abound in man and beast, And also in mankind.
No. 32.— Biddla.
Add 100 and nothing to 10, and 100 and •othing to 1,000, then catch a B and put him at the end of it all, and the whole will pro- duce what you don't want one bit, so perhaps you had better save yourself the trouble of guessing this riddle.
Ns, 23.— A Card Board Puzzle.
2. Cut out of a piece of card, five piece«> similar in shape and size to the annexed figures, viz., one piece of Fig. 1, three pieces of Fig. 2 and one like Fig. 3. These five pieces an- then to be so joined as to form a cross, like that represented by Fig. 4; but, of course, larger in size.
No. 34.— Geographical Emp/ma.
(A city in Australia) and her friend (a city In Montana) went shopping. (A city in Australia) wore an (a county in Ireland) and a (city in the northern part of California) pin. (A city in .Montana) wore a (plateau in Asia) cloth suit and a (bills in Dakota) hat They bought some (mountains in Vermont) dress goods, a (river in Mississippi) ring, a m Florida) picture and some (an island of Scotland) for a dress for (a city in Swe- don). They then went home. — Harper's Young People.
No. 35. — Charade. My whole's a word of letters five,
I'm found both far and near; Behead me, and I am a Bound
That strike* upon the ear.
My tail cut off, a weight now comes,
Most useful to mankind; Behead again, my tall replace,
A unit you will find.
Curtail once more, and I am left
A >.•!-> little word; A prvpuoition sometimes foi t . 1, An adverb often bear d.
Behead me now, my tail clap on, And then I think you'll lind
No. 36. — -Conundrums.
(a) "Why is a game of cards like a timber yard?
(b) Make V less by adding to it.
(c) Why is a widow like a gardener?
(d) W by is a tight boot like an acorn tree!
(e) Why is the largest city in Ireland likely to be the largest city in the world?
(f) Why is a bad epigram like a poor pen- cil?
(g) How do you swallow a door? - - • (h) Why is a thump like a hat?
(i) When you go to bed why are your slip- pers like an unsuccessful man?
(j) Why are your nose and chin always at variance?
(k) When may a chair be said to dislike you?
(1) What man never turns to the left?
(in) What is that which is lengthened by being cut at both ends?
No. 37. — Rebut.
A churlish Jew, whose bags were mad* to
bleed;
A noble mind set to ungenial deed ; A knavish peddler, thievish as a pie} A shrew, made gentle by authority; A judge, with a false angel for his mate* A foolish justice, full of idle prate; A shepherd maid, for a great throne more fit ; A chattering constable, of empty wit; A dainty spirit of the air set free; A youthful lover full of phantasy ; One who a mistress wept more sweet than she. These lifelike forms the wondrous master
wrought, With subtle skill and deeply searching
thought; These few just gathered from his bounteous
store Will spell his name, if right thou read them
o'er.
No. 38.— Illustrated Proverb.
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No. 39.— Anagram.
It LONG LIT THEN AFAB,
Like a bright star,
6uidlng Its owner through darkness and llgm% Saving him from the terrible plight
Of being left to his doom
Lost in the gloom.
No. 40. — Charade.
O'er distant hills the rising moon The evening mist dispersed;
And, beaming radiant from her throne, She plainly showed my first.
A horseman, now seen by her light, Approached with headlong speed;
And, as he passed, my second said, To urge his foaming steed.
For his lady love still waited, Though the trysting hour was pasft.
My whole she was, in truth, because He was my third and last.
No. 41. — An Enigma. I am spelled in four letters, a very small
word, In which only three letters of them seem to
be heard.
I dwell on the tree, on the bush, on the flower, On the top of the cedar, the midst of tbe
bower, I am gold, I am silver, I am black and I'm
white, I am tinged with all colors you see 'neath the
light.
I am thick, I am thin, I am narrow or broaa, I am met on the river, the meadow, the road.
No. 42. — Numerical Puzzle.
A man had three daughters of three ages, to whom he gave certain apples to sell. To the eldest daughter, fifty apples ; to the sec- ond, thirty apples, and to the youngest, ten apples, and they all sold the same number for a penny and brought home the same money. How many did each sell for a penny'
No. 43. — Conundrums.
(a) Why should a man always wear a •watch when he travels in a waterless desert?
(b) Why is the early grass like a penknife?
(c) What is a bull in a china shop?
(d) Why are clergymen like waiters?
What Is Faith.
A teacher in a school that stood on the banks of a river once wished to communi- cate to his pupils an idea of faith. While he was trying to explain the meaning of the word, a small covered boat hove in sight. Seizing upon the incident for illustration, he exclaimed: "If I were to tell you that there was a leg of mutton in that boat, you would believe me, would you not, without even see-
ing it for yourselves? "Yes, sir," replied the scholars. "Well, that is faith," said the teacher. The next day, in order to test their recollection of the lesson, he inquired: "What is faith?" "A leg of mutton in a boat," was the answer, shouted from all parts of the school. Good boysl
No. 44. — An Extraordinary Dinner.
Soups.— (a) To jeer and a kind of clovo. (b) The name of "the piper's son," a letter and part of tho foot.
Fish. — (a) Only, (b) To roll, toss cz tumble.
Entree. — (a) To cower, served with a phil- osopher, on a sentiment.
Roasts.— (a) A country, (b) An essayist. (c) A tailor's implement.
Vegetables.— (a) A letter, an article and part of the foot, (b) Letters of the alphabet, (c) A watchman's course, (d) A coupe and a generation.
Dessert.— (a) To regret, part of an arrow and a mass of unsorted type, (b) Swimming and what Australia is.
Nuts.— (a) A wooden trunk. (b) Terra firma. (c) On every breakfast table.
Fruits.— (a) The fruit that urges you to travel, (b) The fruit that tells tales, (c) Unites in couples, (d) An anathema, an article and a conjunction.
No. 45. — Hollow Square.
When the jiames of the four central ob- jects have been rightly guessed, and arranged like tho black dots on tho edge of the picture (the first and last letters of each word being used twice), a hollow square will be formedL_
Ifo. 46.— Enigma ID Rbym* I'm high and I'm low,
Pm up and I'm down{ I'm uaed by the boy* In country and town,
I mostly em thick;
Very rarely am thlflf Pometim-3 F rralk out;
Sometimes I walk in.
Pm often put on,
And often put off; But hold ! I have done*
I've told you enough.
No. 47.— Puzzler* for Wife Heads. There arc fourteen letters in a very famous book, the name of which you havo to guess by paying duo attention to the following re- marks:
(a) When the first letter goes, a fruit which has it straightway becomes a wide mouth.
(b) By adding tho second to another letter, you get a famous river.
(c) The loss of the third turns, alas! an honest tar's room Into a murderer I
(d) While tho loss of the fourth makes what fa fanciful a bit of wood.
(e) Add my fifth letter twice to a vowel and straightway you havo a lady.
(0 At any time of tho year by adding the sixth to the present moment you get some- thing cold and white.
(g) Take away ray next, and what was made to swim can fly.
(h) The removal of my eighth turns a king's seat into agony.
(i) By the loss of my ninth the name of a person becomes a bird.
(j) The addition to my tenth turns a car- riage into a shell fish.
(k) Take away my nost from an important feature and you get an insect fond of a candle.
(I) Add my twelfth to a coal mine and you get a kitchen utensil.
(m) Add my thirteenth to a domestic ani- mal and you find something to wear.
(n) And fur the want of my last letter a mariner's guide becomes good to eat.
N'<>. 48.— Conundrum*.
(a) When is the soup likely to run out of the saucepan f
(b) How does tho Russian nation resemble the tea?
(c) What Is the di (Terence between a pcr- ton late for the train and a school mistress >
(d) Would you rather an elephant killed you, or a gorilla!
(c) What writer would havo been tho best angler?
Some Good Simile*. AM wet u • flmh— a> dry aa a bone:
Aa live u a blrd-oi dead as a rtonej Aa plump aa a partridge— aa poor as a rat) Aa strong aa a horse— as weak as a cat; As hard aa a fllnt^-aa eoft aa a mole; Aa white aa a lily— as black as a coal ; As plain as a pike sufl— as rough as a bear; As tight as a drum— as free as the air; A3 heavy 03 lead— as light as a feather; As steady as time— uncertain as weather; As hot us an oven — as cold as a frog; As gay as a lark— as sick as a dog.
"Your horse has a tremendous long bit," said a friend to Theodore Hook. "Yes," •aid he, "it is a bit too long."
No. 40.— Riddle In Terse. If you would travel o'er our land, To Vermont's hills or Georgia's strand.
Or where Maine's breezes blow, Get ia my flrst and you will speed Fur Ja-ster than the swiftest steed,
Where 'cr you wish to go.
Upon my second patriots turn, For it their he::rto with ardor burn,
For It they live and die, For it in toil they spend their years, For it they give their prayers and tears,
For it as captives sijh.
My whole 13 In the pardon found,
When tho cweet summer months come rouarl,
Ai d flowers wake at their call. Yell )w sometime:* and sometimes rose, Snow white, deep red its color glows,
Its perfume pleases all.
No. 50. — Word Pyramid.
Arrange the word septuagenarian in a col- nmu of letters thus:
And then tell a story of old age, or make some remarks on old age, 8 BO that tho whole will form a pyra- E raid, with twice as many letters P but ono at the bottom as there are T in tho word itself, namely, twice U fourteen wanting ono, that is, A twenty-coven. Tho letter S must re- O main alone, boiug tho apex ; tho next E letter, E, must have ono letter on N each side of it; P must have two on A each side; T three on each side, and R so on, until you arrive at N, tho last I letter, which must have thirteen A letters on each side of it. The N whole must form a connected sen- tence, having reference, as wo said before, to the condition of old age.
No, 51. — Enlsma.
My flrst Is in tadpole, but not in a worm ; My next'a in the tempest, but not in the storm;
My third's in a tunic, yet not in a coat; My fourth's in a bison, but not in a goat; My fifth is in yeliow, but never in blue;
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My sixth is in cinders, yet not in the flue,
My seventh's in the tailor, but not in hit man;
My last's not in kettle, but always in pan.
If you put these together, a bard ycu will eee,
And most people think him the top of the tree.
No. 52. — Arithmetical Puzzle.
How many dinners would be necessary for a club of seven persons who had agreed to dine with each other as long as they could be differently arranged whca they sat down at table?
No. 53. — Connected Diamonds.
1. A crooked letter. 2. A sweet bread. 8. A sweet substance. 4. Is an animaL 5. The last of a chair.
1. The last of help. 2. A beverage. 3. A kind of fruit 4. A kind of ostrich. 5. The first in sickness.
The centrals read down form the centrals across, which ia turn form a candy.
No. 54. — Illustrated Conundrum.
These two peop.e are making the same re- mark. What is it?
No. 55. — Hidden Poets.
Find the name of a poet in each of the fol- lowing sentences:
(a) Is martyrdom a thing to desire or notl
(b) Is it better to go to church ill, or stay
(c) Does ever a cow perplex her mind with politics?
(d) "What other animal can kick, eat, strike with her horns, and low?
(e) When a man looks grim, a song will often cheer him up — will it not?
(f) How do you like such names as Robert, Philip, Arne, Llewellyn?
(g) Who was best up in daring deeds in the Crimea?
(h) What is the complexion of the Ningpc people?
No. 66.— Conundrums.
(a) What is the difference between a chim- ney sweep and a gentleman who finds that the mourning he has purchased to wear at a friend's funeral fits him exactly?
(b) Why are A, E and U the handsomest ol the vowels?
(c) Why is a worn out shoe like ancienl Greece?
(d) What key is best for unlocking thi tongue?
(c) How can you ask a man if he is ill ir four letters?
No. 57. — A Monument. O O
X O X
X O X
X X O X X
X X O X X
X X X O X X X
X X X O X X X
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(a) A vowel appearing but thrice in thil
line;
(b) A letter used as a numerical sign;
(c) A quadruped faithful and true untt
man;
(d) A conjunction in use since our languag*
began.
(e) A certain uncertainty next is expressed
(f) Then follow the places we all should
love best ;
(g) Then comes one who works at an arl
that is plastic, (h) And next, passing over, though not a.
"gymnastic," (i) The base is seen lying at length on th«
ground: This done, and the thing you hav«
builded is found.
The central letters read downward give th« inswer.
No. 58. — Card Board Puzzle.
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A parallellogram, as in the illustration Fig. 1, may be cut into two pieces so that by shifting the position of the pieces two other figures may be formed, as shown bj Figs. 2 and i
No. 50. — Historical Knlgma.
My first is what you first Jearn to do ir arithmetic.
My second was the founder of the Norman duchy.
My third is Latin for thou.
My fourth is a great personal ornament.
My fifth is two vowels.
My sixth is a county in Scotland.
My seventh was a heathen goddess named in the Bible.
My eighth is an archangel mentioned bj Milton.
My ninth is tho Greek K.
My t-nth i< a beautiful forest tree.
My eleventh a musical drama.
My twelfth is no ornament to any one'i face.
My thirteenth is two-thirds of a Scotch whaling port.
My fourteenth is the name of a book in thi Bible.
My fifteenth we must all obey, or we shal] catch it.
My sixteenth is a sound in the singing scale.
My seventeenth is anything and every- thing.
My eighteenth is what everything has.
My nineteenth is a favorite musical hano instrument.
My twentieth is what every rnnn would like to be.
My twenty-first is a famous North Ameri- can river.
My hist is often hard to say.
Arrange these words, and tho first letten read downward will describe a great soldier; the last, similarly read, will decribo three of his victories.
No. GO. — Ch:irao>. No book without my first is made,
However small or large; A boat my next, which swiftly sails.
And outstrips many a barge. My whole Is used to cut my first
However thick it may be A very useful thing am I,
As quickly you will see.
No. 01. — A Few Biblical Conundrum*.
(n) At what time of the day was Adam born?
'!•) U"l: it kind of sweetmeats did the? have in tho arkf
(c) What is the moat unequal contest men- tioned in the Bible I
(d) When did Ruth treat Boaz badly!
(e) Who can be said to be nobody's child?
(f) How many neckties had Job?
(g) Which of the animals took the most into the ark?
(h) Where were walking sticks first intro duced? (i) At what season did Eve eat tho apple?
No. 62. — Half Squar*.
(a) A leather bag.
(b) Methods of working.
(c) Settled again.
(d) Elegies.
(e) Things of importance.
(f) Essential oils obtained from roses.
(g) Nails.
(h) Parts of the feet.
(i) Finish.
(j) Of the same kind.
(k) A letter.
No. 63. — Poctlc:il Charade.
My lady Jane had called for my first,
And the curtains, cozy and warm, Glowed red in the twilight, shutting out
The sight of the thick snow storm.
Two little boys with my second played,
With the help of my lady Jane And an ivory ball ; and they missed and laughed,
Then tried the trick over again.
But my first is ready, my second waits.
On the ground all the playthings roll, And the children, tired out with their game,
Are taking my first from my whole.
No. 04. — A Spring Time Pyratald.
Arrange as a pyramid tho sentence below, and find out tho word which reaches from the point to the foundation stone. It will be found to be a spring tide festival, suitable more or less to the subject of the sentence:
"Sweet spring at last is bursting tho Arctic chains. Genial breezes refresh us sometimes. Tho snow drop is gone. It has given place to the many later favorites, as daffodils and primroses. Birds, such as wo all do love, provide music rare, and we should bo joyful indeed were it not that we know winter de- parts not with the daffodils. Rude blasts have yet to roar around the garden. Fly away, winter! fly away I"
N. B.— Great care must be taken to arrange all tho letters in strictly level lines, and the letters of each line must be exactJy below those of the lino above, and exactly above those in the lines below, or confusion will l>e the result. Tho letter S will, of course, be the highest point of tho pyramid.
No. »;.">. — Anagram*.
(a) Got a scant religion.
(b) Shame proud Caty.
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(c) Rare mad frolio.
(d) One-half bias.
(e) Queer as mad,
(f) Mad policy.
(g) Lady mine, (b) Cnesty.
(i) Chasty.
(j) Boy Ned.
(k) Tea slops.
(1) One hug. (m) Norse cat.
(n) City life.
No 66. — Arithmetical Fuzzle.
There was a poor man called Johannes Bull, Who children did possess, a quiver full; And who yet managed somehow to scratch on, By the true help of daughter and of son. Six little workers had he, each of whom Earned something for the household at the loom. I will not tell you how much each did gain, For I'm a puzzler, and I don't speak plain; But, as I would you should possess a clew, Home tell tale facts I'll now disclose to you. Week after week, Jane, Ann, Joe, Bet, Rose, Jim, Earn ten and tenpeace, father says, for him, And in this way: The eldest daughter, Jane, Gains seven pcuce more than sister Ann can gain; Ann eiglitpence morn than Joe; while .Too can get By his endeavor.; .- i ','(lian !!>•!;
Bet, not so old, earns not so much as thu.se, But by her hands gets fourpeuce more than Rose; Rose, though not up to Jane, yet means to thrive, And every week beats Jim by pennies five.
Now, say what each child worker should receive When father draws the cash on pay day eve?
No. 67.— Pictorial Puzzle.
No. 68. — Conundrums.
(a) Old Mother Twitchett she had but one eye, And a very long tail which she always let fly; And every time she went over a gap,
She left a great piece of her tail in a trap.
(b) What ice becomes in the heat of the sun, Is given the soldier by beat of drum.
(c) Black we are, but much admired ; Men seek us out till they get tired; We tire the horse, but comfort man. Tell us this riddle if you can.
No. 6D. — Dcoupitntion. Cut off my head, and singular I am ;
Cut off my tail, and plural I appear; Cut off both head and tail, and, wondrous f.-icf , Although my middle's left, there's nothing
there. What is my head?— a sounding sea;
What Is my tail? -a flowing rivor; In ocean's greatest depths I fearless play, Parent of sweet ast sounds, though mute for- ever.
No. 70. — Word Progressions.
I am a thing, which once was borne aloft, Over the hill, the woodland, and the croft; Yet I, who thus could rise like any lark. Am now the servant of a banker's clerk.
Add but a litter, or, it may be, twain,
And changes yet more strange shall I sustain,
As thus: ajieap of copper I become,
If c and e are added to my sum;
And if a sacred mount you give to me. Cash am I still, and mount to £ s. d. But pounds and shillings, yea, and pennies fall, If u r y are tacked upon my taiL
No. 71.— Pictorial Proverb.
No. 73.— Acrostic.
(5 letters.)
Anyplace of public contest; to paralyze; fleshy ; a tertiary deposit on the banks of the Rhine; pertaining to a brittle, gray colored metal; to look steadfastly; to follow; tryst; obscure; to sing; an appointed place of meet- ing ; a weapon ; true.
Primals: Excusing.
Third letters dowii: a dependent.
No. 73. — Kiiigma In Prose..
I am a word of three letters, an animal's name. Add a planet to me, and you will dis- cover Sirius. Take it away, and replace it with a flower, and you will discover the ex- quisite piak tinted wild rose of the hedges. Change it once more and link mo to another order and you will perceive a purple scent- less blossom. Substitute a fish, and you will find in me one of the lesser shark tribe. Add me. to the 4th of July and llth of August inclu- sive, and I shall represent the hottest season. Add four letters to me, and I will recite the worst of bad verse to you ; replace these by three other letters, and I will show you a stubborn disposition ; alter these to two others, and I represent a tenet. Set mo on fire and I give you an ancient form of grate. In my crude form J ain the recognised emblem of
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fidelity, and am monumentally represented so. I am the guardian of your flocks and herds, and of your threshold, under which guise I am represented at Pompeii. I follow your steps with pertinacity, am ofttimes slain in your service, and sometimes by your own hand. I rescue you from fire, water and snow. I get to the lowest depth of weariness in your behalf, and yet your gratitude is evinced by making my name a mere byword of reproach.
No. 74.— Conundrum*.
(a) Why is the nose on your face like v in civility? '
(b) Why is conscience like the check string of a stage?
(c) What snuff taker is that whose box gets fuller the more pinches he takes?
Mi If a tough beefsteak could speak, what English poet would it mention?
(e) What question is that to which you must positively answer "yes?"
(0 Why is an author the most wonderful man in the world?
No. 75.— for WlMt Hearts.
Take twenty lines, and put in the first Fomething hot and comfortable, though dan- gerous.
, In the second write down Abram's home of ol.L
In the third we will have the light of the body.
In the fourth set down a very base word.
In the fifth put what no one likes, or ever will
Jot down for jour sixth word what is on every thorn.
And for your seventh lay down two-thirds of half a dozen.
While three-fourths of an arch shall be your eighth word.
The ninth is the earliest navigator we know of.
The tenth is how best to prosper.
The eleventh is a clang word for something to eat
And the twelfth is our own noble selves.
We ought to eschew the thirteenth.
While the fourteenth wo need not eschew If we are temperate, but it is of ten dangerout like number one.
The fifteenth word is two-thirds of our mother.
The sixteenth is a girl's name.
And the seventeenth a thing's designation,
The «-i^l,t.'.-nth is half a nose.
The nineteenth no man ever saw the end of.
In tho twentieth and last place, or line, write down what you ought never to be— qerer, never, never I
When these are set down one beneath an- other, read the first letters, and you will find tho two great factions, or parties, who di- vided Italy and Germany so much in the Middle Ages ; and by reading the last letters you will find a most useful building, erected by Charles II, where better work is done than slitting throats for barren glory.
No. 76. — Word Syncopations. Take an age from to supply with air, and leave a goddess; take a Hebrew measure from a perfumed liquid, and leave a kind of shell ; take edges from to shrink, and leave a plant of the cabbage family ; take an pninml from an assistant and leave a fish.
No. 77.— The Hidden Poet.
My first is in willow, and never in ash; My next is in wound, but not in a gash; My third is in wormwood, yet never in pall : My fourth's in the landlord, but not in his hall; My next's in the throstle, but not in her mate, My sixth's in all women, yet never in Kate ; My seventh's in tho tongue, but it's not in tho head; My eighth is in slumbers, but not in one's bed; My ninth is in scarlet, but not in red cl«-ak ; My last's in a hammer, but not in its stroke. Together, my letters a poet declare, Who once wore the laurel about his white hair.
No. 78. — Enigmatical Animal*.
An affirmative and continually. A ma- son's implement an! a morsel. Uninhabited and an old game at ball. A mottled appear- ance in wood and to steep in lye.
No. 79.— Pictorial Rebus.
No. 80.— Riddle*.
(a) How can you spell George with one letter?
(b) Why is S a noisy lettter? Why is love, like a canal boat?
!•!> Why is snuff Uke the letter §?
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Thonghts Wise and Otherwise.
What a distressing thing it is, as soffls ona has said, that there are men who positively can't, any one of them, open their mouths without putting their foot in it.
Some one asks: What is the difference be- tween a coat and a baby? To which the answer has been given : The one I wear, the other I was, A punster adds: That, ah] must be the reason why, ah! ladies like them both, as they are all given to, ah! pet a baby, also, to a(h) ! pet-a-coat.
An Old Proverb Kevisccl. "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise!" That's what you say really; well, we're not quite so sura of this, but there is one thing we are quite decided about, namely :
Go to bod late, and get up again early, Makes a man stupid, seedy and surly. It's all right; we've tried it.
Do Yon See ItT
A lady who was often visited by a gentle- man, sometimes at rather unseemly hours even, was asked if ho were — ahem! — any re- lation. She replied: "That gentleman's mother is my mother's only child." Do you eee it? He was her son — her male child— her offspring.
A Specimen of Ciphering. You 0 my 0, I 0 thee; Oh, 0 no 0, but 0 me, And let your 0 my 0 be, ThengiveOOIOthee.
A Cute Customer.
Justice — Do you know that yon an charged with the theft of a poor laborer's dinner?
Tramp — Yes, sirl
J.— And did you know that yon violated the law?
T. — No, sir! It was a case of necessity, and necessity knows no law. — Boston Bud- get,
I Answered.
"Have you any data on which to base fl prognostication of the duration of the pres- ent period of excessive caloric in the circum- ambient atmosphere?" asked a young woman with spectacles of a man at the Union station yesterday. "Yes'ra," was tho reply, "the next train for Boston leaves in half an hour * — Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Ho Temptation.
"And BO you have brought my beautiful Alphonso home, have you, like an honest man, instead of keeping him yourself, as you might easily have done!" said the delighted lady as she fondled the poodle. "Were you not strongly tempted fro keep the darling creature?"
"No, mum," replied the incorruptible man, as he pocketed the $5 reward. "It weren't no temptation. I couldn't have sold his hido for two bits at this season of the year, mmm" —Chicago Tribune.
No. 81.— Who or "What Was It and WlicreT
God mado Adam out of dust, But thought best to make ino first, Bo I was mode before tho man, To answer God's most holy plan. My body he did make complete, But without Legs or Arms or Feet* I did my Maker's laws obey; From them I never went astray, But God did something in me see. And put a living soul in me, That soul of me my God di J claim, And when from mo that soul had fled, I was the same as when first made, And without hands or feet or soul, I travel now from pole to pole. To fallen man I give great light. Thousands of people, young and old, Jlay, by my death, great light behold; To heaven I can never go, Nor to the grave or hell below.
No. 82. — Illustrated Conundrum.
No. 83. — Riddle In Prose.
I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to bo In- valuable. Always out of tune, yet ever in voice; invisible, though clearly seen in the midst of a river. I have threo associates in vice, and could name three who are In love with me. Still it is in vain you seek me, for I have long been in heaven, and even now lie embalmed in the grave.
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No. 84.— Enigma by Cowper.
I am Just two and two, I am warm, I am cold, And the parent of numbers thct cannot be told. I'm lawfully unlawful, a duty, a fault. Exceeding dear, good for nothing when bought, A - extraordinary boon, and a matter of course, A .J yielded with pleasure when taken by force.
No. 85.— Arithmetical Puzzle.
Tho sum of four figures in value will be, Above seven thousand nine hundred aud three; But when they are halved, you'll find very fair The su. i will be nothing, in truth I declare.
No. 86. — Enigma. My first is in nun and not in some. My second la in nap and not in fun. . My third is in pay and not in debt. My fourth is in bone and not in bet. My fifth is in love and not in hatred. My sixth is in blue and also in red. My seventh is in boat and not in ship. My eighth is in hand and not in whip. My whole la the name of a great conqueror.
No. 87. — Conundrums.
(a) There's a word composed of three letters alon« Which reads backwards and forwards the
MB*. It expresses the sentiments warm from th«
heart, And to beauty lays principal claim !
(b) What word is it which by changing a •ingle letter becomes its own opposite?
(c) When a boy falls into the water what in the first thing be does!
(d) What is that which la pat on the tabl* and cut, but never eaten!
(e) At what time was Adam married?
(0 What is the difference between twic« twenty -two and twice two and twenty?
(g) A room with eight corners had a cat in each corner, seven cats before each cat and a cat on ev, f \ it's tail What was the total Dumber c'. •; ?
(h) Wh:.1 i '. at which the more you take from It the i.r v it growil
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Astrono » i derful,
And lull . ..ting, 2; The eart volves around the RUB
Which makes a year 4 you,
Tho moon Is dead and calm. By law of phys 6 great;
It's 7 where the stars alive Do nightly scintU 8.
If watchful Providence be 9 With good in 10 lions fraught,
Di 1 not kwsp up IU grand design, We soon would come to 0.
Astronomy H 1 derful.
But It's 8 80 4 1 man 2 group, and that is wh/
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No. 88.— A Charade Letter by Charles Fox.
Permit mo, madam, with tho profoundest respect, for once to come uncalled into your presence, and, by dividing myself, add greatly to my consequence.
So exalted am I in tho character of my" first that I have trampled upon the prido of kings, and the greatest potentates up .n earth have bowed doTvn to embrace mo, yet the dirtiest kennel, in tho dirtiest street, is not too foul to have me for its inmato.
In my second, what infinite variety? I am rich as tho eastern nabob, yet poor as the weeping object of your benevolence; I am mild and gentle as the spring, yet savage as tho wintry blast ; I am young, beautiful and blooming, yet deformed and wretched. From tho highest authority, madam, I daro prove I am your superior, though few aro tho in- stances that prove it, and tea thousand the
proofs against it. I am ; but you ore
tired, and wish my reunion; it is done, and my consequence is lost, and I have no other merit than remaining, as at first, your most obedient servant, THE WHOLE.
No. 89. — Syncopations.
I am composed of six letters:
Without my 1, 2, 3, I am part of a lock.
Without my 4, I am tho miser's god.
Without my 5, 6, I am a member of th« Roman Catholic church.
Without my 1, 4, 5, 6, I am a preposition.
Without my 2, 3, 4, 5, I am a pronoun.
Without my 3, 4, 5, 0, I am tho initials of one of tho United States.
My whole is an animal of South America.
No. 00.— Hour Glass,
(a) Merchants.
(b) To lift.
(c) Frozen water.
(d) A consonant. (c) A fish.
(f) A stoves
(g) Cut.
Centrals read down— A celebrated English novelist.
Left diagonals— Fell in drops. Right diagonals— Searchers.
No. 01.— Mathematical Puzzle.
An old woman, carrying eggs to market In a basket, met an unruly fellow, who broke them. Being taken before a magistrate, ho was ordered to pay for them, provided the woman could tell how many she had; but •he could only remember that in counting them into tho basket by twos, by threes, by fours, by fives and by sixes there always re- mained one, but by counting them in by •evens there were none remaining. Now, in this caae, how was th« number to be ascer- tained!
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Wo. 02.— Word Building.
Two lines containing a total of sixteen words can be made from the following: Y y uryyubicuryy for me.
Ko. 03. — The Grasping landlord.
Suppose a certain landlord had eight ap- ple trees around his mansion, around these eight houses of his tenants, around these ten pear trees-phe wants to have the whole of the pear trees to himself, and allot to each of his tenants one of his apple trees in their place. How must ho construct a fence or kedge to accomplish it?
No. 94.— PI.
Stlrf eth lube dan tehn eth rowshej Stingrub dub, dan slingmi lerwof ; Bkorob tes efre hwit kinglint rign; Drisb oto lufl fo gons ot gins; Bcrip dol seveal tiras hiwt dripe, Weerh eht dirnit stoveli heid — Lai hingst darey hwit a ilwl — Palir's mognic pu eht lihll
No. 05. — Riddle in Rhyme.
Ever running on my race, Never staying at one place, Through the world I make my tour, Everywhere at the same hour. If you please to spell my name, Reversed or forward 'tis the same?
No. 06. — Combination Star. 1
4 . . Y. . 5
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Prom 1 to 2, a braggart; from 1 to 3, mates happy; from 2 to 3, argues rationally; from 4 to 5, the principal gold coins of ancient Greece; from 4 to 6, to satisfy; from 5 to 6, the shortening of a long syllable.
No. 07.— Words Within Words.
(a) An animal in a candle.
(b) A path in a star.
(c) A stream of water in fruit.
(d) A crime in clergymen.
(e) An owl's cry in tree branches.
(f) A sign in a cosmetic.
(g) A propeller in what it was made from.
No. 08.— Charade.
My first from the Greek meaning "love,1 My second's one vowel alone. My third was an oracle famous, My fourth like my second, I own. My whole is a friendly old city, That quite prides itself on its -'tone."
No. 00. — Entangled Scissors
This is an old but a capital puzzle. A piece of double twine is fastened to a pair of scis- sors (as shown in the cut), and both the ends aro held with the hand, while some person extricates the scissors from the twine.
No. 100. — Beheadings.
(a) Behead a tree, and leave roguish, (b) Behead on high, and leave a gallery in a church, (c) Behead thrown violently, and leave an organ of the body, (d) Behead a preposition, and leave a contest, (e) Behead a pronoun, and leave belonging to us. (f) Behead to efface, and leave to destroy, (g) Behead to reproach, and leave a relative, (h) Behead to annoy, and leave comfort, (i) Behead an occurrence, and leave to give utterance to.
The beheaded letters will spell the name of a famous general, beloved by all Americans.
No. 101. — Gentlemen and Their Servants.
Three gentlemen are going over a ferry with their three servants, who conspire to rob them, if they can get one gentleman to two of them, or two to three, on either side of the ferry. They have a boat that will only carry two at once; and either a gentle-
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manor ft WfVt&tAUtt bring back the boat each time a cargo of them goes over. How can th« gentlemen get orcr with all their •errant) so as to avoid an attack!
Ko. 1O2.— Hidden Author**
I was sitting Idly in my study, WfoTD A blazing fire, about en Hour before dinner, when, according to my physician's directions, I rang the bell and ordered my tonic, "Yes, sir," answered my old and very valued serv- ant, who had been my cellarmen (a) for years; "how do y>u find yourself, sir?" •'Very well, I thank you, John," replied I; "except for a slight pain in my brow (b), I was never better." "I'm glad of it, sir," he answered, "for Dick is very anxious to know when you intend to resume the chose "Ni-xt week, I IJOJK?," saiil I, "and I hope my old fashioned body dl) is ready for me to wear." "Ay, ay, sir," replied John, "but 'tis looking terribly whitish black (e) at the seams." "Never mind, John," said I, "'tis an old friend. And what's Hannah got for my dinnerP "She has got a leg of young mutton (0, sir," he replied. "Then tell her to cook it in hot water (g)," said I; "and beg her not to forget that I like a slice of dried salt pork (h) afterward, and above all things let lier be quick (i) about it. Just mention to her, by the way, that the shrimp sauce yesterday was rather husky (j)." "Yes, sir," answered faithful John, closing the door. "And now," said 1, poking the cheery flre, "I don't envy even Pio Mono (k) himself, with such a dinner awaiting me, a cozy chair, a good fire and twelve good authors whom 1 have already mentioned tt» keep me company.*
No. 103. — Transposition. Read me aright, I'm useful to cooks; But by transposition, draw boys from their
bookH:
A rain transposed, then me you would shout Most lustily after a thief, I've DO doubt; Transpose but once more, and I may be found la each street of the cily. both steadfast and
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No. 1O4. — A Doable Arroctio.
mniAUB *5D rtxAi.8. Tbese two disclose an order new
Lately of science born. WnoM eUicU, whether false or true,
Beach us. each ui^ht and morn.
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(a) la forest dim. If one this sound should hear, He might in terror fly or crouch In abject fear.
(b) lie bids adieu to comforts, friends and home, Through arctic saows and deserts drear to
(d) A homely crop, though vef? good, And used by man and beast for food.
(e) Behold my fifth's a woman's name, Which, back and forth, Is spelled the same.
(f) Aloft on craga Trhlch join the skies,
This home may greet your searching eyes, (f) What we all seek and pray that Heaven may
eend, Alas! we rarely find It till the end.
No. 105. — The Carpenter's Puztle.
(c) A poet of Italy 1 1 hero,
WbuM name ut uuaic to the «ar.
A ship having sprung a leak at sea, and be- ing in great danger, tho carpenter could find nothing to mend it with except a piece of wood of which the accompanying cut is a correct representation. The black dots in it represent holes in the wood, thus apparently preventing him from cutting out of it the sized piece he wanted, which was exactly one- fourth of its own size, having no holes in it Can you tell how the square piece was cut from the board*
No. IOC. — Charades.
(a) My first's a prop, my second's a prop and my whole is a prop.
(L) What 1 do, what I do not and what yon are.
(c) My first Is equality, my second inferi- ority, my whole superiority.
(d) He can, seldom obtain my first, who labors for my second, and few like to do my whole,
(e) My first Is wise and foolish, my second the physician's study, my whole the pleasant- est ornament of a house.
(f) My whole is under my second and sur- rounds my first.
(g) When you stole my first, I lost my second, and 1 wish you may ever possess my •whole.
(h) My first dreads my second, for my second destroys my first, while many delight In my wuol*.
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No. 107.— Enlgraa.
Things In my first ore always told. My second smacks of matters old. My third is ever bought and sold In shops or in the market cold.
Or, If you like it, on a stalk,
When in the summer fields you vralk.
My first you'll notice, ripening fast;
My next's an adverb of the past:
My third in mart or ware house sfanda,
And is forever changing hands;
My whole it has a luckless lot,
It almost always goes to pot.
No. 108. — Half Square.
Foreshown; displaced; a symbol; pertain* Ing to the sun; to declare; a jewel; a nick- name; a consonant.
No. 109.— A Riddle iii Rhyme.
We are little airy creatures.
Each have different forms and features;
One of us in glass is set.
Another you will find hi Jet;
A third, less bright, is set in tin,
A fourth a shining box within;
And the fifth, if you pursue,
It will never fly from you.
No. 110. — A Remarkable Monogram.
You are requested to state what word It Is, of only three syllables, which combines in it twenty-six letters. While you are consid- ering an answer to this conundrum, your at- tention is called to the picture above, of the gentleman with the parasol and hand port- manteau. It presents a monogram of the twenty-sir letters of the alphabet,
none of which are turned backward. To a quick mind it also suggests a reply to the opening query.
No. 111. — Two Diamonds 1. A consonant. 2. A garden tool 3. Parts of speech. 4. The terminus. 5. A con- sonant.
1. In chest. 2. A beverage. 3. Shelters. 4. Consumed. 5. In chest.
No. 112. — Conundrums.
(a) What letter in the Dutch alphabet will name an English lady of title?
(b) What word of six letters contains six words beside itself, without transporting a letter?
(c) Is there a word in the English language that contains all the vowels?
(d) Why is quizzing like the letter D on horseback?
(e) What Christian name, besides Anna, reads the same both ways?
No. 113.— Enigma.
I may be either alive, dead, or inanimate. In the first case I can be either curved, straight, or crumpled; in the second 1 may bo of any form, but especially hollow; in my last my appearance is rather circumscribed, but it is the most pleasing of my forms I wear no coat, yet sometimes 1 have a but- ton, and a cape is named after me. I have no head, but am possessed of a mouth, and sometimes of a tongue, and can give utter- ance to sounds without the latter; and, truly, I must bo a poor one of my kind if I cannot speak. In one sense I am generally in pairs, and in another never can appear in more than twenty-six weeks of the year. I can, when alive, inflict severe wounds, and when inanimate, in bad hands, can cause pain (to the ear). In one sense I give light, in an- other I protect it I am not averse to gayety, for I used of ten to appear at festive boards; no band is complete without me, and I am often mentioned in connection with plenty. But for all this, in my natural state 1 am sometimes rough, always sharp, and have been the death of several people, and a place merely bearing my name seemed to have such terrors as to cause a gallant captain to desist from his voyage.
No. 114.— Transformations.
[Change one letter each move, the substi- tute retaining the same relation to the other letters in the word, and giving a legitimate word still Example — Change Wood to Coal in three moves. Answer — Wood, Wool, Cool, Coal]
(aj Change White to Bl§ck In eight isaTgS,
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(b) Chang* 5eat to Prim In eight moves.
(c) Change Hat* to Ix>ve in three moves.
(d) Change Saxe to I'ope in live moves.
(e) Change Hand to Foot in six moves.
(f) Change Blue to Pink in ten moves.
(g) Change Hard to Cosy in five moves. (h) Change Sin to Woe in three moves.
No. 115 — Anagram*. (•) Spare him not (b) March on. (O Golden land.
(d) Nine thumps,
(e) Best in prayer.
(f) Nay, 1 repent it
(g) Rare mad frolic, (h) To love ruin.
(i) Great helps.
No. 110. — A Transposition, A gentleman who was paying his addresses to a lady, at length summoned up sufficient courage to ask if they were agreeable to her, and whether he might flatter himself with a chance of ultimate success. The lady replied, "Stripes!" telling the gentleman to transpose the letters so as to form out of them another word, which word was her answer. The reader who can find out the word needs never fear being nonplused by a lady; those who cannot must either persist till they overcome the difficulty or may give up all thoughts of wooing.
No. 117.— Ea/iy Word Squares.
(a) A narrow road; a plane surface; close to; pans of the body.
(b) Not any; across; not far away; strayi from the right.
Ko. 118.— Floral Puzzle*.
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iie» of twelve flowers or plant* uiy direction one square at a 1 same square only once In each
No. 11D.— TTord Building. I am a dog, a dog of lowr degree; There is, I'm told, no noble blood in me; Bo, settle that much in your mind, my boy, Then puzzle out the name that I enjoy.
To aid you in your labors, let me say, Add e, and every sickness flies away; Turn e to I, aud then at once you'll see What the waves do when winds blow fresh
and free.
If you remove them both, and add a few, It brings a bell of eventide to view; Or if, instead, you do append an ate, A clergyman appears as sure as fate. If you would turn me into cheese, add d, If you would shorten me, 'tis done with t. If you're a horseman, 6 will help you guide The gallant quadruped which you bestride. More I could say, no doubt, but I refrain; I've said enough to make my secret plain.
No. 120. — A Box Puzzle.
A boy made a box and divided it into sev- eral compartments. The sides and partitions were alike, the floor was different. The cover was decorat/'il with a pii-turo repre- smting the shore of a certain tropical onni- try. The boy painted the box the color of his own eyes. He put in it a common table luxury, a summer garden vegetable, fruit of a foreign tree, and a very bitter substance. What nuts are represented by the box, ita aides, picture, color and contents?
No. 121.— Illustrated Rebus.
No. 122. — A Transposition.
I am a word of letters six,
"Pertaining to tho mind;" Turn me around, and I will "grieve,"
Because you are- unkind; Turn just once more, and you have mad*
"A cloak" of mo, you'll find.
No. 123.— Dropped Syllables.
Example: Drop a syllable from an event, tod leave to mark, Answer,
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(a) Drop a syllable from a kind of needle- work, and leave a mineral
(b) Drop a syllable from threatening, and leave the cry of an animal.
(c) Drop a syllable from an absconder, and leave an animal.
(d) Drop a syllable from a place of refuge, and leave a salt.
(e) Drop a syllable from a meeting, and leave to come in.
No. 124.— Kiddle.
Pour people sat down in one evening to play; They played all that eve and parted next day. Could you think when you're told, as thus
they all sat, No other played with them nor was ther«
one bet;
Yet when they rose up each gained a guinea, Though none of them lost to the amount of a
penny.
Puniana.
Great K, little K and K in a merry mood will show you two islands and a continent: Major-ca, Minor-ca and Ameri-ca.
What a pity it is when lovers fall out, isn't It? To think that hot words should produce a coolness! But, you know, everybody ia liable to the unpleasant vicissitudes of life. Even an oyster, which is one of the most placid of creatures, is liable to get into a Btew. Ah I it's stew terrible to even think of.
We remember once meeting a man who had just escaped by a miracle from being run over; he couldn't speak; his heart was . . in his mouth, and he didn't appear to like it. We met him again a week after, and he told us that for the future he intended, when he got to a crossing, to ... run over himself. Poor fellowl we trust it is still well with him.
Like which four letters of the alphabet is a honey producing insect when in small health? Like A B C D (a bee seedy).
[Therefore, not so much of A B C B (a busy bee) as usual. Poor little insect, what N-R-G it has in working; what X-L-N-C has not its hom y ; and as for its N-M-E's, they ought never to be X-Q-Z, but to find out the P-I-K-C of its sting.] No. 125. — The Bishop of Oxford's Puzzle.
All of the following are in the human body. Tell us what these may be:
I have a trunk with two lids.
Two musical instruments.
Two established measures.
A great number of things a carpenter can- not dispense with.
Have always a couple of good fish and a number of small ones.
Two lofty trees.
Two fine flowers.
Two playful
With a number of smaller less tame breeds.
A fine stag.
A great number of whips without handles.
Some weapons of warfare.
A number of weathercocks.
The steps of a hotel.
A wooden box.
The house of commons on the eve of divis- ion.
Two students.
A number of grandees to wait upon them.
Two fine buildings.
A piece of money.
The product of a caoutchquer (camphor) tree.
Two beautiful phenomena.
An article used by Titian.
A boat in which balls are held.
An article used for crossing rivers.
A pair of blades without handles.
A letter finished off with bows.
Secure fastenings for the whole.
No. 126. — An Ocean Wonder.
In the ocean's depths profound, Where is heard not human sound, Where the briuy monsters play, I am buried night and day.
Like a master working soul, Who can myriad minds control, Like the planets in their course, I contain a hidden force.
'Tis the modern men of thought That the fleeting secret caught; When a captive it *vas made, For its guidance I was laid.
Swifter than the flight of time Flashes it from clime to clime; Quick the distant nations hear What you whisper in my ear.
No. 127. — The Square and Circle Puzzle.
Get a piece of cardboard, the size and shape of the dia- gram, and punch in it twelve circles, or holes, in the po- sition shown. The puzzle is to cut the cardboard into four pieces of equal size, each piece to be of the same shape, and to con- tain three circles, without getting into any of them.
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No. 128. — Anagram.
Each anagram contains but a single word, (a) Tame cats, (b) Master hope, (c) Rosa white, (d) Lovely tin, (e) As rag man. CO Lisping Fred.
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No. 129. — ESS Enigma. Three boys, all prone to roguish jest, Drove a hen from off her nest; The eggs they stole, and home they hied, Resolved the plunder to divide. First, half of all and half an egg Was "portioned to the greatest wag; The next got half of what remained, And half an egg he, too, obtained ; The third got half of what was left And half an egg; yet none was cleft, And now to tell the poet begs, I pray you divide poor Partlett's eggs.
One Way to Light a Candle. To light a candle without touching the wick, let the candle burn uutil it has a good long snuff, then blow it out with a sudden puff, a bright wreath of white smoke will curl up from the hot wick. Now if a flame be applied to this smoke, even at a distance of two or three inches from the candle, the flame will run down the smoke and rekindle the wick in a very fantastic manner. To perform this experiment nicely, there must be no draught or "banging" doors while the mystic spell is rising.
No. 13O. — Author'* Enigma.
(a) A lion's house dug in the side of the hill where there is no water.
(b) Belongs to a monastery.
(<•) What nn oyster heap is apt to b*
(d) Always youthful you see; lint between you and me
Ho never was much of a chicken.
(e) Is any range of hills containing a cer- tain dark treasure.
(0 Humpbacked, but not deformed.
U) Brighter and smarter than the other*.
(h) I do for information,
I do for recreation,
It can music awaken,
But is easily shaken.
(i) Put an edible grain 'twixt an ant and a bee,
And a much loved poet you'll speedily
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(j) Pack very closely, never scatter,
And doing so you'll soon get at her. (k) Oliver Twist's importunate demand. (1) The witches' salutation to Macbeth. Cm) A slang exclamation.
No. 131.— Heheiulmcnt ami < urtailiuenU Cut off my hcud, and singular I am; Cutoff my tail, mid plural 1 u|,| Cut off both head and tail, and, wondrous
fact. Although my middle's left there's nothing
there, ^fbat is my hea/1 f-a ioiyidlnf M^
What is my tail ?— a flowing river; In ocean's greatest depths I fearless play, Parent of sweetest sounds, though mute for ever.
No. 132. — A Square.
Snows or hails with a mixture of rain. A small European singing bird. Complete. A puzzle. Named. Bedsteads.
No. 133.— A Pictorial Charade.
My first if 'tis lost music's not worth a straw ;
My second's most graceful (?) in old age or law,
Not to mention di- vines; but my whole cares for neither,
Eats fruit and scares ladies in fine summer weather.
No. 134.— Au Old Proverb.
A well known and very true proverb is contained in these stars. You will observe it has twenty-five letters. Two letters are given twice over in the lowest line to assist the sorely puzzled wise heads.
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Now fill up the top line with the guest whom some superstitious people don't like to have at dinner.
Put in the second line what all like on a winter day.
In the third line set down what a book is called when the sheets on which it is printed are folded into eight leaves apiece.
In the fourth what a person is who wean a mask at a ball
In the fifth a part of speech.
In the sixth a delicious wall fruit.
In the seventh what you have who ar« guessing my riddle.
In the eighth what Dover is.
If you rightly guess these eight, Ii00 will be (IJled up at a
of Pushes,
Jfo. 135. -Word Progression,
By substituting » new letter for one already In the word, make a newwordt and thus pro- graa from word to word until the desired answer ts fOtind.
Examples: Progress from Dcg to Foi in two moves; dog, fog, fox.
Progress from Dog to Man in threo moves.
Progress from Ape to Man in two moves.
Progress from Skate to Coast in seven moves.
Progress from Boy to Man in thfee moves.
Progress from Bock to Read in four moves.
No. 130.— Poetical Charade.
My first she was a serving maid — She went to fetch some tea;
How much she brought my second tells As plainly as can be.
Now when the answer you have found,
Name it to others too; My whole is just the very thing,
In telling them, you'll do.
No. 137. — An Enigma In Prose.
I am such an indispensable part of your being that a mortal creature cannot exist without me. Yet I am not exclusively of an animal nature, for the earth owns me as well. I am to be met with at Vesuvius and Etna, only yon would never be able to ap- proach near enough to see me. So you must look for me in rivers, where you will always discover me (just where you will not find me in the animal kingdom), the farthest from the head. I dwell in all caves of the earth, and in all pits, whether of coal or ore. Not even a cannon is made without me, for I am where men seek the "bubble reputation." I am large and long in the shark and alligator, small in the crab and caterpillar, deep and wide in jar and jug, long and elliptic in the human race, round in the ray and the skate, and triangular in the leech. With all the animal race I am movable, generally noisy, and can open or close at will, but in inani- mate nature I am generally noiseless and perpetually open. I dwelt in Venice, and through my means the secret messages to the Inquisition passed! I was in Egypt with Memnon, making musio when the sun touched me. In short, if the eyes are called the windows of the soul, I may be very justly considered as its portal.
No. 138.— Divided Words.
EXAMPLE: Separate a certain kind of cloth, and make a humble dwelling and a measure. Answer, cot-ton.
1. Separate a cloister and make to study and a small aperture. 2. Separate a very hard •ubstance, and make a masculine name and an insect. 3. Separate an ornament, and
make part of a bottle find a delicate fabric. 1 Separate the corner of a leaf in a book, turned down, and make certain animals and epikes of cofn. 5, Separate a city in British India, and make fortune and at this time. 0. Separate a certain part Of tile day, and male? tmooth and current. 7. Separate ftii island in the North Atlantic, and mako fashioned and a masculine name. 8. Separate reci- procal succession, and make to change and a people. 9. Separate renders keen, and mako acid and entity.
The initials of the first words will spell the name of a religious festival celebrated on Feb. 2. The initials of the second words will spell the name of a saint whose festival oo curs on Feb. 14.
No. 139. — Bcheadment and Curtailment.
There is a little third, his name is discontent.
Who second through the world, On mischief ever bent.
Few totals of trne pleasure,
In busy hours or leisure,
But troubles without measure Have we when by him rent.
140. — Cardboard Puzzle.
Take a p<ece 01 cardboard or leather of the shape and measurement indicated by the diagram. Cut it in such a manner that you yourself may pass through it, still keening it in one piece.
No. 141. — An Arithmetical Problem.
Add the figure 2 to 191 and make the an- swer less than 20.
No. 142. — Conundrums, (a) What kin is that child to his own father, who is not his own father's son? (b) When did Moses sleep five in a bed? (c) How many Bof t boiled eggs could the giant Goliath eat upon an empty stomach?
No. 143. — Quaint and Curious.
(a) I only knew she came and went,
(b) Like troutlets in a pdol ;
(c) She was a phantom of delight,
(d) And I was like a fool.
(e) One kiss, dear maid, I said, and sighed, If) Out of those lips
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(g) She shook her ringlets round her head (h) And laughed in merry scorn.
(i) Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky;
(j) You heard them, O my heart ;
(k) Tis twelve at night by the castle clock,
(1) Beloved, we must part.
(m) "Come back, come back P she cried In
grief,
fn) My eyes are dim with tears— H Row shall I live through all the days! (p) All through a hundred years?
No. 144. — Double Acrostic
Tropical fruits; to infuse; a sirn of the Zodiac; a feminine name; a carnivorous ani- mal found in Java.
Primals, a part of the body.
Finals, a weight.
Connected, a brown stone.
No. 145. — An Easy Charade My first is a little bird. My second is a large bird. My whole combines the two.
No. 140. — A Diamond.
A letter; a Spanish coin formerly current In Ireland; currency; dyed; an order of plants; scolded; a part of Arabia; performed; a letter.
No. 147.— A Picture Puzzle.
No. 14». — The Famous Forty-fire. How can number 45 be divided Into four •och part* that if to the first part you odd a, from tlio second part you subtract 2, the thir'l |>art you multiply by 2 and the fourth part you divide by 2, the sum of the addi- tion, the remainder of the subtraction, the
product of the multiplication and the quo- tient of the division be all equal?
No. 149.— Enigma.
In carpet, not in rug; In fish, not in bug; In fry, not in bake; In itch, not in ache; In come, not in sent; In take, not in lent: My whole is a continent.
No. 150.— Tangle for Sharp Wit*.
My first is a thing that a tailor oft uses; A cart cannot go when my second it loses; The pauper complains that he has not my next, And is deep In my fourth, and so sorely perplext; Jly fifth's half amused, and that's better tbao
weeping: My sixth throuen a great Russian city goes
creeping;
My next is a tree by King Solomon prized; My eighth a grand virtue to which we're advised; My ninth's an old weapon— not sword, shield or
lance; My tenth is three-fifths of the first stream In
France;
My next brings a Mush to an Austrian's face, And my last's a Spring dose, very good In iU
place.
Arrange all these doze^as well as you can, And the first letters show an effeminate man; The last gives the name of a Sunday that's dear To every good child in the spring of the year.
No. 151. — The Three Jealous Husbands. Three jealous husbands, A, B and C, with their wives, being ready to pass by night over a river, find at the water side a boat which can carry but two at a time, and for want of a waterman they are compelled to row themselves over the river at several times. The question is, how those six per- sons shall pass, two at a time, so that none of the three wives may be found in the com- pany of one or two men, unless her husband be present?
No. 152. — A Plebeian Waltzer.
I gayly danco with my thousand feet. Making the home a place more neat; When my partner sings 'tis a waltz complete.
Sometimes I suddenly stand on my head; The spider beholds this caper with drra.l, For destruction upon his work 'twill shed.
When the dance is done and the fun fs o'er, My partner leads me behind the door, Where I wait till called again on the floor.
No. 153. — A Diamond.
1. A consonant 2. A constellation. 3. A weapon. 4. Her pile of hay. 5. A vegeta- ble. 0. A,unit 7. A consonant
Read up and down and across through thf
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center of the diamond and find the name of an English poet.
No. 154. — Anagram.
N. B. Gain ten. Steve Burd. Can I let Maud? Chain me pets. M.
No. 155. — An Enigma.
My first upon my second's deck "Departing, waved his hand. Ijcried, "My first, if 'scaping wreck,
My second reach the land, Wherein your future lot is cast, Know that till death my whole shall last!"
No. 156.— Illustrated Rebus.
Anecdote of a Bishop's Wife.
Have you heard the tale of the bishop's wife, who, when she had been shopping, had her purchases put into her carriage, and was going away without paying until stopped by the counter gentleman. "Do you know who I am?" indignantly asked she; "I am the bishop's lady." "Can't help that mum," re- plied the counter gent, "you couldn't have 'em without paying for 'era if you was hia wife!"
Small but Troublesome.
My first is a bit of butter.
My next a bit of mutton, My whole a little shutter, Put on to pinch a glutton.
A but-ton.
Now, what is a button? A small event that is always coming off.
Acrostic.
A monitor which most folk prize, W hoso precepts all too much despise; A racer set 'gainst time to run, T hat beating is itself outdone; C hained or tied, yet night and day H astening wherejlt should not stay
No. 157. — Poetical Conundrum.
I paint with colors, I fly without wings,
I people the air with most fanciful things;
I hear sweetest musio where no sound ia heard,
And eloquence moves me, nor utters a word.
The past and the present together I bring,
The distant and near gather under my wing.
Far swifter than lightning my wonderful flight,
Through the sunshine of day, or the dark- ness of night;
And those who would find me, must find me, indeed,
As this picture they scan, and this poesy read.
No. 158. — Literary Anagrams. In the first column are found the names of ten books; in the second column the namea of their authors:
(a) Serablis Meles,
(b) Four drum,unite al,
(c) Nee them cows,
(d) Povit L'academ,
(e) Nox's cat,
(f) Hove in a
(g) Pery in hoi
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be halt,
(i) Let retta rhelect's, (j) Vest wil riot,
(a) Touch Vigor,
(b) Nickdes,
(c) Harat Cyke,
(d) Lambwck,
(e) T. Welly Rubton,
(f) Wits rest car lot,
(g) Go fowl, Nell, (h) Grown vin hit in
gas,
(i) Hot war hen, (j) Di-Necks.
No, 159.— Pictorial Proverb.
No. ICO. — Double Acrostic.
My first is a very common two wheeled ve- hicle.
My second is an ancient city, captured "by Joshua.
My third is a king, rather mad, but made worse by the unkindness of his children,
My fourth is a sound in the singer's scale.
My fifth enters into every agreement that if made.
My sixth is the sign of the genitive case.
My last is found plentifully in the woods. Take the first letters, and they form thj
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name of a flat bottomed vessel, generally used as a bomb ship against forts or bat- teries erected on the coast Take tho lost Mini, and they form the name of a singular quadruped.
No. 101. — An Enigma. My first in bill, but not in check. My second in build, but not in wreck. My third in love, but not in hate. My fourth in line, but not in bate. My fifth in sandal, but not in shoe. My sixth in yellow, but not in bluo. My seventh in tiger, but not in bunny. My whole is a writer, baldheaded and funny.
No. 162.— Kiddle*.
(a) Who had the first entrance into a the- atre?
(b) What is that which denotes the state of tho mind and the body?
(c) Why are stout gentlemen prone to melancholy?
(d) Why is a joke like a chicken?
(c) Why is it almost certain that Shake- speare was a broker?
(f) When is a fast young man nearest heaven?
(3) What is it wa all of ten say we will do and nobody has ever yet done?
(u) Why do little birds in their nests agree?
(i) When is love deformed 1
(j) When does a fanner double up a sheep without hurting it?
(k) Why is a kiss like a rumor?
(1) What confection did they have in tho ark?
(m) I live upon my own substance and die when I have devoured myself.
(n) Why is a dog biting bis tail like a good manager?
To Stand an Egg Upright.
Tho unceremonious manner in which the great navigator performed this feat by breaking one end of the egg, is familiar to all who have read the anecdote of Columbus and the egg. Evidently at that time it was considered impossible to stand an egg on its point But a modern genius declares it may may bo done thus: Take an egg (a long one IB best), shake it well so as to break tho yolk and mix it with tho white; then with a "steady band'' balance it on its broad end upon a smooth, even surface, glass or slate being best.
No. 163. — A Showman'* Cemetery.
(Many animals collected from all parts of the globe are buried here. Find them.)
To a drama reader, Mine Heir; You being A bachelor of Oxford, I Infer, retarded "E'er
True," or attempted, on Keystone's denounce ment of it, to squelch or secrete a famous effort But I, German that 1 am, cannot be arbitrarily crushed by your bulldoze, but will seize bravely my opportunity, and Abel Kasson & Co. will produce my musical farce, with sceuio attractions, on the Buck- ingham stage. All amateurs, able critics, here or o'er the sea, love to applaud my In- do-English artistic effects. My partner, Lovejoy — a kinsman of mine— emulating Nueland, has sold, in the boxes, his wines, lo 1 these many years, and each eve, we, as elder brothers, share the spoils.
O. 164. — A Charade for Young Folks.
The roseate clouds drift through the sky*
The sun goes down; And soft tho total's gentle cry
Sounds through the town
A second is he, wise and old,
So people say; Who carries with him, I've been told.
First, white and gray,
To sprinkle on all wakeful eyes —
Black, bluo or brown ; As on his busy round ho hies
Straight through the town.
."so. 165. — A Diamond
(£) ,A letter, (b) A preposition, (c) Inner parts of things, (d) An instrument used by dentists, (e) A fine kind of chinaware. (f) To choose again, (g) Interval (h) To rest (i) A letter.
No. 166.— A Rlddlo In Rhyme. I'm the offspring of shame, by modesty bred,
I'm the symbol of virtue and vice; Neither written nor printed, yet constantly
red; A critic discerning and nice.
I'm a marplot, and terribly self willed withal,
I'm not to be argued or tasked; And although I obey not a positive call,
I. come when not wanted or asked.
xso. 167. — Problem of Money.
Place ten half dimes in a row upon a table. Then taking up any ono of the series place it upon some other, with this proviso, that you pass over just one dime. Repeat this till thcro is no single half dimo left
No. 168. — Beheadings.
(a) Behead to impute, and leave a Jewish
r of the law.
(b) A premium given for a privilege, and leave tho burden.
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(B) An arch on a beam, and leave a car- bonaceous mineral, highly electrical and gen- erally transparent.
(d) The plain part of a column, and leav» trouble.
No. 169. — Pictorial Decapitation*
Behead the first word in each lino to find the second ; then behead the second to find the third.
Several Swallows.
The proverb says ''One swallow does not make spring," but the proverb is certainly wrong when the swallow is one gulp at a big boiling hot cup of tea in a railway station, as, if that one swallow docs not make one spring, wo should bo glad to hear what does.
A traveler writes from Naples: "Standing on Castle Elrno, I drank in the whole sweep of the bay." What a swallow the writer must have.
But perhaps tho queerest feat In the eating and drinking line ever recorded is that of a man who commenced by boltiug a door, after which he threw up a window, aiid then sat down and swallowed a whole story I
Varieties in Prose.
A cannibal's favorite soup is a "broth of a boy."
A pretty, well made, fashionable girl and a thrifty housekeeper are alike; for each makes a great bustle about a small waist.
When a man attempts to jump a ditch and falls, he is likely to miss the beauties of sum- mer. Because the fall follows right after the spring, unless he makes a summer set be- tv. it'll them.
No. 170.— Enigmatical Writeiw
My first was famed for beauty; My second bids you seek ; My third, a brave old soldier, For tariff bold did speak. My whole, a noble woman With earnest mind, essayed To ask for justice to a race Whom man for greed betrayed.
No. 171. — Anasram of Authors, (a) Tell Mary Bill can win.U. (b) Reient her blow, (c) We rule a tobogin. (d) Ben, M'O cry hard here, (e) Then lames her. (f) Call her verse, (g) Vowing I shant grin, (h) Trace one whine, (i) See my nag fling Ma, (j) Clare L. Wilton, (k) Hear Jo roar gilt. (1) Join the left rear wing, eh? (in) Father Bert (n) So dace cured her. (o) Old Jay Gould rares. (p) W. D. Howells, Lawn Forge, Troy, N. H.
No. 172. — Word Rebus. Not long ago I saw a man
Who looked to me peculiar; His left hand held a cobbler's tool
With which we are all familiar. And a cutting tool was in his right
Well known to many nations; But all at once the scene was changed
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No. 173. — A Figurative Epitaph.
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The above verse, said to have been trans- scribed from the grave of a soldier during the lato war, expresses in tho alternate lines, in poetical antithesis, tho hardships endure. 1 by tho campaigner during life, contrasted with the peacefulness of his state in death. The -«nt indicates Hibernian origin.
No. 174. — Beheadings.
(a) Behead to bruise, and leave to hurry, (b) Behead a fastening, and leave a poison- ous serpent (c) Behead a stone, and leave an entrance, (d) Behead a grain, and leave a summer luxury, (e) Behead solitary, and leave a numeral. (0 Behead a kind of wood, and leave lean, (g) Behead to vibrate, and leave part of a fowl (h) Behead a track, and leave a generation, (i) Behead to com- ply, and leave a personage in high authority. (j) Behead to reckon, and leave a paint.
The beheaded letters will spe.l the name of a well known city.
Everybody 's
No. 173.— Octagon Puzzle.
I have a piece of ground which is neither
square nor round, But an octagon;
and this I Lave
laid out In a novel way,
though plain in
appearance, aim
retain Three posts Jn each
compartment;
but I doubt
Whether you discover how I apportioned it, e'en tho'
I inform you 'tis divided Into four. But If you solve It right, 'twill afford you
much delight And repay you for tho trouble, I am sure.
No. 170.— Numerical Enigma. The 5, C, 2, 1, 37, 23, is an idea. The 21, !3, 1>, 2D, 12, 14, SJ, 31 is defamed, The 4, 28, 29, 33, 35 is an animal The 8, 7, 22, is a heathen goddess. The S3, 13, 10, 11, 17 is to portion. The 25, 39, 15, 10, 40 is to steal The 27, CO, 34, 10 is recent The 30, 18, 24, 38 is a necessity. Tho answer, composed of 40 letters, Is a beautiful and well known quotation.
It matters not if he has twelve OT one;
But has he daughters?— then 'tis plainly
shown That I to them am seldom but a loan.
No. 177.-Qnlbblcs.
(a) I can stretch my hands apart, having a coin in each band, and, without bringing my hands together, I can cause both coins to come into the same hand. How is this to be done!
(b) Place a candle in such a manner that every person shall seo it, except one, although be shall not bo blindfolded or prevented from examining any part of tho room, and the candle shall not bo hidden.
No. 178. — Enigma.
Enigma guessers, tell me what I am. I've been a drako, a fox, a hare, a lamb. Yon all possess mo, and in every street In varied shape and form with me you'll
meet;
With Christians I am never singly known, Am green, or scarlet, brown, white, gray or
• ' : ••.
I dwelt in Paradise with Mother Eve,
And went with her, when she, alas! did
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To Britain with Caractacns I cam<«, And made Augustus Caesar known to fame, The lover gives me on bis wedding day, The poet writes me in bis natal lay; {fa* f*Lher aiwajs gives me to each son.
No. 179.— Illustrated Puzzle.
All of the ten objects may be described by words of equal length. When these have been rightly guessed and placed one below tho other, one of the perpendicular rows of letters will spell tho name of a famous battle fought in July.
No. 180. — Tho Landlord Tricked.
Twenty-one persons sat down to dinner at an inn, with the landlord at the head of the table. When dinner was finished it was re- solved that one of the number should pay the whole score, to bo decided as follows: A per- son should commence counting tho company, and every seventh man was to rise from his seat, until all were counted out but one, who was to lx* tho individual who should pay tho whole bill One of tho waiters was fixed upon to count tho company out, who, owing his master a grudge, resolved to make him the person who should have to pay. How must he proceed to accomplish this!
No. 181. — Double Acrostic.
My initials a term for tho east will name, My finals a word expressing tho same. CROsswonos.
(a) At operas 'tis often found.
(b) It has a certain lawlike sound.
(c) A beauteous queen of ancient clime.
(d) A fruit abundant in our clime.
(e) A woman who tho world would shun,
(f) Life of tho world since time begun.
No. IS*. — Geographical Pnzzlc. An old man gave a dinner, which was not rery elaborate, for he only had (first half of a city in Germany), (a country in Europe), •fid a [first half of a city in lUJj)
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Sis wi?e belonged to a sewing (islands In the Pacific ocean). The old man was on the (cape off North Carolina) for the (other islands in the Pacific ocean) members of his wife's club. In the evening they had a foot (cape off Newfoundland) on a (island on the eastern coast of the United States) course. Then they said (cape of Greenland), and went home.
No. 183. — The Two Drovers. Two drovers, A and B, meeting on the road, began discoursing about the number of sheep each had. Says A to B: "Pray give me one of your sheep and I will have as many as you." "Nay," replied A, "but givo me one of your sheep and I will have as many again as you." How many sheep had each?
No. 184. — Enigma. In rat, but not in kitten;
In oar, but not in sail ; In gloves, but not in mitten ;
In pitcher, but not in pail; In trumpets, but not in tune; The whole appears in June.
No. 185— Acrostic.
In the lamp globe my first is, but never In
heat;
In the anchor my second, yet not in the fleet; My third's in all ropes, yet it's not in a ship; In no faces my fourth, still 'tis ever in lip; My next's in all bakers, yet not in one man, And my sixth's in the pot, but it's not in the
pan; My seventh's in the thoroughfare, not in the
way,
My eighth's in the mower, but not in the hay; My ninth's in the jury, but not in their box; My tenth's in my stockings, but not in your
socks, And my last's in the harbor, but not in the
docks.
An English soldier in this puzzle lies, A general famous for his victories ; Some judges think all other captains yield To this man's prowess in the battle field.
No. 18G.— Word Dissection.
Take away my last seven letters, and I am a useful article. Without my first three and last four, I am the noblest animal. Take away my first six letters, and I am an ar- ticle of commerce. Minus my last four I am a desirable thing. Without my first seven, I am a portion of the body. My whole is an Important branch of education.
No. 187.— Familiar Quotations.
(a) Twas in the prime of summer time,
(b) She blessed me with her hand;
(c) We strayed together, deeply biest^ 4dJ Into thff dreaming 1ni"j_
(e) The laughing bridal roses blow,
(f) To dress her dark brown hair;
(g) My heart is breaking with my woe. (h) Most beautiful 1 most rare I
(I) I clasped it on her sweet, cold hand, (j) The precious golden link I (k) I calmed her fears and she was calm (1) "Drink, pretty creature, drink 1"
(m) And so I won my Genevieve, (n) And walked in Paradise; (o) Tho fairest thing that over grew (p) Atween mo and the skies I Each line of the above is a poetical quota- tion. Can you name the authors?
No. 188.— Pictorial Proverb.
No. 189.— Word Building.
My first syllable implies equality; my sec- ond is tho title of a foreign nobleman; my wholo is asked and given many times a day with equal indifference, and yet it is of so much importance that it has saved the lives of many.
No. 190. — Conundrum in Rhyme.
I'm strangely capricious, I'm sour and I'm
sweet;
To housewives I'm useful, to children a treat; I freely confess 1 more mischief have done Than anything else that is under the sun.
No. 191. — Word Puzzle.
A whole is in all vessels found, That captains may not run aground.
Cut off ray hoad, and you will see That I am where the roe rnns free.
Behead again, and I am still What Webster will define as skill.
Transpose, and In a vessal's hold. I ofttimes mak* myself quite bold.
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Again transpose, and in the cracks And Hams of ships I stick like was. Except when suns of warmth profuse Come out and make me run Like juice.
Ko. 199.— Concealed Animal*, Four animals are to be found in each sen-
(a) 1 saw Eli on the sofa when I came later In the evening; be seemed to suffer at times from a severe cat and the doctor thought he would have to trepan the right sido of tho boys' bead, (b) Do not disturb earnest scholars or repel ambitious ones; do not be harsh or severe with dullards or pronounce them beyond help.
No. 103.— Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
in the middle is seen; The first of all letters, the first of all figures,
Take op their stations between. My whole was a king of very great fame; If you wish to know who, you hero have his
Wo. 104.— A Hidden Adae»
Ko. 10X-nair Rqnare. II'- Mght a Containing ochre.
R. One who changes. 1 Too variations which verbs undergo for the indication of time, 5. Priism «. Spawn of fishes. 7. A knot in wood. & A Iloman coin. 0. A letter.
No. I o«.— A Charad*.
A plunge Is beard. b« will drown, b* will
•fak
Ho calls for my first Oh. haste to the brink.
ut this moment appear* in •. Mjr •ronod U tb-ri. arooag the craw.
The man is saved, and at once doth exclaim l "Ah, my whole will rejoice to embrace me
again,
For she's a companion whom ever I find, In joy or iu sorrow, most loving and kind,
No. 197.— Arithmetical Nut. From six take niiie; from nine take ten; from forty take fifty, and have six left.
No. 108. — Conundrum. Thero is a noun of plural number, Foe to peace and tranquil slumber; But add to it tho letter s, And — wondrous metamorphosis- Plural is plural now no more, And sweet what bitter was before.
No. 199.— Riddles.
(a) How wcro Adam and Eve prevented from gambling!
(b) Why do wo buy shoes?
(c) Why is a Jew in a fever like a diamond?
(d) What musical instrument invites you to fish?
(e) Why is a person who never lays wagers as bad as a regular gambler?
(f) Why is it dangerous to take a nap on a train?
(g) What thing is that that is lower with a head than without one?
(b) Why is the soul like a thing of no con* sequence?
(i) Why is a nail fast in the wall like an old man?
(j) Why does an aching tooth impose si- lence on tho sufferer?
Thoughts \VU« and Otherwise.
When one receives a letter which is dull he should file it
A man with a cork leg ought to have a springy step.
"Most people neglect the eyes," says a mod- ical paper; but very few neglect the I.
Driving a street car is not a very high call- Ing, but it can scanx-ly bo classed as among tho lower walks of life.
A man is said to be personally involved when ho is wrapped up in himself.
A hungry sailor should wish for a wind that blows fowl and chops about
A five dollar note is more valuable than five gold dollars, because when you put it in your jKK-ket you double it, and when you toko il out again you see it increases.
Puniana.
The real "home rul«" — Curtain lectures. The best early closing movement — Shutting your eyes when you go to bed early.
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The sort of paper to write love letters on— Foolscap.
Kitchen dressers — Swell cooks.
A simple fraction — Breaking a plate
Better than a "promising" young man — A paying one.
Book markers — Dirty thumbs.
Forced politeness — Bowing to circum- stances.
Quick consumption— Bolting one's food.
The greatest curiosity in the world — A woman's.
No. 2OO.— Double Acrostic.
Two words are here to be found out, Both you have heard of, I've no doubt; One is a thing that gives its aid To ships engaged in peaceful trade. The other thing is often found To war's chief weapon closely bound. These stars replace with letters true, And both the things will look at you. In the first letters, downwards read, Is that by which the vessel's sped ; And in the last, if downwards spelt, That which adorns the soldier's belt
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1st line— What a bull does, if he can. 2d line — What is the most beauteous span. 8d line — Hog in armor is my third. 4th line — Boy in barracks often heard. 5th line — What the street boys often run. 6th line — What gives light, not like the sun. 7th line— What makes doctors oft despair. 8th line— What is black, with curly hair. 9th line— What is very hard to bear.
No. 201.— Burled Citlea.
(a) To baffie the mob, I let him out by a secret door.
(b) They built a mole, and thus made the harbor safe.
(c) They say I cannot do it; but I can and I will succeed.
(d) The Gauls said that Ariovistus was mad, rash and cruel.
(e) I made the child take a nap, lest she should fall asleep during the service.
(f) What, for three thousand ducats kill a manl
(g) When the sense demands a colon, do not use a period.
(h) { consider the pasha no very great sight
(I) I can see the red berries of the sumac on the hills.
(j) Where are the barbarian tribes of yoref The Goth, the Hun, the VaudaL I ask in vain.
(k) They offered up a horrible holocaust in that hotel.
No. 202.— A Trick Puzzle.
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Golden Days, which is responsible for the puzzle here illustrated, gives the following directions: Copy this diagram, and, after cutting it into the fifteen small squares which we have marked out, lay the pieces back in the position they occupy in the en- graving. Now move them, cue piece nt a time, like the movements in the famous fif- teen puzzle, and when you get them in a cer- tain succession, you will find a representation of a president with only one ejje.
No. 203. — Word Building.
My first is a sailor; my second is used by sailors; reversed, I am a uozious animal twice over ; and my whole is looked upon aa an ugly party to meet
No. 204.— Mutation.
Two women meet, they nod and smile;
They stop, shake hands and chat awhile;
They treat each other with complete,
And outwardly seem glad to meet.
YET SCOUR from off them the false coat
Which all demands, and you will note That other thoughts are cherished there, And for each other naught they care.
No. 205. — rnljpnas. (a) I'm slain to be saved, with much ado and
pain, Scattered, dispersed, and gathered up
again, Withered, though young; sweet, yet un-
perfumed, And carefully laid up to be consumed.
A word of one syllabi*, easy and short, ' Which read* backwards and forwards
the same; It expresses the sentiment* warm from
., And to beauty lays principal claim,
Soon as I'm made I'm sought with care; one whole year consulted; time elapsed, I'm thrown aside, Neglected and insulted.
No. tOO.— Illustrated Central Acrostic.
The nine words of this acrostic are pictured Instead of described. When the words are rightly goessed and placed one below the other in the order in which they are num- bered, the central letters will spell the name of a famous sorereign of ancient history. — 81 Nicholas.
Xo. 107.- A Wild Flower of Autumn. My 1, 3, 3, 4 many seek until th.-yYe 2, 3,9, Aw.l i.,, 1, a, 8, 4, if so they do m-
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A color bright is 7, 5, 4-1 cannot tell you
If yon can rucss my mnanlng just please to 0,8,4
Ho. «0«.— A Disserted Word.
..uk— beur.. , tree)
eurUil me, and I am small but useful ; behead
me again, and you will find me at hornet again curtail me, and you will find myself.
No. 209. — Anagram*.
(a) Arma on, (a) Laiik hec Jones,
(b) Kos fownd toll, (b) Mows rest,
(c) Ao vow if fried kale, (c) D'log miths,
(d) Tiny Faviar, (d) Kacho tray,
(e) Holrait, (o) Earl Siid,
(f) Col rate Frebrn. (f) D Carnal gond. In the first column are tho names of books,
and opposite each, in the second coluiuu, the name of i; .. author.
No. 210. — Compound Acrostic.
Words of eight letters: (a) Deposited by water, (b) A variety of cauliflower, (c) To curb, (d) Pertaining to the sense of hearing, (c) Unto this, (f) Be- longing to au artery, (g) Tho highest point. Whole was a president
Of these United States; Ho ruled in troubled times, 60 history relates.
No. 211.— Quibbles.
(a) If you cut thirty yards of cloth into one yard pieces, and cut one yard every day, how long will it take!
(b) A person tells another that he can put something in his right hand which the other cannot put into his left.
(c) A person may, without stirring from tho room, seat himself in a place where it will be impossible for another person to do so. Explain this.
Oddities.
Broken bones begin to make thentselvei useful wheu they begin to knit.
Two people may be said to be half witted when they have an understanding between them.
Many people in China must be obliged to travel on foot because there is but one Cochin-China (coach in China).
Common pins undergo a strange trans- formation when they fall to the earth and be- come terra-pins.
The last day of February would hardly be thought to resemble one of Shakespeare's plays, yet it i* winter's tail (Winter's Tale).
People traveling in tho Sahara should never bo hungry, because of tLo sandwiches -and which is there).
There is a simple thing which is above all human ini]>erfections, und yet shelters the t as well as the wisest of mankind. It is a hat.
Ho. 81V.'. — Word Syncopations.
(a) Takean Hi-vnti.in ,>f land from a coin, and leuve u» utter musical bound*.
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flb) Take the conclusion rrom an aromatic plant, and leave a washing utensil.
(c) Take an animal from a muscle of the lower jaw that assists in chewing, and leave a measurer.
(d) Take a period of time from relating to an opera, and leave relating to sight.
No. 213. — Proverbs AVithin a Maze.
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No. 214.— A Bill of Fare.
(a) Take u one, I two, n one, o two, i one 6
one;
(b) Of I one, a two, s two, c one, b two, to
one; (c) Of o three, c two, w one, fc one, d one;
(d) Of e three, / one, t one, fc one, b one, *
one, a one;
(e) Of h one, b one, d one, a three, g one, r
two, m one, e one ;
(f) Of r one, s two, a one, p two, n one, e or
t one;
(g) Of c two, o one, m one, r one, a three, n two, s one, e three, d ono, 7i one, i one;
(h) Of o two, t two, p one, c one, e one, a
one; (i) Of u one, c two, s two, o one, h one, £ ona,
a one; (j) Of i one, e two, I one, m one, p ona, o ona,
n one; (k) Of r three, a one, c one, s one, 6 one, *
one, i one, e two;
Q) Of a two, p two, d two, g one, u one, o Qua, o one, t one, i two, n oca;
(m) Of r one, a one, i one, n one, c one, «
two, g one, o one;
(n) Of a one, r one, n one, f two, s two; (o) Of 7<i one, d one, s one, I one, o one, a one,
n one.
Good Ilouselieeping provides the above bill of faro. These dishes are represented by one, two and three words.
No. 215. — Poetical Enigma. I have but one eye, and that without sight, Yet it helps me whatever I do; I am sharp without wits, without senses Tm
bright,
The fortune of some and of some the delight, And I doubt not I'm useful to you.
No. 21G. — Pictorial Conundrum.
No. 217. — Yagarie*.
(a) Add one to nine acd make it twenty.
(b) Place three sixes together so as to make •even.
(c) What Is the difference between six dozen dozen and half a dozen dozen?
(d) A room wit'.i eight corners had a cat in each corner, seven cats before each cat and a cat on every ca'-'s tail What was the total number of cats?
(e) Prove that seven Is the half of twelve.
No. 218. — Charade.
My first is a revolver, though Others with it roundly go, Circles making one by one, Ending where it first begun; Ever turning, never changing, Steadiest when widest ranging; Recipient of mighty shocks, Secret home of cunning fox. My second makes the spirits flow Through its lengthy windings slow; Like a serpent twisting round Circled cylinders 'tis found; Creeping up at eventides, My whole in silence slowly glides.
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No. tlftX— Bonawmy Letter*.
This little girl cannot learn her lesson in time and is crying about it The letters fly- in; around her bead are telling her what to da What do they say f
No. 220.— OmlMlons. Fill the second blank with the same word ax the first, omitting the first letter.
that wealth must be bydili-
He found growing In the , of
rare beauty.
I should like to hare seen the on board
the .
He a mountain whose top
with mam throughout the year.
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:mbcrsfrom ItoSl so that the whole will make a magic square having the sum of iu lines, flies and diagonals tho some. Rcmorethe marginal numbers and •till bar* a magic square, and repeat the same proem with like results until but one bomber remain*, which will be tho greatest common dirlsor of the sums of tho several
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(a) Behead a town of Russian Toorkistan, •*t» a Jewel (b) Behead a t< h Burmah. and leave a city of I «r> DebMd an isUmnu near the Malay ,
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«f Australia, abd leave to be In debt. (, j
Behead a river of West Australia, and leave pale. (0 Behead an Island in the Malay archipelago, and leave a city of Tndia. (g) Behead a town of British India, and leave a girl's name, (h) Behead a fortified town of Spain, and leave a girl's name, (i) Be- head a large river of Europe, and leave a •tone used for sharpening instruments.
No. 223. — Enigma In Rhyme.
Places of trust I oft obtain,
And protect the house from vermin; I act as shepherd on the plain,
And at fairs I'm shown for learning; In northern climes a horse I'm seen, And a roasting jack I, too, have been; Strange as it seems, it's no less true, That I eat on four legs and beg on two,
No. 224.— Riddles.
(a) Why is an elephant like a brick? (b) "Why is the death of Socrates like a garret? (c) Why are weary people like carriage wheels! (d) What musical instrument should we always distrust? (e; Why are some great men like glow worms? (f) Why are potatoes and corn like certain sinners of old? (g) In case of an accident what is better than pres- ence of mind? (h) Of what trade is the sun? (i) What is queen of the rose, and why? (j) An old woman in a red cloak was crossing a field in which a goat was feeding; what strange transformation suddenly took place? (k) Why is a widower like a house in a state of dilapidation? 0) If tue g°°d all die early, why are the bad like tho pupil of the eye? (n) When do two and two make rnoro than four?
No. 223. — The Unlucky Hat tor. A traveler passing through a town bought a hat for $8 and gave in payment a $50 bill. The Latter called on a merchant nearjby, who changed the bill for him, and the traveler having received his $42 change went his way. Next day the merchant discovered the note to lie counterfeit, and called upon tho hatter, who was compelled to borrow $50 from an- other friend to redeem it with. On turning to search for the .traveler he had left town, so that the note was useless on the hatter's bands. What did tho hatter lose by the transaction?
No. 220. — Prefixes.
Trrflx a letter to a word, And make a common cry a bird, A maid a fish, a beast a bound; A stone a pest, a count a sound.
No. 217. — Hour Glasses. 1. A city, 12. Dun. 3. Duration. 4. A
ft. Crafty. 0. Turns. 7. Bravery. • i a !.-> read down a poetess.
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1. A vessel and a plant. 2. An author. 8. Single. 4. A letter. 5. Biting. 6. A prefix and a hint. 7. An obstruction of stones.
Diagonals read down from left to right a poetess; from right to left a preacher; cen- trals a general.
No. 228.— A Riddle.
"We travel much, yet prisoners are,
And close confined to boot; We with the swiftest horse keep pace,
Yet always go on foot.
No. 229. — The Square Puzzle.
Cut out pieces of card board In the shape here indicated and arran ;e these pieces so that when set close together they shall form a perfect square,
No. 230. — A Problem of Numbers.
A poor woman, carrying a basket of apples, was met by three boys, the first of whom bought half of what she had and gave her back 10; the second boy bought a third of what remained and gave her back 2; the third bought half of what she now had left and returned her 1, after which she found that she had 12 apples remaining. IIow many had she at first?
No. 231. — Numerical Enigma.
My 10, 11, 8, 9 is a handle. My 7, 1, 15, 5 is a side glance. My 4, 2, 3, 6 is to mend. My 12, 13, 14, 16 is the Scriptures. My whole of 16 letters is a name given to part of the United States.
No. 232.— For Sharp Wits.
(a) What pleases in the air, and what a horse docs not like, gives tho name of a flower.
(b) Half a carman, and a whole country, will form the name of a beautiful flower.
(c) My first is a lady, uiy second a noble- man and my whole a blunder.
(d) My first is a prop, my second is a prop, my whole is a prop.
(e) My first is useful to the earth, my sec- ond is worn by ladies and my whole is seen In the sky.
(f) My first is an animal, my second an article, my third should be used every day and my whole is a place for the dead.
(g) My first is a weapon used in war, my second lives in the sea, my whole is a species of fish found in warm climates.
(h) My first is a vehicle, my second a prep- osition, my whole is a part of a ship.
(i) My first is to spoil, my second is a vowel, my third is a precious metal, my whole is a flower.
(j) My first is a human being, my second is to walk, my whole is an Indian fruit.
No. 233.— A Charade. My first's a precious stone,
My next a well known tree; Or call my first a fruit,
The next a thong will be. Whichever way you choose
This puzzle to divide, You still will find my whole A powder will abide.
No. 234.— Word Squares.
1. A gem. 2. A girl's name. 3. A part. 4. Borne aloft. 5. Affected smiles.
1. A poet 2. A lady's name. 3. Ancient. 4. Rows. 5. An herb.
No. 235.— Hidden Birds.
No. 236. — Geographical Conceits.
What river is able to catch its own fish? What city to eke out your lunch do you wish? What city will never be apt to rebel? What city could printers work through very mill
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What lake most enticing to your thirsty
steeds?
What city rnfvt surely a curtailing needs? What city sin >ui<l quickly be put into stays? What city still bankers for sports and for
plays?
What cape do all people frequently meet? What city should be of deep thinkers the
seat? In what place should all people feel somewhat
at home? What city is far the most likely to roam?
No. 237.— Compound Acrostic.
Words of eight letters : (1) Made moist. (2) An offer. (3) A screen from the boat or rain. (4) A note payable at a bank, (5) To tear in pieces. (C) To expose to injury or loss.
Primals: Twofold. Finals: Oue who deals. Combined: A tricky person.
Ko. 238.— Kiddle.
No rose can boast a livelier hue Than I can when my birth is now; Of shorter life than that sweet flower, I bloom and fade within an hour; Like Marplot, eager to reveal The secret I would fain conceal I
Mysterious Substructure. Forty-flve is subtracted from forty-five, and leaves forty -five as a remainder, thus: 9, 8, 7, 0, 5, 4, 8, 2, 1-45. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-45.
8, 0, 4, 1, 9, 7, 6, 8, 2-45.
No. 239.— Crosa Word Enigma. My first is in lame, but not in pain, My second is in mind, but not in brain, My third is in twice, but not in one, My fourth is in wit, but not in fun, My flfth is in string, but not in cord, My sixth is in tribe, but not in horde, My seventh is in strong, but not in weak, My eighth is in look, but not in seek, My ninth is in light, but not in dork, My tenth is in hawk, but not in lark, In my whole you'll find a great man'a name. One who by playing has gained his fame.
No. 24O.-A Dinner In Anagrams.
TOUB POSSET.
One solid lamb; Ripe clams shaken. Thin crow cake; Try our steak. Paste too sweet; Iced boiler. Racers sweet; Steamed or tossed. Open lime; Mucer's cake. Toe sure salt roc; Naples pip*.
No, 241.— Charade.
A printer'* term you'll find my flnt|
Of mixed up things it is the worrtt Second a fellow of low degree; Or, on mischief bent, a child may be. My whole, a thing of novel make — By Indians used on stream or lake.
No. 242.— Kibbon Rebus.
Each of the pictures on the spiral ribbon represents a word which contains within it another word represented by the picture im- mediately below, on the upright ribbon. The initials of the four inside words on the upright ribbon arts found half hidden in the landscape below. The Duals of the four in- side words are hidden in the name 01 the two weapons at the bottom.
Each word on the spiral contains five let- tors. Each word on the upright ribbon con- tains three letters.
No. 243. — Word Squares.
(a) Tracts of land. An emblem of mourn- ing. To elevate. A famous racing ground in England. Appears to be.
(b) The college of the Turkish hierarchy, composed of three classes. Loaded. Pre- pares for publication. Measure. A poose.
No. 244.— A Mathematical Nat. A piece of marble, weighing 40 pounds, falling upon the j'.-iwnieut was, by a most •incular accident, broken into four pioccs of
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inch varying weights that by means of them • neighboring groceryman was able to weigh Rrticles of any integral weight from 1 to 40 pounds. Required, the weights of the four pieces.
No. 245. — Conundrums.
When is a dog like a wandering minstrel!
Why is a buckwheat cake like a cater- pillar?
Why is human life the riddle of all riddles?
Why does a duck go into the water?
Why is a quiet conscience like a fit of in- digestion?
What is that which never asks questions yet requires many answers?
No. 240. — Charades.
(a) My first I may in truth declare— Its name and nature both is air; My second is a perfect bore,
Yet makes sweet music evermore; My whole in many a crowded street Lies in its bed beneath your feet.
(b) At evening by my whole you'll think Of days gone by, and never reckon That by my second my Grst is made, And by my first my second.
No. 247. — A Picture Puzzle.
The> above cat describes in KC'vi'ii v.orcis a very familiar object. Wliat is the description and what is the object?
No. 248. — Numerical Enijpna.
I am composed of 13 letters, aud am a popular novelist of the day.
My 10, 3, 9 is a conveyance. My 12, 3, 1.1, 5 is to bo convcj-ed. My 1, 11, 'J is uu old woman. My 7, 5, 12, 5 is at this place. My 1, 5, 11, 4 is an important part of a man. My 6, 8, 2, 5 is precious. My 7, 11, 2, 13 is diCa- cult to penetrate.
No. 240. — Articles of Furniture, (a) A treatise and a box.
(b) To watch over, and a gown.
(c) A marsh and not to yield.
(d) Very, and a musical syllable.
No. 25O. — A Geographical Acrostic-
(a) An Asiatic country.
(b) A Spanish river.
(c) An Italian river.
(d) A Russian province.
(c) An American territory. (0 A Chinese city.
Initials and finals name two cities of Eu- rope.
No. 251.— The Knight's Puzzle.
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tlo |
to |
a |
cat- |
life |
and |
live |
In |
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By |
tlo |
ow- |
bro wso |
of |
non |
tlo |
fall |
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tor |
tur- |
gain |
like |
land |
one's |
quiet |
And |
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of |
ar 111 Do tr |
Det- |
mo od- |
and |
Than |
a- |
ba.tr |
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bask |
luu- |
or |
tie |
ness |
done |
wan- |
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rel |
let |
Taan |
die |
\Vith |
der |
of |
smo Lo |
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ter |
In |
brain |
myr- |
on |
and |
hor- |
un- |
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Ch ap- |
or |
to |
sun |
with |
work |
la |
hcat |
A knight (chess man), in moving from square to square over the board, converts these dis- jointed syllables into a verso of poetry. What is the verse ?
No. 25!?.— Proverbial "Pi." Aa c oeeff hh iiii i mnnoooprr B s 1 1 1. Out of these letters form a truthful proverb*
No. 253. — Reversible Words.
(a) Read forward, I arn to wind ; road back- ward, I am to look obliquely, (b) Read for- ward, I am the faco of a time piece; rcit.l backward, I am set down, (c) Head for- ward, I am a number; read backward, I am a snare, (d) Read forward, I am a rosinous substance; read backward, I am a small ani- mal.
No. 254. — Quibbles.
(a) IIow must I draw a circle around a person placed in the center of a room so that he will not bs able to jump out of it though his legs should bo free?
(b) If five times four are thirty -three, what •will the fourth of twenty be?
v (c) What is the difference between twict twenty -five and twice flve and twenty!
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No. 255.-£nlgmaticAl Birds, (a) A Teasel (b) Separate a bill (c) To •brink, (d) An officer.
No. 25G.— Crow Word. First in coast, second in j:
Third you will find in execute; Fourth in boat, fifth in i\
And sixth is ever in constitute; Seventh in blue, eighth in true,
And whole, my friends, is a fruit
No. 257. — Rclu-adins*.
L Behead a valley, ami leave a beverage. 1 Behead a fruit, and leave to roam. 8. Be- head close, and leave part of the head. 4. Behead to degrade, and leave the lower part of a column. 5. Behead said, and leave ven- erable. 0. Behead a kind of wood, and leave emaciated. 7. Behead a largo basin, and leave to assert. 8. Behead a frolic, and leave an ancient ship. P. BcLcad public, and leave an iuolosuro.
The beheaded letters will spell the name of • g^cat Italian sculptor.
No. 258.— A Rhomboid.
Across: 1. To fix firmly. 2. Descended. S. Entangled. 4. Struck with something thrown. 5. A gleaner. 6. Walked about
Down: 1. A letter. 2. A musical syllable. 8. A basket 4. A tract of low land 5. Not well founded. 0. Made fleshy with food.
7. To make different in sumo particular.
8. A carriage or vehicle moved on runners. 0. To spread (local). 10. A printer's meas- ure. 1 1. A letter.
No. 250.— Tho Divided Garden.
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A person lit Ln li.m«. to several inmates «od, having a cordon attached to the 1 be wished to divide it among them. There were ten trees in the garden and he desired to divide it so that each of the five inmates •boold hare an equal share of garden %n^ two trees. How did b« do ill
Echoes.
What must be done to conduct a newspaper right? Write.
"What is necessary to a farmer to assist him? System.
What would give a blind man the greatest delight? Light
What is the best advice to give a justice of tho peace? 1'cace.
Who commit tho greatest abominations! Nations.
Who is the greatest terrifier! Fire.
An Easy Translation.
Yyuryyubicuryy for me? This look meaningless; but in fact it is a pointed little couplet:
Too wise your are, too wise you be,
I eso you are too wise for me.
No. 2GO.— Hidden Animals.
Tho rabbi's only chauco for escape lay in flight
As down the street I gaze Llewellyn ap- pears.
I saw "Xeino" uso his pen writing puzzles.
Tho anchor securely held us fast
No. 2G1. — Word Dissection.
Complete you'll own I commonly am seen On garments new and old, the rich, the mean; On ribbons gay I court your admiration, But yet I'm oft a cause of much vexation To those on whom 1 make a strong impres- sion;
The meed full oft of folly and trangression. Curtail me, I become a slender shred, And 'tis what I do before I go to bed ; But on excursion am without my head. Again complete me, next take off my head, Then will be se^n a savory dish instead; Again behead me, and, without dissection, I'm what your fruit is when in full perfection. Curtailed, tho verb to tear appears quite
plain; Take head and tail off — I alone remain.
No. 202.— Literary Riddles.
Answers to the following questions are notable characters in Dickens' novels:
(a) Who was always waiting for something to turn up?
(b) Who threw his boots at his wife because ho caught her "flopping again f"
(c) Who was always looking for an enemy rouii:! the corner?
(il) Who lost a shoo while on on errand of mercy ?
(e) Who was always exhorting people to make an effort?
(0 With whose head dress did DickSwivel- ler have a friendly custom of wiping off the wluUgw panel - -
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(g) WEo was nearly betrayed by her ihadow?
(h) Who used to say: ''When found make a note off
(i) Who used to eat his boiled eggs shell and all?
(j) Who maddened every one around him by playing on the flute, in bed, cue tune, "Away with melancholy," all night after bearing of his sweetheart's marriage?
(k) Who was the master of the unfortunate "native?"
(1) Who was "the man of teeth?"
(m) Who were hidden in the orgau loft at Bella Wilfer's wedding?
(n) Who was called "the old soldier?" No. 263. — Curtailments.
Curtail a liquor and leave a stigma; again and leave the husk.
Curtail a girl's name and leave a country; again and leave a foreign coin.
Curtail a fireplace and leavo the inner part: again and leave to understand.
Curtail a good time and leave a title of no- bility; again and leave the organ of hearing.
Curtail a small candle and leave a narrow strip; again and leave to touch lightly.
No. 264. — Numerical Enigma. The popular name of a city of Ohio. 7, 3, 14, 10 is a festival. 5, 4, 11, 8 is a water lizard. 13, 2, 13, 14 is fat of a beast. 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 is to say.
No. 265. — Illustrated Central Acrostic.
The eight words of this acrostic are pic- tured instead of described. When the words are rightly guessed and placed in the order in which they are numbered, one below the other, the central letters will spell the name of one of the United States. — St. Nicholas.
No. 266. — Concealed Poets.
Ho broke his ax easily. They followed the scow persistently. We may reach the car yet. Are advertisements in order? I saw Ilusted Manning today. The man said he should go. Do not show rancor; better for- give at once. I wonder where Will is going. Messrs. Brown, lugersoll and others were there. He has good ales and wines.
No. 267. — A Combination Puzzle.
The words whose definitions are given in the first column are to bo altered to .those given in the second by changing the central letters:
1. Rescued. 1. Satisfied.
2. An animaL 2. Different.
3. To berate. 3. To burn.
4. Volumes. 4. Tunes.
5. Breeds. 5. Farmer's tools.
6. A select assembly. 0. Pies or tarts.
7. A consumer. 7. Anxious.
8. To trace. 8. To deceive?.
9. A horseman. 9. A body of water.
10. Meager. 10. Part of a church.
11. Waistcoats. 11. Passages. 13. A river in Italy. 13. An animaL
The central letters in the second column of words, read down, will give the name of a festival in which Good Housekeeping playa an important part.
No. 268.— Riddle,
Those who take me improve, be their task
what it ma}*; Those who have me are sorrowful through
tho long day;
I am hated aliko by the foolish and wise, Yet without me none ever to eminence rise.
No. 269. — Enigma.
My first is a dye, my next you drink dry, and my whole is a fly.
Varieties In Prose.
The oldest lunatic on record— Time out of mind.
A man who is more than one man— One beside himself.
The superlative of temper — Tempest.
The best prescription for a poet — A com- posing draught.
The difference between a spendthrift and a
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pillow— One is bard up, the other soft down.
The imallest bridge in the world— The bridge of your nose.
The herb most injurious to a lady's beauty Thyme.
The best day for making pancake— Fry- day.
The best tind of agricultural f*ir— A farav er's pretty daughter.
N->. 270. — Poetical Enijjma. I wave o'er mast, end fort, and tower, O'er royal home, from island bower ; Pm known and feared o'er land and wave. The hope of*freedo:n to the slave! Yet changed to stone b?hold me — I Oft 'neath your foot am made to lie. Sometimes iny home is in the stream, Where my gay yellow blossoms gleam. When dried, my withered form they take, And into mats and baskets make. Four letters mine; cut off my head, Loitering and slow becomes my tread.
No. 271. -Chan Sln;; the Middle Letter. A change of the middle letter Makes a detective subtlo. Makes a beverage high. Makes a fish complete. Makes a mimic reverence. Make* a parent obscure.
No. 272.— An Easy One.
A thing which printers hate to sea, Although they all good livers bo, Add then an article quite small — An interjection ends it alL
No. 273.— Round the World Riddle*. Name me the mountains that are nearly half
metal,
Name me the river that reminds of a kettle; What town do you t'aiak is sweetest of all? What city will to the most likely to fall? Tell me what mountains are likely to slide, Tell me the river most likely to hide, Mention the lake that should take the ad- vance,
Mention the city that owes most to chance; Tell mo what city is foremost in fashion, Mention a town always In a passion ; Tell us what river ranks next after third, Tell us what river is named for a bird.
No. S74. — A Hidden Proverb. His parents were a worthy pair,
II" honored them as well he should, LI'- li^btly trod UJK):I the stair;
Bo understand that ho was good. Upon the gate hasp oil he'd IHJUI-,
That QO!M mizbt not awaken them.
Could other children well do more! In each line is one word of a common proverb.
No. 275. — Th« Puzzle of Fourteen.
Cut out of cardboard fourteen pieces of the samo shape and relative sizo as those shown in the design, and then form an oblong with them.
No. 270.— Enigmatical Cities.
Hastily turning round. Dwells on the western prairiet. An open plain. Highly prized by tbo smoker.
No. 277. — Anagram.
OHE, BAD PET 'FORE ALL GRIEF! Ye, who aro haughty and are proud, Aud boast of ancestry aloud, Should bear in mind the saying old, This anagram will now unfold.
No. 278. — Word Square* 1. To divulge, 2. Baser. 8. An oar. 4.
Pertaining to the Andes. 5. To laud again.
6. Stretches. 1. Pertaining to the back. 2. A compound
of oleic acid with a salifiable base. 3. To
narrate. 4. A mariner. 5. To expiate. G.
Looked obliquely.
The Dice Guessed Unseen.
A pair of dice being thrown, to find the rumber of points on each die without seeing them: Tell tho person who cast the dice to double tho number of points on one of them and add 5 to it; then to multiply tbo sura pro- duced by 5, and to add to the product the number of points upon tho other die. This being done, desiro him to tell you the amount, an 1, having thrown out 25, tho remainder will be a number consisting of two figures, tho first of which, to tbo left, is tbo iiumlxrr of points on tho first die, r.iul tbo second figure, to tho right, tbo number on tbo otber. Thus: Suppose tho number of points of tho first dio which comes up to bo 2 uud that of tho other 3. Then if to 4, tho doubl* of the points of the first, there be added Q
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ana tue sum produced, 9, be multiplied by 5, the product will be 45; to which if 3, the number of points ou the other die, bo added 48 will bo produced, from which, if 23 bo substracted, 23 will remain, the first figuro of which is 2, the number of points on the first die, and the second figure 3, the number on the second die.
No. 279. — The Calculating Teacher. A teacher having fifteen young ladies under her charge, wished them to take a walk each day of the week. They were to walk iu five divisions of three ladies each, but no two ladies were to be allowed to walk together twice during the week. How could they be arranged to suit the above conditions?
No. 280.— An Oditty.
Fifty is my first, nothing is my second,
Five just makes my third, my fourth's a vowel reckoned ;
Now, to fill my whole, put all my parts to- gether;
I die if I get cold, but never mind cold weather.
No. 281. — Concealed Birds.
How loiig is that small ark? Can deep love receive this wan face? I hope wit will be re- warded. Bravo not the storm, for not a star lingers in the sky. Does Parr owe Rob in- stead of Joe? Oh, pshaw! rent or sell at once.
No. 282. — Pictorial Diamond.
No. 283. — Double Word Enigma.
In "winds" that whistle round my door;
In "rose and rue" that grow together; In "boom" of breakers of the shore;
In "whisperings" of summer weather.
The one that lay upon tho ground,
Ono sunny day has wholly banished, And totals in its place aro fountl, All two'd by April ere she vanished.
No. 284. — Anagrams.
(a) Norse cata, (f) There we sat.
(g) Into my arm. (h) Real fun. (i) Nay, I repent it.
(b) Mad policy.
(c) 'Tis in charity.
(d) Nino thumps.
(e) Go aurse.
(j) Terrible pose.
No. 285. — Beheading*,
Find first a fairy's magic spell, Behead it, and 'twill not work well, Again— there Vulcan's strength did dwell
No. 286.— Cross Words.
My first is in shark, but not in whale. My second is in head, but not in tail. My third in even and not in odd. My fourth is in river and not in sod. My fifth is in isle and also in mountain. My sixth is in dale though not in fountain. My seventh is in army uud also in camp. While my eighth is in candle, but not in
lamp.
My whole is a soldier, brave and bold, Whose laurels of fame will never grow old.
No. 287. — Conundrums.
(a) Spell "blind pig" in two letters.
(b) Spell "evening" in three letters.
(c) Which are tho two most disagreeable letters, if you get too much of them?
(d) Why is the letter W like scandal?
(e) Why are two T's like hops?
(f) What is that which is always invisible yet never out of sight?
(g) Which of the feathered tribe can lift the heaviest weights?
(h) What pious work do railroads do? (i) What is the best kind of agricultural fail-?
Arrange tho words in their order. The names will form a diamond. Read either down or across.
A Simple Elision.
The following letters were written over the Ten Commandments in a Welsh church: PRSVRYPRFCTMN VRKPTHSPRCPTSTN
This looks as if it might be Welsh or any other strange language. But if you will put in the vowel "e" as many times as is neces- sary, you will find you have a couplet con- taining advice appropriate to the place in which the inscription was written.
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Comparisons In Rhyme. As slow as the tortoise — as swift as the
wind;
As true as the Gospel— as false as mankind; As thin as a herring— as f:it as a pig; As proud as a peacock — as blithe as a grig; As savage as tigers— as mild as a dove; As stiff as a poker— as limp as a glove; As cool as a cucumber— as warm as a toast; As flat as a flounder — as round as a ball ; As blunt as a hammer— as sharp as an awl. No. 288.— Tangled Verse.
Ohtu tar bet rats atht usgedi em
Lagno e ill's odbetlur ase;
Heanvevt tfea tbdeeis em
Hsti rctha iltls stnru to hete;
Ety od ton nhkti I otbdu ehet,
I okwn j-th tturh iaersnm,
I lilw otn eliv ttwhuoi teen
Rf o lal bet dwlor scntnoio.
No. 289.— A Basket of Flowers.
(a) "The fateful flower besido the rilL"
(b) This will bring to mind "Thoughts of Heaven." Tis also a gomo of this season.
(c) Precise, and "tho queen of flowers."
(d) A vehicle, a people, and tho whole is a color.
(e) Artificial fireworks.
(f) A part of speech, a vowel and a nega- tive.
(g) A summons, a goddess, a consonant and a little girl.
(h) A verb in tho present tense and an in- sect
(i) "Oh, a rare old plant is tho green."
0") One of a royal house, a letter and an ornament.
(k) A town in England and a hollow me- tallic vessel.
(1) First, a sphere, and, second, "tho fair- est, freshest and choicest part of anything. "
(m) A sport and an incentive.
(n) A bird (in tho possessive) and a part of tho same.
No. 20O.— Hetagram. Whole, I am a small nnimnl, Change my bead, and I become in succession, regard, food, excellent, to cut, venture, naked.
No 301. — Numerical Enigma. My whole consists of letters six, Without me you aro In a fix ; My 1, 2 and 3 a conjunction shows, Reversed, 'tis used for washing clothes. My" 4, 5 and C la a weight you'll see, Reversed, a negative it will bo; Atui lastly, to conclude, I'll add My whole has eras, but Its sight la bad.
No. 202.— A Riddle— Old but Good.
A box has nine oars of corn in it A squir- rel carries out three ears a day, and It takes him nine days to carry the corn all out How k this explained t.
No. 203.— Word. Wlthta Words.
Affirmation— A girl's name.
Things of little value— A kind of firearm.
A bank officer— A tree.
Small wheels— A handsome flower.
A frolicsome leap— An animal.
A game bird— To pinch.
A gambling scheme— A carnivorous otjoatic tat-
moL
A number— An excrescence. An article of def ensivo armor — A female relative.
No. 204.— An Arithmetical Mystery. Thirteen commercial travelers arrived at an inn and each desired a separate room. The landlady had but twelve vacant rooms, which may bo represented thus:
1 2 3 4 51 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
But sho promised to accommodate all ac- cording to their wishes. So sho showed two of the travelers into room No. 1, asking them to remain a few minutes together. Traveler Jib. 3 sho showed into room No. 2, traveler No. 4 sho showed into room No. 3; traveler No. 5 into room No. 4; traveler No. G into room No. 5, and so on until she had put the twelfth traveler into room No. 11. Sho then went back to where sho had left tho two travelers together, and asking the thirteenth traveler to follow her led him to No. 12, the remaining room. Thus all were accommo- dated. Explain tho mystery.
No. 295. — Two Diamonds and a Word Square.
First diamond— A consonant; to place; without noise; a beverage; a letter.
Second diamond— A letter; part of the face; a boundary; a hole; a letter.
Word square — Fearless; a root; to fit; a \ind of snake; over and above.
No. 290.— A Fish Puzzle.
Each of the little pictures in tho above rep- resents the name of a flsh.
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No. 297. — A Journey.
I was awakened this morning by a roaring water south of Conn. Running to the win- dow to capo of the U. S. I saw it was a lake In N. A. and the roaring a bay in Mich. I hastened to river in Europe, my clothing, and then built a fire of an island in the Gulf of Mexico. Feeling mountains in N. J. I found a bottle, drew a city of the British empire and swallowed a river of the U. S. of a department of France. Going outside I found it was not only a cape of the U. S. , but also a country of S. A. On looking round I saw the large body of water in British A. had broken loose, was circling and rushing around and likely to do damage. It occurred to me that I could stop the trouble with a lake of the U. S., and Euro enough I soon had him a river in Ken- tucky and led him to a town in Mass. I then had a large city of England in a town of Minnesota, and just as I emerged from the latter heard the blowing of a South Ameri- can cape. Knowing it to bo a lako of Africa our South American river of all work, calling to breakfast, I hurried a river in Germany.
No. 298. — Puzzle Picture.
Find the animals that are concealed in the wood.— Golden Days.
No. 299. — An Octagon.
(a) A very small draft.
(b) A firm, heavy and hard substance, shin- ing, opaque and f usiblo by heat.
(c) Many, (d) To repeat, (c) Assembled, (f) More recent. (£) Conducted.
No. 300. — Easy Rebuses, (a) LE (b) DTRD
ora 8
No. 301. — Mlssins Vowels.
Hxrx rxsts hxs hxxd rpxn thx Ixp xf rxrth.
X xiilh tx fxrtxne md tx fxmx un- known.
Fxxr scxxncx frxwnrd nit xn his hxmblx brrth.
Xnd Mxlxnchxlx mxrkxd hxm fir hxr zwn.
No. 302. — A Charade.
It seems to be In nature's plan The first should cover every man;
Last is a common stono
Found anywhere, and whole is ons On money making so intent, He'd first my last to make a cent.
No. 303. — Decapitations.
Whole. I am a thunderous noise; Beheaced, more like headstrong boys; Beheaded again, I'm sure you'll agree That now I'm a useful forest tree.
No. 304. — Familiar Flowers Described.
(a) A cross monster, (b) A great pi ague to unmarried men. (c) An hour of tho day. (d) A missile in which boys delight, (e) A kind of confectionery and a protuberance of some soft material, (f) A woman and an article of her attire, (g) An edible substance and something to put it in. (h) Important organs of speech.
The name of a flower will answer (in sound) each of the descriptions given.
No. 305. — Geographical Hourglass. 1, a city in Scotland; 2, a state of Ger- many; 3, an island in the Mediterranean sea; 4, three-fifths of atlas; 5, a letter in Paris; 6, a capo on the coast of New Jersey trans- posed; 7, a gulf south of France; 8, a south- ern state; 9, a city in Texas. Centrals spell the name of a city in Maryland.
No. 30G. — Anagrams of Notable Women.
(a) Races halt not much.
(b) Write each bee shorter.
(c) A black wool dove.
(d) Get a chin lino for Glen.
(e) Damo Sara be wild.
(f) Clip a later hue.
(g) They need a wild tin, (h) Us both as nanny.
(i) Let Clius land on our home.
No. 307. — A Curious Menagerie.
(a) When Snip, the younger tailor, set up for him- self.
An Unanswerable Conundrum.
There is no answer to the following conun- drum. No one has ever been ablo to find one. Perhaps you may be more lucky. It ought to bo good:
A Landless man had a letter to write, 'Twos read by one who had no sight; Dumb was be who spoke tho word, And deaf was he who listened and heard. Pity there's no answer. Ask it to people and pretend there is an answer — make 'em miserable.
Everybody's
He found his way smoothed by this comical elf. CD) In the kitchen these live with Biddy the cook, CO And this with his eyes his lady love took.
(d) This In the laundry you surely will find,
(e) And thi« on a turn out Is mounted behind. CO This in a baby's robe, daintily dressed.
Stands a fair flower of beauty confessed. Cg) These once were in fashion to dress ladies'
hair, 00 And these on her hearthstone were always a
pair.
CD What a great sheet of paper that artist requires,
This answers his purpose and this bo admires.
CD Chink 1 chink! tho' not silver, 'tis certainly
r •: !,
Triumphantly leading the Romans of old. Ck) If Franklin were hero with aerial sail
! my to his grandson, "Thereby ban js a taiL" CD Did this ono "die happy," when he saw tha
French runT
Cm) They coll this a dipper or heavenly spoon. Cn) Hero It a fellow who never leaves home
Without toi-ing with him a fashionable comb.
Ni>. 30S.— Drop Letter Puzzle. A-t-t-h-n-i-c-a-c-n-n-o. Supply missing letters and find a common
No. 3OO.— niddles.
(a) What may a hen bo said to bo doing when sho cackles after producing an egg?
(b) What word becomes shorter by adding a syllable)
(c) What four letters would frighten a thief?
(d) Why aro the bund the most compas- sionate of people?
(c) What is it that a dumb man can't crack*
No. "10. — illustrated Conundrum.
Ono man b ordered to eat eggs because they aro nutritious, and another is cautioned toleavo thorn alone because they produce
"This is a sort of topsy-turvy world. No one seems to be satisfied. Ono man is strug- gling to gee justice and another is flying fronzit
Robinson takes a glass of sherry to give him an appetite, while Brown, who has a wino cellar, can't touch a drop jpn account of his apoplectic tendencies.
Ono man keeps a pistol to protect himself against burglars, while his neighbor doesnt keep ono for fear of shooting some member of his family by mistake,
Ono rich roan wears poor clothes because ho is rich and can do anything, while a poor man wears fine clothes because ho is poor and wants to create tho impression that ho is not
No. 311.— A Bottle.
A verb; noise of a frog; a tribe of Indians; a covering for tho hea<l ; not now ; a small animal; hollow cylinders; awakening from sleep; ono who tends horses; woven together; moving with rapidity; larger; a girl's name; making firm ; thoroughfares.
Tho words placed in tho order suggested above give tho form of a bottle.
No 313.— Charade.
My first is what all do after sleeping, my second is a plot of ground, my whole is a town in Massachusetts.
No. 313.— n<-:>ns.
The picture represents two word1 from Uje What aro iUey j
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No. 314.— A Tangle.
Daruno em hslal verho, Ni dasesns ro lege, Lilt silfe' rdaems eb vero, Wseet memrieso f o ethe.
No. 315. — Letter Enigma. My first is in jackal, not in ox. My second is in bear, not in fox. My tliird is in deer, not in gnu. My fourth is in ibcz, and in zebu." My fifth is in dormouse, also in hog. My sixth is in jaguar, not in dog. My whole is a quadruped.
No. 310. — Acrostic.
The initials compose tho namo of the last Aztec emperor of Mexico.
1. A famous Portuguese navigator. 2. A famous Seminolo chief. 3. Pertaining to a nation, 4. A playvrritten by Shakespeare. 6. A king who was called the "Unready." G. A queen of Palmyra. 7. All tho heavenly bodies. 8. The messenger of tho gods. 9. A native of a certain province north of Greece.
No. 317.— Mutation.
An energetic band are we, To publish is our theme,
And we'll always delighted be To hear of some new scheme.
Like unto tho cruel spider, We spare not great or small,
Whether roguo or peace abider, Who in our clutches fall.
Although some people like us not,
A deal of good we do, By giving hero and there a dot
Of something that is new.
No. 318. — Decapitation.
A massacre or a loss of life Attending war or deadly strife, Is first, and, if beheaded be, Result of mirth we quickly see.
No. 319. — Numerical Enigma.
My 8 and my 9, 13 and 16, defineth exceed- ingly bright;
My 10 and my 4, and my 15 and 8, is seen in tho still summer night;
My 1, 7, 4, and my 9 and my 3, may always bo found in tho depths of tho sea ;
While my 3, 2 and 14, and likewise my 9, Is where "all roads lead" — you'll doubt- less agree.
My 11, 12, 9, is an article small ; its import- ance you surely have guessed !
While my 5 is a letter the English misuse, and my 6, by an hundred tunes ten, is expressed.
My whole is a part of a proverb most true ; It's meaning self evident must be to yon..
A Hibernian Epitaph.
She gently strode into the dark cave of eternal night at six and a half o'clock in the morning.
A Puzzler.
A man has advertised for "A boy to open oysters with a reference." We don't believe it can bo done.
No. 320.— A Charade for Little Folk.
In winter's time my FIRST is seen,
When the weather is very cold;
And is formed into my SECOND
By children young and old.
And if my WHOLE you wish to find.
My FIRST and SECOND must be combined!
And then by looking you will see,
A winter favorite in me.
No. 321.— Hidden Birds.
(a) Mark 1 It excites the baby to make that noise, (b) The vine on Clarke's trellis was broken down, (c) Alfred started to go home, (d) Sorrow leaves us sad. (e) The mud was deep, (f) The host, richly dressed, did ap- pear, (g) How rents have gone up. (h) They played polo on the ball ground, (i) Tho scared otter elevated itself on its hind legs, (j) In tho heavens a bright star lin- gered.
No. 323.— Mutation.
You'll have ne'er a tussle
In solving this puzzle When you bear it in mind that IT STOOPS so RUjrl
For e'er IT TRAINS ON SOP,
With a twist and a flop, It turns and reverses, and changes again.
No. 323. — Anagrams from Scott.
In each of tho following may be found the namo of a character prominent in one of the "Waver ley novels:
(a) Mind and not die.
(b) Oval from Rica.
(c) In a big bursted
boiler, 'd) Lady Drew, we
rave, (e) Nan drove In a.
(f) His is a perfect
iron.
(g) Mr. T. oils a gun. (h) A very lame it.
(i) Wo first razed
Ulam. (j) Say ripe hemp.
No. 324. — Doable Acrostic.
(a) A conical shellfish.
(b) An affirmation, with an appeal to God as witness of its truth.
(c) A fascinator.
(d) A military instrument.
(e) A product of the earth.
(f) A genus of flowering plants.
Initials form the name of a large cityi finals the river on which it is.
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7f ; wy body's
No. 323.— A Problem for Sharp YTiU.
A former having a certain number of eggs, gave them away in this wise: To A he gave half the eggs ho had and an additional egg; to B, half bo had remaining and an additional egg; to C, hah! the eggs he had remaining and an additional ogg. This closed out his stock. How many had he to commence with)
No. 320. — The Yankee Square.
No. 330.— A lor* AfflOr.
Cut as many pieces of each figure in card- board as they have numbers marked on them, then form these pieces into a square,
No. 327. — Conundrums.
(a) Why is a wise man like a pin?
(b) Why is a palm tree like a chronologerf
(c) Why is a poker like an angry word!
(d) Why is a telegram like a river?
(e) Why is a. Damascus blado like a good natural man?
Fnnlana.
A pig was never known to wash, but a great many people have seen the pig iron.
Pipes aro all humbugs— the best of them are but mecr-shams!
Books aro your best friends; for when they bore you you can shut them up without of- f | \
When a man goes out of the poultry bus- iness he "tears tho tattered hen sign down."
Curiously enough, after the purchaser had paid for his gun, ho said he would like to nave it charged.
No. 328.— The Graces and the Mtuec.
The three Graces carrying each an equal number of oranges were met by tho nine Moses, who asked for some of them. Each Grace having given to each Muso tho same number, it was then found that they had all equal shares. How many had tho Graces at first?
No. 320.— A Square and a Diamond. 1, an animal; 2, avast body of w:ii< r oppose by argument; 4, to treat wit
i- •• ' •.'•.• in.
> animal ; 3, a fruit ; 4, a tree ; 6, a letter.
No. 331. — Transposition.
Behead my first and find at sight The time at which these lines I write; Transpose me, and I am not lost While, whole, I follow autumn's frost. My second is where wealth is found. Though in no mine within tho ground. My first last comes on wintry days, And far into the spring it stays.
No. 332.. — Acrostic.
Tho initials compose the name of a cele- brated prima donna.
1. A Roman general of renown. 2. A character in "Idyls of tho King," noted for beauty and a sad fato. 3. A modern con- queror. 4. A natural philosopher. 5. A poet whoso works few young people read. 6. A great pianist and composer. 7. A Spanish queen. 8. An American patriot of revolu- tionary famo (initial of his Christian name). 0. An interesting personage in mythology.
No. 333. — An Easy Anagram.
Ah mo 1 A horrid shriek I heard
Within tho dark and dismal night; A wholo flew by mo like a bird— A ghoul IT RAN and vanished quite. No. 334. — A Hi. Men Proverb. Select rightly one word from each of the following quotations and the whole will form a very common proverb:
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"Prove all things; hold fast that which is pod."
"Oh, a dainty plant Is the ivy green 1" *Be wisely worldly; be not worldly wise." "For me the gold of France did not seduce." "Iwill know your business — that 1 will." "Tie field yet glitters with the pomp of
No. 335.— A Cross Word Enigma. My first is in hamper, but not in basket; My second is in battle, but not in fight; My third is in piano, but not in music; My fourth is in muffin, but not in crumpet; My fifth is in tarragon, but not in chervil; My whole is a thing you will find in every greenhouse.
No. 336.— Pictorial Enigma for Little Folk.
Arrange the letters that form the names of the small pictures in the order shown by the figures and you will find three things that every boy and girl likes.
No. 337. — A Curious Menagerie.
Take t.hia menagerie for what it is worth; I am sure you will find it "the greatest on earth:"
(a) When coid springs are over and season*
are fine, This of real summer is always a sign.
(b) And this is as certain the winter to show, When cutters with merry bells glide o'er
the snow.
(c) Here's a kind nurse, our hospital queen!
(d) And here are some gloves, for a dude it
would seem. (B) A wife, it is said, put this In a peck
Whenever her husband she wanted to check.
(f) These on his cloak a soldier should wear;
(g) This carries a vessel right over the bar. (h) Here are four castles, each ready to fight
To preserve for their king his legitimate
right. (0 With this the Black Prince' <used ,to cover
his face; Beau Brummel touched his with most
exquisite grace.
No. 338. — Behead and Curtail.
(a) I am a fireplace — curtail me, and I am the fireplace of the body; curtail me again, and I am to distinguish sounds; behead me, and I am that which distinguishes sound.
(b) 1 am to detest — curtail me, and I am unwilling ; behead me, and I am a vow ; cur- tail me, and I am a grain; behead, and I am a preposition.
No. 339.— Original Arithmetic.
Example. — What number becomes even by subtracting one? Answer. — S-evetu
(a) What number, by adding one, becomes sound? (b) \Vhat number, by adding one, becomes isolated? (c) What number, by in- serting one, becomes finely ground meal? (d) What number, by subtracting one, be- comes a vegetable growth? (e) What num- ber, by subtracting one, becomes a preposi- tion? If) What number, by subtracting one, becomes an exclamation?
No. 340. — A Charade.
Tis as a name for a thief that our first will
occur,
Or a pickpocket sly, if you should prefer; Next's congenial, of the same nature or kind, While the whole's a small cup f or _you to find.
No. 341.— Conundrums.
(a) What is that condition of life from which if you take all trouble there will yet remain some?
(b) What was it that Livingston had once, Lincoln twice and Longfellow three times, and yet each had about him all his lifetime?
(c) When does the rain become too familiar to a lady?
(d) Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such thing as stone?
The """i who said he was down on geese must have a very small opinion of himself.
Everybody's
No. 34».-Alddle, I went Into a tent,
And father staid outside, When suddenly the whole thing changed,
And a sfcfc person I espied.
No. 843.— A Few Birds. 00 A rude bird, (b) A "tough" bird. «J) A boasting bird, (d) A dishonest bird, (e) An untruthful bird, (f) A "cabinet" bird, (g) A cowering bird, (h) A cheating bird, ft A low spirited bird.
No. 344.— Poetical PL
•'1st' na lod zamim ni bet cboloss, Ahtt y'aflettr's eht of do fo lofos; Ety won nad neth rouy enm fo twi Liwl acendoccnd ot kate a tib."
No. 345.— An Inverted Pyramid. Across— L Exemplified. 2. Confuted. 8. Read. 4. To prevent. 5. Expressions of in- quiries or slight surprise. G. A letter.
Down— L A letter, 2. An abbr. & Part of the face. 4. Employed. 5. A merry frolic. 6. Verified facts. 7. Rosettes, a To declare. 9. To spread. 10. A boy's nick 1L A letter.
Wo. 340.— Letter 1 —••• C
(a)
trary
(b)
(c) Hbag.
Ho. 347.— Word Making. I am an evil thin?. Impure, untrue, But if to me you add what sounds like you, I bring much strength. If only g you add, I am what, well done, makes a bearer glad; And If an o you tack on after g, Why, then, 1 scorch, so much it alters me.
With g I sweetly sound, with o Fm dumb, A geometric line I then become; Ole makes mo lonesome, widower or unwed, X sends me down just like a lump of lead. With c e Joined on 1 go into the post, And with on added r e I honest am at last
No. 348.— Anagram. When hungry flames your homes will devour, Why Dot take that which "Cures in an1' hour?
No. 340.— A Rhomboid. ACBOSa
1. Flavor. 2. Actuated, a To hinder. 4 To make new. & An iron pipe in a forgo.
DOWTf.
L A consonant 2. A verb. ft, A cap-
sule of legumes. 4. Above. 6. Let again. & A native of Denmark, 7. A tree. 8. A pfO- noun. 9. A Roman numeral
Ho. 350.— One Line— One Counter Puzzle.
A JB CO £ r .
Place six counters on the dotted angles of any of the squares in the diagram so that no two counters shall be in the some line, either straight or diagonal Unless the counters ore very small, it will be advisable to rule a larger diagram before placing them.
No. 351. — The Knowing Shepherd. A shepherd was going to market with some sheep when he met a man who said to him, "Good morning, friend, with your score." "No," said the shepherd, "I have not a score; but if I had as many more, half as many more, and two sheep and a half, I should have just a score." How many sheep had hef
Tfo. 352. — Cross Word Enigma.
My first is In bottle,but not in cork.
My second in polka, but not in York.
My third is in watch, but not in clock.
My fourth is in schooner, but not in dock,
My afth is in tree, but not in bush.
My sixth is in wren, but not in thrush.
My seventh is in navy, but not in ship. .
My eighth is in tongue, but not in lip.
My ninth is in river, but not in lake.
My tenth is in biscuit, but not in cake.
My whole is a favorite out door game,
The winners of which procure great fame.
No. 353. — A Zigzag.
Each of the words described contains the Huno number of letters. When thece have been rightly guessed and placed one below the other, the zigzags (beginning at the upper left hand corner) will spell a famous battle that took place about twenty -eight years ago.
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Crosswords; (a) An obstruction, (b) Much tued in hot weather, (c) A wager, (d) The goddess of revenge, (e) To saunter, (f) A retreat, (g) The fifth sign of the zodiac, (h) Frequent. tf) To request, (j) To placa (k) Forty-five inches. (1) A quadruped with palmate horns, (m) A covering for the floor, (nj To drone, (o) Part of a fish.
No. 354.— American Fl. These lines are from a famous American poet:
Ltel em ont ni rufmloun bunresm
File si ubt na pymet edmar; Rof eth usol si ddae taht sublemsr, Nad gshnit ear ton thaw eyht ernes.
No. 355.— An Old Saying Illustrated.
No. 356. — A Double Diagonal Square.
An eighth of a mile; to shine brightly; management of any undertaking; a small pickled cucumber; to impose upon; certain kind of reptiles; the nymph or chrysalis of aa Insect. My diagonals, read downward from right to left and from left to right, name two states.
No. 357. — A Defective Proverb.
Th.tL.db.c.m.s l.ght th.t .s ch..rf.Uy b.rn. .
No. 358. — A Charade. When o'er the western hills at close of day
The sun is shedding a departing ray. He paints my first in glory on the skies
In all the splendor of celestial dyes.
My second, fitting emblem of the tomb, Pursues his sinuous way through paths of gloom
Clothed hi sad colors, yet at man's behest He causes man to be more richly drest.
My whole, soft beacon of the summer night. Through darkness sends a beam of purest light!
Be who would find It Deed not gate Ob high, Or search with curious eyes the starlit sky.
No. 330.— Riddles.
(a) When does love become a pitched battle!
(b) What is that which the more it is cut the longer It grows?
(c) What is that which though always in- visible is never out of sight?
(d) When does a ship become a horseman?
(e) When you put on your slipper why do you always make a mistake?
No. SCO. — A Problem of Number*.
Old General Host
A battle lost, And reckoned on a hissing,
When he saw plain
What men were slain, And prisoners and missing.
To his dismay
He learned next day What havoc war had wrought;
He had, at most,
But half his host Plus ten times three, six, ought.
One-eighth were lain
On beds of pain, With hundreds six beside;
One-fifth were dead,
Captives, or fled. Lost in grim warfare's tide.
Now, If you can.
Tell me, my man. What troops the general numbered,
When on that night
Before the fight The deadly cannon slumber'df
No. 361. — Double Central Acrostic.
All of the words described contain the same number of letters, when these words are rightly guessed, and placed one below another in the order here given, one row, reading downward, will spell typography and another row will spell devised.
Cross words: L To murmur. 2. A large strong wasp. 3. To quaka 4. Dogmas. 5. A common plant somewhat like mint 6. The shop of a smith. 7. Upright 8. A city, famous in ancient times, founded by Alman- zor.
No. 363. — Noted Women.
(a) She whose shadow the soldiers kiss.
(b) She who first realized her beauty was fading when the street sweepers no longer turned to look at her.
(c) The beautiful empress who was an ex- ample of woman's devotion,
(d) The distinguished lady who would glad- ly have exchanged her talents for beauty.
(e) She who wept to wear a crown.
(f) The captive queen of the City of the
(g) The Scandinavian songstress.
(h) The originator of the massacre of St. Bartholomew.
(i) She who lighted the fires of Smithfield.
(j) The queen who won a greater victory by her charms than by her armies.
(k) The queen whose wisdom was seen in her counselors.
(1) She whose children were her jewels. — Good Housekeeping.
No. 363. — Diamonds.
(a) A consonant; a verb; a fruit; an ad- verb; a consonant. Whole spells the name of a f nut.
(b) A letter ; a luminary ; tasteful ; a planet ; • medicine; three-fourths of deep; a letter. Whole spells the name of the largest planet
No. 364.— Illustrated Zigzag.
In the accompanying illustration each of the numbered object* may be described by a word of flvo letter* When these are rightly guessed and placed one below the other, the rigzag, beginning at the upper left hand cor- ner, will ipell the name of a famous American artist of the early part of this century, some- time* called the "American Titian. "
No. 365.— A Mathematical Nat.
Four things there are, all of a height, One of them crooked, the rest upright; Take away three and you will find Exactly ten remains behind. But if you cut the four in twain, You'll find one-half doth eight retain.
No, 366.— An Enigmatical Insect. My first is to ramble; my next to retreat; My whole oft enrages in summer's fierce heat.
A Pastime for Winter Evenings.
The "Flour Merchant" is the name of one of the many conversational games that are so convenient for whiling away an evening by the fireside, because they are not noisy and require no special appliances.
One who personates the flour merchant will try in every way to dispose of his stock by asking questions of the others, who must in their answers be careful not to use the words "flour," "I," "yes" or "no." For instance, the merchant says:
"Any flour to-day P
"There is none required."
"Let me persuade you to take some."
"That is impossible."
"Why so? It is excellent flour."
"You have my answer."
"Havel? Will you please repeat itP
"My answer was 'Not any.' "
"But the price is reasonable."
"1 will not take any."
The flour merchant, having succeeded In making her say "I," proceeds on his way.
No. 367. — Charade.
In every gift of fortune I abound, In me is every vice and virtue found ; With block and blue and green myself I paint, With me an atheist stands before a saint.
Far before nature I make art precede. And before sovereigns give the poor the lead; Many who bear the name of learned and wise, Did I not help them, you would oft despise.
Nay, more; within my grasp, together bound. The king, tho beggar and the noble's found. In one thing I excel the proudest lord— You always may depend upon my word.
No. 368.— Easy Word Squares.
(a) L A grain, 2. A chill 8. A cluster. 4. Collections.
(b) L A puppet 2. A river In North America. 3, An animal 4. Forsaken.
(c) L A burden. 2. A river in England. 8. Beg& 4. A piece of furniture.
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No. 369. — The Maltese Cross Squared.
Divide a Maltese cross, by two straight cuts, Into four pieces so that the pieces when put together will form a square.
No. 370.— A Curious Collection of Keys.
Example — A Spanish grandee. Answer— Don-key. (Partly by sound.)
1. A failure, 7. To frustrate.
2. A hunch. 8. Obscurity. 8. A celibate. 9. A frolic.
4. Liable to careen, 10. Tending to darkness.
6. Hazard. 11. A plant.
& To sweep. 12. Unsteady motion.
No. 371.— Charade,
My first is darkness.
My second is a proposition.
My third is a plant growing in bogs.
Whole is the name of a bird.
No. 373.— A Tangle.
Yam ehret eb stju guehno cludos ni ruyo elfi ot rofm a blufetaiu ntuesa.
No. 373.— A Mystic Cross.
This consists of four diamonds of five words each, so placed that when joined by central letters they form a cross.
Top Diamond, — A letter; queen of the fairies; a title applied to women; wicked; a letter. Right Hand Diamond. —A letter; past tense of a verb meaning to possess; a transparent fluid; a cave; a letter. Bot- tom Diamond. — A letter; to strike; close; an article; a letter. Left Hand Diamond. — A letter; a fruit; a flower; a metal; a letter. Centrals, from center to top, a male sheep; from center to right, crude; from center to bottom, a small animal ; from center to left, a quick blow; from top to center, to deface; from right to center, open hostility; from bottom to center, a resinous substance; from left to center, equal value.
No. 374. — Enljrma.
I am quite a useful article,
And found in many a form; I am seen upon the ocean,
In sunshine and in storm; The doctor prescribes me
When your stomach isn't right; When the settler builds his cabin
I help to make it tight; Tm scarce upon the prairie,
But in the forest found, And I am quite abundant, too,
Where little dogs abound.
No. 375.— Riddles.
(a) A word of three syllables seek till you find
That has in it the twenty -six letters combined. Cb) There was a man who bought a thing;
The thing he bought he did not want;
The man who sold it could not use it;
The man who used it did not know it
No. 370. — Quizzes.
What is short when it is long?
What gives weakness when 'tis strongT
What painful loss can make us glad?
What risks more heights than any lad?
What is it that is always tired—
When there is strength for work required?
What thing to live must lose its head?
And what from too much breath lies dead?
What while running always lies?
What is a disregarded vice?
What book still lives when robbed of leaves?
And can you name the unseen thieves?
No. 377. — A Simple Charade.
Take half of what is needful for the dead, What helps physicians to their daily bread; Join these together, bright and clear, And drink for breakfast without fear.
No. 378. — Beheadings.
A Bound in kitchens often heard;
Behead, a foolish act inspired ; Behead again, its leaves are stirred
Once more and silence is required.
No. 379.— Pied Cities. 1. Plevoliro. 2. Mr. Latiboe. a Dr Seend. 4. Las Mesrile. 5. Tanhes. G. Glareis. 7. Vanaha. 8. Vanhsana,
No. 380. — Anagrams Lame Jim Deels. Ah, Normal Drain. It's to maul coaL Clare L. Wilton. Who will see mad Allin Liar, send checks.
of Popular Authors.
Nab through door. Will likes coin. Ah, Cyril Macey. Leave tho trader wed, Tarent, tho boss. A deep city main ran.
No. 381. — A Word Puzzle.
From these letters form one word: D O N W O E R.
Everybody's
No. 382.— rictorliU Proverb.
No. 383.— Concealed Birds.
LevI bisected the obtuse angle. Why Is the omnibus tardy today? Ezra ill treats his little brother. Jane must return home at once. This place must be Oretna Green. Kate always has fashionable company. Miss KMriilgo nines very sweetly
No. 384. — Decapitations.
First. It Is very easy to see through me. Because I think you do It every day;
Decapitate me and I will be A pretty little girl at play.
Behead again, and It appears to your ey» What a strikingly queer quadruped am L What's left of me— It's for you to know, I'm nothing but two consonants though.
No. 885.— A Tangle of Wise Words.
How setakdenur nyara nitsgh ta noco dem- •ol sedo hantgyni lewL
>o, 88O.— Illustrated Numerical Enigma.
Every word that is represented by figure* Is a noun, and all are pictured in the accom- panying illustration.
Though your ambition soar like a 81 -6-1-40, unless you climb the 50-23-84-5, or take the 8U-29-5-44, or man the 20-17-3IV24-42-34, or wield the 16^7-30- 13-41, or seize the 11-3-33, or guide the 14-34-25- 13-15-8, or work the 14- 27-19-87-24, or handle the 22-51 -4-5-21, or try ttwtt-8MMMS-4a,or string the 34-32-52-43, or strike the 31-26-10, or ply the 28-46-15-5, or win the honor of a 8MS-4S-7-2-3S, you will prove the truth of the whole quotation, which IB from Shakespeare.— St. Nicholas.
3Iodern Proverbs.
Decorations of the golden grain
Are set to allure the aged fowl in vain.
Cryptogamous concretlon'never grows On mineral fragments that decline reposft.
It is permitted to the feline race To contemplate even a regal face.
Observe yon plumed biped flnel
To effect bla captivation. Deposit particles saline
Upon his termination.
Teach not a parent's grandmother to extract The embryo juices of an egg by suction;
That good old lady can the feat enact, Quite irrespective of your kind instruction.
Pecuniary agencies have force
To stimulate to speed the female horse.
The earliest winged songster soonest sees And first appropriates the annelides.
No. 387. — A Marine Square. This is composed of words of seven letters each. The first word represents tho name of the beam or timber upon which tho broadest part of a vessel is formed. The second, a spear used in capturing largo fish. The third, "havens." The fourth, "the act of reaching a place from a distance." The fifth, "a small anchor with four or live flukes." The sixth, "a steamship." The seventh, "a traveler." The diagonal from upper left to lower right corner represents "a seaman."
No. 388. — Easy Rebus. My 1, 2, 3 across tho Innd
My 4, ft, 6 doth carry. On 1 to 6 we both will stand
The day we both shall marry.
No. 389.— Rarled Birds. (Two birds are concealed in each sentence.) ta) Wo saw, on our tour, a company of gyp- sies wandering about.
(b) Ned caught a rat In a mouse trap— in UuJ first it was, tool
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to) She began nettling me, else we wo _-^ have had a word.
(d) Yes, he is a very sharp young fellow, and
very smart in his way.
(e) It is seldom a visitor uses such awkward
expressions.
(f) Mr. Jones will not rebuild his wall, owing
to the high rate allowed masons.
No. 390.— Pie.
ONUBRSCOSRNEIO. Arrange the above letters aright, and the name of a tale well known to children will appear.
No. 391.— Odd Enigmas.
Write one hundred and add one,
And then with five unite; When one and fifty you have joined.
You'll have what is polite.
If. to one thousand you add one.
Then fifty and five hundred. You'll have what's gentle, good and kind.
Or else 1 must have blundered.
No. 393.— Riddle. I've hands and feet and features flue, To you 1 often tell the time; I'm sometimes seen upon the moon. The cattle seek me oft at noon. Around each house 1 creep at night, From me the guilty hastes his flight; I help to prove the earth is round; I swiftly move without a sound. I walk with you each pleasant day; I chase the children when at play— They cannot catch me if they try, Yet they are as fleet of foot as L I am not light, I'm sure you'd say, And yet 'tis true I nothing weigh. Whene'er the morn is clear and bright, My form towers to a wondrous height; But when the dinner hour is nigh. More broad and short and thick am L If before you I proceed, And if you wish to take the lead. Then turn and go an opposite way, Or wait till a different time of day.
No. 393.— Single Acrostic.
1. One of the Great Antilles. 2. One of the Shetland islands. 3. The largest island in the world. 4. A group of islands in the In- dian ocean. 5. An island group in the South Atlantic ocean. 6. The island prison of a great general 7. The sight of the fifth won- der of the world. 8. Two islands in the Arctic ocean which are separated by a very narrow strait 9. One of the British West Indiea 10. A large island in the Atlantic ocean. 11. A British West Indian island. 12. One of the Aukland islands. 13. An isl- and on tho east coast of Africa,
The initial letters of each of the islands de- tcribsd wtlj spell the tuyne of an island which
Is supposed to be the scene of a very famous story.
No. 394. — Transpositions.
The first I will tell you
Is a kind of waterfowl. Transposed now, I'm a story
That will often raise a howL Again, now, I'm behind time,
Like many a belated train. A foreign coin you now will get,
If I am transposed again.
No. 395.— A Reversion.
If a time of day you will turn around The time will just remain the same.
No. 39G.— A Pictorial Proverb.
No. 397.— A Charade.
My first of anything is half, My second is complete;
And so remains until once more My first and second meet.
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The stars aro letters, and the figures mean The alphabetic gaps that are between; Betwixt that A aud R, that C and E, Two horrid monsters very huge there bo. Reader, 'tis mine to hide, 'tis thine to find, go set about it with au active mind.
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Chinese Tea Sons.
If the reader studios this attentively, he will gee how easy it is to read Chinese : Ohc ometo th ete asho pwit fame,
Andb uya po undo f thebo st. T willpr oveara ostex cellentt ea,
Itsq ua lit yal Iwl lla at to st, Tiso nlyf oursb 1111 nps apo und, Soc omet othe teama rtan dtry, Nob etterc anel sewh erebefou nd, Ort hata nyoth er needb uy
No. 300.— Meheadmento and Curtailments.
(a) Behead and curtail a substance made from cloth or rice or straw, and have an ani- mal of the genus Quadrumana,
(b) Behead and curtail a cut of meat and have a beverage.
(c) Behead and curtail "an avenue through a town," and have the largest division of the vegetable kingdom.
No. 4OO. — An Ea«ter E«j<j to Crack.
This rebus, when deciphered, will give a sentence appropriate to the season.
No. 401.— Anagrams— Men of the Day.
(a) N. B. Jane rain or shine, (b) No limp voter, (c) The moon's a dias. (d) Big Jane's lama (e) Kill a brave, mild twin, (f) Sear real gulls, (g) Never clod gravel (h) If my A. C. will da (i) We care in danger, (j) Bone battle, (k) Lone Tom and I call. (1) Why more at rent (m) I will whine "my cat" (n) W. R. M. lives at Lima, (o)