The National tribune., 1885-12-17
BRAIN-RACKERS
From Our YOung Contributors.

ITO CONTRIBUTORS: In sending answers name
No. of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE in which the puzzle
is found. Answers OF guessers may be forwarded
within week after receiving this TRIBUNE. do not
make numerical enigmas of your own names.
Answers must accompany all puzzles forwarded.
PUZZLE soLvERs AND THEIR NUMBERS.
VIM. T. Breidenthal, Sumner, Ill. 4; Ernest ID.
Davis. ir., 6: Lillian Van Horn Halstead, Kan, 3;
Dick, Box TO- Great Bend, Kan. 3; Louella Walker,
Parkwood, Pa, 4 Mary Grace, Washburn, Rich
field Center, o., 5; Annie L. Marsh, Saugus Mass,
IA; Harry Fox, MurdocksYille, Pa, Z; Annie Il.
Fox Pratt Ill. 4; Erwin j. Vermyea Marshfeld,
Pa. 5; May TreusdelI. CLYDE. Kan. /: Mary Dawn
Petty, North Dorset, VT, 3 Lizzie Burrow, Oak
land. Iowa, 7; kearney Lonergan, Latrobe, Pa, S;
Zach Snyder, Pine Grove, Pa, .; II. &. b., Henry
vile. o., 2; Mary Mouck, Canonsburg, Pa; G. +.
Engle, Miiiin, o.,
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE NOV. 26.
A Ridde-A coffin.
Numerical Enigma" Uncle Daniels Story"
Double eAcrostic.-John A. Logan and Robert E.
Lee.
Conundrums.-1. Bolt IT, q What does Y. Z. g.
spell? 3. Because 1t makes sty nasty. A: Because
he is man beside himself 5. Noise 6. All tho
difference in the world
Multiplications.-Ma ma. Ua ha.
Geographical Engma.-North America.
Crossword Enigma.-Whittier.
r. Housman. Swanton O., is the only one who
attempts a solution of Geo. G. Kings Egg Puzzle
He says the question as to how they sell is easily
told, but that question cannot be answered.
What does Mr. King say?
CONCEALED FLOWERS
l. II the river be narrow il may easily be crossed
q Please bring me that pan, Sylvia,
g. Nero seldom did kind act.
4. The last era has witnessed many great inven-
tions.
S. Is Glenn at Isa's to-day7
g. Ida, is your lesson difficult
T. From the fever, few escaped.
9. Can Nathan play upon the fiutef
9. Have you pin, Kate?
10. Hal, the army is advancing.
Yum Yum, l22 Gooding street, Lockport, N. Y.
ERwIN's RIDDLE.
Swift running through the land,
Over clay and over sand,
Among the hills and through ravnes,
Murmuring none knows what il means.
Erwin j. Vermilyea, Marshheld, Pa.
A CLUB ENIGMA
My i5,2,7 is a singing winged insect; ;,,
ii, 5, 4, ii, 10 Is plant of the genus olium:
| ], 81. 3, 9 is to cut with a razor;
l. IL, IL is to perch.
My whole is composed of Is letters; is what we
ENIGMA NO. /.
My s, l9, Ia 8, IL ls is tedious;
II, IL, G. 3. I6. 4 is a boys name;
I3, Ii, 8, Is. II is useful to housekeepes;
Z, IA, 2, Is, 8 is TO salute;
l. is, 20 4, 8, Is, 10, is the middle stone Of an
My whole is a work much in use among ladies Of
the present day.-Annie L. Marsh, Saugus, Mas.
| ENIGMA 10. 2.
| To-day am as q busy machine
And toll for man like slave;
| But, readers, beware, oft am a snare,
| A rogue, and an arrant knave;
| To man I'm q bane, for I've thousands slain
Who sleep in an outcasts grave.
Josie I. Adair, Terre Haute, Ind.
| oLD-TIME RIDDLE.
| A woman confined I'm a prison was told by the
| King she would be set free should she give him q
riddle he could not guess. She gave the following
AS went out and in again
From the dead the living came
Six there are but seven there be.
| Guess this riddle, or set your prisoner free.
H. G. b., Henryville, o.