The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-10-15
BRAIN-RACKERS
From Oar Young Contributors.

ITO CONTRIBUTORS: In sending answers name
No of THE National TRIBUNE IN which the puzzle
within week aftcr receiving this TRIBUNE Donot
make numerical enigmas OF your own names.
Answers mutt accompany all puzzles forwarded
PUZZLE soLvERs.
s. L. Susong Susong. Tenn, L; Dick, Dodge City;
.; sam Blair, Rushviiie. Ind, .; Frank N Drake,
Lansing, Kan, 2; Harvey Dut;on, Glenwood, Kan,
l. Ira j. Dresser jefferson, Iowa, 2; Albert q.
Krause, Sutton Neb., 2; ii. N. Miller, Elizabeth
ville Pa. /; Mrs. Frank HaInm, Worden, Wis, /;
Robert Bancon, Box 2lS, Rosedale Kan, 3; J. +.
Noops Bethesda, o., 4; Lawrence L. Bassett, Can
ton, III, 3; Joseph F. Dyer, Whitesourg Tenn, .;
W. p Chamberlain, Richiand, Oak, 5; Jos Lord
Adrian, Mich, 4; Fred III. Stevens, Clinton, Conn,
5; Ivie Ginger, Winchester, Ind, 4.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE SEPT. "a
Knship.-The old his own grandson
and the Young man his own grandfather by mar
riagc, because the old man was his sons stepson-
in-law. and the young man was his fathers step
iather-in-law. The old man was his wite's
mothers stepfather-n-iaw, and the young man
was his wife's daughters stepson-in-law. The
young man served half brother, grandfather and
uncle TO the old mans heir, and the old man also
the Stepbrother, grandfather and uncle OF his wife
mothers child They bear other relations, but
give these few.-,loe +. Dyer.
Mathematical Puzzle-Fifteen Apples.
Enigma Patience is Genius.
His Sweetbearts Name-Mystery.
Riddle-Nilwaukee.
Conundrun,-IIole III a Stocking.
Letter Rebus-0ntario.
Texas Conundrurn-A Pillow
Annie's Conundrum-I. The last takes the
egg with the dish. 2. Five, when peeled. 3.
Against his will.
Presidents Enigna-Ru Rutherford B. Hayes.
Answer 10 Prize Puzzle, Sept. E-Gath Hepher
/. Greek Slave . Amethyst 3. Truth 4. Har-
vest. s. Home. 6 Everlasting. Z. Hesperns. s.
Earning. 10. Reward.
RIDDLE
Wrapped in n suit of sober brown,
Which everybody knows,
For many months below the ground
4
AT length I'm dragged from out my home,
And man, remorselesS sinner,
Strips off my skim cuts out my eyes,
And eats me for his dinner.
Gertrude E. Aughey, Oxford, o.
A SWARM OF GOOD ONES
Why are swarnls Of bees like THE TRIBUNE?
You have something that q carrot has, and a car
rot has something that you have. Now, what Is IT
that you have?
What is destroyed by naming Fitch Wood
burn, Cincinnati, o.
TO BE ANSWERED BY ANYONE.
have two wheels, one four feet in diameter, the
axle four feet from the center of each If they per-
form a circle by being rolled on the ground, how
large will the circle OF each bed. a. Snowman.
Woodland, Me.
QUERIES.
A lady entered a crowded street-car leaving her
son on the PLATFORM outside. In calling him in,
she quoted Bible name What was it?
A lady entertained some lady friends In telling
name. What was il?
A lady, meeting gentleman friend, in asking
him how he felt, quoted Bible name. What was
n?-Fred H. Stevens, Clinton Iowa.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
My !, 3, 10, g. 3 is the name OF a prophet;
s, 3, g. :, 4, measure;
g. 5, is what my whole never did;
by whole was a Union General.
WORD SQUARE.
]. A kind of song. .. Toreverence. g. A corner.
4. To multiply. 5. Large vegetable growth.
CROSSWORD ENIGMA.
My ! is in better and not in worse;
is in ashes, and not in wood;
3 is in painting, and not in verse;
Is in scarf, and not in hood;
5 is in river, and not in lake;
Is in ocean, and not in sea;
Is in frying, and not in bake;
8 Is in tibia, and not in knee;
My whole is the name OF a famous historian.
w. p. Chamberlain Richland Oak.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK BRAIN-RACKERs.
No. 52.-Conundrum-one pounds away, and the
other wcighSa pound
No. 53.-Rebus-Serpentsl Turk in every winecup.
No. 54-TRANsPosITIoN.