The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-03
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Original Puzzles.
NO. 138S-CHARADE
Two men did meet on lonely way
And one did try to FIRST the other.
Hold cried the other one Il pray.
Take not my life; am thy brother"
On mountain side and in the wales
My timid SECOND want to Craze
While hrlntsmen told their oft-told tales
Around the eamp-fres cheerful blaze
WHOLE is bird that. strange to say,
Wheneer it sings tells us its
FIRST SECOND is its only lay,
Repeated eft, but still the same.
HoBBIEVILLE, Ind ERMINA.
NO 1389-ACRosTIc.
Twelve Lettersl
l. horizontal suit of molding. g One
who performs any work. (Obs 3. The palace of
Immortality. 4. Act of burning up. 5. Washes.
Obs. g. To sit-as on eggs for Matching. Z.
Med. Peculiar to people. s. To become
dull. 8. A disease of hawks TO- To render
smooth. IL The liberation of the moon. II.
An abbreviaton for explicitus. 13. A total
loss OF thought and reason IA An ignorant
person. 10. species of rose. 10. genus
OF fresh water fishes.
PRIMALs-A species of ornamental plant
F1NALs-Changes the element Of
MARSHALL Ill. DUTCH AND PETE
NO. l39O-ENIGMATICAL POETS.
l. Characterized by keenness and place of
resort. 2. One who has the care of the but
terry. (Obs) 3. The smallest article imagina-
BILE, and row of pipes in an organ. 4. One of
the human race and the lower part of a furnace
D. To beat severely with the fists and certain
quantity of timber. g. Owing to (obs. and a
trustee of college. z A assure in rock
and to shoot into long stem, as some plants.
. g.. One who who manages the pecuniary concerns of
others (Obs. RUTH DAVIS.
KNIGHTsTowN, Ind.
NO. 139l-ENIGMA.
I am composed of 81 letters and my whole is
Spanish proverb
My "A, %, II. 5, 8, 7 is name given to tribe
OF men whose manners and customs are akin to
those of the gypsies.
My %, IA, s. 10, 2, IL, % is the place of fire.
lOhs This word is found in Peoples Cyclope-
da
My 20, %, a. 10, 81, IS is term introduced
by Lyell to characterize the lower tertiary
strata, from the idea that the fossil shells con
tanned small proportion of living species
My !, g. 90 9, %, q is to perforate the skull
My 4, 10, l6, IL, 3. &c, Il was United States
senator [1S75-1SS1.
My 10, Is, % is to lay a wager. DELL
JAMESTOWN, Ind.
NO. 1392-woRD ENIGMA.
My first is in winter my seconds in spring;
My third is III hold on, my fourth is in cling;
My fifth is in monkey, my sixth is in ape;
MY seventh Is In island. eighth
My ninth is i'll heaven. Ill home and in mother,
1t is also IN sweetheart in father i'll brother.
My whole is a flower
Which has qualities rare;
1t is said when 1t opes,
That the day will be fairs
But if closed it remains
OF the weather beware;
i Is an unfaihng sign
That there's rain IN the air.
ERMINA.
NO. 1393-NUMERIcAI. CHARADEs
!. My l, 2, g. 4 is village in Massachusetts,.
My 5, 6, Z, 8 is bird
My to is play or game of children.
2 My /. 2, 3. A. 5. 6 is a beggar
My Z, s. 8, 10 is a borough.
My III, II, ID, IA is All enumeration.
My to IA is fabulous story. D.
WASHINGTON, d. @.
NO. 1394-HEAD CHANGES
l. Whole, / am an instrument used in cut
ting slate; change my head. and / become
plate of gold; to grow to task.
2 Whole, | am an escuent root; change my
head, and 1 become, successfully, to cheat
measure, a projection on wheel. mole. an en-
CINE OF war, part of a pig, and the knave of
clubs. DoDo
GALLON, O.
NO. 1395-REvERsALs.
Il Read forward and find to seize; reverse
and find to boast 2 Read forward and find
mucilage; reverse and find small cup g. Read
forward and find state of equality; reverse and
find sharp blow. 4. Read forward and find
TO drive back; reverse and find one who is in
fected with cutaneous disease.
M1LLERvILLE, Ind LOUIE HEDRIcK.
NO. 139G-DIAMoND.
|. letter. 2. To tipple g. Sudden fright.
4. One who cautions. B. Enormous in size. g.
To know (obs.) z. A consonant
SALEM, Ind. UNCLE THEo.
NO 1397-sQUARE.
l. A juice: 2. Belief 8. TO approach 4.
To merit by labor. NEorEs.
EVANSVILLE. Ind.
NO. 1398-cRoss- WORD ENIGMA.
My first is in Robert but not in Dennis;
My second is in polo, but not in tennis;
My third is in donkey. but not in mule;
My fourth is in formula but not in rule;
My fifth is in leg, but not in knee;
My whole is what all wish to be.
OXFORD Miss. j. p NJ
ANSWERS in three weeks.l