The National tribune., 1886-03-25
BRAIN-RACKERS
From Our Young Contributors.

FROM our lGuHS t0DtfIbatOTS,
ITO CONTRIRUToRs: In sending answers name
No. Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNEi in which the puzzle
I i found. Answers OF guesscTs may be forwarded
within week after reccivingth TRIBUNE DO not
make numerical enigmas OF your own names.
Answers must accompany all puzzles forwarded.
PUZZLE sOLvERs AND THEIR NUMBERS.
Ernest c. LhlleieId. Lincoln. Me-, 81 three num-
bersj; Lossie Eabcock, Fall River, Wis, 5; Pru-
Gcnce Pearman, Nebraska City, Ncb., l; Alva |.
Phillips. Greenfield. Mass. i Walter Potts, Cadiz,
o., /; SeiGen Garbor, Marble Rock, Iowa > Gertic
Dri~l;o. Addison, Me. lfeb p 81; Nellie Thayer,
Griswo!d, Iowa, /; A. q. Weeks, Newport. Me, S;
Zach Snyder Pine Grove. Pa, >; Stella q. Fletcher,
Whitinsvile, Mass, 8; Lille Mcdonald, Paris,
Iowa, ); Wm. I. Breidcuha Sumner, H.. !
Annie J.. March s:auaus Mass. II Ida NJ Critchly
Norwich, Conn, II (Fcb. %; Hugh G Henry,
Rochester, Vt, l5i Lizzie Burrow, Oakland Iowa,
II; Lowell j. Decker Dawn, Mo, 10 tFeb. 30 Mary
ID. Petty. North Dorset. Vt, 3; Sarah McMahon,
Spring Bluff, Wis, II; Delbert L. Marshall Con-
s,antine Mich, j; Richard Ellsworth, Canton,
\. y, .; Lena \. stearns, Leon, Mich, 3: Ruby
/ Stednan Lake Crystal, MINI. ] Bertha =. Dick
/ inson Cameron, Mo. 4; Enza Foote. Rockford,
3iICh., l3; Hattie j. Kelley, [; Eva Pope, Hope,
ID. T, 6; J. V. Walker, Prairie Star Neb Eddie
l., Green, GTcenwhich, Conn, 3 Dora L. McCui-
, Tough, Walden, \. y, l. li'eb. %; w. r. Sharp,
hamburg, Iowa, 3; &. Robert Gates, New London,
Conn, ?; Lena Higdon, ST Maurice Ind; Ben. L.
Ueastand, FDtosi, Mich, G.. Stevens, Reed City,
Mich, /: blanche Towner. Northeast, Pa, l; VIM.
!. Clark, Cheney Neb, L; Edna Il. Scott, Ger
mana, o, ,.
Contributions of Brain Hackers are acknowledged
from the following: Lewis Page. Blue Earth.
Mimi; c. ". Hammond, Mckinney. o.; J. II Zach
cry, Co c, Isl Ky. Cav, CoinaIcie, Texas; CIlas
+. Ford, Cameron, Mo; Cassie IL. seaweard,
GTcencaste, no; Zach Snyder, Pine Grove Pa;
Annie l.. Pickering Saunders, Neb.; Birdie Hawk,
Prairie Home, H.: W. a. Sharp, Hawburis, Iowa
ChIs Barcy, kenton, o.; a. c. Mitchell bethany,
III; Ernest Long, Anderson Ind; Fred. Gaddie,
Hart Mil Kan; Ruth Grivcs Brown, Mich; Vim.
j. Simons, Cape Jefferson, Kan.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE MARCH 4.
Conundrums-l. The 1880 p m train it Is ten
to one If you make it. ? 4 law suit. j. One pow
dcTs his face, and The other faces the powder. L.
Jonah--the whale could not hold him down. 3. 1t
IS g9g-9. s Twcuty-ninc days. z Head Of cab
bagc. 8. He is over head and ears in debt.
ichthyological Puzze-Shad, pout, shark, ray
sword scuttie, perch herring gold, sponge sucker
blue, cat, dog. salmon, melt, oyster star, founder
GELS, clam, barnacc, king.
LADDER PUZZLE.
HdorE 4 Z
Piano
Nahum
seveEE;
War Enigma No. Swamp Angel
War Enigma No. 2-Thc Army Mule
Authors Names in Enigmas-Dryden Pope,
Sheridan, Scott.
cULRKs AND CoNCEITs.
What is the difference between half dozen
dozen and six dozen dozcn?-Pcrcie Maitbie Mar
tiusburR. Ncn.
4 squirrel finding nine ears of corn in box, tool.
from il daily three ears. How many days was he
removing the corn M. Lou Walker, PaTkWood
| Pa
! agn always running, but have no feet;
! have mouth, bat never eat.-Wn. T. Breiden-
| thai.
One-third of six from seven
To take you must coutTiye,
So what Is left is even,
And therefore Is not five.
john James, Washington ID. c.
How can you take from 10 and leave COZ
futa n. Mccoy, Wellington, o.
A AETAMORPHOSIs.
Now any word you chance to take,
by adding 81 you plural make;
But ii you add an " 5 10 this.
How strange the metamorp rphosis;
Plural is plural then no more
And sweet what bitter was before.
-Lottie Mann, Modesto, Cal.
OLD RIDDLES.
/ There is little green house inside of the little
green house there is a white house; inside of the
white house q red house, and inside the red mouse
Il lot of little black people.-NeIiie Stanford.
I've seen you where you never
And where you ne'cr shall be,
ct in that very place again
You shall be seen by me.
lille Mcdonald, Paris, Iowa.
BEHEADINGs.
/. Whole, denote size. Behead me, and I'm a
| tool. Behead me again, and denote the whole.
.. Whole, I'm small animals that inhabit houses
Bchead me, and Pm seen in Winter.
3. Whole, I'm what the sun gives. Behead me-
and IN what we do every day.
j. Whole, I'm what i use at school. Behead me-
and I'm what boy is when he gets To school after
books. Behead me again, and I'm what did
ycs;crday.-Bruce Fumphry, Julian, Ind.
CoEUNDRUMs
Why are the fixed stars like wicked old men?
II a tough bccfsteak could speak, what English
poet would IL name?
why is a thief in garret like an honest man?
Annie j.. Marsh, SauSus, Mass.