The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-09-02
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within "A week after receiving this TRIBUNE DO not
make numerical enigmas OF your own names;
Answers must accompany all puzzles forwardedI
ANSWERS To PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE AUG. IL.
Conundrums-New and Old:
l. One egg, after which his stomach Is not empty.
. The weekly news
3 To get the other side.
4. To keep his head warm.
3. Vegetables.
What Is the Word: Observation-Disclosures
Guess IL: Ten-a-oity.
Anna's Enigma: Time.
Word Example: Mild.
Religious Character: Luther.
Rhyming Charade: CIPHER lsigh-for1.
Apple Puzzle: 20 apples.
An English Author: Charles Dickens
COMMUNICATIVE AND OLD.
]. What is taken from you before you possess 1t
2. What class of women apt to give tone to
society," 3 Why is the letter Y like person in
doub?-BiAnehe Dppery. Van Vert, o.
4. What flowers always falling OFF 5. What
did Adam frs, plant in the Garden OF Eden'-Clsre
Il. Mcilz, Brownville. Neb.
G. was washed in water that WAS never raiDed-
wiped on silk that WAS never woven or spun
Jesse ID. Rarey, kenton, %.
WHAT Is HER YAMEf
To Q. @. contributor:
Her initial begins with an A,
She has an A at the end Of her name,
The whole Of name is an A,
And nIs backwards and forwards the same.
john James. Washington, ID. O.
SINGS WITHOUT TONGUE
Foams without anger,
Flies wiiho.t wings,
Cuts without edges.
Without tongue II sings.
| -Eiia Lane, Newton, Kan.
WHICH COLUMN
I am composed OF Is letters.
My ], IL, 3. not old;
| 10, ?, II, b. period OF time;
| 7,s,s, 1, at that time;
| 3. 6. 6. 9, i, T. p transCression.
| My whole ls the heading of n column In THE ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE.-X Y. H., Crookston, MINI.
FULFILLING PRoBLEMs.
Subtract Is from IS and leave Is
Two-thiris Of six i nine; onebalf OF IL Is seven;
half Of Eve Is four; and six is ons-half OF IL.
Kate kriseler. Howell, Mich.
WORD SQUARE,
muciIsgenous substance.
| map.
Boards.
Ano,ed war vessel.
Donkey. Bushnell. Ill.
HISTORIC ENIGMA.
Ny l ~ in foe bat not in enemy;
| II In car. but not in house;
| 3is ia apple, but not la plum;
| las IN mountain. but moi IN hill;
| 5is in kit, but not in cat;
| II IN love, but not ia hate;
| us an ink, bat not ia pen;
| l. in stone hut not ia rock.
| NV whole Is a signer of the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence.-Mariha II. German. Randolph, N Ii.
RHYMISG cHARADE.
/ First
am only a myth In fairy tales;
| Vet once in your own land,
Wise men and good believed In me
And all my sisters hand.
Second.
j hide Ia the mountains from tourists gaze;
am woadruusy soft and hlue;
j a:n known by college freshmen well,
Aud much TO their sorrow, too
Third.
/ belong TO many n mansion fine;
I'm IA library. PArlOr and hall;
| ImeaSure less Than "A rod ia length,
And I'm always ia luck, withal-
Whole.
| Ihaye made fortune for certain folk,
/ Yet I'm only a woodland tree;
But Tn faii Of healing. and some men claim
A divining power for me.
Leonard Martin, Emporin, Kan.
OLD CHARADE.
Ny head Is found ia all the schools,
And used upon the backs OF fools;
| My body is found upon the street,
| And beg at doors for bread and meat;
My tail L. found when people 20
| And leave this world of ours below;
| My head. body and tail connect
And then my name you map expect
Minnie NJ. Chiicoat.
DOUBLE LETTER ENIGMA.
IN RULED grouse
IN worlInans blouse.
In please 10 take pieces
Ia take trip.
in Let her rip,
Ia the oid-fashioned land lease:
Ia the above all puZzlcrs. without much toi
Find reptiles found on the American soil.
: *. y. H., Crookstown, MINI.