The National tribune., 1886-04-15

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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE MARCH %
QuirSs and Conceits-1. 1872 q Nine days. One
ear and his own ears. 8. A River. 4. Even, one
third of six. seven-even. s. NIX, leave out
is XX.
A Metamorphosis- Cares and caress.
Old Riddles-l Watermelon. 2. In the looking
glass.
Bcheadings-1. Small, mall, all 2, Lice, Toe. g.
Heat, cat 4. Slate, late, ate ,
Conundrums-l. Sin-till-late. 2. Chaw-sir g.
He is above doing wrong action.
Nebraska Enigma-.julius Sterling Morton, the
founder of Ar5or Day.
Proverb i1nigma-S:ill waters run deep
The riddle, "A Meiamorphosis,' sent by Lottie
Mann, Modesto, Cal, was originated by Hon. Geo
Claiming. when member of the British Parliament,
with the exception that these two lines were lett
off:
There is a word of plural number.
foe TO peace and human slumoer.
The answer is as follows:
Cares are foe to human sleep,
And mark the face with burrows deep,
Now If TO cares you add an 3,
How strange the motamorphosis;
Your cares are gone, and in their place.
Behold you have sweet caress
Peter Tyler National Soldiers Home, Va
CHARADE.
My first is ever exalted
Ny second the children stride,
My whole is n village of England,
Where "A famous poet died.
Leonard Martin, Emporia, Kan.
BEHEADINGs.
Behead a parent and leave an adjective.
Bchead tenure and leave rest.
Behead a one mastcd vessel and leave II moose.
Bchead a carpenter tool and leave narrow pas
sage.-Nellie a. Prindle, Max, Neb.
QUIRKs AND CoNCEITs.
hofu 10, IoJ 20 ,,iId i'm.
self n habitation Annie J.. Marsh, Saugus. Mass.
2. What are the LATEST things about n farm?-
Eta Lane, Newton, Kan.
8. Why is the telephone like a good boy? 4.
What is double darkness? 5. Square words: To
select. A notion. A coin. girls name.-Iack
Snyder, Pine Grove Pa
G. What is it that God never saw, Washington
seldom saw; and we see every day ?-J. W. Burden,
Hoosck Falls, n. Y.
country Richard @. Ellsworth, St. Lawrence,
NY.
INDUSTRIOUS ENIGMA.
My 5, -, is what most people are blessed with;
j, 2, 10 Is IN expressions;
81. 6, Q is wild animal;
s, 10, 8 is a small seed.
My whole was renowned horse-tamer.
Jesse ID. Rarey, Kenton, o.
WAR ENIGMA.
am composed of Is letters.
My 4, 7, g is to employ;
II, 49, 10, is a kind of eggi
IL, 3, s is u vessel;
5. IL, l is part of a wheel;
10, 4, is n bitter herb
20, a. s is fast time.
My whole was once Gen. Buffers headquarters.
g. A. B.
MAINE ENIGMA.
My !, 9 5, 2, 10, 5, Il, is a weli-know battle;
CTS 9, 10 is one of the New England States;
IL, Is, Z, 3, 8, l. IL is TO make clear;
ID, g I5 10 is to be mean low;
Z, 3, 16, 10, H. 8. is what all Congressman
should work for
My whole is the regiment to which my father be-
longed-Carrie e. Bird.
PENNSYLVANIA ENIGMA.
am composed of IL letters.
My ], 2, 3 is to steal;
6, d. 5, Q, g. 10 is a fright;
IL III, is verb:
r. 8, 8, T. is n condition.;
/, III, IL, 4 is verb
II ii. 10 is masculine title;
l, L. IL, is quiet. -.
My whole is a noted character in Pennsylvania
history.-Rachie S. Barwis, Morrisville, Pa.