The National tribune., 1886-02-04

received 80 cents First sister sold * eggs nj three
for a cent getting - cents, and the remaining two
ut cents apiece tHuE "a cents; total - cents.
Sister number solid g., g-E5 at three Toy cent,
getting cents. and the remaining three st cents
three sold six eggs at three for cent receiving
cents. and fous nj cents apiece or - ceHis ioial
80 cents.
CONUNDRUHIs-NEW AND OLD.
1. Who can tell why
An hypoCTite's eye
Can better dcscry
Than you or
How many toes
A pUssv-cat grows?
J. Laurie ostrnnder. WHtervele, ". J;
. What Is that which IS all bead and no body,
but daily appears in al kinds of society?
J. Why do hens never lay at night?
l. Why is coffee like dull aX:-Annie j. Marsh,
; What has more feet in Summer than in Win
ter?
g. What flowers may be seen between n young
lady's nose and chin &C. II. Harrington Day
ton, ..
:. What drum do we like best when not beaten
and part of = man Zach Snyder, Pine Grove, Ia.
THE FARMER AND HIS GEESE.
A man going TO market was met by another man,
who said. " food morning with your one hundred
geese" The farmer said, d" / have not got a hun
half geese, ] would have hundred Now, ROW
many geese did he have"-C. A. Bander Carbon
dale, III.
THE FOX AND GOOSE PUZZLE.
man had a fox. a goose, ana a ptskel Oh corn
20 carry across Il river lie could only carry one
n a time and if the fox We're left with the goose
the fox would eat the goose; and If the goose and
the corn were left together the goose would eat
the corn. How would he manage to get them
safely oyer?-Bcrtic " Johnson, Oxford, n. ii.
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA.
! am composed of lG letters:
Ny is in Persia, but not in Turkey;
. Is in italy, but not III Germany;
lis in JIdinburg, but nos in Scotland;
is III Scotland but not in England;
5 is in Wales, bat not in Morocco;
g - in Turkey. but not in Egypt;
: i in Montenegro, but not i'll Russia;
is in Australia but not in Europe;
9 5 in Africa. but not in Guinea;
10 is in Siberia, but not in France;
II is in Portugal, but not in Spain;
II is i'll Switzerland, but not III Arabia;
IL Is in Bcgum but not IN Holland;
II is in Prussia, but not in Ireland;
Is is in Madagascar but not in Tasmania;
10 Is in Greenland but not in America.
My whole is a city in Africa.
jesse I. Cooper, West Batavia, n. Y.
ILLINOIS ENIGMA.
I am composed of Q letters:
My is i'll Franklin, but not in Benjamini
, is in benjamin, and not in Franllini
3 is in Horace and not in Greeley;
is in Greeley, and not in Horace;
5 is in William, and not in Prescott;
+ is in Prescott, and not in William;
Z is in Francis. and not in Bacon;
s Is in Bacon, and not i'll Francis;
9 is in Hayes, bat not in Rutherford;
My whole is great favorite of the Illinois SOL
John l.. Sanders, Bethany, Ill.
POLITICAL ENIGMA.
am composed Of - letters:
My6, 3, s. II is colorless
3. q is an animal;
l, 9. IL is to unite
:, Il, l3 is pronoun;
6. 10, s, 9, IL, 4, 5 is method of conveying
thoughts;
4, u, Q, 10, s, IL is girls name;
My whole is a poet.
Alvin G. Weeks, Newport, BE.
PATRIOTIC ENIGMA.
My s. Il. 16, Is is wild animal;
8. 6, 8 Is n month OF the year;
IL, I3, :, l6, Ii is number;
IL, 10, 2, IL is used in war;
81, o. II is product of Alabama;
II, 1S. I6, 10, 90 10 is city in Colorado.
So, 4, l. a. Is is the part of "a barn.
My whole is an organization composed of % let
ters.-O. III. McQuary, Greenfield. III.