The National tribune., 1886-02-18
BRAIN-RACKERS
From Our Young Contributors.

ITO CONTRIBUTORS: In sending answers name
No. of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE iii which the puzzle
is found. Answers OF guesscrs may be forwarded
within a week after receiving this Tribune. Do not
make numerical enigmas of your own names.
Answers must accompany all puzzles forwarded.
PUZZLE soLvERs AND THEIR NUMBERS.
Miriam b. Flanagan, Penn's Grove, N. j.. 16
Lollie Au, Ontario o., I6; a. Denison Dart, Pomp-
ton, n. j., ); Eva Pope, 3; Sarah Mcmahon, Spring
Bluff, Wis, IL; George A. Frye, Salem, Mass, 2;
Annie L. AIchorn, Fall River Mass, two numbers, }
23; John Hoskins, jr., /; Bruce Bradley, Wyanet,
H.. II; Annie l.. Marsh, Saugus Mass, 49, David
Fairbanks, Charlestown, N H. L; CadwaIlader Il.
Grove, Pa, IL; Ernest G. LttlefeId, Lincoln Me-,
10; Lizzie BurrOw, Oakland, Iowa, 10; Mary Dawn
Petty, North Dorset VT, l6; Harry Fox, Murdocls-
Vile Pa, two numbers %; Carrie r. King Ocoga,
H.. IL; John +. Lansden, Bethany, Ill., II; Alfred
Peters Bangor, Mich, II; James T. Alger, Swamp
scott. NJ y, Is; NJ. Lou Walker, Parkwood, Pa.
| 6; w. L. Curry. Hope, OAK, ID.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE JAN. %.
Hidden Furnture-Table, sofa stove chair
Great-Grandmother's Puzzle-One ID was going
to St Ives.
Decaoitations-I Witch, itch Q Learn earn. 3.
Task, ask. 4. Stag, tag. 5. Sweep, weep. 6. Clean,
lean. :. Hand, and. s. Cheap heap.
Adiitions-5 Before. 2. Prime Minister. 3. Ice
Cream. 4. Dress Parade.
Conundrums-l. One is hard up the other soft
down. 2. When they make A. 3. To cover his
head. 4. cord of wood. 5. A good appetite. G..
Music.
Army Enigma-Yates's PhaIanx.
ANSWERS TO Puzzles in two weeks.I
CoNUNDRUMs-EEw AND OLD.
l. Why are 10 names sent by boy for THE
TRIBUNE, like scientific man who sticks to one
branch Miriam Il. Flanagan, Penn's Grove n. Y
2. Why are houseful of married people and an
empty house alike?-Arthur Combs Dallison, w.
Va.
g. What two things does girl always look for
but never wants TO linda. Denison Dart, Pomp-
ton, n. j.
A. How many sticks go to the building of a crows
nest? B. What is that which we often see made
but never see when it is done? 6. Which has the
most legs, a horse or no horse?-Annie l.. Marsh,
Saugus, Mass
SCIENTIFIC REBUs.
&. IL. L..
-Cadwallader II. Childs Crookstown, Mimi.
PRIMITIVE RIDDLE
In a garden there strayed
beautiful maid,
Fair as the sky in morn;
The firsi hour of her life
She made wife,
Yet died before she was born.
b. q. Whettemore, n. Auburn Neb.
WHAT Is MY HIGHT?
If from one-seventh of my hight in inches five
be subtTacied twelve times the remainder will be
six-sevenths of my hight.-Edwin Crawford
POLITICIANS ENIGMA.
am composed OF y letters
Ny "A, p, 26 Is a liquid;
3. II, II, 19 is pavilion;
20, Z, y is pronoun;
IS, 5, u Is side opposite to the wind:
II, 2, II, u part of the head;
%, 10 Is an adverb;
/, l6, % is plaything;
6, :, y, ii is sin
I3 H. 25, Is. T. is clear
Ny whole is what most politicians believe in.-
Ernest G. Ltt!efeld, Lincoln Me.
The Combination of Ingredients used in MAX
ing BRowEs BRONCHIAL TRocHEs is such rs to give
the bes: possible effect with safety They are the
best remedy in use for Coughs Colds. and Throat
Diseases.