The National tribune., 1888-01-12


rot, rat. Sun, fun, fan, man, mad.
Poor Richards Anagram-Little neglect may
breed great mischief.
Buzz Anagram-Rals.
Novelist Enigma-H Rider Haggard.
CryptogrAm-
Did you ever hear of the place, my deara,
That is called the country of SyzenteresT
Where the children whine and the babies cry,
And even the grown folks droop and die
Their faces are long with look of dread,
Their eyes moist and their noses red
Forthe trials and troubles and doubts and fears
Are the commonest things in Syzenteres
Reversals-Straw, warts
Rhyming Charade, No. 1-Antietam.
Rhyming Charade, No. 2--.
A Moving Forest-Willow, hemlock, Eastwood,
ironwood, chestnut, cucumber, dogwood. sycamore,
locust, black walnut.
Geographical Enigma-Pompei
New York Lawyer-Hong Yen Chang, the CHI
nese lawyer of New York.
CRYPToGRAM.
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-" Pat Riot" Hope, Oak.
PRoYERB AMONG PROVERBS.
One word taken from each sentence in succession
will form the answer.
L Likeness begets love, yet proud men hate
one another
q They that hide can find"
B. Trade knows neither friends nor kindred" !"
It is better to be happy than wise"
8. Gold may be bought too dear"
6. If you would have good servant, take
neither a kinsman nor friend"
z. "A gift long waited for, is sold, not given"
dough"
9. only that which is honestly got is gain.''
10. Prudent people always ask the price ere they
IL. Good advice is never out of place.
PRIZE ENIGMA.
am composed of 10 letters, and name q noted
Confederate General
My 9, 3, 10 is hire;
4, 8, 6 is to obtain
5, 2, is the sun.
packet of foreign postage stamps for first cor
rect solution sent to me.-Charles o. Heubest Mar
shall, Ill.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
am composed of Ia letters, and am q source Of
pleasure to the readers of THE TRIBUNE.
Ny 10, ], is space of "a hours;
3, u Is a domestic animal;
2, 8, 5, g. is wild animal found only In
America;
1,6. Ia is species of monkey;
IL, TO. a. is conception;
2, ID, is in the affirmative;
l3, Is proposition.
Ina Brosius, Hays City, Kan.
THE WITTY JEW.
My6, IT, 2 is a domestic animal, not witch;
z, 3, IL, l6 is a furrow, also q ditch;
], 8, 13 is to wrap up in vail;
TO, is, U r. 19is silver coin, and does prevail
]. 10. IA, is a woody fruit, for swine to get;
Wholes the name of a gentleman Jew,
A journalist, and a4unny man, too;
With jokes and news he's always on hand,
To make us feel joviGl, happy and grand.
Kip Van Winkle, West Coxsackie, N. z
CROSS WORD.
In obligation, not keeping;
occasion, not ketch
obstacle, not kicker;
ordinance not kingly;
occupy, not kennel:
orchard, not kitchen;
oratory, not knowledge;
opossum, not kangaroo;
outrage, not Kissing;
offspring, not KINDRED;
oppose, not knuckle;
Oregon, not Kentucky;
orloe. not katydd;
observe, not know;
ostrich, not kingbird;
opening, not knock;
offend, not knife.
My whole Is what should all welcome.
What was done in the West must be done in the
East
Let the North and the South the echo resound
For the flag of our country ought, at least
Protect it from the treacherous hound.
Nathan Hale West Haven, Conn.
SATIRE ON HUMANITY.
In Browning, not Bancroft;
Chaueer, not Charming;
Milton, not Dana
Macaulay, not Emerson;
Addison, not Poe;
Harvey, not Motley;
Hume, not Hoiiand
Burns, not Audubon;
Scott, not Hawthorne;
Taylor, not Longfellow;
Byron, not Eliot;
Thackeray, not Holiness;
Chevy, not Lowell;
Newton, not Curtis;
Blackstone, not Irving;
Dickens, not Calhoun.
The whole Is q satire upon humanity.
Josie a. Stephens, Denver, Colo,