The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-01-26
Half SniIara-


A Great Inventor-Elias Howe.
A Sad characteristics.
Transposition-Leyel.
Geographical Doubles-Sharll, Orange, Saskat-
chewan, Ribbon, Walrus. sisal, Rum, A. Lincoln
Authors Enigma-Iongteiow
PRoyERBIAL TANGLE.
''Hte rifst kersto 81 lafh het bleatt."
Alfred Fisher, seneca, III.
BATTLE CHARADE.
We never hear of petitions 10 spare
This little insect pest,
But unlike the busy housewife,
Wen give him moments rest
While we look from elevation OF land,
You'll see. if rightly guess,
The name OF battle which was fought
- Kris Mus Sparta, ILL.,
WIZARD.
a wizard ], of power and might,
1 work my spells by day and night;
Through all the world my power ranges,
And makes the most fantastic changes.
/ touch part of man, and 10!
4 gentle heat doth from it flow;
Another part, and from il make
thing 10 strike and make him quake.
painters stand with life fill,
And make his work bienlish still.
! make plank of vapor thin,
Into question turn a hen;
A thing from which sweet sounds doth flow
turn to sand at one fell blow;
And what at first Will seem most strange,
A reptile to an insect change.
/ turn drink into stripe,
And make a circle twist aud grippe.
a state in which find mankind,
! change to what he leaves behind.
BY this you'll know me when we meet,
have three heads and but two teet
I'm strangely like two older brothers,
Hal.
WHAT WAS IN THE POCKETS?
am composed Of four letters:
My is ia show, also In shoulder;
2 is in bow, also in boulder;
8 is in bole, also in bolster
IS in hole, also In holster
My whole is what the Irishman had in hispocIet'
Ed. Mack.
AN AROMATIC ENIGMA.
In pimpernel, not in rosemary;
Coriander, not in caraway;
thyme, not in dill
peppermint, not in sweet-basili
sweet marjoram. not III lavender;
boaThound, not in coranderi
rue, not in thyme:
saffron also in soTrel;
winteTgreen, also in chervil.
My whole is a mixture of aromatic herbs.
-Melia Hampton, Mt. Victory, o.
DOUBLE ACRosTIC.
The initials form the name Of European coun
try, and the finals its capital.
A prominent Southern State
Strong, healthy.
monumental inscription.
To strive TO equal.
royal ornament.
Heroic deed.
-Effe A. Smith, Big Plain, o.
/ RHNMING ENIGMA,
Ny first is n word of six letters,
| And twill smart if placed in the mouth;
Spelled backward or forward It's just the same,
! That tells It TO you, maid or youth.
! My second is what a bad pupil gives
To the teacher or friend when unruy;
lily whole is relished by many on meat;
Be careful you answer this truly.
Alice Gilbert, Chester Hill, o.
a CoNUNDRUM.
To John H. LyHel
My first the sailors do dispense;
1 My second comes from tree;
And if my whole you now reverse,
Two animals you win see.
Ny whole, when pure, is very sure
TO be found in every home;
But If not pure, while oft Obscure
Is very unpleasant to some.
Nathan Hale, West Haven, Conn.
BATTLE ENIGMA.
1888, II, ], s, IS. Is, 9, II. 25,
10, q, il, >, c, q, b, !, d.
The whole is the name and date Of battle OF TIA
civil war. The numbers are the alphabeti the lie
tiers, numbers,-Willie j. Ker, Asbury Park, n. ,
ALL SHOULD HAVE ONE.
My19. g. II is a FISH;
IA 5, q, 6 is a kind Of braid;
ia, s, 4, ), to work for;
l, II, 2, y, an animal Of North America;
9, 10, 20 is driuEng-cupi
10, Is, 9. overcome by liquor;
5, I6, IL, 8. is, river Of Damascus,
J. The whole Is something each one of the q. (
should have. Am composed Of Il letters-Joh
Fox, jr., Fredona, Kan,