The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-03-22
BRAIN-RACKERS.

formed by Christ after lie was 30 years Cld?-Shcr-
man Hull. Napeila, III.
BRAIN-RACKERS.
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PoeticaI Anagram-
To-day DER our Gag they are keeping
As faithful a guard as OF yOre,-
No sentinel spirit is sleeping
That pjckcts the line Of the shore;
The voices of music are ringing
In accents Of sweetness abroad,
The sanCtiiied army are singing
The praise of America God.
Cities in Middle Statcs-Eastou, Cohoes, Newark,
Reading, Kingston, Patterson, Brooklyn, York,
Lancaster, HobOkeu, Auburn.
Anagram-IhOmas Stevens around the world on
a bicycle
Charade-NoonIight.
Historical Euigma-Clermont
dost Remarkable Animal Ornithorhynchus.
Douhe Letter Enigma-i'oe Star.
BIBLE ACROsTIC.
country lying northwest Of Macedonia
spring between Judah and Benjamin.
word that occurs but once IN Scripture
One Of the Minor Prophets.
One of tie Oldest countries in the world.
town in the mountains of Judah.
One Of the cities built by Nimrod.
well known instrument Of Ausbandry.
bird Of the desert.
well-known plant in Scripture.
name only found IN Job.
town In the tribe of Issachar
a pigment used IN ornanening dwellings.
The birthplace Of the Prophet Nahum.
noted station Of the Israetes.
4 musical Instrument.
a city Of Babylonia.
An obsolete English word found only In Nahum.
AN article Of merchandise.
4 Roman military Captain.
word that occurs only in Exodus.
One OF the earliest Disciples Of our Lord.
religious sect among the Jews.
One Of the spies Of the tribe OF Issachar
syrian General Ia Palestine.
One Of the I've cities Of the Piilistiues
The residence Of Barziiia the Gileadite.
The priina!s give a verse in Ecclesiastes.
Mrs Mayo.
ANAGHA3Is.
/. OtItle hafoelosd 81 ilcle het net 70 a rabge
rfo ghotuh tell noduw aym aleh htc rasC 70 Ii IiYl
menar.-" Qucena."
LoGAN's LAST Words
2 Fl iths 81 hct den, n arcdy.-ElIa T.. Foster.
A FLEETING CREATURE.
Near by the land the frst's at hand
Creation grand in much demand;
Seconds to cheat of course Il fraud
An award o! the wicked who the same applaud.
Nholes a winged creature Of the water q fcature
OF our late war a soldier, and none were bolder.
* Van NInkie.
PRIMALs AND FINALS.
]. a town in Lancaster Co., England
2. 4 tree.
3. To ufatuate.
4. 4 flat-botomed boat.
5. To uufasten.
=. 4 corpse.
:. The same.
8. One Of the muses.
9. flower.
TO- 4 tuCture.
II. 4 blunder.
Prinals name a famous humorist; finals name
Presidential candidate IN 1870 Clio Harper Pratts
burg, Kan.
COEUNDRUMs.
!. How IS music measured? 2. What two letters
express the state Of the average womau's pocket
boo!cZ-E. Gertrude Race.
.. Why IS a man who deals IN provisions and
general merchandise more OF q villain than any
other person? l. Why is the now style Of yya,ini,
IKE famous prison IN Ensiand?-Anuie Walter,
DOUBLE AcRosTIC.
County in Texas. in Illinois in New York, in
Iowa, IL North Carolina, in Louisiana in A ALBANIA
and IN Kentucky. lily primals name town aud
my finals the State in which it is situated Harvey
W. Baker, louisiana No.
A LOSG LIVER.
An hundred years l once did live,
And often wholesome food did gives
Yet all that time / ne'cr did roam
50 much as HIif mile from home;
Ny days were spent devoid OF strife.
Until az last lost nay life;
And since my death, pray give car
OH have traycId far and near
Prize Tor first answer; also for best photograph
Of lady and also gentleman by March 3g-Airs J.
w. Eodcbaugh, Gladstone, \. J.
EHYMIyG ENIGMA no. /.
To find my first be pleased TO look
At the signs Of stores and il a book;
In commensurate the second will be-
Likewise IN adequate oud inGrnity;
Total puts us ali upon the plane
No better than another, but inst the same
IL Van VI inkIe
RHTs1IEG ENIGMA NO. 2.
In war and in council my first oft appears
My second Is that which my first often wears;
Yer ffBgFr ID my 81 IS a G-r
That from which il is taken is solid not light
/ Three joined IN ono, if my whole you should find
An island well known II would bring to your mind
Howard Stanford, Philadelphia Pa
PATRIOTIC ENIGMA.
First IS in the flag Of the free not in the stars anG
Second j; in the yoman's Relief Corps. not in til,
Third is in the sounding taps. not IN the weary
drill;
Fourth IS in the honorable discharge. not the De.
pendent Pension Bill
Fifth is in tie leaden bullets and in the bayone
Sixth is in the haversacls, not in the tin canteen
seventh Is IN the Nineteenth Corps not in the Third
Eighth Eight Is IN 4aratae not in the grand parade;
/ Tenth ls in the boys in blue not Ia the T5iobth
Eleventh is 81 IN Old Glory, and now there is nc
But for you to name battle fought in the late hare
war,
In which my father was wounded in the year O.
Prize for first answer.-chas. NJ. Hover. B1adalin
/ \. !.
Countless rs the Stars.
The number Of people who are suffering from
| catarrh, consumption or some form OF bron
| chial affection almost exceeds belief. The sten
| by which a simple affection Of the nasal mas
sages or Of the throat leads to consumption ani
death are known to every observing man anG
woman. Drs. Starkey & PaIen, No. 1929 ArcI
street, Philadelphia, Pa arrest all diseases 0
this character by prompt application of theil
compound oxygen. Chronic cases yield to it,