The National tribune., 1888-07-26
A pARAaRAM.

A PARAGRAM.
strengthen the weak, cross the wide sea,
Brighten the thief. grow on a tree.
Fred w. Nichols, North Anson Me.
DROP LETTER PRovERB.
C-s-t-y-r-a-Ii-o-t-e-s-e-s-o
-u-d-y.-Mrs. +. Walker, Naples, Me.
A CHINESE WEIGHT.
Whole's Chinese weight, one pound and third,
Differing from all others and appears absurd;
But its usage and custom which makes il right
With John Chinaman, who are extremely bright.
-R. Van Wrinkle.
PATRIOTIC TANGLR.
Ew 1iwl lrayl Off rou trcouny,
Mad fro munah eedrofm, otto;
Adm rbeayyl emte eht strroRti,
Innate hei lod cdr heitw, dan club.
Prize for first answeT.-W Il. Nandoran SO7 Dd-
vision street, Ekhart, Ind.
A MINERAL ENIGMA.
My whole Is a great American statesman.
L. A. SO, Z is an occupation of certain class
ofwomen;
g. and 10 is an amount.
Ruth A. Killam, Cleveland, o.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
Composed Of 26 letters.
The 4, 6, Z is the ground occupied by an army at
rest;
8,5II. Is, Is Is without company;
Q, Is, IS, % is n4oveable canvas lodges
IT, Ii, 3, II is a luminous body;
81, IL IL, ID Is a plate of glass;
%, 20 2 is the fluid we breathe;
IA, %, q 9 is fortified place;
10, lS "A, &c is stamped money.
Whole was a noted event IN the history OF the
late rebellion. pretty book for first answer from
Western States. No postals.-Marcell Hatch, North
New Castle, Me
FLORAL ENIGMA.
To 4. W.
An article used in a game and boys name.
A noted writer's work and vine.
Something necessary in every family, preposi-
ton and light rain
A color and part of q church.
a snake and part of man.
A planet and blossom.
a crown and color.
Name of an ancient deity and an srticle used In
making the toilet.
Two girls names
A disease and IA small number.
foreign country and a vine.-Edith Il. Miller,
Nelllsville, Wis,
C. c. HERO ENIGMA.
In J. W Howe not Lydia Il. Day;
Ola Martin, not Laura b. Rea;
Hattie Everetts not Ella e. Fosteri
Nina Balou, not w. IT. Boster;
Burt Clark, not Media Plympton;
Robert Allen, not Nelia Hampton;
Ira A. Kost not II. nj. MCCALL
w. L. Ray, not Eugene j. Hall;
Nathan Hale, not A W. Paul.
| My whole was hero of simple name,
Who fought for justice, not for fame.
| His enemies contemptuously shot him down,
Never thinking he'd wear martyrs crown;
But they felt him after mailing his coffin down.
Albert Barton, Mt. Vernon, Wis.
PRoTEAN PUZZLE.
am to be met with in many more shapes than
one, and will tax your ingenuity by giving you q
! few to discover.
You viii meet with me in water in park or large
! landscape garden.
| You will find me at sea- where I generally gel
very wet through am torn into strips
am to be met with in an oven, with plenty o.
! cakes and biscuits me.
am composed of several metals, and am some
! times stout sometimes attenuated.
lam necessary part of your bed, and bear your
| signature very often.
| am to be met with in the water-butt during
| Jack Frost's reign.
am manufactured article; sometimes tinged
with an infinite number of hues more generally o
none at all.
am bound and yet free, and have "a pages IL
| waiting.
| am transparent, colorless and fragile.
! am one Of the wax-fower makers materials.
/ I am given TO cotton and addicted to quilts.
Lastly, am the criminals uniform. the ghosts
/ sole garment. and the likeness Of yourself whef
| blanched with terror.
Prize for the first answer from every State.
-Edwyn r. Lerch Erie, Pa.