375. I am composed of 19 letters: my 3, 7, 5--13, 8, 18, 12--15, 14, 10, 2--17, 11, 19, 5--1, 7, 17, 16, 7, 2--6, 2, 7, 18--4, 15, 11, 9, 18--and 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 13 are birds; my whole is the name of a bird.
376. Entire, I am useful to the student; deprived of my first letter, I am behind time; transposed, a bird in the West; deprived of my first two letters, I am what you all have done; transposed, what you all do; again transposed, a beverage; my whole, deprived of the first three letters, is a Latin pronoun in the accusative case. This last reversed is a Latin conjunction. My whole, deprived of the first four letters, is a Latin preposition; my whole transposed is a crime; again transposed, I am very little; without my last letter, I am used in building houses; transposed, I am used in cooking; again transposed, I am used by shoemakers.
As an enigma, I am composed of five letters:
My 1, 5, 3 is a body of water. My 3, 2, 5 is a liquor. My 5, 3, 1, 4 is a point of the compass. My 1, 5, 3, 4 is a place to rest. My 3, 4 is a preposition. My 1, 3, 2, 5 occurs every day.
377. What stream of water contains, (1) a chart, (2) an animal, (3) a toy, (4) two kitchen utensils, (5) three nicknames, (6) an article of clothing, (7) two articles of furniture, (8) a river, (9) a bird, (10) a ditch, (11) a preposition, (12) to strike, (13) quick, (14) a resting-place for troops.
378. How near does a boy straddling a rail come to the President of the United States?
379. When is an Indian like a railroad engine?
380. When are children in danger of forming bad habits?
381. Why is a boy crying to be helped over a rail fence like a lawyer?
I am in the men, but not in the boys. I am in the playthings, but not in the toys. I am in the north, but not in the south. I am in the nose, but not in the mouth. I am in the minister, but not in his hat. I am in the kitten, but not in the cat. I am in the barn, but not in the floor. I am in the window, but not in the door. I am in the county, but not in the state. I am in the pencil, but not in the slate.
383. How far is the President of the United States from the first man that ever died?
384. If a tough beef-steak could speak, what poet's name would it pronounce?