1. There is not on ---- a person of larger ----. 2. On the banks of the ---- the traveler ---- alone. 3. As the thought of her kindness ---- up in my heart, it causes it to ---- with gratitude. 4. It was with no ---- intent that ---- destroyed his first will. 5. I noticed on the ---- of the pond quantities of ----.
Write a line in each case describing the position of the letters toward each other, and transpose the letters used in this description to make a word which will answer the definition given. Thus:
R. } A part of the day. _Ans_. R. on M. (transposed) Morn. M. }
1. { L. } A kind of bird. { P. } 2. S. R. Parts of a house. 3. S. T. A piece of furniture. 4. { L. } To pillage. { P. } 5. { Et. } Not rhythmical. { Ic. }
1. Seizing the rascal I compelled him to give up the money. 2. Aunt Nell is fond of singing Hamburg. 3. Belle Prescott only failed once last year. 4. Eveline never learned to control herself. 5. Where is Towser, Gertie? 6. I met Homer in Oregon. 7. Where did you find such a queer fossil, Kenneth? 8. Tom Thumb is a tiny specimen of humanity. 9. Did Erasmus Lincoln lose all his property by the fire?
Arrange the words represented by the numbered pictures in their order. The initials and finals (reading down the former and continuing down the latter) form a familiar proverb, the sentiment of which is suggested by the central picture.
DOUBLE DIAMOND PUZZLE.--M G A S M A P L E S L Y E S N U T S U G A R T A R R
SQUARE-WORD.--Midas, Ivory, Donor, Arose, Syten. CHARADE.--Dilapidated. NUMERICAL ENIGMA.--Handsome. DOUBLE ACROSTIC--Centennial Exposition.--ClovE, EsseX, NaP, TallyhO, EpiglottiS, NerolI, NahanT, IttaI, ArnO, LemoN.
RIDDLE.--Linest, Inlets, Enlist, Tinsel, Silent, Listen.
G L A R E C R A T E P L A T E C R A N E P L A I D
COMBINATION PUZZLE.--P--rive--T E--pod--E A--lid--A C--ape--S E--lop--E
EASY DIAMOND PUZZLE.--I, Asa, Isola, Ale, A.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN SEPTEMBER NUMBER were received previous to September 18, from--Emma Elliott, Brainerd P. Emery, Allie Bertram, Sarah D. Oakley, "Camille and Leonie," "Tip," "Yankee," J.W. Myers, George G. Champlin, Alice M. Mason, Maria Peckham, Florence E. Hyde, Minnie Warner, B. O'Hara, "Green Mountain Boy," John Hinkley, Florence Wilcox, "Bessie and Sue," Julia Kirene Ladd, Grace Austin Smith, Arthur C. Smith, George Herbert White, William A. Crocker, Jr, Georgiana Mead, A.G.D., James Iredell, Lizzie and Anna, Agnes E. Kennedy, Anna E. Mathewson, C.S. Riche, Edith McKeever, Nessie E. Stevens, Carrie Lawson, Charles G. Todd, Ella and Kittie Blanke, W. Creighton Spencer, W. Irving Spencer, Edith Heard, M.W.C., Mary C. Warren, Lena and Annie, Annie Streckewald, Hattie Peck, Jennie Passmore, George J. Fiske.