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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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14 to 22 inches each day. The ice is always under 
pressure from above, and is pushed downward over 
an uneven surface, breaking and freezing or re- 
gealing as it moves onward. While it appears to 
be a solid mass, it is really much broken by cross 
fissures. There is much more about glaciers that 
is of interest. Great rocks are brought down on 
the surface of the glaciers, as are vast quantities 
of small stones and earth to be left below. Then, 
on the under-side of the moving glacier, what a 
fearful grinding there must be. Rocks are pol¬ 
ished and grooved by the motion of glaciers in such 
a peculiar manner that when such rocks are found 
in countries where there has been no glacier for 
ages, geologists feel very sure there must have been 
one at some former time, for it has made its 
record—left its card as it were—in the grooves and 
scratches on the rocks. Probably much of our soil 
and the small stones in it were originally powdered 
under glaciers, for many parts of the earth have at 
some period been a great deal higher and colder 
than now. I hope our young readers will at some 
time study geology, which tells all about these in¬ 
teresting subjects. The Doctor. 
Our Puzzle.ltox. 
CROSS WORD. 
My first is in patience but not in skill. 
My next is in mountain but notin hill. 
My third is in power but not in might. 
My fourth is in horror but not in fright. 
My fifth is in finger but not in thumb. 
My sixth is in raisin but not in plum. 
My seventh is in butter but not in cheese. 
My eighth is in slumber but not in ease. 
The proper letters will unfold 
A place where merchandise is sold. M. R. W. 
ANAGRAMS. 
1. Gussy on age. 
2. Can go in a store. 
3. Louis, I’d try sun. 
4. 01 we mark link. 
5. To be genial. 
6 . Tom’s emetic. 
7. Gale doesn’t. 
8 . He cut net, Pa. 
9. I’d dun Gussie. 
10. Act insane, Tom. 
CONCEALED NOUNS. 
1. If I should let you go out how long would you 
stay 
2 . 
8 . 
4. 
5. 
6 . 
7. 
Until that star gets below the horizon. 
O 1 Earth, how beautiful thou art. 
I saw, at Chicago, lots of queer things. 
I said I should never go there again. 
Tom was chewing tobacco at a fearful rate 
He came near giving me a black eye. 
ENIGMATICAL BOUQUET. 
1. Birds of a feather, 
—Many together. 
2. A prominent feature 
Of a most useful creature. 
3. A bird, and what, ’tis said, 
He wears upon his head. 
4. I scarce dare tell the bliss 
There is in these,—to kiss. 
5. Two things that you’ll certainly see 
At your breakfast, your dinner, or tea. 
Illustrated Reims No. 48*.—The advice 
here given is of great value to old and young. 
Het nesteke nbsea fo rou esimeen liwl ton ruth 
su os chum ni het tomistinea fo het grincensid, sa 
het rapsie fo rou denfris. 
DECAPITATED TREES. 
Name the four trees which, when beheaded (the 
first letter removed), will leave— 1 , sly; 2, a row 5 
3, part of an animal; and 4, a fish. 
Transitions. 
(Change only one letter at a time, 
without transposition ; as from east 
to west; east, vast, vest, west.) 
1. Change page to book in 7 moves. 
2. Change boat to land in 5 moves. 
3. Change salt to meat in 3 moves. 
4. Change lead to gold in 4 moves. 
5. Change lamp to moon in 7 
moves. 
5. Change step to roof in 6 moves. 
curtailed bodies of water. 
Curtail (remove the last letter) 
from a sea, a gulf, and an ocean, 
and leave three different countries. 
DOUBLE ACROSTIC. 
1. A low dwarf tree. 
2. A cap or other head-covering. 
3. A domestic animal. 
4. A lake in the Eastern States. 
5. An oriental City. 
6 . A beautiful flower. 
7. A kind of gun. 
The initials name an American 
General; the finals, an English 
General of the Revolutionary war. 
Isola. 
SUBSTITUTIONS. 
1. (Change the words by altering 
only one letter at a time.) 
( 1 ) Change reality into what we 
all have; 
A Facial Expression. 
Our artist has been “making faces” and the 
engraving below shows the results. What do you 
think of it? How many faces do you discover? 
Be careful to find and count all you can, or you 
will fall short of the one hundred there are. Some 
(2) now change into a rapid course; 
(3) now into a valuable grain ; 
(4) now into “ to float;” 
(5) now into a ceremony. 
2. By the alteration of one letter, change “ to go 
round,” into “ to form a resolution.” 
3. Change “to withdraw,” into “to agree.” 
CHARADE. 
No. 2. My first may have several meanings I trow, 
But “ to mark off” will do for our purpose just now; 
My next might be said to belong to a pair, 
But I’ll call him an officer, never mind where; 
My whole is a most disagreeable defeat, 
Whether met with in law, parlor, office or street. 
A. S. 
SCATTERED SQUARE. 
(For explanation see similar puzzle in the August 
number.) 
Now the sun is shining brightly 
On the fields and on the hills ; 
Come and take a walk with me, 
And seek the flowers by the rills. 
Answers to Puzzles In the December No. 
Cross-word.— Intemperance. 
Numerical Enigmas. —1. A stitch in time saves 
nine. 2. Rock me to sleep, Mother. 
Logogriph.— Tare: at, tea, eat, ate, ear, tear, 
rate, rat. 
Proverb Enigma.-—A rolling stone gathers no 
moss. 
Double Acrostic.— LOVE—HATE: lash, opera, 
violet, hate. 
Changed Heads.— Tear: 1. Fear. 2. Dean 3. 
Rear. 4. Sear. 5. Pear. 6. Bear. 7. Gear. 8. Tear. 
9. Hear. 10. Lear. 11. Wear. 12. Near. 
Puzzle.— Two. (Tw [elve] o [ne].) 
Anagrams. —1. Frolic- A Square and Circle 
some. 2. Hybernating. Puzzle. 
3. Impossibilities. 4. En¬ 
gineers. 5. Unfortunate. 
6. Substantial. 7. Influ¬ 
ences. 8. Inordinate. 9. 
Frontispiece. 10. My¬ 
thological. 
Definition Puzzle.— 
1. Prop. 2. Prior. 3. Ob¬ 
test. 4. Oath. 5. Nip. 6. 
Nick. 
Concealed Articles 
of Clothing.— 1. Veil. 2. 
Glove. 3. Hat. 4. Cap. 5. Boot. 6. Coat. 7. Shoe. 
8. Hose. 9. Vest. 
Blank Rhymes. —Scrip, slip, hip, lip, rip, “ Gip,” 
skip, whip, trip, dip, ship, sip. 
Pi. —Countries are not without their counterfeit 
money, neither are societies without their counter-* 
feit feelings. Law without justice is a wound 
without a cure. 
Illustrated Rebus, No. 481.—Too great econ¬ 
omy in youth tends to avarice in old age. 
Concealed Fish. —1. Salmon. 2. Perch. 3. Star. 
4. Dolphin. 5. Shad. 6. Pike. 7. Trout. 8. Shark. 
A GROUP OF ONE HUNDRED FACES TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH. 
of them are not very happy ones. It is a rather- 
strange bit of scenery of unusually irregular trees— 
of rocks cunningly thrown up in a curious manner 
—but rocks and trees, sky and water, are repre¬ 
sented. When you have found the hundred human 
faces, look for the head of a fur-bearing animal 
that is more at home in the water than on land. 
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The Young Jllepliani. 
To “see the elephant” is the delight of every 
one, both young and old. One of the many pleas¬ 
ant ways for a gathering of boys and girls to pass 
an afternoon or evening, is in representing some 
strange-looking animals. The engraving shows 
THE “PLAY” ELEPHANT. 
how to unmistakably represent an elephant. Two 
boys are required, one to take the part of the for¬ 
ward half and the other to “ bring up the rear.” 
A quilt is folded lengthwise, three or four times, 
and placed on the backs of the boys, to make the 
elephant broad and plump. Over this a large 
shawl is spread, the two ends being twisted, one to 
represent the elephant’s trank, and the other his 
tail. Two paper cones form the tusks, and the 
great animal is now ready to be lead out and al¬ 
lowed to perform. The dotted lines show the 
position of the boys. A little practice will enable 
the parts of the “ animal ” to move and act together. 
A Hand Face. 
A comical way of making much merriment is 
shown in the engraving. To produce it you need 
a person’s hand, a 
handkerchief, and 
a little ink. The 
hand is held 
closed with the 
knuckles facing 
the audience, the 
thumb with the 
fore finger mak¬ 
ing the mouth. The eyes and nose are added by 
using the ink. The handkerchief is tied around in 
a manner to represent an old lady, or an aged man. 
A hat or bonnet may be put on if thought desirable. - 
THE HAND FACE. 
