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AMEKICAISr AGRICULTURIST. 
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NUMERICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 20 letters : 
My 4, 3, 17, 16, 8, 9, 13, is a pleasant greeting. 
My 11, 12, 13, 14, is an expression of feeling. 
My 6, 7, 8, 9, is part of ,a house. 
My 1, 2, 20, 19, is a girl’s name. 
My 16, 17, 18, 4, is a ball of thread. 
My 5, 19, 10,15, is a fish. 
My whole is an old proverb. Bella C. C. 
foundation word.— “ Misdemeanor.” 
{Explanation.— All the letters of the foundation 
word are used in each sentence: the number of 
stars indicate how many letters are used in each 
word left blank. Example: I often indulge in 
pleasant dreams *** ** * * * * ** [and memories].) 
1. There were **** * *** *** at the party, than 
young men. 
2. Do young ladies frizz their hair ** that *** 
may ****** them ? > 
3. I often ***** that I am ** **** strange place. 
4. My *** received a **** for holding the **** 
5. Send one **** *** to this **** of the house. 
6. I did not know whether the bonnet was ****, 
** whether it belonged to one of the ***** 
7. It makes ** *** to be told that * *****. 
enigmatical story. 
12,5, 3, was a very nice little boy, about 4,10,13, 7, 
years old. He went to Lonoon with his parents, 
and thought it very funny that they should hire a 
“ 11, 14, 15,” to take them to the 2, 5, 8, 3, 14. He 
saw many amusing things in London, but he want¬ 
ed to return to his home in America. The 1, 7, 6, 
8, 9 was, he was anxious to get back for 1, 2, 3, 4, 
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14/15. 
Answers to Puzzles in the May Number. 
Places in Asia Concealed. —1. Tocat. 2. 
Lucknow. 3. Cashmere. 4. Aden. 5. Canton. 
6. Singan. 
Cross-word. —Unimpeachable. 
Conundrums based on “ Word-making.”—1. 
Bears into zebras. 2. You could make a boy obey. 
Easy Numerical Enigma.— Jesus wept. 
Anagrams. —1. Diagnosis. 2. Nourishment. 3. 
Stalactites. 4. Unalloyed. 5. Benighted. 6. In¬ 
ebriated. 7. Namesake. 8. Violinists. 9. Sacri¬ 
legious. 10. Superabundance. 
A Dish of Fruits. 
Some months ago, we had a “ Mixed Bed of 
Flowers,” and now we will sit down to a “ Dish of 
Fruits.” We seldom object, and I believe it is the 
same with children, to having fruits occasionally. 
Some of the fruits before us grow in the Temperate 
inches long, and often weighs two pouuds. It is 
orange-colored when ripe, and has a rich pulp 
between the thick skin, and stone in the center. 
No. 7. This fruit grows on bushes, hanging in 
clusters from the long branches. It has a sharp 
acid taste and is not very largely used in the 
fresh or raw state, but when cooked or made into 
Square Word: 
SHOP 
HOPE 
OPEN 
PENT 
Changed Heads.—1. 
Scattered Square : 
WITS 
IRON 
TOGA 
SNAP 
Fear. 2. Dear. 3. Mear. 
4. Lear. 5. Pear. 6. Year. 7. Bear. 8. Near. 9. 
Sear. 10. Hear. 11. Tear. 12. Gear. 13. Wear. 
14. Rear. 
Double Acrostic. 
S— piri —T 
L— aure —L 
A— ntisci —I 
~ I— ntom —B : 
| T— riumphe— R 
S S— pher- E ' 
3 E— ternalize —D , 
L—ycoperdo—N ' 
E—* ph —A 
C- la —V 
Curtailments. — Ran- 
er, range. ” 2. Rate, rat. 
. Rage, rag. 4. Pine, 
pin. 5. Tripe, trip. 
Charade.— Ambush. 
Pi.—If a man can be 
happy and contented in 
his own company, he will 
generally be good com¬ 
pany for others. 
A PECULIAR DISH OF TROPICAL AND OTHER FRUIT. 
<'|NTEMPEF\aMCK ,/ 
Prefix Puzzle. —Prefix two letters to the words that are represented by the 
designs in the engraving given above, and make nine different words. 
Zone, while others are tropical in their way of liv¬ 
ing. The first one that we will try, is an oval, 
smooth-skinned fruit, with a large hard centre. 
The color varies from a dark purple in some varie¬ 
ties to a light green in others. This is a fruit that 
is much troubled by an insect that pierces the sur¬ 
face with its little beak while the fruit is still quite 
young. No. 2, grows in long slender clusters upon 
low brushes, and is very sour ; for this reason it is 
well adapted for making the finest kind of jelly. 
There are red, white, and black varieties of this 
fruit, but the red and white are the most common¬ 
ly met with. No. 3 is a tropical fruit that comes 
to us in large, sticky masses, enclosed in a basket¬ 
like cover. The outside of the fruit is rich and much 
enjoyed by many. It 
encloses a hard seed. 
No. 4 is one of the 
most widely known 
fruits of all the list. It 
is produced upon trees 
which, when they flow¬ 
er, are very fragrant. 
Their shape is almost 
that of a sphere, of the 
size of a base ball. It 
has a thick leathery 
skin of a color peculiar 
to itself. We have 
never seen a child who 
dislikes the taste of the 
juicy interior. Closely 
related to this, is No. 
5, although it is a little 
less rich in flavor. It 
is also a tropical fruit, 
requiring a climate 
much warmer than 
that of New York for 
its production. No. 6. 
This is a fruit from a 
wide spreading tree, 
which grows in the 
East and West Indies. 
The fruit is egg- 
shaped, about three 
a jam this fruit is liked by many. The bushes 
are seldom cultivated, they being already too com¬ 
mon along the fences and hedge rows, especially in 
the older parts of the United States. No. 8 is one 
of our leading fruits, and so important is it that 
should the crop fail, as it does sometimes, it would 
leave many people without a source of income. It 
has a large stone which is ridged or groved upon 
the outside. The pulp is very rich and the bloom 
or blush is of the most pleasing color. No. 9 is 
much like the preceding, but less common, it is 
somewhat early, and to many has a very rich and 
highly prized flavor. The last to be taken from 
the dish is one of the “small fruits,” and is com¬ 
mon to most boys and girls. The shape of the 
fruit is something like a small cap, not far from 
the size of the end of a person’s little finger. 
The Doctor’s Correspomlence, 
Usually at this season, the letters from my youn 
friends are about plants, in¬ 
sects, and other natural ob¬ 
jects, that come w r ith the 
spring. Can it be due to the 
general backwardness of the 
season that my correspond¬ 
ents, as a general thing, ask 
about matters that are not 
especially spring-like? For 
example, Simon S. M., Gar¬ 
rett Co., Md., asks me to 
Describe the Boomerang ; 
he has read that the native 
Australians use it with won¬ 
derful skill, and says that he 
“never could get any satis¬ 
factory information about it.” 
It appears that various tribes 
of Indians have “ throwing 
sticks ” of different kinds, 
though mainly used in play¬ 
ing games ; those used by the 
native tribes of Australia, the boomerangs, serve as 
weapons in war, and also in hunting. While made 
upon the same general model, those of the different 
TWO FORMS OF THE 
boomerang. 
