1881.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
371 
Our Puzzle llox. 
HISTORICAL ACROSTIC. 
The initials form an oft quotecl line of one of 
Cowper’s poems. 
1. Patriarch of Constantinople in 847 ; died in 878. 
2. One of the greatest Roman Orators; slain 
B. C. 67. 
3. One of the twelve minor Prophets. 
4. A popular preacher in London ; horn 1629, 
died 1677. 
5. An eminent English artist, born 1761, died 
1807. 
6. One of the first American Missionaries. 
7. A celebrated Milanese painter, born in 1770, 
died 1818. 
8. One of the most violent of the French revolu¬ 
tionists : put to death July 28, 1794. 
9. A Scottish gentleman of whose wonderful 
prowess most remarkable tales are told : was said 
to have been murdered at the age of 23 by the Duke 
of Mantua’s son, in 1583. 
10. The founder of a new school of medicine. 
Born in Saxony, in 1755. 
11. A French reformer: the first who translated 
the Scriptures intb French immediately from the 
Hebrew and Greek. Died 1539. 
12. Son of an English inn-keeper, and a martyr 
to the Protestant religion in the reign of Henry VIII. 
13. A musical composer, died 1629. 
14. A celebrated Spartan legislator. 
15. An ancient Athenian orator. 
16; A Greek orator, who died A. D. 450. 
17. An English divine and antiquary. 
18. An Italian painter, died 1564. 
19. A martyr for his religion in 1555. 
20. A French farce and song writer; died 1757. 
21. A member of the English Parliament and law¬ 
yer who defended Thomas Paine in 1792. 
22. An English poet and chaplain, bom 1679, died 
aged 83. Mrs. Mato. 
NUMERICAL ENIGMAS. 
1. I am composed of 46 letters : 
My 10, 43, 2, 18, 30, 5, is to draw out. 
My 29, 20, 1, 13, 8, 5,—the horns of a deer. 
My 24, 44, 27, 12, 3, 22, is part of a printing press. 
My 16, 26, 30, 17, is to rob. 
My 45,14, 35, 11, 23, 9, 40, is a compact. 
My 28, 46, 39, 32, 36, 4, 41, is to corroborate. 
My 21, 34, 38, 31, 19, is a small weight. 
My 25, 33, 7, is a foreign coin. 
My 6, 37, 15, 42, is sound. 
My whole is a plant, and where produced. 
C. B. Riggs. 
2. I am composed of 17 letters : 
My 7, 13, 9, 6, is in the air. 
My 7, 15, 3,17, is a planet. 
My 7, 8, 5, 6, is part of a sailing vessel. 
My 1, 15, 9, 10, is useful to all of us. 
My 2, 11, 12, 4, 14, 8, 16, an anniversary celebra¬ 
tion. 
My whole is a welcome season to the children. 
Herbert L. L. 
cross word. 
My first is in shuffle but not in jog, 
My next is in timber but not in log, 
My third is in clatter but not in noise, 
My fourth is in children but not in boys, 
My fifth is in finger but not in thumb, 
My sixth is in fiddle but not in drum, 
My seventh is in rabbit but not in hare. 
My eighth is in apple but not in pear, 
My ninth is in fare but not in toll, 
You easily can break my whole. J. Q. 
pi. 
Ocanreign dan dupmenice ear pearinbales onion- 
camps. 
Illustrated Rebus I\'o. 487. —A good 
piece of advice, especially to the young readers. 
ALPHABETICAL ARITHMETIC. 
(We are sometimes asked how these puzzles are 
“ worked*out.” The letters stand in the place of 
figures. When you see the same letter one above 
the,other, it is pretty safe to suppose that the let- 
ter~underneath the two stands for 0. That will 
give you a clue, or a start: then if you see the 
same letters in the dividend as you find in the divi¬ 
sor, you may infer that “ it goes once,” and the 
letter in the quotient belonging to that dividend 
must stand for the figure oue. Many arithmeticians 
Fruit Puzzle.— Raspberry, currant, plum, date, 
peach, orange, shaddock, cantelope, mango, and. 
apricot. 
Wild AnimiilM of I.and and Sea. 
• The accompanying rebus takes the shape of a 
menagerie, at least it may be so considered by the 
reader, and the point is to “go through the exhibi 
tion ” and find all of the animals. The first one that 
A STRANGE-LOOKING MENAGERIE, WHICH ALL ARE INVITED TO VISIT. 
tell us that they enjoy these puzzles better than any 
others. Those not so clever at figures prefer to 
study the puzzle as an anagram, and find out the 
sentence or word embodied in the letters: so far 
as that is concerned I merely say [like the man in 
the show] “ You pays your money and you takes 
your choice.”) 
ALWT)OIEDRNIW(RDAWA 
ETOR 
RRONR 
R TE AD 
TRTNN 
WRD A 
ROORI 
RDO TW 
TLLNW 
WRD A 
DOE 
DIAMOND. 
.. In barn. 2. A mighty weapon. 3. An article of 
food. 4. To perplex. 5. A kind of nut. 6. A rural 
poem. 7. Antecedent. 8. A number. 9. In house. 
The central letters, horizontal, name a fruit. 
Ellie. 
ANAGRAMS. 
1. I scare Nat. 
2. Lug it in Sam. 
3. Mice pens. 
4. Cider seen. 
5. Abbe’s lover. 
6. Her lamb pie is — 
7. Lane music. 
8. O ! I curse merit. 
9. Or I sell ice. 
10. Made more sin. 
Answers to Puzzles in the July Number. 
Decapitations.— 1 . Store, tore. 2. Stare, tare. 
3. Stump, tump. 4. Broach, roach. 5. Spit, pit. 
6. Trip, rip. 
Biblical Words Square.— M A O N 
ACRE 
O R E B 
NE B O 
Definitions.— 1. Nebula. 2. Symbol. 3. Lessar. 
4. Mate. 5. Volatile. 6. Waste. 7. Ant. 8. Among. 
Numerical Enigma. —A new broom sweeps 
clean. 
Foundation Word —1. More maidens. 2. So— 
men—admire. 3. Dream—in some. 4. Son-dime 
—mare. 5. More man—side. 6. Mine or—dames. 
7. Me mad—I snore. 
Enigmatical Story.— The Fourth of July. 
Prefix Puzzle.— Prefix the letters AD and make 
—address, advice, admit, advent, ado, administer, 
adduce, adverb, and adverse. 
your attention may he called to after entering the 
imaginary doors is noted for its swiftness on foot, 
and the excellent quality of its flesh when pre¬ 
pared for food. It has a slender body, a short tail, 
and long, slender limbs. A strange creature is that 
in No. 2, with its short legs and strongly protected 
body. Though not a bird, it has something that 
would remind one of the feathered tribes. It is of 
no special value, being more curious than useful 
to man. No. 3 is very seldom put in a cage on 
account of its size. Its ears are no small part of this 
animal and at first sight one would think they were 
situated near its tail. It might be called the bag¬ 
gage master of the menagerie. No. 4 is of a smali 
size, but not at all companionable. No one in his 
right mind would choose this beast as a bedfellow. 
Be sure and look at its nose, and also observe the 
smallness of the eyes of the thick-skinned and 
hairless fellow. The visitors are requested to keep 
away from the cage in which No. 5 has been placed. 
She has something of a reputation as a man eater, 
and goes about the cage shaking her tail against 
the bars in a savage manner. Some men are so 
daring as to go into her cage, but it is safest to 
enter when she is away. No. 6 is a small animal, 
and does not make much of a show in the collection. 
Upon close inspection its feet will be found to be 
curious in their structure, as if made to burrow in 
the ground. The keeper will doubtless inform 
those who ask him about this animal that it is 
blind, but its small black eyes can 6ee to some ex¬ 
tent. The fur coat is of the softest and finest kind. 
No. 7 is a white animal that is much more fond of 
living among icebergs than most other members of 
the menagerie. There is a black kind that was once 
quite common in the forests of the United States, 
but now has mostly disappeared. No. 8 is perhaps 
one of the rarest of the group, but will be easy to 
recognize, and once acquainted with it, it is a friend. 
No. 9 does not thrive in confinement, much pre¬ 
ferring the prairies of the West, over which it roams 
in herds in the wild state. The skins, for which 
it is killed in vast numbers, are very valuable. 
So are those of No. 10, but this animal is a lover of 
the sea, and is found there in large numbers. 
