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understood as a dash (—). The ear soon learns to 
distinguish between dot blows and dash blows. Then 
the time between the blows is understood. Two blows 
close together (..) mean the letter i, but separate them a 
little (. .) and they mean o. Three sounds or dots if to¬ 
gether (...) mean s, but if separated thus (.. .) they mean 
c, while if separated thus (. ..) they mean r. Dots and 
marks, or long and short clicks, are combined to produce 
various letters. (Two persons can secretly converse in 
company, across a room, by imitating these dots and 
marks with one finger upon the back of the other hand). 
The telegraph operator soon learns to understand the 
ceive the money, give an order which will be cashed by 
Postmasters in the other country on the opposite side of 
the globe. A half-ounce letter with only a 5-cent stamp 
on it, if dropped into a city lamp-post box, or in a 
country post-office, even in the remotest territory, is 
carefully taken up, and by the most speedy conveyance 
delivered to any city, town or hamlet in almost any part 
of the world to which it is directed. A 2-cent Postal 
Card goes in the same way. 
On Feb. 13th we received a Postal, addressed to the 
American Agriculturist Publishers, having on its face: 
“ TOKIO, JAPAN, JAN. 20.”-half round the world in 
dot and mark sounds, in the dark, or with his eyes shut, 
just as easily as we understand the ordinary sounds of 
the voice in speaking letters and words. Here is the 
Morse Alphabet as nsed by sounds or marks: 
24 days 1—On the left upper corner we read “ Union Pos¬ 
tale Universelle , Carte Postale," and on the right a beauti¬ 
ful engraved stamp, marked “ B—2 Sn—EMPIRE DU 
JAPAN,” with some Japanese printing between the 
DIAMOND. 
1. Found in heart. 2. An article of clothing. 3. An 
animal. 4. A kind of drum. 5. A marine production, 
ti. A fish. 7. Found in the cellar. Perpendicular »eia- 
tral: A noisy instrument. 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA. 
My first is in gain, not in loss, 
My second is in tree, not in moss, 
My third is in new, not in old. 
My fourth is in mint, not in gold, 
My fifth is in urn, not in bowl, 
My sixth is in dish, not in roll, 
My seventh is in knife, not in plate, 
My eighth is in soon, not in late, 
My ninth is in make, not in buy, 
My tenth is in wet, not in dry,' 
My eleventh is in lino, not in book, 
My twelfth is in roam, not in look. 
My thirteenth is in night, not in day. 
My fourteenth is in drab, not in gray. 
My fifteenth is in low, not in high, 
My sixteenth is in rope, not in sigh. 
My seventeenth is in walk, not in ride. 
My eighteenth is in thrive, not in slide, 
My nineteenth is in time, not in hour, 
My twentieth is in bread, not in flour, 
My twenty-first is in sing, not in talk, 
My twenty-second is in crow, not in hawk. 
My twenty-third is in hedge, not in stalk, 
My whole was a remark of Michael Angelo. 
Mrs. Mato. 
LETTER ENIGMA. 
I am in the dress, but not the gown, 
I am in the smile, but not the frown, 
I am in the dish, but not the plate, 
I am in the seat, but not the gate, 
I am in the side, but not the hand, 
I am in the grass, but not the land, 
I am in the sun, but not the light. 
I am in the loose, but not the tight, 
I am in the stare, but not the look, 
I am in the stone, but not the brook, 
I am in the mouse, but not the trap, 
I am in the sound, but not the rap, 
I am in the bush, but not the leaf, 
I am in the sail, but not the reef. 
I am in the case, but not the box, 
I am in the stork, but not the fox, 
I am in the fish, but not the goat, 
I am in the sea, but not the boat, 
Mrs. Mayo. 
zigzag. 
The letters indicated by stars, when read 
downwards, will name a flower. 
Across.—1. An animal. 2. Another ani¬ 
mal. 3. Where the first animal is sometimes put. 4. 
What the second animal often chases. 5. A tree. 6. A 
largeranimal than the first two. 7. An uncommon animal. 
8. Upon what some animals travel. 9. A young animal. 
10. What geese often are. 11. What all animals must do. 
A .- 
J—.-. 
S ... 
1_ 
0- 
B—... 
K—.— 
T — 
2 
Comma.—.— 
C .. . 
L- 
U..— 
3 ...—. 
Period ..—.. 
D —.. 
M- 
V ...- 
4....— 
Interrogation —..-a. 
E . 
N—. 
w.- 
5- 
Exclamation-. 
F .—. 
O . . 
X .—.. 
6. 
Parentheses —...— 
G - . 
P. 
Y .. .. 
7-.. 
(Quotation Marks 
H .... 
Q . 
Z ... . 
8—.... 
.-.- .-.- 
I.. 
R . .. 
& . ... 
9—..— 
Note the difference between i and o ; also between s, 
c, r ; a and n, b and v, d and u, g and w, h and y , l and t, 
q and x, 4 and 8, etc. In writing these marks, or mak¬ 
ing the sounds, some time or space is made between the 
letters, and more between words. Read the following: 
Very Amusing Mistake.— A gentleman at the sea¬ 
side wrote to his wife who was detained at home by an 
invalid mother, that he was feeling quite poorly. The 
next afternoon, having a sudden severe attack of some 
temporary ailment, perhaps indigestion, ho asked his 
landlady to telegraph for his wife, which she did thus: 
“ Your husband is RAD, (—... .— —..) Come immedi¬ 
ately ! The operators accidently sent a space be¬ 
tween the second and third dots in the b of bad , so that 
it read —.. . .— —.. (d e a d). The disconsolate wife 
notified her friends. The local papers wrote obituary 
notices for their morning issues. Arrangements for 
funeral, etc., were hurriedly made, and on the early 
morning train the wife started with several friends, all 
clad in mourning, taking along a fine coffin or casket, 
lest a suitable one should not be found at the seaside. 
Arriving at the station, they engaged carriages and 
solemnly drove to her husband’s boarding place. Imagine 
his feelings, as sitting on the veranda, fully recovered, 
he saw the cortege approach, bringing his coffin along ! 
A I'osUl Card from Japan. 
Very few of our younger readers, or older ones even, 
fully understand and appreciate the wonderful extension 
of the present mail facilites, by means of the “Uni¬ 
versal Postal Union.” Only a few years ago, letters and 
newspapers passed the boundaries of nations with diffi¬ 
culty, and at a large expense when sent to distant points. 
With the beginning of 1882, about the last country on 
the globe having an organized government came into the 
system, and most countries interchange Money Orders 
also. If you desire to send a few shillings or Hollars 
to Australia or New Zealand, or if some one there 
wishes to send the same to you, the Postmaster will re¬ 
corners which we can not read. On the back of this 
postal are some sketches in water colors, in blue, yel¬ 
low, brown, red, etc. We give a fac simile of it, except 
the colors, and herewith beg to heartily reciprocate the 
kind wishes expressed, not only to the senders, but to 
extend the same to all our readers in Japan, of whom 
there is now a large number. 
Our I’uzzle I5ox. 
numerical enigma. 
I am composed of 55 letters: 
My 29, 4, 39, 6, 32 46, is a short jacket. 
My 7, 18, 8, 13, means “ willingly.” 
My 4, 19, 53, 43, 38, 22, 5, 27, means “begun.” 
My 24, 18, 6, 5, 50, is a poem to be sung. 
My 37, 43, 46, 3, 33, is a cub. 
My 42, 30, 8, 48, 11, is to turn round. 
My 25, 30, 2, 54, 36, is a crowd of fishes. 
My 21, 17, 35, 55, 16, is a switch. 
My 12, 9, 28, 49, 51, 41, is a lighthouse. 
My 47, 51, 20, 52, 48, is temporary fashion. 
My 34, 27, 40, 44, 39, 28, 15,—pertaining lo a league. 
My 26, 31. 1, 14, 23, 53, 3, 44,^stem of a flower, and of 
the fruit of a plant. 
My 53, 2, 20, 10, 45, 16,—having great force. 
If the advice of my whole were more generally followed, 
the world would be happier. 
cross word. 
My first is in green, but not in black, 
My next is in oats, but not in stack. 
My third is in gold, but not in brass. 
My fourth is in silver, but not in glass, 
My fifth is in gin. but not in beer, 
My sixth is in gladness, but not in fear, 
My seventh is in chicken, but not in fowl, 
My eighth is in ostrich, but not in owl, 
My ninth is ip storm, but not in rain, 
My whole we should—all of us—strive to gain. 
W. J. K. 
RIDDLE. 
I've various homes; I'm in the sea, 
The clouds, the woods, the streams, 
In joys and sorrows, griefs and fears, 
In sweet ideas and dreams. 
In various hues you've seen me dressed. 
But oflencst in black ; 
By me a dollar is increased, 
I add to every stack. 
I’m in your pockets, in your purse. 
In your own house I stay. 
And yet you surely will admit 
I'm never in the way. 
ANAGRAMS. 
1. In nice 6tores. 
2. I'm a peril. 
3. To relate. 
4. Dear Emil. 
5. Under, in bog. 
6. Dine late, Mr. T. 
7. Ten ailments. 
8. A deep rest. 
9. Peep in, Mr. P. T. 
10. Sure score. 
1. * . • 
7. . . * 
2. . * . 
8. . t. ■ 
3. . . * 
9. * . . 
4. . * 
10. . ., . 
5. * * 
11. . .' 
6. . * . 
decapitations. 
(Behead the word which fills the first blauk in the 
sentence, to fill the second blank.) 
1. He handetS a-to the young-and she broke it. 
2. Then the mother came to the little-and lent her 
kindly-. 
3. The-was killed by an-. 
Answers to Puzzles in the February Number. 
Numerical Enigmas.—1. Live and learn. 2. Una¬ 
bridged dictionary. 
Pi. — The ancients always harnessed their horses 
abreast, never lengthwise. 
Easy One-Word Rebuses.—!. Apex. 2. Arose. 3. 
Arrogate. 4. Abridge. 5. Access (ax S). 6. Ajar. 7. 
Adore. 8. Afore. 9. Adduce. 
Decapitations and Transpositions.— 1. Whale, hale. 
2. Birch, rich. 3. Heel, eel. 4. Petal, plate. 5. Horse, 
rose. 6. Flea, leaf. 
Cross Word.— Solitude. 
Diamond. —4th C C C, 
Seize. 
B 
B A C 
B A C C A 
C C C 
A 
Anagrams. — 1. Automa¬ 
ton, 2. Calculates. 3. Bee¬ 
hives. 4. Bruised. 5. Treat¬ 
ment. 6. Shrewdness. 7. 
Magistrate. 8. Policeman. 
9. Lamentations. 10. Pas¬ 
sionate. 
Puzzles.— 1. The vegetable kingdom. 2. Imitate a 
good man, but never counterfeit him. 
Blank Logooriph .r-Easy: —sea,—as,—say, —yes. 
The JiSome ^lu^cuiu. 
Many years ago I was asked to give a lecture in 
a country town ; the house at which I was invited 
to stay, was that of a very intelligent and well-to- 
do farmer. T found that he had one room in his 
large house fitted up as a museum, and very inter¬ 
esting it was. There were stuffed birds from Af¬ 
rica and Australia, brought home by relatives who 
went to sea. There were minerals from California 
and elsewhere, and insects and other objects from 
afar off; but nothing from near home. At that 
time I also had collections, and among the most in¬ 
teresting things in it were some minerals from 
within a few miles of that very house ! This gather¬ 
ing of things from far away and overlooking of 
