1873 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
387 
SOTS (BUOTMUSo 
TTSae Early ISird. 
We have not had any nonsense pictures in a long time. 
You would hardly think it, but nonsense is a very scarce 
article—that is good nonsense, that one can have a hearty 
and innocent laugh over. These illustrations, from Judy, 
a London journal 
for grown folks, 
are hardly funny 
enough for our 
young fo'ks; but 
we will use them 
in the hope they 
will give a hint to 
some one to give 
us something bet¬ 
ter. Nonsense pic¬ 
tures should need 
no explanation, 
but with these we 
give a running tale 
—though different 
from the one 
given by Judy. 
Here you see the 
Running Tam.— The chick has heard that it is the 
early bird that catches the worm, and you here behold 
the pursuit of the worm by the early bird. 
The Early Biro has caught the earlier worm. It may 
be that running before breakfast gave the bird a dyspepsia 
that affected ils mind, or it may he that the worm was of 
a kind not down in the books. At any rate, 
This is the Way the worm looked to the bird after 
the bird had dropped the worm to get a better hold. 
It may well look astonished. We do not blame it for 
doing what you see in the next picture. 
Yon think you see the end of the tale—but no. The 
early bird, sad to re-late, went directly into the flower- 
garden. Tiie owner did not like to see fowl chick-weed 
among his cocks-combs and other flowers, so he admin¬ 
istered a dose of 
Here you bee what became of the early bird. The 
history of the worm remains unwritten. 
A ISlind Spot in ¥our Eye. 
There is a spot in your eye that is not sensitive to 
light, a part of the eye with which you do not see. The 
following directions for finding it are going the rounds 
of the papers, and may be new to most of our boys and 
girls : Shut your left eye, and with your right one look 
steadily at the cross below, holding the paper ten or 
twelve inches from the eye. 
X o 
Now move the paper slowly toward the eye, which must 
be kept fixed on the cross. At a certain distance the 
other figure—the letter O —will suddenly disappear; but 
if you bring the paper nearer it will come again into 
view. You may not succeed in the experiment on the 
first trial, but with a little patience yon can hardly fail; 
and the suddenness with which the black spot vanishes 
and reappears is very striking. 
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Aunt Sue’s Puzzle-Box. 
NUMERICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of twenty-eight letters. 
My 21, 3, 1, 28, 9 is a boy’s name. 
My 20, 7, 22, 21, 2, 10, 18, 11 is an animal. 
My 11, 9, 5, 14, 1, 15, 20 is a city in New Jersey. 
My 27, 8, 23, 19, 17, 4 is frank. 
My 6,13, 19 is a fish. 
My G, 8, 7,12, 10, 13, 9, 20, 17, 10 is one of the United 
States. 
My 24. 15, 25 is an animal. 
Every American should be proud of my whole. 
F. C. R. 
CROSS-WORD. 
My first is in many but not in few. 
My second in rain but not in dew. 
My third is in eartli but not in heaven. 
My fourth is in eight but not in seven. 
My fifth is in silver but not in gold. 
My sixth is in young but not in old. 
And now, if the letters you place aright, 
You will see the name of a bird of flight. 
Orren Ashworth, 
BLANKS. 
(Fill the following blanks with words pronounced 
alike but spelled differently.) 
1. Will the---to speak to me f 
2. Have you-about the trimming of the-dress ? 
3. Joe, will-split that-? 
4. It was the most ridiculous —— that was ever - . 
5. The-- scratched John’s-foot. Lizzie M. 
pi. 
Sendmils snogver treteb hant range. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
alphabetical arithmetic. 
RPL)MUBEA(UTE 
T M P 
U U T E 
U B A U 
O A R A 
O B R E 
O J3 R 
ANAGRAMS. 
. Undo ye all. 
. Sacred alto. 
. Meet Jo’nny. 
. Dear Sir, save I 
. ’Tis a match. 
6. Man and flute. 
7. Large suit. 
8. An open hem. 
9. E’en red hags. 
10. Augre ill-set. 
CONCEALED RIVERS. 
1. Cane grows in tropical climates. 
2. My throat and neck are swollen. 
3. I suppose I have taken cold. 
4. May Nora go South this winter? 
5. Yes ; to reach Macon, go by railroad. 
G. Are David and Mary going ? 
7. Charles lent Allen a ten-dollar hill. 
8. Such a hoy never will rise in the world. 
9. 011 I I ought to have known better. 
10. Jane, use your time better. 
11. By industry we thrive. YAU. 
CHARADE. 
Peaceable citizens dread my first. 
My second but few wish to hear. 
The criminal surely would take to his heels 
If he thought that my whole were near. 
SQUARE WORDS. 
1.1—1. Sometimes a nest. 2. A geometrical figure. 
3. Armor. 4. Measures. 
2.—1. A landed estate. 2. A plant. 3. A flower. <t. A 
verb. F. W. Beebe. 
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE AUGUST NUMBER. 
Cross-W ord. —Pheasant. 
Added Letters.— 1. B-engle. 2. G-oat. 3. Sol-E. 
4. Bee-R. 5. B-light. 5. F-ox. 7. F-owl. 8. F-lute. 
Numerical Enigma.— Indianapolis. 
Pi.—Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist 
Of time, though meager all and ghostly thin. 
Most unsubstantial, unessential shade 
Was earthly fame. 
Alphabetical Arithmetic.— 
294)8157360(27746 (Key ; Rockingham. 
Square Word.— HOPE 
OVUM 
PURE 
EMEU 
Hidden Cities.—1. Carson City. 2. Madison 3. S».y- 
brook. 4. Rome. 5. Le Roy. G. Lansing. 1 Omaha. 
Diamond Puzzle.— L 
RAM 
TANKS 
OUTCAST 
LANCASTER 
YES S E L S 
WITTY 
HER 
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Rebuses. —437. Concord. 438. I excel. 
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AUNT SUE’S NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
It is now the 20th of August, and I must say a few 
words to the Mountaineers who have already sent in their 
lists, so as to put some of them out of suspense. It is 
too bad that so many of you have made the error of tak¬ 
ing the Sierras for single mountains. “ Sierra ” means 
“ saw,” and is a term used to describe the notched ap¬ 
pearance of the tops of mountains when seen from a 
distance. It always means a range or chain of moun¬ 
tains; and as I particularly specified u <me mountain" 
the lists founded on any of the ranges (Sierra, Cordillera, 
Macgillicuddy Reeks, etc.) must be ruled out of the prize 
competition. The competitors, however, shall have 
honorable mention made of their names, with the num¬ 
bers of rivers and lakes found, as a slight recognition of 
their industry. 
Then I have had to curtail many a list to one-quarter 
of its original proportions because of a letter being used 
twice in the river when it occurred only once in tho 
mountain, and because the same name was often 
