THE RIDDLE-BOX.
Reading edition
HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE.
The central letters, read downward, name a fashionable and beautiful pet.
1. A large reptile. 2. Idolizing. 3. A foe. 4. To stain. 5. A consonant. 6. A dandy. 7. To baffle. 8. Good news. 9. Capable of being made better.
G.H.W.
BLANK APOCOPES.
In each of the following sentences, the second blank is to be filled with the first syllable of the word used in the first blank.
1. From some —— we made a portion of our ——. 2. The —— was extinguished when we made a —— for the door. 3. On the second shelf of the —— you will find some ——. 4. It was of a bright —— color, the —— that he had.
C.D.
EASY BEHEADINGS.
1. Behead to strike, and leave what all must do. 2. Behead what children like, and leave a man's nickname. 3. Behead two pronouns, and leave two other pronouns. 4. Behead an article of furniture, and leave capable. 5. Behead a color, and leave a writing material. 6. Behead something belonging to flowers, and leave a coin. 7. Behead a part of the head, and leave what comes from the clouds. 8. Behead another color, and leave a kind of stove. 9. Behead a sport, and leave a girl's name. 10. Behead a part of a ship, and leave a tree. 11. Behead a kind of bird, and leave disturbance. 12. Behead an article of food, and leave a kind of tree. 13. Behead a table utensil, and leave a bird. 14. Behead to frighten, and leave anxiety. 15. Behead a toilet article, and leave to crowd.
A.D.L. AND S.W.
EASY TRIPLE ACROSTIC.
The primals, read downward, name a bird; the centrals, an animal; the finals, an insect.
1. Disentangling. 2. Echo. 3. A city in a Western State. 4. Can't be worse.
ESOR.
FRAME PUZZLE.
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Make the frame of four words of eight letters each, so that the letter A shall come at each of the four corners where the words intersect. The words mean: Sweet-smelling, to make a scale, a fillet, an ecclesiastic.
BESSIE AND HER COUSIN.
HIDDEN FRENCH SENTENCE.
Find in the following sentence the French words with which the Emperor Alexander of Russia once described St. Petersburg:
Give him a good anvil, let him deal sound blows on the irons for the pier, repeated and strong, and the work will last.
B.
PICTORIAL ANAGRAM PROVERB PUZZLE.
The answer is a proverb of eight words. Each numeral beneath the pictures represents a letter in that word of the proverb which is indicated by that numeral—5 showing that the letter it designates belongs to the fifth word of the proverb, 3 to the third word, and so on.
Find a word that describes each picture and contains as many letters as there are numerals beneath the picture itself. This is the first process. Then put down, some distance apart, the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, to correspond with the words of the proverb. Group beneath figure 6 all the letters designated by the numeral 6 in the numbering beneath the pictures. You will thus have in a group all the letters contained by the sixth word of the proverb, and you will then have only to transpose those letters in order to form the word itself. Follow the same process of grouping and transposition in forming each of the remaining words of the proverb. Of course, the transposition need not be begun until all the letters have been set apart in their proper groups.
S.R.
THREE EASY SQUARE-WORDS.
I.—1. A bard of fame.
2. From mines I came.
3. A fish's name.
II.—1. The mountain's fringe.
2. I make slaves cringe.
3. A ruddy tinge.
III.—1. What bad men hate.
2. I blanch the pate.
3. To join or mate.
N. AND VIOLET.
EASY ENIGMA.
My first is in dark, but not in light; My second in girl, but not in boy; My third is in peace, but not in fight; My fourth in mourning, not in joy; My fifth is in flowers, but not in weeds; My sixth in kind, but not in cruel; My seventh is in drives, and also in leads; And my whole is a beautiful jewel.
N.K.K.
REVERSIBLE DOUBLE DIAMOND AND CONCEALED WORD-SQUARE.
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Fill the vacant places with letters to form a reversible double diamond which shall inclose a reversible word-square.—Centrals: Perpendicular, to make merry; horizontal, a mechanical power. Word-square: 1, a number; 2, part of the day; 3, to knit.
H.H.D.
EASY SYNCOPATIONS.
1. Syncopate a composite metal, and leave a fish. 2. Syncopate an article of food, and leave an ornament. 3. Syncopate a map, and leave a vehicle. 4. Syncopate a pungent spice, and leave a small bay. 5. Syncopate a wading bird, and leave a reed. 6. Syncopate a short, ludicrous play, and leave a part of the body. 7. Syncopate another part of the body, and leave a wild animal. 8. Syncopate a domestic animal, and leave articles of clothing. 9. Syncopate a small animal, and leave to ponder. 10. Syncopate a flower, and leave a domestic animal.
ISOLA.
PICTORIAL TRANSPOSITION PUZZLES.
To solve these five puzzles: Find for each picture a word, or words, that will correctly describe it, and then transpose the letters of the descriptive word or words so as to form another word, which will answer to the definition given below the picture.
B.
1. Gives right 10.
2. A prince of Hindustan. 3. A token of victory. 4. A sylvan deity. 5. A creator.
EASY SQUARE-WORD.
1. Soothing ointment. 2. A bitter-tasting plant. 3. Knowledge gained from reading or study. 4. Mild of temper.
K.
EASY DIAMOND.
1. A consonant. 2. A lively animal. 3. To moisten or irrigate. 4. A jewel. 5. A consonant.
ISOLA.