THE RIDDLE-BOX.
Reading edition
EASY DOUBLE CROSS-WORD ACROSTIC.
The initials and finals, read downward, form the names of two kinds of trees.
1. The width of a vessel. 2. A mountain of Crete. 3. A Tom-boy. 4. An inclosure. 5. To harbor.
WILLIE PETTINOS.
SQUARE-WORD.
1. A governor. 2. To join. 3. Flexible. 4. A girl's name. 5. Quick dances.
L.
NUMERICAL PUZZLE.
I am a word of five letters, the sum of which is 512.
My 1 × my 3 = 1/20 of my 5; My 2 × my 4 = 1/5 of my 3; My 5 ÷ my 1 = my 3 × 20.
SEDGWICK.
HIDDEN ACROSTIC.
At the top of a mountain, Within a clear light; In the midst of a fountain, At edge of the night; In field and in meadow, In sunshine and shadow, On land and on sea, At the end of the earth, Or in air, we may be. Now put us together, And, if you guess right, You'll discover a water-fall Sparkling and bright. W.P.D.
EASY DECAPITATIONS.
1. Behead a kind of sword, and leave a fluid for burning. 2. Behead a sharp-pointed weapon, and leave a fruit. 3. Behead to touch, and leave a kind of fish. 4. Behead a vehicle used in winter, and leave a shelf 5. Behead a kind of deer, and leave a game that boys play. 6. Behead an ancient war implement, and leave a unit. 7. Behead animals of a common kind, and leave a sort of grain. 8. Behead to pull, and leave sore. 9. Behead the name of a vessel, and leave a narrow passage.
WALTER A.
TRANSPOSITIONS.
1. Change artful into a confusion. 2. Change a Persian king into a mixture. 3. Change a cutter into listeners. 4. Change a cheat into musicians. 5. Change repaired into healed. 6. Change a drink into a class embracing many species.
CYRIL DEANE.
CHARADE.
In war, and in council, my first oft appears. My second is that which my first often wears. Very strong is my last; 'tis a bark, not a bite; That from which it is taken is solid, not light. Three joined in one, if my whole you should find, An island well known it would bring to your mind.
M.D.
GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE.
(Composed by Mary V. and Willie K., each aged thirteen.)
An island west of British Columbia (1) went to the lightest city (2) in the world to attend a ball. She there met a peak in Oregon (3) named as follows: A city in Egypt (4), a city in Maine (5), and a city in Australia (6), in whom she was much interested.
Her dress was a valley among the Himalaya Mountains (7), and though elegantly trimmed with a city in Belgium (8), it was, unfortunately, two cities in France (9). As she felt a country in South America (10), she wore around her shoulders a city in Scotland (11) shawl. Her jewelry was exclusively a peak in Oregon (12). Her shoes were of a country in Africa (13), and her handkerchief was perfumed with a city in Prussia (14).
Being a lake north of the United States (15) dancer, she had distinguished partners, whose names were the capital of the United States (16), the capital of Ohio (17), the capital of Wisconsin (18), the capital of Alabama (19), the capital of Mississippi (20), and the capital of North Carolina (21).
Having boldly said that she was a country in Europe (22), she was escorted by a city in Indiana (23) to a bay in South-west Africa (24), where she freely partook of a river in Oregon (25), some islands in the Pacific Ocean (26), a river in South Africa (27), a district in France (28), and some islands in the Atlantic (29). After passing a river of Maine evening (30), she bade a cape in Iceland (31) to her hostess, and was escorted home by an island in Nova Scotia (32).
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
My 1 2 3 4 is undoubtedly possessed by every one of the whole race of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (my whole), while my 5 6 7 8 ends a prayer.
C.D.
ILLUSTRATED PUZZLE.
Twelve things may be found in the picture above, Not clearly perceived by the eye, But with keen observation and witty conceit, You will find them, I know, if you try. First point out (1) an animal (other than bear), (2) A spectator, (3) a portion of corn, (4) One part of a sentence, and (5) parts of a bird, And (6) what may your fair head adorn. Now (7) part of a river, and (8) parts of a book, And now, if you please, take the trouble To pick out (9, 10) two letters, which, rightly combined, In classical language mean "double." The remaining two things in the picture above, To which I would call your attention, Are (11) part of a carriage or part of a boy, And (12) a sort of a stop or suspension.
AUNT SUE.
CURTAILMENTS.
1. Curtail a bur, and leave to plague; curtail again, and leave plants. 2. Curtail a celestial body, and leave to make smooth; again, and leave a model. 3. Curtail a low, wet ground, and leave a planet; again, and leave to injure; again, and leave a parent. 4. Curtail a jury-roll, and leave a glass; again, and leave part of a gun-lock; again, and leave a parent.
CYRIL DEANE.
COMPLETE DIAGONAL.
Diagonals from left to right, downward: 1. Fifty. 2. A boy's nickname. 3. A title of respect. 4. To affirm. 5. Ardent. 6. A vale. 7. A rule of action. 8. A river in Italy. 9. Phonetically, a measure.
Horizontally: 1. Used by painters. 2. An Israelitish king. 3. A name for beer. 4. More dim. 5. To reduce.
N.T.M.
EASY NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
I am composed of twelve letters. My 2 11 3 is a fish. My 1 4 3 2 5 is a girl's name. My 7 3 8 10 5 is an American politician. My 12 8 6 1 is pretty for a child's wear. My 9 8 12 10 5 is a necessary domestic utensil. My 4 8 6 2 is very pleasant. My whole is the title of a popular book.
D.C.R.
SQUARE-WORD.
1. An emperor's title. 2. Nothing. 3. Weapons. 4. A flower.
B.
ANAGRAM DOUBLE DIAMOND AND CONCEALED DOUBLE SQUARE.
From the sentence "Seer eats a pear" form a double diamond, the center of which will be a double word-square.
CYRIL DEANE.
PICTORIAL PROVERB PUZZLE.
The answer is a well-known couplet.
