THE PUZZLER'S DEPARTMENT. CUTTINGS FOR PLANTING, No. 2. 1. Plant vanity, and what will grow? 2. A charming rural retreat? 3. A dry-good's merchant? 4. A part of one's hand? 5. The Chinese silk manufacture? 6. A perfumed dandy? 7. A brown horse? RIDDLE No. 8. I am always seen in sugar, I am never seen in hops or beer, Yet, strange, I'm seen in day. If you will look right sharp, I'm sure I am never seen in coffee, If you will study this right close, Should you come near his voice you'll hear, preposition. My third is a storm. My Loud as the troubled ocean. whole is a bird. MARY J. BOYDEN. it again. Come, wake up boys and girls, who will find it out first? I wonder if H. B. P. would n't send me the answer if I should say "I give up;" but I don't give it up yet. AUNT SUE. I am composed of 29 letters. My 18, 14, 29, 3, 12, 21, 16, was a celebrated jurist and legal writer. My 8, 24, 4, 12, 26, 5, 9, is a musical instrument used both in ancient and modern times. The bee is said to sleep upon the fragrant blossoms of the 11, 28, 5, 2, 23, 19. My 1, 9, 27, 15, 25, 20, may be either theoretical or practical, adequate or inadequate, distinct or confused, common or ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, ETC., ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR THINKERS. 1. COFFEE AND LEMON. 2. MEN AND APES. Answered by O. L. Bradley, A. P. P. jr., Mary and Fannie C., and Wm. H. Allen. IN THE APRIL NUMBER. Answered by Susie M. Alvord, John N. Alvord, Clara, O. L. Bradley, W. B. G., Samuel Hart, W. A. Hegeman, "Fayette Boys," ""The Sisters," Julia, Annette LinYankee Boy, O. W. F., F. G. Churchill, ton, S. J. Axtell, jr., Cousin Nellie, Ralph, George, J. G. Cooper, Harry, Charles A. Newland, Wilbur F. Saxton, A. P. P., jr., J. N. Hegeman, Allez and Marie, Tillie Ball, G. W. K., Mary and Fannie C., A Galena Friend, Frank H. Catlin, W. D. Gilmer, Fanny and Jane, Lyman, Balaam, George, and Albertson Case. Let us hear what Georgie says about it: A cup of your coffee I'll take, if you please; I'll risk all the coughing, and drink without fees. The tea, green or black, I will leave for the | G. Cooper, Harry, G. M. Scott, Charles A. rest; Newland, H. A. Allen, Wilbur F. Saxton, And now fill my plate with the cakes of Blue-eyed Luby, A. P. P., jr., J. N. Hegebuckwheat, man, Allez and Marie, M. J. Dean, G. W. And pour on molasses to render them K., Mary and Fannie C., Charles M. Keep, sweet; "The Pennsylvania Cousins," W. D. GilThere, there, that will answer to give them mer, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Fanny and Jane. a zest. Georgie and Lyman, Jane O. De Forrest, The bacon and tongue, if you will, you may W. O. Smith, Wm. H. Allen, Little Chartry I envy you not, I've a better supply- lie, Monroe Place Boy, Marie Louise, ANSWER TO ENIGMA No. 9. I've a dish for a king-it can not be beat. A HAPPY New Year, and MANY HAPPY GEORGIE. ANSWER TO ENIGMATICAL STORY, No. 2. other Thomas, went to see their Uncle Answered by Susie M. Alvord, J. N. Alvord, Hattie, F. J. and D. Millar, Clara, O. L. Bradley, Samuel Hart, W. A. Hegeman, Fannie E. Johnson, "Fayette Boys," A. J. W., R. S. Grummon, Theodore A. Wadsworth, Charles H. Fisk, Julia, Maggie, Annette Linton, S. J. Axtell, jr., Alvan H. Nash, Cousin Nellie, Ralph, Yankee Boy, O. W. F., F. G. Churchill, George, J. RETURNS. Answered by O. L. Bradley, Samue! Hart, W. A. Hegeman, "Fayette Boys," Julia, Annette Linton, O. W. F., George, J. G. Cooper, J. N. Hegeman, Allez and Marie, Mary J. Dean, Mary and Fannie C., "The Pennsylvania Cousins," W. D. H. Catlin, W. B. G., Monroe Place Boy, Gilmer, Fanny and Jane, Georgie, Frank Marie Louise, Albertson Case, and Minne sota Girls. ANSWER TO ENIGMA No. 10. FRANCIS JOSEPH, EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. Answered by F. J. and D. Millar, Susie M. Alvord and John N. Alvord, Clara, O. L. Bradley, Samuel Hart, W. A. Hegeman, Fayette Boys," Charles H. Fisk, Annette Linton, S. J. Axtell, jr., Green Mountain Boy, O. W. F., F. G. C., George, J. G. Cooper, Wilbur F. Saxton, J. N. Hegeman, Mary J. Dean, Mary and Fannie C., Chas. M. Keep, "The Pennsylvania Cousins," W. D. Gilmer, Georgie, Frank H. Catlin, W. B. G., W. O. Smith, Monroe Place Boy, Marie Louise, Albertson Case, and Minnesota Girls. ANSWER TO REBUS No. 7. Answered by Susie M. Alvord, John N. A. Hegeman, "Fayette Boys," "The Sisters," A. J. W., C. A. W., T. A. Wadsworth, Julia, Annette Linton, S. J. Axtell, jr., Green Mountain Boy, A. H. Nash, O. W. F., George, J. G. Cooper, Harry, C. A. Newland, Wilbur F. Saxton, J. N. Hegeman, Allez and Marie, Mary and Fannie C., "A Galena Friend," The Pennsylvania Cousins, W. D. Gilmer, Fanny and Jane, Georgie, Lyman, Frank H. Catlin, W. B. G., Little Charlie, Monroe Place Boy, Marie Louise, Balaam, George, Eddie and Amanda, Albertson Case, J. R. Brownell, and Minnesota Girls. ANSWER TO HISTORICAL QUESTIONS, No. 6. My young friends have not assisted me much with these queries, and Uncle Frank has left me answerless. I have almost as great an objection as Bonaparte had, to an "I don't know," so here goes for the answers, "hit or miss." 1. At Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, December 25, 1642. 2. Cannons began to be used about the middle of the 14th century; muskets nearly two centuries later, namely 1521. They were first used by the Spanish infantry at the siege of Rhege. 3. The where of its invention (that is, of course, the invention of the ware) is, by common consent, conceded to China. The when lies in the yet unpenetrated depths of Chinese chronology, though supposed to be about 274, A.D. 4. In 1848. 5. I question whether the inventor's name can be given with any accuracy. The rudest sketch of a section of country is strictly a map, and such must obviously have been used from the very earliest times. I believe the introduction of globes is imputed to Anaximander, who was born B.C. 610, died 547. 6. Tubal-Cain was "an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron," so that iron was known in his day; and that is some time since. Some of my young friends say that it was discovered in Greece, by the burning of Mount Ida, B.C. 1406. 7. By Cadmus, in the 16th century, B.C. Answered in part by O. L. Bradley, H. A. Danker, A. J. W., C. A. W., Annette Linton, J. N. Hegeman, W. A. Hegeman, Mary and Fannie C., Fanny and Jane, Lyman, F. H. Catlin, W. O. Smith, Eugene F. Randolph, W. N. D., jr., Brooklyn, and Minnesota Girls. |