St. Nicholas, Vol. 13, No. 12, October 1886Various
General
St. Nicholas, Vol. 13, No. 12, October 1886
Various
Children's literature -- Periodicals; Children's periodicals, American
UPPER SQUARE: 1. A denomination. 2. To resound. 3. The sovereign prince
of Tartary. 4. To inter.
LOWER SQUARE: 1. A kind of nail. 2. A lineage. 3. A piece of land. 4.
Achievement.
Diagonals, from 1 to 2, a case.
“MYRTLE GREEN.”
UNIFORM REMAINDERS.
All of the words described contain the same number of letters; and the
letters of each word, after it has been beheaded and curtailed, may be
transposed to spell the same word. In short, the middle letters of each
word described are the same, and may be transposed to form the same word.
1. Zealous. 2. Rancor. 3. Membranes that cover the brains. 4. To
exchange. 5. To impede. 6. Baskets of wicker-work. 7. Uttered foolishly.
8. Divided. 9. Rush. 10. Pertaining to a Mediterranean island, 11. Looked
earnestly. 12. Negotiates.
SIDNEY J.
[Illustration: OCTOBER.]
Each of the small pictures may be described by a word which rhymes with
“celebration.” The initial letters of the words to be supplied spell a
busy season of the year. The following lines hint at the meaning of each
picture:
My first is great ——;
My next a common ——;
My third a thorough ——;
My fourth an under ——;
My fifth an earnest ——;
My sixth a painful ——;
My seventh, rapid ——;
My eighth, a terrible ——;
My ninth, a perfect ——;
My tenth, a foolish ——;
My last, compulsory ——.
“ROB ROY.”
DOUBLE ACROSTICS.
I. My primals spell one who inherits; my finals, a weaver’s machine;
primals and finals combined, a personal chattel, which descends by
inheritance.
CROSS-WORDS: 1. Pertaining to herbs. 2. An inhabitant of a northern
country. 3. A coloring matter. 4. Redemption.
II. My primals and finals each spell a name for the sperm whale.
CROSS-WORDS: 1. A fastening. 2. Like a monkey. 3. Demented. 4. Songs of a
certain kind. 5. Singly. 6. Smallest. 7. The emblem of peace. 8. A South
American animal.
“EUREKA” AND MAX.
PI.
Three si a tabufile tripis ringbathe wno
Tis wellom chinsers no eth drescutle steer,
Dan, morf a breake lufi fo cresthi syde,
Gourpin wen rylog no eth mutnau dowos,
Nad grippnid ni rawm ghlit eth lardpile uscold.
ANNIE AND A.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
I am composed of one hundred and forty letters, and form a stanza by
Bryant.
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