St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11: An Illustrated Magazine for Young FolksVarious
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St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks
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Children's literature -- Periodicals; Children's periodicals, American
My 30-87-70-58 is joyous. My 45-20-75-17-98-34 is a color. My
64-5-89-54 is part of a bottle. My 67-49-82-11-9 is an apparition.
My 102-25-77-118-107 is a poor cottage. My 53-113-83-94-38 is
an apartment in a ship. My 85-27-42-33-121-73 is to deter. My
60-114-80-16-97-21-56-31-115-55 is the science of Egyptian antiquities.
My 110-13-92 is part of a fish. My 40-91-120-103-99 is airy. My
62-1-51-69-29-103-86-7-12 is extraordinary. My 23-32-57-3-47 is to
gather. My 79-65-14-96-43-2 is to loiter. My 116-36-108-66-4-78 is to
manifest. My 6-61-52-104 is to lash. My 74-101-59-112-72-119-50-88
is abased. My 26-76-24-109 is a fierce animal. My 68-81-63-28-117
is to halt. My 48-41-18-39-100 is strong. My 93-44-10-71 is to be
incandescent. My 90-37-19-95 is to draw or paint. My 111-35-22-84
is secure. My 106-8-46-15 is to impede.
"CORNELIA BLIMBER."
DOUBLE ZIGZAG.
1 * * * 11 * * *
* 2 * * * 12 * *
* * 3 * * * 13 *
* * * 4 * * * 14
* * 5 * * * 15 *
* 6 * * * 16 * *
7 * * * 17 * * *
* 8 * * * 18 * *
* * 9 * * * 19 *
* * * 10 * * * 20
CROSS-WORDS: 1. A very small cake. 2. Having the quality of imbibing.
3. Singular. 4. Those who have charge of money. 5. A free gift.
6. Cleanses. 7. Personal satires. 8. Destitute of pores. 9. To punish.
10. Primitive.
The zigzag from 1 to 10 spells the name given to a certain day in
September; from 11 to 20, the name of a dish eaten in England on that
day.
FRANK SNELLING.
RHYMED WORD-SQUARE.
(1.) A kind of meat.
(2.) An odor sweet.
(3.) Struggled, strived, contended.
(4.) Last, but not least.
(5.) A Persian priest.
And now my rhyme is ended.
"KATASHAW."
OCTAGON.
1. A jump. 2. Pertaining to the pope. 3. A lip having a fissure like
that of a hare. 4. To act. 5. Flattery. 6. A measure. 7. By means of.
"ROYAL TARR."
BEHEADINGS.
1. Behead to acknowledge with gratitude, and leave a bunch of yarn. 2.
Behead to frequent, and leave a relative. 3. Behead discloses, and leave
enclosures. 4. Behead a fine rain, and leave land surrounded by water.
5. Behead askant, and leave oblique. 6. Behead a large wave or billow,
and leave to incite. 7. Behead very dark, and leave attenuated. 8.
Behead to imbibe, and leave a place of amusement. 9. Behead fanciful,
and leave to distribute. 10. Behead a subterraneous canal, and leave a
pitcher. 11. Behead a mountain nymph, and leave to peruse. 12. Behead
the present occasion, and leave formerly.
The beheaded letters will spell the name of an inventor.
WILLIE AND CORT.
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.
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