Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 Part 9

"THE TRIO."

No. 3.

CONUNDRUM.

What is it that goes to India, stops there, comes back, and yet never went there?

No. 4.

DROP-LETTER PUZZLES.

1. A Carthaginian General: H--n--i--a--.

2. A proverb: A--t--t--h--n--i--e--a--e--n--n--.

3. A proverb: F--n--f--a--h--r--d--n--t--a--e--i--e--i--d--.

No. 5.

DOUBLE ENIGMA.

Our firsts in agate, not in stone.

Our seconds in brittle, not in bone.

Our thirds in pitcher, not in bowl.

Our fourths in wheel, but not in roll.

Our fifths in chance, but not in skill.

Our sixths in stream, but not in rill.

As cla.s.sic city and cla.s.sic land, Our names united for ages stand.

C. P. T.

No. 6.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

A town on the Vistula River. A notion. To act idly. Smooth. A country in the possession of the English. A Northern region. A part of the hair of many animals. Answer--Primals form the first name and finals the second name of a celebrated Scottish patriot.

"TOUT OU RIEN."

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 30.

No. 1.

H A N D L E S C A R D S M A T G B O G S H O C K R U N N E R S

No. 2.

Breslau.

No. 3.

G uardafu I E veres T N ev A O rtega L A lleghan Y

Genoa, Italy.

No. 4.

M A N Y A L O E N O R A Y E A R

No. 5.

1. Harmony. 2. Conglomeration. 3. Consternation. 4. Manipulate. 5.

Broadway. 6. Mathematician.

No. 6.

Dante.

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