St Nicholas [serial] . ourney. S. Behead and cur-tail 3 beggar and get an animal. 9. Behead and curtail some ani-mals and get to gain. 10 Behead and curtail to look intently andget a thick substance, n. Behead and curtail a kind of meal and geta girls nickname. 12. Behead and curtail an account book and geta border. a. b. PREFIX PUZZLE. Prefix the same svllable to—1, A contemptible dog, and make toagree. 2. A kind of beetle, and make one of the largest of birds. , and make to ratify. 4. A fish, and make to comfort. 5. Aregion, and make an agreement. 6. Worn out, and make An
St Nicholas [serial] . ourney. S. Behead and cur-tail 3 beggar and get an animal. 9. Behead and curtail some ani-mals and get to gain. 10 Behead and curtail to look intently andget a thick substance, n. Behead and curtail a kind of meal and geta girls nickname. 12. Behead and curtail an account book and geta border. a. b. PREFIX PUZZLE. Prefix the same svllable to—1, A contemptible dog, and make toagree. 2. A kind of beetle, and make one of the largest of birds. , and make to ratify. 4. A fish, and make to comfort. 5. Aregion, and make an agreement. 6. Worn out, and make An edge, and make to incline together. 8. A shelter, and makesatisfaction. 9. A searching trial, and make a dispute. STALLKNECHT. 640 THE RIDDLE -BOX. [July! DOUBLE ACROSTIC. The initials and finals name one of Dickenss characters. 1. A soft metal. 2. A Shakspearean character. 3. A deity, forwhom a day of the week was named. 4. A ferocious wild animal. mans name. 6. A young bird of prey. isola. EASY A PAIR of hoppers gay are we; Look sharp, and soon our forms you II see. HIDDEN FRENCH PROVERB. Find in the following sentence a French proverb—a warning 1persons making secret communications: Walking among brakes and thistles, I saw some odd-looking birdsa large emu, rail (less than the emu—dont despise the procession)and two or three more ill-esteemed birds, marching toward the shore CHARADE. Mv first in radiant rubes arrayed, Or draped in gloom, or drowned in tears; My next, as Holy Writ hath said, Dwells in the sunlight, mooni^ht, stars. My whole, a flaunting beauty bright, Born for the mornings festal ray; Floating in colors, bathed in light, Dancing the gayest of the gay. But when dnrk hours come stealing on, My airy graces all are gone; The frail, brief vision of deight Shrinks fainting, tainting out of sight, . Phantom of beauty, quenched in night. ; OMNIBUS WORD. In a word of five letters find, without repeating the same worand without repeating the
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