. St. Nicholas [serial] . -8-9-10, fanciful letters. G. f. EASY NUMERICAL ENIGMA, My name is composed of sixteen letters, and America does notcontain my counterpart. My 10-7-12-16-2 is used for edged tools. My 1-15-4-10-13-7 isa small apartment. My 5-8-6-11-1-3 is to spring or bound. My2-9-14 is what every President of the United States once was. E. j. n. DIAMOND IN A HALF-SQUARE. Half-square, 4. To taunt. Fortified houses. 2. Declared openly. 3. 5. Conducted, 6. A boys nickname. 7. Inprisons. Included Diamond, i. In Sense. 5. A Roman numeral. 2. A pledge, 3. Firm. DOUBLE
. St. Nicholas [serial] . -8-9-10, fanciful letters. G. f. EASY NUMERICAL ENIGMA, My name is composed of sixteen letters, and America does notcontain my counterpart. My 10-7-12-16-2 is used for edged tools. My 1-15-4-10-13-7 isa small apartment. My 5-8-6-11-1-3 is to spring or bound. My2-9-14 is what every President of the United States once was. E. j. n. DIAMOND IN A HALF-SQUARE. Half-square, 4. To taunt. Fortified houses. 2. Declared openly. 3. 5. Conducted, 6. A boys nickname. 7. Inprisons. Included Diamond, i. In Sense. 5. A Roman numeral. 2. A pledge, 3. Firm. DOUBLE ACROSTIC. The initials and finals spell the name of a former President of theUnited States. Cross-words: i. The name given to the Angel of Death by theMohammedans. 2. The surname of a musical composer who wasborn at Catania, in Sicily, in the year 1802. 3. A dried grape. 4. Per-taining to Asia. 5. A great river of China. 6. That which comesyearly. 7. The Syrian god of riches. harry witbeck. 336 THE RIDDLE-BOX. [ THE DOTTED LINE SHOWS HOW TO SOLVE THE NEW YEAR MAZE—ANSWER : HAPPY NEW YEAR. ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE JANUARY NUMBER. Charade.—Scarabee. Easy Cross-word Enigma.—January. Central Syncopations and Remainders.—Happy New Year,i. AcHes. 2. StAir. 3. RaPid. 4. HoPcs. 5. PaYne. 6. BrEad. 8. PaWns. g. WaYne. 10. SpEar. 11. CoAst. New Year Maze.—See diagram above. Anagrams.—1. Sheridans Ride, by Thomas Buchanan The Charge of the Light Brigade, by Alfred Tennyson. 3. TheDeath of the Flowers, by William Cullen Bryant. 4. Pictures ofMemory-, by Alice Cary. 5. The Old Clock on the Stairs, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Double Acrostic.—Initials, Benjamin Franklin. Finals, The Water American. Cross-words: 2. EartH. 3. NamE. 4. JackdaW. 5. AromA. 6. IrE. 8. NeveR. 9. FleA. 10. RuM. 11. AlonE. 12. Kadi. 14. LaconiC. 15. IdeA. 16. NatioN. Diamond.—1. P. 2. CAp. 3. CaRat. 4. ParAgon. 5. PaGan. 6. TOn. 7. N.
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