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  2. PASTIMES. 219.CONUNDRUMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  3. Dame Durden's Post Office.

    Everyone under 18 is Invited to write letters here. The best will be published, and, perhaps, win a prize; and even the worst will be read with interest. Writers may choose any member of the Court they please to ...

    Article : 1,770 words
  4. His Happiest Moment.

    "John," she asked, clasping him in her arms, for it was the seventh anniversary of their marriage, "what was the happiest moment of your life? "Ah, dear," he replied, "I remember it well. I ...

    Article : 175 words
  5. 220. ENIGMA.

    I am a word of two syllables, and signify a misfortune. My second must be my whole; and must also be my first. Preferably upon first. ...

    Article : 29 words
  6. 221. SQUARE WORD.

    Vitality is my first, A notion is my second. Perhaps you've felt my third; You possess my last, I've reckon'd. ...

    Article : 24 words
  7. 222. ENIGMA.

    My first is in white but not in red. My second is in flour but not in bread. My third is in mouse but not in rat. My fourth is in puce but not in black. ...

    Article : 58 words
  8. IN LIGHTER VEIN. Cheap Generosity.

    Of William and John Scott, afterwards Lord Stowell and Lord Eldon, Lord JohnRussell used to tell with infinite zest a story which he declared to be highly characteristic Of thE methods by ...

    Article : 226 words
  9. Peace with Honor.

    Davenport moved into the orange villa with the screll work cornices, and for a week it seemed as though he had found the haven of rest his tired tympanum craved. Then Phernetton began ...

    Article : 469 words
  10. 223. SQUARE.

    A measurement in first is seen, Of second behold the golden sheen; My third's an instrument or snare, While thus fourth, you'll not ...

    Article : 36 words
  11. A Diamond Snake Swallowing a Full-grown Hare.

    (Photographed by Mr. L. Samuel, Moss Vale, on the road between Bowral and the Wombeyan Caves. Length of snake, 9ft 3in.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  12. 224. RIDDLE.

    Downtrodden, cursed, I cling to those who spurn; Earthly, yet formed by influence from the skies; Made from the dust, to dust I shall return, And mount, and soar, though clay in mortal ...

    Article : 39 words
  13. 225. NUMERICAL.

    The thief, for so the Bible reads, With darkness' 5-to-l's his deeds. And everywhere his fellow men Condemn his evil 3-to-10. ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. "N.B."

    On the outskirts of a certain English village is a very steep and dangerous hill. A nasty accident occurred on the spot, and the matter was brought forward at a meeting of the local parish ...

    Article : 206 words
  15. Wasn't a Free Agent.

    A seedy-looking individual, described by himself as a "rag and bone merchant," appeared before the magistrate, charged with stealing a quantity of linen. ...

    Article : 242 words
  16. 226 PALINDROME.

    (When the missing letters are supplied, the line reads backwards or forwards.) Agility frolicked and gamboled along, Fatigue at his elbow was stumbling; ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. They Meant Business.

    A ragged street unchin entered a baker's shop and requested the proprietor to supply him with, a "apenny buster," otherwise a halfp[?]nny roll. The baker did so, whereupon the boy ...

    Article : 196 words
  18. ANSWERS TO PUZZLES OF JUNE 9.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 171 words
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