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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 151.
No. 1.
Sphynx.
No. 2.
P
P A
P A N
P A N T
No. 3.
Edisto. Gila. Neuse. Yazoo. Rhone. Don. Racket. Po. Orange. Duna. Lena.
Obi. Mobile. Amos. Dwina. Loire. Thames. Pitchora. Tiber. Indus.
Madeira. Pearl. Ural. Nile. Flint. Elbe. Intysh.
No. 4.
Hot, rope, lot, pot, port, hope, trip, leper, hop. Heliotrope.
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Answer to Bishop of Oxford's Puzzle--1. Eyelids. 2. Knee-caps. 3. Drums
(of the ears). 4. Feet. 5. Nails. 6. Soles (of the feet). 7. Mussels
(muscles). 8. Palms. 9. Tulips (two lips). 10. Ears (of corn). 11.
Calves. 12. Hairs (hares). 13. Hart (heart). 14. Lashes. 15. Arms. 16.
Vanes (veins). 17. In(n)step. 18. Ayes and Noes (eyes and nose). 19. Two
pupils and ten dons. 20. Chest. 21. Temples. 22. Gum. 23. Iris (the
rainbow). 24. Crown. 25. Palette (palate). 26. Scull (skull). 27.
Bridge. 28. Shoulder-blades. 29. Teeth (of a saw). 30. Elbows. 31.
Locks.
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The answer to the Great Peach Puzzle on page 752 of No. 151 is as
follows: The morning rate was 7 peaches for 1 cent; the afternoon, 3
cents for 1 peach: each boy received 10 cents. Jack sold 7 peaches for 1
cent and 3 peaches at 3 cents each--10 cents; Tom sold 28 peaches at 7
for 1 cent and 2 peaches at 3 cents each--10 cents; Ned sold 49 peaches
at 7 for 1 cent and 1 peach at 3 cents--10 cents.
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Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Walter P. Knight,
Harry Johnston, Effie May, Edith Ames, John Jackson, Elsie Hopgood,
Charles Mark Ellis, "Junebug," Jessie P. and Mamie Hull, M. W. A.,
Hammond Tubman, Tiny Rhodes, Bertie Walters, Susan Chase, William Van
Duser, Oliver Thompson, Benny Close, Frederick Lansing, Andrew Ward,
"Fuss and Feathers," Alice Fleming, Amy Leslie, "Fanchon," "Little
Buttercup," "Eureka," Flo Hanington, May Hanington, Grace P. Ford, Robin
Dyke, A. L. Taylor, and Alonzo L. Gibbs.
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[_For Exchanges, see 2d and 3d pages of cover._]
[Illustration: "I WONDER IF THE BLOOD WILL RUN?"]
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