Signs of the Zodiac Illustrated So as to Be Easily Learned
| Aries the Ram, is a man ramming down a gun. | Taurus the Bull, is a fat John Bull, reading a paper. | Gemini the Twins, are the famous Siamese twins. |
| Cancer the Crab, is a boy with a crab biting his toe. | Leo, is a Pope who lived in Italy, by that name. | Virgo the Virgin, is a single woman feeding a parrot. |
| Libra the Scales, is an old woman weighing fish. | Scorpio the Scorpion, is a fierce woman beating her husband. | Sagittarius the Archer, is a fat Miss shooting at a target. |
| Capricornus the Goat, is a merry boy mounted on a goat. | Aquarius the Water-bearer, is a boatman on a river. | Pisces the Fish, is two fish dealers blowing their horns. |
224.
The red-lipped morn rose fresh; and everywhere
The sunbeams welcome found, save one,
Which fluttered through the close-barred windows where
The gambling wretches, who the daylight shun,
With red wine flushed, and eyes bloodshot and red,
Wearied my first. Again, and yet again,
They the uncertain tide of fortune fed
With gold ill-gotten, other gold to gain.
Oh, what a ruin here! of God’s most noble work,
Of life’s great end, and of the deathless soul!
My second here we see! Ah, dangers lurk
Where passions rule—not principles control!
In vain my third is raised; a warning voice!
Their hearts are hardened, and they will not hear.
Useless to give my whole, or point to joys
Which but provoke the ribald jest or sneer!
Let us be thankful that the sunlight glad
Brings to our hearts but gladsomeness and praise!
Ne’er be the daylight in our haunts forbade!
Ne’er let us fear the noontide’s searching gaze!
225. My first is to strive violently; my second is to fasten; my whole is a wizard.
226. Why is it that miserly people have never quarreled?
227. Behead a beautiful product of nature and leave what it often falls into.
228.
a. A European sea.
b. A seaport of Russia.
c. A celebrated mountain.
d. A town in Tipperary, Ireland.
The initials form an object of interest, and the finals its receptacle.
229. My first is a fluid, my second a solid, my whole a plant.
230. Change my head several times, and make (1) an amateur; (2) to hide; (3) to hang about; (4) a leader; (5) a pirate.
231. Curtail a man’s name and leave a girl’s name; behead, and transpose, and leave another man’s name.
233.
When eyes and limbs are wrapt in sleep,
Within one’s comfortable bed,
My first o’er both will nightly creep,
With thirsty fangs and noiseless tread.
My second prowls in every clime,
Where echoes not the human tread,
And thick the mountain forests twine
Their sunless branches overhead.
And when through groves of oak and birch,
The backwoods men and maids pursue
For blackberries their jovial search,
How often have the startled crew
Fled with my whole from sounds they reckoned
Were like the hoarse voice of my second!
234. My first is a boy’s name, my second is a girl’s nickname, my whole is a science.
235. Transpose the inhabitants of a country into an animal.
236. O 0. (Good advice.)
237. My whole has two of my first, and is my second.
238. Express with five letters a sentence containing four words and twelve letters.
239.
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241. Enigmatical List of Animals.—a. A weight. b. A whip. c. An ore. d. A machine used by housekeepers. e. A stamp. f. To intimidate.
242.
The troop arranged for battle
Without my first would fly;
And whether good or bad,
Without it you would die.
Go seek the earth and ocean,
For smallest things you guess;
Yes, bring the atom from the air,
And still my second’s less.
The traitor, when condemn’d to die,
May calm his cares and pray;
Yet when the axe sounds “dust to dust,”
My whole he’s borne away.
243. Change my head eight different times, and make (1) a plant, (2) a necessity, (3) a reward, (4) to nourish, (5) an exploit, (6) to notice, (7) a pipe, (8) a produce.
A River Enigmatically Expressed
244. Father plugs an abbreviation.
245.
I am composed of letters five,
The part of speech is adjective,
From either way I spell the same;
Pray tell me then what is my name.
246. Entire, I am capital; curtail me, I am still capital; behead and transpose, I am anything but capital.
247. A liquor, a word signifying father; another word for father, a coin, and a liquid measure. The initial and final letters are the same, and spell a title.
248. Take a syllable of two letters from a girl’s name and leave a musical instrument.
250. When are politicians particularly sweet?
251. Why is my inkstand like the leaning tower of Pisa?
252. When does a temperance lecturer say a grammar lesson?
(Fill the blanks with the same word reversed.)
253. By a machine many —— can be made from one ——.
254. Marks of an —— are often found in ——.
255. My first is an abbreviated name for a young lady; my second comes from the large end of a dog, runs up a tree, and floats on the sea; my whole is required of all persons in time of war, before they leave for a foreign land.
256. When is a fish a rod?
257.
I am as black as black can be,
Yet by a curious fantasy,
See my tracings, when time has fled,
You’ll find them black, though often red.
258. What is that which strikes itself frequently, and yet does itself no injury?
259. Why are different trees like different dogs?
260. What is the difference between a chemist and an alchemist?
261. Why is a tree like a French dancing-master?
262. Why is a mouse like grass?
263. Why are some kinds of pigeons like drinking-glasses?
264. If a bushel of potatoes comes to $1, what will a horse come to?
265. What is that which burns to keep a secret?
266. Why is a tallow-chandler one of the most sinful and unfortunate of men?
267. Why does a man in paving the streets correct the public morals?
268. Why is an obstinate man like a mastiff?
269. How does the wood-cutter invite the tree to fall?
270.
“Up! Stir the rough logs to a ruddier glow!
And spread forth the gladsome cheer!
For the night hangs dark on the plain below,
And the swift-winged storm is near!”
(Full oft my first,
When loud storms burst,
Shelters some wanderer from their worst!)
“Let the white sail flutter free and wide!
How our smooth prow cuts the laughing foam!
Faster, yet faster, oh, may we glide!
For we’re going home, boys!—going home!”
(May the good God’s hand
Keep that gallant band
From my second’s wrath, and guide to land!)
“Let the song be heard, the dance, and mirth!
Glad be each heart, each step be light!
Away with care and the woes of earth!
Gay be the festal hall to-night!”
(So the revelers sang,
And the goblets rang,
While my third kept chime with a glimmering clang!)
“To the strife! to the strife!—’tis the trumpet calls!
The foeman comes! To arms, ye brave!
On, soldiers, on! He wins, who falls,
A lasting fame and a patriot’s grave!”
(May God’s own might,
In the hour of fight,
Help those who strive for my whole and the right!)
271. Why do trees often change their places?
272. Can a leopard change his spots?
273.
White as driven snow are we—
Black as ink or ebony;
Red and yellow, gray and blue,
Golden, pink, and purple, too.
Glittering like a spangled dress,
Every color we possess;
Few and many, large and small,
Sometimes not beheld at all.
Thick and thin, and high and low,
Moving fast and moving slow;
Fell destruction send we forth,
East and west, and south and north.
Fire and flame we fling around
With a fearful mighty sound;
Vegetation soon would fade
Did we but withdraw our aid;
Dearth and famine would prevail;
Death would reign o’er hill and dale;
Never two alike you’ll see—
Puzzled reader, what are we?
274. Add a letter to an animal, and make a building.
275. Transpose a tree into a boy’s nickname.
276. Transpose an animal into a famous battle.
277. Transpose a tree into a verb.
278. Transpose an insect into part of a book.
279. Transpose a game of cards into a dress.
280.
I am composed of 11 letters:
My 1, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9 is a Scripture name with which we are all familiar.
My 3, 7, 5, 6 is an article of food.
My 8, 10, 11 is a nickname.
My whole is a Scripture name.
281. Why is a man in snow shoes like a man barefooted?
282. How is it that a man with long legs can not travel faster than one with short legs?
283.
I’m worn by many a lady fair,
In ironing I need much care;
Behead, and I’m a purling stream,
Where many a poet loves to dream!
Behead again, oh! mortal frail,
And I will cause thy cheek to pale.
Charade
284. If you a journey ever take,
No matter when or where,
My first you’ll always have to pay,
Before you can get there.
My second you will seldom see,
If London through you go;
But still ’tis what I hope you are;
Few better things I know.
I say my whole till next we meet,
When well-known names I hope to greet.
285.
I am composed of 9 letters:
My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 has done more damage than my 6, 7, 8, 9.
My whole is, at present, deplorable.
286.
To remove the shears from the ring—the end of the string being firmly fastened to a nail in the wall, or some other object, which can not be put through the handles of the shears. (Easily performed, when you know how.)
287. Entire, I am an insect; behead, and I am a reptile; curtail, and I am a conjunction; curtail again, and I am an article.
288.
In northern regions cold and wild,
My first you see, a mountain child,
In grandeur rise from its bed of snow,
And smile on the iron-bound coast below.
My second is loved by the school-boy bright,
With his rosy cheek and eye of light,
And to gain it oft he will truant play,
And leave master and lessons far away.
In sunny lands, where the fire-flies glow,
And fragrant breezes softly blow,
My whole you may find so fresh and fair,
And who would not wish in that treat to share?
289. Express with four letters a sentence containing four words and fourteen letters.
290. Transpose a dependent into a large party.
291.
I’m found in every mountain,
In every running vale,
Though never in the breezes found,
I’m found in every gale.
You’ll find me in the dark,
But never in the light;
You’ll always find me in the day,
But never in the night.
About your form, dear little one,
You’ll vainly look for me,
And yet in head, and hand, and arm
I’m always sure to be.
I’m not in nose, or eye, or lips,
Yet I’m in every feature,
In boys and girls I’m never found,
Yet I’m in every creature.
I’m found in Merry’s Magazine—
In Uncle Merry’s face;
And everywhere Aunt Sue appears,
I claim an honest place.
292. Behead a noun and leave a piece of furniture; behead again and transpose, and you will find a character spoken of in the Bible; curtail me and leave the nickname of a distinguished person.
293. Transpose some animals into part of an implement.
294. Transpose something bright into bulky.
295. Transpose a measure into a carriage.
296. Transpose a prop into a source of amusement.
297. Transpose a sudden roll into a clown.
298. Transpose what a bear might give a cat into what the cat would consider it.
Charade
299.
My first gave us early support;
My next a virtuous lass;
To the fields, if at eve you resort,
My whole you will probably pass.
300. Entire, I belong to the United States; remove one eye, and I belong to a horse; curtail me, and I belong to the human race; curtail again, and I am the child’s best friend; curtail again, and I am best known to the printer; curtail again, and I become invisible.
Enigma
301.
Though for years I had lived, I was unknown to fame,
Till I rescued a slave, and I gave him my name.
Though then Abolitionist—still I enthrall,
And unless I imprison—of no use at all.
’Tis strange I should be both a boon and a blow,
But when you discern me, this fact you will know.
Doctors’ stuff I convey and small matters unfold,
Yet rare gems I preserve and great nuggets of gold.
In form I am round or three-cornered or square,
And at once I am known as both common and rare.
If you wish to be safe when you look at a show,
You must pay for, and take me, and sit in a row.
Clothed in crimson, and purple, and black I am seen,
Yet in gardens in winter I’m constantly green.
I am valued and dear, though ’tis equally clear,
I am scorned and am hated when placed on the ear.
Both of light goods and heavy I carry the trade,
Yet in gold I’m oft clothed and in jewels arrayed.
If bad passion disturb, or should ill-will excite,
I become the forerunner of many a fight.
Yet stranger than all these remarkable things,
I’m a gift oft bestowed by princes and kings.
N.B.—As I find it impossible to display all my qualities and peculiarities in verse, I will endeavor to describe myself more minutely in plain prose. I am either animal, vegetable, or mineral, and though sometimes no bigger than a bright copper penny or a silver sixpence, yet I am at times as large as a room—indeed, I am a room, and can contain several people; and then, too, I am made narrow, and can only contain one horse! In summer and winter I flourish as a vegetable, and am often cut, but never served at table. I am most valued at the end of the year, when I am often given and often taken. Though unlearned, I have given name to a science—a very striking quality you will acknowledge, when you know me. If you discover me, you deserve me as a reward. If you are dull of comprehension, you deserve me as a punishment! May you have your deserts!
302.
My first you are when over the ground
You lightly trip to the river’s bank,
Where my second may always be found;
Beware my whole, ’tis cold and dank.
And fatal, too, to many a one
Who will not its danger carefully shun.
303.
I am composed of 13 letters:
My 9, 10, 7, 1 was a good man.
My 4, 5, 13, 2, 8 is an unhappy wretch.
My 11, 12, 3, 6 is an adjective.
My whole is an extraordinary tale.
Charade
304.
My first in cities is well known
And by me many live,
Obtain their freedom in the town,
And then a vote can give;
My second we can never see,
Whether on the land or sea;
My whole the sailor often braves,
When he plows the briny waves.
305. Why may muslin and flour be considered safe articles in market?
306. Of what trade are we when we walk in the snow?
307. Take away the bees from something we frequently eat, and make it read and speak.
308. An animal before a mountain, with the right kind of article, makes a tree.
309. Transpose some animals into a salutation.
310.
Why strains my first his wearied sight,
Across the silent main,
And loiters on the lonely beach?
He looks, alas! in vain.
For the chilly hand of Death has passed
My second’s stately side,
And its gallant crew are sunk beneath
The ocean’s briny tide.
Though time may pass with silent step,
And years go quickly by,
Yet My whole shall feed the vital flame
And its power shall never die.
311. Entire, I am a companion; beheaded, a verb; replace my head, curtail me, and I am found in nearly every house; curtail again, I am a nickname; reversed, a verb.
312. My first is “for;” my second and fourth are pronouns; my third is an article; my whole is a god.
313.
I am composed of 15 letters:
My 9, 7, 8 is what wicked children often do.
My 14, 7, 3, 8 affords amusement to boys.
My 7, 13 is a preposition.
My 11, 2, 3, 4 is often pleasant in summer.
My 5, 1, 6, 12 is a girl’s name.
My 15, 12, 10 is often taken from trees.
My whole is the name of one of our generals.
Enigma
314.
I am not found on any ground,
But always in the air;
Though charged each cloud with thunder loud,
You can not find me there.
Now, if from France you choose to dance
Your way just into Spain,
I there am seen, and near the queen,
In hail, in mist, and rain.
Fruits, Flowers, and Plants
315. A boy’s nickname and a fruit.
316. A bird and a branch.
317. Add what we all love to what we all have.
318. The nicknames of two popular persons.
319. To deplore.
320. Curtail one of the fair sex, and leave one of the unfair sex.
321.
My first, in distant lands
Full many a temple stands,
Once builded by his hands;
The marble from the mine,
His hand hath caused to shine
In beauty half divine;
My next in tropic lands
Grows where the roving bands
Roam o’er the desert sands;
My whole went forth—the world,
From chaos rudely hurled,
Along its orbit whirled.
322. Take a letter from a piece of kitchen furniture, and make something furious.
323. Divide a sensibility, and leave a reward and a fish.
324. Divide a measure, and leave something much worn and to desire.
325. Divide something enormous, and leave a plant and to rave.
326. Curtail an unenviable state of mind to be in, and leave a path.
327. Why is a hog just purchased like 120 pounds of steel?
Names of Places
328. The name of a race of men, a vowel, and a Greek word signifying a city.
329. A state of equality and a verb.
330. A letter on a title.
331. Behead part of a vessel, and leave a fish; curtail, and leave tranquility.
332.
My first is a domestic animal.
My second is a very useful article.
My third in sound is a Hebrew measure of liquids.
My whole is a list of names or things.
333. Resolve what made Jackson a President into a household article.
334. My first is a nickname; my second, in sound, asks a question; my third is an article; my fourth is an adverb, and my whole is a flower.
335. My first is a verb; my second is seen in a hat; my third is often used for a signal; my fourth is the same as my second, and my whole is the given name of the writer.
336.
I am composed of 10 letters:
My 7, 5, 10 is a medicine.
My 6, 9, 1 is an adverb.
My 4, 2, 8, 3 may always be seen on Broadway.
My whole is a city.
337. Transpose a tree into a hollow vessel.
338. D written off for air, hinge learn a channel.
339. XA100T.
Explain the sentences in italics in the following puzzle:
340.
I knew a man, not many years gone by,
Who had a block of timber in each eye,
Without impairing, in the least, his sight,
Or filling those who saw him with affright.
And what was more amazing, free to roam,
Fur-covered thousands made his head their home;
Two heavy buildings also rested there,
By them unnoticed, and no less his care.
A curse upon his meals he often had,
And saw with joy it made another glad.
Strangest of all, for every house he let,
A half a score of insects did beset.
At length he did become a seasoned dish,
To grace a throne, which suited well his wish;
And all this while an arrow, mind, was in him,
Which to the things he loved did firmly pin him.
341.
My first’s a maiden’s Scripture name,
My second’s less than me,
My whole—ah! so unmerciful
I hope I ne’er shall be.
342. Change my head several times, and make (1) the cause for some things, (2) to debate, (3) a foundation, (4) that which often covers it, (5 and 6) two different noises, and (7) part of the soil of America.
343.
My first is half of what you do
When you are wildly dreaming;
My second our two horses drew
One day when Jack was teaming.
My whole the wolves eat when they can,
’Tis said they love me dearly;
And when I’m stripped to cover man,
I run about quite barely.
344. What beverage will surely change our pain?
Anagrams
Fill the blanks with the words in italics, transposed.
345. Pray, Simon, that I may be cured of ——.
346. A certain —— used green soap.
347. Cleon paints not in ——.
348. Dire loss is often sustained by ——.
349. —— can stand carbon pretty well.
350. Prejudice runs even through ——.
351. Transpose a taker into a keeper.
352. Curtail a coin and leave a bird.
353. Entire, I am a mixture; transposed, I am false; behead me, I am a tree; replace my head, curtail and reverse me, I am a nickname; take out my third letter and reverse me, I am part of the body; replace the third letter, behead and transpose, I am a verb.
354. Why is a very large man always sober?
355. Transpose an army into what they use.
356. What flowers are always under a person’s nose?
357. Entire I am a dog; behead and transpose, and I am used in almost every house.
358. A planet and a plant.
359. Two girls’ names.
360. A certain man’s instrument of torture.
361. If you pull a rabbit’s ears, what will he say?
362. How does it appear that rabbit’s ears are just long enough.
363. Why is a rabbit like a tailor?
364. Why is a rabbit not required to take the temperance pledge?
A Latin Injunction
365. Me! men? Tom or I?
366.
I am composed of 12 letters:
My 3, 6, 11, 2 is a puss-animalous noise.
My 8, 1, 9, 5 can make one very comfortable at some seasons of the year.
My 4, 10, 12, 7 is a pronoun.
My whole is the name of a humorous writer.
367.
I am composed of 19 letters:
My 6, 7, 5 is an animal.
My 8, 19, 2 is a boy’s nickname.
My 13, 14, 5 is an eatable.
My 18, 1, 4, 9 is government.
My 15, 17, 11, 12 are very painful.
My 16, 10, 1, 3, 17, 4, 9, 2, 11 is ferocious.
My whole is what we all wish for.
368.
I am composed of 14 letters:
My 1, 5, 7, 14 is a companion.
My 4, 8 is an interjection.
My 10, 11, 13, 12, 2, 11, 3 is a scoundrel.
My 6, 11, 9 is in very common use in the kitchen.
My whole is a village on the Hudson.
369. My first is an article of clothing; my first and second combined form a trade; my third is a conjunction; my whole is the name of a cape.
370. What species of cat has more than one tail?
371. What species of cat is most to be avoided?
372. What kind of cat is most valued in Sunday-school?
373. Which of the cats does a young man show the most affection for?
374. With a hairy animal and an instrument for the hair, construct a burial-place.
375. I am composed of 19 letters: my 3, 7, 5—13, 8, 18, 12—15, 14, 10, 2—17, 11, 19, 5—1, 7, 17, 16, 7, 2—6, 2, 7, 18—4, 15, 11, 9, 18—and 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 13 are birds; my whole is the name of a bird.
376. Entire, I am useful to the student; deprived of my first letter, I am behind time; transposed, a bird in the West; deprived of my first two letters, I am what you all have done; transposed, what you all do; again transposed, a beverage; my whole, deprived of the first three letters, is a Latin pronoun in the accusative case. This last reversed is a Latin conjunction. My whole, deprived of the first four letters, is a Latin preposition; my whole transposed is a crime; again transposed, I am very little; without my last letter, I am used in building houses; transposed, I am used in cooking; again transposed, I am used by shoemakers.
As an enigma, I am composed of five letters:
My 1, 5, 3 is a body of water.
My 3, 2, 5 is a liquor.
My 5, 3, 1, 4 is a point of the compass.
My 1, 5, 3, 4 is a place to rest.
My 3, 4 is a preposition.
My 1, 3, 2, 5 occurs every day.
377. What stream of water contains, (1) a chart, (2) an animal, (3) a toy, (4) two kitchen utensils, (5) three nicknames, (6) an article of clothing, (7) two articles of furniture, (8) a river, (9) a bird, (10) a ditch, (11) a preposition, (12) to strike, (13) quick, (14) a resting-place for troops.
378. How near does a boy straddling a rail come to the President of the United States?
379. When is an Indian like a railroad engine?
380. When are children in danger of forming bad habits?
381. Why is a boy crying to be helped over a rail fence like a lawyer?
382.
I am in the men, but not in the boys.
I am in the playthings, but not in the toys.
I am in the north, but not in the south.
I am in the nose, but not in the mouth.
I am in the minister, but not in his hat.
I am in the kitten, but not in the cat.
I am in the barn, but not in the floor.
I am in the window, but not in the door.
I am in the county, but not in the state.
I am in the pencil, but not in the slate.
383. How far is the President of the United States from the first man that ever died?
384. If a tough beef-steak could speak, what poet’s name would it pronounce?
385. Why is a side-saddle like a four-quart measure?
386. What is that without which a wagon can not be made, and can not go, and yet is of no use to it?
387. What does a frigate weigh when ready for sea?
388. Why do pioneers march at the head of the regiment?
389. Why is “i” the happiest of the vowels?
390. Supposing two ships of war, the San Jacinto and Ironsides, to be 2,417 yards apart, at an unknown distance from a fort having a base of 666⅔ yards. The angle from the San Jacinto to the nearest corner of the fort is 71½°, to the center of the fort 62½°; the angle from the Ironsides to the nearest corner of the fort is 56½°, to the center of the fort 49¼°. Required the distance from each ship to the corner and center of the fort—also the distance from a point equidistant between the ships and the center of the fort.
391. With what three letters can you express a sentence comprising ten letters?
392. My first, though originally an animal, now-a-days often goes by steam; though commonly used for eating, is now much used to punch holes with; though hitherto considered rather sheepish than otherwise, in these times goes to war. My second lies before you; waits to do your bidding; is both black and white at the same time; can draw tears or provoke laughter; carry messages and convey instruction. Entire, I imply a disturbed state of mind, which has extended itself to the body, leading a looker-on to indulge great expectations that something is going to happen.
Charade
393.
On this green grassy ball of a structure called earth,
I have dwelt unregarded for innumerable years,
And none more attached to the land of their birth,
More deep in its pleasures, its grief and its fears;
I sport ’mid the waves of the ocean and sea,
Or rest on the bank of some flowery glade.
Or join the fairies who dance on the lea,
Or play in the checkers of sunshine and shade,
But still I’m intent in my welfare I trust,
And not to vain empty frivolity given.
When I come to the end of all time, as I must,
I’m safe in the hope of dwelling in heaven.
394. Add a letter to a pronoun, and make a preposition; another, and make a noun; add another at either end, and make a verb; another, and make another noun.
395. Add a letter to a man, and make a pearl.
396. Add a letter to a Scripture character, and make a flower.
397. A and B set out from the same place, in the same direction; A travels uniformly 18 miles per day, and, after 9 days, turns and goes as far as B has traveled during those 9 days; he then turns again, and, pursuing his journey, overtakes B 22½ days after the time they first set out. Required the rate at which B uniformly traveled.
398.
To a word of consent join the first half of fright,
Next subjoin what you never beheld in the night;
Now, these rightly connected, we quickly obtain
What numbers have seen, but will ne’er see again.
399.
My first it is a curious thing,
Of Nature’s own produce,
And many who have lost a limb
Have found it of great use.
By my second’s wondrous power
Ships are made with ease,
To stem against both wind and tide
Across the boundless seas.
My whole is very often found
Together with my first,
And comes in very handy
When you would quench your thirst.
400. Add a letter to a crime, and make meditation.
401. How is it that a hen knows no night?
402. Which class of democrats does a hen show most, regard for?
403. Why is a large fresh egg like a virtuous deed?
404. Add a letter to a heart, and make a number.
405. What is flatter than a flat?
406. I802500A.
407. Entire, I am a kind of rock; beheaded, I am considered very healthy; again beheaded, I am a beverage; then transposed, I am a meadow.
Enigma
408.
’Tis found in our troubles, ’tis mixed with our pleasures,
’Tis laid up above with our heavenly treasures;
“’Tis whispered in heaven, and ’tis muttered in hell,”
And it findeth a place in each sybilline spell;
In Paradise nestled, ’mid Eden’s fair flowers,
It has sported with Eve in rose-perfumed bowers;
’Tis muttered in curses, yet breathed in our prayers;
From the path of our duty it tempts us in snares.
Deep, deep in our hearts you will find it engraved;
Though in misery sunk, yet from sin it is saved.
’Tis found in the stream that flows on to the ocean;
Though in bustle forever, ’tis ne’er in commotion.
’Tis wafted afar o’er the land in each breath;
In the grave ’tis decaying—you’ll find it in death.
It is floating away on the broad stream of time,
Yet it findeth a place in eternity’s clime.
In the legends of nations it holdeth a place;
There’s no charm without it to the beautiful face.
In thunder you’ll hear it, if closely you listen;
In moonbeam and sunbeam forever ’twill glisten.
In the dew-drop it sparkles; ’tis found in the forest;
It whispers in peace when our need is the sorest.
409. My first is a drink; my second is feminine; my third is the cry of an animal; and my whole is a city in Scripture.
410. Behead something irritating, and leave something soothing.
411.
My first is not so often doled
To beggar sad and urchin bold,
As when the full amount in gold
Was paid for paper one might hold,
My second is a rank extolled
As beings of superior mold,
With virtues rare and manifold,
When they by toadies are cajoled—
A rank not made through ballots polled
By freemen legally enrolled.
My whole, a fragrant plant, is sold
In parcels small to grannies old,
Who in their early life were told
“’Twill check a fever—cure a cold.”
412. Take the first syllable (which is sometimes used as an interjection to express contempt) from a warlike instrument, then transpose the remainder, and leave some ends.
413. Entire, I am found in Brooklyn; with my first two letters changed, I am a very strong and pretty kind of crockery-ware; when entire, my first is a kind of mountain; my second is found all over the world.
414. My first is annoying, my second (under certain circumstances), alarming; my whole is something frightful.
415. My first is a nickname; my second, a pronoun; my third, a conjunction; and my whole, a fish.
416. Transpose a ruler into a river.
417. Why is silver currency like Cæsar’s army by the Rubicon?
418. What boat is found in every ocean?
419. 10050055N.
420. Behead an animal, transpose, and leave a coin.