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16 OUR CHIMNEY CORNER. NO. 9. — ILLUSTRATED REBUS. NO. 10.— CHARADE. My first is a human being; my second is a cover for the head; my third is a color; and my whole is an island in the United States. NO. 11— LOGOGRAPH. Taken as a whole, lam a large nail; behead me and I am a fish; behead me again and lam a boy’s nick-name. NO. 12.— LOGOGRAPH. Asa whole, lam a school boy’s companion ; behead me, and I am what school boys often are when they go to school; behead me again, and lam what you did yes terday. no. 13, — Conundrum. Why is General Lee's fame like United States cur rency ? NO, 14. — A GOOSK QUESTION. John and Georgo went to market with thirty geese each. John sold his at the rate of three for a dollar, while George got at the rate of one dollar for two geese. John realized $lO and George $15 —making $25. Shortly afterwards both had geese to sell again, but as John was sick, he sent his thirty geese by George, who took the same number of his own, making sixty in all. As they Were sold before five for $2, he concluded to sell this time at the same price, but after all were sold he found that he had only 824. What became of the other dollar ? NO. 15.— AN ARITHMETICAL PUZZLIL Two women went to market to sell eggs. One said to the other, “ Give me one of yours, and I shall have twice as many as you have;” but the other said, “No;give me one of yours, and I shall have just half as many as you.” How many had each ? NO. 16.— CHARADE. To a word of consent add one half of a fright, Next subjoin what you never behold in the night, These rightly connected, you’ll quickly obtain What millions have seen, but will ne’er sec again. no, 17. — RIDDLE, Pray what can it be that so idle is found As to lie without sleeping in bed, And never can find the right way to its mouth, But by running away from its head ? It runs without feet, like a snake in the grass. And its arms have no fingers nor hands ; It falls without breaking, though frailer than glass, And is found in all ages and lands. NO. 18.— MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. A teacher had a certain number of young men, boys and girls for pupils. One morning, before beginning their lessons, the following exercises were gone through with :• First, Each young man made a bow to each girl; each young man made a bow to every other young man, and to the teacher. Each girl made a bow to every other girl, and the teacher. The number of bows made was 217. Second. Each boy made a bow to each young man; each boy made a bow to every other boy, and to the teacher. Each young man made a bow to every other young man, and to the teacher. Number of bows made 244. Third. Each boy made a bow to each girl; each boy made a bow to every other boy, and to the teacher. Each girl made a bow to every other girl, and to the teacher. Number of bows, 271. How many young men, boys and girls were there ? BURKE’S WEEK BY. Answers to Puzzles, &e., in No. 1. Logograph, No. I—COD.1 —COD. Logograph, No. 2—Wheat—(heat-eat-at-T.) Illustrated Rebus, No. I—“A1 —“A stitch in time saves nine.” Rebus —A little darkey in bed, with nothing over it. — (A little dark e in b e and, with 0 over it.) Riddle —A water-melon. Scripture Questions —Left open until next week, as no answers have yet been sent us. Mathematical Problems—!. The squirrel went to the box nine times, carrying away each time two cars of his own and one ear of corn. 2. Five cows at $lO each ; one sheep at $3, and ninety-four chickens at 50 cents each — making one hundred for SIOO. Geographical Enigma—“ Burke's Weekly for Boys and Girls.” The Game of “ Tag.” We doubt if there is one of onr littje readers who has not played the old game of “tag”—so old that the children of the Roman empire used to play it thousands of years ago. Indeed, the name “tag’ ’ comes from their language— tago, or, as it was written in later times, tango , mean ing “I touch.” In a number of that excellent paper, the American Agriculturist , we find seve ral variations suggested, which are calculated to enliven the game. The first of these is Cross Tag. —When one boy (A) is running af ter another boy, (B) a third one (C) crosses be tween them ; then A must endeavor to tag C, but if another boy (D) crosses between them, A must pursue him, and so on, until he touches the last boy who crossed before him. Change Tag is anew style of the play. The pursuer or “catcher,” as he is called, while chasing a boy, calls out “change;” then all the players must imitate the catcher ; if lie hops they must hop ; or he may commence jumping on both feet, or running with a skip, or with his hands be hind him, or change his gait in any way he thinks best, in order to embarrass the other players and make it easier for him to catch them. Any boy who takes more than one step without changing, after the catcher calls out, must take the place of catcher. If more than one fails to make the change at the right time, the catcher may select his successor from among them. This mode of the game keeps the wits as well as the legs of the players in motion. i Twirling the Plate. Here is a good in-door game: The players sit or stand around a table covered with a cloth, and one of them takes up a tin plate and holding it on its edge, gives it a spin. As he does this, he names someone of the players, who is obliged to catch it before it has done spinning or pay a for feit. The one who pays the forfeit then sets the plate spinning in turn, calling on some other play er to stop it, and so on. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE. THE NEW MAGAZINE, FRESH, BRIGHT, INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING. THE RIVERSIDE MAGAZINE, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. MESSRS. HURD & HOUGHTON, PUBLISHERS, 459 BROOME STREET, NEW YORK. Published Monthly, Commencing with January, 1867. EACH NUMBER IS ATTRACTIVELY ILLUSTRATED, With at least one full page Humorous Cartoon , bij H. L. Stephens, besides numerous smaller engravings, interspersed throughout its pages. miJE reading matter is carefully selected, and consists X of original articles by eminent popular writers, treat ing on History. Narratives of Travel, Adventures in various countries, Manners and Customs of Different Nations, Biographical Sketches, Natural History and Science, Music and Verse, Charades, Puzzles, Rebusses, Ac., &c. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. It is beautifully printed, superbly illustrated, and full of matter, such as must be very attractive to boys and girls, who are really fond of good reading.— Christian Advocate, Memphis, Tenn. Its list of contributors embraces some of the best and purest talent in that lino, of the country, among whom we may mention the Rev. 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