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OUR CHIMNEY CORNER.
NO. 19. —ILLUSTRATED REBUS.
NO. 20 —LOGOGRIPH.
Entire, I am an adjective ; strike off my head,
you behold a near relation ; behead again, restore
my first head and cut off my tail, and as an in
strument of warfare do I appear ; now cut off my
head, restore my tail, transpose and add a vowel,
and a combination of musical sounds is created !
no. 21—RIDDLE.
My father hired a carpenter to make a door,
which proved to be too large. He cut it, and
cut it too little —he cut it again and made it fit. —
How was it ?
NO. 22 — CHARADE.
My first is of value if properly used,
But an evil and curse -whenever abused ;
My second, human life has destroyed and saved —
Is a terror in winter —in the summer is craved.
My whole yields to mankind a health-giving juice,
Which medical men find of sovereign use.
NO. 28— CONUNDRUMS.
1. Which is the oldest tree in the world ?
2. What question is that to which you must an
swer yes?
3. A farmer met a hangman and asked him the
difference between their occupations. He replied
in one word. What was it ?
4. What most resembles a bird in a tree ?
NO. 24 — RIDDLE.
A lady in prison received an animal from her
neice, which signified to her: ‘‘Make your es
cape.” In reply she sent back a fruit which said:
“It is impossible to escape.” What was the ani
mal and what the fruit?
NO. 25 MATHEMATICAL PUZZLE.
(To be solved Arithmetically.)
The crew of a ship consisted of sailors and
soldiers. There were 22 sailors to every 3 guns,
and 10 over, and the whole number of men was
five times the number of sailors and guns togeth
er. After a fight in which one-fifth of the whole
number were slain, there lacked 5 of being 13
men to every 2 guns. How many guns, sailors
and soldiers were there at first ?
NO. 26 — RIDDLE.
In every saint I’m found —
I’m doubled in each sinner ;
I furnish nothing for your tea,
But a double dose at dinner.
I'm once in every wrong that’s done,
Twice in all deeds of kindness,
If after this you guess me not,
’Tis owing to your blindness.
no. 27 —PUZZLE.
What is the longest and shortest thing in the
world, the swiftest and the slowest, the most di
visible and the most extended, the least valued
and the most regretted—without which nothing
can be done which devours all that is small, yet
gives life to all that is great?
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
NO. 28 —CHARADE.
My first is possessed of the wonderful art
Os painting the feelings that glow in the heart,
Yet had it not been for my second's kind aid,
No respect had my first from a creature been paid.
The name of my whole you can surely reveal
When I tell you ’tis chiefly composed of bright
steel.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES, AC.
Bible Questions in 2Vo. 1. — 1. The ark was
three hundred cubits long. 2. Zeruiah was J oab’s
mother.
Answers to the Puzzles, &c., in No. 2, are
omitted until next week, to enable us to hear from
distant subscribers.
Games for Girls.
Last week we gave two games for boys. A
good game for girls is
The Puzzle Word. —One girl goes out of the
room, and the others agree upon a word which
she is to find out by asking questions. “Does the
thing you have named fly?” “Does it walk?”
“Does it sing?” “Does it speak?” “Does it
grin?” &c. If she fails to ascertain the word
from the definitions given she must pay a forfeit.
Magic Music. —One of the company goes out
of the room, and while she is absent the remain
der agree unon what she shall be required to do
when she returns. One girl then takes a seat at
the piano and when the absent one re-enters the
room, begins to play—the music becoming more
and more lively the nearer she approaches what
she is required to do, and as she moves away from
it the sounds become fainter and fainter. Thus,
if it has been agreed upon that she shall touch a
certain picture in the room with her right hand,
the nearer she approaches to the picture the loud
er and more rapid is the music ; if she raises her
right hand it is still more lively, but if she raises
her left hand the sound dies away, &c. If she
fails to guess what she is required to do she lias
to pay a forfeit.
——
Hunt the Hare.
In this old game, the company all form a cir
cle, holding each other’s hands. One called the
hare is left out, who runs several times round the
ring, and at last stops, tapping one of the players
on the shoulder. The one tapped quits the ring
and runs after the hare, the circle again joining
hands. The hare runs in and out in every direc
tion, passing under the arms of those in the cir
cle, until caught by the pursuer, when he becomes
hare himself. Those in the circle must always be
friends to the hare, and assist its escape in every
way possible.
JA cut finger is best protected by being en
cased with a rag moistened with flour and water ;
this will harden and remain firm till healing is
complete.
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