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56 NO. 54. —ILLUSTRATED REBUS. NO. 55. — ARITHMETICAL QUESTION. A bought 100 oxen, sheep and chickens, for which he paid SIOO. For the oxen he paid $lO ; for the sheep sl, and for the chickens 12£ cents a-piece. How many of each did he buy ? NO. 56. — CHARADE.- A maiden standing on the lawn, Some thought of sorrow nursed, And, heedless of the sunny morn, She softly breathed my first. My second , on a neighboring tree, Was trilling forth a tune ; The gentle maiden deigned to think The music was a boon. And soon, upon the ambient air Her own clear accents roll In strains more witching, all declare, Than ever sung my whole. no. 57. — ENIGMA. lam composed of twenty-six letters : My 17, 3, 23, 13 is the name of a place we all love. My 16, 17, 22, 23, 1, 25 is the name of a boy. My 14, 15, 20 is something very useful. My 23, 11, 10, 17, 13, 2 is a well beloved name. My 8, 24, 26, 9, 15, 23, 18, 19 is a very thin fabric. My 21, 1,6, 4is something we always strike on the head. My 5, 22, 12, 8 is what we wish our lives to be. My 7,3 is a little word of much power. Mamie C. B. NO. 58. — ARITHMETICAL QUESTION. A went to B to buy four gallons of wine, carry ing a five gallon jug to get it in. B had an eight gallon cask of wine, but nothing to measure it with except a three gallon jug. He told A that he would sell him the four gallons of wine if he could mea sure it. How did he do it ? NO. 69. — CHARADE. My first is nothing but a name; My second is still less ; My whole shall ever nameless be, Can you my riddle guess ? no. 60. — PUZZLE. lam composed of two letters. My first repre sents that which is dearer to me than houses or lands ; my second is the name of an article which cheers the life and adds to the enjoyment; my whole is the most definite and the most indefinite word in the English language —one that can be applied to anything in the universe, and yet de signates but a singie thing. NO. 61. — CHARADE. My first denotes company ; my second adjures company; my third is a musical instrument, and my whole is a riddle. BURKE’S WEEKLY. OUR CHIMNEY CORNER. NO. 62. — ENIGMA. I’ve seen you where you never were, And where you ne’er will be ; And yet within that very place You shall be seen by me. NO. 63. — CONUNDRUMS. 1. What burns to keep a secret? 2. What is .that which a coach cannot move without, and yet is of not the least use to it? 3. If you throw a man out of a window what does he first fall against ? 4. Why is grass like a mouse ? 5. Why do white sheep furnish more wool than black ones ? no. 64. —RIDDLE. In little infants I am seen, And angels help to make them ; Their tiny graves I enter in, Nor after death forsake them. But when I’m placed the men beside, “ So be it,” sad, I say ; Yet to one man I am allied, From whom I ne’er may stray. Foremost in Adam I appear, Then in his race am found, In earth deep buried, dwell in air, And in the sea am drowned. no. 65.-— PUZZLE. A man overtaking a girl driving a flock of geese said to her, “How do you do? where are you going with these thirty geese?” “No, sir,” said she, “I have not thirty ; but if I had as many more, half as many more, and five geese besides, I should have thirty.” How many had she ? 1 Answers to Puzzles, etc., in No. 5. No. 37 — Riddle. —A watch. No. 38 — Shadow Picture. —A goat. No. 39 — Mathematical Problem. Corn, 10 acres; wheat, 12 acres ; oats, 40 acres ; potatoes, 20 acres. He raised per acre, of corn 63 bushels, i wheat 22 bushels, oats 27 bushels, and potatoes j 129 bushels. j No. 40 — Charade.—^Prank-fort. No. 41 — Word Puzzle. —Candy. No. 42 — Conundrums. —l. Dutch S (Duchess;) 2. Because it is the capital of Alabama ; 3. Be cause there are three scruples to every dram (drachm;) 4. S X (Essex ;) 5. When it’s a wag gin (wagon.) No. 43 —Puzzle. —Spell elder blow tea with four letters —L-O-O-T. No. 44 — Charade. —Cut-lass. - Naturalists have remarked that the squir rel is continually chatting to his fellow squirrels in the woods. r J his, we have every reason to sup pose, arises from the animal’s love of gossip, as he is notoriously one of the greatest tail-bearers. SFZiSNDID PRESSZ VIKES! An Organ for Nothing. Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs are Q/ n “justly regarded as the best instruments of their W iIYS c^aps ’ u the world. Fifty-six gold and silver iJ medals, or other highest premiums, have been awarded them at the principal industrial fairs ’\U((AT> 0 f the country, and two hundred and sixty of GTU)Q the most eminent musicians in the United States have pronounced them “the best of pVs their class,” and recommend them as “very admirable and desirable for both public and private use.” We have sold a number of these organs for use in churches in Georgia and Florida, and they give univer sal satisfaction. Now, in order to give every church and Sabbath school in the country an opportunity of pro curing one of these useful and desirable instruments, we make the following propositions: For fifty subscribers and SIOO, we will allow a credit of S3O in the purchase of any organ that may be selected. For one hundred subscribers and S2OO, we will allow a credit of $75 on any organ that may be selected. For one hundred mid fifty subscribers and S3OO, we will allow a credit of slls on any organ selected. For two hundred subscribers and SIOO, we will allow a credit of $175. There are over forty different styles of these organs, ranging in price from S9O to SISOO, according to style ana finish. The cut represents style No. 15, the factory price of which is sllO. We supply them as low as they can be purchased from the manufacturers, and will makefile above deductions on any organ selected from factor y prices! These organs are fully warranted for five years, and will be securely packed, ready for shipment, and de livered at any railroad depot in Macon, free of cost to purchasers, or we can have them shipped direct from New York, if preferred. Price Catalogues sent on application to the publishers of this paper. Remember that subscribers can be procured at any post office, or any number of offices. In addition to the above, we also offer the following VALUABLE PREMIUMS : For $6 we will send three copies of the WEEKLY for one year, and books from our Catalogue to the amount ofsl. For $lO we will send five copies of the WEEKLY and books to the value of $2.50. For S2O wo will send ten copies of the WEEKLY and books to the value of $6. For S4O we will send twenty copies of the WEEKLY and books to the value of $13.50. For SSO we will send twenty-five copies of the WEEKLY and books to the value of $17.50. For S6O we will send thirty copies of the WEEKLY and books to the value of $22. For SBO we will send forty copies of the WEEKLY and books to the value of $32. For SIOO we will send fifty copies of the WEEKLY and books to tlie value of $45. For $l5O we will send seventy-five copies of the WEEKLY and books to the value ofs7o. For S2OO we will send one hundred copies of the WEEK LY and books to the value of SIOO. The books in our Catalogue are selected from the best lists of Juvenile Rooks published in this country, and will be furnished to premium subscribers at Catalogue prices, free of cost for postage or freight. Such an oppor tunity to procure valuable books for nothing does not often.present itself. The money must, in all cases , accompany the orders for the paper, but names can be sent forward as fast as they are received, and when the list is completed we will send the premium to which the party is entitled. Catalogues will bo sent on application. All orders to be addressed to J. W. BURKE &. CO Publishers, MA CON, CrA. Burke’s Weekly for Boys and Girls Published Every Saturday by J. W. Burke & Cos., Office No. 60 Second St., Macon, Ga. I BUMS: IWO DOLLARS a year; Single copies, Five Os. 4W* To any one sending us Five Subscribers and Ten Dollars, we will send an extra copy for one year. For Fifteen Dollars we will send Ten copies, and for Thirty Dollars, Twenty copies, and an extra copy to the getter up of the club. Unless otherwise ordered, subscriptions will begin, for the present, with the first number. bums of less than $lO may bo sent by mail, at our risk, but larger amounts should be sent by draft or express. Address, j. w. BURKE & CO.. Macon, G<c