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Our Geographical Puzzle.
have received answers to the Geo
raklil graphical Puzzle from the following,
in addition to those.whose names were
given last week : G. S. Frierson, Sa
vannah; Robert Waring, Charlotte, N.
wjT 9 C. ; James 11. Bryce, Columbia, S.
C.; Charles P. Wilson, Savannah ; Nathan R.
Winship, Griffin; Mary Lou Spear, Forsyth; M.
E. Clark, Covington ; Sallie J. Murray, Thomas
ville; Walter J. Harris, Griffin; Miles H. Dill
ard, Crawford, Ga.; Hugh N. Starnes, Augusta;
W. H. Bolshaw, Savannah; Miss E. L. Baker,
Savannah ; Miss Gertrude Martin, Bamberg, S.
C.; W. G. Gable, Marietta; Richard Browder,
Montgomery, Ala. ; M. S. Turner, Sparta, Ga. ;
Master Jimmie Hill, Monroe; JohnT. von Alde
hoff, Dawson; James Redd Johnston, Columbus;
“Minnie,” Herndon, Burke co. ; Miss Rebecca
Bamberg, Bamberg, S. C.; C. M. Wheeler, Frank
linton, N. C.; Mary Eliza Radford. Social Circle;
George Robertson, Corinth, Ga.; Laura Fleming,
Blakely; Henry Feagin, Wellborn’s Mills; Hattie
A. Dozier, Blakely; Robert A. Oslin, Cataula;
A. R. P., Auburn, Ala. ; Clara L. Fryer, Blake
ly; L. W. F., Augusta; Sarah A. Chastain,
Thomasville; Fred. T. Myers, Tallahassee, Fla.;
W. Moseley Fitch, Charleston, S. C. ; James L.
Thompson, Cedartown; Miss S. E. Brittingham,
Jackson, Ga. ; Lavinia H. Mosely, Greenwood,
S. C. ; Carrie V. Rice, Thomasville ; Shepherd
Benson, Macon; Miss Mollie Furlow, Madison,
and Charlie Holmes, Mobile, Ala.
Master Richard Browder, of Montgomery, Ala.,
has sent us the only correct solution, and he is,
therefore, entitled to one year's subscription to
the Weekly. Many of the answers sent in are
very neaidy correct, several of them containing
but one mistake. A number of them gave the
Isle of Man, instead, of Wales , as a division of
Great Britain ; slave instead of George , as a lake
of North America, some writing it “Great Slave,”
others “ Little Slave.” We can find no such lake
in North America as “ Little Slave.” An island
of Oceanica—the first named —is variously ren
dered : Madeira , Guinea, Sandwich , Spice ,
Bourbon and Java. Some of these are islands of
Oceanica, (Madeira, however, is not,) but we
must consider which of the articles above named
would be best suited to the breakfast table. The
true answer is Java. The other “island of Ocean
ica” is rendered Caroline , Philippine , Charlotte
and Cook. Now, which of these would you be
most likely to encounter if you went into the
kitchen ? Why the Cook , of course.
As so many of our little readers sent in solutions
of this puzzle, and only one has received a prize,
we make another offer : To the one who sends
us the best Geographical Puzzle, similar in char
acter to the one already published, we will give a
year’s subscription to the Weekly. It must be
original, and the answers must accompany it.
Her e is another chance for a prize, and we hope
that a great many of our little readers will com
pete for it.
When you send your own name, or any
other, be careful to give us the name of the post
office and State also. It is best to add the full
address at the bottom of your letter.
Punch announces as the latest and best
London conundrum : “If you saw the great Khan
of Tartary laughing fit to kill himself, why might
you be sure he wasn’t a Tartar? Because he
would evidently be A Merry lvhan.”
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
THE STORY OF A DOG.
*'O other guardians are as
faithful as dogs. Let
an y 0110 S° 1 11 u field
{.*l Nil and attempt to toueli a
jacket or a basket guarded by a
hog, and he will be very apt to
rue it. When I was a boy,
there lived in the town where
y I attended school a dog named
Bob, a cross between a spaniel
and terrier. He was very good natured,
and wou 1 and
stand any a
mount of bul
lying, a very
necessary
quality in a
dog who at
taches himself
to a lot of
school boys.—
In the summer
m ont h s we
were accus
tomed to bathe
in a delightful
pond, distant
about a mile
fro m the
school house,
ne a r which
ran a • road,
leading to the mill. On one occasion
our clothes had been stolen as they lay
on the bank, and we had to chase the
thief. As we were entirely unencumber
ed with clothing, and the thief had ours
as well as his own, we soon caught him,
and, dragging him to the pond, gave him
a good ducking, after which we let him
go, knowing that he would never offend
a second time.
As we wished to provide against a sim
ilar occurrence, we concluded to cross the
stream on a small foot bridge a short dis
tance above the mill, so as to throw us
on the opposite side of the pond from the
road. But, to make the thing more sure,
we took Bob along with us, and left him
in charge es our clothing. lie laid down
by it in a most exemplary manner, and
would, doubtless, have made an excellent
guardian but for an unexpected occur
rence. There, was a field on this side of
the pond, in which a number of cows were
grazing. These, seeing a dog in the field,
felt aggrieved and summoned a council.
In a very few minutes the entire body of
cows set up t heir tails and charged down
upon Bob. lie lay, somewhat perplexed
as to what he ought to do, until one or
two of them almost poked him with their
horns, when he lost his temper and dash
ed at the nearest cow. But they were
too many for him, and as our clothes were
likely to suffer in the battle, we were
obliged to go to his rescue, and hencefor
ward to abandon that side of the pond.
There was a baker named Brown, who
kept the only bakery and confectionery
in the town. Much of the spare change
that came into the hands of the boys
finally found its way to this establish
ment. Bob used to follow us to the shop
and wait at the door for any fragments
that might be spared to hj . lllc { ] ie g o^
recollect once )
during a week’s vacation, most of the
boys who were Bob’s associates went
away to their homes, and he was left to
his own resources. He made shift to pick
up a meal here are there, but there were
times when lie was on “ short rations ”
rather longer than suited his appetite.
He passed the bake shop time and again,
none of his old friends were to be seen,
and as he had neither money, nor credit
with the owner, the tempting viands were
out of his reach. One day he stood ga
zing in at the door, as afresh lot of bread
was brought in and placed on the counter.
Bob was exceedingly hungry, and watch
ing his opportunity, he slyly crept into
the shop, seized a loaf of bread, and be
fore t he owner could interpose, dashed off
at full speed with his prize. Os course
he steered clear of that place until his
school-boy friends returned, a- day or two
after, and made it all right with Brown
by paying Bob’s lull.
When I left school, I took Bob home
with me, and he lived to a respectable old
age, an inmate of my father’s yard, and
was finally carried off by a distemper
that prevailed among his kind, lie was
greatly missed, and sincerely lamented
by all who knew him.
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to be pretty
well known to
the proprie
tor. Some of
bo y s taught
Bob to carry
small parcels
in his mouth,
and he was
often sent to
Brown’s with
an order for
bread and
cakes, which
he always car
ried safely to
the party who
sent him, re
ceiv in g his
due share. I