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104 OUE CHIMNEY CORNER. NO. 114. —RERUS. Si# 4 I?jfcg, wit s'dtl'C 1000®. NO. 115. —PRIZE GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE. Two Capes and a Lake of North America, wish ing to hunt a river of lowa, agree to sound a Cape of South America as a signal for stalling out. The hour for this signal shall be « County of Georgia, next morning. The signal being giv en, they call a little river of Uruguay named an Island of the Pacific to join them, and bring with him a river of Georgia in Asia, as this might be needed before their return. ‘ The town of Scot land is now a Cape of Ireland ; the Mountain of Africa, although on the county of Tennessee, en ables them to make their way through a Lake of North America, the growth of which is an Island in the Carribean Sea ; clearing this, they enter a swamp, whose growth is an Island of the Mediter ranean. Here, too, is many a river of Russia. In this swamp they start a river oj North Ameri ca; they soon overhaul him, and have the satis faction of seeing him a Sea of Syria at their feet. This camp of the United States ended, they arc surprised, on looking up, to find it no longer a Mountain of North America. How they hear the roaring bay of North America. The indications are that the day, will be <XLake of North America. The clouds now become a sea of Asia. Every isle in the Irish Sea, exclaiming u Cape of North Carolina seeks shelter in a neighboring river of Europe. This gained, they draw up around a bay of the African coast, on which they find a County of Alabama served in a division of Eu rope, a city of Arabia, and a city of Italy ; three Lakes and a River of North America, also a Cape of South America, and other edibles of the kind ; a town of the Indian Ocean, whose appearance was a mountain of Africa. In fact, there was found everything that is a city of Italy. It has now become one of the Shetland isles. The host bidding them a Cape of Greenland, they set out for home, which they reach in safety through the kindness of an Island in the Indian Ocean. Now that in the solving no blunder be made, Go straight to a mountain of shoe-binding for aid. no. 11G. —ENIGMA. My birth is mean, my bulk is small, Yet by my power high buildings fall ; I speak aloud, yet want a tongue ; Not Samson’s arm was half so strong ; Like him. no gates my progress stay, And I, like him, can thousauds slay ; I seldom wound till I am dead, And ere I win the field I’m fled. No feet have I, yet swift I run, And never speak till I’m undone. NO. 118. —CONUNDRUMS. 1. Why is your nose like ‘v’ in civility ? 2. What is the difference between a wagon maker and an evolution in tactics ? T What is that which man often sees, kings seldom see, and God never sees ? NO. 119. —CHARADE. My first is a plaything; my second few play with ; my whole plays with no body. BURKE’S WEEKL NO. 120. —LOGO GRIPII. I am a word in the English language of one syllable. Takeaway the first two letters and I become a word of two syllables. NO. 121.— ENIGMA. I am composed of eighteen letters--- My 14, 7,5, G, 4is an animal. My 3,1, 2,9, 18 is an amusement. My 12, 18, 1, 17, 10, 8 is one of man’s facul ties. My 7, IG, 5, is a pronoun. My 12, 14, 10, 8, 18 is a river in Europe. My whole is the name of a pleasant town m. South Carolina. J- Lb NO. 122. —CHARADE. My first makes time; my second spends it; my whole proclaims it. NO. 123. — PROBLEM. Three Graces, each bearing an equal number of apples, met the nine Muses. Each Grace gave to each of the Muses an equal number of apples, after which each Grace and each Muse had an equal number. How many had each at first, and how many after the distribution? Hattie A. I). no. 112. — ENIGMA. I am composed of nineteen letters — My 1,2, G, 3is the name of an ancient nation. My 5, G, 7,2, Bis what we do with a broom. My 3,4, Bis what we do every evening. My 5,7, 9is what the sun does every evening. My whole is the shortest verse in the Bible. B. M. 11. Answers to Puzzles, etc., in No. 11. No. 9G —A’s share 2.651; B’s 3,137 ; C’54.064 ; D’s 8.148. No. 97 —A Greyhound. No. 98—Nothing. No. 99 —A carries his wife over, leaves her and brings back the boat. C and B’s wives go over together, and A’s wife brings the boat back. B and C then go over. B then comes back with his wife, leaves her with A’s wife, and carries A over with him. C’s wife then takes the boat and brings B’s wife over, leaving A’s wife alone. A takes the boat and goes over after his wife —thus no lady is left with any other gentleman while her husband is absent. No. 100—George Washington—George—wait ers—gas —grain—goat— notes. No. 101 —12, 14 and 1G gallons. No. 102—Eve. No. 103—1. Because his capital is doubling. (Dublin). 2. Because you make a far-tiling pres ent. 3. Because it is over-cast. No. 104 —Advice. No. 105 —General Lee —eel —learn —leg. No. 10G —Every lady in the land Has ten fingers ; on each hand Five, and twenty on hands and feet: This is the truth and no deceit. No. 107 —The letter E. Correct answers have been sent in by Code E. C., Charlie H. H., E. B. IT, S. B. S., C. C. E., Johnston L. C., John C., jr., B. M. H., Ida Z. Me. M., f). S. C., C. T. L., Jimmy G. I\, Miss Re becca A. B. The following send correct answers to the mixed puzzle: James'C. L., Kittie R., Willie R., Emma B. R., J. L. C., B. M. 11., C. C. C., Jennie J. G. W. W. M.’s answers are all right except No. 90. SPLENDID PREMIUMS! 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