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OUR CHIMNEY CORNER.
NO. 125.—SHADOW PICTURE.
What is it ?
NO. 126. — ENIGMA.
I am composed of twenty-six letters —
My 26, 1,8, 4, 26, 24, 12 is one of the Southern
States.
My 16, 20, 19, 21, 14, 23, 10 is one of the Brit
ish Isles.
My 22, 25, 10, 24, 14, 25 is one of the Oceans.
My 18, 16, 3, 25, 23, 12 is the capital of one of
the European countries.
My 6, 11, 24, 7, 22 is a country in South Amer
ica.
My 2,8, 17, 26, 12 is a liver in Europe.
My 5,3, 23, 16, 13, 19, 24 is a river in Asia.
My 20, 9, 15, 13, 16, 14 is one of the countries
of Europe.
My whole is a cheerful proverb.
M. C. and F. C.
NO. 127. —CHARADE.
My first denotes association or opposition—to
know, to please, to be able ; my second, ability,
a sound, entreaty —to execute, to hoax, to fare ;
my third, refusal, or a sound ; my first and se
cond, with It, a bird ; my third and fourth, a peo
ple, or large number; my second, third and fourth
a gift; my whole, an act of mercy or forgiveness.
E. B. R.
NO. 128.— ARITHMETICAL PUZZLE.
A gentleman meeting a drover with a drove of
cattle asked him where he was going with his hun
dred head of cattle ? I have not near a hundred,
but if I had as many more, and half as many more,
and seven and one-half, I would have a hundred.
How many had he ?
W. 11. P.
NO. 129.— CONUNDRUMS.
1. What kind of a throat is best for a singer
who wishes to reach the higher notes?
2. Why is a selfish friend like the letter P ?
3. When is a lady more under water than when
she has a cataract in her eye, a creek (crick) in
her back, a waterfall on her head, and her shoes
high tied ?
4. Which is the oldest piece of furniture in the
■world, and yet as good as new ?
NO, 130.— ARITHMETICAL QUESTION.
Take 9 from 6,
Take 10 from 9.
fake 50 from 40, and how many reniain.
. ' W. S.
NO. 131.— CHARADE.
My first is a boy’s name; my second is a weight;
my whole is a city of the South. W. H. P,
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
no. 132.— REBUS.
M Me B . patting :
NO. 133. — LO GO GRAPH.
My whole, a Christian is exhorted to lay aside ;
behead me and I become a girl’s name: behead
me again and I become a pestiferous little crea
ture; behead me again and I blockade the Polar
Sea. Sallie G. R.
no. 134. — ENIGMA.
I am composed of ten letters :
My 1,8, 9, 10 are sailors.
My 7,5, 2is an adjective, an adverb, a verb,
and a noun.
My 6,3, 9,4 is a master.
My 3,2, 6is a bird.
My 4,3, 7,6 is a child’s plaything.
My 10, 2,5, 9,4 is a weapon.
My whole you can guess, and any one sending
the amount of the answer to the publisher, will
receive a copy of Burke's Weekly for Boys and
Girls. Sen ex.
NO. 135. — ARITHMETICAL QUESTION.
What number is that which if multiplied by 99,
to product is added 99, the sum divided by 99, and
99 be substracted from the quotient will leave 99.
Sen ex.
NO. 136. — CHARADE.
Niy first is a portion of time ; my second can be
seen in windows ; my whole measures my first.
A. S. E.
We re-print No. 112 this week, corrected.
no. 112.— ENIGMA.
I am composed of nine letters —
My G 2,6, 3is the name of an ancient nation.
My 5,6, 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. 12.
No. 107.—Madagascar.
No. 108. —Splash—plash—lash— ash.
No. 109. —Jefferson Davis—resin—fan—fire
dear—seven—oasis—Jeans.
No. 110. —Eye.
No. 111. —Monosyllable.
No. 112. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”
Iso. 110. -A virtuous woman is a crown to her
husband—Abraham, Vashti, Iscariot, Raliab, Ta
bitha, Hiiah, Obadiah, Uthai, Seth, vVoinan, Mu
nasseh, Madmannah, Ira, War.
Correct answers to Puzzles, etc., have been re
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L. Nina H., S. E. B„ V. A. 8., Ida C. E., Miss
E. H. 8., Sallie G. R., Johnston L. C., Master
Walter J. 11., J. E. TANARUS., Charlie F., Miss Rebecca
8., Mamie C. 8., J. A. F., W. 11. P.
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