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OTJR CHIMNEY CORNER.
Games with Marbles.
tVERY school boy is familiar with the va
rious games at marbles. There are sev
eral kinds of marbles: the Dutch, or
¥ variegated clay marbles, are reckoned
the poorest; those of yellow stone, with
beautiful spots or circles of black or
brown, are next in estimation ; while, what are
called “blood allies” are considered the best. 1
Os late years a very beautiful variety of
glass marbles has been introduced, but
they are not really so good for use as the
blood allies.
The favorite games at the South are
ring-taw and knucks. In the former, a
circle is drawn on the ground, and five
marbles placed on it, four on the circle
and one in the centre, which is known as
the “middle man.” At the commence
ment of the game, each player has the
option of rolling up near the ring, or of
plumping out the middle man. It he
succeeds in knocking out the middle man
the first shot, he wins the game. In
“knucks,” three holes are made in a line, a yard
or more apart, and the object of each player is to
roll his marble into these holes, one after the oth
er—the one who loses the game being compelled
to place his knuckles at the first hole, and allow
all the other players to shoot at them three times.
Both of these games are so familiar to our little
readers that we need not enter into further par
ticulars about either of them.
There are other games of marbles which are apt
to lead boys into habits of gambling, and against
all such we warn our little friends. Playing for
marbles is just as bad as playing for money ; and
the boy who becomes a successful player of
“sweepstakes,” and other gambling games at
marbles, is in great danger of becoming, later in
life, that worst of all characters —a gambler. Be
warned in time, boys, and never, under any cir
cumstances, suffer yourselves to be induced to
play for marbles.
NO. 169. — REBUS.
NO. 170.— ENIGMA.
I am composed of twelve letters —
My 12, 5, 7 is a kind of tree.
My 1,2, 6, 12 is not to be idle.
My 6,8, 7is what a tailor does.
My 3,2, 6,4 is a kind of bread.
My 10, 9,5, 11 belongs to a ship.
My whole is the children’s delight. I. M. N.
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NO. 171. — CHARADE.
I once was flesh and blood as others are ; was
taken from my native soil, my head cut off, and
given such drink to drink as made debates for
kings, queens and statesmen, and many lovers
glad. A. M. A.
NO. 172. — REBUS.
The father of the Grecian Jove —
A little boy who’s blind —-
The foremost land in all the world —
The mother of mankind—
A poet whose love sonnets are
Still very much admired ;
The initial letters will declare
A blessing to the tired. J D.
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
NO. 173.— ENIGMA.
I am composed of eleven letters
My 1,2, 3,4 is the title of a young lady.
My 5, 6 is a neuter verb.
My 7,8, 9is what we do with hot tea.
My 10, 11 is what printers hate.
My whole is one of the United States. A. If*. IN.
NO. 174. — ARITHMETICAL PUZZLES.
1 What three figures, multiplied by four, will
make precisely 5 ?
2. Write 100 with four nines. T. A. 11.
Answers to Puzzles, etc., in Nos. 15-16.
No. 137—Beauregard; 138 Two hundred
cents ; 139 —General Thomas J. Jackson ; 140 —
Pineapple; 141 —Seventy, often ; 142—xc —x=c;
143—1. Because they talk with the (printer’s)
devil; 2. Because it holds the understanding* ;
3. The bony part; 4. Because it is farthest from
the bark ; 5. One is thrown to the air, while the
other is heir to the throne; 6. Ney ; 7. Because
they are well red (read) men ; 8. Because it is in
the midst of Greece ; 9. Because he presses his
suit; 10. Because she deals in false locks; 11.
Because she got a little prophet (profit) from the
rushes on the banks ; 12. Because he is the great
est of the Andes, (Andy’s) ; 144—Spoil-oil-ill;
145 —The letter i ; 146 —A bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush ; 147—Stonewall Jackson ;
148 —Footstool.
In No. 16. —No. 148 —Union Society, William
M. Wadley; 149 —Primrose; 150 —1. Two-thirds
of six are ix—9, the upper half of xii (12) is vii (7),
the half of five is iv (4), and the upper half of xi
(11) is vi (6).
2. 9xßx7x6xsx4x3x2xl= 45
1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8x9=45
Bx6x4xlx9x7xsx3x2= 45
No. 151 —Galveston ; 152 —How can I put coal
on, when there is such a high fender? 153 —Spec-
tacles ; 154 —A-corn ; 155 —That; 156 —1. A
grave; 2. Vinegar; 3. A cabbage ; 157—As eight
loaves were divided equally between the three,
each one ate 2f loaves. B ate all of his three
loaves except | of a loaf, while A furnished, over
and above what die ate, 2J loaves ; consequently,
A was entitled to seven pieces of the money, and
B to only one.
* In this conundrum the word “ sock” was mis-printed
“ sack.”
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