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160 OUB CHIMNEY CONNER. NO. 184. — ILLUSTRATED REBUS. NO. 185. — ENIGMA. I am composed oi twenty-four letters — My 6, 19, 24, 1, 23, 5,2, 17 is the name of a delicate rose. My 22, 9, 13, 24 is a vegetable. My 8,4, 7, 21, 24, 13, sis a denizen of the salt water. My 12, 13, 3, 11, 15, 19, 10 is a kind of friend ship rarely met with. My 18, 16, 12, 11, 17, 24, 16, 21 is a boy’s name. My 9, 16, 12, 23, 14, 20, 6 is a girl’s name. My whole is the title and name of one of Geor gia’s purest and most enlightened sons. Bethesda, Ga. Cornelius. NO. 186. — ARITHMETICAL QUESTION. A traveler going into a shoe shop, procured a pair of boots. The price of the boots was sls. The traveler gave the shoemaker a SSO bill. The shoemaker not having the change, stepped over to a store near by and had the bill changed Re turning, he gave the requisite amount of change. After the traveler had left the store keeper found that the SSO bill was counterfeit. So the shoe maker had to make it good. How much did the shoemaker lose ? NO. 187. — I.OGOGRIPHS. 1. My whole we do when we shake hands ; be head me and I become a blacksmith’s tool; be head me again and I become a deadly serpent. 2. My whole is seen in a thunder storm ; behead me and I am used by drivers ; behead me again and I become a tree of the forest. NO. 188. — CHARADE. My first is an addition, My second's common-place, My whole can only be applied To some uncommon case. NO. 189.— CONUNDRUMS. 1. What is the difference between a siege gun and a tailor ? 2. Why is a pig the most wonderful animal of a farm yard? 3. When is a horse not a horse ? NO. 190. — VERBAL SQUARES. [A verbal square is a word which reads from top to bottom and from left to right the same way,] 1. An article which gives light; a country,of the Eastern hemisphere; a plant; a name for the head. 2. My first is a fish ; my second is an animal; my third are parts of the human frame ; my fourth you’ll find in a school. BURKE’S WEEKLY. NO. 191.— RIDDLE. Shudd’ring with dread my form you see, But nearly make an end of me, Then, as my changeful shape you view, It is my turn to tremble, too. NO. 192. — ARITMETICAL PUZZLE. Jacob agreed to serve Laban 14 years for his two daughters ; when he had served 10 years, 10 months, 10 weeks, 10 days, 10 hours, 10 minutes, and 10 seconds, how long had he yet to serve ? Please work without reduction, counting four weeks for a month. T- A. IT. no. 193. — ENIGMA. I am composed of eight letters — My l, 4,6, 6is a pit of water. My 2,6, 4is a common drink. My 3,2, 5,4 is a weed spoken of in the Testa ment. My 4,5, sisto do wrong. My 5,2, 5,4 is something unusual. My 6,4, 3,3, 4, sis something we like to re ceive. My 7, 5 is a conjunction. My 8,3, 3,4, sis an amphibious animal My whole is the name of a battle, noted for the downfall of a great man. T. NO. 194. — CHARADE. The cat did my first, with a curl of her tail, When the game she had made quite secure By means of my second, and not of my whole, As you will agree, I am sure. NO. 195. ILLUSTRATED REBUS. NO. 196. — ENIGMA. I am composed of fourteen letters— My 1,8, 9,2, 14 is a common surname. My 3, 11, 9,9, 13, sis a girl’s name. My 4, 13, 12, 2 is a numeral. My 6,8, 7,2 is a common, but beautiful flower. My 10, 11, 12, 13, 10 was the name of a Jewish king. My whole is the name of a distinguished State prisoner. NO. 197. — CHARADE. A thousand and one ! a thousand and one ! And a hundred added thereto ! I make what is sometimes ill-natured fun, And am dreaded where e’er I go. Yet oh! how fondly the mother smiled, As she gave my name to her innocent child ! Answers to Puzzles, &c., in No. 18. No. 169.—Tennessee—(10 E’s-C); No. 170. — Burke’s Weekly; No. 171.—A goose quill; No. 172—Sleep—(Saturn, love, England, Eve, Plu tarch); No. 173 —Miss-is—sip—pi ; No. 174—1. 1 1-4; 2. 99 9-9. Correct Answers Have been sent us by A. G. S.; Hugh N. 8.; Ida C. E.; Newton H. C.; Rebecca A. B.; Oscar E.; T. C. H.; Coite L. C. SFLEN9ID PREIHII'O’EWIE, NAMES OF ARTICLES Hooks from our Catalogue, $ 100 3 $ 600 Photograph Alburn, 24 pictures, 1 50 3 6 00 Books from our Catalogue, 2 50 5 10 00 Photograph Album, 50 pictures, 4 00 5 10 00 Photograph Album, 50 pictures, 6 00 8 1(5 00 Books from our Catalogue,-. - 600 10 20 00 Photograph Album, 50 pictures, 10 0() 10 20 00 Photograph Album, 100 pictures 15 00 15 30 00 Books from our Catalogue, 13 50 20 40 00 “ “ “ “ 22 00 30 (50 00 Mason A Hamlin’s Cabinet Or gan 30 00 50 100 00 Books from our Catalogue, 4 2 00 50 100 00 Mason A Hamlin’s Cabinet Or gan 75 00 100 200 CO Books from our Catalogue 100 00 100 200 00 Mason & Hamlin’s Cabinet Or gan 115 00 150 300 00 Mason A Hamlin’s Cabinet Or gan, . •_••• 175 00 200 400 00 There are over forty different styles of organs, rang ing in price from S9O to $1,500, according to stylo and finish. 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