Burke's weekly for boys and girls. (Macon, Ga.) 1867-1870, December 07, 1867, Page 184, Image 8

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184 OUR CHIMNEY CORNER. NO. 218 — ILLUSTRATED REBUS. NO. 219. — SANS PIEDS. [Sans Pieds are puzzles, in which, by taking the last letter from a word, another word is left.] 1. Take from a fuel and leave a vegetable. 2. Take from an article of wearing apparel and leave an article of wearing apparel. 3. Take the final letter from a vehicle, and leave an animal. 4. Take the final letter from an animal and leave a river of the British Isles. XO. 220. — CHARADE. Ever eating, never cloying ; All devouring, all destroying ; Never finding full repast ’Till I eat the world at last. xo. 221.— ENIGMA. I am composed of twenty-seven letters — My 21, 11, 23, 5, 15 is a tree of several varieties. My 27, 9, 21, 19 is a marine animal. My 8,2, 18, 5, 10, 21 is the u motto ”of one of the United States. My 21, 19, 21, 9, 16, 5, 22, 8, 21, 22 pertains to the Alleghany Mountains. My 7, 21, 26, 7, 21, 3, 23 is what I hope none of our little readers are. My 10, 17, 18, 4 is a church. My 21, 22, 16, 17, 22, 21 is a disease of ths throat. My 7, 21, 1, 24, 11, 5 means unsteadiness. My 15, 21, 12, 19, 9, 20, 6, like my 8,3, 5, 24, 2,6, is dark. My 13, 25, 14. 11 is—one who cannot find the answer to this enigma. My whole is an excellent and beautiful compan ion for children. Cornelius. Bethesda, Georgia. NO 222.— LOGOGRIPII. Behead a woman and leave a man ; behead the man and leave a mother ; behead the mother and leave a verb; behead the verb and leave a nu meral. xo. 223.— RIDDLE. The beginning of that which will never begin, and the end of that which will never end. What is it ? N. H. C. BTJRKB’S WEEKLY. NO. 224. — CHARADE. My first is a body of water; my second is a male ; my whole is a division ol the year. N. H. C. NO. 225.—PUZZLE. Inh eav ens hall I) we Hall Christ ianm en Thatk now an dke, epG od sb idd in gst en; H a veth ounoot her Go dbutme; Un ton oim age bowt hykn ee; Take notthen a me ofgo din va in; Don otthe essa bb at hd ay pro! ane; H on or thyf ath era ndm oth ert oo; An dse e tha tth ou nom urd erd o; Fr omv ile ad ult e ryke ept he eel ean; An dst eal nott hought hys tat ebe mean; Bear nofa Is ewit ne sss hu nth atb lot; Wha tis thyne ighb ors cove tn ot. Writ eth ese t hyla ws lordin myh eart, Andl et men otf rom the mdep art. NO. 226. — ENIGMA. lam composed of fourteen letters - My 8,9, 10 is a kind of metal. My 5,2, 7is a weight. My 12, 9, 14 is a kind of pastry. My 6,3, 10 is a girl’s name. My 1, 14, 7, 5 is a coin. My 4,8, 6, 5,14 is a political division of a coun try. My 11, 9, 13 is a liquid. My whole is a large city in Europe. NO. 227. — LOGOGRIPII. I am neither a biped, a fowl, nor a brute, And if robbed of my tail, I’m a beautiful fruit, Behead me —I care very little for that, ’Tis the sure way to make me an aristocrat! But suppose that a double excision you make, And my head and my tail both together you take, What sort of a creature pray then shall I be ? Why an organ is all you will find left of me. NO. 228. — RIDDLE. I am borne on the gale in the stillness of night, A sentinel’s signal that all is not right. I am not a swallow, yet skim o’er the wave ; I am not a doctor, yet patients I save ; When the sapling has grown to a flourishing tree, It finds a protector henceforward in me. NO. 229. — CONUNDRUMS. 1. Why is a corn field like a galvanic battery? 2. What tree is that which forbids a man to com mit suicide on its branches? Correct Answers Have been sent in by W. C. S., Emma B. R., B. M. H., Johnston L. C., Walter H. S., Cotie L. C. Fred B. W., Lamartine R. Answers to Puzzles, etc., in No. 21. No. 198 —An Angry Man. No. 199 —British Honduras. No. 200 —An Army. No. 201 —Cha- rades. No. 202 —Arrange them thus : YYYYTT TTTYYTYYYTYTTYYTTTYTTYYT. No. 203—Jordan, Elkanah, Shadrach, Uzzali, Saul, Wafer, Eliezer, Peter, Tares: Jesus wept. No. 204 Start —tart —art, star —tar —rat. No. 205—Wisdom, Justice, Moderation. No. 206 —Downcast. No. 207—Stand not upon the or der of your going, but go at once. (St and knot upon the order — u halt!” is an order —of ewer go in G, butt goat once.) SPLENDID PRE3V2IUIVtS NAMES OF ARTICLES Books from our Catalogue, $ 100 3 $ 600 Photograph Album, 24 pictures, 1 50 3 C 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 16 00 Books from our Catalogue,.. .. 600 10 20 00 Photograph Album, 50 pictures, 10 Oo 10 20 00 Photograph Album, 100 pictures 15 00 15 30 00 Books from our Catalogue, 13 50 20 40 00 “ “ “ “ 22 00 30 60 00 Mason & Hamlin’s Cabinet Or gan 30 00 50 100 00 Books from our Catalogue,.... 42 00 50 100 00 Mason & Hamlin’s Cabinet Or gan 75 00 100 200 00 Books from our Catalogue 100 00 100 200 00 Mason & Hamlin’s Cabinet Or gan, 115 00 150 300 00 Mason & 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 style and finish. The cut represents style No. 15, the factory prico of which is sllO. We supply them as low as they can be purchased from the manufacturers, and will allow above values on any organ selected, from factory prices! The organs arc fully warranted for five years, and will be securely packed, ready for shipment, and de livered at any railroad depot in Macon, free of cost to purchasers, or we can have them shipped direct from New York, if preferred. The books in our Catalogue are selected from the best lists of Juvenile Books published in this country, and will be furnished to premium subscribers at Catalogue prices, free of cost for postage or freight. Such an oppoi tunity to procure valuable books for nothing does not often present itself. The money must, in all cases, accompany the orders or the paper, but names can be sent forward as fast as the} are received, and when the list is completed we will . -on the premium to which the party is entitled. Remember that subscribers can be procured at any post office, or any number of offices. 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