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OUR CHIMNEY CORNER.
\O. 304. —ILLUSTRATED REBUS.
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NO. 305. — ENIGMA.
T am composed of ten letters —
My 5,2, 10 is what men often do.
My 1, 3, 9,4 is what men are when they are at
liberty.
My 2,7, Bis what often leads to quarreling.
My 1, 4, 10, 6, Bis used as an enclosure.
My whole is a useful article.
Stockton. Ga. Harry H. S.
NO. 300. — CHARADE.
My first lies at the door ; my second is a kind of
grain; my third is what nobody can do without;
my whole is one of the United States.
Charleston, S. C. Walter S.
NO. 307. —ENIGMAS.
1. Two beaux are Harriet’s constant pride,
Forever dangling at her side ;
An inch their due —they take an ell —
The name of Harriet’s beaux pray tell.
2. My first is a lie ; my second |s a lie ; but my
whole is the emblem of innocence.
Lon. ie V. F.
NO. 308.— CONUNDRUMS.
1. Why is a man sailing up the Tigris like one
putting his father in a sack ?
2. What smells most in a Doctor’s shop?
3. In what place did the cock crow when all the
world heard him? Loulie V. F.
no. 309. — ENIGMA.
I am composed of nine letters —
My 1,4, sis the name of a boy.
My 7,8, 6, is a pronoun.
My 9,3, 2is a name for one who is liked.
My whole is useful to all nations.
Harry H. S.
NO. 310. — ENIGMA.
I am composed of thirteen letters—
My 11, 6, 4 is a covering for the head.
My 10. 7,3, sis to talk.
My 2,9, 8, sis the cry of a bird.
My 4, 13. 3 is a plant of China.
My 1. G. 4 is an animal.
My 7, 12 is a pronoun.
My whole is a river in Georgia.
Harry H. S.
NO. 311. — PUZZLE.
lam always with the brave. I was with Abra
ham, and with Isaac when he was about to be of
fered up. 1 think that 1 must have been in Noah’s
ark. I also recollect being in Mount Sinai when
God spoke to Moses. I am even seen with the
angels in Heaven. I have been in many wars and
quanels, and have been in the midst of many bat
tles-; and I expect right now, while you are trying
to guess me, that lam in your hand. What am I ?
Walter H. P.
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
NO. 312.—ENIGMA.
T am composed ot thirteen letters
My 10, <5, 12, 3 is a nobleman.
My 2. 8, 10 is the material of which the New
Zealanders build their houses.
My 7,5, 4,9 is what every little girl should be.
My 11, 13, 10 is a grain.
My 1 is the initial of the sirname of a great man,
who was remarkable for truthfulness when a boy.
My whole is the name of a gentleman well
known, and beloved by the little folks ot Augusta,
G a . M. W. W.
Augusta, Ga.
NO. 313. CHARADE.
My first is a merry bird ; my second is used by
a horseman ; my whole is a pretty little flower.
S. A. F.
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J. T. R. —Your explanation of No 243 is at
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Sallie P. B.—Your answer to Geographical
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Answers to Puzzles, etc., in No. 29.
No. 282—8 e sure you’re right then go ahead.
No. 283 —A Good Dinner. No. 284 —Diverse
—divers. No. 285—1. Shovel —hovel; 2. Lark
—ark ;3. Heel —eel; 4. Goat —oat; 5. Bear—
car ; 6. Cape—ape. No. 28(5—1. May—yam ; 2.
Madam ; 3. But —tub ; 4. Oh —ho ; 5. On —no ;
(i. Deer —reed. No. 287 —1. Enigma ; 2. A cat
aract; 3. Waterfall. No. 288 —1. Beer—bee ;2.
Brown —brow ;3. Crown—crow ;4. Oh —O ;5.
Another —her. No. 289 —Christmas. No. 290
The first is Bto which add 2—the sum is 10; the
second is 12, from which deduct 2 —the remainder
is 10; the third is five, multiplied by 2—the pro
duct is 10 ; the fourth is 20. divided by 2, the quo
tient is 10 —45. No. 291 —
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