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no. 355. —LOGOGRirns.
1. Behead a machine and leave a machine.
2. Behead to leap and leave danger.
3. Behead thin and leave vehement.
4. Behead room and leave to combat.
NO. 356. —CHARADES.
1. My first and second is an associate or
equal; my third and fourth is a being; my
whole is one of the same race.
2. My first is to hurt; second, a nickname
for a boy ; third, an animal; whole, a plant.
3. First and second is a ruler; third, a so
lution ; whole, an instrument much used by
thieves.
4. First, a parent; second, a deity; third’
an article ; whole, an Indian idol.
5. First, to alter; second, part of a gentle
man’s attire; whole, a deserter.
NO. 357. —CONUNDRUMS.
1. Why may we expect the birds to feel de
pressed on summer mornings?
2. What is the best way to keep a gentle
man’s affections?
3. Why is a spider a good correspondent?
4. What riches take wings and fly away ?
NO. 358 —CLASSICAL ENIGMA.
A valiant Athenian General.
A Saxon king of England.
An inland city of Africa.
An Athenian orator.
The daughter of a king of Crete.
A river which washes the city of York. -
One of the Fates, supposed to spin the
thread of human life.
A son of Priam and Hecuba.
A famous river in Mesopotamia.
A high mountain in Thrace, covered all the
year with snow.
The initials form a noted and favorite
poem.
NO. 359. —PUZZLE.
There is a preacher created before Adam,
whose garments are fanciful and very beau
tiful, though he wears no stylish clothing and
continues in his first fashion. lie charges
nothing for his sermons, yet his preaching
has been so affecting as to draw tears from
his audience.
NO. 360. —ENIGMA.
I am composed of 17 letters:
My 1,13, 9,5, 16 should be cultivated on
every farm.
, „vu ->_>.»!.3,14 is the best labor to be had.
"Lp?” aM tr* istrct’DccM
on a farm.
My 10, 5,7, 6is a good appendage to a
farm.
My 12, 9, 13, 3 must be on every farm.
My 12,14, 7,6, 4,14,13, 10 is very destruc
tive to plantations. »
My 3,2,4 is something every farmer is look
ing for.
My whole is a well known editor.
NO. 361. —LETTER PUZZLES.
1. Which three letters in the English al
phabet are the most forcible ?
2. W’hich two the most hateful ?
3. Which two contain the least?
4. Which four are the most corpilont?
5. Which two are the most faded ?
BURKE’S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Answers to Puzzles, etc,, in No. 40.
May 7, IS7O.
306 One is a man chewer, the other is a
mantua maker; 2. When there’s a corn tyn
(been) there; 3. The back of a watch ; 4. They
become women ; 5. When he takes a roll in
bed; 6. The ewe, the yew, and the ewer; 7.
Marrius ; 8. He gives the bit out of his mouth,
and listens to every woe.
307 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
308— 1. Mace, acid, cite, Eden; 2. Ogre,
grow, rope, ewer; 3. From, rove, oven, mend.
309 Car-rot; 2. Big-amy; 3. Muff-in;
4. Bat-on-Bouge.
310— Hartford; 2. Delaware; 3. Alaska;
4. Sable; 5. Missouri.
311— James Tinley.
312 Judy, ape, pond, and, no, (Japan-
Yeddo.)
There were 23 puzzles, etc., in No. 45. For
the first prize, the following have sent cor
rect answers corresponding with the num
bers before their names :
19. Theodosia Ryder.
18. John T. Pittman, George Martin.
17. Myra Vaughan, Charlie Markell.
12. Ella Holmes.
8. Bettie Cromwell.
For the second prize, correct answers have
been received as follows ;
17. Victoria Ryder.
16. Willie M. Markell.
For the third prize, the following have sent
in correct answers:
16. Ida Stanley.
15. Mattie W’es. Lipford.
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