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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Merry's Book of Puzzles - -Author: J. N. Stearns - -Editor: Robert Merry - -Release Date: December 31, 2016 [EBook #53847] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MERRY'S BOOK OF PUZZLES *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Lesley Halamek, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - MERRY'S - - BOOK OF PUZZLES. - - [Illustration] - - EDITED BY ROBERT MERRY. - - [Illustration] - - NEW YORK: - - THOMAS O'KANE, PUBLISHER, - 130 NASSAU STREET. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -The innumerable readers of MERRY'S MUSEUM will here meet with -many familiar faces, lighted up by pleasant smiles, and hear the same -old jovial laughter that greeted them in the olden time. - -Our motto is that of our noble State--"EXCELSIOR!" -Our readers will see that we have not buried the talents of our -contributors in napkins--but seek to bring them out into the bright -day: For Genius--like the lamp of Aladdin--needs constant polishing to -bring out its lustre and full effect. - -Our object has been to instruct by smiles--not frowns; to cheer the -dear hearts of the young girlhood and boyhood; to strew flowers among -the necessary thorns of existence. In a word, we try in these pages to -make the sad happy--the happy still happier. - -Hence, pure fun will be found as beautiful in these pages, as honey -amid the flowers of Hybla. - - ROBERT MERRY. - - - - - Robert Merry to his friends - A kindly greeting sends, - With a general assortment of questions, - Conundrums, Charades, - Puzzles, Riddles of all shades, - And Rebuses, as aids - To intellectual and social digestion. - - If the young Merry host - Acquaintance should boast, - Or kindred, or authorship pat, - With some of our jokes, - We confess--('tis no hoax)-- - To amuse other folks, - We have _riddled_ the Museum "Chat." - - Now we beg you will show, - If you happen to know, - Why the Editor, painstaking soul? - Is like the cold storm - Which, in climates bright and warm, - Where gallinippers swarm, - Come shivering down from the pole? - - - - -MERRY'S BOOK OF PUZZLES. - - -1. - -[Illustration] - -2. - -[Illustration] - -3. Who prolongs his work to as great a length as possible, and still -completes it in time? - -4. Why are young ladies like arrows? - -5. Why is a philanthropist like an old horse? - -6. How can five persons divide five eggs, so that each man shall -receive one, and still one remain in the dish? - -7. How many soft-boiled eggs could the giant Goliah eat upon an empty -stomach? - -8. What fishes have their eyes nearest together? - -9. Two fathers have each a square of land. One father divides his so -as to reserve to himself one-fourth in the form of a square; thus-- - -[Illustration: - - _________________ - | | - | | - | | - | | - |________ | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - |________|________| -] - -The other father divides his so as to reserve to himself one-fourth in -the form of a triangle; thus-- - -[Illustration: - - __________________ - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | /\ | - | / \ | - | / \ | - | / \ | - |/________________\| -] - -They each have four sons, and each divides the remainder among his -sons in such a way that each son will share equally with his brother, -and in similar shape. How were the two farms divided? - -10. - -[Illustration] - -11. - -[Illustration] - -12. What is that which is often brought to table, often cut, but never -eaten? - -13. - - My first is four-sixths of a step that is long, - My second is a person of state; - My whole is a thing that is known to be wrong, - And is a strong symptom of hate. - -14. Why are your nose and chin always at variance? - -15. - - Without my first you can not stand, - My second beauteous fair command; - Together I attend your will, - And am your humble servant still. - -16. Why ought a fisherman to be very wealthy? - -17. Why is a man in debt like a misty morning? - -18. Who was the first that bore arms? - -19. There is a word of seven letters; the first two refers to man, the -first three refers to woman, the first four signifies a great man, the -seven a great woman. - -20. I am a word of five letters. Take away my first and I am the name -of what adorns the estate of many of the nobility of England. Take -away my first and second, and I am the name of a place where all the -world was once congregated. Take away my last, and I am the name of -a beautiful mineral. Take away my two last, and I am the name of a -fashionable place of resort. I am small in stature, but capable of -doing a great deal of mischief, as I once did in London in the year -1666. - -21. Spell eye-water four letters. - -22. Why is swearing like an old coat? - -23. Why is a thump like a hat? - -24. Why is an inn like a burial-ground? - -25. - -[Illustration] - -26. - -[Illustration] - -27. If a fender cost six dollars, what will a ton of coal come to? - -28. What word is that to which if you add a syllable, it will make it -shorter? - -29. - - My first is a very uncomfortable state, - In cold weather it mostly abounds. - My second's an instrument formed of hard steel, - That will cause the stout foe to stagger and reel, - And when used, is a symptom of hate. - My whole is an author of greatest renown, - Whose fame to the last day of time will go down. - -30. What is the longest and yet the shortest thing in the world; -the swiftest and yet the slowest; the most divisible and the most -extended; the least valued and the most regretted; without which -nothing can be done; which devours every thing, however small, and yet -gives life and spirits to every object, however great? - -31. - - My first is found in every house, - From wintry winds it guards. - My second is the highest found-- - In every pack of cards. - My whole, a Scottish chief, is praised - By ballad, bard, and story, - Who for his country gave his life, - And, dying, fell with glory. - -32. Why are handsome women like bread? - -33. Why is an avaricious man like one with a short memory? - -34. What river in Bavaria answers the question, Who is there? - -35. Why is a man with wooden legs like one who has an even bargain? - -36. - -[Illustration] - -37. - -[Illustration] - -38. Why is a parish bell like a good story? - -39. What belongs to yourself, yet is used by others more than -yourself? - -40. - - In camps about the centre I appear; - In smiling meadows seen throughout the year; - The silent angler views me in the streams, - And all must trace me in their morning dreams, - First in the mob conspicuous I stand, - Proud of the lead, and ever in command. - -41. The head of a whale is six feet long; his tail is as long as his -head and half his body, and his body is half of his whole length. How -long is the whale? - -42. A hundred stones are placed, in a straight line, a yard distant -from each other. How many yards must a person walk, who undertakes to -pick them up, and place them in a basket stationed one yard from the -first stone? - -43. - - My first is a part of the day, - My last a conductor of light, - My whole to take measure of time, - Is useful by day and by night. - -44. I am a word of three syllables, each of which is a word; my -first is an article in common use; my second, an animal of uncommon -intelligence; my third, though not an animal, is used in carrying -burdens. My whole is a useful art. - -45. - - There was a man who was _not_ born, - His father was _not_ born before him, - He, did _not_ live, he did _not_ die, - And his epitaph is _not_ o'er him. - -46. Why is a nail, fast in the wall, like an old man? - -47. Why does a miller wear a white hat? - -48. - -[Illustration] - -49. - -[Illustration] - -50. - - My first is a letter commanding to wed, - Or to lift your sole till it reaches your head; - Nothing worth as a whole, it is plain to all men - That divided in halves, it is equal to ten; - - My second, though nothing, compared to the other, - Is worth more as a partner than its double-faced brother; - It moans and it sighs, and when joined to my first, - Pronounces the doom of the sinner accursed. - - My third, you will find his whole value depends - On the worth and position of neighbors and friends, - And, when both the other two following fair, - Changes doom to desire, and a curse to a prayer. - - My fourth, though it formeth no part of a hundred, - Shows where it can justly and evenly be sundered; - 'Tis found in the elements everywhere present, - 'Tis found in all seasons, unpleasant or pleasant, - 'Tis the chief of all lands, and yet can not wait - On continent, hemisphere, empire, or state. - Though ne'er in Great Britain suspected to lower, - 'Tis the heart of each quarter of that mighty power; - It always belonged to the animal race, - In the mineral kingdom they gave it a place, - And, being impartial, they could not deny, - The vegetable order its virtue to try; - And yet, since creation, it never was known - In beast, bird, or fish, root, branch, stem, or stone. - - My whole you'll find growing in pasture and barns, - Or grown in coats, carpets, warm blankets, and yarns, - In England, in Saxony, France, and old Wales, - And in sundry more places it always prevails. - Of quadrupedal origin--still it is known - In bipedal families oft to be shown; - But the strangest of all its strange forms, and conditions - Is seen in the covering of sage politicians. - -51. - -[Illustration] - -52. - -[Illustration] - -53. What is that which is invisible, but never out of sight? - -54. When is a boat like a knife? - -55. What part of London is in France? - -56. How many black beans will make five white ones? - -57. Why is a dandy like a haunch of venison? - -58. What kin is that child to its father who is not its father's own -son? - -59. Why is a rose-bud like a promissory note? - -60. What biblical name is there which expresses a father calling his -son by name, and his son replying? - -61. Why is an orange not like a church bell? - -62. Why is the largest city in Ireland likely to be the largest city -in the world? - -63. - - Three-fourths of a cross, and a circle complete, - An upright where two semicircles meet, - A rectangle triangle standing on feet, - Two semicircles, and a circle complete. - -64. What smells most in a drug shop? - -65. Why should doctors attend to window-sashes? - -66. G. a. p/A. - -67. What is that which every one can divide, but no one can see where -it has been divided? - -68. Spell hard water with three letters. - -69. What letters of the alphabet come too late for supper? - -70. - -[Illustration] - -71. - -[Illustration] - -72. - - Pronounced as one letter, and written with three, - Two letters there are, and two only in me; - I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, - I am read from both ends, and the same either way, - I am restless and wandering, steady and fixed, - And you know not one hour what I may be the next. - I melt, and I kindle--beseech, and defy, - I am watery and moist, I am fiery and dry. - I am scornful and scowling, compassionate, meek; - I am light, I am dark, I am strong, I am weak. - I'm piercing and clean, I am heavy and dull; - Expressive and languid, contracted and full. - I'm a globe and a mirror, a window, a door, - An index, an organ, and fifty things more. - I belong to all animals under the sun, - And to those who were long understood to have none. - My language is plain, though it can not be heard, - And I speak without even pronouncing a word. - Some call me a diamond--some say I am jet; - Others talk of my water, or how I am set. - I'm a borough in England, in Scotland a stream, - And an isle of the sea in the Irishman's dream. - The earth without me would no loveliness wear, - And sun, moon, and stars at my wish disappear. - Yet so frail is my tenure, so brittle my joy, - That a speck gives me pain, and a drop can destroy. - -73. What vessel is that which is always asking leave to move? - -74. Translate the following into Latin-- - - 42, 8 rocks, e e e e e e e e e e, 46. 2. 14. 8. 0. - -75. How is it that you can work with an awl, but not with a forceps; -while I can work with a forceps, and not with an awl? - -76. - -[Illustration] - -77. - - _Add_, was the word the master gave to Dick, - Dick scratched his head, and looking rather thick, - Replied, "_Hereafter it would make it stick_." - "Dick," cried the master, "rudeness is a sin; - Behold the stocks, I'll surely put you _in_." - "That," answered Dick, "won't alter it a feather, - _Hereafter it would make it hold together_." - "Dick," said the man, "if you insult me so, - Your shoulders and my rod I'll put in _Co._" - "'Tis all the same," said Dick, "my worthy master, - _Hereafter it would make it stick the faster_." - -78. Why is France like a skeleton? - -79. Why is a woodman like a stage actor? - -80. Why is the hour of noon on the dial-plate like a pair of -spectacles? - -81. Why is the best baker most in want of bread? - -82. - - Whether old Homer tippled wine or beer, - Julep or cider, history is not clear; - But plain it is--the bard, though wont to roam, - But for one liquid, never had left home. - -83. Why is a coward like a mouse-trap? - -84. Why is green grass like a mouse? - -85. What two reasons why whispering in company is not proper? - -86. - - My first is found on the ocean wave, - In the spring, the pit, and the mine; - My second below earth's surface you have, - Where seldom the sun can shine. - My whole your dinner-table must grace, - And seldom fails to obtain a place. - -87. Why is a gooseberry pie like counterfeit money? - -88. - -[Illustration] - -89. Why does a fisherman blow his horn? - -90. Why is there no danger of starving in a desert? - -91. - - Take half of the needle - By which sailors steer - Their ship through the water, - Be it cloudy or clear; - Do not really break it-- - This of all things were worst-- - But in your mind take it, - And this makes my first. - At thanksgiving or Christmas, - My second you see; - With care well compounded, - From grain, shrub, and tree. - My whole like some people - Who make great pretense, - Of words have a plenty, - But no great stock of sense. - -92. How is it that Methuselah was the oldest man, when he died before -his father? - -93. - - My first is a negative greatly in use, - By which people begin when they mean to refuse; - My second is Fashion, or so called in France, - But, like other whims, is the servant of chance. - An article always in use is my whole, - With texture and form under fashion's control; - But, alas! not a thing can it see which goes by, - Although many have four sights, and all have one eye. - -94. What is that which, supposing its greatest breadth to be four -inches, length nine inches, and depth three inches, contains a solid -foot? - -95. - -[Illustration] - -96. - - My tongue is long, my breath is strong, - And yet I breed no strife; - My voice you hear both far and near, - And yet I have no life. - -97. A waterman rows a given distance, _a_, and back again in _b_ -hours, and finds that he can row _c_ miles with the current, for -_d_ miles against it. Required, the time of rowing down, the time of -rowing up, the rate of current, and the rate of rowing. - -98. - - As I was beating on the far east grounds, - Up starts a hare before my two greyhounds; - The dogs, being light of foot, did fairly run, - To her fifteen rods, just twenty-one; - And the distance that she started up before, - Was six-and-ninety rods, just and no more; - Now, I would have you Merry boys declare - How far they ran, before they caught the hare. - -99. Is it possible to put twelve pieces of money in six rows, and have -four in a row? - -100. A gentleman sent a servant with a present of nine ducks, with -this direction-- - - "To Alderman Gobble, with ix. ducks." - -The servant took out three, and contrived it so that the direction -corresponded with the number of the ducks. He neither erased nor -altered a letter. How did he do it? - -101. - - Four letters form me quite complete, - As all who breathe do show; - Reversed, you'll find I am the seat - Of infamy and woe. - Transposed, you'll see I'm base and mean, - Again of Jewish race; - Transposed once more, I oft am seen - To hide a lovely face. - -102. - -[Illustration] - -103. - - My first is the name to an article given - For ladies and dandies to put on their linen; - It comes from the forest, I've heard people say, - And is made from the skin of an animal gay. - My second is a fruit that comes from the South, - The juice of it is sour, and 'twill pucker your mouth; - 'Tis found in candy shops all over the town, - And, stranger to say, it is almost round. - My whole is an article that is often seen - In the gardens and fields almost covered with green; - It is very sweet, and also pleasant to eat, - And in hot summer days affords a rich treat. - -104. My first is half of what implies good-humor; my second makes -sense of my first; my third sounds like the cry of a kitten; my fourth -is a consonant and vowel combined; my fifth, with the addition of the -initial of my third, would imply silence; and my whole is what many -boys and girls prize highly. - -105. - - I am composed of twelve letters. - My 2, 8, 9, is a substance dug out of the earth. - " 6, 11, 12, 8, is a numeral. - " 4, 2, 3, is an ancient instrument of war. - " 12, 8, 1, is a vessel used in former times. - " 5, is a vowel. - " 4, 7, 1, 9, is a hard substance. - " 10, 9, is a pronoun. - My whole is now before you. - -106. My first is appropriate, my second 'tis nine to one if you guess -it. My whole elevates the sole above the earth. - -107. Why is a conundrum like a monkey? - -108. What do we all do when we first get into bed? - -109. - -[Illustration] - -110. - -[Illustration] - -111. There is one word in the English language which is universally -considered a preventive of harm; change a certain letter in it, and -you make it an act of cruelty. - -112. - - My first may be fashioned of iron or wood, - And at window or door for safety is placed; - In village or town it does more harm than good, - Leading people their health, time, and money to waste. - My second's a lady, bewitching and fair, - And for love of her people will labor and strive; - Will rise before dawn, and be wearied with care, - And pursue her with ardor as long as they live. - My whole is what ladies admire and approve, - The shopkeeper's boast--the purchaser's prize; - 'Tis a ninepenny chintz--'tis a one-shilling glove-- - It is something which makes people open their eyes. - -113. At what distance must a body have fallen to acquire the velocity -of 1,600 feet per second? - -114. Of what trade is the sun in May? - -115. Why is a small horse like a young musk-melon? - -116. - - My first must grace a legal deed, - With its companion, firm and red; - Its help in marriage, too, they need, - Before the blessing can be said. - My second half a hundred is, - If in the shortest way you spell; - You soon must guess me after this, - I may as well the secret tell. - My whole, by his celestial strains - Bears the rapt soul to worlds above; - The Great Creator's power proclaims, - And tells of the Redeemer's love. - -117. - -[Illustration] - -118. - -[Illustration] - -119. My first is a boy's nickname; my second is meant for defense; my -third is a preposition; my fourth is one of the articles; my fifth is -one of the United States. My whole is a large city in Europe. - -120. - - My first is stationed near your heart, - And serves to brace the mortal frame; - Of young and old it forms a part, - And to fair woman gives a name. - Who builds a ship must it employ, - To give it strength to stem the flood, - And Adam felt no real joy - Till in new form by him it stood. - My second may be long or short, - Or tight or loose, or wet or dry, - Of cotton, silk, or woolen wrought, - Of any texture, strength, or dye-- - Be made of iron, gold, or steel, - Of love or hate, of good or ill, - May gently bind, or heavy feel, - May give support, or rudely kill. - My whole is formed by fashion, skill, and care, - And what few ladies from their dress can spare. - -121. How long would a ball be falling, from the top of a tower that -was 400 feet high, to the earth? - -122. Why are chairs like men? - -123. The foot of a ladder 60 feet long remaining in the same place, -the top will just reach a window 40 feet high on one side of the -street, and another 30 feet high on the other side. How wide is the -street? - -124. There is a pile of cannon-balls, the ground tier of which -contains 289 balls, and the top tier one ball. Require the whole -number of balls in a pile. - -125. - -[Illustration] - -126. - -[Illustration] - -127. - - What skillful housewife does not know - When, where to place my first? - When nicely done, it will not show; - Conspicuous, it is worst. - My second all the world must do, - Either with head or hand, - In different ways the same pursue, - On water, or on land. - My whole a picture is of life, - Varied with good or ill, - With bright or dull, with light or dark, - Arranged with art and skill. - -128. What is that which will make you catch cold--cure the cold--and -pay the doctor's bill? - -129. Why is a joke like a cocoa-nut? - -130. When did Esau, the hairy man, lose his whiskers? - -131. Why do postmasters deserve the execration of all true Americans? - -132. - - Just equal are my head and tail, - My middle slender as can be, - Whether I stand on head or heel, - 'Tis all the same to you or me. - But if my head should be cut off, - The matter's true, although 'tis strange, - My head and body, severed thus, - Immediately to nothing change. - -133. If a loafer, smoking a cigar, sets fire to the brush on his upper -lip, is it a case of spontaneous combustion? - -134. - - liv sin transgre procur damn - A ing ers ssion ed ation. - - dy Redeem pa purchas salv - -135. - -[Illustration] - -136. - -[Illustration] - -137. - -[Illustration: - - What sailors dread. -] - -138. - - -I. - - Go wide o'er the world, - And everywhere seek me-- - In earth, sea, or air, - Thou never shalt meet me! - Go wide o'er the world-- - I always am there-- - Wherever thou roamest, - In earth, sea, or air! - - -II. - - Go speak to the woodland, - And question of me-- - Oh ne'er shall thou find me, - With forest or tree! - Go, speak to the woodland, - I ever am there, - And live in its whispers, - Though lighter than air! - - -III. - - Go, winnow the wave, - And seek for my breath-- - Ah, ocean and river, - Reveal but my death! - Go, winnow the wave, - Tho' with winter it shiver-- - There--there shalt thou find me, - 'Mid ocean and river! - - -IV. - - In whirlwinds I revel, - Yet in zephyrs expire-- - I flourish in warmth, - And I perish in fire! - The winter I cherish, - Yet each season I shun; - Half living in harvest, - In summer, undone! - - -V. - - I come with the warlock-- - I go with the ghoul-- - I shriek with the wizard-- - I hoot with the owl! - I ride on the hazel - Which witches have rent-- - I fly on the wing - Which the eagle hath bent. - - -VI. - - I come and I go-- - Oft unseen and unsought; - I live but in words-- - I perish in thought. - So to all and to each, - I bid you adieu; - Yet to all and to each, - I stay double with you! - -139. Why is the boy that disturbs a hive like a true Christian? - -140. What is that which has eyes and sees not, ears and hears not, -nose and smells not, yet is often regarded as the _beau-ideal_ of a -human being? - -141. Why is the elephant his own servant? - -[Illustration] - -142. Which of the forest trees bears gain? - -143. Who was the heaviest of mechanics? - -144. - - I'm a heavy drag--few things more slow. - Cut off my head, and give me a bow, - And swiftly through the air I go. - -145. Why are two heads better than one? - -146. Why is a cart-horse always in the wrong place? - -147. - - I follow the plough, and yet I never walk, - Have plenty of teeth, yet neither eat nor talk, - Am strongly barred, and yet I never close, - I scratch and break, but never deal in blows. - -148. What is that which has many leaves, but no stem? - -149. Why is the letter F like an incendiary? - -150. ARITHMETICAL PUZZLE.--This consists of six slips of -paper or card, on which are written numbers as expressed in the -following columns-- - - +----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+ - | | | | | | | | | | | | - | A | | B | | C | | D | | E | | F | - +----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+ - | 1 | | 2 | | 4 | | 8 | | 16 | | 32 | - | 3 | | 3 | | 5 | | 9 | | 17 | | 33 | - | 5 | | 6 | | 6 | | 10 | | 18 | | 34 | - | 7 | | 7 | | 7 | | 11 | | 19 | | 35 | - | 9 | | 10 | | 12 | | 12 | | 20 | | 36 | - | 11 | | 11 | | 13 | | 13 | | 21 | | 37 | - | 13 | | 14 | | 14 | | 14 | | 22 | | 38 | - | 15 | | 15 | | 15 | | 15 | | 23 | | 39 | - | 17 | | 18 | | 20 | | 24 | | 24 | | 40 | - | 19 | | 19 | | 21 | | 25 | | 25 | | 41 | - | 21 | | 22 | | 22 | | 26 | | 26 | | 42 | - | 23 | | 23 | | 23 | | 27 | | 27 | | 43 | - | 25 | | 26 | | 28 | | 28 | | 28 | | 44 | - | 27 | | 27 | | 29 | | 29 | | 29 | | 45 | - | 29 | | 30 | | 30 | | 30 | | 30 | | 46 | - | 31 | | 31 | | 31 | | 31 | | 31 | | 47 | - | 33 | | 34 | | 36 | | 40 | | 48 | | 48 | - | 35 | | 35 | | 37 | | 41 | | 49 | | 49 | - | 37 | | 38 | | 38 | | 42 | | 50 | | 50 | - | 39 | | 39 | | 39 | | 43 | | 51 | | 51 | - | 41 | | 42 | | 44 | | 44 | | 52 | | 52 | - | 43 | | 43 | | 45 | | 45 | | 53 | | 53 | - | 45 | | 46 | | 46 | | 46 | | 54 | | 54 | - | 47 | | 47 | | 47 | | 47 | | 55 | | 55 | - | 49 | | 50 | | 52 | | 56 | | 56 | | 56 | - | 51 | | 51 | | 53 | | 57 | | 57 | | 57 | - | 53 | | 54 | | 54 | | 58 | | 58 | | 58 | - | 55 | | 55 | | 55 | | 59 | | 59 | | 59 | - | 57 | | 58 | | 60 | | 60 | | 60 | | 60 | - | 59 | | 59 | | 61 | | 61 | | 61 | | 61 | - | 61 | | 62 | | 62 | | 62 | | 62 | | 62 | - | 63 | | 63 | | 63 | | 63 | | 63 | | 63 | - +----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+ - -The slips being thus prepared, a person is to think of any one of -the numbers which they contain, and to give to the expounder of -the question those slips in which the number thought of occurs. To -discover this number, the expounder has nothing to do but to add -together the numbers at the top of the columns put into his hand. -Their sum will express the number thought of. - -_Example._--Thus, suppose we think of the number 14. We find that this -number is in three of the slips, viz., those marked B, C, and D, which -are therefore given to the expounder, who, on adding together 2, 4, -and 8, obtains 14, the number thought of. - -The trick may be varied in the following manner: Instead of giving to -the expounder the slips containing the number thought of, these may be -kept back, and those in which the number does not occur be given. In -this case, the expounder must add together, as before, the numbers at -the top of the columns, and subtract their sum from 63. The remainder -will be the number thought of. - -The slips containing the columns of numbers are usually marked with -letters on the back, and not above the columns, as we have expressed -them. This renders the deception more complete, as the expounder, -knowing beforehand the number at the top of each column, has only -to examine the letters at the back of the slips given him, when he -performs the problem without looking at the numbers, and thus renders -the trick more extraordinary. - -151. - - A pair of little quadrupeds, - Transpose them, and you'll find - The lords of ocean, or the aids - For disciplining mind; - Or that which cheers the midnight hour, - Or gilds the flagstaff high; - Now test your transposition power, - And for the answer try. - -152. When is a chair like a rich lady's dress? - -153. One _p_, one _i_, four _a_'s, two _r_'s, two _s_'s, two -_l_'s--what do they make, and who has made a fortune by them? - -154. What odd number will give, on being divided, a half clear of a -fraction? - -155. - - I'm in the book, but not on any leaf; - I'm in the mouth, but not in lip or teeth; - I'm in the atmosphere, but never in the air; - I wait on every one, but never on a pair; - I am with you wherever you may go; - And every thing you do I'm sure to know; - Though when you did it I should not be there, - Yet when 'twas done, you'd find me in the chair. - -156. What is the difference between Joan of Arc and Noah's ark? - -157. - - I am composed of seventeen letters. - My 4, 6, 10, is what we all do. - " 5, 8, 14, 11, is a great part of the body. - " 1, 13, 9, 15, is the name of a fish. - " 7, 16, 2, 10, is a part of speech. - " 13, 8, 3, is the name of a fowl. - " 6, 15, 14, is a girl's name. - " 17, 6, 10, 15, is very useful to vessels. - " 13, 6, 12, is a personal pronoun. - My whole is what we may all expect if we live. - -158. My first is an instrument, which, though small, has more power -than any monarch on earth. It is the lover's friend and the poet's -pride; yet has overthrown kingdoms, ruined reputations, set folks -together by the ears, and caused more destruction than plagues, -pestilence, or famine. My second, though not quite so mischievous, is -very destructive when in improper hands, and my whole, though employed -against my first, is deemed its friend and improver. - - -LEAP FROG. - -[Illustration] - -159. This is a most excellent pastime. It should be played in a -spacious place, out of doors, if possible, and the more there are -engaged in it, provided they be of the same height and agility, the -better is the sport. We will suppose a dozen at play:--Let eleven of -them stand in a row, about six yards apart, with all their faces in -one direction, arms folded, or their hands resting on their thighs, -their elbows in, and their heads bent forward, so that the chin of -each rests on his breast, the right foot advanced, the back a little -bent, the shoulders rounded, and the body firm. The last begins the -sport by taking a short run, placing his hands on the shoulders of -the nearest player, and leaping with their assistance--of course, -springing with his feet at the same time--over his head, as -represented in the cut. Having cleared the first, he goes on to the -second, third, fourth, fifth, etc., in succession, and as speedily -as possible. When he has gone over the last, he goes to the proper -distance, and places himself in position for all the players to leap -over him in their turn. The first over whom he passed, follows him -over the second, third, fourth, etc.; and when he has gone over, the -one who begun the game places himself in like manner for the others -to jump over him. The third follows the second, and so on until the -parties are tired. - -160. - - His heart was sad, and his foot was sore, - When a stranger knocked at the cottager's door; - With travel faint, as the night fell down, - He had missed his way to the nearest town, - And he prayed for water to quench his thirst, - And he showed his purse as he asked for my _first_. - The cotter was moved by the stranger's tale, - He spread the board, and he poured the ale: - "The river," he said, "flows darkly down - Betwixt your path and the lighted town, - And far from hence its stream is crossed - By the bridge on the road that you have lost; - Gold may not buy, till your weary feet - Have traversed the river and reached the street, - The thing you ask; but the wandering moon - Will be out in the sky with her lantern soon; - Then cross o'er the meadow, and look to the right, - And you'll find my _second_ by her light." - My _second_ shone like a silver floor, - When the traveler passed from the cotter's door; - He saw the town on its distant ridge, - Yet he sighed no more for the far-off bridge; - And his wish of the night soon gained its goal, - For he found my _first_ when he reached my whole. - -161. What two letters of the alphabet make a prophet? - -162. I 8 0 M/day. - -163. Plant an orchard of twenty-one trees, so that there shall be nine -straight rows, with five trees in each row, the _outline_ a regular -geometrical figure, and the trees all at unequal distances from each -other. - -164. B 0 yy nor/nice for U c what a fool u b. - -[Illustration] - -165. What part of the horse resembles you? - -166. Why is a horse like the prophet Elijah? - -167. Why is a new married man like a horse? - -168. Why is it profitable to keep fowl? - -169. My first is a collection of water; my second is used when -speaking of myself; my third is a fruit; my whole is a town in -Hindostan. - -170. "Thomas," said Charles, "you are good at figures, please give -me a _figurative_ answer to this question:--What ought one to do who -arrives at a friend's house too late for dinner?" - -Thomas, after thinking a little, wrote the following--1028,40. What -was his meaning? - -171. A teacher, having fifteen young ladies under her care, wished -them to take a walk each day of the week. They were to walk in five -divisions of three ladies each but no two ladies were to be allowed -to walk together twice during the week. How could they be arranged to -suit the above conditions? - -172. - - My first is a letter, an insect, a word, - That means to exist; it moves like a bird. - My next is a letter, a small part of man, - 'Tis found in all climes; search where you can. - My third is a something seen in all brawls. - My next you will find in elegant halls. - My last is the first of the last part of day, - Is ever in earnest, yet never in play. - My whole gives a light, by some men abhorred, - The blessings from which no pen can record. - -173. What number is that, which, added separately to 100 and 164, -shall make them perfect squares? - -174. Why is the letter F like death? - -175. Why are mortgages like burglars? - -176. - - I'm composed of letters four, - A turkey, cock, or hen; - Behead me, and I upward soar. - Put on my head again, - Transpose me, then a beast I am, - Both bloodthirsty and wild, - That preys on many a helpless lamb, - And oft devours a child. - -177. I am a word of three letters, signifying to spoil or injure. -Transposed, I am an animal. Transposed again, I am a part of the human -frame. - -[Illustration] - -178. Why is a grist-mill like the court-martial which cashiered -Fremont? - -179. - - I have wings, yet never fly-- - I have sails, yet never go-- - I can't keep still, if I try, - Yet forever stand just so. - -180. Why is a grist-mill like an orange-tree? - -181. What Scripture character was a stupid sheep? - -182. What animal that always has a cold chin is used to keep the -ladies' chins warm? - -183. What two reasons why a young lady going to the altar is certainly -going wrong? - -184. Why is it dangerous for a teetotaler to have more than two -reasons for the faith that is in him? - -185. What is the most cheerful part of an arsenal? - -186. When does the tongue assume the functions of the teeth? - -187. My first is company, my second is without company, and my third -calls company. - -188. - - An emblem of stupidity, - My first in forests found; - Up in air oft rises high, - Though fastened to the ground, - But by sharp means it is removed, - And managed various ways; - By art or skill may be improved, - Or, perhaps, it makes a blaze. - My second is of every kind, - Is good, or bad, or gay; - Is dull or bright, to suit all minds, - By night as well as day. - The patient seaman keeps with care my whole, - And well it knows his secrets night and day; - And though it has no tongue, nor heart, nor soul, - It tells the story of the ship's long way. - -189. There is a word of six letters. Take off three letters at either -end, and add another letter, and it will make one of the most useful -members of the body. - -190. - - Tell me why is it, if you lend - But forty dollars to a friend, - It does your kindness more commend - Than if five hundred you should send? - -191. What is that which is less tired the longer it runs? - -192. Why is a tailor finishing your pants like a polite host serving -his guests with water-fowl? - -193. What was a month old at Cain's birth, that is not five weeks old -now? - -[Illustration] - -194. What looks worse on a lady's foot than a darned stocking? - -195. Which of the girls can answer questions best? - -196. What is the shape of a kiss? - -197. - - My first is a busy industrious thing, - Without which no bundle your porter can bring; - My second is nothing to speak of, yet stands - For thousands and millions, in money or lands; - My third is a question we meet every day, - Relating to things we do, think, or say; - My whole is the questioner--once it was you, - If not, 'twas your brother, or cousin, or--whew! - It was somebody else whom your grandmother knew. - -198. I am composed of four letters. We do not 4 2 3, 1 4 2 3, 2 3, 3 4 -2. - -199. - - My first is a preposition. - " second implies more than one. - " third is a pronoun. - " fourth some people do not pay. - " whole is not consistent. - -200. - - I am a word of four letters often used in prayer. - Transposed, I become what every one professes. - Transposed again, I become an adjective, the qualities of which - every one despises. - Transposed again, I am part of a horse. - -201. - - My first is poison, slow yet sure, - That preys on many frames; - Compounded oft of things impure, - And called by many names. - My first and second form my whole, - That's one of Satan's dens; - Many a man has lost his soul, - Through meeting there with friends. - -202. - - I am a word of four letters--the name of a Cape. - Transposed, I am a portion of the earth's surface. - Transposed again, I am a kind of meat. - Transposed again, I become a verb signifying to wash. - -203. - - I prove 2 = 1, thus:-- - x = a; then x^2 = ax - x^2 - a^2 = ax - a^2 - (x + a)(x - a) = a(x - a) - x + a = a - 2a = a - 2 = 1 - Who will detect the fallacy? - -[Illustration] - -204. In what ship, and in what capacity, do young ladies like to -engage? - -205. - - Ethereal thing, on unseen wing, - Through space my first is wandering; - It nothing sees, it nothing knows, - Yet all that's known and seen it shows. - Brick, iron, mud, stone, reed, or wood, - My second in all climes has stood-- - A lodge, a nest, where love may rest, - Or a prison, gloomy, dark, unblest. - Away on the bleak and desolate peak - Where the rude tempests howl and shriek, - Like a friendly eye, looking out from the sky. - My whole to the wanderer gleams on high. - -206. What kind of a ship did Solomon object to? - -207. There are two numbers whose product added to the sum of their -squares is 109, and the difference of whose squares is 24. - -208. - - In every hedge my second is, - As well as every tree, - And when poor school-boys act amiss, - It often is their fee. - My first likewise is always wicked, - Yet ne'er committed sin, - My total for my first is fitted, - Composed of brass or tin. - -209. My first is a pronoun; my second is not high; my third we must -all do; my fourth is a pronoun of multitude; my whole is musical. - -210. What is the difference between a grandmother and her infant -grandchild? - -211. Add one to nine and make it twenty. - -212. What is that which the dead and living do at the same time? - -213. - - When winter months have passed away, - And summer suns shine bright, - You ope the coffer where I lay, - And bring my first to light. - My second is a valiant knight, - Who wears his crest and spur, - And when he's challenged to a fight, - He does not long demur. - My whole, as ancient fables say, - Was once a friend of Juno, - In dress he makes a great display-- - His name by this time you know. - -214. Why is a bullet like a tender glance? - -[Illustration] - -215. - - When innocence first had its dwelling on earth, - In my first's lovely form it alighted; - And still to this time, from the hour of its birth, - In my first it has greatly delighted. - My second's a part of a smart lady's dress, - Yet on age it may also be found; - Again, 'tis a garb when the heart feels distress-- - And my whole does with pleasure abound. - -216. Why are children at play like a bird in her nest? - -217. - - My first is male or female, young or old, - 'Tis very sad if you are forced to doubt one; - Much must we pity the false heart or cold, - Who is so selfish as to live without one. - My second is a noble work of art, - Which brings together distant shores and lands; - Though neither feet it has, nor head, nor heart, - 'Tis often furnished with a hundred hands. - My whole in youth or age, sickness or health, - In joy or sorrow, charms to life can give; - Without it, all in vain are hoards of wealth, - By it unblest in solitude we live. - -218. What spice are the Hindoos fond of? - -219. Why is a dog like a tanner? - -220. Why are A B's successors seedy? - -221. What is nothing good for? - -222. I am composed of four letters--the initials of four of the -principal personages in Europe--the name of a river in Russia; -transposed, I am a part of the Crystal Palace; transposed again, I am -not _proud_, although elevated above the heads of most people. - -223. - - My first is when the summer wind - Sweeps rustlingly through the trees, - When the jasmine spray and the eglantine - Are swayed by the whispering breeze; - My second, a weapon of bloody strife, - Of steel, so cruel and cold, - Which ruthlessly takes the soldier's life, - The cowardly, and the bold; - My whole is a Poet, by every one known, - So wide is his renown. - -224. Why is the letter y like a young spendthrift? - -[Illustration] - -225. Why is memory like the peacock? - -226. - - My first in the garden luxuriantly grows, - Delicious and sweet, as every one knows; - My second a noisy, vain, garrulous thing, - The lord of a harem, as proud as a king; - My whole is still prouder, and seems to rejoice - As much in his tail as he does in his voice. - -227. One man said to another, "Give me one of your sheep, and I shall -have twice as many as you." The other replied, "No, give me one of -yours, and I shall have as many as you." How many had each? - -228. Where were potatoes first found? - -229. Where did cherries come from? - -230. Why is a ship under full sail like Niagara? - -231. - - O'er a mighty pasture go - Sheep in thousands, silver white; - As to-day we see them, so - In the oldest grandsire's sight. - They drink--never waning old-- - Life from an unfailing brook; - There's a shepherd to their fold, - With a silver-horned crook. - From a gate of gold let out, - Night by night he counts them over; - Wide the field they rove about, - Never hath he lost a rover: - True the dog that helps to lead them, - One gay ram in front we see; - What the flock, and who doth lead them, - Sheep and shepherd, tell to me? - -232. I am a word of four letters. Take off my hat, and you have -something which you do every day. Take off my head, and you have -a preposition. Leave off my head and put on my hat, and you have -something used before a door. Entire, and taken backward, with my two -middle letters transposed, I am a very convenient thing. I, myself, am -often eaten. - -233. What part of a ship was Cain? - -234. What animal resembles the sea, and why? - -235. What animal is the most windy, and why? - -236. What animal is like an apothecary? - -237. What animal is like a stone-breaker? - -238. A man had a bar of lead that weighed 40 lbs., and he divided it -into four pieces in such a way as to allow him to weigh any number of -pounds from one to forty. How did he manage the matter? - -[Illustration] - -239. What is the best key to a good dinner? - -240. Why is a farm-yard like a hotel? - -241. If a woman stands behind a tree, how does the tree stand? - -242. Wherein does a turkey-cock differ from a lady? - -243. Three men buy a grindstone, 40 inches in diameter, on equal -shares. Each one is to use it until he has worn away his share. How -many inches in diameter must each one use? - -244. What two letters of the alphabet do children like best? - -245. Why are Cashmere shawls like deaf persons? - -246. - - Ye mortals--wonder! I'm an elf, - A strange, mysterious thing; - More powerful than all the sprites - Within a magic ring. - I speak--although I have no tongue-- - I speak, and thrill the soul; - I sing--and many a song I've sung - Resounds, while ages roll. - I am a weapon, strong and keen, - All made of glittering steel; - But human souls--not senseless flesh-- - My sharp two-edges feel. - The greatest writer e'er was born-- - But, ah!--a thievish elf; - For what I write is not, alas! - Original with myself. - I often take a cooling bath; - But, like the Ethiop's skin, - When I have bathed, I'm blacker still - Than when I did begin! - Most kind am I; I glad the heart - Of many a wretched wight, - And many a sufferer is by me - Transported with delight. - Most cruel I; I've pierced the soul - With cutting, burning darts; - I've dashed the fondest hopes to earth, - I've crushed the lightest hearts. - Yet wise and powerful as I am, - A very slave am I; - I'm forced the mandates to obey - Of both the low and high. - Now, witty brains, tell who this is, - Who blesses and who curses; - Who has no hands, yet still who is - The writer of these verses. - -[Illustration] - -247. Why is an Indian like a flirt? - -248. Why is an Indian like a scholar? - -249. How much silk is required to make a spherical balloon, 16 inches -in diameter, without allowing for seams? - -250. All children love to go to sea, and why? - -251. - - That gentle picture dost thou know, - Itself, its hues, and splendor gaining? - Some change each moment can bestow, - Itself as perfect still remaining; - It lies within the smallest space, - The smallest framework forms its girth, - And yet that picture can embrace - The mightiest objects known on earth: - Canst thou to me that crystal name - (No gem can with its worth compare) - Which gives all light, and knows no flame? - Absorbed is all creation there! - That ring can in itself inclose - The loveliest hues that light the heaven, - Yet from its light more lovely goes - Than all which to it can be given! - -252. - - From 6 take nine, from 9 take 10; - From 40 take 50, and 6 remain. - -253. Why is marriage like truth? - -254. Required to divide 45 in four parts, so that the first part with -two added, the second with two subtracted, the third divided by two, -the fourth multiplied by two, shall equal each other. - -255. Where was Major Andre going when he was captured? - -256. - - There is a mansion, vast and fair, - That doth on unseen pillars rest; - No wanderer leaves the portals there, - Yet each how brief a guest! - The craft by which that mansion rose, - No thought can picture to the soul; - 'Tis lighted by a lamp which throws - Its stately shimmer through the whole. - As crystal clear, it rears aloof - The single gem which forms its roof, - And never hath the eye surveyed - The master who that mansion made. - -257. Why is a sculptor like a man who "splits his sides with -laughter?" - -258. Why were the Scribes and Pharisees like a great conflagration? - -259. My first is a collection of water, my second is used when -speaking of myself, my third is a fruit, my whole is a town in -Hindostan. - -260. - - X U R, X U B, - X, 2 X U R 2 me. - -261. Why was Daniel like Nebuchadnezzar's image? - -[Illustration: SEE-SAW.] - -262. Several things are necessary to make this sport safe and -pleasant. _First_, a strong bar on which to balance your board or -plank. _Secondly_, a strong, straight-grained board or plank, which -will not crack nor twist. _Thirdly_, an equal weight at each end, or -nearly so. _Fourthly_, a clear head, and a steady hand, or foot, to -keep up an even motion. With these all right, you will go up and -down as easily and smoothly as men of business do, or political -parties;--but, hallo there, boys, John has tumbled off, and you will -have a smash at the other end, which will leave John's partner in -doubt whether he is up or down. - -263. What island in the Pacific is always at this sport? - -264. What is there at the same time philosophical and ungrammatical in -this sport? - -265. Why is an elephant like a lady's veil? - -266. - - I was before the world begun, - Before the earth, before the sun; - Before the moon was made, to light - With brighter beams the starry night; - I'm at the bottom of the sea, - And I am in immensity; - The daily motion of the earth - Dispels me, and to me gives birth; - You can not see me if you try, - Although I'm oft before your eye; - Such is my whole. But, for one part, - You'll find in taste I'm rather tart; - Now I become the abode of men-- - And now, for groveling beasts, a pen; - I am a man who lives by drinking; - Anon I keep a weight from sinking; - To take me, folks go far and near; - I am what children like to hear; - I am a shining star on high; - And now, its pathway through the sky; - My strength o'erpowers both iron and steel; - Yet oft I'm left behind the wheel; - I'm made to represent a head; - Am found in every loaf of bread; - Such are the many forms I take, - You can not count all I can make; - Yet, after all, so strange am I, - Soon as you know me, then I die. - -267. Henry is four feet high and William is five. The sum of their -heights multiplied by five is equal to their father's age, plus -fifteen. How old was their father? - -268. My first is the name of a river, my second is a pleasant -beverage, my third is what we are too apt to do, and my whole is the -name of an ancient city. - -[Illustration: DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABET. - -SINGLE HANDED ALPHABET.] - -269. The deaf and dumb converse with each other, and with their -teachers, by signs made with their hands. There are two ways of making -the letters with the fingers; in one, both hands are used; in the -other, only one. Above, you see how the letters are made with one -hand. - -270. When are the letters like the keys of a piano? - -271. - - Up and down two buckets ply - A single well within; - While the one comes full on high, - One the deeps must win. - Full or empty, never ending, - Rising now, and now descending, - Always while you quaff from this, - That one lost in the abyss, - From that well the waters living - Never both together giving. - -272. - - Come from my first--ay, come! the battle dawn is nigh, - And the screaming trump and thundering drum are calling thee to die! - Fight as thy father fought, fall as thy father fell; - Thy task is taught, thy shroud is wrought, so forward, and farewell! - Toll ye, my second, toll! Fill high the flambeau's light, - And sing the hymn of a parted soul beneath the silent night, - The wreath upon his head, the cross upon his breast, - Let the prayer be said, and the tear be shed--so take him to his rest. - Call ye my whole--ay, call the lord of lute and lay, - And let him greet the sable pall with a noble song to-day; - Go, call him by his name! no fitter hand may crave - To light the flame of a soldier's fame on the turf of a soldier's grave. - -273. Once in a minute, twice in a moment, once in a man's life? - -274. A man said "I lie." Did he lie, or did he tell the truth? - -[Illustration] - -275. Why is the butcher's dog in the parlor like your mother receiving -strange company? - -276. Why should a hound never be admitted into the house? - -277. Why is your favorite puppy like a doll? - -278. How can a person live eighty years, and see only twenty -birthdays? - -279. What is the difference between twenty four quart bottles, and -four and twenty quart bottles? - -280. How will you arrange four 9's so as to make one hundred? - -281. - - Amid the serpent race is one - That earth did never bear; - In speed and fury there be none - That can with it compare. - With fearful hiss--its prey to grasp-- - It darts its dazzling course, - And locks in one destroying clasp - The horseman and the horse. - It loves the loftiest heights to haunt-- - No bolt its prey secures; - In vain its mail may valor vaunt, - For steel its fury lures! - As slightest straw whirled by the wind, - It snaps the starkest tree; - It can the might of metal grind, - How hard soe'er it be! - Yet ne'er but once the monster tries - The prey it threats to gain: - In its own wrath consumed it dies, - And while it slays is slain. - -282. A went to a shoemaker, B, and ordered a pair of boots. At the -time appointed for their completion, A called for his boots. The price -was $5. A gave B a 20 dollar note, which, not being able to change, -he went to C, who gave him four $5 notes. B gave A three of the notes, -and kept one. The next day C came to B and told him his $20 note was -a counterfeit. B gave C four $5 notes, three of which he borrowed from -D. How much did B lose by the operation? - -[Illustration] - -283. When a boy falls, what does he fall against? - -284. When he is caught stealing, what does he catch? - -285. How many feet ought a thief to have? - -286. Why is Tom Tumbledown like Adam when he saw the apple? - -287. A friend asserted to me a day or two since, that forty horses -only had eighty-four legs. How did it come? - - -A RIDDLE WITHIN A RIDDLE. - -288. - - Moce ye inugeison nose hist dilerd suesg - Ti si ton cufidlift ouy liwl socfens, - Thaw si hatt burmen--hiwhc fi ouy ivdedi, - Ouy hent liwl hington veale no theire dies? - -289. Our family is large, but not much more than one third as large as -that of Jacob when he went to live in Egypt. But, like the family of -that ancient patriarch, we often migrate to other countries. We do not -keep together, whether at home or abroad; we are scattered about in -every direction,--at once masters, servants, and slaves to forty-four -millions of people. Not a book is printed without our aid; and, what -is stranger still, we are all found at the same time in every book in -every library and country where the English language is spoken; and on -almost every page. Sometimes, though rarely, two of us stand side by -side. It is still more rare for us all to appear together arranged in -the same order. Nothing is more common with people than to place us in -_rows_ or _platoons_; but whether in militia, army, or navy--for some -of us are employed in all these--we are seldom arranged twice alike. -Sometimes one of us stands first; sometimes another. Sometimes a row -or platoon consists of only two or three of us; at others of many -more; and occasionally of twelve, fifteen, or twenty; and, strangest -to relate of all, we can be so placed as to make out about 50,000 -rows, no two of which will be exactly alike. Must we not, then, be a -useful family? And what, think you, is our _family_ name? - -290. | | | | | |. Add five more marks to these six, so as to make -nine. - -[Illustration] - -291. What tree is that, which has twelve branches, thirty leaves on -each branch, and each leaf white on one side, and black on the other? - -292. - - 1. What is the sociable tree? - - 2. And the dancing tree? - - 3. And the tree which is nearest the sea? - - 4. And the busiest tree? - - 5. The most yielding tree? - - 6. And the tree where ships may be? - - 7. The languishing tree? - - 8. The least selfish tree? - - 9. And the tree that bears a curse? - - 10. The chronologist tree? - - 11. The fisherman's tree? - - 12. And the tree like an Irish nurse? - - 13. What's the traitor's tree? - - 14. And the tell-tale tree? - - 15. And the tree that is warmest clad? - - 16. The layman's tree? - - 17. The housewife's tree? - - 18. And the tree that makes one sad? - - 19. What the tree that in death will benight you? - - 20. And the tree that your wants will supply? - - 21. And the tree that to travel invites you? - - 22. And the tree that forbids you to die? - - 23. What tree do the hunters resound to the skies? - - 24. What brightens your house, and your mansion sustains? - - 25. What tree urged the Grecians in vengeance to rise - And fight for the victims by tyranny slain? - - 26. The tree that will fight? - - 27. And the tree that obeys you? - - 28. And the tree that never stands still? - - 29. And the tree that got up? - - 30. And the tree that was lazy? - - 31. And the tree neither up nor down hill? - - 32. The tree to be kissed? - - 33. And the dandiest tree? - - 34. And what guides the ships to go forth? - - 35. The unhealthiest tree? - - 36. And the tree of the people? - - 37. And the tree whose wood faces the north? - - 38. The emulous tree? - - 39. The industrious tree? - - 40. And the tree that warms mutton when cold? - - 41. The reddish-brown tree? - - 42. The reddish-blue tree? - - 43. And what each must become ere he's old? - - 44. The tree in a bottle? - - 45. And the tree in a fog? - - 46. And the tree that gives the bones pain? - - 47. The terrible tree when schoolmasters flog? - - 48. And what mother and child have the name? - - 49. The treacherous tree? - - 50. The contemptible tree? - - 51. And that to which wives are inclined? - - 52. The tree that causes each townsman to flee? - - 53. And what round fair ankles they bind? - - 54. The tree that's entire? - - 55. And the tree that is split? - - 56. The tree half given to doctors when ill? - - 57. The tree we offer to friends when we meet? - - 58. And the tree we may use as a quill? - - 59. The tree that's immortal? - - 60. The trees that are not? - - 61. And the trees that must pass through the fire? - - 62. The tree that in Latin can ne'er be forgot, - And in England we all must admire? - - 63. The Egyptian plague tree? - - 64. And the tree that is dear? - - 65. And what round itself doth intwine? - - 66. The tree that in billiards must ever be near? - - 67. And the tree that by cockneys is turned into wine? - -[Illustration] - -293. Which of the planets would the tortoise like best to live in? - -294. Why is a picture surrounded by books like a happy man? - -295. Mother sent Mary for an evergreen. The gardener brought a holly. -Mary pointed to the sky, and the gardener brought what she wanted. -What did Mary mean? - -296. When the day breaks, what becomes of the fragments? - -297. Novus vir bonus vir ivit ad caudam vel habere suam vestem homines -mortuos. - -298. EE Marriage EE0. - -299. What bird is that which has no wings? - -300. Add something to 9 to make it less. - -301. Why is Satan on a shed like a bankrupt? - -302. How is it that trees put on their summer dresses, without opening -their trunks? - -303. Of three words make one, by the insertion of a single letter. - -304. Of a word of one syllable, make a word of three syllables, by the -addition of a single letter. - -305. - - Ages ago, when Greece was young, - And Homer, blind and wandering, sung; - Where'er he roamed, through street or field, - My first the noble bard upheld; - Look to the new moon for my next, - You'll see it there, but if perplexed, - Go ask the huntsman, he can show - My name--he gives it many a blow; - My whole, as you will quickly see, - Is a large town in Tuscany, - Which ladies soon will recognize-- - A favorite head-dress it supplies. - -306. Why is an elephant like a chair? - -307. Mr. --wood being at the . of king of terrors, 10 mills for his -quakers, and who, which and what. They odor for Dr. Juvenile Humanity, -[who] [3 bars] to Dr. Hay preservers, and little devil behold scarlet -his assistance; but, B 4 he arrived, the not legally good changed -color, and taker/the was ct for. - -308. Given the street and the hour, to find at once the number of -children in the street. - -309. Given the section of the city, to find at once the number of -loafers and vagabonds that infest it. - -[Illustration: CHRISTMAS TREE.] - -310. This is a very curious and interesting kind of a tree. It is -found, loaded with every variety of strange _fruit_, on tables, bare -floors, or carpets. It has no roots, but is most wonderful for its -yielding powers, though it bears only once a year, and that always on -Christmas Eve. The last one that I saw was at Uncle Hiram Hatchet's. -Cousin Hannah thus describes it: - -"At last, when none of us expected it, he (Uncle H.) threw open the -folding doors, and let us into the little parlor. There was displayed -the Christmas tree, in all its glory. Every little twig bore some -present; dolls and doll furniture, pins, ear-rings, bracelets, -slippers, watch-guards and purses, ships, windmills, and beautiful -books, besides all sorts of fruits and bon-bons, and all blazing -with light from the numberless candles that seemed to grow out of the -branches." - - A tree that, without life or root, - Without a blossom, bud, or flower, - Bears various and most precious fruit, - That comes and goes in one short hour. - -311. - - My first is an adjective, short and dry, - Which an absence of moisture seems to imply, - Or, in reference to mind, that kind of wit, - Which is slack on the rein, and sharp on the bit - My second is a sort of hole, or den, - Unfit for the resort of timid men, - Whence once the righteous came safely out, - While the wicked were wholly put to rout. - My whole is an author of classic fame, - If you know the man, please tell me his name. - -312. What poet do miners value most? - -313. What poet is least distinguished for brevity? - -314. Which of the English poets would be most likely to make a lion -feel at home? - -315. Why were the Amalekites never allowed to speak? - -316. Which of the reptiles is a mathematician? - -317. What Scripture character would have made a suitable husband for a -tall laundress? - -318. What two syllables of the marriage ceremony are most interesting -to the priest? - -[Illustration] - -319. What part of a house measures about two quarts? - -320. When is a door not a door? - -321. Why are ladies sitting on the stoop, like an unfinished house? - -322. What stone opens and shuts at your convenience? - -323. - - Read see how me - Down will I love - And you love you - Up and you if - -324. Why is a thing purchased like a shoe? - -325. Why is a man who makes a wager of a cent, like a person -recovering from illness? - -326. Why is an unpaid bill like the moisture in the morning? - -327. Why is a sanguinary epistle like a surgeon? - -328. - - Ere from the east arose the lamp of day, - Or Cynthia gilt the night with paler ray-- - Ere earth was form'd, or ocean knew its place, - Long, long anterior to the human race - I did exist. In chaos I was found, - When awful darkness shed its gloom around. - In heaven I dwell, in those bright realms above, - And in the radiant ranks of angels move. - But when th' Almighty, by his powerful call, - Made out of nothing this stupendous ball, - I did appear, and still upon this earth - Am daily seen, and every day have birth. - With Adam I in Paradise was seen, - When the vile serpent tempted Eve to sin; - And, since the fall, I with the human race - Partake their shame and manifest disgrace. - In the dark caverns of old ocean drear - I ever was, and ever shall appear. - In every battle firmly I have stood, - When plains seem lav'd, whole oceans dy'd with blood. - But, hold--no more! It now remains with you - To find me out and bring me forth to view. - -329. Why is a lost child like you? - -330. Why is Fremont equal to eight honest politicians? - -331. How did Jonah feel when the whale swallowed him? - -332. Why were the Hebrews called sheep? - -[Illustration] - -333. Why is it dangerous to flirt in a hay-field? - -334. Under what tree is it most proper to make love? - -335. Under what shade can you dance best? - -336. Why is a dashing young buck a favorite with the ladies? - -337. 1. I am constantly in the midst of money. 2. I am continually -putting people in possession of property. 3. I increase the number of -most things that come in my way. 4. I am no friend to the distressed -needlewomen, for I render needles unnecessary. 5. Yet whenever I -undertake a dress, I infallibly make it sit. 6. I am quarrelsome, for -a word and a blow is my maxim. 7. In fact, with me a word becomes a -weapon. 8. And merriment becomes slaughter. 9. It is commonly remarked -that drink converts men into swine, but I transform wine itself into -the same animals. 10. Deprived of me, certain railway speculations -come out in their true character. 11. A team can draw a wagon well -without me, still, when I am in front, the speed is wonderfully -increased. 12. Marvelous products may be obtained from peat, but -when I am extracted from earth, pure oil alone remains. 13. Let me go -before, and a story is sure to be stale. 14. And if I am left out, it -will be political. 15. I am strongly attached to pluralities. 16. With -respect to free trade, I turn corn itself into contempt. 17. I am in -the midst of Russia and Prussia, and abundant among the Swiss. 18. -Were I withdrawn from that unhappy country, Spain, nothing would be -left but grief. 19. After sport, when I take my departure, the evening -is often finished with what remains. 20. At a soiree I am always in -good time. 21. In person I am much bent, though I was formerly more -upright. 22. As to my education, I was always head of the school. 23. -Though invariably at the bottom of my class. 24. With me age looks -wise. 25. But a gentleman is better without me, as accompanied by me -he appears feminine. 26. On the contrary, a lady ought not to -part with me, for if she loses me she seems masculine. 27. I am an -unwelcome visitor, for with me sorrow begins and happiness ends. 28. -Sadness commences, and, 29. Bliss terminates. 30. Yet it is in my -power to transform cares into what is delightful. - -338. Nebuchadnezzar's lions were very undevout when Daniel was with -them, and very poetical with his enemies. Please explain. - -339. Why is a hunter like an omnibus pickpocket? - -[Illustration] - -340. - - Figures, they say, won't lie; but here - Is something either false or queer. - I find that, in my family, - One taken from two still leaves me three, - And two from two, by the same score, - Leaves a remainder of just four. - -341. - - My first is a measure much used in the East, - Or a close-covered vehicle drawn by one beast; - My second is a prefix--a small preposition-- - Two thirds of a tavern--a paid politician; - My whole, though part of a vessel, has stood - Alone on the prairie, or 'neath the great wood, - And often is found, poor, wretched, and mean, - The city's proud palaces squatting between. - - -BLACK-EYED MARY'S ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEM. - -342. Take two numbers, such that the square of the first, plus the -square of the second, shall equal 8; while the first, plus the product -of the first and second, shall equal 6. - - N. B.--If any choose to work this out algebraically, it will - be found to be no trifling puzzle. See MERRY'S MUSEUM - for 1856. - -343. - - What's that the poor's most precious friend, - Nor less by kings respected-- - Contrived to pierce, contrived to rend, - And to the sword connected. - It draws no blood, and yet doth wound; - Makes rich, but ne'er with spoil; - It prints, as earth it wanders round, - A blessing on the soil. - The eldest cities it hath built, - Bade mightiest kingdom rise; it - Ne'er fired to war, nor roused to guilt: - Weal to the states that prize it! - -344. When is a political candidate like Samson's guests? - -345. What is the most suitable dance to wind off a frolic? - -346. - - Revolving round a disk I go - One restless journey o'er and over; - The smallest field my wanderings know, - Thy hand the space could cover: - Yet many a thousand miles are passed - In circling round that field so narrow: - My speed outstrips the swiftest blast, - The strongest bowman's arrow. - -347. Why are buckwheat cakes like the caterpillar? - -[Illustration] - -348. What relation does the soap-bubble bear to the boy who makes it? - -349. Why do girls blow bubbles better than boys? - -350. What is the difference between a boy and his shadow? - -351. Why is a soap-bubble like Adam? - -352. - - I have no life, yet, as I fly, - A thing of beauty to the eye, - I bear, my glittering shape beneath, - A part of my Creator's breath; - With ever-changing shade and hue - I rise and vanish from the view, - And, though a phantom deemed, I share, - In portions, water, earth, and air. - -353. - - I go, but never stir, - I count, but never write, - I measure and divide, and, sir, - You'll find my measures right. - I run, but never walk, - I strike, but never wound, - I tell you much, but never talk, - In my diurnal round. - -354. When a boy falls into the water, what is the first thing he does? - -355. How would the proposed removal of the Pope to Jerusalem be a -false move for the Papacy, and a true one for the Papal States? - -356. Why is a coachman a generous man? - -357. Why is a dog like a clock-maker's safe? - -358. Why is the cook more noisy than a gong? - -359. Describe a partisan, and answer a question in the same words. - -360. - - A word of one syllable call to your mind, - The letters of which will, if rightly combined, - Provide you with two kinds of fuel--ay, more, - A warm piece of clothing--and fasten your door. - -361. - - Let two Roman fives at extremities meet. - At the right hand of these, add two circles complete; - Then five times one hundred place at the right hand, - And a nice winter's comfort they make as they stand. - -362. What number is that which can be divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, and -6, leaving, in each case, a remainder of 1, and by 7, without a -remainder? - -363. How long ago were trunks first used? - -[Illustration] - -364. - - I'm black or white, I'm brown or gray, - I'm tall or flat, I'm grave or gay, - As soft as wool, or stiff as tin, - A nest for wits to nestle in. - I hold great intellects, yet oft - Am bothered with the weak and soft, - And sometimes crusty, hard, and thick - They fill me with well burned brick. - Fashion controls me, yet I wear - Some aspects to make fashion stare. - Though always for one place designed, - I change as often as the wind. - I'm dumb, and yet, in spite of that, - Make more than half of every "Chat," - I'm mild--yet none can hate--(don't doubt me) - Nor raise a fighting-cock without me. - -365. - - In every home I stand confessed, - A friend of quiet, peace, and rest; - Take off my head, and on your head - My streamers rise, black, brown, or red; - Cut now again, and take my neck off, - You leave my substance not a speck of, - But, with ethereal lightness gay, - I pass in idle breath away. - -366. What relation is the door-mat to the scraper? - -367. In what do grave and gay people differ at church? - -368. What sea would make the best sleeping-room? - -369. - - 'Tis said of lawyers Grab and Clinch, - They take an ell when you offer an inch; - But I can do a smarter thing-- - Give me an ell, I will make it ring; - If for advice you come to me - When you are ill, I call for the fee; - If any road you chance to wend, - You think you've reached the very end, - I come and give it such a turn, - You find there's something yet to learn; - If to the inn you seek for rest, - I chuck you in a box or chest; - The beggar's rags I make so proud, - He of his garments boasts aloud; - The aged and infirm with me - Lose caution and timidity; - For, young or old, to every one - I furnish, if not muscle, bone. - -[Illustration] - -370. Why is a spotted dog most reliable? - -371. In what does a dog differ from a groom in his treatment of a -horse? - -372. - - One of a gallant vagrant band, - My name is known in every land; - In all earth's changes I am there; - Without me none may war declare, - Or treat of peace, or try their parts - On manufacture, tillage, arts; - By me a patient saint of old - Was changed into a warrior bold; - I made old Abner's father near; - His wife was deaf, I made her hear; - His house I put upon his back; - His jaw an iron bond I make; - Bad spirit by my presence claims - To be the end of human aims; - And a young bear is seen to be - A coveted jewel of the sea. - -373. _Problem._--To make a restless child quiet and contented. - -374. _Problem._--To teach a child to be honest, industrious, and -useful. - -375. Why is Merry's Museum like a note falling due? - -376. - - I consist of eleven letters. - My 9th, 7th, and 1st, is where infants often repose; - " 3d, 10th, and 7th, is a foreign plant much used by us; - " 1st, 7th, 5th, 9th, 4th, and 11th, is to treat by word of mouth; - " 6th, 4th, 7th, and 8th, is a delicious fruit; - " 2d, 7th, and 3d, to do which affords great satisfaction; - " 4th, 7th, and 5th, is an essential part of the head; - " 3d, 10, 7th, and 8th, is often used for joy or sorrow; - " whole is the name of a distinguished writer for Merry's Museum. - -377. Why is Merry's Museum like a good wife? - -378. I am composed of twelve letters. - - W. 2, all 6, 2, 10, with 10, 5, 2, 9, which a 12, 8, 1, 7, 5, - i, 6, 6, 11, 4, 10, not to have, and which a 3, 8, 1, 12, 5, - 9, 11, 4, 2, l. 5, 12, i. 6, 11, 9, 2, 6. - -379. Why is Merry's Museum like a good mother? - -380. - - What was the difference--can you show-- - Between the Prodigal in his woe, - And Lazarus, in his low estate, - Feeding on crumbs at Dives' gate? - -381. What fish does a bride wear on her finger? - -382. Why is Merry's Museum like a printing-office? - - - - -[Illustration: MERRY'S MUSEUM] - - - - -ANSWERS TO PUZZLES. - - -1. - - The rose shall cease to blow, - The eagle turn a dove, - The stream shall cease to flow, - Ere I will cease to love. - The sun shall cease to shine, - The world shall cease to move, - The stars their light resign, - Ere I will cease to love. - -2. Short shoes and long corns to the enemies of freedom. - -3. The rope-maker. - -4. Because they can not be got off without a bow (beau). - -5. Because he stops at the sound of wo. - -6. One takes the dish with the egg. - -7. One, after which his stomach is not empty. - -8. The smallest. - -9. The first geometrical puzzle is solved in this way-- - -[Illustration: - - +----------+----------+ - | | | - | 1 | | - | +-----+ A | - | | | | - | | | | - +----+ +-----+----+ - | | 3 | | - | | | | - | +-----+-----+ | - | 2 | 4 | - | | | - +----------+----------+ -] - -The second puzzle is solved in this way-- - - +---------------------+ - | \ / | - | \ A / | - | \ / | - | 2 \ / 1 | - | \ / | - +----------+----------+ - | \ |\ 4 /| - | \ 4 | \ / | - | 2 X | \/ 1 | - | / \ | 3 \ | - | / 3 \| \ | - +----------+----------+ - -[Illustration] - -The different colors represent the several sons' portions. - -10. The tiger couches in the wood, - And waits to shed the traveler's blood;-- - So couch we. - We spring upon him to supply - What men unto our wants deny; - And so springs he. - -11. Work, work, work! - My labor never flags; - And what are its wages? A bed of straw, - A crust of bread--and rags, - That shattered roof--this naked floor, - A table--a broken chair, - And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank - For sometimes falling there! - With fingers weary and worn, - With eyelids heavy and red, - A woman sat in unwomanly rags, - Plying her needle and thread. - Stitch! stitch! stitch! - In poverty, hunger, and dirt, - And still with a voice of dolorous pitch. - She sang the "Song of the Shirt." - -12. A pack of cards. - -13. Striking. - -14. Because words are passing between them. - -15. Footman. - -16. Because his is all _net_ profit. - -17. Because he is surrounded with dues (dews). - -18. Adam. - -19. Heroine. - -20. Spark. - -21. Tear. - -22. Because it is a bad habit. - -23. Because it is felt. - -24. Because it is a resting-place for the traveler. - -25. - - There's a grim hearse horse, - In a jolly round trot, - To the churchyard a poor man is going, I wot. - The road it is rough, - And the hearse has no springs, - And hark to the dirge the sad driver sings-- - "Rattle his bones over the stones, - He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns." - -26. - - Of all the birds that e'er I did see, - The owl is the strangest in every degree, - For all the long day she sits in a tree, - And when the night comes, away flies she, - To whit-to-whoo. - To whom drinkest thou? Sir Noodles, to you. - This song is well sung, I make you a vow, - And he is a knave that aileth now. - Nose, nose, and who gave thee that jolly red nose? - Cinnamon and ginger, nutmeg and cloves, - And they gave me my jolly red nose. - -27. To ashes. - -28. Short. - -29. Shakespeare. - -30. Time. - -31. Wallace. - -32. Because they are often toasted. - -33. Because he is always for getting. - -34. I, ser. - -35. Because he has nothing to boot. - -36. - - Full five hundred years I've hung, - In my old grey turret high, - And many a different theme I've sung, - As the hours went winging by. - I've pealed the chimes of a wedding morn; - Ere night I've sadly tolled to say - That the maid was coming love lorn, - And here I end my lay. - -37. - - The joyful can sing on spirit wings - Each morn his lofty height, - In rapt'rous notes he sweetly sings, - And hails th' approaching light; - But I from grief no solace know, - No portal from the night, - All joys to me insipid grow, - Afford me no delight. - -38. Because it is often tolled (told). - -39. Your name. - -40. The letter M. - -41. Forty-eight feet. - -42. In solving this question it is clear that to pick up the first -stone and put it into the basket, the person must walk two yards, one -in going for the stone and another in returning with it; that for the -second stone he must walk four yards, and so on increasing by two as -far as the hundredth, when he must walk two hundred yards, so that -the sum total will be the product of 202 multiplied by 50, or 10,100 -yards. If any one does not see why we multiply 202 by 50 in getting -the answer, we refer him to his arithmetic. - -43. Hour-glass. - -44. Pen-man-ship. - -45. - - There was a man who was Nott born, - His father was Nott born before him; - He did Nott live, he did Nott die, - And his epitaph is Nott o'er him. - -46. Because it is in firm (infirm). - -47. To keep his head warm. - -48. - - Hark! the muffled drum sounds the last march of the brave, - The soldier retreats to his quarters, the grave, - Under Death, whom he owns his Commander-in-chief, - No more he'll turn out with the ready relief; - But in spite of Death's terrors or cannon's alarms, - When he hears the last trump he'll stand to his arms! - Farewell! brother soldiers, in peace may you rest, - And light lie the turf on each veteran breast, - Until that review when the souls of the brave - Shall behold the chief ensign, fair mercy's flag, wave; - Then, freed from Death's terrors and hostile alarms, - When we hear the last trump, we'll stand to our arms. - -49. Doctor Long expects Dr. Short to explain the misunderstanding -between them. - -50. - - To you who live _single_, if this at all trouble you, - My first comes in kindness, commanding to _double you_. - And again, it will _double you_, if, like a clown, - You lift high your _sole_, and bend your head down; - Or, cut it in twain, two _V's_ will appear, - And _V_ counting five, both make _ten_ it is clear. - My second, alas! comes shrouded in gloom, - It is _O_, which makes _wo_, _the sinner's sad doom_. - Now see what a change comes over the scene, - If my third, which is _O_, be added again. - Now 'tis _woo_--and what bachelor's heart does not beat, - To _woo_ a sweet damsel, to keep warm his feet; - To cheer by her smiles his lone hours--and thus - Escape, by good fortune, the bachelor's curse! - My fourth and my last, as I'll go on to tell, - Is nought more or less than a _capital L_. - Now _L_ being _fifty_, will even divide - _One Hundred_, or teachers and books have all lied. - Now examine with care, and plain you will see - That to unlock a secret, an _L_ is the key; - For _woo_, with _L_ added, is changed into _wool_, - Whether worn on a _sheep_, or an African's skull. - Whether made into clothing, for bed or for body, - For "_sage politician_" or some other _noddy_. - It is used, the world over, in commerce and trade; - But its _last use_, I trow, was to make a _charade_. - -51. SONG OF THE SUN. - - Not a rose that blooms, - Not a ring that assumes - The rainbow's beautiful front, - But's indebted to me, - As ye plainly see, - For the scent or splendor on't. - The moon and the stars - That around ye roll, - The systems ye can not discern, - Are warmed by my rays, - And partake of the soul - And the spirit that in me burn. - And nothing throws back with such splendor my rays, - As the sea's mighty mirror in midsummer days. - -52. And like the temple of this body, the cloud-capped towers, the -gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself shall -fall, and, like this insubstantial vision faded, leave not a rack -behind. - -53. Letter I. - -54. When it is a cutter. - -55. Letter N. - -56. Five when peeled. - -57. He is a bit of a buck. - -58. His daughter. - -59. It matures by falling dew. - -60. Ben-ha-dad. - -61. Because it is never peeled (pealed) but once. - -62. Because it is every year doubling (Dublin). - -63. Tobacco. - -64. The nose. - -65. Because they have so many panes (pains). - -66. J'ai grand appétit. Allons souper. - -67. Water. - -68. Ice. - -69. Those that come after T. - -70. - - 'Twas at night, when the bell had tolled twelve, - And poor Susan was laid on her pillow, - In her ear whispered some fleeting elf-- - "Your love is now tossed on the billow" - Far, far at sea. - All was dark as she woke out of breath-- - Not an object her fears could discover; - All was still as the portals of death, - Save fancy, which painted her lover - Far, far at sea. - So she whispered a prayer, closed her eyes, - But the phantom still haunted her pillow, - While in terror she echoed his cries, - As struggling he sunk on the billow - Far, far at sea. - -71. - - Lightly tread--'tis holy ground: - Countless dead hark, hark around; - Angel guards their watches keep, - While frail mortals sink to sleep: - And the moon, with feeble rays, - Gilds the stream that bubbling plays, - And murmurs, as soft it flows, - Music meet for lovers' woes. - -72. Eye. - -73. Canister. - -74. Forte tu, atrox tenes, forti Sexto Fortinato. - -75. The forceps p_i_nches, the awl p_u_nches. - -76. - - At the peaceful midnight hour, - Every sense and every power - Chainéd lies in downy sleep; - Then our careful watch we keep, - While the wolf, in nightly prowl, - Bays the moon with hideous howl; - Closed are bars, a vain resistance; - Shrieks are raised, but no assistance; - Silence! or you'll meet your fate; - Your keys, jewels, money, plate. - Locks, bolts, and bars soon fly asunder, - Then to rifle, rob, and plunder. - -77. Ad-here.--In-here.--Co-here. - -78. Because only the _bony part_ is left. - -79. He is known by his axe (acts). - -80. XII., that is, a cross two i's (across two eyes). - -81. Because he kneads (needs) it most. - -82. The letter R. - -83. - - The coward skulking round a house, - Is like a mouse-trap as you see, - For that will _puzzle any mouse_, - And _pusillanimous_ is he. - -84. Green grass is like a mouse, because the cattle eat it - (cat'll eat it). - -85. - - It is not aloud (allowed). - Private earing (privateering) is unlawful. - -86. Salt-cellar. - -87. Because it is not currant (current). - -88. - - Glorious Apollo from on high beheld us - Wand'ring to find a temple for his praise; - Sent Polyhymnia hither to shield us - While we ourselves such a temple might raise. - Thus then, Guards, hands and hearts joining, - Sing we in harmony Apollo's praise. - Here every generous sentiment awaking, - Music inspiring our mutual joy, - Each social bumper giving and partaking, - Song and good cheer our time employ. - -89. To let you know he is coming. - -90. Because of the sand which is (sandwiches) under your feet. - -91. Mag-pie. - -92. His father was translated. - -93. But-ton. - -94. A shoe. - -95. - - On! by the spur of valor goaded, - Pistols primed and rifles loaded, - Courage strikes on hearts of steel. - While each star through the dark gloom of night, - Lends a clear and cheering light, - Who a doubt or fear can feel? - Now through woods like serpents creeping, - Then on our prey like lions leaping, - Calvert to the onset leads us. - Let the weary traveler dread us. - Struck with terror and amaze; - While our swords in lightning pouring, - Thunder to our rifles roaring. - -96. A bell. - -97. - - cbd/(dc + c) hours to go down. - - 2a/b average rate of rowing. - - (c + b)/(dc + c) hours to go up. - - cb/(c + d) time up. - - db/(c+d) time down. - - 2a/b miles per hour. - -98. The hounds gain 6 rods in every 21. They must therefore run as -many times 21 rods as 6 will go into 96. Therefore 96 ÷ 6 = 16. 21 = -336 rods. - -99. - -[Illustration: - - * - * * * * - * * - * * * * - * - - - * * * * - * * - * * - * * * * -] - -100. He wrote s before it, making it six. - -101. Live, evil, vile, Levi, veil. - -102. - - When the rosy dawn awaking - Paints with gold the verdant lawn; - Flies, on the wings of time disporting, - Sip the sweets and taste the dawn. - Warbling birds the day proclaiming, - Singing sweet the lively strain; - They forsake their leafy dwelling, - To secure the golden grain. - See; content the humble gleaner - Picks the scattered ears that fall. - Nature, all her children viewing, - Kindly bounteous cares for all. - -103. Musk-melon, if your second is turned inside out; thus, lem-on. - -104. Merry's Museum. - -105. "Now before you." - -106. Pat-ten. - -107 Because it is far fetched and full of nonsense. - -108. Make an impression. - -109. - - Sweet are the roses that bloom by yon fountain, - And sweet are the cowslips that spangle the grove, - And sweet is the breeze that blows o'er the mountains; - But sweeter by far is the lad that I love. - I'll weave a gay and fresh blooming garland, - With lilies and roses, - And sweet, blooming posies, - To give to the lad my heart tells me I love. - May the brow of the brave never want a wreath of laurel. - -110. May the trees of liberty flourish round the globe, and every man -partake of its fruit. May the wings of love never lose a feather. - -111. Prescription--proscription. - -112. Bar-gain. - -113. 1,600 ÷ 32 = 50. 50^2 × 16 = 40,000. - -114. Tanner. - -115. Because it makes a _man go_. - -116. Hand-el. - -117. - - Wave, thou royal purple stream, - Gilded by the solar beam - In my goblet sparkling rise, - Cheer my heart, and glad mine eyes. - My spirit mounts on fancy's wing, - Anointing me a merry king. - While I live, I'll lave my pipe. - When I'm dead and gone away - Let my drinking partner say - A month he reigned, but that was ripe. - -118. - - No gems which pluméd fortune wears, - No drop that hangs from beauty's ears, - Nor the bright stars which night's blue vault adorn, - Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, - Shine with such lustre as the tear that breaks - For other's woe down virtue's manly cheeks. - -119. Frankfort-on-the-Maine. - -120. Rib-band. - -121. 400 ÷ 16 = 25. [sqrt]25 = 5--five seconds. - -122. Because they have arms and legs. - -123. - - {[sqrt](60^2 - 30^2) = 51.96152} - {[sqrt](60^2 - 40^2) = 44.72136} - 96.68288. _Ans._ - -124. 1,785. - -125. - - 'Tis good to tread the churchyard's walks, - And mark the graves on either side; - Or where the rough old sexton talks - With sheer contempt of human pride; - To contemplate the scattered bones - That meet the eye so often there; - To read the inscription on the stones, - And think what fleeting things we are. - 'Tis good at twilight's sober hour, - To sit on some neglected tomb, - And dwell on death's all-startling power, - And muse upon our certain doom. - Because these thoughts are sure to win - The spirit more or less from sin. - -126. Aching teeth are bad tenants. - -127. Patch-work. - -128. A draft. - -129. It is good for nothing till it is cracked. - -130. When his brother Jacob shaved him. - -131. Because they blacken the face of Washington. - -132. The figure 8. - -133. Certainly;--Webster says: "_spontaneous_ is applicable to animals -destitute of reason." - -134. - - A living sinner's transgression procured damnation. - A dying Redeemer's passion purchased salvation. - -135. - - Early to bed, and early to rise, - Makes a man healthy, - Wealthy, and wise. - -136. - - Music awakes - The native voice of undissembledjoy, - And thick around the woodland hymns arise. - Roused by the cock, the soon-clad shepherd - Leaves his mossy cottage, where with peace - He dwells, and from the crowded folds in - Order drives his flock, to taste the verdure of - The morn. - -137. Friday. - -138. W. - -139. He is an earnest bee-leaver. - -140. A portrait. - -141. He carries his own trunk. - -142. The oak--(a-corn). - -143. Ful-ton. - -144. Harrow. - -145. They are four-sighted (fore-sighted). - -146. Because the cart is before the horse. - -147. Harrow. - -148. A book. - -149. Because it makes ire fire. - -150. (Arithmetical Puzzle.) - -151. Rats--tars--arts--stars. - -152. When it is sat-in. - -153. Sarsaparilla. Dr. Townsend. - -154. XI divided VI/^I gives six. IX divided in the same way, gives -four. - -155. The letter O. - -156. The one was Maid of Orleans, the other was made of chittim wood. - -157. Sunshine and shadow. - -158. Pen-knife. - -159. (Leap Frog.) - -160. Bed-ford. - -161. C--R (Seer). - -162. I ate nothing Monday. - -163. [Illustration] - -164. Be not too wise, nor over nice, for you see what a fool you be. - -165. The shoe--U. - -166. He is fed from a loft. - -167. He is bride-led. - -168. For every grain they give a peck. - -169. Pondicherry. - -170. One ought to wait for tea. - -171. - - SUN. MON. TUES. WED. THUR. FRI. SAT. - a b c | a d g | a k n | a e l | a h o | a f p | a i m - d e f | b e h | b l o | b f m | b i p | b d n | b g k - g h i | c m p | c f i | c g n | c d k | c h l | c e o - k l m | f k o | d h m | d i o | e m n | e i k | d l p - n o p | i l n | e g p | h k p | f g l | g m o | h f n - -172. Bible. - -173. 125. - -174. Because without it life is a lie, or it makes life a lie. - -175. They secure (seek your) money. - -176. Fowl, owl, wolf. - -177. Mar, ram, arm. - -178. It breaks the kernel (colonel) - -179. Windmill. - -180. Always in flour. - -181. Adullam (a dull lamb). - -182. The chin-chilla (chilly). - -183. She is miss-taken and miss-led. - -184. Because three scruples make a dram. - -185. The ball-room. - -186. When it back-bites. - -187. Co-nun-drum - -188. Log-book. - -189. Hannah-hand - -190. - - It is but D _sent_, as you see, - If you 500 send, - But truly XL _lent_ 'twill be, - When you the 40 lend. - -191. A wheel. - -192. He presses them with a goose. - -193. The moon. - -194. One that needs darning. - -195. Ann, sir. - -196. Elliptical--a-lip-tickle. - -197. B-o-y. - -198. Mate--(eat-meat-at-tea) - -199. In-co-he-rent. - -200. Amen, name, mean, mane. - -201. Grog-shop. - -202. Vela, vale, veal, lave. - -203. Not I. - -204. In court-ship, as _marry_-ners. - -205. Light-house. - -206. Sureti-ship. - -207. 5 and 7. - -208. Candle-stick. - -209. Me-lo-di-ous. - -210. The one is careless and happy, the other is hairless and cappy. - -211. _I_X--cross the _I_, it makes XX. - -212. Lie. - -213. Pea-cock. - -214. Because it pierces hearts. - -215. Child-hood. - -216. In earnest (in her nest). - -217. Friend-ship. - -218. Cayenne (K. N.). - -219. He is known by his bark. - -220. They are C D. - -221. Good for nothing. - -222. Neva, nave, vane. - -223. Shake-speare. - -224. Because it makes Pa-pay. - -225. It has eyes behind. - -226. Pea-cock. - -227. 7 and 5. - -228. In the ground. - -229. From the tree. - -230. Because she shows her flowing sheets. - -231. Moon and stars. - -232. Meat (eat-at-mat-team). - -233. The tiller. - -234. The lion, because he roars, and has a flowing mane (main). - -Leviathan, because he swallows up the rivers. - -235. The bull, because he _bellows_. - -The whale, because he _blows_. - -236. The ass, because he brays. - -Dr. Pott's horse, because a _Pott he carries_. - -237. The rooster, because he _picks_ and crows. - -238. 1, 3, 9, 27, are the weights of the several pieces. - -239. A tur-key. - -240. It is generally patronized by gobblers. - -241. In the ground. - -242. He flourishes his fan behind him. - -243. 1st, 7.36. 2d, 9.56. 3d, 23.08. - -244. C-and-y--candy. - -245. Because we can not make them here (hear). - -246. A steel pen. - - The weapon's _a steel pen_, I think, - Unless I've made a blunder; - When Hatchet dips it in the ink, - I'd like to stand from under. - "Old lady"--quotha! think of that. - My goodness--heart-alive! - I tell you, Mr. Hatchet--flat! - I'm scarcely sixty-five. - -247. He has many cast-off bows (beaux). - -248. He is a well re(a)d man. - -249. 804,247,552 square inches. - -250. Because c-and-y spell candy. - -251. The eye. - -252. SIX IX XL - IX X L - --------- - S I X - -253. Because it is a _certain tie_ (certainty). - -254. 8, 12, 20, 5. - -255. To the gallows. - -256. The earth and firmament. - -257. Because he makes faces and busts (bursts). - -258. Because they "devoured widows' houses." - -259. Pond-i-cherry. - -260. - - Cross you are, cross you be, - Cross, too cross, you are for me. - -261. Because the lions could not eat him. - -262. (See-saw.) - -263. Hi-lo. - -264. It places the present (see) before the past (saw). - -265. Because there is a _b_ in _both_. - -266. _Obscurity_, in which may be found sour, city, sty, sot, buoy, -tour, story, orb, orbit, rust, rut, bust, crust. - -267. He was 30 years old. - -268. Exe-te-r. - -269. (Deaf and dumb alphabet.) - -270. When they are fingered. - -271. Day and night. - -272. Camp-bell. - -273. The letter M. - -274. If he told the truth, he lied; if he lied, he told the truth. - -He lied. If he did lie, he would not say so. - -275. He is a ma' stiff. - -276. He _chases_ the deer (dear) and is never chased (chaste). - -277. Because he is a pup-pet. - -278. He must be born on the 29th of February. - -279. 56 quarts difference. - -280. 99-9/9 - -281. Lightning. - -282. $15, and boots. - -283. Against his will. - -284. A whipping. - -285. 16-1/2 = a rod. - -286. He is about to fall. - -287. Forty horses have 80 _fore_ legs. - -288. - - Come, ye ingenious ones, this riddle guess, - It is not difficult, you will confess. - What is that number which, if you divide, - You then will nothing leave on either side? - The number -8-. - -289. The alphabet. - -290. - - N I N E. - -291. The year, 12 months, 30 days, night and morning, black and white. - -292. - - 1. The Tea tree. - 2. Hop vine. - 3. Beech. - 4. Bee. - 5. India-rubber. - 6. Bay. - 7. Pine. - 8. Yew (You, not I). - 9. Fig. - 10. Date. - 11. Bass. - 12. Honeysuckle. - 13. Judas. - 14. Peach. - 15. Fir. - 16. Bon Chretien. - 17. Broom. - 18. Cypress. - 19. Nightshade. - 20. Breadfruit. - 21. O r a n g e (O-range). - 22. Olive (O-live). - 23. Hound. - 24. Lime. - 25. Linden. - 26. Box. - 27. Dogwood. - 28. Aspen. - 29. Rose. - 30. Sloe. - 31. Plane. - 32. Tulip. - 33. Spruce. - 34. Tiller-tree or elm (helm). - 35. Sycamore. - 36. Poplar. - 37. Southernwood. - 38. Ivy. - 39. Scrub oak. - 40. Burning bush. - 41. Hazel. - 42. Lilac. - 43. Elder. - 44. Cork. - 45. Smoke tree, or maid o' the mist. - 46. Boneset. - 47. Birch. - 48. Damson. - 49. Slippery elm. - 50. Medlar. - 51. Will-o! - 52. Man-go. - 53. Sandal. - 54. Holly. - 55. Clove. - 56. Coffee (cof-_fee_). - 57. Palm. - 58. A s p e n (as pen). - 59. Arbor Vitæ (tree of life). - 60. Tallow, snowball. - 61. The ashes. - 62. Laurel. - 63. Locust. - 64. Silver. - 65. Woodbine. - 66. Mace. - 67. Vine. - -293. Herschell (her shell). - -294. It is in a good frame _of mind_. - -295. 'Twas the fir ma' meant. - -296. They are dissolved in light. - -297. Newman Goodman went to the tailor to have his coat mended. - -298. Too (2) great ease before marriage, too little ease after it. - -299. A jail bird. - -300. IX--SIX. - -301. He is an imp over a shed. (Impoverished.) - -302. They leave them out. - -303. - - I--O--A - Insert W, it makes Iowa. - " T, " Iota. - -304. Are--A-re-a. - -305. Leg-horn. - -306. Because it can't climb a tree. - -307. Mr. Dashwood, being at the point of death, sent for his friends -and relatives. They sent for Dr. Childs who inclosed a few lines to -Dr. Barnes and imp-lo-red his assistance. But before he arrived, the -invalid died, and the undertaker was sent for. - -308. Beat a base drum, or grind a hand-organ. - -309. Get up a brawl, or an alarm of fire. - -310. (Christmas tree.) - -311. Dry-den. - -312. A Cole-ridge. - -313. Long-fellow. - -314. A Dry-den. - -315. Their king was A-gag. - -316. The adder. - -317. A-hi-tub. - -318. The last two (money). - -319. The stoop. - -320. When it is a-jar. - -321. They are without doors. - -322. A-gate. - -323. - - Read down and up, - And you will see - How I love you, - If you love me. - -324. It is _sold_. - -325. He is a _little better_. - -326. It is _due_. - -327. It is a _letter of blood_. - -328. The letter A. - -329. He gives it up. - -330. They are the candid 8 (candidate) of their party. - -331. Down in the mouth. - -332. Descended from A-ram. - -333. There are more rakes than beaux there. - -334. Under a pear (pair) tree. - -335. Under a hop-vine. - -336. Because he is a deer. - -337. The letter S. - -338. First, they were not inclined to _prey_, and afterwards they were -_raven_-ous. - -339. He _rifles_ the deer (dear). - -340. One child from two parents makes 3. - -Two children from two parents make 4. - -341. Cab-in. - -342. 2 and 2 - -343. The ploughshare. - -344. When he "gives it up." - -345. A reel. - -346. The shade on the dial. - -347. They are the grub that makes the butter fly. - -348. It is his heir (air). - -349. They are more airy. - -350. - - The boy can see his shadow, - The shadow can't see him. - -351. It has breathed into it the breath of life. - -352. A soap-bubble. - -353. A clock. - -354. He gets wet. - -355. - - It would make _it a lie_. - It would make Italy. - -356. He carries his reins (heart) in his hand. - -357. He may keep a watch, but he can't tell the time of day. - -358. - - The gong makes a _din_, - The cook makes a _dinner_. - -359. - - One-sided, sir. - Once I did, sir. - -360. Cloak--oak--coal--lock. - -361. Wood. - -362. 301. - -363. In the Eastern wars, when elephants were employed. - -364. Hat--hate--hatch. - -365. Chair. - -366. A step farther. - -367. - - The one close their eyes, - The other eye their clothes. - -368. A-dri-atic. - -369. - - The letter B. - - Of ell, it makes bell. - " ill, " bill. - " end " bend. - " in " bin. - " rags " brags. - " old " bold. - " one " bone. - -370. He is always on the spot. - -371. - - The dog worries him. - The groom curries him; - The dog bites him, - The groom bits him. - -372. The letter A. - - It changed Job to Joab. - made Ner -- near. - " her -- hear. - " cot -- coat. - " gin -- gain. - " cub -- Cuba. - -373. Give him Merry's Museum. - -374. Let him subscribe for Merry's Museum, and always pay in advance. - -375. It is always expected with interest. - - 376. The "lap" is the place where infants repose, - And "tea" is a plant that we use; - To "Parley"'s to treat by word, I suppose, - And "pear" is a fruit we all choose. - - Many youth like "to eat," I'm afraid, beyond measure, - And part of the head is the "ear," - And what is more common than, when we feel pleasure, - Or grief, to give vent to a "tear." - - "Peter Parley"'s distinguished I'm sure as a writer, - And welcom'd by all with a smile; - And surely no book is a greater exciter - Than this, which goes many a mile. - -377. It is cheap at any price. - -378. Merry's Museum. - -379. It instructs and amuses children. - -380. - - The one suffered wantonly; - The other from want only. - -381. Her-ring. - -382. Because it contains valuable articles, wood-cuts, etc. - - - - - * * * * * - - - - - ROBERT MERRY'S - - SECOND - - BOOK OF PUZZLES. - - [Illustration] - - EDITED BY ROBERT MERRY. - - [Illustration] - - NEW YORK: - THOMAS O'KANE, PUBLISHER, - 130 NASSAU STREET. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -In presenting to the public this NEW BOOK OF PUZZLES, I must present -my thanks for the many kind expressions received in regard to those -already published. It has been compiled during my leisure moments of -the past season, for the benefit of the numerous readers of MERRY'S -MUSEUM, and contains, in a compact form, many of the Puzzles, Enigmas, -Hieroglyphics, etc., which have appeared in the MUSEUM, together with -many new ones; and is presented with the hope that it may be the means -of interesting the young folks around their own fireside homes, rather -than seek amusement elsewhere. - - ROBERT MERRY. - - - - -ROBERT MERRY'S - -SECOND - -BOOK OF PUZZLES. - - -1. - -[Illustration] - -2. - -[Illustration] - -3. My first is (in sound) what my second often does; my whole is a -turning-point. - -4. My first is found in every country of the globe; my second is what -we all should be; my whole is the same as my first. - -5. The XLNt FX of a 100150500 [right-pointing hand]--H X500er 104i5lty -R 1?ab50. - -6. Entire, I am a period of time; behead me, I am an article of food; -again behead me, and I am used for food. - -7. Entire, I am an emblem of beauty; behead me, and I am a powerful -liquid; curtail me, and I am a preposition; replace my head, and I am -a useful article. - -[Illustration] - -8. K tt hh U U - K - P E A CE - -9. Why was Noah saved without a Pope? - -10. What is the only word in the English language that can be written -without pen, pencil, chalk, or any other pigment? - -11. I am composed of 9 letters. In me may be found: 1, a title; 2, a -metal; 3, a weight; 4, a coin; 5, one of the Merry cousins; 6, part of -a wheel; 7, neat; 8, an adverb; 9 and 10, two prepositions. My whole -is a place in New York State. - -12. Entire, I am a country; curtail me, and I am an inhabitant of the -same; behead and transpose, and I am to prevent. - -[Illustration] - -13. - - My first is seen in pillared halls, - Where kings and princes dwell; - 'Tis found in every woodland vale, - In every sunny dell. - Upon the yellow sandy beach, - The ocean billows roar, - My next--you'll find it in the foam, - Rippling upon the shore. - Within the dark and gloomy cave, - Hid from the sun's bright glare, - Precious jewels line the walls, - And my third is always there. - My fourth and last is found in France, - But never seen in Spain; - It has always been in England's clime, - In every monarch's reign. - My whole from Jupiter's court on high, - Descends to cheer the earth; - Without his presence there would be - Of happiness a dearth. - -14. I am composed of 14 letters: - - My 1, 4, 3, 1, 9, 6 is a handsome kind of cloth. - My 2, 5, 11 is a conjunction. - My 8, 7, 5, 9 is a number. - My 10, 3, 12, 13 is to kill. - My whole is a celebrated day. - -15. 1 YY 1 OWN c/c it. - -16. Entire, I am a sentence; behead me, and I am a fortress; -curtailed, I am to strive violently; now transpose, and I am -inexperienced. - -17. Behead a slipping, and leave the slip. - -18. - - [H in well] [round] ed is - H [arm in G] [feet] [pitcher] - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -19. A fox, 90 rods due south of a greyhound, is pursued by the hound -at the rate of 5 rods to 4 of the fox, the fox running a due east -course. How far will the hound run to overtake the fox? - -20. What kind of morals are most easily put on and off? - -21. - - My first is a female, - My second the same, - My whole is much dreaded-- - Pray what is its name? - -22. I am composed of four syllables, and am very popular just now; my -first and second form a Latin verb; my third is a species of animal; -my first, second, and third form a kind of rule; my fourth, reversed, -is thin and narrow; and my third and fourth, without my final, is -intellectual. - -23. Why are unprotected hearth-fires like insolent beggars? - -24. I am composed of 14 letters. - -My 13, 11, 7, 3, 1, 12 is a dream. - -My 8, 14, 10, 9 is a net. - -My 1, 6, 8, 4, 13, 14, 2, 5 is a balance. - -My whole is a celebrated man. - -25. Entire, I am a noun; behead and transpose, and I am lean; replace -my head, curtail me, and I am necessary to the accomplishment of any -great object; curtail me again, transpose, and I am sometimes used as -a seat. - -26. - - [fin] E IN/TO R NO - [tall] [waist] [hem] [ark] - [sofa] [K IN D] [heart] - -[Illustration] - - -27. Why are most of the heroes and heroines in novels like the letter -O? - -28. What poet is like a sly piece of bacon? - -29. - - I cheer the pilgrim's lonely way, - As toils he on from day to day; - Curtail me, and I then am found - What students do on college ground; - Curtail once more, and by inspection - You'll find I am an interjection. - -30. What kind of a diary is productive of mischief? - -[Illustration] - -31. Entire, I am a murmur; curtail me, and I signify to produce; omit -my first and last, and I am a disturbance; and without my first two I -am a bird. - -32. - - My first speeds proudly through our land; - My next is what my first doth do; - My whole is one of that noble band - Who signed the freedom of our land, - And struggled bravely through. - -33. Transpose a wrong way of treating another's regard into the most -foolish manner of doing it. - -34. My second, which, by the way, I hope you have took my first after -using my whole at dinner. - -35. Behead an animal, transpose, and find a flower. - -36. - - T [hay] W [hoe] [ark] [wick] - [limb] [maid] 2 [DO ill] S [hood] - [beak on T in U] L E [watch] E D - -[Illustration] - -37. I am a word of five letters; in my normal condition I have a -tendency to heal. Transposed, I still have a tendency to _heel_, and -have been known to take to them when opportunity offered. Less one -fifth, I bathe; again transposed, I am good to eat. Four fifths -transposed, form an article much used as an ornament; the same again -transposed, is to preserve. Three fifths, properly arranged, will -intoxicate. Three fifths, in right order, make a prayer. - -38. [curtail in G] X [pence] [swill] [lad in Co ME!] - -[Illustration] - -39. When did Job call nicknames? - -40. Did Jonah cry when the whale swallowed him? - -41. Curtail a ruler; transpose, and leave a fastening. - -42. Curtail a coin, and transpose it into a country. - -43. When is roast beef most valuable? - -[Illustration] - -44. - - Fair Bessy promised to bestow - My first upon her lover, - And much I hope that no dark clouds - Around the pair may hover. - - Sweet Bessy's age is just eighteen, - Of gold she has my second; - On bearing off the lovely prize - How many beaus had reckon'd! - - And now my riddle I'll conclude, - And hope you'll not me quiz, - For what I say is very true-- - My whole fair Bessy is. - -45. What is that which every one likes to have, and to get rid of as -soon as possible after he gets it? - -46. My first is found on a ship; my second is a vowel; my third is a -title; my whole is the name of an animal. - -47. Entire, I'm a man's name; behead me, and I'm a Turkish coin; -behead me again, and I'm too close; again, and I'm a prefix. - -48. - -[Illustration] - -49. My second is a useful appendage to my first, and my whole is to -abridge. - -50. I am composed of 21 letters. - -My 4, 9, 12 is a Greek preposition. - -My 7, 5, 8, 14 a vessel used in the Scotch sea. - -My 17, 13, 21 is entity. - -My 18, 19, 3, 10 is a bed formed by birds. - -My 1, 11, 15 is to dip. - -My 20, 6, 2, 16 is to tarnish. - -My whole is want of symmetry. - -[Illustration] - -51. A squirrel, finding nine ears of corn in a box, took from it, -daily, three ears; how many days was he in removing the corn from the -box? - -52. My first is found in an oyster; my second is possessed by the -nobility; every house contains my third; my whole no one applies to -himself. - -53. What word is that, of three letters, which, read backward, -indicates the quality of many who participate in it? - -54. - - In my first, relations most generally find - An interest of a peculiar kind; - My second, an adverb of humble degree, - Combined with my first names a beautiful tree. - - -TOWNS IN NEW YORK. - -55. A color and a mineral. - -56. An element and a game. - -57. Part of a gun and a liquor. - -58. An animal. - -59. A color and part of a house. - -60. A hole and a heap. - - -SHRUBS, FLOWERS, ETC. - -61. A vehicle, and where it takes you. - -62. A traitor, and the place where he died. - -63. To hurt, a nickname, and an engine of war. - -64. Take a (1) life preserver; (2) decapitate it and show a mode -of using it; (3) again transpose and show how it has been used; (4) -transpose and show what is used with it; (5) transpose and give a -Greek letter; (6) transpose the original word and make a famous rock; -(7) transpose and make a locomotive power; (8) transpose and make -it dull; (9) transpose and it will utter a war-cry to dogs; (10) -transpose it now into a girl's name; (11) curtail it and express a -concurrence; (12) again curtail, and see what you may call yourself. - -65. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -66. - - 'Twas night--a stormy, tempestuous night, - All wakeful and anxious the crew, - As they watched my first in its wild, mad flight, - While over the waves it flew. - And now, in the midst of these wild alarms, - My second is dashed on the shore, - Till Ocean opens her treacherous arms, - And gathers it home once more. - Let us turn from these dreary scenes away, - So solemn and filled with gloom, - And in meadows or pleasant gardens stray, - Where in beauty my whole doth bloom. - -67. I am composed of 12 letters: - - My 1, 9, 11 is an animal. - My 3, 9, 10, 11 is a grain. - My 4, 5, 7 is part of a barn. - My 12, 2, 6, 8 is a stone. - My whole is a body politic. - -68. Behead an article of apparel, and leave one who sometimes -wears it. - -69. - -[Illustration] - -70. Not theory glides not towards rule of action twice too a Roman -coin indefinite article original sinner revolves ideas use of the -needle pronoun boy's nickname theatrical performance. - -71. If you should lose your nose, what kind of one would you get? - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -72. Find a word of six letters, something that many people laugh at; -subtract one letter, and leave what many worship. - -73. CHARADE. - - A preposition my first; - My second's a number; - My third a brisk motion - That drives away slumber; - My whole is a service - For which dearly we pay; - At least, 'tis charged so - In hotel bills they say. - - -DUTCH PUZZLE. - -74. Add 2 strokes to |||| and make nothing. - -75. What bird most resembles a peddler? - -76. - -[Illustration] - -77. - - My 1st is in pie, but not in cake. - My 2d is in hoe, but not in rake. - My 3d is in house, but not in barn. - My 4th is in wool, but not in yarn. - My 5th is in take, but not in give. - My 6th is in strainer, but not in sieve. - My 7th is in rye, but not in wheat. - And my whole is sometimes good to eat. - -78. Why is a weathercock like ambition? - -79. Why is a Turk like a violin belonging to an inn? - -80. Why is a used up horse like a bad play? - -81. Why is a sick Jew like a diamond ring? - -82. Why is a printer like a postman? - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -83. Entire I am a bird; cut off my tail, and I shall be a surname; now -transpose, and I shall be something singular. - -84. Why are fowls the most economical things farmers keep? - -85. Why is a cricket on the hearth like a soldier in battle? - -86. - - Entire, I am of bloody mien, - And spread destruction all around; - Beheaded--cheerfully I'm seen - Where pleasure's votaries are found. - -87. Why should a brigadier-general, with his troops, be able to cross -any river? - -88. Join a verb and conjunction, and make a noun. - -89. Join a conjunction and a noun, and form an adverb. - -90. Join a noun and adjective, and make a verb. - -91. I am a word of three syllables; my first member is one of the -family of fruits; my second component part is an article in very -common use, at once a receptacle for the most valuable and the most -useless things; my last member is an interjection. Entire, I am a -substance employed in writing and drawing. - -92. - -[Illustration] - - -SCRIPTURAL ENIGMA. - -93. Who cowardly a prince did kill? - -94. Who built a city on a hill? - -95. Whose son profane his life did lose? - -96. What Persian queen preserved the Jews? - -97. What Jewish king a leper died? - -98. Whose wicked mother "Treason" cried? - -99. - - The initial letters, joined aright, - A famous Jew will bring to light. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - -HOW TO MAKE ANAGRAMS. - -"Now that's _too_ bad!" exclaimed little Bess, striking her pencil -down quickly on the slate, which had for five minutes been shaded by -her brown curls, as she bent earnestly over it. "I do say it's _too_ -bad." - -"_What_ is too bad, Bess?" asked her oldest sister, Mary, who, -apparently occupied with her history, had been stealing occasional -glances at the animated face over the slate, and watching with -pleasing interest the busy fingers putting down letters, and tripping -back and forth among them with her pencil-point. "_What_ is too bad, -Bess? I thought something was pleasing you very much." - -"Oh! did you? Well, I _was_ just ready to have such a good one--these -anagrams, you know. I surely thought I had extra axes, and just -because of an _r_, it's all spoiled!" - -"What were you going to make your extra axes out of?" asked Mary, with -a curious smile. - -"Now, _don't_ make fun of me, please. Artaxerxes was my word." - -"Well, I should _think_ that would just make it," said Mary, -thoughtfully. "Are you _sure_ it will not?" - -"Don't you see that _r_?" asked Bess, holding up her slate and giving -a bayonet thrust to the offending letter. - -"Yes; but what has that _r_, all alone by itself, to do with it?" - -"Why, it's my _proof_. You see I write down my word, and rub out each -letter of it as I use it in picking out my new words, so if none are -left, my anagram is complete." - -"So you found an extra _r_, instead of an extra axe, in your way? -Well, that _is_ rather trying; but then there are plenty of more -words, and it isn't much work to get them out. You have a capital way. -Besides, that wouldn't have been so very good a one. You know 'Aunt -Sue' says the word and the sentence should bear some relation to each -other. Now, if Artaxerxes had been a famous wood-cutter instead of a -Persian king, it might have been too bad." - -"But wasn't he a warrior, too and mightn't they be battle-axes?" - -Mary admitted the force of this, with a smile, as she went on to say: - -"When we see such anagrams as 'astronomers--no more stars,' and -'parishioners--I hire parsons,' there is a certain sense of fitness -that produces all the pleasure I can find in an anagram." - -"I know they're better; but, then, not half of them _do_ mean -anything. _I_ never could make such ones." - -"I should try, if I made them out at all, to have them just right. You -must remember it takes some _patience_ to _get_ them, as well as to -_make_ them. You want the satisfaction of feeling paid when you're -through." - -"Patience! I should think it did!" said Bess, laughing and repeating, -"Oh, Sam, cut my pen!" in a very comical manner. "If _that_ didn't -take the patience of Job! And what did it _mean_, after all? I'm sure -Webster don't know! I think they ought to be _fair_, at least!" - -"So do I," said Mary, laughing at Bessie's earnestness. "Now try the -word _homestead_, Bess, and see what you can make of that." - -"Why, _is_ it one?" - -"I'm not quite sure; I was running it over in my _mind_ to-day; but I -had no slate to prove my canceling correct." - -"What did you _think_ it made?" - -"Do-eat-hams." - -"Oh, so it will," said Bess, hastily putting down the letters; "and -you know they do eat hams at homesteads!" Then Bess began drawing the -tip of her forefinger slowly through each letter, repeating slowly, -"do e-a-t-h- --_There, now_, that's worse than Artaxerxes! If that _e_ -was only an _a_!" - -Mary looked on the slate a moment, and then said, pleasantly, "But you -see it isn't!" - -"How easy you do take things, Mary! Now, that would be _so_ good, and -it comes so near!" - -"That's the _best way to take things_, isn't it, Bess?" said Mary, -gently lifting Bessie's face by the little fat chin, and looking -into her large blue eyes lovingly. "Anagrams, you see, may teach us a -lesson." - -"_Almost_ anagrams, you should say," said Bess. "Well, let's try -something else. Shall we try 'Aunt Sue?'" - -"Yes, put it down." - -"I can get--let me see--yes, 'use-a-nut;' but that don't _mean_ -anything like 'Aunt Sue.'" - -"Oh, yes, that will do as well as your 'battle-axes.' You know, she -keeps 'nuts' for the 20,000 to crack in her '_drawer_.'" - -"Oh, that's it!--let me send it." - -"Very well; and if I get time, we will try and have two or three more -ready by the next number, and every one with a meaning." - -When Bess gave Mary her good-night kiss, she said to herself, "I like -to get out puzzles; but I'd rather have Mary's patience than all the -anagrams in the world. I wonder if I should try _very hard_, if I ever -could be like her!" - - -ANAGRAMS. - -100. Tom can pet lions. - -101. Main race. - -102. Amy's purple net. - -103. Lo! a slop. - -104. O! hark! - -105. I harm the Chat. - -106. Hen, I am he. - -107. Mid nice rains. - -108. I sent one part. - -109. Tore a limb. - -110. Test Mars. - -111. Ira, run, go get it. - -112. Cid is a common toad. - -113. Care on lip. - -114. Sal I run. - -115. A lion; capture it. - -116. Bind sure. - -117. Priest tied guitar. - -118. Accord I try not. - -119. Mend it in a tree. - -120. O! if I can sit so. - -121. Is it anger? no. - -122. - - Fi rwods locdu fiatsys het rhtea, - Eht threa gimth nidf sles earc; - Utb oswrd eilk rumsem isbdr padret, - Dan veale tub typem rai. - - A itleti dsai--nad yrtul isda-- - Nac peeder yoj tarpim, - Naht shots fo dowrs chwih chear teh dahe - Tbu venre chout het ahetr. - -[Illustration: THE PUZZLE IS, TO GET FROM THE ENTRANCE, A, TO THE -CENTRE, B, WITHOUT CROSSING ANY OF THE WHITE LINES.] - -123. - -[Illustration] - -124. Transpose a Persian monarch into a part of the human frame. - -125. Transpose an article of food into a verb signifying to abate. - -126. To what port was Henry VIII. bound when he sought a divorce from -his wife? - -127. He was ---- who came to ----. Express a truth taught in Scripture -by the above, filling the two blanks with the same word taken first -forward, and in the second blank backward. - -128. Why would it be sure to be better? - - -129. - - My whole, I lightly swim - The smooth lake's sparkling brim, - Or down the river skim. - Transpose me, all around - The wide world's endless bound, - In every clime I'm found. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -130. - - My first, you hear its sullen roar - When wandering by the ocean's shore; - My second in the gambler's art - Hath played no mean or paltry part, - But, fired with sordid thirst to win, - It often aids him in his sin. - My whole is something that is found - Upon the face of all around, - Yet if you take from me my face, - I am a title commonplace. - -131. If the earth were annihilated, why would it be a pleasant pastime -to make it again? - -132. My first describes a person, add an adjective and show that -person's condition. - -133. What is it you must keep after giving it to another? - -134. How would you express in one word having met a doctor of -medicine? - -135. What is that which makes every person sick except the one who -swallows it? - -136. Why is a person who never lays a wager as bad as a regular -gambler? - -137. What is the difference between a sun-bonnet and a Sunday bonnet? - -138. If I shoot at three pigeons on a tree, and kill one, how many -will remain? - -139. My first means more than one? my second means a solitary one; -my third is highly popular now (with boys more than with their -parents.--A. S.), and my whole you are to guess. - -140. - - TgEooNdT 5a50ue500 stoo500 - A --------, ---------&-------. - I but 1000is - -[Illustration: wolf] - -141. Transpose an animal into a bird. - -142. Transpose part of our flag into spirits. - -[Illustration] - -143. In a word of eight letters, the first three and the last three -(transposed) name the same animal. The remaining two (transposed), -with the last letter, name another animal. What is the word? - -144. I am composed of 12 letters: - - My 11, 7, 2, 6, 1 is a place of trade. - My 9, 12, 3 is a locality where a certain individual passed the - night. - My 5, 4, 10, 8 is a useful animal. - My whole is a well-known personage. - -145. What town in Asia is a fit residence for a wild beast? - -146. When does the weather show a good disposition? - -147. Behead a crime and leave common sense. - - -FLOWERS. - -148. A raised floor and a letter of the alphabet. - -149. An article made by farmers, and an article made by mechanics. - -150. An animal, and what he possesses, unless he has been very -unfortunate. - -151. - -[Illustration] - -152. My second will be better as my first, if careful and energetic as -my whole. - -153. Why is a drummer the greatest person of the times? - -154. When is a sewing-machine a very great comfort? - -155. My first is a preposition; my second an animal; my third, in -Saxon, means a meadow; my whole we all should be. - -156. Three men--A, B, and C--traveling with their wives, come to a -river which they must cross. The only boat they can have will carry -but two persons at once. How can they all get to the opposite side, -no lady being left without her husband in company with the other -gentlemen? - -157. Straight as an arrow, swift as the lightning, and bright as a -sunbeam, I take my flight to the uttermost parts of the earth. - -[Illustration] - -158. My first is a color; my second an agreeable exercise; my third an -article of clothing; and my whole a celebrated character. - -159. What two female names express a chemist? - -160. - - I'm pretty, I'm useful in various ways, - But if often you kiss me, 'twill shorten your days; - I part with one letter, and then I appear - What young men are fond of all days in the year; - I part with two letters, and then without doubt, - I'm just what you are if you can't find me out. - -(_Fill the blanks in each with the same word, differently accented._) - -161. The -- to Fingal's cave would -- a stranger. - -162. Men sometimes -- travelers fainting in a --. - -163. To select -- often -- a writer to annoyance. - -164. As an excuse for illiberality, persons sometimes -- to the --. - -165. - -[Illustration] - - -COMETS, CONSTELLATIONS, AND FIXED STARS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED. - -166. Obstinacy and deceit. - -167. A nickname, an epistle, and a laborer. - -168. Swifter, a forest, and an affix. - -169. A precious stone. - -170. Past tense of a regular verb, and a security. - -171. A prophetess and a color. - -[Illustration] - -172. Find five letters capable of being transposed into five different -words: two nouns, two adjectives, and a verb. - -173. Three circles have their centers upon the same right line. The -first has twice the area of the second, and is externally tangent to -it. The third, of which the diameter is one foot, circumscribes the -first and second. Required the radius of the greatest circle which can -be inscribed within one of the two equal curvilinear triangles thus -formed. - -174. When does the weather resemble a lawyer? - -175. My first, in sound, is a bird's nickname; my second and third are -pronouns; my fourth is three-quarters of what fashionable ladies like -to do; my whole is an adjective that has been sadly perverted. - -176. My first is a verb, my second a nickname or verb, and my whole is -to circulate. - -177. - -[Illustration] - -178. Why is a passenger by the 12.50 train very likely to be too late? - -179. - - Nine less ten, - With fifty twice told, - Is what many feel - When they'are growing old. - -180. What two letters give a word meaning to debate? - -181. Behead an animal, transpose, and leave another animal. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: zebra] - -182. What does the boy, in his first surprise, say to his -_water-wheel_? - -183. What is the political character of a water-wheel? - -184. In what coin is its financial value estimated? - -185. What is the water-wheel paradox? - -186. I am a word of four letters: in me may be found, 1 a verb, 2 -an animal, 3 a viscid liquid, 4 a science, 5 a conjunction, 6 a -preposition. - - -PLANTS, FLOWERS, ETC. - -187. Part of every animal and part of every vegetable. - -188. A beast of burden and a poison. - -189. A sweet substance and a cluster. - -190. A weapon and part of the body. - -191. A household article and what often forms part of it. - -192. - -[Illustration] - -193. - - Dear friends, your notice now I crave, - For I'm a king, a queen, a slave; - Each human being claims my name, - And rightly, too, so where's the blame? - Although I'm never more than one, - Just cross me once, you'll find I'm _some_! - Whate'er my state of toil or rest, - I always love myself the best. - I may be greater, never less, - So now, young Merrys, please to guess. - -[Illustration] - -194. My first is a kind of tippet, my second a Latin preposition, my -third is exact, my fourth is a conjunction, and my whole is what my -first was named after. - -195. _a_ My first (in sound), second, and whole are birds. - -_b_ My first, second, and whole are plants. - -196. Both my first and second (in sound) are found in the scale. -Entire, I am a term of praise. - -197. Transpose a coin into some bonds of union. - -198. Transpose a bird into an animal. - -199. Transpose another animal into a bird. - -200. Transpose what we often see on a creek into what we often see (on -warm summer days) in a creek. - -201. Transpose part of our flag into spirits. - -202. Transpose an animal into a vegetable. - -203. Transpose the inhabitants of a country into a covered vehicle. - -204. Transpose a part of day into a stick. - -205. - -[Illustration] - -206. My second is the same as my first, and my whole is a shrub. - -207. My first is a bird; my second an insect; my whole is -"daddy-long-legs." - -208. I am a beautiful tree; curtail and transpose me into another -tree; transpose the latter into a useful article; replace the last -letter, behead and transpose, and you have a boundary line. Curtail -the entire word twice, and you have a picture; take the second and -third letters away from the entire word, transpose the remainder, and -you have another tree. - -209. Behead a hod, and leave a kind of cloth. - -210. Entire, I am something funny; beheaded, an entrance; beheaded -again, I am a fragment. - -211. E10100010001000UN1100ATXN. - -[Illustration] - -212. - - Deep in the wood of spreading oaks, - Beneath the tangled boughs, - Where Nature dwells untouched by man, - My first in luxury grows. - My next in gorgeous robes arrayed, - Is queen of all her kind, - Where Nature's touch is most displayed - In beauty undefined: - My whole a lovely garden treasure, - Emblem of love, of joy, and pleasure. - -213. Why is the hottest country the best? - -_With the letters of the words in italics form the original words to -fill the blanks_: - -214. _I met a gunner_ ---- his game. - -215. _Rob, I came not_ to apply the ----. - -216. He was so ---- that he did me an _evil turn_. - -217. _I mob seven cats_ owing to my ----. - -218. A ---- has often to _mind his map_. - -219. My first is a body of water, my second a relative, my whole a -time. - -220. Which are the most entertaining of bats? - -221. - -[Illustration] - -222. Change my head several times, and make (1) a color, (2) a regard, -(3) a nickname, (4) to harden, (5) to excite, (6) a mate, (7) an -implement, (8) a fish, (9) to form in mass, (10) a part of a coil, -(11) to catch. - -223. I am composed of 8 letters: - - My 7, 4, 6 is a tumor. - My 5, 3, 1, 8 is a fluid. - My 2, 6 is a pronoun. - My whole is sometimes worn by a lady or gentleman. - -[Illustration: SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC ILLUSTRATED SO AS TO BE EASILY -LEARNED. - - Aries the Ram, is a man ramming down a gun. - Taurus the Bull, is a fat John Bull, reading a paper. - Gemini the Twins, are the famous Siamese twins. - - Cancer the Crab, is a boy with a crab biting his toe. - Leo, is a Pope who lived in Italy, by that name. - Virgo the Virgin, is a single woman feeding a parrot. - - Libra the Scales, is an old woman weighing fish. - Scorpio the Scorpion, is a fierce woman beating her husband. - Sagittarius the Archer, is a fat Miss shooting at a target. - - Capricornus the Goat, is a merry boy mounted on a goat. - Aquarius the Water-bearer, is a boatman on a river. - Pisces the Fish, is two fish dealers blowing their horns. -] - -[Illustration] - -224. - - The red-lipped morn rose fresh; and everywhere - The sunbeams welcome found, save one, - Which fluttered through the close-barred windows where - The gambling wretches, who the daylight shun, - With red wine flushed, and eyes bloodshot and red, - Wearied my first. Again, and yet again, - They the uncertain tide of fortune fed - With gold ill-gotten, other gold to gain. - Oh, what a ruin here! of God's most noble work, - Of life's great end, and of the deathless soul! - -[Illustration] - - My second here we see! Ah, dangers lurk - Where passions rule--not principles _control_! - In vain my third is raised; a warning voice! - Their hearts are hardened, and they will not hear. - -[Illustration] - - Useless to give my whole, or point to joys - Which but provoke the ribald jest or sneer! - Let us be thankful that the sunlight glad - Brings to _our hearts_ but gladsomeness and praise! - Ne'er be the daylight in _our_ haunts forbade! - Ne'er let _us_ fear the noontide's searching gaze! - -225. My first is to strive violently; my second is to fasten; my whole -is a wizard. - -226. Why is it that miserly people have never quarreled? - -227. Behead a beautiful product of nature and leave what it often -falls into. - -228. - - _a._ A European sea. - _b._ A seaport of Russia. - _c._ A celebrated mountain. - _d._ A town in Tipperary, Ireland. - -_The initials form an object of interest, and the finals its -receptacle._ - -229. My first is a fluid, my second a solid, my whole a plant. - -230. Change my head several times, and make (1) an amateur; (2) to -hide; (3) to hang about; (4) a leader; (5) a pirate. - -231. Curtail a man's name and leave a girl's name; behead, and -transpose, and leave another man's name. - -232. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -233. - - When eyes and limbs are wrapt in sleep, - Within one's comfortable bed, - My first o'er both will nightly creep, - With thirsty fangs and noiseless tread. - -[Illustration] - - My second prowls in every clime, - Where echoes not the human tread, - And thick the mountain forests twine - Their sunless branches overhead. - And when through groves of oak and birch, - The backwoods men and maids pursue - For blackberries their jovial search, - How often have the startled crew - Fled with my whole from sounds they reckoned - Were like the hoarse voice of my second! - -[Illustration] - -234. My first is a boy's name, my second is a girl's nickname, my -whole is a science. - -235. Transpose the inhabitants of a country into an animal. - -236. O 0. (Good advice.) - -237. My whole has two of my first, and is my second. - -238. Express with five letters a sentence containing four words and -twelve letters. - -239. - - 1CE a horrid X took 2 bt his wife stoo500 - a time bearing 1000an de~provocation~ed but she - THEINSTE5IIOLN for he JUcouldRE her came - she 500E1000O50ISHE500 ^t H ^i I ^m M ^e with a - 100U500GE50. - -240. X A 100. - -241. ENIGMATICAL LIST OF ANIMALS.--_a._ A weight. _b._ A whip. _c._ -An ore. _d._ A machine used by housekeepers. _e._ A stamp. _f._ To -intimidate. - -[Illustration] - -242. - - The troop arranged for battle - Without my first would fly; - And whether good or bad, - Without it you would die. - - Go seek the earth and ocean, - For smallest things you guess; - Yes, bring the atom from the air, - And still my second's less. - - The traitor, when condemn'd to die, - May calm his cares and pray; - Yet when the axe sounds "dust to dust," - My whole he's borne away. - -243. Change my head eight different times, and make (1) a plant, (2) -a necessity, (3) a reward, (4) to nourish, (5) an exploit, (6) to -notice, (7) a pipe, (8) a produce. - -A RIVER ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED. - -244. Father plugs an abbreviation. - -245. - - I am composed of letters five, - The part of speech is adjective, - From either way I spell the same; - Pray tell me then what is my name. - -246. Entire, I am capital; curtail me, I am still capital; behead and -transpose, I am anything but capital. - -247. A liquor, a word signifying father; another word for father, -a coin, and a liquid measure. The initial and final letters are the -same, and spell a title. - -248. Take a syllable of two letters from a girl's name and leave a -musical instrument. - -249. - -[Illustration] - -250. When are politicians particularly sweet? - -251. Why is my inkstand like the leaning tower of Pisa? - -252. When does a temperance lecturer say a grammar lesson? - -(_Fill the blanks with the same word reversed._) - -253. By a machine many ---- can be made from one ----. - -254. Marks of an ---- are often found in ----. - -255. My first is an abbreviated name for a young lady; my second comes -from the large end of a dog, runs up a tree, and floats on the sea; my -whole is required of all persons in time of war, before they leave for -a foreign land. - -256. When is a fish a rod? - -257. - - I am as black as black can be, - Yet by a curious fantasy, - See my tracings, when time has fled, - You'll find them black, though often red. - -258. What is that which strikes itself frequently, and yet does itself -no injury? - -259. Why are different trees like different dogs? - -260. What is the difference between a chemist and an alchemist? - -261. Why is a tree like a French dancing-master? - -262. Why is a mouse like grass? - -263. Why are some kinds of pigeons like drinking-glasses? - -264. If a bushel of potatoes comes to $1, what will a horse come to? - -265. What is that which burns to keep a secret? - -266. Why is a tallow-chandler one of the most sinful and unfortunate -of men? - -267. Why does a man in paving the streets correct the public morals? - -268. Why is an obstinate man like a mastiff? - -269. How does the wood-cutter invite the tree to fall? - -270. - - "Up! Stir the rough logs to a ruddier glow! - And spread forth the gladsome cheer! - For the night hangs dark on the plain below, - And the swift-winged storm is near!" - (Full oft my first, - When loud storms burst, - Shelters some wanderer from their worst!) - - "Let the white sail flutter free and wide! - How our smooth prow cuts the laughing foam! - Faster, yet faster, oh, may we glide! - For we're going home, boys!--going home!" - (May the good God's hand - Keep that gallant band - From my second's wrath, and guide to land!) - - "Let the song be heard, the dance, and mirth! - Glad be each heart, each step be light! - Away with care and the woes of earth! - Gay be the festal hall to-night!" - (So the revelers sang, - And the goblets rang, - While my third kept chime with a glimmering clang!) - - "To the strife! to the strife!--'tis the trumpet calls! - The foeman comes! To arms, ye brave! - On, soldiers, on! He wins, who falls, - A lasting fame and a patriot's grave!" - (May God's own might, - In the hour of fight, - Help those who strive for my whole and the right!) - -271. Why do trees often change their places? - -272. Can a leopard change his spots? - -[Illustration] - -273. - - White as driven snow are we-- - Black as ink or ebony; - Red and yellow, gray and blue, - Golden, pink, and purple, too. - Glittering like a spangled dress, - Every color we possess; - Few and many, large and small, - Sometimes not beheld at all. - Thick and thin, and high and low, - Moving fast and moving slow; - Fell destruction send we forth, - East and west, and south and north. - Fire and flame we fling around - With a fearful mighty sound; - Vegetation soon would fade - Did we but withdraw our aid; - Dearth and famine would prevail; - Death would reign o'er hill and dale; - Never two alike you'll see-- - Puzzled reader, what are we? - -274. Add a letter to an animal, and make a building. - -275. Transpose a tree into a boy's nickname. - -276. Transpose an animal into a famous battle. - -277. Transpose a tree into a verb. - -278. Transpose an insect into part of a book. - -279. Transpose a game of cards into a dress. - -280. I am composed of 11 letters: - - My 1, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9 is a Scripture name with which we are all - familiar. - My 3, 7, 5, 6 is an article of food. - My 8, 10, 11 is a nickname. - My whole is a Scripture name. - -[Illustration] - -281. Why is a man in snow shoes like a man barefooted? - -282. How is it that a man with long legs can not travel faster than -one with short legs? - -283. - - I'm worn by many a lady fair, - In ironing I need much care; - Behead, and I'm a purling stream, - Where many a poet loves to dream! - Behead again, oh! mortal frail, - And I will cause thy cheek to pale. - - -CHARADE. - - 284. If you a journey ever take, - No matter when or where, - My first you'll always have to pay, - Before you can get there. - My second you will seldom see, - If London through you go; - But still 'tis what I hope you are; - Few better things I know. - I say my whole till next we meet, - When well-known names I hope to greet. - -285. I am composed of 9 letters: - - My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 has done more damage than my 6, 7, 8, 9. - My whole is, at present, deplorable. - -286. - -[Illustration] - -To remove the shears from the ring--the end of the string being firmly -fastened to a nail in the wall, or some other object, which can not -be put through the handles of the shears. (Easily performed, when you -know how.) - -287. Entire, I am an insect; behead, and I am a reptile; curtail, and -I am a conjunction; curtail again, and I am an article. - -[Illustration] - -288. - - In northern regions cold and wild, - My first you see, a mountain child, - In grandeur rise from its bed of snow, - And smile on the iron-bound coast below. - My second is loved by the school-boy bright, - With his rosy cheek and eye of light, - And to gain it oft he will truant play, - And leave master and lessons far away. - In sunny lands, where the fire-flies glow, - And fragrant breezes softly blow, - My whole you may find so fresh and fair, - And who would not wish in that treat to share? - -289. Express with four letters a sentence containing four words and -fourteen letters. - -290. Transpose a dependent into a large party. - -291. - - I'm found in every mountain, - In every running vale, - Though never in the breezes found, - I'm found in every gale. - - You'll find me in the dark, - But never in the light; - You'll always find me in the day, - But never in the night. - - About your form, dear little one, - You'll vainly look for me, - And yet in head, and hand, and arm - I'm always sure to be. - - I'm not in nose, or eye, or lips, - Yet I'm in every feature, - In boys and girls I'm never found, - Yet I'm in every creature. - - I'm found in MERRY'S MAGAZINE-- - In Uncle Merry's face; - And everywhere Aunt Sue appears, - I claim an honest place. - -292. Behead a noun and leave a piece of furniture; behead again and -transpose, and you will find a character spoken of in the Bible; -curtail me and leave the nickname of a distinguished person. - -293. Transpose some animals into part of an implement. - -294. Transpose something bright into bulky. - -295. Transpose a measure into a carriage. - -296. Transpose a prop into a source of amusement. - -297. Transpose a sudden roll into a clown. - -[Illustration] - -298. Transpose what a bear might give a cat into what the cat would -consider it. - - -CHARADE. - -299. - - My first gave us early support; - My next a virtuous lass; - To the fields, if at eve you resort, - My whole you will probably pass. - -300. Entire, I belong to the United States; remove one eye, and I -belong to a horse; curtail me, and I belong to the human race; curtail -again, and I am the child's best friend; curtail again, and I am best -known to the printer; curtail again, and I become invisible. - - -ENIGMA. - -301. - - Though for years I had lived, I was unknown to fame, - Till I rescued a slave, and I gave him my name. - Though then Abolitionist--still I enthrall, - And unless I imprison--of no use at all. - 'Tis strange I should be both a boon and a blow, - But when you discern me, this fact you will know. - Doctors' stuff I convey and small matters unfold, - Yet rare gems I preserve and great nuggets of gold. - In form I am round or three-cornered or square, - And at once I am known as both common and rare. - If you wish to be safe when you look at a show, - You must pay for, and take me, and sit in a row. - Clothed in crimson, and purple, and black I am seen, - Yet in gardens in winter I'm constantly green. - I am valued and dear, though 'tis equally clear, - I am scorned and am hated when placed on the _ear_. - Both of light goods and heavy I carry the trade, - Yet in gold I'm oft clothed and in jewels arrayed. - If bad passion disturb, or should ill-will excite, - I become the forerunner of many a fight. - Yet stranger than all these remarkable things, - I'm a gift oft bestowed by princes and kings. - - N.B.--As I find it impossible to display all my qualities and - peculiarities in verse, I will endeavor to describe myself - more minutely in plain prose. I am either animal, vegetable, - or mineral, and though sometimes no bigger than a bright - copper penny or a silver sixpence, yet I am at times as large - as a room--indeed, I _am_ a room, and can contain several - people; and then, too, I am made narrow, and can only contain - one horse! In summer and winter I flourish as a vegetable, and - am often cut, but never served at table. I am most valued at - the end of the year, when I am often given and often taken. - Though unlearned, I have given name to a science--a very - _striking_ quality you will acknowledge, when you know me. If - you discover me, you deserve me as a _reward_. If you are dull - of comprehension, you deserve me as a _punishment_! May you - have your deserts! - -[Illustration] - -302. - - My first you are when over the ground - You lightly trip to the river's bank, - Where my second may always be found; - Beware my whole, 'tis cold and dank. - And fatal, too, to many a one - Who will not its danger carefully shun. - -303. I am composed of 13 letters: - - My 9, 10, 7, 1 was a good man. - My 4, 5, 13, 2, 8 is an unhappy wretch. - My 11, 12, 3, 6 is an adjective. - My whole is an extraordinary tale. - - -CHARADE. - -304. - - My first in cities is well known - And by me many live, - Obtain their freedom in the town, - And then a vote can give; - My second we can never see, - Whether on the land or sea; - My whole the sailor often braves, - When he plows the briny waves. - -305. Why may muslin and flour be considered safe articles in market? - -306. Of what trade are we when we walk in the snow? - -307. Take away the bees from something we frequently eat, and make it -read and speak. - -308. An animal before a mountain, with the right kind of article, -makes a tree. - -309. Transpose some animals into a salutation. - -[Illustration] - -310. - - Why strains my first his wearied sight, - Across the silent main, - And loiters on the lonely beach? - He looks, alas! in vain. - - For the chilly hand of Death has passed - My second's stately side, - And its gallant crew are sunk beneath - The ocean's briny tide. - -[Illustration] - - Though time may pass with silent step, - And years go quickly by, - Yet My whole shall feed the vital flame - And its power shall never die. - -[Illustration] - -311. Entire, I am a companion; beheaded, a verb; replace my head, -curtail me, and I am found in nearly every house; curtail again, I am -a nickname; reversed, a verb. - -312. My first is "for;" my second and fourth are pronouns; my third is -an article; my whole is a god. - -313. I am composed of 15 letters: - - My 9, 7, 8 is what wicked children often do. - My 14, 7, 3, 8 affords amusement to boys. - My 7, 13 is a preposition. - My 11, 2, 3, 4 is often pleasant in summer. - My 5, 1, 6, 12 is a girl's name. - My 15, 12, 10 is often taken from trees. - My whole is the name of one of our generals. - - -ENIGMA. - -314. - - I am not found on any ground, - But always in the air; - Though charged each cloud with thunder loud, - You can not find me there. - Now, if from France you choose to dance - Your way just into Spain, - I there am seen, and near the queen, - In hail, in mist, and rain. - - -FRUITS, FLOWERS, AND PLANTS. - -315. A boy's nickname and a fruit. - -316. A bird and a branch. - -317. Add what we all love to what we all have. - -318. The nicknames of two popular persons. - -319. To deplore. - -320. Curtail one of the fair sex, and leave one of the unfair sex. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -321. - - My first, in distant lands - Full many a temple stands, - Once builded by his hands; - The marble from the mine, - His hand hath caused to shine - In beauty half divine; - My next in tropic lands - Grows where the roving bands - Roam o'er the desert sands; - My whole went forth--the world, - From chaos rudely hurled, - Along its orbit whirled. - -322. Take a letter from a piece of kitchen furniture, and make -something furious. - -323. Divide a sensibility, and leave a reward and a fish. - -324. Divide a measure, and leave something much worn and to desire. - -325. Divide something enormous, and leave a plant and to rave. - -326. Curtail an unenviable state of mind to be in, and leave a path. - -327. Why is a hog just purchased like 120 pounds of steel? - - -NAMES OF PLACES. - -328. The name of a race of men, a vowel, and a Greek word signifying a -city. - -329. A state of equality and a verb. - -330. A letter on a title. - -331. Behead part of a vessel, and leave a fish; curtail, and leave -tranquility. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -332. - - My first is a domestic animal. - My second is a very useful article. - My third in sound is a Hebrew measure of liquids. - My whole is a list of names or things. - -333. Resolve what made Jackson a President into a household article. - -334. My first is a nickname; my second, in sound, asks a question; my -third is an article; my fourth is an adverb, and my whole is a flower. - -335. My first is a verb; my second is seen in a hat; my third is often -used for a signal; my fourth is the same as my second, and my whole is -the given name of the writer. - -336. I am composed of 10 letters: - - My 7, 5, 10 is a medicine. - My 6, 9, 1 is an adverb. - My 4, 2, 8, 3 may always be seen on Broadway. - My whole is a city. - -337. Transpose a tree into a hollow vessel. - -338. D written off for air, hinge learn a channel. - -339. XA100T. - -_Explain the sentences in italics in the following puzzle_: - -340. - - I knew a man, not many years gone by, - Who had a _block of timber_ in each eye, - Without impairing, in the least, his sight, - Or filling those who saw him with affright. - And what was more amazing, free to roam, - _Fur-covered thousands_ made his head their home; - _Two heavy buildings_ also rested there, - By them unnoticed, and no less his care. - _A curse upon his meals_ he often had, - And saw with joy it made another glad. - Strangest of all, for every house he let, - A _half a score of insects_ did beset. - At length he did become _a seasoned dish_, - To grace a throne, which suited well his wish; - And all this while _an arrow, mind_, was in him, - Which to the things he loved did firmly pin him. - -341. - - My first's a maiden's Scripture name, - My second's less than me, - My whole--ah! so unmerciful - I hope I ne'er shall be. - -342. Change my head several times, and make (1) the cause for some -things, (2) to debate, (3) a foundation, (4) that which often covers -it, (5 and 6) two different noises, and (7) part of the soil of -America. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -343. - - My first is half of what you do - When you are wildly dreaming; - My second our two horses drew - One day when Jack was teaming. - My whole the wolves eat when they can, - 'Tis said they love me dearly; - And when I'm stripped to cover man, - I run about quite barely. - -344. What beverage will surely change our pain? - - -ANAGRAMS. - -_Fill the blanks with the words in italics, transposed._ - -345. _Pray, Simon_, that I may be cured of ----. - -346. A certain ---- used _green soap_. - -347. _Cleon paints not_ in ----. - -348. _Dire loss_ is often sustained by ----. - -349. ---- can _stand carbon_ pretty well. - -350. _Prejudice runs_ even through ----. - -351. Transpose a taker into a keeper. - -352. Curtail a coin and leave a bird. - -353. Entire, I am a mixture; transposed, I am false; behead me, I am -a tree; replace my head, curtail and reverse me, I am a nickname; take -out my third letter and reverse me, I am part of the body; replace the -third letter, behead and transpose, I am a verb. - -354. Why is a very large man always sober? - -355. Transpose an army into what they use. - -356. What flowers are always under a person's nose? - -357. Entire I am a dog; behead and transpose, and I am used in almost -every house. - -358. A planet and a plant. - -359. Two girls' names. - -360. A certain man's instrument of torture. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -361. If you pull a rabbit's ears, what will he say? - -362. How does it appear that rabbit's ears are just long enough. - -363. Why is a rabbit like a tailor? - -364. Why is a rabbit not required to take the temperance pledge? - - -A LATIN INJUNCTION. - -365. Me! men? Tom or I? - -366. I am composed of 12 letters: - - My 3, 6, 11, 2 is a _puss-animalous_ noise. - My 8, 1, 9, 5 can make one very comfortable at some seasons of the - year. - My 4, 10, 12, 7 is a pronoun. - My whole is the name of a humorous writer. - -367. I am composed of 19 letters: - - My 6, 7, 5 is an animal. - My 8, 19, 2 is a boy's nickname. - My 13, 14, 5 is an eatable. - My 18, 1, 4, 9 is government. - My 15, 17, 11, 12 are very painful. - My 16, 10, 1, 3, 17, 4, 9, 2, 11 is ferocious. - My whole is what we all wish for. - -368. I am composed of 14 letters: - - My 1, 5, 7, 14 is a companion. - My 4, 8 is an interjection. - My 10, 11, 13, 12, 2, 11, 3 is a scoundrel. - My 6, 11, 9 is in very common use in the kitchen. - My whole is a village on the Hudson. - -369. My first is an article of clothing; my first and second combined -form a trade; my third is a conjunction; my whole is the name of a -cape. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -370. What species of cat has more than one tail? - -371. What species of cat is most to be avoided? - -372. What kind of cat is most valued in Sunday-school? - -373. Which of the cats does a young man show the most affection for? - -374. With a hairy animal and an instrument for the hair, construct a -burial-place. - -375. I am composed of 19 letters: my 3, 7, 5--13, 8, 18, 12--15, 14, -10, 2--17, 11, 19, 5--1, 7, 17, 16, 7, 2--6, 2, 7, 18--4, 15, 11, 9, -18--and 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 13 are birds; my whole is the name of a bird. - -376. Entire, I am useful to the student; deprived of my first letter, -I am behind time; transposed, a bird in the West; deprived of my first -two letters, I am what you all have done; transposed, what you all do; -again transposed, a beverage; my whole, deprived of the first three -letters, is a Latin pronoun in the accusative case. This last reversed -is a Latin conjunction. My whole, deprived of the first four letters, -is a Latin preposition; my whole transposed is a crime; again -transposed, I am very little; without my last letter, I am used in -building houses; transposed, I am used in cooking; again transposed, I -am used by shoemakers. - -As an enigma, I am composed of five letters: - - My 1, 5, 3 is a body of water. - My 3, 2, 5 is a liquor. - My 5, 3, 1, 4 is a point of the compass. - My 1, 5, 3, 4 is a place to rest. - My 3, 4 is a preposition. - My 1, 3, 2, 5 occurs every day. - -377. What stream of water contains, (1) a chart, (2) an animal, (3) a -toy, (4) two kitchen utensils, (5) three nicknames, (6) an article of -clothing, (7) two articles of furniture, (8) a river, (9) a bird, -(10) a ditch, (11) a preposition, (12) to strike, (13) quick, (14) a -resting-place for troops. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -378. How near does a boy straddling a rail come to the President of -the United States? - -379. When is an Indian like a railroad engine? - -380. When are children in danger of forming bad habits? - -381. Why is a boy crying to be helped over a rail fence like a lawyer? - -382. - - I am in the men, but not in the boys. - I am in the playthings, but not in the toys. - I am in the north, but not in the south. - I am in the nose, but not in the mouth. - I am in the minister, but not in his hat. - I am in the kitten, but not in the cat. - I am in the barn, but not in the floor. - I am in the window, but not in the door. - I am in the county, but not in the state. - I am in the pencil, but not in the slate. - -383. How far is the President of the United States from the first man -that ever died? - -384. If a tough beef-steak could speak, what poet's name would it -pronounce? - -385. Why is a side-saddle like a four-quart measure? - -386. What is that without which a wagon can not be made, and can not -go, and yet is of no use to it? - -387. What does a frigate weigh when ready for sea? - -388. Why do pioneers march at the head of the regiment? - -389. Why is "i" the happiest of the vowels? - -390. Supposing two ships of war, the San Jacinto and Ironsides, to be -2,417 yards apart, at an unknown distance from a fort having a base of -666-2/3 yards. The angle from the San Jacinto to the nearest corner of -the fort is 71-1/2°, to the center of the fort 62-1/2°; the angle from -the Ironsides to the nearest corner of the fort is 56-1/2°, to the -center of the fort 49-1/4°. Required the distance from each ship to -the corner and center of the fort--also the distance from a point -equidistant between the ships and the center of the fort. - -391. With what three letters can you express a sentence comprising ten -letters? - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -392. My first, though originally an animal, now-a-days often goes -by steam; though commonly used for eating, is now much used to punch -holes with; though hitherto considered rather sheepish than otherwise, -in these times goes to war. My second lies before you; waits to do -your bidding; is both black and white at the same time; can draw tears -or provoke laughter; carry messages and convey instruction. Entire, -I imply a disturbed state of mind, which has extended itself to the -body, leading a looker-on to indulge great expectations that something -is going to happen. - - -CHARADE. - -393. - - On this green grassy ball of a structure called earth, - I have dwelt unregarded for innumerable years, - And none more attached to the land of their birth, - More deep in its pleasures, its grief and its fears; - I sport 'mid the waves of the ocean and sea, - Or rest on the bank of some flowery glade. - Or join the fairies who dance on the lea, - Or play in the checkers of sunshine and shade, - But still I'm intent in my welfare I trust, - And not to vain empty frivolity given. - When I come to the end of all time, as I must, - I'm safe in the hope of dwelling in heaven. - -394. Add a letter to a pronoun, and make a preposition; another, and -make a noun; add another at either end, and make a verb; another, and -make another noun. - -395. Add a letter to a man, and make a pearl. - -396. Add a letter to a Scripture character, and make a flower. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -397. A and B set out from the same place, in the same direction; A -travels uniformly 18 miles per day, and, after 9 days, turns and goes -as far as B has traveled during those 9 days; he then turns again, -and, pursuing his journey, overtakes B 22-1/2 days after the time they -first set out. Required the rate at which B uniformly traveled. - -398. - - To a word of consent join the first half of fright, - Next subjoin what you never beheld in the night; - Now, these rightly connected, we quickly obtain - What numbers have seen, but will ne'er see again. - -399. - - My first it is a curious thing, - Of Nature's own produce, - And many who have lost a limb - Have found it of great use. - - By my second's wondrous power - Ships are made with ease, - To stem against both wind and tide - Across the boundless seas. - - My whole is very often found - Together with my first, - And comes in very handy - When you would quench your thirst. - -400. Add a letter to a crime, and make meditation. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -401. How is it that a hen knows no night? - -402. Which class of democrats does a hen show most, regard for? - -403. Why is a large fresh egg like a virtuous deed? - -404. Add a letter to a heart, and make a number. - -405. What is flatter than a flat? - -406. I802500A. - -407. Entire, I am a kind of rock; beheaded, I am considered very -healthy; again beheaded, I am a beverage; then transposed, I am a -meadow. - - -ENIGMA. - -408. - - 'Tis found in our troubles, 'tis mixed with our pleasures, - 'Tis laid up above with our heavenly treasures; - "'Tis whispered in heaven, and 'tis muttered in hell," - And it findeth a place in each sybilline spell; - In Paradise nestled, 'mid Eden's fair flowers, - It has sported with Eve in rose-perfumed bowers; - 'Tis muttered in curses, yet breathed in our prayers; - From the path of our duty it tempts us in snares. - Deep, deep in our hearts you will find it engraved; - Though in misery sunk, yet from sin it is saved. - 'Tis found in the stream that flows on to the ocean; - Though in bustle forever, 'tis ne'er in commotion. - 'Tis wafted afar o'er the land in each breath; - In the grave 'tis decaying--you'll find it in death. - It is floating away on the broad stream of time, - Yet it findeth a place in eternity's clime. - In the legends of nations it holdeth a place; - There's no charm without it to the beautiful face. - In thunder you'll hear it, if closely you listen; - In moonbeam and sunbeam forever 'twill glisten. - In the dew-drop it sparkles; 'tis found in the forest; - It whispers in peace when our need is the sorest. - -409. My first is a drink; my second is feminine; my third is the cry -of an animal; and my whole is a city in Scripture. - -410. Behead something irritating, and leave something soothing. - -[Illustration] - -411. - - My first is not so often doled - To beggar sad and urchin bold, - As when the full amount in gold - Was paid for paper one might hold, - My second is a rank extolled - As beings of superior mold, - With virtues rare and manifold, - When they by toadies are cajoled-- - A rank not made through ballots polled - By freemen legally enrolled. - My whole, a fragrant plant, is sold - In parcels small to grannies old, - Who in their early life were told - "'Twill check a fever--cure a cold." - -412. Take the first syllable (which is sometimes used as an -interjection to express contempt) from a warlike instrument, then -transpose the remainder, and leave some ends. - -413. Entire, I am found in Brooklyn; with my first two letters -changed, I am a very strong and pretty kind of crockery-ware; when -entire, my first is a kind of mountain; my second is found all over -the world. - -414. My first is annoying, my second (under certain circumstances), -alarming; my whole is something frightful. - -415. My first is a nickname; my second, a pronoun; my third, a -conjunction; and my whole, a fish. - -416. Transpose a ruler into a river. - -417. Why is silver currency like Cæsar's army by the Rubicon? - -418. What boat is found in every ocean? - -419. 10050055N. - -420. Behead an animal, transpose, and leave a coin. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: The puzzle is, to get from the Entrance to the Center -Bower, by following the space between the lines without crossing the -lines.] - -[Illustration] - - - - -ANSWERS TO PUZZLES. - - -1. W HAIR over each eye (i) n gander or a bound will p over t and v -ice beef hound. (Where overreaching and error abound, will poverty and -vice be found.) - -2. A little patients over a parent wr on g spree vents great miss -under stand in-g-s between men. (A little patience over apparent -wrongs, prevents great misunderstandings between men.) - -3. Crisis. - -4. Mankind. - -5. The excellent effects of a mild and (hand less h) tender civility -are unquestionable. - -6. Trice, rice, ice. - -7. Pink, ink, in, pin. - -8. Think twice before you speak once. - -9. He had no need of a Hierarch (higher ark). - -10. "Written." - -11. Princeton, Prince, tin, ton, cent, Nip, tire, nice, not, in, to. - -12. Araby. - -13. Love. - -14. Valentine's Day. - -15. Wise in one's own conceit. - -16. Award, ward, war, raw. - -17. Elapse, lapse. - -18. A chin well rounded is a charming feature. - -19. 250 rods. - -20. Bal-morals. - -21. Malady. - -22. Regimentals. - -23. Because they are destitute of-fenders. - -24. "A celebrated man." - -25. Plane, lean, plan, lap. - -26. Fin e words r no t all wais t he m ark s of a k in d heart. (Fine -words are not always the marks of a kind heart.) - -27. They are always in love. - -28. Cunningham. - -29. Hope, hop, ho! - -30. Incendiary. - -31. Scowl, grow, row, owl. - -32. Carroll. - -33. Trifling, flirting. - -34. Napkin. - -35. Horse, rose. - -36. T hay W hoe ark wick limb maid 2 DO ill S hood beak on T in ULE -watch ED. (They who are quickly made to do ill, should be continually -watched.) - -37. Salve, slave, lave, veal, vase, save, ale, Ave. - -38. Curtail in g x pence swill lad in Co me. (Curtailing expenses will -add income.) - -39. When he said "Bildad." - -40. He thought he was _going to blubber_, but he didn't. - -41. Pasha, hasp. - -42. Rupee, Peru. - -43. When it is very rare. - -44. Hand-some. - -45. A good appetite. - -46. Mastodon. - -47. Casper, asper, sper, per. - -48. When there is a will there is a way. - -49. Curtail. - -50. Disproportionableness. - -51. Nine--he took _his own ears_ and _one ear_ of _corn_ out each day. - -52. YOU. - -53. War, raw. - -54. Willow. - -55. Black Rock. - -56. Waterloo. - -57. Lockport. - -58. Buffalo. - -59. Whitehall. - -60. Pitcairn. - -61. Caraway. - -62. Judas tree. - -63. Marjoram. - -64. Meat, eat, ate, tea, Eta, Etam, team, tame, at'em, meta, met, me. - -65. Hew hop lace S C on F I dents in awl purse on swill short L y C -on F I D E in no body. (He who places confidence in all persons will -shortly confide in nobody.) - -66. Snow-drop. - -67. Commonwealth. - -68. Brogue, rogue. - -69. A people intent on being overruled by a king, need not complain if -monarchs arrogate their ability to over-rule opinions. - -70. Practice flows from principle, for as a man thinks, so he will -act. - -71. The first that turned up. - -72. Monkey, money. - -73. At-ten-dance. - -74. N I X. - -75. A hawk. - -76. My son, hear the instruction of thy father. - -77. P-o-u-l-t-r-y. - -78. Because it is often vain (vane) to aspire (a spire). - -79. He is an infidel (inn fiddle). - -80. He is not likely to have a good run. - -81. He is a Jew ill (Jewel). - -82. He distributes letters. - -83. Dodo. - -84. They are sure to bring him full crops. - -85. He faces the fire. - -86. Slaughter, laughter. - -87. Because there is a bridge in every brigade. - -88. Donor. - -89. Astray. - -90. Impeach. - -91. Plumbago. - -92. Peace to be sure requires justice. - -93. Joab--2 Samuel xviii. 14. - -94. Omri--1 Kings xvi. 24. - -95. Shelomith--Levit. xxiv. 11. - -96. Hadaosoh--Esther viii. 7. - -97. Uzziah--2 Chron. xxvi. 21. - -98. Ahaziah's mother--2 Chron. xxiii. 13. - -99. Joshua. - -100. Contemplation. - -101. American. - -102. Supplementary. - -103. Apollos. - -104. Korah. - -105. Hiram Hatchet. - -106. Nehemiah. - -107. Incendiarism. - -108. Presentation. - -109. Baltimore. - -110. Smartest. - -111. Regurgitation. - -112. Disaccommodation. - -113. Porcelain. - -114. Insular. - -115. Recapitulation. - -116. Burnside. - -117. Prestidigitateur. - -118. Contradictory. - -119. Indeterminate. - -120. Ossification. - -121. Resignation. - -122. - - If words could satisfy the heart, - The heart might feel less care; - But words, like summer birds, depart, - And leave but empty air. - A little said, and truly said, - Can deeper joy impart, - Than hosts of words which reach the head, - But never touch the heart. - -123. Watch over your heart to keep out all vice. - -124. Darius, radius. - -125. Sausage, assuage. - -126. He was bound to Havanna (Have Anna). - -127. He was _reviled_ who came to _deliver_. - -128. It would be reformed. - -129. Canoe, ocean. - -130. Surface. - -131. It would be recreation. - -132. Miserable. - -133. Your word. - -134. Met-a-physician. - -135. Flattery. - -136. He is no better. - -137. A day's difference. - -138. Only the dead one; the others would fly away. - -139. Conundrum. - -140. A good intention, but undervalued and misunderstood. - -141. Wolf, fowl. - -142. Stripes, sprites. - -143. Cataract. - -144. "Honest Old Abe." - -145. Aden. - -146. When It's mild (it smiled.) - -147. Treason, reason. - -148. Daisy. - -149. Buttercup. - -150. Hound-tongue. - -151. Mode sty i s one oft he chief or name nt sof youth. (Modesty is -one of the chief ornaments of youth.) - -152. Husbandman. - -153. Because Time beats all men, and a drummer beats time. - -154. When it is used to sow lace (solace). - -155. Forbearing. - -156. - - (1) Mr. and Mrs. A. cross the river together, Mr. A brings the - boat back. - - (2) Mrs. B. and Mrs. C. cross, Mrs. A. returns. - - (3) Mr. B. and Mr. C. cross, Mr. and Mrs. B. return. - - (4) Mr. A. and Mr. B. cross, Mrs. C. returns. - - (5) Mrs. C. and Mr. B. go over, and Mr. A. returns for his - wife. - -157. Light. - -158. Red-riding-hood. - -159. Ann Eliza (analyzer). - -160. Glass. - -161. Entrance. - -162. Desert. - -163. Subjects. - -164. Object. - -165. Piece of mind being secured we maze mile at miss fortunes. (Peace -of mind being secured, we may smile at misfortunes.) - -166. Wilful lie (Wilforley). - -167. Willie H. Coleman. - -168. Fleta Forrester. - -169. Jasper. - -170. Had anchor (H. A. Danker). - -171. Sibyl Grey. - -172. Slate, tales, least, stale, steal. - -173. The required radius, 0 feet 1.922257 inches. - -174. When it is _a raining_ (arraigning). - -175. Political. - -176. Issue. - -177. - - Be not too wise nor over nice - For if you be, you little see, - How like an idiot you be. - -178. It will be ten to one if he catches it. - -179. Ill. - -180. B and Y (bandy.) - -181. Zebra, bear. - -182. What a wheel! - -183. Revolutionary. - -184. In _mills_. - -185. While it can not move without a head of water, it never gets -ahead of the water, and yet is always moving. - -186. Star, sat, rat, tar, art, as, at. - -187. Blood-root. - -188. Ox-bane. - -189. Candy-tuft. - -190. Arrow-head. - -191. Bed-straw. - -192. Patience and perseverance will perform wonders. - -193. I, -- crossed makes X etc. - -194. Boa-constrictor. - -195. _a._ Rock pigeon. _b._ Rose mallow. - -196. Selah! - -197. Stiver, rivets. - -198. Kite, tike. - -199. Wolf, fowl. - -200. Scows, cows. - -201. Stripes, sprites. - -202. Ape, pea. - -203. Danes, sedan. - -204. Dawn, wand. - -205. All is not gold that glitters. - -206. Pawpaw. - -207. Crane-fly. - -208. Maple. - -209. Trug, rug. - -210. Sport. - -211. Excommunication. - -212. Moss-rose. - -213. Because it bears the palm. - -214. Enumerating. - -215. Embrocation. - -216. Virulent. - -217. Combativeness. - -218. Midshipman. - -219. Season. - -220. Acrobats. - -221. First be sure you are right, then go ahead. - -222. Lake, sake, Jake, bake, wake, make, rake, hake, cake, fake, take. - -223. Amethyst. - -224. Direction (die-wreck-shun). - -225. Warlock. - -226. They have always agreed. - -227. Flake, lake. - -228. BOOK-CASE. Baltic, Odessa, Olympus, Killanaule. - -229. Liquorice. - -230. Lover, cover, hover, mover, rover. - -231. Oliver, Olive, Levi. - -232. Time and tide wait for no man. - -233. Bug-bear. - -234. Philosophy. - -235. Turks, sturk. - -236. Owe nothing. - -237. Arm-chair. - -238. R U A TT. (Are you a tease?) - -239. Once upon a time a horrid, cross, overbearing man undertook to -beat his wife upon a very small provocation indeed; but she understood -and overcame his evil intention, for before he could injure her, she -demolished him in a little time with a cudgel. - -240. Tennessee (10 A C). - -241. Ounce, cat, pig, horse, seal, cow. - -242. Head-less. - -243. Weed, need, meed, feed, deed, heed, reed, seed. - -244. Patapsco. - -245. Level. - -246. Fund. - -247. Mum, Abba, Dad, Anna, Minim--MADAM. - -248. Rebecca, rebec. - -249. C low shoe r heart against awl vice, butt open the door to wall -t root h. (Close your heart against all vice, but open the door to all -truth.) - -250. When they are candidates (candied dates). - -251. Because it is ink-lined (inclined). - -252. When he declines a drink. - -253. Loops, spool. - -254. Animal, lamina. - -255. Em-bark. - -256. When it is a perch. - -257. (Often read) ink. - -258. A clock. - -259. Each has his own bark. - -260. One is an analyzer (Ann Eliza), the other a charlatan (Charlotte -Ann). - -261. It has many boughs (bows). - -262. Because the cat 'ill eat it. - -263. They are tumblers. - -264. A bushel of corn. - -265. Sealing-wax. - -266. Because his works are wicked, and all his wicked works come to -light. - -267. He is a-mending the public ways. - -268. Because he is dog-matical. - -269. He axes it. - -270. Independence. (Inn, deep, pendants.) - -271. Because they leave every spring. - -272. Yes, when he is tired of one place he can go to another. - -273. Clouds. - -274. Sable, stable. - -275. Elm, Lem. - -276. Lama, Alma. - -277. Ash, has. - -278. Flea, leaf. - -279. Brag, garb. - -280. Jehoshaphat. - -281. Because he has no shoes on. - -282. Long or short, he only gets ahead one foot at a time. - -283. Frill, rill, ill. - -284. Fare-well. - -285. Rebellion. - -286. - -[Illustration] - -_To remove the shears._--Take the loop end of the string; put it -through the right handle, and carry the loop around to _a_, as shown -by the dotted line here given. Let the loop be carried still further -toward _b_, until it has passed entirely around the whole shoars, and -you can then remove them, as they will slip out through the handles. - -287. Wasp. - -288. Pine apple. - -289. I O U 0 (I owe you nothing). - -290. Eleve, levee. - -291. The letter A. - -292. Stable, table, Able, Abe. - -293. Hares, share. - -294. Glare, large. - -295. Yard, dray. - -296. Stake, skate. - -297. Lurch, churl. - -298. One hug enough. - -299. Milk-maid. - -300. Maine. - -301. Box. - -302. Quicksand. - -303. Les Miserables. - -304. Trade Winds. - -305. One may be barred and the other bolted. - -306. Printers. - -307. Bread and butter--read and utter. - -308. Catalpa. - -309. Lamas, salam. - -310. Friend-ship. - -311. Mate, ate, mat, ma, am. - -312. Prometheus. - -313. Nathaniel P. Banks. - -314. The letter I. - -315. Bilberry. - -316. Larkspur. - -317. Heartsease. - -318. Sumac. - -319. Rue. - -320. Lady, lad. - -321. Mandate. - -322. Range, rage. - -323. Feeling. - -324. Furlong. - -325. Flagrant. - -326. Apathy. - -327. It is a pig-got. - -328. Indianapolis. - -329. Paris. - -330. London. - -331. Keel, eel, E E (ease). - -332. Cat-a-logue. - -333. Votes, stoves. - -334. Polyanthus. - -335. Isabella. - -336. Washington. - -337. Gum, mug. - -338. Depend not on fortune, but conduct. - -339. Tenacity. - -340. Beam, hairs (hares), temples a cur sup on his meals, tenants, -eggs salted (exalted), a narrow mind. - -341. Ruthless. - -342. Root, moot, foot, boot, hoot, toot, soot. - -343. Mutton. - -344. A little (t) will change pain into paint. - -345. Parsimony. - -346. Personage. - -347. Constantinople. - -348. Soldiers. - -349. Contrabands. - -350. Jurisprudence. - -351. Drawer, warder. - -352. Crown, crow. - -353. March, sham, ash, Sam, has. - -354. He is a man of great gravity. - -355. Host, shot. - -356. Tulips (two lips.) - -357. Tyke, key. - -358. Sun-flower. - -359. Rosemary. - -360. Aaron's rod. - -361. Nothing. - -362. Ho does not want them made shorter. - -363. He is fond of cabbage. - -364. He never drinks. - -365. Memento mori. - -366. Orpheus C. Kerr. - -367. Uncle Robert's Picture. - -368. Manhattanville. - -369. Hatteras. - -370. Cat-o-nine-tails. - -371. Catastrophe. - -372. Catechism. - -373. Catechist, (cat he kissed). - -374. Cat-a-comb. - -375. Blackburnian Warbler. - -376. Slate. - -377. Potomac. - -378. One is a rail-sitter, the other a rail-splitter. - -379. When he travels on a trail (T rail). - -380. When they linger round the bars. - -381. He pleads at the bar. - -382. The letter N. - -383. A yard and a quarter. _Abe_--Abe-L. - -384. Chaucer. - -385. It holds a gal on. - -386. Noise. - -387. It weighs anchor. - -388. To axe the way. - -389. Because "i" is in the midst of bliss, "e" is in hell, and all the -others in purgatory. - -390. From San Jacinto to corner of the fort, 1,843 66-100 yards. - -From San Jacinto to center of the fort, 1,971 10-100 yards. - -From Ironsides to corner of the fort, 2,096 53-100 yards. - -From Ironsides to center of the fort, 2,304 75-100 yards. - -From point equidistant to center of the fort, 1,763 47-100 yards. - -391. R U L. (Are you well?) - -392. Rampage. - -393. The letter E. - -394. I, in, pin, spin or pine, spine. - -395. Earl, pearl. - -396. Iri, iris. - -397. B travels ten miles a day. - -398. Yesterday. - -399. Corkscrew. - -400. Peculation, speculation. - -401. Her son never sets. - -402. The hard shell. - -403. It is a good egg sample. - -404. Core, score. - -405. A flatterer. - -406. I ate nothing to-day. - -407. Shale, hale, ale. - -408. The letter E. - -409. Beersheba. - -410. Teasing, easing. - -411. Penny-royal. - -412. Balista, tails. - -413. Ridgewood. - -414. Bug-bear. - -415. Halibut. - -416. Bashaw, Wabash. - -417. Because the die is cast before they pass it. - -418. Canoe (transposed forms "ocean"). - -419. CLOWN. - -420. Deer, ree. - -[Illustration] - - -[Illustration] - - * * * * - - - - -[Illustration] [SEE PAGE 12. (SPRING FLOWERS.)] - - - - -ROBERT MERRY'S - -BOOK OF RHYMES. - - - - -PREFACE. - - - Merry nephews, merry nieces, - Merry cousins all, - Merry aunts, with merry faces. - Merry uncles, take your places - Round the merry hall. - - Here's a book of merry jingles, - Made for merry times; - Merry here with Merry mingles, - Merry groups, and Merrys single, - "Merry's Book of Rhymes." - - Aunt Sue glowing, Fleta flashing, - Uncle Joe in smiles, - Mattie warbling, Buckeye dashing, - Older crowing, Hatchet slashing, - Each in his own style. - - Merry nephs and nieces, meeting - Wheresoe'er you may, - Robert Merry sendeth greeting, - Hoping he may have a seat in - All your merry play. - - When in merry circles chatting - Round the merry hearth, - Merry wit with wit combatting, - Merry's Rhymes will come quite pat in - To help on the mirth. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE NEST BUILDERS. - - - Oh! beautiful, beautiful things! - How they range at will through the sky! - Dear Mary, if I could have wings, - Oh! wouldn't I, wouldn't I fly? - - I would float far away on the cloud, - All vailed in the silver mist; - And perhaps I should feel so proud, - I shouldn't come back to be kissed. - - But see, sis, the sweet little creatures - Have each a straw in his beak; - A lesson of duty to teach us, - As plainly as birds can speak. - - We think they are only playing, - As they roam to and fro in the sky; - But these busy fellows are saying, - "'Tis not all for pleasure we fly. - - "We're building a snug little nest - In the crotch of the old elm-tree - We mean it for one of the best, - And busy enough are we. - - "We would not live only for play; - And when for a song we take leisure, - We would show, in our caroling way, - How duty is wedded to pleasure." - - - - -[Illustration] - - -KINDNESS. - - - A rose was faint, and hung its head, - One sultry summer's day, - When a Zephyr kindly fann'd its cheek, - Then sped upon its way. - - That Zephyr now, where'er it roams, - Delicious perfume brings. - So kindness gathers, as it goes, - A fragrance for its wings. - - AUNT SUE. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -SNOW-FLAKES. - - - Are the snow-flakes pearly flowers - That in the skies have birth, - And gently fall in gleaming showers - Upon this barren earth? - - Or, are they fleecy locks of wool, - From sheep that wander by - The silver streams, that, singing, roll - Through valleys in the sky? - - Or, are they downy feathers, cast - By little birds above, - And hurried earthward by the blast, - Bright messengers of love? - - No, they are pearly blossoms, flung - From heaven's airy bowers, - To recompense us for the loss - Of summer's blooming flowers. - - MATTIE BELL. - -[Illustration] - - - - -SPRING FLOWERS. - - - With what a lavish hand - God beautifies the earth, - When everywhere, all o'er the land, - Sweet flowers are peeping forth! - - Down by the babbling brook, - Up in the silent hills, - The glen, the bower, the shady nook, - Their breath with fragrance fills. - - They creep along the hedge, - They climb the rugged height, - And, leaning o'er the water's edge, - Blush in their own sweet light. - - They seem to breathe and talk; - They pour into my ear; - Where'er I look, where'er I walk, - A music soft and clear. - - They have no pride of birth, - No choice of regal bower; - The humblest, lowliest spot on earth - May claim the fairest flower. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -TOP PHILOSOPHY. - - - Children must be busy, - Always something learning; - Toys and trinkets, for their secrets, - Inside-outward turning. - - While the top is spinning, - Boys are wondering all, - How it stands erect unaided, - Why it does not fall. - - While the top is humming, - Still the wonder grows, - By what art the little spinner - Whistles as it goes. - - Children learn while playing; - Children play while learning; - Pastimes, often more than lessons, - Into knowledge turning. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -BY THE LAKE. - - - Moonlight gleams upon the lake; - Noiselessly the waters break - On the white and pebbly shore, - Then return, to break once more. - - Yonder moon, the sky's bright green, - Glitters in its depths serene, - And the stars, above that glow, - Seem another heaven below. - - On the white lake shore I stand, - Where the waters meet the land, - Shadows all around me lie, - Shutting out the starry sky-- - - Shutting out the world around, - In their close and narrow bound, - And the past awhile doth seem, - But a half-forgotten dream. - - In the starry night, alone, - Earthly cares and thoughts are gone. - In this silence, deep and still, - Who could harbor thought of ill? - - Far from all the care and strife, - All the agony of life, - Who would deem the sun could rise - On earth's thousand miseries? - - One by one my thoughts come back - To the old, familiar track, - And I turn me from the shore, - To the busy world once more. - - ADELBERT OLDER. - -[Illustration] - - - - -GENTLE WORDS. - - - Kind words revive the weary soul, - And cheer its saddest hours, - As dew refreshes drooping leaves, - And brightens fading flowers. - - They fall, like sunshine, round the path - Of those who weary roam, - And are the "open sesame" - To every heart and home. - - We know the spring will soon appear, - When round us flies the swallow, - So kind words should be harbingers - Of gentle deeds which follow. - - Upon the brow of want and care - The joys of life they fling, - And change the soul's dark night to-day, - Its winter into spring. - - Then let your deeds be gentle deeds, - Your words be words of love; - They are the brightest gems which shine - In angels' crowns above. - - MATTIE BELL. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE FROST. - - - The Frost looked forth one still, clear night, - And whispered, "Now I shall be out of sight; - So through the valley and over the height - In silence I'll take my way. - I will not go on like that blustering train-- - The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain, - Who make so much bustle and noise in vain; - But I'll be as busy as they." - - Then he flew to the mountain, and powdered its crest; - He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dress'd - In diamond beads; and over the breast - Of the quivering lake he spread - A coat of mail, that it need not fear - The downward point of many a spear, - That he hung on its margin, far and near, - Where a rock could rear its head. - - He went to the windows of those who slept, - And over each pane, like a fairy, crept; - Wherever he breathed, wherever he stepp'd, - By the light of the morn were seen - Most beautiful things; there were flowers and trees; - There were bevies of birds, and swarms of bees; - There were cities with temples and towers; and these - All pictured in silver sheen! - - But he did one thing that was hardly fair-- - He peeped in the cupboard, and finding there - That all had forgotten for him to prepare-- - "Now, just to set them a-thinking, - I'll bite this basket of fruit," said he, - "This costly pitcher I'll burst in three; - And the glass of water they've left for me - Shall 'tchick!' to tell them I'm drinking!" - - MISS H. F. GOULD. - - - - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - -SKATING--WOMAN'S RIGHTS. - - - Why may not a woman skate? - She can walk, and run, and ride-- - In dance, or hop, she's always great-- - Prithee why not skate or slide? - Skating is a useful art, - Full of dignity and grace; - Exercises limb and heart, - Gives the blood a healthful pace. - - Why may not a woman skate? - Swan-like grace and queenly sway - Mark the vigorous, blooming Kate, - Sailing down yon glittering way. - Look! what conscious grace and power - In those broad, out-sweeping strides, - As down the silver-gleaming floor, - With still increasing speed she glides. - - Why may not a woman skate? - Often on the frozen Scheldt, - Buxom Dutch girls, early, late, - For the prize of speed have dealt. - Sometimes from the inland town - To the city mart, or fair, - They in merry bands glide down, - And their precious burdens bear. - - Why may not a woman skate? - To a friend's, long miles away, - Oft they sail, with heart elate, - To make a call, or pass the day. - Often so do lovers meet, - Whispering, wooing, billing, cooing, - While upon their iron feet, - Miles and miles of talk they're doing. - - Why may not a woman skate? - What though ankles she reveal! - Skater's ankles, critics state, - Are not over-much genteel. - What of that!--a trifling charge! - There's a right for every wrong-- - If the ankle's somewhat large, - May be 'tis well set and strong. - - Why may not a woman skate? - Six times we have put the question; - No one rising in debate, - No one offering a suggestion, - Silence gives consent. So, then, - Pretty girls, and women, too, - No less than rude boys and men, - May put on the iron shoe. - - Try it, girls--ay, try the skate-- - Good for service, seldom tired, - Able to sustain its weight, - Never weak, nor loosely wired-- - The well-tried ankle you will find - In your need-hour just the one; - Bind your skates on--never mind!-- - You will find it right good fun. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -SCHOOL SONNET. - - - Spell, spell, spell! - A dozen words or more; - To your task and learn it well-- - School days will soon be o'er. - - Write, write, write! - A page all bright and clean; - Seize the moments in their flight, - No lost one fall between. - - Learn, learn, learn! - Some useful thing each day. - From early morn till night returns, - Waste not your time in play. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. - - - It is said that the flowers, as well as the birds, - Have a language peculiar, with phrases and words; - And that oft, in the hush of a warm summer day, - You may hear, if you listen, whatever they say. - - I have doubted till lately, and thought it was all - The whim of some dreamer, whom poet they call; - But since the sweet seventh of June, fifty-one, - My doubts have all vanished, like mists in the sun. - - As I walked in the garden I saw a sweet rose, - Such as seldom on this side of Paradise grows, - With a deep, deepening blush overspreading its cheek, - Leaning down to a lily, as if it would speak. - - Behind a tall orange in bloom, as it spread - Its rich fragrant shadow all over the bed, - Unperceived by the parties, I paused in my walk - And, in truth, overheard an intelligent talk. - - First, a low, distant murmur arrested my ear, - Like the memory of tones which in dreaming we hear; - Then, clear and distinct, though subtile as thought, - Their simple, articulate language I caught. - - "Thou fairest of gems," said the rose, bending down, - "Too sweet for the earth and too chaste for a crown, - I would thou wert taller, that here, in my place, - The world might appreciate thy sweetness and grace." - - "Nay, nay, lovely rose," the fair lily replied, - "It is safer in humble retirement to hide; - Earth's praises I court not; my graces were given - To exhale, in their careless redundance, to heaven." - - As the rest of their talk was of love, and as I - Was acting the part of an eaves-dropping spy, - I will not report it; but this I have told, - As conveying a lesson for young and for old. - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE SONG OF THE EXILE. - - - Blow, blow, ye winds, from the wide blue sea! - Oh, cool the heat of this fevered brow, - And still this heart with such melody - As your fluttering wings are wafting now! - - Bear on, bear on, from that distant shore, - The loving tones of a household band - Whose cherished, forms I see no more, - Ye voices dim from my fatherland! - - Such sad, sweet thoughts to me ye bring - Of my own far home with its ivied walls, - Of the vine-wreathed porch, where the zephyr sings - Through the rustling leaves, and the sunbeam falls-- - - Of the threshold stone, and the open door, - Of the kindred forms that gathered there, - At the stilly eve full hearts to pour, - In a gush of song on the listening air-- - - Of the noisy flow of the little brook, - Whose mossy banks our footsteps haunted; - Of winds which half their sweetness took - From fragrant bowers our hands had planted. - - FLETA FORRESTER. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE HARVEST. - - - Trusting in the patient earth - For the coming need, - Went the hopeful sower forth, - Bearing precious seed. - - Precious seed and full of hope, - Scattered far and wide, - O'er the plain--along the slope-- - And by the river side. - - Softened by the vernal rain, - Quickened by the sun, - Every little planted grain - Peep'd forth, one by one. - - Nourished by the rain and dew, - And the genial light, - Blade by blade it upward grew, - Growing day and night. - - Waving in the summer gales, - Bowing to the blast, - O'er the teeming intervales, - Ripening to the last. - - Duly to the harvest white, - Goldenly it glows, - As with grateful heart, and light, - Forth the reaper goes. - - Brightly as the sickle swings, - Flashing in the sun, - Merrily the reaper sings, - While the moments run. - - Onward as the strong man goes, - Fall the golden heads, - Till the grain, in beauteous rows, - All the field o'erspreads. - - Gather, gather now with care, - Binding up your sheaves, - Save what holy thrift and prayer - For the gleaner leaves. - - Now, upon the groaning wain, - Pile your treasures high, - Thankful for the gentle rain, - And the genial sky. - - Grateful for the bounteous earth, - Trusting all to come, - Now with songs of cheerful mirth, - Bring the harvest home. - - Dance and sing in joyous ring, - Ere the day grows dim; - Rejoice, rejoice, with heart and voice, - Shout, shout the Harvest Hymn. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration: - -THE SNOW-HOUSE. - -"A palace, or a cot--it matters not."] - - -THE SNOW-HOUSE. - - - See, Charlie, out there, by the elm tree, - The snow has been eddying round, - And has made, for our winter snow-house, - A broad and beautiful mound. - - Come, Charlie, bring out your shovel, - And soon we will let them see - How nice, how snug, and how cosy, - Our winter palace can be. - - The door shall be arched and lofty, - The room within shall be round; - And we'll have a fireplace and chimney, - And a carpet of straw for the ground. - - Then we'll have a magnificent party, - And all our friends receive, - With chestnuts, popped corn, and candy, - On Christmas or New Year's eve. - - The Merrys all shall be invited, - Around our board to sit; - They with our house will be delighted, - And we'll enjoy their wit. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -COLD WATER. - - - Cold water, pure, sparkling, and bright, - Cold water forever for me; - Cold water _you_, too, must drink to-night, - Who have come to our apple spree. - - For nothing else you will get to drink, - Of that most sure you may be; - No _wine_, no _brandy_ will we allow - At our red-apple spree. - - No _cider_, no _rum_, no _lager bier_, - Or any such stuff will you see; - But pure cold water, fresh from the pump, - We will have at our apple spree. - - Drink as much as you will, good friends and true, - For nothing it costs, you see, - And in these hard times it is best to have - An economical spree. - - So a spree we will have, and a jolly one too, - And none the worse shall we be - To-morrow, for having joined to-night - In a real red-apple spree. - - RUTH. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE GOOD OLD PLOW. - - - Let them laud the notes that in music float - Through the bright and glittering hall, - While the amorous whirl of the hair's bright curl - Round the shoulders of beauty fall; - But dearest to me is the song of the tree, - And the rich and the blossoming bough-- - Oh! these are the sweets which the rustic greets, - As he follows the good old plow. - - All honor be, then, to those gray old men, - When at last they are bowed with toil; - Their warfare then o'er, they battle no more, - For they've conquered the stubborn soil; - And the chaplet he wears is his silver hairs, - And ne'er shall the victor's brow - With a laurel crown in his grave go down, - Like the sons of the good old plow. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -WINTER. - - - Who does not love the Winter, - When all on earth below, - The houses, streams, the trees, and rocks, - Are covered o'er with snow-- - When all is fair which once was bare, - And all is bright and gay, - When down the hillside rush the sleds, - Nor stop till far away? - - And then the noise of all the boys, - When snow-balls fly around-- - The snow-king in the meadow-field, - With icy jewels crowned-- - And sparkling as the purest gold, - The scepter in his hand, - While icy courtiers, grim and still, - Await his high command. - - And then when evening closes in - Around the household hearth, - We love to sit while jokes pass round, - And all is joy and mirth. - And then recount with ready tongues - The mishaps of the day, - Of plunges in the deep snow-drifts - When at our joyous play. - - And though the Spring may boast its flowers, - And all its green-clad trees; - Though Summer, with its healthy showers, - Brings many a cooling breeze; - And though in Autumn with the crops - Of grain and fruit we're blest, - Yet still I can not help but say, - I love the Winter best. - - S. W. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -JUNE. - - - 'Tis a truth that earnest students, - With books and nature who commune, - Are in thought and feeling quickened - By the skies and breath of June. - - While in boyhood, what could match it? - Schoolmates call so opportune; - "Come with me and range the forest-- - Recreate, this day of June." - - Sister-schoolmates, gathering posies, - Stop to hear the red-breast's tune, - And laugh at pretty squirrels running - Up the trees, in leafy June. - - After-life, for prizes striving, - The student toils for lengthened rune-- - Spirit (so success) is wafted - To him by the breath of June. - - Month of months--let's sing its praises! - MUSEUM-readers, join the tune-- - The freshest leaves, the brightest flowers, - All are thine, sweet month of June. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -WORK AND PLAY. - - - With mamma for a teacher, - 'Tis easy to learn; - Her eye gives her boy courage, - As hard pages turn. - - She says, "Now, my dear Freddy, - Learn every word right; - If you're patient, the hard spots - Will vanish from sight. - - "When this task is well finished, - Your _work_ will be done; - _Then_ the time comes for playing, - Says every one. - - "Your fleet rock-horse is waiting; - And baby shall see." - Freddy learned well his lessons, - And rides full of glee. - -[Illustration] - - * * * * * - - Don't tell me of to-morrow, - There is much to do to-day, - That can never be accomplished, - If we throw the hours away. - Every moment has its duty-- - Who the future can foretell? - Then why put off till to-morrow, - What to-day can do as well? - - - - -THE BUTTERFLY. - - - "Don't kill me,"--caterpillar said, - As Clara raised her heel, - Upon the humble worm to tread, - As though it could not feel. - -[Illustration] - - "Don't kill me--I will crawl away, - And hide me from your sight, - And when I come, some other day, - You'll view me with delight." - - The caterpillar went and hid - In some dark, quiet place, - Where none could look on what he did, - To change his form and face. - - And then, one day, as Clara read - Within a shady nook, - A butterfly, superbly dressed, - Alighted on her book. - -[Illustration] - - His shining wings were dotted o'er - With gold, and blue, and green, - And Clara owned she naught before - So beautiful had seen. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -COLD WATER. - - - You may boast of your brandy and wine as you please, - Gin, cider, and all the rest; - Cold water transcends them in all the degrees, - It is _good_--it is BETTER--'tis BEST. - It is good to warm you when you are cold, - Good to cool you when you are hot; - It is good for the young--it is good for the old, - Whatever their outward lot. - It is better than brandy to quicken the blood, - It is better than gin for the colic; - It is better than wine for the generous mood, - Than whisky or rum for a frolic. - 'Tis the best of all drinks for quenching your thirst, - 'Twill revive you for work or for play; - In sickness or health, 'tis the best and the first-- - Oh! try it--you'll find it will pay. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE TELEGRAPH--ITS SECRET. - - - Looking up in musing wonder - At the silent wires above him, - And profoundly meditating, - Suddenly says Mike--that's Michael-- - Suddenly says Pat--that's Patrick-- - "Can you show me, can you tell me, - How it is that news and letters, - How it is that big newspapers, - Full of news, and fun, and wisdom, - Travel ever back and forward, - Travel with the speed of lightning-- - Always going, always coming, - And yet never interfering; - While we, sitting under, watching, - Can not see them, can not hear them, - Can not draw their secret from them; - Can not tell how 'tis they do it, - Can not quite believe they do it, - Though we all the while do know it?" - - "Should you ask me, Mike"--that's Michael-- - "Should you ask," says Pat--that's Patrick-- - "How these silent wires above us - Talk, and write, and carry letters-- - Carry news, and carry orders, - Though we can not see nor hear them, - Sitting under, watching, listening-- - Can not see them, can not hear them, - Can not catch the smallest whisper - Of the messages they carry-- - I should answer, I should tell you, - That those little wires are hollow, - With a passage running through them - From the one end to the other; - And they send, not papers through them, - And they send, not written letters; - But they send--these strange magicians-- - Through those passages so narrow, - Whispering spirits, living fairies, - Flying ever back and forward, - Message-bearing, hither, thither-- - Faithful messengers, that tell not - You, nor me, though watching, listening, - What the messages they carry." - - "Och! indade," says Mike--that's Michael-- - "Do you know it, Pat"--that's Patrick-- - "Do you know it, Pat, for certain? - Have you seen the whispering spirits? - Have you seen these living fairies? - Have you heard them shooting by us? - Have you heard their fairy whisper? - Tell me, do you know it, surely? - Tell me, is it only blarney?" - - Then in anger, Pat--that's Patrick-- - Proudly answered, "Mike"--that's Michael-- - "Sure you know I'm Pat"--that's Patrick-- - "Sure you know I was in College; - Four long years in F----m College-- - Hewing wood and bearing water, - Kindling fires, and chores achieving, - For the great and learned scholars - Of the mighty F----m College. - So you needn't, Mike"--that's Michael-- - "Set me down for a Know-Nothing; - Needn't reckon me a Hindoo; - Needn't doubt that what I tell you - Is as true as if a lawyer - Should have told it to a jury; - Or as if a man in Congress - Or in caucus said and swore it - On his everlasting honor, - On his faith and on his conscience; - This, I trust, will satisfy you." - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE UMBRELLA, AND THE APRIL SHOWER. - - - Keep close--we'll crowd the closer, - The harder it shall pour; - 'Tis seldom one umbrella - Is called to shelter four; - But ours is large and generous, - And has a heart for more. - - Yet faster, and yet faster, - The pelting sheets arrive, - And our one good umbrella - Is bound to shelter five, - For we are packed as snugly - As bees within a hive. - - Now let it come in torrents-- - We're snug as snug can be; - What cares our brave umbrella - For five, or four, or three? - On every side 'tis shedding - The rain in careless glee. - - The clouds are very leaky, - The bottom must be out, - But, with our good umbrella, - We have no fear nor doubt, - Though every stick above us - Rains like a tiny spout. - - Heigho! 'tis coming faster, - The bottles sure have burst; - But hark! the brave umbrella - Says, "Clouds, do _now_ your worst, - If you would wet these children, - You must destroy me first." - - They must have thrown wide open - The windows of the sky; - But, with our good umbrella, - I think we'll get home dry; - Or, if we do get sprinkled, - We'll neither fret nor cry. - - Step lightly, bonnie sister, - Keep close, sweet little pet, - With such a brave umbrella, - We shall not be much wet; - But Prink will have a drenching, - On that I'll make a bet. - - How like a river torrent - It pours along the street! - Prink cares not for umbrellas, - To him a bath's a treat, - And our good India-rubbers - Are umbrellas for our feet. - - What's that you say, dear Nellie? - 'Tis dropping on your arm? - Indeed, our kind umbrella - Didn't mean you any harm; - And soon the good snug parlor - Will make all dry and warm. - - Ha! ha! the wind is rising, - But we are almost there. - What if our good umbrella - Should fly away in air! - Run, Prink, and say we're coming, - And open the gate--do you hear! - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE OSTRICH. - - - Let the fur-clad Laplander boast - Of the reindeer's bird-like speed; - Let the Arab, for riding post, - Bet high on his mettlesome steed; - - Let the Briton talk loud of the chase - With the fox, or the hare, or the stag; - Let the Yankee, stark mad in the race, - Count miles by the minutes, and brag; - - The bird of the desert is ours-- - Competitors all we defy-- - A bird of such wonderful powers-- - We scarce know if we ride or we fly. - - You have all of the hippogriff heard, - For mettle and speed a rare thing, - Half-breed betwixt courser and bird, - Keeping pace with foot and with wing. - - The bird of the desert is he, - The ostrich of beautiful plume, - Skimming earth, as a swallow the sea, - Or an eagle the lofty blue dome. - - He laughs at the speed of the hind, - For pursuers he feels no concern, - He travels ahead of the wind, - And leaves the dull lightning astern. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE PLOWMAN. - - - Turn up the generous soil-- - 'Tis rich in hidden wealth, - And well repays your earnest toil - With plenty, peace, and health. - - Plow with a bold, strong hand-- - Drive deep the glittering share; - No surface-scratching will command - Earth's treasures rich and rare. - - Then, if you'd freely reap, - With bounteous freedom sow-- - And while you wake, and while you sleep, - The precious grain will grow. - - - - -ON A GOOD HOUSE-DOG CALLED "WATCH." - - - Poor faithful Watch! thy watch of life is o'er, - And mute and senseless near the kitchen door - Thou lay'st, a breathless corpse, where thou stood to guard before; - Thy pliant temper, known and praised by all, - Thy prompt obedience to thy master's call; - Whether to climb the hill, or scour the plain, - Or drive encroaching hogs from out the lane; - Thy quick return, on motion of his hand, - To guard the door, or wait a fresh command; - Thy joy to meet at eve, with fawning play, - Domestic faces, absent but a day; - Thy bark, that might the boldest thief affright, - And patient watch through many a dreary night-- - All speak thy worth, but none could save thy breath, - For what is merit 'gainst the shafts of Death? - Sleep, then, my dog! thy tour of duty o'er, - Where thief and trav'ler can disturb no more; - Content t' have gained all that thou now canst have-- - Thy master's plaudit and a peaceful grave! - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -GONE--ALL GONE! - - - By the bubbling fount 'mid the greenwood shades, - In the leafy world of the forest glades, - No more the birds, at the blush of morn, - Trill their sweet notes; they are gone--all gone! - - Voices of summer, I've listed long - For the witching strains of your matin song; - Through the woodland dim, o'er the rustling lawn, - I have sought you oft; but you're gone--all gone? - - No more do you start in your still retreat - At the thundering tramp of the horses' feet, - Or the wandering note of the bugle horn; - But the woods are mute, for you're gone--all gone! - - 'Mid the wild wood's haunts, through your lonely nests, - The rude winds play, and the snow-wreath rests - In their yielding curve, while in jeering scorn - The cold blast whistles, "Gone--all gone!" - - They say that ye sing 'neath a sunnier arch - Of the azure skies, where the seasons' march - Brings but one endless vernal dawn; - But my heart is sad, for you're gone--all gone! - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE CHRISTMAS TREE. - - - The Christmas tree! - The Christmas tree! - O gather around it now; - Its fruits are free - For you and for me, - And they hang from every bough. - - Its flowers are bright, - And they grew in a night, - For yesterday it was bare - Did ever you see - An evergreen tree - So fruitful and so fair? - - Look! here is a rose! - And who would suppose - An orange and a pear - Would grow by the side - Of the garden's pride? - But here, you see, they are. - - And, stranger yet, - Here's a bon-bon, set - On the same identical stem, - With two plums, so big - That a neighboring fig - Seems lost in the shadow of them. - - And here, what's this? - As I live, 'tis a kiss, - And just where a kiss should be; - A tulip full blown, - Hard by it is shown-- - Indeed, 'tis a wonderful tree. - - Here, bravo! I've found - MERRY'S MUSEUM, bound-- - This must be the Tree of Knowledge; - Besides which, behold! - All lettered in gold, - A poem fresh out from the college. - - Hold! hold! my good sirs, - Here's a nice set of furs-- - 'Tis a fir-tree, you all must agree; - And here, not _incog._, - Is a sweet sugar-hog-- - Does that make a mahogany-tree? - - Oh! who would have guessed? - Here's a nice little chest, - Of course 'tis a chestnut-tree; - Not so fast, cousin Knox, - Here's a beautiful box-- - A box-tree it surely must be. - - Your proof something lacks, - For here is an ax. - You must own 'tis an axle-tree now; - Hallo! here's a whip, - For your horsemanship-- - 'Tis a whipple-tree, then, you'll allow. - - What now shall be said? - Here are needles and thread-- - Let's see--shall we call it tre-mend(o)us? - Oh, pshaw! pray do stop, - I'm ready to drop-- - Your puns are absurdly stupendous. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -MY MOTHER'S BIRTHPLACE. - - - It was just outside of the village, - In a cool, sequestered nook, - On the right was the murmuring forest, - On the left was the babbling brook. - Behind, the o'ershadowing mountain - Reared its gray old head to the sky, - While before it, the widening valley - Stretched out like a sea to the eye. - - 'Twas a rare, sweet spot, and a lovely - As ever this fair world knew; - There spring came earliest always, - And summer the latest withdrew. - Day reluctantly left it at evening, - And hastened to greet it at dawn, - And stars, birds, and flowers loved to visit - THE PLACE WHERE MY MOTHER WAS BORN. - - - - -THE SONG OF BOB LINCOLN. - -BY UNCLE TIM. - - - It was a beautiful morning, quite early in May, - The fathers all plowing, the children all play; - The mothers all spinning, as busy as bees, - And the birds quite as busy all round in the trees; - While some were singing songs over and over, - Sometimes in the tree-tops, then down in the clover, - Young Robert was trying his very best notes, - And the strength of his song by the length of his throat. - - CHORUS--Envy me, envy me, - Cordially, cordially, - Fiddlesticks, fiddlesticks! - Just act your pleasure, sir. - - Sometimes he was singing to Jemmy the farmer, - And then to Miss Alice, and trying to charm her; - Next moment he'd light on the top of a thistle, - And either be singing or trying to whistle: - Miss Alice, Miss Alice! it will give me much pleasure - To sing you a sonnet while I am at leisure. - I will sing you a good one, and very explicit, - And stop when I choose, or whenever you wish it. - - CHORUS--Certainly, certainly, etc. - - While Jemmy is plowing and learning to whistle, - My wife is at home, in the shade of a thistle, - In a neat little nest, with a wild rose behind it. - You need not look for it, for you never can find it. - The farmer is plowing, and soon will be mowing; - While he's cutting the daisies his corn will be growing. - When the heads on the barley are ripe, and the cherry, - Mary Lincoln and I will be singing so merry. - - CHORUS--Cordially, cordially, - Envy me, envy me, - Fiddlesticks, fiddlesticks! - Just act your pleasure, sir. - - When the leaves on the trees and the flowers on the clover - Are withered and faded, and Summer is over; - When the grass on the meadows is leveled and gone, - We will sing our last sonnet and leave you alone. - We will fly far away to the rice and the cotton; - But let not our thistle and rose be forgotten. - We are certain to come again early in Spring, - And bring some choice music, which we promise to sing. - - CHORUS--Cordially, cordially, - Envy me, envy me, - Fiddlesticks, fiddlesticks! - Just act your pleasure, sir. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -A WILL AND A WAY. - - - A Lapland merchant must needs, one day, - To a distant market go; - But he had no horse, and he had no sleigh, - To carry him over the snow. - - "Yet go I must," said the sturdy man-- - "There is a way for every will-- - Each new necessity has its plan, - For the earnest mind to fulfill." - - So he drew, from the ice-bound river, a scow, - And lined it with furs and moss, - Then harnessed a reindeer to its prow, - With a rope his horns across. - - No track was there--but the traveler knew - The way over valley and plain; - Like a well-trained steed, the reindeer flew, - And brought him safe back again. - - The fashion he set is in fashion now, - Among the fur-clad Norse; - They use for a sleigh a flat-bottomed scow, - And a reindeer for a horse. - - Said the resolute man, "They shall serve my turn; - Whatever we must, we may, - And sooner or later each man will learn, - That _where there's a will there's a way_." - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -BLOWING BUBBLES. - - - The boys were blowing bubbles, - Bright red, and green, and blue, - And every changing color - That ever mortal knew. - They floated in the window, - And glided past my chair, - But in a moment perished, - And faded in the air. - - The boys, with shouts and laughter, - Blew till quite out of breath, - While high in the leafy maple - The bubbles gleamed till death. - Too much like earthly pleasure - Seemed the bubbles, bright and gay; - They charm a fleeting moment, - Then vanish, away--away. - - Sweet love's ecstatic potion - Our spirits long to sip, - But Death may dash the nectar - From the unsullied lip. - And he who quaffs the longest, - Whose heart divinely glows, - Finds clouds will gather round him, - For earthly joys must close. - - Some grasp at wealth's bright beacon, - And follow where it leads-- - Sometimes to fairest honor, - Sometimes to foulest deeds - And often proves a bubble, - A floating thing of air-- - Eludes the weary victim, - And leaves him starving there. - - If love's so frail a treasure, - And wealth may fade away; - If earthly joys are changing, - And fame lives but a day; - Then where are shining jewels - That will not break at last, - And leave us, eager viewers, - All mourning for the past? - - High in the holy heavens, - A pearl of price untold - Shines brighter far than rubies, - More precious than fine gold. - It can not fade or perish, - Can never pass away; - It is a hope in Jesus, - A trust in God alway! - - M. A. L. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -AFTER SCHOOL. - - - Just look upon that group of boys, - Brim full of frolic, spunk, and noise, - When, at the word, "The school is done," - They rush to liberty and fun. - - Pell-mell, they run, and jump, and leap, - Tumbling in one promiscuous heap, - Until you wonder by what token - They 'scape with heads and limbs unbroken. - - Bold, reckless, cunning, cool, or sly, - What won't they do? what won't they try? - They're up to every kind of scheme, - To test their strength, and let off steam. - - 'Tis an epitome of life, - Without its shades of care and strife; - Each has his private joke, and cracks it, - Regardless how the other takes it. - - And there's the point--boys take rough jokes - More pleasantly than older folks, - Not heeding much what's said or done, - So they can have their fill of fun. - - - - -THE NIGHTINGALE. - - - Sweet bird! that through the shadows - Of the night, so sad and lone, - Warblest thy notes of gladness, - With softly thrilling tone. - - 'Tis when the gloom is deepest, - And all is hushed in fear, - Save that night-winds are moaning - Through the stillness dark and drear; - - 'Tis then thy voice is sweetest, - And seems wafted from above, - As to the sad and sorrowing - Come words of hope and love. - - Thou'rt heard within the casement, - Through the weary night of pain; - And thy warble is an earnest - That the day will come again. - - Methinks thou art a spirit-bird, - Sent from a holier sphere; - Such spirits do not linger - Amidst the sorrowing here. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -LEAP-FROG. - - - That's right, Benny, go it strong, - Go it high, and go it long, - Swiftly run, and boldly leap, - Froggy Charles is quite a heap. - - Charley Frog, now take your jump; - Benny, make yourself a lump; - 'Tis a wholesome sport and rare-- - Rest and toil an equal share. - - Now you're down, and now you're up; - Now you leap, and now you stoop; - Now you rest, and now you run; - Any way, 'tis right good fun. - - - - -A WORLD OF LOVE AT HOME. - - - The earth hath treasures fair and bright, - Deep buried in her caves, - And ocean hideth many a gem - With his blue, curling waves; - Yet not within her bosom dark, - Or 'neath the dashing foam, - Lives there a treasure equaling - A world of love at home! - - True, sterling happiness and joy - Are not with gold allied, - Nor can it yield a pleasure like - A merry fireside. - I envy not the man who dwells - In stately hall or dome, - If, 'mid his splendor, he hath not - A world of love at home. - - The friends whom time hath proved sincere, - 'Tis they alone can bring - A sure relief to hearts that droop - 'Neath sorrow's heavy wing. - Though care and trouble may be mine, - As down life's path I roam, - I'll heed them not while still I have - A world of love at home. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -I MUST HASTEN HOME. - - - I must hasten home, said a rosy child, - Who had gayly roamed for hours; - I must hasten home to my mother dear-- - She will seek me amid the bowers. - If she chides, I will seal her lips with a kiss, - And offer her all my flowers. - - I must hasten home, said a beggar girl, - As she carried the pitiful store - Of crumbs and scraps of crusted bread, - She had gathered from door to door; - I must hasten home to my mother dear-- - She is feeble, and old, and poor! - - I must hasten home, said the ball-room belle, - As day began to dawn; - And the glittering jewels her dark hair decked, - Shone bright as the dews of morn; - I'll forsake the joys of this changing world, - Which leave in the heart but a thorn. - - I must hasten home, said a dying youth, - Who had vainly sought for fame-- - Who had vowed to win a laurel wreath, - And immortalize his name; - But, a stranger, he died on a foreign shore-- - All the hopes he had cherished were vain. - - I am hastening home, said an aged man, - As he gazed on the grassy sod, - Where oft, ere age had silvered his hairs, - His feet had lightly trod; - Farewell! farewell to this lovely earth-- - I am hastening home to God! - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE EVENING PRAYER. - - - With meek and simple faith, - A child's confiding love, - The infant cherub kneels to breathe - His prayer to God above. - And all the host of heaven is there, - To listen to that infant prayer. - - "God, bring dear father home, - God, make dear mother well, - God, make me good, and let us come - All in Thy house to dwell." - Then, while their watch good angels keep, - "God giveth His beloved sleep." - - - - -ACROSTIC. - - - Roses and tulips, with all their gay train, - O'er garden and landscape cause beauty to reign. - By the brook, or the hillside, or light woody grove, - Enchanted--delighted--on, smiling, we rove; - 'Rapt up in fond thoughts of the verdure and bloom, - 'Till autumn's cold frost sweeps the whole to the tomb. - - My emotions, when life seems thus passing and vain, - Even wisdom and prudence can hardly restrain. - Rude winter now comes, and with sleet, hail, and snow, - Right and left sends his arrows, as shivering we go. - Yet I see there's a chance, even _now_, to be cheery, - Sitting snug by the fire, with old _Robert Merry_. - - My cosy old friend, no winter is found - Unfurled in thy pages the whole season round! - Still birds sing their songs in some warm, sunny clime, - Ever speaking in music and talking in rhyme; - Unless you may tell us some odd tale that's true, - Making all of us merry, _Old Merry_, with you! - - B. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -OUR NEBBY. - - - Sure I am, I do not know - Why we love our Nebby so; - But I am sure, as sure can be, - Nebby knows why he loves me. - Mattie feeds Neb every day, - And 'tis as good as any play, - Just to see his pranks and freaks, - When to Nebby Mattie speaks. - When I go home from the store, - Nebby meets me at the door, - And says, most eloquently dumb, - "Nebby's glad that you have come." - Nebby is a little pet; - Nebby don't know how to fret; - But he knows the tenderest part - Of our Mattie's tender heart. - - - - -THE NEW SONG. - - - Whence that sweet, inspiring strain, - Pealing on my ravished ear? - Hark! its thrilling notes again - From the courts of heaven I hear-- - "Hallelujah to the Lamb, - Who hath bought us with His blood! - Honor, glory to His name, - We through Him are sons of God." - Angels fain their notes would join - With that vast, triumphant song; - But _their_ harps, though all divine, - Ne'er can reach that wondrous song - Learned on earth, and new in heaven, - Only they its chords can know - Who to God by grace are given, - Ransomed from the depths of wo. - Angels can not know or tell, - In their pure, unfallen bliss, - How a soul, redeemed from hell, - Sings the mystery of grace! - They the chosen, countless throng, - Ever round the throne above, - In their new and endless song, - Celebrate redeeming love. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE CHINAMAN. - - - The Chinaman his life consumes, - On opium regaling-- - The Yankee his tobacco fumes - With equal zest inhaling-- - Though trembling nerves and fitful glooms - Warn them that health is failing. - For almost everything that's done - Some reason wit supposes, - But for the smoker's faith, not one - The keenest wit discloses; - 'Tis filthy, vulgar, costly fun, - Hateful to all good noses. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -AN INDIAN DANDY. - - - Well, isn't that a funny dress? - You think he must be cruel, - With human bones set round his crown, - And skulls in place of jewels. - - Yet in his countenance you see - Nothing severe or savage, - As if, with cannibal intent, - Our whole domain he'd ravage. - - There's no accounting for our tastes, - ("_De gustibus_," and so forth;) - Some dote on very slender waists, - Some like hooped cisterns go forth. - - Sneer not at Indian or Malay, - Nor get into a passion; - He does as you do day by day-- - Follows the latest fashion. - - White dandies strut in stove-pipe hats, - White women go bare-headed; - Which is most proper, red or white, - We leave in doubt deep shaded. - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE SHADOW. - - - One sunny day a child went Maying-- - When lo, while 'mid the zephyrs playing, - He saw his shadow at his back! - He turned and fled, but on his track - The seeming goblin came apace, - And step for step gave deadly chase! - - Weary at last, with desperate might - The urchin paused and faced the fright, - When lo, the demon, thin and gray, - Faded amid the grass away! - - 'Tis thus in life--when shadows chase, - If we but meet them face to face, - What seemed a fiend in fear arrayed, - Sinks at our feet a harmless shade. - - PETER PARLEY. - -[Illustration] - - - - -CONTENTS. - - - PAGE - - The Nest Builders 7 - - Kindness 9 - - Snow Flakes 11 - - Spring Flowers 12 - - Top Philosophy 13 - - By the Lake 15 - - Gentle Words 17 - - The Frost 18 - - Skating--Woman's Rights 21 - - School Sonnet 25 - - The Language of Flowers 27 - - The Song of the Exile 29 - - The Harvest 31 - - The Snow House 35 - - Cold Water 36 - - The Good Old Plow 39 - - Winter 40 - - June 43 - - Work and Play 44 - - The Butterfly 46 - - Cold Water 48 - - The Telegraph--its Secret 49 - - The April Shower 53 - - The Ostrich 56 - - The Plowman 58 - - The House-Dog "Watch" 59 - - Gone--all Gone 61 - - The Christmas Tree 62 - - My Mother's Birthplace 66 - - The Song of Bob Lincoln 67 - - A Will and a Way 69 - - Blowing Bubbles 71 - - After School 75 - - The Nightingale 76 - - Leap Frog 77 - - A World of Love at Home 78 - - I must Hasten Home 79 - - The Evening Prayer 81 - - Acrostic 82 - - Our Nebby 83 - - The New Song 84 - - The Chinaman 85 - - The Indian Dandy 86 - - The Shadow 88 - - * * * * * - - - - - Transcriber's Note: - - - - - _ _ indicates italic text. - - = = indicates bold text. - - ~ ~ indicates small print. - - ^ indicates a superscript. - - Missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired. - - Both hyphenated and un-hyphenated variants of some words appear - in this book. All have been retained. - - - - -Book 1. - - - Page 86: 'stich' corrected to 'stitch'. - - "Stitch! stitch! stitch!" - - Page 87: '10,000' corrected to '10,100'. - - "Arithmetic!: 202 x 50 = 10,100" - - Page 91: - - 123. - - {[sqrt]60 - 30^2 = 51.96152} - {[sqrt]60 - 40^2 = 44.72136} - 96.68288. _Ans._ - - corrected to - - 123. - - {[sqrt](60^2 - 30^2) = 51.96152} - {[sqrt](60^2 - 40^2) = 44.72136} - 96.68288. _Ans._] - - Page 91: 154. - - 154. XI divided VI/^I [top half of the X, top half of the I --> VI] - gives six. IX divided in the same way, gives four. [top half of the - I, top half of the V --> IV] - - Pp. various: 'rod' is a pre-decimal measure of length. A rod, pole, - or perch - 5-1/2 yards, or 16-1/2 feet. = 5.03 metres - - - - -Book 2. - - - Page 18: 'wh' corrected to 'who'. - - "68. Behead an article of apparel, and leave one who sometimes - wears it." - - Page 35: 'diamter' corrected to 'diameter'. - - "The third, of which the diameter is one foot, circumscribes the - first and second." - - Page 62: 'know' corrected to 'known'. - - "My first in cities is well known" - - Page 89: Second '102.' corrected to '103.'. - - "103. Apollos." - - Page 90: 'I'ts' corrected to 'It's'. - - "146. When It's mild (it smiled.)" - - Page 92: - 242. 'Heah-less.' corrected to 'head-less.' - - Page 93: - 317. 'Heartseaso.' corrected to 'Heartsease.' - - Page 94: - - 383. A yard and a quarter. _Abe_--Abe-L. - - Ell (from Wikipedia) - - ... In England, the ell was usually 45 in (1.143 m), or a yard and a - quarter. It was mainly used in the tailoring business but is now - obsolete.... - - - - -Book 3. - - - Pages 21-22: Illustration moved to front of poem to avoid breaking - the stanza. - - Page 51: 'Know-Kothing' corrected to 'Know-Nothing'. - - "Set me down for a Know-Nothing;" - - - Page 84: 'wo' is probably an old form of 'woe'. - - "Ransomed from the depths of wo." - - Page 90: The following extraneous entries have been removed from the - list of Contents, and the correct page numbers reinstated with the - correct Poem names. - - Our Garret 71 - - Charley and his Boat 74 - - Blessed is he that Considereth the Poor 75 - - The Dissatisfied Angler Boy 77 - - The Destroyer Destroyed 79 - - The Rose in the Vale 81 - - Of What is the Alphabet Composed? 83 - - Geography and Astronomy 83 - - Going to School 84 - - The Way to Do It 85 - - When One Won't Quarrel, Two Can't 85 - - The Caterpillar 87 - - The Warning Bell 88 - - - - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Merry's Book of Puzzles, by J. N. 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N. Stearns - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Merry's Book of Puzzles - -Author: J. N. Stearns - -Editor: Robert Merry - -Release Date: December 31, 2016 [EBook #53847] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MERRY'S BOOK OF PUZZLES *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Lesley Halamek, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="tn"> -<h4 class="center">Transcriber's Note<a name="top" id="top"></a></h4> - -<p>This book is actually three volumes in one, each complete in itself. -The page numbering starts at the beginning for each new volume.</p> - -<p>The rest of the Transcriber's Note is at the <a href="#end">end</a> of the book.</p> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei1" id="pagei1"></a>[pg 1]</span></p> - -<h1 class="mhead"><span class="spaced">Merry’s</span><br /><br /> - -<span class="wsp"><big>BOOK OF PUZZLES.</big></span></h1> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_a_001a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_001a-300.png" width="300" height="218" alt="frontispiece" /></a></div></div> - -<p class="title1 spaced2 space-below">EDITED BY ROBERT MERRY.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 100px;"><img src="images/i_a_001b-100.png" width="100" height="121" alt="monogram" /></div> - -<p class="title1b">NEW YORK:</p> - -<p class="title1a">THOMAS O’KANE, PUBLISHER,</p> -<p class="title2">130 NASSAU STREET.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei2" id="pagei2"></a>[pg 2]</span><br /> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei3" id="pagei3"></a>[pg 3]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2>PREFACE.</h2> - -<hr class="short" /> - -<p>The innumerable readers of <span class="sc">Merry’s Museum</span> will here meet -with many familiar faces, lighted up by pleasant smiles, and -hear the same old jovial laughter that greeted them in the olden -time.</p> - -<p>Our motto is that of our noble State—“<span class="sc">Excelsior!</span>” Our readers -will see that we have not buried the talents of our contributors in -napkins—but seek to bring them out into the bright day: For Genius—like -the lamp of Aladdin—needs constant polishing to bring out its -lustre and full effect.</p> - -<p>Our object has been to instruct by smiles—not frowns; to cheer -the dear hearts of the young girlhood and boyhood; to strew flowers -among the necessary thorns of existence. In a word, we try in these -pages to make the sad happy—the happy still happier.</p> - -<p>Hence, pure fun will be found as beautiful in these pages, as honey -amid the flowers of Hybla.</p> - -<p class="author"><span class="sc">Robert Merry.</span></p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei4" id="pagei4"></a>[pg 4]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="poem1 width18"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">Robert Merry to his friends</p> -<p class="i4">A kindly greeting sends,</p> -<p>With a general assortment of questions,</p> -<p class="i4">Conundrums, Charades,</p> -<p class="i4">Puzzles, Riddles of all shades,</p> -<p class="i4">And Rebuses, as aids</p> -<p>To intellectual and social digestion.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">If the young Merry host</p> -<p class="i4">Acquaintance should boast,</p> -<p>Or kindred, or authorship pat,</p> -<p class="i4">With some of our jokes,</p> -<p class="i4">We confess—(’tis no hoax)—</p> -<p class="i4">To amuse other folks,</p> -<p>We have <i>riddled</i> the Museum “Chat.”</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">Now we beg you will show,</p> -<p class="i4">If you happen to know,</p> -<p>Why the Editor, painstaking soul?</p> -<p class="i4">Is like the cold storm</p> -<p class="i4">Which, in climates bright and warm,</p> -<p class="i4">Where gallinippers swarm,</p> -<p>Come shivering down from the pole?</p> - </div> </div></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei5" id="pagei5"></a>[pg 5]</span></p> - -<h2>Merry’s BOOK OF PUZZLES.</h2> - -<hr class="short" /> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 1.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_005a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_005a-600.png" width="600" height="470" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div></div> -</div> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 2.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_005b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_005b-600.png" width="600" height="122" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei6" id="pagei6"></a>[pg 6]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>3. Who prolongs his work to as great a length as possible, -and still completes it in time?</p></div> - -<p>4. Why are young ladies like arrows?</p> - -<p>5. Why is a philanthropist like an old horse?</p> - -<p>6. How can five persons divide five eggs, so that each -man shall receive one, and still one remain in the dish?</p> - -<p>7. How many soft-boiled eggs could the giant Goliah -eat upon an empty stomach?</p> - -<p>8. What fishes have their eyes nearest together?</p> - -<p>9. Two fathers have each a square of land. One father -divides his so as to reserve to himself one-fourth in the -form of a square; thus—</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><img src="images/i_a_006a-300.png" width="300" height="299" alt="land division" /></div> - -<p>The other father divides his so as to reserve to himself -one-fourth in the form of a triangle; thus—</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><img src="images/i_a_006b-300.png" width="300" height="296" alt="land division" /></div> - -<p>They each have four sons, and each divides the remainder -among his sons in such a way that each son will share -equally with his brother, and in similar shape. How -were the two farms divided?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei7" id="pagei7"></a>[pg 7]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 10.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_007a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_007a-600.png" width="600" height="375" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<p> 11.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_007b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_007b-500.png" width="500" height="467" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei8" id="pagei8"></a>[pg 8]</span></p></div> - -<p>12. What is that which is often brought to table, often -cut, but never eaten?</p> - -<p>13.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is four-sixths of a step that is long,</p> -<p class="i2">My second is a person of state;</p> -<p>My whole is a thing that is known to be wrong,</p> -<p class="i2">And is a strong symptom of hate.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>14. Why are your nose and chin always at variance?</p> - -<p>15.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Without my first you can not stand,</p> -<p>My second beauteous fair command;</p> -<p>Together I attend your will,</p> -<p>And am your humble servant still.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>16. Why ought a fisherman to be very wealthy?</p> - -<p>17. Why is a man in debt like a misty morning?</p> - -<p>18. Who was the first that bore arms?</p> - -<p>19. There is a word of seven letters; the first two refers -to man, the first three refers to woman, the first four -signifies a great man, the seven a great woman.</p> - -<p>20. I am a word of five letters. Take away my first -and I am the name of what adorns the estate of many of -the nobility of England. Take away my first and second, -and I am the name of a place where all the world was -once congregated. Take away my last, and I am the -name of a beautiful mineral. Take away my two last, -and I am the name of a fashionable place of resort. I -am small in stature, but capable of doing a great deal of -mischief, as I once did in London in the year 1666.</p> - -<p>21. Spell eye-water four letters.</p> - -<p>22. Why is swearing like an old coat?</p> - -<p>23. Why is a thump like a hat?</p> - -<p>24. Why is an inn like a burial-ground?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei9" id="pagei9"></a>[pg 9]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 25.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_009a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_009a-600.png" width="600" height="293" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 450px;"> -<p> 26.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_009b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_009b-450.png" width="450" height="461" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei10" id="pagei10"></a>[pg 10]</span></p> - -<p>27. If a fender cost six dollars, what will a ton of coal -come to?</p> - -<p>28. What word is that to which if you add a syllable, -it will make it shorter?</p> - -<p>29.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is a very uncomfortable state,</p> -<p>In cold weather it mostly abounds.</p> -<p>My second’s an instrument formed of hard steel,</p> -<p>That will cause the stout foe to stagger and reel,</p> -<p>And when used, is a symptom of hate.</p> -<p>My whole is an author of greatest renown,</p> -<p>Whose fame to the last day of time will go down.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>30. What is the longest and yet the shortest thing in -the world; the swiftest and yet the slowest; the most -divisible and the most extended; the least valued and -the most regretted; without which nothing can be done; -which devours every thing, however small, and yet gives -life and spirits to every object, however great?</p> - -<p>31.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is found in every house,</p> -<p class="i2">From wintry winds it guards.</p> -<p>My second is the highest found—</p> -<p class="i2">In every pack of cards.</p> -<p>My whole, a Scottish chief, is praised</p> -<p class="i2">By ballad, bard, and story,</p> -<p>Who for his country gave his life,</p> -<p class="i2">And, dying, fell with glory.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>32. Why are handsome women like bread?</p> - -<p>33. Why is an avaricious man like one with a short -memory?</p> - -<p>34. What river in Bavaria answers the question, Who -is there?</p> - -<p>35. Why is a man with wooden legs like one who has -an even bargain?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei11" id="pagei11"></a>[pg 11]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 36.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_011a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_011a-600.png" width="600" height="395" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 37.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_011b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_011b-600.png" width="600" height="437" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei12" id="pagei12"></a>[pg 12]</span></p> - -<p>38. Why is a parish bell like a good story?</p> - -<p>39. What belongs to yourself, yet is used by others -more than yourself?</p> - -<p>40.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>In camps about the centre I appear;</p> -<p>In smiling meadows seen throughout the year;</p> -<p>The silent angler views me in the streams,</p> -<p>And all must trace me in their morning dreams,</p> -<p>First in the mob conspicuous I stand,</p> -<p>Proud of the lead, and ever in command.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>41. The head of a whale is six feet long; his tail is as -long as his head and half his body, and his body is half -of his whole length. How long is the whale?</p> - -<p>42. A hundred stones are placed, in a straight line, a -yard distant from each other. How many yards must a -person walk, who undertakes to pick them up, and place -them in a basket stationed one yard from the first stone?</p> - -<p>43.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is a part of the day,</p> -<p class="i2">My last a conductor of light,</p> -<p>My whole to take measure of time,</p> -<p class="i2">Is useful by day and by night.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>44. I am a word of three syllables, each of which is a -word; my first is an article in common use; my second, -an animal of uncommon intelligence; my third, though -not an animal, is used in carrying burdens. My whole -is a useful art.</p> - -<p>45.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>There was a man who was <i>not</i> born,</p> -<p class="i2">His father was <i>not</i> born before him,</p> -<p>He, did <i>not</i> live, he did <i>not</i> die,</p> -<p class="i2">And his epitaph is <i>not</i> o’er him.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>46. Why is a nail, fast in the wall, like an old man?</p> - -<p>47. Why does a miller wear a white hat?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei13" id="pagei13"></a>[pg 13]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<p> 48.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_013a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_013a-400.png" width="400" height="488" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 49.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_013b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_013b-600.png" width="600" height="160" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei14" id="pagei14"></a>[pg 14]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>50.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is a letter commanding to wed,</p> -<p>Or to lift your sole till it reaches your head;</p> -<p>Nothing worth as a whole, it is plain to all men</p> -<p>That divided in halves, it is equal to ten;</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>My second, though nothing, compared to the other,</p> -<p>Is worth more as a partner than its double-faced brother;</p> -<p>It moans and it sighs, and when joined to my first,</p> -<p>Pronounces the doom of the sinner accursed.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>My third, you will find his whole value depends</p> -<p>On the worth and position of neighbors and friends,</p> -<p>And, when both the other two following fair,</p> -<p>Changes doom to desire, and a curse to a prayer.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>My fourth, though it formeth no part of a hundred,</p> -<p>Shows where it can justly and evenly be sundered;</p> -<p>’Tis found in the elements everywhere present,</p> -<p>’Tis found in all seasons, unpleasant or pleasant,</p> -<p>’Tis the chief of all lands, and yet can not wait</p> -<p>On continent, hemisphere, empire, or state.</p> -<p>Though ne’er in Great Britain suspected to lower,</p> -<p>’Tis the heart of each quarter of that mighty power;</p> -<p>It always belonged to the animal race,</p> -<p>In the mineral kingdom they gave it a place,</p> -<p>And, being impartial, they could not deny,</p> -<p>The vegetable order its virtue to try;</p> -<p>And yet, since creation, it never was known</p> -<p>In beast, bird, or fish, root, branch, stem, or stone.</p> - </div></div> - <div class="poemz"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My whole you’ll find growing in pasture and barns,</p> -<p>Or grown in coats, carpets, warm blankets, and yarns,</p> -<p>In England, in Saxony, France, and old Wales,</p> -<p>And in sundry more places it always prevails.</p> -<p>Of quadrupedal origin—still it is known</p> -<p>In bipedal families oft to be shown;</p> -<p>But the strangest of all its strange forms, and conditions</p> -<p>Is seen in the covering of sage politicians.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei15" id="pagei15"></a>[pg 15]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<p> 51.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_015a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_015a-500.png" width="500" height="481" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 52.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_015b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_015b-600.png" width="600" height="303" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei16" id="pagei16"></a>[pg 16]</span></p> - -<p>53. What is that which is invisible, but never out of -sight?</p> - -<p>54. When is a boat like a knife?</p> - -<p>55. What part of London is in France?</p> - -<p>56. How many black beans will make five white ones?</p> - -<p>57. Why is a dandy like a haunch of venison?</p> - -<p>58. What kin is that child to its father who is not its -father’s own son?</p> - -<p>59. Why is a rose-bud like a promissory note?</p> - -<p>60. What biblical name is there which expresses a -father calling his son by name, and his son replying?</p> - -<p>61. Why is an orange not like a church bell?</p> - -<p>62. Why is the largest city in Ireland likely to be the -largest city in the world?</p> - -<p>63.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Three-fourths of a cross, and a circle complete,</p> -<p>An upright where two semicircles meet,</p> -<p>A rectangle triangle standing on feet,</p> -<p>Two semicircles, and a circle complete.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>64. What smells most in a drug shop?</p> - -<p>65. Why should doctors attend to window-sashes?</p> - -<table class="math" summary="over" border="0"> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">66. G. a. </td> - <td class="maths2"> p</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1"> A.</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>67. What is that which every one can divide, but no -one can see where it has been divided?</p> - -<p>68. Spell hard water with three letters.</p> - -<p>69. What letters of the alphabet come too late for -supper?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei17" id="pagei17"></a>[pg 17]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 540px;"> -<p> 70.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_017a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_017a-540.png" width="540" height="471" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 71.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_017b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_017b-600.png" width="600" height="337" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei18" id="pagei18"></a>[pg 18]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>72.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Pronounced as one letter, and written with three,</p> -<p>Two letters there are, and two only in me;</p> -<p>I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue, and gray,</p> -<p>I am read from both ends, and the same either way,</p> -<p>I am restless and wandering, steady and fixed,</p> -<p>And you know not one hour what I may be the next.</p> -<p>I melt, and I kindle—beseech, and defy,</p> -<p>I am watery and moist, I am fiery and dry.</p></div> -<p>I am scornful and scowling, compassionate, meek;</p> -<p>I am light, I am dark, I am strong, I am weak.</p> -<p>I’m piercing and clean, I am heavy and dull;</p> -<p>Expressive and languid, contracted and full.</p> -<p>I’m a globe and a mirror, a window, a door,</p> -<p>An index, an organ, and fifty things more.</p> -<p>I belong to all animals under the sun,</p> -<p>And to those who were long understood to have none.</p> -<p>My language is plain, though it can not be heard,</p> -<p>And I speak without even pronouncing a word.</p> -<p>Some call me a diamond—some say I am jet;</p> -<p>Others talk of my water, or how I am set.</p> -<p>I’m a borough in England, in Scotland a stream,</p> -<p>And an isle of the sea in the Irishman’s dream.</p> -<p>The earth without me would no loveliness wear,</p> -<p>And sun, moon, and stars at my wish disappear.</p> -<p>Yet so frail is my tenure, so brittle my joy,</p> -<p>That a speck gives me pain, and a drop can destroy.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>73. What vessel is that which is always asking leave -to move?</p> - -<p>74. Translate the following into Latin—</p> - -<p class="ind1">42, 8 rocks, e e e e e e e e e e, 46. 2. 14. 8. 0.</p> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>75. How is it that you can work with an awl, but not -with a forceps; while I can work with a forceps, and not -with an awl?</p></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei19" id="pagei19"></a>[pg 19]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 76.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_019-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_019-600.png" width="600" height="319" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei20" id="pagei20"></a>[pg 20]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>77.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p><i>Add</i>, was the word the master gave to Dick,</p> -<p>Dick scratched his head, and looking rather thick,</p> -<p>Replied, “<i>Hereafter it would make it stick</i>.”</p> -<p>“Dick,” cried the master, “rudeness is a sin;</p> -<p>Behold the stocks, I’ll surely put you <i>in</i>.”</p> -<p>“That,” answered Dick, “won’t alter it a feather,</p> -<p><i>Hereafter it would make it hold together</i>.”</p> -<p>“Dick,” said the man, “if you insult me so,</p> -<p>Your shoulders and my rod I’ll put in <i>Co.</i>”</p> -<p>“ ’Tis all the same,” said Dick, “my worthy master,</p> -<p><i>Hereafter it would make it stick the faster</i>.”</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>78. Why is France like a skeleton?</p> - -<p>79. Why is a woodman like a stage actor?</p> - -<p>80. Why is the hour of noon on the dial-plate like a -pair of spectacles?</p> - -<p>81. Why is the best baker most in want of bread?</p> - -<p>82.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Whether old Homer tippled wine or beer,</p> -<p>Julep or cider, history is not clear;</p> -<p>But plain it is—the bard, though wont to roam,</p> -<p>But for one liquid, never had left home.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>83. Why is a coward like a mouse-trap?</p> - -<p>84. Why is green grass like a mouse?</p> - -<p>85. What two reasons why whispering in company is -not proper?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>86.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is found on the ocean wave,</p> -<p class="i2">In the spring, the pit, and the mine;</p> -<p>My second below earth’s surface you have,</p> -<p class="i2">Where seldom the sun can shine.</p> -<p>My whole your dinner-table must grace,</p> -<p>And seldom fails to obtain a place.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>87. Why is a gooseberry pie like counterfeit money?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei21" id="pagei21"></a>[pg 21]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 88.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_021-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_021-600.png" width="600" height="335" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei22" id="pagei22"></a>[pg 22]</span></p> - -<p>89. Why does a fisherman blow his horn?</p> - -<p>90. Why is there no danger of starving in a desert?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>91.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Take half of the needle</p> -<p class="i2">By which sailors steer</p> -<p>Their ship through the water,</p> -<p class="i2">Be it cloudy or clear;</p> -<p>Do not really break it—</p> -<p class="i2">This of all things were worst—</p> -<p>But in your mind take it,</p> -<p class="i2">And this makes my first.</p> -<p>At thanksgiving or Christmas,</p> -<p class="i2">My second you see;</p> -<p>With care well compounded,</p> -<p class="i2">From grain, shrub, and tree.</p> -<p>My whole like some people</p> -<p class="i2">Who make great pretense,</p> -<p>Of words have a plenty,</p> -<p class="i2">But no great stock of sense.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>92. How is it that Methuselah was the oldest man, -when he died before his father?</p> - -<p>93.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is a negative greatly in use,</p> -<p>By which people begin when they mean to refuse;</p> -<p>My second is Fashion, or so called in France,</p> -<p>But, like other whims, is the servant of chance.</p> -<p>An article always in use is my whole,</p> -<p>With texture and form under fashion’s control;</p> -<p>But, alas! not a thing can it see which goes by,</p> -<p>Although many have four sights, and all have one eye.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>94. What is that which, supposing its greatest breadth -to be four inches, length nine inches, and depth three -inches, contains a solid foot?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei23" id="pagei23"></a>[pg 23]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 95.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_023-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_023-600.png" width="600" height="332" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei24" id="pagei24"></a>[pg 24]</span></p> - -<p>96.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My tongue is long, my breath is strong,</p> -<p class="i2">And yet I breed no strife;</p> -<p>My voice you hear both far and near,</p> -<p class="i2">And yet I have no life.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>97. A waterman rows a given distance, <i>a</i>, and back -again in <i>b</i> hours, and finds that he can row <i>c</i> miles with -the current, for <i>d</i> miles against it. Required, the time of -rowing down, the time of rowing up, the rate of current, -and the rate of rowing.</p> - -<p>98.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>As I was beating on the far east grounds,</p> -<p>Up starts a hare before my two greyhounds;</p> -<p>The dogs, being light of foot, did fairly run,</p> -<p>To her fifteen rods, just twenty-one;</p> -<p>And the distance that she started up before,</p> -<p>Was six-and-ninety rods, just and no more;</p> -<p>Now, I would have you Merry boys declare</p> -<p>How far they ran, before they caught the hare.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>99. Is it possible to put twelve pieces of money in six -rows, and have four in a row?</p> - -<p>100. A gentleman sent a servant with a present of nine -ducks, with this direction—</p> - -<p>“To Alderman Gobble, with ix. ducks.”</p> - -<p>The servant took out three, and contrived it so that the -direction corresponded with the number of the ducks. He -neither erased nor altered a letter. How did he do it?</p> - -<p>101.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Four letters form me quite complete,</p> -<p class="i2">As all who breathe do show;</p> -<p>Reversed, you’ll find I am the seat</p> -<p class="i2">Of infamy and woe.</p> -<p>Transposed, you’ll see I’m base and mean,</p> -<p class="i2">Again of Jewish race;</p> -<p>Transposed once more, I oft am seen</p> -<p class="i2">To hide a lovely face.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei25" id="pagei25"></a>[pg 25]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 102.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_025-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_025-600.png" width="600" height="330" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei26" id="pagei26"></a>[pg 26]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>103.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is the name to an article given</p> -<p>For ladies and dandies to put on their linen;</p> -<p>It comes from the forest, I’ve heard people say,</p> -<p>And is made from the skin of an animal gay.</p> -<p>My second is a fruit that comes from the South,</p> -<p>The juice of it is sour, and ’twill pucker your mouth;</p> -<p>’Tis found in candy shops all over the town,</p> -<p>And, stranger to say, it is almost round.</p> -<p>My whole is an article that is often seen</p> -<p>In the gardens and fields almost covered with green;</p> -<p>It is very sweet, and also pleasant to eat,</p> -<p>And in hot summer days affords a rich treat.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>104. My first is half of what implies good-humor; my -second makes sense of my first; my third sounds like the -cry of a kitten; my fourth is a consonant and vowel combined; -my fifth, with the addition of the initial of my -third, would imply silence; and my whole is what many -boys and girls prize highly.</p> - -<p>105.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of twelve letters.</p> -<p>My 2, 8, 9, is a substance dug out of the earth.</p> -<p> “ 6, 11, 12, 8, is a numeral.</p> -<p> “ 4, 2, 3, is an ancient instrument of war.</p> -<p> “ 12, 8, 1, is a vessel used in former times.</p> -<p> “ 5, is a vowel.</p> -<p> “ 4, 7, 1, 9, is a hard substance.</p> -<p> “ 10, 9, is a pronoun.</p> -<p>My whole is now before you.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>106. My first is appropriate, my second ’tis nine to one -if you guess it. My whole elevates the sole above the -earth.</p> - -<p>107. Why is a conundrum like a monkey?</p> - -<p>108. What do we all do when we first get into bed?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei27" id="pagei27"></a>[pg 27]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<p> 109.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_027a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_027a-400.png" width="400" height="443" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 110.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_027b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_027b-600.png" width="600" height="220" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei28" id="pagei28"></a>[pg 28]</span></p> - -<p>111. There is one word in the English language which -is universally considered a preventive of harm; change a -certain letter in it, and you make it an act of cruelty.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>112.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first may be fashioned of iron or wood,</p> -<p class="i2">And at window or door for safety is placed;</p> -<p>In village or town it does more harm than good,</p> -<p class="i2">Leading people their health, time, and money to waste.</p> -<p>My second’s a lady, bewitching and fair,</p> -<p class="i2">And for love of her people will labor and strive;</p> -<p>Will rise before dawn, and be wearied with care,</p> -<p class="i2">And pursue her with ardor as long as they live.</p> -<p>My whole is what ladies admire and approve,</p> -<p class="i2">The shopkeeper’s boast—the purchaser’s prize;</p> -<p>’Tis a ninepenny chintz—’tis a one-shilling glove—</p> -<p class="i2">It is something which makes people open their eyes.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>113. At what distance must a body have fallen to acquire -the velocity of 1,600 feet per second?</p> - -<p>114. Of what trade is the sun in May?</p> - -<p>115. Why is a small horse like a young musk-melon?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>116.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first must grace a legal deed,</p> -<p class="i2">With its companion, firm and red;</p> -<p>Its help in marriage, too, they need,</p> -<p class="i2">Before the blessing can be said.</p> -<p>My second half a hundred is,</p> -<p class="i2">If in the shortest way you spell;</p> -<p>You soon must guess me after this,</p> -<p class="i2">I may as well the secret tell.</p> -<p>My whole, by his celestial strains</p> -<p class="i2">Bears the rapt soul to worlds above;</p> -<p>The Great Creator’s power proclaims,</p> -<p class="i2">And tells of the Redeemer’s love.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei29" id="pagei29"></a>[pg 29]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 580px;"> -<p> 117.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_029a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_029a-580.png" width="580" height="487" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 118.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_029b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_029b-600.png" width="600" height="391" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei30" id="pagei30"></a>[pg 30]</span></p> - -<p>119. My first is a boy’s nickname; my second is meant -for defense; my third is a preposition; my fourth is one of -the articles; my fifth is one of the United States. My -whole is a large city in Europe.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>120.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">My first is stationed near your heart,</p> -<p class="i6">And serves to brace the mortal frame;</p> -<p class="i4">Of young and old it forms a part,</p> -<p class="i6">And to fair woman gives a name.</p> -<p class="i4">Who builds a ship must it employ,</p> -<p class="i6">To give it strength to stem the flood,</p> -<p class="i4">And Adam felt no real joy</p> -<p class="i6">Till in new form by him it stood.</p> -<p class="i4">My second may be long or short,</p> -<p class="i6">Or tight or loose, or wet or dry,</p> -<p class="i4">Of cotton, silk, or woolen wrought,</p> -<p class="i6">Of any texture, strength, or dye—</p> -<p class="i4">Be made of iron, gold, or steel,</p> -<p class="i6">Of love or hate, of good or ill,</p> -<p class="i4">May gently bind, or heavy feel,</p> -<p class="i6">May give support, or rudely kill.</p> -<p>My whole is formed by fashion, skill, and care,</p> -<p>And what few ladies from their dress can spare.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>121. How long would a ball be falling, from the top of -a tower that was 400 feet high, to the earth?</p> - -<p>122. Why are chairs like men?</p> - -<p>123. The foot of a ladder 60 feet long remaining in the -same place, the top will just reach a window 40 feet high -on one side of the street, and another 30 feet high on the -other side. How wide is the street?</p> - -<p>124. There is a pile of cannon-balls, the ground tier of -which contains 289 balls, and the top tier one ball. Require -the whole number of balls in a pile.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei31" id="pagei31"></a>[pg 31]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 380px;"> -<p> 125.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_031a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_031a-380.png" width="380" height="486" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 126.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_031b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_031b-600.png" width="600" height="166" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei32" id="pagei32"></a>[pg 32]</span></p> - -<p>127.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>What skillful housewife does not know</p> -<p class="i2">When, where to place my first?</p> -<p>When nicely done, it will not show;</p> -<p class="i2">Conspicuous, it is worst.</p> -<p>My second all the world must do,</p> -<p class="i2">Either with head or hand,</p> -<p>In different ways the same pursue,</p> -<p class="i2">On water, or on land.</p> -<p>My whole a picture is of life,</p> -<p class="i2">Varied with good or ill,</p> -<p>With bright or dull, with light or dark,</p> -<p class="i2">Arranged with art and skill.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>128. What is that which will make you catch cold—cure -the cold—and pay the doctor’s bill?</p> - -<p>129. Why is a joke like a cocoa-nut?</p> - -<p>130. When did Esau, the hairy man, lose his whiskers?</p> - -<p>131. Why do postmasters deserve the execration of all -true Americans?</p> - -<p>132.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Just equal are my head and tail,</p> -<p class="i2">My middle slender as can be,</p> -<p>Whether I stand on head or heel,</p> -<p class="i2">’Tis all the same to you or me.</p> -<p>But if my head should be cut off,</p> -<p class="i2">The matter’s true, although ’tis strange,</p> -<p>My head and body, severed thus,</p> -<p class="i2">Immediately to nothing change.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>133. If a loafer, smoking a cigar, sets fire to the brush -on his upper lip, is it a case of spontaneous combustion?</p> - -<p>134.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2"> liv sin transgre procur damn </p> -<p>A ing er s ssion ed ation.</p><!-- --> -<p> dy Redeem pa purchas salv</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei33" id="pagei33"></a>[pg 33]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 480px;"> -<p> 135.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_033a-800.png"><img src="images/i_a_033a-480.png" width="480" height="477" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 136.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_033b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_033b-600.png" width="600" height="313" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<p> 137.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_033c-700.png"><img src="images/i_a_033c-400.png" width="400" height="193" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a> -</div> -<p class="right">What sailors dread.</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei34" id="pagei34"></a>[pg 34]</span></p> - -<p class="space-below-minus">138.</p> - -<h5>I.</h5> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Go wide o’er the world,</p> -<p>And everywhere seek me—</p> -<p>In earth, sea, or air,</p> -<p>Thou never shalt meet me!</p> -<p>Go wide o’er the world—</p> -<p>I always am there—</p> -<p>Wherever thou roamest,</p> -<p>In earth, sea, or air!</p> - </div> </div> - -<h5>II.</h5> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Go speak to the woodland,</p> -<p>And question of me—</p> -<p>Oh ne’er shall thou find me,</p> -<p>With forest or tree!</p> -<p>Go, speak to the woodland,</p> -<p>I ever am there,</p> -<p>And live in its whispers,</p> -<p>Though lighter than air!</p> - </div> </div> - -<h5>III.</h5> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Go, winnow the wave,</p> -<p>And seek for my breath—</p> -<p>Ah, ocean and river,</p> -<p>Reveal but my death!</p> -<p>Go, winnow the wave,</p> -<p>Tho’ with winter it shiver—</p> -<p>There—there shalt thou find me,</p> -<p>’Mid ocean and river!</p> - </div> </div> - -<h5>IV.</h5> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>In whirlwinds I revel,</p> -<p>Yet in zephyrs expire—</p> -<p>I flourish in warmth,</p> -<p>And I perish in fire!</p> -<p>The winter I cherish,</p> -<p>Yet each season I shun;</p> -<p>Half living in harvest,</p> -<p>In summer, undone!</p> - </div> </div> - -<h5>V.</h5> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I come with the warlock—</p> -<p>I go with the ghoul—</p> -<p>I shriek with the wizard—</p> -<p>I hoot with the owl!</p> -<p>I ride on the hazel</p> -<p>Which witches have rent—</p> -<p>I fly on the wing</p> -<p>Which the eagle hath bent.</p> - </div> </div> - -<h5>VI.</h5> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I come and I go—</p> -<p>Oft unseen and unsought;</p> -<p>I live but in words—</p> -<p>I perish in thought.</p> -<p>So to all and to each,</p> -<p>I bid you adieu;</p> -<p>Yet to all and to each,</p> -<p>I stay double with you!</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>139. Why is the boy that disturbs a hive like a true -Christian?</p> - -<p>140. What is that which has eyes and sees not, ears -and hears not, nose and smells not, yet is often regarded -as the <i>beau-ideal</i> of a human being?</p> - -<p>141. Why is the elephant his own servant?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei35" id="pagei35"></a>[pg 35]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 560px;"><a href="images/i_a_035-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_035-560.png" width="560" height="475" alt="144., 147.?" /></a></div> - -<p>142. Which of the forest trees bears gain?</p> - -<p>143. Who was the heaviest of mechanics?</p> - -<p>144.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I’m a heavy drag—few things more slow.</p> -<p>Cut off my head, and give me a bow,</p> -<p>And swiftly through the air I go.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>145. Why are two heads better than one?</p> - -<p>146. Why is a cart-horse always in the wrong place?</p> - -<p>147.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I follow the plough, and yet I never walk,</p> -<p>Have plenty of teeth, yet neither eat nor talk,</p> -<p>Am strongly barred, and yet I never close,</p> -<p>I scratch and break, but never deal in blows.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>148. What is that which has many leaves, but no -stem?</p> - -<p>149. Why is the letter F like an incendiary?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei36" id="pagei36"></a>[pg 36]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>150. <span class="sc">Arithmetical Puzzle.</span>—This consists of six slips of -paper or card, on which are written numbers as expressed -in the following columns—</p></div> - -<table summary="Arithmetical Puzzle" border="0"> -<tr><th>A</th><th class="nb"> </th><th>B</th><th class="nb"> </th><th>C</th><th class="nb"> </th><th>D</th><th class="nb"> </th><th>E</th><th class="nb"> </th><th>F</th></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">1</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">2</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">4</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">8</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">16</td><td> </td><td class="rt">32</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">3</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">3</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">5</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">9</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">17</td><td> </td><td class="rt">33</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">5</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">6</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">6</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">10</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">18</td><td> </td><td class="rt">34</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">7</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">7</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">7</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">11</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">19</td><td> </td><td class="rt">35</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">9</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">10</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">12</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">12</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">20</td><td> </td><td class="rt">36</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">11</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">11</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">13</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">13</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">21</td><td> </td><td class="rt">37</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">13</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">14</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">14</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">14</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">22</td><td> </td><td class="rt">38</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">15</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">15</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">15</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">15</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">23</td><td> </td><td class="rt">39</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">17</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">18</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">20</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">24</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">24</td><td> </td><td class="rt">40</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">19</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">19</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">21</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">25</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">25</td><td> </td><td class="rt">41</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">21</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">22</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">22</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">26</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">26</td><td> </td><td class="rt">42</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">23</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">23</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">23</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">27</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">27</td><td> </td><td class="rt">43</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">25</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">26</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">28</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">28</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">28</td><td> </td><td class="rt">44</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">27</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">27</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">29</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">29</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">29</td><td> </td><td class="rt">45</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">29</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">30</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">30</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">30</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">30</td><td> </td><td class="rt">46</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">31</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">31</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">31</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">31</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">31</td><td> </td><td class="rt">47</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">33</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">34</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">36</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">40</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">48</td><td> </td><td class="rt">48</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">35</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">35</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">37</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">41</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">49</td><td> </td><td class="rt">49</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">37</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">38</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">38</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">42</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">50</td><td> </td><td class="rt">50</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">39</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">39</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">39</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">43</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">51</td><td> </td><td class="rt">51</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">41</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">42</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">44</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">44</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">52</td><td> </td><td class="rt">52</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">43</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">43</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">45</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">45</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">53</td><td> </td><td class="rt">53</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">45</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">46</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">46</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">46</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">54</td><td> </td><td class="rt">54</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">47</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">47</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">47</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">47</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">55</td><td> </td><td class="rt">55</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">49</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">50</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">52</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">56</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">56</td><td> </td><td class="rt">56</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">51</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">51</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">53</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">57</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">57</td><td> </td><td class="rt">57</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">53</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">54</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">54</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">58</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">58</td><td> </td><td class="rt">58</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">55</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">55</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">55</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">59</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">59</td><td> </td><td class="rt">59</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">57</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">58</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">60</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">60</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">60</td><td> </td><td class="rt">60</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">59</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">59</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">61</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">61</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">61</td><td> </td><td class="rt">61</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">61</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">62</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">62</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">62</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">62</td><td> </td><td class="rt">62</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lt">63</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">63</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">63</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">63</td><td> </td><td class="lrt">63</td><td> </td><td class="rt">63</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>The slips being thus prepared, a person is to think of -any one of the numbers which they contain, and to give -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei37" id="pagei37"></a>[pg 37]</span> -to the expounder of the question those slips in which the -number thought of occurs. To discover this number, the -expounder has nothing to do but to add together the numbers -at the top of the columns put into his hand. Their -sum will express the number thought of.</p> - -<p><i>Example.</i>—Thus, suppose we think of the number 14. -We find that this number is in three of the slips, viz., -those marked B, C, and D, which are therefore given to -the expounder, who, on adding together 2, 4, and 8, obtains -14, the number thought of.</p> - -<p>The trick may be varied in the following manner: Instead -of giving to the expounder the slips containing the -number thought of, these may be kept back, and those in -which the number does not occur be given. In this case, -the expounder must add together, as before, the numbers -at the top of the columns, and subtract their sum from -63. The remainder will be the number thought of.</p> - -<p>The slips containing the columns of numbers are usually -marked with letters on the back, and not above the -columns, as we have expressed them. This renders the -deception more complete, as the expounder, knowing beforehand -the number at the top of each column, has only -to examine the letters at the back of the slips given him, -when he performs the problem without looking at the -numbers, and thus renders the trick more extraordinary.</p> - -<p>151.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>A pair of little quadrupeds,</p> -<p class="i2">Transpose them, and you’ll find</p> -<p>The lords of ocean, or the aids</p> -<p class="i2">For disciplining mind;</p> -<p>Or that which cheers the midnight hour,</p> -<p class="i2">Or gilds the flagstaff high;</p> -<p>Now test your transposition power,</p> -<p class="i2">And for the answer try.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>152. When is a chair like a rich lady’s dress?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei38" id="pagei38"></a>[pg 38]</span></p> - -<p>153. One <i>p</i>, one <i>i</i>, four <i>a</i>’s, two <i>r</i>’s, two -<i>s</i>’s, two <i>l</i>’s—what -do they make, and who has made a fortune by them?</p> - -<p>154. What odd number will give, on being divided, a half clear of a fraction?</p> - -<p>155.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I’m in the book, but not on any leaf;</p> -<p>I’m in the mouth, but not in lip or teeth;</p> -<p>I’m in the atmosphere, but never in the air;</p> -<p>I wait on every one, but never on a pair;</p> -<p>I am with you wherever you may go;</p> -<p>And every thing you do I’m sure to know;</p> -<p>Though when you did it I should not be there,</p> -<p>Yet when ’twas done, you’d find me in the chair.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>156. What is the difference between Joan of Arc and -Noah’s ark?</p> - -<p>157.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of seventeen letters.</p> -<p>My 4, 6, 10, is what we all do.</p> -<p> “ 5, 8, 14, 11, is a great part of the body.</p> -<p> “ 1, 13, 9, 15, is the name of a fish.</p> -<p> “ 7, 16, 2, 10, is a part of speech.</p> -<p> “ 13, 8, 3, is the name of a fowl.</p> -<p> “ 6, 15, 14, is a girl’s name.</p> -<p> “ 17, 6, 10, 15, is very useful to vessels.</p> -<p> “ 13, 6, 12, is a personal pronoun.</p> -<p>My whole is what we may all expect if we live.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>158. My first is an instrument, which, though small, -has more power than any monarch on earth. It is the -lover’s friend and the poet’s pride; yet has overthrown -kingdoms, ruined reputations, set folks together by the -ears, and caused more destruction than plagues, pestilence, -or famine. My second, though not quite so mischievous, -is very destructive when in improper hands, and -my whole, though employed against my first, is deemed -its friend and improver.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei39" id="pagei39"></a>[pg 39]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>LEAP FROG.</h3> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 450px;"><a href="images/i_a_039-800.png"><img src="images/i_a_039-450.png" width="450" height="479" alt="LEAP FROG." /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>159. This is a most excellent pastime. It should be played in a -spacious place, out of doors, if possible, and the more there are engaged -in it, provided they be of the same height and agility, the -better is the sport. We will suppose a dozen at play:—Let eleven -of them stand in a row, about six yards apart, with all their -faces in one direction, arms folded, or their hands resting -on their thighs, their elbows in, and their heads bent forward, -so that the chin of each rests on his breast, the -right foot advanced, the back a little bent, the shoulders -rounded, and the body firm. The last begins the sport -by taking a short run, placing his hands on the shoulders -of the nearest player, and leaping with their assistance—of -course, springing with his feet at the same time—over -his head, as represented in the cut. Having cleared the -first, he goes on to the second, third, fourth, fifth, etc., in -succession, and as speedily as possible. When he has -gone over the last, he goes to the proper distance, and -places himself in position for all the players to leap over -him in their turn. The first over whom he passed, follows -him over the second, third, fourth, etc.; and when he -has gone over, the one who begun the game places himself -in like manner for the others to jump over him. The -third follows the second, and so on until the parties are -tired.</p></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei40" id="pagei40"></a>[pg 40]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>160.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>His heart was sad, and his foot was sore,</p> -<p>When a stranger knocked at the cottager’s door;</p> -<p>With travel faint, as the night fell down,</p> -<p>He had missed his way to the nearest town,</p> -<p>And he prayed for water to quench his thirst,</p> -<p>And he showed his purse as he asked for my <i>first</i>.</p> -<p>The cotter was moved by the stranger’s tale,</p> -<p>He spread the board, and he poured the ale:</p> -<p>“The river,” he said, “flows darkly down</p> -<p>Betwixt your path and the lighted town,</p> -<p>And far from hence its stream is crossed</p> -<p>By the bridge on the road that you have lost;</p> -<p>Gold may not buy, till your weary feet</p> -<p>Have traversed the river and reached the street,</p> -<p>The thing you ask; but the wandering moon</p> -<p>Will be out in the sky with her lantern soon;</p> -<p>Then cross o’er the meadow, and look to the right,</p> -<p>And you’ll find my <i>second</i> by her light.”</p> -<p>My <i>second</i> shone like a silver floor,</p> -<p>When the traveler passed from the cotter’s door;</p> -<p>He saw the town on its distant ridge,</p> -<p>Yet he sighed no more for the far-off bridge;</p> -<p>And his wish of the night soon gained its goal,</p> -<p>For he found my <i>first</i> when he reached my whole.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>161. What two letters of the alphabet make a prophet?</p> - -<table class="math" summary="over" border="1"> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">162. I 8 0 </td> - <td class="maths2b"> M</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1a"> day.</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>163. Plant an orchard of twenty-one trees, so that there -shall be nine straight rows, with five trees in each row, -the <i>outline</i> a regular geometrical figure, and the trees all -at unequal distances from each other.</p> - -<table class="math" summary="over" border="0"> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">164. B 0 yy </td> - <td class="maths"> nor</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> for U c what a fool u b. </td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1">nice</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei41" id="pagei41"></a>[pg 41]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_a_041-800.png"><img src="images/i_a_041-400.png" width="400" height="455" alt="165." /></a></div> - -<p>165. What part of the horse resembles you?</p></div> - -<p>166. Why is a horse like the prophet Elijah?</p> - -<p>167. Why is a new married man like a horse?</p> - -<p>168. Why is it profitable to keep fowl?</p> - -<p>169. My first is a collection of water; my second is -used when speaking of myself; my third is a fruit; my -whole is a town in Hindostan.</p> - -<p>170. “Thomas,” said Charles, “you are good at figures, -please give me a <i>figurative</i> answer to this question:—What -ought one to do who arrives at a friend’s house -too late for dinner?” </p> - -<p class="ind1">Thomas, after thinking a little, wrote the following—1028,40. -What was his meaning?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei42" id="pagei42"></a>[pg 42]</span></p> - -<p>171. A teacher, having fifteen young ladies under her -care, wished them to take a walk each day of the week. -They were to walk in five divisions of three ladies each -but no two ladies were to be allowed to walk together -twice during the week. How could they be arranged to -suit the above conditions?</p> - -<p>172.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is a letter, an insect, a word,</p> -<p>That means to exist; it moves like a bird.</p> -<p>My next is a letter, a small part of man,</p> -<p>’Tis found in all climes; search where you can.</p> -<p>My third is a something seen in all brawls.</p> -<p>My next you will find in elegant halls.</p> -<p>My last is the first of the last part of day,</p> -<p>Is ever in earnest, yet never in play.</p> -<p>My whole gives a light, by some men abhorred,</p> -<p>The blessings from which no pen can record.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>173. What number is that, which, added separately to -100 and 164, shall make them perfect squares?</p> - -<p>174. Why is the letter F like death?</p> - -<p>175. Why are mortgages like burglars?</p> - -<p>176.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I’m composed of letters four,</p> -<p class="i2">A turkey, cock, or hen;</p> -<p>Behead me, and I upward soar.</p> -<p class="i2">Put on my head again,</p> -<p>Transpose me, then a beast I am,</p> -<p class="i2">Both bloodthirsty and wild,</p> -<p>That preys on many a helpless lamb,</p> -<p class="i2">And oft devours a child.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>177. I am a word of three letters, signifying to spoil -or injure. Transposed, I am an animal. Transposed -again, I am a part of the human frame.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei43" id="pagei43"></a>[pg 43]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_a_043-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_043-600.png" width="600" height="371" alt="a grist-mill" /></a></div> - -<p>178. Why is a grist-mill like the court-martial which -cashiered Fremont?</p></div> - -<p>179.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I have wings, yet never fly—</p> -<p class="i2">I have sails, yet never go—</p> -<p>I can’t keep still, if I try,</p> -<p class="i2">Yet forever stand just so.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>180. Why is a grist-mill like an orange-tree?</p> - -<p>181. What Scripture character was a stupid sheep?</p> - -<p>182. What animal that always has a cold chin is used -to keep the ladies’ chins warm?</p> - -<p>183. What two reasons why a young lady going to the -altar is certainly going wrong?</p> - -<p>184. Why is it dangerous for a teetotaler to have -more than two reasons for the faith that is in him?</p> - -<p>185. What is the most cheerful part of an arsenal?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei44" id="pagei44"></a>[pg 44]</span></p> - -<p>186. When does the tongue assume the functions of -the teeth?</p> - -<p>187. My first is company, my second is without company, -and my third calls company.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>188.</p></div> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i6">An emblem of stupidity,</p> -<p class="i8">My first in forests found;</p> -<p class="i6">Up in air oft rises high,</p> -<p class="i8">Though fastened to the ground,</p> -<p class="i6">But by sharp means it is removed,</p> -<p class="i8">And managed various ways;</p> -<p class="i6">By art or skill may be improved,</p> -<p class="i8">Or, perhaps, it makes a blaze.</p> -<p class="i6">My second is of every kind,</p> -<p class="i8">Is good, or bad, or gay;</p> -<p class="i6">Is dull or bright, to suit all minds,</p> -<p class="i8">By night as well as day.</p> -<p>The patient seaman keeps with care my whole,</p> -<p class="i2">And well it knows his secrets night and day;</p> -<p>And though it has no tongue, nor heart, nor soul,</p> -<p class="i2">It tells the story of the ship’s long way.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>189. There is a word of six letters. Take off three -letters at either end, and add another letter, and it will -make one of the most useful members of the body.</p> - -<p>190.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Tell me why is it, if you lend</p> -<p>But forty dollars to a friend,</p> -<p>It does your kindness more commend</p> -<p>Than if five hundred you should send?</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>191. What is that which is less tired the longer it runs?</p> - -<p>192. Why is a tailor finishing your pants like a polite -host serving his guests with water-fowl?</p> - -<p>193. What was a month old at Cain’s birth, that is not -five weeks old now?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei45" id="pagei45"></a>[pg 45]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_a_045-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_045-400.png" width="400" height="473" alt="family" /></a></div> - -<p>194. What looks worse on a lady’s foot than a darned -stocking?</p> - -<p>195. Which of the girls can answer questions best?</p> - -<p>196. What is the shape of a kiss?</p> - -<p>197.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2">My first is a busy industrious thing,</p> -<p class="i2">Without which no bundle your porter can bring;</p> -<p class="i2">My second is nothing to speak of, yet stands</p> -<p class="i2">For thousands and millions, in money or lands;</p> -<p class="i2">My third is a question we meet every day,</p> -<p class="i2">Relating to things we do, think, or say;</p> -<p class="i2">My whole is the questioner—once it was you,</p> -<p class="i2">If not, ’twas your brother, or cousin, or—whew!</p> -<p>It was somebody else whom your grandmother knew.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei46" id="pagei46"></a>[pg 46]</span></p> - -<p>198. I am composed of four letters. We do not 4 2 3, -1 4 2 3, 2 3, 3 4 2.</p> - -<p>199.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is a preposition.</p> -<p> “ second implies more than one.</p> -<p> “ third is a pronoun.</p> -<p> “ fourth some people do not pay.</p> -<p> “ whole is not consistent.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>200.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am a word of four letters often used in prayer.</p> -<p>Transposed, I become what every one professes.</p> -<p>Transposed again, I become an adjective, the qualities of which every one despises.</p> -<p>Transposed again, I am part of a horse.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>201.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is poison, slow yet sure,</p> -<p class="i2">That preys on many frames;</p> -<p>Compounded oft of things impure,</p> -<p class="i2">And called by many names.</p> -<p>My first and second form my whole,</p> -<p class="i2">That’s one of Satan’s dens;</p> -<p>Many a man has lost his soul,</p> -<p class="i2">Through meeting there with friends.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>202.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am a word of four letters—the name of a Cape.</p> -<p>Transposed, I am a portion of the earth’s surface.</p> -<p>Transposed again, I am a kind of meat.</p> -<p>Transposed again, I become a verb signifying to wash.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>203.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I prove 2 = 1, thus:—</p> -<p class="i2">x = a; then x<sup>2</sup> = ax</p> -<p class="i2">x<sup>2</sup> - a<sup>2</sup> = ax - a<sup>2</sup></p> -<p class="i2">(x + a)(x - a) = a(x - a)</p> -<p class="i2">x + a = a</p> -<p class="i2">2a = a</p> -<p class="i2">2 = 1</p> -<p>Who will detect the fallacy?</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei47" id="pagei47"></a>[pg 47]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_a_047-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_047-600.png" width="600" height="547" alt="lighthouse in wild waves" /></a></div> - -<p>204. In what ship, and in what capacity, do young -ladies like to engage?</p> - -<p>205.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Ethereal thing, on unseen wing,</p> -<p>Through space my first is wandering;</p> -<p>It nothing sees, it nothing knows,</p> -<p>Yet all that’s known and seen it shows.</p> -<p>Brick, iron, mud, stone, reed, or wood,</p> -<p>My second in all climes has stood—</p> -<p>A lodge, a nest, where love may rest,</p> -<p>Or a prison, gloomy, dark, unblest.</p> -<p>Away on the bleak and desolate peak</p> -<p>Where the rude tempests howl and shriek,</p> -<p>Like a friendly eye, looking out from the sky.</p> -<p>My whole to the wanderer gleams on high.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>206. What kind of a ship did Solomon object to?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei48" id="pagei48"></a>[pg 48]</span></p> - -<p>207. There are two numbers whose product added to -the sum of their squares is 109, and the difference of -whose squares is 24.</p> - -<p>208.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>In every hedge my second is,</p> -<p class="i2">As well as every tree,</p> -<p>And when poor school-boys act amiss,</p> -<p class="i2">It often is their fee.</p> -<p>My first likewise is always wicked,</p> -<p class="i2">Yet ne’er committed sin,</p> -<p>My total for my first is fitted,</p> -<p class="i2">Composed of brass or tin.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>209. My first is a pronoun; my second is not high; -my third we must all do; my fourth is a pronoun of multitude; -my whole is musical.</p> - -<p>210. What is the difference between a grandmother -and her infant grandchild?</p> - -<p>211. Add one to nine and make it twenty.</p> - -<p>212. What is that which the dead and living do at the -same time?</p> - -<p>213.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>When winter months have passed away,</p> -<p class="i2">And summer suns shine bright,</p> -<p>You ope the coffer where I lay,</p> -<p class="i2">And bring my first to light.</p> -<p>My second is a valiant knight,</p> -<p class="i2">Who wears his crest and spur,</p> -<p>And when he’s challenged to a fight,</p> -<p class="i2">He does not long demur.</p> -<p>My whole, as ancient fables say,</p> -<p class="i2">Was once a friend of Juno,</p> -<p>In dress he makes a great display—</p> -<p class="i2">His name by this time you know.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>214. Why is a bullet like a tender glance?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei49" id="pagei49"></a>[pg 49]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_a_049-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_049-400.png" width="400" height="439" alt="children at play" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>215.</p></div> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>When innocence first had its dwelling on earth,</p> -<p class="i2">In my first’s lovely form it alighted;</p> -<p>And still to this time, from the hour of its birth,</p> -<p class="i2">In my first it has greatly delighted.</p> -<p>My second’s a part of a smart lady’s dress,</p> -<p class="i2">Yet on age it may also be found;</p> -<p>Again, ’tis a garb when the heart feels distress—</p> -<p class="i2">And my whole does with pleasure abound.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>216. Why are children at play like a bird in her nest?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei50" id="pagei50"></a>[pg 50]</span></p> - -<p>217.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is male or female, young or old,</p> -<p class="i2">’Tis very sad if you are forced to doubt one;</p> -<p>Much must we pity the false heart or cold,</p> -<p class="i2">Who is so selfish as to live without one.</p> -<p>My second is a noble work of art,</p> -<p class="i2">Which brings together distant shores and lands;</p> -<p>Though neither feet it has, nor head, nor heart,</p> -<p class="i2">’Tis often furnished with a hundred hands.</p> -<p>My whole in youth or age, sickness or health,</p> -<p class="i2">In joy or sorrow, charms to life can give;</p> -<p>Without it, all in vain are hoards of wealth,</p> -<p class="i2">By it unblest in solitude we live.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>218. What spice are the Hindoos fond of?</p> - -<p>219. Why is a dog like a tanner?</p> - -<p>220. Why are A B’s successors seedy?</p> - -<p>221. What is nothing good for?</p> - -<p>222. I am composed of four letters—the initials of four -of the principal personages in Europe—the name of a -river in Russia; transposed, I am a part of the Crystal -Palace; transposed again, I am not <i>proud</i>, although elevated -above the heads of most people.</p> - -<p>223.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is when the summer wind</p> -<p class="i2">Sweeps rustlingly through the trees,</p> -<p>When the jasmine spray and the eglantine</p> -<p class="i2">Are swayed by the whispering breeze;</p> -<p>My second, a weapon of bloody strife,</p> -<p class="i2">Of steel, so cruel and cold,</p> -<p>Which ruthlessly takes the soldier’s life,</p> -<p class="i2">The cowardly, and the bold;</p> -<p>My whole is a Poet, by every one known,</p> -<p class="i2">So wide is his renown.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>224. Why is the letter y like a young spendthrift?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei51" id="pagei51"></a>[pg 51]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 360px;"><a href="images/i_a_051-800.png"><img src="images/i_a_051-360.png" width="360" height="473" alt="peacock" /></a></div> - -<p>225. Why is memory like the peacock?</p> -</div> -<p>226.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first in the garden luxuriantly grows,</p> -<p>Delicious and sweet, as every one knows;</p> -<p>My second a noisy, vain, garrulous thing,</p> -<p>The lord of a harem, as proud as a king;</p> -<p>My whole is still prouder, and seems to rejoice</p> -<p>As much in his tail as he does in his voice.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>227. One man said to another, “Give me one of your -sheep, and I shall have twice as many as you.” The -other replied, “No, give me one of yours, and I shall -have as many as you.” How many had each?</p> - -<p>228. Where were potatoes first found?</p> - -<p>229. Where did cherries come from?</p> - -<p>230. Why is a ship under full sail like Niagara?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei52" id="pagei52"></a>[pg 52]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>231.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>O’er a mighty pasture go</p> -<p class="i2">Sheep in thousands, silver white;</p> -<p>As to-day we see them, so</p> -<p class="i2">In the oldest grandsire’s sight.</p> -<p>They drink—never waning old—</p> -<p class="i2">Life from an unfailing brook;</p> -<p>There’s a shepherd to their fold,</p> -<p class="i2">With a silver-horned crook.</p> -<p>From a gate of gold let out,</p> -<p class="i2">Night by night he counts them over;</p> -<p>Wide the field they rove about,</p> -<p class="i2">Never hath he lost a rover:</p> -<p>True the dog that helps to lead them,</p> -<p class="i2">One gay ram in front we see;</p> -<p>What the flock, and who doth lead them,</p> -<p class="i2">Sheep and shepherd, tell to me?</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>232. I am a word of four letters. Take off my hat, and -you have something which you do every day. Take -off my head, and you have a preposition. Leave off my -head and put on my hat, and you have something used -before a door. Entire, and taken backward, with my -two middle letters transposed, I am a very convenient -thing. I, myself, am often eaten.</p> - -<p>233. What part of a ship was Cain?</p> - -<p>234. What animal resembles the sea, and why?</p> - -<p>235. What animal is the most windy, and why?</p> - -<p>236. What animal is like an apothecary?</p> - -<p>237. What animal is like a stone-breaker?</p> - -<p>238. A man had a bar of lead that weighed 40 lbs., and -he divided it into four pieces in such a way as to allow -him to weigh any number of pounds from one to forty. -How did he manage the matter?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei53" id="pagei53"></a>[pg 53]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_a_053-600.png"><img src="images/i_a_053-300.png" width="300" height="476" alt="241." /></a></div> - -<p>239. What is the best key to a good dinner?</p> - -<p>240. Why is a farm-yard like a hotel?</p> - -<p>241. If a woman stands behind a tree, how does the -tree stand?</p> - -<p>242. Wherein does a turkey-cock differ from a lady?</p> - -<p>243. Three men buy a grindstone, 40 inches in diameter, -on equal shares. Each one is to use it until he has -worn away his share. How many inches in diameter -must each one use?</p> - -<p>244. What two letters of the alphabet do children like -best?</p> - -<p>245. Why are Cashmere shawls like deaf persons?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei54" id="pagei54"></a>[pg 54]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>246.</p></div> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Ye mortals—wonder! I’m an elf,</p> -<p class="i2">A strange, mysterious thing;</p> -<p>More powerful than all the sprites</p> -<p class="i2">Within a magic ring.</p> -<p>I speak—although I have no tongue—</p> -<p class="i2">I speak, and thrill the soul;</p> -<p>I sing—and many a song I’ve sung</p> -<p class="i2">Resounds, while ages roll.</p> -<p>I am a weapon, strong and keen,</p> -<p class="i2">All made of glittering steel;</p> -<p>But human souls—not senseless flesh—</p> -<p class="i2">My sharp two-edges feel.</p> -<p>The greatest writer e’er was born—</p> -<p class="i2">But, ah!—a thievish elf;</p> -<p>For what I write is not, alas!</p> -<p class="i2">Original with myself.</p> -<p>I often take a cooling bath;</p> -<p class="i2">But, like the Ethiop’s skin,</p> -<p>When I have bathed, I’m blacker still</p> -<p class="i2">Than when I did begin!</p> -<p>Most kind am I; I glad the heart</p> -<p class="i2">Of many a wretched wight,</p> -<p>And many a sufferer is by me</p> -<p class="i2">Transported with delight.</p> -<p>Most cruel I; I’ve pierced the soul</p> -<p class="i2">With cutting, burning darts;</p> -<p>I’ve dashed the fondest hopes to earth,</p> -<p class="i2">I’ve crushed the lightest hearts.</p> -<p>Yet wise and powerful as I am,</p> -<p class="i2">A very slave am I;</p> -<p>I’m forced the mandates to obey</p> -<p class="i2">Of both the low and high.</p> -<p>Now, witty brains, tell who this is,</p> -<p class="i2">Who blesses and who curses;</p> -<p>Who has no hands, yet still who is</p> -<p class="i2">The writer of these verses.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei55" id="pagei55"></a>[pg 55]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 570px;"><a href="images/i_a_055-800.png"><img src="images/i_a_055-570.png" width="570" height="474" alt="247., 248." /></a></div> - -<p>247. Why is an Indian like a flirt?</p></div> - -<p>248. Why is an Indian like a scholar?</p> - -<p>249. How much silk is required to make a spherical -balloon, 16 inches in diameter, without allowing for -seams?</p> - -<p>250. All children love to go to sea, and why?</p> - -<p>251.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>That gentle picture dost thou know,</p> -<p class="i2">Itself, its hues, and splendor gaining?</p> -<p>Some change each moment can bestow,</p> -<p class="i2">Itself as perfect still remaining;</p> -<p>It lies within the smallest space,</p> -<p class="i2">The smallest framework forms its girth,</p> -<p>And yet that picture can embrace</p> -<p class="i2">The mightiest objects known on earth:</p> -<p>Canst thou to me that crystal name</p> -<p class="i2">(No gem can with its worth compare)</p> -<p>Which gives all light, and knows no flame?</p> -<p class="i2">Absorbed is all creation there!</p> -<p>That ring can in itself inclose</p> -<p class="i2">The loveliest hues that light the heaven,</p> -<p>Yet from its light more lovely goes</p> -<p class="i2">Than all which to it can be given!</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei56" id="pagei56"></a>[pg 56]</span></p> - -<p>252.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>From 6 take nine, from 9 take 10;</p> -<p>From 40 take 50, and 6 remain.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>253. Why is marriage like truth?</p> - -<p>254. Required to divide 45 in four parts, so that the -first part with two added, the second with two subtracted, -the third divided by two, the fourth multiplied by two, -shall equal each other.</p> - -<p>255. Where was Major Andre going when he was -captured?</p> - -<p>256.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>There is a mansion, vast and fair,</p> -<p class="i2">That doth on unseen pillars rest;</p> -<p>No wanderer leaves the portals there,</p> -<p class="i2">Yet each how brief a guest!</p> -<p>The craft by which that mansion rose,</p> -<p class="i2">No thought can picture to the soul;</p> -<p>’Tis lighted by a lamp which throws</p> -<p class="i2">Its stately shimmer through the whole.</p> -<p>As crystal clear, it rears aloof</p> -<p class="i2">The single gem which forms its roof,</p> -<p>And never hath the eye surveyed</p> -<p class="i2">The master who that mansion made.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>257. Why is a sculptor like a man who “splits his -sides with laughter?”</p> - -<p>258. Why were the Scribes and Pharisees like a great -conflagration?</p> - -<p>259. My first is a collection of water, my second is -used when speaking of myself, my third is a fruit, my -whole is a town in Hindostan.</p> - -<p>260.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>X U R, X U B,</p> -<p>X, 2 X U R 2 me.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>261. Why was Daniel like Nebuchadnezzar’s image?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei57" id="pagei57"></a>[pg 57]</span></p> -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>SEE-SAW.</h3> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_a_057-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_057-600.png" width="600" height="420" alt="SEE-SAW." /></a></div> -</div> -<p>262. Several things are necessary to make this sport -safe and pleasant. <i>First</i>, a strong bar on which to -balance your board or plank. <i>Secondly</i>, a strong, -straight-grained board or plank, which will not crack -nor twist. <i>Thirdly</i>, an equal weight at each end, or -nearly so. <i>Fourthly</i>, a clear head, and a steady hand, -or foot, to keep up an even motion. With these all right, -you will go up and down as easily and smoothly as men -of business do, or political parties;—but, hallo there, boys, -John has tumbled off, and you will have a smash at the -other end, which will leave John’s partner in doubt -whether he is up or down.</p> - -<p>263. What island in the Pacific is always at this sport?</p> - -<p>264. What is there at the same time philosophical and -ungrammatical in this sport?</p> - -<p>265. Why is an elephant like a lady’s veil?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei58" id="pagei58"></a>[pg 58]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>266.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I was before the world begun,</p> -<p>Before the earth, before the sun;</p> -<p>Before the moon was made, to light</p> -<p>With brighter beams the starry night;</p> -<p>I’m at the bottom of the sea,</p> -<p>And I am in immensity;</p> -<p>The daily motion of the earth</p> -<p>Dispels me, and to me gives birth;</p> -<p>You can not see me if you try,</p> -<p>Although I’m oft before your eye;</p> -<p>Such is my whole. But, for one part,</p> -<p>You’ll find in taste I’m rather tart;</p> -<p>Now I become the abode of men—</p> -<p>And now, for groveling beasts, a pen;</p> -<p>I am a man who lives by drinking;</p> -<p>Anon I keep a weight from sinking;</p> -<p>To take me, folks go far and near;</p> -<p>I am what children like to hear;</p> -<p>I am a shining star on high;</p> -<p>And now, its pathway through the sky;</p> -<p>My strength o’erpowers both iron and steel;</p> -<p>Yet oft I’m left behind the wheel;</p> -<p>I’m made to represent a head;</p> -<p>Am found in every loaf of bread;</p> -<p>Such are the many forms I take,</p> -<p>You can not count all I can make;</p> -<p>Yet, after all, so strange am I,</p> -<p>Soon as you know me, then I die.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>267. Henry is four feet high and William is five. The -sum of their heights multiplied by five is equal to their -father’s age, plus fifteen. How old was their father?</p> - -<p>268. My first is the name of a river, my second is a -pleasant beverage, my third is what we are too apt to do, -and my whole is the name of an ancient city.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei59" id="pagei59"></a>[pg 59]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABET.</h3> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 460px;"><a href="images/i_a_059-950.png"><img src="images/i_a_059-460.png" width="460" height="484" alt="DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABET." /></a> -<h3>SINGLE HANDED ALPHABET.</h3></div></div> - -<p>269. The deaf and dumb converse with each other, and -with their teachers, by signs made with their hands. -There are two ways of making the letters with the -fingers; in one, both hands are used; in the other, -only one. Above, you see how the letters are made with -one hand.</p> - -<p>270. When are the letters like the keys of a piano?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei60" id="pagei60"></a>[pg 60]</span></p> - -<p>271.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Up and down two buckets ply</p> -<p class="i2">A single well within;</p> -<p>While the one comes full on high,</p> -<p class="i2">One the deeps must win.</p> -<p>Full or empty, never ending,</p> -<p class="i2">Rising now, and now descending,</p> -<p>Always while you quaff from this,</p> -<p class="i2">That one lost in the abyss,</p> -<p>From that well the waters living</p> -<p class="i2">Never both together giving.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>272.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2">Come from my first—ay, come! the battle dawn is nigh,</p> -<p>And the screaming trump and thundering drum are calling thee to die!</p> -<p>Fight as thy father fought, fall as thy father fell;</p> -<p>Thy task is taught, thy shroud is wrought, so forward, and farewell!</p> -<p>Toll ye, my second, toll! Fill high the flambeau’s light,</p> -<p>And sing the hymn of a parted soul beneath the silent night,</p> -<p>The wreath upon his head, the cross upon his breast,</p> -<p>Let the prayer be said, and the tear be shed—so take him to his rest.</p> -<p>Call ye my whole—ay, call the lord of lute and lay,</p> -<p>And let him greet the sable pall with a noble song to-day;</p> -<p>Go, call him by his name! no fitter hand may crave</p> -<p>To light the flame of a soldier’s fame on the turf of a soldier’s grave.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>273. Once in a minute, twice in a moment, once in a -man’s life?</p> - -<p>274. A man said “I lie.” Did he lie, or did he tell -the truth?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei61" id="pagei61"></a>[pg 61]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"><a href="images/i_a_061-700.png"><img src="images/i_a_061-340.png" width="340" height="484" alt="275." /></a></div> - -<p>275. Why is the butcher’s dog in the parlor like your -mother receiving strange company?</p></div> - -<p>276. Why should a hound never be admitted into -the house?</p> - -<p>277. Why is your favorite puppy like a doll?</p> - -<p>278. How can a person live eighty years, and see only -twenty birthdays?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei62" id="pagei62"></a>[pg 62]</span></p> - -<p>279. What is the difference between twenty four quart -bottles, and four and twenty quart bottles?</p> - -<p>280. How will you arrange four 9’s so as to make one -hundred?</p> - -<p>281.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Amid the serpent race is one</p> -<p class="i2">That earth did never bear;</p> -<p>In speed and fury there be none</p> -<p class="i2">That can with it compare.</p> -<p>With fearful hiss—its prey to grasp—</p> -<p class="i2">It darts its dazzling course,</p> -<p>And locks in one destroying clasp</p> -<p class="i2">The horseman and the horse.</p> -<p>It loves the loftiest heights to haunt—</p> -<p class="i2">No bolt its prey secures;</p> -<p>In vain its mail may valor vaunt,</p> -<p class="i2">For steel its fury lures!</p> -<p>As slightest straw whirled by the wind,</p> -<p class="i2">It snaps the starkest tree;</p> -<p>It can the might of metal grind,</p> -<p class="i2">How hard soe’er it be!</p> -<p>Yet ne’er but once the monster tries</p> -<p class="i2">The prey it threats to gain:</p> -<p>In its own wrath consumed it dies,</p> -<p class="i2">And while it slays is slain.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>282. A went to a shoemaker, B, and ordered a pair of -boots. At the time appointed for their completion, A -called for his boots. The price was $5. A gave B a 20 -dollar note, which, not being able to change, he went to -C, who gave him four $5 notes. B gave A three of the -notes, and kept one. The next day C came to B and told -him his $20 note was a counterfeit. B gave C four $5 -notes, three of which he borrowed from D. How much -did B lose by the operation?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei63" id="pagei63"></a>[pg 63]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 370px;"><a href="images/i_a_063-800.png"><img src="images/i_a_063-370.png" width="370" height="475" alt="283." /></a></div> - -<p>283. When a boy falls, what does he fall against?</p></div> - -<p>284. When he is caught stealing, what does he catch?</p> - -<p>285. How many feet ought a thief to have?</p> - -<p>286. Why is Tom Tumbledown like Adam when he saw -the apple?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei64" id="pagei64"></a>[pg 64]</span></p> - -<p>287. A friend asserted to me a day or two since, that -forty horses only had eighty-four legs. How did it -come?</p> - - -<h4>A RIDDLE WITHIN A RIDDLE.</h4> - -<p>288.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Moce ye inugeison nose hist dilerd suesg</p> -<p>Ti si ton cufidlift ouy liwl socfens,</p> -<p>Thaw si hatt burmen—hiwhc fi ouy ivdedi,</p> -<p>Ouy hent liwl hington veale no theire dies?</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>289. Our family is large, but not much more than one -third as large as that of Jacob when he went to live in -Egypt. But, like the family of that ancient patriarch, we -often migrate to other countries. We do not keep -together, whether at home or abroad; we are scattered -about in every direction,—at once masters, servants, and -slaves to forty-four millions of people. Not a book is -printed without our aid; and, what is stranger still, we are -all found at the same time in every book in every library -and country where the English language is spoken; and -on almost every page. Sometimes, though rarely, two -of us stand side by side. It is still more rare for us all -to appear together arranged in the same order. Nothing -is more common with people than to place us in <i>rows</i> or -<i>platoons</i>; but whether in militia, army, or navy—for some -of us are employed in all these—we are seldom arranged -twice alike. Sometimes one of us stands first; sometimes -another. Sometimes a row or platoon consists of -only two or three of us; at others of many more; and -occasionally of twelve, fifteen, or twenty; and, strangest -to relate of all, we can be so placed as to make out about -50,000 rows, no two of which will be exactly alike. Must -we not, then, be a useful family? And what, think you, -is our <i>family</i> name?</p> - -<p>290. <span class="emph"> | | | | | | </span>. Add five more marks to these -six, so as to make nine.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei65" id="pagei65"></a>[pg 65]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 580px;"><a href="images/i_a_065-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_065-580.png" width="580" height="470" alt="a tree" /></a></div> - -<p>291. What tree is that, which has twelve branches, -thirty leaves on each branch, and each leaf white -on one side, and black on the other?</p></div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>292.</p></div> - -<ul class="none"> -<li> 1. What is the sociable tree?</li> -<li> 2. And the dancing tree?</li> -<li> 3. And the tree which is nearest the sea?</li> -<li> 4. And the busiest tree?</li> -<li> 5. The most yielding tree?</li> -<li> 6. And the tree where ships may be?</li> -<li> 7. The languishing tree?</li> -<li> 8. The least selfish tree?</li> -<li> 9. And the tree that bears a curse?</li> -<li>10. The chronologist tree?</li> -<li>11. The fisherman’s tree?</li> -<li>12. And the tree like an Irish nurse?</li> -<li>13. What’s the traitor’s tree?</li> -<li>14. And the tell-tale tree?</li> -<li>15. And the tree that is warmest clad?</li> -<li>16. The layman’s tree?</li> -<li>17. The housewife’s tree?</li> -<li>18. And the tree that makes one sad?</li> -<li>19. What the tree that in death will benight you?</li> -<li>20. And the tree that your wants will supply?</li> -<li>21. And the tree that to travel invites you?</li> -<li>22. And the tree that forbids you to die?</li> -<li>23. What tree do the hunters resound to the skies?</li> -<li>24. What brightens your house, and your mansion sustains?</li> -<li>25. What tree urged the Grecians in vengeance to rise</li> -<li>And fight for the victims by tyranny slain?</li> -<li>26. The tree that will fight?</li> -<li>27. And the tree that obeys you?</li> -<li>28. And the tree that never stands still?<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei66" id="pagei66"></a>[pg 66]</span></li> -<li>29. And the tree that got up?</li> -<li>30. And the tree that was lazy?</li> -<li>31. And the tree neither up nor down hill?</li> -<li>32. The tree to be kissed?</li> -<li>33. And the dandiest tree?</li> -<li>34. And what guides the ships to go forth?</li> -<li>35. The unhealthiest tree?</li> -<li>36. And the tree of the people?</li> -<li>37. And the tree whose wood faces the north?</li> -<li>38. The emulous tree?</li> -<li>39. The industrious tree?</li> -<li>40. And the tree that warms mutton when cold?</li> -<li>41. The reddish-brown tree?</li> -<li>42. The reddish-blue tree?</li> -<li>43. And what each must become ere he’s old?</li> -<li>44. The tree in a bottle?</li> -<li>45. And the tree in a fog?</li> -<li>46. And the tree that gives the bones pain?</li> -<li>47. The terrible tree when schoolmasters flog?</li> -<li>48. And what mother and child have the name?</li> -<li>49. The treacherous tree?</li> -<li>50. The contemptible tree?</li> -<li>51. And that to which wives are inclined?</li> -<li>52. The tree that causes each townsman to flee?</li> -<li>53. And what round fair ankles they bind?</li> -<li>54. The tree that’s entire?</li> -<li>55. And the tree that is split?</li> -<li>56. The tree half given to doctors when ill?</li> -<li>57. The tree we offer to friends when we meet?</li> -<li>58. And the tree we may use as a quill?</li> -<li>59. The tree that’s immortal?</li> -<li>60. The trees that are not?</li> -<li>61. And the trees that must pass through the fire?</li> -<li>62. The tree that in Latin can ne’er be forgot,</li> -<li>And in England we all must admire?</li> -<li>63. The Egyptian plague tree?</li> -<li>64. And the tree that is dear?</li> -<li>65. And what round itself doth intwine?</li> -<li>66. The tree that in billiards must ever be near?</li> -<li>67. And the tree that by cockneys is turned into wine?</li> - </ul> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei67" id="pagei67"></a>[pg 67]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_a_067-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_067-500.png" width="500" height="451" alt="family" /></a></div> - -<p>293. Which of the planets would the tortoise like best -to live in?</p> - -<p>294. Why is a picture surrounded by books like a -happy man?</p> - -<p>295. Mother sent Mary for an evergreen. The gardener -brought a holly. Mary pointed to the sky, and the -gardener brought what she wanted. What did Mary -mean?</p> - -<p>296. When the day breaks, what becomes of the fragments?</p> - -<p>297. Novus vir bonus vir ivit ad caudam vel habere -suam vestem homines mortuos.</p> - -<p>298. EE Marriage <span class="sc">ee</span>.</p> - -<p>299. What bird is that which has no wings?</p> - -<p>300. Add something to 9 to make it less.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei68" id="pagei68"></a>[pg 68]</span></p> - -<p>301. Why is Satan on a shed like a bankrupt?</p> - -<p>302. How is it that trees put on their summer dresses, -without opening their trunks?</p> - -<p>303. Of three words make one, by the insertion of a -single letter.</p> - -<p>304. Of a word of one syllable, make a word of three -syllables, by the addition of a single letter.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>305.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Ages ago, when Greece was young,</p> -<p>And Homer, blind and wandering, sung;</p> -<p>Where’er he roamed, through street or field,</p> -<p>My first the noble bard upheld;</p> -<p>Look to the new moon for my next,</p> -<p>You’ll see it there, but if perplexed,</p> -<p>Go ask the huntsman, he can show</p> -<p>My name—he gives it many a blow;</p> -<p>My whole, as you will quickly see,</p> -<p>Is a large town in Tuscany,</p> -<p>Which ladies soon will recognize—</p> -<p>A favorite head-dress it supplies.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>306. Why is an elephant like a chair?</p> - -<p class="space-below0">307. Mr. —wood being at the <b>.</b> of king of terrors, 10 -mills for his quakers, and who, which and what. They -odor for Dr. Juvenile Humanity, <span style="border: 1px solid black;"> who </span> <img src="images/i_a_068-20.png" width="20" height="20" alt="lines" /> to Dr. Hay -preservers, and little devil behold scarlet his assistance; -but, B 4 he arrived, the not legally good</p> -<table class="math" summary="under" border="0"> -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">changed color, and </td> - <td class="maths2">taker</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> was ct for.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1">the</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>308. Given the street and the hour, to find at once the -number of children in the street.</p> - -<p>309. Given the section of the city, to find at once the -number of loafers and vagabonds that infest it.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei69" id="pagei69"></a>[pg 69]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>CHRISTMAS TREE.</h3> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"><a href="images/i_a_069-700.png"><img src="images/i_a_069-340.png" width="340" height="473" alt="CHRISTMAS TREE." /></a></div> - -<p>310. This is a very curious and interesting kind of a -tree. It is found, loaded with every variety of strange -<i>fruit</i>, on tables, bare floors, or carpets. It has no roots, -but is most wonderful for its yielding powers, though it -bears only once a year, and that always on Christmas -Eve. The last one that I saw was at Uncle Hiram Hatchet’s. -Cousin Hannah thus describes it:</p></div> - -<p class="space-below4">“At last, when none of us expected it, he (Uncle H.) -threw open the folding doors, and let us into the little -parlor. There was displayed the Christmas tree, in all -its glory. Every little twig bore some present; dolls -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei70" id="pagei70"></a>[pg 70]</span> -and doll furniture, pins, ear-rings, bracelets, slippers, -watch-guards and purses, ships, windmills, and beautiful -books, besides all sorts of fruits and bon-bons, and all -blazing with light from the numberless candles that -seemed to grow out of the branches.”</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>A tree that, without life or root,</p> -<p class="i2">Without a blossom, bud, or flower,</p> -<p>Bears various and most precious fruit,</p> -<p class="i2">That comes and goes in one short hour.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>311.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is an adjective, short and dry,</p> -<p>Which an absence of moisture seems to imply,</p> -<p>Or, in reference to mind, that kind of wit,</p> -<p>Which is slack on the rein, and sharp on the bit</p> -<p>My second is a sort of hole, or den,</p> -<p>Unfit for the resort of timid men,</p> -<p>Whence once the righteous came safely out,</p> -<p>While the wicked were wholly put to rout.</p> -<p>My whole is an author of classic fame,</p> -<p>If you know the man, please tell me his name.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>312. What poet do miners value most?</p> - -<p>313. What poet is least distinguished for brevity?</p> - -<p>314. Which of the English poets would be most likely -to make a lion feel at home?</p> - -<p>315. Why were the Amalekites never allowed to -speak?</p> - -<p>316. Which of the reptiles is a mathematician?</p> - -<p>317. What Scripture character would have made a -suitable husband for a tall laundress?</p> - -<p>318. What two syllables of the marriage ceremony are -most interesting to the priest?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei71" id="pagei71"></a>[pg 71]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"><a href="images/i_a_071-700.png"><img src="images/i_a_071-340.png" width="340" height="472" alt="321." /></a></div> - -<p>319. What part of a house measures about two quarts?</p> - -<p>320. When is a door not a door?</p> - -<p>321. Why are ladies sitting on the stoop, like an unfinished house?</p> - -<p>322. What stone opens and shuts at your convenience?</p> - -<p>323.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Read see how me</p> -<p>Down will I love</p> -<p>And you love you</p> -<p>Up and you if</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>324. Why is a thing purchased like a shoe?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei72" id="pagei72"></a>[pg 72]</span></p> - -<p>325. Why is a man who makes a wager of a cent, like -a person recovering from illness?</p> - -<p>326. Why is an unpaid bill like the moisture in the -morning?</p> - -<p>327. Why is a sanguinary epistle like a surgeon?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>328.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Ere from the east arose the lamp of day,</p> -<p>Or Cynthia gilt the night with paler ray—</p> -<p>Ere earth was form’d, or ocean knew its place,</p> -<p>Long, long anterior to the human race</p> -<p>I did exist. In chaos I was found,</p> -<p>When awful darkness shed its gloom around.</p> -<p>In heaven I dwell, in those bright realms above,</p> -<p>And in the radiant ranks of angels move.</p> -<p>But when th’ Almighty, by his powerful call,</p> -<p>Made out of nothing this stupendous ball,</p> -<p>I did appear, and still upon this earth</p> -<p>Am daily seen, and every day have birth.</p> -<p>With Adam I in Paradise was seen,</p> -<p>When the vile serpent tempted Eve to sin;</p> -<p>And, since the fall, I with the human race</p> -<p>Partake their shame and manifest disgrace.</p> -<p>In the dark caverns of old ocean drear</p> -<p>I ever was, and ever shall appear.</p> -<p>In every battle firmly I have stood,</p> -<p>When plains seem lav’d, whole oceans dy’d with blood.</p> -<p>But, hold—no more! It now remains with you</p> -<p>To find me out and bring me forth to view.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>329. Why is a lost child like you?</p> - -<p>330. Why is Fremont equal to eight honest politicians?</p> - -<p>331. How did Jonah feel when the whale swallowed him?</p> - -<p>332. Why were the Hebrews called sheep?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei73" id="pagei73"></a>[pg 73]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_a_073-840.png"><img src="images/i_a_073-400.png" width="400" height="473" alt="335." /></a></div> - -<p>333. Why is it dangerous to flirt in a hay-field?</p> - -<p>334. Under what tree is it most proper to make love?</p> - -<p>335. Under what shade can you dance best?</p> - -<p>336. Why is a dashing young buck a favorite with the -ladies?</p> - -<p>337. 1. I am constantly in the midst of money. 2. I -am continually putting people in possession of property. - 3. I increase the number of most things that come in my -way. 4. I am no friend to the distressed needlewomen, -for I render needles unnecessary. 5. Yet whenever I -undertake a dress, I infallibly make it sit. 6. I am quarrelsome, -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei74" id="pagei74"></a>[pg 74]</span> -for a word and a blow is my maxim. 7. In fact, -with me a word becomes a weapon. 8. And merriment -becomes slaughter. 9. It is commonly remarked that -drink converts men into swine, but I transform wine -itself into the same animals. 10. Deprived of me, certain -railway speculations come out in their true character. - 11. A team can draw a wagon well without me, still, -when I am in front, the speed is wonderfully increased. - 12. Marvelous products may be obtained from peat, but -when I am extracted from earth, pure oil alone remains. - 13. Let me go before, and a story is sure to be stale. - 14. And if I am left out, it will be political. 15. I am -strongly attached to pluralities. 16. With respect to -free trade, I turn corn itself into contempt. 17. I am in -the midst of Russia and Prussia, and abundant among -the Swiss. 18. Were I withdrawn from that unhappy -country, Spain, nothing would be left but grief. 19. After -sport, when I take my departure, the evening is often -finished with what remains. 20. At a soiree I am always -in good time. 21. In person I am much bent, though I -was formerly more upright. 22. As to my education, I -was always head of the school. 23. Though invariably -at the bottom of my class. 24. With me age looks wise. - 25. But a gentleman is better without me, as accompanied -by me he appears feminine. 26. On the contrary, -a lady ought not to part with me, for if she loses me she -seems masculine. 27. I am an unwelcome visitor, for -with me sorrow begins and happiness ends. 28. Sadness -commences, and, 29. Bliss terminates. 30. Yet it is in -my power to transform cares into what is delightful.</p> - -<p>338. Nebuchadnezzar’s lions were very undevout when -Daniel was with them, and very poetical with his enemies. -Please explain.</p> - -<p>339. Why is a hunter like an omnibus pickpocket?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei75" id="pagei75"></a>[pg 75]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 430px;"><a href="images/i_a_075-900.png"><img src="images/i_a_075-430.png" width="430" height="462" alt="house in the forest?" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>340.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Figures, they say, won’t lie; but here</p> -<p>Is something either false or queer.</p> -<p>I find that, in my family,</p> -<p>One taken from two still leaves me three,</p> -<p>And two from two, by the same score,</p> -<p>Leaves a remainder of just four.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>341.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is a measure much used in the East,</p> -<p>Or a close-covered vehicle drawn by one beast;</p> -<p>My second is a prefix—a small preposition—</p> -<p>Two thirds of a tavern—a paid politician;</p> -<p>My whole, though part of a vessel, has stood</p> -<p>Alone on the prairie, or ’neath the great wood,</p> -<p>And often is found, poor, wretched, and mean,</p> -<p>The city’s proud palaces squatting between.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei76" id="pagei76"></a>[pg 76]</span></p> - - -<h4 class="center">BLACK-EYED MARY’S ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEM.</h4> - -<p>342. Take two numbers, such that the square of the -first, plus the square of the second, shall equal 8; while -the first, plus the product of the first and second, -shall equal 6.</p> - -<blockquote><p> -N. B.—If any choose to work this out algebraically, it will be found to -be no trifling puzzle. See <span class="sc">Merry’s Museum</span> for 1856. -</p></blockquote> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>343.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>What’s that the poor’s most precious friend,</p> -<p class="i2">Nor less by kings respected—</p> -<p>Contrived to pierce, contrived to rend,</p> -<p class="i2">And to the sword connected.</p> -<p>It draws no blood, and yet doth wound;</p> -<p class="i2">Makes rich, but ne’er with spoil;</p> -<p>It prints, as earth it wanders round,</p> -<p class="i2">A blessing on the soil.</p> -<p>The eldest cities it hath built,</p> -<p class="i2">Bade mightiest kingdom rise; it</p> -<p>Ne’er fired to war, nor roused to guilt:</p> -<p>Weal to the states that prize it!</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>344. When is a political candidate like Samson’s -guests?</p> - -<p>345. What is the most suitable dance to wind off a -frolic?</p> - -<p>346.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Revolving round a disk I go</p> -<p class="i2">One restless journey o’er and over;</p> -<p>The smallest field my wanderings know,</p> -<p class="i2">Thy hand the space could cover:</p> -<p>Yet many a thousand miles are passed</p> -<p class="i2">In circling round that field so narrow:</p> -<p>My speed outstrips the swiftest blast,</p> -<p class="i2">The strongest bowman’s arrow.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>347. Why are buckwheat cakes like the caterpillar?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei77" id="pagei77"></a>[pg 77]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 480px;"><a href="images/i_a_077-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_077-480.png" width="480" height="470" alt="soap-bubbles" /></a></div> - -<p>348. What relation does the soap-bubble bear to the -boy who makes it?</p></div> - -<p>349. Why do girls blow bubbles better than boys?</p> - -<p>350. What is the difference between a boy and his -shadow?</p> - -<p>351. Why is a soap-bubble like Adam?</p> - -<p>352.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I have no life, yet, as I fly,</p> -<p>A thing of beauty to the eye,</p> -<p>I bear, my glittering shape beneath,</p> -<p>A part of my Creator’s breath;</p> -<p>With ever-changing shade and hue</p> -<p>I rise and vanish from the view,</p> -<p>And, though a phantom deemed, I share,</p> -<p>In portions, water, earth, and air.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei78" id="pagei78"></a>[pg 78]</span></p> - -<p>353.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I go, but never stir,</p> -<p class="i2">I count, but never write,</p> -<p>I measure and divide, and, sir,</p> -<p class="i2">You’ll find my measures right.</p> -<p>I run, but never walk,</p> -<p class="i2">I strike, but never wound,</p> -<p>I tell you much, but never talk,</p> -<p class="i2">In my diurnal round.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>354. When a boy falls into the water, what is the first -thing he does?</p> - -<p>355. How would the proposed removal of the Pope to -Jerusalem be a false move for the Papacy, and a true -one for the Papal States?</p> - -<p>356. Why is a coachman a generous man?</p> - -<p>357. Why is a dog like a clock-maker’s safe?</p> - -<p>358. Why is the cook more noisy than a gong?</p> - -<p>359. Describe a partisan, and answer a question in the -same words.</p> - -<p>360.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>A word of one syllable call to your mind,</p> -<p>The letters of which will, if rightly combined,</p> -<p>Provide you with two kinds of fuel—ay, more,</p> -<p>A warm piece of clothing—and fasten your door.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>361.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Let two Roman fives at extremities meet.</p> -<p>At the right hand of these, add two circles complete;</p> -<p>Then five times one hundred place at the right hand,</p> -<p>And a nice winter’s comfort they make as they stand.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>362. What number is that which can be divided by -2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, leaving, in each case, a remainder of 1, -and by 7, without a remainder?</p> - -<p>363. How long ago were trunks first used?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei79" id="pagei79"></a>[pg 79]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 330px;"><a href="images/i_a_079-700.png"><img src="images/i_a_079-330.png" width="330" height="465" alt="family" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>364.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I’m black or white, I’m brown or gray,</p> -<p>I’m tall or flat, I’m grave or gay,</p> -<p>As soft as wool, or stiff as tin,</p> -<p>A nest for wits to nestle in.</p> -<p>I hold great intellects, yet oft</p> -<p>Am bothered with the weak and soft,</p> -<p>And sometimes crusty, hard, and thick</p> -<p>They fill me with well burned brick.</p> -<p>Fashion controls me, yet I wear</p> -<p>Some aspects to make fashion stare.</p> -<p>Though always for one place designed,</p> -<p>I change as often as the wind.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei80" id="pagei80"></a>[pg 80]</span> -<p>I’m dumb, and yet, in spite of that,</p> -<p>Make more than half of every “Chat,”</p> -<p>I’m mild—yet none can hate—(don’t doubt me)</p> -<p>Nor raise a fighting-cock without me.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>365.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>In every home I stand confessed,</p> -<p>A friend of quiet, peace, and rest;</p> -<p>Take off my head, and on your head</p> -<p>My streamers rise, black, brown, or red;</p> -<p>Cut now again, and take my neck off,</p> -<p>You leave my substance not a speck of,</p> -<p>But, with ethereal lightness gay,</p> -<p>I pass in idle breath away.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>366. What relation is the door-mat to the scraper?</p> - -<p>367. In what do grave and gay people differ at church?</p> - -<p>368. What sea would make the best sleeping-room?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>369.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>’Tis said of lawyers Grab and Clinch,</p> -<p>They take an ell when you offer an inch;</p> -<p>But I can do a smarter thing—</p> -<p>Give me an ell, I will make it ring;</p> -<p>If for advice you come to me</p> -<p>When you are ill, I call for the fee;</p> -<p>If any road you chance to wend,</p> -<p>You think you’ve reached the very end,</p> -<p>I come and give it such a turn,</p> -<p>You find there’s something yet to learn;</p> -<p>If to the inn you seek for rest,</p> -<p>I chuck you in a box or chest;</p> -<p>The beggar’s rags I make so proud,</p> -<p>He of his garments boasts aloud;</p> -<p>The aged and infirm with me</p> -<p>Lose caution and timidity;</p> -<p>For, young or old, to every one</p> -<p>I furnish, if not muscle, bone.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei81" id="pagei81"></a>[pg 81]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_a_081-1000.png"><img src="images/i_a_081-600.png" width="600" height="421" alt="spotted dog" /></a></div> - -<p>370. Why is a spotted dog most reliable?</p></div> - -<p>371. In what does a dog differ from a groom in his -treatment of a horse?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>372.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>One of a gallant vagrant band,</p> -<p>My name is known in every land;</p> -<p>In all earth’s changes I am there;</p> -<p>Without me none may war declare,</p> -<p>Or treat of peace, or try their parts</p> -<p>On manufacture, tillage, arts;</p> -<p>By me a patient saint of old</p> -<p>Was changed into a warrior bold;</p> -<p>I made old Abner’s father near;</p> -<p>His wife was deaf, I made her hear;</p> -<p>His house I put upon his back;</p> -<p>His jaw an iron bond I make;</p> -<p>Bad spirit by my presence claims</p> -<p>To be the end of human aims;</p> -<p>And a young bear is seen to be</p> -<p>A coveted jewel of the sea.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei82" id="pagei82"></a>[pg 82]</span></p> - -<p>373. <i>Problem.</i>—To make a restless child quiet and contented.</p> - -<p>374. <i>Problem.</i>—To teach a child to be honest, industrious, -and useful.</p> - -<p>375. Why is Merry’s Museum like a note falling due?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>376.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I consist of eleven letters.</p> -<p>My 9th, 7th, and 1st, is where infants often repose;</p> -<p> “ 3d, 10th, and 7th, is a foreign plant much used by us;</p> -<p> “ 1st, 7th, 5th, 9th, 4th, and 11th, is to treat by word of mouth;</p> -<p> “ 6th, 4th, 7th, and 8th, is a delicious fruit;</p> -<p> “ 2d, 7th, and 3d, to do which affords great satisfaction;</p> -<p> “ 4th, 7th, and 5th, is an essential part of the head;</p> -<p> “ 3d, 10, 7th, and 8th, is often used for joy or sorrow;</p> -<p> “ whole is the name of a distinguished writer for Merry’s Museum.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>377. Why is Merry’s Museum like a good wife?</p> - -<p>378. I am composed of twelve letters.</p> - -<p>W. 2, all 6, 2, 10, with 10, 5, 2, 9, which a 12, 8, 1, 7, 5, -i, 6, 6, 11, 4, 10, not to have, and which a 3, 8, 1, 12, 5, -9, 11, 4, 2, l. 5, 12, i. 6, 11, 9, 2, 6.</p> - -<p>379. Why is Merry’s Museum like a good mother?</p> - -<p>380.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>What was the difference—can you show—</p> -<p>Between the Prodigal in his woe,</p> -<p>And Lazarus, in his low estate,</p> -<p>Feeding on crumbs at Dives’ gate?</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>381. What fish does a bride wear on her finger?</p> - -<p>382. Why is Merry’s Museum like a printing-office?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei83" id="pagei83"></a>[pg 83]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_a_083-935.png"><img src="images/i_a_083-300.png" width="300" height="481" alt="Merry's MUSEUM" /></a> -<p class="center">MERRY’s MUSEUM</p></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei84" id="pagei84"></a>[pg 84]</span><br /> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei85" id="pagei85"></a>[pg 85]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.</h3></div></div> - -<p>1.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The rose shall cease to blow,</p> -<p class="i2">The eagle turn a dove,</p> -<p>The stream shall cease to flow,</p> -<p class="i2">Ere I will cease to love.</p> -<p>The sun shall cease to shine,</p> -<p>The world shall cease to move,</p> -<p class="i2"> The stars their light resign,</p> -<p>Ere I will cease to love.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>2. Short shoes and long corns to -the enemies of freedom.</p> - -<p>3. The rope-maker.</p> - -<p>4. Because they can not be got off -without a bow (beau).</p> - -<p>5. Because he stops at the sound -of wo.</p> - -<p>6. One takes the dish with the -egg.</p> - -<p>7. One, after which his stomach is -not empty.</p> - -<p>8. The smallest.</p> - -<p>9. The first geometrical puzzle is -solved in this way—</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_a_085a-660.png"><img src="images/i_a_085a-300.png" width="300" height="299" alt="answer to puzzle" /></a></div> - -<p>The second puzzle is solved in this -way—</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_a_085b-650.png"><img src="images/i_a_085b-300.png" width="300" height="305" alt="answer to puzzle" /></a></div> - -<p>The different colors represent the -several sons’ portions.</p> - -<p>10.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The tiger couches in the wood,</p> -<p class="i4">And waits to shed the traveler’s blood;—</p> -<p class="i10">So couch we.</p> -<p class="i4">We spring upon him to supply</p> -<p class="i4">What men unto our wants deny;</p> -<p class="i10">And so springs he.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>11.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Work, work, work!</p> -<p class="i4">My labor never flags;</p> -<p class="i2">And what are its wages? A bed of straw,</p> -<p class="i4">A crust of bread—and rags,</p> -<p class="i2">That shattered roof—this naked floor,</p> -<p class="i4">A table—a broken chair,</p> -<p class="i2">And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank</p> -<p class="i4">For sometimes falling there!</p> -<p class="i2">With fingers weary and worn,</p> -<p class="i4">With eyelids heavy and red,</p> -<p class="i2">A woman sat in unwomanly rags,</p> -<p class="i4">Plying her needle and thread.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei86" id="pagei86"></a>[pg 86]</span> -<p class="i4">Stitch! stitch! stitch!</p> -<p class="i2">In poverty, hunger, and dirt,</p> -<p class="i4">And still with a voice of dolorous pitch.</p> -<p class="i2">She sang the “Song of the Shirt.”</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>12. A pack of cards.</p> - -<p>13. Striking.</p> - -<p>14. Because words are passing -between them.</p> - -<p>15. Footman.</p> - -<p>16. Because his is all <i>net</i> profit.</p> - -<p>17. Because he is surrounded with -dues (dews).</p> - -<p>18. Adam.</p> - -<p>19. Heroine.</p> - -<p>20. Spark.</p> - -<p>21. Tear.</p> - -<p>22. Because it is a bad habit.</p> - -<p>23. Because it is felt.</p> - -<p>24. Because it is a resting-place -for the traveler.</p> - -<p>25.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>There’s a grim hearse horse,</p> -<p>In a jolly round trot,</p> -<p>To the churchyard a poor man is going, I wot.</p> -<p>The road it is rough,</p> -<p>And the hearse has no springs,</p> -<p>And hark to the dirge the sad driver sings—</p> -<p>“Rattle his bones over the stones,</p> -<p>He’s only a pauper, whom nobody owns.”</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>26.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Of all the birds that e’er I did see,</p> -<p>The owl is the strangest in every degree,</p> -<p>For all the long day she sits in a tree,</p> -<p>And when the night comes, away flies she,</p> -<p class="i6">To whit-to-whoo.</p> -<p>To whom drinkest thou? Sir Noodles, to you.</p> -<p>This song is well sung, I make you a vow,</p> -<p>And he is a knave that aileth now.</p> -<p>Nose, nose, and who gave thee that jolly red nose?</p> -<p>Cinnamon and ginger, nutmeg and cloves,</p> -<p>And they gave me my jolly red nose.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>27. To ashes.</p> - -<p>28. Short.</p> - -<p>29. Shakespeare.</p> - -<p>30. Time.</p> - -<p>31. Wallace.</p> - -<p>32. Because they are often toasted.</p> - -<p>33. Because he is always for getting.</p> - -<p>34. I, ser.</p> - -<p>35. Because he has nothing to -boot.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>36.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Full five hundred years I’ve hung,</p> -<p class="i2">In my old grey turret high,</p> -<p>And many a different theme I’ve sung,</p> -<p class="i2">As the hours went winging by.</p> -<p>I’ve pealed the chimes of a wedding morn;</p> -<p class="i2">Ere night I’ve sadly tolled to say</p> -<p>That the maid was coming love lorn,</p> -<p class="i2">And here I end my lay.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>37.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The joyful can sing on spirit wings</p> -<p class="i2">Each morn his lofty height,</p> -<p>In rapt’rous notes he sweetly sings,</p> -<p class="i2">And hails th’ approaching light;</p> -<p>But I from grief no solace know,</p> -<p class="i2">No portal from the night,</p> -<p>All joys to me insipid grow,</p> -<p class="i2">Afford me no delight.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>38. Because it is often tolled (told).</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei87" id="pagei87"></a>[pg 87]</span></p> - -<p>39. Your name.</p> - -<p>40. The letter M.</p> - -<p>41. Forty-eight feet.</p> - -<p>42. In solving this question it is -clear that to pick up the first stone -and put it into the basket, the person -must walk two yards, one in going -for the stone and another in returning -with it; that for the second stone -he must walk four yards, and so on -increasing by two as far as the hundredth, -when he must walk two hundred -yards, so that the sum total will -be the product of 202 multiplied by -50, or 10,100 yards. If any one does -not see why we multiply 202 by 50 -in getting the answer, we refer him -to his arithmetic.</p> - -<p>43. Hour-glass.</p> - -<p>44. Pen-man-ship.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>45.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>There was a man who was Nott born,</p> -<p>His father was Nott born before him;</p> -<p>He did Nott live, he did Nott die,</p> -<p>And his epitaph is Nott o’er him.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>46. Because it is in firm (infirm).</p> - -<p>47. To keep his head warm.</p> - -<p>48.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Hark! the muffled drum sounds the last march of the brave,</p> -<p>The soldier retreats to his quarters, the grave,</p> -<p>Under Death, whom he owns his Commander-in-chief,</p> -<p>No more he’ll turn out with the ready relief;</p> -<p>But in spite of Death’s terrors or cannon’s alarms,</p> -<p>When he hears the last trump he’ll stand to his arms!</p> -<p>Farewell! brother soldiers, in peace may you rest,</p> -<p>And light lie the turf on each veteran breast,</p> -<p>Until that review when the souls of the brave</p> -<p>Shall behold the chief ensign, fair mercy’s flag, wave;</p> -<p>Then, freed from Death’s terrors and hostile alarms,</p> -<p>When we hear the last trump, we’ll stand to our arms.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>49. Doctor Long expects Dr. Short -to explain the misunderstanding between -them.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>50.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>To you who live <i>single</i>, if this at all trouble you,</p> -<p>My first comes in kindness, commanding to <i>double you</i>.</p> -<p>And again, it will <i>double you</i>, if, like a clown,</p> -<p>You lift high your <i>sole</i>, and bend your head down;</p> -<p>Or, cut it in twain, two <i>V’s</i> will appear,</p> -<p>And <i>V</i> counting five, both make <i>ten</i> it is clear.</p> -<p>My second, alas! comes shrouded in gloom,</p> -<p>It is <i>O</i>, which makes <i>wo</i>, <i>the sinner’s sad doom</i>.</p> -<p>Now see what a change comes over the scene,</p> -<p>If my third, which is <i>O</i>, be added again.</p> -<p>Now ’tis <i>woo</i>—and what bachelor’s heart does not beat,</p> -<p>To <i>woo</i> a sweet damsel, to keep warm his feet;</p> -<p>To cheer by her smiles his lone hours—and thus</p> -<p>Escape, by good fortune, the bachelor’s curse!</p> -<p>My fourth and my last, as I’ll go on to tell,</p> -<p>Is nought more or less than a <i>capital L</i>.</p> -<p>Now <i>L</i> being <i>fifty</i>, will even divide</p> -<p><i>One Hundred</i>, or teachers and books have all lied.</p> -<p>Now examine with care, and plain you will see</p> -<p>That to unlock a secret, an <i>L</i> is the key;</p> -<p>For <i>woo</i>, with <i>L</i> added, is changed into <i>wool</i>,</p> -<p>Whether worn on a <i>sheep</i>, or an African’s skull.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei88" id="pagei88"></a>[pg 88]</span> -<p>Whether made into clothing, for bed or for body,</p> -<p>For “<i>sage politician</i>” or some other <i>noddy</i>.</p> -<p>It is used, the world over, in commerce and trade;</p> -<p>But its <i>last use</i>, I trow, was to make a <i>charade</i>.</p> - </div> </div> - -<h6><span style="font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal;">51.</span> <span style="margin-left: 3.6em"><span class="sc">SONG OF THE SUN.</span></span></h6> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2">Not a rose that blooms,</p> -<p class="i2">Not a ring that assumes</p> -<p class="i4">The rainbow’s beautiful front,</p> -<p class="i2">But’s indebted to me,</p> -<p class="i2">As ye plainly see,</p> -<p class="i4">For the scent or splendor on’t.</p> -<p class="i2">The moon and the stars</p> -<p class="i2">That around ye roll,</p> -<p class="i4">The systems ye can not discern,</p> -<p class="i2">Are warmed by my rays,</p> -<p class="i2">And partake of the soul</p> -<p class="i4">And the spirit that in me burn.</p> -<p>And nothing throws back with such splendor my rays,</p> -<p>As the sea’s mighty mirror in midsummer days.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>52. And like the temple of this -body, the cloud-capped towers, the -gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, -the great globe itself shall fall, and, -like this insubstantial vision faded, -leave not a rack behind.</p> - -<p>53. Letter I.</p> - -<p>54. When it is a cutter.</p> - -<p>55. Letter N.</p> - -<p>56. Five when peeled.</p> - -<p>57. He is a bit of a buck.</p> - -<p>58. His daughter.</p> - -<p>59. It matures by falling dew.</p> - -<p>60. Ben-ha-dad.</p> - -<p>61. Because it is never peeled (pealed) -but once.</p> - -<p>62. Because it is every year doubling -(Dublin).</p> - -<p>63. Tobacco.</p> - -<p>64. The nose.</p> - -<p>65. Because they have so many -panes (pains).</p> - -<p>66. J’ai grand appétit. Allons souper.</p> - -<p>67. Water.</p> - -<p>68. Ice.</p> - -<p>69. Those that come after T.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>70.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>’Twas at night, when the bell had tolled twelve,</p> -<p class="i2">And poor Susan was laid on her pillow,</p> -<p>In her ear whispered some fleeting elf—</p> -<p class="i2">“Your love is now tossed on the billow”</p> -<p class="i8">Far, far at sea.</p> -<p>All was dark as she woke out of breath—</p> -<p class="i2">Not an object her fears could discover;</p> -<p>All was still as the portals of death,</p> -<p class="i2">Save fancy, which painted her lover</p> -<p class="i8">Far, far at sea.</p> -<p>So she whispered a prayer, closed her eyes,</p> -<p class="i2">But the phantom still haunted her pillow,</p> -<p>While in terror she echoed his cries,</p> -<p class="i2">As struggling he sunk on the billow</p> -<p class="i8">Far, far at sea.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>71.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Lightly tread—’tis holy ground:</p> -<p>Countless dead hark, hark around;</p> -<p>Angel guards their watches keep,</p> -<p>While frail mortals sink to sleep:</p> -<p>And the moon, with feeble rays,</p> -<p>Gilds the stream that bubbling plays,</p> -<p>And murmurs, as soft it flows,</p> -<p>Music meet for lovers’ woes.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>72. Eye.</p> - -<p>73. Canister.</p> - -<p>74. Forte tu, atrox tenes, forti -Sexto Fortinato.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei89" id="pagei89"></a>[pg 89]</span></p> - -<p>75. The forceps p<i>i</i>nches, the awl -p<i>u</i>nches.</p> - -<p>76.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>At the peaceful midnight hour,</p> -<p>Every sense and every power</p> -<p>Chainéd lies in downy sleep;</p> -<p>Then our careful watch we keep,</p> -<p>While the wolf, in nightly prowl,</p> -<p>Bays the moon with hideous howl;</p> -<p>Closed are bars, a vain resistance;</p> -<p>Shrieks are raised, but no assistance;</p> -<p>Silence! or you’ll meet your fate;</p> -<p>Your keys, jewels, money, plate.</p> -<p>Locks, bolts, and bars soon fly asunder,</p> -<p>Then to rifle, rob, and plunder.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>77. Ad-here.—In-here.—Co-here.</p> - -<p>78. Because only the <i>bony part</i> is -left.</p> - -<p>79. He is known by his axe (acts).</p> - -<p>80. XII., that is, a cross two i’s -(across two eyes).</p> - -<p>81. Because he kneads (needs) it -most.</p> - -<p>82. The letter R.</p> - -<p>83.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The coward skulking round a house,</p> -<p class="i2">Is like a mouse-trap as you see,</p> -<p>For that will <i>puzzle any mouse</i>,</p> -<p class="i2">And <i>pusillanimous</i> is he.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>84. Green grass is like a mouse, because -the cattle eat it (cat’ll eat it).</p> - -<p>85.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>It is not aloud (allowed).</p> -<p>Private earing (privateering) is unlawful.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>86. Salt-cellar.</p> - -<p>87. Because it is not currant (current).</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>88.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Glorious Apollo from on high beheld us</p> -<p>Wand’ring to find a temple for his praise;</p> -<p>Sent Polyhymnia hither to shield us</p> -<p>While we ourselves such a temple might raise.</p> -<p>Thus then, Guards, hands and hearts joining,</p> -<p>Sing we in harmony Apollo’s praise.</p> -<p>Here every generous sentiment awaking,</p> -<p>Music inspiring our mutual joy,</p> -<p>Each social bumper giving and partaking,</p> -<p>Song and good cheer our time employ.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>89. To let you know he is coming.</p> - -<p>90. Because of the sand which is -(sandwiches) under your feet.</p> - -<p>91. Mag-pie.</p> - -<p>92. His father was translated.</p> - -<p>93. But-ton.</p> - -<p>94. A shoe.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>95.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>On! by the spur of valor goaded,</p> -<p>Pistols primed and rifles loaded,</p> -<p class="i2">Courage strikes on hearts of steel.</p> -<p>While each star through the dark gloom of night,</p> -<p>Lends a clear and cheering light,</p> -<p class="i2">Who a doubt or fear can feel?</p> -<p>Now through woods like serpents creeping,</p> -<p>Then on our prey like lions leaping,</p> -<p class="i2">Calvert to the onset leads us.</p> -<p class="i2">Let the weary traveler dread us.</p> -<p>Struck with terror and amaze;</p> -<p>While our swords in lightning pouring,</p> -<p>Thunder to our rifles roaring.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>96. A bell.</p> - -<table class="mathq" summary="over" border="0"> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">97. </td> - <td class="maths2">cbd</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> hours to go down.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1">dc+c</td> -</tr> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> </td> - <td class="maths2a"> 2a</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> average rate of rowing.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1">b</td> -</tr> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> </td> - <td class="maths2a"> c+b</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> hours to go up.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1">dc+c </td> -</tr> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> </td> - <td class="maths2a"> cb</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> time up.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1">c+d</td> -</tr> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> </td> - <td class="maths2a"> db</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> time down.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1">c+d</td> -</tr> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> </td> - <td class="maths2a"> 2a</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> miles per hour.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1">b</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei90" id="pagei90"></a>[pg 90]</span></p> - -<p>98. The hounds gain 6 rods in every -21. They must therefore run as -many times 21 rods as 6 will go into 96.<br /> -Therefore 96 ÷ 6 = 16. 21 = 336 rods.</p> - -<p>99.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_a_090-800.png"><img src="images/i_a_090-300.png" width="300" height="111" alt="answer to puzzle" /></a></div> - -<p class="clear">100. He wrote s before it, making it six.</p> - -<p>101. Live, evil, vile, Levi, veil.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>102.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>When the rosy dawn awaking</p> -<p class="i2">Paints with gold the verdant lawn;</p> -<p>Flies, on the wings of time disporting,</p> -<p class="i2">Sip the sweets and taste the dawn.</p> -<p>Warbling birds the day proclaiming,</p> -<p class="i2">Singing sweet the lively strain;</p> -<p>They forsake their leafy dwelling,</p> -<p class="i2">To secure the golden grain.</p> -<p>See; content the humble gleaner</p> -<p class="i2">Picks the scattered ears that fall.</p> -<p>Nature, all her children viewing,</p> -<p class="i2">Kindly bounteous cares for all.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>103. Musk-melon, if your second -is turned inside out; thus, lem-on.</p> - -<p>104. Merry’s Museum.</p> - -<p>105. “Now before you.”</p> - -<p>106. Pat-ten.</p> - -<p>107 Because it is far fetched and -full of nonsense.</p> - -<p>108. Make an impression.</p> - -<p>109.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Sweet are the roses that bloom by yon fountain,</p> -<p>And sweet are the cowslips that spangle the grove,</p> -<p>And sweet is the breeze that blows o’er the mountains;</p> -<p>But sweeter by far is the lad that I love.</p> -<p>I’ll weave a gay and fresh blooming garland,</p> -<p class="i2">With lilies and roses,</p> -<p class="i2">And sweet, blooming posies,</p> -<p>To give to the lad my heart tells me I love.</p> -<p>May the brow of the brave never want a wreath of laurel.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>110. May the trees of liberty flourish -round the globe, and every man -partake of its fruit. May the wings -of love never lose a feather.</p> - -<p>111. Prescription—proscription.</p> - -<p>112. Bar-gain.</p> - -<p>113. 1,600 ÷ 32 = 50. 50<sup>2</sup> × 16 = 40,000.</p> - -<p>114. Tanner.</p> - -<p>115. Because it makes a <i>man go</i>.</p> - -<p>116. Hand-el.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>117.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Wave, thou royal purple stream,</p> -<p>Gilded by the solar beam</p> -<p>In my goblet sparkling rise,</p> -<p>Cheer my heart, and glad mine eyes.</p> -<p>My spirit mounts on fancy’s wing,</p> -<p>Anointing me a merry king.</p> -<p>While I live, I’ll lave my pipe.</p> -<p class="i2">When I’m dead and gone away</p> -<p class="i2">Let my drinking partner say</p> -<p>A month he reigned, but that was ripe.</p> - </div> </div></div> - -<p>118.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>No gems which pluméd fortune wears,</p> -<p>No drop that hangs from beauty’s ears,</p> -<p>Nor the bright stars which night’s blue vault adorn,</p> -<p>Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,</p> -<p>Shine with such lustre as the tear that breaks</p> -<p>For other’s woe down virtue’s manly cheeks.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>119. Frankfort-on-the-Maine.</p> - -<p>120. Rib-band.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei91" id="pagei91"></a>[pg 91]</span></p> - -<p>121. 400 ÷ 16 = 25. √25 = 5—five -seconds.</p> - -<p>122. Because they have arms and -legs.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>123.</p> -<table class="brace" summary="calculation" border="0"> - -<tr> - <td class="bigbrace">{</td> - <td>√(60<sup>2</sup> - 30<sup>2</sup>) = 51.96152<br /> - √(60<sup>2</sup> - 40<sup>2</sup>) = 44.72136</td> - <td class="bigbrace">}</td> -</tr> -</table> -<p class="ind2">96.68288. <i>Ans.</i></p> -</div> - -<p>124. 1,785.</p> - -<p>125.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>’Tis good to tread the churchyard’s walks,</p> -<p class="i2">And mark the graves on either side;</p> -<p>Or where the rough old sexton talks</p> -<p class="i2">With sheer contempt of human pride;</p> -<p>To contemplate the scattered bones</p> -<p class="i2">That meet the eye so often there;</p> -<p>To read the inscription on the stones,</p> -<p class="i2">And think what fleeting things we are.</p> -<p>’Tis good at twilight’s sober hour,</p> -<p class="i2">To sit on some neglected tomb,</p> -<p>And dwell on death’s all-startling power,</p> -<p class="i2">And muse upon our certain doom.</p> -<p>Because these thoughts are sure to win</p> -<p class="i2">The spirit more or less from sin.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>126. Aching teeth are bad tenants.</p> - -<p>127. Patch-work.</p> - -<p>128. A draft.</p> - -<p>129. It is good for nothing till it is -cracked.</p> - -<p>130. When his brother Jacob -shaved him.</p> - -<p>131. Because they blacken the face -of Washington.</p> - -<p>132. The figure 8.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>133. Certainly;—Webster says: -“<i>spontaneous</i> is applicable to animals -destitute of reason.”</p> -</div> -<p>134.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>A living sinner’s transgression procured damnation.</p> -<p>A dying Redeemer’s passion purchased salvation.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>135.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Early to bed, and early to rise,</p> -<p>Makes a man healthy,</p> -<p>Wealthy, and wise.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>136.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i18">Music awakes</p> -<p>The native voice of undissembledjoy,</p> -<p>And thick around the woodland hymns arise.</p> -<p>Roused by the cock, the soon-clad shepherd</p> -<p>Leaves his mossy cottage, where with peace</p> -<p>He dwells, and from the crowded folds in</p> -<p>Order drives his flock, to taste the verdure of</p> -<p>The morn.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>137. Friday.</p> - -<p>138. W.</p> - -<p>139. He is an earnest bee-leaver.</p> - -<p>140. A portrait.</p> - -<p>141. He carries his own trunk.</p> - -<p>142. The oak—(a-corn).</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>143. Ful-ton.</p> -</div> -<p>144. Harrow.</p> - -<p>145. They are four-sighted (fore-sighted).</p> - -<p>146. Because the cart is before the -horse.</p> - -<p>147. Harrow.</p> - -<p>148. A book.</p> - -<p>149. Because it makes ire fire.</p> - -<p>150. (Arithmetical Puzzle.)</p> - -<p>151. Rats—tars—arts—stars.</p> - -<p>152. When it is sat-in.</p> - -<p>153. Sarsaparilla. Dr. Townsend.</p> - -<table class="math" summary="over" border="0"> - -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">154. XI divided </td> - <td class="maths2">VI</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> gives six.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1">ɅI</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p class="ind1a">IX divided in the same way, gives four.</p> - -<p>155. The letter O.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei92" id="pagei92"></a>[pg 92]</span></p> - -<p>156. The one was Maid of Orleans, -the other was made of chittim wood.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>157. Sunshine and shadow.</p> -</div> -<p>158. Pen-knife.</p> - -<p>159. (Leap Frog.)</p> - -<p>160. Bed-ford.</p> - -<p>161. C—R (Seer).</p> - -<p>162. I ate nothing Monday.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> -<p> 163.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_a_092-670.png"><img src="images/i_a_092-300.png" width="300" height="381" alt="answer to puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p class="clear">164. Be not too wise, nor over nice, -for you see what a fool you be.</p> - -<p>165. The shoe—U.</p> - -<p>166. He is fed from a loft.</p> - -<p>167. He is bride-led.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>168. For every grain they give a -peck.</p></div> - -<p>169. Pondicherry.</p> - -<p>170. One ought to wait for tea.</p> - -<p class="space-below0">171.</p> - -<table class="nb" summary="girls" border="0"> -<tr><th class="nb0"> SUN. </th><th class="nb0"> MON. </th><th class="nb0"> TUES. </th><th class="nb0"> WED. </th><th class="nb0"> THUR. </th><th class="nb0"> FRI. </th><th class="nb0"> SAT. </th></tr> -<tr><td class="lrn">a b c</td><td class="lt1">a d g</td><td class="lt1"> a k n</td><td class="lt1">a e l</td><td class="lt1">a h o</td><td class="lt1">a f p</td><td class="lt1">a i m</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lrn">d e f</td><td class="lt1">b e h</td><td class="lt1"> b l o</td><td class="lt1">b f m</td><td class="lt1">b i p</td><td class="lt1">b d n</td><td class="lt1">b g k</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lrn">g h i</td><td class="lt1">c m p</td><td class="lt1"> c f i</td><td class="lt1">c g n</td><td class="lt1">c d k</td><td class="lt1">c h l</td><td class="lt1">c e o</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lrn">k l m</td><td class="lt1">f k o</td><td class="lt1"> d h m</td><td class="lt1">d i o</td><td class="lt1">e m n</td><td class="lt1">e i k</td><td class="lt1">d l p</td></tr> -<tr><td class="lrn">n o p</td><td class="lt1">i l n</td><td class="lt1"> e g p</td><td class="lt1">h k p</td><td class="lt1">f g l</td><td class="lt1">g m o</td><td class="lt1">h f n</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>172. Bible.</p> - -<p>173. 125.</p> - -<p>174. Because without it life is a -lie, or it makes life a lie.</p> - -<p>175. They secure (seek your) money.</p> - -<p>176. Fowl, owl, wolf.</p> - -<p>177. Mar, ram, arm.</p> - -<p>178. It breaks the kernel (colonel)</p> - -<p>179. Windmill.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>180. Always in flour.</p> -</div> -<p>181. Adullam (a dull lamb).</p> - -<p>182. The chin-chilla (chilly).</p> - -<p>183. She is miss-taken and miss-led.</p> - -<p>184. Because three scruples make -a dram.</p> - -<p>185. The ball-room.</p> - -<p>186. When it back-bites.</p> - -<p>187. Co-nun-drum</p> - -<p>188. Log-book.</p> - -<p>189. Hannah-hand</p> - -<p>190.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>It is but D <i>sent</i>, as you see,</p> -<p class="i2">If you 500 send,</p> -<p>But truly XL <i>lent</i> ’twill be,</p> -<p class="i2">When you the 40 lend.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>191. A wheel.</p> - -<p>192. He presses them with a goose.</p> - -<p>193. The moon.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>194. One that needs darning.</p> -</div> -<p>195. Ann, sir.</p> - -<p>196. Elliptical—a-lip-tickle.</p> - -<p>197. B-o-y.</p> - -<p>198. Mate—(eat-meat-at-tea)</p> - -<p>199. In-co-he-rent.</p> - -<p>200. Amen, name, mean, mane.</p> - -<p>201. Grog-shop.</p> - -<p>202. Vela, vale, veal, lave.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei93" id="pagei93"></a>[pg 93]</span></p> - -<p>203. Not I.</p> - -<p>204. In court-ship, as <i>marry</i>-ners.</p> - -<p>205. Light-house.</p> - -<p>206. Sureti-ship.</p> - -<p>207. 5 and 7.</p> - -<p>208. Candle-stick.</p> - -<p>209. Me-lo-di-ous.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>210. The one is careless and happy, -the other is hairless and cappy.</p> -</div> -<p>211. <i>I</i>X—cross the <i>I</i>, it makes XX.</p> - -<p>212. Lie.</p> - -<p>213. Pea-cock.</p> - -<p>214. Because it pierces hearts.</p> - -<p>215. Child-hood.</p> - -<p>216. In earnest (in her nest).</p> - -<p>217. Friend-ship.</p> - -<p>218. Cayenne (K. N.).</p> - -<p>219. He is known by his bark.</p> - -<p>220. They are C D.</p> - -<p>221. Good for nothing.</p> - -<p>222. Neva, nave, vane.</p> - -<p>223. Shake-speare.</p> - -<p>224. Because it makes Pa-pay.</p> - -<p>225. It has eyes behind.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>226. Pea-cock.</p> -</div> -<p>227. 7 and 5.</p> - -<p>228. In the ground.</p> - -<p>229. From the tree.</p> - -<p>230. Because she shows her flowing -sheets.</p> - -<p>231. Moon and stars.</p> - -<p>232. Meat (eat-at-mat-team).</p> - -<p>233. The tiller.</p> - -<p>234. The lion, because he roars, and has a flowing mane (main).</p> - -<p>Leviathan, because he swallows up the rivers.</p> - -<p>235. The bull, because he <i>bellows</i>.</p> - -<p>The whale, because he <i>blows</i>.</p> - -<p>236. The ass, because he brays.</p> - -<p>Dr. Pott’s horse, because a -<i>Pott he carries</i>.</p> - -<p>237. The rooster, because he <i>picks</i> -and crows.</p> - -<p>238. 1, 3, 9, 27, are the weights -of the several pieces.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>239. A tur-key.</p></div> - -<p>240. It is generally patronized by -gobblers.</p> - -<p>241. In the ground.</p> - -<p>242. He flourishes his fan behind -him.</p> - -<p>243. 1st, 7.36. 2d, 9.56. 3d, 23.08.</p> - -<p>244. C-and-y—candy.</p> - -<p>245. Because we can not make -them here (hear).</p> - -<p class="space-below3">246. <span style="padding-left: 2em;">A steel pen.</span></p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The weapon’s <i>a steel pen</i>, I think,</p> -<p>Unless I’ve made a blunder;</p> -<p>When Hatchet dips it in the ink,</p> -<p>I’d like to stand from under.</p> -<p>“Old lady”—quotha! think of that.</p> -<p>My goodness—heart-alive!</p> -<p>I tell you, Mr. Hatchet—flat!</p> -<p>I’m scarcely sixty-five.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>247. He has many cast-off bows -(beaux).</p> - -<p>248. He is a well re(a)d man.</p> - -<p>249. 804,247,552 square inches.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>250. Because c-and-y spell candy.</p> -</div> -<p>251. The eye.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei94" id="pagei94"></a>[pg 94]</span></p> - -<p>252.</p> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p> SIX <span style="padding-left: 1em;">IX</span> <span style="padding-left: 1em;">XL</span></p> -<p><span style="padding-left: 1.3em;">IX</span> <span style="padding-left: 1.3em;">X</span> <span style="padding-left: 1.7em;">L</span></p> -<p> ———————</p> -<p> S <span style="padding-left: 2em;">I</span> <span style="padding-left: 1.7em;">X</span></p> - </div> </div> - -<p>253. Because it is a <i>certain tie</i> -(certainty).</p> - -<p>254. 8, 12, 20, 5.</p> - -<p>255. To the gallows.</p> - -<p>256. The earth and firmament.</p> - -<p>257. Because he makes faces and -busts (bursts).</p> - -<p>258. Because they “devoured widows’ -houses.”</p> - -<p>259. Pond-i-cherry.</p> - -<p>260.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Cross you are, cross you be,</p> -<p>Cross, too cross, you are for me.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>261. Because the lions could not -eat him.</p> - -<p>262. (See-saw.)</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>263. Hi-lo.</p> -</div> -<p>264. It places the present (see) -before the past (saw).</p> - -<p>265. Because there is a <i>b</i> in <i>both</i>.</p> - -<p>266. <i>Obscurity</i>, in which may be -found sour, city, sty, sot, buoy, tour, -story, orb, orbit, rust, rut, bust, -crust.</p> - -<p>267. He was 30 years old.</p> - -<p>268. Exe-te-r.</p> - -<p>269. (Deaf and dumb alphabet.)</p> - -<p>270. When they are fingered.</p> - -<p>271. Day and night.</p> - -<p>272. Camp-bell.</p> - -<p>273. The letter M.</p> - -<p>274. If he told the truth, he lied; -if he lied, he told the truth.</p> - -<p>He lied. If he did lie, he -would not say so.</p> - -<p>275. He is a ma’ stiff.</p> - -<p>276. He <i>chases</i> the deer (dear) and -is never chased (chaste).</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>277. Because he is a pup-pet.</p> -</div> -<p>278. He must be born on the 29th -of February.</p> - -<p>279. 56 quarts difference.</p> - -<p>280. 99 <sup class="q">9</sup>⁄ <small>9</small></p> - -<p>281. Lightning.</p> - -<p>282. $15, and boots.</p> - -<p>283. Against his will.</p> - -<p>284. A whipping.</p> - -<p>285. 16½ = a rod.</p> - -<p>286. He is about to fall.</p> - -<p>287. Forty horses have 80 <i>fore</i> -legs.</p> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>288.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Come, ye ingenious ones, this riddle guess,</p> -<p>It is not difficult, you will confess.</p> -<p>What is that number which, if you divide,</p> -<p>You then will nothing leave on either side?</p> -<p>The number -8-.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>289. The alphabet.</p> - -<p>290. - -<span class="sans">N I N E.</span></p> - -<p>291. The year, 12 months, 30 days, -night and morning, black and -white.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>292.</p> -</div> -<ul class="none"> -<li> 1. The Tea tree.</li> -<li> 2. Hop vine.</li> -<li> 3. Beech.</li> -<li> 4. Bee.</li> -<li> 5. India-rubber.</li> -<li> 6. Bay.</li> -<li> 7. Pine.</li> -<li> 8. Yew (You, not I).</li> -<li> 9. Fig.</li> -<li>10. Date.</li> -<li>11. Bass.</li> -<li>12. Honeysuckle.</li> -<li>13. Judas.</li> -<li>14. Peach.</li> -<li>15. Fir.</li> -<li>16. Bon Chretien.</li> -<li>17. Broom.</li> -<li>18. Cypress.</li> -<li>19. Nightshade.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei95" id="pagei95"></a>[pg 95]</span></li> -<li>20. Breadfruit.</li> -<li>21. O r a n g e (O-range).</li> -<li>22. Olive (O-live).</li> -<li>23. Hound.</li> -<li>24. Lime.</li> -<li>25. Linden.</li> -<li>26. Box.</li> -<li>27. Dogwood.</li> -<li>28. Aspen.</li> -<li>29. Rose.</li> -<li>30. Sloe.</li> -<li>31. Plane.</li> -<li>32. Tulip.</li> -<li>33. Spruce.</li> -<li>34. Tiller-tree or elm (helm).</li> -<li>35. Sycamore.</li> -<li>36. Poplar.</li> -<li>37. Southernwood.</li> -<li>38. Ivy.</li> -<li>39. Scrub oak.</li> -<li>40. Burning bush.</li> -<li>41. Hazel.</li> -<li>42. Lilac.</li> -<li>43. Elder.</li> -<li>44. Cork.</li> -<li>45. Smoke tree, or maid o’ the mist.</li> -<li>46. Boneset.</li> -<li>47. Birch.</li> -<li>48. Damson.</li> -<li>49. Slippery elm.</li> -<li>50. Medlar.</li> -<li>51. Will-o!</li> -<li>52. Man-go.</li> -<li>53. Sandal.</li> -<li>54. Holly.</li> -<li>55. Clove.</li> -<li>56. Coffee (cof-<i>fee</i>).</li> -<li>57. Palm.</li> -<li>58. A s p e n (as pen).</li> -<li>59. Arbor Vitæ (tree of life).</li> -<li>60. Tallow, snowball.</li> -<li>61. The ashes.</li> -<li>62. Laurel.</li> -<li>63. Locust.</li> -<li>64. Silver.</li> -<li>65. Woodbine.</li> -<li>66. Mace.</li> -<li>67. Vine.</li> - </ul> - -<p>293. Herschell (her shell).</p> - -<p>294. It is in a good frame <i>of mind</i>.</p> - -<p>295. ’Twas the fir ma’ meant.</p> - -<p>296. They are dissolved in light.</p> - -<p>297. Newman Goodman went to -the tailor to have his coat mended.</p> - -<p>298. Too (2) great ease before marriage, -too little ease after it.</p> - -<p>299. A jail bird.</p> - -<p>300. IX—SIX.</p> - -<p>301. He is an imp over a shed. (Impoverished.)</p> - -<p>302. They leave them out.</p> - -<p>303.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I—O—A</p> -<p>Insert W, it makes Iowa.</p> -<p class="i2">“ T, “ Iota.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>304. Are—A-re-a.</p> -</div> -<p>305. Leg-horn.</p> - -<p>306. Because it can’t climb a tree.</p> - -<p>307. Mr. Dashwood, being at the -point of death, sent for his friends -and relatives. They sent for Dr. -Childs who inclosed a few lines to -Dr. Barnes and imp-lo-red his assistance. -But before he arrived, the -invalid died, and the undertaker was -sent for.</p> - -<p>308. Beat a base drum, or grind a -hand-organ.</p> - -<p>309. Get up a brawl, or an alarm -of fire.</p> - -<p>310. (Christmas tree.)</p> - -<p>311. Dry-den.</p> - -<p>312. A Cole-ridge.</p> - -<p>313. Long-fellow.</p> - -<p>314. A Dry-den.</p> - -<p>315. Their king was A-gag.</p> - -<p>316. The adder.</p> - -<p>317. A-hi-tub.</p> - -<p>318. The last two (money).</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>319. The stoop.</p></div> - -<p>320. When it is a-jar.</p> - -<p>321. They are without doors.</p> - -<p>322. A-gate.</p> - -<p>323.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Read down and up,</p> -<p>And you will see</p> -<p>How I love you,</p> -<p>If you love me.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>324. It is <i>sold</i>.</p> - -<p>325. He is a <i>little better</i>.</p> - -<p>326. It is <i>due</i>.</p> - -<p>327. It is a <i>letter of blood</i>.</p> - -<p>328. The letter A.</p> - -<p>329. He gives it up.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagei96" id="pagei96"></a>[pg 96]</span></p> - -<p>330. They are the candid 8 (candidate) -of their party.</p> - -<p>331. Down in the mouth.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>332. Descended from A-ram.</p> -</div> -<p>333. There are more rakes than -beaux there.</p> - -<p>334. Under a pear (pair) tree.</p> - -<p>335. Under a hop-vine.</p> - -<p>336. Because he is a deer.</p> - -<p>337. The letter S.</p> - -<p>338. First, they were not inclined -to <i>prey</i>, and afterwards they were -<i>raven</i>-ous.</p> - -<p>339. He <i>rifles</i> the deer (dear).</p> - -<p>340. One child from two parents -makes 3.</p> - -<p>Two children from two parents -make 4.</p> - -<p>341. Cab-in.</p> - -<p>342. 2 and 2</p> - -<p>343. The ploughshare.</p> - -<p>344. When he “gives it up.”</p> - -<p>345. A reel.</p> - -<p>346. The shade on the dial.</p> - -<p>347. They are the grub that makes -the butter fly.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>348. It is his heir (air).</p></div> - -<p>349. They are more airy.</p> - -<p>350.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The boy can see his shadow,</p> -<p>The shadow can’t see him.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>351. It has breathed into it the -breath of life.</p> - -<p>352. A soap-bubble.</p> - -<p>353. A clock.</p> - -<p>354. He gets wet.</p> - -<p>355.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>It would make <i>it a lie</i>.</p> -<p>It would make Italy.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>356. He carries his reins (heart) in -his hand.</p> - -<p>357. He may keep a watch, but he -can’t tell the time of day.</p> - -<p>358.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The gong makes a <i>din</i>,</p> -<p>The cook makes a <i>dinner</i>.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>359.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>One-sided, sir.</p> -<p>Once I did, sir.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>360. Cloak—oak—coal—lock.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>361. Wood.</p></div> - -<p>362. 301.</p> - -<p>363. In the Eastern wars, when -elephants were employed.</p> - -<p>364. Hat—hate—hatch.</p> - -<p>365. Chair.</p> - -<p>366. A step farther.</p> - -<p>367.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The one close their eyes,</p> -<p>The other eye their clothes.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>368. A-dri-atic.</p> - -<p>369.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The letter B.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Of ell, it makes bell.</p> -<p> “ ill, “ bill.</p> -<p> “ end “ bend.</p> -<p> “ in “ bin.</p> -<p> “ rags “ brags.</p> -<p> “ old “ bold.</p> -<p> “ one “ bone.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>370. He is always on the spot.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>371.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The dog worries him.</p> -<p>The groom curries him;</p> -<p>The dog bites him,</p> -<p>The groom bits him.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>372.</p> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The letter A.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>It changed Job to Joab.</p> -<p class="i2"> made Ner – near.</p> -<p class="i4"> “ her – hear.</p> -<p class="i4"> “ cot – coat.</p> -<p class="i4"> “ gin – gain.</p> -<p class="i4"> “ cub – Cuba.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>373. Give him Merry’s Museum.</p> - -<p>374. Let him subscribe for Merry’s -Museum, and always pay in advance.</p> - -<p>375. It is always expected with -interest.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>376.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The “lap” is the place where infants repose,</p> -<p class="i2">And “tea” is a plant that we use;</p> -<p>To “Parley” ’s to treat by word, I suppose,</p> -<p class="i2">And “pear” is a fruit we all choose.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Many youth like “to eat,” I’m afraid, beyond measure,</p> -<p class="i2">And part of the head is the “ear,”</p> -<p>And what is more common than, when we feel pleasure,</p> -<p class="i2">Or grief, to give vent to a “tear.”</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>“Peter Parley” ’s distinguished I’m sure as a writer,</p> -<p class="i2">And welcom’d by all with a smile;</p> -<p>And surely no book is a greater exciter</p> -<p class="i2">Than this, which goes many a mile.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>377. It is cheap at any price.</p> - -<p>378. Merry’s Museum.</p> - -<p>379. It instructs and amuses children.</p> - -<p>380.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The one suffered wantonly;</p> -<p>The other from want only.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>381. Her-ring.</p> - -<p>382. Because it contains valuable -articles, wood-cuts, etc.</p> - -<hr /> -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii1" id="pageii1"></a>[pg 1]</span></p> - -<h2 class="mhead">ROBERT MERRY’S<br /><br /> - -<span class="less">SECOND</span><br /><br /> - -<span class="wsp"><big>BOOK OF PUZZLES.</big></span></h2> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_b_001a-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_001a-350.png" width="350" height="350" alt="frontispiece2" /></a></div> - -<p class="title1 spaced2">EDITED BY ROBERT MERRY.</p><br /><br /></div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 100px;"><img src="images/i_a_001b-100.png" width="100" height="121" alt="monogram" /></div> - -<p class="title1b">NEW YORK:</p> - -<p class="title1a">THOMAS O’KANE, PUBLISHER,</p> -<p class="title2">130 NASSAU STREET.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii2" id="pageii2"></a>[pg 2]</span><br /> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii3" id="pageii3"></a>[pg 3]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2>PREFACE.</h2> - -<p>In presenting to the public this <span class="sc">New Book of Puzzles</span>, -I must present my thanks for the many kind expressions -received in regard to those already published. It has -been compiled during my leisure moments of the past -season, for the benefit of the numerous readers of <span class="sc">Merry’s -Museum</span>, and contains, in a compact form, many of the -Puzzles, Enigmas, Hieroglyphics, etc., which have appeared -in the <span class="sc">Museum</span>, together with many new ones; -and is presented with the hope that it may be the means -of interesting the young folks around their own fireside -homes, rather than seek amusement elsewhere.</p> - -<p class="author">ROBERT MERRY.</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii4" id="pageii4"></a>[pg 4]</span><br /> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii5" id="pageii5"></a>[pg 5]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="mhead">ROBERT MERRY’S<br /><br class="b50" /> - -<span class="less">SECOND</span><br /><br class="b50" /> - -<span class="wsp"><big>BOOK OF PUZZLES.</big></span></h2> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"><img src="images/i_b_005a-150.png" width="150" height="11" alt="fancy rule" /></div></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 1.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_005b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_005b-600.png" width="600" height="247" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 2.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_005c-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_005c-600.png" width="600" height="225" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii6" id="pageii6"></a>[pg 6]</span></p> - -<p>3. My first is (in sound) what my second often does; -my whole is a turning-point.</p> - -<p>4. My first is found in every country of the globe; my -second is what we all should be; my whole is the same -as my first.</p> - -<p>5. The XLNt FX of a 100150500 <img src="images/i_b_006a-30.png" width="30" height="14" alt="pointing hand" />− H X500er -104i5lty R 1?ab50.</p> - -<p>6. Entire, I am a period of time; behead me, I am an -article of food; again behead me, and I am used for food.</p> - -<p>7. Entire, I am an emblem of beauty; behead me, and -I am a powerful liquid; curtail me, and I am a preposition; -replace my head, and I am a useful article.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<p> 8.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_006b-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_006b-400.png" width="400" height="164" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>9. Why was Noah saved without a Pope?</p> - -<p>10. What is the only word in the English language that -can be written without pen, pencil, chalk, or any other -pigment?</p> - -<p>11. I am composed of 9 letters. In me may be found: -1, a title; 2, a metal; 3, a weight; 4, a coin; 5, one of -the Merry cousins; 6, part of a wheel; 7, neat; 8, an adverb; -9 and 10, two prepositions. My whole is a place -in New York State.</p> - -<p>12. Entire, I am a country; curtail me, and I am an inhabitant -of the same; behead and transpose, and I am to -prevent.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii7" id="pageii7"></a>[pg 7]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_007-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_007-400.png" width="400" height="397" alt="love" /></a></div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>13.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is seen in pillared halls,</p> -<p class="i2">Where kings and princes dwell;</p> -<p>’Tis found in every woodland vale,</p> -<p class="i2">In every sunny dell.</p> -<p>Upon the yellow sandy beach,</p> -<p class="i2">The ocean billows roar,</p> -<p>My next—you’ll find it in the foam,</p> -<p class="i2">Rippling upon the shore.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii8" id="pageii8"></a>[pg 8]</span> -<p>Within the dark and gloomy cave,</p> -<p class="i2">Hid from the sun’s bright glare,</p> -<p>Precious jewels line the walls,</p> -<p class="i2">And my third is always there.</p> -<p>My fourth and last is found in France,</p> -<p class="i2">But never seen in Spain;</p> -<p>It has always been in England’s clime,</p> -<p class="i2">In every monarch’s reign.</p> -<p>My whole from Jupiter’s court on high,</p> -<p class="i2">Descends to cheer the earth;</p> -<p>Without his presence there would be</p> -<p class="i2">Of happiness a dearth.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>14.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 14 letters:</p> -<p>My 1, 4, 3, 1, 9, 6 is a handsome kind of cloth.</p> -<p>My 2, 5, 11 is a conjunction.</p> -<p>My 8, 7, 5, 9 is a number.</p> -<p>My 10, 3, 12, 13 is to kill.</p> -<p>My whole is a celebrated day.</p> - </div> </div> - -<table class="math" summary="over" border="0"> -<tr> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">15. 1 YY 1 OWN </td> - <td class="maths2s">c</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">it.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="maths1s">c</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>16. Entire, I am a sentence; behead me, and I am a -fortress; curtailed, I am to strive violently; now transpose, -and I am inexperienced.</p> - -<p>17. Behead a slipping, and leave the slip.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 18.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_008-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_008-600.png" width="600" height="356" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii9" id="pageii9"></a>[pg 9]</span></p> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_b_009-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_009-500.png" width="500" height="433" alt="fox" /></a></div> - -<p>19. A fox, 90 rods due south of a greyhound, is pursued -by the hound at the rate of 5 rods to 4 of the fox, -the fox running a due east course. How far will the -hound run to overtake the fox?</p> -</div> -<p>20. What kind of morals are most easily put on and off?</p> - -<p>21.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is a female,</p> -<p class="i2">My second the same,</p> -<p>My whole is much dreaded—</p> -<p class="i2">Pray what is its name?</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>22. I am composed of four syllables, and am very popular -just now; my first and second form a Latin verb; my -third is a species of animal; my first, second, and third -form a kind of rule; my fourth, reversed, is thin and narrow; -and my third and fourth, without my final, is intellectual.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii10" id="pageii10"></a>[pg 10]</span></p> - -<p>23. Why are unprotected hearth-fires like insolent beggars?</p> - -<p>24.</p> - -<div class="poemq"><div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 14 letters.</p> -<p>My 13, 11, 7, 3, 1, 12 is a dream.</p> -<p>My 8, 14, 10, 9 is a net.</p> -<p>My 1, 6, 8, 4, 13, 14, 2, 5 is a balance.</p> -<p>My whole is a celebrated man.</p> -</div></div> - -<p>25. Entire, I am a noun; behead and transpose, and I -am lean; replace my head, curtail me, and I am necessary -to the accomplishment of any great object; curtail me -again, transpose, and I am sometimes used as a seat.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 26.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_010-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_010-600.png" width="600" height="426" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>27. Why are most of the heroes and heroines in novels -like the letter O?</p> - -<p>28. What poet is like a sly piece of bacon?</p> - -<p>29.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I cheer the pilgrim’s lonely way,</p> -<p>As toils he on from day to day;</p> -<p>Curtail me, and I then am found</p> -<p>What students do on college ground;</p> -<p>Curtail once more, and by inspection</p> -<p>You’ll find I am an interjection.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>30. What kind of a diary is productive of mischief?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii11" id="pageii11"></a>[pg 11]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<a href="images/i_b_011-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_011-400.png" width="400" height="447" alt="owl" /></a></div> - -<p>31. Entire, I am a murmur; curtail me, and I signify -to produce; omit my first and last, and I am a disturbance; -and without my first two I am a bird.</p> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>32.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first speeds proudly through our land;</p> -<p class="i2">My next is what my first doth do;</p> -<p>My whole is one of that noble band</p> -<p class="i2">Who signed the freedom of our land,</p> -<p>And struggled bravely through.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>33. Transpose a wrong way of treating another’s regard -into the most foolish manner of doing it.</p> - -<p>34. My second, which, by the way, I hope you have -took my first after using my whole at dinner.</p> - -<p>35. Behead an animal, transpose, and find a flower.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii12" id="pageii12"></a>[pg 12]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 36.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_012a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_012a-600.png" width="600" height="317" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>37. I am a word of five letters; in my normal condition -I have a tendency to heal. Transposed, I still have a tendency -to <i>heel</i>, and have been known to take to them when -opportunity offered. Less one fifth, I bathe; again transposed, -I am good to eat. Four fifths transposed, form an -article much used as an ornament; the same again transposed, -is to preserve. Three fifths, properly arranged, -will intoxicate. Three fifths, in right order, make a prayer.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 38.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_012b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_012b-600.png" width="600" height="100" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>39. When did Job call nicknames?</p> - -<p>40. Did Jonah cry when the whale swallowed him?</p> - -<p>41. Curtail a ruler; transpose, and leave a fastening.</p> - -<p>42. Curtail a coin, and transpose it into a country.</p> - -<p>43. When is roast beef most valuable?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii13" id="pageii13"></a>[pg 13]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_b_013-750.png"><img src="images/i_b_013-350.png" width="350" height="465" alt="" /></a></div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>44.</p></div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Fair Bessy promised to bestow</p> -<p class="i2">My first upon her lover,</p> -<p>And much I hope that no dark clouds</p> -<p class="i2">Around the pair may hover.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Sweet Bessy’s age is just eighteen,</p> -<p class="i2">Of gold she has my second;</p> -<p>On bearing off the lovely prize</p> -<p class="i2">How many beaus had reckon’d!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>And now my riddle I’ll conclude,</p> -<p class="i2">And hope you’ll not me quiz,</p> -<p>For what I say is very true—</p> -<p class="i2">My whole fair Bessy is.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii14" id="pageii14"></a>[pg 14]</span></p> - -<p>45. What is that which every one likes to have, and to -get rid of as soon as possible after he gets it?</p> - -<p>46. My first is found on a ship; my second is a vowel; -my third is a title; my whole is the name of an animal.</p> - -<p>47. Entire, I’m a man’s name; behead me, and I’m a -Turkish coin; behead me again, and I’m too close; again, -and I’m a prefix.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<p> 48.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_014-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_014-400.png" width="400" height="477" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>49. My second is a useful appendage to my first, and -my whole is to abridge.</p> - -<p>50.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p> I am composed of 21 letters.</p> -<p>My 4, 9, 12 is a Greek preposition.</p> -<p>My 7, 5, 8, 14 a vessel used in the Scotch sea.</p> -<p>My 17, 13, 21 is entity.</p> -<p>My 18, 19, 3, 10 is a bed formed by birds.</p> -<p>My 1, 11, 15 is to dip.</p> -<p>My 20, 6, 2, 16 is to tarnish.</p> -<p>My whole is want of symmetry.</p> -</div></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii15" id="pageii15"></a>[pg 15]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_b_015-700.png"><img src="images/i_b_015-350.png" width="350" height="475" alt="squirrel" /></a></div> - -<p>51. A squirrel, finding nine ears of corn in a box, took -from it, daily, three ears; how many days was he in removing -the corn from the box?</p> - -<p>52. My first is found in an oyster; my second is possessed -by the nobility; every house contains my third; my -whole no one applies to himself.</p> - -<p>53. What word is that, of three letters, which, read backward, -indicates the quality of many who participate in it?</p> - -<p>54.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>In my first, relations most generally find</p> -<p>An interest of a peculiar kind;</p> -<p>My second, an adverb of humble degree,</p> -<p>Combined with my first names a beautiful tree.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii16" id="pageii16"></a>[pg 16]</span></p> - -<h4>TOWNS IN NEW YORK.</h4> - -<p>55. A color and a mineral.</p> - -<p>56. An element and a game.</p> - -<p>57. Part of a gun and a liquor.</p> - -<p>58. An animal.</p> - -<p>59. A color and part of a house.</p> - -<p>60. A hole and a heap.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h4>SHRUBS, FLOWERS, ETC.</h4> -</div> -<p>61. A vehicle, and where it takes you.</p> - -<p>62. A traitor, and the place where he died.</p> - -<p>63. To hurt, a nickname, and an engine of war.</p> - -<p>64. Take a (1) life preserver; (2) decapitate it and show -a mode of using it; (3) again transpose and show how it -has been used; (4) transpose and show what is used with -it; (5) transpose and give a Greek letter; (6) transpose -the original word and make a famous rock; (7) transpose -and make a locomotive power; (8) transpose and make it -dull; (9) transpose and it will utter a war-cry to dogs; -(10) transpose it now into a girl’s name; (11) curtail it -and express a concurrence; (12) again curtail, and see -what you may call yourself.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 65.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_016-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_016-600.png" width="600" height="221" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii17" id="pageii17"></a>[pg 17]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"><a href="images/i_b_017-500.png"><img src="images/i_b_017-250.png" width="250" height="433" alt="stormy, tempestuous night" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>66.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>’Twas night—a stormy, tempestuous night,</p> -<p class="i2">All wakeful and anxious the crew,</p> -<p>As they watched my first in its wild, mad flight,</p> -<p class="i2">While over the waves it flew.</p> -<p>And now, in the midst of these wild alarms,</p> -<p class="i2">My second is dashed on the shore,</p> -<p>Till Ocean opens her treacherous arms,</p> -<p class="i2">And gathers it home once more.</p> -<p>Let us turn from these dreary scenes away,</p> -<p class="i2">So solemn and filled with gloom,</p> -<p>And in meadows or pleasant gardens stray,</p> -<p class="i2">Where in beauty my whole doth bloom.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii18" id="pageii18"></a>[pg 18]</span></p> - -<p>67.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 12 letters:</p> -<p>My 1, 9, 11 is an animal.</p> -<p>My 3, 9, 10, 11 is a grain.</p> -<p>My 4, 5, 7 is part of a barn.</p> -<p>My 12, 2, 6, 8 is a stone.</p> -<p>My whole is a body politic.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>68. Behead an article of apparel, and leave one who -sometimes wears it.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 69.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_018a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_018a-600.png" width="600" height="212" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>70. Not theory glides not towards rule of action twice -too a Roman coin indefinite article original sinner revolves -ideas use of the needle pronoun boy’s nickname theatrical -performance.</p> - -<p>71. If you should lose your nose, what kind of one -would you get?</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_b_018b-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_018b-500.png" width="500" height="363" alt="the hunter hunted?" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii19" id="pageii19"></a>[pg 19]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_b_019-750.png"><img src="images/i_b_019-350.png" width="350" height="367" alt="monkey" /></a></div> - -<p>72. Find a word of six letters, something that many -people laugh at; subtract one letter, and leave what many -worship.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h4>CHARADE.</h4> - -<p>73.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>A preposition my first;</p> -<p class="i2">My second’s a number;</p> -<p>My third a brisk motion</p> -<p class="i2">That drives away slumber;</p> - -<p>My whole is a service</p> -<p class="i2">For which dearly we pay;</p> -<p>At least, ’tis charged so</p> -<p class="i2">In hotel bills they say.</p> - </div> </div> - -<h4>DUTCH PUZZLE.</h4> - -<p>74. Add 2 strokes to <span class="emph"> | | | | </span> and make nothing.</p> - -<p>75. What bird most resembles a peddler?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii20" id="pageii20"></a>[pg 20]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 76.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_020a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_020a-600.png" width="600" height="420" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>77.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My 1st is in pie, but not in cake.</p> -<p>My 2d is in hoe, but not in rake.</p> -<p>My 3d is in house, but not in barn.</p> -<p>My 4th is in wool, but not in yarn.</p> -<p>My 5th is in take, but not in give.</p> -<p>My 6th is in strainer, but not in sieve.</p> -<p>My 7th is in rye, but not in wheat.</p> -<p>And my whole is sometimes good to eat.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>78. Why is a weathercock like ambition?</p> - -<p>79. Why is a Turk like a violin belonging to an inn?</p> - -<p>80. Why is a used up horse like a bad play?</p> - -<p>81. Why is a sick Jew like a diamond ring?</p> - -<p>82. Why is a printer like a postman?</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_b_020b-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_020b-500.png" width="500" height="355" alt="fisherman" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii21" id="pageii21"></a>[pg 21]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_021-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_021-400.png" width="400" height="370" alt="dodo" /></a></div> - -<p>83. Entire I am a bird; cut off my tail, and I shall be -a surname; now transpose, and I shall be something singular.</p> - -<p>84. Why are fowls the most economical things farmers -keep?</p> - -<p>85. Why is a cricket on the hearth like a soldier in -battle?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>86.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Entire, I am of bloody mien,</p> -<p class="i2">And spread destruction all around;</p> -<p>Beheaded—cheerfully I’m seen</p> -<p class="i2">Where pleasure’s votaries are found.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>87. Why should a brigadier-general, with his troops, be -able to cross any river?</p> - -<p>88. Join a verb and conjunction, and make a noun.</p> - -<p>89. Join a conjunction and a noun, and form an adverb.</p> - -<p>90. Join a noun and adjective, and make a verb.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii22" id="pageii22"></a>[pg 22]</span></p> - -<p>91. I am a word of three syllables; my first member is -one of the family of fruits; my second component part is -an article in very common use, at once a receptacle for -the most valuable and the most useless things; my last -member is an interjection. Entire, I am a substance employed -in writing and drawing.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 92.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_022a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_022a-600.png" width="600" height="370" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<h4>SCRIPTURAL ENIGMA.</h4> - -<p>93. Who cowardly a prince did kill?</p> - -<p>94. Who built a city on a hill?</p> - -<p>95. Whose son profane his life did lose?</p> - -<p>96. What Persian queen preserved the Jews?</p> - -<p>97. What Jewish king a leper died?</p> - -<p>98. Whose wicked mother “Treason” cried?</p> - -<p>99.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The initial letters, joined aright,</p> -<p>A famous Jew will bring to light.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_b_022b-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_022b-500.png" width="500" height="303" alt="dog with boy's hat" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii23" id="pageii23"></a>[pg 23]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 360px;"><a href="images/i_b_023-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_023-360.png" width="360" height="464" alt="composing anagrams" /></a></div> -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>HOW TO MAKE ANAGRAMS.</h3></div> - -<p>“Now that’s <i>too</i> bad!” exclaimed little Bess, striking -her pencil down quickly on the slate, which had for five -minutes been shaded by her brown curls, as she bent earnestly -over it. “I do say it’s <i>too</i> bad.”</p> - -<p>“<i>What</i> is too bad, Bess?” asked her oldest sister, Mary, -who, apparently occupied with her history, had been -stealing occasional glances at the animated face over the -slate, and watching with pleasing interest the busy fingers -putting down letters, and tripping back and forth among -them with her pencil-point. “<i>What</i> is too bad, Bess? -I thought something was pleasing you very much.”</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii24" id="pageii24"></a>[pg 24]</span></p> - -<p>“Oh! did you? Well, I <i>was</i> just ready to have such a -good one—these anagrams, you know. I surely thought I -had extra axes, and just because of an <i>r</i>, it’s all spoiled!”</p> - -<p>“What were you going to make your extra axes out -of?” asked Mary, with a curious smile.</p> - -<p>“Now, <i>don’t</i> make fun of me, please. Artaxerxes was -my word.”</p> - -<p>“Well, I should <i>think</i> that would just make it,” said -Mary, thoughtfully. “Are you <i>sure</i> it will not?”</p> - -<p>“Don’t you see that <i>r</i>?” asked Bess, holding up her -slate and giving a bayonet thrust to the offending letter.</p> - -<p>“Yes; but what has that <i>r</i>, all alone by itself, to do -with it?”</p> - -<p>“Why, it’s my <i>proof</i>. You see I write down my word, -and rub out each letter of it as I use it in picking out my -new words, so if none are left, my anagram is complete.”</p> - -<p>“So you found an extra <i>r</i>, instead of an extra axe, in -your way? Well, that <i>is</i> rather trying; but then there -are plenty of more words, and it isn’t much work to get -them out. You have a capital way. Besides, that -wouldn’t have been so very good a one. You know -‘Aunt Sue' says the word and the sentence should bear -some relation to each other. Now, if Artaxerxes had -been a famous wood-cutter instead of a Persian king, it -might have been too bad.”</p> - -<p>“But wasn’t he a warrior, too and mightn’t they be -battle-axes?”</p> - -<p>Mary admitted the force of this, with a smile, as she -went on to say:</p> - -<p>“When we see such anagrams as ‘astronomers—no -more stars,’ and ‘parishioners—I hire parsons,’ there is a -certain sense of fitness that produces all the pleasure I -can find in an anagram.”</p> - -<p>“I know they’re better; but, then, not half of them <i>do</i> -mean anything. <i>I</i> never could make such ones.”</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii25" id="pageii25"></a>[pg 25]</span></p> - -<p>“I should try, if I made them out at all, to have them -just right. You must remember it takes some <i>patience</i> -to <i>get</i> them, as well as to <i>make</i> them. You want the -satisfaction of feeling paid when you’re through.”</p> - -<p>“Patience! I should think it did!” said Bess, laughing -and repeating, “Oh, Sam, cut my pen!” in a very -comical manner. “If <i>that</i> didn’t take the patience of -Job! And what did it <i>mean</i>, after all? I’m sure Webster -don’t know! I think they ought to be <i>fair</i>, at -least!”</p> - -<p>“So do I,” said Mary, laughing at Bessie’s earnestness. -“Now try the word <i>homestead</i>, Bess, and see what you -can make of that.”</p> - -<p>“Why, <i>is</i> it one?”</p> - -<p>“I’m not quite sure; I was running it over in my <i>mind</i> -to-day; but I had no slate to prove my canceling correct.”</p> - -<p>“What did you <i>think</i> it made?”</p> - -<p>“Do-eat-hams.”</p> - -<p>“Oh, so it will,” said Bess, hastily putting down the -letters; “and you know they do eat hams at homesteads!” -Then Bess began drawing the tip of her forefinger slowly -through each letter, repeating slowly, “do e-a-t-h- —<i>There, -now</i>, that’s worse than Artaxerxes! If that <i>e</i> was -only an <i>a</i>!”</p> - -<p>Mary looked on the slate a moment, and then said, -pleasantly, “But you see it isn’t!”</p> - -<p>“How easy you do take things, Mary! Now, that -would be <i>so</i> good, and it comes so near!”</p> - -<p>“That’s the <i>best way to take things</i>, isn’t it, Bess?” said -Mary, gently lifting Bessie’s face by the little fat chin, -and looking into her large blue eyes lovingly. “Anagrams, -you see, may teach us a lesson.”</p> - -<p>“<i>Almost</i> anagrams, you should say,” said Bess. “Well, -let’s try something else. Shall we try ‘Aunt Sue?’”</p> - -<p>“Yes, put it down.”</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii26" id="pageii26"></a>[pg 26]</span></p> - -<p>“I can get—let me see—yes, ‘use-a-nut;’ but that don’t -<i>mean</i> anything like ‘Aunt Sue.’”</p> - -<p>“Oh, yes, that will do as well as your ‘battle-axes.’ -You know, she keeps ‘nuts’ for the 20,000 to crack in her -‘<i>drawer</i>.’”</p> - -<p>“Oh, that’s it!—let me send it.”</p> - -<p>“Very well; and if I get time, we will try and have -two or three more ready by the next number, and every -one with a meaning.”</p> - -<p>When Bess gave Mary her good-night kiss, she said to -herself, “I like to get out puzzles; but I’d rather have -Mary’s patience than all the anagrams in the world. I -wonder if I should try <i>very hard</i>, if I ever could be like -her!”</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h4>ANAGRAMS.</h4> -</div> -<p>100. Tom can pet lions.</p> - -<p>101. Main race.</p> - -<p>102. Amy’s purple net.</p> - -<p>103. Lo! a slop.</p> - -<p>104. O! hark!</p> - -<p>105. I harm the Chat.</p> - -<p>106. Hen, I am he.</p> - -<p>107. Mid nice rains.</p> - -<p>108. I sent one part.</p> - -<p>109. Tore a limb.</p> - -<p>110. Test Mars.</p> - -<p>111. Ira, run, go get it.</p> - -<p>112. Cid is a common toad.</p> - -<p>113. Care on lip.</p> - -<p>114. Sal I run.</p> - -<p>115. A lion; capture it.</p> - -<p>116. Bind sure.</p> - -<p>117. Priest tied guitar.</p> - -<p>118. Accord I try not.</p> - -<p>119. Mend it in a tree.</p> - -<p>120. O! if I can sit so.</p> - -<p>121. Is it anger? no.</p> - -<p>122.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Fi rwods locdu fiatsys het rhtea,</p> -<p class="i2">Eht threa gimth nidf sles earc;</p> -<p>Utb oswrd eilk rumsem isbdr padret,</p> -<p class="i2">Dan veale tub typem rai.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>A itleti dsai—nad yrtul isda—</p> -<p class="i2">Nac peeder yoj tarpim,</p> -<p>Naht shots fo dowrs chwih chear teh dahe</p> -<p class="i2">Tbu venre chout het ahetr.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii27" id="pageii27"></a>[pg 27]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_b_027q-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_027q-600.png" width="600" height="389" alt="maze puzzle" /></a> -<p><span class="sc">the puzzle is, to get from the entrance</span>, <b>A</b>, -<span class="sc">to the centre</span>, <b>B</b>, -<span class="sc">without crossing any of the white lines</span>.</p></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii28" id="pageii28"></a>[pg 28]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 123.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_028a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_028a-600.png" width="600" height="388" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>124. Transpose a Persian monarch into a part of the -human frame.</p> - -<p>125. Transpose an article of food into a verb signifying -to abate.</p> - -<p>126. To what port was Henry VIII. bound when he -sought a divorce from his wife?</p> - -<p>127. He was —— who came to ——. Express a -truth taught in Scripture by the above, filling the two -blanks with the same word taken first forward, and in the -second blank backward.</p> - -<p>128. Why would it be sure to be better?</p> - -<p>129.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My whole, I lightly swim</p> -<p>The smooth lake’s sparkling brim,</p> -<p>Or down the river skim.</p> -<p>Transpose me, all around</p> -<p>The wide world’s endless bound,</p> -<p>In every clime I’m found.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_b_028b-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_028b-500.png" width="500" height="280" alt="canoist" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii29" id="pageii29"></a>[pg 29]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 320px;"><a href="images/i_b_029-650.png"><img src="images/i_b_029-320.png" width="320" height="471" alt="on the beach" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>130.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first, you hear its sullen roar</p> -<p>When wandering by the ocean’s shore;</p> -<p>My second in the gambler’s art</p> -<p>Hath played no mean or paltry part,</p> -<p>But, fired with sordid thirst to win,</p> -<p>It often aids him in his sin.</p> -<p>My whole is something that is found</p> -<p>Upon the face of all around,</p> -<p>Yet if you take from me my face,</p> -<p>I am a title commonplace.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>131. If the earth were annihilated, why would it be a -pleasant pastime to make it again?</p> - -<p>132. My first describes a person, add an adjective and -show that person’s condition.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii30" id="pageii30"></a>[pg 30]</span></p> - -<p>133. What is it you must keep after giving it to -another?</p> - -<p>134. How would you express in one word having met -a doctor of medicine?</p> - -<p>135. What is that which makes every person sick except -the one who swallows it?</p> - -<p>136. Why is a person who never lays a wager as bad -as a regular gambler?</p> - -<p>137. What is the difference between a sun-bonnet and -a Sunday bonnet?</p> - -<p>138. If I shoot at three pigeons on a tree, and kill one, -how many will remain?</p> - -<p>139. My first means more than one? my second means -a solitary one; my third is highly popular now (with boys -more than with their parents.—A. S.), and my whole you -are to guess.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<table class="math" summary="over" border="0"> -<tr> - <td class="maths2">140.</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> A </td> - <td class="maths2">TgEooNdT</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">, </td> - <td class="maths2">5a50ue500</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2"> & </td> - <td class="maths2">stoo500</td> - <td class="maths2" rowspan="2">.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td> </td> - <td class="maths1">I</td> - <td class="maths1">but</td> - <td class="maths1">1000is</td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px; margin-top: 2em;"><a href="images/i_b_030-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_030-400.png" width="400" height="406" alt="wolf" /></a></div> - -<p>141. Transpose an animal into a bird.</p> - -<p>142. Transpose part of our flag into spirits.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii31" id="pageii31"></a>[pg 31]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_031-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_031-400.png" width="400" height="455" alt="waterfall" /></a></div> - -<p>143. In a word of eight letters, the first three and the -last three (transposed) name the same animal. The remaining -two (transposed), with the last letter, name another -animal. What is the word?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>144.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 12 letters:</p> -<p>My 11, 7, 2, 6, 1 is a place of trade.</p> -<p>My 9, 12, 3 is a locality where a certain individual passed the night.</p> -<p>My 5, 4, 10, 8 is a useful animal.</p> -<p>My whole is a well-known personage.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>145. What town in Asia is a fit residence for a wild -beast?</p> - -<p>146. When does the weather show a good disposition?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii32" id="pageii32"></a>[pg 32]</span></p> - -<p>147. Behead a crime and leave common sense.</p> - - -<h4>FLOWERS.</h4> - -<p>148. A raised floor and a letter of the alphabet.</p> - -<p>149. An article made by farmers, and an article made -by mechanics.</p> - -<p>150. An animal, and what he possesses, unless he has -been very unfortunate.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 151.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_032-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_032-600.png" width="600" height="398" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>152. My second will be better as my first, if careful and -energetic as my whole.</p> - -<p>153. Why is a drummer the greatest person of the times?</p> - -<p>154. When is a sewing-machine a very great comfort?</p> - -<p>155. My first is a preposition; my second an animal; -my third, in Saxon, means a meadow; my whole we all -should be.</p> - -<p>156. Three men—A, B, and C—traveling with their -wives, come to a river which they must cross. The only -boat they can have will carry but two persons at once. -How can they all get to the opposite side, no lady being -left without her husband in company with the other gentlemen?</p> - -<p>157. Straight as an arrow, swift as the lightning, and -bright as a sunbeam, I take my flight to the uttermost -parts of the earth.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii33" id="pageii33"></a>[pg 33]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_b_033-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_033-350.png" width="350" height="469" alt="Red riding hood and the wolf" /></a></div> - -<p>158. My first is a color; my second an agreeable exercise; -my third an article of clothing; and my whole a celebrated -character.</p> - -<p>159. What two female names express a chemist?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii34" id="pageii34"></a>[pg 34]</span></p> - -<p>160.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I’m pretty, I’m useful in various ways,</p> -<p>But if often you kiss me, ’twill shorten your days;</p> -<p>I part with one letter, and then I appear</p> -<p>What young men are fond of all days in the year;</p> -<p>I part with two letters, and then without doubt,</p> -<p>I’m just what you are if you can’t find me out.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p class="space-above2">(<i>Fill the blanks in each with the same word, differently -accented.</i>)</p> - -<p>161. The — to Fingal’s cave would — a stranger.</p> - -<p>162. Men sometimes — travelers fainting in a —.</p> - -<p>163. To select — often — a writer to annoyance.</p> - -<p>164. As an excuse for illiberality, persons sometimes — -to the —.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 165.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_034-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_034-600.png" width="600" height="411" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h4>COMETS, CONSTELLATIONS, AND FIXED STARS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED.</h4> -</div> -<p>166. Obstinacy and deceit.</p> - -<p>167. A nickname, an epistle, and a laborer.</p> - -<p>168. Swifter, a forest, and an affix.</p> - -<p>169. A precious stone.</p> - -<p>170. Past tense of a regular verb, and a security.</p> - -<p>171. A prophetess and a color.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii35" id="pageii35"></a>[pg 35]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_035-700.png"><img src="images/i_b_035-300.png" width="300" height="430" alt="sprung!" /></a></div> - -<p>172. Find five letters capable of being transposed into -five different words: two nouns, two adjectives, and a -verb.</p> - -<p>173. Three circles have their centers upon the same -right line. The first has twice the area of the second, and -is externally tangent to it. The third, of which the diameter -is one foot, circumscribes the first and second. Required -the radius of the greatest circle which can be inscribed -within one of the two equal curvilinear triangles -thus formed.</p> - -<p>174. When does the weather resemble a lawyer?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii36" id="pageii36"></a>[pg 36]</span></p> - -<p>175. My first, in sound, is a bird’s nickname; my second -and third are pronouns; my fourth is three-quarters of -what fashionable ladies like to do; my whole is an adjective -that has been sadly perverted.</p> - -<p>176. My first is a verb, my second a nickname or verb, -and my whole is to circulate.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 560px;"> -<p> 177.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_036a-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_036a-560.png" width="560" height="461" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>178. Why is a passenger by the 12.50 train very likely -to be too late?</p> - -<p>179.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Nine less ten,</p> -<p class="i2">With fifty twice told,</p> -<p>Is what many feel</p> -<p class="i2">When they’are growing old.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>180. What two letters give a word meaning to debate?</p> - -<p>181. Behead an animal, transpose, and leave another -animal.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_036b-500.png"><img src="images/i_b_036b-300.png" width="300" height="250" alt="zebra" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii37" id="pageii37"></a>[pg 37]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 320px;"><a href="images/i_b_037-680.png"><img src="images/i_b_037-320.png" width="320" height="467" alt="" /></a></div> - -<p>182. What does the boy, in his first surprise, say to his -<i>water-wheel</i>?</p> - -<p>183. What is the political character of a water-wheel?</p> - -<p>184. In what coin is its financial value estimated?</p> - -<p>185. What is the water-wheel paradox?</p> - -<p>186. I am a word of four letters: in me may be found, -1 a verb, 2 an animal, 3 a viscid liquid, 4 a science, 5 a -conjunction, 6 a preposition.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii38" id="pageii38"></a>[pg 38]</span></p> - -<h4>PLANTS, FLOWERS, ETC.</h4> - -<p>187. Part of every animal and part of every vegetable.</p> - -<p>188. A beast of burden and a poison.</p> - -<p>189. A sweet substance and a cluster.</p> - -<p>190. A weapon and part of the body.</p> - -<p>191. A household article and what often forms part of it.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 470px;"> -<p> 192.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_038-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_038-470.png" width="470" height="467" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>193.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Dear friends, your notice now I crave,</p> -<p>For I’m a king, a queen, a slave;</p> -<p>Each human being claims my name,</p> -<p>And rightly, too, so where’s the blame?</p> -<p>Although I’m never more than one,</p> -<p>Just cross me once, you’ll find I’m <i>some</i>!</p> -<p>Whate’er my state of toil or rest,</p> -<p>I always love myself the best.</p> -<p>I may be greater, never less,</p> -<p>So now, young Merrys, please to guess.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii39" id="pageii39"></a>[pg 39]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_039-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_039-400.png" width="400" height="439" alt="boa constrictor" /></a></div> - -<p>194. My first is a kind of tippet, my second a Latin -preposition, my third is exact, my fourth is a conjunction, -and my whole is what my first was named after.</p> -</div> -<p>195. <i>a</i> My first (in sound), second, and whole are birds.<br /> - -<span class="ind1"><i>b</i> My first, second, and whole are plants.</span></p> - -<p>196. Both my first and second (in sound) are found in -the scale. Entire, I am a term of praise.</p> - -<p>197. Transpose a coin into some bonds of union.</p> - -<p>198. Transpose a bird into an animal.</p> - -<p>199. Transpose another animal into a bird.</p> - -<p>200. Transpose what we often see on a creek into what -we often see (on warm summer days) in a creek.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii40" id="pageii40"></a>[pg 40]</span></p> - -<p>201. Transpose part of our flag into spirits.</p> - -<p>202. Transpose an animal into a vegetable.</p> - -<p>203. Transpose the inhabitants of a country into a -covered vehicle.</p> - -<p>204. Transpose a part of day into a stick.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 205.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_040-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_040-600.png" width="600" height="413" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>206. My second is the same as my first, and my whole -is a shrub.</p> - -<p>207. My first is a bird; my second an insect; my whole -is "daddy-long-legs."</p> - -<p>208. I am a beautiful tree; curtail and transpose me -into another tree; transpose the latter into a useful article; -replace the last letter, behead and transpose, and you have -a boundary line. Curtail the entire word twice, and you -have a picture; take the second and third letters away -from the entire word, transpose the remainder, and you -have another tree.</p> - -<p>209. Behead a hod, and leave a kind of cloth.</p> - -<p>210. Entire, I am something funny; beheaded, an entrance; -beheaded again, I am a fragment.</p> - -<p>211. E10100010001000UN1100ATXN.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii41" id="pageii41"></a>[pg 41]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 360px;"><a href="images/i_b_041-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_041-360.png" width="360" height="449" alt="the flower gatherers" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>212.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Deep in the wood of spreading oaks,</p> -<p class="i2">Beneath the tangled boughs,</p> -<p>Where Nature dwells untouched by man,</p> -<p class="i2">My first in luxury grows.</p> -<p>My next in gorgeous robes arrayed,</p> -<p class="i2">Is queen of all her kind,</p> -<p>Where Nature’s touch is most displayed</p> -<p class="i2">In beauty undefined:</p> -<p>My whole a lovely garden treasure,</p> -<p class="i2">Emblem of love, of joy, and pleasure.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>213. Why is the hottest country the best?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii42" id="pageii42"></a>[pg 42]</span></p> - -<p class="space-above2"><i>With the letters of the words in italics form the original -words to fill the blanks</i>:</p> - -<p>214. <i>I met a gunner</i> —— his game.</p> - -<p>215. <i>Rob, I came not</i> to apply the ——.</p> - -<p>216. He was so —— that he did me an <i>evil turn</i>.</p> - -<p>217. <i>I mob seven cats</i> owing to my ——.</p> - -<p>218. A —— has often to <i>mind his map</i>.</p> - -<p>219. My first is a body of water, my second a relative, -my whole a time.</p> - -<p>220. Which are the most entertaining of bats?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 221.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_042-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_042-600.png" width="600" height="460" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>222. Change my head several times, and make (1) a -color, (2) a regard, (3) a nickname, (4) to harden, (5) to -excite, (6) a mate, (7) an implement, (8) a fish, (9) to form -in mass, (10) a part of a coil, (11) to catch.</p> - -<p>223.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 8 letters:</p> -<p>My 7, 4, 6 is a tumor.</p> -<p>My 5, 3, 1, 8 is a fluid.</p> -<p>My 2, 6 is a pronoun.</p> -<p>My whole is sometimes worn by a lady or gentleman.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii43" id="pageii43"></a>[pg 43]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC ILLUSTRATED SO AS TO BE EASILY LEARNED.</h3> -</div> -<table class="chart" summary="Zodiac Chart" border="0"> -<tr> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043a-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Aries" /></a></div></td> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043b-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Taurus" /></a></div></td> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043c-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Gemini" /></a></div></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="center">Aries the Ram, is a man<br /> - ramming down <br /> - a gun.</td> - <td class="center">Taurus the Bull, is a fat<br /> - John Bull, reading<br /> - a paper.</td> - <td class="center">Gemini the Twins, are the<br /> - famous Siamese <br /> - twins.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043d-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Cancer" /></a></div></td> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043e-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Leo" /></a></div></td> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043f-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Virgo" /></a></div></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="center">Cancer the Crab, is a boy<br /> - with a crab biting<br /> - his toe.</td> - <td class="center">Leo, is a Pope who lived<br /> - in Italy, by that<br /> - name.</td> - <td class="center">Virgo the Virgin, is a single<br /> - woman feeding a<br /> - parrot.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043g-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Libra" /></a></div></td> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043h-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Scorpio" /></a></div></td> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043i-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Sagittarius" /></a></div></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="center">Libra the Scales, is an old<br /> - woman weighing<br /> - fish.</td> - <td class="center">Scorpio the Scorpion, is a<br /> - fierce woman beating<br /> - her husband.</td> - <td class="center">Sagittarius the Archer, is<br /> - a fat Miss shooting<br /> - at a target.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043j-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Capricornus" /></a></div></td> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043k-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Aquarius" /></a></div></td> - <td><div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"><a href="images/i_b_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_043l-190.png" width="190" height="190" alt="Pisces" /></a></div></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="center">Capricornus the Goat, is a<br /> - merry boy mounted<br /> - on a goat.</td> - <td class="center">Aquarius the Water-bearer, <br /> - is a boatman on a<br /> - river.</td> - <td class="center">Pisces the Fish, is two fish<br /> - dealers blowing their<br /> - horns.</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii44" id="pageii44"></a>[pg 44]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_044-700.png"><img src="images/i_b_044-300.png" width="300" height="421" alt="'die'" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>224.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The red-lipped morn rose fresh; and everywhere</p> -<p class="i2">The sunbeams welcome found, save one,</p> -<p>Which fluttered through the close-barred windows where</p> -<p class="i2">The gambling wretches, who the daylight shun,</p> -<p>With red wine flushed, and eyes bloodshot and red,</p> -<p class="i2">Wearied my first. Again, and yet again,</p> -<p>They the uncertain tide of fortune fed</p> -<p class="i2">With gold ill-gotten, other gold to gain.</p> -<p>Oh, what a ruin here! of God’s most noble work,</p> -<p class="i2">Of life’s great end, and of the deathless soul!</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii45" id="pageii45"></a>[pg 45]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 450px; margin-bottom: 2em;"><a href="images/i_b_045a-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_045a-450.png" width="450" height="455" alt="'wreck'" /></a></div> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My second here we see! Ah, dangers lurk</p> -<p class="i2">Where passions rule—not principles <i>control</i>!</p> -<p>In vain my third is raised; a warning voice!</p> -<p class="i2">Their hearts are hardened, and they will not hear.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px; margin-bottom: 2em;"><a href="images/i_b_045b-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_045b-500.png" width="500" height="477" alt="'shun'" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii46" id="pageii46"></a>[pg 46]</span></p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Useless to give my whole, or point to joys</p> -<p class="i2">Which but provoke the ribald jest or sneer!</p> -<p>Let us be thankful that the sunlight glad</p> -<p class="i2">Brings to <i>our hearts</i> but gladsomeness and praise!</p> -<p>Ne’er be the daylight in <i>our</i> haunts forbade!</p> -<p class="i2">Ne’er let <i>us</i> fear the noontide’s searching gaze!</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>225. My first is to strive violently; my second is to -fasten; my whole is a wizard.</p> - -<p>226. Why is it that miserly people have never quarreled?</p> - -<p>227. Behead a beautiful product of nature and leave -what it often falls into.</p> - -<p>228.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p><i>a.</i> A European sea.</p> -<p><i>b.</i> A seaport of Russia.</p> -<p><i>c.</i> A celebrated mountain.</p> -<p><i>d.</i> A town in Tipperary, Ireland.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p class="space-above2"><i>The initials form an object of interest, and the finals -its receptacle.</i></p> - -<p>229. My first is a fluid, my second a solid, my whole a -plant.</p> - -<p>230. Change my head several times, and make (1) an -amateur; (2) to hide; (3) to hang about; (4) a leader; -(5) a pirate.</p> - -<p>231. Curtail a man’s name and leave a girl’s name; -behead, and transpose, and leave another man’s name.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 232.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_046-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_046-600.png" width="600" height="287" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii47" id="pageii47"></a>[pg 47]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"><a href="images/i_b_047a-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_047a-150.png" width="150" height="180" alt="bug" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>233.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>When eyes and limbs are wrapt in sleep,</p> -<p class="i2">Within one’s comfortable bed,</p> -<p>My first o’er both will nightly creep,</p> -<p class="i2">With thirsty fangs and noiseless tread.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_b_047b-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_047b-500.png" width="500" height="420" alt="bear" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="poemz"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My second prowls in every clime,</p> -<p class="i2">Where echoes not the human tread,</p> -<p>And thick the mountain forests twine</p> -<p class="i2">Their sunless branches overhead.</p> -<p>And when through groves of oak and birch,</p> -<p class="i2">The backwoods men and maids pursue</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii48" id="pageii48"></a>[pg 48]</span> -<p>For blackberries their jovial search,</p> -<p class="i2">How often have the startled crew</p> -<p>Fled with my whole from sounds they reckoned</p> -<p class="i2">Were like the hoarse voice of my second!</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_048-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_048-300.png" width="300" height="372" alt="owl" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>234. My first is a boy’s name, my second is a girl’s -nickname, my whole is a science.</p> -</div> -<p>235. Transpose the inhabitants of a country into an -animal.</p> - -<p>236. O 0. (Good advice.)</p> - -<p>237. My whole has two of my first, and is my second.</p> - -<p>238. Express with five letters a sentence containing -four words and twelve letters.</p> - -<p>239.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>1CE a horrid X took 2 bt his wife stoo500</p> -<p> a time bearing 1000an de <span style="font-size: 0.7em;">provocation</span> ed but she</p> -<p>THEINSTE5IIOLN for he JUcouldRE her came</p> -<p>she 500E1000O50ISHE500 <sup>t</sup> H <sup>i</sup> I <sup>m</sup> M <sup>e</sup> with a</p> -<p>100U500GE50.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>240. X A 100.</p> - -<p>241. <span class="sc">Enigmatical List of Animals.</span>—<i>a.</i> A weight. <i>b.</i> -A whip. <i>c.</i> An ore. <i>d.</i> A machine used by housekeepers. -<i>e.</i> A stamp. <i>f.</i> To intimidate.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii49" id="pageii49"></a>[pg 49]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_b_049-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_049-600.png" width="600" height="449" alt="The troop arranged for battle" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<p>242.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The troop arranged for battle</p> -<p class="i2">Without my first would fly;</p> -<p>And whether good or bad,</p> -<p class="i2">Without it you would die.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Go seek the earth and ocean,</p> -<p class="i2">For smallest things you guess;</p> -<p>Yes, bring the atom from the air,</p> -<p class="i2">And still my second’s less.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The traitor, when condemn’d to die,</p> -<p class="i2">May calm his cares and pray;</p> -<p>Yet when the axe sounds "dust to dust,"</p> -<p class="i2">My whole he’s borne away.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>243. Change my head eight different times, and make -(1) a plant, (2) a necessity, (3) a reward, (4) to nourish, (5) -an exploit, (6) to notice, (7) a pipe, (8) a produce.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii50" id="pageii50"></a>[pg 50]</span></p> - -<h4>A RIVER ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED.</h4> - -<p>244. Father plugs an abbreviation.</p> - -<p>245.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of letters five,</p> -<p>The part of speech is adjective,</p> -<p>From either way I spell the same;</p> -<p>Pray tell me then what is my name.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>246. Entire, I am capital; curtail me, I am still capital; -behead and transpose, I am anything but capital.</p> - -<p>247. A liquor, a word signifying father; another word -for father, a coin, and a liquid measure. The initial and -final letters are the same, and spell a title.</p> - -<p>248. Take a syllable of two letters from a girl’s name -and leave a musical instrument.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<p> 249.<br /><br class="b50" /></p> -<a href="images/i_b_050-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_050-600.png" width="600" height="441" alt="pictorial puzzle" /></a></div> -</div> -<p>250. When are politicians particularly sweet?</p> - -<p>251. Why is my inkstand like the leaning tower of -Pisa?</p> - -<p>252. When does a temperance lecturer say a grammar -lesson?</p> - -<p class="space-above2">(<i>Fill the blanks with the same word reversed.</i>)</p> - -<p>253. By a machine many —— can be made from one ——.</p> - -<p>254. Marks of an —— are often found in ——.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii51" id="pageii51"></a>[pg 51]</span></p> - -<p>255. My first is an abbreviated name for a young lady; -my second comes from the large end of a dog, runs up a -tree, and floats on the sea; my whole is required of all -persons in time of war, before they leave for a foreign -land.</p> - -<p>256. When is a fish a rod?</p> - -<p>257.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am as black as black can be,</p> -<p>Yet by a curious fantasy,</p> -<p>See my tracings, when time has fled,</p> -<p>You’ll find them black, though often red.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>258. What is that which strikes itself frequently, and -yet does itself no injury?</p> - -<p>259. Why are different trees like different dogs?</p> - -<p>260. What is the difference between a chemist and an -alchemist?</p> - -<p>261. Why is a tree like a French dancing-master?</p> - -<p>262. Why is a mouse like grass?</p> - -<p>263. Why are some kinds of pigeons like drinking-glasses?</p> - -<p>264. If a bushel of potatoes comes to $1, what will a -horse come to?</p> - -<p>265. What is that which burns to keep a secret?</p> - -<p>266. Why is a tallow-chandler one of the most sinful -and unfortunate of men?</p> - -<p>267. Why does a man in paving the streets correct the -public morals?</p> - -<p>268. Why is an obstinate man like a mastiff?</p> - -<p>269. How does the wood-cutter invite the tree to fall?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii52" id="pageii52"></a>[pg 52]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>270.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>“Up! Stir the rough logs to a ruddier glow!</p> -<p class="i2">And spread forth the gladsome cheer!</p> -<p>For the night hangs dark on the plain below,</p> -<p class="i2">And the swift-winged storm is near!”</p> -<p class="i4">(Full oft my first,</p> -<p class="i4">When loud storms burst,</p> -<p>Shelters some wanderer from their worst!)</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>“Let the white sail flutter free and wide!</p> -<p class="i2">How our smooth prow cuts the laughing foam!</p> -<p>Faster, yet faster, oh, may we glide!</p> -<p class="i2">For we’re going home, boys!—going home!”</p> -<p class="i4">(May the good God’s hand</p> -<p class="i4">Keep that gallant band</p> -<p>From my second’s wrath, and guide to land!)</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>“Let the song be heard, the dance, and mirth!</p> -<p class="i2">Glad be each heart, each step be light!</p> -<p>Away with care and the woes of earth!</p> -<p class="i2">Gay be the festal hall to-night!”</p> -<p class="i4">(So the revelers sang,</p> -<p class="i4">And the goblets rang,</p> -<p>While my third kept chime with a glimmering clang!)</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>“To the strife! to the strife!—’tis the trumpet calls!</p> -<p class="i2">The foeman comes! To arms, ye brave!</p> -<p>On, soldiers, on! He wins, who falls,</p> -<p class="i2">A lasting fame and a patriot’s grave!”</p> -<p class="i4">(May God’s own might,</p> -<p class="i4">In the hour of fight,</p> -<p>Help those who strive for my whole and the right!)</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>271. Why do trees often change their places?</p> - -<p>272. Can a leopard change his spots?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii53" id="pageii53"></a>[pg 53]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_053-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_053-300.png" width="300" height="464" alt="eagle" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii54" id="pageii54"></a>[pg 54]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>273.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>White as driven snow are we—</p> -<p>Black as ink or ebony;</p> -<p>Red and yellow, gray and blue,</p> -<p>Golden, pink, and purple, too.</p> -<p>Glittering like a spangled dress,</p> -<p>Every color we possess;</p> -<p>Few and many, large and small,</p> -<p>Sometimes not beheld at all.</p> -<p>Thick and thin, and high and low,</p> -<p>Moving fast and moving slow;</p> -<p>Fell destruction send we forth,</p> -<p>East and west, and south and north.</p> -<p>Fire and flame we fling around</p> -<p>With a fearful mighty sound;</p> -<p>Vegetation soon would fade</p> -<p>Did we but withdraw our aid;</p> -<p>Dearth and famine would prevail;</p> -<p>Death would reign o’er hill and dale;</p> -<p>Never two alike you’ll see—</p> -<p>Puzzled reader, what are we?</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>274. Add a letter to an animal, and make a building.</p> - -<p>275. Transpose a tree into a boy’s nickname.</p> - -<p>276. Transpose an animal into a famous battle.</p> - -<p>277. Transpose a tree into a verb.</p> - -<p>278. Transpose an insect into part of a book.</p> - -<p>279. Transpose a game of cards into a dress.</p> - -<p>280.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 11 letters:</p> -<p>My 1, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9 is a Scripture name with which we are all familiar.</p> -<p>My 3, 7, 5, 6 is an article of food.</p> -<p>My 8, 10, 11 is a nickname.</p> -<p>My whole is a Scripture name.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii55" id="pageii55"></a>[pg 55]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_055-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_055-300.png" width="300" height="444" alt="snow shoes" /></a></div> - -<p>281. Why is a man in snow shoes like a man barefooted?</p> - -<p>282. How is it that a man with long legs can not travel -faster than one with short legs?</p> - -<p>283.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I’m worn by many a lady fair,</p> -<p>In ironing I need much care;</p> -<p>Behead, and I’m a purling stream,</p> -<p>Where many a poet loves to dream!</p> -<p>Behead again, oh! mortal frail,</p> -<p>And I will cause thy cheek to pale.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii56" id="pageii56"></a>[pg 56]</span></p> - -<h4 class="space-below3">CHARADE.</h4> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>284. If you a journey ever take,</p> -<p class="i2">No matter when or where,</p> -<p>My first you’ll always have to pay,</p> -<p class="i2">Before you can get there.</p> -<p>My second you will seldom see,</p> -<p class="i2">If London through you go;</p> -<p>But still ’tis what I hope you are;</p> -<p class="i2">Few better things I know.</p> -<p>I say my whole till next we meet,</p> -<p class="i2">When well-known names I hope to greet.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>285.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 9 letters:</p> -<p>My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 has done more damage than my 6, 7, 8, 9.</p> -<p>My whole is, at present, deplorable.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>286.</p> -</div> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_056-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_056-300.png" width="300" height="354" alt="scissors" /></a></div> - -<p>To remove the shears from the ring—the end of the -string being firmly fastened to a nail in the wall, or some -other object, which can not be put through the handles -of the shears. (Easily performed, when you know how.)</p> - -<p>287. Entire, I am an insect; behead, and I am a reptile; -curtail, and I am a conjunction; curtail again, and -I am an article.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii57" id="pageii57"></a>[pg 57]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_b_057-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_057-500.png" width="500" height="419" alt="wilderess camp" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>288.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>In northern regions cold and wild,</p> -<p>My first you see, a mountain child,</p> -<p>In grandeur rise from its bed of snow,</p> -<p>And smile on the iron-bound coast below.</p> -<p>My second is loved by the school-boy bright,</p> -<p>With his rosy cheek and eye of light,</p> -<p>And to gain it oft he will truant play,</p> -<p>And leave master and lessons far away.</p> -<p>In sunny lands, where the fire-flies glow,</p> -<p>And fragrant breezes softly blow,</p> -<p>My whole you may find so fresh and fair,</p> -<p>And who would not wish in that treat to share?</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>289. Express with four letters a sentence containing -four words and fourteen letters.</p> - -<p>290. Transpose a dependent into a large party.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii58" id="pageii58"></a>[pg 58]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>291.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I’m found in every mountain,</p> -<p class="i2">In every running vale,</p> -<p>Though never in the breezes found,</p> -<p class="i2">I’m found in every gale.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>You’ll find me in the dark,</p> -<p class="i2">But never in the light;</p> -<p>You’ll always find me in the day,</p> -<p class="i2">But never in the night.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>About your form, dear little one,</p> -<p class="i2">You’ll vainly look for me,</p> -<p>And yet in head, and hand, and arm</p> -<p class="i2">I’m always sure to be.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>I’m not in nose, or eye, or lips,</p> -<p class="i2">Yet I’m in every feature,</p> -<p>In boys and girls I’m never found,</p> -<p class="i2">Yet I’m in every creature.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>I’m found in <span class="sc">Merry’s Magazine</span>—</p> -<p class="i2">In Uncle Merry’s face;</p> -<p>And everywhere Aunt Sue appears,</p> -<p class="i2">I claim an honest place.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>292. Behead a noun and leave a piece of furniture; -behead again and transpose, and you will find a character -spoken of in the Bible; curtail me and leave the nickname -of a distinguished person.</p> - -<p>293. Transpose some animals into part of an implement.</p> - -<p>294. Transpose something bright into bulky.</p> - -<p>295. Transpose a measure into a carriage.</p> - -<p>296. Transpose a prop into a source of amusement.</p> - -<p>297. Transpose a sudden roll into a clown.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii59" id="pageii59"></a>[pg 59]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_059-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_059-300.png" width="300" height="402" alt="stag's head" /></a></div> - -<p>298. Transpose what a bear might give a cat into what -the cat would consider it.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h4>CHARADE.</h4> - -<p>299.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first gave us early support;</p> -<p class="i2">My next a virtuous lass;</p> -<p>To the fields, if at eve you resort,</p> -<p class="i2">My whole you will probably pass.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>300. Entire, I belong to the United States; remove one -eye, and I belong to a horse; curtail me, and I belong to the -human race; curtail again, and I am the child’s best friend; -curtail again, and I am best known to the printer; curtail -again, and I become invisible.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii60" id="pageii60"></a>[pg 60]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h4>ENIGMA.</h4> - -<p>301.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Though for years I had lived, I was unknown to fame,</p> -<p>Till I rescued a slave, and I gave him my name.</p> -<p>Though then Abolitionist—still I enthrall,</p> -<p>And unless I imprison—of no use at all.</p> -<p>’Tis strange I should be both a boon and a blow,</p> -<p>But when you discern me, this fact you will know.</p> -<p>Doctors’ stuff I convey and small matters unfold,</p> -<p>Yet rare gems I preserve and great nuggets of gold.</p> -<p>In form I am round or three-cornered or square,</p> -<p>And at once I am known as both common and rare.</p> -<p>If you wish to be safe when you look at a show,</p> -<p>You must pay for, and take me, and sit in a row.</p> -<p>Clothed in crimson, and purple, and black I am seen,</p> -<p>Yet in gardens in winter I’m constantly green.</p> -<p>I am valued and dear, though ’tis equally clear,</p> -<p>I am scorned and am hated when placed on the <i>ear</i>.</p> -<p>Both of light goods and heavy I carry the trade,</p> -<p>Yet in gold I’m oft clothed and in jewels arrayed.</p> -<p>If bad passion disturb, or should ill-will excite,</p> -<p>I become the forerunner of many a fight.</p> -<p>Yet stranger than all these remarkable things,</p> -<p>I’m a gift oft bestowed by princes and kings.</p> - </div> </div> - -<blockquote><p> -N.B.—As I find it impossible to display all my qualities and peculiarities -in verse, I will endeavor to describe myself more minutely in plain prose. -I am either animal, vegetable, or mineral, and though sometimes no bigger -than a bright copper penny or a silver sixpence, yet I am at times as -large as a room—indeed, I <i>am</i> a room, and can contain several people; and -then, too, I am made narrow, and can only contain one horse! In summer -and winter I flourish as a vegetable, and am often cut, but never -served at table. I am most valued at the end of the year, when I am -often given and often taken. Though unlearned, I have given name to a -science—a very <i>striking</i> quality you will acknowledge, when you know me. -If you discover me, you deserve me as a <i>reward</i>. If you are dull of comprehension, -you deserve me as a <i>punishment</i>! May you have your deserts! -</p></blockquote> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii61" id="pageii61"></a>[pg 61]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_061-900.png"><img src="images/i_b_061-400.png" width="400" height="419" alt="" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>302.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first you are when over the ground</p> -<p class="i2">You lightly trip to the river’s bank,</p> -<p>Where my second may always be found;</p> -<p class="i2">Beware my whole, ’tis cold and dank.</p> -<p>And fatal, too, to many a one</p> -<p class="i2">Who will not its danger carefully shun.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>303.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 13 letters:</p> -<p>My 9, 10, 7, 1 was a good man.</p> -<p>My 4, 5, 13, 2, 8 is an unhappy wretch.</p> -<p>My 11, 12, 3, 6 is an adjective.</p> -<p>My whole is an extraordinary tale.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii62" id="pageii62"></a>[pg 62]</span></p> - -<h4>CHARADE.</h4> - -<p>304.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first in cities is well known</p> -<p class="i2">And by me many live,</p> -<p>Obtain their freedom in the town,</p> -<p class="i2">And then a vote can give;</p> -<p>My second we can never see,</p> -<p>Whether on the land or sea;</p> -<p>My whole the sailor often braves,</p> -<p>When he plows the briny waves.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>305. Why may muslin and flour be considered safe -articles in market?</p> - -<p>306. Of what trade are we when we walk in the -snow?</p> - -<p>307. Take away the bees from something we frequently -eat, and make it read and speak.</p> - -<p>308. An animal before a mountain, with the right kind -of article, makes a tree.</p> - -<p>309. Transpose some animals into a salutation.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"><a href="images/i_b_062-500.png"><img src="images/i_b_062-150.png" width="150" height="173" alt="moonlight on lake" /></a></div> - -<p>310.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Why strains my first his wearied sight,</p> -<p class="i2">Across the silent main,</p> -<p>And loiters on the lonely beach?</p> -<p class="i2">He looks, alas! in vain.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>For the chilly hand of Death has passed</p> -<p class="i2">My second’s stately side,</p> -<p>And its gallant crew are sunk beneath<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii63" id="pageii63"></a>[pg 63]</span></p> -<p class="i2">The ocean’s briny tide.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_063a-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_063a-300.png" width="300" height="429" alt="sailing ship" /></a></div> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Though time may pass with silent step,</p> -<p class="i2">And years go quickly by,</p> -<p>Yet My whole shall feed the vital flame</p> -<p class="i2">And its power shall never die.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"><a href="images/i_b_063b-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_063b-200.png" width="200" height="283" alt="anchor" /></a></div> - -<p>311. Entire, I am a companion; beheaded, a verb; replace -my head, curtail me, and I am found in nearly -every house; curtail again, I am a nickname; reversed, -a verb.</p> - -<p>312. My first is “for;” my second and fourth are pronouns; -my third is an article; my whole is a god.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii64" id="pageii64"></a>[pg 64]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>313.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 15 letters:</p> -<p>My 9, 7, 8 is what wicked children often do.</p> -<p>My 14, 7, 3, 8 affords amusement to boys.</p> -<p>My 7, 13 is a preposition.</p> -<p>My 11, 2, 3, 4 is often pleasant in summer.</p> -<p>My 5, 1, 6, 12 is a girl’s name.</p> -<p>My 15, 12, 10 is often taken from trees.</p> -<p>My whole is the name of one of our generals.</p> - </div> </div> - -<h4>ENIGMA.</h4> - -<p>314.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am not found on any ground,</p> -<p class="i2">But always in the air;</p> -<p>Though charged each cloud with thunder loud,</p> -<p class="i2">You can not find me there.</p> -<p>Now, if from France you choose to dance</p> -<p class="i2">Your way just into Spain,</p> -<p>I there am seen, and near the queen,</p> -<p class="i2">In hail, in mist, and rain.</p> - </div> </div> - -<h4>FRUITS, FLOWERS, AND PLANTS.</h4> - -<p>315. A boy’s nickname and a fruit.</p> - -<p>316. A bird and a branch.</p> - -<p>317. Add what we all love to what we all have.</p> - -<p>318. The nicknames of two popular persons.</p> - -<p>319. To deplore.</p> - -<p>320. Curtail one of the fair sex, and leave one of the -unfair sex.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_064-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_064-400.png" width="400" height="207" alt="spaniel" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii65" id="pageii65"></a>[pg 65]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 280px;"><a href="images/i_b_065-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_065-280.png" width="280" height="455" alt="date palms" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>321.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first, in distant lands</p> -<p>Full many a temple stands,</p> -<p>Once builded by his hands;</p> -<p>The marble from the mine,</p> -<p>His hand hath caused to shine</p> -<p>In beauty half divine;</p> -<p>My next in tropic lands</p> -<p>Grows where the roving bands</p> -<p>Roam o’er the desert sands;</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii66" id="pageii66"></a>[pg 66]</span> -<p>My whole went forth—the world,</p> -<p>From chaos rudely hurled,</p> -<p>Along its orbit whirled.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>322. Take a letter from a piece of kitchen furniture, -and make something furious.</p> - -<p>323. Divide a sensibility, and leave a reward and a fish.</p> - -<p>324. Divide a measure, and leave something much worn -and to desire.</p> - -<p>325. Divide something enormous, and leave a plant and -to rave.</p> - -<p>326. Curtail an unenviable state of mind to be in, and -leave a path.</p> - -<p>327. Why is a hog just purchased like 120 pounds -of steel?</p> - -<h4>NAMES OF PLACES.</h4> - -<p>328. The name of a race of men, a vowel, and a Greek -word signifying a city.</p> - -<p>329. A state of equality and a verb.</p> - -<p>330. A letter on a title.</p> - -<p>331. Behead part of a vessel, and leave a fish; curtail, -and leave tranquility.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_066-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_066-300.png" width="300" height="249" alt="swallows" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii67" id="pageii67"></a>[pg 67]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_b_067-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_067-600.png" width="600" height="288" alt="cats" /></a></div> - -<p>332.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is a domestic animal.</p> -<p>My second is a very useful article.</p> -<p>My third in sound is a Hebrew measure of liquids.</p> -<p>My whole is a list of names or things.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>333. Resolve what made Jackson a President into a -household article.</p> - -<p>334. My first is a nickname; my second, in sound, -asks a question; my third is an article; my fourth is an -adverb, and my whole is a flower.</p> - -<p>335. My first is a verb; my second is seen in a hat; -my third is often used for a signal; my fourth is the same -as my second, and my whole is the given name of the -writer.</p> - -<p>336.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 10 letters:</p> -<p>My 7, 5, 10 is a medicine.</p> -<p>My 6, 9, 1 is an adverb.</p> -<p>My 4, 2, 8, 3 may always be seen on Broadway.</p> -<p>My whole is a city.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>337. Transpose a tree into a hollow vessel.</p> - -<p>338. D written off for air, hinge learn a channel.</p> - -<p>339. XA100T.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii68" id="pageii68"></a>[pg 68]</span></p> - -<p><i>Explain the sentences in italics in the following puzzle</i>:</p> - -<p>340.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I knew a man, not many years gone by,</p> -<p>Who had a <i>block of timber</i> in each eye,</p> -<p>Without impairing, in the least, his sight,</p> -<p>Or filling those who saw him with affright.</p> -<p>And what was more amazing, free to roam,</p> -<p><i>Fur-covered thousands</i> made his head their home;</p> -<p><i>Two heavy buildings</i> also rested there,</p> -<p>By them unnoticed, and no less his care.</p> -<p><i>A curse upon his meals</i> he often had,</p> -<p>And saw with joy it made another glad.</p> -<p>Strangest of all, for every house he let,</p> -<p>A <i>half a score of insects</i> did beset.</p> -<p>At length he did become <i>a seasoned dish</i>,</p> -<p>To grace a throne, which suited well his wish;</p> -<p>And all this while <i>an arrow, mind</i>, was in him,</p> -<p>Which to the things he loved did firmly pin him.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>341.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first’s a maiden’s Scripture name,</p> -<p class="i2">My second’s less than me,</p> -<p>My whole—ah! so unmerciful</p> -<p class="i2">I hope I ne’er shall be.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>342. Change my head several times, and make (1) the -cause for some things, (2) to debate, (3) a foundation, (4) -that which often covers it, (5 and 6) two different noises, -and (7) part of the soil of America.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_068-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_068-300.png" width="300" height="296" alt="performing dog" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii69" id="pageii69"></a>[pg 69]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_069-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_069-400.png" width="400" height="379" alt="sheep" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>343.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is half of what you do</p> -<p class="i2">When you are wildly dreaming;</p> -<p>My second our two horses drew</p> -<p class="i2">One day when Jack was teaming.</p> -<p>My whole the wolves eat when they can,</p> -<p class="i2">’Tis said they love me dearly;</p> -<p>And when I’m stripped to cover man,</p> -<p class="i2">I run about quite barely.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>344. What beverage will surely change our pain?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h4>ANAGRAMS.</h4> -</div> -<p><i>Fill the blanks with the words in italics, transposed.</i></p> - -<p>345. <i>Pray, Simon</i>, that I may be cured of ——.</p> - -<p>346. A certain —— used <i>green soap</i>.</p> - -<p>347. <i>Cleon paints not</i> in ——.</p> - -<p>348. <i>Dire loss</i> is often sustained by ——.</p> - -<p>349. —— can <i>stand carbon</i> pretty well.</p> - -<p>350. <i>Prejudice runs</i> even through ——.</p> - -<p>351. Transpose a taker into a keeper.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii70" id="pageii70"></a>[pg 70]</span></p> - -<p>352. Curtail a coin and leave a bird.</p> - -<p>353. Entire, I am a mixture; transposed, I am false; -behead me, I am a tree; replace my head, curtail and reverse -me, I am a nickname; take out my third letter and -reverse me, I am part of the body; replace the third letter, -behead and transpose, I am a verb.</p> - -<p>354. Why is a very large man always sober?</p> - -<p>355. Transpose an army into what they use.</p> - -<p>356. What flowers are always under a person’s nose?</p> - -<p>357. Entire I am a dog; behead and transpose, and I am -used in almost every house.</p> - -<p>358. A planet and a plant.</p> - -<p>359. Two girls’ names.</p> - -<p>360. A certain man’s instrument of torture.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 330px;"><a href="images/i_b_070-700.png"><img src="images/i_b_070-330.png" width="330" height="464" alt="gathering the hay" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii71" id="pageii71"></a>[pg 71]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 320px;"><a href="images/i_b_071-700.png"><img src="images/i_b_071-320.png" width="320" height="463" alt="dovecot" /></a></div> - -<p>361. If you pull a rabbit’s ears, what will he say?</p> - -<p>362. How does it appear that rabbit’s ears are just long -enough.</p> - -<p>363. Why is a rabbit like a tailor?</p> - -<p>364. Why is a rabbit not required to take the temperance -pledge?</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h4>A LATIN INJUNCTION.</h4> -</div> -<p>365. Me! men? Tom or I?</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii72" id="pageii72"></a>[pg 72]</span></p> - -<p>366.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 12 letters:</p> -<p>My 3, 6, 11, 2 is a <i>puss-animalous</i> noise.</p> -<p>My 8, 1, 9, 5 can make one very comfortable at some seasons of the year.</p> -<p>My 4, 10, 12, 7 is a pronoun.</p> -<p>My whole is the name of a humorous writer.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>367.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 19 letters:</p> -<p>My 6, 7, 5 is an animal.</p> -<p>My 8, 19, 2 is a boy’s nickname.</p> -<p>My 13, 14, 5 is an eatable.</p> -<p>My 18, 1, 4, 9 is government.</p> -<p>My 15, 17, 11, 12 are very painful.</p> -<p>My 16, 10, 1, 3, 17, 4, 9, 2, 11 is ferocious.</p> -<p>My whole is what we all wish for.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>368.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am composed of 14 letters:</p> -<p>My 1, 5, 7, 14 is a companion.</p> -<p>My 4, 8 is an interjection.</p> -<p>My 10, 11, 13, 12, 2, 11, 3 is a scoundrel.</p> -<p>My 6, 11, 9 is in very common use in the kitchen.</p> -<p>My whole is a village on the Hudson.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>369. My first is an article of clothing; my first and -second combined form a trade; my third is a conjunction; -my whole is the name of a cape.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"><a href="images/i_b_072-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_072-250.png" width="250" height="306" alt="owl" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii73" id="pageii73"></a>[pg 73]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 380px;"><a href="images/i_b_073-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_073-380.png" width="380" height="468" alt="cats" /></a></div> - -<p>370. What species of cat has more than one tail?</p> - -<p>371. What species of cat is most to be avoided?</p> - -<p>372. What kind of cat is most valued in Sunday-school?</p> - -<p>373. Which of the cats does a young man show the -most affection for?</p> - -<p>374. With a hairy animal and an instrument for the -hair, construct a burial-place.</p> - -<p>375. I am composed of 19 letters: my 3, 7, 5—13, 8, -18, 12—15, 14, 10, 2—17, 11, 19, 5—1, 7, 17, 16, 7, 2—6, -2, 7, 18—4, 15, 11, 9, 18—and 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 13 are -birds; my whole is the name of a bird.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii74" id="pageii74"></a>[pg 74]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="space-below4">376. Entire, I am useful to the student; deprived of -my first letter, I am behind time; transposed, a bird in -the West; deprived of my first two letters, I am what you -all have done; transposed, what you all do; again transposed, -a beverage; my whole, deprived of the first three -letters, is a Latin pronoun in the accusative case. This -last reversed is a Latin conjunction. My whole, deprived -of the first four letters, is a Latin preposition; my whole -transposed is a crime; again transposed, I am very little; -without my last letter, I am used in building houses; transposed, -I am used in cooking; again transposed, I am used by -shoemakers.</p></div> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>As an enigma, I am composed of five letters:</p> -<p>My 1, 5, 3 is a body of water.</p> -<p>My 3, 2, 5 is a liquor.</p> -<p>My 5, 3, 1, 4 is a point of the compass.</p> -<p>My 1, 5, 3, 4 is a place to rest.</p> -<p>My 3, 4 is a preposition.</p> -<p>My 1, 3, 2, 5 occurs every day.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>377. What stream of water contains, (1) a chart, (2) an -animal, (3) a toy, (4) two kitchen utensils, (5) three nicknames, -(6) an article of clothing, (7) two articles of furniture, -(8) a river, (9) a bird, (10) a ditch, (11) a preposition, -(12) to strike, (13) quick, (14) a resting-place for -troops.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_074-700.png"><img src="images/i_b_074-300.png" width="300" height="313" alt="rabbit" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii75" id="pageii75"></a>[pg 75]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_b_075-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_075-600.png" width="600" height="443" alt="swinging on the gate" /></a></div> - -<p>378. How near does a boy straddling a rail come to the -President of the United States?</p> - -<p>379. When is an Indian like a railroad engine?</p> - -<p>380. When are children in danger of forming bad habits?</p> - -<p>381. Why is a boy crying to be helped over a rail fence -like a lawyer?</p> - -<p>382.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I am in the men, but not in the boys.</p> -<p>I am in the playthings, but not in the toys.</p> -<p>I am in the north, but not in the south.</p> -<p>I am in the nose, but not in the mouth.</p> -<p>I am in the minister, but not in his hat.</p> -<p>I am in the kitten, but not in the cat.</p> -<p>I am in the barn, but not in the floor.</p> -<p>I am in the window, but not in the door.</p> -<p>I am in the county, but not in the state.</p> -<p>I am in the pencil, but not in the slate.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii76" id="pageii76"></a>[pg 76]</span></p> - -<p>383. How far is the President of the United States -from the first man that ever died?</p> - -<p>384. If a tough beef-steak could speak, what poet’s -name would it pronounce?</p> - -<p>385. Why is a side-saddle like a four-quart measure?</p> - -<p>386. What is that without which a wagon can not be -made, and can not go, and yet is of no use to it?</p> - -<p>387. What does a frigate weigh when ready for sea?</p> - -<p>388. Why do pioneers march at the head of the regiment?</p> - -<p>389. Why is "i" the happiest of the vowels?</p> - -<p>390. Supposing two ships of war, the San Jacinto and -Ironsides, to be 2,417 yards apart, at an unknown distance -from a fort having a base of 666⅔ yards. The angle from -the San Jacinto to the nearest corner of the fort is 71½°, -to the center of the fort 62½°; the angle from the Ironsides -to the nearest corner of the fort is 56½°, to the center -of the fort 49¼°. Required the distance from each ship -to the corner and center of the fort—also the distance -from a point equidistant between the ships and the center -of the fort.</p> - -<p>391. With what three letters can you express a sentence -comprising ten letters?</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_076-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_076-300.png" width="300" height="214" alt="girl with lamb" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii77" id="pageii77"></a>[pg 77]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_b_077-760.png"><img src="images/i_b_077-350.png" width="350" height="460" alt="children and goats on the beach" /></a></div> - -<p>392. My first, though originally an animal, now-a-days -often goes by steam; though commonly used for eating, -is now much used to punch holes with; though hitherto -considered rather sheepish than otherwise, in these times -goes to war. My second lies before you; waits to do -your bidding; is both black and white at the same time; -can draw tears or provoke laughter; carry messages and -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii78" id="pageii78"></a>[pg 78]</span> -convey instruction. Entire, I imply a disturbed state of -mind, which has extended itself to the body, leading a -looker-on to indulge great expectations that something is -going to happen.</p> - -<h4>CHARADE.</h4> - -<p>393.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>On this green grassy ball of a structure called earth,</p> -<p class="i2">I have dwelt unregarded for innumerable years,</p> -<p>And none more attached to the land of their birth,</p> -<p class="i2">More deep in its pleasures, its grief and its fears;</p> -<p>I sport ’mid the waves of the ocean and sea,</p> -<p class="i2">Or rest on the bank of some flowery glade.</p> -<p>Or join the fairies who dance on the lea,</p> -<p class="i2">Or play in the checkers of sunshine and shade,</p> -<p>But still I’m intent in my welfare I trust,</p> -<p class="i2">And not to vain empty frivolity given.</p> -<p>When I come to the end of all time, as I must,</p> -<p class="i2">I’m safe in the hope of dwelling in heaven.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>394. Add a letter to a pronoun, and make a preposition; -another, and make a noun; add another at either end, and -make a verb; another, and make another noun.</p> - -<p>395. Add a letter to a man, and make a pearl.</p> - -<p>396. Add a letter to a Scripture character, and make -a flower.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_078-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_078-300.png" width="300" height="235" alt="mouse" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii79" id="pageii79"></a>[pg 79]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_b_079-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_079-600.png" width="600" height="311" alt="hauling the hay" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii80" id="pageii80"></a>[pg 80]</span></p> - -<p>397. A and B set out from the same place, in the same -direction; A travels uniformly 18 miles per day, and, -after 9 days, turns and goes as far as B has traveled during -those 9 days; he then turns again, and, pursuing his journey, -overtakes B 22½ days after the time they first set -out. Required the rate at which B uniformly traveled.</p> - -<p>398.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>To a word of consent join the first half of fright,</p> -<p>Next subjoin what you never beheld in the night;</p> -<p>Now, these rightly connected, we quickly obtain</p> -<p>What numbers have seen, but will ne’er see again.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>399.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first it is a curious thing,</p> -<p class="i2">Of Nature’s own produce,</p> -<p>And many who have lost a limb</p> -<p class="i2">Have found it of great use.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>By my second’s wondrous power</p> -<p class="i2">Ships are made with ease,</p> -<p>To stem against both wind and tide</p> -<p class="i2">Across the boundless seas.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>My whole is very often found</p> -<p class="i2">Together with my first,</p> -<p>And comes in very handy</p> -<p class="i2">When you would quench your thirst.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>400. Add a letter to a crime, and make meditation.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_080-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_080-400.png" width="400" height="302" alt="bird with nest" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii81" id="pageii81"></a>[pg 81]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_b_081-600.png"><img src="images/i_b_081-300.png" width="300" height="457" alt="milking the cows" /></a></div> - -<p>401. How is it that a hen knows no night?</p> - -<p>402. Which class of democrats does a hen show most, -regard for?</p> - -<p>403. Why is a large fresh egg like a virtuous deed?</p> - -<p>404. Add a letter to a heart, and make a number.</p> - -<p>405. What is flatter than a flat?</p> - -<p>406. I802500A.</p> - -<p>407. Entire, I am a kind of rock; beheaded, I am considered -very healthy; again beheaded, I am a beverage; -then transposed, I am a meadow.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii82" id="pageii82"></a>[pg 82]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h4>ENIGMA.</h4> - -<p>408.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>’Tis found in our troubles, ’tis mixed with our pleasures,</p> -<p>’Tis laid up above with our heavenly treasures;</p> -<p>“’Tis whispered in heaven, and ’tis muttered in hell,”</p> -<p>And it findeth a place in each sybilline spell;</p> -<p>In Paradise nestled, ’mid Eden’s fair flowers,</p> -<p>It has sported with Eve in rose-perfumed bowers;</p> -<p>’Tis muttered in curses, yet breathed in our prayers;</p> -<p>From the path of our duty it tempts us in snares.</p> -<p>Deep, deep in our hearts you will find it engraved;</p> -<p>Though in misery sunk, yet from sin it is saved.</p> -<p>’Tis found in the stream that flows on to the ocean;</p> -<p>Though in bustle forever, ’tis ne’er in commotion.</p> -<p>’Tis wafted afar o’er the land in each breath;</p> -<p>In the grave ’tis decaying—you’ll find it in death.</p> -<p>It is floating away on the broad stream of time,</p> -<p>Yet it findeth a place in eternity’s clime.</p> -<p>In the legends of nations it holdeth a place;</p> -<p>There’s no charm without it to the beautiful face.</p> -<p>In thunder you’ll hear it, if closely you listen;</p> -<p>In moonbeam and sunbeam forever ’twill glisten.</p> -<p>In the dew-drop it sparkles; ’tis found in the forest;</p> -<p>It whispers in peace when our need is the sorest.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>409. My first is a drink; my second is feminine; my -third is the cry of an animal; and my whole is a city in -Scripture.</p> - -<p>410. Behead something irritating, and leave something -soothing.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii83" id="pageii83"></a>[pg 83]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"><a href="images/i_b_083-700.png"><img src="images/i_b_083-340.png" width="340" height="462" alt="beggar woman" /></a></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>411.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>My first is not so often doled</p> -<p>To beggar sad and urchin bold,</p> -<p>As when the full amount in gold</p> -<p>Was paid for paper one might hold,</p> -<p>My second is a rank extolled</p> -<p>As beings of superior mold,</p> -<p>With virtues rare and manifold,</p> -<p>When they by toadies are cajoled—</p> -<p>A rank not made through ballots polled</p> -<p>By freemen legally enrolled.</p> -<p>My whole, a fragrant plant, is sold</p> -<p>In parcels small to grannies old,</p> -<p>Who in their early life were told</p> -<p>“’Twill check a fever—cure a cold.”</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii84" id="pageii84"></a>[pg 84]</span></p> - -<p>412. Take the first syllable (which is sometimes used -as an interjection to express contempt) from a warlike instrument, -then transpose the remainder, and leave some -ends.</p> - -<p>413. Entire, I am found in Brooklyn; with my first -two letters changed, I am a very strong and pretty kind -of crockery-ware; when entire, my first is a kind of -mountain; my second is found all over the world.</p> - -<p>414. My first is annoying, my second (under certain circumstances), -alarming; my whole is something frightful.</p> - -<p>415. My first is a nickname; my second, a pronoun; -my third, a conjunction; and my whole, a fish.</p> - -<p>416. Transpose a ruler into a river.</p> - -<p>417. Why is silver currency like Cæsar’s army by the -Rubicon?</p> - -<p>418. What boat is found in every ocean?</p> - -<p>419. 10050055N.</p> - -<p>420. Behead an animal, transpose, and leave a coin.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_084-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_084-400.png" width="400" height="277" alt="boys playing marbles" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii85" id="pageii85"></a>[pg 85]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_b_085-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_085-600.png" width="600" height="391" alt="maze puzzle" /></a> -<p class="center">The puzzle is, to get from the Entrance to the Center Bower, by -following the space between the lines without crossing the lines.</p></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii86" id="pageii86"></a>[pg 86]</span></p> -</div> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_b_086-800.png"><img src="images/i_b_086-400.png" width="400" height="398" alt="book-time" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii87" id="pageii87"></a>[pg 87]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.</h3> -</div> -<p>1. W <span class="sc">hair</span> over each eye (i) n -gander or a bound will p over t and -v ice beef hound. (Where overreaching -and error abound, will poverty -and vice be found.)</p> - -<p>2. A little patients over a parent -wr on g spree vents great miss under -stand in-g-s between men. (A little -patience over apparent wrongs, prevents -great misunderstandings between -men.)</p> - -<p>3. Crisis.</p> - -<p>4. Mankind.</p> - -<p>5. The excellent effects of a mild -and (hand less h) tender civility are -unquestionable.</p> - -<p>6. Trice, rice, ice.</p> - -<p>7. Pink, ink, in, pin.</p> - -<p>8. Think twice before you speak -once.</p> - -<p>9. He had no need of a Hierarch -(higher ark).</p> - -<p>10. “Written.”</p> - -<p>11. Princeton, Prince, tin, ton, -cent, Nip, tire, nice, not, in, to.</p> - -<p>12. Araby.</p> - -<p>13. Love.</p> - -<p>14. Valentine’s Day.</p> - -<p>15. Wise in one’s own conceit.</p> - -<p>16. Award, ward, war, raw.</p> - -<p>17. Elapse, lapse.</p> - -<p>18. A chin well rounded is a -charming feature.</p> - -<p>19. 250 rods.</p> - -<p>20. Bal-morals.</p> - -<p>21. Malady.</p> - -<p>22. Regimentals.</p> - -<p>23. Because they are destitute -of-fenders.</p> - -<p>24. “A celebrated man.”</p> - -<p>25. Plane, lean, plan, lap.</p> - -<p>26. Fin e words r no t all wais t he -m ark s of a k in d heart. (Fine -words are not always the marks of a -kind heart.)</p> - -<p>27. They are always in love.</p> - -<p>28. Cunningham.</p> - -<p>29. Hope, hop, ho!</p> - -<p>30. Incendiary.</p> - -<p>31. Scowl, grow, row, owl.</p> - -<p>32. Carroll.</p> - -<p>33. Trifling, flirting.</p> - -<p>34. Napkin.</p> - -<p>35. Horse, rose.</p> - -<p>36. T hay W hoe ark wick limb -maid 2 DO ill S hood beak on T in -ULE watch ED. (They who are -quickly made to do ill, should be -continually watched.)</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii88" id="pageii88"></a>[pg 88]</span></p> - -<p>37. Salve, slave, lave, veal, vase, -save, ale, Ave.</p> - -<p>38. Curtail in g x pence swill lad -in Co me. (Curtailing expenses will -add income.)</p> - -<p>39. When he said "Bildad."</p> - -<p>40. He thought he was <i>going to -blubber</i>, but he didn’t.</p> - -<p>41. Pasha, hasp.</p> - -<p>42. Rupee, Peru.</p> - -<p>43. When it is very rare.</p> - -<p>44. Hand-some.</p> - -<p>45. A good appetite.</p> - -<p>46. Mastodon.</p> - -<p>47. Casper, asper, sper, per.</p> - -<p>48. When there is a will there is -a way.</p> - -<p>49. Curtail.</p> - -<p>50. Disproportionableness.</p> - -<p>51. Nine—he took <i>his own ears</i> and -<i>one ear</i> of <i>corn</i> out each day.</p> - -<p>52. YOU.</p> - -<p>53. War, raw.</p> - -<p>54. Willow.</p> - -<p>55. Black Rock.</p> - -<p>56. Waterloo.</p> - -<p>57. Lockport.</p> - -<p>58. Buffalo.</p> - -<p>59. Whitehall.</p> - -<p>60. Pitcairn.</p> - -<p>61. Caraway.</p> - -<p>62. Judas tree.</p> - -<p>63. Marjoram.</p> - -<p>64. Meat, eat, ate, tea, Eta, Etam, -team, tame, at’em, meta, met, me.</p> - -<p>65. Hew hop lace S C on F I dents -in awl purse on swill short L y C on -F I D E in no body. (He who -places confidence in all persons will -shortly confide in nobody.)</p> - -<p>66. Snow-drop.</p> - -<p>67. Commonwealth.</p> - -<p>68. Brogue, rogue.</p> - -<p>69. A people intent on being overruled -by a king, need not complain -if monarchs arrogate their ability to -over-rule opinions.</p> - -<p>70. Practice flows from principle, -for as a man thinks, so he will act.</p> - -<p>71. The first that turned up.</p> - -<p>72. Monkey, money.</p> - -<p>73. At-ten-dance.</p> - -<p>74. N I X.</p> - -<p>75. A hawk.</p> - -<p>76. My son, hear the instruction -of thy father.</p> - -<p>77. P-o-u-l-t-r-y.</p> - -<p>78. Because it is often vain (vane) -to aspire (a spire).</p> - -<p>79. He is an infidel (inn fiddle).</p> - -<p>80. He is not likely to have a -good run.</p> - -<p>81. He is a Jew ill (Jewel).</p> - -<p>82. He distributes letters.</p> - -<p>83. Dodo.</p> - -<p>84. They are sure to bring him -full crops.</p> - -<p>85. He faces the fire.</p> - -<p>86. Slaughter, laughter.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii89" id="pageii89"></a>[pg 89]</span></p> - -<p>87. Because there is a bridge in -every brigade.</p> - -<p>88. Donor.</p> - -<p>89. Astray.</p> - -<p>90. Impeach.</p> - -<p>91. Plumbago.</p> - -<p>92. Peace to be sure requires -justice.</p> - -<p>93. Joab—2 Samuel xviii. 14.</p> - -<p>94. Omri—1 Kings xvi. 24.</p> - -<p>95. Shelomith—Levit. xxiv. 11.</p> - -<p>96. Hadaosoh—Esther viii. 7.</p> - -<p>97. Uzziah—2 Chron. xxvi. 21.</p> - -<p>98. Ahaziah’s mother—2 Chron. -xxiii. 13.</p> - -<p>99. Joshua.</p> - -<p>100. Contemplation.</p> - -<p>101. American.</p> - -<p>102. Supplementary.</p> - -<p>103. Apollos.</p> - -<p>104. Korah.</p> - -<p>105. Hiram Hatchet.</p> - -<p>106. Nehemiah.</p> - -<p>107. Incendiarism.</p> - -<p>108. Presentation.</p> - -<p>109. Baltimore.</p> - -<p>110. Smartest.</p> - -<p>111. Regurgitation.</p> - -<p>112. Disaccommodation.</p> - -<p>113. Porcelain.</p> - -<p>114. Insular.</p> - -<p>115. Recapitulation.</p> - -<p>116. Burnside.</p> - -<p>117. Prestidigitateur.</p> - -<p>118. Contradictory.</p> - -<p>119. Indeterminate.</p> - -<p>120. Ossification.</p> - -<p>121. Resignation.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>122.</p> -</div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>If words could satisfy the heart,</p> -<p class="i2">The heart might feel less care;</p> -<p>But words, like summer birds, depart,</p> -<p class="i2">And leave but empty air.</p> -<p>A little said, and truly said,</p> -<p class="i2">Can deeper joy impart,</p> -<p>Than hosts of words which reach the head,</p> -<p class="i2">But never touch the heart.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>123. Watch over your heart to -keep out all vice.</p> - -<p>124. Darius, radius.</p> - -<p>125. Sausage, assuage.</p> - -<p>126. He was bound to Havanna -(Have Anna).</p> - -<p>127. He was <i>reviled</i> who came to -<i>deliver</i>.</p> - -<p>128. It would be reformed.</p> - -<p>129. Canoe, ocean.</p> - -<p>130. Surface.</p> - -<p>131. It would be recreation.</p> - -<p>132. Miserable.</p> - -<p>133. Your word.</p> - -<p>134. Met-a-physician.</p> - -<p>135. Flattery.</p> - -<p>136. He is no better.</p> - -<p>137. A day’s difference.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii90" id="pageii90"></a>[pg 90]</span></p> - -<p>138. Only the dead one; the -others would fly away.</p> - -<p>139. Conundrum.</p> - -<p>140. A good intention, but undervalued -and misunderstood.</p> - -<p>141. Wolf, fowl.</p> - -<p>142. Stripes, sprites.</p> - -<p>143. Cataract.</p> - -<p>144. “Honest Old Abe.”</p> - -<p>145. Aden.</p> - -<p>146. When It’s mild (it smiled.)</p> - -<p>147. Treason, reason.</p> - -<p>148. Daisy.</p> - -<p>149. Buttercup.</p> - -<p>150. Hound-tongue.</p> - -<p>151. Mode sty i s one oft he -chief or name nt sof youth. -(Modesty is one of the chief ornaments -of youth.)</p> - -<p>152. Husbandman.</p> - -<p>153. Because Time beats all -men, and a drummer beats time.</p> - -<p>154. When it is used to sow -lace (solace).</p> - -<p>155. Forbearing.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>156.</p></div> -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>(1) Mr. and Mrs. A. cross -the river together, Mr. -A brings the boat back.</p> - -<p>(2) Mrs. B. and Mrs. C. -cross, Mrs. A. returns.</p> - -<p>(3) Mr. B. and Mr. C. cross, -Mr. and Mrs. B. return.</p> - -<p>(4) Mr. A. and Mr. B. cross, -Mrs. C. returns.</p> - -<p>(5) Mrs. C. and Mr. B. go -over, and Mr. A. returns -for his wife.</p> -</div></div> - -<p>157. Light.</p> - -<p>158. Red-riding-hood.</p> - -<p>159. Ann Eliza (analyzer).</p> - -<p>160. Glass.</p> - -<p>161. Entrance.</p> - -<p>162. Desert.</p> - -<p>163. Subjects.</p> - -<p>164. Object.</p> - -<p>165. Piece of mind being secured -we maze mile at miss fortunes. -(Peace of mind being secured, we -may smile at misfortunes.)</p> - -<p>166. Wilful lie (Wilforley).</p> - -<p>167. Willie H. Coleman.</p> - -<p>168. Fleta Forrester.</p> - -<p>169. Jasper.</p> - -<p>170. Had anchor (H. A. Danker).</p> - -<p>171. Sibyl Grey.</p> - -<p>172. Slate, tales, least, stale, steal.</p> - -<p>173. The required radius, 0 feet -1.922257 inches.</p> - -<p>174. When it is <i>a raining</i> (arraigning).</p> - -<p>175. Political.</p> - -<p>176. Issue.</p> - -<p>177.</p> - -<div class="poemq"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Be not too wise nor over nice</p> -<p>For if you be, you little see,</p> -<p>How like an idiot you be.</p> - </div> </div> - -<p>178. It will be ten to one if he -catches it.</p> - -<p>179. Ill.</p> - -<p>180. B and Y (bandy.)</p> - -<p>181. Zebra, bear.</p> - -<p>182. What a wheel!</p> - -<p>183. Revolutionary.</p> - -<p>184. In <i>mills</i>.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii91" id="pageii91"></a>[pg 91]</span></p> - -<p>185. While it can not move without -a head of water, it never gets -ahead of the water, and yet is always -moving.</p> - -<p>186. Star, sat, rat, tar, art, as, at.</p> - -<p>187. Blood-root.</p> - -<p>188. Ox-bane.</p> - -<p>189. Candy-tuft.</p> - -<p>190. Arrow-head.</p> - -<p>191. Bed-straw.</p> - -<p>192. Patience and perseverance -will perform wonders.</p> - -<p>193. I, — crossed makes X etc.</p> - -<p>194. Boa-constrictor.</p> - -<p>195. <i>a.</i> Rock pigeon. <i>b.</i> Rose -mallow.</p> - -<p>196. Selah!</p> - -<p>197. Stiver, rivets.</p> - -<p>198. Kite, tike.</p> - -<p>199. Wolf, fowl.</p> - -<p>200. Scows, cows.</p> - -<p>201. Stripes, sprites.</p> - -<p>202. Ape, pea.</p> - -<p>203. Danes, sedan.</p> - -<p>204. Dawn, wand.</p> - -<p>205. All is not gold that glitters.</p> - -<p>206. Pawpaw.</p> - -<p>207. Crane-fly.</p> - -<p>208. Maple.</p> - -<p>209. Trug, rug.</p> - -<p>210. Sport.</p> - -<p>211. Excommunication.</p> - -<p>212. Moss-rose.</p> - -<p>213. Because it bears the palm.</p> - -<p>214. Enumerating.</p> - -<p>215. Embrocation.</p> - -<p>216. Virulent.</p> - -<p>217. Combativeness.</p> - -<p>218. Midshipman.</p> - -<p>219. Season.</p> - -<p>220. Acrobats.</p> - -<p>221. First be sure you are right, -then go ahead.</p> - -<p>222. Lake, sake, Jake, bake, wake, -make, rake, hake, cake, fake, take.</p> - -<p>223. Amethyst.</p> - -<p>224. Direction (die-wreck-shun).</p> - -<p>225. Warlock.</p> - -<p>226. They have always agreed.</p> - -<p>227. Flake, lake.</p> - -<p>228. <span class="sc">Book-Case.</span> Baltic, Odessa, -Olympus, Killanaule.</p> - -<p>229. Liquorice.</p> - -<p>230. Lover, cover, hover, mover, -rover.</p> - -<p>231. Oliver, Olive, Levi.</p> - -<p>232. Time and tide wait for no -man.</p> - -<p>233. Bug-bear.</p> - -<p>234. Philosophy.</p> - -<p>235. Turks, sturk.</p> - -<p>236. Owe nothing.</p> - -<p>237. Arm-chair.</p> - -<p>238. R U A TT. (Are you a tease?)</p> - -<p>239. Once upon a time a horrid, -cross, overbearing man undertook -to beat his wife upon a very small -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii92" id="pageii92"></a>[pg 92]</span> -provocation indeed; but she understood -and overcame his evil intention, -for before he could injure her, -she demolished him in a little time -with a cudgel.</p> - -<p>240. Tennessee (10 A C).</p> - -<p>241. Ounce, cat, pig, horse, seal, -cow.</p> - -<p>242. Head-less.</p> - -<p>243. Weed, need, meed, feed, deed, -heed, reed, seed.</p> - -<p>244. Patapsco.</p> - -<p>245. Level.</p> - -<p>246. Fund.</p> - -<p>247. Mum, Abba, Dad, Anna, -Minim—<span class="sc">Madam</span>.</p> - -<p>248. Rebecca, rebec.</p> - -<p>249. C low shoe r heart against -awl vice, butt open the door to wall -t root h. (Close your heart against -all vice, but open the door to all -truth.)</p> - -<p>250. When they are candidates -(candied dates).</p> - -<p>251. Because it is ink-lined (inclined).</p> - -<p>252. When he declines a drink.</p> - -<p>253. Loops, spool.</p> - -<p>254. Animal, lamina.</p> - -<p>255. Em-bark.</p> - -<p>256. When it is a perch.</p> - -<p>257. (Often read) ink.</p> - -<p>258. A clock.</p> - -<p>259. Each has his own bark.</p> - -<p>260. One is an analyzer (Ann Eliza), -the other a charlatan (Charlotte -Ann).</p> - -<p>261. It has many boughs (bows).</p> - -<p>262. Because the cat ’ill eat it.</p> - -<p>263. They are tumblers.</p> - -<p>264. A bushel of corn.</p> - -<p>265. Sealing-wax.</p> - -<p>266. Because his works are wicked, -and all his wicked works come -to light.</p> - -<p>267. He is a-mending the public -ways.</p> - -<p>268. Because he is dog-matical.</p> - -<p>269. He axes it.</p> - -<p>270. Independence. (Inn, deep, -pendants.)</p> - -<p>271. Because they leave every -spring.</p> - -<p>272. Yes, when he is tired of one -place he can go to another.</p> - -<p>273. Clouds.</p> - -<p>274. Sable, stable.</p> - -<p>275. Elm, Lem.</p> - -<p>276. Lama, Alma.</p> - -<p>277. Ash, has.</p> - -<p>278. Flea, leaf.</p> - -<p>279. Brag, garb.</p> - -<p>280. Jehoshaphat.</p> - -<p>281. Because he has no shoes on.</p> - -<p>282. Long or short, he only gets -ahead one foot at a time.</p> - -<p>283. Frill, rill, ill.</p> - -<p>284. Fare-well.</p> - -<p>285. Rebellion.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii93" id="pageii93"></a>[pg 93]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p>286.</p> -</div> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_b_093-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_093-500.png" width="500" height="459" alt="scissors solution" /></a></div> - -<p><i>To remove the shears.</i>—Take the -loop end of the string; put it -through the right handle, and -carry the loop around to <i>a</i>, as -shown by the dotted line here -given. Let the loop be carried -still further toward <i>b</i>, until it has -passed entirely around the whole -shoars, and you can then remove -them, as they will slip out through -the handles.</p> - -<p>287. Wasp.</p> - -<p>288. Pine apple.</p> - -<p>289. I O U 0 (I owe you nothing).</p> - -<p>290. Eleve, levee.</p> - -<p>291. The letter A.</p> - -<p>292. Stable, table, Able, Abe.</p> - -<p>293. Hares, share.</p> - -<p>294. Glare, large.</p> - -<p>295. Yard, dray.</p> - -<p>296. Stake, skate.</p> - -<p>297. Lurch, churl.</p> - -<p>298. One hug enough.</p> - -<p>299. Milk-maid.</p> - -<p>300. Maine.</p> - -<p>301. Box.</p> - -<p>302. Quicksand.</p> - -<p>303. Les Miserables.</p> - -<p>304. Trade Winds.</p> - -<p>305. One may be barred and the -other bolted.</p> - -<p>306. Printers.</p> - -<p>307. Bread and butter—read -and utter.</p> - -<p>308. Catalpa.</p> - -<p>309. Lamas, salam.</p> - -<p>310. Friend-ship.</p> - -<p>311. Mate, ate, mat, ma, am.</p> - -<p>312. Prometheus.</p> - -<p>313. Nathaniel P. Banks.</p> - -<p>314. The letter I.</p> - -<p>315. Bilberry.</p> - -<p>316. Larkspur.</p> - -<p>317. Heartsease.</p> - -<p>318. Sumac.</p> - -<p>319. Rue.</p> - -<p>320. Lady, lad.</p> - -<p>321. Mandate.</p> - -<p>322. Range, rage.</p> - -<p>323. Feeling.</p> - -<p>324. Furlong.</p> - -<p>325. Flagrant.</p> - -<p>326. Apathy.</p> - -<p>327. It is a pig-got.</p> - -<p>328. Indianapolis.</p> - -<p>329. Paris.</p> - -<p>330. London.</p> - -<p>331. Keel, eel, E E (ease).</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii94" id="pageii94"></a>[pg 94]</span></p> - -<p>332. Cat-a-logue.</p> - -<p>333. Votes, stoves.</p> - -<p>334. Polyanthus.</p> - -<p>335. Isabella.</p> - -<p>336. Washington.</p> - -<p>337. Gum, mug.</p> - -<p>338. Depend not on fortune, but -conduct.</p> - -<p>339. Tenacity.</p> - -<p>340. Beam, hairs (hares), temples -a cur sup on his meals, tenants, eggs -salted (exalted), a narrow mind.</p> - -<p>341. Ruthless.</p> - -<p>342. Root, moot, foot, boot, hoot, -toot, soot.</p> - -<p>343. Mutton.</p> - -<p>344. A little (t) will change pain -into paint.</p> - -<p>345. Parsimony.</p> - -<p>346. Personage.</p> - -<p>347. Constantinople.</p> - -<p>348. Soldiers.</p> - -<p>349. Contrabands.</p> - -<p>350. Jurisprudence.</p> - -<p>351. Drawer, warder.</p> - -<p>352. Crown, crow.</p> - -<p>353. March, sham, ash, Sam, has.</p> - -<p>354. He is a man of great gravity.</p> - -<p>355. Host, shot.</p> - -<p>356. Tulips (two lips.)</p> - -<p>357. Tyke, key.</p> - -<p>358. Sun-flower.</p> - -<p>359. Rosemary.</p> - -<p>360. Aaron’s rod.</p> - -<p>361. Nothing.</p> - -<p>362. Ho does not want them made -shorter.</p> - -<p>363. He is fond of cabbage.</p> - -<p>364. He never drinks.</p> - -<p>365. Memento mori.</p> - -<p>366. Orpheus C. Kerr.</p> - -<p>367. Uncle Robert’s Picture.</p> - -<p>368. Manhattanville.</p> - -<p>369. Hatteras.</p> - -<p>370. Cat-o-nine-tails.</p> - -<p>371. Catastrophe.</p> - -<p>372. Catechism.</p> - -<p>373. Catechist, (cat he kissed).</p> - -<p>374. Cat-a-comb.</p> - -<p>375. Blackburnian Warbler.</p> - -<p>376. Slate.</p> - -<p>377. Potomac.</p> - -<p>378. One is a rail-sitter, the -other a rail-splitter.</p> - -<p>379. When he travels on a trail -(T rail).</p> - -<p>380. When they linger round -the bars.</p> - -<p>381. He pleads at the bar.</p> - -<p>382. The letter N.</p> - -<p>383. A yard and a quarter. <i>Abe</i>—Abe-L.</p> - -<p>384. Chaucer.</p> - -<p>385. It holds a gal on.</p> - -<p>386. Noise.</p> - -<p>387. It weighs anchor.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii95" id="pageii95"></a>[pg 95]</span></p> - -<p>388. To axe the way.</p> - -<p>389. Because “i” is in the midst -of bliss, “e” is in hell, and all the -others in purgatory.</p> - -<p>390. From San Jacinto to corner -of the fort, 1,843 66-100 yards.</p> - -<p>From San Jacinto to center of the -fort, 1,971 10-100 yards.</p> - -<p>From Ironsides to corner of the -fort, 2,096 53-100 yards.</p> - -<p>From Ironsides to center of the -fort, 2,304 75-100 yards.</p> - -<p>From point equidistant to center -of the fort, 1,763 47-100 yards.</p> - -<p>391. R U L. (Are you well?)</p> - -<p>392. Rampage.</p> - -<p>393. The letter E.</p> - -<p>394. I, in, pin, spin or pine, spine.</p> - -<p>395. Earl, pearl.</p> - -<p>396. Iri, iris.</p> - -<p>397. B travels ten miles a day.</p> - -<p>398. Yesterday.</p> - -<p>399. Corkscrew.</p> - -<p>400. Peculation, speculation.</p> - -<p>401. Her son never sets.</p> - -<p>402. The hard shell.</p> - -<p>403. It is a good egg sample.</p> - -<p>404. Core, score.</p> - -<p>405. A flatterer.</p> - -<p>406. I ate nothing to-day.</p> - -<p>407. Shale, hale, ale.</p> - -<p>408. The letter E.</p> - -<p>409. Beersheba.</p> - -<p>410. Teasing, easing.</p> - -<p>411. Penny-royal.</p> - -<p>412. Balista, tails.</p> - -<p>413. Ridgewood.</p> - -<p>414. Bug-bear.</p> - -<p>415. Halibut.</p> - -<p>416. Bashaw, Wabash.</p> - -<p>417. Because the die is cast before -they pass it.</p> - -<p>418. Canoe (transposed forms -“ocean”).</p> - -<p>419. CLOWN.</p> - -<p>420. Deer, ree.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_b_095-900.png"><img src="images/i_b_095-500.png" width="500" height="312" alt="blind man's bluff" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageii96" id="pageii96"></a>[pg 96]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_b_096-1000.png"><img src="images/i_b_096-350.png" width="350" height="471" alt="blowing bubbles" /></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii1" id="pageiii1"></a></span></p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii2" id="pageiii2"></a></span></p> - - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_c_001-700.png"><img src="images/i_c_001-350.png" width="350" height="465" alt="SPRING FLOWRS" /></a></div> -<p class="center">[<span class="sc">See <a class="ask" href="#pageiii12">Page 12</a>.</span>]</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="mhead"><span class="less2">ROBERT MERRY’S</span><br /><br class="b50" /> -<span class="spaced3">BOOK OF RHYMES.</span></h2></div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2>PREFACE.</h2> -</div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Merry nephews, merry nieces,</p> -<p class="i2">Merry cousins all,</p> -<p>Merry aunts, with merry faces.</p> -<p>Merry uncles, take your places</p> -<p class="i2">Round the merry hall.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Here’s a book of merry jingles,</p> -<p class="i2">Made for merry times;</p> -<p>Merry here with Merry mingles,</p> -<p>Merry groups, and Merrys single,</p> -<p class="i2">"Merry’s Book of Rhymes."</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Aunt Sue glowing, Fleta flashing,</p> -<p class="i2">Uncle Joe in smiles,</p> -<p>Mattie warbling, Buckeye dashing,</p> -<p>Older crowing, Hatchet slashing,</p> -<p class="i2">Each in his own style.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii6" id="pageiii6"></a>[pg vi]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Merry nephs and nieces, meeting</p> -<p class="i2">Wheresoe’er you may,</p> -<p>Robert Merry sendeth greeting,</p> -<p>Hoping he may have a seat in</p> -<p class="i2">All your merry play.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>When in merry circles chatting</p> -<p class="i2">Round the merry hearth,</p> -<p>Merry wit with wit combatting,</p> -<p>Merry’s Rhymes will come quite pat in</p> -<p class="i2">To help on the mirth.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii7" id="pageiii7"></a>[pg 7]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 280px;"><a href="images/i_c_006-600.png"><img src="images/i_c_006-280.png" width="280" height="452" alt="The Nest Builders" /></a></div> - -<h3>THE NEST BUILDERS.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii7a" id="pageiii7a"></a></span></h3></div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Oh! beautiful, beautiful things!</p> -<p class="i2">How they range at will through the sky!</p> -<p>Dear Mary, if I could have wings,</p> -<p class="i2">Oh! wouldn’t I, wouldn’t I fly?</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii8" id="pageiii8"></a>[pg 8]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>I would float far away on the cloud,</p> -<p class="i2">All vailed in the silver mist;</p> -<p>And perhaps I should feel so proud,</p> -<p class="i2">I shouldn’t come back to be kissed.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>But see, sis, the sweet little creatures</p> -<p class="i2">Have each a straw in his beak;</p> -<p>A lesson of duty to teach us,</p> -<p class="i2">As plainly as birds can speak.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>We think they are only playing,</p> -<p class="i2">As they roam to and fro in the sky;</p> -<p>But these busy fellows are saying,</p> -<p class="i2">"’Tis not all for pleasure we fly.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>"We’re building a snug little nest</p> -<p class="i2">In the crotch of the old elm-tree</p> -<p>We mean it for one of the best,</p> -<p class="i2">And busy enough are we.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>"We would not live only for play;</p> -<p class="i2">And when for a song we take leisure,</p> -<p>We would show, in our caroling way,</p> -<p class="i2">How duty is wedded to pleasure."</p> - </div> </div></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii9" id="pageiii9"></a>[pg 9]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 380px;"><a href="images/i_c_008-800.png"><img src="images/i_c_008-380.png" width="380" height="463" alt="Kindness" /></a></div> - -<h3>KINDNESS.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii9a" id="pageiii9a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>A rose was faint, and hung its head,</p> -<p class="i2">One sultry summer’s day,</p> -<p>When a Zephyr kindly fann’d its cheek,</p> -<p class="i2">Then sped upon its way.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>That Zephyr now, where’er it roams,</p> -<p class="i2">Delicious perfume brings.</p> -<p>So kindness gathers, as it goes,</p> -<p class="i2">A fragrance for its wings.</p> -<p class="i24"><span class="sc">Aunt Sue.</span></p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii10" id="pageiii10"></a>[pg 10]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 270px;"><a href="images/i_c_009-580.png"><img src="images/i_c_009-270.png" width="270" height="456" alt="Snow-flakes" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii11" id="pageiii11"></a>[pg 11]</span></p> - -<h3>SNOW-FLAKES.</h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Are the snow-flakes pearly flowers</p> -<p class="i2">That in the skies have birth,</p> -<p>And gently fall in gleaming showers</p> -<p class="i2">Upon this barren earth?</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Or, are they fleecy locks of wool,</p> -<p class="i2">From sheep that wander by</p> -<p>The silver streams, that, singing, roll</p> -<p class="i2">Through valleys in the sky?</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Or, are they downy feathers, cast</p> -<p class="i2">By little birds above,</p> -<p>And hurried earthward by the blast,</p> -<p class="i2">Bright messengers of love?</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>No, they are pearly blossoms, flung</p> -<p class="i2">From heaven’s airy bowers,</p> -<p>To recompense us for the loss</p> -<p class="i2">Of summer’s blooming flowers.</p> -<p class="i24"><span class="sc">Mattie Bell.</span></p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_c_010-800.png"><img src="images/i_c_010-400.png" width="400" height="127" alt="Spring flowers" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii12" id="pageiii12"></a>[pg 12]</span></p> - -<h3>SPRING FLOWERS.</h3> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>With what a lavish hand</p> -<p class="i2">God beautifies the earth,</p> -<p>When everywhere, all o’er the land,</p> -<p class="i2">Sweet flowers are peeping forth!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Down by the babbling brook,</p> -<p class="i2">Up in the silent hills,</p> -<p>The glen, the bower, the shady nook,</p> -<p class="i2">Their breath with fragrance fills.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>They creep along the hedge,</p> -<p class="i2">They climb the rugged height,</p> -<p>And, leaning o’er the water’s edge,</p> -<p class="i2">Blush in their own sweet light.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>They seem to breathe and talk;</p> -<p class="i2">They pour into my ear;</p> -<p>Where’er I look, where’er I walk,</p> -<p class="i2">A music soft and clear.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>They have no pride of birth,</p> -<p class="i2">No choice of regal bower;</p> -<p>The humblest, lowliest spot on earth</p> -<p class="i2">May claim the fairest flower.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii13" id="pageiii13"></a>[pg 13]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_c_012-800.png"><img src="images/i_c_012-500.png" width="500" height="374" alt="Top Philosophy" /></a></div> - -<h3>TOP PHILOSOPHY.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii13a" id="pageiii13a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Children must be busy,</p> -<p class="i2">Always something learning;</p> -<p>Toys and trinkets, for their secrets,</p> -<p class="i2">Inside-outward turning.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>While the top is spinning,</p> -<p class="i2">Boys are wondering all,</p> -<p>How it stands erect unaided,</p> -<p class="i2">Why it does not fall.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>While the top is humming,</p> -<p class="i2">Still the wonder grows,</p> -<p>By what art the little spinner</p> -<p class="i2">Whistles as it goes.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Children learn while playing;</p> -<p class="i2">Children play while learning;</p> -<p>Pastimes, often more than lessons,</p> -<p class="i2">Into knowledge turning.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii14" id="pageiii14"></a>[pg 14]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 270px;"><a href="images/i_c_013-580.png"><img src="images/i_c_013-270.png" width="270" height="456" alt="By the lake" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii15" id="pageiii15"></a>[pg 15]</span></p> - -<h3>BY THE LAKE.</h3></div> -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Moonlight gleams upon the lake;</p> -<p>Noiselessly the waters break</p> -<p>On the white and pebbly shore,</p> -<p>Then return, to break once more.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Yonder moon, the sky’s bright green,</p> -<p>Glitters in its depths serene,</p> -<p>And the stars, above that glow,</p> -<p>Seem another heaven below.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>On the white lake shore I stand,</p> -<p>Where the waters meet the land,</p> -<p>Shadows all around me lie,</p> -<p>Shutting out the starry sky—</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Shutting out the world around,</p> -<p>In their close and narrow bound,</p> -<p>And the past awhile doth seem,</p> -<p>But a half-forgotten dream.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>In the starry night, alone,</p> -<p>Earthly cares and thoughts are gone.</p> -<p>In this silence, deep and still,</p> -<p>Who could harbor thought of ill?</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii16" id="pageiii16"></a>[pg 16]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Far from all the care and strife,</p> -<p>All the agony of life,</p> -<p>Who would deem the sun could rise</p> -<p>On earth’s thousand miseries?</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>One by one my thoughts come back</p> -<p>To the old, familiar track,</p> -<p>And I turn me from the shore,</p> -<p>To the busy world once more.</p> -<p class="i22"><span class="sc">Adelbert Older.</span></p> - </div> </div></div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_c_015-500.png"><img src="images/i_c_015-300.png" width="300" height="470" alt="Gentle words" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii17" id="pageiii17"></a>[pg 17]</span></p> - -<h3>GENTLE WORDS.</h3> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Kind words revive the weary soul,</p> -<p class="i2">And cheer its saddest hours,</p> -<p>As dew refreshes drooping leaves,</p> -<p class="i2">And brightens fading flowers.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>They fall, like sunshine, round the path</p> -<p class="i2">Of those who weary roam,</p> -<p>And are the "open sesame"</p> -<p class="i2">To every heart and home.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>We know the spring will soon appear,</p> -<p class="i2">When round us flies the swallow,</p> -<p>So kind words should be harbingers</p> -<p class="i2">Of gentle deeds which follow.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Upon the brow of want and care</p> -<p class="i2">The joys of life they fling,</p> -<p>And change the soul’s dark night to-day,</p> -<p class="i2">Its winter into spring.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Then let your deeds be gentle deeds,</p> -<p class="i2">Your words be words of love;</p> -<p>They are the brightest gems which shine</p> -<p class="i2">In angels’ crowns above.</p> -<p class="i24"><span class="sc">Mattie Bell.</span></p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii18" id="pageiii18"></a>[pg 18]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 430px;"><a href="images/i_c_017-900.png"><img src="images/i_c_017-430.png" width="430" height="470" alt="The frost" /></a></div> - -<h3>THE FROST.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii18a" id="pageiii18a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width24"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The Frost looked forth one still, clear night,</p> -<p>And whispered, “Now I shall be out of sight;</p> -<p>So through the valley and over the height</p> -<p class="i4">In silence I’ll take my way.</p> -<p>I will not go on like that blustering train—</p> -<p>The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain,</p> -<p>Who make so much bustle and noise in vain;</p> -<p class="i4">But I’ll be as busy as they.”</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii19" id="pageiii19"></a>[pg 19]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Then he flew to the mountain, and powdered its crest;</p> -<p>He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dress’d</p> -<p>In diamond beads; and over the breast</p> -<p class="i4">Of the quivering lake he spread</p> -<p>A coat of mail, that it need not fear</p> -<p>The downward point of many a spear,</p> -<p>That he hung on its margin, far and near,</p> -<p class="i4">Where a rock could rear its head.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>He went to the windows of those who slept,</p> -<p>And over each pane, like a fairy, crept;</p> -<p>Wherever he breathed, wherever he stepp’d,</p> -<p class="i4">By the light of the morn were seen</p> -<p>Most beautiful things; there were flowers and trees;</p> -<p>There were bevies of birds, and swarms of bees;</p> -<p>There were cities with temples and towers; and these</p> -<p class="i4">All pictured in silver sheen!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>But he did one thing that was hardly fair—</p> -<p>He peeped in the cupboard, and finding there</p> -<p>That all had forgotten for him to prepare—</p> -<p class="i4">“Now, just to set them a-thinking,</p> -<p>I’ll bite this basket of fruit,” said he,</p> -<p>“This costly pitcher I’ll burst in three;</p> -<p>And the glass of water they’ve left for me</p> -<p class="i4">Shall ‘tchick!’ to tell them I’m drinking!”</p> -<p class="i28"><span class="sc">Miss H. F. Gould.</span></p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii20" id="pageiii20"></a>[pg 20]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 270px;"><a href="images/i_c_019-580.png"><img src="images/i_c_019-270.png" width="270" height="455" alt="Skating--woman's rights" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii21" id="pageiii21"></a>[pg 21-22]</span></p> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_c_021-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_021-600.png" width="600" height="320" alt="Ice" /></a></div> - -<h3>SKATING—WOMAN’S RIGHTS.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii21a" id="pageiii21a"></a></span></h3> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Why may not a woman skate?</p> -<p class="i2">She can walk, and run, and ride—</p> -<p>In dance, or hop, she’s always great—</p> -<p class="i2">Prithee why not skate or slide?</p> -<p>Skating is a useful art,</p> -<p class="i2">Full of dignity and grace;</p> -<p>Exercises limb and heart,</p> -<p class="i2">Gives the blood a healthful pace.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Why may not a woman skate?</p> -<p class="i2">Swan-like grace and queenly sway</p> -<p>Mark the vigorous, blooming Kate,</p> -<p class="i2">Sailing down yon glittering way.</p> -<p>Look! what conscious grace and power</p> -<p class="i2">In those broad, out-sweeping strides,</p> -<p>As down the silver-gleaming floor,</p> -<p class="i2">With still increasing speed she glides.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Why may not a woman skate?</p> -<p class="i2">Often on the frozen Scheldt,</p> -<p>Buxom Dutch girls, early, late,</p> -<p class="i2">For the prize of speed have dealt.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii23" id="pageiii23"></a>[pg 23]</span> -<p>Sometimes from the inland town</p> -<p class="i2">To the city mart, or fair,</p> -<p>They in merry bands glide down,</p> -<p class="i2">And their precious burdens bear.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Why may not a woman skate?</p> -<p class="i2">To a friend’s, long miles away,</p> -<p>Oft they sail, with heart elate,</p> -<p class="i2">To make a call, or pass the day.</p> -<p>Often so do lovers meet,</p> -<p class="i2">Whispering, wooing, billing, cooing,</p> -<p>While upon their iron feet,</p> -<p class="i2">Miles and miles of talk they’re doing.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Why may not a woman skate?</p> -<p class="i2">What though ankles she reveal!</p> -<p>Skater’s ankles, critics state,</p> -<p class="i2">Are not over-much genteel.</p> -<p>What of that!—a trifling charge!</p> -<p class="i2">There’s a right for every wrong—</p> -<p>If the ankle’s somewhat large,</p> -<p class="i2">May be ’tis well set and strong.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Why may not a woman skate?</p> -<p class="i2">Six times we have put the question;</p> -<p>No one rising in debate,</p> -<p class="i2">No one offering a suggestion,</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii24" id="pageiii24"></a>[pg 24]</span> -<p>Silence gives consent. So, then,</p> -<p class="i2">Pretty girls, and women, too,</p> -<p>No less than rude boys and men,</p> -<p class="i2">May put on the iron shoe.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Try it, girls—ay, try the skate—</p> -<p class="i2">Good for service, seldom tired,</p> -<p>Able to sustain its weight,</p> -<p class="i2">Never weak, nor loosely wired—</p> -<p>The well-tried ankle you will find</p> -<p class="i2">In your need-hour just the one;</p> -<p>Bind your skates on—never mind!—</p> -<p class="i2">You will find it right good fun.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 560px;"><a href="images/i_c_023-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_023-560.png" width="560" height="432" alt="Snow" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii25" id="pageiii25"></a>[pg 25]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_c_024-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_024-500.png" width="500" height="492" alt="School sonnet" /></a></div> - -<h3>SCHOOL SONNET.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii25a" id="pageiii25a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2">Spell, spell, spell!</p> -<p>A dozen words or more;</p> -<p>To your task and learn it well—</p> -<p class="i2">School days will soon be o’er.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2">Write, write, write!</p> -<p>A page all bright and clean;</p> -<p>Seize the moments in their flight,</p> -<p class="i2">No lost one fall between.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2">Learn, learn, learn!</p> -<p>Some useful thing each day.</p> -<p>From early morn till night returns,</p> -<p class="i2">Waste not your time in play.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii26" id="pageiii26"></a>[pg 26]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 270px;"><a href="images/i_c_025-570.png"><img src="images/i_c_025-270.png" width="270" height="473" alt="The language of Flowers" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii27" id="pageiii27"></a>[pg 27]</span></p> - -<h3>THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.</h3></div> - -<div class="poem width24"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>It is said that the flowers, as well as the birds,</p> -<p>Have a language peculiar, with phrases and words;</p> -<p>And that oft, in the hush of a warm summer day,</p> -<p>You may hear, if you listen, whatever they say.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>I have doubted till lately, and thought it was all</p> -<p>The whim of some dreamer, whom poet they call;</p> -<p>But since the sweet seventh of June, fifty-one,</p> -<p>My doubts have all vanished, like mists in the sun.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>As I walked in the garden I saw a sweet rose,</p> -<p>Such as seldom on this side of Paradise grows,</p> -<p>With a deep, deepening blush overspreading its cheek,</p> -<p>Leaning down to a lily, as if it would speak.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Behind a tall orange in bloom, as it spread</p> -<p>Its rich fragrant shadow all over the bed,</p> -<p>Unperceived by the parties, I paused in my walk</p> -<p>And, in truth, overheard an intelligent talk.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>First, a low, distant murmur arrested my ear,</p> -<p>Like the memory of tones which in dreaming we hear;</p> -<p>Then, clear and distinct, though subtile as thought,</p> -<p>Their simple, articulate language I caught.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii28" id="pageiii28"></a>[pg 28]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>“Thou fairest of gems,” said the rose, bending down,</p> -<p>“Too sweet for the earth and too chaste for a crown,</p> -<p>I would thou wert taller, that here, in my place,</p> -<p>The world might appreciate thy sweetness and grace.”</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>“Nay, nay, lovely rose,” the fair lily replied,</p> -<p>“It is safer in humble retirement to hide;</p> -<p>Earth’s praises I court not; my graces were given</p> -<p>To exhale, in their careless redundance, to heaven.”</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>As the rest of their talk was of love, and as I</p> -<p>Was acting the part of an eaves-dropping spy,</p> -<p>I will not report it; but this I have told,</p> -<p>As conveying a lesson for young and for old.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 370px;"><a href="images/i_c_027-780.png"><img src="images/i_c_027-370.png" width="370" height="463" alt="Flowers" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii29" id="pageiii29"></a>[pg 29]</span></p> - -<h3>THE SONG OF THE EXILE.</h3> - -<div class="poem width24"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Blow, blow, ye winds, from the wide blue sea!</p> -<p class="i2">Oh, cool the heat of this fevered brow,</p> -<p>And still this heart with such melody</p> -<p class="i2">As your fluttering wings are wafting now!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Bear on, bear on, from that distant shore,</p> -<p class="i2">The loving tones of a household band</p> -<p>Whose cherished, forms I see no more,</p> -<p class="i2">Ye voices dim from my fatherland!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Such sad, sweet thoughts to me ye bring</p> -<p class="i2">Of my own far home with its ivied walls,</p> -<p>Of the vine-wreathed porch, where the zephyr sings</p> -<p class="i2">Through the rustling leaves, and the sunbeam falls—</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Of the threshold stone, and the open door,</p> -<p class="i2">Of the kindred forms that gathered there,</p> -<p>At the stilly eve full hearts to pour,</p> -<p class="i2">In a gush of song on the listening air—</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Of the noisy flow of the little brook,</p> -<p class="i2">Whose mossy banks our footsteps haunted;</p> -<p>Of winds which half their sweetness took</p> -<p class="i2">From fragrant bowers our hands had planted.</p> -<p class="i28"><span class="sc">Fleta Forrester.</span></p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii30" id="pageiii30"></a>[pg 30]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 275px;"><a href="images/i_c_029-585.png"><img src="images/i_c_029-275.png" width="275" height="470" alt="The harvest" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii31" id="pageiii31"></a>[pg 31]</span></p> - -<h3>THE HARVEST.</h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Trusting in the patient earth</p> -<p class="i2">For the coming need,</p> -<p>Went the hopeful sower forth,</p> -<p class="i2">Bearing precious seed.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Precious seed and full of hope,</p> -<p class="i2">Scattered far and wide,</p> -<p>O’er the plain—along the slope—</p> -<p class="i2">And by the river side.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Softened by the vernal rain,</p> -<p class="i2">Quickened by the sun,</p> -<p>Every little planted grain</p> -<p class="i2">Peep’d forth, one by one.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Nourished by the rain and dew,</p> -<p class="i2">And the genial light,</p> -<p>Blade by blade it upward grew,</p> -<p class="i2">Growing day and night.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Waving in the summer gales,</p> -<p class="i2">Bowing to the blast,</p> -<p>O’er the teeming intervales,</p> -<p class="i2">Ripening to the last.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii32" id="pageiii32"></a>[pg 32]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Duly to the harvest white,</p> -<p class="i2">Goldenly it glows,</p> -<p>As with grateful heart, and light,</p> -<p class="i2">Forth the reaper goes.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Brightly as the sickle swings,</p> -<p class="i2">Flashing in the sun,</p> -<p>Merrily the reaper sings,</p> -<p class="i2">While the moments run.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Onward as the strong man goes,</p> -<p class="i2">Fall the golden heads,</p> -<p>Till the grain, in beauteous rows,</p> -<p class="i2">All the field o’erspreads.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Gather, gather now with care,</p> -<p class="i2">Binding up your sheaves,</p> -<p>Save what holy thrift and prayer</p> -<p class="i2">For the gleaner leaves.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Now, upon the groaning wain,</p> -<p class="i2">Pile your treasures high,</p> -<p>Thankful for the gentle rain,</p> -<p class="i2">And the genial sky.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Grateful for the bounteous earth,</p> -<p class="i2">Trusting all to come,</p> -<p>Now with songs of cheerful mirth,</p> -<p class="i2">Bring the harvest home.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii33" id="pageiii33"></a>[pg 33]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Dance and sing in joyous ring,</p> -<p class="i2">Ere the day grows dim;</p> -<p>Rejoice, rejoice, with heart and voice,</p> -<p class="i2">Shout, shout the Harvest Hymn.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_c_032-840.png"><img src="images/i_c_032-400.png" width="400" height="475" alt="'Dance and sing in joyous ring,'" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii34" id="pageiii34"></a>[pg 34]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_c_033-680.png"><img src="images/i_c_033-300.png" width="300" height="438" alt="THE SNOW-HOUSE." /></a> -<p class="title1s">THE SNOW-HOUSE.<br /><br class="b30" /> - -“A palace, or a cot—it matters not.”</p></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii35" id="pageiii35"></a>[pg 35]</span></p> - -<h3>THE SNOW-HOUSE.</h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>See, Charlie, out there, by the elm tree,</p> -<p class="i2">The snow has been eddying round,</p> -<p>And has made, for our winter snow-house,</p> -<p class="i2">A broad and beautiful mound.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Come, Charlie, bring out your shovel,</p> -<p class="i2">And soon we will let them see</p> -<p>How nice, how snug, and how cosy,</p> -<p class="i2">Our winter palace can be.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The door shall be arched and lofty,</p> -<p class="i2">The room within shall be round;</p> -<p>And we’ll have a fireplace and chimney,</p> -<p class="i2">And a carpet of straw for the ground.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Then we’ll have a magnificent party,</p> -<p class="i2">And all our friends receive,</p> -<p>With chestnuts, popped corn, and candy,</p> -<p class="i2">On Christmas or New Year’s eve.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The Merrys all shall be invited,</p> -<p class="i2">Around our board to sit;</p> -<p>They with our house will be delighted,</p> -<p class="i2">And we’ll enjoy their wit.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii36" id="pageiii36"></a>[pg 36]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_c_035-850.png"><img src="images/i_c_035-400.png" width="400" height="469" alt="Cold water" /></a></div> - -<h3>COLD WATER.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii36a" id="pageiii36a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Cold water, pure, sparkling, and bright,</p> -<p class="i2">Cold water forever for me;</p> -<p>Cold water <i>you</i>, too, must drink to-night,</p> -<p class="i2">Who have come to our apple spree.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii37" id="pageiii37"></a>[pg 37]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>For nothing else you will get to drink,</p> -<p class="i2">Of that most sure you may be;</p> -<p>No <i>wine</i>, no <i>brandy</i> will we allow</p> -<p class="i2">At our red-apple spree.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>No <i>cider</i>, no <i>rum</i>, no <i>lager bier</i>,</p> -<p class="i2">Or any such stuff will you see;</p> -<p>But pure cold water, fresh from the pump,</p> -<p class="i2">We will have at our apple spree.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Drink as much as you will, good friends and true,</p> -<p class="i2">For nothing it costs, you see,</p> -<p>And in these hard times it is best to have</p> -<p class="i2">An economical spree.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>So a spree we will have, and a jolly one too,</p> -<p class="i2">And none the worse shall we be</p> -<p>To-morrow, for having joined to-night</p> -<p class="i2">In a real red-apple spree.</p> -<p class="i24"><span class="sc">Ruth.</span></p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_c_036-600.png"><img src="images/i_c_036-300.png" width="300" height="296" alt="baby alligator?" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii38" id="pageiii38"></a>[pg 38]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_c_037-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_037-600.png" width="600" height="354" alt="The good old plow" /></a></div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii39" id="pageiii39"></a>[pg 39]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>THE GOOD OLD PLOW.</h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Let them laud the notes that in music float</p> -<p class="i2">Through the bright and glittering hall,</p> -<p>While the amorous whirl of the hair’s bright curl</p> -<p class="i2">Round the shoulders of beauty fall;</p> -<p>But dearest to me is the song of the tree,</p> -<p class="i2">And the rich and the blossoming bough—</p> -<p>Oh! these are the sweets which the rustic greets,</p> -<p class="i2">As he follows the good old plow.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>All honor be, then, to those gray old men,</p> -<p class="i2">When at last they are bowed with toil;</p> -<p>Their warfare then o’er, they battle no more,</p> -<p class="i2">For they’ve conquered the stubborn soil;</p> -<p>And the chaplet he wears is his silver hairs,</p> -<p class="i2">And ne’er shall the victor’s brow</p> -<p>With a laurel crown in his grave go down,</p> -<p class="i2">Like the sons of the good old plow.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii40" id="pageiii40"></a>[pg 40]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 360px;"><a href="images/i_c_039-800.png"><img src="images/i_c_039-360.png" width="360" height="446" alt="Winter" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>WINTER.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii40a" id="pageiii40a"></a></span></h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Who does not love the Winter,</p> -<p class="i2">When all on earth below,</p> -<p>The houses, streams, the trees, and rocks,</p> -<p class="i2">Are covered o’er with snow—</p> -<p>When all is fair which once was bare,</p> -<p class="i2">And all is bright and gay,</p> -<p>When down the hillside rush the sleds,</p> -<p class="i2">Nor stop till far away?</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii41" id="pageiii41"></a>[pg 41]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>And then the noise of all the boys,</p> -<p class="i2">When snow-balls fly around—</p> -<p>The snow-king in the meadow-field,</p> -<p class="i2">With icy jewels crowned—</p> -<p>And sparkling as the purest gold,</p> -<p class="i2">The scepter in his hand,</p> -<p>While icy courtiers, grim and still,</p> -<p class="i2">Await his high command.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>And then when evening closes in</p> -<p class="i2">Around the household hearth,</p> -<p>We love to sit while jokes pass round,</p> -<p class="i2">And all is joy and mirth.</p> -<p>And then recount with ready tongues</p> -<p class="i2">The mishaps of the day,</p> -<p>Of plunges in the deep snow-drifts</p> -<p class="i2">When at our joyous play.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>And though the Spring may boast its flowers,</p> -<p class="i2">And all its green-clad trees;</p> -<p>Though Summer, with its healthy showers,</p> -<p class="i2">Brings many a cooling breeze;</p> -<p>And though in Autumn with the crops</p> -<p class="i2">Of grain and fruit we’re blest,</p> -<p>Yet still I can not help but say,</p> -<p class="i2">I love the Winter best.</p> -<p class="i24">S. W.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii42" id="pageiii42"></a>[pg 42]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_c_041-750.png"><img src="images/i_c_041-350.png" width="350" height="466" alt="June" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii43" id="pageiii43"></a>[pg 43]</span></p> - -<h3>JUNE.</h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>’Tis a truth that earnest students,</p> -<p class="i2">With books and nature who commune,</p> -<p>Are in thought and feeling quickened</p> -<p class="i2">By the skies and breath of June.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>While in boyhood, what could match it?</p> -<p class="i2">Schoolmates call so opportune;</p> -<p>“Come with me and range the forest—</p> -<p class="i2">Recreate, this day of June.”</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Sister-schoolmates, gathering posies,</p> -<p class="i2">Stop to hear the red-breast’s tune,</p> -<p>And laugh at pretty squirrels running</p> -<p class="i2">Up the trees, in leafy June.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>After-life, for prizes striving,</p> -<p class="i2">The student toils for lengthened rune—</p> -<p>Spirit (so success) is wafted</p> -<p class="i2">To him by the breath of June.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Month of months—let’s sing its praises!</p> -<p class="i2"><span class="sc">Museum</span>-readers, join the tune—</p> -<p>The freshest leaves, the brightest flowers,</p> -<p class="i2">All are thine, sweet month of June.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii44" id="pageiii44"></a>[pg 44]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_c_043-800.png"><img src="images/i_c_043-400.png" width="400" height="398" alt="Work ..." /></a></div> - -<h3>WORK AND PLAY.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii44a" id="pageiii44a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>With mamma for a teacher,</p> -<p class="i2">’Tis easy to learn;</p> -<p>Her eye gives her boy courage,</p> -<p class="i2">As hard pages turn.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>She says, “Now, my dear Freddy,</p> -<p class="i2">Learn every word right;</p> -<p>If you’re patient, the hard spots</p> -<p class="i2">Will vanish from sight.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>“When this task is well finished,</p> -<p class="i2">Your <i>work</i> will be done;</p> -<p><i>Then</i> the time comes for playing,</p> -<p class="i2">Says every one.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii45" id="pageiii45"></a>[pg 45]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>“Your fleet rock-horse is waiting;</p> -<p class="i2">And baby shall see.”</p> -<p>Freddy learned well his lessons,</p> -<p class="i2">And rides full of glee.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_c_044-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_044-600.png" width="600" height="448" alt="... and play" /></a></div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"><img src="images/i_b_005a-150.png" width="150" height="11" alt="fancy rule" /></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Don’t tell me of to-morrow,</p> -<p class="i2">There is much to do to-day,</p> -<p>That can never be accomplished,</p> -<p class="i2">If we throw the hours away.</p> -<p>Every moment has its duty—</p> -<p class="i2">Who the future can foretell?</p> -<p>Then why put off till to-morrow,</p> -<p class="i2">What to-day can do as well?</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii46" id="pageiii46"></a>[pg 46]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>THE BUTTERFLY.</h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>“Don’t kill me,”—caterpillar said,</p> -<p class="i2">As Clara raised her heel,</p> -<p>Upon the humble worm to tread,</p> -<p class="i2">As though it could not feel.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 470px;"><a href="images/i_c_045-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_045-470.png" width="470" height="468" alt="chrysalis" /></a></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>“Don’t kill me—I will crawl away,</p> -<p class="i2">And hide me from your sight,</p> -<p>And when I come, some other day,</p> -<p class="i2">You’ll view me with delight.”</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii47" id="pageiii47"></a>[pg 47]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The caterpillar went and hid</p> -<p class="i2">In some dark, quiet place,</p> -<p>Where none could look on what he did,</p> -<p class="i2">To change his form and face.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>And then, one day, as Clara read</p> -<p class="i2">Within a shady nook,</p> -<p>A butterfly, superbly dressed,</p> -<p class="i2">Alighted on her book.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_c_046-900.png"><img src="images/i_c_046-400.png" width="400" height="439" alt="butterfly" /></a></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>His shining wings were dotted o’er</p> -<p class="i2">With gold, and blue, and green,</p> -<p>And Clara owned she naught before</p> -<p class="i2">So beautiful had seen.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii48" id="pageiii48"></a>[pg 48]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_c_047-900.png"><img src="images/i_c_047-400.png" width="400" height="439" alt="Cold water" /></a></div> - -<h3>COLD WATER.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii48a" id="pageiii48a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width24"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>You may boast of your brandy and wine as you please,</p> -<p class="i2">Gin, cider, and all the rest;</p> -<p>Cold water transcends them in all the degrees,</p> -<p class="i2">It is <i>good</i>—it is <span class="sc">better</span>—’tis BEST.</p> -<p>It is good to warm you when you are cold,</p> -<p class="i2">Good to cool you when you are hot;</p> -<p>It is good for the young—it is good for the old,</p> -<p class="i2">Whatever their outward lot.</p> -<p>It is better than brandy to quicken the blood,</p> -<p class="i2">It is better than gin for the colic;</p> -<p>It is better than wine for the generous mood,</p> -<p class="i2">Than whisky or rum for a frolic.</p> -<p>’Tis the best of all drinks for quenching your thirst,</p> -<p class="i2">’Twill revive you for work or for play;</p> -<p>In sickness or health, ’tis the best and the first—</p> -<p class="i2">Oh! try it—you’ll find it will pay.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii49" id="pageiii49"></a>[pg 49]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_c_048-900.png"><img src="images/i_c_048-500.png" width="500" height="349" alt="The telegraph--its secret" /></a></div> - -<h3>THE TELEGRAPH—ITS SECRET.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii49a" id="pageiii49a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Looking up in musing wonder</p> -<p>At the silent wires above him,</p> -<p>And profoundly meditating,</p> -<p>Suddenly says Mike—that’s Michael—</p> -<p>Suddenly says Pat—that’s Patrick—</p> -<p>“Can you show me, can you tell me,</p> -<p>How it is that news and letters,</p> -<p>How it is that big newspapers,</p> -<p>Full of news, and fun, and wisdom,</p> -<p>Travel ever back and forward,</p> -<p>Travel with the speed of lightning—</p> -<p>Always going, always coming,</p> -<p>And yet never interfering;</p> -<p>While we, sitting under, watching,</p> -<p>Can not see them, can not hear them,</p> -<p>Can not draw their secret from them;</p> -<p>Can not tell how ’tis they do it,</p> -<p>Can not quite believe they do it,</p> -<p>Though we all the while do know it?”</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii50" id="pageiii50"></a>[pg 50]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2">“Should you ask me, Mike”—that’s Michael—</p> -<p>“Should you ask,” says Pat—that’s Patrick—</p> -<p>“How these silent wires above us</p> -<p>Talk, and write, and carry letters—</p> -<p>Carry news, and carry orders,</p> -<p>Though we can not see nor hear them,</p> -<p>Sitting under, watching, listening—</p> -<p>Can not see them, can not hear them,</p> -<p>Can not catch the smallest whisper</p> -<p>Of the messages they carry—</p> -<p>I should answer, I should tell you,</p> -<p>That those little wires are hollow,</p> -<p>With a passage running through them</p> -<p>From the one end to the other;</p> -<p>And they send, not papers through them,</p> -<p>And they send, not written letters;</p> -<p>But they send—these strange magicians—</p> -<p>Through those passages so narrow,</p> -<p>Whispering spirits, living fairies,</p> -<p>Flying ever back and forward,</p> -<p>Message-bearing, hither, thither—</p> -<p>Faithful messengers, that tell not</p> -<p>You, nor me, though watching, listening,</p> -<p>What the messages they carry.”</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2">“Och! indade,” says Mike—that’s Michael—</p> -<p>“Do you know it, Pat”—that’s Patrick—</p> -<p>“Do you know it, Pat, for certain?</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii51" id="pageiii51"></a>[pg 51]</span> -<p>Have you seen the whispering spirits?</p> -<p>Have you seen these living fairies?</p> -<p>Have you heard them shooting by us?</p> -<p>Have you heard their fairy whisper?</p> -<p>Tell me, do you know it, surely?</p> -<p>Tell me, is it only blarney?”</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i2">Then in anger, Pat—that’s Patrick—</p> -<p>Proudly answered, “Mike”—that’s Michael—</p> -<p>“Sure you know I’m Pat”—that’s Patrick—</p> -<p>“Sure you know I was in College;</p> -<p>Four long years in F——m College—</p> -<p>Hewing wood and bearing water,</p> -<p>Kindling fires, and chores achieving,</p> -<p>For the great and learned scholars</p> -<p>Of the mighty F——m College.</p> -<p>So you needn’t, Mike”—that’s Michael—</p> -<p>“Set me down for a Know-Nothing;</p> -<p>Needn’t reckon me a Hindoo;</p> -<p>Needn’t doubt that what I tell you</p> -<p>Is as true as if a lawyer</p> -<p>Should have told it to a jury;</p> -<p>Or as if a man in Congress</p> -<p>Or in caucus said and swore it</p> -<p>On his everlasting honor,</p> -<p>On his faith and on his conscience;</p> -<p>This, I trust, will satisfy you.”</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii52" id="pageiii52"></a>[pg 52]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 270px;"><a href="images/i_c_051-570.png"><img src="images/i_c_051-270.png" width="270" height="467" alt="The umbrella, and the april shower" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii53" id="pageiii53"></a>[pg 53]</span></p> - -<h3>THE UMBRELLA, AND THE APRIL SHOWER.</h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Keep close—we’ll crowd the closer,</p> -<p class="i2">The harder it shall pour;</p> -<p>’Tis seldom one umbrella</p> -<p class="i2">Is called to shelter four;</p> -<p>But ours is large and generous,</p> -<p class="i2">And has a heart for more.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Yet faster, and yet faster,</p> -<p class="i2">The pelting sheets arrive,</p> -<p>And our one good umbrella</p> -<p class="i2">Is bound to shelter five,</p> -<p>For we are packed as snugly</p> -<p class="i2">As bees within a hive.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Now let it come in torrents—</p> -<p class="i2">We’re snug as snug can be;</p> -<p>What cares our brave umbrella</p> -<p class="i2">For five, or four, or three?</p> -<p>On every side ’tis shedding</p> -<p class="i2">The rain in careless glee.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The clouds are very leaky,</p> -<p class="i2">The bottom must be out,</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii54" id="pageiii54"></a>[pg 54]</span> -<p>But, with our good umbrella,</p> -<p class="i2">We have no fear nor doubt,</p> -<p>Though every stick above us</p> -<p class="i2">Rains like a tiny spout.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Heigho! ’tis coming faster,</p> -<p class="i2">The bottles sure have burst;</p> -<p>But hark! the brave umbrella</p> -<p class="i2">Says, "Clouds, do <i>now</i> your worst,</p> -<p>If you would wet these children,</p> -<p class="i2">You must destroy me first."</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>They must have thrown wide open</p> -<p class="i2">The windows of the sky;</p> -<p>But, with our good umbrella,</p> -<p class="i2">I think we’ll get home dry;</p> -<p>Or, if we do get sprinkled,</p> -<p class="i2">We’ll neither fret nor cry.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Step lightly, bonnie sister,</p> -<p class="i2">Keep close, sweet little pet,</p> -<p>With such a brave umbrella,</p> -<p class="i2">We shall not be much wet;</p> -<p>But Prink will have a drenching,</p> -<p class="i2">On that I’ll make a bet.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>How like a river torrent</p> -<p class="i2">It pours along the street!</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii55" id="pageiii55"></a>[pg 55]</span> -<p>Prink cares not for umbrellas,</p> -<p class="i2">To him a bath’s a treat,</p> -<p>And our good India-rubbers</p> -<p class="i2">Are umbrellas for our feet.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>What’s that you say, dear Nellie?</p> -<p class="i2">’Tis dropping on your arm?</p> -<p>Indeed, our kind umbrella</p> -<p class="i2">Didn’t mean you any harm;</p> -<p>And soon the good snug parlor</p> -<p class="i2">Will make all dry and warm.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Ha! ha! the wind is rising,</p> -<p class="i2">But we are almost there.</p> -<p>What if our good umbrella</p> -<p class="i2">Should fly away in air!</p> -<p>Run, Prink, and say we’re coming,</p> -<p class="i2">And open the gate—do you hear!</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_c_054-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_054-500.png" width="500" height="294" alt="Sailing" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii56" id="pageiii56"></a>[pg 56]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_c_055-800.png"><img src="images/i_c_055-400.png" width="400" height="474" alt="The ostrich" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>THE OSTRICH.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii56a" id="pageiii56a"></a></span></h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Let the fur-clad Laplander boast</p> -<p class="i2">Of the reindeer’s bird-like speed;</p> -<p>Let the Arab, for riding post,</p> -<p class="i2">Bet high on his mettlesome steed;</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Let the Briton talk loud of the chase</p> -<p class="i2">With the fox, or the hare, or the stag;</p> -<p>Let the Yankee, stark mad in the race,</p> -<p class="i2">Count miles by the minutes, and brag;</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii57" id="pageiii57"></a>[pg 57]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The bird of the desert is ours—</p> -<p class="i2">Competitors all we defy—</p> -<p>A bird of such wonderful powers—</p> -<p class="i2">We scarce know if we ride or we fly.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>You have all of the hippogriff heard,</p> -<p class="i2">For mettle and speed a rare thing,</p> -<p>Half-breed betwixt courser and bird,</p> -<p class="i2">Keeping pace with foot and with wing.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The bird of the desert is he,</p> -<p class="i2">The ostrich of beautiful plume,</p> -<p>Skimming earth, as a swallow the sea,</p> -<p class="i2">Or an eagle the lofty blue dome.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>He laughs at the speed of the hind,</p> -<p class="i2">For pursuers he feels no concern,</p> -<p>He travels ahead of the wind,</p> -<p class="i2">And leaves the dull lightning astern.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_c_056-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_056-600.png" width="600" height="351" alt="horses and riders" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii58" id="pageiii58"></a>[pg 58]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_c_057-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_057-500.png" width="500" height="479" alt="The plowman" /></a></div> - -<h3>THE PLOWMAN.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii58a" id="pageiii58a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Turn up the generous soil—</p> -<p class="i2">’Tis rich in hidden wealth,</p> -<p>And well repays your earnest toil</p> -<p class="i2">With plenty, peace, and health.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Plow with a bold, strong hand—</p> -<p class="i2">Drive deep the glittering share;</p> -<p>No surface-scratching will command</p> -<p class="i2">Earth’s treasures rich and rare.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Then, if you’d freely reap,</p> -<p class="i2">With bounteous freedom sow—</p> -<p>And while you wake, and while you sleep,</p> -<p class="i2">The precious grain will grow.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii59" id="pageiii59"></a>[pg 59]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>ON A GOOD HOUSE-DOG CALLED "WATCH."</h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width24"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Poor faithful Watch! thy watch of life is o’er,</p> -<p>And mute and senseless near the kitchen door</p> -<p>Thou lay’st, a breathless corpse,</p> -<p>Where thou stood to guard before;</p> -<p>Thy pliant temper, known and praised by all,</p> -<p>Thy prompt obedience to thy master’s call;</p> -<p>Whether to climb the hill, or scour the plain,</p> -<p>Or drive encroaching hogs from out the lane;</p> -<p>Thy quick return, on motion of his hand,</p> -<p>To guard the door, or wait a fresh command;</p> -<p>Thy joy to meet at eve, with fawning play,</p> -<p>Domestic faces, absent but a day;</p> -<p>Thy bark, that might the boldest thief affright,</p> -<p>And patient watch through many a dreary night—</p> -<p>All speak thy worth, but none could save thy breath,</p> -<p>For what is merit ’gainst the shafts of Death?</p> -<p>Sleep, then, my dog! thy tour of duty o’er,</p> -<p>Where thief and trav’ler can disturb no more;</p> -<p>Content t’ have gained all that thou now canst have—</p> -<p>Thy master’s plaudit and a peaceful grave!</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"><a href="images/i_c_058-300.png"><img src="images/i_c_058-150.png" width="150" height="172" alt="'Watch'" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii60" id="pageiii60"></a>[pg 60]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_c_059-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_059-600.png" width="600" height="394" alt="Gone--all gone!" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii61" id="pageiii61"></a>[pg 61]</span></p></div> - -<h3>GONE—ALL GONE!</h3> - -<div class="poem width24"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>By the bubbling fount ’mid the greenwood shades,</p> -<p>In the leafy world of the forest glades,</p> -<p>No more the birds, at the blush of morn,</p> -<p>Trill their sweet notes; they are gone—all gone!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Voices of summer, I’ve listed long</p> -<p>For the witching strains of your matin song;</p> -<p>Through the woodland dim, o’er the rustling lawn,</p> -<p>I have sought you oft; but you’re gone—all gone?</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>No more do you start in your still retreat</p> -<p>At the thundering tramp of the horses’ feet,</p> -<p>Or the wandering note of the bugle horn;</p> -<p>But the woods are mute, for you’re gone—all gone!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>’Mid the wild wood’s haunts, through your lonely nests,</p> -<p>The rude winds play, and the snow-wreath rests</p> -<p>In their yielding curve, while in jeering scorn</p> -<p>The cold blast whistles, "Gone—all gone!"</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>They say that ye sing ’neath a sunnier arch</p> -<p>Of the azure skies, where the seasons’ march</p> -<p>Brings but one endless vernal dawn;</p> -<p>But my heart is sad, for you’re gone—all gone!</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii62" id="pageiii62"></a>[pg 62]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"><a href="images/i_c_061-630.png"><img src="images/i_c_061-300.png" width="300" height="472" alt="The christmas tree" /></a></div> - -<h3>THE CHRISTMAS TREE.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii62a" id="pageiii62a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">The Christmas tree!</p> -<p class="i4">The Christmas tree!</p> -<p>O gather around it now;</p> -<p class="i4">Its fruits are free</p> -<p class="i4">For you and for me,</p> -<p>And they hang from every bough.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii63" id="pageiii63"></a>[pg 63]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">Its flowers are bright,</p> -<p class="i4">And they grew in a night,</p> -<p>For yesterday it was bare</p> -<p class="i4">Did ever you see</p> -<p class="i4">An evergreen tree</p> -<p>So fruitful and so fair?</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">Look! here is a rose!</p> -<p class="i4">And who would suppose</p> -<p>An orange and a pear</p> -<p class="i4">Would grow by the side</p> -<p class="i4">Of the garden’s pride?</p> -<p>But here, you see, they are.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">And, stranger yet,</p> -<p class="i4">Here’s a bon-bon, set</p> -<p>On the same identical stem,</p> -<p class="i4">With two plums, so big</p> -<p class="i4">That a neighboring fig</p> -<p>Seems lost in the shadow of them.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">And here, what’s this?</p> -<p class="i4">As I live, ’tis a kiss,</p> -<p>And just where a kiss should be;</p> -<p class="i4">A tulip full blown,</p> -<p class="i4">Hard by it is shown—</p> -<p>Indeed, ’tis a wonderful tree.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii64" id="pageiii64"></a>[pg 64]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">Here, bravo! I’ve found</p> -<p class="i4"><span class="sc">Merry’s Museum</span>, bound—</p> -<p>This must be the Tree of Knowledge;</p> -<p class="i4">Besides which, behold!</p> -<p class="i4">All lettered in gold,</p> -<p>A poem fresh out from the college.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">Hold! hold! my good sirs,</p> -<p class="i4">Here’s a nice set of furs—</p> -<p>’Tis a fir-tree, you all must agree;</p> -<p class="i4">And here, not <i>incog.</i>,</p> -<p class="i4">Is a sweet sugar-hog—</p> -<p>Does that make a mahogany-tree?</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">Oh! who would have guessed?</p> -<p class="i4">Here’s a nice little chest,</p> -<p>Of course ’tis a chestnut-tree;</p> -<p class="i4">Not so fast, cousin Knox,</p> -<p class="i4">Here’s a beautiful box—</p> -<p>A box-tree it surely must be.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">Your proof something lacks,</p> -<p class="i4">For here is an ax.</p> -<p>You must own ’tis an axle-tree now;</p> -<p class="i4">Hallo! here’s a whip,</p> -<p class="i4">For your horsemanship—</p> -<p>’Tis a whipple-tree, then, you’ll allow.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii65" id="pageiii65"></a>[pg 65]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p class="i4">What now shall be said?</p> -<p class="i4">Here are needles and thread—</p> -<p>Let’s see—shall we call it tre-mend(o)us?</p> -<p class="i4">Oh, pshaw! pray do stop,</p> -<p class="i4">I’m ready to drop—</p> -<p>Your puns are absurdly stupendous.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"><a href="images/i_c_064-700.png"><img src="images/i_c_064-340.png" width="340" height="470" alt="Christmas tree" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii66" id="pageiii66"></a>[pg 66]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_c_065-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_065-500.png" width="500" height="460" alt="My mother's birthplace" /></a></div> - -<h3>MY MOTHER’S BIRTHPLACE.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii66a" id="pageiii66a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>It was just outside of the village,</p> -<p class="i2">In a cool, sequestered nook,</p> -<p>On the right was the murmuring forest,</p> -<p class="i2">On the left was the babbling brook.</p> -<p>Behind, the o’ershadowing mountain</p> -<p class="i2">Reared its gray old head to the sky,</p> -<p>While before it, the widening valley</p> -<p class="i2">Stretched out like a sea to the eye.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>’Twas a rare, sweet spot, and a lovely</p> -<p class="i2">As ever this fair world knew;</p> -<p>There spring came earliest always,</p> -<p class="i2">And summer the latest withdrew.</p> -<p>Day reluctantly left it at evening,</p> -<p class="i2">And hastened to greet it at dawn,</p> -<p>And stars, birds, and flowers loved to visit</p> -<p class="i2"><span class="sc">The place where my mother was born</span>.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii67" id="pageiii67"></a>[pg 67]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>THE SONG OF BOB LINCOLN.<br /><br class="b30" /> - -<span class="less">BY UNCLE TIM.</span></h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width24"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>It was a beautiful morning, quite early in May,</p> -<p>The fathers all plowing, the children all play;</p> -<p>The mothers all spinning, as busy as bees,</p> -<p>And the birds quite as busy all round in the trees;</p> -<p>While some were singing songs over and over,</p> -<p>Sometimes in the tree-tops, then down in the clover,</p> -<p>Young Robert was trying his very best notes,</p> -<p>And the strength of his song by the length of his throat.</p> - </div> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i12"><span class="sc">Chorus</span>—Envy me, envy me,</p> -<p class="i20"> Cordially, cordially,</p> -<p class="i20"> Fiddlesticks, fiddlesticks!</p> -<p class="i20"> Just act your pleasure, sir.</p> - </div> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Sometimes he was singing to Jemmy the farmer,</p> -<p>And then to Miss Alice, and trying to charm her;</p> -<p>Next moment he’d light on the top of a thistle,</p> -<p>And either be singing or trying to whistle:</p> -<p>Miss Alice, Miss Alice! it will give me much pleasure</p> -<p>To sing you a sonnet while I am at leisure.</p> -<p>I will sing you a good one, and very explicit,</p> -<p>And stop when I choose, or whenever you wish it.</p> - </div> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i12"><span class="sc">Chorus</span>—Certainly, certainly, etc.</p> - </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii68" id="pageiii68"></a>[pg 68]</span></p> - <div class="stanza"> -<p>While Jemmy is plowing and learning to whistle,</p> -<p>My wife is at home, in the shade of a thistle,</p> -<p>In a neat little nest, with a wild rose behind it.</p> -<p>You need not look for it, for you never can find it.</p> -<p>The farmer is plowing, and soon will be mowing;</p> -<p>While he’s cutting the daisies his corn will be growing.</p> -<p>When the heads on the barley are ripe, and the cherry,</p> -<p>Mary Lincoln and I will be singing so merry.</p> - </div> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i12"><span class="sc">Chorus</span>—Cordially, cordially,</p> -<p class="i20">Envy me, envy me,</p> -<p class="i20">Fiddlesticks, fiddlesticks!</p> -<p class="i20">Just act your pleasure, sir.</p> - </div> <div class="stanza"> -<p>When the leaves on the trees and the flowers on the clover</p> -<p>Are withered and faded, and Summer is over;</p> -<p>When the grass on the meadows is leveled and gone,</p> -<p>We will sing our last sonnet and leave you alone.</p> -<p>We will fly far away to the rice and the cotton;</p> -<p>But let not our thistle and rose be forgotten.</p> -<p>We are certain to come again early in Spring,</p> -<p>And bring some choice music, which we promise to sing.</p> - </div> <div class="stanza"> -<p class="i12"><span class="sc">Chorus</span>—Cordially, cordially,</p> -<p class="i20">Envy me, envy me,</p> -<p class="i20">Fiddlesticks, fiddlesticks!</p> -<p class="i20">Just act your pleasure, sir.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii69" id="pageiii69"></a>[pg 69]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_c_068-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_068-600.png" width="600" height="444" alt="A will and a way" /></a></div> -</div> -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>A WILL AND A WAY.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii69a" id="pageiii69a"></a></span></h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>A Lapland merchant must needs, one day,</p> -<p class="i2">To a distant market go;</p> -<p>But he had no horse, and he had no sleigh,</p> -<p class="i2">To carry him over the snow.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>"Yet go I must," said the sturdy man—</p> -<p class="i2">"There is a way for every will—</p> -<p>Each new necessity has its plan,</p> -<p class="i2">For the earnest mind to fulfill."</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>So he drew, from the ice-bound river, a scow,</p> -<p class="i2">And lined it with furs and moss,</p> -<p>Then harnessed a reindeer to its prow,</p> -<p class="i2">With a rope his horns across.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii70" id="pageiii70"></a>[pg 70]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>No track was there—but the traveler knew</p> -<p class="i2">The way over valley and plain;</p> -<p>Like a well-trained steed, the reindeer flew,</p> -<p class="i2">And brought him safe back again.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The fashion he set is in fashion now,</p> -<p class="i2">Among the fur-clad Norse;</p> -<p>They use for a sleigh a flat-bottomed scow,</p> -<p class="i2">And a reindeer for a horse.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Said the resolute man, "They shall serve my turn;</p> -<p class="i2">Whatever we must, we may,</p> -<p>And sooner or later each man will learn,</p> -<p class="i2">That <i>where there’s a will there’s a way</i>."</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_c_069-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_069-600.png" width="600" height="427" alt="A will and a way" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii71" id="pageiii71"></a>[pg 71]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 460px;"><a href="images/i_c_070-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_070-460.png" width="460" height="459" alt="Blowing bubbles" /></a></div> - -<h3>BLOWING BUBBLES.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii71a" id="pageiii71a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The boys were blowing bubbles,</p> -<p class="i2">Bright red, and green, and blue,</p> -<p>And every changing color</p> -<p class="i2">That ever mortal knew.</p> -<p>They floated in the window,</p> -<p class="i2">And glided past my chair,</p> -<p>But in a moment perished,</p> -<p class="i2">And faded in the air.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii72" id="pageiii72"></a>[pg 72]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The boys, with shouts and laughter,</p> -<p class="i2">Blew till quite out of breath,</p> -<p>While high in the leafy maple</p> -<p class="i2">The bubbles gleamed till death.</p> -<p>Too much like earthly pleasure</p> -<p class="i2">Seemed the bubbles, bright and gay;</p> -<p>They charm a fleeting moment,</p> -<p class="i2">Then vanish, away—away.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Sweet love’s ecstatic potion</p> -<p class="i2">Our spirits long to sip,</p> -<p>But Death may dash the nectar</p> -<p class="i2">From the unsullied lip.</p> -<p>And he who quaffs the longest,</p> -<p class="i2">Whose heart divinely glows,</p> -<p>Finds clouds will gather round him,</p> -<p class="i2">For earthly joys must close.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Some grasp at wealth’s bright beacon,</p> -<p class="i2">And follow where it leads—</p> -<p>Sometimes to fairest honor,</p> -<p class="i2">Sometimes to foulest deeds</p> -<p>And often proves a bubble,</p> -<p class="i2">A floating thing of air—</p> -<p>Eludes the weary victim,</p> -<p class="i2">And leaves him starving there.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii73" id="pageiii73"></a>[pg 73]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>If love’s so frail a treasure,</p> -<p class="i2">And wealth may fade away;</p> -<p>If earthly joys are changing,</p> -<p class="i2">And fame lives but a day;</p> -<p>Then where are shining jewels</p> -<p class="i2">That will not break at last,</p> -<p>And leave us, eager viewers,</p> -<p class="i2">All mourning for the past?</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>High in the holy heavens,</p> -<p class="i2">A pearl of price untold</p> -<p>Shines brighter far than rubies,</p> -<p class="i2">More precious than fine gold.</p> -<p>It can not fade or perish,</p> -<p class="i2">Can never pass away;</p> -<p>It is a hope in Jesus,</p> -<p class="i2">A trust in God alway!</p> -<p class="i18">M. A. L.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 390px;"><a href="images/i_c_072-500.png"><img src="images/i_c_072-390.png" width="390" height="464" alt="moonlight" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii74" id="pageiii74"></a>[pg 74]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_c_073-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_073-600.png" width="600" height="368" alt="After school" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii75" id="pageiii75"></a>[pg 75]</span></p> - -<h3>AFTER SCHOOL.</h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Just look upon that group of boys,</p> -<p>Brim full of frolic, spunk, and noise,</p> -<p>When, at the word, "The school is done,"</p> -<p>They rush to liberty and fun.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Pell-mell, they run, and jump, and leap,</p> -<p>Tumbling in one promiscuous heap,</p> -<p>Until you wonder by what token</p> -<p>They ’scape with heads and limbs unbroken.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Bold, reckless, cunning, cool, or sly,</p> -<p>What won’t they do? what won’t they try?</p> -<p>They’re up to every kind of scheme,</p> -<p>To test their strength, and let off steam.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>’Tis an epitome of life,</p> -<p>Without its shades of care and strife;</p> -<p>Each has his private joke, and cracks it,</p> -<p>Regardless how the other takes it.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>And there’s the point—boys take rough jokes</p> -<p>More pleasantly than older folks,</p> -<p>Not heeding much what’s said or done,</p> -<p>So they can have their fill of fun.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii76" id="pageiii76"></a>[pg 76]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>THE NIGHTINGALE.</h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Sweet bird! that through the shadows</p> -<p class="i2">Of the night, so sad and lone,</p> -<p>Warblest thy notes of gladness,</p> -<p class="i2">With softly thrilling tone.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>’Tis when the gloom is deepest,</p> -<p class="i2">And all is hushed in fear,</p> -<p>Save that night-winds are moaning</p> -<p class="i2">Through the stillness dark and drear;</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>’Tis then thy voice is sweetest,</p> -<p class="i2">And seems wafted from above,</p> -<p>As to the sad and sorrowing</p> -<p class="i2">Come words of hope and love.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Thou’rt heard within the casement,</p> -<p class="i2">Through the weary night of pain;</p> -<p>And thy warble is an earnest</p> -<p class="i2">That the day will come again.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Methinks thou art a spirit-bird,</p> -<p class="i2">Sent from a holier sphere;</p> -<p>Such spirits do not linger</p> -<p class="i2">Amidst the sorrowing here.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii77" id="pageiii77"></a>[pg 77]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 440px;"><a href="images/i_c_076-900.png"><img src="images/i_c_076-440.png" width="440" height="461" alt="Leap-frog" /></a></div> - -<h3>LEAP-FROG.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii77a" id="pageiii77a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>That’s right, Benny, go it strong,</p> -<p>Go it high, and go it long,</p> -<p>Swiftly run, and boldly leap,</p> -<p>Froggy Charles is quite a heap.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Charley Frog, now take your jump;</p> -<p>Benny, make yourself a lump;</p> -<p>’Tis a wholesome sport and rare—</p> -<p>Rest and toil an equal share.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Now you’re down, and now you’re up;</p> -<p>Now you leap, and now you stoop;</p> -<p>Now you rest, and now you run;</p> -<p>Any way, ’tis right good fun.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii78" id="pageiii78"></a>[pg 78]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>A WORLD OF LOVE AT HOME.</h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The earth hath treasures fair and bright,</p> -<p class="i2">Deep buried in her caves,</p> -<p>And ocean hideth many a gem</p> -<p class="i2">With his blue, curling waves;</p> -<p>Yet not within her bosom dark,</p> -<p class="i2">Or ’neath the dashing foam,</p> -<p>Lives there a treasure equaling</p> -<p class="i2">A world of love at home!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>True, sterling happiness and joy</p> -<p class="i2">Are not with gold allied,</p> -<p>Nor can it yield a pleasure like</p> -<p class="i2">A merry fireside.</p> -<p>I envy not the man who dwells</p> -<p class="i2">In stately hall or dome,</p> -<p>If, ’mid his splendor, he hath not</p> -<p class="i2">A world of love at home.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>The friends whom time hath proved sincere,</p> -<p class="i2">’Tis they alone can bring</p> -<p>A sure relief to hearts that droop</p> -<p class="i2">’Neath sorrow’s heavy wing.</p> -<p>Though care and trouble may be mine,</p> -<p class="i2">As down life’s path I roam,</p> -<p>I’ll heed them not while still I have</p> -<p class="i2">A world of love at home.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii79" id="pageiii79"></a>[pg 79]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a href="images/i_c_078-860.png"><img src="images/i_c_078-400.png" width="400" height="462" alt="I must hasten home" /></a></div> - -<h3>I MUST HASTEN HOME.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii79a" id="pageiii79a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>I must hasten home, said a rosy child,</p> -<p class="i2">Who had gayly roamed for hours;</p> -<p>I must hasten home to my mother dear—</p> -<p class="i2">She will seek me amid the bowers.</p> -<p>If she chides, I will seal her lips with a kiss,</p> -<p class="i2">And offer her all my flowers.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>I must hasten home, said a beggar girl,</p> -<p class="i2">As she carried the pitiful store</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii80" id="pageiii80"></a>[pg 80]</span> -<p>Of crumbs and scraps of crusted bread,</p> -<p class="i2">She had gathered from door to door;</p> -<p>I must hasten home to my mother dear—</p> -<p class="i2">She is feeble, and old, and poor!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>I must hasten home, said the ball-room belle,</p> -<p class="i2">As day began to dawn;</p> -<p>And the glittering jewels her dark hair decked,</p> -<p class="i2">Shone bright as the dews of morn;</p> -<p>I’ll forsake the joys of this changing world,</p> -<p class="i2">Which leave in the heart but a thorn.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>I must hasten home, said a dying youth,</p> -<p class="i2">Who had vainly sought for fame—</p> -<p>Who had vowed to win a laurel wreath,</p> -<p class="i2">And immortalize his name;</p> -<p>But, a stranger, he died on a foreign shore—</p> -<p class="i2">All the hopes he had cherished were vain.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>I am hastening home, said an aged man,</p> -<p class="i2">As he gazed on the grassy sod,</p> -<p>Where oft, ere age had silvered his hairs,</p> -<p class="i2">His feet had lightly trod;</p> -<p>Farewell! farewell to this lovely earth—</p> -<p class="i2">I am hastening home to God!</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii81" id="pageiii81"></a>[pg 81]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 450px;"><a href="images/i_c_080-900.png"><img src="images/i_c_080-450.png" width="450" height="455" alt="The evening prayer" /></a></div> - -<h3>THE EVENING PRAYER.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii81a" id="pageiii81a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>With meek and simple faith,</p> -<p class="i4">A child’s confiding love,</p> -<p>The infant cherub kneels to breathe</p> -<p class="i4">His prayer to God above.</p> -<p>And all the host of heaven is there,</p> -<p>To listen to that infant prayer.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>"God, bring dear father home,</p> -<p class="i4">God, make dear mother well,</p> -<p>God, make me good, and let us come</p> -<p class="i4">All in Thy house to dwell."</p> -<p>Then, while their watch good angels keep,</p> -<p>"God giveth His beloved sleep."</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii82" id="pageiii82"></a>[pg 82]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>ACROSTIC.</h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width24"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Roses and tulips, with all their gay train,</p> -<p>O’er garden and landscape cause beauty to reign.</p> -<p>By the brook, or the hillside, or light woody grove,</p> -<p>Enchanted—delighted—on, smiling, we rove;</p> -<p>’Rapt up in fond thoughts of the verdure and bloom,</p> -<p>’Till autumn’s cold frost sweeps the whole to the tomb.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>My emotions, when life seems thus passing and vain,</p> -<p>Even wisdom and prudence can hardly restrain.</p> -<p>Rude winter now comes, and with sleet, hail, and snow,</p> -<p>Right and left sends his arrows, as shivering we go.</p> -<p>Yet I see there’s a chance, even <i>now</i>, to be cheery,</p> -<p>Sitting snug by the fire, with old <i>Robert Merry</i>.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>My cosy old friend, no winter is found</p> -<p>Unfurled in thy pages the whole season round!</p> -<p>Still birds sing their songs in some warm, sunny clime,</p> -<p>Ever speaking in music and talking in rhyme;</p> -<p>Unless you may tell us some odd tale that’s true,</p> -<p>Making all of us merry, <i>Old Merry</i>, with you!</p> -<p class="i36">B.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii83" id="pageiii83"></a>[pg 83]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a href="images/i_c_082-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_082-600.png" width="600" height="420" alt="Our Nebby" /></a></div> - -<h3>OUR NEBBY.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii83a" id="pageiii83a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Sure I am, I do not know</p> -<p>Why we love our Nebby so;</p> -<p>But I am sure, as sure can be,</p> -<p>Nebby knows why he loves me.</p> -<p>Mattie feeds Neb every day,</p> -<p>And ’tis as good as any play,</p> -<p>Just to see his pranks and freaks,</p> -<p>When to Nebby Mattie speaks.</p> -<p>When I go home from the store,</p> -<p>Nebby meets me at the door,</p> -<p>And says, most eloquently dumb,</p> -<p>"Nebby’s glad that you have come."</p> -<p>Nebby is a little pet;</p> -<p>Nebby don’t know how to fret;</p> -<p>But he knows the tenderest part</p> -<p>Of our Mattie’s tender heart.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii84" id="pageiii84"></a>[pg 84]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>THE NEW SONG.</h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Whence that sweet, inspiring strain,</p> -<p class="i2">Pealing on my ravished ear?</p> -<p>Hark! its thrilling notes again</p> -<p class="i2">From the courts of heaven I hear—</p> -<p>“Hallelujah to the Lamb,</p> -<p class="i2">Who hath bought us with His blood!</p> -<p>Honor, glory to His name,</p> -<p class="i2">We through Him are sons of God.”</p> -<p>Angels fain their notes would join</p> -<p class="i2">With that vast, triumphant song;</p> -<p>But <i>their</i> harps, though all divine,</p> -<p class="i2">Ne’er can reach that wondrous song</p> -<p>Learned on earth, and new in heaven,</p> -<p class="i2">Only they its chords can know</p> -<p>Who to God by grace are given,</p> -<p class="i2">Ransomed from the depths of wo.</p> -<p>Angels can not know or tell,</p> -<p class="i2">In their pure, unfallen bliss,</p> -<p>How a soul, redeemed from hell,</p> -<p class="i2">Sings the mystery of grace!</p> -<p>They the chosen, countless throng,</p> -<p class="i2">Ever round the throne above,</p> -<p>In their new and endless song,</p> -<p class="i2">Celebrate redeeming love.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii85" id="pageiii85"></a>[pg 85]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_c_084-750.png"><img src="images/i_c_084-350.png" width="350" height="442" alt="The Chinaman" /></a></div> - -<h3>THE CHINAMAN.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii85a" id="pageiii85a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>The Chinaman his life consumes,</p> -<p class="i2">On opium regaling—</p> -<p>The Yankee his tobacco fumes</p> -<p class="i2">With equal zest inhaling—</p> -<p>Though trembling nerves and fitful glooms</p> -<p class="i2">Warn them that health is failing.</p> -<p>For almost everything that’s done</p> -<p class="i2">Some reason wit supposes,</p> -<p>But for the smoker’s faith, not one</p> -<p class="i2">The keenest wit discloses;</p> -<p>’Tis filthy, vulgar, costly fun,</p> -<p class="i2">Hateful to all good noses.</p> - </div> </div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii86" id="pageiii86"></a>[pg 86]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"><a href="images/i_c_085-700.png"><img src="images/i_c_085-350.png" width="350" height="470" alt="An Indian Dandy" /></a></div> - -<h3>AN INDIAN DANDY.<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii86a" id="pageiii86a"></a></span></h3></div> - -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>Well, isn’t that a funny dress?</p> -<p class="i2">You think he must be cruel,</p> -<p>With human bones set round his crown,</p> -<p class="i2">And skulls in place of jewels.</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii87" id="pageiii87"></a>[pg 87]</span> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Yet in his countenance you see</p> -<p class="i2">Nothing severe or savage,</p> -<p>As if, with cannibal intent,</p> -<p class="i2">Our whole domain he’d ravage.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>There’s no accounting for our tastes,</p> -<p class="i2">("<i>De gustibus</i>," and so forth;)</p> -<p>Some dote on very slender waists,</p> -<p class="i2">Some like hooped cisterns go forth.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Sneer not at Indian or Malay,</p> -<p class="i2">Nor get into a passion;</p> -<p>He does as you do day by day—</p> -<p class="i2">Follows the latest fashion.</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>White dandies strut in stove-pipe hats,</p> -<p class="i2">White women go bare-headed;</p> -<p>Which is most proper, red or white,</p> -<p class="i2">We leave in doubt deep shaded.</p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"><a href="images/i_c_086-500.png"><img src="images/i_c_086-200.png" width="200" height="296" alt="white dandy" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii88" id="pageiii88"></a>[pg 88]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>THE SHADOW.</h3> -</div> -<div class="poem width21"> <div class="stanza"> -<p>One sunny day a child went Maying—</p> -<p>When lo, while ’mid the zephyrs playing,</p> -<p>He saw his shadow at his back!</p> -<p>He turned and fled, but on his track</p> -<p>The seeming goblin came apace,</p> -<p>And step for step gave deadly chase!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>Weary at last, with desperate might</p> -<p>The urchin paused and faced the fright,</p> -<p>When lo, the demon, thin and gray,</p> -<p>Faded amid the grass away!</p> - </div><div class="stanza"> -<p>’Tis thus in life—when shadows chase,</p> -<p>If we but meet them face to face,</p> -<p>What seemed a fiend in fear arrayed,</p> -<p>Sinks at our feet a harmless shade.</p> -<p class="i24"><span class="sc">Peter Parley.</span></p> - </div> </div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a href="images/i_c_087-1000.png"><img src="images/i_c_087-500.png" width="500" height="368" alt="The shadow" /></a></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii89" id="pageiii89"></a>[pg 89]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h3>CONTENTS.</h3> -</div> -<table class="toc" summary="contents, book3"> -<tr> - <td class="left"> </td> - <td class="right">PAGE</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii7a">The Nest Builders</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii7">7</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii9a">Kindness</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii9">9</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii11">Snow Flakes</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii11">11</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii12">Spring Flowers</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii12">12</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii13a">Top Philosophy</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii13">13</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii15">By the Lake</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii15">15</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii17">Gentle Words</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii17">17</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii18a">The Frost</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii18">18</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii21a">Skating—Woman’s Rights</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii21">21</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii25a">School Sonnet</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii25">25</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii27">The Language of Flowers</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii27">27</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii29">The Song of the Exile</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii29">29</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii31">The Harvest</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii31">31</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii35">The Snow House</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii35">35</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii36a">Cold Water</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii36">36</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii39">The Good Old Plow</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii39">39</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii40a">Winter</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii40">40</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii43">June</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii43">43</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii44a">Work and Play</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii44">44</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii46">The Butterfly</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii46">46</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii48a">Cold Water</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii48">48</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii49a">The Telegraph—its Secret</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii49">49</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii53">The April Shower</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii53">53</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii56a">The Ostrich</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii56">56</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii58a">The Plowman</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii58">58</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii59">The House-Dog "Watch"</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii59">59</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii61">Gone—all Gone</a><span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii90" id="pageiii90"></a>[pg 90]</span></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii61">61</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii62a">The Christmas Tree</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii62">62</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii66a">My Mother’s Birthplace</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii66">66</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii67">The Song of Bob Lincoln</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii67">67</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii69a">A Will and a Way</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii69">69</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii71a">Blowing Bubbles</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii71">71</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii75">After School</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii75">75</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii76">The Nightingale</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii76">76</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii77a">Leap Frog</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii77">77</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii78">A World of Love at Home</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii78">78</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii79a">I must Hasten Home</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii79">79</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii81a">The Evening Prayer</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii81">81</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii82">Acrostic</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii82">82</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii83a">Our Nebby</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii83">83</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii84">The New Song</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii84">84</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii85a">The Chinaman</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii85">85</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii86a">The Indian Dandy</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii86">86</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"><a class="toc" href="#pageiii88">The Shadow</a></td> - <td class="right"><a class="ask" href="#pageiii88">88</a></td> -</tr> -</table> -<hr class="medium" /> - - -<div class="tn"> -<div class="chapter"> -<h4 class="center">Transcriber's Note<a name="end" id="end"></a></h4> -</div> -<p>Missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired.</p> - -<h4> Book 1.</h4> - -<p>Page 86: 11.: 'stich' corrected to 'stitch'.</p> - -<p class="ind1">"Stitch! stitch! stitch!"</p> - -<p>Page 87: 42.: '10,000' corrected to '10,100'.</p> - -<p class="ind1">"Arithmetic!: 202 x 50 = 10,100"</p> - -<p>Page 91: 123.:</p> - -<p>123.</p> -<table class="brace" summary="calculation" border="0"> - -<tr> - <td class="bigbrace">{</td> - <td>√(60 - 30<sup>2</sup>) = 51.96152<br /> - √(60 - 40<sup>2</sup>) = 44.72136</td> - <td class="bigbrace">}</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>corrected to</p> - -<p>123.</p> -<table class="brace" summary="calculation" border="0"> - -<tr> - <td class="bigbrace">{</td> - <td>√(60<sup>2</sup> - 30<sup>2</sup>) = 51.96152<br /> - √(60<sup>2</sup> - 40<sup>2</sup>) = 44.72136</td> - <td class="bigbrace">}</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>Page 92: - 156. 'chittim wood'</p> - <p class="ind1">Genesis 6, 14 in the King James Bible and the Revised Standard Version state that the ark was made of gopher wood, covered with pitch, inside and out. - The New English Bible gives cypress ribs, covered with reeds, and then pitched, inside and out. Concise Oxford English Dictionary agrees with the King James version (and RSV). - -Some other versions of the Bible may have given chittim wood - an American shrub:<br /><br /> - -Chittimwood - definition of chittimwood by The Free Dictionary -Noun, 1. chittimwood - shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada. bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, ... <br /> - - -... and Merry's Book of Puzzles was published in New York.</p> - -<p>Pp. various: 'rod' is a pre-decimal measure of length. A rod, pole, or perch - 5½ yards, or 16½ feet. = 5.03 metres</p> - -<h4> Book 2.</h4> - -<p>Page 18: 'wh' correctred to 'who'.</p> -<p class="ind1">68. Behead an article of apparel, and leave one who sometimes wears it.</p> - -<p>Page 35: 'diamter' corrected to 'diameter'.</p> - -<p class="ind1">"The third, of which the diameter is one foot, circumscribes the first and second."</p> - -<p>Page 62: 'know' corrected to 'known'.</p> - -<p class="ind1">"My first in cities is well known"</p> - -<p>Page 89: Second '102.' corrected to '103.'.</p> - -<p class="ind1">"103. Apollos."</p> - -<p>Page 90: 'I'ts' corrected to 'It's'.</p> - -<p class="ind1">"146. When It's mild (it smiled.)"</p> - -<p>Page 92: - 242. 'Heah-less.' corrected to 'head-less.'</p> - -<p>Page 93: - 317. 'Heartseaso.' corrected to 'Heartsease.'</p> - -<p>Page 94:</p> - -<p class="i2">383. A yard and a quarter. <i>Abe</i>—Abe-L.</p> - -<p>Ell (from Wikipedia)</p> - -<p> ... In England, the ell was usually 45 in (1.143 m), or a yard and a quarter. It was mainly used in the tailoring business but is now obsolete....</p> - -<h4> Book 3.</h4> - -<p>Pages 21-22: Illustration moved to front of poem to avoid breaking the stanza.</p> - -<p>Page 51: 'Know-Kothing' corrected to 'Know-Nothing'</p> -<p class="ind1">"Set me down for a Know-Nothing;"</p> - -<p class="i2">Page 84: 'wo' is probably an old form of 'woe'.</p> -<p class="ind1">"Ransomed from the depths of wo."</p> - -<p>Page 90: The following extraneous entries have been removed from the list of Contents, and the (correct) page numbers below reinstated with the correct Poem titles.</p> - -<table class="toc1" summary="list of extraneous titles"> -<tr> - <td class="left">Our Garret</td> - <td class="right">71</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">Charley and his Boat</td> - <td class="right">74</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">Blessed is he that Considereth the Poor</td> - <td class="right">75</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">The Dissatisfied Angler Boy</td> - <td class="right">77</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">The Destroyer Destroyed</td> - <td class="right">79</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">The Rose in the Vale</td> - <td class="right">81</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">Of What is the Alphabet Composed?</td> - <td class="right">83</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">Geography and Astronomy</td> - <td class="right">83</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">Going to School</td> - <td class="right">84</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">The Way to Do It</td> - <td class="right">85</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">When One Won't Quarrel, Two Can't</td> - <td class="right">85</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">The Caterpillar</td> - <td class="right">87</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left">The Warning Bell</td> - <td class="right">88</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"></td> - <td class="right"></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="left"></td> - <td class="right"></td> -</tr> -</table> -<p>Return to <a href="#top">top</a>.</p> - -</div> -<hr /> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Merry's Book of Puzzles, by J. 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N. Stearns - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Merry's Book of Puzzles - -Author: J. N. Stearns - -Editor: Robert Merry - -Release Date: December 31, 2016 [EBook #53847] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MERRY'S BOOK OF PUZZLES *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Lesley Halamek, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - MERRY'S - - BOOK OF PUZZLES. - - [Illustration] - - EDITED BY ROBERT MERRY. - - [Illustration] - - NEW YORK: - - THOMAS O'KANE, PUBLISHER, - 130 NASSAU STREET. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -The innumerable readers of MERRY'S MUSEUM will here meet with -many familiar faces, lighted up by pleasant smiles, and hear the same -old jovial laughter that greeted them in the olden time. - -Our motto is that of our noble State--"EXCELSIOR!" -Our readers will see that we have not buried the talents of our -contributors in napkins--but seek to bring them out into the bright -day: For Genius--like the lamp of Aladdin--needs constant polishing to -bring out its lustre and full effect. - -Our object has been to instruct by smiles--not frowns; to cheer the -dear hearts of the young girlhood and boyhood; to strew flowers among -the necessary thorns of existence. In a word, we try in these pages to -make the sad happy--the happy still happier. - -Hence, pure fun will be found as beautiful in these pages, as honey -amid the flowers of Hybla. - - ROBERT MERRY. - - - - - Robert Merry to his friends - A kindly greeting sends, - With a general assortment of questions, - Conundrums, Charades, - Puzzles, Riddles of all shades, - And Rebuses, as aids - To intellectual and social digestion. - - If the young Merry host - Acquaintance should boast, - Or kindred, or authorship pat, - With some of our jokes, - We confess--('tis no hoax)-- - To amuse other folks, - We have _riddled_ the Museum "Chat." - - Now we beg you will show, - If you happen to know, - Why the Editor, painstaking soul? - Is like the cold storm - Which, in climates bright and warm, - Where gallinippers swarm, - Come shivering down from the pole? - - - - -MERRY'S BOOK OF PUZZLES. - - -1. - -[Illustration] - -2. - -[Illustration] - -3. Who prolongs his work to as great a length as possible, and still -completes it in time? - -4. Why are young ladies like arrows? - -5. Why is a philanthropist like an old horse? - -6. How can five persons divide five eggs, so that each man shall -receive one, and still one remain in the dish? - -7. How many soft-boiled eggs could the giant Goliah eat upon an empty -stomach? - -8. What fishes have their eyes nearest together? - -9. Two fathers have each a square of land. One father divides his so -as to reserve to himself one-fourth in the form of a square; thus-- - -[Illustration: - - _________________ - | | - | | - | | - | | - |________ | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - |________|________| -] - -The other father divides his so as to reserve to himself one-fourth in -the form of a triangle; thus-- - -[Illustration: - - __________________ - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | /\ | - | / \ | - | / \ | - | / \ | - |/________________\| -] - -They each have four sons, and each divides the remainder among his -sons in such a way that each son will share equally with his brother, -and in similar shape. How were the two farms divided? - -10. - -[Illustration] - -11. - -[Illustration] - -12. What is that which is often brought to table, often cut, but never -eaten? - -13. - - My first is four-sixths of a step that is long, - My second is a person of state; - My whole is a thing that is known to be wrong, - And is a strong symptom of hate. - -14. Why are your nose and chin always at variance? - -15. - - Without my first you can not stand, - My second beauteous fair command; - Together I attend your will, - And am your humble servant still. - -16. Why ought a fisherman to be very wealthy? - -17. Why is a man in debt like a misty morning? - -18. Who was the first that bore arms? - -19. There is a word of seven letters; the first two refers to man, the -first three refers to woman, the first four signifies a great man, the -seven a great woman. - -20. I am a word of five letters. Take away my first and I am the name -of what adorns the estate of many of the nobility of England. Take -away my first and second, and I am the name of a place where all the -world was once congregated. Take away my last, and I am the name of -a beautiful mineral. Take away my two last, and I am the name of a -fashionable place of resort. I am small in stature, but capable of -doing a great deal of mischief, as I once did in London in the year -1666. - -21. Spell eye-water four letters. - -22. Why is swearing like an old coat? - -23. Why is a thump like a hat? - -24. Why is an inn like a burial-ground? - -25. - -[Illustration] - -26. - -[Illustration] - -27. If a fender cost six dollars, what will a ton of coal come to? - -28. What word is that to which if you add a syllable, it will make it -shorter? - -29. - - My first is a very uncomfortable state, - In cold weather it mostly abounds. - My second's an instrument formed of hard steel, - That will cause the stout foe to stagger and reel, - And when used, is a symptom of hate. - My whole is an author of greatest renown, - Whose fame to the last day of time will go down. - -30. What is the longest and yet the shortest thing in the world; -the swiftest and yet the slowest; the most divisible and the most -extended; the least valued and the most regretted; without which -nothing can be done; which devours every thing, however small, and yet -gives life and spirits to every object, however great? - -31. - - My first is found in every house, - From wintry winds it guards. - My second is the highest found-- - In every pack of cards. - My whole, a Scottish chief, is praised - By ballad, bard, and story, - Who for his country gave his life, - And, dying, fell with glory. - -32. Why are handsome women like bread? - -33. Why is an avaricious man like one with a short memory? - -34. What river in Bavaria answers the question, Who is there? - -35. Why is a man with wooden legs like one who has an even bargain? - -36. - -[Illustration] - -37. - -[Illustration] - -38. Why is a parish bell like a good story? - -39. What belongs to yourself, yet is used by others more than -yourself? - -40. - - In camps about the centre I appear; - In smiling meadows seen throughout the year; - The silent angler views me in the streams, - And all must trace me in their morning dreams, - First in the mob conspicuous I stand, - Proud of the lead, and ever in command. - -41. The head of a whale is six feet long; his tail is as long as his -head and half his body, and his body is half of his whole length. How -long is the whale? - -42. A hundred stones are placed, in a straight line, a yard distant -from each other. How many yards must a person walk, who undertakes to -pick them up, and place them in a basket stationed one yard from the -first stone? - -43. - - My first is a part of the day, - My last a conductor of light, - My whole to take measure of time, - Is useful by day and by night. - -44. I am a word of three syllables, each of which is a word; my -first is an article in common use; my second, an animal of uncommon -intelligence; my third, though not an animal, is used in carrying -burdens. My whole is a useful art. - -45. - - There was a man who was _not_ born, - His father was _not_ born before him, - He, did _not_ live, he did _not_ die, - And his epitaph is _not_ o'er him. - -46. Why is a nail, fast in the wall, like an old man? - -47. Why does a miller wear a white hat? - -48. - -[Illustration] - -49. - -[Illustration] - -50. - - My first is a letter commanding to wed, - Or to lift your sole till it reaches your head; - Nothing worth as a whole, it is plain to all men - That divided in halves, it is equal to ten; - - My second, though nothing, compared to the other, - Is worth more as a partner than its double-faced brother; - It moans and it sighs, and when joined to my first, - Pronounces the doom of the sinner accursed. - - My third, you will find his whole value depends - On the worth and position of neighbors and friends, - And, when both the other two following fair, - Changes doom to desire, and a curse to a prayer. - - My fourth, though it formeth no part of a hundred, - Shows where it can justly and evenly be sundered; - 'Tis found in the elements everywhere present, - 'Tis found in all seasons, unpleasant or pleasant, - 'Tis the chief of all lands, and yet can not wait - On continent, hemisphere, empire, or state. - Though ne'er in Great Britain suspected to lower, - 'Tis the heart of each quarter of that mighty power; - It always belonged to the animal race, - In the mineral kingdom they gave it a place, - And, being impartial, they could not deny, - The vegetable order its virtue to try; - And yet, since creation, it never was known - In beast, bird, or fish, root, branch, stem, or stone. - - My whole you'll find growing in pasture and barns, - Or grown in coats, carpets, warm blankets, and yarns, - In England, in Saxony, France, and old Wales, - And in sundry more places it always prevails. - Of quadrupedal origin--still it is known - In bipedal families oft to be shown; - But the strangest of all its strange forms, and conditions - Is seen in the covering of sage politicians. - -51. - -[Illustration] - -52. - -[Illustration] - -53. What is that which is invisible, but never out of sight? - -54. When is a boat like a knife? - -55. What part of London is in France? - -56. How many black beans will make five white ones? - -57. Why is a dandy like a haunch of venison? - -58. What kin is that child to its father who is not its father's own -son? - -59. Why is a rose-bud like a promissory note? - -60. What biblical name is there which expresses a father calling his -son by name, and his son replying? - -61. Why is an orange not like a church bell? - -62. Why is the largest city in Ireland likely to be the largest city -in the world? - -63. - - Three-fourths of a cross, and a circle complete, - An upright where two semicircles meet, - A rectangle triangle standing on feet, - Two semicircles, and a circle complete. - -64. What smells most in a drug shop? - -65. Why should doctors attend to window-sashes? - -66. G. a. p/A. - -67. What is that which every one can divide, but no one can see where -it has been divided? - -68. Spell hard water with three letters. - -69. What letters of the alphabet come too late for supper? - -70. - -[Illustration] - -71. - -[Illustration] - -72. - - Pronounced as one letter, and written with three, - Two letters there are, and two only in me; - I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, - I am read from both ends, and the same either way, - I am restless and wandering, steady and fixed, - And you know not one hour what I may be the next. - I melt, and I kindle--beseech, and defy, - I am watery and moist, I am fiery and dry. - I am scornful and scowling, compassionate, meek; - I am light, I am dark, I am strong, I am weak. - I'm piercing and clean, I am heavy and dull; - Expressive and languid, contracted and full. - I'm a globe and a mirror, a window, a door, - An index, an organ, and fifty things more. - I belong to all animals under the sun, - And to those who were long understood to have none. - My language is plain, though it can not be heard, - And I speak without even pronouncing a word. - Some call me a diamond--some say I am jet; - Others talk of my water, or how I am set. - I'm a borough in England, in Scotland a stream, - And an isle of the sea in the Irishman's dream. - The earth without me would no loveliness wear, - And sun, moon, and stars at my wish disappear. - Yet so frail is my tenure, so brittle my joy, - That a speck gives me pain, and a drop can destroy. - -73. What vessel is that which is always asking leave to move? - -74. Translate the following into Latin-- - - 42, 8 rocks, e e e e e e e e e e, 46. 2. 14. 8. 0. - -75. How is it that you can work with an awl, but not with a forceps; -while I can work with a forceps, and not with an awl? - -76. - -[Illustration] - -77. - - _Add_, was the word the master gave to Dick, - Dick scratched his head, and looking rather thick, - Replied, "_Hereafter it would make it stick_." - "Dick," cried the master, "rudeness is a sin; - Behold the stocks, I'll surely put you _in_." - "That," answered Dick, "won't alter it a feather, - _Hereafter it would make it hold together_." - "Dick," said the man, "if you insult me so, - Your shoulders and my rod I'll put in _Co._" - "'Tis all the same," said Dick, "my worthy master, - _Hereafter it would make it stick the faster_." - -78. Why is France like a skeleton? - -79. Why is a woodman like a stage actor? - -80. Why is the hour of noon on the dial-plate like a pair of -spectacles? - -81. Why is the best baker most in want of bread? - -82. - - Whether old Homer tippled wine or beer, - Julep or cider, history is not clear; - But plain it is--the bard, though wont to roam, - But for one liquid, never had left home. - -83. Why is a coward like a mouse-trap? - -84. Why is green grass like a mouse? - -85. What two reasons why whispering in company is not proper? - -86. - - My first is found on the ocean wave, - In the spring, the pit, and the mine; - My second below earth's surface you have, - Where seldom the sun can shine. - My whole your dinner-table must grace, - And seldom fails to obtain a place. - -87. Why is a gooseberry pie like counterfeit money? - -88. - -[Illustration] - -89. Why does a fisherman blow his horn? - -90. Why is there no danger of starving in a desert? - -91. - - Take half of the needle - By which sailors steer - Their ship through the water, - Be it cloudy or clear; - Do not really break it-- - This of all things were worst-- - But in your mind take it, - And this makes my first. - At thanksgiving or Christmas, - My second you see; - With care well compounded, - From grain, shrub, and tree. - My whole like some people - Who make great pretense, - Of words have a plenty, - But no great stock of sense. - -92. How is it that Methuselah was the oldest man, when he died before -his father? - -93. - - My first is a negative greatly in use, - By which people begin when they mean to refuse; - My second is Fashion, or so called in France, - But, like other whims, is the servant of chance. - An article always in use is my whole, - With texture and form under fashion's control; - But, alas! not a thing can it see which goes by, - Although many have four sights, and all have one eye. - -94. What is that which, supposing its greatest breadth to be four -inches, length nine inches, and depth three inches, contains a solid -foot? - -95. - -[Illustration] - -96. - - My tongue is long, my breath is strong, - And yet I breed no strife; - My voice you hear both far and near, - And yet I have no life. - -97. A waterman rows a given distance, _a_, and back again in _b_ -hours, and finds that he can row _c_ miles with the current, for -_d_ miles against it. Required, the time of rowing down, the time of -rowing up, the rate of current, and the rate of rowing. - -98. - - As I was beating on the far east grounds, - Up starts a hare before my two greyhounds; - The dogs, being light of foot, did fairly run, - To her fifteen rods, just twenty-one; - And the distance that she started up before, - Was six-and-ninety rods, just and no more; - Now, I would have you Merry boys declare - How far they ran, before they caught the hare. - -99. Is it possible to put twelve pieces of money in six rows, and have -four in a row? - -100. A gentleman sent a servant with a present of nine ducks, with -this direction-- - - "To Alderman Gobble, with ix. ducks." - -The servant took out three, and contrived it so that the direction -corresponded with the number of the ducks. He neither erased nor -altered a letter. How did he do it? - -101. - - Four letters form me quite complete, - As all who breathe do show; - Reversed, you'll find I am the seat - Of infamy and woe. - Transposed, you'll see I'm base and mean, - Again of Jewish race; - Transposed once more, I oft am seen - To hide a lovely face. - -102. - -[Illustration] - -103. - - My first is the name to an article given - For ladies and dandies to put on their linen; - It comes from the forest, I've heard people say, - And is made from the skin of an animal gay. - My second is a fruit that comes from the South, - The juice of it is sour, and 'twill pucker your mouth; - 'Tis found in candy shops all over the town, - And, stranger to say, it is almost round. - My whole is an article that is often seen - In the gardens and fields almost covered with green; - It is very sweet, and also pleasant to eat, - And in hot summer days affords a rich treat. - -104. My first is half of what implies good-humor; my second makes -sense of my first; my third sounds like the cry of a kitten; my fourth -is a consonant and vowel combined; my fifth, with the addition of the -initial of my third, would imply silence; and my whole is what many -boys and girls prize highly. - -105. - - I am composed of twelve letters. - My 2, 8, 9, is a substance dug out of the earth. - " 6, 11, 12, 8, is a numeral. - " 4, 2, 3, is an ancient instrument of war. - " 12, 8, 1, is a vessel used in former times. - " 5, is a vowel. - " 4, 7, 1, 9, is a hard substance. - " 10, 9, is a pronoun. - My whole is now before you. - -106. My first is appropriate, my second 'tis nine to one if you guess -it. My whole elevates the sole above the earth. - -107. Why is a conundrum like a monkey? - -108. What do we all do when we first get into bed? - -109. - -[Illustration] - -110. - -[Illustration] - -111. There is one word in the English language which is universally -considered a preventive of harm; change a certain letter in it, and -you make it an act of cruelty. - -112. - - My first may be fashioned of iron or wood, - And at window or door for safety is placed; - In village or town it does more harm than good, - Leading people their health, time, and money to waste. - My second's a lady, bewitching and fair, - And for love of her people will labor and strive; - Will rise before dawn, and be wearied with care, - And pursue her with ardor as long as they live. - My whole is what ladies admire and approve, - The shopkeeper's boast--the purchaser's prize; - 'Tis a ninepenny chintz--'tis a one-shilling glove-- - It is something which makes people open their eyes. - -113. At what distance must a body have fallen to acquire the velocity -of 1,600 feet per second? - -114. Of what trade is the sun in May? - -115. Why is a small horse like a young musk-melon? - -116. - - My first must grace a legal deed, - With its companion, firm and red; - Its help in marriage, too, they need, - Before the blessing can be said. - My second half a hundred is, - If in the shortest way you spell; - You soon must guess me after this, - I may as well the secret tell. - My whole, by his celestial strains - Bears the rapt soul to worlds above; - The Great Creator's power proclaims, - And tells of the Redeemer's love. - -117. - -[Illustration] - -118. - -[Illustration] - -119. My first is a boy's nickname; my second is meant for defense; my -third is a preposition; my fourth is one of the articles; my fifth is -one of the United States. My whole is a large city in Europe. - -120. - - My first is stationed near your heart, - And serves to brace the mortal frame; - Of young and old it forms a part, - And to fair woman gives a name. - Who builds a ship must it employ, - To give it strength to stem the flood, - And Adam felt no real joy - Till in new form by him it stood. - My second may be long or short, - Or tight or loose, or wet or dry, - Of cotton, silk, or woolen wrought, - Of any texture, strength, or dye-- - Be made of iron, gold, or steel, - Of love or hate, of good or ill, - May gently bind, or heavy feel, - May give support, or rudely kill. - My whole is formed by fashion, skill, and care, - And what few ladies from their dress can spare. - -121. How long would a ball be falling, from the top of a tower that -was 400 feet high, to the earth? - -122. Why are chairs like men? - -123. The foot of a ladder 60 feet long remaining in the same place, -the top will just reach a window 40 feet high on one side of the -street, and another 30 feet high on the other side. How wide is the -street? - -124. There is a pile of cannon-balls, the ground tier of which -contains 289 balls, and the top tier one ball. Require the whole -number of balls in a pile. - -125. - -[Illustration] - -126. - -[Illustration] - -127. - - What skillful housewife does not know - When, where to place my first? - When nicely done, it will not show; - Conspicuous, it is worst. - My second all the world must do, - Either with head or hand, - In different ways the same pursue, - On water, or on land. - My whole a picture is of life, - Varied with good or ill, - With bright or dull, with light or dark, - Arranged with art and skill. - -128. What is that which will make you catch cold--cure the cold--and -pay the doctor's bill? - -129. Why is a joke like a cocoa-nut? - -130. When did Esau, the hairy man, lose his whiskers? - -131. Why do postmasters deserve the execration of all true Americans? - -132. - - Just equal are my head and tail, - My middle slender as can be, - Whether I stand on head or heel, - 'Tis all the same to you or me. - But if my head should be cut off, - The matter's true, although 'tis strange, - My head and body, severed thus, - Immediately to nothing change. - -133. If a loafer, smoking a cigar, sets fire to the brush on his upper -lip, is it a case of spontaneous combustion? - -134. - - liv sin transgre procur damn - A ing ers ssion ed ation. - - dy Redeem pa purchas salv - -135. - -[Illustration] - -136. - -[Illustration] - -137. - -[Illustration: - - What sailors dread. -] - -138. - - -I. - - Go wide o'er the world, - And everywhere seek me-- - In earth, sea, or air, - Thou never shalt meet me! - Go wide o'er the world-- - I always am there-- - Wherever thou roamest, - In earth, sea, or air! - - -II. - - Go speak to the woodland, - And question of me-- - Oh ne'er shall thou find me, - With forest or tree! - Go, speak to the woodland, - I ever am there, - And live in its whispers, - Though lighter than air! - - -III. - - Go, winnow the wave, - And seek for my breath-- - Ah, ocean and river, - Reveal but my death! - Go, winnow the wave, - Tho' with winter it shiver-- - There--there shalt thou find me, - 'Mid ocean and river! - - -IV. - - In whirlwinds I revel, - Yet in zephyrs expire-- - I flourish in warmth, - And I perish in fire! - The winter I cherish, - Yet each season I shun; - Half living in harvest, - In summer, undone! - - -V. - - I come with the warlock-- - I go with the ghoul-- - I shriek with the wizard-- - I hoot with the owl! - I ride on the hazel - Which witches have rent-- - I fly on the wing - Which the eagle hath bent. - - -VI. - - I come and I go-- - Oft unseen and unsought; - I live but in words-- - I perish in thought. - So to all and to each, - I bid you adieu; - Yet to all and to each, - I stay double with you! - -139. Why is the boy that disturbs a hive like a true Christian? - -140. What is that which has eyes and sees not, ears and hears not, -nose and smells not, yet is often regarded as the _beau-ideal_ of a -human being? - -141. Why is the elephant his own servant? - -[Illustration] - -142. Which of the forest trees bears gain? - -143. Who was the heaviest of mechanics? - -144. - - I'm a heavy drag--few things more slow. - Cut off my head, and give me a bow, - And swiftly through the air I go. - -145. Why are two heads better than one? - -146. Why is a cart-horse always in the wrong place? - -147. - - I follow the plough, and yet I never walk, - Have plenty of teeth, yet neither eat nor talk, - Am strongly barred, and yet I never close, - I scratch and break, but never deal in blows. - -148. What is that which has many leaves, but no stem? - -149. Why is the letter F like an incendiary? - -150. ARITHMETICAL PUZZLE.--This consists of six slips of -paper or card, on which are written numbers as expressed in the -following columns-- - - +----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+ - | | | | | | | | | | | | - | A | | B | | C | | D | | E | | F | - +----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+ - | 1 | | 2 | | 4 | | 8 | | 16 | | 32 | - | 3 | | 3 | | 5 | | 9 | | 17 | | 33 | - | 5 | | 6 | | 6 | | 10 | | 18 | | 34 | - | 7 | | 7 | | 7 | | 11 | | 19 | | 35 | - | 9 | | 10 | | 12 | | 12 | | 20 | | 36 | - | 11 | | 11 | | 13 | | 13 | | 21 | | 37 | - | 13 | | 14 | | 14 | | 14 | | 22 | | 38 | - | 15 | | 15 | | 15 | | 15 | | 23 | | 39 | - | 17 | | 18 | | 20 | | 24 | | 24 | | 40 | - | 19 | | 19 | | 21 | | 25 | | 25 | | 41 | - | 21 | | 22 | | 22 | | 26 | | 26 | | 42 | - | 23 | | 23 | | 23 | | 27 | | 27 | | 43 | - | 25 | | 26 | | 28 | | 28 | | 28 | | 44 | - | 27 | | 27 | | 29 | | 29 | | 29 | | 45 | - | 29 | | 30 | | 30 | | 30 | | 30 | | 46 | - | 31 | | 31 | | 31 | | 31 | | 31 | | 47 | - | 33 | | 34 | | 36 | | 40 | | 48 | | 48 | - | 35 | | 35 | | 37 | | 41 | | 49 | | 49 | - | 37 | | 38 | | 38 | | 42 | | 50 | | 50 | - | 39 | | 39 | | 39 | | 43 | | 51 | | 51 | - | 41 | | 42 | | 44 | | 44 | | 52 | | 52 | - | 43 | | 43 | | 45 | | 45 | | 53 | | 53 | - | 45 | | 46 | | 46 | | 46 | | 54 | | 54 | - | 47 | | 47 | | 47 | | 47 | | 55 | | 55 | - | 49 | | 50 | | 52 | | 56 | | 56 | | 56 | - | 51 | | 51 | | 53 | | 57 | | 57 | | 57 | - | 53 | | 54 | | 54 | | 58 | | 58 | | 58 | - | 55 | | 55 | | 55 | | 59 | | 59 | | 59 | - | 57 | | 58 | | 60 | | 60 | | 60 | | 60 | - | 59 | | 59 | | 61 | | 61 | | 61 | | 61 | - | 61 | | 62 | | 62 | | 62 | | 62 | | 62 | - | 63 | | 63 | | 63 | | 63 | | 63 | | 63 | - +----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+ - -The slips being thus prepared, a person is to think of any one of -the numbers which they contain, and to give to the expounder of -the question those slips in which the number thought of occurs. To -discover this number, the expounder has nothing to do but to add -together the numbers at the top of the columns put into his hand. -Their sum will express the number thought of. - -_Example._--Thus, suppose we think of the number 14. We find that this -number is in three of the slips, viz., those marked B, C, and D, which -are therefore given to the expounder, who, on adding together 2, 4, -and 8, obtains 14, the number thought of. - -The trick may be varied in the following manner: Instead of giving to -the expounder the slips containing the number thought of, these may be -kept back, and those in which the number does not occur be given. In -this case, the expounder must add together, as before, the numbers at -the top of the columns, and subtract their sum from 63. The remainder -will be the number thought of. - -The slips containing the columns of numbers are usually marked with -letters on the back, and not above the columns, as we have expressed -them. This renders the deception more complete, as the expounder, -knowing beforehand the number at the top of each column, has only -to examine the letters at the back of the slips given him, when he -performs the problem without looking at the numbers, and thus renders -the trick more extraordinary. - -151. - - A pair of little quadrupeds, - Transpose them, and you'll find - The lords of ocean, or the aids - For disciplining mind; - Or that which cheers the midnight hour, - Or gilds the flagstaff high; - Now test your transposition power, - And for the answer try. - -152. When is a chair like a rich lady's dress? - -153. One _p_, one _i_, four _a_'s, two _r_'s, two _s_'s, two -_l_'s--what do they make, and who has made a fortune by them? - -154. What odd number will give, on being divided, a half clear of a -fraction? - -155. - - I'm in the book, but not on any leaf; - I'm in the mouth, but not in lip or teeth; - I'm in the atmosphere, but never in the air; - I wait on every one, but never on a pair; - I am with you wherever you may go; - And every thing you do I'm sure to know; - Though when you did it I should not be there, - Yet when 'twas done, you'd find me in the chair. - -156. What is the difference between Joan of Arc and Noah's ark? - -157. - - I am composed of seventeen letters. - My 4, 6, 10, is what we all do. - " 5, 8, 14, 11, is a great part of the body. - " 1, 13, 9, 15, is the name of a fish. - " 7, 16, 2, 10, is a part of speech. - " 13, 8, 3, is the name of a fowl. - " 6, 15, 14, is a girl's name. - " 17, 6, 10, 15, is very useful to vessels. - " 13, 6, 12, is a personal pronoun. - My whole is what we may all expect if we live. - -158. My first is an instrument, which, though small, has more power -than any monarch on earth. It is the lover's friend and the poet's -pride; yet has overthrown kingdoms, ruined reputations, set folks -together by the ears, and caused more destruction than plagues, -pestilence, or famine. My second, though not quite so mischievous, is -very destructive when in improper hands, and my whole, though employed -against my first, is deemed its friend and improver. - - -LEAP FROG. - -[Illustration] - -159. This is a most excellent pastime. It should be played in a -spacious place, out of doors, if possible, and the more there are -engaged in it, provided they be of the same height and agility, the -better is the sport. We will suppose a dozen at play:--Let eleven of -them stand in a row, about six yards apart, with all their faces in -one direction, arms folded, or their hands resting on their thighs, -their elbows in, and their heads bent forward, so that the chin of -each rests on his breast, the right foot advanced, the back a little -bent, the shoulders rounded, and the body firm. The last begins the -sport by taking a short run, placing his hands on the shoulders of -the nearest player, and leaping with their assistance--of course, -springing with his feet at the same time--over his head, as -represented in the cut. Having cleared the first, he goes on to the -second, third, fourth, fifth, etc., in succession, and as speedily -as possible. When he has gone over the last, he goes to the proper -distance, and places himself in position for all the players to leap -over him in their turn. The first over whom he passed, follows him -over the second, third, fourth, etc.; and when he has gone over, the -one who begun the game places himself in like manner for the others -to jump over him. The third follows the second, and so on until the -parties are tired. - -160. - - His heart was sad, and his foot was sore, - When a stranger knocked at the cottager's door; - With travel faint, as the night fell down, - He had missed his way to the nearest town, - And he prayed for water to quench his thirst, - And he showed his purse as he asked for my _first_. - The cotter was moved by the stranger's tale, - He spread the board, and he poured the ale: - "The river," he said, "flows darkly down - Betwixt your path and the lighted town, - And far from hence its stream is crossed - By the bridge on the road that you have lost; - Gold may not buy, till your weary feet - Have traversed the river and reached the street, - The thing you ask; but the wandering moon - Will be out in the sky with her lantern soon; - Then cross o'er the meadow, and look to the right, - And you'll find my _second_ by her light." - My _second_ shone like a silver floor, - When the traveler passed from the cotter's door; - He saw the town on its distant ridge, - Yet he sighed no more for the far-off bridge; - And his wish of the night soon gained its goal, - For he found my _first_ when he reached my whole. - -161. What two letters of the alphabet make a prophet? - -162. I 8 0 M/day. - -163. Plant an orchard of twenty-one trees, so that there shall be nine -straight rows, with five trees in each row, the _outline_ a regular -geometrical figure, and the trees all at unequal distances from each -other. - -164. B 0 yy nor/nice for U c what a fool u b. - -[Illustration] - -165. What part of the horse resembles you? - -166. Why is a horse like the prophet Elijah? - -167. Why is a new married man like a horse? - -168. Why is it profitable to keep fowl? - -169. My first is a collection of water; my second is used when -speaking of myself; my third is a fruit; my whole is a town in -Hindostan. - -170. "Thomas," said Charles, "you are good at figures, please give -me a _figurative_ answer to this question:--What ought one to do who -arrives at a friend's house too late for dinner?" - -Thomas, after thinking a little, wrote the following--1028,40. What -was his meaning? - -171. A teacher, having fifteen young ladies under her care, wished -them to take a walk each day of the week. They were to walk in five -divisions of three ladies each but no two ladies were to be allowed -to walk together twice during the week. How could they be arranged to -suit the above conditions? - -172. - - My first is a letter, an insect, a word, - That means to exist; it moves like a bird. - My next is a letter, a small part of man, - 'Tis found in all climes; search where you can. - My third is a something seen in all brawls. - My next you will find in elegant halls. - My last is the first of the last part of day, - Is ever in earnest, yet never in play. - My whole gives a light, by some men abhorred, - The blessings from which no pen can record. - -173. What number is that, which, added separately to 100 and 164, -shall make them perfect squares? - -174. Why is the letter F like death? - -175. Why are mortgages like burglars? - -176. - - I'm composed of letters four, - A turkey, cock, or hen; - Behead me, and I upward soar. - Put on my head again, - Transpose me, then a beast I am, - Both bloodthirsty and wild, - That preys on many a helpless lamb, - And oft devours a child. - -177. I am a word of three letters, signifying to spoil or injure. -Transposed, I am an animal. Transposed again, I am a part of the human -frame. - -[Illustration] - -178. Why is a grist-mill like the court-martial which cashiered -Fremont? - -179. - - I have wings, yet never fly-- - I have sails, yet never go-- - I can't keep still, if I try, - Yet forever stand just so. - -180. Why is a grist-mill like an orange-tree? - -181. What Scripture character was a stupid sheep? - -182. What animal that always has a cold chin is used to keep the -ladies' chins warm? - -183. What two reasons why a young lady going to the altar is certainly -going wrong? - -184. Why is it dangerous for a teetotaler to have more than two -reasons for the faith that is in him? - -185. What is the most cheerful part of an arsenal? - -186. When does the tongue assume the functions of the teeth? - -187. My first is company, my second is without company, and my third -calls company. - -188. - - An emblem of stupidity, - My first in forests found; - Up in air oft rises high, - Though fastened to the ground, - But by sharp means it is removed, - And managed various ways; - By art or skill may be improved, - Or, perhaps, it makes a blaze. - My second is of every kind, - Is good, or bad, or gay; - Is dull or bright, to suit all minds, - By night as well as day. - The patient seaman keeps with care my whole, - And well it knows his secrets night and day; - And though it has no tongue, nor heart, nor soul, - It tells the story of the ship's long way. - -189. There is a word of six letters. Take off three letters at either -end, and add another letter, and it will make one of the most useful -members of the body. - -190. - - Tell me why is it, if you lend - But forty dollars to a friend, - It does your kindness more commend - Than if five hundred you should send? - -191. What is that which is less tired the longer it runs? - -192. Why is a tailor finishing your pants like a polite host serving -his guests with water-fowl? - -193. What was a month old at Cain's birth, that is not five weeks old -now? - -[Illustration] - -194. What looks worse on a lady's foot than a darned stocking? - -195. Which of the girls can answer questions best? - -196. What is the shape of a kiss? - -197. - - My first is a busy industrious thing, - Without which no bundle your porter can bring; - My second is nothing to speak of, yet stands - For thousands and millions, in money or lands; - My third is a question we meet every day, - Relating to things we do, think, or say; - My whole is the questioner--once it was you, - If not, 'twas your brother, or cousin, or--whew! - It was somebody else whom your grandmother knew. - -198. I am composed of four letters. We do not 4 2 3, 1 4 2 3, 2 3, 3 4 -2. - -199. - - My first is a preposition. - " second implies more than one. - " third is a pronoun. - " fourth some people do not pay. - " whole is not consistent. - -200. - - I am a word of four letters often used in prayer. - Transposed, I become what every one professes. - Transposed again, I become an adjective, the qualities of which - every one despises. - Transposed again, I am part of a horse. - -201. - - My first is poison, slow yet sure, - That preys on many frames; - Compounded oft of things impure, - And called by many names. - My first and second form my whole, - That's one of Satan's dens; - Many a man has lost his soul, - Through meeting there with friends. - -202. - - I am a word of four letters--the name of a Cape. - Transposed, I am a portion of the earth's surface. - Transposed again, I am a kind of meat. - Transposed again, I become a verb signifying to wash. - -203. - - I prove 2 = 1, thus:-- - x = a; then x^2 = ax - x^2 - a^2 = ax - a^2 - (x + a)(x - a) = a(x - a) - x + a = a - 2a = a - 2 = 1 - Who will detect the fallacy? - -[Illustration] - -204. In what ship, and in what capacity, do young ladies like to -engage? - -205. - - Ethereal thing, on unseen wing, - Through space my first is wandering; - It nothing sees, it nothing knows, - Yet all that's known and seen it shows. - Brick, iron, mud, stone, reed, or wood, - My second in all climes has stood-- - A lodge, a nest, where love may rest, - Or a prison, gloomy, dark, unblest. - Away on the bleak and desolate peak - Where the rude tempests howl and shriek, - Like a friendly eye, looking out from the sky. - My whole to the wanderer gleams on high. - -206. What kind of a ship did Solomon object to? - -207. There are two numbers whose product added to the sum of their -squares is 109, and the difference of whose squares is 24. - -208. - - In every hedge my second is, - As well as every tree, - And when poor school-boys act amiss, - It often is their fee. - My first likewise is always wicked, - Yet ne'er committed sin, - My total for my first is fitted, - Composed of brass or tin. - -209. My first is a pronoun; my second is not high; my third we must -all do; my fourth is a pronoun of multitude; my whole is musical. - -210. What is the difference between a grandmother and her infant -grandchild? - -211. Add one to nine and make it twenty. - -212. What is that which the dead and living do at the same time? - -213. - - When winter months have passed away, - And summer suns shine bright, - You ope the coffer where I lay, - And bring my first to light. - My second is a valiant knight, - Who wears his crest and spur, - And when he's challenged to a fight, - He does not long demur. - My whole, as ancient fables say, - Was once a friend of Juno, - In dress he makes a great display-- - His name by this time you know. - -214. Why is a bullet like a tender glance? - -[Illustration] - -215. - - When innocence first had its dwelling on earth, - In my first's lovely form it alighted; - And still to this time, from the hour of its birth, - In my first it has greatly delighted. - My second's a part of a smart lady's dress, - Yet on age it may also be found; - Again, 'tis a garb when the heart feels distress-- - And my whole does with pleasure abound. - -216. Why are children at play like a bird in her nest? - -217. - - My first is male or female, young or old, - 'Tis very sad if you are forced to doubt one; - Much must we pity the false heart or cold, - Who is so selfish as to live without one. - My second is a noble work of art, - Which brings together distant shores and lands; - Though neither feet it has, nor head, nor heart, - 'Tis often furnished with a hundred hands. - My whole in youth or age, sickness or health, - In joy or sorrow, charms to life can give; - Without it, all in vain are hoards of wealth, - By it unblest in solitude we live. - -218. What spice are the Hindoos fond of? - -219. Why is a dog like a tanner? - -220. Why are A B's successors seedy? - -221. What is nothing good for? - -222. I am composed of four letters--the initials of four of the -principal personages in Europe--the name of a river in Russia; -transposed, I am a part of the Crystal Palace; transposed again, I am -not _proud_, although elevated above the heads of most people. - -223. - - My first is when the summer wind - Sweeps rustlingly through the trees, - When the jasmine spray and the eglantine - Are swayed by the whispering breeze; - My second, a weapon of bloody strife, - Of steel, so cruel and cold, - Which ruthlessly takes the soldier's life, - The cowardly, and the bold; - My whole is a Poet, by every one known, - So wide is his renown. - -224. Why is the letter y like a young spendthrift? - -[Illustration] - -225. Why is memory like the peacock? - -226. - - My first in the garden luxuriantly grows, - Delicious and sweet, as every one knows; - My second a noisy, vain, garrulous thing, - The lord of a harem, as proud as a king; - My whole is still prouder, and seems to rejoice - As much in his tail as he does in his voice. - -227. One man said to another, "Give me one of your sheep, and I shall -have twice as many as you." The other replied, "No, give me one of -yours, and I shall have as many as you." How many had each? - -228. Where were potatoes first found? - -229. Where did cherries come from? - -230. Why is a ship under full sail like Niagara? - -231. - - O'er a mighty pasture go - Sheep in thousands, silver white; - As to-day we see them, so - In the oldest grandsire's sight. - They drink--never waning old-- - Life from an unfailing brook; - There's a shepherd to their fold, - With a silver-horned crook. - From a gate of gold let out, - Night by night he counts them over; - Wide the field they rove about, - Never hath he lost a rover: - True the dog that helps to lead them, - One gay ram in front we see; - What the flock, and who doth lead them, - Sheep and shepherd, tell to me? - -232. I am a word of four letters. Take off my hat, and you have -something which you do every day. Take off my head, and you have -a preposition. Leave off my head and put on my hat, and you have -something used before a door. Entire, and taken backward, with my two -middle letters transposed, I am a very convenient thing. I, myself, am -often eaten. - -233. What part of a ship was Cain? - -234. What animal resembles the sea, and why? - -235. What animal is the most windy, and why? - -236. What animal is like an apothecary? - -237. What animal is like a stone-breaker? - -238. A man had a bar of lead that weighed 40 lbs., and he divided it -into four pieces in such a way as to allow him to weigh any number of -pounds from one to forty. How did he manage the matter? - -[Illustration] - -239. What is the best key to a good dinner? - -240. Why is a farm-yard like a hotel? - -241. If a woman stands behind a tree, how does the tree stand? - -242. Wherein does a turkey-cock differ from a lady? - -243. Three men buy a grindstone, 40 inches in diameter, on equal -shares. Each one is to use it until he has worn away his share. How -many inches in diameter must each one use? - -244. What two letters of the alphabet do children like best? - -245. Why are Cashmere shawls like deaf persons? - -246. - - Ye mortals--wonder! I'm an elf, - A strange, mysterious thing; - More powerful than all the sprites - Within a magic ring. - I speak--although I have no tongue-- - I speak, and thrill the soul; - I sing--and many a song I've sung - Resounds, while ages roll. - I am a weapon, strong and keen, - All made of glittering steel; - But human souls--not senseless flesh-- - My sharp two-edges feel. - The greatest writer e'er was born-- - But, ah!--a thievish elf; - For what I write is not, alas! - Original with myself. - I often take a cooling bath; - But, like the Ethiop's skin, - When I have bathed, I'm blacker still - Than when I did begin! - Most kind am I; I glad the heart - Of many a wretched wight, - And many a sufferer is by me - Transported with delight. - Most cruel I; I've pierced the soul - With cutting, burning darts; - I've dashed the fondest hopes to earth, - I've crushed the lightest hearts. - Yet wise and powerful as I am, - A very slave am I; - I'm forced the mandates to obey - Of both the low and high. - Now, witty brains, tell who this is, - Who blesses and who curses; - Who has no hands, yet still who is - The writer of these verses. - -[Illustration] - -247. Why is an Indian like a flirt? - -248. Why is an Indian like a scholar? - -249. How much silk is required to make a spherical balloon, 16 inches -in diameter, without allowing for seams? - -250. All children love to go to sea, and why? - -251. - - That gentle picture dost thou know, - Itself, its hues, and splendor gaining? - Some change each moment can bestow, - Itself as perfect still remaining; - It lies within the smallest space, - The smallest framework forms its girth, - And yet that picture can embrace - The mightiest objects known on earth: - Canst thou to me that crystal name - (No gem can with its worth compare) - Which gives all light, and knows no flame? - Absorbed is all creation there! - That ring can in itself inclose - The loveliest hues that light the heaven, - Yet from its light more lovely goes - Than all which to it can be given! - -252. - - From 6 take nine, from 9 take 10; - From 40 take 50, and 6 remain. - -253. Why is marriage like truth? - -254. Required to divide 45 in four parts, so that the first part with -two added, the second with two subtracted, the third divided by two, -the fourth multiplied by two, shall equal each other. - -255. Where was Major Andre going when he was captured? - -256. - - There is a mansion, vast and fair, - That doth on unseen pillars rest; - No wanderer leaves the portals there, - Yet each how brief a guest! - The craft by which that mansion rose, - No thought can picture to the soul; - 'Tis lighted by a lamp which throws - Its stately shimmer through the whole. - As crystal clear, it rears aloof - The single gem which forms its roof, - And never hath the eye surveyed - The master who that mansion made. - -257. Why is a sculptor like a man who "splits his sides with -laughter?" - -258. Why were the Scribes and Pharisees like a great conflagration? - -259. My first is a collection of water, my second is used when -speaking of myself, my third is a fruit, my whole is a town in -Hindostan. - -260. - - X U R, X U B, - X, 2 X U R 2 me. - -261. Why was Daniel like Nebuchadnezzar's image? - -[Illustration: SEE-SAW.] - -262. Several things are necessary to make this sport safe and -pleasant. _First_, a strong bar on which to balance your board or -plank. _Secondly_, a strong, straight-grained board or plank, which -will not crack nor twist. _Thirdly_, an equal weight at each end, or -nearly so. _Fourthly_, a clear head, and a steady hand, or foot, to -keep up an even motion. With these all right, you will go up and -down as easily and smoothly as men of business do, or political -parties;--but, hallo there, boys, John has tumbled off, and you will -have a smash at the other end, which will leave John's partner in -doubt whether he is up or down. - -263. What island in the Pacific is always at this sport? - -264. What is there at the same time philosophical and ungrammatical in -this sport? - -265. Why is an elephant like a lady's veil? - -266. - - I was before the world begun, - Before the earth, before the sun; - Before the moon was made, to light - With brighter beams the starry night; - I'm at the bottom of the sea, - And I am in immensity; - The daily motion of the earth - Dispels me, and to me gives birth; - You can not see me if you try, - Although I'm oft before your eye; - Such is my whole. But, for one part, - You'll find in taste I'm rather tart; - Now I become the abode of men-- - And now, for groveling beasts, a pen; - I am a man who lives by drinking; - Anon I keep a weight from sinking; - To take me, folks go far and near; - I am what children like to hear; - I am a shining star on high; - And now, its pathway through the sky; - My strength o'erpowers both iron and steel; - Yet oft I'm left behind the wheel; - I'm made to represent a head; - Am found in every loaf of bread; - Such are the many forms I take, - You can not count all I can make; - Yet, after all, so strange am I, - Soon as you know me, then I die. - -267. Henry is four feet high and William is five. The sum of their -heights multiplied by five is equal to their father's age, plus -fifteen. How old was their father? - -268. My first is the name of a river, my second is a pleasant -beverage, my third is what we are too apt to do, and my whole is the -name of an ancient city. - -[Illustration: DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABET. - -SINGLE HANDED ALPHABET.] - -269. The deaf and dumb converse with each other, and with their -teachers, by signs made with their hands. There are two ways of making -the letters with the fingers; in one, both hands are used; in the -other, only one. Above, you see how the letters are made with one -hand. - -270. When are the letters like the keys of a piano? - -271. - - Up and down two buckets ply - A single well within; - While the one comes full on high, - One the deeps must win. - Full or empty, never ending, - Rising now, and now descending, - Always while you quaff from this, - That one lost in the abyss, - From that well the waters living - Never both together giving. - -272. - - Come from my first--ay, come! the battle dawn is nigh, - And the screaming trump and thundering drum are calling thee to die! - Fight as thy father fought, fall as thy father fell; - Thy task is taught, thy shroud is wrought, so forward, and farewell! - Toll ye, my second, toll! Fill high the flambeau's light, - And sing the hymn of a parted soul beneath the silent night, - The wreath upon his head, the cross upon his breast, - Let the prayer be said, and the tear be shed--so take him to his rest. - Call ye my whole--ay, call the lord of lute and lay, - And let him greet the sable pall with a noble song to-day; - Go, call him by his name! no fitter hand may crave - To light the flame of a soldier's fame on the turf of a soldier's grave. - -273. Once in a minute, twice in a moment, once in a man's life? - -274. A man said "I lie." Did he lie, or did he tell the truth? - -[Illustration] - -275. Why is the butcher's dog in the parlor like your mother receiving -strange company? - -276. Why should a hound never be admitted into the house? - -277. Why is your favorite puppy like a doll? - -278. How can a person live eighty years, and see only twenty -birthdays? - -279. What is the difference between twenty four quart bottles, and -four and twenty quart bottles? - -280. How will you arrange four 9's so as to make one hundred? - -281. - - Amid the serpent race is one - That earth did never bear; - In speed and fury there be none - That can with it compare. - With fearful hiss--its prey to grasp-- - It darts its dazzling course, - And locks in one destroying clasp - The horseman and the horse. - It loves the loftiest heights to haunt-- - No bolt its prey secures; - In vain its mail may valor vaunt, - For steel its fury lures! - As slightest straw whirled by the wind, - It snaps the starkest tree; - It can the might of metal grind, - How hard soe'er it be! - Yet ne'er but once the monster tries - The prey it threats to gain: - In its own wrath consumed it dies, - And while it slays is slain. - -282. A went to a shoemaker, B, and ordered a pair of boots. At the -time appointed for their completion, A called for his boots. The price -was $5. A gave B a 20 dollar note, which, not being able to change, -he went to C, who gave him four $5 notes. B gave A three of the notes, -and kept one. The next day C came to B and told him his $20 note was -a counterfeit. B gave C four $5 notes, three of which he borrowed from -D. How much did B lose by the operation? - -[Illustration] - -283. When a boy falls, what does he fall against? - -284. When he is caught stealing, what does he catch? - -285. How many feet ought a thief to have? - -286. Why is Tom Tumbledown like Adam when he saw the apple? - -287. A friend asserted to me a day or two since, that forty horses -only had eighty-four legs. How did it come? - - -A RIDDLE WITHIN A RIDDLE. - -288. - - Moce ye inugeison nose hist dilerd suesg - Ti si ton cufidlift ouy liwl socfens, - Thaw si hatt burmen--hiwhc fi ouy ivdedi, - Ouy hent liwl hington veale no theire dies? - -289. Our family is large, but not much more than one third as large as -that of Jacob when he went to live in Egypt. But, like the family of -that ancient patriarch, we often migrate to other countries. We do not -keep together, whether at home or abroad; we are scattered about in -every direction,--at once masters, servants, and slaves to forty-four -millions of people. Not a book is printed without our aid; and, what -is stranger still, we are all found at the same time in every book in -every library and country where the English language is spoken; and on -almost every page. Sometimes, though rarely, two of us stand side by -side. It is still more rare for us all to appear together arranged in -the same order. Nothing is more common with people than to place us in -_rows_ or _platoons_; but whether in militia, army, or navy--for some -of us are employed in all these--we are seldom arranged twice alike. -Sometimes one of us stands first; sometimes another. Sometimes a row -or platoon consists of only two or three of us; at others of many -more; and occasionally of twelve, fifteen, or twenty; and, strangest -to relate of all, we can be so placed as to make out about 50,000 -rows, no two of which will be exactly alike. Must we not, then, be a -useful family? And what, think you, is our _family_ name? - -290. | | | | | |. Add five more marks to these six, so as to make -nine. - -[Illustration] - -291. What tree is that, which has twelve branches, thirty leaves on -each branch, and each leaf white on one side, and black on the other? - -292. - - 1. What is the sociable tree? - - 2. And the dancing tree? - - 3. And the tree which is nearest the sea? - - 4. And the busiest tree? - - 5. The most yielding tree? - - 6. And the tree where ships may be? - - 7. The languishing tree? - - 8. The least selfish tree? - - 9. And the tree that bears a curse? - - 10. The chronologist tree? - - 11. The fisherman's tree? - - 12. And the tree like an Irish nurse? - - 13. What's the traitor's tree? - - 14. And the tell-tale tree? - - 15. And the tree that is warmest clad? - - 16. The layman's tree? - - 17. The housewife's tree? - - 18. And the tree that makes one sad? - - 19. What the tree that in death will benight you? - - 20. And the tree that your wants will supply? - - 21. And the tree that to travel invites you? - - 22. And the tree that forbids you to die? - - 23. What tree do the hunters resound to the skies? - - 24. What brightens your house, and your mansion sustains? - - 25. What tree urged the Grecians in vengeance to rise - And fight for the victims by tyranny slain? - - 26. The tree that will fight? - - 27. And the tree that obeys you? - - 28. And the tree that never stands still? - - 29. And the tree that got up? - - 30. And the tree that was lazy? - - 31. And the tree neither up nor down hill? - - 32. The tree to be kissed? - - 33. And the dandiest tree? - - 34. And what guides the ships to go forth? - - 35. The unhealthiest tree? - - 36. And the tree of the people? - - 37. And the tree whose wood faces the north? - - 38. The emulous tree? - - 39. The industrious tree? - - 40. And the tree that warms mutton when cold? - - 41. The reddish-brown tree? - - 42. The reddish-blue tree? - - 43. And what each must become ere he's old? - - 44. The tree in a bottle? - - 45. And the tree in a fog? - - 46. And the tree that gives the bones pain? - - 47. The terrible tree when schoolmasters flog? - - 48. And what mother and child have the name? - - 49. The treacherous tree? - - 50. The contemptible tree? - - 51. And that to which wives are inclined? - - 52. The tree that causes each townsman to flee? - - 53. And what round fair ankles they bind? - - 54. The tree that's entire? - - 55. And the tree that is split? - - 56. The tree half given to doctors when ill? - - 57. The tree we offer to friends when we meet? - - 58. And the tree we may use as a quill? - - 59. The tree that's immortal? - - 60. The trees that are not? - - 61. And the trees that must pass through the fire? - - 62. The tree that in Latin can ne'er be forgot, - And in England we all must admire? - - 63. The Egyptian plague tree? - - 64. And the tree that is dear? - - 65. And what round itself doth intwine? - - 66. The tree that in billiards must ever be near? - - 67. And the tree that by cockneys is turned into wine? - -[Illustration] - -293. Which of the planets would the tortoise like best to live in? - -294. Why is a picture surrounded by books like a happy man? - -295. Mother sent Mary for an evergreen. The gardener brought a holly. -Mary pointed to the sky, and the gardener brought what she wanted. -What did Mary mean? - -296. When the day breaks, what becomes of the fragments? - -297. Novus vir bonus vir ivit ad caudam vel habere suam vestem homines -mortuos. - -298. EE Marriage EE0. - -299. What bird is that which has no wings? - -300. Add something to 9 to make it less. - -301. Why is Satan on a shed like a bankrupt? - -302. How is it that trees put on their summer dresses, without opening -their trunks? - -303. Of three words make one, by the insertion of a single letter. - -304. Of a word of one syllable, make a word of three syllables, by the -addition of a single letter. - -305. - - Ages ago, when Greece was young, - And Homer, blind and wandering, sung; - Where'er he roamed, through street or field, - My first the noble bard upheld; - Look to the new moon for my next, - You'll see it there, but if perplexed, - Go ask the huntsman, he can show - My name--he gives it many a blow; - My whole, as you will quickly see, - Is a large town in Tuscany, - Which ladies soon will recognize-- - A favorite head-dress it supplies. - -306. Why is an elephant like a chair? - -307. Mr. --wood being at the . of king of terrors, 10 mills for his -quakers, and who, which and what. They odor for Dr. Juvenile Humanity, -[who] [3 bars] to Dr. Hay preservers, and little devil behold scarlet -his assistance; but, B 4 he arrived, the not legally good changed -color, and taker/the was ct for. - -308. Given the street and the hour, to find at once the number of -children in the street. - -309. Given the section of the city, to find at once the number of -loafers and vagabonds that infest it. - -[Illustration: CHRISTMAS TREE.] - -310. This is a very curious and interesting kind of a tree. It is -found, loaded with every variety of strange _fruit_, on tables, bare -floors, or carpets. It has no roots, but is most wonderful for its -yielding powers, though it bears only once a year, and that always on -Christmas Eve. The last one that I saw was at Uncle Hiram Hatchet's. -Cousin Hannah thus describes it: - -"At last, when none of us expected it, he (Uncle H.) threw open the -folding doors, and let us into the little parlor. There was displayed -the Christmas tree, in all its glory. Every little twig bore some -present; dolls and doll furniture, pins, ear-rings, bracelets, -slippers, watch-guards and purses, ships, windmills, and beautiful -books, besides all sorts of fruits and bon-bons, and all blazing -with light from the numberless candles that seemed to grow out of the -branches." - - A tree that, without life or root, - Without a blossom, bud, or flower, - Bears various and most precious fruit, - That comes and goes in one short hour. - -311. - - My first is an adjective, short and dry, - Which an absence of moisture seems to imply, - Or, in reference to mind, that kind of wit, - Which is slack on the rein, and sharp on the bit - My second is a sort of hole, or den, - Unfit for the resort of timid men, - Whence once the righteous came safely out, - While the wicked were wholly put to rout. - My whole is an author of classic fame, - If you know the man, please tell me his name. - -312. What poet do miners value most? - -313. What poet is least distinguished for brevity? - -314. Which of the English poets would be most likely to make a lion -feel at home? - -315. Why were the Amalekites never allowed to speak? - -316. Which of the reptiles is a mathematician? - -317. What Scripture character would have made a suitable husband for a -tall laundress? - -318. What two syllables of the marriage ceremony are most interesting -to the priest? - -[Illustration] - -319. What part of a house measures about two quarts? - -320. When is a door not a door? - -321. Why are ladies sitting on the stoop, like an unfinished house? - -322. What stone opens and shuts at your convenience? - -323. - - Read see how me - Down will I love - And you love you - Up and you if - -324. Why is a thing purchased like a shoe? - -325. Why is a man who makes a wager of a cent, like a person -recovering from illness? - -326. Why is an unpaid bill like the moisture in the morning? - -327. Why is a sanguinary epistle like a surgeon? - -328. - - Ere from the east arose the lamp of day, - Or Cynthia gilt the night with paler ray-- - Ere earth was form'd, or ocean knew its place, - Long, long anterior to the human race - I did exist. In chaos I was found, - When awful darkness shed its gloom around. - In heaven I dwell, in those bright realms above, - And in the radiant ranks of angels move. - But when th' Almighty, by his powerful call, - Made out of nothing this stupendous ball, - I did appear, and still upon this earth - Am daily seen, and every day have birth. - With Adam I in Paradise was seen, - When the vile serpent tempted Eve to sin; - And, since the fall, I with the human race - Partake their shame and manifest disgrace. - In the dark caverns of old ocean drear - I ever was, and ever shall appear. - In every battle firmly I have stood, - When plains seem lav'd, whole oceans dy'd with blood. - But, hold--no more! It now remains with you - To find me out and bring me forth to view. - -329. Why is a lost child like you? - -330. Why is Fremont equal to eight honest politicians? - -331. How did Jonah feel when the whale swallowed him? - -332. Why were the Hebrews called sheep? - -[Illustration] - -333. Why is it dangerous to flirt in a hay-field? - -334. Under what tree is it most proper to make love? - -335. Under what shade can you dance best? - -336. Why is a dashing young buck a favorite with the ladies? - -337. 1. I am constantly in the midst of money. 2. I am continually -putting people in possession of property. 3. I increase the number of -most things that come in my way. 4. I am no friend to the distressed -needlewomen, for I render needles unnecessary. 5. Yet whenever I -undertake a dress, I infallibly make it sit. 6. I am quarrelsome, for -a word and a blow is my maxim. 7. In fact, with me a word becomes a -weapon. 8. And merriment becomes slaughter. 9. It is commonly remarked -that drink converts men into swine, but I transform wine itself into -the same animals. 10. Deprived of me, certain railway speculations -come out in their true character. 11. A team can draw a wagon well -without me, still, when I am in front, the speed is wonderfully -increased. 12. Marvelous products may be obtained from peat, but -when I am extracted from earth, pure oil alone remains. 13. Let me go -before, and a story is sure to be stale. 14. And if I am left out, it -will be political. 15. I am strongly attached to pluralities. 16. With -respect to free trade, I turn corn itself into contempt. 17. I am in -the midst of Russia and Prussia, and abundant among the Swiss. 18. -Were I withdrawn from that unhappy country, Spain, nothing would be -left but grief. 19. After sport, when I take my departure, the evening -is often finished with what remains. 20. At a soiree I am always in -good time. 21. In person I am much bent, though I was formerly more -upright. 22. As to my education, I was always head of the school. 23. -Though invariably at the bottom of my class. 24. With me age looks -wise. 25. But a gentleman is better without me, as accompanied by me -he appears feminine. 26. On the contrary, a lady ought not to -part with me, for if she loses me she seems masculine. 27. I am an -unwelcome visitor, for with me sorrow begins and happiness ends. 28. -Sadness commences, and, 29. Bliss terminates. 30. Yet it is in my -power to transform cares into what is delightful. - -338. Nebuchadnezzar's lions were very undevout when Daniel was with -them, and very poetical with his enemies. Please explain. - -339. Why is a hunter like an omnibus pickpocket? - -[Illustration] - -340. - - Figures, they say, won't lie; but here - Is something either false or queer. - I find that, in my family, - One taken from two still leaves me three, - And two from two, by the same score, - Leaves a remainder of just four. - -341. - - My first is a measure much used in the East, - Or a close-covered vehicle drawn by one beast; - My second is a prefix--a small preposition-- - Two thirds of a tavern--a paid politician; - My whole, though part of a vessel, has stood - Alone on the prairie, or 'neath the great wood, - And often is found, poor, wretched, and mean, - The city's proud palaces squatting between. - - -BLACK-EYED MARY'S ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEM. - -342. Take two numbers, such that the square of the first, plus the -square of the second, shall equal 8; while the first, plus the product -of the first and second, shall equal 6. - - N. B.--If any choose to work this out algebraically, it will - be found to be no trifling puzzle. See MERRY'S MUSEUM - for 1856. - -343. - - What's that the poor's most precious friend, - Nor less by kings respected-- - Contrived to pierce, contrived to rend, - And to the sword connected. - It draws no blood, and yet doth wound; - Makes rich, but ne'er with spoil; - It prints, as earth it wanders round, - A blessing on the soil. - The eldest cities it hath built, - Bade mightiest kingdom rise; it - Ne'er fired to war, nor roused to guilt: - Weal to the states that prize it! - -344. When is a political candidate like Samson's guests? - -345. What is the most suitable dance to wind off a frolic? - -346. - - Revolving round a disk I go - One restless journey o'er and over; - The smallest field my wanderings know, - Thy hand the space could cover: - Yet many a thousand miles are passed - In circling round that field so narrow: - My speed outstrips the swiftest blast, - The strongest bowman's arrow. - -347. Why are buckwheat cakes like the caterpillar? - -[Illustration] - -348. What relation does the soap-bubble bear to the boy who makes it? - -349. Why do girls blow bubbles better than boys? - -350. What is the difference between a boy and his shadow? - -351. Why is a soap-bubble like Adam? - -352. - - I have no life, yet, as I fly, - A thing of beauty to the eye, - I bear, my glittering shape beneath, - A part of my Creator's breath; - With ever-changing shade and hue - I rise and vanish from the view, - And, though a phantom deemed, I share, - In portions, water, earth, and air. - -353. - - I go, but never stir, - I count, but never write, - I measure and divide, and, sir, - You'll find my measures right. - I run, but never walk, - I strike, but never wound, - I tell you much, but never talk, - In my diurnal round. - -354. When a boy falls into the water, what is the first thing he does? - -355. How would the proposed removal of the Pope to Jerusalem be a -false move for the Papacy, and a true one for the Papal States? - -356. Why is a coachman a generous man? - -357. Why is a dog like a clock-maker's safe? - -358. Why is the cook more noisy than a gong? - -359. Describe a partisan, and answer a question in the same words. - -360. - - A word of one syllable call to your mind, - The letters of which will, if rightly combined, - Provide you with two kinds of fuel--ay, more, - A warm piece of clothing--and fasten your door. - -361. - - Let two Roman fives at extremities meet. - At the right hand of these, add two circles complete; - Then five times one hundred place at the right hand, - And a nice winter's comfort they make as they stand. - -362. What number is that which can be divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, and -6, leaving, in each case, a remainder of 1, and by 7, without a -remainder? - -363. How long ago were trunks first used? - -[Illustration] - -364. - - I'm black or white, I'm brown or gray, - I'm tall or flat, I'm grave or gay, - As soft as wool, or stiff as tin, - A nest for wits to nestle in. - I hold great intellects, yet oft - Am bothered with the weak and soft, - And sometimes crusty, hard, and thick - They fill me with well burned brick. - Fashion controls me, yet I wear - Some aspects to make fashion stare. - Though always for one place designed, - I change as often as the wind. - I'm dumb, and yet, in spite of that, - Make more than half of every "Chat," - I'm mild--yet none can hate--(don't doubt me) - Nor raise a fighting-cock without me. - -365. - - In every home I stand confessed, - A friend of quiet, peace, and rest; - Take off my head, and on your head - My streamers rise, black, brown, or red; - Cut now again, and take my neck off, - You leave my substance not a speck of, - But, with ethereal lightness gay, - I pass in idle breath away. - -366. What relation is the door-mat to the scraper? - -367. In what do grave and gay people differ at church? - -368. What sea would make the best sleeping-room? - -369. - - 'Tis said of lawyers Grab and Clinch, - They take an ell when you offer an inch; - But I can do a smarter thing-- - Give me an ell, I will make it ring; - If for advice you come to me - When you are ill, I call for the fee; - If any road you chance to wend, - You think you've reached the very end, - I come and give it such a turn, - You find there's something yet to learn; - If to the inn you seek for rest, - I chuck you in a box or chest; - The beggar's rags I make so proud, - He of his garments boasts aloud; - The aged and infirm with me - Lose caution and timidity; - For, young or old, to every one - I furnish, if not muscle, bone. - -[Illustration] - -370. Why is a spotted dog most reliable? - -371. In what does a dog differ from a groom in his treatment of a -horse? - -372. - - One of a gallant vagrant band, - My name is known in every land; - In all earth's changes I am there; - Without me none may war declare, - Or treat of peace, or try their parts - On manufacture, tillage, arts; - By me a patient saint of old - Was changed into a warrior bold; - I made old Abner's father near; - His wife was deaf, I made her hear; - His house I put upon his back; - His jaw an iron bond I make; - Bad spirit by my presence claims - To be the end of human aims; - And a young bear is seen to be - A coveted jewel of the sea. - -373. _Problem._--To make a restless child quiet and contented. - -374. _Problem._--To teach a child to be honest, industrious, and -useful. - -375. Why is Merry's Museum like a note falling due? - -376. - - I consist of eleven letters. - My 9th, 7th, and 1st, is where infants often repose; - " 3d, 10th, and 7th, is a foreign plant much used by us; - " 1st, 7th, 5th, 9th, 4th, and 11th, is to treat by word of mouth; - " 6th, 4th, 7th, and 8th, is a delicious fruit; - " 2d, 7th, and 3d, to do which affords great satisfaction; - " 4th, 7th, and 5th, is an essential part of the head; - " 3d, 10, 7th, and 8th, is often used for joy or sorrow; - " whole is the name of a distinguished writer for Merry's Museum. - -377. Why is Merry's Museum like a good wife? - -378. I am composed of twelve letters. - - W. 2, all 6, 2, 10, with 10, 5, 2, 9, which a 12, 8, 1, 7, 5, - i, 6, 6, 11, 4, 10, not to have, and which a 3, 8, 1, 12, 5, - 9, 11, 4, 2, l. 5, 12, i. 6, 11, 9, 2, 6. - -379. Why is Merry's Museum like a good mother? - -380. - - What was the difference--can you show-- - Between the Prodigal in his woe, - And Lazarus, in his low estate, - Feeding on crumbs at Dives' gate? - -381. What fish does a bride wear on her finger? - -382. Why is Merry's Museum like a printing-office? - - - - -[Illustration: MERRY'S MUSEUM] - - - - -ANSWERS TO PUZZLES. - - -1. - - The rose shall cease to blow, - The eagle turn a dove, - The stream shall cease to flow, - Ere I will cease to love. - The sun shall cease to shine, - The world shall cease to move, - The stars their light resign, - Ere I will cease to love. - -2. Short shoes and long corns to the enemies of freedom. - -3. The rope-maker. - -4. Because they can not be got off without a bow (beau). - -5. Because he stops at the sound of wo. - -6. One takes the dish with the egg. - -7. One, after which his stomach is not empty. - -8. The smallest. - -9. The first geometrical puzzle is solved in this way-- - -[Illustration: - - +----------+----------+ - | | | - | 1 | | - | +-----+ A | - | | | | - | | | | - +----+ +-----+----+ - | | 3 | | - | | | | - | +-----+-----+ | - | 2 | 4 | - | | | - +----------+----------+ -] - -The second puzzle is solved in this way-- - - +---------------------+ - | \ / | - | \ A / | - | \ / | - | 2 \ / 1 | - | \ / | - +----------+----------+ - | \ |\ 4 /| - | \ 4 | \ / | - | 2 X | \/ 1 | - | / \ | 3 \ | - | / 3 \| \ | - +----------+----------+ - -[Illustration] - -The different colors represent the several sons' portions. - -10. The tiger couches in the wood, - And waits to shed the traveler's blood;-- - So couch we. - We spring upon him to supply - What men unto our wants deny; - And so springs he. - -11. Work, work, work! - My labor never flags; - And what are its wages? A bed of straw, - A crust of bread--and rags, - That shattered roof--this naked floor, - A table--a broken chair, - And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank - For sometimes falling there! - With fingers weary and worn, - With eyelids heavy and red, - A woman sat in unwomanly rags, - Plying her needle and thread. - Stitch! stitch! stitch! - In poverty, hunger, and dirt, - And still with a voice of dolorous pitch. - She sang the "Song of the Shirt." - -12. A pack of cards. - -13. Striking. - -14. Because words are passing between them. - -15. Footman. - -16. Because his is all _net_ profit. - -17. Because he is surrounded with dues (dews). - -18. Adam. - -19. Heroine. - -20. Spark. - -21. Tear. - -22. Because it is a bad habit. - -23. Because it is felt. - -24. Because it is a resting-place for the traveler. - -25. - - There's a grim hearse horse, - In a jolly round trot, - To the churchyard a poor man is going, I wot. - The road it is rough, - And the hearse has no springs, - And hark to the dirge the sad driver sings-- - "Rattle his bones over the stones, - He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns." - -26. - - Of all the birds that e'er I did see, - The owl is the strangest in every degree, - For all the long day she sits in a tree, - And when the night comes, away flies she, - To whit-to-whoo. - To whom drinkest thou? Sir Noodles, to you. - This song is well sung, I make you a vow, - And he is a knave that aileth now. - Nose, nose, and who gave thee that jolly red nose? - Cinnamon and ginger, nutmeg and cloves, - And they gave me my jolly red nose. - -27. To ashes. - -28. Short. - -29. Shakespeare. - -30. Time. - -31. Wallace. - -32. Because they are often toasted. - -33. Because he is always for getting. - -34. I, ser. - -35. Because he has nothing to boot. - -36. - - Full five hundred years I've hung, - In my old grey turret high, - And many a different theme I've sung, - As the hours went winging by. - I've pealed the chimes of a wedding morn; - Ere night I've sadly tolled to say - That the maid was coming love lorn, - And here I end my lay. - -37. - - The joyful can sing on spirit wings - Each morn his lofty height, - In rapt'rous notes he sweetly sings, - And hails th' approaching light; - But I from grief no solace know, - No portal from the night, - All joys to me insipid grow, - Afford me no delight. - -38. Because it is often tolled (told). - -39. Your name. - -40. The letter M. - -41. Forty-eight feet. - -42. In solving this question it is clear that to pick up the first -stone and put it into the basket, the person must walk two yards, one -in going for the stone and another in returning with it; that for the -second stone he must walk four yards, and so on increasing by two as -far as the hundredth, when he must walk two hundred yards, so that -the sum total will be the product of 202 multiplied by 50, or 10,100 -yards. If any one does not see why we multiply 202 by 50 in getting -the answer, we refer him to his arithmetic. - -43. Hour-glass. - -44. Pen-man-ship. - -45. - - There was a man who was Nott born, - His father was Nott born before him; - He did Nott live, he did Nott die, - And his epitaph is Nott o'er him. - -46. Because it is in firm (infirm). - -47. To keep his head warm. - -48. - - Hark! the muffled drum sounds the last march of the brave, - The soldier retreats to his quarters, the grave, - Under Death, whom he owns his Commander-in-chief, - No more he'll turn out with the ready relief; - But in spite of Death's terrors or cannon's alarms, - When he hears the last trump he'll stand to his arms! - Farewell! brother soldiers, in peace may you rest, - And light lie the turf on each veteran breast, - Until that review when the souls of the brave - Shall behold the chief ensign, fair mercy's flag, wave; - Then, freed from Death's terrors and hostile alarms, - When we hear the last trump, we'll stand to our arms. - -49. Doctor Long expects Dr. Short to explain the misunderstanding -between them. - -50. - - To you who live _single_, if this at all trouble you, - My first comes in kindness, commanding to _double you_. - And again, it will _double you_, if, like a clown, - You lift high your _sole_, and bend your head down; - Or, cut it in twain, two _V's_ will appear, - And _V_ counting five, both make _ten_ it is clear. - My second, alas! comes shrouded in gloom, - It is _O_, which makes _wo_, _the sinner's sad doom_. - Now see what a change comes over the scene, - If my third, which is _O_, be added again. - Now 'tis _woo_--and what bachelor's heart does not beat, - To _woo_ a sweet damsel, to keep warm his feet; - To cheer by her smiles his lone hours--and thus - Escape, by good fortune, the bachelor's curse! - My fourth and my last, as I'll go on to tell, - Is nought more or less than a _capital L_. - Now _L_ being _fifty_, will even divide - _One Hundred_, or teachers and books have all lied. - Now examine with care, and plain you will see - That to unlock a secret, an _L_ is the key; - For _woo_, with _L_ added, is changed into _wool_, - Whether worn on a _sheep_, or an African's skull. - Whether made into clothing, for bed or for body, - For "_sage politician_" or some other _noddy_. - It is used, the world over, in commerce and trade; - But its _last use_, I trow, was to make a _charade_. - -51. SONG OF THE SUN. - - Not a rose that blooms, - Not a ring that assumes - The rainbow's beautiful front, - But's indebted to me, - As ye plainly see, - For the scent or splendor on't. - The moon and the stars - That around ye roll, - The systems ye can not discern, - Are warmed by my rays, - And partake of the soul - And the spirit that in me burn. - And nothing throws back with such splendor my rays, - As the sea's mighty mirror in midsummer days. - -52. And like the temple of this body, the cloud-capped towers, the -gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself shall -fall, and, like this insubstantial vision faded, leave not a rack -behind. - -53. Letter I. - -54. When it is a cutter. - -55. Letter N. - -56. Five when peeled. - -57. He is a bit of a buck. - -58. His daughter. - -59. It matures by falling dew. - -60. Ben-ha-dad. - -61. Because it is never peeled (pealed) but once. - -62. Because it is every year doubling (Dublin). - -63. Tobacco. - -64. The nose. - -65. Because they have so many panes (pains). - -66. J'ai grand appetit. Allons souper. - -67. Water. - -68. Ice. - -69. Those that come after T. - -70. - - 'Twas at night, when the bell had tolled twelve, - And poor Susan was laid on her pillow, - In her ear whispered some fleeting elf-- - "Your love is now tossed on the billow" - Far, far at sea. - All was dark as she woke out of breath-- - Not an object her fears could discover; - All was still as the portals of death, - Save fancy, which painted her lover - Far, far at sea. - So she whispered a prayer, closed her eyes, - But the phantom still haunted her pillow, - While in terror she echoed his cries, - As struggling he sunk on the billow - Far, far at sea. - -71. - - Lightly tread--'tis holy ground: - Countless dead hark, hark around; - Angel guards their watches keep, - While frail mortals sink to sleep: - And the moon, with feeble rays, - Gilds the stream that bubbling plays, - And murmurs, as soft it flows, - Music meet for lovers' woes. - -72. Eye. - -73. Canister. - -74. Forte tu, atrox tenes, forti Sexto Fortinato. - -75. The forceps p_i_nches, the awl p_u_nches. - -76. - - At the peaceful midnight hour, - Every sense and every power - Chained lies in downy sleep; - Then our careful watch we keep, - While the wolf, in nightly prowl, - Bays the moon with hideous howl; - Closed are bars, a vain resistance; - Shrieks are raised, but no assistance; - Silence! or you'll meet your fate; - Your keys, jewels, money, plate. - Locks, bolts, and bars soon fly asunder, - Then to rifle, rob, and plunder. - -77. Ad-here.--In-here.--Co-here. - -78. Because only the _bony part_ is left. - -79. He is known by his axe (acts). - -80. XII., that is, a cross two i's (across two eyes). - -81. Because he kneads (needs) it most. - -82. The letter R. - -83. - - The coward skulking round a house, - Is like a mouse-trap as you see, - For that will _puzzle any mouse_, - And _pusillanimous_ is he. - -84. Green grass is like a mouse, because the cattle eat it - (cat'll eat it). - -85. - - It is not aloud (allowed). - Private earing (privateering) is unlawful. - -86. Salt-cellar. - -87. Because it is not currant (current). - -88. - - Glorious Apollo from on high beheld us - Wand'ring to find a temple for his praise; - Sent Polyhymnia hither to shield us - While we ourselves such a temple might raise. - Thus then, Guards, hands and hearts joining, - Sing we in harmony Apollo's praise. - Here every generous sentiment awaking, - Music inspiring our mutual joy, - Each social bumper giving and partaking, - Song and good cheer our time employ. - -89. To let you know he is coming. - -90. Because of the sand which is (sandwiches) under your feet. - -91. Mag-pie. - -92. His father was translated. - -93. But-ton. - -94. A shoe. - -95. - - On! by the spur of valor goaded, - Pistols primed and rifles loaded, - Courage strikes on hearts of steel. - While each star through the dark gloom of night, - Lends a clear and cheering light, - Who a doubt or fear can feel? - Now through woods like serpents creeping, - Then on our prey like lions leaping, - Calvert to the onset leads us. - Let the weary traveler dread us. - Struck with terror and amaze; - While our swords in lightning pouring, - Thunder to our rifles roaring. - -96. A bell. - -97. - - cbd/(dc + c) hours to go down. - - 2a/b average rate of rowing. - - (c + b)/(dc + c) hours to go up. - - cb/(c + d) time up. - - db/(c+d) time down. - - 2a/b miles per hour. - -98. The hounds gain 6 rods in every 21. They must therefore run as -many times 21 rods as 6 will go into 96. Therefore 96 / 6 = 16. 21 = -336 rods. - -99. - -[Illustration: - - * - * * * * - * * - * * * * - * - - - * * * * - * * - * * - * * * * -] - -100. He wrote s before it, making it six. - -101. Live, evil, vile, Levi, veil. - -102. - - When the rosy dawn awaking - Paints with gold the verdant lawn; - Flies, on the wings of time disporting, - Sip the sweets and taste the dawn. - Warbling birds the day proclaiming, - Singing sweet the lively strain; - They forsake their leafy dwelling, - To secure the golden grain. - See; content the humble gleaner - Picks the scattered ears that fall. - Nature, all her children viewing, - Kindly bounteous cares for all. - -103. Musk-melon, if your second is turned inside out; thus, lem-on. - -104. Merry's Museum. - -105. "Now before you." - -106. Pat-ten. - -107 Because it is far fetched and full of nonsense. - -108. Make an impression. - -109. - - Sweet are the roses that bloom by yon fountain, - And sweet are the cowslips that spangle the grove, - And sweet is the breeze that blows o'er the mountains; - But sweeter by far is the lad that I love. - I'll weave a gay and fresh blooming garland, - With lilies and roses, - And sweet, blooming posies, - To give to the lad my heart tells me I love. - May the brow of the brave never want a wreath of laurel. - -110. May the trees of liberty flourish round the globe, and every man -partake of its fruit. May the wings of love never lose a feather. - -111. Prescription--proscription. - -112. Bar-gain. - -113. 1,600 / 32 = 50. 50^2 x 16 = 40,000. - -114. Tanner. - -115. Because it makes a _man go_. - -116. Hand-el. - -117. - - Wave, thou royal purple stream, - Gilded by the solar beam - In my goblet sparkling rise, - Cheer my heart, and glad mine eyes. - My spirit mounts on fancy's wing, - Anointing me a merry king. - While I live, I'll lave my pipe. - When I'm dead and gone away - Let my drinking partner say - A month he reigned, but that was ripe. - -118. - - No gems which plumed fortune wears, - No drop that hangs from beauty's ears, - Nor the bright stars which night's blue vault adorn, - Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, - Shine with such lustre as the tear that breaks - For other's woe down virtue's manly cheeks. - -119. Frankfort-on-the-Maine. - -120. Rib-band. - -121. 400 / 16 = 25. [sqrt]25 = 5--five seconds. - -122. Because they have arms and legs. - -123. - - {[sqrt](60^2 - 30^2) = 51.96152} - {[sqrt](60^2 - 40^2) = 44.72136} - 96.68288. _Ans._ - -124. 1,785. - -125. - - 'Tis good to tread the churchyard's walks, - And mark the graves on either side; - Or where the rough old sexton talks - With sheer contempt of human pride; - To contemplate the scattered bones - That meet the eye so often there; - To read the inscription on the stones, - And think what fleeting things we are. - 'Tis good at twilight's sober hour, - To sit on some neglected tomb, - And dwell on death's all-startling power, - And muse upon our certain doom. - Because these thoughts are sure to win - The spirit more or less from sin. - -126. Aching teeth are bad tenants. - -127. Patch-work. - -128. A draft. - -129. It is good for nothing till it is cracked. - -130. When his brother Jacob shaved him. - -131. Because they blacken the face of Washington. - -132. The figure 8. - -133. Certainly;--Webster says: "_spontaneous_ is applicable to animals -destitute of reason." - -134. - - A living sinner's transgression procured damnation. - A dying Redeemer's passion purchased salvation. - -135. - - Early to bed, and early to rise, - Makes a man healthy, - Wealthy, and wise. - -136. - - Music awakes - The native voice of undissembledjoy, - And thick around the woodland hymns arise. - Roused by the cock, the soon-clad shepherd - Leaves his mossy cottage, where with peace - He dwells, and from the crowded folds in - Order drives his flock, to taste the verdure of - The morn. - -137. Friday. - -138. W. - -139. He is an earnest bee-leaver. - -140. A portrait. - -141. He carries his own trunk. - -142. The oak--(a-corn). - -143. Ful-ton. - -144. Harrow. - -145. They are four-sighted (fore-sighted). - -146. Because the cart is before the horse. - -147. Harrow. - -148. A book. - -149. Because it makes ire fire. - -150. (Arithmetical Puzzle.) - -151. Rats--tars--arts--stars. - -152. When it is sat-in. - -153. Sarsaparilla. Dr. Townsend. - -154. XI divided VI/^I gives six. IX divided in the same way, gives -four. - -155. The letter O. - -156. The one was Maid of Orleans, the other was made of chittim wood. - -157. Sunshine and shadow. - -158. Pen-knife. - -159. (Leap Frog.) - -160. Bed-ford. - -161. C--R (Seer). - -162. I ate nothing Monday. - -163. [Illustration] - -164. Be not too wise, nor over nice, for you see what a fool you be. - -165. The shoe--U. - -166. He is fed from a loft. - -167. He is bride-led. - -168. For every grain they give a peck. - -169. Pondicherry. - -170. One ought to wait for tea. - -171. - - SUN. MON. TUES. WED. THUR. FRI. SAT. - a b c | a d g | a k n | a e l | a h o | a f p | a i m - d e f | b e h | b l o | b f m | b i p | b d n | b g k - g h i | c m p | c f i | c g n | c d k | c h l | c e o - k l m | f k o | d h m | d i o | e m n | e i k | d l p - n o p | i l n | e g p | h k p | f g l | g m o | h f n - -172. Bible. - -173. 125. - -174. Because without it life is a lie, or it makes life a lie. - -175. They secure (seek your) money. - -176. Fowl, owl, wolf. - -177. Mar, ram, arm. - -178. It breaks the kernel (colonel) - -179. Windmill. - -180. Always in flour. - -181. Adullam (a dull lamb). - -182. The chin-chilla (chilly). - -183. She is miss-taken and miss-led. - -184. Because three scruples make a dram. - -185. The ball-room. - -186. When it back-bites. - -187. Co-nun-drum - -188. Log-book. - -189. Hannah-hand - -190. - - It is but D _sent_, as you see, - If you 500 send, - But truly XL _lent_ 'twill be, - When you the 40 lend. - -191. A wheel. - -192. He presses them with a goose. - -193. The moon. - -194. One that needs darning. - -195. Ann, sir. - -196. Elliptical--a-lip-tickle. - -197. B-o-y. - -198. Mate--(eat-meat-at-tea) - -199. In-co-he-rent. - -200. Amen, name, mean, mane. - -201. Grog-shop. - -202. Vela, vale, veal, lave. - -203. Not I. - -204. In court-ship, as _marry_-ners. - -205. Light-house. - -206. Sureti-ship. - -207. 5 and 7. - -208. Candle-stick. - -209. Me-lo-di-ous. - -210. The one is careless and happy, the other is hairless and cappy. - -211. _I_X--cross the _I_, it makes XX. - -212. Lie. - -213. Pea-cock. - -214. Because it pierces hearts. - -215. Child-hood. - -216. In earnest (in her nest). - -217. Friend-ship. - -218. Cayenne (K. N.). - -219. He is known by his bark. - -220. They are C D. - -221. Good for nothing. - -222. Neva, nave, vane. - -223. Shake-speare. - -224. Because it makes Pa-pay. - -225. It has eyes behind. - -226. Pea-cock. - -227. 7 and 5. - -228. In the ground. - -229. From the tree. - -230. Because she shows her flowing sheets. - -231. Moon and stars. - -232. Meat (eat-at-mat-team). - -233. The tiller. - -234. The lion, because he roars, and has a flowing mane (main). - -Leviathan, because he swallows up the rivers. - -235. The bull, because he _bellows_. - -The whale, because he _blows_. - -236. The ass, because he brays. - -Dr. Pott's horse, because a _Pott he carries_. - -237. The rooster, because he _picks_ and crows. - -238. 1, 3, 9, 27, are the weights of the several pieces. - -239. A tur-key. - -240. It is generally patronized by gobblers. - -241. In the ground. - -242. He flourishes his fan behind him. - -243. 1st, 7.36. 2d, 9.56. 3d, 23.08. - -244. C-and-y--candy. - -245. Because we can not make them here (hear). - -246. A steel pen. - - The weapon's _a steel pen_, I think, - Unless I've made a blunder; - When Hatchet dips it in the ink, - I'd like to stand from under. - "Old lady"--quotha! think of that. - My goodness--heart-alive! - I tell you, Mr. Hatchet--flat! - I'm scarcely sixty-five. - -247. He has many cast-off bows (beaux). - -248. He is a well re(a)d man. - -249. 804,247,552 square inches. - -250. Because c-and-y spell candy. - -251. The eye. - -252. SIX IX XL - IX X L - --------- - S I X - -253. Because it is a _certain tie_ (certainty). - -254. 8, 12, 20, 5. - -255. To the gallows. - -256. The earth and firmament. - -257. Because he makes faces and busts (bursts). - -258. Because they "devoured widows' houses." - -259. Pond-i-cherry. - -260. - - Cross you are, cross you be, - Cross, too cross, you are for me. - -261. Because the lions could not eat him. - -262. (See-saw.) - -263. Hi-lo. - -264. It places the present (see) before the past (saw). - -265. Because there is a _b_ in _both_. - -266. _Obscurity_, in which may be found sour, city, sty, sot, buoy, -tour, story, orb, orbit, rust, rut, bust, crust. - -267. He was 30 years old. - -268. Exe-te-r. - -269. (Deaf and dumb alphabet.) - -270. When they are fingered. - -271. Day and night. - -272. Camp-bell. - -273. The letter M. - -274. If he told the truth, he lied; if he lied, he told the truth. - -He lied. If he did lie, he would not say so. - -275. He is a ma' stiff. - -276. He _chases_ the deer (dear) and is never chased (chaste). - -277. Because he is a pup-pet. - -278. He must be born on the 29th of February. - -279. 56 quarts difference. - -280. 99-9/9 - -281. Lightning. - -282. $15, and boots. - -283. Against his will. - -284. A whipping. - -285. 16-1/2 = a rod. - -286. He is about to fall. - -287. Forty horses have 80 _fore_ legs. - -288. - - Come, ye ingenious ones, this riddle guess, - It is not difficult, you will confess. - What is that number which, if you divide, - You then will nothing leave on either side? - The number -8-. - -289. The alphabet. - -290. - - N I N E. - -291. The year, 12 months, 30 days, night and morning, black and white. - -292. - - 1. The Tea tree. - 2. Hop vine. - 3. Beech. - 4. Bee. - 5. India-rubber. - 6. Bay. - 7. Pine. - 8. Yew (You, not I). - 9. Fig. - 10. Date. - 11. Bass. - 12. Honeysuckle. - 13. Judas. - 14. Peach. - 15. Fir. - 16. Bon Chretien. - 17. Broom. - 18. Cypress. - 19. Nightshade. - 20. Breadfruit. - 21. O r a n g e (O-range). - 22. Olive (O-live). - 23. Hound. - 24. Lime. - 25. Linden. - 26. Box. - 27. Dogwood. - 28. Aspen. - 29. Rose. - 30. Sloe. - 31. Plane. - 32. Tulip. - 33. Spruce. - 34. Tiller-tree or elm (helm). - 35. Sycamore. - 36. Poplar. - 37. Southernwood. - 38. Ivy. - 39. Scrub oak. - 40. Burning bush. - 41. Hazel. - 42. Lilac. - 43. Elder. - 44. Cork. - 45. Smoke tree, or maid o' the mist. - 46. Boneset. - 47. Birch. - 48. Damson. - 49. Slippery elm. - 50. Medlar. - 51. Will-o! - 52. Man-go. - 53. Sandal. - 54. Holly. - 55. Clove. - 56. Coffee (cof-_fee_). - 57. Palm. - 58. A s p e n (as pen). - 59. Arbor Vitae (tree of life). - 60. Tallow, snowball. - 61. The ashes. - 62. Laurel. - 63. Locust. - 64. Silver. - 65. Woodbine. - 66. Mace. - 67. Vine. - -293. Herschell (her shell). - -294. It is in a good frame _of mind_. - -295. 'Twas the fir ma' meant. - -296. They are dissolved in light. - -297. Newman Goodman went to the tailor to have his coat mended. - -298. Too (2) great ease before marriage, too little ease after it. - -299. A jail bird. - -300. IX--SIX. - -301. He is an imp over a shed. (Impoverished.) - -302. They leave them out. - -303. - - I--O--A - Insert W, it makes Iowa. - " T, " Iota. - -304. Are--A-re-a. - -305. Leg-horn. - -306. Because it can't climb a tree. - -307. Mr. Dashwood, being at the point of death, sent for his friends -and relatives. They sent for Dr. Childs who inclosed a few lines to -Dr. Barnes and imp-lo-red his assistance. But before he arrived, the -invalid died, and the undertaker was sent for. - -308. Beat a base drum, or grind a hand-organ. - -309. Get up a brawl, or an alarm of fire. - -310. (Christmas tree.) - -311. Dry-den. - -312. A Cole-ridge. - -313. Long-fellow. - -314. A Dry-den. - -315. Their king was A-gag. - -316. The adder. - -317. A-hi-tub. - -318. The last two (money). - -319. The stoop. - -320. When it is a-jar. - -321. They are without doors. - -322. A-gate. - -323. - - Read down and up, - And you will see - How I love you, - If you love me. - -324. It is _sold_. - -325. He is a _little better_. - -326. It is _due_. - -327. It is a _letter of blood_. - -328. The letter A. - -329. He gives it up. - -330. They are the candid 8 (candidate) of their party. - -331. Down in the mouth. - -332. Descended from A-ram. - -333. There are more rakes than beaux there. - -334. Under a pear (pair) tree. - -335. Under a hop-vine. - -336. Because he is a deer. - -337. The letter S. - -338. First, they were not inclined to _prey_, and afterwards they were -_raven_-ous. - -339. He _rifles_ the deer (dear). - -340. One child from two parents makes 3. - -Two children from two parents make 4. - -341. Cab-in. - -342. 2 and 2 - -343. The ploughshare. - -344. When he "gives it up." - -345. A reel. - -346. The shade on the dial. - -347. They are the grub that makes the butter fly. - -348. It is his heir (air). - -349. They are more airy. - -350. - - The boy can see his shadow, - The shadow can't see him. - -351. It has breathed into it the breath of life. - -352. A soap-bubble. - -353. A clock. - -354. He gets wet. - -355. - - It would make _it a lie_. - It would make Italy. - -356. He carries his reins (heart) in his hand. - -357. He may keep a watch, but he can't tell the time of day. - -358. - - The gong makes a _din_, - The cook makes a _dinner_. - -359. - - One-sided, sir. - Once I did, sir. - -360. Cloak--oak--coal--lock. - -361. Wood. - -362. 301. - -363. In the Eastern wars, when elephants were employed. - -364. Hat--hate--hatch. - -365. Chair. - -366. A step farther. - -367. - - The one close their eyes, - The other eye their clothes. - -368. A-dri-atic. - -369. - - The letter B. - - Of ell, it makes bell. - " ill, " bill. - " end " bend. - " in " bin. - " rags " brags. - " old " bold. - " one " bone. - -370. He is always on the spot. - -371. - - The dog worries him. - The groom curries him; - The dog bites him, - The groom bits him. - -372. The letter A. - - It changed Job to Joab. - made Ner -- near. - " her -- hear. - " cot -- coat. - " gin -- gain. - " cub -- Cuba. - -373. Give him Merry's Museum. - -374. Let him subscribe for Merry's Museum, and always pay in advance. - -375. It is always expected with interest. - - 376. The "lap" is the place where infants repose, - And "tea" is a plant that we use; - To "Parley"'s to treat by word, I suppose, - And "pear" is a fruit we all choose. - - Many youth like "to eat," I'm afraid, beyond measure, - And part of the head is the "ear," - And what is more common than, when we feel pleasure, - Or grief, to give vent to a "tear." - - "Peter Parley"'s distinguished I'm sure as a writer, - And welcom'd by all with a smile; - And surely no book is a greater exciter - Than this, which goes many a mile. - -377. It is cheap at any price. - -378. Merry's Museum. - -379. It instructs and amuses children. - -380. - - The one suffered wantonly; - The other from want only. - -381. Her-ring. - -382. Because it contains valuable articles, wood-cuts, etc. - - - - - * * * * * - - - - - ROBERT MERRY'S - - SECOND - - BOOK OF PUZZLES. - - [Illustration] - - EDITED BY ROBERT MERRY. - - [Illustration] - - NEW YORK: - THOMAS O'KANE, PUBLISHER, - 130 NASSAU STREET. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -In presenting to the public this NEW BOOK OF PUZZLES, I must present -my thanks for the many kind expressions received in regard to those -already published. It has been compiled during my leisure moments of -the past season, for the benefit of the numerous readers of MERRY'S -MUSEUM, and contains, in a compact form, many of the Puzzles, Enigmas, -Hieroglyphics, etc., which have appeared in the MUSEUM, together with -many new ones; and is presented with the hope that it may be the means -of interesting the young folks around their own fireside homes, rather -than seek amusement elsewhere. - - ROBERT MERRY. - - - - -ROBERT MERRY'S - -SECOND - -BOOK OF PUZZLES. - - -1. - -[Illustration] - -2. - -[Illustration] - -3. My first is (in sound) what my second often does; my whole is a -turning-point. - -4. My first is found in every country of the globe; my second is what -we all should be; my whole is the same as my first. - -5. The XLNt FX of a 100150500 [right-pointing hand]--H X500er 104i5lty -R 1?ab50. - -6. Entire, I am a period of time; behead me, I am an article of food; -again behead me, and I am used for food. - -7. Entire, I am an emblem of beauty; behead me, and I am a powerful -liquid; curtail me, and I am a preposition; replace my head, and I am -a useful article. - -[Illustration] - -8. K tt hh U U - K - P E A CE - -9. Why was Noah saved without a Pope? - -10. What is the only word in the English language that can be written -without pen, pencil, chalk, or any other pigment? - -11. I am composed of 9 letters. In me may be found: 1, a title; 2, a -metal; 3, a weight; 4, a coin; 5, one of the Merry cousins; 6, part of -a wheel; 7, neat; 8, an adverb; 9 and 10, two prepositions. My whole -is a place in New York State. - -12. Entire, I am a country; curtail me, and I am an inhabitant of the -same; behead and transpose, and I am to prevent. - -[Illustration] - -13. - - My first is seen in pillared halls, - Where kings and princes dwell; - 'Tis found in every woodland vale, - In every sunny dell. - Upon the yellow sandy beach, - The ocean billows roar, - My next--you'll find it in the foam, - Rippling upon the shore. - Within the dark and gloomy cave, - Hid from the sun's bright glare, - Precious jewels line the walls, - And my third is always there. - My fourth and last is found in France, - But never seen in Spain; - It has always been in England's clime, - In every monarch's reign. - My whole from Jupiter's court on high, - Descends to cheer the earth; - Without his presence there would be - Of happiness a dearth. - -14. I am composed of 14 letters: - - My 1, 4, 3, 1, 9, 6 is a handsome kind of cloth. - My 2, 5, 11 is a conjunction. - My 8, 7, 5, 9 is a number. - My 10, 3, 12, 13 is to kill. - My whole is a celebrated day. - -15. 1 YY 1 OWN c/c it. - -16. Entire, I am a sentence; behead me, and I am a fortress; -curtailed, I am to strive violently; now transpose, and I am -inexperienced. - -17. Behead a slipping, and leave the slip. - -18. - - [H in well] [round] ed is - H [arm in G] [feet] [pitcher] - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -19. A fox, 90 rods due south of a greyhound, is pursued by the hound -at the rate of 5 rods to 4 of the fox, the fox running a due east -course. How far will the hound run to overtake the fox? - -20. What kind of morals are most easily put on and off? - -21. - - My first is a female, - My second the same, - My whole is much dreaded-- - Pray what is its name? - -22. I am composed of four syllables, and am very popular just now; my -first and second form a Latin verb; my third is a species of animal; -my first, second, and third form a kind of rule; my fourth, reversed, -is thin and narrow; and my third and fourth, without my final, is -intellectual. - -23. Why are unprotected hearth-fires like insolent beggars? - -24. I am composed of 14 letters. - -My 13, 11, 7, 3, 1, 12 is a dream. - -My 8, 14, 10, 9 is a net. - -My 1, 6, 8, 4, 13, 14, 2, 5 is a balance. - -My whole is a celebrated man. - -25. Entire, I am a noun; behead and transpose, and I am lean; replace -my head, curtail me, and I am necessary to the accomplishment of any -great object; curtail me again, transpose, and I am sometimes used as -a seat. - -26. - - [fin] E IN/TO R NO - [tall] [waist] [hem] [ark] - [sofa] [K IN D] [heart] - -[Illustration] - - -27. Why are most of the heroes and heroines in novels like the letter -O? - -28. What poet is like a sly piece of bacon? - -29. - - I cheer the pilgrim's lonely way, - As toils he on from day to day; - Curtail me, and I then am found - What students do on college ground; - Curtail once more, and by inspection - You'll find I am an interjection. - -30. What kind of a diary is productive of mischief? - -[Illustration] - -31. Entire, I am a murmur; curtail me, and I signify to produce; omit -my first and last, and I am a disturbance; and without my first two I -am a bird. - -32. - - My first speeds proudly through our land; - My next is what my first doth do; - My whole is one of that noble band - Who signed the freedom of our land, - And struggled bravely through. - -33. Transpose a wrong way of treating another's regard into the most -foolish manner of doing it. - -34. My second, which, by the way, I hope you have took my first after -using my whole at dinner. - -35. Behead an animal, transpose, and find a flower. - -36. - - T [hay] W [hoe] [ark] [wick] - [limb] [maid] 2 [DO ill] S [hood] - [beak on T in U] L E [watch] E D - -[Illustration] - -37. I am a word of five letters; in my normal condition I have a -tendency to heal. Transposed, I still have a tendency to _heel_, and -have been known to take to them when opportunity offered. Less one -fifth, I bathe; again transposed, I am good to eat. Four fifths -transposed, form an article much used as an ornament; the same again -transposed, is to preserve. Three fifths, properly arranged, will -intoxicate. Three fifths, in right order, make a prayer. - -38. [curtail in G] X [pence] [swill] [lad in Co ME!] - -[Illustration] - -39. When did Job call nicknames? - -40. Did Jonah cry when the whale swallowed him? - -41. Curtail a ruler; transpose, and leave a fastening. - -42. Curtail a coin, and transpose it into a country. - -43. When is roast beef most valuable? - -[Illustration] - -44. - - Fair Bessy promised to bestow - My first upon her lover, - And much I hope that no dark clouds - Around the pair may hover. - - Sweet Bessy's age is just eighteen, - Of gold she has my second; - On bearing off the lovely prize - How many beaus had reckon'd! - - And now my riddle I'll conclude, - And hope you'll not me quiz, - For what I say is very true-- - My whole fair Bessy is. - -45. What is that which every one likes to have, and to get rid of as -soon as possible after he gets it? - -46. My first is found on a ship; my second is a vowel; my third is a -title; my whole is the name of an animal. - -47. Entire, I'm a man's name; behead me, and I'm a Turkish coin; -behead me again, and I'm too close; again, and I'm a prefix. - -48. - -[Illustration] - -49. My second is a useful appendage to my first, and my whole is to -abridge. - -50. I am composed of 21 letters. - -My 4, 9, 12 is a Greek preposition. - -My 7, 5, 8, 14 a vessel used in the Scotch sea. - -My 17, 13, 21 is entity. - -My 18, 19, 3, 10 is a bed formed by birds. - -My 1, 11, 15 is to dip. - -My 20, 6, 2, 16 is to tarnish. - -My whole is want of symmetry. - -[Illustration] - -51. A squirrel, finding nine ears of corn in a box, took from it, -daily, three ears; how many days was he in removing the corn from the -box? - -52. My first is found in an oyster; my second is possessed by the -nobility; every house contains my third; my whole no one applies to -himself. - -53. What word is that, of three letters, which, read backward, -indicates the quality of many who participate in it? - -54. - - In my first, relations most generally find - An interest of a peculiar kind; - My second, an adverb of humble degree, - Combined with my first names a beautiful tree. - - -TOWNS IN NEW YORK. - -55. A color and a mineral. - -56. An element and a game. - -57. Part of a gun and a liquor. - -58. An animal. - -59. A color and part of a house. - -60. A hole and a heap. - - -SHRUBS, FLOWERS, ETC. - -61. A vehicle, and where it takes you. - -62. A traitor, and the place where he died. - -63. To hurt, a nickname, and an engine of war. - -64. Take a (1) life preserver; (2) decapitate it and show a mode -of using it; (3) again transpose and show how it has been used; (4) -transpose and show what is used with it; (5) transpose and give a -Greek letter; (6) transpose the original word and make a famous rock; -(7) transpose and make a locomotive power; (8) transpose and make -it dull; (9) transpose and it will utter a war-cry to dogs; (10) -transpose it now into a girl's name; (11) curtail it and express a -concurrence; (12) again curtail, and see what you may call yourself. - -65. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -66. - - 'Twas night--a stormy, tempestuous night, - All wakeful and anxious the crew, - As they watched my first in its wild, mad flight, - While over the waves it flew. - And now, in the midst of these wild alarms, - My second is dashed on the shore, - Till Ocean opens her treacherous arms, - And gathers it home once more. - Let us turn from these dreary scenes away, - So solemn and filled with gloom, - And in meadows or pleasant gardens stray, - Where in beauty my whole doth bloom. - -67. I am composed of 12 letters: - - My 1, 9, 11 is an animal. - My 3, 9, 10, 11 is a grain. - My 4, 5, 7 is part of a barn. - My 12, 2, 6, 8 is a stone. - My whole is a body politic. - -68. Behead an article of apparel, and leave one who sometimes -wears it. - -69. - -[Illustration] - -70. Not theory glides not towards rule of action twice too a Roman -coin indefinite article original sinner revolves ideas use of the -needle pronoun boy's nickname theatrical performance. - -71. If you should lose your nose, what kind of one would you get? - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -72. Find a word of six letters, something that many people laugh at; -subtract one letter, and leave what many worship. - -73. CHARADE. - - A preposition my first; - My second's a number; - My third a brisk motion - That drives away slumber; - My whole is a service - For which dearly we pay; - At least, 'tis charged so - In hotel bills they say. - - -DUTCH PUZZLE. - -74. Add 2 strokes to |||| and make nothing. - -75. What bird most resembles a peddler? - -76. - -[Illustration] - -77. - - My 1st is in pie, but not in cake. - My 2d is in hoe, but not in rake. - My 3d is in house, but not in barn. - My 4th is in wool, but not in yarn. - My 5th is in take, but not in give. - My 6th is in strainer, but not in sieve. - My 7th is in rye, but not in wheat. - And my whole is sometimes good to eat. - -78. Why is a weathercock like ambition? - -79. Why is a Turk like a violin belonging to an inn? - -80. Why is a used up horse like a bad play? - -81. Why is a sick Jew like a diamond ring? - -82. Why is a printer like a postman? - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -83. Entire I am a bird; cut off my tail, and I shall be a surname; now -transpose, and I shall be something singular. - -84. Why are fowls the most economical things farmers keep? - -85. Why is a cricket on the hearth like a soldier in battle? - -86. - - Entire, I am of bloody mien, - And spread destruction all around; - Beheaded--cheerfully I'm seen - Where pleasure's votaries are found. - -87. Why should a brigadier-general, with his troops, be able to cross -any river? - -88. Join a verb and conjunction, and make a noun. - -89. Join a conjunction and a noun, and form an adverb. - -90. Join a noun and adjective, and make a verb. - -91. I am a word of three syllables; my first member is one of the -family of fruits; my second component part is an article in very -common use, at once a receptacle for the most valuable and the most -useless things; my last member is an interjection. Entire, I am a -substance employed in writing and drawing. - -92. - -[Illustration] - - -SCRIPTURAL ENIGMA. - -93. Who cowardly a prince did kill? - -94. Who built a city on a hill? - -95. Whose son profane his life did lose? - -96. What Persian queen preserved the Jews? - -97. What Jewish king a leper died? - -98. Whose wicked mother "Treason" cried? - -99. - - The initial letters, joined aright, - A famous Jew will bring to light. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - -HOW TO MAKE ANAGRAMS. - -"Now that's _too_ bad!" exclaimed little Bess, striking her pencil -down quickly on the slate, which had for five minutes been shaded by -her brown curls, as she bent earnestly over it. "I do say it's _too_ -bad." - -"_What_ is too bad, Bess?" asked her oldest sister, Mary, who, -apparently occupied with her history, had been stealing occasional -glances at the animated face over the slate, and watching with -pleasing interest the busy fingers putting down letters, and tripping -back and forth among them with her pencil-point. "_What_ is too bad, -Bess? I thought something was pleasing you very much." - -"Oh! did you? Well, I _was_ just ready to have such a good one--these -anagrams, you know. I surely thought I had extra axes, and just -because of an _r_, it's all spoiled!" - -"What were you going to make your extra axes out of?" asked Mary, with -a curious smile. - -"Now, _don't_ make fun of me, please. Artaxerxes was my word." - -"Well, I should _think_ that would just make it," said Mary, -thoughtfully. "Are you _sure_ it will not?" - -"Don't you see that _r_?" asked Bess, holding up her slate and giving -a bayonet thrust to the offending letter. - -"Yes; but what has that _r_, all alone by itself, to do with it?" - -"Why, it's my _proof_. You see I write down my word, and rub out each -letter of it as I use it in picking out my new words, so if none are -left, my anagram is complete." - -"So you found an extra _r_, instead of an extra axe, in your way? -Well, that _is_ rather trying; but then there are plenty of more -words, and it isn't much work to get them out. You have a capital way. -Besides, that wouldn't have been so very good a one. You know 'Aunt -Sue' says the word and the sentence should bear some relation to each -other. Now, if Artaxerxes had been a famous wood-cutter instead of a -Persian king, it might have been too bad." - -"But wasn't he a warrior, too and mightn't they be battle-axes?" - -Mary admitted the force of this, with a smile, as she went on to say: - -"When we see such anagrams as 'astronomers--no more stars,' and -'parishioners--I hire parsons,' there is a certain sense of fitness -that produces all the pleasure I can find in an anagram." - -"I know they're better; but, then, not half of them _do_ mean -anything. _I_ never could make such ones." - -"I should try, if I made them out at all, to have them just right. You -must remember it takes some _patience_ to _get_ them, as well as to -_make_ them. You want the satisfaction of feeling paid when you're -through." - -"Patience! I should think it did!" said Bess, laughing and repeating, -"Oh, Sam, cut my pen!" in a very comical manner. "If _that_ didn't -take the patience of Job! And what did it _mean_, after all? I'm sure -Webster don't know! I think they ought to be _fair_, at least!" - -"So do I," said Mary, laughing at Bessie's earnestness. "Now try the -word _homestead_, Bess, and see what you can make of that." - -"Why, _is_ it one?" - -"I'm not quite sure; I was running it over in my _mind_ to-day; but I -had no slate to prove my canceling correct." - -"What did you _think_ it made?" - -"Do-eat-hams." - -"Oh, so it will," said Bess, hastily putting down the letters; "and -you know they do eat hams at homesteads!" Then Bess began drawing the -tip of her forefinger slowly through each letter, repeating slowly, -"do e-a-t-h- --_There, now_, that's worse than Artaxerxes! If that _e_ -was only an _a_!" - -Mary looked on the slate a moment, and then said, pleasantly, "But you -see it isn't!" - -"How easy you do take things, Mary! Now, that would be _so_ good, and -it comes so near!" - -"That's the _best way to take things_, isn't it, Bess?" said Mary, -gently lifting Bessie's face by the little fat chin, and looking -into her large blue eyes lovingly. "Anagrams, you see, may teach us a -lesson." - -"_Almost_ anagrams, you should say," said Bess. "Well, let's try -something else. Shall we try 'Aunt Sue?'" - -"Yes, put it down." - -"I can get--let me see--yes, 'use-a-nut;' but that don't _mean_ -anything like 'Aunt Sue.'" - -"Oh, yes, that will do as well as your 'battle-axes.' You know, she -keeps 'nuts' for the 20,000 to crack in her '_drawer_.'" - -"Oh, that's it!--let me send it." - -"Very well; and if I get time, we will try and have two or three more -ready by the next number, and every one with a meaning." - -When Bess gave Mary her good-night kiss, she said to herself, "I like -to get out puzzles; but I'd rather have Mary's patience than all the -anagrams in the world. I wonder if I should try _very hard_, if I ever -could be like her!" - - -ANAGRAMS. - -100. Tom can pet lions. - -101. Main race. - -102. Amy's purple net. - -103. Lo! a slop. - -104. O! hark! - -105. I harm the Chat. - -106. Hen, I am he. - -107. Mid nice rains. - -108. I sent one part. - -109. Tore a limb. - -110. Test Mars. - -111. Ira, run, go get it. - -112. Cid is a common toad. - -113. Care on lip. - -114. Sal I run. - -115. A lion; capture it. - -116. Bind sure. - -117. Priest tied guitar. - -118. Accord I try not. - -119. Mend it in a tree. - -120. O! if I can sit so. - -121. Is it anger? no. - -122. - - Fi rwods locdu fiatsys het rhtea, - Eht threa gimth nidf sles earc; - Utb oswrd eilk rumsem isbdr padret, - Dan veale tub typem rai. - - A itleti dsai--nad yrtul isda-- - Nac peeder yoj tarpim, - Naht shots fo dowrs chwih chear teh dahe - Tbu venre chout het ahetr. - -[Illustration: THE PUZZLE IS, TO GET FROM THE ENTRANCE, A, TO THE -CENTRE, B, WITHOUT CROSSING ANY OF THE WHITE LINES.] - -123. - -[Illustration] - -124. Transpose a Persian monarch into a part of the human frame. - -125. Transpose an article of food into a verb signifying to abate. - -126. To what port was Henry VIII. bound when he sought a divorce from -his wife? - -127. He was ---- who came to ----. Express a truth taught in Scripture -by the above, filling the two blanks with the same word taken first -forward, and in the second blank backward. - -128. Why would it be sure to be better? - - -129. - - My whole, I lightly swim - The smooth lake's sparkling brim, - Or down the river skim. - Transpose me, all around - The wide world's endless bound, - In every clime I'm found. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -130. - - My first, you hear its sullen roar - When wandering by the ocean's shore; - My second in the gambler's art - Hath played no mean or paltry part, - But, fired with sordid thirst to win, - It often aids him in his sin. - My whole is something that is found - Upon the face of all around, - Yet if you take from me my face, - I am a title commonplace. - -131. If the earth were annihilated, why would it be a pleasant pastime -to make it again? - -132. My first describes a person, add an adjective and show that -person's condition. - -133. What is it you must keep after giving it to another? - -134. How would you express in one word having met a doctor of -medicine? - -135. What is that which makes every person sick except the one who -swallows it? - -136. Why is a person who never lays a wager as bad as a regular -gambler? - -137. What is the difference between a sun-bonnet and a Sunday bonnet? - -138. If I shoot at three pigeons on a tree, and kill one, how many -will remain? - -139. My first means more than one? my second means a solitary one; -my third is highly popular now (with boys more than with their -parents.--A. S.), and my whole you are to guess. - -140. - - TgEooNdT 5a50ue500 stoo500 - A --------, ---------&-------. - I but 1000is - -[Illustration: wolf] - -141. Transpose an animal into a bird. - -142. Transpose part of our flag into spirits. - -[Illustration] - -143. In a word of eight letters, the first three and the last three -(transposed) name the same animal. The remaining two (transposed), -with the last letter, name another animal. What is the word? - -144. I am composed of 12 letters: - - My 11, 7, 2, 6, 1 is a place of trade. - My 9, 12, 3 is a locality where a certain individual passed the - night. - My 5, 4, 10, 8 is a useful animal. - My whole is a well-known personage. - -145. What town in Asia is a fit residence for a wild beast? - -146. When does the weather show a good disposition? - -147. Behead a crime and leave common sense. - - -FLOWERS. - -148. A raised floor and a letter of the alphabet. - -149. An article made by farmers, and an article made by mechanics. - -150. An animal, and what he possesses, unless he has been very -unfortunate. - -151. - -[Illustration] - -152. My second will be better as my first, if careful and energetic as -my whole. - -153. Why is a drummer the greatest person of the times? - -154. When is a sewing-machine a very great comfort? - -155. My first is a preposition; my second an animal; my third, in -Saxon, means a meadow; my whole we all should be. - -156. Three men--A, B, and C--traveling with their wives, come to a -river which they must cross. The only boat they can have will carry -but two persons at once. How can they all get to the opposite side, -no lady being left without her husband in company with the other -gentlemen? - -157. Straight as an arrow, swift as the lightning, and bright as a -sunbeam, I take my flight to the uttermost parts of the earth. - -[Illustration] - -158. My first is a color; my second an agreeable exercise; my third an -article of clothing; and my whole a celebrated character. - -159. What two female names express a chemist? - -160. - - I'm pretty, I'm useful in various ways, - But if often you kiss me, 'twill shorten your days; - I part with one letter, and then I appear - What young men are fond of all days in the year; - I part with two letters, and then without doubt, - I'm just what you are if you can't find me out. - -(_Fill the blanks in each with the same word, differently accented._) - -161. The -- to Fingal's cave would -- a stranger. - -162. Men sometimes -- travelers fainting in a --. - -163. To select -- often -- a writer to annoyance. - -164. As an excuse for illiberality, persons sometimes -- to the --. - -165. - -[Illustration] - - -COMETS, CONSTELLATIONS, AND FIXED STARS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED. - -166. Obstinacy and deceit. - -167. A nickname, an epistle, and a laborer. - -168. Swifter, a forest, and an affix. - -169. A precious stone. - -170. Past tense of a regular verb, and a security. - -171. A prophetess and a color. - -[Illustration] - -172. Find five letters capable of being transposed into five different -words: two nouns, two adjectives, and a verb. - -173. Three circles have their centers upon the same right line. The -first has twice the area of the second, and is externally tangent to -it. The third, of which the diameter is one foot, circumscribes the -first and second. Required the radius of the greatest circle which can -be inscribed within one of the two equal curvilinear triangles thus -formed. - -174. When does the weather resemble a lawyer? - -175. My first, in sound, is a bird's nickname; my second and third are -pronouns; my fourth is three-quarters of what fashionable ladies like -to do; my whole is an adjective that has been sadly perverted. - -176. My first is a verb, my second a nickname or verb, and my whole is -to circulate. - -177. - -[Illustration] - -178. Why is a passenger by the 12.50 train very likely to be too late? - -179. - - Nine less ten, - With fifty twice told, - Is what many feel - When they'are growing old. - -180. What two letters give a word meaning to debate? - -181. Behead an animal, transpose, and leave another animal. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: zebra] - -182. What does the boy, in his first surprise, say to his -_water-wheel_? - -183. What is the political character of a water-wheel? - -184. In what coin is its financial value estimated? - -185. What is the water-wheel paradox? - -186. I am a word of four letters: in me may be found, 1 a verb, 2 -an animal, 3 a viscid liquid, 4 a science, 5 a conjunction, 6 a -preposition. - - -PLANTS, FLOWERS, ETC. - -187. Part of every animal and part of every vegetable. - -188. A beast of burden and a poison. - -189. A sweet substance and a cluster. - -190. A weapon and part of the body. - -191. A household article and what often forms part of it. - -192. - -[Illustration] - -193. - - Dear friends, your notice now I crave, - For I'm a king, a queen, a slave; - Each human being claims my name, - And rightly, too, so where's the blame? - Although I'm never more than one, - Just cross me once, you'll find I'm _some_! - Whate'er my state of toil or rest, - I always love myself the best. - I may be greater, never less, - So now, young Merrys, please to guess. - -[Illustration] - -194. My first is a kind of tippet, my second a Latin preposition, my -third is exact, my fourth is a conjunction, and my whole is what my -first was named after. - -195. _a_ My first (in sound), second, and whole are birds. - -_b_ My first, second, and whole are plants. - -196. Both my first and second (in sound) are found in the scale. -Entire, I am a term of praise. - -197. Transpose a coin into some bonds of union. - -198. Transpose a bird into an animal. - -199. Transpose another animal into a bird. - -200. Transpose what we often see on a creek into what we often see (on -warm summer days) in a creek. - -201. Transpose part of our flag into spirits. - -202. Transpose an animal into a vegetable. - -203. Transpose the inhabitants of a country into a covered vehicle. - -204. Transpose a part of day into a stick. - -205. - -[Illustration] - -206. My second is the same as my first, and my whole is a shrub. - -207. My first is a bird; my second an insect; my whole is -"daddy-long-legs." - -208. I am a beautiful tree; curtail and transpose me into another -tree; transpose the latter into a useful article; replace the last -letter, behead and transpose, and you have a boundary line. Curtail -the entire word twice, and you have a picture; take the second and -third letters away from the entire word, transpose the remainder, and -you have another tree. - -209. Behead a hod, and leave a kind of cloth. - -210. Entire, I am something funny; beheaded, an entrance; beheaded -again, I am a fragment. - -211. E10100010001000UN1100ATXN. - -[Illustration] - -212. - - Deep in the wood of spreading oaks, - Beneath the tangled boughs, - Where Nature dwells untouched by man, - My first in luxury grows. - My next in gorgeous robes arrayed, - Is queen of all her kind, - Where Nature's touch is most displayed - In beauty undefined: - My whole a lovely garden treasure, - Emblem of love, of joy, and pleasure. - -213. Why is the hottest country the best? - -_With the letters of the words in italics form the original words to -fill the blanks_: - -214. _I met a gunner_ ---- his game. - -215. _Rob, I came not_ to apply the ----. - -216. He was so ---- that he did me an _evil turn_. - -217. _I mob seven cats_ owing to my ----. - -218. A ---- has often to _mind his map_. - -219. My first is a body of water, my second a relative, my whole a -time. - -220. Which are the most entertaining of bats? - -221. - -[Illustration] - -222. Change my head several times, and make (1) a color, (2) a regard, -(3) a nickname, (4) to harden, (5) to excite, (6) a mate, (7) an -implement, (8) a fish, (9) to form in mass, (10) a part of a coil, -(11) to catch. - -223. I am composed of 8 letters: - - My 7, 4, 6 is a tumor. - My 5, 3, 1, 8 is a fluid. - My 2, 6 is a pronoun. - My whole is sometimes worn by a lady or gentleman. - -[Illustration: SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC ILLUSTRATED SO AS TO BE EASILY -LEARNED. - - Aries the Ram, is a man ramming down a gun. - Taurus the Bull, is a fat John Bull, reading a paper. - Gemini the Twins, are the famous Siamese twins. - - Cancer the Crab, is a boy with a crab biting his toe. - Leo, is a Pope who lived in Italy, by that name. - Virgo the Virgin, is a single woman feeding a parrot. - - Libra the Scales, is an old woman weighing fish. - Scorpio the Scorpion, is a fierce woman beating her husband. - Sagittarius the Archer, is a fat Miss shooting at a target. - - Capricornus the Goat, is a merry boy mounted on a goat. - Aquarius the Water-bearer, is a boatman on a river. - Pisces the Fish, is two fish dealers blowing their horns. -] - -[Illustration] - -224. - - The red-lipped morn rose fresh; and everywhere - The sunbeams welcome found, save one, - Which fluttered through the close-barred windows where - The gambling wretches, who the daylight shun, - With red wine flushed, and eyes bloodshot and red, - Wearied my first. Again, and yet again, - They the uncertain tide of fortune fed - With gold ill-gotten, other gold to gain. - Oh, what a ruin here! of God's most noble work, - Of life's great end, and of the deathless soul! - -[Illustration] - - My second here we see! Ah, dangers lurk - Where passions rule--not principles _control_! - In vain my third is raised; a warning voice! - Their hearts are hardened, and they will not hear. - -[Illustration] - - Useless to give my whole, or point to joys - Which but provoke the ribald jest or sneer! - Let us be thankful that the sunlight glad - Brings to _our hearts_ but gladsomeness and praise! - Ne'er be the daylight in _our_ haunts forbade! - Ne'er let _us_ fear the noontide's searching gaze! - -225. My first is to strive violently; my second is to fasten; my whole -is a wizard. - -226. Why is it that miserly people have never quarreled? - -227. Behead a beautiful product of nature and leave what it often -falls into. - -228. - - _a._ A European sea. - _b._ A seaport of Russia. - _c._ A celebrated mountain. - _d._ A town in Tipperary, Ireland. - -_The initials form an object of interest, and the finals its -receptacle._ - -229. My first is a fluid, my second a solid, my whole a plant. - -230. Change my head several times, and make (1) an amateur; (2) to -hide; (3) to hang about; (4) a leader; (5) a pirate. - -231. Curtail a man's name and leave a girl's name; behead, and -transpose, and leave another man's name. - -232. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -233. - - When eyes and limbs are wrapt in sleep, - Within one's comfortable bed, - My first o'er both will nightly creep, - With thirsty fangs and noiseless tread. - -[Illustration] - - My second prowls in every clime, - Where echoes not the human tread, - And thick the mountain forests twine - Their sunless branches overhead. - And when through groves of oak and birch, - The backwoods men and maids pursue - For blackberries their jovial search, - How often have the startled crew - Fled with my whole from sounds they reckoned - Were like the hoarse voice of my second! - -[Illustration] - -234. My first is a boy's name, my second is a girl's nickname, my -whole is a science. - -235. Transpose the inhabitants of a country into an animal. - -236. O 0. (Good advice.) - -237. My whole has two of my first, and is my second. - -238. Express with five letters a sentence containing four words and -twelve letters. - -239. - - 1CE a horrid X took 2 bt his wife stoo500 - a time bearing 1000an de~provocation~ed but she - THEINSTE5IIOLN for he JUcouldRE her came - she 500E1000O50ISHE500 ^t H ^i I ^m M ^e with a - 100U500GE50. - -240. X A 100. - -241. ENIGMATICAL LIST OF ANIMALS.--_a._ A weight. _b._ A whip. _c._ -An ore. _d._ A machine used by housekeepers. _e._ A stamp. _f._ To -intimidate. - -[Illustration] - -242. - - The troop arranged for battle - Without my first would fly; - And whether good or bad, - Without it you would die. - - Go seek the earth and ocean, - For smallest things you guess; - Yes, bring the atom from the air, - And still my second's less. - - The traitor, when condemn'd to die, - May calm his cares and pray; - Yet when the axe sounds "dust to dust," - My whole he's borne away. - -243. Change my head eight different times, and make (1) a plant, (2) -a necessity, (3) a reward, (4) to nourish, (5) an exploit, (6) to -notice, (7) a pipe, (8) a produce. - -A RIVER ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED. - -244. Father plugs an abbreviation. - -245. - - I am composed of letters five, - The part of speech is adjective, - From either way I spell the same; - Pray tell me then what is my name. - -246. Entire, I am capital; curtail me, I am still capital; behead and -transpose, I am anything but capital. - -247. A liquor, a word signifying father; another word for father, -a coin, and a liquid measure. The initial and final letters are the -same, and spell a title. - -248. Take a syllable of two letters from a girl's name and leave a -musical instrument. - -249. - -[Illustration] - -250. When are politicians particularly sweet? - -251. Why is my inkstand like the leaning tower of Pisa? - -252. When does a temperance lecturer say a grammar lesson? - -(_Fill the blanks with the same word reversed._) - -253. By a machine many ---- can be made from one ----. - -254. Marks of an ---- are often found in ----. - -255. My first is an abbreviated name for a young lady; my second comes -from the large end of a dog, runs up a tree, and floats on the sea; my -whole is required of all persons in time of war, before they leave for -a foreign land. - -256. When is a fish a rod? - -257. - - I am as black as black can be, - Yet by a curious fantasy, - See my tracings, when time has fled, - You'll find them black, though often red. - -258. What is that which strikes itself frequently, and yet does itself -no injury? - -259. Why are different trees like different dogs? - -260. What is the difference between a chemist and an alchemist? - -261. Why is a tree like a French dancing-master? - -262. Why is a mouse like grass? - -263. Why are some kinds of pigeons like drinking-glasses? - -264. If a bushel of potatoes comes to $1, what will a horse come to? - -265. What is that which burns to keep a secret? - -266. Why is a tallow-chandler one of the most sinful and unfortunate -of men? - -267. Why does a man in paving the streets correct the public morals? - -268. Why is an obstinate man like a mastiff? - -269. How does the wood-cutter invite the tree to fall? - -270. - - "Up! Stir the rough logs to a ruddier glow! - And spread forth the gladsome cheer! - For the night hangs dark on the plain below, - And the swift-winged storm is near!" - (Full oft my first, - When loud storms burst, - Shelters some wanderer from their worst!) - - "Let the white sail flutter free and wide! - How our smooth prow cuts the laughing foam! - Faster, yet faster, oh, may we glide! - For we're going home, boys!--going home!" - (May the good God's hand - Keep that gallant band - From my second's wrath, and guide to land!) - - "Let the song be heard, the dance, and mirth! - Glad be each heart, each step be light! - Away with care and the woes of earth! - Gay be the festal hall to-night!" - (So the revelers sang, - And the goblets rang, - While my third kept chime with a glimmering clang!) - - "To the strife! to the strife!--'tis the trumpet calls! - The foeman comes! To arms, ye brave! - On, soldiers, on! He wins, who falls, - A lasting fame and a patriot's grave!" - (May God's own might, - In the hour of fight, - Help those who strive for my whole and the right!) - -271. Why do trees often change their places? - -272. Can a leopard change his spots? - -[Illustration] - -273. - - White as driven snow are we-- - Black as ink or ebony; - Red and yellow, gray and blue, - Golden, pink, and purple, too. - Glittering like a spangled dress, - Every color we possess; - Few and many, large and small, - Sometimes not beheld at all. - Thick and thin, and high and low, - Moving fast and moving slow; - Fell destruction send we forth, - East and west, and south and north. - Fire and flame we fling around - With a fearful mighty sound; - Vegetation soon would fade - Did we but withdraw our aid; - Dearth and famine would prevail; - Death would reign o'er hill and dale; - Never two alike you'll see-- - Puzzled reader, what are we? - -274. Add a letter to an animal, and make a building. - -275. Transpose a tree into a boy's nickname. - -276. Transpose an animal into a famous battle. - -277. Transpose a tree into a verb. - -278. Transpose an insect into part of a book. - -279. Transpose a game of cards into a dress. - -280. I am composed of 11 letters: - - My 1, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9 is a Scripture name with which we are all - familiar. - My 3, 7, 5, 6 is an article of food. - My 8, 10, 11 is a nickname. - My whole is a Scripture name. - -[Illustration] - -281. Why is a man in snow shoes like a man barefooted? - -282. How is it that a man with long legs can not travel faster than -one with short legs? - -283. - - I'm worn by many a lady fair, - In ironing I need much care; - Behead, and I'm a purling stream, - Where many a poet loves to dream! - Behead again, oh! mortal frail, - And I will cause thy cheek to pale. - - -CHARADE. - - 284. If you a journey ever take, - No matter when or where, - My first you'll always have to pay, - Before you can get there. - My second you will seldom see, - If London through you go; - But still 'tis what I hope you are; - Few better things I know. - I say my whole till next we meet, - When well-known names I hope to greet. - -285. I am composed of 9 letters: - - My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 has done more damage than my 6, 7, 8, 9. - My whole is, at present, deplorable. - -286. - -[Illustration] - -To remove the shears from the ring--the end of the string being firmly -fastened to a nail in the wall, or some other object, which can not -be put through the handles of the shears. (Easily performed, when you -know how.) - -287. Entire, I am an insect; behead, and I am a reptile; curtail, and -I am a conjunction; curtail again, and I am an article. - -[Illustration] - -288. - - In northern regions cold and wild, - My first you see, a mountain child, - In grandeur rise from its bed of snow, - And smile on the iron-bound coast below. - My second is loved by the school-boy bright, - With his rosy cheek and eye of light, - And to gain it oft he will truant play, - And leave master and lessons far away. - In sunny lands, where the fire-flies glow, - And fragrant breezes softly blow, - My whole you may find so fresh and fair, - And who would not wish in that treat to share? - -289. Express with four letters a sentence containing four words and -fourteen letters. - -290. Transpose a dependent into a large party. - -291. - - I'm found in every mountain, - In every running vale, - Though never in the breezes found, - I'm found in every gale. - - You'll find me in the dark, - But never in the light; - You'll always find me in the day, - But never in the night. - - About your form, dear little one, - You'll vainly look for me, - And yet in head, and hand, and arm - I'm always sure to be. - - I'm not in nose, or eye, or lips, - Yet I'm in every feature, - In boys and girls I'm never found, - Yet I'm in every creature. - - I'm found in MERRY'S MAGAZINE-- - In Uncle Merry's face; - And everywhere Aunt Sue appears, - I claim an honest place. - -292. Behead a noun and leave a piece of furniture; behead again and -transpose, and you will find a character spoken of in the Bible; -curtail me and leave the nickname of a distinguished person. - -293. Transpose some animals into part of an implement. - -294. Transpose something bright into bulky. - -295. Transpose a measure into a carriage. - -296. Transpose a prop into a source of amusement. - -297. Transpose a sudden roll into a clown. - -[Illustration] - -298. Transpose what a bear might give a cat into what the cat would -consider it. - - -CHARADE. - -299. - - My first gave us early support; - My next a virtuous lass; - To the fields, if at eve you resort, - My whole you will probably pass. - -300. Entire, I belong to the United States; remove one eye, and I -belong to a horse; curtail me, and I belong to the human race; curtail -again, and I am the child's best friend; curtail again, and I am best -known to the printer; curtail again, and I become invisible. - - -ENIGMA. - -301. - - Though for years I had lived, I was unknown to fame, - Till I rescued a slave, and I gave him my name. - Though then Abolitionist--still I enthrall, - And unless I imprison--of no use at all. - 'Tis strange I should be both a boon and a blow, - But when you discern me, this fact you will know. - Doctors' stuff I convey and small matters unfold, - Yet rare gems I preserve and great nuggets of gold. - In form I am round or three-cornered or square, - And at once I am known as both common and rare. - If you wish to be safe when you look at a show, - You must pay for, and take me, and sit in a row. - Clothed in crimson, and purple, and black I am seen, - Yet in gardens in winter I'm constantly green. - I am valued and dear, though 'tis equally clear, - I am scorned and am hated when placed on the _ear_. - Both of light goods and heavy I carry the trade, - Yet in gold I'm oft clothed and in jewels arrayed. - If bad passion disturb, or should ill-will excite, - I become the forerunner of many a fight. - Yet stranger than all these remarkable things, - I'm a gift oft bestowed by princes and kings. - - N.B.--As I find it impossible to display all my qualities and - peculiarities in verse, I will endeavor to describe myself - more minutely in plain prose. I am either animal, vegetable, - or mineral, and though sometimes no bigger than a bright - copper penny or a silver sixpence, yet I am at times as large - as a room--indeed, I _am_ a room, and can contain several - people; and then, too, I am made narrow, and can only contain - one horse! In summer and winter I flourish as a vegetable, and - am often cut, but never served at table. I am most valued at - the end of the year, when I am often given and often taken. - Though unlearned, I have given name to a science--a very - _striking_ quality you will acknowledge, when you know me. If - you discover me, you deserve me as a _reward_. If you are dull - of comprehension, you deserve me as a _punishment_! May you - have your deserts! - -[Illustration] - -302. - - My first you are when over the ground - You lightly trip to the river's bank, - Where my second may always be found; - Beware my whole, 'tis cold and dank. - And fatal, too, to many a one - Who will not its danger carefully shun. - -303. I am composed of 13 letters: - - My 9, 10, 7, 1 was a good man. - My 4, 5, 13, 2, 8 is an unhappy wretch. - My 11, 12, 3, 6 is an adjective. - My whole is an extraordinary tale. - - -CHARADE. - -304. - - My first in cities is well known - And by me many live, - Obtain their freedom in the town, - And then a vote can give; - My second we can never see, - Whether on the land or sea; - My whole the sailor often braves, - When he plows the briny waves. - -305. Why may muslin and flour be considered safe articles in market? - -306. Of what trade are we when we walk in the snow? - -307. Take away the bees from something we frequently eat, and make it -read and speak. - -308. An animal before a mountain, with the right kind of article, -makes a tree. - -309. Transpose some animals into a salutation. - -[Illustration] - -310. - - Why strains my first his wearied sight, - Across the silent main, - And loiters on the lonely beach? - He looks, alas! in vain. - - For the chilly hand of Death has passed - My second's stately side, - And its gallant crew are sunk beneath - The ocean's briny tide. - -[Illustration] - - Though time may pass with silent step, - And years go quickly by, - Yet My whole shall feed the vital flame - And its power shall never die. - -[Illustration] - -311. Entire, I am a companion; beheaded, a verb; replace my head, -curtail me, and I am found in nearly every house; curtail again, I am -a nickname; reversed, a verb. - -312. My first is "for;" my second and fourth are pronouns; my third is -an article; my whole is a god. - -313. I am composed of 15 letters: - - My 9, 7, 8 is what wicked children often do. - My 14, 7, 3, 8 affords amusement to boys. - My 7, 13 is a preposition. - My 11, 2, 3, 4 is often pleasant in summer. - My 5, 1, 6, 12 is a girl's name. - My 15, 12, 10 is often taken from trees. - My whole is the name of one of our generals. - - -ENIGMA. - -314. - - I am not found on any ground, - But always in the air; - Though charged each cloud with thunder loud, - You can not find me there. - Now, if from France you choose to dance - Your way just into Spain, - I there am seen, and near the queen, - In hail, in mist, and rain. - - -FRUITS, FLOWERS, AND PLANTS. - -315. A boy's nickname and a fruit. - -316. A bird and a branch. - -317. Add what we all love to what we all have. - -318. The nicknames of two popular persons. - -319. To deplore. - -320. Curtail one of the fair sex, and leave one of the unfair sex. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -321. - - My first, in distant lands - Full many a temple stands, - Once builded by his hands; - The marble from the mine, - His hand hath caused to shine - In beauty half divine; - My next in tropic lands - Grows where the roving bands - Roam o'er the desert sands; - My whole went forth--the world, - From chaos rudely hurled, - Along its orbit whirled. - -322. Take a letter from a piece of kitchen furniture, and make -something furious. - -323. Divide a sensibility, and leave a reward and a fish. - -324. Divide a measure, and leave something much worn and to desire. - -325. Divide something enormous, and leave a plant and to rave. - -326. Curtail an unenviable state of mind to be in, and leave a path. - -327. Why is a hog just purchased like 120 pounds of steel? - - -NAMES OF PLACES. - -328. The name of a race of men, a vowel, and a Greek word signifying a -city. - -329. A state of equality and a verb. - -330. A letter on a title. - -331. Behead part of a vessel, and leave a fish; curtail, and leave -tranquility. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -332. - - My first is a domestic animal. - My second is a very useful article. - My third in sound is a Hebrew measure of liquids. - My whole is a list of names or things. - -333. Resolve what made Jackson a President into a household article. - -334. My first is a nickname; my second, in sound, asks a question; my -third is an article; my fourth is an adverb, and my whole is a flower. - -335. My first is a verb; my second is seen in a hat; my third is often -used for a signal; my fourth is the same as my second, and my whole is -the given name of the writer. - -336. I am composed of 10 letters: - - My 7, 5, 10 is a medicine. - My 6, 9, 1 is an adverb. - My 4, 2, 8, 3 may always be seen on Broadway. - My whole is a city. - -337. Transpose a tree into a hollow vessel. - -338. D written off for air, hinge learn a channel. - -339. XA100T. - -_Explain the sentences in italics in the following puzzle_: - -340. - - I knew a man, not many years gone by, - Who had a _block of timber_ in each eye, - Without impairing, in the least, his sight, - Or filling those who saw him with affright. - And what was more amazing, free to roam, - _Fur-covered thousands_ made his head their home; - _Two heavy buildings_ also rested there, - By them unnoticed, and no less his care. - _A curse upon his meals_ he often had, - And saw with joy it made another glad. - Strangest of all, for every house he let, - A _half a score of insects_ did beset. - At length he did become _a seasoned dish_, - To grace a throne, which suited well his wish; - And all this while _an arrow, mind_, was in him, - Which to the things he loved did firmly pin him. - -341. - - My first's a maiden's Scripture name, - My second's less than me, - My whole--ah! so unmerciful - I hope I ne'er shall be. - -342. Change my head several times, and make (1) the cause for some -things, (2) to debate, (3) a foundation, (4) that which often covers -it, (5 and 6) two different noises, and (7) part of the soil of -America. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -343. - - My first is half of what you do - When you are wildly dreaming; - My second our two horses drew - One day when Jack was teaming. - My whole the wolves eat when they can, - 'Tis said they love me dearly; - And when I'm stripped to cover man, - I run about quite barely. - -344. What beverage will surely change our pain? - - -ANAGRAMS. - -_Fill the blanks with the words in italics, transposed._ - -345. _Pray, Simon_, that I may be cured of ----. - -346. A certain ---- used _green soap_. - -347. _Cleon paints not_ in ----. - -348. _Dire loss_ is often sustained by ----. - -349. ---- can _stand carbon_ pretty well. - -350. _Prejudice runs_ even through ----. - -351. Transpose a taker into a keeper. - -352. Curtail a coin and leave a bird. - -353. Entire, I am a mixture; transposed, I am false; behead me, I am -a tree; replace my head, curtail and reverse me, I am a nickname; take -out my third letter and reverse me, I am part of the body; replace the -third letter, behead and transpose, I am a verb. - -354. Why is a very large man always sober? - -355. Transpose an army into what they use. - -356. What flowers are always under a person's nose? - -357. Entire I am a dog; behead and transpose, and I am used in almost -every house. - -358. A planet and a plant. - -359. Two girls' names. - -360. A certain man's instrument of torture. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -361. If you pull a rabbit's ears, what will he say? - -362. How does it appear that rabbit's ears are just long enough. - -363. Why is a rabbit like a tailor? - -364. Why is a rabbit not required to take the temperance pledge? - - -A LATIN INJUNCTION. - -365. Me! men? Tom or I? - -366. I am composed of 12 letters: - - My 3, 6, 11, 2 is a _puss-animalous_ noise. - My 8, 1, 9, 5 can make one very comfortable at some seasons of the - year. - My 4, 10, 12, 7 is a pronoun. - My whole is the name of a humorous writer. - -367. I am composed of 19 letters: - - My 6, 7, 5 is an animal. - My 8, 19, 2 is a boy's nickname. - My 13, 14, 5 is an eatable. - My 18, 1, 4, 9 is government. - My 15, 17, 11, 12 are very painful. - My 16, 10, 1, 3, 17, 4, 9, 2, 11 is ferocious. - My whole is what we all wish for. - -368. I am composed of 14 letters: - - My 1, 5, 7, 14 is a companion. - My 4, 8 is an interjection. - My 10, 11, 13, 12, 2, 11, 3 is a scoundrel. - My 6, 11, 9 is in very common use in the kitchen. - My whole is a village on the Hudson. - -369. My first is an article of clothing; my first and second combined -form a trade; my third is a conjunction; my whole is the name of a -cape. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -370. What species of cat has more than one tail? - -371. What species of cat is most to be avoided? - -372. What kind of cat is most valued in Sunday-school? - -373. Which of the cats does a young man show the most affection for? - -374. With a hairy animal and an instrument for the hair, construct a -burial-place. - -375. I am composed of 19 letters: my 3, 7, 5--13, 8, 18, 12--15, 14, -10, 2--17, 11, 19, 5--1, 7, 17, 16, 7, 2--6, 2, 7, 18--4, 15, 11, 9, -18--and 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 13 are birds; my whole is the name of a bird. - -376. Entire, I am useful to the student; deprived of my first letter, -I am behind time; transposed, a bird in the West; deprived of my first -two letters, I am what you all have done; transposed, what you all do; -again transposed, a beverage; my whole, deprived of the first three -letters, is a Latin pronoun in the accusative case. This last reversed -is a Latin conjunction. My whole, deprived of the first four letters, -is a Latin preposition; my whole transposed is a crime; again -transposed, I am very little; without my last letter, I am used in -building houses; transposed, I am used in cooking; again transposed, I -am used by shoemakers. - -As an enigma, I am composed of five letters: - - My 1, 5, 3 is a body of water. - My 3, 2, 5 is a liquor. - My 5, 3, 1, 4 is a point of the compass. - My 1, 5, 3, 4 is a place to rest. - My 3, 4 is a preposition. - My 1, 3, 2, 5 occurs every day. - -377. What stream of water contains, (1) a chart, (2) an animal, (3) a -toy, (4) two kitchen utensils, (5) three nicknames, (6) an article of -clothing, (7) two articles of furniture, (8) a river, (9) a bird, -(10) a ditch, (11) a preposition, (12) to strike, (13) quick, (14) a -resting-place for troops. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -378. How near does a boy straddling a rail come to the President of -the United States? - -379. When is an Indian like a railroad engine? - -380. When are children in danger of forming bad habits? - -381. Why is a boy crying to be helped over a rail fence like a lawyer? - -382. - - I am in the men, but not in the boys. - I am in the playthings, but not in the toys. - I am in the north, but not in the south. - I am in the nose, but not in the mouth. - I am in the minister, but not in his hat. - I am in the kitten, but not in the cat. - I am in the barn, but not in the floor. - I am in the window, but not in the door. - I am in the county, but not in the state. - I am in the pencil, but not in the slate. - -383. How far is the President of the United States from the first man -that ever died? - -384. If a tough beef-steak could speak, what poet's name would it -pronounce? - -385. Why is a side-saddle like a four-quart measure? - -386. What is that without which a wagon can not be made, and can not -go, and yet is of no use to it? - -387. What does a frigate weigh when ready for sea? - -388. Why do pioneers march at the head of the regiment? - -389. Why is "i" the happiest of the vowels? - -390. Supposing two ships of war, the San Jacinto and Ironsides, to be -2,417 yards apart, at an unknown distance from a fort having a base of -666-2/3 yards. The angle from the San Jacinto to the nearest corner of -the fort is 71-1/2 deg., to the center of the fort 62-1/2 deg.; the angle from -the Ironsides to the nearest corner of the fort is 56-1/2 deg., to the -center of the fort 49-1/4 deg.. Required the distance from each ship to -the corner and center of the fort--also the distance from a point -equidistant between the ships and the center of the fort. - -391. With what three letters can you express a sentence comprising ten -letters? - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -392. My first, though originally an animal, now-a-days often goes -by steam; though commonly used for eating, is now much used to punch -holes with; though hitherto considered rather sheepish than otherwise, -in these times goes to war. My second lies before you; waits to do -your bidding; is both black and white at the same time; can draw tears -or provoke laughter; carry messages and convey instruction. Entire, -I imply a disturbed state of mind, which has extended itself to the -body, leading a looker-on to indulge great expectations that something -is going to happen. - - -CHARADE. - -393. - - On this green grassy ball of a structure called earth, - I have dwelt unregarded for innumerable years, - And none more attached to the land of their birth, - More deep in its pleasures, its grief and its fears; - I sport 'mid the waves of the ocean and sea, - Or rest on the bank of some flowery glade. - Or join the fairies who dance on the lea, - Or play in the checkers of sunshine and shade, - But still I'm intent in my welfare I trust, - And not to vain empty frivolity given. - When I come to the end of all time, as I must, - I'm safe in the hope of dwelling in heaven. - -394. Add a letter to a pronoun, and make a preposition; another, and -make a noun; add another at either end, and make a verb; another, and -make another noun. - -395. Add a letter to a man, and make a pearl. - -396. Add a letter to a Scripture character, and make a flower. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -397. A and B set out from the same place, in the same direction; A -travels uniformly 18 miles per day, and, after 9 days, turns and goes -as far as B has traveled during those 9 days; he then turns again, -and, pursuing his journey, overtakes B 22-1/2 days after the time they -first set out. Required the rate at which B uniformly traveled. - -398. - - To a word of consent join the first half of fright, - Next subjoin what you never beheld in the night; - Now, these rightly connected, we quickly obtain - What numbers have seen, but will ne'er see again. - -399. - - My first it is a curious thing, - Of Nature's own produce, - And many who have lost a limb - Have found it of great use. - - By my second's wondrous power - Ships are made with ease, - To stem against both wind and tide - Across the boundless seas. - - My whole is very often found - Together with my first, - And comes in very handy - When you would quench your thirst. - -400. Add a letter to a crime, and make meditation. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -401. How is it that a hen knows no night? - -402. Which class of democrats does a hen show most, regard for? - -403. Why is a large fresh egg like a virtuous deed? - -404. Add a letter to a heart, and make a number. - -405. What is flatter than a flat? - -406. I802500A. - -407. Entire, I am a kind of rock; beheaded, I am considered very -healthy; again beheaded, I am a beverage; then transposed, I am a -meadow. - - -ENIGMA. - -408. - - 'Tis found in our troubles, 'tis mixed with our pleasures, - 'Tis laid up above with our heavenly treasures; - "'Tis whispered in heaven, and 'tis muttered in hell," - And it findeth a place in each sybilline spell; - In Paradise nestled, 'mid Eden's fair flowers, - It has sported with Eve in rose-perfumed bowers; - 'Tis muttered in curses, yet breathed in our prayers; - From the path of our duty it tempts us in snares. - Deep, deep in our hearts you will find it engraved; - Though in misery sunk, yet from sin it is saved. - 'Tis found in the stream that flows on to the ocean; - Though in bustle forever, 'tis ne'er in commotion. - 'Tis wafted afar o'er the land in each breath; - In the grave 'tis decaying--you'll find it in death. - It is floating away on the broad stream of time, - Yet it findeth a place in eternity's clime. - In the legends of nations it holdeth a place; - There's no charm without it to the beautiful face. - In thunder you'll hear it, if closely you listen; - In moonbeam and sunbeam forever 'twill glisten. - In the dew-drop it sparkles; 'tis found in the forest; - It whispers in peace when our need is the sorest. - -409. My first is a drink; my second is feminine; my third is the cry -of an animal; and my whole is a city in Scripture. - -410. Behead something irritating, and leave something soothing. - -[Illustration] - -411. - - My first is not so often doled - To beggar sad and urchin bold, - As when the full amount in gold - Was paid for paper one might hold, - My second is a rank extolled - As beings of superior mold, - With virtues rare and manifold, - When they by toadies are cajoled-- - A rank not made through ballots polled - By freemen legally enrolled. - My whole, a fragrant plant, is sold - In parcels small to grannies old, - Who in their early life were told - "'Twill check a fever--cure a cold." - -412. Take the first syllable (which is sometimes used as an -interjection to express contempt) from a warlike instrument, then -transpose the remainder, and leave some ends. - -413. Entire, I am found in Brooklyn; with my first two letters -changed, I am a very strong and pretty kind of crockery-ware; when -entire, my first is a kind of mountain; my second is found all over -the world. - -414. My first is annoying, my second (under certain circumstances), -alarming; my whole is something frightful. - -415. My first is a nickname; my second, a pronoun; my third, a -conjunction; and my whole, a fish. - -416. Transpose a ruler into a river. - -417. Why is silver currency like Caesar's army by the Rubicon? - -418. What boat is found in every ocean? - -419. 10050055N. - -420. Behead an animal, transpose, and leave a coin. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: The puzzle is, to get from the Entrance to the Center -Bower, by following the space between the lines without crossing the -lines.] - -[Illustration] - - - - -ANSWERS TO PUZZLES. - - -1. W HAIR over each eye (i) n gander or a bound will p over t and v -ice beef hound. (Where overreaching and error abound, will poverty and -vice be found.) - -2. A little patients over a parent wr on g spree vents great miss -under stand in-g-s between men. (A little patience over apparent -wrongs, prevents great misunderstandings between men.) - -3. Crisis. - -4. Mankind. - -5. The excellent effects of a mild and (hand less h) tender civility -are unquestionable. - -6. Trice, rice, ice. - -7. Pink, ink, in, pin. - -8. Think twice before you speak once. - -9. He had no need of a Hierarch (higher ark). - -10. "Written." - -11. Princeton, Prince, tin, ton, cent, Nip, tire, nice, not, in, to. - -12. Araby. - -13. Love. - -14. Valentine's Day. - -15. Wise in one's own conceit. - -16. Award, ward, war, raw. - -17. Elapse, lapse. - -18. A chin well rounded is a charming feature. - -19. 250 rods. - -20. Bal-morals. - -21. Malady. - -22. Regimentals. - -23. Because they are destitute of-fenders. - -24. "A celebrated man." - -25. Plane, lean, plan, lap. - -26. Fin e words r no t all wais t he m ark s of a k in d heart. (Fine -words are not always the marks of a kind heart.) - -27. They are always in love. - -28. Cunningham. - -29. Hope, hop, ho! - -30. Incendiary. - -31. Scowl, grow, row, owl. - -32. Carroll. - -33. Trifling, flirting. - -34. Napkin. - -35. Horse, rose. - -36. T hay W hoe ark wick limb maid 2 DO ill S hood beak on T in ULE -watch ED. (They who are quickly made to do ill, should be continually -watched.) - -37. Salve, slave, lave, veal, vase, save, ale, Ave. - -38. Curtail in g x pence swill lad in Co me. (Curtailing expenses will -add income.) - -39. When he said "Bildad." - -40. He thought he was _going to blubber_, but he didn't. - -41. Pasha, hasp. - -42. Rupee, Peru. - -43. When it is very rare. - -44. Hand-some. - -45. A good appetite. - -46. Mastodon. - -47. Casper, asper, sper, per. - -48. When there is a will there is a way. - -49. Curtail. - -50. Disproportionableness. - -51. Nine--he took _his own ears_ and _one ear_ of _corn_ out each day. - -52. YOU. - -53. War, raw. - -54. Willow. - -55. Black Rock. - -56. Waterloo. - -57. Lockport. - -58. Buffalo. - -59. Whitehall. - -60. Pitcairn. - -61. Caraway. - -62. Judas tree. - -63. Marjoram. - -64. Meat, eat, ate, tea, Eta, Etam, team, tame, at'em, meta, met, me. - -65. Hew hop lace S C on F I dents in awl purse on swill short L y C -on F I D E in no body. (He who places confidence in all persons will -shortly confide in nobody.) - -66. Snow-drop. - -67. Commonwealth. - -68. Brogue, rogue. - -69. A people intent on being overruled by a king, need not complain if -monarchs arrogate their ability to over-rule opinions. - -70. Practice flows from principle, for as a man thinks, so he will -act. - -71. The first that turned up. - -72. Monkey, money. - -73. At-ten-dance. - -74. N I X. - -75. A hawk. - -76. My son, hear the instruction of thy father. - -77. P-o-u-l-t-r-y. - -78. Because it is often vain (vane) to aspire (a spire). - -79. He is an infidel (inn fiddle). - -80. He is not likely to have a good run. - -81. He is a Jew ill (Jewel). - -82. He distributes letters. - -83. Dodo. - -84. They are sure to bring him full crops. - -85. He faces the fire. - -86. Slaughter, laughter. - -87. Because there is a bridge in every brigade. - -88. Donor. - -89. Astray. - -90. Impeach. - -91. Plumbago. - -92. Peace to be sure requires justice. - -93. Joab--2 Samuel xviii. 14. - -94. Omri--1 Kings xvi. 24. - -95. Shelomith--Levit. xxiv. 11. - -96. Hadaosoh--Esther viii. 7. - -97. Uzziah--2 Chron. xxvi. 21. - -98. Ahaziah's mother--2 Chron. xxiii. 13. - -99. Joshua. - -100. Contemplation. - -101. American. - -102. Supplementary. - -103. Apollos. - -104. Korah. - -105. Hiram Hatchet. - -106. Nehemiah. - -107. Incendiarism. - -108. Presentation. - -109. Baltimore. - -110. Smartest. - -111. Regurgitation. - -112. Disaccommodation. - -113. Porcelain. - -114. Insular. - -115. Recapitulation. - -116. Burnside. - -117. Prestidigitateur. - -118. Contradictory. - -119. Indeterminate. - -120. Ossification. - -121. Resignation. - -122. - - If words could satisfy the heart, - The heart might feel less care; - But words, like summer birds, depart, - And leave but empty air. - A little said, and truly said, - Can deeper joy impart, - Than hosts of words which reach the head, - But never touch the heart. - -123. Watch over your heart to keep out all vice. - -124. Darius, radius. - -125. Sausage, assuage. - -126. He was bound to Havanna (Have Anna). - -127. He was _reviled_ who came to _deliver_. - -128. It would be reformed. - -129. Canoe, ocean. - -130. Surface. - -131. It would be recreation. - -132. Miserable. - -133. Your word. - -134. Met-a-physician. - -135. Flattery. - -136. He is no better. - -137. A day's difference. - -138. Only the dead one; the others would fly away. - -139. Conundrum. - -140. A good intention, but undervalued and misunderstood. - -141. Wolf, fowl. - -142. Stripes, sprites. - -143. Cataract. - -144. "Honest Old Abe." - -145. Aden. - -146. When It's mild (it smiled.) - -147. Treason, reason. - -148. Daisy. - -149. Buttercup. - -150. Hound-tongue. - -151. Mode sty i s one oft he chief or name nt sof youth. (Modesty is -one of the chief ornaments of youth.) - -152. Husbandman. - -153. Because Time beats all men, and a drummer beats time. - -154. When it is used to sow lace (solace). - -155. Forbearing. - -156. - - (1) Mr. and Mrs. A. cross the river together, Mr. A brings the - boat back. - - (2) Mrs. B. and Mrs. C. cross, Mrs. A. returns. - - (3) Mr. B. and Mr. C. cross, Mr. and Mrs. B. return. - - (4) Mr. A. and Mr. B. cross, Mrs. C. returns. - - (5) Mrs. C. and Mr. B. go over, and Mr. A. returns for his - wife. - -157. Light. - -158. Red-riding-hood. - -159. Ann Eliza (analyzer). - -160. Glass. - -161. Entrance. - -162. Desert. - -163. Subjects. - -164. Object. - -165. Piece of mind being secured we maze mile at miss fortunes. (Peace -of mind being secured, we may smile at misfortunes.) - -166. Wilful lie (Wilforley). - -167. Willie H. Coleman. - -168. Fleta Forrester. - -169. Jasper. - -170. Had anchor (H. A. Danker). - -171. Sibyl Grey. - -172. Slate, tales, least, stale, steal. - -173. The required radius, 0 feet 1.922257 inches. - -174. When it is _a raining_ (arraigning). - -175. Political. - -176. Issue. - -177. - - Be not too wise nor over nice - For if you be, you little see, - How like an idiot you be. - -178. It will be ten to one if he catches it. - -179. Ill. - -180. B and Y (bandy.) - -181. Zebra, bear. - -182. What a wheel! - -183. Revolutionary. - -184. In _mills_. - -185. While it can not move without a head of water, it never gets -ahead of the water, and yet is always moving. - -186. Star, sat, rat, tar, art, as, at. - -187. Blood-root. - -188. Ox-bane. - -189. Candy-tuft. - -190. Arrow-head. - -191. Bed-straw. - -192. Patience and perseverance will perform wonders. - -193. I, -- crossed makes X etc. - -194. Boa-constrictor. - -195. _a._ Rock pigeon. _b._ Rose mallow. - -196. Selah! - -197. Stiver, rivets. - -198. Kite, tike. - -199. Wolf, fowl. - -200. Scows, cows. - -201. Stripes, sprites. - -202. Ape, pea. - -203. Danes, sedan. - -204. Dawn, wand. - -205. All is not gold that glitters. - -206. Pawpaw. - -207. Crane-fly. - -208. Maple. - -209. Trug, rug. - -210. Sport. - -211. Excommunication. - -212. Moss-rose. - -213. Because it bears the palm. - -214. Enumerating. - -215. Embrocation. - -216. Virulent. - -217. Combativeness. - -218. Midshipman. - -219. Season. - -220. Acrobats. - -221. First be sure you are right, then go ahead. - -222. Lake, sake, Jake, bake, wake, make, rake, hake, cake, fake, take. - -223. Amethyst. - -224. Direction (die-wreck-shun). - -225. Warlock. - -226. They have always agreed. - -227. Flake, lake. - -228. BOOK-CASE. Baltic, Odessa, Olympus, Killanaule. - -229. Liquorice. - -230. Lover, cover, hover, mover, rover. - -231. Oliver, Olive, Levi. - -232. Time and tide wait for no man. - -233. Bug-bear. - -234. Philosophy. - -235. Turks, sturk. - -236. Owe nothing. - -237. Arm-chair. - -238. R U A TT. (Are you a tease?) - -239. Once upon a time a horrid, cross, overbearing man undertook to -beat his wife upon a very small provocation indeed; but she understood -and overcame his evil intention, for before he could injure her, she -demolished him in a little time with a cudgel. - -240. Tennessee (10 A C). - -241. Ounce, cat, pig, horse, seal, cow. - -242. Head-less. - -243. Weed, need, meed, feed, deed, heed, reed, seed. - -244. Patapsco. - -245. Level. - -246. Fund. - -247. Mum, Abba, Dad, Anna, Minim--MADAM. - -248. Rebecca, rebec. - -249. C low shoe r heart against awl vice, butt open the door to wall -t root h. (Close your heart against all vice, but open the door to all -truth.) - -250. When they are candidates (candied dates). - -251. Because it is ink-lined (inclined). - -252. When he declines a drink. - -253. Loops, spool. - -254. Animal, lamina. - -255. Em-bark. - -256. When it is a perch. - -257. (Often read) ink. - -258. A clock. - -259. Each has his own bark. - -260. One is an analyzer (Ann Eliza), the other a charlatan (Charlotte -Ann). - -261. It has many boughs (bows). - -262. Because the cat 'ill eat it. - -263. They are tumblers. - -264. A bushel of corn. - -265. Sealing-wax. - -266. Because his works are wicked, and all his wicked works come to -light. - -267. He is a-mending the public ways. - -268. Because he is dog-matical. - -269. He axes it. - -270. Independence. (Inn, deep, pendants.) - -271. Because they leave every spring. - -272. Yes, when he is tired of one place he can go to another. - -273. Clouds. - -274. Sable, stable. - -275. Elm, Lem. - -276. Lama, Alma. - -277. Ash, has. - -278. Flea, leaf. - -279. Brag, garb. - -280. Jehoshaphat. - -281. Because he has no shoes on. - -282. Long or short, he only gets ahead one foot at a time. - -283. Frill, rill, ill. - -284. Fare-well. - -285. Rebellion. - -286. - -[Illustration] - -_To remove the shears._--Take the loop end of the string; put it -through the right handle, and carry the loop around to _a_, as shown -by the dotted line here given. Let the loop be carried still further -toward _b_, until it has passed entirely around the whole shoars, and -you can then remove them, as they will slip out through the handles. - -287. Wasp. - -288. Pine apple. - -289. I O U 0 (I owe you nothing). - -290. Eleve, levee. - -291. The letter A. - -292. Stable, table, Able, Abe. - -293. Hares, share. - -294. Glare, large. - -295. Yard, dray. - -296. Stake, skate. - -297. Lurch, churl. - -298. One hug enough. - -299. Milk-maid. - -300. Maine. - -301. Box. - -302. Quicksand. - -303. Les Miserables. - -304. Trade Winds. - -305. One may be barred and the other bolted. - -306. Printers. - -307. Bread and butter--read and utter. - -308. Catalpa. - -309. Lamas, salam. - -310. Friend-ship. - -311. Mate, ate, mat, ma, am. - -312. Prometheus. - -313. Nathaniel P. Banks. - -314. The letter I. - -315. Bilberry. - -316. Larkspur. - -317. Heartsease. - -318. Sumac. - -319. Rue. - -320. Lady, lad. - -321. Mandate. - -322. Range, rage. - -323. Feeling. - -324. Furlong. - -325. Flagrant. - -326. Apathy. - -327. It is a pig-got. - -328. Indianapolis. - -329. Paris. - -330. London. - -331. Keel, eel, E E (ease). - -332. Cat-a-logue. - -333. Votes, stoves. - -334. Polyanthus. - -335. Isabella. - -336. Washington. - -337. Gum, mug. - -338. Depend not on fortune, but conduct. - -339. Tenacity. - -340. Beam, hairs (hares), temples a cur sup on his meals, tenants, -eggs salted (exalted), a narrow mind. - -341. Ruthless. - -342. Root, moot, foot, boot, hoot, toot, soot. - -343. Mutton. - -344. A little (t) will change pain into paint. - -345. Parsimony. - -346. Personage. - -347. Constantinople. - -348. Soldiers. - -349. Contrabands. - -350. Jurisprudence. - -351. Drawer, warder. - -352. Crown, crow. - -353. March, sham, ash, Sam, has. - -354. He is a man of great gravity. - -355. Host, shot. - -356. Tulips (two lips.) - -357. Tyke, key. - -358. Sun-flower. - -359. Rosemary. - -360. Aaron's rod. - -361. Nothing. - -362. Ho does not want them made shorter. - -363. He is fond of cabbage. - -364. He never drinks. - -365. Memento mori. - -366. Orpheus C. Kerr. - -367. Uncle Robert's Picture. - -368. Manhattanville. - -369. Hatteras. - -370. Cat-o-nine-tails. - -371. Catastrophe. - -372. Catechism. - -373. Catechist, (cat he kissed). - -374. Cat-a-comb. - -375. Blackburnian Warbler. - -376. Slate. - -377. Potomac. - -378. One is a rail-sitter, the other a rail-splitter. - -379. When he travels on a trail (T rail). - -380. When they linger round the bars. - -381. He pleads at the bar. - -382. The letter N. - -383. A yard and a quarter. _Abe_--Abe-L. - -384. Chaucer. - -385. It holds a gal on. - -386. Noise. - -387. It weighs anchor. - -388. To axe the way. - -389. Because "i" is in the midst of bliss, "e" is in hell, and all the -others in purgatory. - -390. From San Jacinto to corner of the fort, 1,843 66-100 yards. - -From San Jacinto to center of the fort, 1,971 10-100 yards. - -From Ironsides to corner of the fort, 2,096 53-100 yards. - -From Ironsides to center of the fort, 2,304 75-100 yards. - -From point equidistant to center of the fort, 1,763 47-100 yards. - -391. R U L. (Are you well?) - -392. Rampage. - -393. The letter E. - -394. I, in, pin, spin or pine, spine. - -395. Earl, pearl. - -396. Iri, iris. - -397. B travels ten miles a day. - -398. Yesterday. - -399. Corkscrew. - -400. Peculation, speculation. - -401. Her son never sets. - -402. The hard shell. - -403. It is a good egg sample. - -404. Core, score. - -405. A flatterer. - -406. I ate nothing to-day. - -407. Shale, hale, ale. - -408. The letter E. - -409. Beersheba. - -410. Teasing, easing. - -411. Penny-royal. - -412. Balista, tails. - -413. Ridgewood. - -414. Bug-bear. - -415. Halibut. - -416. Bashaw, Wabash. - -417. Because the die is cast before they pass it. - -418. Canoe (transposed forms "ocean"). - -419. CLOWN. - -420. Deer, ree. - -[Illustration] - - -[Illustration] - - * * * * - - - - -[Illustration] [SEE PAGE 12. (SPRING FLOWERS.)] - - - - -ROBERT MERRY'S - -BOOK OF RHYMES. - - - - -PREFACE. - - - Merry nephews, merry nieces, - Merry cousins all, - Merry aunts, with merry faces. - Merry uncles, take your places - Round the merry hall. - - Here's a book of merry jingles, - Made for merry times; - Merry here with Merry mingles, - Merry groups, and Merrys single, - "Merry's Book of Rhymes." - - Aunt Sue glowing, Fleta flashing, - Uncle Joe in smiles, - Mattie warbling, Buckeye dashing, - Older crowing, Hatchet slashing, - Each in his own style. - - Merry nephs and nieces, meeting - Wheresoe'er you may, - Robert Merry sendeth greeting, - Hoping he may have a seat in - All your merry play. - - When in merry circles chatting - Round the merry hearth, - Merry wit with wit combatting, - Merry's Rhymes will come quite pat in - To help on the mirth. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE NEST BUILDERS. - - - Oh! beautiful, beautiful things! - How they range at will through the sky! - Dear Mary, if I could have wings, - Oh! wouldn't I, wouldn't I fly? - - I would float far away on the cloud, - All vailed in the silver mist; - And perhaps I should feel so proud, - I shouldn't come back to be kissed. - - But see, sis, the sweet little creatures - Have each a straw in his beak; - A lesson of duty to teach us, - As plainly as birds can speak. - - We think they are only playing, - As they roam to and fro in the sky; - But these busy fellows are saying, - "'Tis not all for pleasure we fly. - - "We're building a snug little nest - In the crotch of the old elm-tree - We mean it for one of the best, - And busy enough are we. - - "We would not live only for play; - And when for a song we take leisure, - We would show, in our caroling way, - How duty is wedded to pleasure." - - - - -[Illustration] - - -KINDNESS. - - - A rose was faint, and hung its head, - One sultry summer's day, - When a Zephyr kindly fann'd its cheek, - Then sped upon its way. - - That Zephyr now, where'er it roams, - Delicious perfume brings. - So kindness gathers, as it goes, - A fragrance for its wings. - - AUNT SUE. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -SNOW-FLAKES. - - - Are the snow-flakes pearly flowers - That in the skies have birth, - And gently fall in gleaming showers - Upon this barren earth? - - Or, are they fleecy locks of wool, - From sheep that wander by - The silver streams, that, singing, roll - Through valleys in the sky? - - Or, are they downy feathers, cast - By little birds above, - And hurried earthward by the blast, - Bright messengers of love? - - No, they are pearly blossoms, flung - From heaven's airy bowers, - To recompense us for the loss - Of summer's blooming flowers. - - MATTIE BELL. - -[Illustration] - - - - -SPRING FLOWERS. - - - With what a lavish hand - God beautifies the earth, - When everywhere, all o'er the land, - Sweet flowers are peeping forth! - - Down by the babbling brook, - Up in the silent hills, - The glen, the bower, the shady nook, - Their breath with fragrance fills. - - They creep along the hedge, - They climb the rugged height, - And, leaning o'er the water's edge, - Blush in their own sweet light. - - They seem to breathe and talk; - They pour into my ear; - Where'er I look, where'er I walk, - A music soft and clear. - - They have no pride of birth, - No choice of regal bower; - The humblest, lowliest spot on earth - May claim the fairest flower. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -TOP PHILOSOPHY. - - - Children must be busy, - Always something learning; - Toys and trinkets, for their secrets, - Inside-outward turning. - - While the top is spinning, - Boys are wondering all, - How it stands erect unaided, - Why it does not fall. - - While the top is humming, - Still the wonder grows, - By what art the little spinner - Whistles as it goes. - - Children learn while playing; - Children play while learning; - Pastimes, often more than lessons, - Into knowledge turning. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -BY THE LAKE. - - - Moonlight gleams upon the lake; - Noiselessly the waters break - On the white and pebbly shore, - Then return, to break once more. - - Yonder moon, the sky's bright green, - Glitters in its depths serene, - And the stars, above that glow, - Seem another heaven below. - - On the white lake shore I stand, - Where the waters meet the land, - Shadows all around me lie, - Shutting out the starry sky-- - - Shutting out the world around, - In their close and narrow bound, - And the past awhile doth seem, - But a half-forgotten dream. - - In the starry night, alone, - Earthly cares and thoughts are gone. - In this silence, deep and still, - Who could harbor thought of ill? - - Far from all the care and strife, - All the agony of life, - Who would deem the sun could rise - On earth's thousand miseries? - - One by one my thoughts come back - To the old, familiar track, - And I turn me from the shore, - To the busy world once more. - - ADELBERT OLDER. - -[Illustration] - - - - -GENTLE WORDS. - - - Kind words revive the weary soul, - And cheer its saddest hours, - As dew refreshes drooping leaves, - And brightens fading flowers. - - They fall, like sunshine, round the path - Of those who weary roam, - And are the "open sesame" - To every heart and home. - - We know the spring will soon appear, - When round us flies the swallow, - So kind words should be harbingers - Of gentle deeds which follow. - - Upon the brow of want and care - The joys of life they fling, - And change the soul's dark night to-day, - Its winter into spring. - - Then let your deeds be gentle deeds, - Your words be words of love; - They are the brightest gems which shine - In angels' crowns above. - - MATTIE BELL. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE FROST. - - - The Frost looked forth one still, clear night, - And whispered, "Now I shall be out of sight; - So through the valley and over the height - In silence I'll take my way. - I will not go on like that blustering train-- - The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain, - Who make so much bustle and noise in vain; - But I'll be as busy as they." - - Then he flew to the mountain, and powdered its crest; - He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dress'd - In diamond beads; and over the breast - Of the quivering lake he spread - A coat of mail, that it need not fear - The downward point of many a spear, - That he hung on its margin, far and near, - Where a rock could rear its head. - - He went to the windows of those who slept, - And over each pane, like a fairy, crept; - Wherever he breathed, wherever he stepp'd, - By the light of the morn were seen - Most beautiful things; there were flowers and trees; - There were bevies of birds, and swarms of bees; - There were cities with temples and towers; and these - All pictured in silver sheen! - - But he did one thing that was hardly fair-- - He peeped in the cupboard, and finding there - That all had forgotten for him to prepare-- - "Now, just to set them a-thinking, - I'll bite this basket of fruit," said he, - "This costly pitcher I'll burst in three; - And the glass of water they've left for me - Shall 'tchick!' to tell them I'm drinking!" - - MISS H. F. GOULD. - - - - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - -SKATING--WOMAN'S RIGHTS. - - - Why may not a woman skate? - She can walk, and run, and ride-- - In dance, or hop, she's always great-- - Prithee why not skate or slide? - Skating is a useful art, - Full of dignity and grace; - Exercises limb and heart, - Gives the blood a healthful pace. - - Why may not a woman skate? - Swan-like grace and queenly sway - Mark the vigorous, blooming Kate, - Sailing down yon glittering way. - Look! what conscious grace and power - In those broad, out-sweeping strides, - As down the silver-gleaming floor, - With still increasing speed she glides. - - Why may not a woman skate? - Often on the frozen Scheldt, - Buxom Dutch girls, early, late, - For the prize of speed have dealt. - Sometimes from the inland town - To the city mart, or fair, - They in merry bands glide down, - And their precious burdens bear. - - Why may not a woman skate? - To a friend's, long miles away, - Oft they sail, with heart elate, - To make a call, or pass the day. - Often so do lovers meet, - Whispering, wooing, billing, cooing, - While upon their iron feet, - Miles and miles of talk they're doing. - - Why may not a woman skate? - What though ankles she reveal! - Skater's ankles, critics state, - Are not over-much genteel. - What of that!--a trifling charge! - There's a right for every wrong-- - If the ankle's somewhat large, - May be 'tis well set and strong. - - Why may not a woman skate? - Six times we have put the question; - No one rising in debate, - No one offering a suggestion, - Silence gives consent. So, then, - Pretty girls, and women, too, - No less than rude boys and men, - May put on the iron shoe. - - Try it, girls--ay, try the skate-- - Good for service, seldom tired, - Able to sustain its weight, - Never weak, nor loosely wired-- - The well-tried ankle you will find - In your need-hour just the one; - Bind your skates on--never mind!-- - You will find it right good fun. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -SCHOOL SONNET. - - - Spell, spell, spell! - A dozen words or more; - To your task and learn it well-- - School days will soon be o'er. - - Write, write, write! - A page all bright and clean; - Seize the moments in their flight, - No lost one fall between. - - Learn, learn, learn! - Some useful thing each day. - From early morn till night returns, - Waste not your time in play. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. - - - It is said that the flowers, as well as the birds, - Have a language peculiar, with phrases and words; - And that oft, in the hush of a warm summer day, - You may hear, if you listen, whatever they say. - - I have doubted till lately, and thought it was all - The whim of some dreamer, whom poet they call; - But since the sweet seventh of June, fifty-one, - My doubts have all vanished, like mists in the sun. - - As I walked in the garden I saw a sweet rose, - Such as seldom on this side of Paradise grows, - With a deep, deepening blush overspreading its cheek, - Leaning down to a lily, as if it would speak. - - Behind a tall orange in bloom, as it spread - Its rich fragrant shadow all over the bed, - Unperceived by the parties, I paused in my walk - And, in truth, overheard an intelligent talk. - - First, a low, distant murmur arrested my ear, - Like the memory of tones which in dreaming we hear; - Then, clear and distinct, though subtile as thought, - Their simple, articulate language I caught. - - "Thou fairest of gems," said the rose, bending down, - "Too sweet for the earth and too chaste for a crown, - I would thou wert taller, that here, in my place, - The world might appreciate thy sweetness and grace." - - "Nay, nay, lovely rose," the fair lily replied, - "It is safer in humble retirement to hide; - Earth's praises I court not; my graces were given - To exhale, in their careless redundance, to heaven." - - As the rest of their talk was of love, and as I - Was acting the part of an eaves-dropping spy, - I will not report it; but this I have told, - As conveying a lesson for young and for old. - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE SONG OF THE EXILE. - - - Blow, blow, ye winds, from the wide blue sea! - Oh, cool the heat of this fevered brow, - And still this heart with such melody - As your fluttering wings are wafting now! - - Bear on, bear on, from that distant shore, - The loving tones of a household band - Whose cherished, forms I see no more, - Ye voices dim from my fatherland! - - Such sad, sweet thoughts to me ye bring - Of my own far home with its ivied walls, - Of the vine-wreathed porch, where the zephyr sings - Through the rustling leaves, and the sunbeam falls-- - - Of the threshold stone, and the open door, - Of the kindred forms that gathered there, - At the stilly eve full hearts to pour, - In a gush of song on the listening air-- - - Of the noisy flow of the little brook, - Whose mossy banks our footsteps haunted; - Of winds which half their sweetness took - From fragrant bowers our hands had planted. - - FLETA FORRESTER. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE HARVEST. - - - Trusting in the patient earth - For the coming need, - Went the hopeful sower forth, - Bearing precious seed. - - Precious seed and full of hope, - Scattered far and wide, - O'er the plain--along the slope-- - And by the river side. - - Softened by the vernal rain, - Quickened by the sun, - Every little planted grain - Peep'd forth, one by one. - - Nourished by the rain and dew, - And the genial light, - Blade by blade it upward grew, - Growing day and night. - - Waving in the summer gales, - Bowing to the blast, - O'er the teeming intervales, - Ripening to the last. - - Duly to the harvest white, - Goldenly it glows, - As with grateful heart, and light, - Forth the reaper goes. - - Brightly as the sickle swings, - Flashing in the sun, - Merrily the reaper sings, - While the moments run. - - Onward as the strong man goes, - Fall the golden heads, - Till the grain, in beauteous rows, - All the field o'erspreads. - - Gather, gather now with care, - Binding up your sheaves, - Save what holy thrift and prayer - For the gleaner leaves. - - Now, upon the groaning wain, - Pile your treasures high, - Thankful for the gentle rain, - And the genial sky. - - Grateful for the bounteous earth, - Trusting all to come, - Now with songs of cheerful mirth, - Bring the harvest home. - - Dance and sing in joyous ring, - Ere the day grows dim; - Rejoice, rejoice, with heart and voice, - Shout, shout the Harvest Hymn. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration: - -THE SNOW-HOUSE. - -"A palace, or a cot--it matters not."] - - -THE SNOW-HOUSE. - - - See, Charlie, out there, by the elm tree, - The snow has been eddying round, - And has made, for our winter snow-house, - A broad and beautiful mound. - - Come, Charlie, bring out your shovel, - And soon we will let them see - How nice, how snug, and how cosy, - Our winter palace can be. - - The door shall be arched and lofty, - The room within shall be round; - And we'll have a fireplace and chimney, - And a carpet of straw for the ground. - - Then we'll have a magnificent party, - And all our friends receive, - With chestnuts, popped corn, and candy, - On Christmas or New Year's eve. - - The Merrys all shall be invited, - Around our board to sit; - They with our house will be delighted, - And we'll enjoy their wit. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -COLD WATER. - - - Cold water, pure, sparkling, and bright, - Cold water forever for me; - Cold water _you_, too, must drink to-night, - Who have come to our apple spree. - - For nothing else you will get to drink, - Of that most sure you may be; - No _wine_, no _brandy_ will we allow - At our red-apple spree. - - No _cider_, no _rum_, no _lager bier_, - Or any such stuff will you see; - But pure cold water, fresh from the pump, - We will have at our apple spree. - - Drink as much as you will, good friends and true, - For nothing it costs, you see, - And in these hard times it is best to have - An economical spree. - - So a spree we will have, and a jolly one too, - And none the worse shall we be - To-morrow, for having joined to-night - In a real red-apple spree. - - RUTH. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE GOOD OLD PLOW. - - - Let them laud the notes that in music float - Through the bright and glittering hall, - While the amorous whirl of the hair's bright curl - Round the shoulders of beauty fall; - But dearest to me is the song of the tree, - And the rich and the blossoming bough-- - Oh! these are the sweets which the rustic greets, - As he follows the good old plow. - - All honor be, then, to those gray old men, - When at last they are bowed with toil; - Their warfare then o'er, they battle no more, - For they've conquered the stubborn soil; - And the chaplet he wears is his silver hairs, - And ne'er shall the victor's brow - With a laurel crown in his grave go down, - Like the sons of the good old plow. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -WINTER. - - - Who does not love the Winter, - When all on earth below, - The houses, streams, the trees, and rocks, - Are covered o'er with snow-- - When all is fair which once was bare, - And all is bright and gay, - When down the hillside rush the sleds, - Nor stop till far away? - - And then the noise of all the boys, - When snow-balls fly around-- - The snow-king in the meadow-field, - With icy jewels crowned-- - And sparkling as the purest gold, - The scepter in his hand, - While icy courtiers, grim and still, - Await his high command. - - And then when evening closes in - Around the household hearth, - We love to sit while jokes pass round, - And all is joy and mirth. - And then recount with ready tongues - The mishaps of the day, - Of plunges in the deep snow-drifts - When at our joyous play. - - And though the Spring may boast its flowers, - And all its green-clad trees; - Though Summer, with its healthy showers, - Brings many a cooling breeze; - And though in Autumn with the crops - Of grain and fruit we're blest, - Yet still I can not help but say, - I love the Winter best. - - S. W. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -JUNE. - - - 'Tis a truth that earnest students, - With books and nature who commune, - Are in thought and feeling quickened - By the skies and breath of June. - - While in boyhood, what could match it? - Schoolmates call so opportune; - "Come with me and range the forest-- - Recreate, this day of June." - - Sister-schoolmates, gathering posies, - Stop to hear the red-breast's tune, - And laugh at pretty squirrels running - Up the trees, in leafy June. - - After-life, for prizes striving, - The student toils for lengthened rune-- - Spirit (so success) is wafted - To him by the breath of June. - - Month of months--let's sing its praises! - MUSEUM-readers, join the tune-- - The freshest leaves, the brightest flowers, - All are thine, sweet month of June. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -WORK AND PLAY. - - - With mamma for a teacher, - 'Tis easy to learn; - Her eye gives her boy courage, - As hard pages turn. - - She says, "Now, my dear Freddy, - Learn every word right; - If you're patient, the hard spots - Will vanish from sight. - - "When this task is well finished, - Your _work_ will be done; - _Then_ the time comes for playing, - Says every one. - - "Your fleet rock-horse is waiting; - And baby shall see." - Freddy learned well his lessons, - And rides full of glee. - -[Illustration] - - * * * * * - - Don't tell me of to-morrow, - There is much to do to-day, - That can never be accomplished, - If we throw the hours away. - Every moment has its duty-- - Who the future can foretell? - Then why put off till to-morrow, - What to-day can do as well? - - - - -THE BUTTERFLY. - - - "Don't kill me,"--caterpillar said, - As Clara raised her heel, - Upon the humble worm to tread, - As though it could not feel. - -[Illustration] - - "Don't kill me--I will crawl away, - And hide me from your sight, - And when I come, some other day, - You'll view me with delight." - - The caterpillar went and hid - In some dark, quiet place, - Where none could look on what he did, - To change his form and face. - - And then, one day, as Clara read - Within a shady nook, - A butterfly, superbly dressed, - Alighted on her book. - -[Illustration] - - His shining wings were dotted o'er - With gold, and blue, and green, - And Clara owned she naught before - So beautiful had seen. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -COLD WATER. - - - You may boast of your brandy and wine as you please, - Gin, cider, and all the rest; - Cold water transcends them in all the degrees, - It is _good_--it is BETTER--'tis BEST. - It is good to warm you when you are cold, - Good to cool you when you are hot; - It is good for the young--it is good for the old, - Whatever their outward lot. - It is better than brandy to quicken the blood, - It is better than gin for the colic; - It is better than wine for the generous mood, - Than whisky or rum for a frolic. - 'Tis the best of all drinks for quenching your thirst, - 'Twill revive you for work or for play; - In sickness or health, 'tis the best and the first-- - Oh! try it--you'll find it will pay. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE TELEGRAPH--ITS SECRET. - - - Looking up in musing wonder - At the silent wires above him, - And profoundly meditating, - Suddenly says Mike--that's Michael-- - Suddenly says Pat--that's Patrick-- - "Can you show me, can you tell me, - How it is that news and letters, - How it is that big newspapers, - Full of news, and fun, and wisdom, - Travel ever back and forward, - Travel with the speed of lightning-- - Always going, always coming, - And yet never interfering; - While we, sitting under, watching, - Can not see them, can not hear them, - Can not draw their secret from them; - Can not tell how 'tis they do it, - Can not quite believe they do it, - Though we all the while do know it?" - - "Should you ask me, Mike"--that's Michael-- - "Should you ask," says Pat--that's Patrick-- - "How these silent wires above us - Talk, and write, and carry letters-- - Carry news, and carry orders, - Though we can not see nor hear them, - Sitting under, watching, listening-- - Can not see them, can not hear them, - Can not catch the smallest whisper - Of the messages they carry-- - I should answer, I should tell you, - That those little wires are hollow, - With a passage running through them - From the one end to the other; - And they send, not papers through them, - And they send, not written letters; - But they send--these strange magicians-- - Through those passages so narrow, - Whispering spirits, living fairies, - Flying ever back and forward, - Message-bearing, hither, thither-- - Faithful messengers, that tell not - You, nor me, though watching, listening, - What the messages they carry." - - "Och! indade," says Mike--that's Michael-- - "Do you know it, Pat"--that's Patrick-- - "Do you know it, Pat, for certain? - Have you seen the whispering spirits? - Have you seen these living fairies? - Have you heard them shooting by us? - Have you heard their fairy whisper? - Tell me, do you know it, surely? - Tell me, is it only blarney?" - - Then in anger, Pat--that's Patrick-- - Proudly answered, "Mike"--that's Michael-- - "Sure you know I'm Pat"--that's Patrick-- - "Sure you know I was in College; - Four long years in F----m College-- - Hewing wood and bearing water, - Kindling fires, and chores achieving, - For the great and learned scholars - Of the mighty F----m College. - So you needn't, Mike"--that's Michael-- - "Set me down for a Know-Nothing; - Needn't reckon me a Hindoo; - Needn't doubt that what I tell you - Is as true as if a lawyer - Should have told it to a jury; - Or as if a man in Congress - Or in caucus said and swore it - On his everlasting honor, - On his faith and on his conscience; - This, I trust, will satisfy you." - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE UMBRELLA, AND THE APRIL SHOWER. - - - Keep close--we'll crowd the closer, - The harder it shall pour; - 'Tis seldom one umbrella - Is called to shelter four; - But ours is large and generous, - And has a heart for more. - - Yet faster, and yet faster, - The pelting sheets arrive, - And our one good umbrella - Is bound to shelter five, - For we are packed as snugly - As bees within a hive. - - Now let it come in torrents-- - We're snug as snug can be; - What cares our brave umbrella - For five, or four, or three? - On every side 'tis shedding - The rain in careless glee. - - The clouds are very leaky, - The bottom must be out, - But, with our good umbrella, - We have no fear nor doubt, - Though every stick above us - Rains like a tiny spout. - - Heigho! 'tis coming faster, - The bottles sure have burst; - But hark! the brave umbrella - Says, "Clouds, do _now_ your worst, - If you would wet these children, - You must destroy me first." - - They must have thrown wide open - The windows of the sky; - But, with our good umbrella, - I think we'll get home dry; - Or, if we do get sprinkled, - We'll neither fret nor cry. - - Step lightly, bonnie sister, - Keep close, sweet little pet, - With such a brave umbrella, - We shall not be much wet; - But Prink will have a drenching, - On that I'll make a bet. - - How like a river torrent - It pours along the street! - Prink cares not for umbrellas, - To him a bath's a treat, - And our good India-rubbers - Are umbrellas for our feet. - - What's that you say, dear Nellie? - 'Tis dropping on your arm? - Indeed, our kind umbrella - Didn't mean you any harm; - And soon the good snug parlor - Will make all dry and warm. - - Ha! ha! the wind is rising, - But we are almost there. - What if our good umbrella - Should fly away in air! - Run, Prink, and say we're coming, - And open the gate--do you hear! - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE OSTRICH. - - - Let the fur-clad Laplander boast - Of the reindeer's bird-like speed; - Let the Arab, for riding post, - Bet high on his mettlesome steed; - - Let the Briton talk loud of the chase - With the fox, or the hare, or the stag; - Let the Yankee, stark mad in the race, - Count miles by the minutes, and brag; - - The bird of the desert is ours-- - Competitors all we defy-- - A bird of such wonderful powers-- - We scarce know if we ride or we fly. - - You have all of the hippogriff heard, - For mettle and speed a rare thing, - Half-breed betwixt courser and bird, - Keeping pace with foot and with wing. - - The bird of the desert is he, - The ostrich of beautiful plume, - Skimming earth, as a swallow the sea, - Or an eagle the lofty blue dome. - - He laughs at the speed of the hind, - For pursuers he feels no concern, - He travels ahead of the wind, - And leaves the dull lightning astern. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE PLOWMAN. - - - Turn up the generous soil-- - 'Tis rich in hidden wealth, - And well repays your earnest toil - With plenty, peace, and health. - - Plow with a bold, strong hand-- - Drive deep the glittering share; - No surface-scratching will command - Earth's treasures rich and rare. - - Then, if you'd freely reap, - With bounteous freedom sow-- - And while you wake, and while you sleep, - The precious grain will grow. - - - - -ON A GOOD HOUSE-DOG CALLED "WATCH." - - - Poor faithful Watch! thy watch of life is o'er, - And mute and senseless near the kitchen door - Thou lay'st, a breathless corpse, where thou stood to guard before; - Thy pliant temper, known and praised by all, - Thy prompt obedience to thy master's call; - Whether to climb the hill, or scour the plain, - Or drive encroaching hogs from out the lane; - Thy quick return, on motion of his hand, - To guard the door, or wait a fresh command; - Thy joy to meet at eve, with fawning play, - Domestic faces, absent but a day; - Thy bark, that might the boldest thief affright, - And patient watch through many a dreary night-- - All speak thy worth, but none could save thy breath, - For what is merit 'gainst the shafts of Death? - Sleep, then, my dog! thy tour of duty o'er, - Where thief and trav'ler can disturb no more; - Content t' have gained all that thou now canst have-- - Thy master's plaudit and a peaceful grave! - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -GONE--ALL GONE! - - - By the bubbling fount 'mid the greenwood shades, - In the leafy world of the forest glades, - No more the birds, at the blush of morn, - Trill their sweet notes; they are gone--all gone! - - Voices of summer, I've listed long - For the witching strains of your matin song; - Through the woodland dim, o'er the rustling lawn, - I have sought you oft; but you're gone--all gone? - - No more do you start in your still retreat - At the thundering tramp of the horses' feet, - Or the wandering note of the bugle horn; - But the woods are mute, for you're gone--all gone! - - 'Mid the wild wood's haunts, through your lonely nests, - The rude winds play, and the snow-wreath rests - In their yielding curve, while in jeering scorn - The cold blast whistles, "Gone--all gone!" - - They say that ye sing 'neath a sunnier arch - Of the azure skies, where the seasons' march - Brings but one endless vernal dawn; - But my heart is sad, for you're gone--all gone! - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE CHRISTMAS TREE. - - - The Christmas tree! - The Christmas tree! - O gather around it now; - Its fruits are free - For you and for me, - And they hang from every bough. - - Its flowers are bright, - And they grew in a night, - For yesterday it was bare - Did ever you see - An evergreen tree - So fruitful and so fair? - - Look! here is a rose! - And who would suppose - An orange and a pear - Would grow by the side - Of the garden's pride? - But here, you see, they are. - - And, stranger yet, - Here's a bon-bon, set - On the same identical stem, - With two plums, so big - That a neighboring fig - Seems lost in the shadow of them. - - And here, what's this? - As I live, 'tis a kiss, - And just where a kiss should be; - A tulip full blown, - Hard by it is shown-- - Indeed, 'tis a wonderful tree. - - Here, bravo! I've found - MERRY'S MUSEUM, bound-- - This must be the Tree of Knowledge; - Besides which, behold! - All lettered in gold, - A poem fresh out from the college. - - Hold! hold! my good sirs, - Here's a nice set of furs-- - 'Tis a fir-tree, you all must agree; - And here, not _incog._, - Is a sweet sugar-hog-- - Does that make a mahogany-tree? - - Oh! who would have guessed? - Here's a nice little chest, - Of course 'tis a chestnut-tree; - Not so fast, cousin Knox, - Here's a beautiful box-- - A box-tree it surely must be. - - Your proof something lacks, - For here is an ax. - You must own 'tis an axle-tree now; - Hallo! here's a whip, - For your horsemanship-- - 'Tis a whipple-tree, then, you'll allow. - - What now shall be said? - Here are needles and thread-- - Let's see--shall we call it tre-mend(o)us? - Oh, pshaw! pray do stop, - I'm ready to drop-- - Your puns are absurdly stupendous. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -MY MOTHER'S BIRTHPLACE. - - - It was just outside of the village, - In a cool, sequestered nook, - On the right was the murmuring forest, - On the left was the babbling brook. - Behind, the o'ershadowing mountain - Reared its gray old head to the sky, - While before it, the widening valley - Stretched out like a sea to the eye. - - 'Twas a rare, sweet spot, and a lovely - As ever this fair world knew; - There spring came earliest always, - And summer the latest withdrew. - Day reluctantly left it at evening, - And hastened to greet it at dawn, - And stars, birds, and flowers loved to visit - THE PLACE WHERE MY MOTHER WAS BORN. - - - - -THE SONG OF BOB LINCOLN. - -BY UNCLE TIM. - - - It was a beautiful morning, quite early in May, - The fathers all plowing, the children all play; - The mothers all spinning, as busy as bees, - And the birds quite as busy all round in the trees; - While some were singing songs over and over, - Sometimes in the tree-tops, then down in the clover, - Young Robert was trying his very best notes, - And the strength of his song by the length of his throat. - - CHORUS--Envy me, envy me, - Cordially, cordially, - Fiddlesticks, fiddlesticks! - Just act your pleasure, sir. - - Sometimes he was singing to Jemmy the farmer, - And then to Miss Alice, and trying to charm her; - Next moment he'd light on the top of a thistle, - And either be singing or trying to whistle: - Miss Alice, Miss Alice! it will give me much pleasure - To sing you a sonnet while I am at leisure. - I will sing you a good one, and very explicit, - And stop when I choose, or whenever you wish it. - - CHORUS--Certainly, certainly, etc. - - While Jemmy is plowing and learning to whistle, - My wife is at home, in the shade of a thistle, - In a neat little nest, with a wild rose behind it. - You need not look for it, for you never can find it. - The farmer is plowing, and soon will be mowing; - While he's cutting the daisies his corn will be growing. - When the heads on the barley are ripe, and the cherry, - Mary Lincoln and I will be singing so merry. - - CHORUS--Cordially, cordially, - Envy me, envy me, - Fiddlesticks, fiddlesticks! - Just act your pleasure, sir. - - When the leaves on the trees and the flowers on the clover - Are withered and faded, and Summer is over; - When the grass on the meadows is leveled and gone, - We will sing our last sonnet and leave you alone. - We will fly far away to the rice and the cotton; - But let not our thistle and rose be forgotten. - We are certain to come again early in Spring, - And bring some choice music, which we promise to sing. - - CHORUS--Cordially, cordially, - Envy me, envy me, - Fiddlesticks, fiddlesticks! - Just act your pleasure, sir. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -A WILL AND A WAY. - - - A Lapland merchant must needs, one day, - To a distant market go; - But he had no horse, and he had no sleigh, - To carry him over the snow. - - "Yet go I must," said the sturdy man-- - "There is a way for every will-- - Each new necessity has its plan, - For the earnest mind to fulfill." - - So he drew, from the ice-bound river, a scow, - And lined it with furs and moss, - Then harnessed a reindeer to its prow, - With a rope his horns across. - - No track was there--but the traveler knew - The way over valley and plain; - Like a well-trained steed, the reindeer flew, - And brought him safe back again. - - The fashion he set is in fashion now, - Among the fur-clad Norse; - They use for a sleigh a flat-bottomed scow, - And a reindeer for a horse. - - Said the resolute man, "They shall serve my turn; - Whatever we must, we may, - And sooner or later each man will learn, - That _where there's a will there's a way_." - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -BLOWING BUBBLES. - - - The boys were blowing bubbles, - Bright red, and green, and blue, - And every changing color - That ever mortal knew. - They floated in the window, - And glided past my chair, - But in a moment perished, - And faded in the air. - - The boys, with shouts and laughter, - Blew till quite out of breath, - While high in the leafy maple - The bubbles gleamed till death. - Too much like earthly pleasure - Seemed the bubbles, bright and gay; - They charm a fleeting moment, - Then vanish, away--away. - - Sweet love's ecstatic potion - Our spirits long to sip, - But Death may dash the nectar - From the unsullied lip. - And he who quaffs the longest, - Whose heart divinely glows, - Finds clouds will gather round him, - For earthly joys must close. - - Some grasp at wealth's bright beacon, - And follow where it leads-- - Sometimes to fairest honor, - Sometimes to foulest deeds - And often proves a bubble, - A floating thing of air-- - Eludes the weary victim, - And leaves him starving there. - - If love's so frail a treasure, - And wealth may fade away; - If earthly joys are changing, - And fame lives but a day; - Then where are shining jewels - That will not break at last, - And leave us, eager viewers, - All mourning for the past? - - High in the holy heavens, - A pearl of price untold - Shines brighter far than rubies, - More precious than fine gold. - It can not fade or perish, - Can never pass away; - It is a hope in Jesus, - A trust in God alway! - - M. A. L. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - - -AFTER SCHOOL. - - - Just look upon that group of boys, - Brim full of frolic, spunk, and noise, - When, at the word, "The school is done," - They rush to liberty and fun. - - Pell-mell, they run, and jump, and leap, - Tumbling in one promiscuous heap, - Until you wonder by what token - They 'scape with heads and limbs unbroken. - - Bold, reckless, cunning, cool, or sly, - What won't they do? what won't they try? - They're up to every kind of scheme, - To test their strength, and let off steam. - - 'Tis an epitome of life, - Without its shades of care and strife; - Each has his private joke, and cracks it, - Regardless how the other takes it. - - And there's the point--boys take rough jokes - More pleasantly than older folks, - Not heeding much what's said or done, - So they can have their fill of fun. - - - - -THE NIGHTINGALE. - - - Sweet bird! that through the shadows - Of the night, so sad and lone, - Warblest thy notes of gladness, - With softly thrilling tone. - - 'Tis when the gloom is deepest, - And all is hushed in fear, - Save that night-winds are moaning - Through the stillness dark and drear; - - 'Tis then thy voice is sweetest, - And seems wafted from above, - As to the sad and sorrowing - Come words of hope and love. - - Thou'rt heard within the casement, - Through the weary night of pain; - And thy warble is an earnest - That the day will come again. - - Methinks thou art a spirit-bird, - Sent from a holier sphere; - Such spirits do not linger - Amidst the sorrowing here. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -LEAP-FROG. - - - That's right, Benny, go it strong, - Go it high, and go it long, - Swiftly run, and boldly leap, - Froggy Charles is quite a heap. - - Charley Frog, now take your jump; - Benny, make yourself a lump; - 'Tis a wholesome sport and rare-- - Rest and toil an equal share. - - Now you're down, and now you're up; - Now you leap, and now you stoop; - Now you rest, and now you run; - Any way, 'tis right good fun. - - - - -A WORLD OF LOVE AT HOME. - - - The earth hath treasures fair and bright, - Deep buried in her caves, - And ocean hideth many a gem - With his blue, curling waves; - Yet not within her bosom dark, - Or 'neath the dashing foam, - Lives there a treasure equaling - A world of love at home! - - True, sterling happiness and joy - Are not with gold allied, - Nor can it yield a pleasure like - A merry fireside. - I envy not the man who dwells - In stately hall or dome, - If, 'mid his splendor, he hath not - A world of love at home. - - The friends whom time hath proved sincere, - 'Tis they alone can bring - A sure relief to hearts that droop - 'Neath sorrow's heavy wing. - Though care and trouble may be mine, - As down life's path I roam, - I'll heed them not while still I have - A world of love at home. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -I MUST HASTEN HOME. - - - I must hasten home, said a rosy child, - Who had gayly roamed for hours; - I must hasten home to my mother dear-- - She will seek me amid the bowers. - If she chides, I will seal her lips with a kiss, - And offer her all my flowers. - - I must hasten home, said a beggar girl, - As she carried the pitiful store - Of crumbs and scraps of crusted bread, - She had gathered from door to door; - I must hasten home to my mother dear-- - She is feeble, and old, and poor! - - I must hasten home, said the ball-room belle, - As day began to dawn; - And the glittering jewels her dark hair decked, - Shone bright as the dews of morn; - I'll forsake the joys of this changing world, - Which leave in the heart but a thorn. - - I must hasten home, said a dying youth, - Who had vainly sought for fame-- - Who had vowed to win a laurel wreath, - And immortalize his name; - But, a stranger, he died on a foreign shore-- - All the hopes he had cherished were vain. - - I am hastening home, said an aged man, - As he gazed on the grassy sod, - Where oft, ere age had silvered his hairs, - His feet had lightly trod; - Farewell! farewell to this lovely earth-- - I am hastening home to God! - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE EVENING PRAYER. - - - With meek and simple faith, - A child's confiding love, - The infant cherub kneels to breathe - His prayer to God above. - And all the host of heaven is there, - To listen to that infant prayer. - - "God, bring dear father home, - God, make dear mother well, - God, make me good, and let us come - All in Thy house to dwell." - Then, while their watch good angels keep, - "God giveth His beloved sleep." - - - - -ACROSTIC. - - - Roses and tulips, with all their gay train, - O'er garden and landscape cause beauty to reign. - By the brook, or the hillside, or light woody grove, - Enchanted--delighted--on, smiling, we rove; - 'Rapt up in fond thoughts of the verdure and bloom, - 'Till autumn's cold frost sweeps the whole to the tomb. - - My emotions, when life seems thus passing and vain, - Even wisdom and prudence can hardly restrain. - Rude winter now comes, and with sleet, hail, and snow, - Right and left sends his arrows, as shivering we go. - Yet I see there's a chance, even _now_, to be cheery, - Sitting snug by the fire, with old _Robert Merry_. - - My cosy old friend, no winter is found - Unfurled in thy pages the whole season round! - Still birds sing their songs in some warm, sunny clime, - Ever speaking in music and talking in rhyme; - Unless you may tell us some odd tale that's true, - Making all of us merry, _Old Merry_, with you! - - B. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -OUR NEBBY. - - - Sure I am, I do not know - Why we love our Nebby so; - But I am sure, as sure can be, - Nebby knows why he loves me. - Mattie feeds Neb every day, - And 'tis as good as any play, - Just to see his pranks and freaks, - When to Nebby Mattie speaks. - When I go home from the store, - Nebby meets me at the door, - And says, most eloquently dumb, - "Nebby's glad that you have come." - Nebby is a little pet; - Nebby don't know how to fret; - But he knows the tenderest part - Of our Mattie's tender heart. - - - - -THE NEW SONG. - - - Whence that sweet, inspiring strain, - Pealing on my ravished ear? - Hark! its thrilling notes again - From the courts of heaven I hear-- - "Hallelujah to the Lamb, - Who hath bought us with His blood! - Honor, glory to His name, - We through Him are sons of God." - Angels fain their notes would join - With that vast, triumphant song; - But _their_ harps, though all divine, - Ne'er can reach that wondrous song - Learned on earth, and new in heaven, - Only they its chords can know - Who to God by grace are given, - Ransomed from the depths of wo. - Angels can not know or tell, - In their pure, unfallen bliss, - How a soul, redeemed from hell, - Sings the mystery of grace! - They the chosen, countless throng, - Ever round the throne above, - In their new and endless song, - Celebrate redeeming love. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -THE CHINAMAN. - - - The Chinaman his life consumes, - On opium regaling-- - The Yankee his tobacco fumes - With equal zest inhaling-- - Though trembling nerves and fitful glooms - Warn them that health is failing. - For almost everything that's done - Some reason wit supposes, - But for the smoker's faith, not one - The keenest wit discloses; - 'Tis filthy, vulgar, costly fun, - Hateful to all good noses. - - - - -[Illustration] - - -AN INDIAN DANDY. - - - Well, isn't that a funny dress? - You think he must be cruel, - With human bones set round his crown, - And skulls in place of jewels. - - Yet in his countenance you see - Nothing severe or savage, - As if, with cannibal intent, - Our whole domain he'd ravage. - - There's no accounting for our tastes, - ("_De gustibus_," and so forth;) - Some dote on very slender waists, - Some like hooped cisterns go forth. - - Sneer not at Indian or Malay, - Nor get into a passion; - He does as you do day by day-- - Follows the latest fashion. - - White dandies strut in stove-pipe hats, - White women go bare-headed; - Which is most proper, red or white, - We leave in doubt deep shaded. - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE SHADOW. - - - One sunny day a child went Maying-- - When lo, while 'mid the zephyrs playing, - He saw his shadow at his back! - He turned and fled, but on his track - The seeming goblin came apace, - And step for step gave deadly chase! - - Weary at last, with desperate might - The urchin paused and faced the fright, - When lo, the demon, thin and gray, - Faded amid the grass away! - - 'Tis thus in life--when shadows chase, - If we but meet them face to face, - What seemed a fiend in fear arrayed, - Sinks at our feet a harmless shade. - - PETER PARLEY. - -[Illustration] - - - - -CONTENTS. - - - PAGE - - The Nest Builders 7 - - Kindness 9 - - Snow Flakes 11 - - Spring Flowers 12 - - Top Philosophy 13 - - By the Lake 15 - - Gentle Words 17 - - The Frost 18 - - Skating--Woman's Rights 21 - - School Sonnet 25 - - The Language of Flowers 27 - - The Song of the Exile 29 - - The Harvest 31 - - The Snow House 35 - - Cold Water 36 - - The Good Old Plow 39 - - Winter 40 - - June 43 - - Work and Play 44 - - The Butterfly 46 - - Cold Water 48 - - The Telegraph--its Secret 49 - - The April Shower 53 - - The Ostrich 56 - - The Plowman 58 - - The House-Dog "Watch" 59 - - Gone--all Gone 61 - - The Christmas Tree 62 - - My Mother's Birthplace 66 - - The Song of Bob Lincoln 67 - - A Will and a Way 69 - - Blowing Bubbles 71 - - After School 75 - - The Nightingale 76 - - Leap Frog 77 - - A World of Love at Home 78 - - I must Hasten Home 79 - - The Evening Prayer 81 - - Acrostic 82 - - Our Nebby 83 - - The New Song 84 - - The Chinaman 85 - - The Indian Dandy 86 - - The Shadow 88 - - * * * * * - - - - - Transcriber's Note: - - - - - _ _ indicates italic text. - - = = indicates bold text. - - ~ ~ indicates small print. - - ^ indicates a superscript. - - Missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired. - - Both hyphenated and un-hyphenated variants of some words appear - in this book. All have been retained. - - - - -Book 1. - - - Page 86: 'stich' corrected to 'stitch'. - - "Stitch! stitch! stitch!" - - Page 87: '10,000' corrected to '10,100'. - - "Arithmetic!: 202 x 50 = 10,100" - - Page 91: - - 123. - - {[sqrt]60 - 30^2 = 51.96152} - {[sqrt]60 - 40^2 = 44.72136} - 96.68288. _Ans._ - - corrected to - - 123. - - {[sqrt](60^2 - 30^2) = 51.96152} - {[sqrt](60^2 - 40^2) = 44.72136} - 96.68288. _Ans._] - - Page 91: 154. - - 154. XI divided VI/^I [top half of the X, top half of the I --> VI] - gives six. IX divided in the same way, gives four. [top half of the - I, top half of the V --> IV] - - Pp. various: 'rod' is a pre-decimal measure of length. A rod, pole, - or perch - 5-1/2 yards, or 16-1/2 feet. = 5.03 metres - - - - -Book 2. - - - Page 18: 'wh' corrected to 'who'. - - "68. Behead an article of apparel, and leave one who sometimes - wears it." - - Page 35: 'diamter' corrected to 'diameter'. - - "The third, of which the diameter is one foot, circumscribes the - first and second." - - Page 62: 'know' corrected to 'known'. - - "My first in cities is well known" - - Page 89: Second '102.' corrected to '103.'. - - "103. Apollos." - - Page 90: 'I'ts' corrected to 'It's'. - - "146. When It's mild (it smiled.)" - - Page 92: - 242. 'Heah-less.' corrected to 'head-less.' - - Page 93: - 317. 'Heartseaso.' corrected to 'Heartsease.' - - Page 94: - - 383. A yard and a quarter. _Abe_--Abe-L. - - Ell (from Wikipedia) - - ... In England, the ell was usually 45 in (1.143 m), or a yard and a - quarter. It was mainly used in the tailoring business but is now - obsolete.... - - - - -Book 3. - - - Pages 21-22: Illustration moved to front of poem to avoid breaking - the stanza. - - Page 51: 'Know-Kothing' corrected to 'Know-Nothing'. - - "Set me down for a Know-Nothing;" - - - Page 84: 'wo' is probably an old form of 'woe'. - - "Ransomed from the depths of wo." - - Page 90: The following extraneous entries have been removed from the - list of Contents, and the correct page numbers reinstated with the - correct Poem names. - - Our Garret 71 - - Charley and his Boat 74 - - Blessed is he that Considereth the Poor 75 - - The Dissatisfied Angler Boy 77 - - The Destroyer Destroyed 79 - - The Rose in the Vale 81 - - Of What is the Alphabet Composed? 83 - - Geography and Astronomy 83 - - Going to School 84 - - The Way to Do It 85 - - When One Won't Quarrel, Two Can't 85 - - The Caterpillar 87 - - The Warning Bell 88 - - - - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Merry's Book of Puzzles, by J. N. 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