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diff --git a/old/53847.txt b/old/53847.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8362f56..0000000 --- a/old/53847.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,9268 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Merry's Book of Puzzles, by J. 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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