Chapter II: Preface (2)

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.

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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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.

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?

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--

+----------+----------+
| | |
| 1 | |
| +-----+ A |
| | | |
| | | |
+----+ +-----+----+
| | 3 | |
| | | |
| +-----+-----+ |
| 2 | 4 |
| | |
+----------+----------+
]

The second puzzle is solved in this way--

+---------------------+
| \ / |
| \ A / |
| \ / |
| 2 \ / 1 |
| \ / |
+----------+----------+
| \ |\ 4 /|
| \ 4 | \ / |
| 2 X | \/ 1 |
| / \ | 3 \ |
| / 3 \| \ |
+----------+----------+

The different colors represent the several sons' portions.

10. The tiger couches in the wood,
And waits to shed the traveler's blood;--
So couch we.
We spring upon him to supply
What men unto our wants deny;
And so springs he.

11. Work, work, work!
My labor never flags;
And what are its wages? A bed of straw,
A crust of bread--and rags,
That shattered roof--this naked floor,
A table--a broken chair,
And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank
For sometimes falling there!
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread.
Stitch! stitch! stitch!
In poverty, hunger, and dirt,
And still with a voice of dolorous pitch.
She sang the "Song of the Shirt."

12. A pack of cards.

13. Striking.

14. Because words are passing between them.

15. Footman.

16. Because his is all _net_ profit.

17. Because he is surrounded with dues (dews).

18. Adam.

19. Heroine.

20. Spark.

21. Tear.

22. Because it is a bad habit.

23. Because it is felt.

24. Because it is a resting-place for the traveler.

25.

There's a grim hearse horse,
In a jolly round trot,
To the churchyard a poor man is going, I wot.
The road it is rough,
And the hearse has no springs,
And hark to the dirge the sad driver sings--
"Rattle his bones over the stones,
He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns."

26.

Of all the birds that e'er I did see,
The owl is the strangest in every degree,
For all the long day she sits in a tree,
And when the night comes, away flies she,
To whit-to-whoo.
To whom drinkest thou? Sir Noodles, to you.
This song is well sung, I make you a vow,
And he is a knave that aileth now.
Nose, nose, and who gave thee that jolly red nose?
Cinnamon and ginger, nutmeg and cloves,
And they gave me my jolly red nose.

27. To ashes.

28. Short.

29. Shakespeare.

30. Time.

31. Wallace.

32. Because they are often toasted.

33. Because he is always for getting.

34. I, ser.

35. Because he has nothing to boot.

36.

Full five hundred years I've hung,
In my old grey turret high,
And many a different theme I've sung,
As the hours went winging by.
I've pealed the chimes of a wedding morn;
Ere night I've sadly tolled to say
That the maid was coming love lorn,
And here I end my lay.

37.

The joyful can sing on spirit wings
Each morn his lofty height,
In rapt'rous notes he sweetly sings,
And hails th' approaching light;
But I from grief no solace know,
No portal from the night,
All joys to me insipid grow,
Afford me no delight.

38. Because it is often tolled (told).

39. Your name.

40. The letter M.

41. Forty-eight feet.

42. In solving this question it is clear that to pick up the first stone and put it into the basket, the person must walk two yards, one in going for the stone and another in returning with it; that for the second stone he must walk four yards, and so on increasing by two as far as the hundredth, when he must walk two hundred yards, so that the sum total will be the product of 202 multiplied by 50, or 10,100 yards. If any one does not see why we multiply 202 by 50 in getting the answer, we refer him to his arithmetic.

43. Hour-glass.

44. Pen-man-ship.

45.

There was a man who was Nott born,
His father was Nott born before him;
He did Nott live, he did Nott die,
And his epitaph is Nott o'er him.

46. Because it is in firm (infirm).

47. To keep his head warm.

48.

Hark! the muffled drum sounds the last march of the brave,
The soldier retreats to his quarters, the grave,
Under Death, whom he owns his Commander-in-chief,
No more he'll turn out with the ready relief;
But in spite of Death's terrors or cannon's alarms,
When he hears the last trump he'll stand to his arms!
Farewell! brother soldiers, in peace may you rest,
And light lie the turf on each veteran breast,
Until that review when the souls of the brave
Shall behold the chief ensign, fair mercy's flag, wave;
Then, freed from Death's terrors and hostile alarms,
When we hear the last trump, we'll stand to our arms.

49. Doctor Long expects Dr. Short to explain the misunderstanding between them.

50.

To you who live _single_, if this at all trouble you,
My first comes in kindness, commanding to _double you_.
And again, it will _double you_, if, like a clown,
You lift high your _sole_, and bend your head down;
Or, cut it in twain, two _V's_ will appear,
And _V_ counting five, both make _ten_ it is clear.
My second, alas! comes shrouded in gloom,
It is _O_, which makes _wo_, _the sinner's sad doom_.
Now see what a change comes over the scene,
If my third, which is _O_, be added again.
Now 'tis _woo_--and what bachelor's heart does not beat,
To _woo_ a sweet damsel, to keep warm his feet;
To cheer by her smiles his lone hours--and thus
Escape, by good fortune, the bachelor's curse!
My fourth and my last, as I'll go on to tell,
Is nought more or less than a _capital L_.
Now _L_ being _fifty_, will even divide
_One Hundred_, or teachers and books have all lied.
Now examine with care, and plain you will see
That to unlock a secret, an _L_ is the key;
For _woo_, with _L_ added, is changed into _wool_,
Whether worn on a _sheep_, or an African's skull.
Whether made into clothing, for bed or for body,
For "_sage politician_" or some other _noddy_.
It is used, the world over, in commerce and trade;
But its _last use_, I trow, was to make a _charade_.

51. SONG OF THE SUN.

Not a rose that blooms,
Not a ring that assumes
The rainbow's beautiful front,
But's indebted to me,
As ye plainly see,
For the scent or splendor on't.
The moon and the stars
That around ye roll,
The systems ye can not discern,
Are warmed by my rays,
And partake of the soul
And the spirit that in me burn.
And nothing throws back with such splendor my rays,
As the sea's mighty mirror in midsummer days.

52. And like the temple of this body, the cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself shall fall, and, like this insubstantial vision faded, leave not a rack behind.

53. Letter I.

54. When it is a cutter.

55. Letter N.

56. Five when peeled.

57. He is a bit of a buck.

58. His daughter.

59. It matures by falling dew.

60. Ben-ha-dad.

61. Because it is never peeled (pealed) but once.

62. Because it is every year doubling (Dublin).

63. Tobacco.

64. The nose.

65. Because they have so many panes (pains).

66. J'ai grand appétit. Allons souper.

67. Water.

68. Ice.

69. Those that come after T.

70.

'Twas at night, when the bell had tolled twelve,
And poor Susan was laid on her pillow,
In her ear whispered some fleeting elf--
"Your love is now tossed on the billow"
Far, far at sea.
All was dark as she woke out of breath--
Not an object her fears could discover;
All was still as the portals of death,
Save fancy, which painted her lover
Far, far at sea.
So she whispered a prayer, closed her eyes,
But the phantom still haunted her pillow,
While in terror she echoed his cries,
As struggling he sunk on the billow
Far, far at sea.

71.

Lightly tread--'tis holy ground:
Countless dead hark, hark around;
Angel guards their watches keep,
While frail mortals sink to sleep:
And the moon, with feeble rays,
Gilds the stream that bubbling plays,
And murmurs, as soft it flows,
Music meet for lovers' woes.

72. Eye.

73. Canister.

74. Forte tu, atrox tenes, forti Sexto Fortinato.

75. The forceps p_i_nches, the awl p_u_nches.

76.

At the peaceful midnight hour,
Every sense and every power
Chainéd lies in downy sleep;
Then our careful watch we keep,
While the wolf, in nightly prowl,
Bays the moon with hideous howl;
Closed are bars, a vain resistance;
Shrieks are raised, but no assistance;
Silence! or you'll meet your fate;
Your keys, jewels, money, plate.
Locks, bolts, and bars soon fly asunder,
Then to rifle, rob, and plunder.

77. Ad-here.--In-here.--Co-here.

78. Because only the _bony part_ is left.

79. He is known by his axe (acts).

80. XII., that is, a cross two i's (across two eyes).

81. Because he kneads (needs) it most.

82. The letter R.

83.

The coward skulking round a house,
Is like a mouse-trap as you see,
For that will _puzzle any mouse_,
And _pusillanimous_ is he.

84. Green grass is like a mouse, because the cattle eat it
(cat'll eat it).

85.

It is not aloud (allowed).
Private earing (privateering) is unlawful.

86. Salt-cellar.

87. Because it is not currant (current).

88.

Glorious Apollo from on high beheld us
Wand'ring to find a temple for his praise;
Sent Polyhymnia hither to shield us
While we ourselves such a temple might raise.
Thus then, Guards, hands and hearts joining,
Sing we in harmony Apollo's praise.
Here every generous sentiment awaking,
Music inspiring our mutual joy,
Each social bumper giving and partaking,
Song and good cheer our time employ.

89. To let you know he is coming.

90. Because of the sand which is (sandwiches) under your feet.

91. Mag-pie.

92. His father was translated.

93. But-ton.

94. A shoe.

95.

On! by the spur of valor goaded,
Pistols primed and rifles loaded,
Courage strikes on hearts of steel.
While each star through the dark gloom of night,
Lends a clear and cheering light,
Who a doubt or fear can feel?
Now through woods like serpents creeping,
Then on our prey like lions leaping,
Calvert to the onset leads us.
Let the weary traveler dread us.
Struck with terror and amaze;
While our swords in lightning pouring,
Thunder to our rifles roaring.

96. A bell.

97.

cbd/(dc + c) hours to go down.

2a/b average rate of rowing.

(c + b)/(dc + c) hours to go up.

cb/(c + d) time up.

db/(c+d) time down.

2a/b miles per hour.

98. The hounds gain 6 rods in every 21. They must therefore run as many times 21 rods as 6 will go into 96. Therefore 96 ÷ 6 = 16. 21 = 336 rods.

99.

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100. He wrote s before it, making it six.

101. Live, evil, vile, Levi, veil.

102.

When the rosy dawn awaking
Paints with gold the verdant lawn;
Flies, on the wings of time disporting,
Sip the sweets and taste the dawn.
Warbling birds the day proclaiming,
Singing sweet the lively strain;
They forsake their leafy dwelling,
To secure the golden grain.
See; content the humble gleaner
Picks the scattered ears that fall.
Nature, all her children viewing,
Kindly bounteous cares for all.

103. Musk-melon, if your second is turned inside out; thus, lem-on.

104. Merry's Museum.

105. "Now before you."

106. Pat-ten.

107 Because it is far fetched and full of nonsense.

108. Make an impression.

109.

Sweet are the roses that bloom by yon fountain,
And sweet are the cowslips that spangle the grove,
And sweet is the breeze that blows o'er the mountains;
But sweeter by far is the lad that I love.
I'll weave a gay and fresh blooming garland,
With lilies and roses,
And sweet, blooming posies,
To give to the lad my heart tells me I love.
May the brow of the brave never want a wreath of laurel.

110. May the trees of liberty flourish round the globe, and every man partake of its fruit. May the wings of love never lose a feather.

111. Prescription--proscription.

112. Bar-gain.

113. 1,600 ÷ 32 = 50. 50^2 × 16 = 40,000.

114. Tanner.

115. Because it makes a _man go_.

116. Hand-el.

117.

Wave, thou royal purple stream,
Gilded by the solar beam
In my goblet sparkling rise,
Cheer my heart, and glad mine eyes.
My spirit mounts on fancy's wing,
Anointing me a merry king.
While I live, I'll lave my pipe.
When I'm dead and gone away
Let my drinking partner say
A month he reigned, but that was ripe.

118.

No gems which pluméd fortune wears,
No drop that hangs from beauty's ears,
Nor the bright stars which night's blue vault adorn,
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,
Shine with such lustre as the tear that breaks
For other's woe down virtue's manly cheeks.

119. Frankfort-on-the-Maine.

120. Rib-band.

121. 400 ÷ 16 = 25. [sqrt]25 = 5--five seconds.

122. Because they have arms and legs.

123.

{[sqrt](60^2 - 30^2) = 51.96152}
{[sqrt](60^2 - 40^2) = 44.72136}
96.68288. _Ans._

124. 1,785.

125.

'Tis good to tread the churchyard's walks,
And mark the graves on either side;
Or where the rough old sexton talks
With sheer contempt of human pride;
To contemplate the scattered bones
That meet the eye so often there;
To read the inscription on the stones,
And think what fleeting things we are.
'Tis good at twilight's sober hour,
To sit on some neglected tomb,
And dwell on death's all-startling power,
And muse upon our certain doom.
Because these thoughts are sure to win
The spirit more or less from sin.

126. Aching teeth are bad tenants.

127. Patch-work.

128. A draft.

129. It is good for nothing till it is cracked.

130. When his brother Jacob shaved him.

131. Because they blacken the face of Washington.

132. The figure 8.

133. Certainly;--Webster says: "_spontaneous_ is applicable to animals destitute of reason."

134.

A living sinner's transgression procured damnation.
A dying Redeemer's passion purchased salvation.

135.

Early to bed, and early to rise,
Makes a man healthy,
Wealthy, and wise.

136.

Music awakes
The native voice of undissembledjoy,
And thick around the woodland hymns arise.
Roused by the cock, the soon-clad shepherd
Leaves his mossy cottage, where with peace
He dwells, and from the crowded folds in
Order drives his flock, to taste the verdure of
The morn.

137. Friday.

138. W.

139. He is an earnest bee-leaver.

140. A portrait.

141. He carries his own trunk.

142. The oak--(a-corn).

143. Ful-ton.

144. Harrow.

145. They are four-sighted (fore-sighted).

146. Because the cart is before the horse.

147. Harrow.

148. A book.

149. Because it makes ire fire.

150. (Arithmetical Puzzle.)

151. Rats--tars--arts--stars.

152. When it is sat-in.

153. Sarsaparilla. Dr. Townsend.

154. XI divided VI/^I gives six. IX divided in the same way, gives four.

155. The letter O.

156. The one was Maid of Orleans, the other was made of chittim wood.

157. Sunshine and shadow.

158. Pen-knife.

159. (Leap Frog.)

160. Bed-ford.

161. C--R (Seer).

162. I ate nothing Monday.

163.

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
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S I X

253. Because it is a _certain tie_ (certainty).

254. 8, 12, 20, 5.

255. To the gallows.

256. The earth and firmament.

257. Because he makes faces and busts (bursts).

258. Because they "devoured widows' houses."

259. Pond-i-cherry.

260.

Cross you are, cross you be,
Cross, too cross, you are for me.

261. Because the lions could not eat him.

262. (See-saw.)

263. Hi-lo.

264. It places the present (see) before the past (saw).

265. Because there is a _b_ in _both_.

266. _Obscurity_, in which may be found sour, city, sty, sot, buoy, tour, story, orb, orbit, rust, rut, bust, crust.

267. He was 30 years old.

268. Exe-te-r.

269. (Deaf and dumb alphabet.)

270. When they are fingered.

271. Day and night.

272. Camp-bell.

273. The letter M.

274. If he told the truth, he lied; if he lied, he told the truth.

He lied. If he did lie, he would not say so.

275. He is a ma' stiff.

276. He _chases_ the deer (dear) and is never chased (chaste).

277. Because he is a pup-pet.

278. He must be born on the 29th of February.

279. 56 quarts difference.

280. 99-9/9

281. Lightning.

282. $15, and boots.

283. Against his will.

284. A whipping.

285. 16-1/2 = a rod.

286. He is about to fall.

287. Forty horses have 80 _fore_ legs.

288.

Come, ye ingenious ones, this riddle guess,
It is not difficult, you will confess.
What is that number which, if you divide,
You then will nothing leave on either side?
The number -8-.

289. The alphabet.

290.

N I N E.

291. The year, 12 months, 30 days, night and morning, black and white.

292.

1. The Tea tree.
2. Hop vine.
3. Beech.
4. Bee.
5. India-rubber.
6. Bay.
7. Pine.
8. Yew (You, not I).
9. Fig.
10. Date.
11. Bass.
12. Honeysuckle.
13. Judas.
14. Peach.
15. Fir.
16. Bon Chretien.
17. Broom.
18. Cypress.
19. Nightshade.
20. Breadfruit.
21. O r a n g e (O-range).
22. Olive (O-live).
23. Hound.
24. Lime.
25. Linden.
26. Box.
27. Dogwood.
28. Aspen.
29. Rose.
30. Sloe.
31. Plane.
32. Tulip.
33. Spruce.
34. Tiller-tree or elm (helm).
35. Sycamore.
36. Poplar.
37. Southernwood.
38. Ivy.
39. Scrub oak.
40. Burning bush.
41. Hazel.
42. Lilac.
43. Elder.
44. Cork.
45. Smoke tree, or maid o' the mist.
46. Boneset.
47. Birch.
48. Damson.
49. Slippery elm.
50. Medlar.
51. Will-o!
52. Man-go.
53. Sandal.
54. Holly.
55. Clove.
56. Coffee (cof-_fee_).
57. Palm.
58. A s p e n (as pen).
59. Arbor Vitæ (tree of life).
60. Tallow, snowball.
61. The ashes.
62. Laurel.
63. Locust.
64. Silver.
65. Woodbine.
66. Mace.
67. Vine.

293. Herschell (her shell).

294. It is in a good frame _of mind_.

295. 'Twas the fir ma' meant.

296. They are dissolved in light.

297. Newman Goodman went to the tailor to have his coat mended.

298. Too (2) great ease before marriage, too little ease after it.

299. A jail bird.

300. IX--SIX.

301. He is an imp over a shed. (Impoverished.)

302. They leave them out.

303.

I--O--A
Insert W, it makes Iowa.
" T, " Iota.

304. Are--A-re-a.

305. Leg-horn.

306. Because it can't climb a tree.

307. Mr. Dashwood, being at the point of death, sent for his friends and relatives. They sent for Dr. Childs who inclosed a few lines to Dr. Barnes and imp-lo-red his assistance. But before he arrived, the invalid died, and the undertaker was sent for.

308. Beat a base drum, or grind a hand-organ.

309. Get up a brawl, or an alarm of fire.

310. (Christmas tree.)

311. Dry-den.

312. A Cole-ridge.

313. Long-fellow.

314. A Dry-den.

315. Their king was A-gag.

316. The adder.

317. A-hi-tub.

318. The last two (money).

319. The stoop.

320. When it is a-jar.

321. They are without doors.

322. A-gate.

323.

Read down and up,
And you will see
How I love you,
If you love me.

324. It is _sold_.

325. He is a _little better_.

326. It is _due_.

327. It is a _letter of blood_.

328. The letter A.

329. He gives it up.

330. They are the candid 8 (candidate) of their party.

331. Down in the mouth.

332. Descended from A-ram.

333. There are more rakes than beaux there.

334. Under a pear (pair) tree.

335. Under a hop-vine.

336. Because he is a deer.

337. The letter S.

338. First, they were not inclined to _prey_, and afterwards they were _raven_-ous.

339. He _rifles_ the deer (dear).

340. One child from two parents makes 3.

Two children from two parents make 4.

341. Cab-in.

342. 2 and 2

343. The ploughshare.

344. When he "gives it up."

345. A reel.

346. The shade on the dial.

347. They are the grub that makes the butter fly.

348. It is his heir (air).

349. They are more airy.

350.

The boy can see his shadow,
The shadow can't see him.

351. It has breathed into it the breath of life.

352. A soap-bubble.

353. A clock.

354. He gets wet.

355.

It would make _it a lie_.
It would make Italy.

356. He carries his reins (heart) in his hand.

357. He may keep a watch, but he can't tell the time of day.

358.

The gong makes a _din_,
The cook makes a _dinner_.

359.

One-sided, sir.
Once I did, sir.

360. Cloak--oak--coal--lock.

361. Wood.

362. 301.

363. In the Eastern wars, when elephants were employed.

364. Hat--hate--hatch.

365. Chair.

366. A step farther.

367.

The one close their eyes,
The other eye their clothes.

368. A-dri-atic.

369.

The letter B.

Of ell, it makes bell.
" ill, " bill.
" end " bend.
" in " bin.
" rags " brags.
" old " bold.
" one " bone.

370. He is always on the spot.

371.

The dog worries him.
The groom curries him;
The dog bites him,
The groom bits him.

372. The letter A.

It changed Job to Joab.
made Ner -- near.
" her -- hear.
" cot -- coat.
" gin -- gain.
" cub -- Cuba.

373. Give him Merry's Museum.

374. Let him subscribe for Merry's Museum, and always pay in advance.

375. It is always expected with interest.

376. The "lap" is the place where infants repose,
And "tea" is a plant that we use;
To "Parley"'s to treat by word, I suppose,
And "pear" is a fruit we all choose.