My second is a Christian name which may be read both ways,
My whole is in North America.
4. My first may be seen, and my second be heard;
My whole is the name of a sweet-singing bird.
5. By me men often upward go,
Behead—a reptile it will show.
6. A word of four letters I pray you to take;
If that word you follow, ’twill sure make you ache;
Just alter that word, and squeeze out one letter;
Then follow that word, and ’twill soon make you better.
7. My first in every shop is seen,
My next affords us light;
My total you will see, I ween,
When you’ve bade friends good-night.
8. My first sounds much like something true,
My second sounds much like a lie;
But what is spoken like my whole,
Let no one venture to deny.
9. To a word of consent add one half of a fright,
Next subjoin what you never behold in the night;
These rightly connected, you’ll quickly obtain
What millions have seen, but will ne’er see again.
10. Found long ago, yet made to-day,
Employed while others sleep;
What few would wish to give away,
And none would wish to keep.
11. Two hundred men and women sitting,
Talking, reading, sleeping, knitting;
Boston, Lynn, Salem, Andover,
In, out, under, over;
Tugging, hugging, dreaming, screaming,
Rain, or snow, or sunshine beaming;
Buzz and stir, smoke and hissing,
Often ends with hearty kissing.
12. My first is to hard-working horses oft spoken;
My second, of sudden surprise is a token;
My third is a place we shall do well to shun;
My fourth is a river, which in Scotland doth run;
My half is an order to quit, you will find;
My whole is an idol set up by mankind.
13. 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.
14. My first is a part of the day,
My second at feasts overflows;
In the cottage my whole is oft seen,
To measure old Time as he goes.
15. If you a musical instrument behead,
A sweeter-toned one will remain behind.
16. A shining wit pronounced of late
That every acting magistrate
Is water, in a freezing state.
17. In spring, I am gay in my attire;
In summer, I wear more clothing than in spring;
In winter, I am naked.
18. A word of three syllables, seek till you find,
That has in it the twenty-six letters combined.
19. A lady in prison received an animal, as a present from her niece,
which signified to her, “Make your escape.” In reply, she sent back
a fruit, which imported, “It is impossible to escape.” What was the
animal? and what was the fruit?
20. In Sir Walter Scott’s celebrated poem, “Marmion,” are the following
lines:—
“Charge, Chester! charge! On, Stanley, on!
Were the last words of Marmion.”
These lines suggested the following enigma:—
Were I in noble Stanley’s place,
When Marmion urged him to the charge;
The word you then might all descry
Would bring a tear to every eye.
21. Round the house—in the corners,
Down the stairs—behind the door!
22. I’m reckoned only fifty, but for centuries have been,
In every age, in every clime, among the living seen;
Mute, though incessantly in talk, I give to silence sound;
And single ’tis my fate to be, whilst fast in wedlock bound.
The learned place me at their head, tho’ oft unknown to fame,
And eloquence itself delights to sound abroad my name;
Though plunged in guilt, the tenant of a prison’s gloomy cell,
Yet, twice invoked, my potent aid concludes the wizard’s spell.
I ride upon the whirlwind—point the lightning thro’ the storm;
And mine the power, with but a word, another world to form;
I, too, alone, can kindle fame, and, what is very odd,
The veriest miser can prevent from making gold his god.
I usher in the morning, yet shun the face of day;
A stranger to the voice of mirth, yet join in every play.
The fabled liquid I, with which poor Tantalus was cursed;
For, in the proffered goblet seen, I mock the wretch’s thirst.
The rich secure me for their wealth, the cunning for their wiles;
And, ’reft of me, ah! changed how soon were beauty’s sweetest smiles!
I lurk within the brilliant glance that flashes from her eye,
Rest on her ruby lip, and in her laughing dimples lie;
I breathe the first soft sound of love, in the maiden’s willing ear,
And mingle in the rising blush that tells that love is dear;
I lead the laugh, I swell the glee amid the festal hall,
But a truant from the banquet, and a laggard in the ball.
First in the martial lists I ride, with mail, and lance and shield;
And, foremost of the line, I charge upon the battle-field.
And yet, though ranked among the bold, I scarcely join the fight;
When, foul disgrace to manhood’s race, I turn at once to flight.
From greatness thus removed, I make acquaintanceship with evil;
And, (in your ear a word) maintain alliance with the devil!
23. We are little airy creatures,
All of different voice and natures;
One of us in glass is set,
One of us you’ll find in jet;
The other you may see in tin,
And the fourth a box within;
If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you.
24. My parent bred me to the sea,
I’ve been where never man could be;
Long time I’ve ranged the ocean wide,
And all the rage of storms defied;
The lowering clouds obscured the sky,
And foaming billows mounted high;
Tho’ winds with almost fury blew,
And thunders roll’d, and lightnings flew;
Waves, winds and thunders all in vain
Opposed my passage thro’ the main.
At length, my parent died, and I
On shore would fain my fortune try;
I left the sea, grew fond of show,
Dress’d neat, and soon became a beau.
My body’s taper, tall and straight,
I chiefly dwell among the great;
Am like a bridegroom, clad in white,
And much the ladies I delight;
Attend when Chloe goes to rest,
She’s always by my presence blest;
No ghost or goblin can she fear,
Nor midnight hag, if I am near.
No more a seaman, bold and rough,
I shine at balls, am fond of snuff
To gay assemblies I repair,
And make a brilliant figure there.
At last, a burning fever came,
That quite dissolved my tender frame;
I wasted fast, light-headed grew;
Of all my friends, not one I knew;
Great drops of sweat ran down my side,
And I, alas! by inches died.
25. A word there is of plural number,
Foe to peace and tranquil slumber;
Add but to this the letter S,
And though strange the metamorphosis,
There soon will meet your wond’ring view
One syllable transposed to two;
Plural is plural now no more,
And sweet what bitter was before.
26. My first two letters make a man,
My three first a woman;
My four first letters make a great man
My whole a great woman.
27. My first is myself, a very short word;
My second’s a puppet, and you are my third.
28. Cut off my head, singular I am;
Cut off my tail, and plural I appear;
Cut off my head and tail, and you will find
That though my body’s left, yet nought is there.
What is my head cut off? a sounding sea;
What is my tail? a mighty river,
Within whose peaceful depths my whole doth play,
And parent of sweet sounds is mute forever.
29. We left our little ones at home,
And whither went we did not know;
We for the church’s sake did roam,
And lost our lives in doing so.
We went right onward on the road,
With all the wicked full in view;
We lived to man, we died to God,
Yet nothing of religion knew.
30. My first is a famous watering place in England,
My second is a city where a mighty queen did dwell;
My whole is the name of a queen famous in ancient history.
31. My first gives light to man;
My second you’ll find in woman;
My third belongs to woman;
My whole is a Christian name.
32. To run and draw,
In peace or war,
My first have long been used;
And pleased or vex’d,
Have, by my next,
Been petted and abused:
Upon the seas,
In many a breeze,
My third may oft be seen;
My whole is an art
Known in each part
Where my two first have been.
33. My whole is that which lightning does,
Beheaded, that which horses fear;
Behead again, and lo! a tree,
A forest tree, will then appear.
An Enigmatical Dinner.
[Illustration:
1 The Grand Seignor’s Dominions.
2 Two Tailors.
3 An Ornamental part of the Head.
4 An Exquisite and the King of Beasts.
5 A Famous English Wit.
6 A Place where Money is made and Impudence.
7 Woman’s Weapon.
8 A Biped, and to depart.
9 A cooking Utensil, a Vowel and part of a foot.
10 A Biped from Noah’s Ark.
11 A Tailor’s Perquisites.]
[Illustration: Dessert.
1 A Cold Substance and the Best of Everything.
2 An Island in the Atlantic Ocean.
3 A Cure for Lazy Horses.
4 Pretended Suffering.
5 An Amusing and Talented Periodical.
6 Part of a River in Pennsylvania.
7 To Fret, and the Fruit of Temptation.
8 The Joint of an Animal.
9 Married People.
10 One-Third of Two, and a Firelock.
11 Running Streams.]
PARADOXES AND PUZZLES.
1. A CAPTAIN of a ship who was driven out to sea by a heavy storm,
found he had provisions sufficient for only half his crew, and decided
to throw overboard half of them, to be selected by lot. There were
twenty men, half of them white, and half black; he placed them all
in a circle, saying that every fifth man in three times round should
be thrown overboard. He appeared to arrange them carelessly, yet he
managed so that the lot fell to the ten black men. How could it be?
2. _The Wolf, the Goat and the Cabbages._—Suppose a man has a wolf, a
goat, and a basket of cabbages, on the bank of a river; he wishes to
cross with them, but his boat can only hold one of the three beside
himself. He must therefore take them over one by one, in such a manner
that the wolf shall have no opportunity to devour the goat, nor the
goat the cabbages. How is he to accomplish it?
3. _The impossibility made possible._—Place three pieces of money on
the table and desire some person to take away the piece from the centre
without touching it.
4. Two men eat oysters together for a wager, to see who could eat the
greatest number. One eat ninety-nine only, the other eat a hundred and
_won_. How many did the winner eat?
5. What is the difference between six dozen dozen and a half a dozen
dozen?
6. Four people sat down one evening to play;
They played all that eve, and parted next day.
Could you think, when you’re told, as thus they all sat,
No other played with them, nor was there one bet;
Yet, when they rose up, each gained a guinea,
Tho’ none of them lost to the amount of a penny!
7. P R S V R Y P R F C T M N V R K P T H S P R C P T S T N. This
inscription was affixed to the communion-table of a small church in
Wales; no one could decipher it for centuries, but at length the clue
has been discovered. What is it?
8. Procure six cards, and having ruled them as in the following
diagrams, write in the figures neatly and legibly. It is required to
tell the number thought of by any person, the numbers being contained
in the cards, and not to exceed 60. How is this done?
┌————┬————┬————┬————┬————┬————┐ ┌————┬————┬————┬————┬————┬————┐
│ 3 │ 5 │ 7 │ 9 │ 11 │ 1 │ │ 5 │ 6 │ 7 │ 13 │ 12 │ 4 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 13 │ 15 │ 17 │ 19 │ 21 │ 23 │ │ 14 │ 15 │ 20 │ 21 │ 22 │ 23 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 25 │ 27 │ 29 │ 31 │ 33 │ 35 │ │ 28 │ 29 │ 30 │ 31 │ 36 │ 37 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 37 │ 39 │ 41 │ 45 │ 43 │ 47 │ │ 52 │ 38 │ 39 │ 44 │ 45 │ 46 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 49 │ 51 │ 53 │ 55 │ 57 │ 59 │ │ 47 │ 53 │ 54 │ 55 │ 60 │ 13 │
└————┴————┴————┴————┴————┴————┘ └————┴————┴————┴————┴————┴————┘
┌————┬————┬————┬————┬————┬————┐ ┌————┬————┬————┬————┬————┬————┐
│ 9 │ 10 │ 11 │ 12 │ 13 │ 8 │ │ 3 │ 6 │ 7 │ 10 │ 11 │ 2 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 14 │ 15 │ 24 │ 25 │ 26 │ 27 │ │ 14 │ 15 │ 18 │ 19 │ 22 │ 23 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 28 │ 29 │ 30 │ 31 │ 40 │ 41 │ │ 26 │ 27 │ 30 │ 31 │ 34 │ 35 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 42 │ 43 │ 44 │ 45 │ 46 │ 47 │ │ 38 │ 39 │ 42 │ 43 │ 46 │ 47 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 56 │ 57 │ 58 │ 59 │ 60 │ 13 │ │ 50 │ 51 │ 54 │ 55 │ 58 │ 59 │
└————┴————┴————┴————┴————┴————┘ └————┴————┴————┴————┴————┴————┘
┌————┬————┬————┬————┬————┬————┐ ┌————┬————┬————┬————┬————┬————┐
│ 17 │ 18 │ 19 │ 20 │ 21 │ 16 │ │ 33 │ 34 │ 35 │ 36 │ 37 │ 32 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 22 │ 23 │ 24 │ 25 │ 26 │ 27 │ │ 38 │ 39 │ 40 │ 41 │ 42 │ 43 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 28 │ 29 │ 30 │ 31 │ 48 │ 49 │ │ 44 │ 45 │ 46 │ 47 │ 48 │ 49 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 50 │ 51 │ 52 │ 53 │ 54 │ 55 │ │ 50 │ 51 │ 52 │ 53 │ 54 │ 55 │
├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤ ├————┼————┼————┼————┼————┼————┤
│ 56 │ 57 │ 58 │ 59 │ 30 │ 60 │ │ 56 │ 57 │ 58 │ 59 │ 60 │ 41 │
└————┴————┴————┴————┴————┴————┘ └————┴————┴————┴————┴————┴————┘
9. Place eight counters or coins, as in the diagram below:
┌———┬———┬———┬———┬———┬———┬———┬———┐
│ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │ 6 │ 7 │ 8 │
└———┴———┴———┴———┴———┴———┴———┴———┘
It is then required to lay them in four couples, removing only one at a
time, and in each removal passing the one in the hand over two on the
table.
10. _The wine Merchant and his Clerk._—A wine merchant caused
thirty-two casks of choice wines to be deposited in his cellar, giving
orders to his clerk to arrange them as in the annexed figure, so that
each external row should contain nine. The clerk, however, took away
twelve of them, at three different times—that is, four at each time,
yet when the merchant went into the cellar, after each theft had been
committed, the clerk always made him count nine in each row. How was
this possible?
┌———┬———┬————┐
│ 1 │ 7 │ 1 │
├———┼———┼————┤
│ 7 │ │ 7 │
├———┼———┼————┤
│ 1 │ 7 │ 1 │
└———┴———┴————┘
11. [Illustration] man’s family.
12. First draw a square and divide it into four parts. Then make six
marks in the first square and say they represent six pigs, for you
pretend to describe a farmyard you once saw. In the next square make
six more marks to represent cows, in the next square six more marks for
horses, and the last square represent donkeys.
┌————————┬————————┐
│ │ │
│ ││││││ │ ││││││ │
│ │ │
├————————┼————————┤
│ │ │
│ ││││││ │ ││││││ │
│ │ │
└————————┴————————┘
ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS.
1. An old man married a young woman; their united ages amounted to one
hundred. The man’s age, multiplied by four and divided by nine, gives
the woman’s age. What were their respective ages?
2. How many yards of paper, three-quarters of a yard wide, will cover a
chamber that is sixty feet round, and ten feet one and one-half inches
high?
3. In a family of eight young people, it was agreed that three at a
time should visit the Crystal Palace, and that the visit should be
repeated each day as long as a different trio could be selected. In
how many days were the possible combinations of three out of eight
completed?
4. How many changes can be given to seven notes of a piano? That is to
say, in how many ways can seven keys be struck in succession, so that
there shall be some difference in the order of the notes each time?
5. At a time when eggs were scarce, an old woman who possessed some
good hens, wishing to oblige her friends, sent her daughter with a
basket of eggs to three of them; at the first house, which was the
squire’s, she left half the number of eggs she had, and half a one
over; at the second she left half of what remained and half an egg
over; and at the third she again left half of the remainder, and half
a one over; she carried home one egg in her basket, not having broken
any. How many had she when she started?
6. Two drovers, A and B, meeting on the road, began discoursing about
the number of sheep they each had. Says B to A, “Pray give me one of
your sheep and I will have as many as you.” “Nay,” replied A, “but give
me one of your sheep and I will have as many again as you.” Required to
know the number of sheep they each had?
7. To tell at what hour a person intends to rise. Let the person set
the hand of the dial of a watch at any hour he pleases, and tell you
what that hour is; and to the number of that hour you add in your mind
twelve; then tell him to count privately the number of that amount upon
the dial, beginning with the next hour to that on which he proposes to
rise, and counting backwards, first reckoning the number of the hour at
which he has placed the hand. How is it done?
“The Two Travelers.”
8. Two travelers trudged along the road together,
Talking, as Yankees do, about the weather;
When, lo! beside their path the foremost spies
Three casks, and loud exclaims, “A prize, a prize!”
One large, two small, but all of various size.
This way and that they gazed, and all around,
Each wondering if an owner might be found.
But not a soul was there—the coast was clear—
So to the barrels they at once drew near;
And both agree, whatever may be there,
In friendly partnership they’ll fairly share.
Two they found empty, but the other full,
And straightway from his pocket one doth pull
A large clasp-knife; a heavy stone lay handy,
And thus in time they found their prize was brandy.
’Tis tasted and approved; their lips they smack,
And each pronounces ’tis the famous Cognac.
“Wont we have many a jolly night, my boy?
May no ill luck our present hopes destroy!”
’Twas fortunate one knew the mathematics,
And had a smattering of hydrostatics;
Then measured he the casks, and said, “I see
This is eight gallons—those are five, and three.”
The question then was how they might divide
The brandy, so that each should be supplied
With just four gallons, neither less nor more,
With eight, and five and three, they puzzle sore;
Filled up the five, filled up the three, in vain.
At length a happy thought came o’er the brain
Of one; ’twas done, and each went home content,
And their good dames declared ’twas excellent.
With those three casks they made division true;
I found the puzzle out; say, friend, can you?
9. “To five and five and fifty-five
The first of letters add;
It is a thing that pleased a king,
And made a wise man mad.”
10. “The sum of four figures in value will be
Above seven thousand nine hundred and three;
But when they are halved you’ll find, very fair,
The sum will be nothing, in truth, I declare.”
ANSWERS TO CONUNDRUMS.
1. GOLIAH.
2. He was his own son.
3. Because of the sand which is (sandwiches) there.
4. Because the children of Ham were bred (bread) and mustered (mustard)
there.
5. He is not at all black (a tall black).
6. The bed will not come to us.
7. There is not a single person in it.
8. He is crusty.
9. When it is ajar.
10. He had a lady in his head.
11. He is always forgetting (for-getting).
12. Because they are too long and too loose (Toulon and Toolouse).
13. R U E (are you he).
14. Adriatic (a dry attic).
15. Hymen.
16. It is a deck oration (decoration).
17. It follows the sea (C).
18. The cat’ll eat it (the cattle eat it).
19. There is no parting there.
20. S X (Essex).
21. He is ruffled.
22. She sows tares while the husbandman sleeps.
23. It is often told (tolled).
24. Because they found little profit (prophet) in the rushes on the
banks.
25. Because one is a taper in a cavern, the other a caper in a tavern.
26. Jeroboam, Samuel, Benjamin (Jerry beau ’em; Sam you will; Ben jam
in).
27. Herodias’ daughter, because she got ahead of John the Baptist on a
charger.
28. They were snaked out.
29. It took him forty days and nights to find Ara-rat.
30. Because we can not make them here (hear).
31. Fiddle-de-dee (Fiddle D D).
32. Because he is best known by his gait (gate).
33. “Its silvered o’er with care.”
34. Because it cannot be used till it is drawn.
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS AND CHARADES.
1. Fire-fly.
2. Mur-mur.
3. Canada.
4. Sky-lark.
5. Ladder—adder.
6. Fast—Feast.
7. Counter-pane.
8. Truly.
9. Yesterday.
10. A bed.
11. Railway train.
12. Gold.
13. Candle-stick.
14. Hour-glass.
15. Flute.
16. Justice, (just-ice.)
17. A tree.
18. Alphabet.
19. The animal sent was an antelope, (aunt elope!) the fruit returned
was a cantelope (can’t elope.)
20. On I on, (onion.)
21. Broom.
22. The letter L.
23. The vowels.
24. A spermaceti candle.
25. Cares—s.
26. Heroine.
27. Idol.
28. Cod.
29. The kine that bore the ark. 1 Samuel, vi., 10, 12, 14.
30. Bathsheba.
31. Solomon.
32. Horse-man-ship.
33. Flash.
Answer to Enigmatical Dinner.
1. Turkey.
2. Parsnips.
3. Hare, (hair.)
4. Dandelion, (dandy-lion.)
5. Lamb.
6. Mint-sauce.
7. Tongue.
8. Mangoes.
9. Potatoes.
10. Ham.
11. Cabbage.
Dessert.
1. Ice cream.
2. Maderia, (wine.)
3. Whips.
4. Champagne, (sham-pain.)
5. Punch.
6. Brandy.
7. Pine-apples.
8. Hock.
9. Pears.
10. Trifle.
11. Currants.
ANSWERS TO PARADOXES AND PUZZLES.
1. The secret of the puzzle is to arrange the men by a simple formula;
take the sentence, “A gray owl did eat a snake,” and arrange them with
checkers, the vowels all black, the consonants white. You will then see
by taking away every fifth one, three times round, those left will be
all white.
2. First take over the goat, the next time the wolf; leaving the wolf
he must bring back the goat and leave it, then take the cabbages, and
going back once more he takes the goat. Thus the wolf will never be
left with the goat, nor the goat with the cabbages.
3. If the secret be not discovered, remove one of the end pieces to
the other side, thus you take away the piece from the centre without
touching it.
4. One hundred.
5. 792; six dozen dozen being 864, and a half a dozen dozen 72.
6. Four merry fiddlers played all night
To many a dancing ninny;
And the next morning went away,
And each received a guinea.
7. Persevere ye perfect men,
Ever keep these precepts ten.
It was discovered that by using the vowel E this couplet was formed.
8. Request the person to give you all the cards containing the number
he has fixed upon, and then add all the right hand upper corner figures
together, which will give the correct answer. For example: suppose 10
is the number thought of, the cards with 2 and 8 in the corners will be
given, which makes the answer 10.
9. Place 4 on 7, 6 on 2, 1 on 3, and 8 on 5, or 5 on 2, 3 on 7, 8 on 6,
4 on 1, &c.
10. The clerk arranged them thus:
┌———┬———┬———┐ ┌———┬———┬———┐ ┌———┬———┬———┐
│ 2 │ 5 │ 2 │ │ 3 │ 3 │ 3 │ │ 4 │ 1 │ 4 │
├———┼———┼———┤ ├———┼———┼———┤ ├———┼———┼———┤
│ 5 │ │ 5 │ │ 3 │ │ 3 │ │ 1 │ │ 1 │
├———┼———┼———┤ ├———┼———┼———┤ ├———┼———┼———┤
│ 2 │ 5 │ 2 │ │ 3 │ 3 │ 3 │ │ 4 │ 1 │ 4 │
└———┴———┴———┘ └———┴———┴———┘ └———┴———┴———┘
11. Be above meddling in a man’s family.
12. In the last square you must only make five marks, and then ask the
one you are talking to, to count and see if all are right; if you do
it carelessly and he is off his guard he will probably say “one of the
donkeys are wanting.” You then must slily say, “If you’ll jump in, all
will be right.” Such simple “sells” often cause a good laugh.
ANSWERS TO ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS.
1. The man’s age was 69 years and 12 weeks. The woman’s, 30 years and
40 weeks.
2. 90 yards.
3. Multiply 8 × 7 × 6, and also 3 × 2 × 1, and divide the product of
the former, 336, by the product of the latter, 6, the result is 56, the
number of visits, a different two going each time.
4. 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1, result is 5,040, the number of changes.
5. 15 eggs.
6. A had seven and B had five sheep.
7. Suppose the hour he intends to rise be 8, and that he has placed the
hand at 5; you will add 12 to 5 and tell him to count 17 on the dial
first reckoning 5, the hour at which the index stands, and counting
backwards from the hour at which he intends to rise; and the number,
17, will necessarily end at 8, which shows that to be the hour he chose
to rise.
8. The five-gallon barrel was filled first, and from that the
three-gallon barrel, thus leaving two gallons in the five-gallon
barrel; the three-gallon barrel was then emptied into the eight-gallon
barrel, and the two gallons poured from the five-gallon barrel into
the empty three-gallon barrel; the five-gallon barrel was then filled,
and one gallon poured into the three-gallon barrel, therefore leaving
four gallons in the five-gallon barrel, one gallon in the eight-gallon
barrel, and three gallons in the three-gallon barrel, which was then
emptied into the eight-gallon barrel. Thus each person had four gallons
of brandy in the eight and five-gallon barrels respectively.
9. This puzzle has as yet no answer. I trust some of the readers of
this book will be able to send us a correct answer. It most surely can
be ascertained, as there is a way to solve it.
10. The four figures are 8 8 8 8, which being divided by a line drawn
through the middle, become ̶8̶8̶8̶8̶. The sum of which is eight 0s, or
nothing.
[Illustration]
Games for Old and Young.