ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR SURVEYORS.--A squire planted a number of oaks when his heir was born, and on the twenty-seventh birthday of the young man there was a tree for every year, and yet though there were only 27 trees, there were ten rows and six trees in each row, which made sixty, the age of the squire himself. How did he manage it?
HALFPENCE PUZZLE.--Place ten halfpence in a row on the table. Take up one of them and place it on another, never in any case passing over more than two halfpence. Repeat the operation until no halfpenny remains by itself in the row.
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THE MISER'S RUSE.--A miser once asked his tenants to dinner at an inn, and asked the landlord to join the party. When the bill was presented, the miser suggested that they should cast lots who should pay the score. It was decided that they should be counted by the days of the week, and that every time he who counted called "Saturday," the person so named should leave the room until there was only one man left, and he should pay. How did the miser manage to throw the expense on the landlord?
TWO EYES BETTER THAN ONE.--Put a coin on a table's edge, with half the coin's edge overlapping. Move three yards away and close one eye; now advance, and try to knock it off with one finger, keeping the one eye shut all the time.
WOLF, GOAT, AND CABBAGES.--Suppose a man has a wolf, a goat, and some cabbages on the bank of a river, and he wishes to cross with them, and that his boat is only large enough to carry one out of the three besides himself. He must, therefore, take them over one by one, in such a manner that the wolf shall have no opportunity of devouring the goat, or the goat the cabbages. In which way is he to do this?
THE DOUBLE HANDCUFFS.--Ask two friends to allow their hands to be fastened together with string, which must be looped, as shown in the illustration. Now tell them to liberate themselves without unfastening the knots, or cutting the string.
THREE-SQUARE PUZZLE.--Take away the pieces numbered 8, 10, 1, 3, 13, and three squares only will remain.
A SLIT PUZZLE.--Arrange the pieces side by side in the short arms of the cross, draw out the centre piece, and the rest will follow easily. The same process reversed will put them back again.