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.
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?
142. Which of the forest trees bears gain?
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.
146. Why is a cart-horse always in the wrong place?
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 | +----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+-+----+