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RIDDLE NO, I

Tm with the humble and the haughty,

Moth and monarch feel my power ;
Earth could never do without me,

I'm in the sunshine and the shower.
Would you know my occupation

’Tis I who help to make your thread ;
Should you seek my habitation,

I think you'll find me in your head.

ELLA.

 

LATIN PUZZLE NO. Tf.

Mr. Tainxer,—The following old
proverb may perhaps prove a puzzle to
some of your young friends, and as
scraps of Latin are in great demand just
now among the readers of the Cabinet,
please to insert it.

“Ne quid nimis.”

 

RUPERT.
ENIGMA NO. I.

In Latin I am expressed by two
words and eight letters. My 1, 2, 8, is
used by the farmer. My 5, 2, 4, 7, is
a well known animal. My 6, 3, 8, oc-
casions rare sport for boys in winter.
I am composed in English of 19 let-
ters. My 9,17, 11, 19, 6, is often com-
pared to morning. My 19, 13, 10, 18,
_ 8, is an animal eagerly sought for food ;
and it is found in my 5, 14, 19, 14, 13.
My 4, 2, 1,14, is acoin. My 3, 12, 2,
8, is a city near which Christ performed

a miracle. My 7, 16, isa Latin prepo-
sition. My 6, 14, 9, is a German fable
writer. My whole is good advice; and

I rather guess you will need to heed it
in solving the enigma. CHAMISSO,

 

ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS NO. I.

1. When wheat was 8 shillings a
bushel and rye 5 shillings, a man wish-
ed to fill his sack with a mixture of
wheat and rye for the money he had in
his purse. If he bought 15 bushels of
wheat, and laid out the remainder of his

THE YOUTH’S CABINET.

money in rye, his sack would not be full
by 3 bushels ; but if he bought 15 bush-
els of rye, and then filled his sack with
wheat, he would have 15 shillings left.
How much of each kind must he pur-
chase, to lay out all his money and just
fill his sack ?

2. Required the diameter of a piece
of land, in a circular form, that shall
contain as many acres as there are rails
in the fence which surrounds it—the
fence being 11 rails high, and 2 lengths
to fence a rod.

3. A. and B. bought 300 acres of
land for $3 per acre, each paying $450.
A. says to B. “If you will let me take
my land on this side of the lot, I will
let you have as much more than half as
will make your land cost you 25 cents
less per acre than mine shall cost me.”
The land being thus divided, how much
had each, and how much did it cost
each per acre ?

 

ENIGMA NO. II.

I am composed of 14 leters. My 14,
3, 8, 5, is a portion of time. My 4, 10,
13, 6, is what many seek. My 1, 9, 2,
8, 11, is a lake on the eastern continent.
My 5, 7, 12, 11, is an essential part of
a clarinet. The city of NewYork is
proud of my whole. M.

 

CHARADE NO. II,

My first is applied to a process which
some animals are subjected to; but more
frequently to a kind of mischief often
done by careless children. My second
is sometimes observed by good people,
and has been recommended by the Pres-
ident. My whole is welcomed by most
persons, and is generally seen in the
morning. | VINA.