If a man marries a woman, who dies, and he then marries his deceased wife's sister and himself dies, it may be correctly said that he had (previously) married the sister of his widow. The youth was not the nephew of Jane Brown, because he happened to be her son. Her surname was the same as that of her brother, because she had married a man of the same name as herself. 53.--HEARD ON THE TUBE RAILWAY. The gentleman was the second lady's uncle. 54.--A FAMILY PARTY. The party consisted of two little girls and a boy, their father and mother, and their father's father and mother. 55.--A MIXED PEDIGREE. [Illustration: Thos. Bloggs m . . . . . | +------------------------+------------+ | | | | | | | W. Snoggs m Kate Bloggs. | | | | | | | . . m Henry Bloggs. | Joseph Bloggs m | | | | +--------+-------------+ | | | | | | | | | Jane John Alf. Mary Bloggs m Snoggs Snoggs m Bloggs ] The letter m stands for "married." It will be seen that John Snoggs can say to Joseph Bloggs, "You are my _father's brother-in-law_, because my father married your sister Kate; you are my _brother's father-in-law_, because my brother Alfred married your daughter Mary; and you are my _father-in-law's brother_, because my wife Jane was your brother Henry's daughter." 56.--WILSON'S POSER. If there are two men, each of whom marries the mother of the other, and there is a son of each marriage, then each of such sons will be at the same time uncle and nephew of the other. There are other ways in which the relationship may be brought about, but this is the simplest. 57.--WHAT WAS THE TIME? The time must have been 9.36 p.m. A quarter of the time since noon is 2 hr. 24 min., and a half of the time till noon next day is 7 hr. 12 min. These added together make 9 hr. 36 min. 58.--A TIME PUZZLE. Twenty-six minutes. 59.--A PUZZLING WATCH. If the 65 minutes be counted on the face of the same watch, then the problem would be impossible: for the hands must coincide every 65+5/11 minutes as shown by its face, and it matters not whether it runs fast or slow; but if it is measured by true time, it gains 5/11 of a minute in 65 minutes, or 60/143 of a minute per hour. 60.--THE WAPSHAW'S WHARF MYSTERY.