And the hotter it gets in dispute, yet the most Courageous is he who wont let it be crossed. On the whole, though 't is often a subject of strife, More people it joins than it parts in this life. My _whole_ is a place I forbear now to flatter; It thrives upon those whose dearest and best Severely it tries, yet makes light of the matter, And thinks the more wicked their end, the more blest. J. W. ILLUSTRATED REBUS.--No. 2. [Illustrations] CONUNDRUMS. 1. Why should soldiers never meddle with nut-crackers? 2. What is that which no man wants, but which, if a man has it, he would most unwillingly part with? 3. Why are flatterers sometimes mistaken for truth-tellers? 4. Why does a scolding woman keep people at a distance? 5. Why is an easy office like a good dinner eaten by an invalid? ENIGMA. NO. 2. I am composed of 17 letters. My 17, 12, 8, 3, is a philosopher. My 2, 15, 7, 13, 16, 4, is what boys are when school is done. My 1, 2, 14, 12, 1, 16, 3, is a place of amusement. My 11, 12, 8, 3, 16, is a German huntsman. My 7, 3, 13, 16, 10, 14, 17, are a persecuted race. My 13, 12, 8, is a mouthful. My 11, 10, 15, 16, 17, belongs to you. My 13, 14, 7, 6, 17, is a family. My 2, 3, 12, 9, 4, is not light. My 17, 15, 13, 12, 16, is sweet. My 13, 16, 12, 9, 3, is solemn. My 9, 12, 8, 15, 14, is quite uncertain. My whole is a very interesting book by one of the writers for "Our Young Folks." TRANSPOSITION. No. 1. I thought I should like to _ivred_; so I went to the _abelts_ to _sahenrs_ my _oehsr_, but I found the _ubcelk_ of the _hebeirgnc_ was broken; to make the best of it, I put an old _piesk_ in place of the _eontug_, brought out the old _acsihe_, and off I went. Now tell me how I got on. PUZZLES. NO. 1. My first is in Urn but not in Vase, My second is in Cabinet but not in Case, My third is in "Goose" but not in Fool, My fourth is in Chair but not in Stool, My fifth is in Vanity but not in Conceit, My sixth is in Parsnip but not in Beet. My whole is the name of a boys' book. Carl. NO. 2. Behead an animal, and leave a gift. C. M. E. ARITHMETICAL PUZZLES. NO. 3. So arrange the nine digits, using each but once, that their sum shall be exactly one hundred. NO. 4. 100055,--a long-tailed animal. C. M. E. NO. 5. One hundred and one by fifty divide; And then, if a cipher be rightly applied, And your computation agreeth with mine, The answer will be one taken from nine. [Illustration: ILLUSTRATED REBUS.--No. 3.] ANSWERS. Charades. 1. Pilgrimage. 2. Illumination. Arithmetical Puzzles.