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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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TTItose Map Prizes. 
I suppose that many of you will bo looking for the an¬ 
nouncement of the decisions on the maps sent for prizes. 
But you must recollect that the time for receiving maps 
is not up until the first of this month, so nothing can be 
said about it until March. There is already a goodly 
heap of them, and if they continue to come in as they 
have for the past week or two, it will be no little task to 
go over them all. Let us all have patience, and we shall 
next month know who are the successful ones. 
The Doctor. 
Agriculturist and Hearth and Home.— A great 
many of our boys and girls see both these papers, but 
some only take the Agriculturist , and to these wo must 
say, that Aunt Sue is such a puzzling woman, that she 
puzzles in both papers. She is sometimes troubled be¬ 
cause some who write her, do not say which ,paper- the 
writer refers to. The good lady has two sets of boy and 
girl correspondents, one belonging to the Agriculturist. 
and the other to Hearth and Home, and she loves them 
too much to wish to disappoint either, by replying to 
them in the wrong place. Again we must ask that all 
answers to puzzles and all letters relating to her de¬ 
partment be sent to Box 111. Brooklyn. N. Y., and not to 
345 Broadway. 
Tricks of Parlor Magic. 
Tricks of legerdermain, or slight of hand, as it is often 
called, can afford much amusement in the social circle. 
If done at all, they must be well done, and no one should 
undertake to exhibit a trick until he has practiced it 
sufficiently to be able to do it smoothly and without any 
mistake. The performer should be perfectly self-possess¬ 
ed, and be able to keep up a lively talk, which will occupy 
the attention of the spectators and prevent them from 
watching his trick too closely. Some of the feats done 
by experts in the line are truly wonderful and are the 
Fig. 1.—THE BALL PREPARED. 
result of much ingenious contrivance and careful prepara¬ 
tion. We give now a simple trick, which does not re¬ 
quire expensive preparation, and which, when cleverly 
done, will prove very wonderful to those not in the 
secret. We have some other tricks ready, but we have 
room for only one at the present time. 
To Pass a Piece of Coin into the Center of a 
Worsted Ball.— To perform this trick, you want three 
or four skeins of worsted yarn and a flattened tin tube, 
as shown by A (fig. 1). This tube must be exactly wide 
enough for a nickel cent to pass through. You must, 
previous to performing the trick, wind the worsted on 
the end of the tube, in the form of a ball, getting it ns 
round as possible, and so that the end of the tube reaches 
Fig. 2.— UNWINDING THE BALL. 
only to the center of the baM, as shown in D (fig. 1). When 
finished, place It in a room adjoining that in which you 
are going to perform the trick. The last thing required 
is a pocket handkerchief, in the center of which you fix 
a nickel cent in such a manner that it does not show on 
the other side. To commence the trick, borrow from one 
of the company a cent, at the same time getting him to 
mark it, so that he will know it again. Produce the 
handkerchief, and holding it up by one comer, and in 
such a manner that the coin fixed in it can not be seen, 
say, “ I am now going to place the coin in the hand¬ 
kerchief,” at the same time place the hand in which 
you are holding the cdut-piece, under it, but retain the 
coin in your hand. Wrap up the handkerchief, and, still 
holding it, let the company feel that it is there. (They, 
of course, feel the coin which has been fixed, in the hand¬ 
kerchief.) Now place the handkerchief, just as it is, on 
a chair close to you; pretending to have forgotten the 
ball, go to fetch it. When out of the room, drop the 
marked cent-piece down the tube into the ball, then draw 
out the tube, and by pinching the ball, the hole made by 
the tube will close, at tlic same tifne keeping the coin in 
its place. You should have a long piece of the worsted 
left unwound, so as to cover the hole after you have 
dropped the coin in. Now bring in the ball, saying to 
tile company that you propose to cause the coin to 
pass from the handkerchief into the center of the ball. 
Place the ball into a glass tumbler (fig. 2) upon the table, 
lift the handkerchief and shake it, showing that the coin 
is gone ; then let any one of the company unwind the 
ball, and when it is undone nearly to the center, out will 
drop the coin. 
Aitsat Sue’s a B wzzle-I8ox. 
The “Arithmorem” is a very interesting puzzle when 
understood: therefore let us understand it at once. It is 
based upon the Roman numerals, and as you can-not find 
those numerals in all the dictionaries, 1 will give you a 
list of them here. 
A = 500. 
B = 300. 
C = 100. 
P = 500. 
E = 250. 
F = 40. 
G = 400. 
11 = 200 . 
1 = 1 . 
IC = 250. 
L = 50. 
M = 1000. 
N = 900. 
O = 11 & 0. 
P = 100. 
Q = 500. 
R = 80 . . 
S =7. 
T = 160. 
V— 5. 
W= 55. 
X — 10. 
Y = 150. 
Z = 2000. 
There; the Romans.used those letters for figures, all 
except the W, which we have made 55 (because it is two 
Vs), just for our own convenience. 
Now let me show you how to ring some of the changes 
pn them. 
5110018. What word does that make ? 
5 = Y, 1 = 1,160 = T, 1 = I, and 8 stands in this case 
for ate: so there we have VITIATE. 
95250200 = Nineveh. 
10500100100 = Exact. 
120009 = Immix. 
These are the simplest specimens, they may bo made 
much more complicated. 
Now I want all of you to find out the following, and 
then go to work, yourselves, and make some more, which 
you may send to Box 111, P. O., Brooklyn. N. Y. 
ARITnMOREMS. 
10011900150080500. 
1090025077250250. 
11500500. 
7200118010. 
11155500. 
10500. 
300!). 
1601. . 
1. 
2 . 
3. 
4. 
5. 
1. 
2 . 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6 . 
7. 
8 . 
9. 
10 . 
ANAGRAMS. 
No Latin cent. 
Ten lines. 
Queer Patt. 
Miner science 
Charm pay. 
. * OI'POSITES. 
6. Limit ray. 
7. Star money. 
8. Mad rail. 
9. Hate coin. 
10. Carl say it. 
{Karnes of Floivers.) 
Crow's whip. 
Green gong. 
Old maid's hair-pins. 
Cat’s tail. 
Sour Betsey. 
Prussian blue. 
Speak truly 1 Speak truly I 
Evening darkness. 
Cheese plate. 
Never think of me. Adolph M. Nagel. 
DECAPITATIONS. 
1. Behead a dish and leave a bird. 
2. Behead an animal and leave part of a flower. 
3. Behead a certain noise and leave an ancient vessel. 
4. Behead a mineral and leave a sound. 
5. Behead a kind of wood and leave an animal. 
6. Behead that, which often covers a multitude of sins 
and leave a preposition. F. W*. Hall. 
SQUARE WORD. 
Square the word “ esc.” 
A. H. 
TRIANGULAR PUZZLE. 
The founder of the city which rests on seven hills ; a 
bird; to join; a consonant; a part of the circumference 
of a circle; a kind of pure clay; the commander of a regi¬ 
ment. Read downwards through the center will give an 
English word which means to endure; read downwards in 
the center to the middle Tetter will give a Latin adverb, 
which means “ whereby;” read downwards through the 
center/zwi the middle letter will give a Latin word 
meaning “wherefore.” R. S. Isbesrer. 
NUMERICAL ENIGMA. 
, I am composed of 12 letters. 
My 1, 3, 12, 11, is a boy’s nickname. 
My 4, 7, G, 8, is what no one likes to he, but many are. 
My 9, 2, 10, 5, is an instrument of torture. 
My whole is the name of a bird. Harrt S. 
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE DECEMBER NUMBER. 
Anagrams, —1. Mysterious. 2. Advantageous. 3. Un¬ 
derstand. 4. Sandwiches. 5. Cupboard. 6. Symptoms. 
7. Displaying. S. Thoroughfares. 9. Establishment. 
10. Journeyings. 
SQUARE WORD. 
11. WRONG 
•RACER 
OCHRE 
NERVE 
GREEN 
Transpositions.— 12. Awl, law. 13. Trap, part. 14. 
Ape, pea. 15. Ant, Nat. 16. Tub, but. 17. Cat, act. 
GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE. 
18. 1 Inn. 2 Turkey. 3 Bourboir. * Madeira. 5 Table. 
6 Cork. 7 Air. 8 Ohili. » Negro, m Bath. i > White. 
12 Shanghai. 13 Canary. 14 Reading. 15 Man. 16 Black. 
■ 17 Yellow. 18 Guinea. 10 Farewell. 
Geographical Rebus.—O kefinokee. 
NOTICE. 
. Those sending puzzles to Aunt Sue, Box 111, P. O. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., will please specify whether their con¬ 
tributions are intended for the Agriculturist , or far Hearth 
and Home. 
AUNT SUE’S NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Belle R. I like to hear that “ Ma and Pa both helped.” 
I rather think you will have to call in the assistance of 
Uncle William, Aunt Mary, and C»usin John this month ! 
Give my love to “ Georgie.” 
A. F. G. says she is very fond of children—likes to 
have them about her, hut does not know how to attract 
them, being shy, etc. I will tell you one of my secrets. 
Addle —wear a watch-chain and attach to that watch-chain 
a hunch of “ charms,” a cherry-stone or hlmond-shell cut 
into a little basket, a head, a ring, almost anything; and 
the little ones will gather close to you and lean against 
you, that they may examine with their little eyes and 
fingers those charms; and their mothers will say, “ My 
dear, don't lean on Miss Addicthen you will pass your 
arm around them so that they can’t help “ leaning.” 
That’s the way I fix them. 
Glad to hear from Chalmers, Otis A. G., John R. S., 
Richard White, J. E. Du B., Charlie D. S., and MarylA. E. 
Thanks for puzzles, etc., to Adolph M. N., Tempy (of 
course), R. 8. Isbestcr, Ella E. F., Max', and A. F. G. 
The Eagles and (he Teal. 
The Eagle is our national emblem, as we all know. 
“ But what is an emblem 1 That is just the way with 
you matter-of-fact boys and girls. There might have 
been something very eloquent following that first sen¬ 
tence, if some one had not asked, “ What Is an em¬ 
blem ? ” That is right, however, let us understand things 
as we go along, hut it would spoil a great deal of what 
passes for fine speaking and fine writing, were the speaker 
or writer obliged to explain the meaning of the words he 
uses. Perhaps the simplest definition of an emblem 
would be, “ a figure that stands for something.” Tims a 
dove is the emblem of peace, a iamb the emblem of in¬ 
nocence, a crown that of royalty. Not only are emblems 
used to express ideas, hut they 'are adopted by nations 
and by parties. The Crescent, or New Moon, is the em¬ 
blem of Turkey; the Lion and the Unicorn that of Eng¬ 
land ; and the Eagle is the emblem of America. Your 
fathers will tell you that years ago the political parties 
used the hickory-tree, the coon, and the log-cabin as em¬ 
blems. The emblem not only stands for a nation, hut 
for the leading ideas of its people. So the Eagle not 
only means America as a nation, but it represents things 
peculiar to America, such as a republican form of 
government, political equality, religious liberty, etc. 
Thus you sec that the eagle has a great deal to answer 
for, and ought to be a very noble and dignified bird. We 
do not know the reasons that induced our government to 
choose the eagle as onr national emblem, hut those who 
are familiar with his habits do not think him a very 
