384. If a tough beef-steak could speak, what poet’s name would it pronounce?
385. Why is a side-saddle like a four-quart measure?
386. What is that without which a wagon can not be made, and can not go, and yet is of no use to it?
387. What does a frigate weigh when ready for sea?
388. Why do pioneers march at the head of the regiment?
389. Why is "i" the happiest of the vowels?
390. Supposing two ships of war, the San Jacinto and Ironsides, to be 2,417 yards apart, at an unknown distance from a fort having a base of 666⅔ yards. The angle from the San Jacinto to the nearest corner of the fort is 71½°, to the center of the fort 62½°; the angle from the Ironsides to the nearest corner of the fort is 56½°, to the center of the fort 49¼°. Required the distance from each ship to the corner and center of the fort—also the distance from a point equidistant between the ships and the center of the fort.
391. With what three letters can you express a sentence comprising ten letters?
