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.