PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
Reading edition
No. 1.
HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE.
Additional. Surrounded by water. Wrath. Fodder. In spring. A decree. A song. An architectural term. Innocent. Centrals—A useful Southern product.
C. W. S.
No. 2.
ENIGMA.
In chains, but not in bands.
In hearts, but not in hands.
In hoping, not in sighing.
In laughing, not in crying.
In mountain, not in valley.
In trifle, not in dally.
In castle, not in tower.
In rain, but not in shower.
My whole a graceful flower.
Owlet.
No. 3.
DIAGONALS.
Across.—A metal. Taste. Toil. A model. A part of a cask. Diagonals.—From left to right, a cape of the United States; from right to left, islands west of South America.
Will A. Mette.
No. 4.
HALF-SQUARES.
1. A dreary place. A vegetable substance. A river in Europe. A title. A preposition. A letter from Tennessee.
2. Advantage. A bird. Something useful in a kitchen. A marsh. A preposition. A letter from Montana.
R. F. L.
No. 5.
ENIGMA.
In wan, but not in pale.
In wind, but not in gale.
In game, but not in play.
In wagon, not in dray.
In light, but not in dark.
In wren, but not in lark.
In spade, but not in rake.
The whole the children like to make.
Polly.