PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
Reading edition
No. 1.
TWO HALF-SQUARES.
1. A species of grain. A characteristic of the tropics. To corrode. A preposition. In tray.
2. An animal. A metal. What every boy is. A preposition. In nail.
Damon and Pythias.
No. 2.
GEOGRAPHICAL WINE-GLASS.
A river in South America. A city in Egypt. A river in Italy. A group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean. A river in Austria. A city in Germany. A letter. A river in Switzerland. A peninsula in Asia. Centrals.—The name of a noted strait.
Lady Betty.
No. 3.
ENIGMA.
First in coffee, not in tea.
Second in arm, but not in knee.
Third in city, not in town.
Fourth in coat, but not in gown.
Fifth in kettle, not in pot.
Sixth in house, but not in lot.
Seventh in different, not in same.
My whole a well-known out-door game.
G. P. S.
No. 4.
DROP-LETTER PUZZLE.—(To Owlet).
A verse from a celebrated poem by an American poet:
I—t—e—o—l—'s—r—a—f—e—d—f—a—t—e, I—t—e—i—o—a—o—l—f—, B—n—t—i—e—u—b—r—v—n—a—t—e: B—a—e—o—n—h—s—r—f—. Quadrant.
No, 5.
EASY NUMERICAL CHARADES.
1. I am composed of 14 letters, and am an institution of learning.
My 8, 2, 3, 4, 12 is to cut.
My 1, 5, 6, 14 is a small animal.
My 8, 9, 10, 7 is never warm.
My 11, 5, 13 is to loiter.
Frank T. H.
2. I am composed of 10 letters, and am the product of trees.
My 10, 5, 9, 4 is a Spanish coin.
My 8, 7, 1 is the product of certain trees.
My 6, 2, 3 is what my whole is made from.
Pepper.