PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
Reading edition
No. 1.
TWO HOUR-GLASS PUZZLES.
1.—1. A dictionary. 2. Part of a shilling. 3. A girl's name. 4. A letter. 5. An animal. 6. An atom. 7. Transit. Centrals read downward spell the name of a partly civilized people.
2.—1. A mean parasite. 2. A precious gem. 3. To yell. 4. A letter. 5. An interrogation. 6. To form the texture. 7. A peculiar appearance of the eye. Centrals read downward spell the name of a monster of the Northern seas.
Damon and Pythias.
No. 2.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
My whole is a familiar adage.
My 1, 2, 3, 9, 13 is the home of a minister.
My 14, 20, 2, 7 must never be retained.
My 19, 11, 9, 18, 13 has brought thousands to poverty.
My 21, 20, 9, 13 is the pride of the garden.
My 16, 17, 20, 9, 18 is a terror to the silly.
My 8, 20, 16 is a faithful friend.
Susan Nipper.
No. 3.
EASY HALF-SQUARE.
1. A city of the United States. 2. A body of water. 3. Beheld. 4. To brown. 5. A preposition. 6. A letter.
Will A. Mette.
No. 4.
AN EASY DIAMOND.
1. A letter. 2. A Spanish coin. 3. A morose man. 4. A puzzle. 5. Part of a ship. 6. A rod. 7. A letter.
R. O. Bert.
No. 5.
A DIFFICULT DIAMOND.
1. A letter. 2. An animal. 3. Prongs. 4. Girths. 5. A genus of plants. 6. One of the osseous fishes. 7. Opinion. 8. To perch. 9. A letter.
Miltiades.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 104.
No. 1.
CHASSEUR
LASHERS
ASPIRE
SPERE
HIRE
INS
NG
G
No. 2.
Kite, hue, habitual, chest, jot. The house that Jack built.
No. 3.
Shut the door.
No. 4.
Sleepless.
Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Mamie G. Henderson, Ray W. Osborne, George Sylvester, C. S. F.