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Favors are acknowledged from E. E. Wolford, Bertha T. Thompson, L. C.,
Frank Graves, Sallie Whitaker, Charles N., George G. Seitz, Bessy M.
Flagler, Emily K. Jeffries, Florence V. M., Mamie B. Cozzens, Frank and
Ida Reveley, Duff Pancoast, Paul De Moll, Margaret Louise, Adolph C.
Hungarland, Jessie E. Turner, Federal E. Whittlesey, Mark Manley,
A. J. D., Nettie Hereford, Gussie M., Mary A. P., M. E. B., Porter
Stansell, Allie Lawson, Mina S. Chase, Willard R. Drake, Edward L. Todd,
Julia B. Smith.

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Correct answers to puzzles are received from W. H. W., Daisie Balch,
Altia R. Austin, Harry I. Furlong, Alward Tobey, Nena Crommelin, E. R.
Hall, Bessy Guyton, Effie K. Talboys, Lizzie J. B., Eddie A. Leet, Daisy
Violet, "North Star," Lulu A. Sacchi, Sarah R. D., George H. Kirchner,
Harry Phillips, G. W. Davis, Annie D. Jones, Ada Voute, Frank Lomas,
"Lone Star," Eddie S. Hequembourg, A. V., Edith Bidwell.

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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.

No. 1.

WORD SQUARE.

First, what no one wishes to be. Second, a metal. Third, to approach.
Fourth, a part of the body.

BIRDIE.

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No. 2.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

At the present time. A girl's name. A guide. A lyric poem. A celebrated
English painter. A title. A Shakspearean character. A Roman Emperor.
Answer--Primals form the name of a celebrated general, and finals the
battle in which he was defeated.

S. F. W.

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No. 3.

ENIGMA.

My first is in good, but not in bad.
My second is in sane, but not in mad.
My third is in rooster, not in fowl.
My fourth is in hawk, but not in owl.
My fifth is in plant, but not in flower.
My sixth is in rain, but not in shower.
My seventh is in bluster, not in rant.
My eighth is in emmet, not in ant.
My whole is the name of a lovely plant.

HELEN E. H.

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No. 4.

EASY NUMERICAL CHARADES.

1. I am a Spanish city. My 1, 2, 3 is angry. My 4, 5, 6 is to drive
away.
2. I am a Russian city. My 1, 2, 3 is a combat. My 4, 5, 6 is a tool.
3. I am a city in Europe. My 1, 2 is a preposition. My 3, 4, 5, 6 are
fowls.
4. I am one of the United States. My 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7 is to join. My
8 is a pronoun. My 9, 10, 11 is to sever.

T. H. V. T.