sound "er" to the positive.

1. My positive is level, and my comparative is what one's true friends
never do. 2. My positive is an article of food, and my comparative is a
tool. 3. My positive is coarse, and my comparative is a trade. 4. My
positive is a youth, and my comparative is an instrument for climbing.
5. My positive is a preposition, and my comparative is to esteem. 6. My
positive is a part of the body, and my comparative is wrath. 7. My
positive is an American poet, and my comparative is part of the body. 8.
My positive is an article of food, and my comparative is something used
in a part of Asia. 9. My positive is a public place, and my comparative
is a sufferer.

G.S.

HIDDEN NAMES.

Find a girl's or a boy's name hidden in each of the following sentences.

1. Arthur likes my apples. 2. Herbert expected letters every night. 3.
Alice rode to her uncle Robert's. 4. Mr. Allen bought eight lambs. 5.
Hattie Arnold reached Rochester yesterday. 6. Even Theodore has eaten
little. 7. Every rainy night Eva sews trimming. 8. Ellen's dog is
terribly hurt. 9. Florence rides every day. 10. Softly the evening light
lingers around. 11. Even dull wits improve, nowadays. 12. Generally,
raisins are capital eating. 13. Fido ran after Ned's kite.

C.K.

EASY CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.

My first is in edict, but not in law;
My second's in chilly, but not in raw.
My third is in ice, but not in snow;
My fourth is in cut, but not in mow.
My fifth is in mild, but not in bland;
My sixth is in country, not in land.
My seventh is in silent, not in still;
My eighth is in slaughter, but not in kill.
My ninth is in learn, but not in teach;
My tenth is in sandy, but not in beach.
My whole is the name of a useful book,
As soon you'll see, if you'll closely look.

W.B.H.

DOUBLE WORD-SQUARE.

Across: 1. Departed. 2. Declare. 3. Look askance. 4. Terminates.
Down: 1. High wind. 2. Part of a stove. 3. Want. 4. Mistakes.

H.H.D.

REBUS.

A two-line quotation from a poem by Thomas Gray.

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CENTRAL SYNCOPATIONS.

1. Syncopate an orifice, and leave a troublesome insect. 2. Syncopate to
cut, and get a natural underground chamber. 3. Syncopate a wise saying,
and get to injure. 4. Syncopate a small house, and leave a fugitive
named in the Bible. 5. Syncopate a crown of a person of rank, and leave
a musical instrument.

A.B.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

The initials form the name of a Eur