ed, I'm a river, you'll see at a glance,
In Switzerland starting, and running through France.
B.

2.
HIEROGLYPHIC TRANSPOSITIONS.

[Express exactly in the fewest words; then transpose your definition
into a word or words equivalent to the definition given under the
hieroglyphic.]

EXAMPLE:

[Illustration: (example)]

A deed.

This symbol literally expressed is Cat on I. Transpose these letters,
and you have _action,_ which is equivalent to "A deed."

[Illustration: (rebus-1)]
[Illustration: (rebus-2)]
[Illustration: (rebus-3)]
[Illustration: (rebus-4)]
[Illustration: (rebus-5)]
[Illustration: (rebus-6)]

In this way, find the answer to above symbols: 1, Is an animal. 2, A
race. 3, Young ladies. 4, Immense. 5, Settled. 6, A fanatic. J. P. B.

3.
THE THREE BOYS.

[Fill blanks with words to rhyme with the termination of the first
line.]

A two-letter boy, whose name was Ed,
And a three letter boy, whose nickname was ---,
Were joined by their four-letter brother, named ---,
One boy was quite spunky--the hair on his ---
Was of a bright auburn, in fact it was ---,
And fat too, he was, by being well ---.
Another had eyes dull and heavy as ---,
And his nose was so broad that often 'twas ---.
It nearly all over his visage was ---,
The third boy was lazy; he walked with a ---
That made it appear that he had a great ---
Of working sufficient to pay for the ---
Which he ate, when he hadn't some meat in its ---.
One cold winter day these boys got a ---,
Which they found snug and dry out under a ---,
And, like the bad boys of which you have ---,
Without their parents' permission they ---
To the high coasting hill; soon downward they ---,
But upset on the way, and one made his ---
In a deep drift of snow which wet every ---
Of his new suit of clothes. Another one ---
So much at the nose he thought himself ---,
The third one, unhurt, the way homeward ---,
Where for parents' forgiveness each one humbly ---.
SCHELL.

4.
PREFIXES.

My first is a word which signifies advantage; prefix a letter and my
second is the name of a river; prefix again, and my third is an excess;
again, and my fourth is synonymous with one meaning of my third; once
more, and my fifth is synonymous with a second meaning of my third.
E. L. E.

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Answers to Puzzles in Last Number.

1.
Handel. Haydn, melody, tenor, bass--MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY.

2.
G O L D S M