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WILLIE B. A.--Read the paper on "Gold-Fish" in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 6.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
EASY NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
The combined numerals in the following sentence form the name of a great
poet, which is composed of 11 letters. A little girl sat in the garden
watching some 6-2-5-8-7 frolicking on the grass. The gardener was at
work with a 10-9-4-11, and he gave her a 7-5-3-10 to eat. Then a poor
Italian came up the road with a 2-9-10-7, and she ran to 9-1-4 her
mother if 6-9-10-3-2 might give him a piece of bread.
POLLY.
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No. 2.
DROP-LETTER PUZZLE.
Each dash represents a letter. The whole is a familiar proverb:
B--r--s--f--f--a--h--r--l--c--t--g--t--e--.
A. T.
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No. 3.
ENIGMA.
My first is in battle, but not in fight.
My second is in darkness, but not in night.
My third is in brighten, but not in cheer.
My fourth is in antler, but not in deer.
My fifth is in knot, but not in tie.
My sixth is in near, but not in nigh.
My whole is a tropical fruit.
EFFIE VIOLET (12 years).
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No. 4.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
A vegetable. A puzzle. A gem. A buffoon. A bird. Labor. A roll of coin.
An affirmation. Answer--Two branches of an important study.
C. P. T.
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No. 5.
WORD SQUARE.
First, a governor. Second, to join. Third, flexible. Fourth, a girl's
name. Fifth, attachments to fishing-rods.
E. M.
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No. 6.
ENIGMA.
My first is in made, but not in done.
My second is in work, but not in fun.
My third is in knit, and also in spun.
My fourth is in take, but not in won.
My fifth is in chase, but not in run.
My sixth is in cake, but not in bun.
My seventh is in left, but not in begun.
My eighth is in mortar, but not in gun.
My whole was a noted French general.
C. W. L.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 21.
No. 1.
Violet.
No. 2.
Story of Robinson Crusoe.
No. 3.
Athens, Orleans, Oporto, Dover, Granada, Naples, Madrid, Paris, Basle,
Berlin, Lyons.
No. 4.
Candy.
No. 5.
H ebre W
U mbrell A
D um B
S iberi A
O at S
N eig H
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