ross--A tree; adjacent; a peculiar pace; a boy's name. Down--In pint;
a preposition; a snare; a title; a species of deer; a preposition; in
pint.

RIP VAN WINKLE.

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No. 5.

ANAGRAMS.

[The letters contained in each of these sentences, if correctly
arranged, spell one word.]

1. Pin a poor bat. 2. There we sat. 3. Trust in coin. 4. Pear root. 5.
Rome's gate. 6. Go, let a cat run.

C. P. T.

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No. 6.

ENIGMA.

My first is in fame, but not in glory.
My second is in lie, but not in story.
My third is in aged, but not in old.
My fourth is in heat, but not in cold.
My fifth is in boy, but not in child.
My sixth is in rampant, but not in wild.
My seventh is in sane, but not in fool.
My whole is much studied in college and school.

N. L. C.

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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 23.

No. 1.

Sapphire.

No. 2.

N O N E
O V E N
N E E D
E N D S

No. 3.

H
Y O U
H O U S E
U S E
E

No. 4.

A r T
T a R
L y E
A n N
N u T
T w O
A mazo N

Atlanta, Trenton.

No. 5.

Christopher Columbus.

No. 6.

N A I L S
A N N I E
I N M A N
L I A R S
S E N S E

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