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My third is in rod, but not in pole.
My fourth is in bear, and also in mole.
My fifth is in head, but not in scroll.
My sixth is in steal, and also in stole.
If you can not guess this, you are not witty, For my whole is found in every city.
C. G. (eleven years old).
No. 3.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am a word of 10 letters.
My 1, 2, 3, 4 is a kind of labor.
My 8, 9, 10 is a weight.
My 6, 5, 7 is what a boy of a certain race is often called.
My whole was a great man.
R. D. C.
No. 4.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am a word of 6 letters.
My 1, 5, 2 is a noun.
My 3, 4, 5 is a biped.
My 6, 1, 2 is a verb.
My whole is a city in Europe.
F. C.
No. 5.
ENIGMA.
My first is in cold, but not in hot.
My second is in pan, but not in pot.
My third is in nap, but not in sleep.
My fourth is in sold, but not in keep.
My fifth is in flute, but not in drum.
My sixth is in example, but not in sum.
My whole is useful in the dark.
M. L.
No. 6.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
A girl's name. A measure. A fine net. A girl's name. A verb. An explanation. The answer is two cities of the United States.
M. L.
No. 7.
RIDDLE.
Decline ice-cream.
M. L.
No. 8.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am composed of 18 letters.
My 17, 18, 9 is the Latin name of an animal.
My 16, 10, 4, 13, 8 is a young animal.
My 14, 11 is a prefix.
My 6, 2, 12, 7 is a word applied to old clothes.
My 1, 5, 3 is a p.r.o.noun.
My 15 is a vowel.
A good many little folks like my whole very much.
M. E. R.
Answers to the above puzzles will be given in _Young People_ No. 15.
ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nTS.
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
