. St. Nicholas [serial]. f a famous Spanish explorer. Cross-words: i. Purchased. 2. A fortified A kind of hawk. 4. Pliant. 5. A small firearm. capital of one of the United States. ROBERTA L. DiiNBACHER (age 12), League Member. I. Upper Diamond: i. In pans. 2. A rodent. 3. AnIndian prince. 4. A suit for night wear. 5. Possessed. 7. In pans. II. Left-hand Diamond: i. In bans. 2. To Saps. 4. Tropical fruit. 5. Dogma. 6. Perched. bans. III. Central Diamond: i. In cans. 2. A beast of NOVEL, ACROSTIC All the words described contain the same nuinber ofle


. St. Nicholas [serial]. f a famous Spanish explorer. Cross-words: i. Purchased. 2. A fortified A kind of hawk. 4. Pliant. 5. A small firearm. capital of one of the United States. ROBERTA L. DiiNBACHER (age 12), League Member. I. Upper Diamond: i. In pans. 2. A rodent. 3. AnIndian prince. 4. A suit for night wear. 5. Possessed. 7. In pans. II. Left-hand Diamond: i. In bans. 2. To Saps. 4. Tropical fruit. 5. Dogma. 6. Perched. bans. III. Central Diamond: i. In cans. 2. A beast of NOVEL, ACROSTIC All the words described contain the same nuinber ofletters. When rightly guessed and written one belowanother, the primals will spell the surname of a Presi-dent of the Lnited States ; and another row of letterswill spell the surname of another President. Cross-words : i. Pertaining to pottery. 2. Frugality. 4. A Prussian river. 5. To raise. 6. Ayoung hare. 7. A great country. 8. To make void. decry. eloise peckham (age 12), League Member. 96 THE RIDDLE-BOX. Ix this enigma the words are pictured instead of de-scribed. The answer, consisting of thirty-nine letters,is a quotation from Cliarles Kingsley. THK FROG IN THE WKLL There is a well nine feet deep and a frog is at the bot-tom. If he jumps three feet and falls back two feetevery day, how long will it take him to reach the top? SQUAKKS CONNECTED BY DIAMONDS {Gold Badge^ St. Nicholas League Competition) * * * * ***** I. Upper, Left-hand Diamond: i. In president. color. 3. To fit wood for insertion into a mortise. 4. A bread basket. 5. Sound. 6. Born. 7. In president. II. Upper, Right-hand Diamond: i. In A number. 3. Peculiarity. 4. A red mineral. 5. AnAfrican river. 6. A sailor. 7. In president. III. Central Diamond: :. In president. 2. Ameadow. 3. A water worm. 4. To enter again. 5. Atheatrical performer. 6. A pronoun. 7. In president. IV. Lower, Left-hand Diamond: i. In A cap. 3. Subdued. 4. A kind of rose. 5. A juicyfruit. 6. A c


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