My first is in can, but not in may;
  My second in opera, not in play;
  My third is in shine, but not in bright;
  My fourth is in string, but not in kite;
  My fifth is in tea, but not in coffee;
  My sixth in candy, also in taffy;
  My seventh is in rain, but not in hail;
  My eighth is in bucket, but not in pail;
  My ninth is in ice, but not in snow;
  My tenth is in run, but not in go;
  My eleventh is in hop, but not in run;
  My twelfth in powder, but not in gun;
  My thirteenth is in bell, but not in ring;
  My fourteenth is in scream, but not in sing. 
  My whole is a noted city of Europe.

  GOLD ELSIE.

=BLANK WORD-SYNCOPATIONS.=

Fill the first blank, in each sentence, with a certain word; the second, with a word taken out of the word chosen for the first blank; and the third with the letters of that word which remain after filling the second blank.

1.  On the ——­ we first played ——­, and then we all began to ——. 2.  While ——­ on the wharf, we saw a vessel come into ——­, which made us ——­ again. 3.  The game of ——­ I will ——­ you play, if you will show me the ——­ to the fair.

    CYRIL DEANE.

=CHARADE.=

  My first embodies all despair;
  My second fain my first would flee,
  Yet, flying to my whole, full oft
  Flies but to life-long misery. 
  Still Holy Writ doth plainly show;
  My whole, though causing, cureth woe.

M. O’B D.

=TRANSPOSITIONS OF PROPER NAMES.=

1.  At ——­, Fla., may be obtained ——­ ——­ for washing purposes. 2.  Are not the public ——­ small in the State of ——? 3.  In ——­ you may not see ——­ ——­ ——­, though you certainly will see many in Pennsylvania. 4.  Amid the mountains of ——­ there is doubtless many a ——­ ——. 5.  Having occasion to visit the city of ——­, to my surprise I ——­ ——­ except a few worn-out ——­ ——. 6.  If you wish to find or to ——­ ——­ -trees, you need not go to——. 7.  When in ——­ City I saw an old ——­ ——­, which was quite a relic. 8.  In the city of ——­ the cooks surely know how to ——­ ——. 9. ——­, my brother, ——­ the falsehood by giving it a flat ——. 10.  My aunt ——­ planted a rose-bush ——­ ——­ ——­ allotted to fruit trees.

  W.

=SQUARE-WORD.=

1.  Sour fruit. 2.  Imaginary. 3.  To immerse. 4.  A large bird. 5.  Unconscious rest.

B.

=ADDITIONS.=

1.  Add some liquor to a spirit, and make to fix on a stake. 2.  Add something belonging to animals to the animals themselves, and make a lantern. 3.  Add sharp to a girl’s name, and make a kind of cloth. 4.  Add an era to a vegetable, and make a boy-servant. 5.  Add a boy’s name to a cave, and make a foreign country. 6.  Add anger to a serpent, and make to long after.

CYRIL DEANE.

=LABYRINTH.=

[Illustration:  Trace a way to the center of this labyrinth without crossing a line.]