Harper's Young People, January 10, 1882

2. – 1. A letter. 2. A huge serpent. 3. Juvenile. 4. A conjunction. 5. A letter.

Robtus.No. 3DOUBLE ACROSTIC

1. To obey. 2. A surgical instrument. 3. Universal. 4. Part of a bird. 5. To breathe out. 6. A weight. 7. A pronoun. Primals – One of Shakspeare's plays. Finals – The name of a famous author.

Harmon W.No. 4A LETTER PUZZLE

One I, one O, one R, four S's, and one C.

Now place these letters in order, and form a word for me.

H. W.No. 5NUMERICAL ENIGMA

My whole is a familiar adage composed of 22 letters.

The 6, 4, 5, 16 is to try anything.

The 3, 18 does not mean yes.

The 11, 2, 20, 15, 16 is to lift.

The 13, 8, 10, 12 is to sting.

The 19, 22, 14 is used to wash with.

The 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 is very sweet.

The 9, 17, 1, 21, 4 is a fragrant substance.

W. B. G.

Correct answers to puzzles have been received from "Lodestar," Nellie Anderson, Ella Chirney, Ernest Payne, Walter E. Paulding, G. W. Taggart, Edward Lee Haines, Sammy A. Jones, Reggie Reid, Arthur Bancroft, Elbert E. Hurd, J. J. Bellman, Gerson G. Freund, Jacob Marks, Henry E. Johnston, Jun., and Willie Volckhausen.

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Begun in No. 101, Harper's Young People.