StNicholas [serial] . All the words described contain the same number ofletters. When they have been rightly guessed anddoubly beheaded, the initials of the remaining words willspell a pleasant festival. FRANCES HANDY. BIDDEE. Take five hundred, add nothing, and then add one hun-dred. The result will be a favorite toy. ALICE B. GANTT (League Member). NOVEL ACROSTIC. All the words described contain the same number of letters.When rightly guessed and written one below another, theinitials will name a famous author, and another row of let-ters will name one of his works. Cross-words: i. A short c

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StNicholas [serial] . All the words described contain the same number ofletters. When they have been rightly guessed anddoubly beheaded, the initials of the remaining words willspell a pleasant festival. FRANCES HANDY. BIDDEE. Take five hundred, add nothing, and then add one hun-dred. The result will be a favorite toy. ALICE B. GANTT (League Member). NOVEL ACROSTIC. All the words described contain the same number of letters.When rightly guessed and written one below another, theinitials will name a famous author, and another row of let-ters will name one of his works. Cross-words: i. A short coat. 2. To throw lightupon. 3. Large black birds. 4. A violent twist. 5. Ameans of defense formed by felled trees. 6. Affectionate.7. A death-like stupor. 8. Worn away. 9. To diminish.10. A beetle sacred to the Egyptians. 11. Vast assem-blages. 12. The eighth part of a circle. 13. Fear thatagitates body and mind. 14. One who makes a businessof buying and selling. katherine davis (League Member). 95 96 THE RIDDLE-BOX V. ILLUSTRATED NUMERICAL ENIGMA. In this numerical enigma the words are pictured insteadof described. When the twelve objects have been rightlyguessed, and the sixty-three letters set down in properorder, they will form a quotation from the play of KingJohn. In the picture may be found lamp-stands, sprites, wreaths, a seat for royalty, a Christmas decoration, twobirds, a nut, two flowers, flat plates of baked clay and aplaything. F. E. R. A NOVEMBER CHARADE. (Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.)A useful thing you 11 find my firstWhen you are hot and parched with thirst;My second to us all is clear, Especially if very near;The printers horror is my third, -To him it is an awful word. My whole, the joy of every heart, — Better than turkey, nuts, or tart. MARGUERITE KNOX. WORD-SQUARE. I. To send back. 2. To eat away. 3. That which im-parts motion. 4. False gods. 5. Concise. Katharine hardy (League Member). PROSE CHARADE. My first is irate ; My second, a letter;