NO. 2. SQUARE. 1. The young of the great black-backed gull. 2. To come. 3. Carves. 4. Granters. 5. To entirely destroy (_Obs._) 6. To grow smaller. _Rochester, N.Y._ EGERTON. NO. 3. CHARADE. _Prime_ not, ye fair ladies, or gentlemen wise. To disbelieve what for your fortune will prove; _Next total_, not gold, should select as a prize, _Three_, friends, to the right, and marry for love. _Danville, Va._ ALEDA. NO. 4. PENTAGON. 1. A letter. 2. The pulp of fruit. 3. A shrub of the genus _Corylus_. 4. The Brazil nut. 5. Deep blue colors. 6. Contrite. 7. A detached bastion (_Fort._) 8. To admit extension. 9. Rigid. _Haverhill, Mass._ PYGMY. NO. 5. MUTATION. Like a hawk that pounces on its prey, Swift as lightning on a summer day, Through the stillness of the air you came, Without life, and more--without a name. Man has called you _whole_--perhaps you are Dross ejected from some brilliant star! But methinks the spheres their place will yield ERE TO TIME your mystery is revealed. _Newark, N.J._ DEMOSTHENES. NO. 6. SQUARE. 1. Gaps. 2. By reason of this. 3. A fleet of vessels. 4. A sort of flying fish. 5. A title addressed to a lady. 6. The principal gold coin of ancient Greece. _East Brady, Pa._ ST. ELMO. NO. 7. CHARADE. Come here, my _second_--lose no time; _First_ lively, don’t procrastinate; Although, my _all_, I’ll spare no pains To render you less obdurate. My _all_! Yet truly as a _last_ I’ve learned to look upon my boy: Most true it is, ’tis but a _one_ From sad distrust to life of joy! _First_ dame, indeed, I would not be Held in my _second’s_ inmost thought; Transmuted by love’s magic power, My _all_ my _last_ is, without doubt. _Woburn, Mass._ GLEN COTTAGE. NO. 8. HALF SQUARE. 1. Concise. 2. Birds resembling thrushes. 3. A poisonous substance composed of minute fungi. 4. Forms. 5. Kinds of liquor. 6. An iron chain (_Obs._) 7. Exists. 8. A letter. _Boston, Mass._ PI ETA. NO. 9. NUMERICAL. The _whole_ is a thing that drives away harm, Defined by dear Webster as “a charm;” My 5, 6, 2, 3, 3 is by the same called “not much;” My 6, 7, 8, a “vassal,” “subject,” “person,” or such: My 5, 2, 3, 1 is “taste,” “savor,” or “a sailor;” My 1, 2, 4, 3 of a coat is oft shortened by a tailor. Now I think you have all you require to solve this numerical; If not, I will tell you the _whole_ relates to nothing clerical. _N.Y. city._ ATELLO. NO. 10. SQUARE. 1. Barley-water. 2. A small particle. 3. A fine white powder or earth, without taste or smell. 4. A paved way. 5. To convey or transfer. 6. Tidier. _Chicago, Ill._ U. REKA. NO. 11. ANAGRAM. TOM, THESE MEN CRITICISE COMMON RATES. The law’s strong arm and stern decree Are turned against monopoly; Justice and equal rights for all Be ours though the heavens fall! _Hazleton, Pa._ P. O. STAGE.