First in snow, not in hail. Second in arrest, not in jail. Third in drink, not in sot. Fourth in pan, not in pot. Fifth in wood, not in tree. Sixth in bone, not in knee. Seventh in ear, not in mouth. Eighth in north, not in south. Ninth in ripe, not in sweet. Tenth in tidy, not in neat. My whole is a thing delicious to eat. QUEEN CITY OF THE LAKES. * * * * * No. 3. THREE DIAMONDS. 1.--1. A letter. 2. An exclamation. 3. To fascinate. 4. Skill. 5. A letter. 2.--1. A letter. 2. A serpent. 3. Not old. 4. A girl's name. 5. A letter. 3.--1. A letter. 2. Quick. 3. A country. 4. A fastening. 5. A letter. EUREKA. * * * * * No. 4. NUMERICAL ENIGMA. I am composed of ten letters, and am a city in the United States. My 3, 5, 10, 7 is a musical act. My 1, 2, 5, 8 is to tarry. My 2, 3, 4 is a tree. My 1, 5, 6, 7 is part of a bird. My 4, 9, 8 is warm. ARTHUR A. B. * * * * * No. 5. AN EASY WORD SQUARE. 1. An omen. 2. A Latin pronoun. 3. Joy. 4. Want. EMMA L. G. * * * * * No. 6. A MORE DIFFICULT SQUARE. 1. An article of luxury. 2. An adjective. 3. Very cold. 4. To ascend. 5. An additional clause. EDGAR S. * * * * * ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 137. No. 1. Mount Washington. No. 2. T riden T I ndig O M a B A bilit Y N augh T D iml Y T il L I mped E P oke R No. 3. Crow. Robin. Snow-birds. Swan. Hawk. No. 4. H O W L O G R E W R E N L E N T No. 5. Egypt. Obelisk. * * * * * [_For Exchanges, see 2d and 3d pages of cover._] [Illustration] WONDERFUL FIRE-WORKS. BY A. W. ROBERTS. Among the many ingenious devices of the Chinese and Japanese in the way of Hirayama, or day fire-works, is a huge bomb, which, when fired off, ascends to a great height and explodes, at the same time releasing hundreds of highly colored paper figures of both patriotic and comic designs. Other varieties of this new Japanese day fire-work set free innumerable miniature Japanese fans, parasols, and small toys, or produce grotesque and beautiful designs in colored smoke. I have tried to give you in the illustration an idea how they look. [Illustration]