Have any of you ever kept a home journal? It is a very pleasant thing to have a family book in which every day somebody writes the interesting events of the day. It is not necessary that the writing shall be done by one person in particular, although, for the sake of convenience, a sister or brother may be the chief scribe. The book should be kept in the sitting-room, free to all; and if the lesser and larger family happenings are set down in it from day to day, it will deepen in interest as time goes on. Keep a list of visitors, a record of excursions, a notice of birthdays, and, in brief, the story of your family life, in this home journal, and you will find it worth the trouble. * * * * * The articles in this number specially designed for the C. Y. P. R. U. are "The Story of the Negro Fort" (illustrated), by George Cary Eggleston; an article on "Cameos" (illustrated), by Barnet Phillips; and a pretty piece of fancy work for boys and girls, with two illustrations. * * * * * PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS. No. 1. HIDDEN FLOWERS. 1. Put the bread in the pan, Sibyl. 2. Flo, "Xerxes" is our subject in composition to-morrow. 3. Oh, Maggie, do you know what's on your lip? Ink. 4. "Don't pop Pyrenees Mountains into Switzerland," said a country teacher to a rather stupid pupil. 5. "What is the reason of your mild temperament, Paddy?" said a gentleman to an Irish laborer. "Well, sir, the fact is, I take the world aisy, as it goes." 6. "Forever Ben and I will live together," said the devoted little sister. 7. Kate, Alice, Rose, Mary, and I were all up early this morning. 8. "Jess, am I never to see your face again?" exclaimed a poor child, who had wandered from home, as he thought of his kind elder sister. OTTAWA. * * * * * No. 2. ENIGMA. In red, not in blue. In three, not in two. In ice, not in snow. In wind, not in blow. In east, not in north, As I gayly go forth. My whole is a river in Europe, my dears, And few among rivers I count as my peers. NED EMPKHE. * * * * * No. 3. THREE EASY CHARADES. 1. My first I am. My second the tiger is. 2. My first is hard. My second is soft. My whole is sweet, and accounted a treat. 3. My first is a tree. My second is the product of a tree. My whole is a fruit which resembles the fruit of my first. JER. Z. CITY. * * * * * No. 4. BEHEADINGS. Behead a careless action, and leave a medicine. Behead an edible root, and leave a neuter verb. Behead a small room, and leave a beast of burden. Behead a piece of neglect, and leave an important errand. Behead a hurry, and leave grain. Behead what is firm, and leave an article of furniture. * * * * * No. 5. DIAMOND.