My first is in can, but not in may; My second in opera, not in play; My third is in shine, but not in bright; My fourth is in string, but not in kite; My fifth is in tea, but not in coffee; My sixth in candy, also in taffy; My seventh is in rain, but not in hail; My eighth is in bucket, but not in pail; My ninth is in ice, but not in snow; My tenth is in run, but not in go; My eleventh is in hop, but not in run; My twelfth in powder, but not in gun; My thirteenth is in bell, but not in ring; My fourteenth is in scream, but not in sing. My whole is a noted city of Europe. GOLD ELSIE. =BLANK WORD-SYNCOPATIONS.= Fill the first blank, in each sentence, with a certain word; the second, with a word taken out of the word chosen for the first blank; and the third with the letters of that word which remain after filling the second blank. 1. On the ---- we first played ----, and then we all began to ----. 2. While ---- on the wharf, we saw a vessel come into ----, which made us ---- again. 3. The game of ---- I will ---- you play, if you will show me the ---- to the fair. CYRIL DEANE. =CHARADE.= My first embodies all despair; My second fain my first would flee, Yet, flying to my whole, full oft Flies but to life-long misery. Still Holy Writ doth plainly show; My whole, though causing, cureth woe. M. O'B D. =TRANSPOSITIONS OF PROPER NAMES.= 1. At ----, Fla., may be obtained ---- ---- for washing purposes. 2. Are not the public ---- small in the State of ----? 3. In ---- you may not see ---- ---- ----, though you certainly will see many in Pennsylvania. 4. Amid the mountains of ---- there is doubtless many a ---- ----. 5. Having occasion to visit the city of ----, to my surprise I ---- ---- except a few worn-out ---- ----. 6. If you wish to find or to ---- ---- -trees, you need not go to----. 7. When in ---- City I saw an old ---- ----, which was quite a relic. 8. In the city of ---- the cooks surely know how to ---- ----. 9. ----, my brother, ---- the falsehood by giving it a flat ----. 10. My aunt ---- planted a rose-bush ---- ---- ---- allotted to fruit trees. W. =SQUARE-WORD.= 1. Sour fruit. 2. Imaginary. 3. To immerse. 4. A large bird. 5. Unconscious rest. B. =ADDITIONS.= 1. Add some liquor to a spirit, and make to fix on a stake. 2. Add something belonging to animals to the animals themselves, and make a lantern. 3. Add sharp to a girl's name, and make a kind of cloth. 4. Add an era to a vegetable, and make a boy-servant. 5. Add a boy's name to a cave, and make a foreign country. 6. Add anger to a serpent, and make to long after. CYRIL DEANE. =LABYRINTH.= [Illustration: Trace a way to the center of this labyrinth without crossing a line.] * * * * * ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN MAY NUMBER. * * * * *