198 THE YOUTH’S CABINET.

 

CHARADE NO, VIII.

My first a noun of letters three,
An equal state implies,

My next a vowel lone you'll see,
Contracted in its size.

My first and second may appear
Quite mean in form and name;

Yet stay, my third is even here,
To bring them into fame.

My third may count three different things:
A coin of monied France,

Just loose that Frenchman’s boursette strings,
You'll find it at a glance.—

Again my third will e’en denote
One of the gammut eight:

Now will the novice clear his throat,
Ere pitching this high quate.

My third and last once more will spell
An object vast in size,

So vast no mortal mind could well
Its vastness realize ;

So bright no mortal eye could meet
Its lustre, and not quail,

Even an eagle's glance so fleet,
Would in an instant fail.

My whole is not so great in fame,
Nor yet so great in size,

Yet doth it serve a double aim
For many a young girl’s eyes.

Crusoe mayhap at once might speak,
For fashioned he the same,

And many a dame methinks might eke
Contrive to give me name. LOUIS,

 

PUZZLE NO, I,

A word of one syllable call to your mind,

The letters of which will, if rightly combined,

Provide you with two kinds of fuel—aye, more :

A warm piece of clothing, and fasten your door.
8. N.

 

ENIGMA NO. VI,

I am composed of twenty letters.
My 7, 10, 6, 1, 8, 7, is the name of a
savage chieftain, once terrible on account
of his power and rapacity. My 3,9, 17,

16, 5, 11, is the consequence of neglect
of the laws of God and man. My 2, 1,

 

17, 17, 7, 20, is an object of religious
reverence to the greater part of Christen-
dom, but of denunciation and abhorrence
tothe remainder. My 6, 16, 2, 16, 5, 1,
10, 11, is often, when gilded by success,
mistaken for a virtue.
7, 5, isa bond of union, better calculated
to unite the masses, than are all the asso-
ciation doctrines of the day. My 2, 4, 5,
7, 8, 1, 6, 11, isconsidered by some phi-
losophers to be the basis of all present
as well as future happiness. My 11, 7,
5, 8, 18, 19, 14, 15, is a maritime place,
of some importance. My 5, 4, 3, 7, is
the classic name of a place once mighty,
but now politically debased and power-
less. My 17, 18, 20, 9, 6, 7, 5, 11, is an
adjective, expressing the condition of a
man when alone with the one he loves
best. My 7, 20, 27, 2, 4, is famous in mar-
tial story, as the spot where many brave
men fell fighting in a questionable cause.
My 13, 9, 8, 16, is a bad thing to dite.
My whole is of momentous importance to
all, but considered only by the few, who
have made it a theme of endless specu-
lation and discussion. H. R. W.

 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
  

 

ENIGMA NO, VII.

I am composed of twenty-one letters.
My 3, 9, 1, 12, 11, is the name of an
ancient city. My 18, 20, 7, 21, is any-
thing and everything. My 8, 15, 19,
16, 13, is what Cupid is often called.
My 4, 5, 2, 6, is real estate, My 10,
17, 14, is what people always are, when
it rains hard, and there is nothing be-
twen them and the sky but a thin um-
brella. My whole is of great importance
to many, and is made a theme of endless
speculation and discussion by a few—if

not more, 8. N.
BROOKLYN.

My 2, 12, 5, 14,

 

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