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No. 1.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am composed of 14 letters.
My 9, 10, 7 is a tavern.
My 12, 9, 13, 14 is a heap.
My 6, 7, 8 is an insect.
My 11, 10, 14 is a unit.
My 1, 6, 4, 5 is to throw.
My 4, 2, 10, 3, 14, 8 is a short poem.
My whole is a city in Europe.
Chester B. F.