CHARADE.
| A word of five letters I am, |
| Come puzzle me out if you can. |
| My first and last are alike, I declare. |
| My second and fourth are also a pair. |
| Spell backward or forward, I read both alike. |
| Behead and curtail me, I'll come before night. |
G. W.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 100.
No. 1.
Nat, rat, mat, bat, cat, hat, fat, sat.
No. 2.
Aztec.