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.

No. 3.