PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.

No. 1.

CHARADE.

My first is needed both for man and beast
If they their destined end would best pursue.
My second may describe a kingly feast,
Or tell about a heart both brave and true.
My whole a star-and-spur-stamped coin of gold,
Which, if we learn aright, is now four centuries old.
J. P. B.


No. 2.

TWO WORDS WITHIN A WORD.

1.— — seemed to hang heavily, they devised various — to shorten it.

2. It is — — mean province that I am appointed —.