T WEEK'S PUZZLES

No. 1. Knee-pen-the (Nepenthe).

No. 2.

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V A N I L L A
F I N E E R
L E G E R
L E E W A Y
A R R A Y E R
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No. 3. This--'tis.

No. 4.

L I T H A N T H R A X
T R A C E R I E S
I R O N I S T
P R I E S
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No. 5. Water-melon.

No. 6.

C H A R I V A R I
H E B E T A T E
A B I L E N E
R E L U M E
I T E M S
V A N E
A T E
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No. 7. Isinglass.

No. 8.

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A S L R L S A
R I I I I R
T G O G T
I I N N I I
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No. 9. Alco-ran.

No. 10.

R A B
R E F E R
R U M O R E D
R E M O R A T E S
A F O R E T I M E
B E R A T T L E S
R E T I L E S
D E M E S
S E S

No. 11. Con-cent-rate.

No. 12.

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NEW PUZZLES.

No. 1. CLASSICAL CHARADE.
(_By sound_.)

"One more last glorious day for him,"
Says the king of the blessed gods.
And he looked with love on the warrior grim,
While the world shakes as he nods.

And well the hero fought that day
Around the god-built wall--
Fought as a tigress fights at bay,
Roused by her young whelps' call.

His brazen mail on his broad breast rang,
As before the host he came;
When there, through the foeman's _first all_ sprang
Like a lurid tongue of flame.

But no mortal hands could have saved the town,
Or averted the fatal hour:
And from glory's fair ambrosial crown
Death _last_ that brightest flower.

_Iowa City, Iowa._ Irish Foreman.

No. 2. INVERTED PYRAMID.

_Across:_ 1. Tending to recede from the centre. 2. Hernias of the thigh.
3. A little volume (_Rare_). 4. A kind of woolen cloth. 5. Musical
syllable. 6. A letter.

_Down_: 1. A letter. 2. A type measure. 3. A snare. 4. An old woman. 5.
A species of silk fabric. 6. One who deals in ice. 7. A genus of
quadrupeds. 8. Mexican trees. 9. To become. 10. A Roman weight. 11. A
letter.

_Newark, N.J._ Joe Hootey.

No. 3. RIDDLE.

When I was young, my parent old
I bore within my circling arms;
When I grew fat
I wore no hat.
But being old and pale and thin,
I wear a dainty, golden brim.

_Madison, Wis._ C. Ash.

No. 4. DIAMOND.

1. A letter. 2. A rod used by masons. 3. To hinder. 4. Patched (_Obs.