ve to go in the capricious days
Of April, and hunt violets.

CONNECTED DOUBLE SQUARES. Upper left-hand square, Across: 1. Houp. 2.
Alto. 3. Ties. 4. Host. Upper right-hand square. Across: 1. Pent. 2.
Otoe. 3. Suet. 4. Tile. Lower left-hand square, Across: 1. Host. 2.
Able. 3. Sour. 4. Hern. Lower right-hand square. Across: 1. Tile. 2.
Eden. 3. Read. 4. Naps.

BAGATELLE. 1. More haste, less speed. 2. Medicines were not meant to
live on. 3. He who hides can find. 4. Pride goeth before a fall. 5. The
absent party is always faulty. 6. A crowd is not company. 7. Penny wise,
pound foolish. Key-words: haSte, meAnt, hiDes, prIde, paRty, crOwd,
peNny.

Central letters, sadiron.

MOTHER GOOSE PUZZLE.

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This puzzle is based upon one of the Mother Goose rhymes. The pictures
represent the last word of the six lines of the verse. What is the
verse?

NUMERICAL ENIGMA.

I am composed of seventy-six letters, and am a quotation from "Love's
Labor Lost."

My 63-21-58-31 is elevated. My 28-1-42-35 is headstrong. My
72-45-14-62-25 is on every breakfast table. My 2-19-52 is a fashionable
kind of trimming. My 74-40-55-50-22 is a glossy fabric. My 33-9-29-8 was
the nationality of Othello. My 38-68-70-17-12-76 is the name of the
67-3-49-61 of one of Shakspere's most celebrated plays. My 6-43-5-26 is
location. My 13-75-11-46 is mature. My 30-60-47-54-41 is what often
follows a chill. My 53-36-4-24 is a mixture. My 16-39-71-20-66 is used
in bread-making. My 37-73-65-7-23-27-69-18-56-51 is an allurement. My
32-57-10-15-64-44-59-34-48 is a school.

HAROLD J. HARDING.

PI.

Ta emits a gaftarrn zebree mecos toalfing yb,
Dan gribsn, uyo wkon ton hwy,
A lenegif sa hewn agree wordsc twaai
Freoeb a leapac tage
Meos dronswou gapeant; dan ouy scacer loudw tarts,
Fi form a cheeb's thear
A buel-yede Drady, pepsting froth, soldhu ays,
"Hedlob em! I ma Mya!"

CENTRAL ACROSTIC.

Each of the words described contains the same number of letters; the
central letters, transposed, will spell the name of the heroine of one
of Sir Walter Scott's novels.

1. Was conspicuous. 2. A hard covering. 3. A citadel. 4. A box for
fruit. 5. To ward off. 6. A sudden fright.

AVIS.

GREEK CROSS.

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UPPER SQUARE: 1. To begin. 2. A small drum. 3. Over. 4. Wanders. 5. A
lock of hair.

LE