FT-HAND SQUARE: 1. A region. 2. A report. 3. Plentiful. 4. Plants of
the cabbage family. 5. A lock of hair.

CENTRAL SQUARE: 1. A lock of hair. 2. A black bird. 3. To elude. 4. A
plant which grows in wet grounds. 5. To scoff.

RIGHT-HAND SQUARE: 1. To scoff. 2. Grand. 3. Declined. 4. A mournful
poem. 5. To color anew.

LOWER SQUARE: 1. To scoff. 2. Mother of pearl. 3. Applause. 4. One of
the Muses. 5. To furnish with a new upper part.

"HOMER."

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A DECORATION-DAY PUZZLE.

The words forming this numerical enigma are pictured instead of
described. The answer, consisting of a hundred and one letters, is a
four-line verse by Bayard Taylor.

TRIPLE ACROSTIC.

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ACROSS: 1. Pertaining to a monarch. 2. Entering without right. 3.
Unmarried women. 4. Unfaithful. Primals, a vapor; centrals, a brown
coating; finals, in a smaller degree. Primals, centrals, and finals
combined, unsuspicious.

F. L. F.

INVERTED PYRAMID.

ACROSS: 1. Measurement. 2. Consumes. 3. A chemical substance. 4. A
sheltered place. 5. In pyramid. Downward: 1. In pyramid. 2. Two-thirds
of a girl's name. 3. Mankind. 4. Bad. 5. Celebrated. 6. Certain. 7.
Wrath. 8. A bone. 9. In inverted.

F. L. F.

CONNECTED SQUARES.

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I. UPPER SQUARE: 1. Pertaining to a certain nymph. 2. A disease peculiar
to children. 3. A dwelling-place. 4. The European blackbird. 5. A charm.

II. LEFT-HAND SQUARE: 1. Burned wood. 2. A continued endeavor to gain
possession. 3. The inner part. 4. The lesser white heron. 5. A
pugilistic encounter.

III. RIGHT-HAND SQUARE: 1. An expression of contempt. 2. A small column
without base or capital. 3. Parts of shoes. 4. To assign. 5. To
squander.

IV. LOWER SQUARE: 1. A term used in playing with balls. 2. A sacred
vestment. 3. Proper. 4. A fine yellow clay. 5. A measure.

Centrals, reading downward (eleven letters), an architect who builds
houses. Centrals, reading across, a mechanical contrivance common in
cotton-mills.

"L. LOS REGNI."

FINAL ACROSTIC.

Each of the words described contains the same number of letters. The
primals will all be of the same letter; the finals will spell a name
famous in history.

1. A small shell-fish. 2. An emblem. 3. A common plant having a scarlet
blossom. 4. To weaken. 5.