Burrell, Melvin Harlan, Rufus Dickman, Fred Litten; Evarts Graham, 672
West Monroe Street.

No. 711.--The Sylvia Chapter, of Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa. Will the
Chapter please send names of officers?

Who Were Wise as the Wizard.

The Wizard gave us one of the best contests we ever had. Here are the
answers: 1. Gilles de Retz, Marquis de Laval; Henry the Eighth. 2.
Laughing Water (heroine in Longfellow's "Hiawatha") 3. Sir Henry Percie
or Percy. 4. "A Merry Interlude," by John Heywood. 5. Lilly the
astronomer. 6. Madagascar; Luna Island. 7. Bacon. 8. Slug; Devilfish. 9.
Swallow; Swallow-tailed kite. 10. Shoe-bird. 11. Aye-aye; Ai; Horse,
because it "neighs." 12. Book-spider or book-worm. 13. Dollar or
goldfish. 14. Richard Steele, Thackeray's "Henry Esmond." 15. An old
shepherd near Cleone, Greece, who was kind to Hercules, to repay which
the hero destroyed the Nemean lion. 16. Don Quixote. 17. Clark. 18.
Aaron Burr. 19. General Gates. 20. Poe (Po). 21. Holmes. 22. Marcus
Terentius Varro. 23. An Irish secret society, organized in 1843. 24. To
be burned as a heretic. 25. Pierre de Ronsard. 26. Snow ball. 27.
Scotland. 28. A great churchbell at Lincoln Cathedral. 29. Prince
Houssain, "Arabian Nights." 30. Gustavus Adolphus. 31. Earwig; Handcuff;
Ear-ring. 32. Smolensk on the Dneiper. 33. George the Fourth. 34. Rene
of Naples. 35. Ticks. 36. Jack Cade. 37. Lady Berkeley. 38. John the
Painter: Silas Deane. 39. John Walter, of the London _Times_, Nov. 28,
1814; invented by Koenig. 40. New Orleans. 41. Mrs. Howe, wife of Lord
Howe. 42. Edward Longshanks. 43. Richard Cromwell. 44. God of Peace and
Pleasure among the ancient Saxons. 45. The initial letters of the
twenty-two chapters of the Book of Revelation.

Questions that proved most difficult were 15, 20, 21, 24, 34, and 45.
Only six found the 45. Many gave as its answer the title-page of a
dictionary, and enough A's down the first column to fill the number; but
this would not be a fair question, because, as put to the Wizard and to
you, it did not cover all of the thing required. Frisco could not mean
San Francisco, because in the puzzle there was no apostrophe showing
that part of the word had been cut off. One solver answered correctly
all save four of the questions. His name is Philip Castner; he is
thirteen, and he lives in Philadelphia. His prize is $10. Two others did
almost as well, and hence large second prizes are given them. One is Mae
Sterner, of