chem seized a garment on which was embroidered his totem, pushed
the Italian, Orfugi, to the ground, and precipitately fled.

S.T.

DROP-LETTER PUZZLE.

M-K-H-Y-H-L-T-E-U-S-I-E-.

Every other letter is omitted; the answer is a well-known proverb.

J.M. and E.M.

EASY BEHEADINGS.

1. Behead an indication of sleepiness, and leave an artificial shade.
2. Behead another indication of sleepiness, and leave an animal.
3. Behead need, and leave an insect. 4. Behead an article used in
packing crockery, and leave a reckoning. 5. Behead an awkward bow, and
leave a kind of cloth. 6. Behead a locality, and leave network.
7. Behead to loiter, and leave a dolt. 8. Behead sudden blows, and
leave parts of a horse. 9. Behead to turn, and leave a peg. 10. Behead a
stain, and leave a piece of land. 11. Behead a bough, and leave a farm
in California. 12. Behead loose, and leave want.

M.G.A.

SHAKSPEAREAN ENIGMA.

My first is in Proteus, also in Thurio;
My second in Thurio, also in Proteus;
My third's in Alonso, also in Sebastian;
My fourth in Sebastian, also in Alonso;
My fifth is in Oliver, also in Sylvius;
My sixth in Sylvius, also in Oliver;
My seventh is in Ferdinand, also in Dumain;
My eighth in Dumain, also in Ferdinand;
My whole is in Shakspeare's "As You Like It."

E.D.A.

PICTORIAL PUZZLE.

[Illustration]

From the eight letters of the word which describes the central picture,
spell words which name the sixteen objects shown in the border pictures.

R.

NUMERICAL PUZZLE.

After I had read 1 2 3 4 5 ' 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 13, I was convinced that
she was thoroughly conversant with the 1 2 3 4 5 6-7 8 9 10 12 11 13, as
she is fond of styling polite literature.

C.D.

CHARADE.

Beneath his lady's window, erst,
In hopeless mood,
A minstrel stood.
As, passionate, he smote my first,
From his sad lips my second passed,
And from my first rang out my last.

A sudden joy possessed his soul.
As down the night air sweetly stole
A strain responsive from my whole.

L.W.H.

SYNCOPATIONS.

1. Syncopate a square column, and leave an adhesive salve; syncopate the
salve, and leave a person found in a bindery; syncopate again, and leave
a prayer. 2. A ladies' apartment in a seraglio, and leave injury; again,
and leave a meat. 3. A rough fastening, and leave to strike together;
again, and leave to cover the top.

L.E.

ACROSTIC.

The initials and