and the style easy and
pleasant.

THE RIDDLE-BOX.

VERY EASY SQUARE-WORD.

1. A pointed implement of brass or wood. 2. Wrath. 3. Not old.

A.W., AND F.E.D.

DECAPITATIONS.

1. Behead a bird's nest, and leave a lake in North America. 2. Behead a
marine map, and leave a wild animal. 3. Behead a sail vessel, and leave
a small narrow opening. 4. Behead a plant, and leave space. 5. Behead a
basket or hamper, and leave standard or proportion. 6. Behead a sharp
bargainer, and leave a company of people. 7. Behead a group of
individuals, and leave a country girl. 8. Behead an act of deception,
and leave high temperature.

ISOLA.

NUMERICAL ENIGMA.

The whole, composed of twelve letters, is a noted character of American
fiction.

The 1, 8, 4, 12 is to rend asunder. The 3, 2, 6, 10 is a flower. The 11,
5, 7, 9 is an open, grassy space.

C. O.

EASY MELANGE.

1. Behead a pavement, and find a planet. 2. Syncopate the pavement, and
give a shrub. 3. Transpose the planet, and leave the center. 4. Behead
and transpose the center, and find a weed. 5. Transpose the weed, and
give degree. 6. Syncopate the center, and leave an animal. 7. Behead the
animal, and find skill. 8. Curtail the shrub and give excitement. 9.
Behead and curtail the center, and leave a part of the body. 10. Behead
and transpose excitement, and find a plant. 11. Syncopate excitement,
and give an article of clothing. 12. Transpose skill, and leave an
animal. 13. Reverse the animal, and find a sailor.

CABIN PUZZLE.

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The dots show where the letters are to be placed. The perpendicular and
sloping lines of the building are read downward, the horizontals from
left to right.

The letters that form the foundation, reading from extreme left to
extreme right, signify (1) a fireside; those of the lower edge of the
roof spell (2) liable to taxation; those of the ridge-pole mean (3)
calls for; those of the left-hand corner-post denote (4) the cry of a
domestic animal; those of the middle corner-post, (5) a free
entertainment; those of the right-hand corner-post, (6) a large bird of
prey; those of the left-hand sloping roof-edge, (7) an office