when, in a Roman amphitheater, a
gladiator was overcome in fight, he was allowed to appeal to the
spectators; and, if they pointed downward with their thumbs, his life was
spared,--but if upward, his opponent dispatched him on the spot.

THE RIDDLE-BOX.

#NUMERICAL ENIGMA.#

I am composed of thirteen letters in two words that form the name of a
king lately dead.

My 6 5 8 7 is the capital of his realm.
My 4 11 6 2 10 is the city of his birth.
My 1 7 10 2 3 12 is a noted port in his kingdom.
My 8 2 13 9 10 is a cathedral city in his dominions.
L. H., V. H., +

#EASY DIAMOND PUZZLE.#

1. A consonant. 2. A wager. 3. A city in Italy. 4. A part of the body.
5. A vowel. N. B. S.

#WORD SYNCOPATIONS.#

Remove one word from another, and leave a complete word.

1. Take a crime from a clergyman's house, and leave an attendant. 2. Take
a summer luxury from worthy of observation, and leave remarkable. 3. Take
savage from to puzzle, and leave a drink. 4. Take suffrage from a bigot,
and leave a river in Great Britain. 5. Take to lean from a glass vessel,
and leave an animal. CYRIL DEANE.

#ANAGRAMS.#

Each anagram is formed from a single word, and a clue to the meaning of
that word is given, between brackets, after its anagram.

1. Any one can (trouble). 2. I anoint combs (joinings). 3. Cover no sin
(change). 4. A rude song (perilous). 5. I'm no cereal (rite). 6. A mad
girl (song). 7. Real blue ant (fixed). 8. An egg dies (liberate). W.

#DROP-LETTER PUZZLE.#

Every other letter is omitted.

H- D-T- M-C- W-O -O-H -E-L -H-T -E -A-H -O -O. C. D.

#EASY RHOMBOID PUZZLE.#

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ACROSS: 1. Oversight. 2. Clean. 3. To fall. 4. To jump. DOWN: 1. One
hundred. 2. An article. 3. A color. 4. A title. 5. A part of the body. 6.
A pet name for a parent. 7. A vegetable. H. H. D.

#PICTORIAL ANAGRAM PUZZLE.#

[Illustration: From the letters of the word which describes the central
picture, form words describing the remaining ten pictures. H. S. S.]

#SEXTUPLE WORD-CROSS.#

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The central letter, O, is given in