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No. 16 . Charade. 
In cutting up a piece of last 
From which I wished to make a mast; 
I found some holes, through which my first 
But recently had passed. 
My whole you’ll find an herb, whose juice, 
To kill my first, is oft in use. 
Lamps. 
No. 17. Cross Word Enigma. 
In lettuce, not in beans; 
In salad, not in greens; 
In turnip, not in beet; 
In barley, not in wheat; 
In spikenard, not in pea; 
In saffron, notin tea; 
In parsley, not in cress; 
In portion, not in mess; 
In harrov,', not in hoe; » 
In harvest, not in mow; 
In butter, not inj meat; 
My whole is very good to eat; 
In the garden it will grow, 
If each spring the seed .we sow. 
Ruthven. 
HEBREW, 
fi. 1.—DUP(L)E. 
4. DE<X)TER. 
DU(M)B. 3. DO(N)OR. 
DE(S)C’ENT. 9. D(E)RIYE. 
MARCH GARNERINGS. 
No. 13. Numerical Enigma. 
to™ung?adies 0 .“ 1P08ed0f(SUettS ' rS - “ “ *W«o» 
Thf* v>’ '0 M 1 ' ,7’ V is assurance. 
Fhe 12, 13,14, 15, 16, L, 53, 23 is support. 
^ ^ 5 - 37 is apart of the body. 
The 21, 22, 19, 20 is basis. J 
The 36, 49. 50, 48, 3, 10 is expression. 
The 42, 6,2, 32, 38 is temper of mind. 
The 11’ o!i' f 7 iS a tr °P ical 
Lae ll, 2b, 1, 83, 2o is a course. 
The 31 29, 8, 41, 39, i, 24 is rambling. 
The 30, 43. 27, 28, 40 is a small part. 
The 35, 31 is an animal. 
Maude. 
No. 18. Charade. 
I take the Book, the dear old Book 
And first it o’er and o’er; 
And as I turn, and through it look, 
My thoughts to Heaven do soar. 
Now w hile I first, my thoughts give last 
In fervent, heartfelt prayer, 
That I, through all my life, be kept 
From every earthly care. 
bo, in a whole I'll end my fears, 
That sweet and restful place; 
W here noiseless feet of fleeting veai’s 
Pass by, and leave no trace. 
B. M. H. 
No. 14. Double Acrostic. 
(Words of five letters.) 
1. An annual plant. 2. A water serpent, 3. To 
east off, or reject. 4. Enchantment. 15 . The son of 
bhemiah. 6. Departed souls. 5. A river in India. 
8 . A band of cotton, twisted and worn on the head of 
the Inca ot Peru, as a badge of royalty, 9 A fish in¬ 
habiting the seas of America and the West Indies. 
Primals: A bitter plant much used in medicine. 
Finals: A genus of bn I .ons-rooted plants. 
N A. Bryant. 
ISo. 15. Central Acrostic. 
(Words of five letters.) 
1. A hut. 2. A fen. 3. AVide. 4. Clear. 
6 . A sphere. 7. Pain. 8. Brittle. 
Centrals: Read down, name a vegetable. 
Seward Beard. 
Answers in May Number. 
Prizes. For best list of answers to this month's 
puzzles, we offer a certificate good for Vegetable or 
Flow r er Seeds to the amount of One Dollar. 
lor second best list we will award a certificate 
same as above for Fifty Cents. 
Answers must reach us prior to April 9th. 
Answers to January “Garnerings” w r ere received 
from Bertha M. Holgate, Cassbet, Miss Sallie Marsh, 
J, F. M., Wm. Brown,, Lyman Stedman, Clifton* 
Willie AVinkle, M. E. Boyd, H. M. J., Joseph Garri¬ 
son, Eulalia, Charles Bogle, C. H. Putnam, F. B. 
Hancox, Mrs. J. Warren Sears, [John Fleming, Mrs. 
Laurie L. Powers, Tony Willis, and O Pinion. 
Lists closed on February 13. 
Prizes were won as follows: American Rural 
Home, one year, Lj'man Stedman. Seed-Time and 
Harvest, one year, Eunie N. Emery. 
Tribes. 
Our Cozy Corner. 
Sally: We ahvays like to please our contributors 
as far as lies in our power, but w'e have thought it 
best to taboo puzzles with the anti or’s name for an- 
answers. A\ T ere we to admit one or tw r o of this kind 
