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No. 62. Anagram. 
GRAZE BEST MENU WELL— 
Its savor will tell 
That sweetness is always esteemed 
By creatures whose sense 
Is thought to be dense, 
The whole, as choice morsels are deemed. 
Byrnebc. 
No. 63. Double Acrostic. 
(Wards of six letters.) 
1. To carry. 2. A promiscuous feast. 3. Just. 
4 . A thin plate or layer. 5. To oppose. 6. Infamous. 
Primals: The name of a beautiful flower. 
Finals: The habit of the flower. 
Melrose. 
No. 64. A Diamond. 
1. & 7. Consonants. 2. A pronoun. 3. An animal. 
4 . Fancv. 5. A bird. 6. An article 
J. F. M. 
No. 65. Hidden Cities. 
1. Some do very well making enigmas. 
2. You must pay that rent on Monday. 
3. You have done your work in the garden very 
well. 
4. Oh, did the dog follow Ellen? 
5. Send Frank for the doctor, immediately. 
6. I sell, at wholesale, mens’ boots. 
Mead. 
No. 66. Amputations. 
1. Behead and curtail to provide food and leave 
a heathen goddess. 2. Bounded and leave an animal. 
3. Elevated and leave recent. 4. A kind of basket 
and leave a femine name. 
Dan Shannon. 
No. 67. Word Syncopations. 
1. Take a tumult from shrunk and leave a music¬ 
al instrument. 
2. To quote from rehearsed, and leave a color. 
3. Recent from expanded and leave performed. 
4. An epoch from inquiries and leave mothers of 
beasts. 
Nellie Thoman. 
No. 68. Hour Glass. 
Across— l. A fish, the torpedo. 2. Pulverized vol¬ 
canic substances. 3. The armpit. 4. To come. 5. 
A consonant. 6, Unadulterated. 7. A prefix refer¬ 
ring to vessels. 8. African sailors 6. To send out. 
Diagonals down—Left to right: The top stone of a 
gable. Left to center: Certain birds, Center to right: 
A weight. Right to left: A harmless snake. Right 
to center: Drinking cups, Center to left: To draw 
out. 
Maude. 
Answers in January Garnerings. 
Prizes: For best list of answers to this month’s 
puzzles, we offer Gems of Art and Poetry. 
For second best list, we offer Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest for one year. 
Answers to September Garnerings were received 
from Anna Condor, Dan Shannon, O. Mission, Lack¬ 
awanna Lad, B. M. H., E. F. Krane, Mary Emmett, 
John Davis. Frank Whiting, Byrnehc, Jennie Smith, 
T. Jaynes, R. Stetson, Sally, Georgia French, Jim¬ 
mie Roome, Joseph Pray, Econ, D. E. Raymond, 
Hi L. Bassett, J. Atkins, Gyp, Henrietta George, 
Nellie Treadwell, James Vinton, Undine, Thomas 
Melville, Cleopatra, Orin Flanders, Ann Chovy, Sam¬ 
uel Lane, Agnes Redmond, F. A. Bryant, Geo. H. 
Ayer, Polly Tician, Grace Merrit and Timon of 
Athens. 
Prizes were awarded to Econ and Gyp. 
Our Cosy Corner. 
Econ: Maude is—Maude; further that we are not 
permitted to say. She uses Webster's Unabridged 
Dictionary and uses it to some purpose. We agree 
with you that “she certainly gives us hard puzzles. 
Sally: The new puzzles are just to our mind and you 
have our thanks for the favors. Our friend, B. M. H., 
states that she solved your rebus, but she did not 
send us the solution.— B. M. H.: Glad you find the 
solving of puzzles such “fun.” The definition you 
mention was somewhat “far fetched,” but we have 
seen it used in that sense. A puzzler cannot send 
answers until he receives the magazine, and he can¬ 
not receive the magazine until it is published. As 
you look on the matter a person could win the prize 
every month. Were all given the same chance you 
mention, we should not consider there was any un¬ 
fairness.”— Gyp: Pleased to know you are “pleased 
with the Garnerings,” and thank you for “wishing it 
the success” you say, “it justly deserves.” The 
mite will prove welcome. Little seeds often produce 
the best of fruit. — Byrnehc: You are in error about 
the masquerading of the gentleman under another 
nom de plume, for it is that gentleman’s father. We 
will put your query here and see what Sally has to 
■say’ about it: “Hasn't Sally made a slight mistake 
in the habitat of her enigmatic animal?” Javanese 
would be nearer the mark. — Maude: The Charade 
you mention was received and proved highly wel¬ 
come; f >ut as it seemed adapted to the holidays, and 
came to hand after they had gone by, we thought we 
wmuld put it aside for a year. It will be given in the 
January issue and, unless we mistake very much, it 
will prove a hard nut to crack. — Lamps: You do not 
contribute very often—not half as often as we would 
like you to—but when you do send anything it is 
sure to be good. the New Year's issue will see 
that last gem in print. You will notice we are giving 
more puzzles and less chat than formerly’, and en¬ 
deavoring, in many’ ways, to improve the depart¬ 
ment.—0. Mission: You do not very often see the 
residence of an author attached to his poem, sketch 
or story; then why should you deem it so essential 
that the puzzlers should have their residences affixed 
to their contributions. You do not find the case to 
be so in St. Nicholas. Youth's Companion or Wide 
Awake ; so, you must perceive, w r e are not the only 
“odd” one. Let each puzzle editor do as he thinks 
best about the matter. It is altogether a “matter of 
taste;” if you think it best to use them, do so; if w r e 
do not, please accord us tae same privilege. F. S. F , 
