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Edited by Frank S. Finn. 
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All Communications intended for this 
Department should he addressed to Frank 
S. Finn, No. 753, Massabesic Street , Man¬ 
chester, N. II. 
Answers and original contributions solic¬ 
ited from all. 
No. 1. Numerical Enigma. 
The answer, composed of 27 letters, is an 
Italian proverb. 
The 1, 5, 2, 7, 26, is the name of an imag¬ 
inary person. 
The 8, 12, 9, 23, 10, is part of the head. 
The 13, 3, 6, 24, 16, is what we can never 
be but once. 
The 4, 14, 19, 10, is the name of an an¬ 
cient Queen. 
The 21, 22, 27, is a climbing plant. 
The 18, 20, 11, is never even. 
The 25, 15, is a verb. 
Cyril Deane. 
No. 2. Double Acrostic. 
* (Words of five letters.) 
1. A kind of shaggy cloth. 
2. A masculine name. 
3. To deduce as a fact. 
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4. Indian corn. 
5. A figure of four equal sides but un¬ 
equal angles. 
6. Egg-shaped, as a leaf. 
7. Part of a flower. 
8. Uniform. • 
Initials: An early flowering plant, closely 
allied to the cowslip. 
Finals: A plant with blue, bell-shaped 
flowers. 
Nellie Thoman. 
No. 3. Half-Square. 
1. Parts of every farm. 
2. The whole. 8. To expiate. 
4. To partake of a dinner. 
5. Something found in mines. 
6. A pronoun. 7. A consonant. 
E. R. Cardovan. 9 
No. 4. Cross Word Enigma. 
In Joseph, not in Rena; 
In Moses, not in Lena; 
In Luther, not in Della; 
In Martin, not in Ella; 
In Reuben, not in Cora; 
In Melvin, not in Dora; 
In Nathan, not in Lily; 
In Marcus, not in Milly; 
In Horace, not in Ellen; 
In Walter, not in Helen. 
The whole is a beautiful flower 
That grows in many a bower. 
Newton A. Bryant. 
No- 5. Decapitations. 
1. Behead an animal and leave the tip of 
the stamen. 2. To become violent, and leave 
part of the foot. 3. To confound, and leave 
a labyrinth. Fannie Snelling. 
No. 6. Curtailments. 
1. Curtail a violin and leave a bird. 
2. Te settle, and leave a model. 
3. Flourishing, and leave a tree. 
Hollis Lad. 
Answers in September number. 
Prize.—A book of dialogues will be given 
for earliest and best list of answers. 
Our Cozy Corner. 
The puzzle department is now open 
before you, kind friends, and we hope you 
will come into the garnery loaded down 
with answers, although one will be as wel¬ 
come and receive the same attention as a 
full list. The puzzles are not hard, because 
we do not wish to discourage young heads 
from endeavoring to win the prize. An¬ 
swers must reach Manchester by August 13, 
at the very latest, to be credited in the 
September issue, as the copy for that date 
has to leave us on August 14. Good, or¬ 
iginal puzzles will always be “in order;” 
but Diamonds and Half-Squares must read 
down and across alike. Double Acrostics 
should have the same number of letters in 
each line. Diamonds of less than seven 
letters for central word, and Squares of 
less than five letters to each line seem to us 
to be almost too easy. Please to write but 
one puzzle to a page and have them sep¬ 
arate from answers to those already pub- 
