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Answers to October Garnerings. 
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DECEMBER GARNERTNGS. 
No. 2(5. Numerical Enigma, 
Ase answer, composed of 15 letters, is a good prov¬ 
erb for everjr one. 
The 11, 13, 10, 8 is a kind of fruit. 
The 1, 11, 5, 11, 7 is a charm. 
The 4, 10, 15, G is a partition. 
The 2, 12, 7 is & bird. 
The 3, 9 is a pronoun. 
Jeane. 
lie sought to drown each coming care 
Y. it-mn Mr- rub/ cup. 
A man, one Christmas eve, left home, 
line-it " itii many friends to roam, 
And di ink to wild delight. 
Returning first some trifling things, 
The frosty dir. f esh voices brings, 
Break ing the quiet night. 
Peering within the room, he sees 
His children ’round their mother’s knees, 
And hears their prattling speech, 
As they pe' i ion God to send— 
As one reques s a trusted friend— 
Some longed-for toy to each. 
Their simple faith his heart makes soft; 
Changing his purpose, as aloft 
, He registers a vow, 
He does not go. his friends to meet, 
And Christmas bells sound far more sweet 
Th m any second now. 
His children’s joy, at early morn. 
He watches with new feelings born 
Within his beating heart; 
As gifts from Santa Claus they praise, 
And mentally for strength he prays 
To play a manly part. 
Byrnehc. 
No. 30. Cross Word Enigma, 
In ocean, not ia billow; 
In hazel, not in willow; 
In starting, not in follow; 
In solid, not in hollow; 
In present, not in morrow; 
In t ouble, not in sorrow; 
In meddle, not in hinder; 
In charcoal, not in cinder; . 
In supping, not in eating; 
Whole, is a time for joyful greeting, 
N. A . Bryant, 
No. 27. Double Acrostic. 
(Words of six letters.) 
1. Habitual practice. 2. A book of the Bible. 3. 
Negligent. 4. To devise something new. 5. A small 
cannon. 6. A royal seat. 7. An animal. 8. A mas¬ 
culine name. 9. To endeavor. 
Primals; A season of festivity. 
Finals: A plant much in use during that season. 
Gaspard Raynor, 
No. 28. Central Acrostic. 
C Words of Jive lettos.) 
1. A flowering shrub, 2. A shrub. 3 A plain, 4. 
A species of grain. 5. An herb. 6. A tree. 7. A tree. 
8. A tree. 
Centrals; An herb. Adelaide. 
No. v9. Charade. 
Shaded by total's dismal frown, 
Often from his high aims cast down, — 
Though long he clambered up; 
Until, quite driven to despair, 
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bed. 
No. 31, Anagrams. 
O. bustle more! 2. Sing Ranger. 3. Our men’s 
4. Peter meant M. 
S :sie Summers. 
Answers in February number. 
Solutions to this month’s puzzles must be received 
I before January 14. 
Prizes. — For best list of answers we offer ‘Tn a 
Nutshell,'’ by Dr. Dio Lewis. 
For second best list a err:ideate good for Fifty 
Cents worth of Flower or Vegetable seeds. Should 
there bn more than one best or second best list, the 
i prizes will have to be awarded by lot, 
| Complete lists of answers to the October garner- 
I ings were received from Bertha M. Holgate, Volney 
! P. Johnson, Lulu Butler, Byrnehc, Crystal, Lead 
, Pencil, N. L. Van Deusen, Bob Bangs and Annie 
Matior. 
Partial lists were received from J. B. Strieby, Wm, 
Brown, M iry Turner, Edgar Sager, Undine, C. A. W. % 
J. P. Strieby, Annie F. Weeks , Jeane , O. Mission and 
Minnie Lemoyne. 
