1a

3a. . .4a

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2a . . .  A . . . 2b

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4b. . .3b

1b

1.  A wall of defense. 2.  A brilliant bird of South America. 3.  An enthusiast. 4.  The noise of a drum.

1_a_.  Equal value. 1_b_.  A fondling. 2_a_.  The human race. 2_b_.  A relative. 3_a_.  An article of summer use. 3_b_.  Involuntary muscular motion. 4_a_.  To chafe. 4_b_.  To entitle.

B.

MAGIC DOMINO-SQUARE.

Eight dominoes placed together form a square composed of sixteen half-dominoes, as shown in the diagram below.  But, in the diagram, each row of four half-dominoes contains a different number of spots from any of the other rows.  Thus the topmost row, counting horizontally, contains eighteen spots; the one below it only four; the first row to the left, counting vertically, ten; the diagonal row, downward from left to right, eight, etc.  It is required to make a square of eight dominoes of the same set, in which each vertical, horizontal, and diagonal row of half dominoes shall contain exactly sixteen spots.  Who can do it?

M.D.

+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| *     | * * * |     * | *   * |
|   *   |       |   *   | *   * |
|     * | * * * | *     | *   * |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |     * |       |
|   *   |       |       |   *   |
|       |       | *     |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| *     | *     | *   * |     * |
|       |       |       |   *   |
|     * |     * | *   * | *     |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| *   * | *   * |     * |       |
|       |   *   |       |   *   |
| *   * | *   * | *     |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+

DIAGONAL PUZZLE.

The puzzle contains ten words of ten letters each.  Fill the blanks with words suited to the sense, and arrange these one above another in the order in which they occur in the sentences.  They will then form a square, and the diagonal letters, read downward from left to right, will name a friend we all like.

——­ (the same person as the diagonal, with another name) boys, and the children may well put ——­ in a friend who can ——­ so much to their happiness.  No ordinary person is ——­ to him; and the legend ——­ us to the belief that he is well-nigh ——­ that tells of the ——­ exercise of his power in a ——­ ——­ manner, and on account of which he deserves to be called the “——­” patron.

B.

PROVERB PUZZLE.

Supply the blanks with words to complete the sense, and transpose them into an appropriate proverb, with no letter repeated.