Brothers are we, alike in form and mien,
  Sometimes apart, but oft together seen. 
  One labors on, and toils beneath his load;
  The other idly follows on the road. 
  One parts the sleeping infant’s rosy lips;
  The other veils the sun in dark eclipse. 
  One rises on the breath of morn, with scent
  Of leaf and flower in fragrant incense blent;
  The other’s wavering aspiration dies
  And falls where still the murky shadow lies. 
  At hospitable boards my first attends,
  And greets well pleased the social group of friends;
  But if my second his grim face shall show,
  How dire the maledictions sent below! 
  Yet there are those who deem his presence blest,
  A fitting joy to crown the social feast,
  And make for him a quiet, calm retreat,
  Where friends with friends in loving concourse meet.

CROSS-WORDS.

  1.  Two brothers ever keeping side by side,
     The closer they are pressed the more do they divide

  2.  Brothers again unite their ponderous strength,
     Toiling all day throughout its tedious length.

  3.  I never met my sister; while she flies
     I can but follow, calling out replies.

  4.  A casket fair, whose closely covered lid
     A mother’s hope, a nation’s promise, hid.

  5.  A plant once used to drive sharp pain away,
     Not valued greatly in this later day,
     Except by those who fly when they are ill
     To test the virtues of a patent pill.

S.A.B.

EASY DIAMOND PUZZLE.

In fruit, but not in flower; a period of time, a fresh-water fish; a sea-bird; in strength, but not in power.

ISOLA.

MALTESE-CROSS PUZZLE.

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   * * * E * * *
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The middle letter, E, is given in the diagram.  The centrals form two words, and are read from top to bottom and from side to side, including the middle letter.  The words that form the limbs of the cross are read from the outside toward the center, those forming the top and bottom limbs being read horizontally, and those that form the arms, downward.

CENTRAL PERPENDICULAR:  Perfume. 
CENTRAL HORIZONTAL:  Strained. 
TOP LIMB:  1.  New. 2.  A boy’s name. 3.  A consonant. 
BOTTOM LIMB:  1.  Plain. 2.  A deed. 3.  A consonant. 
LEFT ARM:  1.  Existence. 2.  A tavern. 3.  A consonant. 
RIGHT ARM:  1.  Unready. 2.  A tree. 3.  A consonant.

A.C.  CRETT.

POETICAL REBUS.

The answer is a couplet in Sir Walter Scott’s poem “Marmion.”

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NUMERICAL ENIGMA.