No. 7.  Isinglass.

No. 8.

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A S L R L S A
 R I I I I R
  T G O G T
 I I N N I I
C N S E S N C
     T T
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No. 9.  Alco-ran.

No. 10.

      R A B
    R E F E R
  R U M O R E D
R E M O R A T E S
A F O R E T I M E
B E R A T T L E S
  R E T I L E S
    D E M E S
      S E S

No. 11.  Con-cent-rate.

No. 12.

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      S A L I S
    S A L I N E S
  G A L I N G A L E
M A L I N G E R I N G
  L I N G E R I N G
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NEW PUZZLES.

No. 1.  CLASSICAL CHARADE.
(By sound.)

“One more last glorious day for him,”
  Says the king of the blessed gods. 
And he looked with love on the warrior grim,
  While the world shakes as he nods.

And well the hero fought that day
  Around the god-built wall—­
Fought as a tigress fights at bay,
  Roused by her young whelps’ call.

His brazen mail on his broad breast rang,
  As before the host he came;
When there, through the foeman’s first all sprang
  Like a lurid tongue of flame.

But no mortal hands could have saved the town,
  Or averted the fatal hour: 
And from glory’s fair ambrosial crown
  Death last that brightest flower.

Iowa City, Iowa. Irish Foreman.

No. 2.  INVERTED PYRAMID.

Across: 1.  Tending to recede from the centre. 2.  Hernias of the thigh. 3.  A little volume (Rare). 4.  A kind of woolen cloth. 5.  Musical syllable. 6.  A letter.

Down:  1.  A letter. 2.  A type measure. 3.  A snare. 4.  An old woman. 5.  A species of silk fabric. 6.  One who deals in ice. 7.  A genus of quadrupeds. 8.  Mexican trees. 9.  To become. 10.  A Roman weight. 11.  A letter.

Newark, N.J. Joe Hootey.

No. 3.  RIDDLE.

When I was young, my parent old
I bore within my circling arms;
    When I grew fat
    I wore no hat. 
But being old and pale and thin,
I wear a dainty, golden brim.

Madison, Wis. C. Ash.

No. 4.  DIAMOND.

1.  A letter. 2.  A rod used by masons. 3.  To hinder. 4.  Patched (Obs.) 5.  Those who accomplish. 6.  Nuptial. 7.  Benzoinated (Dunglison.) 8.  To cut deeper. 9.  To suffer. 10.  Bad. 11.  A letter.

Washington, D.C. Eugene.

No. 5.  APHERESIS.

    Sweetheart, good-by! 
How quickly to two loving hearts
    The ones seem to fly;
Though all unseen, time fast departs,
    And, sweetheart, I
Must kiss thee once before I go,
    And say good-by!

    Sweetheart, good-by! 
Oh, love, thy cheeks with tears are wet,
    You sadly sigh
That I—­I may thee soon forget;
    Love, I reply
By kissing such foolish doubts away,
    And then good-by!