NEW PUZZLES.

No. 1. Numerical. When trees and fields complete Their garbs of green; When birds and flowers sweet Again are seen, And airy zephyrs murmur by, My 5, 4, 3 and 6 soars high. Oh! how I’m in a state Of agitation, 6, 1 and 2 I get An inspiration. ’Twill be in vain—in vain my lay, For spring will then have flown away.
Villanova, Pa.Villanova.
No. 2. Square.

1. The young of the great black-backed gull. 2. To come. 3. Carves. 4. Granters. 5. To entirely destroy (Obs.) 6. To grow smaller.

Rochester, N.Y.Egerton.
No. 3. Charade.
Prime not, ye fair ladies, or gentlemen wise. To disbelieve what for your fortune will prove; Next total, not gold, should select as a prize, Three, friends, to the right, and marry for love.
Danville, Va.Aleda.
No. 4. Pentagon.

1. A letter. 2. The pulp of fruit. 3. A shrub of the genus Corylus. 4. The Brazil nut. 5. Deep blue colors. 6. Contrite. 7. A detached bastion (Fort.) 8. To admit extension. 9. Rigid.

Haverhill, Mass.Pygmy.
No. 5. Mutation.
Like a hawk that pounces on its prey, Swift as lightning on a summer day, Through the stillness of the air you came, Without life, and more—without a name. Man has called you whole—perhaps you are Dross ejected from some brilliant star! But methinks the spheres their place will yield Ere to time your mystery is revealed.
Newark, N.J.Demosthenes.
No. 6. Square.

1. Gaps. 2. By reason of this. 3. A fleet of vessels. 4. A sort of flying fish. 5. A title addressed to a lady. 6. The principal gold coin of ancient Greece.

East Brady, Pa.St. Elmo.
No. 7. Charade.
Come here, my second—lose no time; First lively, don’t procrastinate; Although, my all, I’ll spare no pains To render you less obdurate. My all! Yet truly as a last I’ve learned to look upon my boy: Most true it is, ’tis but a one From sad distrust to life of joy! First dame, indeed, I would not be Held in my second’s inmost thought; Transmuted by love’s magic power, My all my last is, without doubt.
Woburn, Mass.Glen Cottage.
No. 8. Half Square.

1. Concise. 2. Birds resembling thrushes. 3. A poisonous substance composed of minute fungi. 4. Forms. 5. Kinds of liquor. 6. An iron chain (Obs.) 7. Exists. 8. A letter.

Boston, Mass.Pi Eta.
No. 9. Numerical.
The whole is a thing that drives away harm, Defined by dear Webster as “a charm;” My 5, 6, 2, 3, 3 is by the same called “not much;” My 6, 7, 8, a “vassal,” “subject,” “person,” or such: My 5, 2, 3, 1 is “taste,” “savor,” or “a sailor;” My 1, 2, 4, 3 of a coat is oft shortened by a tailor. Now I think you have all you require to solve this numerical; If not, I will tell you the whole relates to nothing clerical.
N.Y. city.Atello.
No. 10. Square.

1. Barley-water. 2. A small particle. 3. A fine white powder or earth, without taste or smell. 4. A paved way. 5. To convey or transfer. 6. Tidier.

Chicago, Ill.U. Reka.
No. 11. Anagram.
Tom, these men criticise common rates.
The law’s strong arm and stern decree Are turned against monopoly; Justice and equal rights for all Be ours though the heavens fall!
Hazleton, Pa.P. O. Stage.
No. 12. Inverted Pyramid.

Across: 1. The process of analysis by means of standard solutions (Analyt. Chem.) 2. Little tufts. 3. Species of walls made of stiff clay. 4. To steal (Obs.) 5. A letter.

Down: 1. A letter. 2. A pronoun. 3. To surpass. 4. To impair seriously. 5. A case in which the relics of saints were kept. 6. To produce. 7. A pronoun. 8. A bone. 9. A letter.

Hoboken, N.J.Junius.

Answers will appear in our next issue; solvers in six weeks.

Special.—Golden Days Puzzlers’ Directory for each of the first correct solutions to Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11.

SOLVERS.

Puzzles in “Puzzledom” No. CCCLXXI were correctly solved by E. C. Lectic, Maud Lynn, Demosthenes, Barnyard, Skye Buckeye, Gemini, Egerton, H. S. Nut, Jr., Will O’ the Wisp, F. Aitchell, Col. O’ Rado, Dorothy Doolittle, Grepwic, Cricket, P. O. Stage, Sub Rosa, Fairplay, Alcyo, Tunie H. S., R. M’Bride, Jo Jo, Khimo, Lorrac, Billy Bluebottle, May Le Hosmer, O. Pal, Vladimir, F. Arce, Nue Norton, J. H. Mowbray, U. Reka, Sim Sly, Clarence W. Chapin, Reklaw, Io, Tom B. Stone, Toodlewinks, Jo Ram, Craftsman, Fly, Alpheus, Chinook, Puzz L., Teddy, Wm. H. Deucker, Annie Gramme, W. T. Anderson, C. R. Irving, Jr., Bennie Knowels, Monte Christo, V. G. Ohnja, H. U. T., Alphonzo, B. L. Under, Bryx, J. I. C., Harry S., Jno. Bopp, Cale and Harry Allen, J. Evans, Alpha Sigma, Liberty, Brooklyn Boy, Jno. Beck, Howard H. Geiger, Earnest Fleet, Washingtonian, Annie A. Powell, Dick Ens, C. H. Sweetzer, Panama Derby, Orpheus, Jno. Fitzgerald, Henn, Reidsville, Mahdea, A. B. Y. Nomis, H. C. Williams, Mas Ten, Panama Hat, Tidal Wave, Primrose, Geo. W. Phinney, J. F. Ireland, Laf A. Yette, Freddie Geib, R. O. Chester, A. B. Williams, Lucrezius Borgers, Lackawanna, Laeno, Whisk, Effie W.McConkey, C. B. A., Puer and Swamp Angel.

Complete List.—E. C. Lectic.

The specials were awarded as follows:

No. 1. Cricket, La Porte, Ind.
No. 3. Clarence W. Chapin, Akron. Ohio.
No. 5. E. C. Lectic. Chicago, Ill.
No. 7. Alcyo, New York city.
No. 9. Jo Ram, New York city.
No. 11. E. C. Lectic, Chicago, Ill.

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