ZIGZAG

1. A plant, but better known as a beverage.
2. To cross out.
3. An instrument for pounding.
4. A kind of ointment.
5. Reddish-brown.
6. To flee from danger.
7. To breathe out.
8. A planet.

When these words of six letters are correctly guessed and placed in the order given, from 1 to 8 will spell the name of a common mineral found in rocks.

.	.	.	1	.	.
.	.	.	.	2	.
.	.	.	3	.	.
.	.	.	.	4	.
.	.	.	5	.	.
.	.	.	.	6	.
.	.	.	7	.	.
.	.	.	.	8	.

—Frank F. Rider