CONNECTED DOUBLE SQUARES. Upper left-hand square, Across: 1. Houp. 2. Alto. 3. Ties. 4. Host. Upper right-hand square. Across: 1. Pent. 2. Otoe. 3. Suet. 4. Tile. Lower left-hand square, Across: 1. Host. 2. Able. 3. Sour. 4. Hern. Lower right-hand square. Across: 1. Tile. 2. Eden. 3. Read. 4. Naps. BAGATELLE. 1. More haste, less speed. 2. Medicines were not meant to live on. 3. He who hides can find. 4. Pride goeth before a fall. 5. The absent party is always faulty. 6. A crowd is not company. 7. Penny wise, pound foolish. Key-words: haSte, meAnt, hiDes, prIde, paRty, crOwd, peNny. Central letters, sadiron. MOTHER GOOSE PUZZLE. [Illustration] This puzzle is based upon one of the Mother Goose rhymes. The pictures represent the last word of the six lines of the verse. What is the verse? NUMERICAL ENIGMA. I am composed of seventy-six letters, and am a quotation from "Love's Labor Lost." My 63-21-58-31 is elevated. My 28-1-42-35 is headstrong. My 72-45-14-62-25 is on every breakfast table. My 2-19-52 is a fashionable kind of trimming. My 74-40-55-50-22 is a glossy fabric. My 33-9-29-8 was the nationality of Othello. My 38-68-70-17-12-76 is the name of the 67-3-49-61 of one of Shakspere's most celebrated plays. My 6-43-5-26 is location. My 13-75-11-46 is mature. My 30-60-47-54-41 is what often follows a chill. My 53-36-4-24 is a mixture. My 16-39-71-20-66 is used in bread-making. My 37-73-65-7-23-27-69-18-56-51 is an allurement. My 32-57-10-15-64-44-59-34-48 is a school. HAROLD J. HARDING. PI. Ta emits a gaftarrn zebree mecos toalfing yb, Dan gribsn, uyo wkon ton hwy, A lenegif sa hewn agree wordsc twaai Freoeb a leapac tage Meos dronswou gapeant; dan ouy scacer loudw tarts, Fi form a cheeb's thear A buel-yede Drady, pepsting froth, soldhu ays, "Hedlob em! I ma Mya!" CENTRAL ACROSTIC. Each of the words described contains the same number of letters; the central letters, transposed, will spell the name of the heroine of one of Sir Walter Scott's novels. 1. Was conspicuous. 2. A hard covering. 3. A citadel. 4. A box for fruit. 5. To ward off. 6. A sudden fright. AVIS. GREEK CROSS. [Illustration] UPPER SQUARE: 1. To begin. 2. A small drum. 3. Over. 4. Wanders. 5. A lock of hair. LEFT-HAND SQUARE: 1. A region. 2. A report. 3. Plentiful. 4. Plants of the cabbage family. 5. A lock of hair. CENTRAL SQUARE: 1. A lock of hair. 2. A black bird. 3. To elude. 4. A plant which grows in wet grounds. 5. To scoff. RIGHT-HAND SQUARE: 1. To scoff. 2. Grand. 3. Declined. 4. A mournful poem. 5. To color anew. LOWER SQUARE: 1. To scoff. 2. Mother of pearl. 3. Applause. 4. One of the Muses. 5. To furnish with a new upper part. "HOMER." [Illustration] A DECORATION-DAY PUZZLE.