1. In redstart. 2. A meadow. 3. A caterpillar. 4. A snake. 5. To turn aside. 6. An insect. 7. In redstart. STANLEY W. MERRELL. PI. Ni Jeun 't si dogo ot eli hatbeen a teer Wheil eth thileb nesaso trosmocf veeyr neses, Stepse lal eth nabir ni stre, dan sheaf eth thear, Grimminb ti o're hwit tensweses sawaruen. Gantfrar dan estnil sa atht syro nows, Writewheh eth tyingpi papel etef flils pu, Dan edentryl nesil soem stal-eary birno's tens. BEHEADINGS. 1. Behead a narrow piece of woven fabric and leave a quadrumanous animal. 2. Behead a coarse file and leave a poisonous serpent. 3. Behead an image or representation and leave to peruse. 4. Behead a small, pointed piece of metal and leave to be indisposed. 5. Behead a Mohammedan prince and leave a person. 6. Behead current and leave a small fish. 7. Behead to throw or cast and leave to terminate. The beheaded letters, read in the order here given, will spell the name of a Sunday which comes in June. "XYLO." DOUBLE DIAGONALS. 1 . . . . . . . 3 . * . . . . . * . . . * . . . * . . . . . * . * . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . * . * . . . . . * . . . * . . . * . . . . . * . 4 . . . . . . . 2 ACROSS: 1. Consuming by degrees. 2. A certain time of one's life. 3. By degrees. 4. Daring. 5. One who chaffers. 6. Displayed. 7. Contrition. 8. The science of sounds. 9. Formerly much used in making furniture. The diagonals from 1 to 2 and from 3 to 4, each name a little song bird. GILBERT FORREST. CHARADE. My _first_, a happy youngster, Went forth one summer's day,-- My _second_ he was seeking, For he was fond of play. And quoth he, somewhat sagely, "I've not a single sou To buy my _whole_, so, really, I'll have to make these do." He found the magic number; Then down the road he went To join his merry playmates, On game of _whole_ intent. M. C. D. METAMORPHOSES. The problem is to change one given word to another given word, by altering one letter at a time, each alteration making a new word, the number of letters being always the same, and the letters remaining always in the same order. Sometimes the metamorphoses may be made in as many moves as there are letters in each given word, but in other instances more moves are required. EXAMPLE: Change LAMP to FIRE in four moves. Answer, LAMP, LAME, FAME, FARE, FIRE. 1. Change APE to MAN in eight moves. 2. Change OARS to BOAT in eight moves. 3. Change LEAD to GOLD in six moves. 4. Change WARM to COLD in five moves. 5. Change ONE to TWO in eight moves. 6. Change AGE to GAS in seven moves. "OLD CARTHUSIAN" and F. W. ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE MAY NUMBER. MOTHER GOOSE PUZZLE. Hark, hark! The dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town; Some in rags and some in tags, And some in velvet gown. NUMERICAL ENIGMA. A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.