NEW RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1488, 22 May 1880, Page 23

NEW RIDDLES.

1802. Diamohd PozziiH.—By Wakatip Miner :— 1, a consonant; 2, and 3, rivers in England; 4, a river In South Africa; 5, and 6, rivers in Scotland; 7, a vowel. 1303. Charade.—By A G Nieol, Greymouth :— Many men there are who are my first, And many more will be; Many young; ladies they oft wish A good first they could see. My first must a second be, Every day it is seen, All those that do become my first, A second is I ween. Always my whole a second is In country place you'll find, My whole engaged at daily toil, And nature's gifts does mind. 1304. Transposition.—By RP M, Woodlands :—. O papyh yad ! jerceio, ceroicj! Moceeuob batuo het retpor! Romilayt'a ruedem yoceds Hasll ehre ane aimr dlcf retrauq. Cauiinkily, ussller, rae het yosb, Ttha hresey nac roturet: Yhet'll leg reh no a pear a yohße, Dan woce reh eamuser hsroret Yb ht' eadh emou ayd. 1305. Square Word —By W G Ooater, Winton :— 1, appertaining to drains; 2, a metal; 3, » burden; 4, extremetiej. 1806. Charadb.—By JR W, Oamaru :— I'm seen in war, but not in fight; in woman I'm found, but not in men; in girl I am, but not in boy; in cat, but not in dog I'm seen ; I'm found in ass, but not in donkey; I'm found ia black, but not in red; I'm found in ink, but not in stand; and my whole is a river in New Zealand. 1307. Transposition. - By W H, Gore :— Toe uaernt's kalsw, hosat loylf sa ti siefl, Dan atuhc het mnnreas vilgin sa hety sire. 1308. Diamond Puzzle.—By Bella, Peninsula :— 1, a vowel; 2, peform; 3, surpass; 4, a title; 5, Imprudent; 6, the act of hiding; 7, to torment with false hopes; 8, a speech pronounced in public; 9, a town in Hawlce's Biy; 10, a weight; 11, a consonant. 1509, Charade.—By Fishhook, Ngapara:— To guard a throne, and lives to cave, My first is often made, When rulers 'of a nation think, Some power will them inv&de. My second, when It visits us, Wraps up our earth in gloom —Then rosea all both great and small, Retain their tweet perfume. My whole has often come and passed, In every earthly clime, 'Tis reckoned in the English tongue, A period of time. 1510. Riddles.—By JohnWhitty, Southland:— (1) Word puzzle :— Nama ad> syllable beginning with P, and ending with L, so that when an affix of two syllables bo ■ added thereto, the result will be a word of five syllables. (2 ) Show that the initials of " First" and " Last" are the same as those of ass, and of ox. (3.) Name a word of five syllables containing but nins letters, four of which are vowels? 1311. Charade —By Nihil Nameless, Gore :— "First," I this charade to the Witness send, For aurely'tis tho riddler's friend, .And none dare that deny. And when I scan the riddlor's page, I see charades are all the rage, So I intend to try To frame a charade on the name Of a politician known to fame. My "second"is the prop of age, And by young men 'tis also carried; And fops will have it everywhere; Till you'd wonder if to it they're married. The Molyneux has got my " third," Though maDy say that it has none, But to think so is absurd, And I am sure that it has one. My " fourth " a point on the compass is—Which if transposed and in your hand Would make you feel great pain. I wish That you this verse may understand. Within my "fifth" great men were born, And many cf them I might name With Burns who did his land adorn With som s that ne'er will bring it shame. My "last" a letter and a vowel—lt is the olt'nest used of all; 'Tis found in palace, house, and hove), but never in a hut or hall. 1812. Charade.—By Albert X Hardy, Oamaru :— My first ia a preposition ; my second are not boys ; my third is a New Zealand racehorse; whole, an island in the Mediterranean sea. 1313 Diamond Puzzle —By CJ S, Crooltaton :— 1, a vowel; 2, an insect; 3, a book; 4, pain; 5, what's left; 6, »ho highest decree; 7, a mixture; 8, trenching round; 9, ivoin de plume; and address of a riddler; 10, extreme hardness, 11, want o! reason; 12, belonging to divinity: 13, destruction ; 14, excuse; 15, liviDg; 16, a weight; 17, a consonant. 1314. Riddle.—By Floral Association, Herbert:— Between two of her toes my mother atood. And. thus fine made a vegetable goad, I

1315. Anagrams, names of papers. -By W I Stirling j Her cur be aid. Hat Clear Leu a sin gun at ma. Meat kept siau, Patron erie uani. Crl con hir. Us r«g. 1316. Charade —By Nell and May, Greenvale ;— My first is in shower, but not in rain ; my next is in grief, but not in pain ; my third is in heaven, but not sky ; my fourth is in leap, but not in fly; my fifth is in paint, but not in draw ; my sixth is in chin, but not in jaw ; my seventh is in girl, but not in lass ; my eighth is in window, but not ia glass ; my ninth is in pity, but not in love ; my tenth is in eagle, but not in dove ; my eleventh is iv claw, but \ not in wing ; my twelfth is in loop, but not in ring ; my thirteenth Is in wasp, but not in bee ; my whole is a pretty, wellknown treo. 1317. Puzzle.— By Bedding Hill, Otepopo :— My first and last are numbers both, I cannot but confess it ; And now I'll set a little sum, perhaps 'twill make you guess it.— Six times my first my Becond make, You/l find this very clear ; And first my seoond multiplied Will make my whole appear. 1318. Charadb.— By Laertes, Teanerakl :— As through this weary life we go My first us all attend. It sometimes makes for us a foe, And oftentimes a friend. For next a vowel you must find out, And when you it obtain, Part of my whole without a doubt, It will to you explain. For third, a verb will nicely do, One easy of its kind, Believe me gents, I tell you true, As you will quickly find. My fourth's a colour very dear To me and many more, Thousands 'neath it void of fear, Have fought in times of yore. My whole a dashing riddler's name, Brings plainly to the view, And now the finding of the same I leave, dear sirs, to you. 1319. Geographical Double Aorostio.— By Henrietta Donbar, Invercargill :— The initials name a continent and the finals that of its chief town, 1, the capital of Holland ;2, a town in Middlesex ; 3, a Eusaian port in the Black Sea ; 4, a town on L*ke Lucerne; 5, the capital of Brazil; 0, a province in France ; 7, a peninsula in North America ; 8, a place in Russia where a battle was fought in 1854 ; 9, a seaport in Syria. 1320. RiDDLB,-By J I L, Waikafa :- My first, it is a lady's name ; my second, ia the same i my whole, is in the garden grown ; will you kindly name? 1331. Charadb — By Nemo, Hindon :— 'Twas a dark lonely moor, where I, tired and weary, Was journeying alone to my home on tha hill. My first 'midst the rushes, looked darksome and dreary At it lay in the darkness bo hideously still. All nature seemed sleeping : go silent and heavy Hung the air ; nor a motion my fi»t seemed to make, Till the storm cloud o'erswept it ; then, swift a scared buz Of wild fowl, their course to the woodland did take. Bright fl»shed the lightning, the thunder's hoarse roar, Sent its echo repeating far over the land, As my second, (Isaw) leave her hut on the moor, To face the Wild tempest, a crutch in her hand. Her clenched, shrivelled hand, she shook at the cloud That o'eripread like a pall, the wild stormy sky ; And wild impreca* tions she muttered aloud, As alone to the wild wood she swiftly did hie. Mo longer I waited, but quickly betook Myself to my own lonely drear moorland hovel. AbL entered, my eyes lit by chance on a book. 'Iwas my whole.— Tis by Fenlmore Cooper, a novel.