NEW RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1539, 7 May 1881, Page 24

NEW RIDDLES.

2094. Charade.— By Bella, Peninsula :— My first's a preposition- Infinitive, no doubt ; My ■next on toard a jailing ship Is seen by all about ; My third's a little article— 'Tis very small, I ween ; My total is a native tree You oftentimeß have Been. 2095. Diamond PuzzLK.-Ey M V D, Gore :— 1, A Consonant ; 2, the negative ;8, departs 5 4, the opposite to departing ; 6, Eame as down centre ; 0, apertures for admitting light ; 7, a fancy ; 8, a conjunction ; 9, 0 vowel. Ceatres down and aoross name an ore of a leaden colour. 2096. Charade. -By Wakatip Miner:—

What word is that which, if you out oft the first letter, will then contain a man's, then a woman's name? 2097. Transpositiov. -By Eliza, Crookston : - O ouyht ! orf earay os mnya adn eestw, Tsi nnwko thta thuo dna I eerw eno ; L'il tnikh tl tbu a nofd cdetei — Ti nncoat eb ttha othu tra oneg. 2C98. Charade.— Selected by J L, Inch-clutha : - Hark! the morning bell Is ringing From the steeple loud and clear, -And the pious crowd is wendirjij—Reverent souls, my first to hear. On my next 'the grass is growing— May be 'tis a city lot— Upon the globe in every land— l am sure to find myepacßand plot. The hideous whole, how shall I name it?— Cruel, bloody, fearful strife— l dare not tell the countless numbers— That through me have lost their, life. ' ! 2099. Charade.— By Incognito, Gore :— ; My first is in daily, but not in weekly ; my Becond is« in fevil, but not in good ; my third is in chase, but not; in hunt: my fourth is in leek, but not in onion ; my fifth is in bile, but not in boil ; my Bixth is in hen, but not in duck ; and my seventh iB in mist, but not, in dew.. My whole wiH'give^th«nameof one of thej greatest English novelists, who has described himself; as dropping his first article for a newspaper, stealthily i one evening at twilight, with fear and trembling, into a dirk office up a dark court in fleet street; London, j and who was afterwards earning thousands of poundi 1 » year as a writer. '2 100. Square' Word.— By Christina G, Waikaka :- : 1, To think ; 2, to ramble ; 8, oblong ; 4, a border. s 2101. Charade.— By A G Nicol, Greymouth :— ' \ First can supply many a want— That those without it , brave ;— Sorrow's wound it cannot heal,— Nor us from trouble save. Second is the Chrißtian name— Of one } who shared a crowa;— His worth has often been ek--ttolled.-And won for him renown. Third your. heart from evil thoughts,- Be cheerful, kind, and' true ;— Pleasant words to those you meet,— Make ( friends of not a few. Fourth ia but a little word— Of letters only three ;— Though small, it signifies my name- If you substitute "g" for "d." Fifth is worn by ladies fair ;-It is not brooch «r pin :— It hidden' keeps from vulgar gaze,— A treasured thing within. Whold you'll find with gentlemen,— But not with ladies fair.— l'll think ot some one Ut away— When whtle of mine I wear. , , 2102. Enigmatical List of Fishes.— By J Davidson, Kaihiku:— > , , 1, A pronoun, and a circle ; 2, did have, and an f Lerb ; 3, a vehicie, and a consonant ; 4, the bottom ; 6, t0 fcweetenwine or ale, and albwor permit; 6. a; dwarf; 7, a lance used by suldißrs; 8. a consonant, not subdued to the fire, and a consonant ; 9, a colour, and a case or husk of seeds. ' ' 2103. Transposed Europban Rivers.— By Edward' Terry, Alexandra :— ' 1, Nlivceoia; 2, Rbnoergu ; 8, Kmneraa; i, Lrneecfo ; , 5, Lcibnaoer. ' " ! - ■ 2104. Charade —By Gui Lum^ Forbury :— ; My first is deep ; my second swims under the wave ; , my third is heavy ; and my whole was a great hero. • 2105. Diamond Puzzts I—By1 — By Ismay, Taieri:- > -1,. A- consonant; 2, a mineral j 8j perfectly; 4, a' fortification ; 6,, a town in America ; 6, to place ; 7, to construct ; 8, a wagar ; 9, a vowel. Centres, a town in America. 2106. Charade.— By Jessie and Aleck, Pakeraa :— Th'esun shone bright on the priuce'a first— And a nation's heart beai high ;— Oh ! when he wieldetb , that nation's sword—May second be his battlo-cry. Ling ages ago, in a sunny land,— A man with a heart of bteel— Took whole from a fainting brother's hand, < —As the price of a single meal. >

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2107. Trahsposition.— By WI, Stirling :—

Bi eehtr a' nma, eoswh edgj mntu aclre , Anc eosrth aeuht het roiiues ot eetrs, (i Tye sunr, lmsief h, fttVs dam'aeecrr, ( , ' t Diwleaeth vaew; Reeh auesp- dan, rtho' teh aignrstt aert, t Vrsyueshtiasgrv. 2168. Charade.— By Stewart Robertson, Alexandra :— My first is what my second 'was,— As quiokly will appear ;— My whole is found near many a mouth,— And finds an entrance {.here.