NEW RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1583, 25 March 1882, Page 24

NEW RIDDLES.

(Durvng the Prize Competition all Riddles must be original.)

2690. Charadb.— By Nihil Nameless, Wyndham :—

An exile wandered on a foreign shore,— Far from his home aud those ho loved well :— The tears would often fill his clear blue eyes ;— The rißing sigh would oft his bosom swell. — " No more, no more, I'll gaze upon my first. — No, it is ever from my vision gone ; " —But there's a second who from far above— Can hear me for my first make weary moan. — 'Twas by a whole's rude power that I was forced— To leave my friends and all I loved behind ;— But oh, though whole was harsh and rude to me,— There is a second who is just and kind. 2691. Conundrum.— By JC X, Warepa:—

In making choice of our friends in our journey through life, why should we have a more decided preference to a bandy-legged man than to another 7 2692. Charadb.— By H. Brazier, Alexandra South :—

I'm worried and hurried and chased so fast ;— Men venture their lives to own my last,— And they often present it with stately grace,— To the lady they love, while they look in her face,— And they press my second, causing a thrill bo sweet,— While my whole shakes her bells with approval meet. 2693. Diagonali Pdzzlb.— By Adonitis, Dunedin :—

1, To turn toward ; 2, pertaining to France ; 3, common: ;4, another name for the sea-otter; 5. a convent ; 6, a mountain in Sardinia Island. The diagonals read from the top corners name two important towns in the South Island of New Zealand. 2694. Charade.— By Jessie and Aleck, Pukerau :—

Softly, aye softly, my first did myfsecond—One atarlesg July night ;— Till each creek} each glen, each hollow lay low-'Neath a mantle of white.— Out on the dreary ridges a traveller faint and lone— Sank into the deptha of a blinding whole with a weary moan. 2695. Enigma.— By Puffing Billy, Goodwood :—

Pleasing at night to brave tars on the sea ;— Pleasing to smokers wherever they be ;— Pleasing at grand balls to each young beginner; — And tasty to some cats and dogs for their dinner. 2898. Charadb.— By Ella,. Clutba:—

My first's the characteristic name— Of all the human race ;— My second is a personage— No one would like to face;— A consonant and vowel— My third will be combined ;— And my whole a country township— ln New Zealand you will find. ' ' 2697. Acrostic— By Excelsior, Queenstown :—

1, A New Zealander; 2, American aborigines; 3, to inhabit any place ; 4, a ground of inference or deduction ; 5, a noble animal ; 6, pushed rudely along. Primals and finals will bring to light a portion of New Zealand. ' 2698. Charadb. -—By Maori, Wanganui :—

My first for corresponding ;— My second ought always to keep ;— My second behind my first, you'll find ;•"- And my third moves o'er the deep.— My whole is an accomplishment,— Which is useful when well known,— And, if you want to find it out,— You'll have to think, I own. 2699. PozziiK.— By Fltz Barry, Kuri Bush:—

1, A renowned king of Ithaca, who was killed by one of his sons who never dreamed that the old and able warrior whom he was fighting was his father ; 2, a city that the Phoenicians founded in Africa nearly three hundred years before the birth of the Kedeemor of mankind ; 3, the Pope who called a meeting of the great men of the Church to consider whether faithful followers of the Lord ought to allow Chrißt's grave to remain in the hands of the infidels or not; 4, a Turkish club or training school into which none but expounders of the true faith, men of law, and magistrates, are allowed to enter; 5, what you must do to a roll of foolscap before you write riddles on it ; 6, to join together ; 7, the name that the Russians used to call that portion of Poland that lay close to the borders of the "great bear's" tract of country. Centrals read down name a country in Asia that is ruled by a European power ; initials, " Us." The answers to numbers 2, 3, 4, 6, 6 contain five letters each; land 7, seven. 2700. Charade.— By Bella, Peninsula :—

My first is very often used— On water and on land ; — You'll find it in the sailor's trunk;— Or in a lady's hand. With my second now I'll spend a while ;— lt is my constant friend ;— 'Twill ease a pain, or soothe a care,— A balm to sorrow lend. The value of my whole I'm sure— All lady riddlers know.— But if you can't this catch expound,— Then let it just be bo. 2701. Square Words.— By XV Z, Wanganui :—

1, A mould or impression ; 2, a tree that seldom flowers ; 3, to rise to a height ; 4, a petiod of time. 2702. Charadb.— By H. R. N., Wyndham:—

My first la used extensively by the ladiea both old and young, and sometimes by the sterner sex ; second is used by both in civilised and uncivilised countries. It is also used by the pugilistic fraternity ; sometimes applied to a combination of merchants of questionab'e morality ; also, as a fence ; first and second combined are often used for measuring. Whole, getting small by degrees and beautifully less. 2703. Acrostic— By Eric Joseph, Milburn :—

1, An animal ; 2, an animal ; 3, a fish ; 4, a person's name ; 6, an animal ; 6, an article of great use to a baker; 7, the flesh of a calf; 8, a town in Great Britain ; 9, a person's name. Initials, denote a great musician. 2704. Charadk.— By Wm Anderson, Oftmaru :—

In my garden I have trouble first in getting clear of my second, which is a weed, and consequently deserve my whole (which is a fish) for tea. 2706. Words Square.— By GZ Q, Oamaru :—

1, To view in fondness ; 2, a trinket ; 3, crescent ; 4, a paradise. 2700. CnARADB.— By A. G. Nicol, Greymouth :—

Pleasant memories cling to first,— All homage to it pay;— Yearß cannot dim the pleasant thoughts— Of first though far away. Seconds are found in lordly halls,- And in the poorest cot;— Seconds can be obtained by all,— Though humble be their lot. The seconds of first are truly divine ;— They make the hcarfc feel glad ;— And by fll'ing the mind with kindly thoughts,— They make happy and gay the sad. 2707. Double Acrostic— By J. Davidson, Kaihiku :—

1, An ancient city of Judah ; 2, men of letters ; 3, a building for the destruction of life ; 4, a rich silk stuff with raised figures ; 5, a sea nymph curtailed ; 6, a prognostic; 7, divided into one hundred degreeß ; 8, a haughty manner or spirit. Initials and finals denote two towns in Great Britain. 2708. Charadb.— By Albert E Hardy, Oamaru :—

1, A word formerly a plural termination of nouns and verbs ; 2, a girl's name ?3, to commit to memory ; 4, thanks ; 6, a pronoun ; 6, the fat of Bwine reversed. # y whole bM ninety faces,