NEW RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1584, 1 April 1882, Page 24

NEW RIDDLES.

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

2700. CiiARADE.-By Bella, Penirsula :— Gentle zephyrs lull the dowdrop,— Nightly resting on my whole ;~ Fairest flowers around it Dlossom,— Fleecy clouds above it roll. — While my second fair and lovely,— Softly bursting into bloom,— Decorates the dewy lawn,— Sometimes lights the lonely room. — See my beauteous first arrayed in— Colours gorgeous, bright, and gay,— While the tui sweet is trilling,— Welcome to the opening day. 2710. Charade.— By JO X, Warepa :— In early days before railways.-Throughout New Zealand ran— My first, a means of transit was— For merchandise and man.— And even yet it is often seen— Upon the highway of the Queen,— Of Caledonia starn and wild— My second; a native roams.'— My whole is found if you look round,— ln many, many homes. 1 2711. Words Squares and Double Acrostic— By Ad-

onitis, Dunedin :— 1.--1, Three-fourths 6f an inch ; 2, an asteroid discovered in 1851 ; 3, silly creatures ; 4, to infix ; 5, prongs^ Elgewhere . 2f a j ulcy fru i t . 3f3 f t 0 t 0 t i nge deeply ;4, drunk, (v.ukrar) ; 5, to inocculate. III.— I, Dialect ; 2,, Canis familiaris Auetrahs ; 3, a chemical substance ; 4, an architectural term ; 5, coin. ' IV.— l, A spear ; 2, advantage ; 3, ingenuous ; 4, pertaining to a citizen ; 6 to choose. V.— l, Long-spun stories; 2, ono of a religious sect ; 3, to cleanse with water ; 4, a genus ot mollusca; 5, a mean follow. , , „ The initials and finals of tho first words in theje squares name what is perused by thousands nearly every day in Duuedin. ' 2712. Ekiqma.— By Cupid, Pukeuri :— '- The tide was|low, the;wind]was cold,— Upon the sands the poor whole strolled.— His burned sorked cheek and croaking lay,- Seemed to hftVe known a better day,— His banjo, sole remaining joy,— Was thrummed by an obstreperous boy.— The last of all the band was ho- Who sang of nigger minstrelsy, -For, alas, their date was fled ;— His tuneful brethren earned their bread -In othor, channels. Ho confest— That had he done so it were best.-pNo more of fiddle, harp, or horn,—He sang his melodies forlorn.— A wandering ntgver he was, and poor,— He hummed and strummed from door to door,— And tuned to pleaso a vagrant ear, - The banjo swells had loved to hear. 2713. CiiAitADß.— By Albert E Hardy, Oamam :• -

My aecond isa New Zealand racehorse ; my first and third conjoined is a river in Europe. My whole Is rather severe. 2714. Triplb Acrostic —By E J F Terry, Alexandra South :— •

1, A man who gives his opinion in a trial ; 2, unchangable; 3, another word for regency ; 4, an ad joe-, tive ; 6, a town in Bohemia ; 6, on effort whon made for good never blamed: 7, to make things in tune. Initials, centres, and finals name planets. 2715. Chabadb.— By W Don, Warepa :—

My first is a mineral hard in £he grain ;-My second's a consonant, I hope this is plain ;— My third means much, so some people Bay. -My whole names a bird, not seen every day. 2716. Chaiiadr.— By GZ Q, Oamaru :—

1, To live ; 2, transposed, a colour ; 3, a consonant ; 4, transposed, a number ; and the meaning of my whole is found in my first and second. 2717. ABD G I Puzzm.— By Fitz Barry, Kuri : i, A small piece of cloth, worn b'y,cbildren ; 2, a, queen of CarU, Asia Minor,' who was drivon from the throne by her brother ; 3, an' instrument that, smart tftembendf the thieving society sometime* faston'in ■ the 1 mouths of their victims; 4, ft child's 1 term of address to one of lts> parents ; 5, the, first king of Hungary who < bowed .hlfl- knee before „a; Christian altar;, 6, the past tense of the verb d 0. ., Primate and finals read downwards name a city in Turkey in Asia which" ii visited by religious tourists who wish to bo able 'to' »y that they prayed In a hundred places' of worship in an Eastern town, and kneeled on and broke a corner off' the tomb of Jveekiel. The answer contains six V A'fl/'flve "We," three •• B'a," two " G's," and two"rs,"and none of the other letters of the alphabet, and each word oi.it except the name of the Turkish town reads backward and forward the tame. 27f8. CiURADB.-By A G Nlcol, Greymouth:— ( _ No doubt you 'have had a first ' to-night,— Most likely had your tea';— And should to-night a second bei-Fro'm hunger; you'll be free. Atpic-nids, third is iiandod round,— lt is a dainty bits ;— A fourth frequently ends the day,- And finishes the night.-' — My whole is not f&r-fetched, I think,— lt compriies fourteen letters. -If you have whole of daily wants,— Envy not your .betters. 2719. Charade.— By John Whyte, Oamara :— 1, A coal scuttle ; 2, transposed, induced. Whole, to waddle. > 2720. Diamohd Pdzzlb.— By Coquin, Wyndham :— • 1 A consonant ; 2, a noiso ; 3, a pie ; 4, in a high ' degree ; 6, plenty ;6,in a state of spiritual darkness ; 7, amusement ; 8, Members of Parliament ; 9, centre word ; 10, immediately ; 11, ignorant ; 12, a river in North America ; 13, to outweigh ; 14, to obtain ; 15, to squander ; 16, antiquity ; 17, a vowel. Centros moan : — '• In a manner contrary to interest or profit." 2721. Charadb.— By Pepita, Oamaru :— 1, A river iw England ; 2, to deceive ; S, 1 a river in England ; 4, a vowel. My whole is a lake in Victoria. 2722. CnARADE.— By Nihil, Nameless, Wyndham :— 1, The name of a European river doubled ; 2, a domestic pot ; 3, an article ;4, what a cat usually .is ; B, pronounces awell-known measure My whole is a mountain in America. 2723. Drop Letter Puzzle.— By Eric Joseph, Mil. burn :— . •h- c-1- w-n-s -w-p-t -c -o-n-a-n'- h-i-h-, A-d -a-h-e-s -a- t-e -r-a-y -i-d ; •n- 'm-d -h- c-e-r-e-B -o-r- o- n-g-t - m-t-e- w-n-e-e- w-t' h-r -h-1-; 2724. Charade.— By Jessie and Aleck, Pukerau :— Man is my second upon my first; -On my first ho lives, on my first shall die— Tho' ho is my who c he yet may win - A lifo crown beyond the sky. 2725. CHARADE.-By Puffing Billy, Goodwood :— It's miserably cold to-day,— Yet I must go to town > —So Clara dear, jupt run up stairs— And bring me my first down ;— And then get out your crochet work-I gave you yesterday, And of my next do three or four,— There's time while I'm away ;- 1 mean to call on Nellie Wood ;-Poor thiDg she's sinking fast.— My whole upon her cheeks and brow, -Show life will soen i bo past. 2726 Charade.— By H Brazier, Alexandra South :— (1.) lam a greeting 'tis sweet to hear,— l refresh you too on the plains so drear.— (2.) Transposed, I'm a beverage taken to excess, -And many good men have tried mo to suppress. -(3.) I am also a weight, very heavy ;— Ah wel', you will find me if you look in Oduistonfol. -I was in my day a warrior of fame,— And all generations will hoar my name.