New Riddles.

Otago Witness, Issue 1865, 19 August 1887, Page 27

New Riddles.

4494. .Transposed Christian 'Names.— By' Blanche Long, 'Lawrence s — 1. Smjae. 2. Yarm. 3. Mohtas. 4. Milwlia. 5. Mdedno. ' • ; 4495. Transposition,— By Myrtle,, Waitahuma :— Dah I a velor owh saw lebon dan feer. !I! I louwd eh rewe bonier nath' 6t eovlem'. 1 '■ 4496. Diamond.— By Tevien :— 1, A letter ; 2, one ; 3, to make reparation ; 4, frugality ; 5, knotless ; 6, a relative ; 7,, a letter. 4497. Double Acrostic— By A. B. C,:— A quadruped, a flower, a naturalist, part of a vessel,' a' town in Africa, a root, what my whole is. My initials and finals' read downwards are vegetable .products, ■' A Batch of' Charades:— 4<t?B. —By Thersiteo i— A part of a shoe, my firstwill declare ; Another construction you'll Had " to repair"; Your next I'd adviBe to keep under control, For the good of your body, as well as your soul. In a day -that is past, superstition ran rife ; Inanimate clay was supposed to have life ; The dead would return on the living to prey, My total will name a dread of that day." 4499.-By W.A.C.:— An instrument my first is s^en. And in most bands has always been ; My next you'll find on many a wall, Inviting you to inspect or call ; My whole, a foreign bird you'll see, The name you know— what can it be 9 4500.— 8y A. B.'Payton : — My first and second, though 'tis puzzling, Are always used in making muslin ; My third, with loudly sounding throat,, Returning day does well denote ; ' ' For exercise and pleasure too, My whole, ye fair, is vised by you. 4501.— Ibid:— My first, although of use it be, The very filthiest hands would soil ; Mv next, the produce of a tree, Is gathered up with pains and toil. My whole, when hither it does come, ■ Shines like a bright exotic forth : • Say, would you wish to find its-home, Go seek it in the north. 4502. Transposition.— By Spenser, Dunedin :— EHT HTPRMIU FO YMLEOLHACN. Ecmo, nthe, Rphedinla, ewsho deextal dmni, Silt oo ndwo mfro rfa no lal ttah scmhra hte tgare, Bfo utho tfisan rbae nuenksah dan dreensgi The tbsreitgh' ssmli teh tbsleakc sfnrwo fo Aetf . 4503. The Curious Cboss:— o Compose a cross with 13 copperß, peno nieß, or any other coins, in which' it wiil ooooobe perceived that you may reckon nine in o three different ways ; that is to say, on o ' the entire perpendicular line, up to the o cross line, and including the croßß line, o first on the right then on the left. These i o are the qualities of tne cross. o The puzzle is to take two of the pieces away, and still to leave the same quail ties in the cross.