THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1890, 10 February 1888, Page 27

THE RIDDLER.

Kew Biddies.

4683. Kiddle.— Selected by N. B. G. Fortroae :— Two brothers wisely kept apart, Together ne'er employed } Though to one purpose we are bent, Each takes a different side ; To us no head nor mouth belongs. Yet plain our tongues appear ; With them we never speak a word,

Without them useless are ; In blood and wounds we deal, yet good Jn temper we are proved ; From passion we are always free, Yet oft with anger moved ; We travel much, yet pris'ners are, And close confined to boot ; We with the fleetest horse keep pace. Yet always goon foot. 4684. Diamond.— By Aunt Jerusha :—

1, la in the winter; 2, sparkles through my whole ; 3, little and useful and dangerous too; 4, guide, philosopher, and '.friend in hundreds of isolated homes in Otago ; 5, tired Nature's sweet restorer ; 6, a river in Scotland ; 7, in snow. 4685. Half Square.— By G. Senior:—

I. The instrument of taste ; 2, name of a favourifc Witness; contributor; 3, a mark; 4, a card; 5, hal of fate ; 6, a vowel. 4685. Numbered;Ohabade.— By Fosslcker, Gabriel* My first is in bicycle but not in horae. Second is in gain but not in loss. Third is in crab but not in stout. Fourth is in small but not in long. Fifth is in land but not in water. My whole is the name of a political party long extinct. 4687. J. 8.. Waitahuna, propounds the following variations of the hen and a-half puzzle t—

If a hen and a-half lay an egg In a day and a-half, how many eggs will six hens lay in six days ? 4688. Charade.— Selected by Myrtle, Waitahuna t— My first is clear, no sound I hear, And all the earth seems wrapt in sleep ; Out of the gloom the fitful moon Glides forth her watch o'er earth to keep. Far out at sea, most restlessly, A schooner next a third doth sail ; Crash falls the mast, the ship sinks fast, And none are left to tell the tale. My whole you must have heard at dusk, When other birds to sleep have gone, High in a tree, most happily, She cheers us with a merry song. 4689. Drop-letter Quotation from Drydbn. — By Queenie : — A-o-1- s-v-g-.

4690. Charade.— By Romany Bye, Musßelburghi— There on the river's bank 'neath the first's bright glow. Wandered the buck, the fawn and doe, The finny tribe witli backs that gleam, Swarm all through the crystal stream. There in the summer's total blaze Will last bright rows of twinkling raalze, Where the quiet brooks of the mountain rill Will ever move the grinding mill. 4691. Buried Continental Towns.— By F. Gall :— Fel spar is the came of this, and fluor sparef tha one. Mother, I think this fowl is bony. As we went along the path Ensign Debro met v (two). He Is very untidy ; ho made a mess in a minnto o two. Surely on such an occasion you might behav yourself. We've nice apples to-day, ma'am.