THE RIDDLER.
,New Kiddles.
4863. Enigma.— By Aanfc Jerusha, Lawrence t—
The five-iixths of a never fading flower -that flourishes daily beneath the morning dew; the onefourth of a famous river ; the two-fifths of a cedar, and if ynu commit an error 'twill, prove fatal unto you ; the two-fourths of a bird that inhabits distant regions ; likewise the letter V, which is well known unco you;, the two-fourths ef a leaf well known throughout this nation. Spell my name in full in the shades of Aherlow. ' 4804. Towns Dt Ibeland.— By Jessie L. :— 1, An insect and the edge; 2, a vehiole and not high ; 3, a direction and a harbour , 4, a useful mineral and a stack ; 5, a month and an interjection. - 4865. Chabasb.— By Fossiclcer, Gabriels; — . My flrat iB indispensable to my whole ; my second ( is propelled by my first ; and ray whole requires all the muscle, activity, and .patience of the colonial youth. ' ' 4886. Numerical Exigma.— By S, Bemoa :— My whole, composed of 27 letters, is a quotition from Pope, My 18, 18, 8, 4, 20, sis a low character. My 10, 23, 3, 2, 11 is to reject. My 21, 14, 7, 19. 27 is an article of diet. My 9, 12. 20, 22, 25 is a knot. • '< ' My 9. 17. 24 is a river in Scotland. My 15, 13, 1 is an adverb. " , . 4867. CoNtTNDHUMS.— By Kate O. White, Lawrence:— 1. What is that which every one can divide and no one can see when it is divided ? '< : •'. ' 2. What word is that which if? you transpose a letter it will be its reverse ? 3. What kind of vice is that which people shun 1| they are ever so bad ? 4. What is it that renders life inert and yefi restores it ? 5. What crows less tired the more it works ? . 6. What kind of a ship has two mates and no captain? 7. What key is the hardest to turn ? 4868. Curtailments and Bkhbadinos. — Selected by Thertitet, Oamaru: — 1. Fart of the body; curtail it and behead it and leave part of the head. 2. Curtail not cold and leave fighting. 3. Behead chief exeoutor of the United State* and leave a citizen. 4. Curtail a gathering and leave a domestic fowl's cry. 5. Behead a dish and leave a word signifying last. 6. Behead to break and leave a person who makes hats. 7. Behead not expensive and leave a mass. S. Behead a timepiece and leave part of a door. 9. Behead to reside and leave a place for water. 4889. Charade.— By B. Falck, Lawrence ; — My first is in big, but not in small ; ' My second is in cry, bufc not in call ; My third is in middle, but not in core ; My fourth is in legal, but not in law ; My fifth'in Sam, but not in Ned ; My sixth is in iron, but not in lead ; My lest is in Dan, dread, or asunder ; And upon the dreary mountain road My whole awaits to plunder.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1912, 13 July 1888, Page 27
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510THE RIDDLER. Otago Witness, Issue 1912, 13 July 1888, Page 27
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