THE RIDDLER. Answers to Riddies Published May 1.

Otago Witness, Issue 1892, 15 May 1890, Page 31

THE RIDDLER.

Answers to Riddies Published May 1.

New Riddles. 5455. Historical Anagrams.— By Daisy :— ' " During the first twiner of the MY.THLOUP BTlLcooyvs, they suffered chsskins, rughen , and dole ; but the following murmes (1621) there was no nawt, for the VASHTKR Of DINNARCOIN, of APEH and YARBKL were fine, and the afcore of wild tyhukks and other wolf plentiful. The Antipurs were so laftkhun they kept a shady-tree feast of thinking vags, during which they fed nearly 100 Sandini. Thiß Wandbm Glen aftes is now kept all the way from Mythloup to the Galton Edge." 5456. Charade.— By James Herbert :— I My first Is a support or stay ; My second is the letter " A " ; (Now that is plain enough, I'm sure) My third is something like a door ; You'll now perceive from what I've said, My whole is to increase or spread. 5157. Drop-Letter.— By Kate C. White, Law" rence:— L-t-1-j-c-h-r-e-, S-t-n-c-r-e-, B-t-na-h-i-t-a-p-e ; H-p-t-n-i-t-u-b, A-d-u-1-d-u-a-l-m, A-d-a-d-h-t-g-o-b-y-m-5458. Enigma. -Selected by Therßites, Oamaru: — Destined by fate to guard the crown, Aloft in air I reign. Above tho mornarch's haughty frown, Or statesman's plotting brain. In hostile fields, when danger's near, I'm found amidst alarms ; In crowds, when fitful storms appear, I often fly my arms. 5159. Anagrams (names of great men).— By Percy Prior : - 1, "You rob the rest." 2, "Will a prime cow." 3. " Her one egg spent so." 5460. Rebus. — Selected by Oolonslie, Wakari : — Here's plenty of water, I'm sure I may say ; And here ia an article used every day ; i And here is a beverage ; put them together ; What is it, with claws but with never a feather ; , Sharp claws aud sharp teeth, and yet very tame ? Come 1 look at it well, now, and tell me its name. [ 6461. Arithmorbm.— By Amy Reford :— i I am a word of letters three ; . ' Behead me and you triple me ; Behead me again, you make me ten ; 1 My whole will just your state express, Unless the word you quickly guess.

1 5442. Square.— By Therßites, Oamaru ;— DETER ELUDE TULIP EDI L X IRE P X L i 5443. Diamond.— Selected by Oolonslie, Wakari:— I T , WIG ! TIGER GEM B 5444. Anagrams on Scott's, Dickens', and Gsorgb ■ Bliot's Works.— By S. Moore :— I 1, "The Monastery" (Scott); 2, "Ivanhoe" L (Scott); 3. "Waverley" (Scott); 4, "Tale of Two i Oltieß " (Dlokeni) ;5, " Oliver Twist " (Diokens) ; 6, I " Bleak House " (Dickens) ; 7, " Mill on the Floss" (Eliot) ; 8, " Adam Bede" (Eliot). i 5445. Geographical Bnigm a.— Selected by Romany l Rye, Musaelburgh-.— r One Clear day May Cook and her friend Clare ; White went for a walk. On their way they met a . Black Man who, meaning robbery, stopped them. , They could not speak for Pear, but fortunately they ' got away not a bit hurt, but 'having lost a Sable > Cape, and they afterwards parted with a cordial l Farewell. fc 5446. Diamonds.— By Andrew A, Scott t— | s p ' B V B POP ; ELEVE POPES \ SYESORE POPULAR [ EVOKE PELEW [ ERE SAW B R 1 5447. Transposition.— By Kate C. White, Law- ! rence :— , There lives and works i A soul in all things ; and that soul is God : The beauties of the wilderness are His j That make bo gay the solitary place. Where no eye Bees them ; and the fairer forms, 1 That cultivation glories in are His. • He sets the bright spring season on its way, 1 And marshals all the order of the year ; He marks the bounds which winter may not pass, [ And bluntsJHifl pointed fury, &o. I " i An Interesting Experiment. 1 We suppose that most of our readers are aware that everyone haß an absolutely blind spot in each I eye, as we have already pointed out in these pages. I It is at the point where the optic nerve joins the retina, and its presence may be esily demonstrated ' by the following simple experiment i —

Hold this page about a couple of feet away, so that the spot !is opposite tho left eye and the eroB« opposite the right. Clobo the left eye, and fix the gaze of the right steadily on the round apot. Now bring tho paper Blowly nearer, and a point will bo reached when the oross will totally disappear from eight. At a less distance it will reappear, for it ]b only when .the image of the cross is exactly on the blind spot that it is invisible. We do not notice this neculiarity in ordinary vMon, because it is impossible for the rays from an object to fall ou both blind spots at once. Were the optic nerve to enter the exact centre of the retina, there would always be a small blank spot in the centre of our field of vision; but, by a beautiful adjustment, the blind spot is slightly removed from the exact centre, so that what one eye cannot see the other can.

The Auckland Star commenting on the cumu- . lative vote scandals in school committee elections |in the South, says :— " We may surely hope that the bill which has again been prepared in Qtago, and which is to be introduced early next session by Mr George M'Lean to abolish this legislative monstrosity will meet with a very different reception from that accorded to its predecessors, i The bill in the main seems to be well considered, i and we hope to see it placed upon the Statutp > Book during the coming session,"