THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1894, 22 May 1890, Page 31

THE RIDDLER.

New Riddles. 5462. Acrostic— Selected by Theraites, Oamaru : - The initials of the writers of the following quotations, when arranged in their right order, will form the name of a well-known poet : — 1 'Tis with our judgments as our watches— none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. 2 All that poets eing, and grief has known, Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word— Alone. 3 If eyes were made for seeing. Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. 4 An honest mun, close-buttoued to the chin, Broadcloth without, and a warm heart within. 5 Affliction's sonß are brothers in distress ; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! 6 When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour ia a private station. 7 For time will teaoh thee Boon the truth, There are no birds In last year'B nest ! 8 You may break, you may shatter the vase, If yon will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. 5463. Enigma..— By Louise Blanche Mountain:— In whatever language or tongue you can speak, Plain English, or Latin, or Hebrew, or Greek, Or French, Dutch, or Welsh, through all Christendom round, I'm ever the same both in sense and in eound ; In each little town so repeatedly famed, By a hundred at once you may hear me proclaimed, Take place iv donations before the conditions, And am the «urn total and end of petitions. 5461. Anagrams on Scotch novels.— Selected by Komany Rye, Musselburgh :— 1 " Halt at mines." 2 " He hath a mind to lift one." 3 "Lol I had to remember form." i " Gun in Germany." 5 "He may not. rest." 6 "A. is often engineer." 7 " I offer long tuueß." 8 " Get true land." 9 " Modes often longer." 10 " Guard note scale*."6465. Enigma.— Selected byColonslie, Waikari:— By turns, I good or ill create, And joy depress or elevate ; Like musio, anger can abate, Or change the warmest love to hate. When Damson for his Ohloe sighs, With deep distress and flowing eyes, All hopeless, he takes me in aid To win the dear, enchanting maid ; For such my power is o'er th° mind, Against her will I make her kind. 5466. Numbered Charade, by Corao: — Just twice you la my first ; My next refers to me ; My third oft quenches thirst, Juat try it and you'll see. My fourth is my whole's middle And one end of your noie ; My fifth completes a riddle, As every puzzler knows. My sixth and seventh are ono, They hiss like angry geese. And now my task 1b done, My whole you'll guess with ease. Answers to Biddies Published May 8. 5448. Anagrams.— By B. Prentiss:— Names of books— "The Odyssey," "Paradise Lost," " Evaneeline." Names of buildings—" St. Peter's Oathedfal," " The Tower of London." " Edinburgh Castle." Miscellaneous—" Mother Hubbard." 5449. Charde.- Selected by Thersites, Oamaru :— A b explained below :—: — Iv Trafalgar's wide bay, 'twas that victory's shout Arose as our hero's last sigh was breathed out; And while England shall flourish .she'll fall not to claim For her Nelaon a nich in the temple of Fame ; And N's the first letter and last in bis name. Through banks of great beauty, for many a mile, Flow the Thames, Mississippi, the Ganges, the Nile ; So other great rivers, as seaward they wend, Till their waters with those of the ocean they blend; And R is the river's begiuning and end. Not in heaven or earth is the last to be found, But you'll see It at once if you look on the ground. Not in rain, wind, or thunder, nor storm can it be, Till it lightens, and then you can easily see That the letter you're seeking can only be G. Now to make these three letters exponents of six. To each but a syllable's value affix ; And the quality rare which you seek you'll possess, And each reader, I fear not to ask to confess, That who's wanting in energy fails of success. 5450. Proverb.— By Kate C. White, Lawrence : — By hand labour great men are made. 5151. Central Acrostic— By E. L. E. :- tuscaboba qUerktako baßbapoks marquesas timbUctoo annapOlis mauritius bengaleSk MishapokE 5452. Hour Glass.— By George E. Smith :— mississippi detblment LSAN B S T BUG A H B U X L d A v BYR U P PATI X N T ELECTIONS NOBODXKNOWS 5453. Words Witbin Words.— By Hose Madder: — Por(ring)er ; de(line)ation , pla(tea)u ; sa(loo)n ; pa(rad)ot ; c;rat)or; p(run)e; vil(lag)e ; pro(dig)y; al(bat)a ; de(lug)o. 5454. Buried Rivers.— By Ella Bachelor : — Cascapedia, Sagueuay, lUdeau, Napanee, Fraser, Soiel, Miisouvi. — The grant Bismarck declined was the Emperor's offer to continue his salary^and official residence. — Inventors everywhere are trying to discover an artificial gas fuel that will end the days of solid fuels. A Wisconsin genius has brought out a scheme of new water gas that is thought well of by scientists. In the end there will probably be developed several.gas fuels that will work all right. — In China the man who lives nearest the scene of a murder is accused of the crime, and he must prove his innocence or else stand the punishment. It doesn't take a Chinese detective long to find a clue, and thus thousands o£ pounds are saved, if the accused is not. — The current to be used in lighting the streets of Portland, Or., will be generated 12 miles away. This is thought to be the longest distance over which the transmission of electrical power has been attempted in America. The current is to have an electromotive power of 4000 volts.