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THE RIDDLER.
New Riddles. 6160. Charade.— By Kangaroo:— " Come boys, the hounds are off, and the scent Lies strong e'rethe sun rises high." So over the pastures we galloping went, And many a sapling behind us bent. As well back from our horses heads we leant — And rode at my whole straight and high. Then confusion reigned— for many a spill Brought rider and horse to the ground. But my second sang on with a merry trill, And my first came galloping up with a will, And added his voice to the tumult shrill 'Midst a hurly-burly of sound. 6161. Metagkams.— By J. H. Pickard :— 1. An' animal, right fleet, I ween. 2. A larger one,— you've oft it seen. 3. 4, 5. A weed ; exposed ; anxiety. 6. Your passage-money this must be. 7. To brave ;— and now, to speak quite fair, 8. My last one always will be rare. 6162.3 HALF Square.— By J. D. Hoffman :— In the one I sadly sat, My only comrade was a rat. How many times I'd watched it chmb ' O'er two ; I wished its skill was mine. Day after day I thirdly dreamed Of better days, until it seemed That I could fancy I heard it four : " Go, you are fred, pass through the door. So five these dreams I lived each day, Yet six was ever found in nay. 6163. Transpositions.— By Ishmael :— 1. A place where pretty flowers grow. 2. A useful bird that you well know. 3. Of this most people are afraid. 4. Things in good order here arrayed. 6164. AnagramS.— Selected by Thersites :— Washington Irving a story told Which delighted the young, also the old ; It was war in pinkrel, that for years Astonished each one to smiles, not tears. 6165. Drop Vowel Quotation.— By Romany Rye :— . Supply omitted vowelfe in the following quotation from Tennyson. B-t, -h, f-r v th- t»ch -f • v-n-sh-d h-nd, -nd th« s-nd -f • v-evth-t -s st-11. 6166. Charade.— By O. Illingworth :— My first should love my last, My last should love my first ; My, whole for sg© B P aß *» Has social love rehearsed. 6167. Enigma.'— Selected by Ohau :— I'm present with you while you read, But onward 'still I quicWy speed. "Tis said on wings I fleetly flyYet I'll be with you till, you die. I've passed, and yet I still remain, And oft perhaps, shall come again I may be sloyvl may be fast, But quick enough for all at.last. My age may vary as you range From east to west. To plural change. I may be gobd or bad, but would you guess I'm an impqrtant portion of the Press ? Though strange to'say, I may be joined to tables, And oft am found under " once in fables, Some use me well, some spend me badly, Others but lose, some, waste me sadly. Answers to Riddles 6146 to 6152. 6146. Anagrams on Well-known Books.— By Gehohusmp :— 1 Lovel the Widower. 2. David Copperfield. 3. Wuthering Heights, 4. The Princess of Thule. 5. The last days of Pompeii. 6. Little Lord Fauntleroy- 1. King Solomons, Mines. 8. Doctor Claudius. 9. Living or Dead. 10 Robinson Crusoe. 11. The last of the Mohicans. 12. Robbery under Arms. 6147. Diamond.— Selected by Kangaroo :— I AN D PAS T E claU se s S C R U 8.8 I N G trachOnitis mcd it erranean INSUBORDINATION PREVARICATION DISTINGUISH LUCRATIVE MOT T L E D JUI C V »Od' N 6148. Hidden Proverb.— Selected by Thersites (one word in' each line) :— 11 Faint heart never won fair lady." 6149. Scriptural Enigma.— Selected by Colonslie: — U ttermost (Hebrews vii. 25.) N azereth (Matt. ii. 23.) T ribute-money (Matt. xvn. 24.) I shmael(Gen. xvi. 15.) L ydia (Acts xvi. 14.) T abitha (Acts ix. 36-39.) H erod (Matt ii. 1-8.) E sau (Gen. xxxm. 3, 4.) D avid (1 Chron. xxviii. 11 ; xxix. 1.) A dam (Gen. ii. 20.) V oke (Lamentations in. 27.) D aniel (Dan, i. 8.) A bsalom (2 Sam. xiv. 30.) W ater (John iv. 7-10.) N abal (1 Sam. xxv. 18-42.) 6150. BEHEADiNGS-T-By Romafcy Rye :— 1, Dwell, well ; 2, ebony, bony ; 3, shop, hop ; 4, crave, rave ; 5, swallow, wallow ; 6, obit, bit. 6151. Drop-letter.— By J. B. Hoffman :— " What is life 1 A thawing iceboard On a sea with sunny shore : Gay we sail"; it melts beneath us ; We are sunk and seen no more." (J152. Double Acrostic— By Sigma :— P egto P A ncho R G emm I O hi O D ange R A wa V Croup, whooping cough, sore throat, sudden cold, and the lung troubles peculiar to children, are easily controlled by promptly administering Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. This remedy is safe to take and certain in/its action,
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Otago Witness, Issue 1994, 12 May 1892, Page 36
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THE RIDDLER. Otago Witness, Issue 1994, 12 May 1892, Page 36
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