LITTLE FOLKS' RIDDLES.
565. By M. D. :— (1) Why is a lady not like an umbrella? (2) Two brothers we are, two brothers we be ; we're full in the morning and empty at night. 5(56. By Agnes :— How many wives are you allowed by the prayer-book ? 567. By Margaret :— Put your father in a sack, what town in Egypt does he represent ? 568. By Charlotte :— Put a little boy in his father's coat, what two towns in France does he represent ? 5Q9. By William E. Kinsman :— When is money damp ? 570. By M. G. B. :— (1) What is that which is often placed upon the table, cut, but never eaten? (2) When are there most- holes in the ground ? ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES. 562. By Jane Pollock Clark :— A drum. 563. By Elizabeth Annie Hynes .—Because it is in a puff. 564. By School Lassie :— l, a cinder sifter ; 2, the man had one eye, and the tree two apples on it.
— " No, Gubbin3, you will never be a brainworker." "Why not?" " Haven't got the tools." Advice to Mothers 1 —Are you broken in you* rest by a sick child' suffering with, the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediaely. It is perfectly harmless, and pleasant to the taste ;_ it produces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It soothes the child { it softens the gums, allays all pain, elieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs WinBlow's Soothing Syrup is sold hv medicine doalers everywhere at Is lid per bottle -[Advt.]
LITTLE FOLKS' RIDDLES.
Otago Witness, Issue 1994, 12 May 1892, Page 41
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