THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 35

THE RIDDLER.

New RUldleo. 8081. Douhle Acrostic— By Mona :— Foundation worda or uprights. Now should you aspire this puzzle to solve, On a measure of patience please resolve ', Two grand old poets, of classic fame, The primals and terminals clearly name. Lights cr croas wordß. 1. Of uottaries this the centre. 2. Decoration this doth enter. 3. Third is now beneath your smile. 4. llere's a small historic isle. 5. To step beyond I've here displayed. C. A centre of American trade. 7. Financial letters one, two, throe, 8. Next a bird, lusty, bold, and tree. 9. Throughout your course in life, and mine, May each have plenty of number nine. 8085 Buried Sports and Pastimks —Selected btf Thersites :-- 1, Acekrst ; 2, abdiilrs ; 3, asilnnnatw ; t, acehilstt ; 5, acelorss ; 6, acghiuly. 80S6. Rkversion. -Selected by Oolonslie :— A textrte fabric is my first, O'er tables I aui oft dispersed ; And truly all my cost is second To those who on my aid have reckoned. 8087. Hidden Birds.— By Apteryx :— What well- known birds aro expressed in the following :— Equality and decay ; nothing, twic« \ yourself, aud fifty ; a valuable grain and a part of it; thrtse-eightha of a periodical, and au eatable ; and a piece of wood and a name given to ft thoroughfare. 8088 Ohakadb.— By It >many Rye :— A crosising-sweepjr beg red my first • As through the mud I strode ; The wet, as I paused second through, Was worse than in the road. My wh'-lo's a masterpiece, indeed, Which Knglish folk ne'er tail to read. 8089. The Boaiumnu-housk Pik : - 1 his is the problem of the bonrdiug-house pie. It originally »p« poared in a paper in America, whero the board; tig-house is übiquitoua, aud the pie is indigenous :—: — A certain lady baked a pie. That was easy enough, being a mere matter of cookery. But the serving of pie is like kixsing— it goes by favour. The good boarder* who pad regularly, and did not grumble about anything ought, of course, to gut the biggest slices, while the men who did not pay, and yet took the liberty of criticising things in generul, should, of coune, get the smal'est pieces that could bo decently confcriied. Now, th« landlady bad a certain number of boarders. i She ouly made nix straight cuts of the knife. The problem is : How many pieces could she divide th»t i>ie into? The cuts, of course, must be understood to bo perpendicular.