THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 38

THE RIDDLER.

826 M. Double Acrostic.— By >S I.: — Foundation words or up> ights. The name of this, -I must curifes;), Will not be difficult to guesß ; For none would ,hfßit»te to say 'Xis quite a feature of the day. :Bomc people, I beltavc, have Baid They find th« *pace too Uinited ; But tht-M, you If now, tho cost io small, And so it is a boon to all. Lights orcrois words. 1. At this, when each his betst has done, Some accident may spoil the fun. .2, We all agree 'tla very sad This charming creature should be mad. 3. Although intended for a jnint, It should not bs without a point. ,4. Though good, no doubt, we much prefer To read * daily newapaper. -8205. Beheading and Transposition.— By Thoi» .Biles : — " You're looking At nia now, so quick, Beh&id me., change my form and eat 1 And if 'tis more unto your taato, Curtail, and still ior food I'm meet. "Mix me together, and behold " An ancestor cf youra, Tm told. 8266 Enigma.— By Cdionslie :— I dance in the gulden sunshine, • I flutter in light summer breeze t You'll see me dressed in garment fine Whanyouh-cwanflenng 'neath the tr«eß. Bometiniel of many J am part, Sometimes, high up, I tremble lone ; Then are iad days for my poor heart, , And my lifework is alcuoit done. Some hold me wifchflngurs, listless, And heed not the mesuage I bear ; S >rae with corneas, resistless, Grasp-the truths on my lutface fair ; Some declare they'veturned me -anew, That I'll never be m. r>ed again— Inde«d I hope 'twill not bo you Who makes this good effo/t in vain. Sometimes by toota of steel, -<o cold, I am def ly twisted and twirled ; Then I «m maile of purest gold, And I do much .good in the world. I'm found in the Great Bo k j.bave, Where an-angel the record keeps Of deeds to be judged by God's love, With His mercy that n*ver sleeps. , 826r. Hidden Proverb.— By Emily B. :— From a town in the Oikurya, an Mand off the west co ist of Scotland, a European sea, and' a river in the south of the Argentine Reptiblic, form a w«ll-known proverb.

Answers to Riddles Pub. April 30. 8252. Double Acrostic. 8253 Hidden Proverb —By EDS— and Crosswords.— By Emily B. t— al Lib P ro P s o w O per A B -j o EaTE a T " T elegrap H TICKETING R ome O X t. D V c S i * j. i I a otAhi 8251. Chatsadb.— By "Fred Thomson:— Sinecure. 8265. Changed Heads.— By Oulonslie ;— Six, ix, x. 8256. EsiGMA.-By Thersites i-~ Million. 5257. Beheadings.— By Eomany Eye J— 1, M-oat ; 2, d-j-ift ; 3, b-ring ; 4,«-late : 5, g-.Wfty| G, p-earl j 7, e-wing ; 8, s-trap ; 9, flight.

Mr William Lambert, -an eld Dunodin xeif« dent, has been appointed to the management of the Auckland' 4 branch of the Mutual Lift Association of Australasia. At a meeting attended by a number of representatives fr6m religious bodies and school* of Wellington it was resolved to take immediate •teps to organise sn opposition to the proposed introduction of the Irish Scripture Text Book into tbe State schools or *ny other interf«re»c« \ with the present educational system. A public meeting is convanwL