New Riddles.

Otago Witness, Issue 2273, 23 September 1897, Page 38

New Riddles.

8602. Double Acrostic —By S. I. :—

Foundation Words or Uprights. If first be careless about his second He'll find he's no true poet reckoned. r Lights or Cross Words. 1. Strike* a caged tiger with a stick. . You'll find he'll this, and pretty quick. 2. Seven b>ok« here, extremely old, a And doubtless wjrth their weight in gold. 3. If you peruse "Macbeth' 1 you'll find The waves are something of this kind. 4. A very useful fooi is this, At dinner rarely comes amiss. 5. If on your neighbour's land you thi?. You'll find that all may not be blis*. 6. From foreign lands ia this brought here ; Make it an adjective, and 'tis "queer." BG,'3. Cuaiude— By Thersites :— My first in ancient battle sped From out the skilful bow ; My tecond's wrath to murder ted, AU Shakespeare .students khow ; My whole's a place where life is passed In hard toil day by day, There if man's hapless lot be Cist For liberty he'll pray. 8601. Letter Puzzle.— By Romany Rye :— Rep^ce the above asterisTcs with letters so that the groups form words signifying: — "A lay," "a stratatjem," " to bury," " petty," " an incursion," " a cricketing term," " a chair," and " a bird." 'Ihe initials will then give the name of a wellknown flowtr. If the letters of each word be transposed so that they form another word, the fresh initials read backwards will supply the name of a secoud familiar flower.