FOR THE KIDDIES. .

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 17 June 1911, Page 11 (Supplement)

FOR THE KIDDIES. .

(J. Why are sentries like day and ■ A. Because when one comes the othei £o<-'s. Q. What is that which unites by •dividing, and divides by uniting? A. A pair of scissors. Q. When is tho best time to catch *oi:t. water?-; ■ A. When it is raining,.hard. Q. When is there no such thing as ai whole day.? • . - A. Because over/ day begins by breaking. Q. When can 3-ou carry water in a sieve? A. When it is frozen. Q. What is that which goes up and •down, yet never ■touches sky or ;<^-ountl ? A. A pump-handle. , j VERY STRANGE. "Tis strange, but true, that when night Mis -~,.. It doesn't break at all.. Uut. strangerrstill when, daylight breaks It's never know.n to fait. = THAT 6FFICE-BOY AGAIN. "Sir," remarked the office-boy to ilie puzzle Editor, '"'it's. a strange thing that in Dunedin. they can't hang a man with a wooden leg." "Nonsense, Ch'jftles, you must be mistaken, my boy, V-hy, I'm " "It's a fact, sir - They can't hang a man with ,a wooden leg; they have to use a rope." MISSING. WORDS. The three missing words in the folJowing versq ,aro composed of tho same '..••even letters: "When good men fail the grins, When one ~ he swears, j .And tries to set his former ains Against his -prayers. SOLUTION. S; rpenfc, Repents, Present. A KNOTTY PROBLEM. There yas onco a monastery of which it wa<i boasted that no inmate had ever told a. licsl As ft' matter of fact, no ■one connected -with it ever had told a 'he. ■- ■;■ : ■ .-. •■. -. \ .. ; Ono day, however, a monk rushed •in on his assembled brothers and •ci'ied: "At last a lie has beon told withiri this monastery!" Was the monk telling a lie <when iie made this statement, as till hs start- . od speaking no lie £ihad" ever been •told? SOLUTION. TII9 only satisfactory solution is to *upf)o»o that the monk "was" telling n lie when he* commenced'■.•;sjpeaking', ljut was telling the ti-uth before he hadlihished.