THE PUZZLER

Manawatu Herald, 31 March 1904, Page 4

THE PUZZLER

No. l 1 ' A crosUc* Suitable. I'birV,:; taction. Limited. To flourish, Ainu,-. K.-Louh. One designated by nu>v. si r. My primal.-! ;n.■ i fin-A rend downward name two cniimtat .'.m'-rjeau divines. . No. SCO. — Uni^nm. A (Uifniruinenoii.s animal Is lh:U. ivlii'ii we is. Male all. A silly follow, too, is lit.-. And servile, as yon often see. Bel tor to follow one’s own plan Than all some nuieli admired man. For artificiali( y In never xiU-a-!ni, r , all ap'reo. No. SCl.—Tommy’s Impression.

Tommy—Are yon a real man, grandpa? Grandpa—Yes, Tommy. Now what did yon think I was? Tommy-Thought you were. —-I (Fill out Tommy’s answer.)—Golden Days. No. 858.—0 n a Flailing Excursion* ’ ' 1 the fishes wJ lose names are defined;) TuJ'm’aS ' at °b "'hs a “sudden bfow or hit” (1). ‘ f turned A«d “to challenge”-(ajilio v Etaif lf ’ wLe “ l ** * a “stupid fellow” (8) and a.. us ®£ of somt bait or artif ice” (4) near a u ti'ed .(oj- Approaching, I sought “to -find - fault'-', jo) at my misadventure. "One who darts y) suddenly passed with “deep, guttural sounds” (8), and Instinctively a “pole” (0) was thrust at a “bucket of a pump” (10). '“Ono wlio praises extravagantly*’ (Ctyoamo near. I had been cautioned to be (varS of a “person easily duped or cheated” (13), andgiven to understand ! hat I mightexpect £BV encounter witli a "machine for beating out grain” (18). Remembering that warning, I Lvnta hasty retreat, leaving my booty behind in the pond. No. 853. —Charade. The waves were racing in the bay, And shining oxn of loam wore they; Up came a boat man, steering gay That craft of ids. I asked, with my most, courteous bow, “Is any fish in season now?” Ho answered, as ho moorod his scow, “Aye, haddock is." Wo wont for haddock; soon we caught Ono of great two; the line was taut; Tho boat would surely whole, I thought, In tho abyss. But only I plumped in. My trips Since then I take on larger ships; I’m wary since from Ocean’s lips I had a. kiss. No. 854.—Numerical Hnigma. My whole, composed of 33 letters, is a quotation from Halleck; My 20, 80, 24, 8, IS, 30, 31, 11, 1,6, 23 is rniu. My 25, 8,5, 28,10,13, 21,19, 83 is subjection to death. My 7, 20,17, 4,14 is to turn rapidly. My 33, 3, 37 is an animal. My 15, IS, 23 is to become weary. My 10, 9 is an interjection. No. 865. —Geographical Divisions. Take a river from a town in England and leave a clamorous creditor. A drinking cup from a city in Italy and leave part of the body. A carpenter’s tool from a town in Russia and leave turmoil. The present time from a town in Hindoostan and leave good fortune, A weight from a town in Massachusetts and leave fresh. Prevailing fashion from a town in Ohio and leave a period of time. A Card Trick. Deal 23 cards iu five rows of five cards each, face upward. Invite a person to think of a card and to tell you in which row it is. Note in your own mind the first or loft hand card of that row. Now pick up the cords In verticle columns—i. e., beginning at the last card pf the- lasfcrow, placing that card face upward upon the last pf tho next row, those two upon the last of the next row, and so on. When you have nicked up »U the cards in this manner, deal them out again in the same way as at first. You will observe that those cards which before formed the first cards M each rOW now .themselves form the first row. Ask" tho person in which row his card now is. When bo has told you, look to the top row fo'r tho first card of the original row, when the card thought of will be found in a direct lino below it iu the last row indicated. Key to the Fuzzier. No. 241.—A Tangle: Wo welcomed May withall her changing skies And hailed with joy tho gueenly month of flowers, Counting some blessing on each fleeting day, Tolling them on a rosary of hours, gome idle tears must fall above the past For all tho sweet dead days tliat wo remember: But, with the garnered treasures in our grasp, Wo drink tho golden wine of bright September. No. 243.—Numerical Enigma: “Civility may truly be said to cost nothing; If it does not meet with a due return, it at least leaves you In the most creditable position.” No. 248.—A Riddle: Balance, No. 244.—Things to Be Seen: Post. Bar. Weed. Hole (whole). Grotmd. Shadow. Landseer. No. 245.—Word Building! I, is, sip, sire, shire, shrive, dervish, shivered, shriveled. No. 246.— Hiddejfi-’roverh: When poverty comes in nt the door, love flies out at'the Window. r , , No. 247.—Word Squares: LATE SCOTT FAME AR ID CAPSB ARID TIDE OPERA MH E EDEN TERMS EDEN TRASH No. 348.—Qualities of Cities: Aurora, Cork, Concord, LaCrosse, Hull, Cayenne