THE PUZZLER.

Manawatu Herald, 28 June 1904, Page 4

THE PUZZLER.

No. 249.—Double Acrostic. Suitable. Marks of distinction. Limited. To flourish. A bone. Furious. One designated by another. My primals and finals read downward name two eminent American divines. No. 880. —Enigma. A quadrumanous animal Is that which we a total call. A silly fellow, too. Is he. And servile, os you often see. Better to follow one’s own plan Than all some much admired man. For artificiality Is never pleasing, all agree. No, 881.—Tommy’s Impression.

'V— Are you a real man, grandpaf Tomtu, Yea, Tommy, Now what did , Grandpa—,., * you think Iwasi VOll were , Tommy-Thought. - . - old Dava. V out Tommy’s answer ,)-K. ° _ en ■ No. 262. — Fishing Exon”“ lo “* (Find the flshgwhoswwmes aw denied.) My first catclrwas sfts‘sudden blow* or hit” (1). Surprised at this, I turned, roand "to challenge" (2) the offender, whemDsitw a "stupid fellow" (3) and a. "uses- off somabait or artifice” (4> near ft "bVea" (8). Apbroaching, I sought "to find! fault” (6): at. my misadventure. "One who darts"' (-7). suddenly passed with “deep, guttural Bounds” (8), andlnstinctively ft "polo" (9) was thrust at a‘‘bucket of a pump" (10). “One who praises extravagantly" (11) came near. I had been cautioned to beware of ft “person easily duped or cheated/’ (12), and given to understand that I might expect an encounter with a "machine for- beating but grain" (18). Remembering that warning, J heat a hasty retreat, leaving my booty behind in the pond. No. 363. —Charade. The waves were racing in the bay. And. shining one of foam wore they: Up came a boatman, steering gay That ora£t of his. I asked, with my most courteous bow, “Is any fish in season now?” He answered, as he moored his scow, “Aye, haddock is." We went for haddock; soon we caught One of great two; the line was taut; The boat would surely whole, 1 thought, In the abyss. But only I plumped in. My trips Blnce then I take on larger ships; I’m wary since from Ocean’s lips I had a kiss. No. 864.—Numerical Enigma. My whole, composed of 83 letters, is • quotation from Halleok. My 29, 80, 84. 8, 18, 26, 81.11, 1,6, 82 Is ruin. My 25,8,5,28,10,13, 21, 19, 88 is subjection to death. My 7, 20,17,4,14 is to turn rapidly. My 82,2,27 is an animal. My 16,12,88 is to become weary. My 16,9 is on interjection. No. 866. —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 apd leave fresh. Prevailing fashion from a town in Ohio and leave a period of time. A Cord Trick. Deal 85 cards in 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 left hand card of that row. Now pick up the cards In vertide columns—L beginning at the last card of the lartrbw, placing that card face upward upon the jast. Of the next row, those two upon (he last of the next row, and so on. When yon have picked up all the cards in this manner, deal them out again in the some way aiftt-first You will observe that those cards which before formed the first cords of each row now themselves form the first row. the person in which row his card now is. When he has told yon, look to the top row for the first card of the original row, ddrtit* the card thought of will be found reot line below it in the last rowindloatidr Key to the Fussier. :■ No. 241.—A Tangle: ‘ We welcomed May with oil And nailed with joy the Counting some blessing on each Telling them on a rosary of hours, r® u Some idle tears must fall above the powv,-; For all the sweet dead days that we remesbberi But, with the garnered treasures in oof grasp, We drink the golden wine of bright September. No. 848.—Numerical Enigma: “Civility may truly be said to cost nothing; if it does not meet with a due return, it at least leaves yon in the most creditable position.” No. 848.—A Biddle: Balance. No. 844.—Things to Be Seen: Post. Ban Weed. Hole (whole). Ground. Shadow. No. 845.—Word Building: I, is, sir. sint shire, shrive, dervish, shivered, shriveled. No. 846.—Hidden Proverb: When poverty comes In at the door, love files out at the Window. No. 847.—Word Squares: LATE SCOTT 7AMB ARID CAPER ARID TIDE OPERA MITE EDEN TERMS EDSK TRASH No. 848.—Qualities of Cities; Aurora, Cork, Concord. LaCrosse. Hull, Cayenne,