THE PUZZLER

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3657, 9 June 1906, Page 4

THE PUZZLER

No. 349. —Double Acrostic. Suitable. Marks of distinction. Limited. To flourish. A bone. Furious. One design nated by another. My prim sis and finals read downward name two eminent American divines. No. 3uo. —Enigma. A qnadrumnnotis animal Is that which wo a total call. A silly fellow, tco, is he, And servile, as you often see. Better to follow one’s own plan Thau all some much admired man. For artificiality Is never pleasing, all agree. No. 361,—Tommy's luapressloa.

Tommy—Are you a real man, grandpa? Grandpa—Yes, Tommy. Now what did yon think I was? Tommy—Thought you were —1 (¥ll2 oat Tommy’s answer.)— Golden Days, No. 282.—0 n a Fishing Xxourstoa. (Find the fishes whose names are dt&usd.) My first catch was a "sudden blow «9 hit” (1). Surprised at this, 1 turned round "to challenge” (3) the offender, when 1 saw a "stupid feilow” (3) and a “user of some bait or artifice” (4) uear a "tree” (9). Approaching, I sought "to find fault” (9) at my misadventure. "One who darts” (ft suddenly passed with “deep, guttural sounds” (8), and instinctively a “pole” (9) was thrust at a “bucket of a pump” (V). "One whs praises extravagantly” (ID aama near. I had head cautioned to hatyareoda "person easily duped or cheated” (IS), and given to understand that 1 might expect aa encounter with a "machine for beating out grain” (18). Remembering that warning, I beat a hasty retreat, leaving my booty behind in the pond. No. Ss3.—Charade. The waves were racing in the bay, And shining one of foam wore tUeyi Up came a boatman, steering gay That craft of his. I asked, with my most courteous how, "Is any fish In season now?" He answered, as he moored bis scow, “Aye, haddock is." We wont for haddock; soon we caught One of great two: the line was taut; Tho boat would surely WHOLE, I thought. In the 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 kies. No, 254. —Numerical Enigma. My whole, composed of 83 letter*), is a from Ifalleck. My 29, 80, 84, 8, 18, 86, 31, 11, 1,6, 29 is Chiu. My 25, 3,5, 2S, 10, 13, 21, 10, 83 is subjection to death. My 7, 80, 17, 4, 14 is to turn rapidly. My 38, 8, 87 is «u animal. My 15, 12, 23 is to become weary. My Hi, 0 is an interjection. No. 255. —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 tin; body. A carpenter’s tool from a town in Russia and leave turmoil. Tim present time from a town in Hin-doos;-.n and leave good, fortune. A weight faun a town in Massachusetts and leave fi ;’j. f-.'Vidiuig fashion from a town in Obio aim leave a period of ti ,ie. A Card Trick. Deal 25 cards in five rows of five cards or.oh, face upward. Invite a person to I kink 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—i. e , beginning at the last card of the lust row, plai higtl card face up’.card upon the last of the next row, those two upon too hist of the next row, and to on. When yon have picked up all the cards in this manner, deal them out again in the same way o>; at first. You will observe that those cards which before formed the first cards of each row now themselves form the first row. Ask the person in which row his card now is. When ho has told you, look to tbs top xov for the first card af the original raw, when the card thought of will be found iu a direct line below it iu the last row indicated. Key to the Further. No. 941.—A Tangle: We welcomed Mag with ell he» changing skiss And hailed with joy the gteenly month at flowers, Counting some blessing on each fleeting day. Telling them on a ratery of tours. Borne idle tears must fall above the past For ail the sweet dead days that we remember But, with the garnered treasures iu our grasp, Wo drink the 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. 843.—A Riddle: Balance. No. 244.—Things to Be Seen: Post. Bar. Weed. Hole (whole). Ground. Shadow. Landseer. No. 84. V—Word Building: I, is, sir, sire, shire, shrive, dervish, shivered, shriveled. No. 246.—Hidden Proverb: When poverty comes in at the door, love Hies out at th# window. No. 847. Word dputivs;

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