THE PUZZEL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3685, 12 June 1906, Page 4

THE PUZZEL

No. 249. —Double Acrostic. A Suitable. Marks of distinction. Limited, t To flourish, A bone. Furious. Onodesig- | Dated by another. ♦ My primala and finals read downward v name two eminent American divines. | No. 280. —Enigma. Y A qnadrumanona animal y Is that which we a total calk | A silly fellow, too, is he, , I And servile, as you often see. ; y Batter to follow one’s own plan t Than all some much admired man, I For artificiality 1 T ■ Is never pleasing, all agree. J No. m.—Tommy’s Impression. |

fomray—Ate you el ttol mail, grandpa? Grandpa—Yes, Tommy. Now what did you think I was? Tommy—Thought you were 1 (Fill out Tommy’s answer.)—Golden Days. No. 303.—0 n a Fishing Excursion. (Find the fishes whose names are defined.) My first catch was a "sudden blow or hit” (1). Surprised &t this, I turned round •"to challenge” (3) the offender, when I saw a ‘‘stupid fellow” (3) atod a "user of some halt or artifice” (4) near a "tree” (5). Approaching, I sought “to find fault” (6) at my misadventure. “One who darts” (7) suddenly passed with "deep, guttural sounds” (8), and instinctively a “pole” (9) was thrust at a “bucket of a pump” (10). "One who praises extravagantly” (11) came fiuaft I had been cautioned to beware of a “person easily duped of cheated” (12), and given to understand that I might expect an encounter with a “machine for beating out grain” (13). Remembering that warning, I beat a hasty retreat, leaving my booty behind in the pond. | No. 353.—Charade. The waves Were racing in the bay, I And shining one of foam wore they; Up came a boatman, steering gay That craft of his. 1 asked, with my most courteous bow, “Is any fish in Reason now?” He answered, as he moored his scow, “Aye, haddock Is." We went for haddock; soon wo 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 Since then I take on larger ships; I’m wary since from Ocean’s Ups I had a kiss. No. 264. —Numerical Enigma. My whole, composed of 83 letters, is a Quotation from Halleck. My 29, 30, 24, 8, 18, 26, 31, 11, 1,6, 22 is min. My 23, 3,5, 28,10, 13, 21,19, S 3 is subjection to death. My 7, 20,17, 4, 14 is to turn rapidly. My 33, 2, 27 is an animal. My 15, 13, 23 is to become weary. My 16, 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 n 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 Hindouitan and leave good fortune. A weight from a town in Massachusetts end leave fresh. Prevailing fashion from a town in Ohio and leave a period of time. A Card Trick. Deal 23 cards in five rows of live cards each, face upward. Invite a person to think of a card and to toil you in which row it is. Note iu your own mind the first or loft hand card of that row. Non- ph.-k up the cards in verticle columns—i. e., beginning at the last card of the last row, placing th. t card face upward upon the last of the next row, those two upon the hist at the next row, and so on. When you have picked up all the cards in this manner, deal them out again in the same way a.j 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 he has told yon, look to the top row for the first card of the original row, when the card thought of will be found in a direct line below it in the last row indicated. Key to the Fuuler. No. 241.—A Tangle: We welcomed May with *ll her changing skies And bailed with joy the queenly mouth of flowers,' ' Counting some blessing on each fleeting day, Telling them on a rosary of hours. I gome idle tears must fall above the past For all the sweet dead days that we remember. But, with the garnered treasures in our grasp, , We drink the golden wine of bright September. No. 242.—Numerical Enigma: "Civility may truly bo said to cost nothing; if it does not meet with a due return, it at least leaves you In the most creditable position.” No. 243.—A Riddle: Balance. No. 244.—Things to Be Seen; Post. Bar. Weed. Hole (whole). Ground. Shadow. Landseer. No. 246.—Word Building: I, is, sir. sire, shire, shrive, dervish, shivered, shriveled. No. 246.—Hidden Proverb: When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. No. 247.—Word Squares;

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