NEW RIDDLES

Whether old Homer tippled wine or beer,
Julep or cider, history is not clear;
But plain it is—the bard, though wont to roam,
But for one liquid, never had left home.

What is it?

Why is the best baker most in want of bread?

Why is a lumberjack like a stage actor?

Why is France like a skeleton?

What vessel is that which is always asking leave to move?

What letters of the alphabet come too late for supper?

How do you spell hard water with three letters?

What is that which every one can divide, but no one can see where it has been divided?

Why should doctors attend to window-sashes?

Three-fourths of a cross, and a circle complete, An upright where two semicircles meet, A rectangle triangle standing on feet, Two semicircles, and a circle complete. What is it?