New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-22
first observation to Ewes "Madam, Pm Adam. Another

sacked London replied: " Able was ere 81" IlDa.
he best palindromc, probably in TIE language Inc io
lowing lacks completeness in two points: "Dewd uln
live 4 evil did dwell" good Latin example is the |
lawyers motto: " 81 Nammi tHmanis." Inc lolo~Hg
sentence IL not only Ialindrome, but extraordinary IN
other respects: SatOr GrcDo tenet opera rotas lhs
spells the same backward and forward all the first letters
OF tue words spell the first wori the second letters VI I
words spell The second word, and so on through the thL
fourth aud Gfh The last letters spell the last word INC
next 70 the ast OF each VOID spell the next Word ana DO
on 10 ihe beginning. = ~.
ture The wits and wseaces Of the oden tunes looked
into the of and places for sares and Tor
Several astronomers have used anasas 70 secure inc
credit odscoyerics which they did not wish TO reveal
Louis XIII retained in his service On anaSrammats,
named Thomas Billion, with pension OF Twelve hundred
vres Calvin calls himself by The anagranIhae nane Oi
Acunus in the title of his Institutes printed at SasDurg
Acunus was the great OF learning ID the tine oI
Charemagne, and substituting Tor the ietes ~ 'e
days being equiyaleDt the name Is on anagIah ron
yinus Ii was deemed almost prophecy Oh Idle "e
was found that the of Louis do bouehcat cou DO
tansposed est Ia 6oucke d. Ro" ps the moutnece
of the King; that of Francis de seioys 70 Ell
ROYAL" (0f regal strain; and John Charles tne lu
pame of James L. to "claims ArthnrS seat Inc lasCl
mating Marie Touchet procured liberal pension lor 'e
writer who deduced from her name, "Je ehorme you.
charm al Queen Elizabeth once received ~
letter containing the following anagfam; Elizabeth ne
gina Anglorum =" Gloria regHt sGir' md"e5" lIne
glory OF the kingdom shall remain intact Ut DSIne!
fonnd the happy anagam, Honor est Mo lshonor
is from tho Mel in " Ioatio Nelson" "Napoeon Bon,
aporte was tiansposed u read "BoHdrepta Leno gone
asca yield up your stolen cr
chile, Let tho Wefoiled GaGl secure thy Teho"ni n
Louis Napoleon Boneparte" has been drawn tHe Mssn
ing. AN open piotl Arouse Albion anu on cbeSr
Nighnrale" furnishes the pretty words FIT on, eneer
ing ANGEL" One of the oldest aud Gbest OF tne new
York editors Rev Joshua Lcayt d. d.. mus ~ us nanio
the good Christian sentiment, 81 nave just Io,' ,
Anumber of in gcnous Latin anagrams have Deen Maue
from "Unied States"
In te Deus stat-God stands in theo.
indie tute stas--IIeuce thou standcst safely. -
n. Tt offi
ITeSfatus ,sle-He has teeth a. e., Uncle Sam has,.
Siste nudat te-Stop He strips thee mr..
Et istd dcsHat--Ibose things are also Wanthg lino
ts desistaat-They keep oG from thee. Foreign
naiions -, ar, 49,.
love p is positively" ..-..
Other pormutatioas ere given thus: Astronomer
"moon siacr" searching whether there arc Inois
pLawyorS-"s sly waIe' Telcgapls-" great hepsi
Punishment" nine thumps;' Old England" golden
land" Matrimony-" try mon ana, Or " INTO my arr
Paradise Lost-reap sad toiIs PARADISE a" IN
"dsad respite again !" French Revolution" violence ran
forth Revolution" 10 love ruin y Peniientary-nay
Ircpent it," Parshoners"I hire parsons" Presbyterian
"best in prayer lmPGiieHti, IN rdS s. moral
Surgeon" co. nurse;" Catalogue" got clue. IheIe
is word which, by changing the posuoh OF siIsio
letter becomes its opposlte' united--untied. IL Is
stated FIAT man once sent to girl whom he loved
named Magdaen three dozen anagrams on her nsme as
token Of affection. Alady nova days would prefer ahos.
any OF trash poem On her eyebrows, 10 e'
CbrSno-r@ms were used to describe dates in immoral
letters by elcyang them IN the midst OF sentences Inc
following the motto On medal Struck py ousta'us
Atholphus in 1862:
Christ vs. DVX, ergo trIvMphVs.
chronogramuatst elevaing certain letters IN hne
of Horace compcls him 10 give the year OF our Lord;
"-ieriaA IiDere Vcrtlce "-MDFl.
Authors have occa ior,ly amused themselves by con
structng Lpogrnns or writings IN wnleh certain IeTl
is entirely excluded We are told of Latin prose Work
of Ful,etus g chapters according to the order OF the
Latin alphabet in the first Of which was omitted IN the
second 3 and TO the last letter Inc enticism OF
Jam the Persian author, on poem OF ms KIND ID when
the letter AT did not occur was: II would be better
I'm lie letters were left OUT Yet, perhaps, this kind OF
literature might be rendered useful for persons who on ac
count of some impedment OF speech are unable to pro-
nOunce certain sounds. 80.
Punch announces a new volume, entitled "Llsplngs
from Low Latudes, edited by Lady Duierin Inc hrst
poem begins:
e Tho tlplendd the THINNER thun rhymes.
When the Thouth through the Inform 10 yaken pineth
Thxeepth a thong to the thoh OF the iree
Suppose lover to whom was so terribly desired 70
serenaie his LADY, with what relieved and grateful soul
would he seize upon the following beautiful song. IN wnen
the obnoxious letter has no place:
.'Oh come to- night for naught can charm
The weary time when tho9t away
Oh come the gentle moon hath thrown
DER bower aad ball her quyerng ray.
The hehthcrbcl hath mildly Hung
From Oh her fairy leaf the bright
And diamond dew-drop that had hung
lyon that leaf-a gem ofhgbt
Then come love, GOMEZ
"To.ngh the liquid wave bath not
ulumned by the moonit beam
Playirg upon the lake beneath
Like irOc In an Autumn dream
T. nqad wave hath not TO night,
Gift like 10 them that on Thy lip
DO breathe and laugh. and home Il there
Then come, love, come
ITO night tonight my gentle one
The flower. bearing Aura tree
Doth long. with fragrant moan. TO meet
The clip Of the hOney,oce.
But not the Amra tree can long
To greet the bee. at evening light
With half the deep. fond love llono
10 meet my Mama here to night.
Then come. love- come"
The following poem "Ineontrovertibe Facts" con-
tains vowel but o;
ono monk too good to rob, cog or plot.
No fool 50 gross tolt Scotch cslops hot.
From DonJon tops no Oronooko rolls
Logwood, not otos, floods 0portos bowls
Troops Of old tosspos Oft TO sot consort
Box tops odd schoolboys oft do fog for sport
No eool mousoons blow soft on Oxford dons,
Orthodox, Jog trot book worm Solomons
Bold Ostrogoths OF ghosts no horror show
On London shop fronts no hop blossoms grow
To crooks Of gold no dodo looks for food.
On soft cloth iootsto0s no old fox doth brood.
Long storm tost sloops forlorn work on to port
Rocks do not roost on spoons nor woodeocks snort
Nor dog on snowdrop or on eoltsioot rolls
Nor common frog concocts long protoeos
The following stanzG contains the whole alphabet and
may be used exercise IN teaching young children
their letters:
God gives the grazing or his meat,
And quickly hears tho sleeps low cry
But man who tastes his finest wheat,
Should Joy 10 ift his praises high"
The acrostic is now mostly confined to loveetters, in
which the ardent if not verdant swain manages TO intro
duce the name Of his lady down the outside wall of his
verse To render it perfectly Ineligible the following
lines are sometimes added IN conclusion:
III the foregoings read with care
II names the farest Of tho fair" .
Yet the acrostic must be of ancient origin for copy OF
Greek is given in the life of Constantine by Fuse
bus Bishop of C@sarea, who died A ID. 3iO which he
states by the Erythraean Sybil, and which an
acrostc reading, "JeSus Christ the Son of God, the
Savior"
Such ingenious tricks conceang and yet retaining
endurngy the OF the author OF poem by
chanter with Ietters