Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-30

The tyrant's flag they pulled down,
And placed instead liberty's crown.
Now our country it is free
oppressors from its shores did fee;
Our independence now we see,
And Be'er again will we be slaves.
See 50 first on ship, floating on the main,
proposition g second" obtain
The patriot fought for 90 third to gain
Its precious gift to celebrate
Whole saw the Fourth of July
Elevated toward the sky.
1926. Charade No. 3
SECTION I.
Ny first you ali know, next and third he enjoys
As first. second and third tho I'll warrant him true
Fourth idiom; whole we should teach to our
As we ''iaing out the red, white and blue"
SECTION II.
Ny first YOU may call f4r seeds protection;
Next I've shoFtened in speliing-you can't make it
Third hint, a rod. or a short direction;
Whole will caper and dance while the deep cannon's
On our fair natal day thrills the thoughtful with
And wish for the author OF whole on rope.
SECTION III.
Behold my second, first his wings on this our natal
day,
Ans sweeping through the ether blae sails Onward
What strosg propulsion speeds his fight, thus on to
arctic pole;
He can't remain and bear the strain Of oratozio
whole.
You'll find three leading sentiments I've tried to
Aud first must tarottle both the last, or-libertY,
adieu.
1927. Charade No 4:
Spout, and shout, and cheer, and roar;
Burn powder, W and dry
Bring cannUus TO the fGge,
Raise your banners eer so high,
Yet my first for second"
Must eudure-and for ave
Else our land lost be reckoned
Ny fourth we have, but evil fail
II " third is not well nur4ed
Stand, iTeemen, firm !--cry Hail r.
r whole, or be forever cursed.
1928. Charade No. 5:
First is q Useful article, we find it everywhere
Without it we could scarcely write tangle for the
It is in the Declaration Jour brave spartans wrote it
That wonderful old document, SO grand. SO just
and wise.
Second was to Adam given when frat his life
Over Mother Eve in Eden ii held baIefpl power,
And through the long long ages, from parent down
Ithas passed in rapid transit to the present hour.
IsimTesd CIR patriot fathers to resist King Georges
1t spur. men on to noble deeds. or lures to crime
and blood;
It's sliehtest indications some hasten to obey.
Whiie others t5lest with common sense) crave
more substantial food
The third denotes possession, Source, motive in
And has OF applications great variety;
To nearaess and 20 distance, Webster tells US, it
scan 5bl5 charade infinitely, and the little word
you'll see.
Buoyant youth in LIES glad morning, though far re-
moved from last
Is MOVING on with steady step, and perchauee may
But our brave and hardy ancestors, who to their rest
Could bstteF comprehend than we the great mo-
rnentous "whole."
Correct Solutions and Answers TO Core
sponaerts.
Tdnity-Ill2 tin part), TIA. See the
answer above. You give what would be
a charming answer ii two words are
changed You give Winchester thus ::
Wife, India, Norten, Corpse, Health,
Health, Shawl, Tobulsk, Happy Jack,
Ross. Nov, the initials will not spell
Winchester; bat for one Z" Health" sub
stitute Evangeline, and for "Happy Jack -
substitute Ellen or Edward, and YOU have
it. lll5. ZIG nearly, iii, HIS. Of
this last Trinity says "Um, nm that
last line Is Just sweet. 1921, 1923.
Hattie Heath-1lH, Ills, 1920, ll6l,
1922. 1923
Gus-lIl7 lll9, ll2O, 1l22. II23.
Evelyn-Glad to hear OF your return.
Send the Ms. lilo, lll2 Gn part, TIA,
II20.
To the correspondent who wrote concern
inc 7 and S, we have to say that we cannot
enter into a full explanation here but
generally may say that the figures refer to
the sylables in each line, thus and s
define the meter Of the stanza, as seven in
each alternate line and eight in each alter
nate line but mere counting of syllables
VIII not necessarily produce proper meas
ure. Meter IS the subdivision OF verse.
The Greeks measured some species of verses
tthe dactylie, choriambic, antispastic, Ionic,
etc, by considering each foot as meter !;
IN Others tthe iambic, trochaic and anapes-
tic) each dipodia, or two feet, formed a
meter. With regard to the rythmical ar
rangement of syllables into verses, etc,
which involves and is poetical measure,
there are numerous hooks giving clear, in
terestipg and simple explanations on the
subject. and they may be consulted in the
City or the State Library.
Rose-ll05, Il06, 1909, lilo, III,
lll2, Ills, I'LL. "Permit us. That
sulphurous suggestion is scarcely fair. At
the time OF the announcement OF the prize
offer we distinctly warned competitors that
we should "insiss upon accuracy" and
that the answer you gave was not accurate
is unquestionable, good as it was. The
prize was not for good" but correct,
accurate answers. See? The true answer
was "Insatiate you gave cottage
Pudding" Now, we appeal to the gods
OF both realms if that was accurate. Your
criticism as to these ia well made
Il Guess" lin part, lila tnol,
Ills, lily. Glad to welcome this new
correspondent.
Defmtions contributed for the benefit of
tauelers who persist in calling anagra-ns
charades, and beheadings logognphs)
stEnigma"-A puzzle, or riddle.
sPuzzie'. Something which perplexes.
:. Notwithstanding proposed for conjecture I;
an enigma.
.Charade9-An enigma based upon word, the
pats OF which, taken separately, are significant;
their meaning and that OF the whole word being dis
covered by description or representation
"Logoguph'-A sort OF riddle; ian obsolete
word.
Ansgram''-The transpositien Of tie letters of q
name by which new word is formed.
of fha tet-