The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-03-17
still living, SO the Prince Regent was

still living so the Iflnce heSeht was
not really Rcr).
James Watl-A steam wit.
Charles Dickens-Cheer sick lands.
Thomas Carlyle- Dry shame to all
Mercy, lash Il lot; calm. holy rest.
Two of Japan's chief cities are Toxic
and KiotO, the one All anagram OF the
other; and the Latin name OF Berlin,
the capital of Prussia, has Tor its ana
gram iuHen Or6i-light of the world
Sweetheart makes here we sat; nttsnn-
MrOpe, spare him not: deternIin0tion, |
mean TO rcnd il; soldiers. 10. dress;
dissenninatiOR ] send into Siam; dettU-
cr. reviIed, red evil; funeral, real fun;
Tep2t, leper; Unile, unite; sovereignty,
'ns We govern; testiDoi, evil fast;
chnrades, hard case; alteration, neat
tailor; crtnOLi,le, inner coil; aud Ire
idad is Erin, lad.
The anagram that repays for the in
ventlOn Is one that has Il meaning. 1t
is all the better if the megy SENSE gained
by the re arrangement OF the letters
react upon the original az II comment,
sarCasIn. or a definition, as in aStr0n-
OnlerS-mOOn StGrcrS Were there are
no more stars Ii il Eaid that Henry
~ composed the pretty anagrain on the
fascinating Marie Touchet, and made
her name "Je chdrme tOut" | charm
all but tradition mas IT that Marie was
thus cOmpliDeDted by poet not OF
royal lineage, and that she procured
him d handsome pension for his favor.
Queen Elizabeth once received letter
containing this anagram: Ettzd6eta
Regina AnglOrum-Giorta regai saIUe
maHe6at (rhe glory of the Kingdom
remained secure. The author did not
get pension, as he did not divulge his
name.
One of the most perfect anagrams i'll
any language Is that constructed on
Christ's answer to Pilates question,
QUA est Ueritas? (What is truth y,
Est cir qui adest Git is the man who
stands before you).
Time was when the first Napoleon
was TO Euglishmen something worse
than the numbered beast mentioned in
Revelation, and the plays on his name
were numerous. A good anagram on
Napoleon Bonaparte was Bona fdptd,
Leno, pOne (Rascal, deliver up your
stolen goodD. Aud in later years this
was formed from the name of his
nephew Louis Napoleon Bonapsrte:
can open plot! Arouse, Albionl'
Some anagrans are very pertinent,
as, for example, SurgeOn-go nurse ;
mekOdrann-made moral; catalogues
got rs n clue. But here are some on
United States that would be difficult to
| equal
! IN TO Dtus stat-God stands by thee.
! Inde tute Stas-Therefore thou stand
est securely
| Desiste, nutat!-Stand back ! 1t
! trembles (the union).
! United States (when the south seced-
eD.
SiSte. nudat te-Stop, he stripes thee
! Civil war).
/ Dentatus iste-He has teeth (Uncle
! Sam has).
! Il te desistunt-They keep off from
! thee (foreigu nations).
/ Et ista desunt-Even these are want
! ing.
Louis de Boucherat was the Chancel-
lOr of France under Louis XIV, but
had held other important offices. II
was he who carried out the king'i
order, and put into execution the revo-
cation of the Edict of Nantes, which
cost France 400, 600 of her best citizens
1t was deemed almost a prophecy of fate
when it was found that the anigram OI
his name stood thus: Louis de Bou.
cherat-est la bouche du R0i Louis dc
Boucherat is the mouthpiece of the
kinG.
Lady Eleanor Davies, wife of Sil
JohnDavies, encouragement OF IrelanC
under James |, predicted the death o
the Duke of Buckingham, and ther
prophesied that Archbishop Laut
would soon die. The populace became
much excited over these predictions
and Dame Davies was brought before
the .ourt 20 be admonished. She wa
loud in claiming prophetic powers, ant
cited the anigram she has made on he
maiden name, Eleanor Audley-Reveal
o Daniell Lamb, the Dean of th'
Arches, took up pen, and in lev
minutes constructed another anagran
this one out of the letters fornin:
the lady's married name-Dame Flea
nor Davies Never 500 mad a ladie.
This he handed to her, with the re
mark: Il see you build muc on ana
grams. Here is one which ! hope vii
tit you" Dame Eleanor Davies wen
home u wiser woman, and never agall
attempted to place herself among th,
prophets or the lawgivers.
When Alexander the Great was abou
to raise the siege of Tyros, in despai
Of taking the city, he dreamed of ;
satyr dancing around him. His sage
Interpreted the dream by prophets
anagram, "Satyros-SG tyrOs" (Fyre il
thinc). And Tie next day he took it.
AT the general peace of 1914 q par
of Saxony fell to Prussia's share, anC
the king to celebrate this addition 10 hi!
dominious, ordered the new coinage O
rix dollars, with the name Reichsthalel
impressed upon them. These circula.
ted in the Prussian part of Saxony,am(
he Saxons by dividing the word made
a sentence of phrase: En- Rich stdhL-
He stole kingdom.
Charles |, looking at his portrait tht
day before he was beheaded, made thi'
anagram on the Curoios Rer inscribed
on the painting: Cras ero iur-To. NOR
row | shall be light.
From the specimens | have offered
it should be plain that there is plenty
OF room in the world for good ana
grams. "Individual effort, says {
writer, "may do much. But wha
wealth of result might be expected i
the whole nation were TO take the mat
Ter in hand, and were by arrangement
well preconcerted TO devote one who'll
day of twelve hours-say the lst o
April, from nine in the morning til
nine in the evening-to simultaneous
anagram making! One such day o
united effort would certainly hoist us
lille or two nearer the moon.'
THE KANSAS WILD MAN.