The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-29
81. -TRANsPosIrioN.

One which In various ways may shihes
Perhaps in science II may soar
To regions never troi before;
Perhaps I'm art il may produce
What most Is valued for our use;
Perhaps I'm letters 1t shows forth,
In works that nave intrinsic worth.
Those who have II I'm some sense
May hope to rise TO om.nence;
Those without 1t never can
Be aught above the common man.
Sometimes this ONE is TWO and then
May not be shown by act or pen.
It's useless as broken reed
Unless displayed by WORT or decd.
NELsONIAN.
4sL-PROBLEM.
A. b. c. and p have one hundred dol
lars, 10 be divided among them as fol-
lows: AS often ps has dollars ID mus
have 5; as often as has 3. c must have
7: and as often as { has Z. ID must have
10. What must each have2
PATRICK HANRAHAN.
4s5.-SYIL.ABBE ENIGMA.
Three sylables, each one a word.
Form ALL; its synonym is spurred.
An ore Of tungsten leads che van,
A nickname FOR State or man;
Next comes a bcar-far North tbs seen
The Goddess Of Revenge walks In.
II ore and bear together 20
An oven gins 10 beat and glow.
When State and animal unite.
A spur soon dawns upon the sight.
When bear and ore again are seen,
With Just an article between,
A kcen-eyed lynx appears tosyiew.
All this Is just as strange as true.
When man and bear and goddess meet
On common ground, they are COM
PBErE. TRANZA.
iss-SQUARE
/. A stin. sharp. roundish nair 2.
The beak or head OF a ship. 3. A titanic
iron ore. OVeb. Uuab.) T. one VINO
strives. 8. Three-legged stools. g.
kind OF watch crystal which is more
than ordinarily nattened in the centre.
:. Standing out Of, or rising above. wa
ter. BOND.
BI.-ELIDED PALlNDROME.
A red sun beats down scorchingly,
The hot sand drifts in binding waves;
Far from the city limits, see,
\ shadeless plain OF living graves.
Oh living dead. for such AS these
The heart aches, with its plying;
Yet healthy flesh shrinks from disease
We naturally -e-e-a-e-e-
And. morally. those are who walk
Among their kind, yet live alone
In arid plains whose hot sun IL
y burning conscience OF lAtll own.
The tender soul and sp0tless viii
Grieve for those souls outside the pale,
May weep and pray for them and still.
~'''s MABEL p.
E.-NUMERICAL OF NAMES.
b7-2s-47-2-7-lo was an English landscape
painter Qf7i-is5l)
BOB ti-f-5-j0-i-i1 was a German astrOno-
mer in England. 0HS-E.2)
52-34-9-i5-5l-IS-53-l4 was an English his
torian. essayist, poet, and statesman.
5-S7-s-N-io-l was a Roman orator. o..
Ss-6-47-22-ls,lc was a Roman poet. (B. c.
O-ig)
425i-52-ii-lo-is was an American states
man and orator. QSil-lSlf)
81 -9-5O-25-l3-ls-2l-i5 was German poet
G1hg-ls,5.)
r5-y,-i8-z7-I-s was a Scottish ornitholo-
glst ia America. QT@-lsl3)
I5-s0-T -9j-35-il- 43-5i-7 was an English
physicist. lS2-lS15)
i.,SS-l5-sl-as-S6 was one OF the inventors
OF printing t---lib6D
A.IO-l9-9j-lS-2o was an English phnoso-
pher AMI mathematician. uG2-lZiJ
Y gl-l5-5-i9-52-23-N was one Of the IN
vcntors or the steam engine Uived about
ls-22-ls-u- 53-5G-ie-23 was a French author.
rNa-l7lSD
Whole. of 81 letters. is a couplet from
Pope Essay on tflilclSHi. i. -. N.
NUMERICAL TRANSPORTATION.
4 newspaper 1884 caught my gaze.
one day, as | CHANGED 10 be reading
Twas a critics remarks about one OF the
plays
OF plays, this was one Of the leading.
The spleen which this critic would S-i-l-2,
Was really a very large caution;
His scathlng remarks were exceedingly
new
That is. new. I mean. after a fashion.
He said II would be q long 2-l-i-3.
Ere a worse play than this would he
written;
That this critic was sore 1t was easy TO
scc.-
On the play. he was not at all smitten.
4 i-l-2-3. he said could not be found,
OF novelty. merit. or reason
In any one act Of this drama unsOund,-
And II won't hold the boards for sea-
son. 1. L. T..
4io-A BIOLOGICAL FACT.