The Washington times., 1910-05-23

According 10 promise I am publishing
Miss Johnson's carefully written solu
ton to last weeks puzzle. incidentally
since Miss Johnson missed the mum
Der, It may be interesting to everybody
TO know that "Ictinus'' (No. IS in las
weeks puzzle) was the architect of th'
Parthenon. one Of the most beautifV
buildings browning the wonderful Aero
polls of ancient Athens.
Miss Johnson's contribution goes thi:
way:
1-HaIley-Edmund HALEY. born at
Shoreditch. London. November 8,
1856: died at Greenwich. January Il,
i742 A celebrated English astron-
omer.
-Edison-TEomas AIva Edison,
born at Milan, OHIO, February II,
1871: still alive and vyorkng on many
electrical inventions. The most cele-
brated electrical inventor in America.
2Agassiz-AleXa IdeT AgaSSiZ, born
in Switzerland. December Il. 1895;
died March q. 1910. on steamer COM
ing home from Europe. An American
Cfor so he he eiways called HIMSELF
zoologist and yeologist.
4-KropatlSi1 Prince Peter Kropat-
kin. born in Moscow in 1872; still liv-
ing. A Russian socialist, anarchist,
Eeolcgist and itterateur.
Appelles
Honored AS Painter.
5-Appelles-Apeues lived IN the
time of Alexander the Great. who
honored him % much he forbade any
other to paint his picture Three
cities claimed his birth. Colophon,
EDhesUs. and Cos.
6-Newton-Sir Isaac Newton, born
on Christmas Day, 1912; died at King
Eton. England. March %, ~ a ia
nous English mathematician and
natural philosopher.
7-Darwin-Cyharles Robert Darwin,
born at Shrewsbury. England, Feb
ruary y. 1879; died IT Down. Kent,
England, April 70. $50 An English
naturalist and founder Of the biolog-
teal theory Of evolution.
S-Grcen-Bernard r. Green. Be
heYing in the announcement OF our
home industries, ! am assigning No.
10 our great American engineer,
Bernard r. Green, who was the man
most closely associated with the
building of our ClagTihcent Congress
sional Library. Being a man going
II. and out among Us each day. I
have retrained from touching upon
that tender subject, the date Of his
birth, and II IS to bn hoped ne may
be with us MANY years more, 70
give us the benefit Of his great en-
gineeTng skill.
Euclid,
The Geomet1ician.
g. uclid--EucEd lived at AIexan-
drsa about so B. c. A Greek geo
metrician and the head of the first
mathematical school ever instituted
at Alexandria.
10. Scarlatti-Alessandr Scar
latti, born in Trapani, Sicily, in
1853; died at Naples, Italy, OctO-
her "a, 1925. A famous Italian mu-
stefan, known as the father OF
modern opera.
IL. HippOCTates - H D . ocTates
was born $50 3. c. in the island Of
Cos. There IS a difference OF Opin-
ion as to the date Of his death, but
one of the best authorities, tells US
he knew how 10 moderate his own
life S well as to prescribe for others,
and died at the age of ninety-nine
years, 361 3. c., free from all dis
orders of the mind and body" known
as the father OF medicine.
u. AUdUbon-John James Au-
dubon, born May 4, 1880; died jan
uary y, 1851. A noted American
ernithologist Of French descent.
10. ebig-Baron JustuS Won
Liebig, born Darmstadt, May 8,
1903; died at Munich, April is, 1873.
A cele brated German chemist.
il. Lihnaeus-Carolus Linnaeus,
or Karl Won Lime. born at Rash
net, SmGland, Sweden, May u,
1907; died at Upss.la, Sweden, jan