Virginia was settled at Jamestown in 1607. This date may be analytically expressed thus: (1) “Then (6) Jamestown (0) Was (7) Colonized.”
The exact population of the United States, according to the census of 1880, may be expressed through the initial consonants of the following sentence: “A (5) Late (0) Census, (1) ‘Eighty’s’ (8) Furnishes (9) Precise (2) United-States (0) Sovereign (9) Population,” or 50,189,209.
The exact population of the United States declared in June, 1890, commonly called the census of “ninety,” was stated as sixty-two millions six hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and fifty, or “A (6) General (2) Enumeration (6) which (2) Undoubtedly (2) Indicates (2) ‘Ninety’s’ (5) Large (0) Census.” 62,622,250, or for the last three figures we could say: (2) United States’ (5) Large (0) Census.
Before the close of the year 1890 an official census of the Whites and Indians on the Indian Reservations added 243,875 to the above number, making the total population of the United States in 1890, 62,866,125. A (6) General (2) Enumeration (8) Officially (6) Shows (6) Just (1) The (2) Number (5) Living. Now (1895) it is computed to be 67,000,000 [to express the round numbers of millions, we could say, (6) Just (7) Government or (6) Charming (7) Country].
The birth of Herbert Spencer, in 1820, may be expressed thus: (1) Advent (8) of (2) Infant (0) Spencer, or (1) The (8) Future (2) “Unknowable” (0) Spencer, (2) Infant (0) Spencer. Several different ways of expressing the same date will be given in a few cases.
It is often convenient for a teacher, and others, to recall the number of a page of a book in which a citation is found. In Prof. William James’s Psychology Abridged for Schools and Colleges, the chapter on Habit begins on p. 134, or “(1) The (3) Mould (4) Rules;” the chapter on Will begins on p. 415: “A (4) Resolve (1) Denotes (5) Will;” the chapter on Attention begins on p. 217, or “(2) Notice (1) Attention’s (7) Qualities;” the chapter on Association begins on p. 253, or (2) “Now (5) Help (3) Memory;” and that on Memory on p. 287, or “(2) Intellect (8) Forbids (7) Cramming.” Prof. Loisette’s New York Office is in Fifth Avenue at No. 237, or “A (2) New (3) Memory (7) Given,” or “A (2) New (3) Memory (7) Acquired.” His London Office was formerly at 37 memory gained] New Oxford Street. It is now at 200 Regent Street, London [(2) Now (0) Secure (0) Assimilation].
3. Sometimes the first two consonants of a word are used.
Sheridan’s famous ride occurred in 1864. In dates of the last and present century it is usual to indicate the last two figures of the date. 64, therefore, is all we need express. Formula: Sheridan’s ride in 1864—(64) Cheers; or, (64) Sheridan. The Pennsylvania Whisky Rebellion took place in 1794; or, (94) Brewery.
4. Sometimes the first and last consonants of a word are used, and sometimes two consonants in the middle of a word.
These devices are rarely resorted to, but if ever used, they must be thoroughly assimilated. Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815; 15 may be found in the t and l of (15) Waterloo. Herbert Spencer was born, as we have already seen, in 1820. The 20 may be found in the n and c of Spencer.