Simon Theodore Stern.
New York City.
I think Virgil's line, intonnere poli, has reference to the north pole of the heavens, which was part of the system of astronomy invented by Hipparchus. Instead of saying, "the poles thunder," I would use the derived meaning of poli, heavens. I would like to ask some Knight or Lady interested in astronomy why planets do not twinkle as the stars do.
C. F. Hunter, R.T.F.
Mellenville, N. Y.
Prizes for Funny Verses.
We offered five packets of fifty engraved visiting-cards bearing the winners' names, with copper plate for future use, to the five who sent us that number of ridiculous funny verses—the funnier the better. Here are the best five we received, with names of their authors:
Yankee Doodle had a cat,
Its tail was double-jointed;
He took it to the dentist shop,
And had its molars pointed.
Samuel Byers.
Philadelphia.
He received a prospectus of the Round Table—
Harper's,
And tried to read
The names of the Knights on the table of King
Arthur;
And now his need
Is the man who can fix his jaw—the Doctor.
Charles Frederic Hoffmann.
New York.
A young man from old Honolulu
Met up with a terrible Zulu,
The Zulu's warm smile stretched forth nigh a mile,
And the young man was turned into tulu.
Ned A. Higgins.
Galena, Ill.
Said the Bishop to the Abbot,
I'd give a five-pound note
To see that ballet-dancer
Get the tip-top vote.
When the dancer got the vote
And the five-pound note,
Then the Bishop to the Abbot said,
I'm sorry that I spoke.
John B. Cautley.
Woburn Sands, Bletchley, England.
JUVENILE LOGIC.
"Pa, did Juno Juno?"
Asked curious little Ned.
"No, I didn't know Juno,"
His startled father said.
"But, pa, Juno was No-ju,
That you surely know.
And then if Juno No-ju,
Why didn't Juno Juno?"
Upton E. Sinclair, Jun.
New York.