REF ID:A447'7 THE SllTURBAY EVENING POST 21
hAS 4 • ''1.t":f'• I ope in: 11r•· ..r ,,,.,,_ 1., lt11r:11·•1•. n11tl :11. 111i11i11L:' 1111•10-.:ll...... u;h•·r 11,\" c·t1:1rhm:u."11•·· TJlll•'l'l•ll~ 11n• ru:.ui- .\11111l11·r 1lh1·1r:111•111 in ru11I :u:tl 111:.11-' of tlu·m 1111' 1..... tt, i· ;, ...... 11r..• 111' 1.!n•:1I nt1li111111.'. :1 11ur111:1I .\•h1·1. :1h1lm• .+:ur:1"" "1":11•111·11 ... :1 ••·I :11111 •" ,..., •·r·•· 1111r· f ;n.. ·k "nh·r 1111 111111· 1m1I :1lf')1:1l11•!•. S";·,1rb· "''' nHair. "' tlU' 1CKl,\1•:1,.... :1fh•rll1t• l•tll.., ru11rlh """"·' ll. 1 ••• h1·ut111r1 uf tin• • 11•l11•r 1•1u1n1rr,at1 .. hu·un .1ar- \\c• luul lh1• l'111h'll f1•rt·111 lllt•l luul~ uf '. 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" 1111inally 11ru111ul 11 1'"n1•ll'l1 ""'· Wlu·n '"'""1111cl, 1111• iSJr:111l11·im :11111 \\'i1r1.l111ra:. "l'r11h1•111i11 .. luh11r1 ... I 1u11l.-r In 1•111·i1•h1 rinl!' •h•· I• • l•·r ...... r 11 1111·.c·aa.re• 11u· alh•111111 lt•lh•l'JC uf tlH• wunlor1 nf lh1• 1m·~...:1L'l' "••n• M• ,,...·:.1lh•n•1I lh•· ,.u,.1111·1011nf1l1·al1111: 111 11111:."rul art... :.11a1l l1·r1 111 •~ 111:1111· t11,.1·h·1·1 "••nl· "1111·11. "he·u 1•l:n·1 .. l t11&.... ·llH"r. 111111 1111•\" 1lid nu! Funn i111t•l1111:1!.11• "nl'll• 111111 •·n11l1l u1b1•f1' tl11• 11111.:u"tl ut 11rm1111~ hi,. 1m11111·1·ri1••. II n11- 11u1l.1• :.n iut.·llim:1l1lt• :&1•nh•11•"''· 'l"rill11•mlu11 ,;a\:lli 1lai:& nul ho• ~~111. 1'1w 1111°1111 .. 1 ur n·mli111r w11" tu "'"'"'' l"':u-. .. 11"" )"••ar,.. 11.(h"I" 11111 dr1.11b. l•ul ''" '"'l'i•·' •••rt• l"llH b1• 1lu111•, rnul I 1•n·"'111111• it 1•a11. 31111•"1• ;,,,. i•n· tho• 1111n•l11111·11t unnmd 11 n•I "hi1·h """ ur th•• •:1111 .. l111r111"ll t .... auM• hi" 1•u111t•1111111ruru.·· "•·n· 1111:11•1•· h•. 1•i11l1t-l'l•r 111:•,,- M•l1•1•1 0111• uf :1";1i \\ul'll"' tur eitn•ll 1liarn1•h'f" 1111 111 .. linot. 'rhioi """ ...... ,..r.,11,,· """' lo,•· 1u11lrr:1laml ,,;111111•0( llw 111~' .. 1u• 1oymt•1I,. 111111 r.·L·m·1l1-cl k·m·r. ·r1 ... bu.. 1do· •·•H•hlll'r"t•h•·r i• i.•. ,.. fm-.1 l1y ,\1h1•11i11111o.,·111·n1l11. llu•t.nokn•H 1n•:at11Ct•o11 mnm:ll'. 1-"ur 11111n• llm11 l11rty l\\u 1•ruhJ.·1U,&, lie• 11111 .... l lir..il 1l1•h•ru111w 1h:111h1•rom- •.\11111l11•r 1•11rly 1111•1h1•I Lo m11• n·1••r1t•l ur lh1• irn•1t ~10:11"11 llll' urit.:nml 111111111 .. 1·r11•l la.' h11l1l1•11 111 •• 1111111- 1n111u1·:1t11111•·1111t11i111'-11bi1l1l1•n11n-:.111i11i=-. 1l11·ra i1b·u1ir,.· 1 11lnl.,•m1111, 1'h1•mi•h11·h.,., \\"hilo• 111• "'"" in 1•i..ilo· fl'l•m u.. h•r)', lh1·11 Ultl•·an-.1:u:ni111111 lh• l 11l,,.m:ru11hi1·. "~· llu• l1·ll1•r •·: ..... \\'uni :&l:u11l11 rur. s ...... 1•:1t"b lt•lh·r hi.I llnti\·,, 1•>UUlry, 11111' of hi11 fri1•111l11, wi•hi1111: lo ll:ol1ri1·l 1lo• l 'ollum,.,·•. l'11r1•, •~-a. 'l'hi• '""'"Im• :h•I "'" ...... ~ 1hlT1·1"1·111 " ..... 1...... '""" .. ill '"' ,,,. "" cv111n11111it·nll' lu him lh•• n"""" !lint the• limo•""" rirn• r~•i..,.,., i• 1,,_.11111r1dl.•· ilh1•lr.t1t•I. arul '""'"Ill• uu111- Hu•:cr1..: :r ,.,;rn11l1• 11111•. ' • for a n•\'oll 11111111 l'l•l11r11 tu fK•w1·r. 11h:l\·1•I th•• h1•ul 1111•ruhl111 nwtlaot.I" rur Jo1•1•n•I 1"t1rn• .. 1t1•1t1l1·11•"'"· U1·luui. ~h11):11m• ~lari:a tit:• \'i1•turi1•a, tl1t• fa ..111111111 \\UllUUI of Olll' lJf hill lllU\ ..'11, IRlllM"'' tho• 1111.,.1'111,.. ' ii\ i11d1•lil•h• i• 1111 mn~truliuu rn•m 1hi• ...... "hio·h ...... urlii· "'''·'' 1•:11•t11r. .. J iu .\1111•ri1-:• •h1r111:: 1Jw u:cr. ,,,..... 1 a i11k u111lw lo,im• •kiu, und 1111\·inir wuih•I lomir t•1101111:h tr11r)· -;;ia:n ah1lml11•lt1 H~t."f.I hy dw 1•:.rly lirr111.111,a. 11111• 1111•lilit·:1tinn •tf 1hio1 ")"'11•111f11r1•11hl1•1•11111m11m1•alio11 fur llll• gn1wi11ir huir tu '""'"r tl11• •·rir- •·11li ho·r 11111.lt•r•. 'l'h1• lir•I lt•lh•r 111 , ir..r. 111•11l ll1t•11hl\"t• It• 'fh••111iMl1J<•lo•11 wnh ., 10:.ll"h •nnl ur 1111 1111:&11,.111•·111mc hu .... i111 .... ,. lhv uml 111•'"""11'' 1h111 11" •·1111 lu 11hnvo ra11l1•1trum h·1•n•:11·11h·1I 1i1:11n.;..:. aml lhe lllnw'• 111-:id. L •: ~ ...... th••"'f•, "lw11 :1rr:1nL.. i111:nu1i.,.11( riu• .. ~ ' ··! •I " :aml .,.,,.,...... 1. ••·n• h111lt.111I J&1• i1111 ,.,;d,. Hlstlatu•' Letterhead '•••k. 'l'ho· k1·y• "''n.''1·h11111,., .."t 1tfh·11, ;... .~ '1~; : :•:··- L1 ·...... !~~- aml ""''"'"''Ill lu IH"r hy 1111~111• of "'•·n•I· Jo:HODOTl"K ttoll• of n m'"""'~ :,: ... ink loolh·l'll "111111."ll:l ..I i111u 1h1• l'nihod hy 11i11li11•u11 to ,\rU.111r,'Un111 ·'f! t:·,. ' .., H-•t ., ., .. NI ah·- hy 111•11lr11l •1~11111•1111111l 11milt•l to by lbe 11Rtne 1111•thod. 8i1111e tho nu.,,_ ,.,~ 1.!:?. ·;; h1·r 1hr.1uirh "'"'"'' 1-0\"1•r 111l1ll'I"'"''"• 1111ge ,.... t.u.tlUUl'd, it n•mnined on tlie 'J ~.• ~~.(; Trillll'mi11M 1'11~ 11u1 11111u11ly1•i1•ht•r ...... :- 11lrn·e'• heud. nnd For thi• rellROn llll• -::.~ ' .. ':.'·.: ... 1•x111•r1 nf 1"" •ii.1 .... 111 h •••111t1ry •·ho eautiou11 pc.•r11on, lo L'l'AH8 evid1mce or .. )';' .~:':. wrn" 1•lmri..,•I wi1h .i.~1li111f i11 u11lawf11l bill Cllllllllir.wy, ohen pu\ the slave to ~ . r. 11rlM, Tl11• "•h•hr111 ..1 lo'1"1•111·h nm1h1'111a· .!' ·~· death ul't.er he l1u.d acaompli•hcd his ; 1i1·iu11, \'1i·1t•, m•1rly ""'' hi- 1.... 111 1,.~ errand. · ·.: ,, .. 1·;111.,•111' hi•1•ry111ni,:r.111hir •kill. l>urini:: Tho Rl'llL book printed denlitlJI' with l•d .. ··-1.•(!·~· .... th" l'loi11:11 uf th" •·n·m·h Kini: ll••nn· l\" arypteirr11pltl· i1I ChronolORi•'IL l\ly11lica, ,. 1•i1>lll'r l'UFl't"
, " REF ID:A44774
7HB SllTUR.DAY BVBNING POST'
"Oh. you cur. 't huMh it up. wn•n't 1rUl!lll1 who initnte ;you. and ord1•r (C••ff'l••d I••• P .... IOI "It •t"'m~ :1 \"t•ry jolly Iii tie purty 10 r "l"nll!S>I yo11 c·nn hear .iu111ethin11: iii· me," Jimm1P l'l'plil'll t'lllmly. as he ftJlll!, hl're. hut 1 he."Ll'li all aboqt it. l'~\"Pry. them out of your houae. I quiJe un1for unt• knowR. HI:~ •impl)· ordel't'd ('p1•1le n:Uun.od nLout is th11t it, clt>ar!"" "\\"ill_you L'XC'U>'I' me?"-lu 1lwo1lwl"ll. "'und it." '"'I', uut or lhl' bo11.i1 nl thl'\'e o'c•lll<.'k in lhu "'&do I." !ID.id Rogerstemly. "Hut ,\11d.111 h,.follo"'l"S1•r\'I' r111T1~· on the temu-e," Ro.,•r J.A-nore ...... , from the tal1le. lrem liuiio. t .. ·ture I'm n•l•l'd to."" 111'1' 1101 U>'t'
cc...... ,,...... u llf'l•-een the ("011rt or SJ1&in and the thnl human inltl'nuity Pnnnot eont'OC?t llore hns. perha(lll, bt"en written no ml!llning-in order tn diocont'C!rl the 11111i-royali@t 111Lrty in t'runt>e. Thl' Kime n c·ipher \\ hit>h humnn ingl'nuily l'lln about the l1ililersl Ra.ronian cipher. at ha..tile dl'C•ipht•1'•r, With thl' u•e of willed for \'iele. who clillPO\"l'rN the nul l't'-oh·e," rnn n t>ipher l'Olumn in hiM trib11tPd to 1..ord Bac:on, th1LR any other nllllR, the won! "cipher" may re111l n1e:111nge waM enei11ho•red •·ith nrty dir nPw•1>11p('r, d1•fyiug his renden tode,·i~ sin1de rorm Of BCC'l'l!t l"Omm1mic:ation. 632S3743 The t•"O honzoatal• terent arbitrary 1igns. 1111d turned tl1e n rry111ogram 'll'hic:h he eould not rend. Jn tl1id eipher the entire alpha.bet may 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 4 deeipberment o\-er to His l-lajeo&t~·. Ju1t how mul'h Poe knew a.bout the he expresled by the two letten a and b linl!!I are now lll!nt H the mC1W1trl': f~J:!.'i. \\"hm the Spnninrdii learned or thi• prinei11le1 of 1•ipher as dl!\·elotll'tl JOO in l'Ombinations of fl\·e. 3i-l3, l:!".!1, 1214. Thead\·antngeofthi" they took their revelll[t' hr Al!l'u•inir tbe yeurs lnt•r, during the World \\'nr and A-- 1-...i. c-..i.r. n-oohu E-111- ini=enious "Y"tem i11 that it hn.s th• np r-a.. ... o-bo ..h R-lmla r-••'- ,_,.._ penranl'4!' of rode and •·ould, bcc-uuitc' or C'ourt or Frnm•e of ha.\'ing the de\" ii in after. iH not known, but be WILi! c:lenr 11.1 ...b s-bl..., n-hhl•., tlieir em1>loy, nud dPnouneed \"il-te 11s l'nough to deeipher all mE'lldllges 1ub L-•...,• !II-••• ... lhi11, offer ROme diffirulty or llll!Uticlll. den.ling in l11aPk ma.Kie before the mi11ed to him except two which 11"l!re f:ll:\~ ~=~t 1:::: l:=t 1::= eeeleioinstil'lll trihunnl nt Rome. For unfair exampleR of the art. h iH eom One of the theoriea of the Baeonian• Uruoloed Cod•• of tll.e lleoolutloa tunate!)" for \"il!te, he wa1 BB t"le\·er nt forting lo kno\\· thnt Poe, de.pile his is that the •·ise men of the pnst did not exi-irion as he wns at eryptQf.?rnphy, gl'nius, ma.de mec:buni1'lll errors. The dare •·rite their aeientiflc diaeoveried The re\'01\itional')" riphl!l'll . are or and lill\-ed bil neek by explaininR how frequeney· ta.hie fur his ciphl'r in the for fear or being put to death. Thu1 varied type11, 80 varied indeed I hnt he did it. Gold BuR, as orii.oinally puhli~hed, did they left to Posterity their knowll!'dJte 11111ny writinRH of Jellerson. llndi110n The 11eVenteenth eentury wu not not ngree "ll;th the l'l')"Pl~m. In by means of the bilitcrnl ripher. Thid and Monroe remain undec:ipherecl. ...ithout ils eipher experts. During the •·riling the story. Poe round it llllC!es- wan done by usinR" two dilYerent kinds thouldi many attempts have been made siege by the Kinc'• UOOJkto undP.r the· 11/ll"Y' to make a slii:hL ehunge in the of ty1ie in printing their lilerney .et. to read them. There are alilD in the eommand of the Prioee or Condi. or t'l')"ptogrnm. hut failed to make the forts. Thia theory ftouri11hes beenUllO or 00\-ernment al'l'hi\"C!S many pnlll
84 THE SllTUR.DAY EVENING POST Nonmhr '1, 1081
n1Hll'I', 1111111• •.J, nnurr, rrh, gerua, iuzd11, tha low-frertueur•y ronsonait1j k !I" :r 1. ld&z.r. 11!811 than 2 per cent. · 'fhis method or Rent eol'l'f'l'pond But we ~hould alFo know aomethimr ence. in IL 11111clifil-d form, \\'R'I 11 ..1:d by a.bout diJ:n1phM. 811•ed OD .. P(IUDt ... r Hielwliru. The steneil i• pln•'l.-d rm a 20.000 M tcrs, 11·e ftnd that tA Ol"f'lll'll •hPet of 1>-11ier 111111 tht' 1m.. ·11l!'t' written fifty time11, and r·r. only sixteen. The throufl'h the holes: in thi• 1·11i
0 letters than •ill eon11onant1. In othrr H IG t 0 13 12 17 II 2 3 0 t 0 word&, c, the highest-frequency \-Onl • •• ,,r•I•••••• will ba\-e more dilferent suftlxes and The mOl't frequent letlen are e I 11 a prefixes than will l, the highest-fre n i r • h and thl' leBKt !I z 11 j t r. The quency eon101111nt. We di1C?O\W that vo11-elic a e i a u 11• reprei
THB S.R.7URD.llY EVEN/NO .POB't
i11 1lu• rml.·r in •·hi1-t1 lh1• lrlll'ni 111,,.· 'f ...... 11'1"'" "!?' .-\ ~ i.n1 h :trr 1•f 1h1• ...·um• foni:1 h 1111d ;: · ., ·-'J1·~~ ...... ··, "•":W-: .."';." .. , N=