The Republican journal., 1872-09-26

the next multiple Of o. Supposing, for
instance. he gives his result at 81; YOU
NAV be sure that he has robbed the product
of $, that being the figure needed to re-
store the total to the next multiple Of .,
namely, 40. His sum would stand AS
under:
1895. s237 equals sum of digiis H.
40567S 1875 equals 81.
There is only one case in which you can
be at fault. and that is in the event OF Il
multiple OF 8 being returned to You as Il
product. Or course then YOU will know
that either a 9 OF Il . must have been struck
out Had the 8 been struck out in the
above instance, the result would have
been 30; had it been the o. the product
would have been A. Both helng mnltipies
of .. it would he impossible to tell with
certainty whether the missing figure was
9 or o; but Il good guess may generally
be formed, because if the figures appear
suspiciouslv low in proportion to the time
taken to add up the sum, You may specu-
late that your product has sustained the
loss OF the highest number.
a CT TIE OLD PERSIAN.
There is a clever Persian story about
Mohammrd Ali and his camels which,
thouob OH and undonhtedIy familiar IN
many will hear rcnetition 4 p,rsian
died leavinr II oa,nrls to he dividcl
,mnnr His thr.r snn. IN tbo foIInw;,r
proportion: The eldest to have halt, the
second , third and thn third , ninth OF
conrsc. ramels can't be divided iuto frac-
tions, 50, in despair the brothers Submit-
ted their difficulty to Mobammpl All
NOTHING easier,n said the wise Al "I'lI
lend Won another camel tn make IL and
now divide Yourselves" Tit. consequence
was each brother rot from one -eirbt to
one-half of a camel more than he was
entitled TO- and Ali received his camel
back aoaiu. the eldest brother oet,np nine
camels. the second six. and the third two
love AND MATHEMATICS
Johann AUGUST Mn.pus. one of the
most popular German story writers of the
last cent,uv. m his story of ..libnsso ="
makes the laly Of Bohemia put forth tbe
fo)l,wino prnb]em to hrr three lnvprs
otlnrinr her hand and throne rs thc urize
for correct solution. II have here in my
basket said fine LADY Ijbnssa :, off oc
plums for each of you ricked from my
rarIen Ono of Won shtIl havo balf ,nI
one more thn serond sh,Il ,r,in h,vr h,lf
,nl ono moro anL tho tIirJ sh,u have
half and thr.o n,nrn This will nn,ntv
NV basket Nav t4ll ma nav n,anv nlnms :
are in itpn
The first knirhl mud. = ,,anJo,, ouass
at three-score.
No. REPLIED the lady: .brt if there was
as many more. half ~ many more. ana a
third as many more as there are low in
the basket with five more added to that
the number would hv so murh exrrpd
throe-score rs if now falls short of If
The second knioht oattinr ,wtullv No.
wiIdered. spcculatrd wildly ON forty five
Not SO said This 1nval ready rprkourr
'but if there were a third AS many more
half rs many more. and ! sivth n many
more as there arn nov ther4 vnulI he in
my basket rs many more than tortv-fvr
rs there now are undrr that number
Prince Wladomlr then decided the num-
hor of nlums TO be thirty and nv 50 doipr
obta,ndn this Invaluable honsekeener tnr
his wife The Lady Iibnssa thereunon
counted him ont fifteen plums and one
more. when there renamed tourtrpn no
the second knirht she cave seven and one
more. and six remained To the last
knioht she cave hall of these and three
more, and the basket was empty. The
discarded lovers wont off with tbni,. hn4ds
exceedingly rildy. and thrir months fin
of Dlums
rllE RULE OF FALSE
Do,llo no,it;o, -. t,,o ,.,,,o. .ofe,l,a H..
wb,n, nrnlln,s I,f ,h;. a,.t .ra ,,,,,,.l,a
oulrht f., 1n,,li;.I, =, ~
two wronrs NOT n,nlin,r .;,,ht ,rua
wron,re I3 MAKO q r;,r,,, f,ruro..t;l,oI,,
sna,E;no ,t ,II nvanty St,,tin'r u;th III,
,1iifull,t r,Is,,,,,,.,l,,,,. ,I. I'M,
!: e. % IS 81 q; :1 :;:, :: ;: ":'::: ; ": , ;; + ]
ed, you have only to multiply them cross
wise to get terms which will bring you