Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

NUMBER OF APPLES ADAM AND EVE
ATE.-Quincy Whig: How many apples
did Adam and Eve eat? Some say Eve
s and Adam Ia total of 10 only. Now,
we figure the thing out far differently.
Eve 8 and Adam also. Total, 16-
Boston journal, We think the above
figures wrong. If Eve 8 and Adam 80,
certainly the total will be 80. Scientific
men, however, on the strength of the
theory that the antediluvians were a
race of giants, reason something like
this: Eve 81 and Adam 80; total, 1853.
Gloucester Adviser. Wrong again.
What could be clearer than, if Eve 81,
and Adam S12, the total was 893.-Law-
renee American. If Eve 811st and Adam
S12, would not the total be / ,623 ?-Bos-
ton Journal. I believe the following to
be the true solution: Eve S14 Adam,
Adam 1924 Eve-total, ,938.-Veritas.
Still another calculation is as follows !:
If Eve S14 Adam. Adam 91242 oblige
Eve-total, S2,967. We think this,
however, not to be sufficient quantity
for though we admit Eve 814 Adam,
Adam if he 8081242 keep Eve company
total, 8,082 ,056.-New York Mail. All
wrong. Eve, when she 81S12 many,
and probably felt sorry for it, but her
companion, in order to relieve her grief
812. Therefore Adam, if he Sl8l4240ty
Ewes depressed spirits. Hence, both
ate 81 ,896,S64.
1t is very true that Eve when she
S1S12 many and was very sorry, and
Adam when he s1s1424Ofy Ewes de-
pressed spirits, but as they had been
commanded to multiply" we have no
doubt they did so and the right number
we opine is represented by s1s1424O K
s1s12=6 6,693 1856, ,6O2, ,SSO.-ED. STAUN,
TON SPECTATOR.
We are not much on mathematics,
but in eating apples we are sati, fled that
Adam and Eve ate themselves out of
house and home, and had to go on a
tramp.
THE MYSTERY OF ARCHERY.-An
Eastern exchange says ''that hundreds
and thousands of young ladies have set
up target and drawn the bow, and
dozens and scores of doctors have pulled
down their signs since this healthy out
door amusement was inaugurated. ~
Here and there an archer or an archer
ess obtains rules and instructions to
guide the game, but the great majority
string up the bow. hang up the target,
and whang away without intelligence.
The following rules will apply to all
and in every locality.
Don't attempt to hold the bow in both
hands when you shoot.
If you shoot over the target, lower it
if you shoot under it, have it elevated
When you miss the target and plow q
fIrrow along boys scalp, tally two
one for the scalp and one for the bow.
Either close both eyes or keep. both
open when you shoot. Some favor one
method and some the other. but odds is
the difference as long as your father em.
ploys glazier by the month.
Don't attempt curve shot. The ar-
row is apt to come down on the baby's
head as elsewhere.
Some girls squint up one eye and
hang out their tongue when they pull
the bow. This is not absolutely neces-
sary to line shot, though it does look
romantic.
| There is no particular distance TO be
observed, but the nearer the target you
stand the more chance you have of hit
ting some one across the street in tht
eye.
A centre shot is called "duffer =
missing the target is termed a, "lon,
hand;;" hitting the horse barn is knowr
as "phoopee ~ missing the barn ant
shooting your aunt's. spectacles off he
nose is called tom TOM" shooting
across young mans shoulder is know
as "snuffies )" sitting down and shoot
ing backward over your head is knowr
as "bluffing the game and holding
spy glass up to get line shot is callet
''mashing the mark.n
A little fellow began to maui and teas
the family cat, in the blind hope o
I'M to l.