The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14
Some New Arithmetical Problems.

A Wisconsin school teacher had nine
teen scholars and she figured up at the
end OF three months that she had be-
slowed 12S lickings on the school. AL
| lowing that one boy received seventeen
| OF them, and that three of the girls
escaped entirely, how many lckings did
each of the others receive.
The average fisherman gets four nib.
! bles to one bite, and three bites to q
| fish, and half his fish are not worth
carrying home. At this rate how long
will it take fisherman to exhaust tho
supply of sheep-heads and dog-fsh?
The friends of certain man chip in
four cents apiece and purchase sponge
to present him on his birth day as en-
blematical of his daily life. The GER
tain man lets himself loose on the donors
and damages each ones head to the
amount Of $3.47. How much is each
donor out of pocket
Ayoung man Wagers fifty cents that
ne can put billiard ball into his mouth,
and he wins the bet. "A surgeon charges
him 81 for four hours work in remov-
ing it. What was the exact gain in be-
ing smart?
A man pays fifty cents extra to take
laughing gas while having tooth
pulled. The dentist could have pulled
six as well as one, and without any
further cost How much did the patient
lose by being so stingy of his molarsP
The candy eaten by schoolgirl costs
just rs much rs her school-books; the
peanuts she devours cost more than her
singing lessons; her ice-cream costs
more than her French, and the gas and
fuel she consumes while sparkling loot
up twice the cost of learning her to
paint landscapes on old jugs and pitch
ers. Therefore, how many daughters
must a man have to be richp
An Alderman pays a reporter SIS to
write him n speech favorng the erec-
ton of new school house, but after de-
livering eleven cents worth of the ora
ton he is informed that there is no ques-
ton before tho meeting, and he falls
back and breaks a pair of suspenderS
worth thirty-five cents. How much 10
the great man out of pocketp
Jay GOuld's Time.
Several weeks ago, when Jay Gould
was in Little Rock, he was visited in his
special car by q strange looking, oddly
dressed man. "Mr. Gould,' said the
visitor, "will you be generous enough
to give me ten minutes of your timep''
"Yes," said the millionaire, in a dry,
last-year sort of voice. "Ten minutes,
thank you, sir; write the checkp''
What checkP' said the millionaire. in
kind of last-month voice. Perhaps
I'd better explain, A noted mathema-
tician has calculated your income to Sc
81 per second. With you, of course,
time is money, face value. Now. you
have given me ten minutes, amounting,
you see, to $500. Have you got the
money about you, or will you give me
checkP" The millionaire looked at the
man in silence. "rll do the fair thing.
Make it $500. Hanged if I don't be
easy with you, make it $400--blame it,
say 5000" MIR. Gould looked long and
inquiringly at the man, but didn't smile.
--Ark07aSaS TTaUeLer.
Five firms are engaged in Pitts
burgh, Pa, in the sand and cobble-stone
business, with an invested capltai OF
over 500, 900, employing upwards of
one hundred men. From the beds OF !,
the rivers between 5000 and 100000
bushels of sand and gravel are yearly
taken. Cobble=stones are secured about
seveDty-tiVe miles up the Allegheny
River.
Excitement was made in Boston by
. newspaper item which said that the
vSnerated Bunker Hill monument wast to
be "repainted." It was q misprint. the
right word being ''repointed." The
mortar has In many places been washed
away from between the stones to
depth OF Six inches, and the spaces are
filled with growths of moss and vines.