The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-05
TIE NEWER ARITHMETIC.

In a school room are twelve benches, and
nine bows on a bench. Find who stole the
teachers cad.
merchant has three clerks. Their uni
ted ages are FIVE -sevenths the number Of her
rings in box. What are the exact figures
A Iaundress takes in twelve shirts and has
four stolen from her line. How many are
lett, and what are the losers going to do
about it?
What velocity must a locomotive have to
pick up deaf man, walking on the track.
and fling him so high that six cars pass be-
fore he comes down?
A man trades a $40 watch for si5 shot
gun. paws s. for repairs and then exchanges
it for a $50 horse. which kicks a S2S COW TO
death and then dies Of a broken heart. How
much does the man lose?
A farmer sold eleven bushels Of potatoes
and the product purchased two gallons OF
whisky at 90 cents per gallon. How much
per hushel did he get for his tubers, and
where did he keep the iug2
Two men agreed to build a wall together.
One does four-ffths of the bossfng and the
other three -tenths of the work. and they fin
ally concluded to pay man SIS to finish the
Job. Find the length and height of the wall
A mother standing at the gate calls to her
boy who is exactly sIxty-eicht feet distant
It takes two minutes and twentv-two sec
onds for the sound to reach him. Find from
this the velocity with which woman's voice
travels.
A father agreed to give his son four and
one-haif acres Of land for every cord of wood
he chopped. The son chopped three -sevenths
of cord and broke the axe and went of
hunting rabbits. How much land was he
entitled to?
In a certain room there are eleven women
sitting down. a lady passes the house with
a new spring bonnet on. Find the number
who got Up and rushed to the window
(That's where you are fooled one of them
was too lame TO get out of her chair)
The distance from a roadside fence to a
certain harvest apple tree is three times the
distance from the ground to the first limb,
which is two yards, one foot and nine and a
half inches. What is the distance from the
fence, and how many apples can a fat boy
eat.
A farmer takes four dozen eggs to town
and exchanges them for two pounds Of sugar
at nine cents per pound, and when he re-
turns home his wife gives him ffty-five
cents worth of ''you internal old sap head -
Figure it all in and see hOwmu he received
for the eggs
A lightning rod man sits down to try and
remember how many farmers he has swim
died. He can't begin to recall names and
dates, so he multiDlies his eighteen years of
experience by two, adds FIVE, subtracts one,
and calls the result one-fourth Of the grand
total. What is the total?
A certain young man walks five-sevenths
of a mile for seven nights in a week to see
his girl, and after putting in 112 nights he
gets the bounce How many miles did he
hoof it altogether, and how many weeks did
it take him to understand that be wasn't
wanted?
man died leaving property valued az
S17, 600 to a certain relative Eight other
relatives wouldn't have it that way, and con-
tested the will. The property was then di-
vided pro rata and each ones share was
found to be seventeen cents. What became
but. Of course, you know that the LAWYERS
got it.
The scholars in a certain country set out
to lick the teacher. The number of girls.
who. of course, don't take a hand in. is thir-
teen, and this is four sixths Of the number Of
boys, who get the worst shaking up they
ever heard tell of. What was the exact
number, coming as near as you can without
halving up anybody.
A fond father purchased a set Of tools for
his boy, paying therefor the sum Of s.. .25.-
In short time the lad bored six holes in a
piano case, sawed OF six chair legs, split two
door pannels, and amputates the left arm Of
the sofa. Find what the exact sum was,
and also notify yOBr friends that the tools
are for sale at one-third of -Detroit Free
Press.