St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-14

ssueu uOte o0o saved al the buttO0o q
his waistcoat.
LET me give you IN example, uncle, ;
said Alan. thoughtfully. ..Not . made
up ono. but one from the book. III
come to them pretty quick and would
Ike to know how TO do them"
Er|perhaps you had better wait til
you get to them." said uncle. 1T d
Just a. well not to cross . bridge
just then the eyes Of Alan's mother ap
peored over the top Of the paper and
looked straight into uncle'A That gen.
tleman cleared his throat and said,
hastily: IAN right. my boy. al right;
let's have Il"
Alan turned the leaves Of his arith-
metic and then read:
"A father lefs his eldest son three-seveutha
q his estate. his youngest son four sevenths oi
the remaindor. and his daughter the remainder;
Who received o.733x lees than the youngest
son; What was the value oe the estater'
PLEASE read that over again." said
uncle. nervously. Alan did 20.
well, the first thing 70 do" said
uncle. ''is TO find out what q the value
Of the estate"
That's the last thing In the book"
"Eh? am afraid I did not under.
stand the example. You should learn ia
read more plainly. young sir"
Alan read the example again and
uncle said:
'tOh. yea. ! see. Please get me some
paper and . pencil; you might get sew
eral sheets Of paper 80 We win be sure
TO have enough" While Alan WAS get.
ting the paper uncle said: "You don't
mind my lighting pipe. do you. Nary
can always work better when I'm
smoking. It's . habit ! acquired 10
college. Il seems 70 brighten my rea-
soning facultiea."
mot 1t alE" sweetly said the lady
addressed. II believe the reasoning
faculties should be - bright - posi-.
ble."
Uncle did not say any thing In reply;
tn fact. Il was some time before he ut
tered a word. Then he looked mp from
q sheet Of paper crowded with
figures and said. impatieutly:
There never was an estate In
the world divided In such IN idi-
otic fashion. A man who would make
such will would be declared insane in
any court on earth. and the will would
be broken"
perhaps that is pure mathematica. /"
suggested voice behind the paper.
Uncle broke his pencil point In some
way just then. and when Alan sharp
ened Il he got up on his knees In the
chair. with his feet tucked under him.
and took fresh sheet Of paper. When
that was nearly covered he said:
There. there's your answer: 81, ,Ss4 PIT.
and . pretty small estate that 10 to put
into an arithmetic"
why. uncle. said Alan. II don't see
how that can be. for the daughter GOT
81. .7ssk."
"What kind Of IN arithmetic d this,
any way?" growled uncle. ats IN out
rage to make such books When was
q boy we had sensible school boolks
and"
THAT b your old arithmetic. Robert" :"
said the lady behind the paper. "When
I found they were using that kind,
told Alan he might a. well take yours -
70 buy . new one"
Uncle got down from his chair.
walked slowly around the table.
climbed up again.
''Is that to change your luck. uncles"
asked Alan. "Thcy say Il will do t."
MARY" said uncle. Indignantly.
'.you ought not 70 let Alan get such
vulgar superstitions into his bead
sir. are not to Be eoo-
qucred by luck"
Fresh sheets Of paper were taken and .
maze Of figures grew under uucleis baud.
Around the edge Of her paper Alau's
mother saw experiments II proportion,
allegation. arithmetical progression,
and here and there dash Of algebra.
The domain Of Mathematics was ran.
sacked from center TO circumference,
and victory came at last THAT
estate. said uncle, impressively. "was
worth eactly ee.lii 1884," and be said
L In the tone Of man ready TO light e
his word was disputed.
~ presume that is right" said Alan.
Amy way. that Is the answer In the
book Now here Is IN easy onc-a&
east, our teacher says Il is easy" and
,e read:
IF 80 men In q days. By working 10 hours .
lAy. can dig trench . feet long. IS feet vida
md - feet decp. when the ground Is called
leGrees Of hardness how many men In = dayA
y woriing 3 hours day. can dig anoehef
|ecp, when the ground d estimsted q 3 degreeo
4 hartlnesGvs
As step BY step the features OF this
,roblem were presented to uncle. thas
gentleman slipped further down into his
hair. When the voice Of the readef
topped. be looked like nothing In the
world so much - Grandfather Small.
weed, Il that amiable old person could
u imagined a deprived Of even tho
Hesence Of the "Brimstoue Cat!" The
yes Of Alan's mother appeared over
he paper and the abject appeal they
NV in uncle's eyes could not Be 70
listed.
..Alan." she said. ut d your bedtime.
Jncle l. tired"
Alan gathered up his books. kissed
is mother. bade the figure in the chair
and said cheerfully: "we'u
~ pure mathematics next time, uncle"
IN. Y. Sun.
~0ecssey" DAappsaFlA9.
In this democratic nineteenth cent
~, .'society," ih the old and aElso0a&-
8 sense Of tho term. b disappearing.
'eople Of . certain class and certain
neans do certain things = certain
ines because other people Of the SANE
lass and the same means do klcewise.
here l. . universal tendency toward
be equalizatioe Of luxury end Of The
xterior manifestations Of ue0nemenk
ocial habits aEe formed On The models
By two o. thrse great csn-
ess Of civilization, and all the life that
On find elsswheEe b . moro q le0
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