The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-29
CITY NEWS AAD GOSSIP.
u Visit 70 the Studio Of Miss Mary
G Wheeler In the Power
Block.
Problems In Mathematics for tho
Rsader 70 Figure on at
His leisure
library Trustees VIII Not Join In the
General Lecture Course Idea-Gso.
Child In Chicago.

Niss Whsslos's studio. II has bsen &c
moved from the former crowded quarter
ON the third TO The Top floor Of the Powt
block. and the work Of her brush 10 show
- much bsttss advantage. Two Of be
pictures that attreot The visitor are take
from life. one The head Of . staghoun
owned BY Mr.. John T. Murphy. and th
othsr the lifsliks picture Of another houn
owned BY the same gentleman. But The Rsl
of the collection 10 . picture TO which Nit
Wheeler devoted about the entire ssnmsl
Il ID entitled Colonial Days" and 10 on
Of the best things the Helena artist has ye
shown in this city. II shows q beautiful
young girl sitting near . window sewing
In front of her 10 q thrss-lesged stool. sue
% our arandnothsrs used. aad ON II 10 th
young girls sewing basket with the soisso,
DFolsudinG over the edge. Near the seam
etsess . small table, and ON IL an old
1ash!oned teapot oup and SANGER. On on
corner II spool Of cotton. just % naturs
g life. The girl IL sitting in an old-fash
Toned high-baok rocking chair. The pos
Of the girl IL 20 lifs-liks. her expression q
natural. that one looking At her 10 tempted Il
believe he can read her thouRhsa Thsn the
deception 10 carried farther By the natural
ness Of her surSoundinQs-the stool, the
table, the light falling through the window.
Colonial Days. il = gem that would adorn
any home, and will be . sure prize winner
II Miss Wheeler decides to send it sast to
some Of the art exhibitions.
The astounding possibilities Of eeonstri-
al progression are probably known to most
readers. The old hoEss-shosing prop
osisien-ons cent for ths first nail. two
cents for the second nail and 10 on until
the four shoes are finally held In place by
thirty-two nails-most every sns has heard
and wondered at
A few days aRo . person stated that he
had read Of q celebrated law suit growing
ont Of q breach Of contract and which was
tried In England. and which IL mentioned
in q note in tho law text book Parsons on
Contract" II 10 there told Of ths meeting
Of two English farmers, one Of whom
wished 10 purchase rye of tho other. After
some negotiation ID was sgreed a. follows:
The purchaser was 70 pay 100 pounds for
rye delivered in this wise: one grain Of rye
to DO delivered the first week, two grains
the second week, four grains the third
week, eight grains tho fourth week md so
on doubling every week for one year or
ffty-two weeks. The parties to the JON
tract parted, each one eonRratulating him.
self upon having got Just a little bit the
best Of the other. As was said before, lit
igation followed and the court found
that the seller had agreed to de-
liver more rye than is raised in
the 'tight little isle'' in q season.
TIT last statement Is what caused the
discussion. A grain OF rye, it was said, Is
q very minute thing and q very lar GO guam
tity is raised in all England. It is inoredi-
Bile that, under the contract entered into Q
party had bound himself to deliver all tho
rye raised in England and more, too. Some
one reading this may be inclined to take
the same view, and for that PERSONS bene-
NJ will eivs the results as obtained by
dividing. adding and multiplying . great
array of figures.
The seller. finding II necessary to asoer-
sain just whore be stood by reason of this
contract. got q very large sheet of paper
and found chat he had placed himself in
this situation: That whom he had COM
pleted his deliveries according 10 contract
ne would have heaped into the purchasers
rye Qranary over five Quadrillions $780,
OOO. OOo.0 600. 0O0) Of grains Of rye or 4.598,-
Ss9,94l bushels (sixty pounds to the bushel).
That the weight of this quantity of rye
would be in pounds, 275. $3.50, 1856, AGO, or 49,
766.68O tons. When he arrived at this
point he began TO doubt his ability TO fulfill
the contract, but a. the rye had to be trans
ported by rail II dawnsd upon him that
there might be a shortage Of cars. He
knew that an ordinary freight box car had
. capacity OF 40. 600 pounds. or twenty tons.
30 that it WAS an easy matter for him 10
ASCERTAIN that it would require 68S. 1874 cars
to carry b rye to place of delivery, II
was painfully apparent that he must
assign. owing to stringeney Of
box cars. He had strength enough to
make Just one moro calculation, These
Chs. 1874 oars would make one continuous
train 1859 miles in length. This was new
trouble as the carrying of this grain would
not only be q tax on tho rolling stock of
she railroad company. but would, in all
probability. seriously impede other traffic.
We leave the reader to picture the anguish
OF mind Of this over confident British
farmer. I will state that no rye being OBJ
tainable. it was found by actual count that
there was !. 1856 grains of wheat in an ounce.
will conclude with q problem that can
be proved by any one who will deseorats
Shis holy day by working faithfully all to-
day and oil into the night.
At the birth of Christ q note was piyen
for two cents with interest at the rate Of al.
Per cent per n compounded semi.
annually. payable o demand. Tho note
was not presented until the year 1920
and the payse demanded that his debtor
Immediately pay the same by rolling No 10
his (the creditors house, 800. OOO, 600 globes
Of pure gold. each of the size of the Garth.
that being the amount due on the note Al
that time. undor the single standard.
How TO make a board containing ons
square inch less than one square foot of
surface ill . space one foot square would
strike most people % q difficult problem; to
make 1t all thai space and have one square
Inch left over. still more difficult. To make
the proposition more exploit take q board
thirteen inches one way and eleven inches
ehe other. which would contain 143 SQUARE
inchsa make II Ill Q hole twelve inches
VIDE and twelve inches long. which would
% ~ square inches, and thsn have one
sqaefs Inch Of plank left over. II looks
IKE an impessibility. but II can b. done.
dsSs on . reduced scale ia the board thts-