The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-24
Facts of Interest
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Eor tito Housewl1e.
All communications addressed to this
department must be written in ink a"d
accompanied by name and address.
Both will be held confidential.
Correspondents will please write the
names OF their places Of residence in
tull. Letters go astray daily because
the address is given merely as City"
There are forty-five Of these United
States and many cities in each State.
No. l.
L. R. C.'s memory is not at fault 1e-
garding the finding of water by means
of willow or witch hazel fork. can
refer him to several families in Eas-,"n
Observation-Disclosures of lrrc-
proachabe grandfathers''-who srpand
upon wells located in this way and who
would be unspeakably shocked at the
mere intimaton of Ignorance" or so
perstition.'' I will be pleased also to
furnish the name of the Intelligent
manipulation Of the wand. l.. S. s.
I send you a copy of the "T|is.er"
lines, copied from THE Girls Lwn
Book" published in Boston about sl>ty
years ago. r. y. 3
Several copies of the eccentric dog
gerel are in my hands awaiting the de-
mand of the querist.-Editor.)
Permit me to give you the following
information: 80 <
In Switzerland the legislative Assem-
bly, (the National "RathD elects the ex.
cutive body. the Bundesrath (SeVen
MEMBERS These seven members are
invested with the powers of the Presl-
dent plus Cabinet of this Omitted S.ares)
country. These seven men elect their
own presiding officer. who -cp!:senSs
the country toward the outside void.
He Is elected for one year. and the Wee
President usually becomes the &C.
dent for the next year. The space or thls
letter is too small to enter into details
and I lust point out few advantages
over the conditions in the United suites
1. Several parties can be represented III
tba Executive Board. 2. No assassina-
tion of Presidents 3. Even the civil war
uouId have been an mpossbility If the
n,urality of the Executive had existed
D. ]. II.
NO. 1.
The problem given by p A NJ, June
s. is solved by the rule for finding the
lcast common multiple of several num-
hers IN, 90 50 and 70 being the numbers
given in the problem, the least common
multiple is 1850. Hence 1850 cents Slo.5o) is
fine sum received for each lot OF oranges,
and the prices were as follows:
s1o.sA10-s1.05 for first lot.
SIT $685. So cts for second lot.
NU.So-5e- q :cts. for third lot.
sW.5e-7o- Is cts. for fourth lot.
baen sold at
higher prices and brought the same sum
for each The prices given In the solu
ton are the least at which they could
have been sold to fulfill the requirements
OF the problem.
NO. s.
Please tell Madam Carmencita" II she
CO pnot afford the electric needle to cut
the hair close and rub with a piece OF
pu,n!ce stone. I wish to thank you fol
your remedy for chapped hands
FROM A SISTER IN AFFLlCTlON.
The Inebriate Asylum at Binghamton
n. Y, is now the State hospital for the
insane. Has not been used for lnebriates
for more than ten years.
P.J. B.
&.
The following solution to G. A. SIS prob
lem is respectfully submitted:
NO. l.
Three numbers can be selected from Is
numbers in
7Sx77x76
-ways or 1905.
1x2x3
Three numbers can be selected from II
numbers in
12y11S10
1X2x3.
Therefore the chance OF winning IN q
lottery of Is numbers. OF which twelvf
numbers are drawn and Of which tire,
numbers must be selected. is 22O or near
ly.
1906 s46
-Four numbers can be selected from Is
numbers in
7Sx77x76x75
-or .426, 425 ways.
1x2x3x4
Four numbers can be selected from
twelve numbers In
12x11x10x9
-or 4s5 ways.
1x2x3x4
Therefore the chance OF winning IN
lottery of IS numbers from which twelve
ar, drawn and of which four numbers
must be selected. is
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