The Washington times., 1904-08-24
THREE MORE DAYS
OF THE PROBLEMS
Short Time Left to Work
Out the Figure Puzzle.
ANOTHER UNUSUAL ANSWER
One Individual Thinks the Total Is
6,99o, Ooo, 900 ,OOO, ooo, 900, But There
Is Doubt About It.

Three more days and the figure puzzle
will be mustered out. and Tclegated
10 the ranks of the has beCEs." An
other week and those who have sown
wisely and wen I'm the figure field Will
reap the reward OF patience and per-
severance.
The last days of the contest seem to
develop a wider range OF speculation
Than the proposition was credited with
possibly having. Yesterdays lnaii
brought three answers. - Q. and 10. re-
spectively. while today's brought one
giving the total as "6. 500 900 600 600 600 600 d"
This Is where you pays your money ana
takes YOUR choic.
The discover of the Tong distance"
answer has also asCCrtained that TWO
things are the same when they are diff
ferent He writes:
More Discoveries.
"I discovered very quickly after be-
ginning work on the puzzle that The
chart consists of two sections which are
exact duplicates of each other with
the exception OF few -1e- Uuits) aloag
Isc n.aft ain OF eacf n-
This discovery s-.. led She work
immensely. AS by div din,s tine two sec
tions into similar columns / could check
my work column by column. Tho fact
of the two sections being duplicates
nccessitates the additional fact that the
sum of both sections must be an even
number. OF the margiuaI ones Units)
referred TO. there are fortv-onc on both
sections. which. added TO g.. oven num-
Der Of the rest OF the O. necessi-
tates that the sum total o., the entire
chart must be an odd number"
Ends Saturday.
There are also fifteen naughts Cci-
pherS on the chart, which. OF course.
do not affect the total amount of the
figures when added mp, but as they
must nave been put into the puzzle for
a purpose. have added them TO my an
swer I'm the form OF a decimal. so that
the true answer is $500, 600, 900. 900, 600 90.
Certainly, Certainly!
"I expect my answer is too late 20 be
a prize winner. as others have doubt
less discovered the advantages offered
by the identity Of the two sections Of
the chart. and been enabled to send IN
the correct answer long ago. / have
only been able to work on il an hour
or so a day. so il has taken a long time
to get through it. but as 1 will get your
excellent paper for the money inclosed
there is nothing lost
In quoting so much OF the detail of
the above letter The Times desires 10
assist all others who wish 20 adopt the
same theory. and with the time to the
close Of the contest so short il would
be impossible for them 10 work it All
out without assistant The Times will
add that no similar answer within go.
VoeooOp,ooo. has as yet been filed.
Some Guesses.
NJ A. Of r Street northwest. writes.
Il take pleasure in writing YOU a few
lines 10 let you know the trouble have
had. 7 fixed out my blank 10 send you.
but IN some way IL was torn up and ]
now write fl here. Il f. $500. I cannot
tell whether / will get anything. but
have taken great pains IN counting II
all over again to make certain that
was right"
Miss VI. X. of Crescent Street north
west. writes: The figures added to-
gether make $3.50. and don't you forget
st."
Here IS one Tor C. a. L. and Mr..
Il have lost all hope of winning
prize since ] sent in my count after
reading two OF the guessers' letters, and
now see that everybody has failed out
q. a. l., and certain Mr.. Smith. It's
a pretty bitter pill To swallow after all
the trouble we have been put TO- And
yet may read In The Times that G.
A. LIS. and a certain Air Smiths pipe
needs more tobacco"
r. T. Y, Of Twelfth Street northeast
writes. Enclosed find hfty cents and
my estimate on the number. which H.
7,0l1. I have counted the chart several
times and practically got the same re-
suit each time"
+. j. NJ, OF Callan Street northeast
writes. In adding the figures I find
them 70 amount 20 GOlV. ] would like 70
enter the contest
The figure contest. remember. closes al
midnight Saturday The Times OF sun
day and yesterday outlined how the late
Eucsses would be rec eived, so. II anyone
missed seeing the plan. reference to
either ulDer VIII fully eKnIain IL