Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-01
TIE THREE TRAMpS
NEW PROBLEMS SUBMITTED TO
READERS OF DEPARTMENT..
MANY SEND IN CORRECT ANSWERS
Figure Out How Much Money Each
Tramp Should Receive-New Cattle
Puzzle-A Difficult Question of Rela.
tionship Is Raised.

tramp Should Receive-NeW Cattle
Puzzle-A Difficult Question Of ReIa-
tionship Is Raised.
THE three tramps is the name of a
new puzzle submitted by ]. Virgil
Carson of Charlton for the considera.
ton of the readers of the Courier
puzzle department. AS will be seen
at first glance it is not so easy and
OF fifteen answers received from per.
sons to whom it has been submitted as
a test only two were correct.
Many answers have been received to
the puzzles published few days ago
and are given below. Some of these
are correct and some are not. Several
new puzzles have also been received
and are given below. If you think
you have the correct solution to any
of the old or new puzzles send in your
answer to the railroad editor of the
Courier.
The Three 'Tramps.
Two tramps A and B, halted by the
roadside to eat their dinner. Their
store consisted of eight small loaves
and three belonged to A and five to B
Before they began to dine a third
tramp. G, came along and asked to
eat with them SO they all ate equally
of the eight loaves. When they had
finished G handed A and B eight pieces
of money as pay for his dinner. A dis
pute arose as to the proper division
Of the money.
B claimed he should take five pieces
and A three. A said that as all ate
equally of the three loaves the money
should be divided in like proportion.
G, the third tramp declared they were
both wrong. What was the proper di-
vision?
Three Puzzles.
The three puzzles submitted a few
days ago were as follows:
Chicago and Denver are 1000 miles
apart. A train leaves each Of the
cities at the same hour. The west
bound train runs at speed of sixty
miles and hour and the eastbound
train makes only forty miles. Which
will be the farthest from Chicago
! when they meet?
Two stations are twenty miles apart.
A freight train a mile longs leaves the
first station with the brakeman at the
way car. He starts walking Just as
the way car leaves the station and
reaches the engine as it pulls into the
second station. How far does he walk
Three boys started out to sell eggs.
A had ten eggs. B had thirty and G
fifty eggs. Each must sell his eggs
at the same price and have the same
amount Of money when they are all
sold. What were they sold at?
How Many Head?
The following, was received from
Clyde Mcclure of Eldon:
Il wish to purchase 100 head of
stock for a total cost of 500. How
many head each of cattle, hogs and
sheep must I buy if pay $40 a head
for cattle, So for hogs and so cents
for sheep?"
What Relation?
The following is from Frederick
Pohlson Of this city:
A man and woman meet. The
man says: I think know you.' The
woman replied: I think you ought to
rs your mother was my mothers only
daughter What was the relation?"
"A similar one is submitted by Mrs.
Myrtle Yancy Of Buxton. A man in
jail was asked who it was that visited
him. He replied brothers and sis
tiers have none. but that mans faith
er is my fathers son.
Try This One.
"A fish is fifteen inches long. The
head is as long as the tail. If the
head was twice as long the head and
tail would be as long as the body.
How long is each, is the question ask
ed by F. E. Berkey of South Ottumwa.
Answers All Three.
t =. Willard, Feb. "A, 1904.
Railroad Editor Courier: - I will
venture an answer to your egg puzzle.
Three boys start out to sell eggs. A
has ten, B thirty and g fifty. The boys
make three sales. A sells six eggs for
l5 cents, three eggs for cents each
and nineteen for one cent, total of ST.
B sells four eggs for Is cents each,
seven eggs for three cents each and
nineteen eggs for one cent each, to-
tai OF 81. c. sells three eggs for Is
cents each, four for three cents each
and forty-three for one cent each, a to-
tai of ST..
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In regard to the two trains leaving
Chicago and Denver, one travelling at
the rate of sixty miles, an hour and