The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-23

You zee, de old xaxabo stood
AZ s'' 1in s. yiDfs no% al e dats as ta ssod
Is hat to vait fer git de stun g.. .'1a
A tousand pennies vii halp code deal;
Ay tank Az buy myself yeel,
Say Ola: .'If Ay var so smart som you,
Ay max moro money som you do; ~.
Fer ngger tings you ~haf code het, s,.;&
But vun ting dere Is vot you ferget:
Dat de general gifts de credit - ~, ~ =s>3As
And Ay tank dat you vii find e.. ...
He gifts de paenger ligesaa, .....-...a ......,T-
Fer he Is de man behind ~1&.
Beats the Copper Trust. :
lAn.wer: sss,s77,es1 cents, or $1,000. 900 less
Taking care of all the pennies he has made
Father now has .:loads'' Of money in his Golfers
stored away; -
Yes, said, sir. in his Golfers. tho, Of course
ysu it's true, %...-f>- ..~
Being kept, as earned, in pennies, they are
saved in coppers, too, y
And spose that word might state it for the
boxes just as plain, + 49,, '.'..r..
Since it's meet these should resemble tho strong
metal they contain. -. ! =, --.. :.
For my dads man of, sense, sir, we'll a.
''certs," as you'll surmise,
And he always makes his boxes and their loads
to harmonize.
And while must say he keeps 'em from my
visit out Of sight. - '''~ }.~s- 3
I am told they're somewhat num'rous with their
loads of pennies bright;
And he says they're fairly large, sir, and in
their metallic strength
All are built in same dimensions. each like
each in size and length. ~:
Now my dad, he has EN- full, Sir, he has told
me so today, -.
And the fortune he has made. sir, he II going
to give away, y, ~. -. So } ~..:
And he thinks to me he'll give it. since am
A4e
Only, like that woman, Portia, this here for
tune must be won; - s.. 49,,
For dad thinks the man who owns It will be
loser mighty quick
Less he's handy with his Wits SIR and in his
arithmetic. 5%l%77z.fS&
Now the problem that'sgbefore me If ia own
these pennies bright fl3.e.:,1 = - !
Is to figure cut the number {and to figure it
just right, .5s& Z
OF the cents he has IN total lying there in
rows nice, 2ts =. ..
Just enough to All those boxes. each exactly and
precise. ~ = -. -. *
Well by cases hypothetie, rather than expert
ment, . #t>S@$S3= 5s5 { Is %.33s &[ -
alwayr be one cent #1.~
That would overrun the number used In all to
I'LL them so .I1.z. :
Each would have the same as t'others, to a
penny or row; $;~, = 80
And I've also learned, by telling that a 's2s.,
will do yASst
To 'numerate these boxes-hers's my pencil.
now "skidoo!'' .5z=ss. zs|'.=z ta=z q
Oh, for head and hands for figures! Oh. for
mathematics more, - - ..~..-= = =
As tho labyrinths Of units am searching o,er
and Ger! - -4,,5.,..,.. So. :. =
Oh, for thoughts that deal with millions ,ust
as easy as to see ~-
What the cost Of fve-cent nicke,s vor1a =.
1tkeliest to be!
I am wadng out and searching for +hat .,,,,,.
multiple
Which to twenty-three Is common-not to lower
And which, found, will be exalted by the exen
sum OF one
Over multiples quite common to the en+,-. ,or,.r
run.
nave searched and I have found It, By nv
Keen processes bright,
ana know 1 have the number that "a cer
tainly dead right;
AND find with Joy I'm richer than I Ger had
thought to be-
eance my dad has saved his pennies and h..
queathed them all to me;
7or I'm seven times millionaire in doll.ra
now I ween,
Lacking only sixteen thousand, and two tvan+v-
three, nineteen;
ana know my good old daddy QUITE with
PRIDE and JOY will bust
olnce L We joined with him and Iawsom and
naVe oeat the copper trust,
r.. ~ w. W. Tousley, Fargo, N. D.