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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-22

II this is examined II viii be found
that the constant, 81, is not only the
addition OF the rows OF four in any
direction, but is the total of the four
corners or OF any group of four figures
that form a small square. such AS IS, IL.
s., !, or ~. T. :, 9.
Correct solutions from: c. g. RulkIev.
J. -. A.. Edgar Dubs Sinner, W. 4
Bulkley. Lydia H. Gale o. II. Boston and
\. IA. O'Connor.
Now what il the lowest constant for
a nasick square that shall emhody all
these features. but which is composed
entirely Of prime numbers
THOSE NINETEEN ONES
The cracks do not seem to have given I'M
wrestling with that problem OF proving
that the number i,i1l,il1l1l,1l1.
1ll,ili Is or i not prime II hrs'
appeared IN THE SuS on November 40
last and an attempt at a solution was
printed on January II. but It WAS not
Conclusive. The following is an effort
10 reach the answer by different method
which is certainly a novelty in msth.-
NAUTICAL argument. II IL from o. IL
Boston
II am satisfied that all number. aboy.
II consisting OF ones only. are composite
numbers
81. All numbers consisting OF an even
number of ones, such a LII. Hill, &c
are composite as II is a factor
80. All numbers consisting of a number
of ones that might be divided into equal
groups. such as % ones, 40 ones, &c.
forming groups of 5x5 ones. Tx, &c
are factored by one OF the repet.nd eroups
OF >. 7. &c
80. II is we'll known rule that ~
the sum Of all the digts OF any number
is dv.sible by 3. the whole number 4.
divisible by g. This applies to such
numbers as 3, 2, q, 81 ones, &c.
- The only numbers consisting of
digits OF ones regarding which there
/ exists any doubt are those where the
number OF dgits Of one equal a prim.
number such as I. II. 10, II, 10. &c.
The proof herewith applies only TO num-
bers consisting OF ones and where 40.
We know that mn is q composite, as il
10 the product of Al XIII.
! iilii=l = TO- 100 : 1000 y 1000
Now let MS make io=a
iili=i + IA 1-a:+a,+aO
This series OF the powers OF 4 plus I
extended indefinitely.
La 4as+ .+aGanD
and which must be a composite for the
reason that each added term of the series
contains the factor a.
This rule or formula also holds good
/ where all dgits OF the number are one
except the last one, which NAV h. o. 2
4, 8, mot prime to az
SOME CURIOUS NUMBERS
On December 81 last THE SUN nut for
ward curious coincidence in number,
whose difference In factors was the sam,
up to certain point and asked why II die
not go beyond that point, regardless Of tn,
numbers chosen No one seems able I,
that uilegfinD hArA q
Is not quite so intricate:
What number Is 1t that has eight o
more factors and after each two factor
being subtracted their four or more diff
ferences shall be two times each other
Hero Is a number whose six factors, afte
being subtracted, their difference will b.
two times each other:
Such Is lO5=s51s3 and diRerence==s2
1924 KS and diFerence=iS
i05=i5x7 and difference
But there IL no number whose produc
IN Il OK and difference In either 60 or 4
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-22

PROBLEM NO l3s ~ S uARLASD.
Rim In nirraa
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
WAS A PROPER SUBSTITUTE
Senator cassius P. Gink Felt He and
Manager Of His Can saign
Were One.

It is no mere trifing matter. we
learn from a German friend Of ours
who read it in a German paper TO
be a person in high official place in
America. The trouble is that every.
body thinks he is entitled to shake
hands with you uEon all sorts Of &C.
casions. The sad case Of Cassius p
Gink is cited in evidence. Mr. Gink
had been elected senator from a west.
ern state. He arrived in the capital
and held a reception. \ thousand
people came to shake hands vita him.
After he had shaken hands vita every
one of the thousand there was a let.
up and the new senator stepped to the
window for a breath of air. Outside
in the street he saw 1000 people more
people waiting TO be admitted
He was in despair. He few from
the window saying. BY heck"
very strong expression indeed. Then
suddenly he laid hold of the young
man who had managed his campaign
and who was now installed as his Sec
retary. He marched that young man
into the middle Of the reception room.
stand right here, George" he said.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
WHY We Worry.

Worry, when you come to analyze
1t, is not a social vice. We worry
chiefly over those things which con
cern the NE. Show me that what i'm.
pends will leave My bank account in.
tact, My health unimpaired, My
friends ahd family out, and any fur
ther tormenting solicitude that | may
feel is frankly academic. l may still
take thought and use preventive
measures, but / cease, as If by magic,
to worry over the outcome. On the
contrary, / can now work for the ac.
complishment Of my object better than
ever before. For most worry is not
only an arch form of selfishness, but
it is the great inhibitOT of action. We
say, Il am worried; we mean, Il fear
for myself E. p Frost, in Atlantic
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
BLIND HAVE NO SIZE SENSE
Some sightleE6 Children imagine
Cows Are No Larger Than
Cats or Dogs.

The path Of the teacher OF the blind
is beset with many difficulties, one
OF the greatest being the task OF con-
yeying 10 their minds some idea OF
the size shape and features OF birds
and animals. In many cases, It Is
true models are used but owing 10
their small size they are. 20 say the
least. Of doubtful advantage.
The ignorance OF blind children Is
great, often grotesqle A teacher Of
a class may find that a child does not
know whether a sheep or a COW Is the
larger, or he may even find that
hare has wings! However carefully
they are told that a small model Of
COW is only one-fortieth the size OF
the real animals, more often than not
they are unable TO think OF the ami
mails as being any larger than the
model, and will stoop and describe
something about the size Of a kitten
whom asked 10 indicate the size OF
COW. This arises from the fact that
no standard OF size. form and texture
beyond those which they set up
through handling-can exist for those
who have never had the use Of their
eyes. Even those who have had sight
are found 10 lose their standards un'
less they are renewed from time to
time by actual contact. An instance
OF this was noticed not long ago,
when a boy of about twv,~e recovered
his sight after an operau,n, and for
several days following went about in
state Of surprise and Gear, for al
most everything which !e had not
been in the habit Of touching fire.
Cuently differed considerably in size
from his recollections of seven years
before, The size Of his parents
alarmed him very much, as he imag-
ined they were much sma'ler.-Strand
Magazine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
MANY FAT LITERARY LIGHTS
Zcla, Gauter, and Cther Famous
Writers Were Remarkable for
Their Great Co-pulenee.

The connection between feeding
and literary genius is commented on
by Robert Sherard in his Modern
Paris. Zola, he says. wrote best when
he was very stout, and that when his
bulk dwindled so did his talent. The
ophile Gautier, himself enormous,
maintained that a man CT genius
should be fat, and for proof pointed
to that more barrel than man." Bal
zac; to Alexander Dumas, always
fat and jolly" to the hippopotamus
in breeches, Rossini, and to the plump
and well-fed appearance Of Victor
Hugo and Sainte-Beuve.
Byron would never have agreed
with Theophile Gautiers dictum that
men of genius should be fat. For the
increase of his too, too solid aesh was
the one thing Of which he was
afraid. and various freak diets were
adopted to keep it under Don Juan
was written almost entirely on gin
and water, and in 1913 he lived on six
biscuits a day and tea. Previously at
Athens he had tried d diet OF rice in
small quantities washed down by
vinegar and water, and lajef on he
tried one thin slice of bread fol break
fast and a vegetable dinner, keeping
down hunger by chewing tobacco. And
apparently such diets stimulated the
brain while mortifying the flesh.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
DAISY ELY KILLER
W. n. U, FoRr WAYME, No. a1-19t4.
WHAT MAKES GOOD HOSTESS
Ability 70 Entertain Layishly Is a
Very Small Part Of Her
Qualifications.

A talent for originality is not suf-
dcient TO make a good hostess-that
goes without saying. 1t is not the
mountebank who wins the genuine
praise Of the initiated but the real wit
who has the gift of magnetism-tha
is, Of sympathy with what is human
and lasting-and can touch the heart
that can move 10 tears that remains
on the boards the longest? And is
il not the woman who loves her kind
who keeps their affection, who draws
people 10 her whether she is rich in
this worlds goods or fortune turns
beyond her delightful personality?
Nine. Recamier received her friends
with the same grace in her shabby,
brick-aoored little room-al that re-
verses allowed her-as when she had
queened it in her almost royal man
sion in the Faubourg Saint-Germaine.
Nor did they gather less eagerly there
than in her beautiful home, because
she retained in her poverty the same
charm, the same qualities that had
made her the most sought woman in
Paris.
The essential thing to successful
entertaining is that instructive knowl-
edge of and sympathy with human
nature which enables one to put peo-
pie at their ease and make them
happy-From Novel Ways Of Enter
tanning" by Florence Han Winter
burn.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
Collars and Cuffs.

In darker ages the expression Col
lars and Cuffs meant the late lamented
king of England; the importance and
significance of collars today, however
lies in the fact that they are holding
their own in an amazing way with all
the newer accessories of dress. The
collars have been getting sitter and
sitter, and now there are to Ge stiff
cuffs, too. You may get them in very
nearly every material, but the most
popular is pique and linen. These stiff
collars are made mostly after the
Gladstone pattern, but the sheer ba-
tiste has been dtsregarded, since it
would be ugly if starched Both col
lars and cuffs are cut with faring
points, and the nice part of the starchi-
ness is that the material does not
rumple and soil half as easily.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
In a Llaht Comedy Role.

Two washerwomen were one day
telling of the progress made by their
various lads in their chosen work
Tell me, Mrs. Casey" asked Mrs.
Clancy, what's your son, John, doing
now?" Johns on the stage-he's a
light comedian" answered Mrs. Casey.
"Ye don't tell mel" exclaimed Mrs.
Clancy, IAN would ye moind tellin' me
what light comedian is?" We'll,
explained Mrs. Casey, lin me sons
case it's this: He plays a silent part
behind black curtain with his mouth
to hole, and in front is candle, and
when Alkali Ike shoots at the candle,
John blows it out. Saturday Journal
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
Novelties of o!d Fleet Street

Fleet street was formerly the won
der place Of London, where all that
was novel, bizarre and marvellous was
exhibited by enterprising showmen.
Ben Jonson alludes to "a new notion
of the city Of Nineveh, with Jonah and
the Whale, at Fleet Bridge" and at the
Eagle and Child" was exhibited a
collection of freaks and monstrosities
that set the whole town agape. In
1710, too, were advertised as on exhi-
bition at Fleet bridge, two strange,
wonderful and remarkable monstrous
creatures, an old she dromedary, sew
en- feet and ten inches long, lately ar
rived from Tartary, with her young
one, being the greatest wonder, rarity
and novelty ever seen in the three
kingdoms. London Chronicle
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
Candy a Good Food

One often hears discussions as to
whether candy is a good or bad thing
to eat The truth is that most of the
candy sold here in America is of good
quality, and as it contains sugar and
glucose it is a good food. One point
should never be forgotten in regard
to candy-namely, that although it is
a healthy and nutritive food it should
always be eaten after meals. If it is
eaten before meals it destroys the ap-
petite and thus makes people eat less
than they should OF their ordinary ar
icles of diet
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CAUGHT BY CAMERA
BY MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD
RIDGE.
"Doughnuts!"

DouBnnuts!
Ned Travers shifted the air deli.
ciously, smacked his lips and peered
through the trees towards a neat little
farmhouse on the edge of the town
From It's kitchen, there came con-
stant odorous steam IL made Ned
think Of home and mother In its pat
ent suggestiveness OF brown, crisp
dough putting up into comely knobs
and rings Then he saw through an
open window a dainty bustling young
lady with tucked up sleeves and
aproned and Ned thought of his sister.
And then as the pretty maid set a
great earthen bowl in the window,
piled high with the creamy golden
faxed results Of her labor, Ned caught
full view OF her winsome face. II
gave his heart a warning thrill-and
then twinge.
Wherefore the latter? His pride
answered promptly. Contrast brought
a sudden blur to a manly longing
heart. The picture before him was
so sweet. so solacing that he would
have liked TO become vital part OF IT,
OF course the lovely face influenced
this particular sentiment.
Ned was fairly down and out. Worse
than that just at this especial moment
he was dust laden, travel worn, thirsty
and hungry. He had but one posses
sion of value with him, oddly out Of
place for negotiation just here and
now. This was his rather bulky out
fit for taking moving pictures.
Ned had been out for a month with
a movies" crew that had gone 70
pieces for lack OF capital. A lesson
well learned at heart, he was return
ing home, wiser, though chastened.
So he had little part in or claim
to the social or esthetic phases OF
life just at the present time. With a
sigh, for he was a poet and a dreamer
at heart, he started in the direction
of the near village. Just then, how
ever, the fair cook came out of the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07

1t often happens that in attempting
to uncork a bottle, the stopper is
forced into the bottle instead, and it
thus floats on the liquid This would
perhaps not be drawback were it
not that each time the bottle is to be
emptied the cork comes to the neck
and causes an obstruction, preventing
the flow of the liquid,
This can be avoided very readily,
and all that is needed is to bend a
piece of stiff iron wire in a long u
shape, properly fitting it in the neck
Of the bottle so that the loop portion
projects somewhat below the neck
Upon inverting the bottle, the wire
oops prevents the cork from reaching
The neck to obstruet it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
First Floor Plan.

There is also a pantry OF generous
dimensions, conveniently located with
respect to both kitchen and dining
room. Two closets are also provided
on the first floor Upstairs there are
three comfortable bedrooms. Two OF
these seem to be somewhat cut up
owing to the way the roof is formed;
yet these extra spaces are by no
means disadvantageous. The small
balcony over the front porch and
opening from the large dormer win
dow is a feature that is both orna-
mental and usaful.
The cost of this comfortable dwell
ing is estimated at $4,000. This would
provide for oak floors for the living
room and dining room, maple floors
for the kitchen and pantry, and first
quality yellow pine edge grain floor
ing on the second floor The living
room and dining room should be fin
ished in red oak, stained, the interior
trim to be of square-out fashion to
harmonic with the general character
of the design of the house. For the
second floor no material is superior to
birch, either the red or the white.
This can be finished in any color and
produces a beautiful-appearing hard
wood trim. For the bedrooms a COM
sination of mahogany and white enam-
.l IS the most popular, and 1t Is, with
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
Makes Trouble for Berlin.

The father of unrest, as Bal Gan
gadhar Tilak, a Chitpavan Brahman,
and at one time a member Of the
Bombay Legislative council, has been
styled, has lately been released from
prison, In 1908 he was prosecuted on
a charge of seditious incitement in
connection with articles in the
Kesari, a newspaper owned and con-
Quoted by himself This was just
after the Muzafferpur outrage, when
two English ladies were killed by the
explosion of a bomb, and in the ar
ticles which formed the basis of the
charge assassination by such means
was spoken of with approval. A high
court jury found Tilak guilty and he
was sentenced by Mr. Justice Davur to
six years transportation. In view of
his age and health this was COM
muted to simple Imprisonment at Man
dalay.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07

A prominent Virginian had died,
and his daughter in arranging the
house for the funeral had gone al
most to an extreme in placing palms
and ferns and plants in the drawing
room-in fact, it had more the appear
ance of a wedding than funeral,
One of the old darkies came to pay
his last respects. Miss Mae" he
said, dis surely is fine, all desc here
trees, but. Miss Mae, where is you
going to put your pa?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
MUST BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAN
Hands Of Surgeon, Before Performing
Operations, Are Washed in Most
Thorough Manner.

Most people attribute the immense
Iy decreased rate Of mortality in cases
of severe surgical operations to the
increased skill of the profession, to
their greatly improved Instruments,
and the more skilful nursing which is
obtained in these days. But the sur
geon himself would tell you that it
is almost all a matter Of absolute
cleanliness, the fact that nothing is
left undone to insure absolute free
dom from infection of any kind. This
fact is emphasized by the eXtraordi
nary hand-washing regulations which
are in force at the various hos
pitals Everybody who is even re-
motely connected with an approach
ing operation is supposed to spend
20 minutes in the all-impOrtant proc
ess of washing his hands.
For five minutes the surgeon
washes his hands with soap and wa
ter, and then cleans his finger-nails.
When he has done this he spends
another five minutes doing it all over
again. But this is but a preparation
for a third and far more drastic alb
luton, for this time he must wash
his hands in alcohol Not content with
this cleansing process, he must now
put his hands through a process of
sterilization by soaking them for at
least five minutes in a wash of corro-
siye sublimate. BY that time be may
commence his duties, which mean life
or death to some patient, with the sat
isfactory feeling that he has done
his best to approach his task with
clean hands.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07

A residence should not be too plain
ana unornamented In its appearance;
yet az the same time there IS no need
Of going 20 extravagant lengths in the
pursuit Of architectural beauty
Many try so hard in their desire
for an artistic home and in their alb
horrence Of the plain. box-like houses
that the designs they finally work out
and follow in building remind Gne Of
a Chinese pagoda, or Of a pavilion at
the county fair.
II IS a good thing to look after the
artistic IN house designs but always
with moderation.
The little house illustrated in the
accompanying perspective sketch and
floor plans is Of a very attractive de-
Sign that Is very popular. IN this
house there are a number Of very
pleasing features which give the build.
ing a distinctive appearance, yet these
are in good taste and the dwelling
has a sensible, homelike appearance.
With a good brick or solid concrete
foundation, the first story Of this
house IS covered with clapboards.
while the second story is finished with
cement plaster stucco, divided into
panels in the English halftimber style.
The second story also projects slight
" beyond the line Of the first. in that
way keeping true to the English Eliz-
abethan models
With the woodwork painted a soft
brown and with the stucco panels a
yellowish tint, an exceptionally at
tractiFe appearance is secured. There
are a number of other artistic color
combinations that suggest themselves
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07
FELT HE HAD BEEN DECEIVED
Why Old Nose Insisted He Had a
Distinct Grievance Against
"Marse Tom"

Economy has its pains as well as
its pleasures, says a Washington
preacher, IF the experience of an old
darky of my acquaintance in Virginia
counts for anything.
"One spring, for some reason, old
Nose was going around town with a
face of dissatisfaction. When ques'
toned, he poured forth a voluble tale
of woe in these terms;
Marse Tom he come to me last fall
an he say. Nose. dey's gwine to be
hard winter, so yo' be keerful, an
save you wages fast an tight
An l believe Marse Tom, yassuh.
believe him, an l save, an save. an
when de winter come it amt got no
hardship, an dere l was wild all dat
money jest thrown on my hands""
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-07

large barn building with smoke poli
Ing from ita lower story In uice
the business instinct assAiled him
Any odd or picturesque scene Vaf
worth the money In the movies" lie
ran within the right focus and set his
machine going Absorbed IN getting
II in correct operation, he looked lc0a
at the burning building than 10 tL9
details Of operation,
II will work In well In some good
movies story" he told himself and
ran full reel, taking In the gathering
crowd and the varied incidents Of 'x'
citement In the episode.
A month later when the flm was
produced, Ned chanoed 70 sec II. Theh
for the first time he observed that its
first scene showed a man in full view
leaping from a window near the door,
a burning piece Of paper In his hand.
There was an ineendiary. then, he
reflected, lust as ! heard II hinted.
An, me! how all this brings back that
beautiful day in my life-pshaw! I
must forget that"
But Ned could not forget Eva-tho
name was on his lips In his dreams.
That sweet face fouted constantly
through his mind, He had secured
new and better work. lie could af.
ford a weeks vacation. He resolved
to see Eva, at least once more.
Ned reached the Dodge home to find
It in a state Of great commotion. All
hands were anxious and troubled.
Alan. the brother OF Eva, had been
accused Of burning the barn Ned had
caught with his camera.
His pocket knife, 1t seemed, had
been found near the structure. Then,
too, its owner had quarreled with him
and did not like him.
Alan claimed he had loaned his knife
to young fellow who worked for the
owner Of the barn, who had been beat
en- by the farmer in a quarrel and
had afterward disappeared.
Ned felt that he was going to be
Of some use when he got a description
of the missing man. II tailed "a, the
one shown in the fire film. Nedfscnt
to the city for a duplicate. Half the
town was at the motion picture play
house the night Il was shown. Hal.
the town recognized the one figure r.
the foreground.
You have saved my brother from
disgrace spoke Eva warmly to Ned.
How can show my appreciation?
Some more of those wonderful
doughnuts would be a grand reward,
suggested Ned, smiling. And because
her hand was just then resting within
his own, he had the courage &c tel
Eva also how much ne loved the max
er Of those same famous dougEI ITS,
And Eva blushingly agreed 10 Lake
the contract OF supplying his taycrite
dainty for the reminder OF tl.ei. mu
tual lives.
Copyright, 1914 by W. c. CLaFfanJ