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Elementary Lessons in Algebra
If all of those little boy 5 were seated on one arm Lin of the saw, how many girls would it require on the other end to keep the balance even?
A teeter truer illustration gives a clearer idea of the algebraic meaning of the two sides of an equation than could be acquired from months of hard study. Let us illustrate the first principle of algebra which tells us thatlike quantities added or subtracted from both sides of the balance do not change the equilibrium. We will solve the puzzle by the principle of cancellation. There are five boys on one arm of the balance and three on the other, so we cancel off three from each end Then as there are three girls on one end and six on the other, we will cancel off three from both sides so as to leave two bays balancing with three girls. Startling as it may look, we fold that two of those little boys weigh the same as three girls, so if the eight little boys were placed on one arm of the see-saw it would require twelve of the fat girls to balance them! You see to make the picture deceptive the little boys were filled with lead.
Why is a game of tennis like a party of children? There is always a racket.
What sweetmeat is like a person proposed for some office? The candied date (candidate).
Why is a sick Hebrew like an emerald?
Because he is a Jew ill.
Why is the printer like the postman?
Because he distributes letters.
What Is the difference between sun-bonnet and,a Sunday bonnet?
A day A difference.
A Charade.
A Charade
Who now breathes the fond wish of his soul:
Whom with ardent affection, and honor and truth,
You perceive is needed in my whole.
We the helpless and innocent find;
And my whole, when a contract or bargain you form,
You should give, the agreement to bind.
Cipher Answer—5, 1, 18, 14, 5. 19, 20,
A Puzzle.
Express with four letters a sentence of four words containing fourteen letters.
Answer.-I O U O.
Why are unprotected grates like insolent beggars?
Because they are destitute offenders.
A Charade
That centuries ago
My name the world was unknown;
But now is allow'd
In the midst of a crowd
I am met with in every town
In life I have got,
Yet nothing my course e'er endangers:
And wherever I go
So familiar I grow
That I am nodded to even strangers.
For young or for old
I fear not, but bawl out aloud:
Pugnacious, you'll say,
For I knock down by scores in a crowd.
So I pray you take heed;
My art's like a point of a thistle;
Be nice in your choice,
Take Franklin's advice,
And don't pay too much for your whistle.
Cipher Answer. -1, 21, 3, 20, 9, 15. 14. 5. 5. 18.
A Rebus
As well on every tree.
And when the schoolboy acts amiss.
It often is his fee.
My first, likewise, is always wicked,
Although it does no sin.
My total for my first is fitted,
Is made of brass or tin.
Cipher Answer.-3, 1, 14, 4, 12, 5, 19, 20, 9, 3, II.
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To show how little the patrons of the turf know about the theory of odds as practiced at the race track, let readers seek a solution to the following elementary problem: If the odds are 7 to 3 against Apple Pie and 6 to 5 against Bumble Bee, what should be the odds against the famous running horse Cucumber?
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