HOW DID HE DO IT.
[115.] Once there was an old tramp who had to go through a tollbar, and before he could get through he had to pay a penny. He had not a penny; he did not find a penny, nor borrow a penny, nor steal nor beg a penny, and yet he paid a penny and went through.
[116.] Find a number which is such that if four times its square be diminished by 6 times the number itself the remainder shall be 70.
[117.] A man has a certain number of apples; he sells half the number and one more to one person, half the remainder and one more to a second person, half the remainder and one more to a third person, half the remainder and one more to a fourth person, by which time he had disposed of all that he had. How many had he?
Teacher (impressing one of her protégés)—“Be brave and earnest and you will succeed. Do you remember my telling you of the great difficulty ‘George Washington’ had to contend with?”
Willy Raggs—“Yes, mum; he couldn’t tell a lie.”