In another letter I will tell about Fort Sumter, and our beautiful historic White Point garden, and the important industry which gives employment to so many laborers—the phosphate-works.
E. Barry O'Driscoll.
Charleston, S. C.
Something for the Fund.
The first week in December is the one for fairs and entertainments. Can you not plan one in aid of the School Fund? Ask your friends and see if they will help you. "Everything comes to those who try."
A Good Trick to Try.
Bachet is the originator of this interesting trick: Let three things be chosen, say a ring, a dime, and a glove, to be distributed privately among three persons. Call the ring A, the dime E, and the glove I, and in your own mind distinguish the persons as the first, second, and third. Then take twenty-four checkers, and give one to the first person, two to the second, and three to the third. Place the remainder on a table and leave the room, so that the three persons may distribute the articles among themselves. Returning, ask that when you have again retired the person having the ring shall take from the remaining eighteen checkers as many as he has already, the one who has the dime twice as many, and the person who has the glove four times as many as he already has.
According to this, the first person has taken one, the second four, and the third twelve, consequently but one counter remains on the table. When you again enter the room you discover what article each has got by the following words:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Par fer | Cesar | jadis | devint | si | grand | prince. |