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FIGURE PROBLEMtv Gems That Are to Be Found In the Old Arithmetics. ALL OF THEM "PRACTICAL" That Wat What th Inquiaitive Boy'l Father Told Him, and the Lad Start ad Out to Verify tht Statement The "Practical- Examplei He Dug Up. Was education more practical a K"n erntloD acu. or did .lohn'e father xiutl.t his books more thoroughly than John does? John Is a seventh grtide mudtjnt In tbe public schools. Ue asked his , father to help blm soke the following problem: "A., asked bow mucb money be has to tbe bunk, replied. 'It i bnd $10 more 1 would bave $1,000 more than half what I now bave.' low much money bad A.?" "Such a fool problem," said the fa ther. "Tell that teacher to ask the cashier. You bave been pestering me with problems like that for a week. Suppose your teacher asked you bow old you are. Would you tell her 'If I were ten times as old as I am. dimin ished by forty-two, 1 would be thirty years older than dad. and If dnd were one-fourth as old as he now Is be Would be my ace?' What would your teacher do If you answered In such a manner? In my day we had practical problems Id our arithmetic." In order to Investigate his father's statement John went to the public li brary and asked for an old arithmetic. The librarian gave blm Klclmrds Hatural Arithmetic. He turned to the page, marked "Practical Exercises" and read: "A. puts his whole flock of sheep Into three pastures. Half go into one pas ture, one-third Into another and tblrty two Into a third. How many In the flock?" "That's queer," sold John. "Prac tical exercises too. Here Is n man who wants to find bow many sheep he lias, lie counts them so be will know when he has half of tbem. This half tie puts Into a pasture. Then he counts out a third and puts It in another pen. Next be counts what's left and finds be has thirty-two. After a little figur ing be finds bow many in tbe whole flock. Very practical. I guess dad didn't study that book." Tbe next book be examined was Milne's inductive Arithmetic, edition of 1879. In miscellaneous examples he found the following: "Two ladders will together Just reach the top of a building seventy-five feet high. If the shorter ladder Is two thirds tbe length of the other, what is the length of each?" "Why didn't be measure each ladder cparately?" John asked himself. "That problem Is not practical. I guess dud Is older thun I thought. 1 want an older book." The text written in 18C8 was handed to blm. The book vis evidently Influ enced by tbe civil war. for It was filled With problems dealing with battering down formications unci tbe sustenance of soldiers. Uue problem w as: "If twelve pieces of caution (eight een poundersi can batter down a for tress in three hours, how long will it take for nineteen twenty-four-pound-crs to batter down the same fortress?" "That's fine for a general." John re flected, "but dad says that I am going to be a captain of Industry." Another arithmetic of the same date had the famous tisti problem with which Johu's teacher had troubled hi in for six weeks before he himself finally explained It to the class. The fish problem Is: "The head of a flsh is teu Inches long Its tall is as long as Its head and one-bnlf the body. The body Is as long as the head nnd tall both. How long Is the flshr Very handy problem for a butcher. John turned to the Common School Arithmetic, edition of 18Ti3. "Here I'm sure to find something good." he reflected and rend: "A bare starts up twelve rods before a bound, but she is not perceived by li tin till she has been up one aud one-fourth minutes. She runs at tho rate of thirty-six rods a minute, aud tbe hound runs at the rate of forty rods a min ute. How long will the race last, nod what will be the distance the hound runs?" "What dlffereuc does it make how far the bound runs?" John asked as be turned to tbe Scholar's Arithmetic, edition of 1S07. The present high cost of living made tbe Urst problem im practical for present day purposes, flohn concluded. Tbe problem was as follows: "If I give eighty bushels of potatoes at 21 cents a bushel and 210 pounds of flax at 15 cents a pound for sixty-four bushels of salt, what ts tbe salt worth l bushel r Another problem was: . "A good man driving bis guest to market was met by another, who said. 'Good morrow, master, with your 100 geese.' Says be In reply, 'I bave not 300 geese, but if I bad half as many as I now have ond two and one half geese besides the number I now bave already 1 should have 100.' How many geese had the man?" How long would you permit a mat) to live if he made such an answer to you? "Phew."' John sighed ns be wiped his forehead and banded the book back to the llbrorlnn. "Dad must have skipped these practical problems." - Kansas City Star. We are never so ridiculous oy the qualities we have as by those we if feet to have-Rochefoucauld. EAST 10 fLOAI. Simple Rulea That Will Aid Thoae Who Want to Learn.. "It Is Inexcusable tor cramps to cause tbe death ot a good swimmer," remarked an old and enthusiastic swimmer. "Any normal person can float In the water." be said. "A good swimmer can learn more easily than others, mid he should learn It. There may be hu man bodies that will be entirely sub merged If unsupported, but I doubt It, and I know that such bodies are rare. "Probably the bodies of drowned people sink because tbey have taken in large quantities of water. Whether this is or is nut tbe explanation ts not important. "With the air expelled as mucb as possible by ordinary breathing and with no swimming movement some part of tbe bead will remain above tbe water. If tbe experiment is to be pro longed it Is more agreeable to throw tbe head back and have tbe nose above the water, but that Is a detail. "When you are in the water you should practice floating. It is easier to float In deep than In shallow water, but nntll you have learned to swim prudence demands that you remain where you can stand with your bead above water. Walk out until tbe sur face Is near your shoulders. You can float in a less depth, but It is more difficult. Allow yourself to fall back ward. Make no "effort to prevent sinking. Let your nose point to the zenith. Your bend may m under wa ter. but it will rise nga.v You can take my word for It, knowing that if you fall you can stand on your feet. "If you have followed Instructions you should float the first time. The Important thing to remember lirst. last and all tbe time Is: Hold your breath all the time unless you know you will take in air and not water. "You who have not learned to float may be thrown Into the water. You may have n few hour- or n tew onds of warning. Use those tew or many seconds to get control of your self, and there are two things you should bring to tbe front in your thoughts. Refrain from breathing ex cept when you know you will take in air and not water, and if a swimmer attempts to rescue you make no effort to grasp him except when and as be requests. "If be Is a wise and a good swim mer be will not allow you to do this, as an effort to grasp blm will add to bis labors, and be will need all bis strength."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Ashes From the Old Hearth. A quaint Swedish legend concerning a cure for homesickness appears In Selma Lngcrlof s book "Tbe Girl From the Marsh Croft." translated by Velnia Swanston Howard. The truditlon is to the effect thot if a person suffering from nostalgia took some ashes from the hearth lu bis or ber old bouie and strewed them on tbe Ore in tbe strange place be or she would be rid ot tbe homesickness an easy remedy appar ently, but it bad two serious draw backs. Tbe first was that after using tbe remedy In tbe new home one would never be content in any other pluce. If one were to move from tbe home stead to which one had borne the ashes one would always long to get back there ugaln Just as mucb as one bad longed to get uway from there. And tbe second drawback was that one couldn't carry ashes along every time one moved to a new place, be cause tbe remedy could be used otxe ouly. After that It lost Its charm and had no effect. So that, taken all In all. it was a rather dangerous experiment to make. Winter Home of Deer. The winter home of the American red deer is very interesting. When tbe snow begins to fly the leader ot the herd guides them to some sheltered spot where provender Is plentiful. Here ns tbe suow falls they pack it down. tramping out a considerable spuce. while about them the snow mounts higher aud higher until they cannot get out if tbey would. From the main opening or "yard." ns It is called, tramped out paths lead to the neurby trees and shrubbery which supply them with food, in this way they manage to puss the winter in com para tlve pence ami safety. -St. Nicholas, Family Relatione. "Who is that mail you were Just talking with':" "That's my brother-in-law." "He look enough like you to be your own brother." "He Is my own brother. We are twins." "Twins? Then why did you say be was your brother-in-law?" "Because he is. I bave three broth era otie in law, one in medicine and one in the army." He Explained It "See here, young man." said the stern parent, "why is it that you are always behind In your studies?' "Because," explained the youngster, "If I wasn't behind 1 could not pursue them." Chicago News. Gloomy and Peculiar. "What Is the baby crying for. my child?" "I dunno: 'e's alw'ys crying. 1 never came acrawst any one Wot looks upoo tbe dnrk side of tblugs as 'e doe." London Punch. Still Baby. "The InRt time I saw him wn thirty years ago. when he was a baby." "Well. I saw blm yesterday, and be hasn't changed a blf'-St. Lonls Star, The covetous man does net e Senera loses what bt A FEAT OF HORSEMANSrlii. Threading a Needle While Riding a Full Gallop. Sonif Miuii'iiiv: tern of iiri-iiiiiniiii have i'fii m i ti.i 11..11 ii nmin.) i.n 1 ml ill ns, uot to speuk ot ltlore :i...u iNhlngly erwi t Cossiii ks. hoi It v (lmititfu. It tln-se Inn ever fxi-4l-J I lie feat ot h Kit irregiiini cuvuimiMi: Cossiii-ks Iiiivh been en In simli li t baby from im iimiher m arms hi toll gullop, toss it Into the air. nin ii n ini repeut tbe ierforman-e. I ml inn mii-i-s In the far west have sprung Irum im-tr horses' backs while the miliums acre moving at full gallop, picked up ar rows and remounted Instantly In a standing posture, lint wuo ever hi-iirtj Of a Cossack, an Indian or a cowtxiy threading a needle while at full t,'"1 lop? The horsemen of thp Itlf const use small mounts, slight, but Milieu and wiry, of thoroughbred Arabian barb type. Those ot the Irregular i-avairy perform all manner ot chiircns and evolutions. Tbey will throw their swords and matchlocks Into the air. catching them by the hilts and stork On one occasion, by way of offering some new nnd unusual entertainment to a French obicer visiting that region, it was announced that one rider would attempt the needle threadltiu feat. A needle and u piece of t bread possi bly two or three feet In length were produced. Tbey were both banded around for inspection. The needle was a cambric one and the thread fifty or sixty fine. Tbe rider galloped bis mount down the sund about 400 yards or so. He finally wheeled tils horse nnd remained stationary, facing bis audience The mon who held the needle and thread waved them in bis hand nnd rode to ward the other. When he bad covered about two-thirds of the distance he baited nnd waved his hand to the far ther one. Immediately the latter spur red bis horse into a gallop and came toward the audience at full speed. As he passed the other he took tbe needle nnd thrend from his companion, bent over for a moment and pulled up when he reached the visiting Frenchman, holding the threaded needle trium phantly over his bead. St. Louis Republic. DRESDEN POLICE. They Are Permitted to Impose Small Fines on Offenders. One advantage uccrues to the re spectable member of the community from the minuteness with which t tie Dresden police look into the uffulrs of every inhabitant of tbe city. It be is a curef ii man and always curries papers which may serve to establish bis itlcu tity be is practically immune from no Indignity of being arrested and iii.ni ti ed off to i tie Hliee station unless, in deed, he cniiinilis some especially hei nous crime. Does he drive faster than tbe law permits, does be cross a bridge on the left band side, be Is stopped by tbe guardian of law and order and re quested to give his name. If be has bis papers with bim the policeman may tben and there impose a tine of from 1 to 3 marks. If then be admits tbat he is In the wrong uud pays the line tbe incident is closed. It. bow- ever, be wishes to appeal from the po liceman's decision be may do so. Even in tbat case be is not arrested, but a day or two later he Is notified to ap pear in court und answer to the charge against bim. Hut then If he is found guilty the lowest tine that can be Im posed Is 3 marks. That this custom ot permitting the policeman personally to impose small tines is llttl understood by foreigners is shown by a remark made by a gentleman who had lived In Germany the greater part ot his life and In Dresden for a number of vears. In reply to any inquiry as to whether there was ever any question of corni tkin In the police department be re plied: "No: none whatever as fnr us the higher officers are concerned. The In dividual nieu. however, may be bribed occasionally. For Instance. If were to walk on tbe grass in the Grosser- garten und a policeman ctvitght me at it 1 would give him a mark or two. and tbat would end the matter." Crushed. Tbe late Sir Charles Hammond was addressing a meeting during a general election, at which be won a seat in Newcastle, when a mao Interrupted him. "Get yer 'air cut. Charlie!" be shouted. 4 Sir Charles, who was a magistrate. calmly adjusted his' glasses aud si lenced tbe Interrupter by saying, "My friend, if I am uot mistaken, I have been the means of having your hair cut before today." liondou Tatler. Chastened. , A Wall street broker, turning the ow ner of Broad street, saw a triend coin ing down tbe steps whlcb leud out of the otilce ot a well known tlnandor This departing culler bud a chusteued and bored expression on bis handsome face, and the Wall street broker In quired tbe cause. With thoughtful de liberation bis friend replied: "1 Just have been experiencing tbe Unconscious Insolence of conscious wealth." New York Press. Eaaier. "Better take a hardwood table tua'am. It Is the fashionable tiling," the dealer sid "No," said the young woman: "baby will soon be old enough to hammer, und be never could drive n null Into hurd wood, I'll tnke a plain pine ta ble." New York Journal. Houtekeeper'a Reason. "What N jour chief iiiection to moving pictures?" v "The dust that has accumulated Is blnrt Mmiii " Blrtnlncbnin A Herald PAWNSHOP LINGO. A Butlntt Chat Between a Customer and Hia Uncle. Maybe you never bad o-i-iiini to go to u puvvusbop Probably it s just as well. If you ever have gone there, though, you may have learned thai the pawnshop has a lingo of Its own Here Is a conversation overheard -oh, a man told me about It In a place on Ontario street. A young mun with a worldly wise expression bad Just walked In. un hooked a larce gold wateh from a chain und handed it to u man across the counter for inspccitou. "How many do I cop on thecblmer?" be Inquired nonchalantly. "Cough your figure." said the duck behind the counter. "Would four sawbucks find you In the front parlor?" "Not so. my cbeeild. I c'n get a. dray lond of 'era for forty." "Aw. well, pass me over sixty Mexi cans, then." "Nope., Corao again. Thirty's too strong too" "Say. bo. where do you think I gets this tlcker-by flndln' six out o twelve faces In tbe picture?" Inquired the young man with a disgusted leer. "Anyhow, twenty-five's the rock fig ure. That goes Not bin' less. "Twenty-five on a gilt dial." mur mured the money lender as be wrote out tbe ticket nnd tbe transaction was ended. Tbe next customer was a red haired youth with a forehead about one and one-eighth inch high nnd carrying a suit of clothes under bis arm. "How often for tue happy togs?" he asked, spreading them out on the counter. "Up to you." "Bout four. then. They're gay ones." "Spilt" said tbe other laconically. "Better rnkp It down too. Cau't play the high one." "YVhut on'y a double on them giddy rags?" In a tone of injury. "Two's the limit" "You win " And. taking the two dol lar bill and his ticket, be went bis way. Cleveland Plain Healer. FAULTS 0FJ30LFERS. To Cure Them the Play of Experts Should Be Studied. The common faults of the golfer may be named in the following order of importance: Swinging too qnl'-kly. taking tbe eye off tbe ball, holding the left hand under the club, keepltm the hands too near tbe body aud standing too near the ball. Tbe easiest, says Outing indeed, fin only satisfactory way of mrlng ;ill these faults Is to go out and wn'ch 1 some first class experts play. If yoa cannot find any expert .f the nrst class go for tbe best available. This, of course, is rudimentary ad vice an-1 certainly not original. The youngest caddl at st Andrews bus learned to request bis noisier to keep his eye on the txiil and not to press The trouble is that no amount of k teaching will make you fuiinvv mis ad vice. There Is only one way to nit suit ball. You musr w:ir-ii hi.uu puner and Imitate what is- dues u.wi iw. ginners make ibv rmus him.-ikh hi taking lessons tnn piiir.M..i.n,, itii wuteb their pi:iM pi m.( ir in i-nr-rect them. The pupil wi.imi twice as much good mil ot tile lessnli he would watch ll prnfiKsiiiimi pun aim think as little at (xrssiiiie mmm nun self. Tbe human Is-big is n.-iiurallv Imli.-i tlve. If you sit and wan-ii a g i len tils match del ween lirsi class piavers you will uiii-onsi-ioiisir timsli your stroke better l tie next time you take up a racket. With iroit mis Is par ticularly true. Ims-muso nullum: hiiih portant as the rhythmical timing ot the stroke which- distinguishes a good player from bad. Made Social Outcast. In court circles In Kngland it is a serious matter to Incur royal displeas ure. The uiiiu w woman who does so Intentionally censes to be recognized by bis majesty, whlcb means sods! extinction. The offender's name is struck out of tbe visiting list of every person who Is anybody In society, and should the offender l a man he Is po litely Informed that his resignation from his club or clubs would noi be out of place. No man or woman or social repute will In future know bim. and If be be in the army or navy be has no option hut to resign, tor he win find himself cut dead by every one r bis brother officers. London M. A. P. Hie Own Hands. A fashionable painter, noted for his prolific output, was discussing at a studio tea In New Yonk a recent sen ti dal In the picture trade. "Ixiak here, old man." said a noted etcher, "do yon pntnt all your own pictures?" "I do," the other answered hotly "and with my own bands too " "And what do you pay your hands?" the etcher Inquired. "I'm thinking of starting an art factory myself." Awaiting Her Chance. Maud-I do wish Tom would hnrrv up and promise. F.thei-ltut I thought you didn't bk him. Maud-1 don't. I want to get rid of blm Boston Transcript. In and Out. Wlgg There seems to be quite a dW ferance between a Job and a situation Wagg Oh. yes. For Instance, when u fellow loses bis Job be often finds him self In ra embarrassing situation.- BEAUTIFYING THE HOME Ginning is no rfhV tl:rt a d,iM ccn.i'o it provided tho CHI-NAMEL PROCESS is used. Wc arc willing to demonstrate this pro cess to you at any time, and show you why this process is the cosiest nnd most satis factory one known. You can cover any painted work, no nicttcr what color, or how dark and rough. WEYRICH& HADRABA Sole Agents. Barclay's Restaurant A'' I . VSTfe'. .-W' r-yV4 Center of Block Between 4th and Sth Sts. Let Me Tell You Something If you want to bo properly dressed, you should have your clothes made to order. You can't get up-to-date style in ready-raades, for they are made six months he fore the season opens. BLUE SERGE SUITS The only place in the cit where you can get a good blue' serge, I n v worsted, Cheviot or Scotch tweed u that are actually worth fro i m nlv $20 Cleaning and Repairing A SPECIALTY ALL WORK GUARANTEED James Socher The Tailor. ! ATJCTIQW f Y ? ? ? ? T ? ? ? t t ? ? ? Only a few days more and the days of cheap prices in this city will come to an end, so if you want anythfng in sum mer or winter goods go to the Auction Sale Now JM. Fanger's THE PLACE TO EAT Everything neat and clean and a good place to go for your SUNDAY DINNER, Board by thcutik. Lunch counter in connection. Open All Night V t t t t t T ? ? ? y t ? ? ? ? ? v Dept. Store