60. A lady met a gentleman in the street. The gentleman said “I think I know you.” The lady said he ought, as his mother was her mother’s only daughter. What relation was he? [Illustration] A CRICKET “CATCH.” 61. In an eleven, when the ninth batsman goes in, how many wickets have to fall before all are out? 62. A boat’s crew can row eight miles an hour in still water; what is the speed of a river’s current if it takes them 2 hours and 40 minutes to row 8 miles up and 8 miles down? BAD WRITING. In a well-known firm in Sydney the clerks are presided over by a rather impetuous manager, whose violent fits of temper very often dominate his reason. For instance, the other day he was wiring into one of them about his bad work. “Look here, Jones,” he thundered, “this won’t do. These figures are a perfect disgrace to a clerk! I could get an office boy to make better figures than those, and I tell you I won’t have it! Now, look at that five, it looks just like a three. What do you mean, sir, by making such beastly figures? Explain!” “I--er beg your pardon, sir,” suggested the trembling clerk, his heart fluttering terribly, “but--er well, you see, sir, it is three.” “A three?” roared the manager; “why, it looks just like a five!” 63. Write 24 with three equal figures, neither of them being 8. THE WRONG COLUMN. 64. A clerk, while posting from day book to ledger, transposed an amount by placing the pence in the shilling column and the shillings in the pence column, thereby causing an error of 9s. 2d. With what amount could he make such a mistake? EDUCATIONAL VAGARIES. _Extracts from Reports of Country Provisional Schools._ School No. 1: On roll, 1 boy, 1 girl; total, 2. Average attendance, 0·6 boy, 0·6 girl; total, 1·2. School No. 2: On roll, 2 boys, 2 girls; total 4. Average attendance, 1·6 boys, 1·3 girls; total, 2·9. School No. 3: On roll, 2 boys, no girls. Average attendance, 0·8 boys. By the above we see the public are paying for a teacher to provide education for eight-tenths of a boy! 65. Three-fourths of a cross, and a circle complete, Two semi-circles at a perpendicular meet; Next add a triangle which stands on two feet, Two semi-circles and a circle complete. A DISPUTE. 66. Two men have an equal interest in a grindstone, which is 5 ft. 6 in. in diameter. The centre of the stone, to the extent of a diameter of 18 in., is useless, and not to be taken into account. Required to find the depth to which the first partner may be allowed to grind away from the stone in order to leave an equal share of the stone to the second partner. [Illustration] BANK NOTE VERSE. On the backs of bank notes one sometimes meets with strange and peculiar sentiments. “Go, poor devil, get thee gone,” is the kind of parting salutation most in favour; but the following is chiefly notable as a rare instance of the bank-note rhymester parting with his money in a Christian spirit: