“It is very simple. For instance, I am teaching a boy French, and on the first day of the month his folks don’t send the amount due for the previous month. In that case I give the boy the following exercise to translate and write out at home:--‘I have no money. The month is up. Hast thou any money? Have not thy parents any money? I need money very much. Why hast thou brought no money this morning? Did thy father not give thee any money? Has he no money in the pocket-book of his uncle’s great aunt?’ This fetches them. Next morning that boy brings the money.” 158. There is a number half of which divided by 6, one-third of it divided by 4, and one-fourth of it divided by 3, each quotient will be 9. What is the number? QUIBBLE. 159. Two-thirds of six is nine, one-half of twelve is seven, The half of five is four, and six is half of eleven. SOMETHING EASY. 160. Find a sum of £ s. d. (no farthings) in which the figures, in their order, represent the amount reduced to farthings. 161. Three persons won a “consultation” worth £1,320. If J were to take £6, M ought to take £4, and B £2. What is each person’s share? “ON THE JOB.” 162. Six masons, four bricklayers and five labourers were working together at a building, but being obliged to leave off one day by the rain, they went to a public-house and drank to the value of 45s., which was paid by each party in the following manner: Four-fifths of what the bricklayers paid was equal to three-fifths of what the masons paid, and the labourers paid two-sevenths of what the masons and bricklayers paid. What did each party of men pay? [Illustration] 163. In a certain speculation I gained £4 19s. 11¾d. for each pound I expended, and by a curious coincidence I found that £4 19s. 11¾d. was the exact amount I had ventured. Required the amount of capital and profit together. HIS MAJORITY. 164. “I am not a man, I suppose, till I am 21. How long have I to wait yet, if the cube root of my age eight years hence, added to the cube root of my age eleven years ago would make 5?” DRAUGHT-BOARD PUZZLE. 165. Place eight men on a draught-board in such a way that no two will be in a line either crossways or diagonally. Of course the two colours on the board must be used. 166. A gentleman, dying, left his property thus: To his wife, three-fifths of his son’s and youngest daughter’s shares; to his son, four-fifths of his wife’s and eldest daughter’s shares; to his eldest daughter, two-sevenths of his wife’s and son’s shares, and to his youngest daughter one-sixth of his son’s and eldest daughter’s shares. The wife’s share was £4,650. What did the gentleman leave, and what did each receive? SAMSON OUTDONE. A man boasted that he carried off an entire timber yard in his left hand. It turned out that the timber-yard was a three-foot rule. Domino Puzzle. [Illustration]