SQUATTER: “Well, I’m blessed if I know, but I can tell you it’s perfectly square and enclosed with posts and rails. Each of the rails is 9 ft. long.” NEW CHUM: “Oh, then, is it what you call a three-railed paddock?” SQUATTER: “Yes, that’s so, and now I remember that _the number of rails in my run is equal to the number of acres_. If you like you can take a horse and ride round and count the rails, then you will know the area.” This advice the new chum acted upon. Find out the length of his ride and the area of the run. A Federal Problem. It is well known to our readers that paper money--such as pound notes--issued in one colony are depreciated in another; thus a one pound note of N.S.W. is only worth 19s. 6d. in Victoria, and _vice versa_. Some time ago a rather ’cute individual in Wodonga, on the Victorian side of the border, bought a drink in a local hotel with a Victorian note, and received in change a N.S.W. note, which was worth then and there only 19s. 6d.; he thereupon crossed the Murray to Albury on the New South Wales side, bought another drink for sixpence with his N.S.W. note, and received a Victorian note equal to 19s. 6d. in change. He travelled backwards and forwards during the day, getting his twentieth and last drink in Albury, on the N.S.W. side, whereupon he returns to Wodonga with a Victorian pound note still to his credit. He thus paid for all his drinks, which amounted to ten shillings. Who lost the money? We cannot advise readers to “go thou and do likewise,” for the simple reason that such a proceeding would now be impossible, as exchange is no longer charged in the two towns mentioned. It is not until we get further from the border that the levy is made. Doing Two Things at Once. An inspector was examining a school in a country district some distance from a railway station. He was afraid of losing his train, so hurrying with his work he tried to do two things at once. Standing in the doorway, he gave out dictation to Class III. in the main room, and at the same time gave out a sum to Class IV. in an adjoining room, jerking out a few words alternately. The sum was “If a couple of fat ducks cost 19s., how many can he get for £72 10s. 9d.” The dictation for Class III. began “Now as a lion prowling about in search, &c.” Of course the poor children heard both, and got a bit mixed. One little girl’s dictation began “Now a couple of ducks prowling about in search of a lion who had lost 19s., &c.” While a Class IV. lad was scratching his head over the following sum “If 72 couples of fat lions cost 19s., how much prowling could be got for £72 10s. 9d.” TWO CALENDAR CATCHES. Ask a person if Christmas Day and New Year’s Day come in the same year. The answer generally given is “Of course not, Christmas comes in this year, and New Year’s Day in the next.” Another question that often puzzles many. Have we had more Christmas days than Good Fridays? The usual answer is “No, both the same.”