A spieler at a Country Show amused the people with the following game:--He had 6 large dice, each of which was marked only on one face--the first with 1, the second 2, and so on to the sixth, which was marked 6. He held in his hand a bundle of notes, and offered to stake £100 to £1 if, in throwing these six dice, the six marked faces should come up only once, and the person attempting it to have 20 throws. Though the proposal of the spieler does not on the first view appear very disadvantageous to those who wagered with him, it is certain there were a great many chances against them. The six dice can come up 46,656 different ways, only one of which would give the marked faces; the odds, therefore, in doing this in one throw would be 46,655 to 1 against, but, as the player was allowed 20 throws, the probability of his succeeding would be-- 20 ------ 46,656 To play an equal game, therefore, the spieler should have engaged to return 2332 times the money deposited. TREBLE RULE OF THREE. If 70 dogs with 5 legs each catch 90 rabbits with 3 legs each in 25 minutes, how many legs must 80 rabbits have to get away from 50 dogs with 2 legs each in half an hour? 8. Suppose a greyhound makes 27 springs whilst a hare makes 25, and the springs are equal: if the hare is 50 springs before the hound at the start, in how many springs will the hound overtake the hare? The first Arithmetic in English was written by Tonstal, Bishop of London, and printed by Pinson in 1552. Two persons playing dominoes 10 hours a day and making 4 moves a minute could continue 118,000 years without exhausting all the combinations of the game. A schoolmaster wrote the word “dozen” on the blackboard, and asked the pupils to each write a sentence containing the word. He was somewhat taken aback to find on one of the slates the following unique sentence: “I dozen know my lesson.” 9. I have a piece of ground, which is neither square nor round, But an octagon, and this I have laid out In a novel way, though plain in appearance, and retain Three posts in each compartment; but I doubt Whether you discover how I apportioned it, e’en tho’ I inform you ’tis divided into four. But, if you solve it right, ’twill afford you much delight And repay you for the trouble, I am sure. [Illustration] At an examination in arithmetic, a little boy was asked “what two and two made?” Answer--“Four.” “Two and four?” Answer--“Six.” “Two and six?” Answer--“Half-a-crown.” 10. A certain gentleman dying left his executor the sum of £3,000 to be disposed of in the following manner, viz.:--To give to his son £1,000, to his wife £1,000, to his sister £1,000, and to his sister’s son £1,000, to his mother’s grandson £1,000, to his own father and mother £1,000, and to his wife’s own father and mother £1,000--required, the scheme of kindred.