Show Solved the Problem in His Sleep Some men were talking of dreams anc peculiar experiences of a kindred nature around the dinner table when one of the company said A friend of mine had n queer experience which I think is rathe r interesting It happened while he was a t college and made a vivid impression on him He had been engaged on a particu larly difficult problem in higher mathematics mathe-matics but was unable to solve it Afte r exhausting every means at his commanc of working at the puzzle covering sheets of paper with his ineffectual attempts h e gave it up and went to bed He slept heavy i heav-y and awoke refreshed and bright wit h the chapel bell Preparing to make hi isis usual lightning connections for chapel hi is-is eye lit upon the collection of papers co isy ered with all sorts of figures and diagrams He gave a start as he saw the problem correctly worked out on the top sheet H e looked the work over again andagain ant could not persuade biiaself that the pro b lera had really been solved He was sur that no outsider had entered his room tha night and besides the solution was don neat in i his own characters and figures and ne-at the end of it in his own writing wer those triumphant initials Q E D He had unconsciously solved the puzzle dung r i du-ng the night and after the first seed over the weird achievement had pass se-ed away ho began to wonder whether he had lit l the gas to help him in his used l labors He never found out but he miss us-ed chapel that morning New York Tribune Trib-une |