Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-03-25 | Page 11 | Then They Say "How Clever!"

Then They Say "How Clever!" Hand a piece nf paper nnd n pencil tn somo one, requestlnR him ut tho same lime to write down nny three 11 gores, then tn write them down nRnln in reversed re-versed order, nnd, lastly, tn subtract the lesser from the Rreiler nnd tell ,ou tho right-hand figure nf the answer. 1nu then tell the wholo answer. This soomlnir mnrvel Is nccompllshed ns follows The mlddlo figure of an nn-swer nn-swer obtained by the above menus Is Invnrlably 9, lf ,ou subtract tho rlrht-hnii.l rlrht-hnii.l flguro of tho nnswer from tho middle one that la tn say. from 9 jou get the left-hand flRUre that Is. figures first written down 6"t I'lguies reversed 470 Answer , jng The right-hand flguro In this case Is 8 The middle llgure Is. of course, 1 Hub-tinct Hub-tinct 8 from 9 and ,011 get 1, which Is tho left-hand figure, the whole being