Show computing interest E EDITOR HERALD in reply to ft it late communication to prof wright on computing interest inter cit atlow me to republish the good goodbold goo dold old time honored rule reduce bears years and months luo ullia to months set ono one third of the days to the right of the months and put a decimal point to the tho left of the months divide thu this by two and you have the multiplier multiply the principal rin c I 1 1 by this and the result wll be t tale fit 0 X for or example ox take as th principal 2 yr 4 moa inos 12 ia da as the time and 8 per percent cent as the rate it will be seen at a glance that the multiplier ier I 1 h s divided by 2 or tho th principal multiplied by this gives this being nt at G per cent per month adding i will give tho the interest at 8 per cent ill venture to assert that this method is quite aa as quick and sure as the one prof propounded blinded ayour by our esteemed 1 I 1 huntsville friend x feb 1 |