ANOTHER CRYPTOGRAPH.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1931, Page 6

ANOTHER CRYPTOGRAPH.

:. It is'interesting to hear, from many " readers concerning the cryptographs .-.-; rthat have been appearing in this ■ column more or less frequently of late, : particularly when it is ; gathered, from the correspondence that. they' require f "some thinking," which is, of course, '! the object-of them, Hero is another ■ "that should prove no excoption in that ! regard, for, notwithstanding .that the /method of construction in based on no ;'haphazard plan, its decoding should 'provide a' good* half-hour • of-..ihental i .exercise before the: key is discovered. -i Zt STAFBAK ENZI KUEPA. EVIF ";: EFZI MSPUSNEPB MABIEN BEOFS ■■'•'■ KJEBFS HUMTIIF NBLLBWQ TC .'■■■ JAIFSANAY AFVIMSSAGUSAEFM ? WHAYH PIVIUL ZTJB ' IGBEFS -i-IPOXSQ WAZAF;-ZiXTIMB/:- NAVI ■V'^HOFBPQ OIIIPM.'JV'-:i. *■>.•■■■•■ ••■■■::;. l-'i ;>' 1 A fruiterer had iivJijs. windoTjV, a jgood '% show of apples of thtee^ different; kinds .'•''■ and prioesii ,^pne io.i vr&i marked, at three ■ pounds"i#w Sttxponce', another at 'three- >! pence per "pound, land' a superior* variety (■■at SlxrießCepfer'"pound. Such an every- ';: day"'occurrence as this would possibly ; interest no one who was not a probable .^purchaser, yet to anyone who is on the .Jpokowt-for curiosities in .figures, or ,'with a natural turn for arithmetic, ' i iwould probably see at a glanqe an op?»ortunity for a littlb pttzzle ; su*. V Here :.,Ms one of that kind that ,4nay;'interest V the reader in his spare, Momenta, when .. <pen or pencil is not..at.ihan'4.,i;l* s.*n ' «qual number of men and women spur•j jshascrs, more than" one 6f each; had'be- : ■ iween thGin,..to' spend on: these :apples , the sum of three shillings; and sixpence, ; in what .manner* should, the fruit be ;; Jjojiglft- & ai^condition be made that ; «yetji;Wi«,;P,f. ih?m ,had an equal share otiporfr than-one pound each, no frac- • ■■'■"tiorin of a pound coming into the salet ' C^y-making'a. further conditio-n that the .fruit purchased may include any or all .''the three varieties; the -solution should ■'!■'.■ !be more readily found and reveal at :f .the same time the actual nunsber'm'the .:.;-pKptsi:--" ;' V'- ;'-■ ;'■ ,'■-''■'- \K..[ _ )

S ; , . THE "LIMITED." . {, -,\. ' '■'■•'■' In the" run" 'between'two railway % 'fit&ttinti,"t'A" atta"B;» She maintained a rate of !, speed ::*:'tot between twenty and thirty mijes per .(hour, which,,of course; included,' stops, \iwhieh made the.running time . much .if -faster. ; 'On, a recent trip, notwithstand- ' ing a late' Start ol ten; minutes leaving '■'"','" A," the train arrived at "B" exactly on time, namely, 6.10 p.m., averaging ■■!■.'.* 'spega"betwb<Jn;/thlS' "tw'6 'rpla<;cfc '■ ;;6f < .''thirty miles pei- hour. On the previous. ;' Hrip this train gpt.away. from f.'A" pre- ¥ -oiseiy'O* time, but owing to a hot box ifeit was exactly thirty minutes' late "B;'?.. Fronv thone few de- ? tails, can the reader find, the distance "A.".and "B t " ifi'Jhe train' '■ ioSi' the'•'last'-Sientidnea' trip 'averaged •%wenty-»evon miles per-hour* ' This^i*; "^""of course, not a problem that necessi- ; hates tho solver': using either pen or ?: pencil, •■::.■.. ,■ :'^h -. .: tAXING PETROL. . » •',':•■ Six drums of fifty gallons capacity 4"each are partly full of petrol, all eon'"taining different quantities. They are '.■all the same class of drum and outward--9.'-ly there was nothing to distinguish one ■indicating the respective quantities; *\fVcontaised "'in them. 1 ' EThese'are;,a» fo>j ; •1lowii:--S2Jf,' U;'27, 28j,"80, and 46J, ail ,' 'representing gallons, The dram* *ad been opened and w6ine pt the '/'petrol withdrawn from'-i*em, but had ■ ;Vbcen reaealed foi;,thQ purposei. ofjcliejsk- - ,'ing the quantities on hand :for taxation Y-purposes. Twd quantities ;p£ "pip "petrol '%:mn iold to;two buyers .fifyfy+ifli <'B" V-after theilGustomjjj business h^d been the former takr'ing exilctly, twicel.the. quantity, as the ;-"pthe^:-binrei',:;ii.|i<l-*i "these two sales •V wei«.^aii,',7«t^dut-interf oring with the ifto!B4eiptii A ';ißa(jh'buyer talcing the drums C'■)"*■ they s^ood, can the reader say how ',! maeh duty, was-asßfl»sjible on th« petrol (.that Temain.e4 at the rate.of sixpence ■|ftper gallon?'! i, '..■■■■.:'. ■■.. ■ .--; ' ..••■;. . ■'."<■ \ ■f|; A BOX WITHOUT A KID. ;■ .•J The following problem comes from a ''Practieal,?-'-imd should "\, interest the reader.for its utility, being '''of a kind frequently: Tnet- with in> actoU, ' c pr«etice. A pie4e 6* { stiff, cartridge Ipaper, able ".."Bel-bent jaM'fiiiapd^ls Required "\9'M made in;to'!si jfect^ngnlar ' , Ibox w>fihout a lid.,^ As ,'jiiwit'r; ieaders ; .^fXnow tHw "dbiie \)sj 'sjjjitply' first square1 pieces, one off each ; s l«oipe?i',»ftm':;which.thfll'large piece left j'citellbiejfoitted In'tb- the form of a rect-iHangulir-recgptacJe. But for any par- ! 'tieuln^, r «i^o and shape ot.this, paper, /. ■'boxj"'"everything depends' upon the size :;J!>of each of the four pieces (which1 :in all icases must be square), that aro clipped ¥ .from each of.: the.four corners of t"he • original'paper. For ihstaiico, the larger • these square pieces are the higher and j na?t«)w«r will be the box, while the small* '-'""vi. t%& jieces taken off the cornert tlrt '•' •hajlower It will be.1 So^Prajjtieal'BM l.prbbWni-Svlll btf varied, Bontewhat bj^ 'asking the leador what size these square , pieces clippod off tho corners should be !'Bo that the. boy when completed^'shall 'have the maximum eubio contents pos- . virtble with the material fat hand, which '•is »ne fost-squaio.■'-.,' -■-:■ •