THOSE APPLES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 320, 28 September 1874, Page 4

THOSE APPLES.

■The old conandram aboat the number °£i£PPH es h 7 Adam and Eve in the Grarde.a ©f Edeu has started on another Hoar. 'We are sorry, for the answer his 'never been correctly given, mating the result as follows :— Eve 8 and Adam 2, a total of 10 only. Now we figured the thing out very differently lo J»js, fgQ, .. but through exceeding modesty never proclaimed the result, fjhich.wnojv- given : Eve 8 and Adam o$&; ij total, 16.— «. Boston Journal." We think the above figures are entirely wioAg. If Eve 8 and Adam 82, certainlj the total would be 90. Scientific men, hower; differ. On the strength of the theory that the antediluvians were a race of gfaots, and consequently great eaters, they reason something like this., • i E?e 31st and Adam 82.— Advertiser." What could B£ iClea/er then if. Eve 8-1 end Adam total was 193.— "Lawrence AmericaD." Though the mystery seems inexplicable to others- we are satisfied we have the true BolutioD, in that Eve 81 and7 Adam 8124 company, nlaking a grand total bf i ß2os.—" Border" City Herald." We have a German friend who says that before Eve commenced eating, Adam ate nine. This makes a total of 8214 — «• San Francisco News fe^t" ;i We are astonished at the Upiftted aoqaaintance with the simplest rates of arithmetic shown by our conWe figure it out as thus: Eve 811 st and Adam 8124 company. It then follow^, "as the jnigbt the MZ-tyffl&M 8395.— "Facts and 4gnm ". We , suppose "Facts and Eiyitea'*: thought this settled the qaeatl»». "Unfortunately for him, however, our , contemporary is wrong in both faets-and figures. — First for his facts. If Eve ate one firs^ how could Adam have eaten one .too for company? Now, » s1»o# that his figures are wrong too, here is our solution: Eve 81; Adam is an imitative animal. This makes the total 81321. * Tbjtf Western; Settler.* Brother Jona§ff;'?PPy« W ! have^had a pretty good ltiningß atfthia- conundrum, but I think he has altogether failed in solving it. Whatoan be plainer than this?^Eve 812 ascertain the flavor, and thus gratify 4he natural coriosity of her sex; Adam 81242 reasons. In the first place he was desirous of knowing what was" the taste of the fruit; and in the second place, he was anxious to please his "missus", by following the example she had set him. This gives a grand total of 82054:—Correspondent of the 'South Australian Advertiser.' Very good. Our correspondent has not made a bad attempt to wrest the laurels from our American cousins; but we have, given a little thought to the matter; and have come to the conclusion that even he is a few hundreds of thousands out in his calculations. WfcatdbeaShe^say to our solution?— Wheaßre saw Adam wistfully eyeing the fruit, she 8124 stall him; Adam then 8122*0 (f himself for the battle, of life which Eve, when she had eaten here, told him was inevitably before him. The total number -eaten was therefore 820,364. « South Australian Advertiser.' Try H again, wny stop at thoqAAfids? Eve 1 . 8140 hot contrprineiß) and Adam 8/124,810 was- his faUitt' !Theae figures total up to