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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1771, 5 September 1874, Page 3

. About thosb apples.—The old conundrum about the number of apples eaten by Adam and Eve.in the Garden of Eden has started on another tour. We are •orryi for the answer has never been correctly given, making the result has follows:—five 8 and Adam 2, a total of

lOorily, Now we figured the thing cut differently long, ago, but through exceeding modesty never proclaimed the - , result, which is now given—Eve 8, and - Adam 8 also; total, 16.—Boston Journal. / We think the above figures are entirely wrong. If Eve 8 and Adam 82, certainly .-■•■ the- total will be 90. Scientific mon,

' however differ.' On the strength of the theory that the antediluvians were a race ■ .".'- of giants, and consequently great eaters,

they reason something like this :'— Eve. 81efc nnd Adam-82; total, 163.— Gloii ccs! ei'Advertiser. Wrong again. What could be clearer than if Eve 8-1 nnd Adam 8-1-2, the total was 893.—Lawrence American. Though the mystery scorns j inexplicable to.others we are satisfied wo have the true solution, in that Eve 81 and Adam 8124 ■-.company, making a ''grand;'total of 8205.—Border City Herald. We have a german friend s who says that before Eve commenced eating Adam ate nine. This makes the total of 8214.— San Francisco News Letters. We are astonished at -the limited, acquaintance with the limplest ; rules of arithmetic shown by our ! contemporaries. ■.> We figure it out as thus :—Kvo 811 st and Adam 8124 compnny. It then follows, " as the night tho day," the total is 8395. —Facts and Figures. We suppose Facts and Figures thought this settled the question. Unfortunately for him, however, our contemporary is wrong in both facts and figures. First for his facts. If Eve ate one first, how, could Adam have eaten one too for company? Now, to show that his figures are wrong too, hero is our solution:—Eve 81; Adam then 51240 but that man is an imitative animal. This makes the total 81,321.— The Western Settler. Brother Jonathan appears to have had a pretty good innings at this conundrum, but I think he has altogether failed in solving it. What can be plainer than this?— Eve 812' ascertain the flavor, and thus gratify the natural curosity 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 82,054.—Correspondent of South Australian Adver-, tiser. Very good. Our correspondent has not made a bad attempt to rest 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 calculation. What does he say to our solution ?—When Eve saw Adam wistfully eyeing the fruit, she 8,124,-stall him. Adam then 812,240-fy himself for the battle of life which Eve, when she bad eaten hers, told him was inevitably before him. The total number eaten was therefore 820,364.—50uth Australian Advertiser. ' / "How doth this Spring of lor© resemble the uncertain glory of an April day," said one of tho masters and movers of our souls; and, this _was. brougbt.tp mind by, reading tho following pathetic lines, which were discovered lying in com puny with a faded dandilion at the foot of Jacob's Lalder:-— Oh ! Matilda, my life, lain would 1 know Of thy heart the secrets untold ; .; Cause why ? I adores thee! Be mine, I emplores thee, , And don't keep me here in the cold ! , When picked up this little document, upon which are indited the fresh and flowing inspirations of a soul yearning for a lore that was cruelly withheld, was covered with tho virgin, due of the night, or waa it with the "scalding drops of bitter 'agony" shed copiously by the love-sick twain. If tho unhappy writer of the above touching rhyme should wish to obtnin the original, it may be had at the office, on application. .•> : A Midsummer Day's Thought.—According to the Athenceum, a work entitled *'• Searches for Summer" in various regions is/about to be published.. f An investigation of a similiai' character has been carried on in the country during the present season with but indiferent success.—Punch.