The Wee Mathematician

A sharp httle girl once proved tiint the language of mathematies was cot as exact as it should be : A female teacher luid a class oí beginners - children of 4 and 5 years. ín teaching them the rmliments of arithmctie, she thouglit to simplify tliings. The use oí the ten numeráis she tuught by tlieir ten fingere, and, in adlintí px subtracting the single nuinbcrs, thoy could reckon upon those digits. The thing worked to a charm, and the little ones readily learned thus to solve tho first problema of the great science. One day tho class was out for recitation, and subtraction was the theme. " Five from five leaves how many?" was by-and-by asked of a bright-eyed miss of i summers. Tlie little thing up with her fingers and went at it. For a time sho seemed exeeedingly pnzzled, but at longth her eyes snapped, and she lifted her head confidently. " Five ! " she said, with most assured emphasis. Curious to know how she arrived at that solution, tho teacher asked her to explain. " Why," replied the child, holding out hor two hands, and placing them side by side, " zere's five on 'at hand, and fi've o;i 'at. Now I take away 'ese live f'om 'osc five, and - 'ere zey be - five!" About as fine a piece of ocular demonstration in the way of a logical dilemma as yon will often meet. To "head off" such sharp little discoverers and accountants, it will be in order to say, "Fivo from itself, how many ? " lx the heart of the Scotch Highlands has been fonnded a large Roman Catholic monastery and school. The buildings, which are not yet completed, will cost $250,000. Lord Lovet gave the site, and the institution is in charge of the Bénédictine Fathers.