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Builders Contracts.

Constant Richert with David Ross, to erect a
two-story frame building line of Wash
ington street, 120 w of Central avenue; 1920
Eliza Baum with Schult Il Krecker, 70 erect two
story building on w line of Scott street. 81 &c of
Fulton; S64l4.
Emma Joseph with Moore & Cameron. to erect a
two-story frame building on S line OF Washington
street, 81 E OF Fillmore; $2547.
1Sidor 5. Green with w. w. Rednal to erect n
one-story building w line of Second avenue,
IT'S OF Clement; $1,000.
Caroline B. Watson with Winslow Hall, to erect
three-story building. except plumbing, on Sc
corner of Mc4Alster and Fillmore Streets Sl0,942.
Same with r. Rice, plumbing same; $500.
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MORNING SESSION.
Street-$6O00 S Branch Railway Bonds, 1851
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Street.-The Water, 10O1a; 5 do, 1OOA
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Bowen property; lots and A. z and 8, block so,
Captain Bowen property; lots and ii,
also lots A, B. j, X L. S. v and w, range 12,Hardy
Tract Berkeley; also lots II and 20 and f half OF
1Se 10 block Bsrkesey "a nnn s sSS rN1
Berkeley; also lot II and that portion OF lots lS
and 19 lying of Strawberry Creek in block 81 Sis
lot lying S OF Strawberry Creek and
lots and g., block IS, slsterna Tract, Berkeley
also lots Is, 16 and H. block 81. Sisterna Tract,
lots l. 2, and w half of lot 10, all of lots II to "a,
block 104, Sisterna Tract Berkeley; also lots TO
5, to and W 10 feet oflot 10 and 80 feet of
lot 20. block 105, Ssterna Tract Berkeley; also
lot II and w feet or lot 16, block JOG, Ssterna
Tract Berkeley: also lot on SW corner OF Della
100 n 1876, e $50 to beginning, being portion of
range s. Hardy Tract, Berkeley; also lots 13 to 16
containing lss acres, as per map OF Pagoda Hill
Tract, Oakland Township: S295O.
George a. Putnam of Sacramento to Phoebe A.
Putnam lot on line Of Nico avenue so K of Tay-
Tor street. 80 by N $50, being lots Is and 16,
block f, corrected map Nicol Tract, Brooklyn
w. j. Layinance of Oakland to Fred A. Jacobs of
Oakland, lot on NJ line OF Beck street, $50 Sc of
Church, Sc rs. NE 10S.94. NV rs, SW 1OS95 to
BEGINNING, being lot 35, block d, Everett Tract,
Brooklyn Township; So
Thomas w. and Maggie ]. Hall to w. III. Butson
OF Alameda lot on w line of Orchard avenue .653
S of Davis street, so by w 1912 being lot so,
Smiths Subdivision, San Leandro, Eden Town
P. V. and Mary P. Chambern to Lucena Par
, sons of Golden Gate, lot "a, block a, Parsons
Golden Gate Tract, Oakland Township; SO.
James Reed of Berkeley to Emma L. Noack,
wife OF G. r. Noack, lot on line OF University
avenue, $50 w of Grant street, w so by 13s be-
ing tlot IL, subdivision of Ranges and z, Hardy
Tract, Berkeley, subject TO mortgage to the
Homestead Loan Association; $40.
Mary Ann Bowen of Berkeley TO Jane e. Phillips,
wife of George III. Phillips, lot on = line of San
Pablo avenue, 1873 g of Delaware street. 80 by
w 135, being block 81, Tract B, Berkeley Land
and Town Improvement Association, Berkeley;
! gift
f. B. and Stella NJ. Stone Of Alabama to II. S.
Bridge of San Francisco lots % TO 80, block lS,
Townste OF Fitchburg, Brooklyn Township; $40.
Henry and Matilda E. Cavill TO X. A Pickett of
Alameda, lot on line OF Buena Vista avenue. 100
W OF Broadway. n 100 by w 40, being portion OF
lots and 2, Pancoast Tract. Alameda: $40.
r. A. Pickett of Alameda to Nettie I. Pickett of
Alameda, lot \ line of BueDa Vista avenue. 100
w of Broadway, n 100 by w 40, being portion of
lots and 2, Pancoast Tract, Alameda; gift
Lima Lefevre to Henriette Lefevre, lot on S line
of Santa Clara avenue, 200 W of Walnut street, w
so by S 2l7S being lot IA, block %, lands ada
cent to Encina, Alameda; $40.
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SPECIAL NorICEs-Continued.


MCEs7 CHARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY
l5-S at-law and Notary Public, 63S Market St.,
opp. Palace Hotel. Residence, 1920 Fell st. Tele-
phone $40,
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BOARD SALES.

Following were the sales in the San Francisco
Stock Board Yesterday:
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.

Elm t1soIA1 Junt 20 r. N
UNITED STATES BONDS.
Bid Asked. Bid. asked
S As coup" 11112 Z as reg. .11l12
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GALLON AND BILLIARD HALL. MARKET
- ST. Fourth, sacrifice If sold this month;
make Offer; party going East. Address w, box
lat, this Office.
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LEGAL NOTICES.


>oeer.cc-.c|~~S
CREDITORS SALE-SEALED BIDS WILL
y be received for the stock of boots, shoes and
fixtures contained in the Star Shoe store, 1892
MARI eL 81. inventory can be at the Office of
friedman q Rogers or on the premises, where the
stock may he inspected Bids will be opened on
Saturday, June 20, at IL a. The undersigned
reserves the rignt To rs3ect any all bids. All
bids mes5 be accomrapied by a certified check of
10 per cent. Address to FRIEDMAN " ROGERS,
d Battery ST., =. h.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS. = ESTATE OF
~ SUSAN f.. KERRY, deceased. Notice is here
by given by the undersigned, administrator of the
estate OF SUSAN Il. KERRY, deceased, to the
creditors OF, and all persons having claims against
the said deceased. to exhibit them with the neces-
sary vouchers within ten tlO) months after the
frst publication OF this notice, to the said admins
traitor, at his office, room 4. Phean building. San
francisco. the same being his place for the tran
OF the business or the said estate in the City
and County of San Francisco State of California
ROBERT MCELROY,
ADMINISTRATORS or the estate of SUSAN E.
KERRY, deceased.
Dated at San Francisco, June 10, 1895.
MYRlCk d. DEERING attorneys for Admins
TRAITOR, IA Sansome ST.
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HOUSES WANTED.


NTANTED-UN SUNNY SIDE, BET. WASH
W ington and Suffer- Jones and Cough sts mod
ern or room fat cottage. Address IL. d.
LOVELAND, POI Market st.
VA ANTED by THE CALIFORNIA Co
w operative Commonwealth, a building that will
be suitable for q home for about 25 OF our mem
bers, the rent of same 10 be paid in labor by the
Commonwealth. Address ALEX GRAY, secre-
tary. room 10. u Sensonle st.
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Q.iOO BUYS A FIRST-CLASS SALOON OF
DiOO lady on account OF other business Adj
dress E. o.. box So, Call Office.
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0cO0 HALF INTEREST IN ONE OF THE
receipts S75 JOHN L. WILLIAMS, 80 Kearny.
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old ESTABLISHED COFFEE LUNCH
" house and bakery: very good trade and cheap
rent; trial given. Call this office.
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nIALN HELP WANTED

N-~A>A w nv A1D'
en- MEN CAN OBTAIN WORK TO-DAY AT
OO MURRAY READY's, from $40 to 500
per month.
90 LABoRERS AND TRANSFERS, CITY
" and country, 500 $2o and $26 per month and
I9qna ana u 81 to 81 g day company work.
RAKER COUNTRY SHOP; CHORERUY FOR
~ hotel; stonemason; linetender: coopers; 10
tiemakers; stabemen, city; blacksmith for a
ranch; 8 mixers. MURRAY d READY, 634 Clay.
JAPANESE LAUNDRYMAN, 1856 PER
- month and found. MURRAY d READY, 634
Clay st.
CHEF COOK, 800; HOTEL COOKS, $50 TO
~ SOU: walters. $40 10 $780, MURRAY d
READY. 634 Clay ST.
CABINET-MAKER FOR CITY. MURRAY &
~ READY, 634 Clay st.
A JACKSCREWERS FOR THE WOODS, $35
Il and found: o laborers for the woods, $50 and
1ouho rare %; ~ sawmiil laborers and lumber
Geary st.
T'EAMSTERS AND LABORERS FOR RAIL
i a road work, free fare. c. R. HANSEN y CO.,
SO LABoRERs,- CITY AND COUNTRY. So
w 81 70 and 81 so day; 20 scraper team
sters. country, 81 70. C. r. HANSEN IL CO., ITO
Geary ST.
BOAST COOK AND BROILER, COUNTRY
~ hotel $75; ironer, city sll, week; body
ironer. city, So week; cooks, city, $40 and $11
ana Pr week; dtshwashers, $40 and $25. c.
K. HANSEN d CO., no Geary st.
EALIGER, THE HELPS HALL WAITER,
i please call at G. II. HANSEN 81 CO.'S, ITO
Geary ST.
FARMER AND WIFE, SAME PLACE, $50:
i blacksmith, heavy wagon work, So so day;
man. livery, $40: ranch blacksmith, $50: tie
makers a SC and l0c apiece II. I. WARD Il CO.,
Cos and 6l0 Clay st.
w ANTED-3 MORE SToNEMASON So SO
w day: good wooGsmen, $50 to $35 and found
fare refunded 80 laborers for min and woods
81 80 to 81 rs day; laborers for quarry $50; farm
CfnrS n ntI, "A
ply to j. +. CRoSETr d CO., 62S Sacramento st.
D-BUTTER-MA KER AND MIXER
w steady Job, $25: German blacksmith for shop
near city $40 and found: blacksmith helper near
city, $50 and found single sawyer $50; team
sters near city, $25 and found; also farmers milk
Waller-boy, country restaurant, SIS and found W.
d. EVER & CO., 626 Clay ST.
w ANTED-GERMAN WAITER. $40; WATT
w er, chophouse, S20; second cook, hotel, 1886 :
porter for resort, $15: German bedmaker, $780,
French bedmaker, $40: French baker, country,
$26; dishwasher, 500, etc. LEON ANDRE, SIS
Stockton st.
REsTAURANT COOK, $25. MISS CULLEN,
IL l05 Stockton st.
. WATERS, SAME HOTEL, NEAR CITY,
= $25. HOTEL GAZETTE, 400 Kearny.
WANTED-AMERICAN BOY TO ASSIST IN
w office; must be able TO take shorthand rapidly
wa, wages 90 a week Address with references H. L.,
w ANTED-MEN TO GO TO ALL PARTS OF
w the world IN ships. Apply to w. z. HER
MAN, 228 Pacific ST.
ROI 16, WITHOUT HOME, TO WORK EVEN
- lngs IN lunch counter for room and board A p
ply after p. NJ. COS Stevenson ST.
w NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SALESMAN FOR
W our mems clothing department, also two A No.
clothing stockkeepers RAPHAELS
NJ ANTED-BOY ACCUSTOMED TO HORSE
w shoeing. Apply Ninth and Harrison
RARBER WANTED WITH ABOUT ONE
- years experience. 1892 Ninth st.
OPERATOR WANTED GOOD IMAGES:
~ steady work. 239 Seventh St.
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ROOMS WANTED.

ROOMS WANTED.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ROOM BY RE-
w fined gentleman; fnll particulars: loca-
tion price, etc. Address r., box 10, this Office.
. ROOMS FOR HOUSEKEEPING FOR QUIET
- couple; SO Rose place, OFF 224 Taylor
w ANTED-ROOM IN EXCHANGE FOR MU-
w sic lessons by gentleman teacher. G. T. box
A, Call Office.
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SITUATIONS wANTED-FEMALE

ErrCss9 j. B. MCINTYRE, BOOKBINDER AND
U.s. Printer. 422 Commercial
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nrs1Nrss cHANoEs-Contrnuea.

Q.1SO SALOON AND LUNC II III OF E
D4CO. north OF Market ST.. daily receipts $50
to $50: bargain for this week. JOHN L. Will
LIAMS, 80 Kearny ST.
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| goo RESTA URANT; GOOD PiACF FOR
! ,DCO. man and wife. Apply 1882 sixteenth ST.
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OIcOO HALFCASH, BALANCE INSTALL
ID IOOO. ments; business pays Sl75 month:
right man can easily increase it TO $500 more
Inquire CURTIS d BOWLEY, 80 second floor
Mills building
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AGENTS WANTED.
A GENTS TO SELL GOOD-PAYING ARTICLE:
~ good profit. 2i12 Pond ST., bet. Sixteenth and
Seventeenth, Noe ana Sanchez.
. - ALESMAN-DRUG TRADE, SIDE LINE OR
~ otherwise. j. Knight, 225 state ST.. Racine, Wis
GOOD OPPORBU NIFTY FOR LADY SOLICI-
~ tors. Call at once, room l, O'Farrell ST.
A GENTS WANTED-EITHER SEX; S25 PER
~ week and expenses guaranteed samples free
Write to-day. =. o. box 2O11, san Francisco. Cal
WANTED TO-DAY-2 LIVE CANVASSERS
W to introduce horse and stock book ED
WARDS City Hall avenue.
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> MIDDLE AGED WOMEN TO ASSIST
= housework, $l2 month each; Swedish house
girl, $25: cook, $25; girls, country, $40; girl
$i5. 3S2 GearY.
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DARTNER IN SALOON. CITY 'FRONT.', $500.
l. planing-mill boiler, engine 20 horse: corner
and real estate, 81 SO; money making route across
the bay. Apply HEALY y CO, % kearny st.
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Q.1OO COFFEE-HOUSE; EST NJiLI.3H ED 10
sptOO. years: reason sickness. 6J6 Mission:
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The greatest wonder of the antipodes
is the celebrated glowworm cavern,
discovered in 1891 III the heart of the
Tasmanian wilderness. The cavern or
caverns (there appears to be series of
such caverns in the vicinity, each sepa-
rate and distinct) are situated near the
town Of Southport, Tasmania, in lime
stone bluff, about four miles from Ida
bay. The appearance Of the main cav
ern is that of an underground river, the
entire floor of the subterranean passage
being covered with water about foot
and half in depth. These wonderful
Tasmanian caves are similar to all cav
erns found in limestone formation, with
the exception that their roofs and sides
literally shine with the light emitted
by the millions of glowworms which in
habit them. st. Louis Republic.
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ANIMAL CURlOSlTIES.
Tree Climbing Rabbits, Sheep Eating Par
rots and Sheep That Love Snails.

Tree Climbing Rabbits, sheep Eating Far
rots and Sheep That Love Snails.
It seems almost stretch of the inn
agination to think of rabbits climbing
trees. Yet in Australia many rabbits
have somehow acquired the tree climb
ing habit, having been forced, ON ac-
count of the prosecutions of dogs and
other animals, to drop burrowing and
initiate squirrels. An Australian sent
on to England recently the two front
feet of rabbit that had been killed ON
an acacia, three yards from the ground,
and he wrote in his letter that this was
not at all remarkable thing, and he
had often found them, or at least the
traces of their claws, on the bark of
trees four, fivo and six yards high.
For parrot to eat sheep is another
remarkable thing. and yet the kea of
New Zealand has become sheep eater,
having changed to this article of food
from a purely vegetable diet The ken
has proved u serious source OF annoy
ance to the New Zealand herdsmen, and
methods have been taken for the destruc-
ton of tho species. These gay colored
little birds will eat almost any kind of
meat, but it is sheep that they prefer.
They have been known to kill as
many as 900 in n single night and have
done serious harm to the fiooks. The
tradition of the island is that ut one
time these parrots were unable to OBJ
tain tho.r usual supply of vegetable
food and that i'll desperation they invad-
ed the "drying rooms" and ate whatey-
er came to hand, finding sheep meat
agreeable. In Iceland almost all the
horses are fish eaters, for the reason that
the grain is scarce there and fish is
plentiful. In England sheep are known
who delight in snails. The observation
of this fact is not new; it dates back
100 years.
It is we'll known that large number
of insectivorous birds become grain eat
ers whenever they find that they cannot
procure their ordinary diet of insects
New York World
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What Victoria Could Do.

AS matter of fact, our sovereigns
have rarely taken any active part in
politics since George HIS time, but
they could still do some very astonish-
ing things if they chose. The queen
could dismiss every Tommy Atkins in
our army, from the commander in chief
to the youngest drummer boy. She
could disband the navy in the same way,
and sell all our ships, stores and arse
nails to the first customer that came
along. Acting entirely on her own re-
sponsibility, she could declare war
against any foreign country, or make a
present to any foreign power Of any
part Of the empire. She could make ev
cry man, woman and child in the coun-
try peer of the realm, with the right,
in the case of males who are Of age, to
q seat in the house Of lords.
With single word she could dismiss
any government that happened to be in
power, and could, it is believed, pardon
and liberate all the criminals in our
jails. These are few of tho things the
queen could do il she liked, but it is
not necessary to say that her majesty
never acts in matters of state except on
the advice of the government for the
time being. London Tit-Bits.
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When Mara Wa Inhabited.

q There are many reasons in favor Of
the supposition that Mars is more likely
to have been inhabited in past ages than
at the present time in spite Of its at
mosphere or water or clouds. Mr.. Proc
tor, for instance. has pointed out that a
globe Of the size Of Mars would cool
rather more than two and half times
as quickly as one of the size of the
earth. If the earth and Mars were In
similar condition 10000 years
ago, Mars would have attained, accord
ing to that rate Of cooling, to the earth s
present condition 7,000,0 900 years..
g., 1900, 900 years ago--and the earth
would now require $4,000, 900 future
years In which to cool as much as Mars
has cooled during the last II, 900, 900
years. So far as regards that considera-
ton. therefore, the probability of the
present habitability of Mars must be
compared with the probability Of tho
earth's being inhabited when 2S, o0o,-
900 more years will be past and gone. -
Nineteenth Century.
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TRAFFIC IN TANGlER.
IT Il Large and Continuous and Appar-
emily Conducted Under Difficulties.

The traffic in Tangier is large and
continuous. There is no footpath proper,
and the foot passenger has often to pick
his way among heavily laden donkeys
and oamels. Sometimes he is jostled by
Jews in dark blue jelabs and skullcaps,
the distinctive badges Of their race;
sometimes hrs progress is stopped by
burly negro slave, all in white or faded
yellow, bearing ON his head tray of
bread from the public bakehouse; some
times he is swept into miry corner by
half dozen of the sultan's cavalry,
whose richly caparisoned steeds, flow
ing robes, flintlocks or spears, make up
altogether an imposing spectacle Per-
haps also he may find himself confront
ed by huge packing case borne down
the street on the back of donkey and
supported ON each side by men of color,
who alarm the eighborhood with shouts
Of "balak !"
The most interesting sight in Tangier
at least, from an artistic point of view
lis the sok, or large market place for
country products. It lies Immediately
outside the wall in the upper part of
the town and is approached through
the old slave market, now converted
into shooting forge. In the forenoon it
is too crowded to be interesting, but in
the afternoon, when business has some
what slackened, scenes of varied inter
est may be observed.
Yonder is water carrier, with large
goatskin bag slung over his shoulder,
attracting your attention with the tin
kle of bell to tho refreshing draft
he offers. Here is gaunt Arab from
the Riff mountains, bareheaded, blank
ct draped and flashing eyed, interview
ing with fierce and threatening gestures
an obdurate looking Jew, who is evil
IDENTIFY demanding his pound of flesh.
Near them is country woman seated
behind a small semicircle Of milk jars.
Her shriveled, wornout features can
be discerned through the folds of her
coarse haik, which she holds carelessly
together with her left hand, while with
her right she lifts the lid from one Of
the jars Good Words.
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COLOR SCHEME ron SMALL HOUSE..
Let OLD Blue Predominant In Parlor. Ii
brary and Dining Room. 30

brary and Dining Room.
How few people when furnishing
small house or fiat remember that old
blue is one of the happiest colors to
choose for foundation, writes Frances
Ann Hoadley in The Ladies Home
Journal. In house where, as a rule,
all the rooms open into one another, es-
pecial care must be taken to preserve
harmony. 1t is better then to select one
color which shall run through all the
rooms. Old blue is the color par excel
lence in such case, combined with tan,
gray or white for the rugs, while the
same scheme prevails in the heavy dra-
peries.
A lovely little house in mind has
parlor and library in one. The large
rug, covering the greater part of the
room, is old blue and gray. In front Of
the fireplace is a long, light gray fur
one. A broad, low lounge is covered
with dark gray. 1t is always better to
cover lounge in solid color, as it
takes more kindly to the pillows of end
less hues. The large dining room rug
is old blue and tan, with smaller rugs
VI lttMuJ DIOWAs Lilo ltin al
old blue and white large rug and white
fur smaller ones. Let old blue predemi-
nate everywhere in the floor furnishings
and draperies, but not to the exclusion
of all other colors elsewhere, for where
one color only is used the effect as
whole is fiat Let there be odd bright
color touches in the way of pillows,
lamp shades, odd bits of china and
brio a -brac, but with always an eye to
what is the proper color for each room.
When all furnished be careful to see
whether all of the rooms blend into
beautiful harmony.
In q bedroom white enameled or birds
eye maple is exquisite where two or
| three pieces of fresh old mahogany are
| added Each heightens the others beau
| ty in a most charming manner A room
| furnished entirely i'll mahogany gives
a heavy, dismal effect, but in parlor
and library combined, say in a fiat or
small house, place large, quantity
carved old desk and one of those highly
polished, round card tables, and see
what an air they give to the modern
and equally beautiful furniture. In the
dining room square mahogany table
with surface like glass, and even
small buffet or china cabinet, will be
quite enough of the antique to set off
everything else in the room. Have ex-
quisitely drawn linen doilies, candles in
rose colored shades and profusion Of,
say pink carnations and you have n
| lovely lunch table. In house the hall
should be leading feature-enticing
not cold, bare and cheerless, repelling
one from further acquaintance with the
house and its mistress. A hall is like
an introduction
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HERE'S A NuT TO CRACK.
A Puzzle That May Give Leisure Mind
Something to Think OF.

Something to Think OF.
have found the following interest
ing problem in an old notebook, writes
Sir Walter Besant I have no reeollec-
ton at all of its origin. Perhaps every
body knows it. Perhaps everybody does
not. Those who do not will find it,
think, unless they bring algebra to bear
upon it, rather tough nut to crack.
Here it is. Once there were three mig
gers-their wickedness is negligible
quantity; it does not enter into the
roblem--who robbed an orchard, car
ried away tho apples in sack, laid
them up in a barn for the night and
went to bed. One of them woke up be-
fore dawn, and, being distrustful of
his friends, thought he would make
sure Of his share at once. He therefore
went to the barn, divided the apples in
to three equal heaps-there was ono
over, which he threw away-and car
ried off his share. Another niger then
woke up with the same uneasiness and
the same resolution. He, too, divided
the apples into three heaps-there was
one over, which he threw away-took
his share, and carried it off. And then
the third niger woke up with the same
emotions. He, too, divided the remain
ing apples into three portions--there
was one over, which he threw away
took his share and departed
In the morning every one preserved
silence over his doings of the night;
they divided the apples which were left
into three heaps-one was over, which
they threw away-and SO took each his
share How many apples were there in
the sack? There are many possible an
swers--a whole series of numbers-but
let us have the lowest number Of apples
possible. Senior wranglers must be good
enough not to answer this question.
Moralists, if they please, may narrate
the subsequent history of these three
niggers, apart from the problem Of their
apples.