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512 Quincy, 7r. 80
1888 Ore av. Or. b. .35. 80
41O5 7th NV. Or, b. 90
GAL NJ ne, Or. b. 49, 90
1868 10th. Or. b. 81. so
1916 1ngleside. Or, b. 80. so
614 22d. Sr. b. $3.50
1895 Monroe, 1r, b. 1880
1914 lngleside. Or, b. 30.50
20 l ne. 11r, b. 5000
34S9 Holm'd, Orb. %. so
"a T ne, 11r, b. ..@.50
34S7 Holm'd, Or. .2S.50
1853 r ne. 7r. b. $3.50
526 Irving. Or, b. so
613 Keefer, 6r, b. so
533 Kenyon, Or. b. .27.50
1918 9th ne, Or, b.
IS n ny av ne. cs,b $50
9O7 l. ne. Or. b. $3.50
q 18th ne, 6r. b. 1850
2013 Ga av. Or. b. 1850
824 Pa av Sc, Or, b. .25.50
Jl2 B sc, 7r, b. .25.O
1921 Col st. Or. b. $3.50
80 NY av ne, Or, b. %. 50
II NY av ne, Orb. $3.50
3l46 10Th ne, 7r,b.9. so
124S 21st, Or. b. $500
1889 Goth. Sr, b. ...2.0
1923 D ne, Sr. b. .22.5O
2619 Ga av. 5r, b. ..@.5O
1888 Lincoln, Or, b. .@.0
Harvard st, Or, b. .20.5O
500 oath, Or, b. .20.O
l L NV, Or, b. .0.50
1921 Ga av. Or, b. .@.50
$500 9th. 6r, b. 1850
775 Fairmont ,5r, b. 1875
1910 X Sc. Or, b. ). 1880
23S 18th sw, 6r, b. 1880
POS 14h ne, 6r, b. 1880
So Myrtle ne, 6r.b. 1880
1921 Morse. Or. b. II. 90
1873 Florence ne, 6rb18. 90
POT l sc, Or, b. 1850
1888 N ] av sc, Or, w13.50
1897 X q, Or. water12.5O
1885 X sc, Or. W. 1880
LIZ FLATS.
1877 Gresham. 5r, 1880
2315 N, Or, b......17.b0
2311 N, DR., 3......l7.50
2309 n. Or. b. II. 80
l21Is Thomas.4r b. 1880
134O1a E ne, Ar, b. 1880
433 Tenn ne, Ar, b. 1880
1O3 10th ne, Ar. b. ID. so
1O7 18th ne, Ar, b. 1880
BRED TENANTS.
2415 / NV, Or, W. 100
1913 Half sw. Or. 1850
11S oath. Or, W.. 10. so
41S & 422 NJ Sc, Or. .15. so
2139 Newport. Ar. b. 1855
% Defrees, Or, b. 1850
1124 21st, Ar, W. .14.50
l418 Duncan, Ar, b. 400
14161s Duncan, 4, b. IA. 90
302 G Sc. Or. 400
207 Warren. Or, w..12.5O
1908 Cd Sc, 5r. .11.M
1911 Sd sc, 5r. 1850
12O91a Sd sc. 5r. 1880
4 Foundry al. Ar. 1875
632 Gordon. Ar. $50
1923 Half, Or, WHO
1921 Half, Or, W. .7.0
T LIST AT OFFICE.
for rent. A complete
nts.
}. 1902 II 81. NV.
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A Middaugh Shannon, Inc, home is always
a good investment, and these are particularly
So Built with conscientious care of highest
class materials, in a nsighborhood where values
are rapidly increasing unusually deep lots
and everything to make them desirable--they
can always be rented at satisfactory figure or
will readily sell at any time.
18th and Z Streets Sc.
Exhibit home open daily until pm.
Prices, $2,9T5 to 81, $40.
Terms, $500 cash and $2240 a month,
including all interest.
Out of this amount an average Of $16 q an
plies directly the purchase and represents
the money you save each month by buying one
Six sunny rooms and bath.
Large, bright cellar under entire house.
Hot-air furnace. with register in every room
Excellent gas kitchen range and gas water
heater.
Expensive gas fixtures. with handsome dome
in dining room and electric lighting attach
mants.
Beautiful cabinet mantel, with tile facing
Front and rear porches
MIDDAUGH SHANNON, INC,
Builder and Owner.
Shannon Luchs, Selling Agents, 713 14th ST.
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FOR SALES. 800 FOR A CORNER HOUSE IN
Mt Pleasant west of 10th ST.: the house q
feet wide with good parking. containing 2
this property has left Washington and just in
structed US to dispose of the property at this
BOSS { PHELPS Gnc,. IA 14th st. NV.
FOR SALEM MT. PLEASANT. A HOME
that cost s. 500, offered at the low price Of
s4,15O. on terms Of $500 cash. This is a three
bedrooms: colonial front porch and . good yard
to RR sxsd .ll Sim Tbs hi Is snap zap 80.
FOR SALE PRICE. $3.50. FOR ONE OF
those large attractive houses on 'N" street.
near 18th, containing Is rooms and bath. with
cellar and first floor kitchen. with the whole
house in frstclass repair. This Is a great
boss & PHELPS Unc). ia 14th st. NV.
FOR SALE-PRICE. $3.50, FOR BARGAIN
bath, attic. and is especially attractive in de-
sign and finish. The house ia new, never been
occupied and for certain reasons the builder
is obliged to sacrifice the house at once. This
Is a 81, 500 value.
BOSS & PHELPS nnc.,. ia 14th st.
FOR sALE-A VERY SWELL, MODERATE
priced house in Cleveland PARK Something that
is bound to please you: built for a home: ex-
BEST A living room Sc feet long; dining
room q feet lopg. ard other rooms in proper
ton. Also garage: q 5O-foot lot. Price, $500.
BOSS & Phelps Gnc.l. ia 14th st. NV.
FOR sALE-AN EXCEPTIONALLY ATTRACT.
i've home. located west Of Columbia road and
north Of the Highlands. just across the street
from a large government reservation. This
house has every thing you want by way OF mod
ern convenfences: you should see 1t. Price.
$4,000. New: open for inspection.
BOSS PHELPS Gnc.l. TIA 14th st. NV.
FOR SALE-AN ATTRACTIVE CORNER JUST
of from 18th ST.. in Mount Pleasant, at price
OF $1,000 less than the present owner paid for
the property. The first floor Is very attractive.
with four rooms and large pantry: four bed
- ox6 Annr and fhrno Yfnu1 ON
the third floor: sleeping porch The house has
south snd east exposure and 50-foot frontage.
BOSS & PHELPS Unc). ia 14th ct. NV.
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PROPOSALS.

UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE. sos
Southern Building. Washington, D. O.. March
"a 1913. Sealed proposals for furnishing and
unloading rprap ON Anacostis River Flats. ID.
c., will be received at this Office until ~ NJ
April %. 1913. and then publicly opened; In1cr'
nation on application. w. G. LANGFTTEv
Lieut.. Col. Engrs. mh24, ., q, 21,ap2i,22 .
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.
-------------------
A SUBURBAN HOME

SUBURBAN HOME
IN THE CITY.
c262 Cathedral ave, 3-etory brick semi
detached house, facing Rock Greek Park; only
one block from Conn. ave- House contains Ia
rooms, baths, hot-water heat, large porches
front aud rear Fine garage on property. En-
tire house screened. Best value in this To-
caiity.
FRANCIS IeB SMOOT.
real. ESTATE.
Phone NJ. sI34 Southern building.
NEW ADMINISTRATIONS OPPORTUNITIES IN
REAL ESTATE.
Elegant house on l st.. near MCPHERSON
Square: large parlors. library and dining room
for entertaining
Fine corner house. same street and neighbor-
hood double parlors. large dining ROOM large
library. ballroom and bedrooms: exception
ally fine cheap piece OF property for enter
tanning.
Fine stone front house: large premises: in
closed with brick wall: garage and stable: one
OF the most attractive houses OF its kind In
the street.
Also very attractive houses in neighborhocd
of Scott Circle
Full information given OF these properties
by application TO VIM. II. SAUNDERS & CO.,
Southern building. S07 18th ST. NV.
FOR SALE
Very attractive new 6 room bricks. 122-
PA 22nd st. NV. Electric lighted. tiled
BATH front and rear porches cellar under
entire house; large lots: $3.50: easy
WILCOX. HANE & co. Inc.
1920 + 81. NV.
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FOR RENT 1915 NJ. 12r, b. 80. rs. 90
1907 ,24r, OBJ. $3.50 1919 21st, 1Or b. so. 90
1124 VT av.13r. 4b. 15O 1892 Jefferson d. 30 90
1850 Harvard st. SO. 3S 1913 NJ, 12r, 60. 90
Stable .........15 1900 1446 NV, 11r, 1b 45 90
1921 q. 1r.2b, with 1871 R,11r. b. 40. 90
roomy garage. 800 1917 Mt Olivet ne 16. 90
very desirable store. 1902 14th ST. NV. $4,000
STONELElGH COURT.
A few very desirab apartments now vacant
from $50 to $165 month.
THE OLYMPIA, 14th and Euclid.
Very desirable apartments. rooms and bath
to rooms and bath. from $40 to $50 a month
FITCH. FOX & BROWN,
1888 st. NV.
FOB RENT-DESIRABLE HOUSES.
ALL SECTIONS.
TYLER & RUTHERFORD. NO.
2Ss $50 18th ST. NV.
FOR RENT-UNFURNISHED
1904 18th NV, IL rooms and bath SIS 90
1883 Euclid ST. NV. IL rooms and bath $65 90
1887 Girard st. NV. 10 rpoms and ba III. $50 90
944 Westminster NV. rooms and bath. as so
1885 Monroe NV, rooms and ba tn. 90 $50 so
1l2 Q st. NV. rooms and bath. .S27. 30
226 18th st. s.w.. rooms and bath. 80. SGT so
406 Kentucky ave. Sc, 5r. and bath. :. SIS so
COLORED TENANTS.
l760 Oregon ave. NV, Tor. and bath. ;. $40 50
WEAVER BROS. 7s5 18th q. nv.
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REAL ESTATE.

GO SOUTH AND PROsPER-THE GREATEST
southeastern states. Fortunes made from
truck fruit. poultry, cattle, dalrying and gem
eral farming. Land. SIS an acre up Climatic
and living conditions ideal Farm lists.
Southern FIELD magazine free NJ v.
RICHARDS. Land and Industrial Agent. South.
ern ry. Room u 232 Washington. ID. c.
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STONE & FAIRFAX,
1912 New York ave. NV.

F AIRFAX,
X ave. NV.
14th st. NV.
$27. 80. 1000 Fairmont. Or
$27. 80. S13 n C ay Sc, Sr
$27.5O.91S Michigan. Or
$3.50. .1716 9th NV, 6r
$27. 80. Ingleside ter. 9r.b
500. so. .314 G. ne, Or
$25. so. 90 @ NV. Or
$3.50. 1000 oath nw,6r
$25. so. 1896 Center, ST
$25. so. Ill Seaton st.6r
SIS. so. 1900 18th NV, Or
$25. so. 316 18th NV. 7r
$25. IA Nicholson st
$2j. .1O091a oath NV, Sr
$50. 2309 Ontario pl
$25. .1117 Harvard, Or. b
$25. 1892 g ne.8r
S23. :. 1903 Col I'd. CRIB
$22. 30. .53S 14th Sc, Or
$22. so. ISL Harvard. Or
500. so. .l119 + ne. Orb
500. 80. 1910 Eye ne, Or, b
SO. 80. 10 18th ne. Or
500. 30. :. .6O3s 9th ne. Or
SO. so. 80. .71S F sw.9r
500. so. T55 Gresham. 6rb
$22. SO. 1872 23d NV, 6r. b
500. so. 141S 35th nw.7r.b
$22. so. 442 Irving st NV
$21.50. .&6 l. ne. Or
$50. 30. 1927 k'yon NV, Or
$40. so. .514 14th ne. Or
$50. 80. 1912 TIN ne, Or
$50. so. 1918 Morse st. Or
$50. so. 759 Harvard, Or, b
500. so. 1856 n C av ne
$50. 30. .276 10th Sc. Or
500. 80. 62S Morton ne. Or
$3.50. 1347 Emerson No
$3.50. 119 Hickman e
SIS. 80. 1855 Emerson, Or
$3.50. 331 Md av ne, Or
$3.50. .5O7 14th sc, Or. b
$3.50. .143 Hickman Sc
$780, 706 Summit. 6r
SIC. so. 1894 Pickford ne
sic. 1913 Florence ne. Or
SIS. so. .12 18th ne. Or
$3.50. 1925 Duncan, Or
$3.50. .2314 Georgia av
SIS. ..16ic Fuller-6r
SIS. ......1615 A Sc, Or
$3.50. .S22 10th ne. Or
COLORED.
$40. 80. .90S s NV, 10r.b
S33. so. ....217 T NV. Sr
$50. so. 1920 LIST NV. Or
$50. so. 1889 9th NV. 10. b
S2s. so. 1882 Wallach st
$27 80. 1915 9th NV, 7r,b
$3.50. .25O3 NJ nw,9r.b
$3.50. lab Col nw,6. b
$25. so. .441 Eye NV. 8r
$50. 80. us 18th ne, 7r
$50. 90. .1124 g ne. Or. b
$16.50.71S Fla av NV Or
S1G.5O.1419 Duncan. 6r. b
$3.50. .....153i Marion
$40. 40. .......12S l. NV
S15.50.211O Sth nv, Or, b
$3.50. 1884, 22d NV. Alb
S13. 1923 Duncan ne
STORES.
5000. 1910 New York nv
$500. .311 7th NV
$1S0.732 18th NV. staff
SITS. .14th and | NV
$175. .637 F NV
$3.50. $50 18th NV
1928. 1922 II NV
800. 1884 New York av
500. .....1S05 18th NV
SSJ. POLL 14th NV
$50. .5O4 18th NV
So. 1904 North Capitol
SIS. rs n NV
$50. .......2 1920 18th at
$50. .2216 18th NV
$50. 300 Md av No
$50. 1900 T NV
$25. 1925 18th NV. sto.sta
$22. so. 1896 Ga av NV
500. 80. .226 G NV
S22. so. .330S Ga av NV
500. so. 1910 Ga av NV
OFFICES.
$50. 80. 49,. .611 18th NV
$50. 9th and G NV
$3.50. lob 18th NV
$25. .516 18th NV
$40. 1926 14th NV
tents under Apartments
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JOHN f. DONOHOE & SONS.
314 Pennsylvania Avenue Sc.

We will give any tenant furnishing us first
class reference Is days rent free on any prop
erty on our rent list.
LET US SEND YOU OUR COMPLETE LIST
OF RENTALS.
WE HAVE THE PROPERTY TO SUIT. YOU
FOR ANY PURPOSE.
JOHN +. DONOHOE & SONS,
314 Pennsylvania Avenue Sc.
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FOR RENT
S65. 00-2114 o. lar, b
SO.W-913 H, Tor, b
$32.50-6O6 l NV, Or, b
$50. 50-lO19 Col I'd, Sr. b
$25.5O-123 10th ne, 10. b
$E. W-1624 Sd NV. Or, b
$20.50-620 A ne, Or, b
$23. 50-213 F ne, 7r, b
$23. 50-95l 18th. Or. b
81. 0111G4 9Th ne, Or, b
BIB. O-1361 Em'n. Or, b
$S.O-6O3 l. ne, Tor. -
$50. 5O-726 Sd NV, 6r
]. LEO KOI
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$16.@-511 10th ne. 6r,b
$23. 60-1lO0 / ne. Or. b
$21.0-1019 Fla av, Or. b
FLATS.
$T .0-1242 Fla av,5r,b
$0.0I1213 9th NV. b
$0.m-1622 n J y.5r,b
$13.W-474 O NV, 3r,b
COLORED.
$19.0-1S32 Z, Or, b
$1O.O-1O34 33d, Or
$15.50-2263 9th. 4,b, fiat
$S.5O-S6 N sw, 5r
$14.00-312S Sher av. Or
B. 923 New York ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-26

FOR SALE-WILL SELL ON EASY TERMS MY
house, on wide avenue in best northwest Sec
ton of heights; convenient to both car lines;
a very modern Groom. receptiOn-hall brick;
guaranteed hot-water heat: laundry: servants
toilet: gas aud electricity: large front and dou-
BILE back porches; pantry; fine yard; butt as
home, not for speculation. Address OWNER,
Box 40, Star Office.
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FOR SALE-ACREAGE.

purchaser. Cali phone between D and II in
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APARTMENTS TO LET.
STONE 4 FAIRFAX.
1912 New York ave. NV.
APARTMENTS.

STONE X FAIRFAX.
1872 New York NV.
APARTMENTS.
(Heat furnished.)
The Northumberland. rooms $500
The WoOdley. rooms and bath ....... 1900
The Northumberland 5r TO 90
The Hartford 1915 Clifton 5r 5000
.l6 18th st NV End a. Or be- $3.50
The Trueman 1859 Park I'd end floor Or. ~ 50
1880 14th ST NV End floor g rooms 1870
The Saranac 1909 n Cap 6r and b.. 1000
The IroQuois. 14f0 NJ st. NV. Ar. b.. 40 90
The Monticello, 1851 Mt. Pleasant. Ar. b. $3.50
1905 18th NV. 3rd floor, 6r.. bath $3.50
The Saratoga. 18th and f. Cap. Ar. b.. $500
The Christiani, 5 rooms and hath. $500
103 y st. NV, rooms and bat ..... 81. 90
The Redwood. 1921 Corcoran, 5r.. bath. go
so N. Y. ave. NV, 2rd a., Ar. and b.. 81. 50
The Turin 1924 18th St NV. Ar b.. 1880
The Ellsworth, 625 3rd st. ne. Or. ..... 1850
1923 Clifton ST.. 3rd floor Or. and BATH. 5000
The Spokane. 121 18th ne. Sd foor.. Ar. % 80
POS d st. NV 2nd floor 5r ba tn. 1850
643 Fl st. ne Ord floor. 6 rooms . 2750
2O6 d st. NV. 2nd f.. Ar. and bath. 27.S0
The Frederick. 9th & X NV 4th floor, ar 90
OIL f st. NV. 3rd floor, ar. and bath. $3.50
912 New York ave. NV. End a., 2r., b.. $50
The Bryn Mawr. 1915 q NV. Ar. b.. $3.50
The Spokane, 121 nth me-. Ar, BATH. $3.50
9lS 14th st. NV. Bird floor. ........--. $500
The RUSSELL. 1924 18th ST. NV. 2nd floor 500
The Ilkley. 1920 st. NV. Ar. and b.. 25. 90
1924 14th NV. 3rd floor. pr. and bath. 1900
144o Meridian St. room and bath. 1880
4 vor n
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FOR RENT-1403 III ST NV; BEST
location Ia city. For Office or busi-
ness purposes Entire floor.
suite. or single rooms. End, Ord and
4th floors. Steam heat: electric
light: OUTSIDE SIGN SPACE ON
BUILDING. Inspection invited.
JESSE L. HEISKELI4, 1903 II st. NV.
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NEBRASKA. 81 Randolph pl. NV: rooms
and bath: account of midsea son will rent at
reduced price OF 5000 month.
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FOR SALE-INyESTMENT.
$1,000. Renting to a select white tenant at
SIS q month.
A neat two-story six room brick dwelling.
with a cellar and hOt-water heat. situated on a
prominent street on the Heights north OF the
city.
The present owner having taken this house
in exchange, can afford to sell it at this re-
duced price.
STONE & FAIRFAX 1912 New York ave.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-01

succeeded in breaking the bonds OF
strikebreaking in the Calumet, Mich,
district, are in Chicago and tell
shocking story of the method of the
mine owners in dealing with the
strikebreakers.
One of the men, Joe Stanley,
brought his pay envelope with him
to show how the Champion Copper
Co. figured they owed him only 81
cents for eleven days work.
Stanley was hired in Chicago by a
Jack Merrill, who is the local repre-
sentative of the Waddell-Mahon gun
men. He was told there was no strike
in Michigan; that everything was
peaceful and that he would get $3.50
day for the work.
When he got to Michigan he was
rudely awakened to conditions. The
entire district was strike-bound. The
mines were struggling to operate
with a handful of men. Stanley then
realized that Merrill had lied to him
and he had been hired as a strike
breaker.
He protested, but it availed him
nothing. He was told to work in the
mine under threats. Stanley has
worked in the union mines of Penn
sylvania and expected to do hard
work. The labor he was called upon
to do, however, in the Upper Mich
igan mines left him, at the end of
eleven days, close to physical
wreck.
There were only 12O strikebreak-
ers left in the mine he worked in.
The others had escaped. And the 120,
he says, were forced to do all the
work.
Stanley worked on the night shift.
He claims he was forced to load and
then push his own cart over, nearly
10000 yards of bad passageways.
Also that the men are forced on by
armed guards.
- LID
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-01
MEN TELL OF RANK METHODS MINE OWNERS
USE AGAINST STRIKEBREAKERS


men to prevent them getting away.
Strikebreakers are scarce up in that
country, as most of the men who
have succeeded in escaping have
warned their friends against going
up there to work.
After few days Stanley tried hard
to get fired, but the superintendent
refused. Finally at the end of eleven
days he succeeded and was told to go
to the Office and get his money.
$27.50 was due him, but when the
company got through figuring how
much Stanley owed them he found
they had taken $26.89 out of his sal
airy and he had just 81 cents coming.
Here is how they figured:
Store, So; doctor, 81; benevolent =
club, so cents; store, $1.3O; board
and room, 1888, and transportation,
$1276.
Stanley, when hired, was told he
would get room and board, but under
their system this was held out.
There is considerable mystery con-
corning the identity of the other man
who came back with Stanley. His
name is Fred Miles, and it is rumored
that he is the foster son of Charles
Miles, one of the Boston men who
control the mines.
Miles was hired in Grand Rapids
as machinist at 81 a day. He was
told he would have to do no work
that affected the strike. However,
when he arrived at Tri-Mountain
mine he was ordered down into the
shaft to work as a strikebreaker. But
after day or so Miles baked and
made it so strong that they finally
took him out of the shaft and put
him to work as a repair man on a
chain gang.
When he got there Miles says they
made him buy complete outfit at
the company's store and charged him
double the price.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-04
No Fun Like Work.

"There is one motto," wrote Sir Thomas Lipton in the London Strand, "which l should like to i'm press upon every young man in busi- ness, "There is no fun like work.' l always keep this motto before me. Of course after man has won the game he set out to win, after he has succeeded in life, he can do what he likes. But while he is working work ought to be all his life. It ought to be work and play too. l have often worked eighteen hours a day and enjoyed every minute. If a man is constantly looking at the clock the spirit of success which is lowering over that man will soon take wing and fly away. There is no fun like york;.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-04
A Snail on a Razor.

That snails can pass over such sharp instruments as razor's edge without the slightest harm has been demonstrated by French scientist in the course of his study of these creatures. The snail walks with the whole under surface of its body and is provided with means to lubricate the road on which it travels. A pe- culiarly complex system of muscles enables it to cling in any position to smooth objects. In lifting itself over the razor's edge it clings with the hind part of its walking surface to one side of the blade and extends the fore part and bends it down on to the other side without touching the edge, thus accomplishing with out harm what would naturally seem impossible.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-04
The Woman of 1t.

"Then you refuse me?" he asked dramatically.
 "1 do, John,'' answered the maiden.
 'Is it because l have no fortune =
 Not at all.'
 'Is it my looks:'
 "Ye-e-e-s. l have just been read ing that people who marry grow to look like each other, and, although ] love you, John, I-I-I really don't think l could stand to look like you.'
 "You silly grill" he exclaimed. "Maybe it will be l who will grow to look like you"
 "Oh, John," she said joyously, "1 never thought of that! Pm sure it would be great for us to look like each other, wouldn't it? Won't you please forgive me :'-St. Paul Dis patch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-04
ANCIENT RIDDLES.
Samson It Was Who Propounded the
 Oldest One Known.

The oldest riddle known is that one asked by Samson in Judges xiv, 14-1S: "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came sweetness" It was naturally impossible for the guests at his wed- ding feast to solve the riddle, for it referred to that very uncommon incident of the bees making honey in the carcass of lion. The old translators used the word meat in the sense of food, its real meaning in the seventeenth century. This riddle dated from possibly 1000 years before the Christian era and is evidence of the very ancient cus- tom of telling riddles or asking diff cult questions.
 The riddle of the sphinx is so old that no one can give a real date for it, but it appears even in the latest of books for awakening the curiosity of children in this form :: "What is that which first goes on four legs, then on two and then on three?" It will be remembered that the answer is ''Man," who first crawls, then walks and at last uses cane or crutch, and that the pen alty of failure to answer this riddle was that the person so failing should be devoured by the sphinx. When Oedipus answered the riddle cor rectly the sphinx was changed into stone.
 Another famous Greek riddle, dating from 570 B. C., was that pro- pounded by Cleobolus, one of the seven wise men of Greece: "Who is this father who has twice six sons ? These sons have thirty daughters apiece, particolored, having one cheek white and the other black. They never see each others face nor live more than twenty-four hours."
 The answer is Time, who has twelve months, hls sons, With daugh- ters of thirty days, half day and half night, each dying ere the other is born. This is the fairest of all the old riddles, fer any one with a little thought can guess it. The orientals are still very fond of pro- pounding riddles, and they sit until all hours of the night trying to puzzle one another.
 The way to construct a riddle is to start from the answer and work back to the most misleading sugges- tions, which still may be molded into the real answer. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-10-04
The National Spirit.

The great baritone, Signor Foli, when singing in grand opera in his native city, Cork, had to sing one of his songs from stage balcony. The arrangements were not very perfect, and the manager, fearing the carpenter had not made the bal cony strong enough to sustain the weight of the big man, told two as- sistants to hold it up from beneath. The lengthy signor was only half way through his song when one man said to the other:
 "Be jabers, Moike, this Oitalian is mighty heavy"
 Lets dhrop him, Pat; he's only an Oitalian, afther all.''
 Voice from the signor above: "Will ye, ye divils, will ye?"
 "Tare an ouns! Pat, but he's an Oirishman! Hould him up for the loife of yez!"- York World.