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SUNDAY SPORTS. Bud-Ball Contests at the Various Loeul Courts. Shooting Coeteits Among the Vemberi of the Bational Guar.i at the Shell Mrund Bang*. AnInteresting series of closely-contested games were played at the hand-ball courts yesterday. At M. Bntlet's court three rubs were played between Cutler and Mellaney and Maloney and Kelly. Each side won a nib by seine skillful manipulations of the ball. The third and final rub was wen by Duller ana Mell.iney, who scored 13 against their opponents' UL Bob Shields and Tom Cashin defeated Duller and La Velle two games straight by tbe scores of 15 to 11 and IS to 13. Butler and La Velle, however, had re- venge and quickly won two rubs from Daly and Malon. y. The fir-t contest of the day at Condon's court was played between Jamas Dillon :u,d Thomas McElroy and Al Pennoyer and P. Hutchinson. Dillon and McElroy won the li rst game by a record of 15 to 13. The second and third games and the rub was won by Pennoyer and Hutchinson by the records of 15 to 13 and 15 lo 12. For a second rub each side won a game by a score of 12 to 13. The third games resulted in a set of seven aces and the rub was won ty Dillon and McElroy. Very exciting was the playing during a rub by Hugh Toner and J. Riordan against J. Condon and C. Collins. Coudon ami Col- lins carried off the borers by winning the first and third games. Their scores were IS to 13 and 15 to 11. Tbe score made by Toner and Rlordan in tbe second grime was 15 to IiThe same contestants will play an oilier rub next ism day. J. Han-man and A. Jelme deleated J. Corcoran nnd .1. Dillonin a closely contested rub. In the first and third games they scored 13 to 12, mid Corcoran and Dillon, who won the second game, scored 15 to IS. Tbe liiinl game was played between John I.eary and J. Brannigh. Tin. first game was won by Leary, wlo scored 15 points to Bran- riigli's 12, Leary won the next two games and tbe rub by scores of 15 to 11 and 15 lo li.'. To er and McElroy, who are considered the champion amateur players of the Toast, !:nve challenged M. MaWhey and George Decker, the experts ol Butler's court, to play a rub for 525 or more a side, the games to be played alternately at both courts. AT -111 II MOI'XD, l'rnctice and .ll.d-il Shools of the Na- -11.... .1 ftn-.rtl. The rifle range at Shell Mound Park was well patronized ye-ter.lay, itbeing the occa- sion ifthe regular practice and medal com- petition fur yvoral companies of the Na- tional Guard. Ihe event of the day, how- ever, was a match between the active and lionoiary members of Company C, Second Artillery Regiment, ten men on a side, the losers to pay for a dinner to be served at the park immediately u*h)u the close of the con- test. Following are the names of the contest- cuts and scores mule: active MXMBBBS. Captain A. llub.r 10 Corporal 11. Menlte 36 Sergeant it. Hni.er. ...35 l-rivste L. Rn.^er 41 Sergeant c. Vlbruch...4oil'rivate c. Wilkinson 3B Sergeant w. Tebin 42 Private H. Wlegiiiauu..37 Corporal K. I.ichter...4o Private f. Koch. 40 iotal , 3SS» U-iXORAKY MEMBERS. E Vauls 41 (>. Ueiuke 41 1- SI-l.e r.5 l>. Seaou.e.il 36 L. HaaKe 4'.'lK. Hagema'un 30 11. Mangle* 35 C. Scuures 3« C 11-rboirh 42| loUL 388 in the monthly medal suoot of Company • ', Sec* nd Artillery Reg.meut, the following scores w.-ie made: Corporal 11. Menl-e. .. .35 Sergeaut J. F. Siebe. .39 Sf-rffaM W. 1. .bin ....38 Corporal R. Kichter. . ..40 sergeant W. Womlall .88 c.rpnral WilKinson.. 3t> Ser-f.i.l C. Viel.roch . .3!i I'rivate IL « legeiuaun.4o .Scrgeun: H. liulier 3S Private V. Koch 40 Private L. Kinner . . SH Private F. Hu.teilt. ..40 Private H.Peterl 35| Following are given the be<t score* made in the monthly nirdul snoot of Compauy D, First Infantry: Captain .1.-ii....! HS: Private Rosenthal . 32 Corporal Mills 31 ' Private Brcsten 23 < ..rpural Metstein 3.-; Lieutenant Linillierg 31 Private au.. '.WI Private J. Merdeu 28 In the annual prize-shoot of Company F. First Infantry, tiie contestants scored as follows: Captain J. A Marzo. ...*.!. Corporal Longberry.... 37 Lieutenant J. -".Eggert.37 Private Collin. 36 Corporal James 47. Private K. M. Klrsn 35 Private H. L. ott 42Pri ate K. Stevens. S5 Sergeant T. i'ritiiard..4l|Prlvate M.C. Mitchell. .34 THK SAN RAFAEL SHOOT. Thilo Jacob! Gives 11 s Many Friends an Onl.ii C . At the last meeting of the California Schueizen Club Philo Jacoby, the well- known marksman, and who has been for many years President of the club, extended an invitation to all members and their fam- i;ie* to visit the new park yesterday. The object of tiie visit was to see the work which had beeu accomplished by the Board of Park Directors, nnd that many of the new mem- bers Bight become better acquainted with the workings of club. Although'it was announced that the occa- sion would be made a "shooting picnic," the members were not prepared for the boun- teous repast and the store of good things which their President had prepared. About 200 persons took advantage of the fine -a eather and availed themselves of an out- ing in the country. In addition to the dancing and games in-' dnlge.l in a bull's-eye shoot was had by the members, and much sport and merriment was indulged in as some of the well-known crack shots of the Coast would take deliber- ate aim, tire and miss the black. The dis- tance shot was 200 yards, and the well- known i'-nng target was used. The black is 12 inches in diameter and counts from 18 to 25 rings. On the occasion of a bull's-eye shisnt it is necessary for the marksman to score at least 22 rings, and thus obttin his bull s-eye, aud all shots made outside of the 22 do not count President Jacoby had during the week collected Several prizes from the friends of the club, and in order to make the shoot of yesterday successful and one to bi remem- bered by the participants, placed the prizes :.s m. m- utos to be contested for by the members. The names of the lucky marksmen who wou prizes are given below: A. Strecker, F. Kuhnle, F. Attinger, 0. Brenner. K. Wertheimer, U. lioeth, J. Stan- ton, P. Jacoby, A. Kahwyler, J. Waller, A. Oa, \\. Ehreupfort. A. Mocker, A. Utschig, O. Lorn, eister, J. Utschig, F. Ackerman. Oeoige Risch jottler, U. Gninibe). It. Fink- ing, J. Bearwald, H. R. Brown. l c cadets if the club also took part in the shoot and the following were successful in winning prizes: First, A. Glindermann ; second, R. Finking Jr.; third, L Wert- heimer. An Excellent Itecnrd. At Harbor View yesterday George Helm showed that he is nut falling behind, and that he intends to keep up his recent good shooting. He fired fifty shots at the 25-r'mg target and did not at anytime miss tne black— twelve inches in diameter— at a dis- tance of 2-it) yards. In his first twenty shots he scored 444 points, aud in his secoud twenty 440 points. A BREAK FOR LIBERTY. The Tollce Have a Sprinting Match on Washington Street. Thomas Walker, a dissolute clnracter of the " Barbary Coast," created a stir at noon yesterday on Washington street, near the old City Hall. He had beeu arrestei by Officer Furiong at Broadway snd Pinckney alley on :i ehante of vagrancy, and walked vith the officer to tne old City Hall, where lie slipped away and dashed down Washing- ton street with Furlong at his heels. The loud blowing of police whistles at- tracted crowds of idlers, and soon the street was filled with a shouting mob that ran alter the fugitive. Other officers intercepted Walker at the Postolfue and took him to prison. In rhe afternoon, charges of petty larceny and robbery were entered against Walker; who is said to have stolen a pair ot panta- loons from a clothing-store on Montgomery avenue last Saturday, afid snatched a purse trom a vw.iiian several days ago on Kearny stree', near Pacific. lie is regarded as an idler, opium fiend, thief and worthless fellow generally by the police. A I- 11.-IU i.'s Fall. VA . < .> : ii __. _.... . cawurd ltiiiey. a fireman attached to .En- gine 5, fell irom the mnml story of the old Globe Hotel, on Dupont and Jackson streets, yesterday, a distance of thirty feet to the sidewalk and received a serious fracture of the chest bones. He was treated at the Re- ceiving Hospital. Two fire companies were practicing w.th books and ladders on the ho- tel, ltiiiey among the number, when lie slipped from hi. position on a ladder. A Tipsjr Uici-D 11. While on a spree yesterday morning a well-dressed youth named Henry Waller as- saulted a bootblack on Market street. Dur- ing the scuffle that followed the stand was upset, and Waller snatched S7 7:"i which rolled out from tbe tilland started to run off. lie was intercepted by Policeman Leonard and locked up at the new City Hall Station on charges of petty larceny, disturbing the peace and drunkenness. TOOK CHLOROFORM. Death of tbe Pomona's Purser at the Receiving Hospital. Robert Bvers, the purser of the steamer Pomona accidentally took two oinecs of chloroform yesterday morning. The drug too', immediate effect, and he was removed to tne Deceiving Hospital. He died there at Id1.15 last night In horrible agony In the presence oi his two sisters and a brother-in- law. The idea that Byers commuted sui- cide is denied by all who knew him. TYPOGRAPHICAL UMON. Some Important subjects Considered V.lHrdnT. The regular monthly meeting of Typo- graphical Union, No. 2L was held yester- day, President ,S. H. Jenner in Ihe chair. Alter the approval ol the minutes ofthe previous meeting and the transaction of the oilier routine business eleven uew members were initiated, three of them lieing ladies. It was announced that the decision in the cases of John Hrvant and J. P. Oiwell, who appealed to the International Union, had been reversed. The Treasurer rejiorted receipts from dues and initiation feoo for the month amounting to 1600 35 and d isbursemenis amounting to S_'.io To. Be has S'xj ca«h on hand and there is a deposit in bank of $2201 51. .During the month glO'-'O DO has been col- lected for assessments, of whicn sum the core-makers were given SlOl 80, the iron- molders $107 40 aud the Los Augeler stiikers •in*.11 70. Itv.as suggested that no further assess- ments be levied for the Let Angeles Typo- graphies! Union nor the iron-molde-rs in this city. Tho reasons advanced were that (3000 hud been already contributed to the former, who had neither acknowledged the snme nor sent any official iufortnation regarding tiie strike. Tiie iron-inoliiers were blamed for supporting boycotted hotels, and as they had received S-'-tOU from the printers' union already it was oreed that they be tlirown on their "own resour es. After considerable discussion it was determine. l to investigate the Los Angeles matter and to continue tiie assessment for the present. The lrou-niold- ers' Union was exonerated lrom the blame put upon it, as it was shown they had taken prompt action iv disciplining the offending members of tbeir body. The Bushnell-Thurnaan affair was in- formally discussed, as the Executive Com- mittee were not yet ready to report. A communication from the Council of Fed- erated Trades was read, urging the boy- cotting of tbeir paper for an offensive article referiing to that body. The communication was tabled pending the trial of Ihe offend- ers on the matn charge, and Messrs. Roth- child and White were elected to fill tbe vacancies created by tbe expulsion of llush- nell and his partner. A boycott was declared against the print- ing establishments of Messrs. Patterson and Pastor, and tho tailors' boycott against Thomas S. Williams on Hush street was in- dorsed. U. 8. S. SWATAUA. She Arrives Arter a 1.-> s; Cruise on the Chili* Stntinn. The United States steamer Swatara, Cap- tain Cooper, arrived in port last evening 33 days from Yokohama. She has been on the China Station for the last three jears. Her "tonnage is 1900. she carries 8 guns and her crew numbers '.'l6. The officers of the Swatara are: Com- mander, Phillip H. Cooper; L.eutenaut- Commauder, E. W. Watson; Lienteiiauis— ('. P. Perkins, Alfred Reynolds, VV. R. A. Rooney; Ensigns— V. 0. Chase, (ileunie Tarbnx; Chief Engineer, J. L. D. Bocth- wick; Paymaster, fl. T. Stanciiff; Surgeon, W. 11. Jones; Fir~t Lieutenant Marines, W. P. Biildle: Passed Assistant Engineer, \V. A. MinUer; B..at-wain, F. A. Druu; Pay Clerk, W. J. Manning. PERSONAL NOTES. J. D. Peters of Stockton is at the Occiden- tal. Sheriff John M. Ball of Oroville is at the Lick. B. T. Ellis of Fresno is at the Baldwin Hotel. J. "W. Tryon of Sacramento 13 staying at the Lick. L. F. Moulton, a rancher of Colusa, is at the Grand. S. R. Jewell, a banker of Santa Rosa, is at the Grand. Fred O. Johnson of Los Angeles is at the Occidental. Wilbur F. George of Sacramento is a guest at the Grand. General J. W. B. Montgomery of Chico is at the Grand. Senator Thomas Flint Jr. of San Juan is at the Grand. ' Rev. A. C. HLrst of San Jose is sojourning at the Palace. John F. Kidder, a miner of Grass Valley, is at the Palace. Baron William Falkenberg of Newark is at the Occidental. R. C. Holly, a prominent Vallejolte, is reg- ered at the (irand. Colonel Caleb Dawson, a rancher of Oak- dale, is a the Grand. Joseph Euright, a foundryman of San Joe, is at the Grand. F. W. H. Shannhan, an attorney of An- derson, is at the Graud. C. C. McCoy, a mail-contractor, is regis- tered from Walla Walla at the Grand. J. M. Merrill, a prominent San Diego laud- owner, is staying at the Palace Hotel. P. A. Buell, a prominent mill man of Stockton, is registered at the Grand Hotel. E. D. Farringion arrived Saturday from Elko, Nev., and registered at tbe Lick House. P. 11. Cooper, C. P. Perkins and H. T. Stauclift, ol the United States Navy, are at the Palace. John R. Shannon of Jersey City has arrived lrom the East, and is" a goest at the Occidental. John L*. Graeff, a merchant of Sebastnpol, is in town with his wife, ami is registered at the Occidental. A. J. Johnson, an aspirant for thepositin n of State Printer, is down from Sacra- mento, and is sojourning at the Grand HoteL Ben M. Maddnx, chief deputy in the ofn>e of the Clerk of the Supremo Court, bas bouEbt the Tulare Times, published at Visalia, and will a-sun.e Vers na ehaige of the pajier on the Ist of January next. E. P. Brinegar, who has been for a bag time ticket agent for the Southern Pacific Company at the foot of Market street, has got a month's leave of absence, and de- parted last evening for a visit to his old home in tiie East Dr. Ben S. Seymour, formerly of Wash- ington. D. C, aud more recently of the Nagasaki General Hospital in Japan, has again become identified with the Pacific Mail licet He has beeu appointed surgeon ou the steamship Rio de Jaueiro, winch left Saturday for the Orient. Howard-Street Estens on. The Howard-street Extension and Im- provement Club met at Stanford Hall on Sat- urday evening and received the report of the committee appointed to inquire into the rea- son that delayed the extension of the street. It was learned that tne plats of the assess- ment district were not yet finished. They will be ready this week, and the Commis- sioners promise to have the street opened w ithin forty days after. The committee appointed to report on the condition of Holly Park informed the meet- ing that it was in wretched condition, and was being used as a quarry by street con- tractors. Tiie report was received and the committee discharged. A new committee, consisting of P. T. Seculovich, S. Peterson and ti. S. UHie was appointed to draft a petition to the in- coming Board of Supervisors requesting the improvement of the park. Ihe Fire Bell. At 7 oc.loek yesterday morning an alarm was sounded lrom Box 91 for a fire on the roof of the three-story building at 401 Turk stieet '1 he ilamase amounted to $23. Tiie can-e of th.- tire is unknown. REAL ESTATE. Gain in the City's Wealth nnd Review of the Market. AWell-Informed Agent Shews That San Fran- cisco ii Making Bapid Progress— A Big Purchase— Sales. One of the best informed agents In the city on realty and financial matters, doing business on Montgomery street, handed the following statement to The Call's real estate representative for pubircation, on the understanding that his name should not be used in connection therewith. The report lias been prepared with a great deal of thought and should prove of interest to all people who have the city's welfare at heart, nnd invaluable to every real estate agent : The market Is both quiet and lively- quiet in small lots and in a general way, while the demand for good inside business property continues unabated. The demand far exceeds the supply in that class of prop- erty, and if holders would only make slight concessions a large volume of business would be done in short order. While the whole busiuess world seems financially em- barrassed San Fraucisco alone remains un- disturbed. At the close of the eleventh month of the year itis well to look over the books and see what gain if any we have made. Appended are a few figures: The say li .- banks for tbe flrst six months ot the present year, with the hardest winter ever known, In- creased their deposits lv round num- bers aio.ooo.uoo oo Kgttmj-ttag the last five mouths at tbe same, a very conservative esti- mate 10.000,000 00 Total *2U. 000,000 00 Tbe i i: \u25a0 .-lir. • contracts filed In the Recorder's oihce for the eleveu months ending November -Mb amoin.ted to 9,251,216 00 Add to this 25 per ceut for work dune prlvate-y. repairs, etc.. mid apaiu any one who Is familiar wuh improvements wiil say tlio esti- mate is too low 2.312.804 00 Total 511,561,01S 00 Add to this increase of deposits and we bave a grand lota! ot $:*l.s'i I.Ol'J 00 Th? mortgages dur- ing the sanie time amount to $M.48:i,H02 00 And the releases el.i't'T.OOM 00 A gain Id mortgages of $5,516,794 00 Deduct gain In mortsages from amount ot grain above noted 5.-16.704 00 And hud a vet gain 1 1 wealth or *2u, 047,225 00 The census reports give the city a popula- tion of ;VtKj,ouo in room, numbers. 'I'aklng tbis basis we Cud that were the gain iv wealth equally distributed among the in- habitants every man. woman and child in tbe city would be nearly ".'JO better off than they were on January Ist last. Erom the foregoing it cau be seen at a glance that while we are not having any booms, we are very prosperous, and the croaker who tells you that we are nearing a crash and realty Will drop 50 percent Is building his hopes on a very flimsy founda- tion, for realty is after all the true and only basis for security or investment. A BIG ITKCIIASE. G. W. Hopkins, of the Caniall-Fitzhugh- Uopkius Company, leit on Saturday for Shasta County, for the purpose of closing a purchase of SCI4 acres In what is known as the Barry property, which is said to be a fertile tract suitable for the cultivation of fruits and general lam, rug crops. This property was purchased about a year ago by the Southern Pacific Company, but on a. count of the sudden death ofthe owner the deed could not he given to the railroad company, and was of course thrown iuto the Probate Court The amount to be paid for the property is Sl7'',ot>o, and it is expected that a sul division of il will be made at once and placed upou the market. An interesting sale of good property of a miscellaneous eh .meter will be conducted by Faston & Eldrhlge at 1 o'clock this after- noon in the linn's office. O'Farrell & Lang will sell a handsome nine-room residence at auction ou tne pre- mises, 3017 Wasbini-ton street, this day week at noon. The lot on which the house is built is2oj_lo7. The Carnall-Fitzhugh-Hopkins Co. sold the entire Block B in Broadway terrace, Oakland, for the sum of $8000: also 50x100 feet on the north side of A street in this city, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth, owned by P. Rodgers and purchased by E. Flfendahl for SIOOO as a residence site. COAST ITe.MS. Brier Notes From Psclfio States aad Territories. The Napa Daily Register was 19 years old last Tuesday. One Oakland lawyer has pocketed S3it4,uoo in fees this year. A half interest in the Williams Farmer has been bought by W. T. Woods. Captain Kohl of San Mateo has imported a lot of black swans from Australia. Stuart Lomax and .lenny Turnipseed were married recently in Lassen County. The total output of raisins from John Bidwell'* ranch, near Chico, was 13,000 boxes. J. R. Sweeney has been elected Captain of Compauy D at lied Bluff to succeed the late Breese B. Lee. An old debt of s:^*oo on the Congiega- tii.ii.il Church at Pomona na. wiped out in twenty minutes last Suuday. M. Riveroll has been granted a concession to start a paper mill at Ensenada, Lower Cn'itornia. lie will use the Moguey plant. The Victoria Times says it is possible that the Earl of Aberdeen will be the next Go- vernor-General of the Dominion of Canada. 11. C. Rutledge of San Bernardino was operating abuzz-saw recently and quit when three lingers of bis leit haud went Into the sawdust heap. The Merced County farmers say that the squirrels are doing just as tbey did last fall, digging their holes on high ground. That means prepare for a Hood. Agues Tinison was elected School Trustee for the long term in Hamilton District, White Pine, Nev. She is the lirsi woman elected to auy office in that county. A wild woman has beeu seen in the foot- hills, near Madera, by several stockmen. They have tried to catch h-r with lassos, but she scales rocks as easy as a goat. Plumas County has some heavy tax-pay- ers. The Sierra Buttes Mining Company pays $1,242 35 r.nd the Sierra Lnmber Com- pany pats S2'AH 25. ,). W. Thompson of American Valley, $7<r2 ti& Charles Binney of Marysville celebrated his eignty-rirst birthday last Tuesday. Ho is the oldest railroad conductor in thiscouu- try ami only recently gave up his position ou the Oroville train to a sou. The Napa Reporter says: The Sheriff, under order from ihe Superior Court, sold a one-half interest in the White Sulphur Springs for SIo.OOO. Saufoixl Johnsun bought the one-half interest. A Piute medicine man at Camp Independ- ence, Inyo County, !o-.t his third patient last Monday, aud, in accordance witn custom, two Indians smashed his skull with a rock aiiu cut his throat. The local authorities took no no; ie ot the aiir.ir. According to Captain Jim Townsend Death Valley is the original garden of Even. The rivers tiiat ouce flowed about the garden dried up wlieu our respected progenitors were exiielled, but their old channels are still plainly to be seen. The Pomona Progress says: The daily expense to Los Angeles Couutv of a se.sii n of the Board of Supervisors, counting sal- aries, mileage, clerks, stationery, etc., aver- ages £38 78. There are weeks and weeks when the board is in session every day. The Lassen Advocate says: A 650-pound hog, owned by Dick Itcberts at Milfoni, which was to have been slaughtered at Thanksgiving, cheated the butcher by chok- ing to death last Sunday in the absence of Mr. Roberts, who was iv Rouu at the time. The Progress says: We are waitinc to witness the first trial of the new city ordi- nance to prevent chickens nnd ducks from running ou another p. i son's property, 'i'he lawyers say that whenever a Case does come up under this law, it will cause the greatest delving into jurisprudence and the rarest display of oratory ever known in Po- mona's courts. While overhauling the U. S. steamer Alert at the Mare Island dry dock, an as- tonishing discovery was made. About twenty loet square of the iron boiler sup- ports had rusted offJeaving ttie whole weight of the boilers to re3t upon the ships bottom plates. Ifthe ship had gone to sea in tbis condition the first gale would have sent the boilers through the thin plates and the vessel would have foundered at once. Says the Homer Index : A Lundy dude got snubbed down here the oth.-r day. He was veneered with one of Silas B. s forty dollar suits and considered himself Invin- cible. He popped and she exploded, like this: "1 have some money of my own. I have a parrot that can swear like a pirate, a monkey that chews tobacco, and a billy- goat tliat will drink whisky and get tumb- ling drunk. So you can readily perceive that 1have no ueed of a husband." At tbis a million ducks on the lake luughed, aud the Judge's turkeys cobbled in unison. ll* .Broke Into Jail. My father was Sheriff of a county in In- diana for a good many years, aud the jailhe first took charge of *as a very humble affair. The jail proper w?s a one-story ad- dition of stone about twenty feet square, nnd the two windows were defended by heavy outside blinds in place of bars. Oue night, returning home at a late hour, my father noticed a man working on the out- side of one of the windows. 110 had piled up a lot of wood Tnr a platform, and had broken into a blacksmith-shop to get a crow- bar. Father kept back and let him work away, and by and by he got the blind open nnd disappeared inside. There were no prisoners in the jail, and the blind was softly dosed and fastened with a prop. When this had been done father went inside, opened the door to the corridor, and there stood his man. He looked around him in a dreamy way, butgot it thiougn his head at last, nnd then he queried: "This is the County Jail, isn't it?" '•It is." "And I've been fool enough to break in- to ii." "You have." "That's all. Lock me up till mnrnlne, and then let some jackass kick me to death I" The fun of it was that ho turned out to be a robber with a reward of $200 on his head, and when he came to trial he got a sentence of fifteen years. — X. Y. Sun. 142,857. Some Curious Properties of These Figures and an Explanation. Arecent number of the Engineering News contained a letter of inquiry from an old sul>scriber concerning the curious i roperties of the number 142,857 that was briefly men- tioned in an old number of that journal. The peculiarity ot the number is that most of its products have the same digits, though they differ ia order. This will be seen by the following : 142,8. r .7Xl_. _42.**rf.7 142.857X2= 285,714 ]42..557X,*J= 428,571 142.857X4= 57 1,428 142.857X5= 714.285 142.857X8= 857.142 142,857X7-= 999,899 142,857X8 = 1,142,850 It will he seen by the above that the only serious break in the rule is when the num- ber is multiplied by 7, which gives every digit the same. In the Inst series by adding the first and last digits the regularity is pre- served, thus: lxti=7. It may Ire added, says the inquirer, that by continuing "in this way (adding ttie first digit of each product to the last one) the same peculiarity is seen to obtain on tbe higher multiples, thiisr 142.857 X U__1, 285,713 and 285,714=142,857X2 142.857X10=1,428.577 nnd 428.571=142,857X3 142.857X11=1.571,427 and 571,428 = 142,857X4 142, 5;»7X12=1, 71 4.284 and 714.2«5 = 142,85JX5 142.857X11=1, 999.908 nnd M09,0!)n=142,857X7 142,857X15=2.142.855 aud 1 42.857 -. 142,657X1 142,857X10 = 2,285.712 and 286.714=142,857X2 142.8:. 7X22^=3,142,854 .•nd 142.857=142,857X1 Or so on each increase of 7 in tne rii'ilti- plier briugs us arouud to the sum* point, thus: 142,857X57=8,142.840 and 142,857-142,857X1 In the issue of the Engineering News of November 221 appears a brief note by A. M. a'Armit, Second Lieutenant, Engineers, U. S. A., who says: The properties mentioned of the number 142,8.">7 are not peculiar to this number but belong to all complete repetends, that is, tliose repetends which contaiu a number of digits, one less tlian the denominator of the generating fraction. The number 142,857 is the circulating deci- mal 1-7, aud, beiiif* complete may be gen- erated with digits in the same order from any point, taking for (ho generating fraction the number of sevenths remaining at that Point ; thus 1-7, 3-7, 2-7, G- 7, 4-7, 5-7 are tlia re- mainders at the different digits, and any one of the fractions will produce the same suc- cession of digii.s beginning at its own. An inspection wiil easily show why multiplica- tion, except by 7or its multiples, does not produce any change of digits. O.her tnuu- bers possessing the same properties are: 068823 52 94117 C 4 7 = 1-17. 0 02831 578947 3 0 84 2 I=l-19. 0434782 0 08695652173 01 J * 1-23 SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT. IvSehool.— "Wlty is time worth more than money?" 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