Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-01-08
WHAT 1T COSTS TO run" MONACO.
The People Pay No Taxes and Have No
Voice In Public Affairs.


Voice In Public Affairs.
The report current some time ago
that the Prince of Monaco intended to
resign as head of the greatest gambling
state in the world and devote himself
to the pursuit of science, his favorite
pastime, has apparently proved to be
unfounded. He earns his money too
easily in his present place and evident
ly has little intention either of giving it
up or of driving the heads of the gam
bling society from his do1ninions.
Monaco, says the Statsbuerger
Zeitung, has 1000 inhabitants. In
1914 Talleyrand wrote in the diplo-
matte act which was to regulate the
conditions of all Europe, And the
Prince of Monaco returns to his states. ,
In 1915 it was further decided that the
existing relations between France and
Monaco should cease and that thence
forth the king of Sardinia was to play
the part in the principally formerly
played by the house of Bourbon. Then
in 1860 Monaco exchanged the Italian
protectorate for the French protector
ate. and maintained its privilege-de-
spite the protests of the public press
duu GuO pOW giving Oil Iot1A
to professional gamblers and spend
thrifts in its gambling bells, because
France did not wish to inter zero in
the internal affairs of Monaco.
can idea of what colossal sums of
money are lost in Monaco can be gath
cred from the last report of the 'Societe
Anonyme DIES Bains de Mer ct du Cerc1e
DIES Etrangers, the gambling society.
The gains last year amounted to more
than 20, 900, 900 francs. The capital of
the company is 80, 900, 900 francs. For
each of the last six years the company
has set aside reserve fund of 1,O0O,
900 francs. In 1913 This reserve fund
will amount to as much as the capital.
The Prince of Monaco, who married
Hebrew lady, receives a yearly allow
ance of ], $50, 900 francs. In addition
to this, the company pays all the gov
eminent expenses OF the prlnclpallty,
attends to the cleaning of the streets
and provides the waterworks and light
ing of the public thoroughfares. The
public has free schools and has no taxes
or other levies to pay, but it has also
nothing to say regarding public affairs.
The society pays 100000 francs an
nually to the theater, the public Or
chestra costs as much more, and the
officials of the society, including over 100
croupiers, cost annually over 1, $780,
600 francs. To the press the society
pays 500, 600 francs. Among the reg
ular expenses are the OUTLAWS for remov-
ing unhappy victims Of the games. The
total expenses of the company amount
yearly to II. 500, 900 francs. -
The Danger of Trivial Wounds.
A medical paper commits itself to
the statement that many lives are lost
each year in consequence Of the lack of
little common sense respecting simple
cuts or wounds of the hands or other
parts. Several cases have been record
ed of inquests relating to persons who
have died from blood poisoning arising
from small cuts on the hands. The his
tory in all of these cases varies but lit
tie, and it is practically the same. A
man, for example, while working at his
trade, or even while carrying out the
simple detail of cutting a piece of
bread, receives small cut on the hand
The injury is so trivial that anything is
considered good enough with which to
stop the bleeding, and this end having
been attained no more is though Of it.
The small wound is left to take care of
itself and is exposed to all sorts of filth
mess and sources of infection.
By good luck nothing may happen.
but the public would do well to bear in
mind that from the most trivial injury
to the skin acute septicamia may sup
ervene and may rapidly be followed by
fatal termination. By thorough at
tention to cleanliness tie untoward con-
of a wound liable to become
infected can be effectually prevented.
On the other hand, when the sept1camic
attack has declared itself, as a rule,
little can be done by the surgeon to
stem the virulence with which it de-
velops. 1t should therefore be borne
in mind that SO long as wounds, how
ever small, remain unhealed, the risk
of contracting blood poisoning will al
ways be present.