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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-27
COMMERCIAL REPORT.
NloncY Market
Iy Southern Associated Press,

at lal} per cent closing at per cent. Ster-
ling exchange is firm. with actual BUSH
less In bankers bills at dS9a4S9i for sixty
days and 499 ALSO for demand. Commercial
bills. 4SSaaSS5. Government bonds hrm.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-27

Peanut N:arLet.
Market dull; Prime, So; strictly prime,
SIC; fancy, $40; oommon, 2a2lc: Spanish. ei.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-27
CLEARED

schr Nay Mcfarland, Small, New Bedford,
with ,oal.
Schr Maggie f Phillips. Shores, George.
town, with lumber.
Sohr Jennie Hall, Turner, Georgetown,
with barrels.
Schr Ameliar Nelson, Rappahannock river,
light.
.targea Laurence and Wasp, New London,
with coal,
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rIsAvI$l.EI,s, GUIDE.

NORFOLK AND OCEAN yIEw RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JULY DID. 1895.
Leave Norfolk. Ienyc Ocean Viov
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Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat COMPANY

The Now and powerful iron n I5cs .,s,m.
MAslilNGToN aud NORFOLK win leave iaIJy a,
iolloWs " ~'N N@o' ~
NORTH ROUND
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-27
SHIPPING NEWS,
Ports of Norfolk and Portsmouth,
July %, 1896.
ARRIVALS

British Stmp Falshaw. Storm, Pascagoula
Co liverpool. to Liverpool, to Vim Lamb &
0. Coaloi and lied.
Schr Katherine d Ferry, Garael Port
land. to Wm Lamb i Co, for coal.
MEMORANDA.
Schr Estelle Phinncy, Fisher, from Bath,
Ne, with ice. passed in the capes this q. M
for Washington, ID. g.
CAPE HENny. Va, July 26.-12 N.-Hazy
Northeast wind; milos. Light sea.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-27

W. A. B,rRrrr. JR.. General Manager. "'''
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

ricks. Meantime, Mr.. Fisher has struck a
rich flow in both of his wells and is pre-
pairing TO prospect his land on an extensive
scale.
There never was little town as sur
prised as Summerland. Be it said to the
ColOny's credit that with all its internal
chickering's it has been from the beginning
peaceful, law-abiding place, whose name
scarcely once appears on the county's
criminal docket. A Summerland thief, a
Summerland tough or swindleI or gambler
or drunkard, is an unknown quantity.
Awakening from her idle day-dream of
high philosophical contemplation the little
settlement finds itself preparing to be a
bustling manufacturing town. The tiny
houses and tents on the hillside are losing
their aspect of handbook nicely, and the
dainty little gardens look neglected. The
Summerland aristocrat wears a tarry
jumper and is besmeared with oil from head
to foot.
Unprepared as the settlement was for
these developments in an ethical way,
practical facilities were no less lacking
Where were the tanks to store this great
daily output, the barrels in which to ship
it, the side tracks to receive its freight cars !?
For the entire daily exports of the small
town have hitherto been limited to a coop
of chickens and sack of vegetables
These obstacles are being overcome as fast
as possible Improved pumping machin-
cry is being imported, tanks are being
built, barrels bought by the thousand, and
before long the daily oil shipments from
Summerland will cut quite a figure in
the county's traffic A considerable
amount of the oil, the most of which is
of an excellent quality for fuel, is being
daily consumed by the ice and macaroni
factories and the Arlington Hotel in Santa
Barbara and by the asphaltum works at
Carpenteria..
Taken all in all the development of this
great body of cheap fuel has the most i'm
portant bearing upon the growth and pros
perity of Santa Barbara and all of the sur
rounding district.
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no warm welcome for her in the new field.
When, however, she is fortunate enough
to have some relative or friend IN the busl-
ness or to find some pharmacist broad
minded and progressive enough to give her
an equal chance with her brother students,
1t can be said to her credit that almost
without exception she makes the most of
it and proves conclusively her fitness for
the work.
Among the little band of women phar-
macists = practical seif-reliant, self-edu-
Gated, skilled and enthusiastic-which we
have within the borders of our State,
one of the most prominent is Mrs.
Elizabeth McGaughey Bennett, formerly
of Santa Rosa, now of Oroville. Indeed
so successful has this lady been in her
chosen profession that her example cannot
fail to be help and encouragement to all
women whose tastes and inclinations lead
them to take up this branch of work and
study.
Mrs. Bennett, who is one of a decidedly
medical family, three members of which, a
sister and two brothers, are successful ply
sicians, began her business life on the
foundation OF an excellent education, as a
teacher in the city schools of Wi
mona, Minnesota, afterward teaching four
years in Sonoma County, in this State.
An enthusiastic student of chemistry
even in her schoolgirl days, she early de-
1llIllCu W DtCOluS d pIdCtlCdl
cist, and to that end entered the College OF
Pharmacy in this city, afterward working
at the business for several years under the
direct supervision of one of the best drug
gistS on the coast.
At the expiration of this self-imposed
season of probation Mrs. Bennett, with q
fine courage which augured success, pur-
chased a drugstore in Santa Rosa, burden
ing herself with a debt of $500 borrowed
money, and started in business for herself
Il was obliged to succeed" she says
simply, for had to pay back that money
with interest, and, with a sigh of salts
faction, 81 did"
Mrs. Bennett has been particularly for
tunate in her chosen calling, for the COM
munity in which she established herself
was exceptionally free from anything like
trade jealousy and Observation-Disclosures and
gave her the heartiest support, both moral
and financial. She found few, if any, pre-.
JUDGES to combat, and the popularity OF
her store, and it's owner, were unques.
toned from the first.
A branch store in Sebastopol was soon
started by this enterprising lady and con
Quoted by her for two years, at the expira,
ton of which it was sold at handsome
profit. Later on Mrs. Bennett sold hel
large drugstore in Santa Rosa, and removed
TO Oroyille, where she has built up g
tiourishing business, and identified herself
| with the best interests of the town.
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Eal

SANTA BARBARA, March 8.-Most every
body in the civilized world has heard of
Summerland, the new Utopia that spirit
ualists undertook to found some five or six
years since, where they were to enjoy
their occult belief in peace, undisturbed
by the ridicule or unbelief of unsym-
pathizing skeptics. An account of the
outcome Of this experiment has never
been written; of the disappointment
and homesickness of the gentle stran-
gers who came to this coast with happy
expectations, only to find that the town
lots for which they had paid decent
village prices of from $40 to $50 apiece, re-
solved themselves into the steep hillside of
a barley field of doubtful value, which al
most any one would count dear at a hun
bred dollars an acre. Homes were built
and tents were pitched on the steep slope.
There was nothing else TO do, for the most
OF the emigrants had very nearly consumed
their small completeness in their investment
and the cost of the transcontinental jour
ney. They tried to console themselves with
the undOubted beauty of the location OF the
colony, lying midway between MOntecito
and Carpenteria, some eight miles from
Santa Barbara, vested with an incompar-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

To the new woman who is reaching out
her slender hands to grasp so many of this
worlds opportunities and possibilities,
pharmacy has often been suggested as an
ideal profession.
Theoretically, a tirst-class drugstore
luxurious in its appointments, exquisite in
its neatness, bright with glittering rows of
shining glass bottles and jars lettered with
FURNISHED gold, sweet with the mingled
odors of spices, essences, roots, herbs and
vaporized perfumes, and always quiet and
well ordered-is the one place devoted to
ira de where a lady would be quite in har-
mony with her surroundings, and her
presence and work meet with unqualified
approval
To be a good prescription clerk requires
only fair amount of education, com bined
with good judgment, accuracy of eyes and
touch, discretion, and decent stock of
common-sense. Thus equipped a man
whose tastes run in that direction finds a
position in pharmaceutical establishment t
both agreeable and well paid, an it has
seemed to many that woman equally
well endowed might take up this line of
work and be most successful therein.
Indeed, so well fitted do women seem for
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

electrical experiments through the day and
sleep at night and answering every call for
three months, when one night belated
freight was sidetracked at his station. The
night was very sultry and the crew sought
the office for water. They discovered the
bucket almost full of water and also Mr..
Edison sound asleep.
Without awakening him they emptied
the contents of the bucket, supposing 1t to
be drinking water, and departed. The call
came. Edison slept soundly on, oblivious
OF all about him. The bucket refilled just
as the succeeding call went over the wire.
Springing up, he answered it, and the
question, Where were you when the
previous call was sent?' greeted his ears
Immediately, and was a puzzler until he
glanced at the old office clock and saw he
had slept four instead of two hours. Frank
and brief was his reply, Asleep
Report at the office here tomorrow
and get your time, spoke the dispatcher,
and the next day we were tramping for
new pastures. 1t was several days after
ward before Edison learned of the secret of
the failure of his new invention to do it's
work at the proper time and cause his dis
m1ssal. He swore me to secrecy at the
time and | had not thought of it in years
before until lust now"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
CITY CREDITORS ASTIR.
Possibility of the Supervisors and Grand
Jury Aiding Their Cause.

Possibility of the Supervisors and Grand
Jury Aiding Their Cause.
A meeting of the Associated Creditors of
the City and County of San Francisco,
many of whom are prominent members of
the Board of Trade, was held yesterday
afternoon. J. P. LIE Count, ex-president
of the Board of Trade, presided, goodly
attendance of the creditors being present.
Mr.. lie Count briefly outlined the work
that has been done in behalf of the credit
ors and pointed out the necessity for the
enrolment of all claimants against and
creditors of the city. He said that the
Supervisors and members of the Grand
Jury seemed inclined to do everything in
their power for the relief of the confding
creditors of the city. They regard the
present situation as a discreditable one to
the city and are anxious to see the matter
Strengthened out
In answer to a question Mr.. LIE Count
said: "a mistake has been made by some
body, perhaps one of our members, to say
that we were organized in opposition to
the charter election. Such is not the fact.
We are not looking for trouble. We have
enough on our hands Just now without
mixing up in elections of any character.
We are creditors with but one organized
purpose, and that is to secure the satisfac-
ton of our claims"
With an understanding that the move
ment should be prosecuted vigorously the
Associated Creditors adjourned.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
TO DEDICATE ST. ANTHONY'S
GERMAN CATHOLICS WILL ASSIST
ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN To-
DAY.
ECCLESIASTICAL PROFESSIONS, SOL
EMN HIGH Mass AND Two
SERMONS.

The formal dedication of st. Anthony's
German Catholic Church will take place at
the church edifce, corner of Army and
Folsom streets, this morning at 10 clock.
his Grace the Archbishop P. w. Riordan
officiating. Four German Catholic benevo-
lent societies will attend the ceremonies.
and Father Miller, the Jesuit priest from
San Jose, Father Clementine, director of
the Catholic orphanage at jacksonville,
and the clergy of st. Boniface will assist
the Archbishop in the services.
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock the procession
will form in front of st. Boniface's Church
on Golden Gate avenue. The Society of
st. Louis, an organization of boys, will be
in the van, and those of St. Anthony, St.
Peters and st. Paul's will follow in the
order named and the clergy of st. Boni-
faces in carriages will bring up the rear.
The line of march will be Golden Gate
avenue, to Sixth street, to Mission, to
Armv, to Folsom.
The church will be reached at about 10
o'clock. st. Peters Society will welcome
the Archbishop at the church entrance, and
the formal blessing of the building within
and without will follow. The clergy of St.
Boniface, clad in the cowls and robes of
Ihe!r oIoeI, VIII participate IN the eecleSl-
astical procession.
After the dedication solemn high mass
will be sung, with Father Clementine as
celebrant The gospels and sermon in
German by Father Miller continue the
service, and after another mass the Arch
bishop will preach in English.
AT the conclusion of the services grand
dinner will be served, and at this, as well
as at the dedication, all friends of the Ger
man Catholics out in the Mission will be
made welcome. The ladies of the congre-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
z SURPRISED (9Tl~UVTY
How OIL va FGUAD IN
SlJPH RLAND

men. At depth of from sixty to seventy
feet he found oil. In two OF the wells the
flow was inconsiderable. In two the oil
welled in at a rate of about twenty-five
barrels a day, according to his crude faclll-
ties for measurement The fifth proved to
oil was found in sixth shaft the, flow IN
this case swelling the total to about lbs
barrels a day.
When the news of Mr.. Williams first
important discovery was noised about, the
oil-boring fever began to fire the veins OF
Summerland people, and even TO sagltate
the citizens of Santa Barbara, who are gen.
orally understood to have reached a state
of nirvana, where nothing mundane can
disturb their composure. But Santa Bar
bara has of late evolved a Board OF Trade,
and this Board of Trade has been stirring
up matters generally, and all the town is
tlngllng with new purpose. 1t dld not
take long for /. K. Fisher, prominent
and wealthy citizen, to decide that Sum
merland offered promising held Tor IN
vestment. Mr.. Fisher at once commenced
boring couple of wells upon his own land,
half mile east of the little settlement,
near 0rtega station. Mr.. Roberts of
Goeta followed his example. A man
named LOOMS, from Los Angeles,
leased some ground in Summerland
and commenced sinking a shaft. Sanders
and Dana, the latter the teacher employed
at the tiny schoolhouse on top of the hill,
concluded that they could not invest their
savings to any better advantage. The de-
feated prolAb ition candidate Tor Public
Administrator of Santa Barbara County
caught the infection and started we'll
The eSummerIand poetess watched the sink
ing of shaft in her front-door yard with
as great interest and as high expectations
as if she had never written sonnet to the
roses which were uprooted to give way to
it, All Summerland is now digging holes
or preparing to sink shafts in its posy beds
and vegetable gardens. The very children
can be seen vigorously removing the top
soil with tireshovels and rigging toy der
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

1t is needless to say that this lady is
strong advocate of pharmacy as pro-
fession for women, provided that
I" The business demands long hours,
close confinement, much drudgery and
constant study" she says, land carries
with it heavy responsibilities. Sex cuts
little figure in the matter, but individuality
makes all the difference in the world, and
she who wishes to be successful
must love. the profession and devote
to it her whole time and energy.
l never argue the matter, but I think
I am proving by my work that a drugstore
is Just the place for me, as it is for any
woman whose tastes and education fit her
for such position; and 1 hope to see the
time when every tirst-class pharmacy will
employ at least one woman prescription
clerk
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
ONE OF EDIs0N's EARLY S CHEMEs
1t Failed Through the Kindly Consid-
GRAFTON of a Freight Crew.

1t Failed Through the Kindly Consid-
Grafton of a Freight Crew.
cit was while Thomas A. Edison and I
were co-tramp operators together years ago
that the then very amusing genius of the
great inventor was made manifest and util-
lied by him to subserve his purposes in OBJ
tanning sleep while on duty at small
town in New York State" said Colonel L.
C. Weir, president of the Adams Express
Company, to a Cincinnati Enquirer re-
porter. ave had both secured positions as
operators at the railway station, being
the day and Mr.. Edison the night man
AS Mr.. Edison's whole mind was absorbed
in his electrical studies he spent his entire
time when off duty and supposed to be
sleeping in his experiments, and when the
time for him to relieve the day man came
he was very much physically and mentally
fatigued.
ain fact, have seen him come to the
office to begin his days work almost worn
out. But fortunately there was little for
him to do other than answer the calls sent
over the wire every two hours by the dis
patcher to ascertain if all the operators
were on duty. To Edison to have 10 keep
awake for such trivial duties as this was
very trying, and though then quite
novitiate he conceived of plan by which
he could sleep and wake in time to answer
the calls.
ut was this: Near his instrument he
placed his cot and over the head of that he
placed bucket. By means of rubber
tube he conveyed the water from an over
head tank to the bucket, which was so con-
structed that within less than two hours
enough water would be conveyed from the
tank to the bucket to completely fill the
bucket. and when it began to pour over it
would drop in his face, awakening him in
time to answer his call.
"By this means he continued to make his
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
A CABLE-OAR WRECKED.
Its Trucks Wrenched From Their Fas-
tenings-Nobody Hurt.

The Ellis-street cable railway broke
down about oclock Friday night, and it
was not until 4 o'clock yesterday morning
that the last car left the corner of Market
street.
The trouble was caused by broken
strand in the cable. Just before car 552,
in charge of Gripman Hilary, reached
Devisadero street on the eastbound trip
the strand tore out pulley at the foot of
the hill. Two cables run through the con-
duit at that point and because of the de-
rangement of the pulley Hilary's grip
caught i'll the wrong rope. All went well
until the sidehill curve into Broderick
street was reached, but there the car
stopped suddenly, the forward truck wa.
wrenched from its fastenings and thrust
back against the rear truck and the car
was tilted nearly on end. The few passen-
gers on board escaped with a severe shak-
ing up, but the work of clearing away the
wreck lasted till peep of day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
COMING BACK FOR REPAIRS.
The Gunboat Bennington on Her Way
From Acapulco.

News has been received here that the
gunboat Bennington has left Acapulco for
San Francisco and that she may be ex-
pected to arrive in about week. The YES
sci left here about a month ago to do DO
lice duty on the Central American coast,
and when she arrived at Acapulco it was
rumored that one of her boilers was dam
aged. This was denied at Washington,
but the statement was confirmed by ad-
vices on the City of Sydney. Before she
sailed the vessel had just come off the dock
at Mare Island.
The lighthouse tender Madrono is taking
in stores and fuel at Union-street wharf,
and tomorrow she will sail south to in
spect the lighthouses.
NOT exceIled by any hirh rriced lininnn emf
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cation have done everything in their
power to make the occasion pleasant one
for their guests.
st. Anthony's Church IS. conducted by
the Franciscan Fathers. Rev. 2. Leo Brun-
ner is the pastor and Rev. P. Quirinus
Sucker, o. S. F., acts as assistant pastor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

The poet Swinburne is So years old and
in the prime of physical condition. He is
an unimpressive figure. Heis scarcely five
feet in height, his face is CHASTITY pale, and
his head, which is large in proportion to
his body, is covered with thick shock of
uncombed hair.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
BACKACHE
AND BEARING-DOWN PAINS
Nearly Drove Mrs. Martin Hale Wild.
How She Obtained Relief.
ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY RrADERs.1

"Nearly all last winter was sick in
bed, and was attended by different ply
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

NOT excelled by any high priced liniment
Salvation Oil, twenty-five cents q bottle.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-04-20
How A WESTERN own GREW.
with the Development Of Resourc Came
Wealth and Prosperity.

with the Development Of Resources Came
Wealth and Prosperity.
Ten years ago II any one had proph-
esied that the shanty mining town
in southern Colorado called Durango
would today be the states southern
metropolis and a center of culture he
would have justly been laughed at. At
that time Durango was the very center
of the deadly cattle feuds between the
outlaw Eldridge band and the cattle
raisers in northern New Mexico. No
business man went out into the streets
without his gun. nor did he do business
unless that same gun was back of tho
counter or on his desk. But history u oe
more repeated itself in the case of Du-
range, and a vigilance committee util-
lied several inviting limbs of a huge
pine tree standing in the center Of its
main street, and q few Of the outlaw
hand we're sent somewhere in space.
Then the shanty town girded itself for
a true western hustle. How 1t succeeded
In ten years is illustrated simply by the
fact that today the trolley cars run over
the ground where the old pine tree stood.
The period from 1874 to 1881 marked
that primitive growth and development
common to the birth of all western
towns. The description Of the Durango
of today, with its water supplies. its vast
coal deposits. its shelters, ore bodies,
railroads and everything essential to an
individualized Jumping western city,
would take o guidebook.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-04-20

When yon stop in Truckee for a day
or for II month you should remember
you get the best accommodations at the
Whitney House.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-04-20
Edueat,on In the Public seAeols.

The heaviest item Of expenditure
either on the part Of local treasures or
ont Of the funds Of the state il for the
support Of the common schools. The
first and most important end to be at
tanned by this expenditure Is or should
be to give every child In the state the
advantage Of q sound rudimentary train
ing. The pupil ought to be taught to
read intelligibly. to write legibly. to
understand arithmetic and to have .
general knowledge Of geography. IL
will astonish any person who will AXE
the trouble to make an investigation to
see how few Of the graduates OF even
the higher grades in the common schools
can read. write, spell and cipher with
any degree of facility Oh accuracy. The
whole tendency of common school in
struction seems to be to jump over
proper rudimentary instruction and to
make up in high school varnish for the
lack of more solid requirement.