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The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

AS IA sample of the payment of distin
guiShed scholars in this country it may
be mentioned that NJ. CASTOR Boissier
who was lately elected life secretary Of
the Academy, only received 5000 amlu-
ally as rector of the College de France
In his new position he is entitled to 81, :
200, or double the sum paid him as head
Of the great educational establishment
over which Ernest Renan ruled. The
immortals, according to the foundation
rules, are supposed To be paid $500 year
ly, in addition to their fees fcr attend
ing meetings As matter Of fact, how
ever, they only receive 5000 annually
The remainder of the sum forms sink
ing fund, ont of which eight aged aead
emicians get allowances, if their private
annual income falls short Of 81 200. =
Paris Letter,
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

If reports are true, those who were
not 50 fortunate as to have been able to
visit the Worlds Fair will have an oppor-
tunity of seeing it in miniature, as the
"Whte City with all its architectural
details and landscape beauty is to be re-
produced in miniature and exhibited
throughout the country. Work on the
model has been carried on for the past
eighteen months, and already nearly
5000 has been expended for materials
and expert labor. The prismatic foun-
tains and all the electrical effects will
be exactly reproduced. The work is -
by - feet, and it is the intention OF the
Miniature Worlds Fair Exhibition Com
pany to show the model in this country
until 1900, when it will be taken abroad
and exhibited at the Paris Exposition
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11
Wealth aud Happiness.

Does wealth bring happiness2n DIR.
DepeW was asked, as his remarks suggest
ed the idea.
~ never saw any happiness in wealth,
and yet We are all striving after il, he
replied.
why is this, do you suppose'"
"MainiN for the power II gives. and not
for the power it brings Any body with
large wealth which he may have does not
enjoy il. He is in perpetual fear that he
may lose it. and is perpetually Jealous be-
cause he has not as much as his neighbor.
lay Could VAS less satisfied when he died
than When he began. Ike all the rest of u.s.
Men WHO make enormous fortunes
have known every one in this country
who has made an enormous fortune
men Who make enormous fortunes have,
growing with their accumulations, an envy
OF others. The man who is making an
enormous amount of money can be made
wrc,ched fer weeks by the thought OF
what another man has made. He gets TO
think that all the money in the world
ought to belong to him
What brings happiness, them de-
handed
"Happiness in this life is caused by
fun. he said and when asked what con-
stitutes fun, he added
Fun constitutes, first not to envy
your neighbor, and in the second place,
not TO be struck on yourself, and, in the
third place, to be willing to recognize
your own Weaknesses. Just as you do
those which you view in others.
Then, with a quick turn, there is
another thing which constitutes happi
ness. am not rich, IN any sense by
which Chicago or New York reckons
riches. have enough, if | wanted to, to
quit work live and pay an income tax |
would not sit up one hour after my usual
time to make 800, but would sit up all
night for week rather han lose SIoo.a
-(LLnsa Nl0L
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

The inyincible armada was ii famous
naval expedition sent by Philip II Of
Spain against England in 1855 1t con
sisted of 1870 vessels, 2, 43O great guns
4,5f5 quintals Of powder, nearly 20, GOT
soldiers, above 5000 sailors and more
than :, 900 volunteers 1t arrived i'll the
English channel on July - and was de
feated the next day by Admiral How
ard, who was seconded by Drake, Haw
kins and Frobisher. Eight fire ships
having been sent into the Spanish fleet,
they bore off i'll great disorder Profiting
by the panic, the English fell upon them
and captured or destroyed a number Of
their ships, and Admiral Howard main
tanned IA running fight from July p to
July 81, with such effect thu the Span
ish commander despairing of success,
resolved to return home, and as escape
through the English channel was pre-
vented by contrary winds he undertook
to sail around the Orkneys, but the yes
sells which still remained TO him We're
dispersed by storms or shipwrecked
among the rocks and shadows on differ
ent parts of the Scottish and Irish coast,
and upward Of 1000 men were drown
ed, killed or taken prisoners. Of the
whole armada 53 ships only returned TO
Spain, and these i'll wrctched condi-
ton. The English lost but one ship
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11
Two Lives saved.

Mr.. Phoebe Thomas. of junction City.
H.. Vas told by her doctors She had
Consumption and that there was no hope
for her, but two bottles Dr. Kings New
Discovery completely cured her and she
says it saved her life. Mr.. ThoS. Eggers.
l39 Florida st. san Francisco. suffered
from dreadful cold. approaching Con-
sumption, tried without result every.
thing else then bought one bottle of
Dr. Kings New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally
thankful 1t is such results, Of which
these are samples, that prove the WON
derful efficiency of this medicine III
Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at
r. r. Patterns Drug Rtore. Regular
size soc. aud 81 90.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11
QUkER LANGUAGE.
Tie "Camphor Tongue of Wild but In
Offensive kAcr.


enc + the quocrest languages in tile
world. used far TIN auepgo,t purposes.
Is In "campAar ht4zua-c" of J5Harc.
"A country If the MaIaypuin>ula Il has
lateIv been studied aud reported upon
bv Mr. Lake, an English engineer in
the service Of the sultan If .Johore This
language j. called the "Panfane Ia
par. n camph,u language. and Is used
bY the natives and al others 8ha are
engaged ilr Gathering the product # the
Malayan caupha1 tree and only II that
time IT they used either II the Ian
g0age. # the region. the MaIS n the
aboriginal Jakun. the natives heileye
that they could nj obtain amy emphlr,
and FIR u.l~t curious reason. TIE cam
phor trer. DiyuhlHaps cMulA4fa, gr4W-
ahuudantly III certain parts II the pc
nin-ala. hut only occasionally contains
caHphs crystals. The cdmThaf Is nut
the same u- that obtained from theean-
phar laurel If Form ,a and Japan,
which II the source Of the ordinary cam
pher # commerce. 1t Is "a ,9rt very
highly priced by the Chinese IN the en-
balmHag IF their dead. IN incense and in
medicine, and the gum brings much
mqfe than the common camphor
Tie MalaYms and other Juhgre ma
tive. believe that each species Of tree
has spirit or divinity that paesldes
over IL affairs. The spirit Of the cam
phor trer Is known by the name Of BIZ
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

Intelligent observers have testified to
facts which appear to show that in Ger
tain circumstances the snake scorpion
and even some quadrupeds commit sui
eide NJ. Henry, o'clock manufacturer of
L0nguYon, France, has recently described
an experiment Of the kind which he
made With wasp. The wasp wa, i'm
prisoned under glass, and knowing
that benzine asphyXiates insects he put
some paper soaked i'll it beside the cap
tive. The wasp became uncomfortable
then augrily attacked the paper hut find
ing all it, efforts unayailing it finally
lay down on its back, aud folding up its
abdomen planted its sting thrice into its
body. NJ. Henry WAS SO curious to coli
firm the fact that, III spite of his hu
mne feelings, he repeated the expert
ment on three wasps with the like re
suit. 1 ondOn Globe.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

The New York Herald has a choice
collection OF opinions against bicycling
especially bicycling for women. The
writer invokes the great name of Anthony
Comstoek, and also cites curious letter
from some one who signs the name Of
Cara Marshall, and says that for COM
pairing a woman bicycist to a witch on a
broomstiok Bishop Coke owes an apology
to the witch, since in all the pictures
ever saw of them they were sitting side
ways on their peculiar steeds." This in
dicates lack of familiarity with pictures of
witches,
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

"Here is another one of them FLUTES, !"
said Mr.. Dismal Dawson, in the paper
that saya he reyer Was SO happy as when
he was working by the day. -
"Well:' ventured Mr., Everett; Wrest,
with languid interest
well, you say: Wy, 1t is iist this.
Here is a Teller that really likes work
rollin i'll moro money than he XIII count,
and here is you and me, that money
would d some good guess you know
where we are ut without no furder
words. n-Cincinnati Trihnnn
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

The best salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. salt Rheum.
Fever Sores. letter Chapped Hands.
Chilblains, Corns. and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction. or money refunded.
+. P2tten.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

Down along the coast near Rockland,
they are sinking artesian wells to the
depth Of 10 or 15o feet and getting
water enough from each one of them to
supply a small village. There is water
enough both above and below the earth
in Maine.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

When you have examined stock you will have doz.
congratulatng yourself finding such
gregation opportunities This the Of good din
ners and general sprucng up Don't confne yourself to
the tailor and dressmaker but give your house dress
well. Our stock fine enough make castle of JOY
every house in Somerset County and low enough in
price to be within the reach fall our citizens.
Don't miss half of the pleasure of the holidays but fit house We
dining table
o sdboad in solid oak
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

must have known life otherwise III
epochs long since fled, for in my veins
some orient blood i red, and through
my thought are lotus blossoms blown. -
r. b. Aldrich
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11
Why not?
Yes why not have
YOUR horses shod
as they should be
when the cost is
no more.


Having made the shoeing
of trotters, gents drivers and
horses in general specially
for many years past, during
which time | have shod many
OF the fastest animals in the
country, | would invite an
inspection of my work and
methods, feeling entirely con-
fdent | can please the most
critical.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

AT either pole the intensity of the so.
lar heat is onc-fourth greater than at
the equator, because at the pole the sun
shines during the whole "A hours.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

Il. G. Dun 4 Co.'S weekly review of
trade says: There we've G,657 com
mercial failures in the first half of 1so5,
against 7,039 in the first half of 1894 and
G,40l in the first half OF 1S93. These
commercial failures involved liabilities
of $50, 500, 944 this year against Sl01, 80, :
30G last year and S16s, 364 IA in 1888
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

The Sahara is so named from the .Ar
,bic word signifying desert. =
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

There are over p foreigners to the
square mile in the state of New York.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

Soda served with crushed fruits new
delicious and popular. sampson, the
torner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

SIMPSONS tooth powder best on the
market, at the corner drug store, OPP
posite Hotel Coburn.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11
Bio Trade for Somebody

1t is impossible for me to
do justice by my farm this
season, therefore l offer an
opportunity for some one in
want Of a good one. 1t now
contains a good set Of build
ings. Speak quick if you
want it.
lof DIR. S. F. CoNANT.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-11

"Tar several years I have recommended
'casloria, and sbau always continue to do
results
EpwIN +. pAR0EE, NJ. D.,
12jth Street and eth Ave, New York City.
nMp Ky Il NlI.RnAY SrRFrr. NV Ylpr Cry
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12
absence in the East. At home

year and half absence in the East At home
Wednesdays.
Miss Emma Marisch has returned home after
spending four months in Watsonville.
Colonel and Mrs. E. E. Eyre, Miss Eyre and
Robert NJ Eyre have taken the Tevis residence
on Jackson street for the winter season.
Mrs. A. E. Selig OF 1903 Golden Gate avenue
will be at home to her friends Sunday, Deem
Der 15 prior TO her departure for New York
Miss Hager has returned from the East. On
her way out she stopped at Los Angeles to be
present q t the wedding OF Miss Emma Ch1los
and John W. Dwight.
Mrs. Monroe Salisbury is at the Murray Hill
Hotel New York, and expects to return here
in time for the holidays.
Miss Kate Jarboe is the guest OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. Russell J. Wilson.
John w. Maekay sails to-day from New York
for Paris. He will soon return with the body
OF his son, which will be buried in Greenwood
Cemetery, New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. de Young, Mrs. w. B.
Wiltshire, Mrs. Dr. Hemphill and George E. P.
Hall sail from New York to-day for Europe
Colonel C. f. Crocker has returned from Los
Angeles, where he went to be present at the
wedding OF Miss Emma Childs and John W.
Dwight
Major H. A. Bartlett of the Marine Corps has
just been placed on waiting orders. This con-
slderate action on the part OF the colonel COM
mandant is to enable the ma Or to accompany
his wife to a distant health resort, to which
she has been ordered by her physician. Major
and Mrs. Bartlett left Philadelphia for San
Diego December 5.
Quite large number have decided to spend
the New Year at Monterey, and the Del Monte
will present its old-time appearance. There
will be excellent music and the bathhouse
will be opened for the occasion. There will be
the usual New Year ball and other attractions
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seward McNear (nee Barroll)
are expected to arrive here next week from
the East. Fred McNear will return also.
The Misses Bee and Miss Ethel Hooper are
the guests OF Miss Jennie Catherwood, at her
residence, corner Cough and Suffer streets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12

600 on a single rakeoff. The times when
he mas cleaned up from $50, 900 TO $50, 900
on a single race are numerous. No one
man ever inflicted so much sickness on the
bOokmakerS.
He is rather pale, slender man. SO
years old, dresses neatly and unassum-
ingly and talks in mild tone. For eight
years, so he said, he has bet an average of
$2,500000 year.
81 never saw a better year." he said,
''and never time when there was so much
interest in racing. Big men are getting
into it, and the result, l think, will be that
the small owners of horses will be crowded
out. 1t will get the same as 1T is in Eng
land. There all the millionaires own big
stables Our people are getting like them.
81 think George Gould, from what /
know of the situation, will soon buy a
string of horses, and other Eastern mil
lIonaires are going to do the same. Some
of them have recently done so.
'The small bettors are being crowded
out by the present system, and men who
want to put up big money will, as things
are now tending, have the call. The races
at Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay, Monmouth
Park and other places this year were the
biggest and best have known.
The horses ran trlIer to form and the
races were in every way better conducted.
"From what | can learn here, TOO, you
have got things down fine and better than
you ever had before The new track ought
to be big success. Undeniably California
is the place for winter racing and predict
that this State will assume much greater
importance in the racing world. 1t deserves
to; it has so many advantages over the
other sections of the country.
in regard to my winnings this year,
have frequently won from $25, 900 to $40, 900
at time, but there have been days also
when | would drop as much as $25,000.
81 am quitting such high plunging as
used to do, however. There is no need of
it. | have made a lot of money, and Pm
settling down and taking things more
The reason is that it is a good
deal of strain. 1t is hard work. The ex-
element tells on man.
sNow, about my big winnings. The
highest sum | ever won IN single race
was $7S, 600. That was on my horse King
Cadmus at Sheepshead Bay. The papers
had it that made $4,000, but give you
the actual figure. | got in at 20 to and
kept in till he run down to TO 1, taking
all could get.
'tMv books will show | have averaged
So. SOC, 600 year in bets for the past eight
years, but as | said while ago, | am try
ing to slow down a little now, and not
plunge so much. think I'll stay here all
winter. 1t is good place to rest up"
The turf king was little tired after his
long Journey across the continent. Sew
erai friends came with him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12
SONOMA COUNTYS MONEY
The Right of the Treasurer to
Deposit in the Several
Banks.
Treasurer Woodward and Judge
Dougherty Ask for a
Hearing.

THE CALL in referring to the decision of
Judge Dougherty of the Superior Court of
Sonoma County in the county treasury
case gave him credit for going further into
the case than the decision SHOWS he rea lily
did go.
1t was not question as to whether the
County Treasurer. E. f. Woodward, has
the right to deposit portions of the county
funds with the different banks, but whether
the Board of Examiners at the monthly
count of the moneys in the Treasurer's
custody has the right to demand that the
money deposited among the banks be pro-
duced instead of counting TIE non-negoti-
able receipts for deposits. The question
was also raised as to whether the Treas
urer had interfersd with or prevented the
Board of Examiners from performing the
duties required by law.
Judge Dougherty in a letter to The CALL
says:
see by THE CALL of to-day that the special
telegram sent yesterday from here IN the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12
KING OF THE PLUNGERS.
" Pittsburg Phil" the Gar Among
Racers, Has Arrived in
This City.
His Story of the Eastern Races and
His Strange Rise in Life From
a Cork-Cutter.

"Pittsburg Phil" otherwise George E.
Smith, the kingpin plunger of the world,
whose great winnings on the turf have
made him the most talked of man in
the country, is at the Palace.
He arrived Monday night from the East,
after unusually lively experiences at
Sheepshead Bay, Morris Park, Brooklyn
and other tracks. Mr.. Smith has six
horses here, among them Applause, Wern-
burg and Derfargilla and he has come on
to watch them and also to shy his castor
in the ring, whenever he thinks there is a
pot Of money TO be had.
He is good guesser at this and is cred
tied with having made as much as $780,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12
FAIL TO PAY THEIR DUES
Trouble in the CiviIService Associa-
ton at the Custom-HOuse Over De-
linnuent Members.

linQuent Members.
Among the $50 or more members of the
United States Civil-Service Association
there is a general complaint that certain
persons have not been prompt in the pay
ment of the % cents monthly dues.
The organization was perfected about
three months ago, and there was great en-
thusasm in the Custom-h house, but since
then dissensions have arisen. The first
meeting was held in a.vacant room in the
Government building on Sansome street,
and every one under civil service in the
Custom house, about $50 men, signed the
charter roll. Auditor George c. Cope was
elected president and Inspector d. j.
O'Leary was chosen vice-president. The
other officers elected were: G. S. Fitzsim-
mons, recording secretary; R. j. Bush,
treasurer; M. A. McAuliffe, financial Sec
rotary, and J. Mcguire, sergeant.at-arms.
Eventually Mr.. McAuliffe resigned from
the office of financial secretary and +. A.
Sharpe was appointed in his stead. Nc
Abilities reason for resigning, he said, was
that his duties in the Custom-house were
such that he could not give attention to
outside matters.
has been very much disappointed-so
many members failing to pay their dues.
One $1,000 clerk declined to pay because, as
he said, he was in financial straits. An
other employe of the Government argued
that he did not see any benefits to him
personally in the order and that the 25-cent
due was too excessive. Mr.. Sharpe is tired,
and fears that if men receiving all the
way from $1,000 to $500 a year cannot
keep up their little pecuniary obligations
the organization is in fair way to disband.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12

matter of the counting of the funds in the
county treasury was so misleading a. to cause
an editorial assuming the contrary TO what
was held in my opinion on demurrer. /, there
lore, lncIose you copy OF the opinion filed i'll
the proceedings l did not decide any more
than was necessary to the point presented. yet
III went into the whole merit OF the case. 1t
might not have been outside of the case II
mao gone on TO show the probable reason OF
allowing the Treasurer to make special deposits
under section 81 OF the act, as an argument
why the plain language OF the law as to the
count should be preserved. There are many
reasons that might be suggested
But even though all the reasons and argu-
ments tended to show that the Board of Ex-
amlners should count all the funds under the
control OF the Treasurer, 1 should have felt
that under well-known rules of statutory con-
strucuon 1t would be my duty to hold that
there was no room for construction and that
the remedy was with the Legislature. X
pear pear IN mind that the Treasurer must give
large bond, 10 be approved by the Superior
Judges, Tor the faithful performance of his
duties: Although argued, did not feel called
on 10 discuss the nature of special deposits J;
they are defined by the Civil Code. Nor did
touch on the question as to the right OF the de-
posltory TO use the money. The State consti-
luton and Penal Code forbid it, yet believe
that they do. But l did not consider these
questions before me on demurrer
County Treasurer Woodward is also de-
slrous that there should be no misappre-
henson concerning the handling of county
moneys by the County Treasurer of the
State. He writes:
AS a party to the controversy I was inter
ested in the editorial of Sundays Issue of THE
CALL on County Money" For your informa-
ton and that you may have further knowledge
OF the controversy ] mail you herewith a copv
OF Judge Dougherty's decision, also an editorial
from the Daily Republican of this city Santa
Rosal, which will aid you to arrive at correct
conclusion OF the question at issue. The ques-
uon Is not whether have the right to make
special deposits OF the public funds Tor safe
keeping, or whether the deposits made by me
are not special deposits in the fullest sense of
the term. This is conceded, but the point at
issue Is whether or not the Board of Examin-
ers should accept and enter into their examin-
alton OF the condition OF the treasury the non
negotiable receipts which l hold for special
deposits made. Judge Dougherty by his Ceci-
sion practically holds that recognition of the
receipts is sufficient.
The District Attorney of Sonoma County
has given notice that he will appeal to the
Supreme Court for final decision.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE,
Superintendent White Favors a Law tt
Compensate Employees for Injuries.

Superintendent White Favors Law to
Compensate Employees for Injuries.
Superintendent James E. White of the
railway mail service of the United States
is in favor OF having an act passed by the
present Congress by which employees or
their relatives may be compensated for
any injuries the employees may suffer from
casualties while in the service, and in his
report he makes this recommendation.
According to his report there have been
497 accidents in the service in this country
during the year, which is an increase of
1877. Seven men were killed and 17S in
jured.
Out OF 10000, 900 900 packages handled
only 1000 900 were such as to require spe-
cial reports through having been mis-
placed, miSsent or lost.