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Total disbursements {. ,ei3,266 70

Balance in treasury. ..$1O,657 SO
The above balance stands to the
credit OF the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
June n, 1896:
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SUMMARY

SUMMARY
Total receipts. .928, 9A So
Paid from county funds. 5,550 AZ
Paid from school finds. 6,66O 10
Paid from road funds. 1,0t8 %
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tunities. They say Come to Jesus Come
to Jesus ali the tine, but they are blind
leaders of the blind, and the whole pack
of them are lost in the wilderness of sin.
Now, if they only had faith and had given
themselves soul and body to Christ they
could feretell shipwrecks, railroad acct
dents, shooting scrapes, wars, insurrec-
tons, and thus all those calamities could
be avoided. They could tell man just
what woman he ought to marry, and they
would be able to advise him just what to
do in order to make an. honest living and
lead an upright and honorable life. AS
the result of their teachings and example
it would not be long before the devil in
US would be conquered and at first death,
the last great terror, would be just fall
ing asleep, and finally there would be no
more death.
"All our sufferings come from the devil
Ii we conquer him we conquer all bodily
ills. Once rid of HIM, our heaven on earth
begins. This is the doctrine I have
preached for years, but am afraid with
indifferent success. / am now too old to
trundle my wheelbarrow, SO have retired
from tis, world to end my days in peace.
| have no bodily ills, and know shall
fall asleep as peacefully as child, and
when one of the boatmen has the curiosity
to look into the cabin to see what has be-
come of the old crank they will find all
that is left OF me with a smile on its face"
The hermit is well known in the vicinity
of Black Point, particularly among the
children. Every time he goes ashore for
water the youngsters gather around him
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morning the sun by this time is well up in
the heavens and the sunrise gun has been
fired half an hour previously. The her
NIT descends from his lofty perch and
pumps out his frail craft in order to keep
her ahoat for another twenty-four hours.
at an early hour yesterday morning the
scow schooner Katie drifted down OH the
old hermit's boat, and at one time it
seemed as though the latter would go
under. He called and called, but no as
sistance came. Finally a voice yelled
through the night, why don't you pay
The old man called back, 81 haven't any
more chain TO pay out" The scow cap
tain answered, "Why in - didn't you
say SO before?" and then he gave orders to
heave in the slack on his own best bower.
The old man was very much upset over
the occurrence, and few hours later he
told Mr.. Fitzgerald, the Merchants Ex-
damage had been done, that he never ex-
pected to see daylight again after the
pumping the Katie gave his home.
The hermit's name is Richard Smyth.
The man has forsaken the world because
1t will not listen to his message of peace
on earth. Years ago he was a preacher
and had the title Reverend" attached to
his name. Then he came to believe that
the days of miracles could be brought
back, and that, like the apostles, those
especially ordained could heal the sick,
raise the dead, restore sight to the blind,
hearing to the deaf and speech to the
dumb. Imbued with this. belief he for
sock his pulpit and started out on an evan
geilzing tour. He took along a supply of
bibles, which he peddled from house TO
house, and at every place he called the
gospel of freedom from the thra,ldom of
Satan was preached.
The vehicle in which the hermit carried
his stock of bibles is still preserved on
board his ark. 1t is nearly all handmade,
and looking at it one is compelled to admit
the perseverance Of man who trundled it
over 1000 miles to propagate what he con-
siders to be the truth. It has for wheel
one OF those articles used in a bicycle when
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Is UNDER HAWAII's FLAG.
Some Odd Juggling With the New
British-Built Steamer Aztac

Some Odd Juggling With the New
British-Built Steamer Aztec.
There was rumor yesterday that the
new British steamer Aztec, recently pur-
chased in. England by the Pacific Mail
Steamship Com pany, had been transferred
from an English to Hawaiian register,
and that she would hereafter fly the Ha-
waiian flag.
1t was said that Colonel E. C. Macfar-
lane, who was recently in London, and
who is now at the California Hotel, was in
strumental in the transfer. When seen he
admitted it. He said: eyes, the rumor
is correct. The transfer took place SIX
weeks ago. and assisted the owners and
the Hawaiian Consul in London to bring
! about the natter
When asked further If the change of flag
had any special significance, he admitted
that the request was mde by the owners
Tor the change just at the time of Cleve-
lands message on the Venezuela cues
ton, but he added:
Il presume it was for port and other
advantages the Pacific Mail Company re-
CURED the Hawaiian registry, but acted
IN the matter purely from patriotic
motives, as 1t is the policy of the Hawaiian
government to increase their merchant
marine by offering every facility for the
transfer of ocean steamships to their flag.
Another object had in view was to add to
the revenue of the country, as the taxes on
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and his "bunky" had lived for two
years over the officers quarters. and
the sergeant returned alone to his room
where his old chum could not visit him,
and he could not visit the rooms of the
lieutenant unless he called upon official
business. They had together saluted every
officer who had passed them during their
life together. Now the sergeant must sa-
lutte his old 'bunky" every time he passed
him, must stand at attention and answer
Eyes, sir" when spoken to, and never sit
down in the presence of his now superior
officer. Such is the queer status of these
two young men, who are still attached to
one another, but by the memorable army
regulations so widely separated. Their
case has probably never had parallel in
the history of the service. 1t frequently
happens that two young men go from the
same station to be examined by the same
board of officers.
One may pass and the other fall, but the
one who passes is sent to fill vacancy in
some other regiment. In this particular
case there happened to be q vacancy in the
regiment and at the same station, thus
bringing about this peculiar state of af-
fairs, and very trying state, indeed, to
the young men in observation-disclosures
ENQUIRER,
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fssetched yesterday By a "Caip' artist.

Francisco is now living in a small scow, or
ark, in the cove near Black Point. There
he spends his days and with the exception
OF an occasional drifting cruise along the
front in small skiff he never leaves the
home he has made for himself on the old,
battered craft which is named Southern
Pacific
The hermit is well known around
Meiggs wharf, and in fact had it not been
for the boatmen and Custom house officers
he would have starved long ago. The
runners for the various butchers and gro-
Gerry firms who trade with the deep-water
ships also put an occasional donation
aboard. and in this way the hermit man.
ages to sustain life. When questioned he
says he belongs to- 1.-The Order of the
Messiah" and that in his day he preached
''The Gospel of Freedom"
Every morning. rain or shine. he is up
before sunrise. Climbing a ladder raised
against an impromptu mast he reaches a
small platform. On this he kneels and be-
gins his morning prisons. First he sings
hymn. Sometimes his voice can be
heard chanting the melody at Black Point
and at other times he can barely be heard
by the fishermen who are waiting the turn
of tide in Black Point Cove. Then he
will read a chapter from the Bible, gener-
ally from the epistles written by st. Peter.
and after that he prays that the kingdom
OF the Messiah may come and that heaven
be established on earth. If it is fine
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the latter were made of wood with iron
tires. The body is shaped from the limb
OF a manzanita tree. while the receptacle
in which he carried his bibles is a regular
kitchen boiler. The latter is rus.ed and
weather-beaten, but otherwise the ma
chine is in good order, but it's owner is now
too old to trundle it.
When seen aboard his floating hermit
age yesterday the old ex-preacher was
making frugal meal on hot Cakes, minus
the coffee. At first he refused to speak,
but later on he thawed a little and ex-
pounded some of his views. aThe gift of
tongues, the power to heal the sick and
raise the dead bestowed upon the Apostles
at the Feast of Pentecost has all been lost
to the world owing to the apostacy of the
churches said he, in opening. by
right living and by following the laws laid
down by the Messiah / think all these
things can be restored to US, that we will
finally overcome death itself and that
earth will be turned into heaven. That is
what | look and pray for. You know
Adelaide Proctor says, This life is but the
suburb of the life eternal, whose portal
we call DEATH Now think that by and
by there will be neither suburb nor
portal but life eternal on this earth.''
&After this little speech. which was de-
livered to CALL artist, reporter and a
boatman, the Rev. Mr.. Smyth paused a
moment, and in answer TO question put
by the artist he said: 1.-THE churches are
doing baby work compared with what
should be done considering their oppor-
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The Destroyers of Graphite Will
Meet Informally To.Mor-
row Night.
A LADIES RECEPTION SOON.
The Club in Highly Prosperous Con.
dition-0ver Sixty New Mem.
bers Lately Admitted.

An informal smoker is to be given to-
morrow night at the Press Club which it
is expected will be we'll attended. Pipes
and tobacco will be provided in abundance
along with other refreshments. There will
be no programme whatever, except that
which may happen to develop inadvert-
emily. The Press Club has an abundance
OF exceptional musical talent and there
will be vocal and instrumental music in
plenty,
On Thursday evening, February 20, an
informal reception will be given to the
ladies. There will be no stage and no set
programme either at this entertainments.
The guests and their escorts may come and
go as pleasure may dictate, and while in
the rooms may roam about at will.
The club lately renewed its membership
with the international League of Press
Clubs, an institution to which most of the
Press clubs belong and which has grown
very. strong. 1t will be remembered that
the league four years ago visited this City
and was handsomely received.
Many new and handsome pictures have
lately been added to those already in the
clubrooms. Thomas f. Prendergast, who
was formerly the librarian, was instru-
mental in adding many books and pic
lures. }. G. Donald, the present librarian,
has obtained some fifty new volumes in
addition lately, the books being contributed
by members. Besides these w. A. Carnes,
memb Der. has lately contributed ten mag
nlficent volumes of California Illus
trated," with many beautiful plates, cost
ing $3.50. w. K. Briggs, chairman of the
art committee, has lately added a num-
per OF paintings, among them being a
beautiful picture by Miss Buckley
Thomas Hill, c. D. Robinson and others
also contributed to the club not long since
some very fine paintings of mountain
scenery.
Last night was the occasion of the reg
ular meeting of the members of the Press
Club, which takes place four times year.
1t was shown that since September /,
when the present administration took
hold the Indebtedness had been reduced
from 5000 to $11O0 and that sixty-two
new members had been admitted, from
when in initiation fees alone $500 had
been received. The financial condition of
the club in other ways, it was also shown,
was in every way excellent.
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and he tells them stories from the Bible.
They call him 1.-THE Preacher" and he
is great fayorite with them Smyth is
between 70 and so years of age and his
beard Is white and full, while his head is
almost bare. He sleeps on the bare floor
of his little cabin and uses piece of old
cloth for covering, while a gunny-sack
forms his pillow. Driftwood he uses for
fuel and on the deck of his old-fashioned
craft is a battered whaleboat with two
holes knocked in the bottom, which he
rescued from the bay. The step-ladder
mastis made to be lowered and when COW
cred with canvas was to have formed q
tent in which religious meetings were to
be held. Old age has spoiled these plans,
however, and now the ancient preacher
and the old craft are gradually passing out
Of existence together.
1t is very seldom that Smyth will talk
to anybody except the children, and on
Sundays he will not even talk to the little
ones. His only occupation is an occasional
drift up the bay in has skiff and his only
labor is keeping his frail craft free from
water
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OHUMS NO LONGER.
This Separation Decreed by the Army
Regulations.


Regulations.
The old saying that truth is stranger
than fiction is most truly exemplitied and
the memorable army regulations most per-
fectly illustrated by the odd case of two
young men now wearing the blue at Fort
Thomas. The strangeness of their posi-
tions would give, in the hands of an adept
at story building, an excellent theme for a
good story.
The army regulations provide shat any
young man under % years of age who has
served for two years in the ranks and who
passes the prescribed moral, mental and
physical examination shall be commits
stoned second lieutenant. Last Septem-
Der there were at Fort Thomas two young
men who had enlisted for the purpose of
obtaining this coveted position. During
the TWO years preceding these two young
men had been inseparable.
They roomed together were "bunkies,"
in soldier parlance, ate and studied to-
gether-in fact, they shared each others
pleasures and worries. They reported
before the Examining Board and returned
together to the fort'to await the report of
the result of their examinations. A day
or two after their return an official letter
was handed to each. With trembling
hands each opened his letter, for he knew
how much depended upon the contents.
From one envelope was drawn a COM
mission as second lieutenant and from the
other a notice that the candidate had been
found physically disqualified by being un-
der weight, and, therefore could not be
commissioned. Picture the happiness and
the disappointment of these two young
men.
They knew from that moment that a
wide breach was between them, and that
their com panionship of two years was at
an end, for in one moment one had be-
come commissioned officer and the other
remained a sergeant. and between the
intercourse, except in an official way.
The /. new lieutenant, the sergeant,
returned alone to his room where he
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CIVIL SERVICE ADOPTED,
The Trustees of the Free Library
Apply 1t to Certain
Offices.
Appointed Employees Will Work Under
New Regulations Here.
after.

Some time ago the trustees of the Free
Library came to the conclusion that it was
not desirable to allow appointments to be
secured through political influence in the
main library or its branches. They de-
cided they would establish civil service
rule for applicants and that no appoint
ments should be made unless there had
been satisfactory evidence of the qualltica-
tons of the parties examined.
In the furtherance of this purpose the
following rules-practically civil service
were unanimously adopted:
All appointments to the library staff shall be
made from those whose names appear on a list
of eligibles to be kept by the secretary.
In order to determine who shall be enti-
tied to places on the said list of eligibles ex-
aminations for applicants shall be held under
the supervision of an examining committee
composed of the members of the committee on
rules and administration and the librarian I;
such examinations TO be conducted in writing
and TO be of such nature as will fairly test
the applicants knowledge in the elementary
branches of study taught In the higher grades
of the grammar schools, including questions
on history and literature of general nature
All who pass such examinations to the salts
faction of the examining committee shall be
required to render probationary service i'll
the library for & period of not less than two
weeks, in order that q jtdgmentmay be formed
as to their personal qualifications or adaptable
given without remuneration and at such times
and in such manner the librarian may
direct. At the expiration of the probationary
period, the librarian shall report to the ex-
aiming committee on the qualifications of
such applicant The examining committee
shall thereupon prepare q list of those
persons who, in their judgment, may be
eligible for appointment to the library
service. The order OF the names on this list
shall be determined by the standing obtained
on the written examination, taken in connec-
ton with the fitness of the applicant as deyel-
oped during the probationary service. This
list shall then be filed with the secretary. No
applicant failing to render satisfactory evil
dence OF fitness shall be placed on the list of
eligfbles
All substitutes shall be selected from the
highest three names onsthe list of eligibles.
In general, the line of promotion shall be
from substitute and from eligible assistant in
a branch library to subordinate in the main
library; and since it is desirable that branch
librarians should have the knowledge and
training acquired by experience in the main
library, vacancies in such positions shall be
filed by appointment from the main library.
The first examination under the new sys-
tenn will be held in the main library on til 9
18th inst and it will be the first time in
this city that the civil service rules will be
applied to appointive offices.
There is but one vacancy to be filed at
present
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ADop,s Adopted Family.

Edward Addison OF 937 Sharp street has
a female Newfoundland dog which for sew
eral weeks has been nursing four kittens.
The dogs family of puppies died recently
and she seemed to become wild over hel
loss. She would howl at night until il
was thought she would have to be killed.
Afterward Mr.. Addison received two kit
tens from the country, which he intended
to raise for the purpose OF catching rats.
and two more were added TO this mum her.
Soon after the kittens arrived he noticed
that the dog was much more composed
and later he found that she had adopted
the kittens as her own, caring for them as
she had cared for her puppies.
Now the dog has become SO attached to
the kittens that she will not allow a
stranger TO touch them, and will not. even
allow her master to take one of them from
her. The kittens are thriying.-Balti-
more Sun.
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best way to answer the extract is to quote few
of the fathers on this passage.
Tertullian says in the second century in his
work on prescription:
''Was anything concealed from Peter, who
was styled the rock on which the church was
to be built, who received the keys of the king
dom of heaven and the power of loosing and
binding in heaven and on earthY
In the third century Origen wrote:
peter on whom the church of Christ is built
against which the gates of hell shall not pre-
vail, left one epistle.n
1.-THE remainder of Father Yorkes ansacer to DR..
Wendte suiU be published in The Call tomorrow l
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v Mixtures of air with less than II per
cent of acetylene burn completely to water
and carbon dioxide, according to NJ. lie
Chotelier's experiments, reported to the
Academic des Sciences; with between TT
and ia per cent of acetylene the products
dioxide, and hydrogen; with larger per-
centage of acetyIene free carbon and I'M
burnt acetylene are found. With oxygen
mixtures containing between 2.S and 80
per cent of acetylene will catch fire with
air; the limits are 2.8 and % per cent. In
tubes these limits are narrowed down, till
in tubes of one-half millimeter or less it
is impossible to propagate flame.
An expedition under Professor Sollas
will leave Sydney soon for the South Sea
Islands to make deep borings in coral atolIs.
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Hawaiian treasury instead of the British.
do not deny, however, that in the event
of war between England and America 1T
would be distinct advantage for the
Aztec to be under the Hawaiian flag, as
Hawaii is an independent State and conse-
Quently neutral"
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He Trundled a Wheelbarrow Over
1000 Miles With Bibles
for Sale.
Has RETIRED IN HIS OLD AGE.
He Is Up Before Sunrise and Says His
Prayers at the Masthead of
His Craft.

Hermits who make their homes in the
caves and forests of California are plenti-
full. but hermit who makes his home on
the water Is not so common. The first one
that has ever been seen in the bay of San
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onion Peeling Is No sinecure.

BURLINGTON. Iowa, Jan. 20.-Because
of cut of cent in the price paid per gal
lon for peeling and sorting young onions,
twenty-five girls have quit work in the
Darlington Vinegar and Pickle Works.
Peeling onions, they claim, is anything
but pleasant, and at cents per gallon, the
new rate put in force, they could not make
decent wages, and so went on strike. No
attempt has been made to fill their
places.-Inter Ocean.
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NEW TO-DAY.
See kAk
.Auntfvs

To develop lump like that your arm-a lump of
hard muscleyou have call forth all the vital energy
your body to the tempering of this feature That
robs the vital organs of much nutrition That is why so
many people grow weaker IN vital strength they get
stronger bigger and fater in tissue The big redaced
his vitality feed his large body The structure calls
for animal vitality than the nutritiva glands can
supply Such men need Electricity. They need
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Denmark leads th e world in dairy prod
ucts