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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-11
COURT HOUSE GROUNDS.

Paid moving. sprinkling
lawn, shoveling snow,
and other work on G.
ii. grounds ..............S 459 %
Barber Asphalt Co., use
of steam roller ......... % ~
Clark Lowry, trees. ........ 80 %
Repairs and sharpening
lawn mowers ........... 50 IS
New hose and plumb
ing, etc .................. 76 il
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DISBURSEMENTS

Amount of disbursements from
county and bridge funds as
shown by tho following state
ment of the county commits
SlonerS on county warrants
Nos ! TO 1863 inclusive, and
disbursements made by the
county treasurer as shown by
the statement of said treasurer. 2Sl,6SO Oe |
Receipts In excess of disburse-
SOD Ga |
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REGISTRATION.
Paid assessor of voters for maxi
ing May and December regis
tratOn ..............,.......,... S,iS9 %
ROAD DAMAGES.
Paid viewers appinted
by court .........,......S Sl5 90
Damage to land taken
fro public road ....,.... 292i 9S
- 3,TG9 9S
STATE HOSPITAL.
Paid keep of insane convicts
from LackaWanna county ...S 213 IS
STATE INDUSTRIAL REFORMATORY.
Paid care of inmates from
LaCkawanna count ............S 451 10
STATE AUDIT
Paid Il. w. Thayer, auditing ac-
counts of county officers .....$ $50 90
SCNDRY EXPENSES.
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ASSESSMENTS

Paid assessors for making state
ana county assessments, making
tax duplicates, school copies
and transcripts of mortgages
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Amount received by County
Treasurer NJ. j. Kelly, from
county and bridge tax dupl-
Gates and other sources OF
revenue as shown by the state
ment of said county treas =
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BRIDGES
Paid A. X. Wetherby for
two stone arch bridges
in Newton and West
Abingdon townships. j9J ~
Harrison Gardner for
stone arch in Greenfield
township ............... $40 20
Nandcrvoort d kizer.
abutment in Blakely bo-
rough ..,................. 134 90
Groton Bridge Manufac-
turing Co. for three
iron bridges in Newton
and Benton townships
and Blakely borough. =. 212O "
Mclaughlin & Snyder
for stone arch bridge
in South Abingdon town
snip inn......;....'.:....,,,'. 200 10
fcssionaI services ..,..,. POS 10
Bartl d Smith ............ II 80
;. w, Roberts. railroad
fare, etc, for COM
missioners and engineer
locating sites and in
sepcting bridge work. Il 81
Giles Roberts, railroad
fare, etc. for commits
SionerS and engineer
locating sites and in
specting bridge work.. ~
Livery bills ................ ~ ~
Advertising bridge let
tlllSS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IL W
G. J. Thomas, for stone
arch in Dalton borough. $40 o.
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ELECTION CONTESTS.
Pal dwitnesses in election con-
lcStS ..........,...,,,..,ss''A 0l 10.
EASTERN PENITENTIARY.
Paid board and clothing of con-
Nlct S...,.,,..,.,.,.,..,..''''. Sill 70
ENUMERATION OF SCHOOL Chill
DREN.
Paid assessors making enumer-
alton of children .................$ 1,j62 80
INSURANCE.
Paid insurance, county prison
and court house ................S 1872 90
IMPEACHMENTS.
Paid costs I'm impeachment case
of Alderman Kelly .............S 26i 50
INSANE CONVICTS.
Paid physicians for examinations
of and report upon mental con-
diton of persons alleged to be
insane NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. " IA
INQUESTS.
Paid S. r. Longstrcet.
COnOref ....,......,.,,....Nl,1O w
$. w. Benjamin, chemist. 125 M
Jurors at inQuests ........ 9I9 90
.
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DIVISION OF ELECTION DISTRICTS.
Paid commissioners appointed by.
NouTL ss.s.ss.s...s'sssssss''''S IL 90
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Paid election officers and
rent Of polling places ...S, ll9 "a
Ground rent for polling
places ..............,,..... 2OO w
Printing ballots, instruc-
tion, return sheets, etc. 3,232 "
Repairing, moving, set
ting up and storing
booths ................... 629 10
Delivering ballots and
other election blanks. 129 II
Clerks appointed by court
to compute election re-
turns ....................,. 49J W
iamation .................. 765 90
supplies to election boards 80 92 49,
- 13 62O 6g
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PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid blank books, blank forms,
pencils, pens, etc ................S 35iS 35
PREMIUMS.
Paid bounty on wild cats. foxes.
etc, including fees of Justices 4Sl 30
POSTAGE.
Paid postage stamps .............$ 76 90
STREET SPRINKLING.
Paid Dunn Sprinkling Co ........S 80 90
FIRE WARDENS.
Paid for extinguishing forest
nfeS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 70 Ol
Total amount of disbursements
by the county commissioners
ON their warrents from Nos. /
to 5S69, inclusive ............... S25g, i2J %
In addition to the fore
going the following
disbursements were
made by the county
treasurer from the
genral county fund,
to wit:
Interest on county
DOnuS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS V9UU "
County institute ........, 200 on
City institute ............. 200 ~
Commission charged by
county treasurer....... 1854 81
- %, ,254 81
Total amount diSbursed from
county and bridge funds for
no
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COMMONWEALTH COSTS.
COURT EXPENSES

Paid aldermen, justices. consta-
blcS and witnesses in common
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gument applies to both.--Chicago APP
parel Gazette.
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ADVERTISING.
AGRICULTURAL sOCIETIE,

ADV ERIlSlNG.
PAID for publishing commits
sioners' annual statement, and
other advertising ................ l.,
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other advertising ............... 1852 70
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
Paid Freeman Leach, treasurer,
premium to agricultural SoCie-
ties as provided by law........S 300 ~
APPREHENSION or MURDERERS.
Paid reward for apprehension
ana conviction of Van Horn....& 200 70
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TANES REFUNDED.
Paid taxes overcharGer and re-
FUNDED ,,....,.,....,...,.......S - 10
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Paid Scranton Savings bank,
temporary loans ....,...........'$ 42.635 "a
STATE TAX ACCOUNT.
Valuation of money at interest,
bonds, mortgages and judg-
ments, etc, assessed IN LaCka-
wanna county for the year 1895,
subject to four mill tax for
staet purposes, as reported TO
board of revenue commission
ers, valuation $6,623 ,063 amount
of tax .,.......,..,..........,..,.,,s 90, 492 Is
From which deduct county
county treasurer's commits
sion ........................... 264 90
Total amount state tax ........$ 20 227 SO
Rebate ...............,....,S 1850 4s........
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Total amount disbursed from
county and bridge funds for
the year 1898 ...................... 2S1 $50 90
PUBLIC BUILDING EXPENSES
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
Made For the Place.

While travelling in a coal mine dis
trict, says DR.. Cuyler, ! noticed how
very dingy the town appeared. The
coal dust seemed to blacken buildings
trees, shrubs, everything, but as a
foreman and l were walking near the
mines l noticed q beautiful white flow
er. Its petals were as pure as II 1t
were blooming in a daisy field.
"What care the owner Of this plant
must take Of it," said l, ito keep it SO
free from dust and dirt"
"See here" said the foreman, and
taking up a handful Of coal dust threw
1t over the flower. 1t Immediately fell
off and left the flower as stainless as
before.
ut has an enamel" the foreman ex-
planned. (which prevents any dust
from clinging to it. l think it must
have been created f"r just such a
place."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
TEACHING DOGS TRICKS.
One That Would he Amusing II Tried
CDOu Yourself.

One That Would he Amusing II Tried
Upon YOURSELF.
Although 1t is by no e IN un.
common thing to see dogs throw SOM.
erset after somerset In stage perform.
ances, it Is a somewhat remarkable
fact that few people know how such
animals can be taught such a difficult
feat.
Ask n friend how he thinks Il dog can
be initiated into the mysteries OF som.
erset throwing, and YOU will receive
some very curious suggestions.
As there is more han n way Of
cooking a goose. so there Is more than
one method of teaching II dog to throw
somersets. But the alost practical and
thorough manner is to fastpn a cord
around the body Of the animal. close to
the fore legs. and two people should
hold the ends OF the cord on either side
Of the unfortunate dog. A third party.
armed with q stout rope. takes a posi-
ton Immediately in front Of the canine
acrobat and, with n measured and
mastery stroke, fogs the floor at close
quarters to the dogs nose.
Az CHCu SlIOhG VI CAC IOpSt LIN NoB
springs backward. and that movement
is the trainers golden opportunity. As
the dog springs backward the rope
passing under it's body is jerked up.
ward, and, although the first few at
tempts may prove futile, the somerset
is acquired in course Of time. An intel
ligent dog soon sickens of this order Of
things and throws somersets without
the assistance Of ropes.
For the sake Of your dog In particu-
lar and your patience and future wei.
fare in general. we do not commend
you to teaching your dog to turn som.
ersets. If. however. you think there
is nc, harm in 1t. just get a few friends
to put you through the exercise and
see how you like 1t. 1t will prove i'm
mensely amusing-for your friends
Exchange.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
BOils.

A boil Is due to the action OF a MI
crobe called a pus coccus. This is al.
most always present In the skin. but
does no harm while the system can
combat the necessary conditions Of Its
growth and multiplication.
Sufferers from boils are usually In
poor health. They are pale. pasty
looking, emaciated, with q poor appe.
tite and bad digestion. People say
their blood Is too thin. Others. how
ever may be in apparently perfect
health, yet hardly Is n boil over be-
fore another comes. OF these persons
it Is said that their blood is too rich.
Both these popular terms are nearly
expressive OF the true condition. In
the first case the tissues are not well
nourished and SO cannot resist the MI
crobe. In the second case the tissues
are nourished. but are poisoned by ex-
cess Of waste material In the blood,
caused by the taking Of more food than
the body can properly dispose Of
Youths Companion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
~ ....---
THE mi

The light shone soft OH you, my own.
With your violin pressed to your chin,
And as the room was filed with each throbbinl
tone
The angels seemed c~rowding in,
The intermezzo, SO soft and sweet
That it drew from my eyes the tears
All, the echo still, so faint and feet,
catch DER the space Of years.
You wore a gown SO pure and white,
At your tlfoat a glinpHs Of blue.
And the stars outside, the eyes OF night,
Seemed looking in at you. 2
Your arm moved slowly up and down
As each throbbing string you pressed.
And ! cnyicd so that violin brown
Its precious place Of rest.
Each note was played so pure, 50 true.
But full Of sorrow, great and wild,
And, pray, what grief had come to you.
Then scarcely more than a little child?
Twas the mystic grief that music brings
From a yiolin's wall to an organs roll;
Twas that which trembled on those strings
And passed from them to my list ming soul
] am carried back to that night, when hear
The "Ave Maria," so sweet and slow.
And my heart beats fas, for you. my dear.
Az it did that night, so long ago.
Detroit Free Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
CURED BY
The Dying Man Suddenly Recovered
His Health and Speed.

His Health and Speed.
In "Lumsden of the Guides there Is
an interesting story, says the London
Chronicle, Of the rescue by Lieutenant
Peyton Of her majesty's Eighty-sev-
enth Of a young Pathan who had fallen
into the Kabul river. The lads father,
in his gratitude, came down from his
home in Independent Territory, and as
a thank Offering presented Peyton with
two young leopard cubs. Peyton, be-
ing an executive engineer and con
stantly Oh the move, could make no
home for them and gave them to
Lumsden, who himself told me what
follows. and it seems to me worth pre-.
serving, as leopards seldom have an
opportunity OF assisting in a criminal
investigation. The animals were too
young to be dangerous and We're al
lowed their liberty.
One day Lumsden was holding his
court in Yusufzal. when in the middle
Of a case there was an uproar, and the
two sides in an ARRAY s. poured into
the court, and, as always happens. each
side accused the other Of being entire
~ in fault. One party, to improve its
case, brought a dying man on a native
bed. A blood stained sheet was remov-
ed. showing q much belabored man,
who appeared to be at the last gasp.
Lumsden had the bed put down In
court and went on with the interrupted
case. Just then the young leopards
sauntered in, probably attracted by the
scent Of blood, and, moving gently
around the court, approached the bed
and began shifting at the wounded
man. who, ~miraculously recovered,
Jumped from the bed and fed rapidly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
Legends Of the Apple.

The apple enters more largely into
folklore and legend than almost any
other fruit. In England there was Of
old a peculiar dance in honor Of the
apple tree, and various songs were
sung and bowls Of cider emptied to Sc
cure a good apple harvest from the
fates. In Germany the girls "snap ap-
pie seeds" ON New Years v to see
from which direction a lover Is COM
Ing. In Austria a girl cuts an apple in
two at one blow and counts the seeds.
II there are as many In n half as In
the other. she will marry. If they are
odd, she will be an old maid. II q
seed is cut in two, she will quarrel
with her husband and be separated
from him.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
FUN FOR H BIRD.
Row q Raven 'TOrmented and r
jshed n Greedy Ping Dog.

The greedies. and most corceits ,,"s'
that ever lived, according to l4.s o...,..
was Suto. The sight Of anything H..
ing Except HIMSELF vas agony i L. !.
A large aven was kept in IL ca..sr II
the garden of Suto's owner-a .a.,
gifted with sardonic cunning and iJr9
of mischief. The pug was the butt OF
his malicious humor.
Daily at 3 O'Clock t. raven was
given a lump of steak, and Suto would
always be lowering about at the time
he lowered near everything eatable.
The raven knew his shameful greedi-
ness and made fine sport of it. At first
Suto, though in torrents of gluttony.
would feign Indifference. The raven
would put the stake close against the
wires, and Suto's agony would get past
bearing. Then the raven retired with
a chuckle. At this all Suto's self con-
troll was gone, and he plunged at the
wires in O. mad attempt to snatch the
meat.
OF course the thing was hopeless; his
blunt nose could never penetrate the
wire netting. But the ravens beak
SOuAu. lAStuAlly tAC DIIu WOulu SWOOp
on him and drive in one on that greedy
pug's nose. With that Suto would hurl
himself furiously at the raven-hope-
lessly ever, for he could never touch
the tormentor. The tormentor. in fact,
danced and jumped in an ecstasy of
delight, driving In dig after dig at the
dogs unhappy countenance and get
ting well home at every dig, till at last
poor Suto retired, pecked and beaten.
Then the raven, happy and content,
his appetite well whetted. swallowed
his steak at one gulp, while Suto hid
behind a tree or anything else Opaque,
that he might not have the pain Of wit
Messing the operation. Day after day
the performance was repeated in every
detail, and the dog must have known
what would happen every time, but
his master passion of gluttony was too
strong for him-he could not keep his
nose away from that meat.-Chicago
News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
Dec,,n. ana FAN Of Corn Bread.


It seems to us that our W people
are not the great corn bread eaters
they used to be. Batter or egg IA
certain cakes are still in vogue, but
the honest and homely corn pone, the
corr dodger and the hoecake are not
as popular as they used to be. AS for
the ash cake. the cooking Of 1t has be-
come a lost art almost.
We charge this change. In part at
least, to the introduction. even In most
country homes, of the modern cooking
stove and range. 1t takes a great big
open fireplace and a southern negress'
with a Ad bandanna on her head. to
make prime corn bread. Nor will any
meal but water ground meal serve the
best purpose. Steam power meal Is
tabooed. Richmond Dispatch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
Not Real Count.

Myrtle-Why do YOU think the count
Ia q fraud?
Alice-Because Of the way he acted
when ! showed him the paper contain
ing an account Of pr oa's failure.
Myrtle What did he d0f Break the
engagement?
Alice-No. He threw his arms
around me and said. Never mind,
darling; you and | can be happy as
long al we arVvo,ft to each other, no
matter whether We have money or
nOt."-Chicago Times. Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06

It's a long life, but devotion to the true interests and
prosperity Of the American people has won for il new
friends as the years rolled by and the original mem
bers of its family passed to their reward, and these adj
mirers are loyal and steadfast today, with faith in it's
teachings and confidence in the information which it
brings to their homes and iresides. AS a natural con
sequence it enjoys in it's old age all the vitality and
vigor Of its youth, strengthened and ripened by the ex
periences of over half a century. 1t has lived on it's
merits, and on the cordial support of progressive
Americans. 1t is
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
II Has Been Noticed.

vrhere's a rather queer thing that !
have noticed about people who follow
the profession Of letters"
whats that?"
"The man who writes just 10 keep
the pot boiling Ii not the n who pro.
duces the hottest uff."-ChicRg0
Times Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06

Dean Swift. when Invited to dinner
by his friend. Lord Bolingbroke, was
shown tho dinner bill ~ an induce.
ment to accept aud replied. "A 40 for
your bin Of fare; show mo your bill Of
company"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
Hunting n Celebrity.

$50 you've travelled In the south Of
Europe" said the young woman.
Eyes, answered Derringer Dan.
"Did you see Monte Carlo|
mo: l asked fur him. but he didn't
show up. And. what's more. there
wasn't a game Of monte In the whole
place. don't believe there IL any
such person" Washington Star.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
When to Cut Lueesa.

The Utah station has held this con-
clusion to be %right-that, to insure a
large yield Of dry matter and the lar.
gest amount Of albuminOids. lucern
should be cut not earlier than the peri.
cd of medium bloom and not much
later than thu period OF frst full tiow'
or. This In most cases will be two or
three weeks after the flower buds be.
Gin to appear, 1t will be a more seri'
Gus error to aut too early than to cut
too late,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06

Great souls are not those who have
fewer passions and more virtues than
the common. but those only who have
greater Designs La n0chef0ueanld.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
MEASURING HAY.
How to Determine the Tonnage Of .
Now without Weighing.

v Ia AAAAlAG NAS " - -"
NOW, when it is not convenient to
weigh it, which the Denver Field and
Farm gives:
Selling by measurement Is not al.
ways the most satisfactory method.
but it is sometimes the most conven.
lent. Sellers are disposed to insist
that a cube Of seven feet is a ton.
This Is entirely too small and will not
weigh out. How many cubic feet will
make a ton depends on so many con1i.
tons that no certain rule can be given.
1t depends on the kind Of hay, whether
timothy, alfalfa or prairie; on the char
acter Of the hay, whether fine or
coarse; IN the condition in which it
was put in the rack, the length of time
It has been there and particularly OF,
the size, especially the depth of the
stack or NOV.
In a very large NOV. well settled,
400 cubic feet Of alfalfa or timothy
may average a ton, but on top Of the
NOW Or In a small stack it requires
500 to 512 cubic feet. sometimes even
ore 1t is not safe for the buyer to
figure Oh less than 500 cubic feet. but
In a well filed stack. in selling. it
would be safer to weigh than to sell at
that measurement.
To find the number Of tons in a barn
NOW or hay shed multiply the length,
depth and breadth together and divide
by the number Of cubic feet which.
considering the quality Of hay and the
condition in which it was put up. will
make a ton. For long stacks or ricks
multiply the length in yards by the
width in yards and this by half the al
titude in yards and divide the product
by Is, and this should give the ton
mage.
Grinding Sorghum Cane.
"A ton Of average sorghum cane may
be made to yield 20 gallons of sirup;
1t usually yields from 10 to IL gallons"
says A. A. Denton Of Medicine Lodge,
Kan. "Where cane is cheap and
abundant it Is often considered mad
visable to greatly increase the extrac-
ton Of juice by excessive pressure of
the canes. Juice obtained by moderate
pressing Is purer' than that obtained
by extreme pressure. for this extracts
not only more juice. but also more i'm
purity from the shell and the joints of
the canes. With limited power n lar
ger quantity of strip a be made in
a given time from moderately pressed
cane than from a less quantity Of cane
subjected to greater pressure. But
there is generally much unnecessary
waste Of juice in grinding sorghum
cane. The rolls often need to be turn.
ed'-that Is, reduced to wen diameter,
the bearings need babbiting and the
rolls need to be properly adjusted to
each other. The 'feed'-that Is, the
amount Of cane in the mill at n time
should be light or heavy according to
the adjustment Of the rolls. When the
rolls are set open the feed should be
heavy; when they are set close to-
gether, the feed should be thin or
light, but in both cases the feed should
be regular and uniform. 1t is evident
that when the rolls are set open or
apart, there Ia waste of Juice when the
feed Ia light and also that canes can be
well pressed, though the rolls are not
set close, provided the feed is heavy"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-06
straw Shed. ana shelters.

'There is little excuse for keeping
the stock down on account Of lack Of
stable room. Good, comfortable shell
ter, at small expense, may be provided
anywhere in the northwest, where
straw and wild hay is abundant and q
few posts and poles to be had. 1t will
pay to put up some kind Of shelter.
The farmer who has plenty Of straw
or coarse wild hay-and what farmer
has not-never need lack for com.
Portable winter quarters for his stock.
If he has a few more heads than he
can find room for in the stable proper,
let him put UP a good warm pen with
boards and straw. The straw may cov-
err all but one side, which should be Of
boards, where n window and door may
be located.
"Many Of our German farmers keep
large herds in this way before they
are able to build the fine large barns
for which they are justly noted.
Don't be ashamed of a straw shed
IL it is comfortable and enables you to
keep up the stock that the farm is ca
pable of carrying, for 1t will surely
lead to something better" This is the
advice Of a westerner to w~esterners,
originally given in The Farm Journal.