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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-02-02
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To the Honorable. the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas of Lacka-
wanna County:
l., Edward A. Jones. County Con-
troller, being duly qualified according
to law, submit herewith a statement of
the receipts and expenditures of Lack
awanna County from January I, 1904.
to January 2, 1905, as required by sec
ton six OF act creating Office of Coun-
" CONTROLLER. approved 9th day OF
June. 1895, p. L., page 403.
The past year was the first in our
county's history for the entire corps
of county officials to work under the
salary act. II was naturally to be ex-
pected that such a radical change of
system would be productive Of Difficult
compliance with the LAY or the part
of the several officers has materially
obviated the complications that other
wise would possibly have arisen.
The attention of your honorable
court is called to the following:
In the matter of the collection of
moneys known as liquor licenses, the
present county treasurer, Young.
followed the custom that was in vogue
under he fee system by retaining a
commission of two and one-quarter per
cent. on receipts, and two and one
quarter on distribution of said nom
eys to the different cities, boroughs
and townships. Inasmuch as the ques-
ton as to whether the treasurer could
charge a commission In the first. place.
and in the second place as to whom II
belongs IL collectibie by law. is still
undecided. the controller cannot take
action in the matter until the case is
settled beyond a peradventure. II 1t
be decided that the treasurer under
the fee system Is entitled to the COM
mission. then the controller will move
In the matter and direct that the
moneys be placed to the credit of the
county, to which 1t would belong under
the salary act.
In the matter of mercantile licenses
an additional fee of one and a half
dollars is collected on each license
This charge under the fee system be-
longed to the county treasurer, but
under the salary act the county is
undoubtedly entitled to 1t, and In sup
port of my opinion / cite a section OF
The salary liked n provided by the
foregoing provisions shall be in lieu
OF all or any moneys. fees or p%erquis-
ties which are now or may hereafter
be received by any officer named In
this act; and all said moneys. fees or
perquisites received by them as COM
pensation fees or perquisites from any
source whatever shall in all cases be-
long to the county, and shall be paid
therefore, declares the said county
treasurer. James Young, indebted to
the county OF Lackawanna in the sum
of three thousand, two hundred and
ffty-five dollars, being 2,170 names at
one dollar and fifty cents per name.
Receipts and Expenditures of Lacka-
wanna County from January 4,
1904, to january 2, 1905.
Cash in hands of
Jos. A. Scranton.
Jan. 4, lsO4...:s 1918 So
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-02-02
REHABILITATION.
for generations. commissions, etc. (estImated) ..... i2ss5s %

ia Probable amount to be realized. .......... ......... sssIsls So
BALANCES OF Ts sihSUR RSg JANUARY q f Ss6Ssp IN HANDS OF!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-02-02

Total ........... ........$531.S 92 80
EXPENDITURES.
By warrants, 1904 .$4Os.s41 81
1905 -. ....:....... 124.s5O 70
s445 49,. .......... 10 90
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-02-02
Less warrants outstanding. SAC 80

Controllers balance Jan.
4, 1904 ...............
RECEIPTS, 1904.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-02-02

Assets in excess of liabili-
ties ........... .-.....Sozf.2oS az
Lackawanna county, S.:
Edward A. Jones. being duly sworn,
saith, that the foregoing count is a
expenditures of the county of Lacka-
wanna for the fiscal year ended Janu-
airy 9, 1905, as the same are set forth In
the dockets of the controllers office.
e. A. Jones,
Attest: County Controller.
John Morris,
Deputy Controller.
Sworn and subscribed before me this
cath day of January, 1906.
John F, Cummings,
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-02-02

Treasurer's balance, Jan. 2,
1905 .:..:...:.. ...........$124.960 70
Note, in hands of
]. A. Scranton 17,743 SIS
Note, in hand of
James Young . 107. 217 "a
EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL.
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

with fat top; in an open pattern, too,
but with a plain spot left for the en-
craving of initials, which is so import
ant part OF wedding gifts. Somehow
those initials grow to mean so much
And cheese pots hold that tiny size jar
Of cheese-the size you get for a den
Toast racks have come out in a new
shape that hold four or five pieces
just enough for two. The newness con-
sists in an odd shaping of the division
bars.
Sauce boats aren't new, but the salts
faction they give Is just beginning 20
be recognized. They have a hundred
uses. which lift them a long way out of
the merely pretty class.
The prettiest new candIestick has
been made with the top, the part the
candle is set In, made almost as broad
except for the inevitable Initials.
Tiny casters, with three places for
black and red pepper and sait-and the
shakers, too-are stunning and inexpen-
sive
For an engagement present or bride
favor come little silver bells. pierced
with holes at regular intervals and filled
with a pincushion. Through the holes
are stuck pins with black and white
or colored heads. and one with silver
head is stuck in the center Of the velvet
covering of the mouth TO represent the
clapper.
est infusions only, for the pot only
holds enough TO fiji six of the tiniest
cups-are exquisite. Those wee cups are
of china. handleless, and set I'm silver
holders. and the set-taH. slim coffee pot
and cups-is set on q tray OF inlaid
wood bordered with fence of silver.
Colored glass and silver combinations
have host of new representatives
The Washington times., 1905-07-02
Things Outdoors

with summer well under way, and the
south wind and the sun" both calling
to you to play truant and come out
into the open with them, it's time to
hethink yourself of whether or not YOU
are seeing things outdoors"
There's SO much to see. and so much
to be gained by 1t, both in interest and
in improved health that it's worth while
10 spend every moment you have in the
open with your minds eyes watching
for new things.
Wild roses are over-long ago, now
and yellow flowers have already begun
to increase until In September highway
and byway alike will be bordered with
the yellow flowers of fall In August
butterflies viii be plenty-the south wind
and the sun have "sowed the air. with
tbem-hundreds of kinds; and the won
dsrfui night moths. from the tiniest of
all to those great, imperial green and
white ones SO hard to find will be about
Every moth of them is seeking light
$50 the little Japanese legend says) to
fulfill the condition set by the cruel lit
tie elf OF the roses. Only the f1refiies
succeeded, and they are always TO he
found flashing their tiny lamps.
The Washington times., 1905-07-02
Simplicity in Summer furnishings

Japanese methods of housekeeping set
a wonderful model for the whole world
to copy in summer time in their idea OF
simplicity. Our ideas over here of the
simple life consist in doing things with
an effect Of simplicity, but accomplish
ing them by the most elaborate efforts
and when II is necessary to employ
strenuous means to a simple end-the
end has lost all right to the oualffiea-
ton of simple.
Imagine typical Japanese house and
the way it is kept. There's no useless
lot Of bric-a-brac around. no cumber-
some furniture. very little decoration.
and only the things necessary for given
occasions are brought out on those oc-
casions. and as instantly cleared away
when the occasion for their use has
passed. And over and around back of
everything is absolute cleanliness, such
cleanliness as we. who fill our houses
to oyerffowing with mere things and
then squeeze ourselves in whatever
space is left, never can know.
In summer time you don't want a lot
of fuss and fixings'' around, and you
do want as absolute cleanliness as it's
possible to get. Take the Japanese
houses for a model, and clear out every
thing you don't absolutely need Put
1t out of sight so thoroughly that you
can forget it instead of worrying about
the care of 1t. Reducing the number Of
things around necessarily lightens the
amount of work, or, with the same
amount of energy expended. makes your
house just that much more spick and
span.
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

II you've house in the country. fur
nish 1t Japanese fashion, which means
very sparseIy; and, above ALL have very
little IN the way of pictures and vases
the kind for effect only. You cant
nave too many of the fower-hoiding
Kind. Copy the Japanese method of dis
playing one or two exquisite bits at a
time and putting the rest of your be-
iongtnss out of mind for while. let
ting each in turn come out from its hid
ing place for couple of weeks at n
time
Try the same method with the chill
dren's toys. AS they neglect one after
another for outdoor delights, slip them
away into closet, and then bring .nem
out again when a rainy spell has taxed
their fand your ingenuity for amusing
themselves.
Keep your grounds-no matter If
they re small enough to better suit the
word 'yard'-spick and span, too, ac-
comprising 1t the more easily by hay
ing them arranged in the simplest sort
of plan. And don't have a pile of twips
and flower clippings and cut grass over
in an unused corner-you wouldn't sweep
all the dust and dirt of a room up into
The corners, and this is on the same
principle.
Keep flowers about the house-eyery-
where, but not too many in any one
vase, and none at all unless they are
absolutely fresh Your true Japanese
housekeeper never let's a flower die in
her vase, yet she always has them
about. arranged with the most artistic
simplicity.
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

on the same fan. But out Of the ap-
parentiy hopeless medley of colors a set
design invariably reveals itself, of f1ow-
ers. In the weird, impossible-to-nature
colors the japanese so delight in ;or into
groups of figures. Some of the Japanese
fans-a new trick-are made on a net
foundation, with the paper, or gauze, of
which they are made, cut away to show
the lacy backgrounds way of getting
at the medallion effects so popular this
year.
Vatican scenes and japanese tea
drinkings; fans in delicate gray and
white, and others as involved and mi
nutely detailed (both In color and de-
sign as a Satsuma vase; mourning fans
and the sheer. little, white. spangled
tulle fans that mark the girls who.ye
Just graduated-both old and new ideas
have been jumbled together in a bewil-
dering way in the creating of new fans
for the summer girls delectation.
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

original. AMI that is amber and tortoise
she'll Flat sticks of 1t are made, carved
and stamped with silver or gilt, and
make rich-looking, interesting fans. And.
unlike the shell, they are as light as
they are pretty.
Lace plays an important part in the
makeup Of costly and inexpensive alike
Whole fans are made of it, and some
have just an edge of it or medallions
set IN, framed like miniatures by the
foundation. One of the ARREST has but
terfies Of lace poised above hand-paint-
ed flowers
Hand-painted fans. which were out so
long, are coming back, the prettiest,
richest example being a fan of gauze
mounted on carved sandalwood sticks,
both sticks and fan proper decorated
with flowers done in pale, shadowy col
ors.
Pale and deep colors alike are dis
played In japanese Tens. perhaps both
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

as pendants. are TOO reminiscent of
rosarLes, and, ar the same time, too
worldly in their jeweled form to be very
popular: yet they are worn by the oc-
casional woman Tor their very beauty.
The crosses are engraved perhaps
with the old English form Of engraving,
which has come back into fashion this
year. or with a still older form, some
thing like delicate Chasing. when il
Old brooches have tiny jeweIed bits
hanging from a great central jewel. the
pendants. hung so loosely that they
CULVER with the slightest molten of the
| wearer- Topas and turquoise. anne
thyst and jade-these are the fayorite
stones used for making them.
| jewels they are set with. carved and
| other jewels set in them Amethysts or
topazes, inset with diamonds IN caba-
nstic character or in wee flower shapes.
are unusual enough for the most In.
satiable curio seeker.
Make Celors Match.
| Coral comes In tiny shapes. bands
mysteriously folded-eharms against the
! evil eye-or PENDANTS carved with Egyp-
| tan heads; for coral was an old favor
tie.
the new things nothing is more insist
| ent in demanding attention than neck
laces of beads-beadS of every color and
every size. Some girls have a dozen
sets, one in every color, TO wear with
summer dresses. There's no attempt at
having the stones real-they are the fad
of moment, and only got up for that
moment.
/ Green beads. like jade, something, but
with curious green lights through that
| darken and tighten as the beads are
moved. come % and 80 cents for a string
long enough to go round your neck and
! depend a little in front. Violet ones
come. and queer duh red, like great
carbuncleS.
1 Beads and girdle and shoes and stock
| ings that match make a pretty little coll
or note that is trick of midsummer
dressing among certain groups of young
teri-
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

Little Shelves

The most convenient little portable
shelves have been invented-easily cop
led. TOO, by anyone the least bit IA
miliar with hammer and saw. They
were meant originally for kitchens
where dresser space was lamentably
small. but could be made into interest
ing things to hang in a den. where CUPS
ard saucers and plates are constantly
needed for Bohemian spreads
Three or five shelves are made into q
case, each shelf being no wider than a
plate-rail, with a good, deep lip" and
finished underneath with row CT hooks.
Plates and saucers stand on the shelves.
tilted up against the wall. while cups
and small pitchers hang from the hooks
The whole set of shelves hangs from,
strong nails by heavy eyelet-screws
These shelves come already made, ct
trifiing cost, or can be made at home.
and given the same wood finish az tho
rest OF the furniture in the room. and
they save spaee wonderfully
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

Medallion effects-niniature effects,
you might better call them-are in evil
denee upon most of the new fans, got at
in unusual ways by lace inserts, or by
the heavier material being cut away,
with gauze insert. painted with quaint
scenes. Colonial figures, beautiful child
heads, Spanish scenes or demure little
Japanese maidens decorate the various
types.
Dutch fans-of gauze or paper, Du
Berry shape-have stolid little Dutch
figures, with heavy wooden boots and
Tapping caps painted against the inevi-
table background Of a windmill. And
another Dutch fan-one that would set
a child wild with delights made of
miniature paddle-blades OF a windmill,
painted. Of course, with the funny little
figures.
Celiuloid makes another set of fans;
but it is celluloid masquerading as some
thing else-something too heavy in the
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

size-if you except the Eastern-looking,
solid-coior fans, shaped something like
palm-leaf fans. but strongly woven And
some are almost playthings, not more
than three inches long. carved and
painted like Christmas card They
make good little breeze-"powerful
strong for its size" as the Irishma n
said-but gre really meant to dangIe
from Jeweled chain, more by way Of
ornament than anything else
Another ivory fan-a little longer than
that other. but TRY. for all that's
carved and apparently inlaid with span
giles.
Flower fans are wonderfully pretty
with summer evening gowns. They fold
up in peculiar way, the flowers form
ing into punches at the end of green
stems. June roses. the tiny pink kind;
violets, orchids and peoples. red or vel
low, make the most effective Of these
flower fans.
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

~ NCE weddings will come off even
In midsummer. siiversmiths and
their kind have been busy prepar-
ing all sorts of new silver things.
jam and cheese Jars are among the
prettiest Of the new things whole lot
more practical than the long list OF bon
bon dishes that every brfde falls heir,
sometimes regretfuiIy, to- It's all very
well to say that the feeling of gratitude
should be present at every receiving Of
a gift. BY the time you've exclaimed
rapturously over twelve bonbon dishes,
or baskets, or shells. you receive the un-
lucky thirteenth in stony silence and
with anything but grateful gIances
The carelessness usually displayed in
the choosing of wedding gifts ought to
have war waged upon 81 Don't send
gifts unless you can spend a few mo-
ments thinking about their proba BILE
use.e II you're not fond enough of the
people to whom you're sending a gift to
be willing to spend time and thought In
selection. don't send any, You're evil
IDENTIFY not close enough friends to send
a gift without fits being absolute intru-
sion.
But, while this depression is going on
the jam and cheese pots are waiting for
description
The silver jam pots are radically I'M
like those of china They are really
only sort of shell that fits over the
jam jar proper and hides its plebeian
surface from view, instead OF being a
receptacle into which its contents are
ANONYMOUSLY dumped Consequently. IL
can be made of silver in open patterns,
The Washington times., 1905-07-02
TIE VOGUE OF OLD
JEWELRY AND NEW BEADS
n HE girl whose grandmother was
obliGing enough to have saved
all her old bits of jewelry is a

" HE girl whose grandmother was
obiiGing enough to have saved
all her old bits of jewelry is
mortal much to be envied these
days for there's positive craze for old
things, and the dealers in antiques of
every description are being besieged for
odd pieces.
The craze for these old things and
that for the bead necklaces of every
color and description rage about equal
II. Although bead chains have had their
turn (and a long turn 1t was, tool, bead
necklaces have taken their place and
are being greeted with all the enthusi-
asm the longer chains had.
In old things. every sort of thing that
is odd In shape or in style is good The
lcveiiest necklaces are to be had,
amethyst or turquoise or jade, perhaps
the stones strung in a simple style, or
perhaps each set in dull silver, nodded
into fantastic form, the stones, where
they are turquoise or its rnatrix, mellow
ed by time to beautiful greenish tints
impossible either to produce or to de-
scribe. Amethysts set in silver take on
gray lights, making a most unusual
effect, and jade is the loveliest of them
all. The very word jade is name to
countries for all sorts of charms and
indeed, it IS stone used in Eastern
ccnjure with one enthusiast said and.
witcheries and for quaint small cary
ings OF an occasional god picked for
his very ugliness from the million or
SO OF hideous fellowSods.
Old Fashioned Stories.
Jade is at its prettiest set in silver in
pendants of varying sizes and shapes
the sort OF necklace that might easily
h.s< to Of
ming idols neck: or just the heavy beads
large one hanging, by virtue of its
weight, directly in front
But curious charms-old ones. too
are to be found, only they must be hunt
ed for, which makes them all the more
valuable in the eyes af the curio seeker
and the dame of fashion alike Hearts
and crosses, and an occasional horn
shaped lit ito carry to ward off the
dreaded evil EYED, and plain round
polished balls. which SHOW off the
beauty of the mysterious stone by the
very simplicity of its cut. And the
'swaStika" in jade is stunning.
Oid-fashiored brooches of garnets are
being worn as belt clasps, and the long
drop earrings. being converted into
pendants, which dangle from gold
but CLINT of gold, instead OF an actual
land. Yet they are strong for all their
QeHcacy OF style.
The necklaces made OF fine chains,
caught together in front in lattice work,
which Is punctrated with jewels are
Paris ieweiry," which is worn so
frankly as imitation that il has ceased
TO offend. OLD and new are very Ike,
Yet your true curio lover will point out
differences that give the old an added
charm
Old watcn fobs are hard TO find. and
for that reason they are in great de-
mand. The pfettiest are of jade or OF
agate, or its siSter-sardonyx-
Amethyst necklaces, with gold crosses
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

" ROM the richest and most deli
~ cate of all-exquisite point lace
laid on mother-of-pearl sticks
down to the stiff. ugly palm
leaves (Which. after all, are the best at
creating artificial breezes). new fan
IDEAS ind expression in countless ways.
Here one-all the whitest of lace-is
set on by its neighbor. black-but black
dashed and dotted with spangles. Span
aeh fans are back-that is. fans with
quaint, Enthusiastically Spanish scenes
realistically portrayed; but made. in
spite OF their Spanish air. by the Japs.
One has bullfsht painted upon it, the
costume OF the matador and the gay
spiendor Of the senoritas-who have
come to watch and applaud the acts of
darfng-brought out in vivid relief. On
another castles in SPAIN have mate
x1alized from the dreams they are.
Every sort Of fan is smaller this year
~seven and a half inches is the favorite
The Washington times., 1905-07-02

some with just supports and rims of the
silver
Honey jars are made of rock crys-
tai. with the delicate cutting which helps
make 1t SO beautiful, and are finished
with silver tops and silver spoons, with
odd round bowls
But you get lost in the maze of sill
Yer things. The only way Is to grip
your resolutions to spend a certain
amount and TO get something you know
they'll Hke-something with beauty and
use inseparabie
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
A Popular Wedding
Trip


II you want a delightful wedding
trip, take one of the new palatial
steamers, Eastern States or Western
States, which run daily between De-
troit and Buffalo. Stater00ms aud par
lors reserved in advance. Send two
cent stamp for illustrated booklet. Ad-
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