EO THE SCRANTON TRIBUiNE- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11', 1899. I Brief Chats ADVCRTISINQ MADE y PROFITABLE BV "v GOOD BUSINESS With Advertisers McrHoos Honest ndui Using l t lie only kind Hint p.ivh continually. Sluevvd busi ness men leallzo this fact nnd should therefore nlwns U"ep faith with the public. Ah nn eumple of such a pol icy we hetewlth i It" an Instance which Is somewhat Inteiestlng. A well known lotall shop house In Now York cRy recently advertised ex tensively the fart that thev had bought the entlie stock ol another concern at n locclvots' Hale, 'ind uniting the goods Included In the sale wis a huge lot of a well known $1 fdtoe.whh h they would sell between ceitaln hours for $1; btj lng utile to do so on ai count of the low figure at which thev had purchased the stock, 'lh" ads did their woik to ivifectlon, mid 1 ng befoie the ap pointed hour foi the close of the pule, the bargain shoes wete ohaust( d, The people continued to stieam 111, however, mid even body who ai lived after the special lot was pone but be fotp the itclvei Used hour for closing leeched n pair of $4 shoes of popular make taken fioin the tegular itock of the store. Hy selling fiom the regular slock at the bargain pi lee until the horn adveitlsod, so as not to disappoint those broucht to the stole In rispons to his advertisements, thlh nierchant Kreatlv decieased, or mav h.ive c im pletely wiped out. his murgln of pioilt Tet he hays It was good buslivs, for If he had turned those awav who tame before the hour lor (logins the sale without the shoos at the aiheitised price, he would no doubt hale made many enemies. s It wa- le mule ftlends, mid all the puich.iseis left his store perfectly tatMlecl. Knowing full well thev li.nl socuied a l.aigaln Anntlie,. rrtart frtlllf (ti ... in., ..t...... -. - r,.,-..,. .iiiih in ii.viiy rtiMli la the "ilnri. ri, ,, nn,.. in . 1,1, l, small buyeis me sometimes Heated. In this connection, wo submit the fol lowing1, which appeared In the last Is sue of the National Adveittset: "John Wnnnmaker ndveitlsed a lev dus ago that lie would sell at his New Yoik fctore a latge assortment of books at in cents apleco. A oung man In Dtonk- I lyn sent 30 cents by mall with the I titles of three lolumcs that he doslted One of the books could not bo supplied The firm tool: the tumble lo wipe the , customer a polite lcttev infoimlng htm that one book was mi' ot stock. Three or four davs afteiward the Eiool-hn man received fiom Wiiiuini ikei a cied U check for 10 cent "Heie Is an example or the kind of storekeeping tin' make- business, it has been ficciuently and Uul said that advertising Is of little .'i.ill unless , Is bneked up liv the right suit ot treat ment nftct ihe ii-toni'M' has been biought Into dh ec Millions with the ndeitl-(i in a inattei involving 10 lents. Wnti.im ikei took the trouble to see that tip- i ustoinei was perfectly satisfied. The i fuin. of the let tei Is n model. It Is In ief without be ing fin t. aril the I inguagt ( mild no! bo inoie scinpulously polite If u sale ot hundiods of dollais' woith of goods '.ad hung In ihe b.iline Manv small acheitl'-ei-s who do not take the liouble to rle.ie thdi riistmiHis mo likely to Biunible at the adv. i tHIng nnd Insist that It dops not pay In pio poitlon to the tost ot It " Exnggeinted Catch Lines. Hae something In voui store woith telling about, and tell It in a fiank, honest way. Don't use glaiing catch lines, huch as "goods piactlcally given awn," "oveiytlilng wa below cost," etc. Such statements do not, and can not, c.ury conviction. It doesn't pay to waste your money tijlng to make people believe ou are in business for the benefit of the public If lou are for some leason going to sell a certain line of goods at a in duced price, say so in jour ad., but don't forget to glvo the reason. If the reason Is a plausible one, It tiength ens the drawing power of the udveitise ment wonderfully. Type in Advertising. Don't tiy to imitate a type specimen hook in getting up jour advertisement. Many styles and inces in an advertise ment generally spoil the whole thing. In fact, a very good ad can be gotten up with the use of only one stjle of type, using different sizes for the dis play, etc. However, we do not lecom mend the continual use of hut one face or stile at a time, in the composition of an advertisement, but do adIse ngalnst the use of moie than two or three In a good-sized aihertlsement. The fact of the matter is, the mer chant who does not employ a legular ad. writer will get better lesults If ho simply designates his display lines on his copy, nnd leaves the matter of tjpe to be used to the Judgment of the ad vertising compositor. Small Talk. Occasional advertising will bring oc casional results. Continual advertising will brlntr continual results K. G. Com sen and The Weston 51111 company both use four-Inch spaces dally, which attract much attention. Mr.Coursen's ad. Is frequently changed, and alwajs says something about his goods In a teise, Inteiestlng way. Such an advertisement Is bound to bring businesu. Tho Weston Mill company advertising Is exceptionally clever, nnd leflects much to the credit of the ad. writer, Miss Olcott, who has been writ ing tho Weston Mill ads. since they have Inaugurated the system of fre quent changes of copy. American Beer in Manila. The wlde-a-wake American adver tiser Is certainly a wonder. A small newspaper Is being published In Man ila, printed In English. The native shop keepers buy some space, but tho largest and most piomlncnt ad. in the pnper Is that of Schlltz's Milwaukee beer. What Others Say. Regulate your advertising expendl turo to lit the season, but do not stop It any moro than you would stop dr. Ing business for a month or two and then expect to reopen the store nnd go light ahead fiom where you loft off one Is as sensible as the other, the nt- Runient applies to both. Chicago pniel Ouzetto. An- HAPPINESS VS, MISERY. Ur. Charcots 'I onto Tablet, the great Par shin reiuedv, In u gimruuteod tare for tua Orlulc lliiult; also nervousnos unci moluii. eboly aimed by over-indulgence. It Uislroyj tlie Appttltj lor Alcoholic and til lntoxlcutlug Ileverasei, und leaves mau is be should be. It cun be aatulntaterod nlthouttbe knowledge of the patient whore necessary, bead for pamphlet. tt'm. 0. Clark, 3'61'cnn Ave,, Scran ton, I'. Make youi announcements positive. Don't sny what yo do not do, or v. lint your goods ate not. State what tht goods arc, and what you arc willing to do nbout them. Theto Is no um wasting time enumerating the thlnrs that j oil won't do. People read ndvei tlsements to find out what you will do. not what you won't do Printers' Ink. ' Dame Nature doesn't guaiantoe the teeth she supplies, We do," says the ad. of the New System Dental I'liilma. Xenla, Ohio. A pennv saved is a penny cm lied. You inn always save pcnlnes by nail ing with met (.limits who uih'pitit foi your custom. Mansfield, Ohio, News 1 doubt If It Is possible to do too much adxei Using so long as the busi ness Is capable of developing, and so long net the aihei Using bills inn b paid Dates In rrlnteis' Ink. FRANCE'S DEPOPULATION. Unsatisfactory Pioportion of Biiths to Marriages and Deaths. 1'ioin the London Si mdiinl The population, oi, inthei, the de population question has again become a serious pioblem lot lvalue. When the statistic loi the veal IVJfi weie published It was announced, with no incolisldeinl'k amount of pleasure that the bltths in the countij had exceeded the ihaths bv ') 1.700, a most favoialile lundltion of things when coinpaied with the pievlous jeai. when tic deaths had exceeded the biiths by 17 M3 These figuies Wete lookid upon as denoting a turn In the tide In the gi.id uall.v dei teasing nunibet of biiths, and one wilier laid paptrl.il stiess on the 'SPitioii that itPiiLlnneii had at all events lemovid the stUniu that tlwj wete a ck(uvlng nation. Molt piudent wilteis leseived their opinion, lest th dun go should have been due to excep tional (auses, and the statistics which have jiwt been issued for the veai 1W, fiom the Buieau dti Ti avail on th movement of the population in the count!, show that the reseivatloii then made wcie not without iean It Is tine that there Is still an excess if biiths over deaths to the numbci of 10S.OSS, and at flist sight this total would appeal to denote an linpiove ment over the piecedlng Jear This Is not so, howevci, foi an ex amination of the Usurps show tho lin piovement in the ndual total does not mlse fiom anv inn ease in the blith iate, but fiom an exceptionally low late of mortolit: duiing the jear, and. In a laige mcaute, to the absence of anv epidemical disease Thus, while in lSlr the deaths thinughout iianee amount ed to a total of 771,SiM. In the jeai under notke thev only leadied 7."1,01', or 20.SG7 shoit of the llgllle leached the pievlous veai On the other hand, It should aio be noted that while in ISt'G thete were SGS.nSG biiths. last year the total reached was only SuO.107, a dimi nution of Just G.oOO If the Inciease In the population does nut come up to th" Inciease noted in 1S9G, or to what was expected, Fienehmeu mai find some satisfaction In the fact that theie Is an Impiovement on such ye.us as 1S91 1SW or 1S9", when the excess of deaths oei biiths leached a eiy consldeiable llguro The ineiea,-p of a people must to a (ortnln extent depend on the number ot maiilages In the countiv, nnd the Kiench statistics inibllshed undei this head. If a little more sitlsfacloiv nu merlcalh than those lclatlng to th" main (iii"stlou, as a whole leave much to be deslied Acioidlng to M. Mor on's icpoit. Hip number ot mairiagos celebiattd in Fiance last vim win 2fd,4G.', as coinpaied with 1!90,171 in 1S11, mid "SJ.21S In ISO" doing back ten vears it mav be noted that the num boi was then 27G.S4S, o that the In crease has been extremely giadual. The number ot biiths each year as separated from the illegitimate births which last year icached a total of 7., OS'i have not even shown a con ex pending Ineiense Tor the past ten jeais the total hns beer, neai SOO.000. the lowest ear being 1S9.", with It.H! bltthh, and tho highest. 1SSS, when the total lenched SS.,GI9 A slinll.u even avenge Is to be noted with leg.trd to the deaths, which annually have aver aged between 700,0 m and SOO.POO. Hut to lotuin to the question of th" blith iate. Hupposlng the actual in ciease In the population which was icported last jear In lound numbers 100,000 could be maintained It would .still compai veiv unfavorably with the average annual inerenso In the population of Geim.inj'. estimated at CIO.000 souls per vear from 1S91 to 1S9", or even with the moro moderate nnnu al inciease In the ponulatlon of 1ie.it l'litain, whldi Is estlmate.l in 450,000. It Is In taking a terles of years that the question from the national point of view Is seen In Us woist 114m. Av eraging tho lncieasen from the j'ear 1SS6 to the year ISI'7, wo find that tin annual Increase has only been 29,231, which Is a remarkably poor result fof a nation computed to consist of over 38,000,000 souls nt the end o the year li97. If the views of certain eminent au thorities are correct, the prospects for the futuio nre none too pleasant for the Trench nation. It la many j-ears since so largo a number of marrlagei took place as in 1S97, and consequently the decreaso In tho birth rate canno: bu put down to a decieaso under this head ANNUAL STATEMENT 01 Tin1: COMMISSIONERS or LACKAWANNA COUNTY Showing Receipts, Disbursements, Condition of the Finances and Ac counts of State and County Taxes foi the I1sc.1l year ending December 31, i8c)8. ItKCniPTS. Amount iceelved by County TreiiHiuer M. J. Kelly, from county nnd bridgo lax dupli cates and othri sources of revenue as shown by the tute lnetit ot said comity trius urer $12i,57i 70 DISUl'ItSCMnXTS. Amount of disbursements lrom (ounty nnd bridge funds as shown b tho following state ment of the count lonunls Moners on county warrants Xos, 1 to 3Sw, Inclusive, und (llsbuisf incuts made by the county treasurer us shown bv the stntcnunt of said tioasUMr. 2M,tsO 09 itiedpts in eie.s of disburse ntctits . ... 47.S1J 07 assi:shmi:nts. Paid iixKcssors for making stall und lotintv ussesxmctits. making lux dtuillcutes m liool conies und tr.iuncripts ol tnoitg.iges und Judgments ADViniTISING I'nld for publishing coinuils sloniis' unniinl statement, und other udvertlslng AOltlCt'LTt'UAh SOCJI12TIIW. 1 " lil Prepin.111 I.eueh, tiensmer piiniluin to iigiliulltli.il -oele-tlcs as provided bv law $ 3W i) Al'l'ltnilKNSlO.V HP MfllDKRHHS. I'.ild Mwuid for appichenslnn und eolivle Hon of Villi limn ..$ 'J'"!") imiDGKS I'.ild A 11 WMherbvfoi two -tone aidi brldnes In Newton und We-t liliigton townships $ llurrlsou Guidner foi stone inch In (Intnlleld towiidilp . Viindiivoorl A: Klzei, iibutinciit in lilukcl bo- lough . ilrotou Ililclce Miitiuf.ic lining L'o for thiee iron bildges In New ion und Heutou townships unci Hlnkely borough .. 2 120 uo .McLaughlin A Hnvder lor stono arch briilge 111 bouin Aumgton tonn hlll( . A II Dunning foi pio-fo-vlonul prvlees Marti A: Smith . ItolK-lts. lalho.id faie, etc , lor ccmi inisoiu rs and tngliu ei loiiitiug sites and In s( pc ting bildge vv( rk . ClIUs ltobcits, l.lllKUIll I.up ete , for (ommls loners and engine ei locating sites and In specting bridge woik ... l.lviiy bills Advei Using bildge let tings C J. Thomis lot stone ai (h In Il.iUon borough. il,lw JO l15n- 70 VG i) 17i (J 111 to SAW AN ISLAND FORMED. Sailoia' Stoiy of an Indian Ocean Phenomenon. An Island was upheaved on the night of Sept. 15 In the aouthein part of the Indian ocean, according to the captuln of the llrltlsh steamer Ureeonshlie,, which has mtived at Philadelphia from Java with a caigo of sugar. The man on lookout, according to tho captain, about 4 o'clock In tho after noon ot Sept 15 saw a cloud looming up dnedly ahead. Tho cloud spread un til the entlrp horizon ahead was ob scured by a wall of vapor, into which the captain did 'not dare to enter until the next morning, when ho would havo fourteen hours of ijiyllght ahead of him, says the New York Herald. Tho steamer hove to and tho sailors terrified by tho unusual vapor waited anxiously for tho next day to come. The moon camo up, and by IUj light tho sea was seen to bo smooth as glass. Shortly afternoon 10 o'clock that night :ip ix 20 7n i.' fiij n 57 J! UU I'l il IS VI Sill 0" 4,tJI 57 eoriiT noi'.si: uroi'nds. I'.ild mowing, sprinkling lawn, shoveling snuw, and othoi woik on C H giouuda $ 471 'JiJ Il.irher Asplmlt Co., use of steam toller 2" mi dark l.ovvry, trees o,j Itepalrs and sharpening luwu niowersi :! lb. New hoso and plumb ing etc 7i II COMMONWEALTH COSTS. I'.ild aldermen, justices, consta bles and wltni"-!.ps in common wt.ilth caves $ 47.5S5 coukt kxpi:nsi:s I'.ild lou.t e i lets, messcn- smgeis and tipstaves $,',515 w II 11. Coston, coutt stenographer SOjr, 1 I.ukuwnnna Legal News 1.1 ' Iti ft ree- appointed bv couit 2 53i On nraiiil hirers L',010 'il Tiuverse Jurors ll.ro.' 1,1 l'etlt Jurors 7,147 7b Constables for making returns !,?" .V .Inn 1 ominlssioiiers 1,11) 01 (-ennui jvnni. TPkplinno Co Tvoe writing material. clerk-" i it Special stenographic str- vices . Paper books Supieme eouit . Phvsleitn attending sick juror Printing rul"s of rouit .. I'l luting blanks foi - nmlntitlonl ivv studi nts.. Advertising iiiknowledg- mi ill tleasuiei's deeds. COl'NTY COMMISSIONCKS' OPKICI; Paid Giles ltnlu rts, county conmil.-slonei ...$1,US ."I S W Itohorts, county commissioner 1 013 5u John Diniuth, county commissioner 10 4 50 ("liiiH I'. Wagner, chief clirk 1,500 in) jj j;. jioiMtn in, assist ant cdirk I' W. Klrchoff, assist ant clcik H A. Knapp, (.ounty solicitor tj 70 00 .ti y 11 21 II 0-1 11 no 11 00 77 On 1. () 57 f"3 Hi 900 ml 5o0 00 COUNTY AUIilTOUS Paid P. W. Costello .v. iv, i: Klefer i", 00 1. L. waul twirt -$ 7,20.' 73 -V 2,505 00 county orricnns. Paid r. II. demons, bhcr llf'!, fees $3,SI1 o C i: Pi j or. shPilff's fees. 4JH u II. A knapp, (ounty &o llcitor, sheriffs f(es ... 51 21 Jnim H. Jones, district uttotiipv's fees 0CI7 7J C 1J. Prvoi, prothono tniy's fres 60S 47 J. Copelind, prothono tury's fees 823 70 John II. Thomas, clerk of tourts fees 2,730 27 Thomas P. Danlals, ikrk of courts' tees 5,192 03 Charles Huester, record ers fees 151 fx Pied Warlike, iccordet's fees Cii 70 i 27.7J7 nrniAL op di:ad (oldikrs. Paid builul expenses of deceased SOldlelH US niM Art of ANitpm. bl, approvid May 12, 1SS3 $ DIVISION OP ELECTION 1JI8TIWCTS. 1175 Paid commissioners appointed by court C2 D1HTIIS AND DEATHS. Paid assessors in townships and of births nnd deaths us pro vided by law $ 9C0 00 ' 20 ELECTION EXPENSES. Paid itectlon officers nnd rent of polling ptneps... $5,119 31 around rent for polling places 200 00 Printing ballots. Instruc tion, return sheets, etc. 3,23.! 12 Itepalrlng moving, set ting up and storing booths 020 13 Delivering ballots nnd other election blinks.. 129 li Clerks appointed by court to compute election re turns 493 00 Publishing sheriff's proc lamation 7m 01 Supplies to election boards 50 )2 1620 G8 ELECTION CONTESTS. Pal dwllnesses In election con tests $ 3176.. EASTERN PENITENTIARY. Paid board and clothing of con Met h $ 4,mrs ENUMERATION OP SCHOOL CHIL DREN. Paid nssessois muking enumct atlon of children 1 1,362 52 INSURANCE. Paid Insurance, county prison find court house J 112 00 IMPEACHMENTS. Paid costs In Impeachment caao of Alderman Kelly t 201 SO INSANE CONVICTS. Paid phvslclans for examinations of nnd report upon mental con dlton of pet sons ulbged to be Insnno J is 14 INQUESTS. Paid S. P. Longstrcet. conorer $1,"m( 01 S. W. itaijnmln. chemist. 121 on Jurois nt itKjuests 'H9 00 $ 2.4.74 03 PRINTING AND STATIONERY. Paid blank book", blank forms, pencils, pens, etc t 2,573 HI PREMIUMS I'nld bounty on wild cats, foxe. etc , including feis of Justice.. I 4S1 to POSTAGE. Paid poslnge stumps $ 76 00 STREET SPRINKLlMi. Paid Dunn Sprinkling Co ( &o 00 EIRE WARDENS. Paid for extinguishing forest Hies J r.Ol Total amount ot dlshuiscnients bv tho count commissioners on their win rents fiom Nos. 1 to 5.M.9. inclusive MSf. 125 52 In addition to the fene- golng tho lollowlng disbursements weie made by the countv treasuier from the genral county fund, to wit: Interest on county bonds , , $ ii'uu 00 County Institute. 200 on City Institute LW 00 Commission charge d by county treasurer u,!i4 .1 " sat 57 Total amount dlstmised from (ountv and bridgo funds for the car lvis 2Sl,6w) 10 Pl'IJLlC Ul'lLDING EXPENSES. Paid janitors and watch man .. . .$ Water, light nnd licit . Repairs, water closets, sewers, etc Tdephone rent E. P. Gross, new clock, attending and lepali Ing court house clocks Washing, (leaning und sc tubbing .... New furniture, repnli lug turnituie, cuipets, etc Supplies, soap, brusliis, mops ,ete Hauling ashes und other refuse Metallic tile cases, re corder's nnd commis sioners' olllce Repulis, court house .. Puriiitiiro tor Superior loiirl room pll- 1 7SI 50 2,111. W 11 S'l b 7! iy5u 3il (.1 till Sn 115 90 S'l 0.1 , m) On 1,257 SI Towels, blankets low cases, etc ... He my Hickman, rope on llagpole . 1,371 .Vi new 32 01, 3 0u PRISON EXPENSES, Paid feeding prisoners. .$12,US1 25 Salaries of wardens and keepers 7,42 H.i Light, fuel and water.... 2,2ni 05 Prisoners' clothing and bidding, etc 750 11 Supplies brushes, brooms Ice, etc h.ii .Ss Telephone rent 70 On Repair, prison building . M7 91 Phlilnn and medical supplies M011 Convelng prisoners to and from county prhon 91 00 Cur lata for prisoners... 17 55 Stone work on pilson giounds 2dO 01) New furniture, lino leum, rcpiirlng furni ture, etc SI ,11 Sewin gmachinc 25 00 Disinfectants 49 In -$ 12,272 10 -$ 21 33! 55 REGISTRATION. Paid assessor of voters for mak ing Mav and December regis tration i S,79 S3 ROAD DAMAGES. Paid viewers applntcd by court t SH 00 Damage to land taken fto public toad 2121 IS $ 3 73') 9S STATE HOSPITAL. Paid keep of Insane convicts from Lackawanna county i 27J 73 STATE INDUSTRIAL REPORMATORY. Paid care of Inmates from Lickavvanna count J 13175 STATE AUDIT. IMIil 15 W. Thuver. nildltlmr ne- counts of countv otlleers f 130 00 SUNDRY EXPENSES. Paid transient clerks for services. In countv com missioners' ofllco Dliectoiy Subscriptions for news papers Relndexlng lecnrds In reglsteir of wills' of llco U. S. icvmue stamps.... L W. Bunnell, forfeit ed ball cases city atlas Telegam Moving saro to county prUou 5 00 99G 97 4 00 17 00 GOO 01 2 00 20 00 23 00 W -f 1,070 57 TAXES REFUNDED. Paid taxes overcharge and re funded $ 22 13 TEMPORARY LOANS. Paid Seranton Savings bank, temporal loans $42,035 31 STATE TAX ACCOUNT. Valuation of money at tnteiest, bonds, mortgages and Judg ments, ete , assessed in Lnrku wannn county for tho eur lMi subji ct to four mill tn for Maet purposes, as reported to board ot revenue tommlsslon cis valuation $0,623,053, amount of tax $20,492:5 Piom which deduct county county treasurer's commis sion 2CI 92 Total amount stato tax $26 227 31 Rebuto $ 39.C70 43 M. J. Kelly, County Treasurer, iu Account with JLnckawanna County. DR. c' a J e fo h vl 5 2 . h ' ' ,b H & a k. Jf H is 2 j 2 O K t- 0 h lialiince on ImiiiQaniiary J, 1S9S... jj u fR'9or7TW"C7lT6Sl'li:'6.)6'4ll 3$ Ml Si lux dupllcatn of 1S95 ,j ,. ,,,, ,1 Tax dlipllcatp of ISM 190 27 2,110 41 2,506 70 lax diuillrato of 1S97 .11,75164 31,751 M Tuv dlipllcnto of 1S93 $61200 162.5J4 29 16J.14H 19 Loans from Scrunton Savings Rank,.... ,, 42,00000 42,00000 Lquur license, hotels 24.1S5 29 24,1115 2s Liquor license, reMnurauts 3.841 57 ,t,Ml 67 Rebate on stato tax for yenr 197 10,772 22 10,TT2 22 Exoneration tax collected . 102 14 102 14 Interest on unseated land Ill G5 55.165 Beitcd and unseated lntltl tax collected 4,974 22 tu 97 2,078 76 7,118 95 Pivo per cent, penalty collected 196 56 196 56 Prison board collected 144 0(1 144 On Prothonotnry'a liens collected 385 60) 385 60 Costs collected by H. A. Knnpp, countv solicitor P p Jury fees, lines and costs from Thomas Daniels, clerk of courts 211 Ot. 2H0O Redemption fund 1 857 S8 Xl 1 Allen tux collected HO I'J 140 1,2 Rent for election booths 109 00 109 00 Pile cases sold by lountv commissioners 28 25 23 25 Secretary of Internal arfulrs J10 00 110 00 John Klckus, refunded registration " : 4 l0li District Attorney John U Jones, costs collected 15 00 15 00 Pishing tines collected 500 i oc) Giles Roberts for hose cart JO 00 10 00 Alderman C. C. Donovan, fine collected . Refunded by Wm. T Hackett and others, overpaid by county com- 1 00 109 mlsslorers' warrants, Nos. 2,936, 2 70S ., DO 23 80 2.1 County commissioners for glass sold 6 00 6 OT Costs collected from Pred Mink having been dlscbaiged as Insolvent 27 65 27 C3 Detective license. C. I. Sllverburgh 23 00 2100 Medical license, Dr Rr an Clark, of Now York city 10 00 J9 Oil Attorney P P. Lnttghnin, overpaid fees K 00 8 00 Proceeds of countv commissioners' sales 4100 4100 David Matthews, overpaid on grand Juiy 6 00 5 00 Typewriting paper sold by county commissioners J8 00 18 On Interest nnd costs on land redeemed lrom county commissioners ES 37 537 Transferred from county to bridge fund 7,500 00 7,500 90 JTotuI .. .................... .. $1.12 M $7K7$48l"2S $1,547 52 $8.47179 t.ai,wjjy?l$23ja19aKt CR. v,r?ev - jS.. T- Interest on coupims pafd (bounty lustltuto Clt Institute Transferred from county to btldgo fund County nnd bridgo wnirnnls paid, Nos. I to 5 Ms, Inclusive, series G. Township wurrants paid, No. (.3 to 174, Inclusive Redemption fund Treasurers commission IWlniuc on band E c "S a e o t-l $l!j 26 7s0 37 29S 02, $1,035 111 29 4,3)6 51 c $ 5.777 3J 4,6'.6 4! a c 3 o O .--.- i j8LilM7B2l$814j,1.79j3j;i Q98.97$612 00;$336,996 9J i-wm 20000 200 00 7.500 00 255,648 17 11,954 57 35,1.96 23 M o ieii'oo 'a r"is" 20000 7,500 00 231,425 53 1,055 .2 186 26 12,089 W 46,439 57 Statement of Collectors of State ami County Tax for the Year 1898. DISTRICTS. Jl Arehald iioroiigh Hlakely Uorough , Ibnton Township Covington Township Clifton Township Cuiondnlo Townshli Ctirbondale Clt V'lrst ward Second ward Third waul Pourth ward Kifth waid Sixth ward Dickson Citv Roiough Uunmoiu liomugh Dalton Rorough Elmhurst UoiougU Fell Township Greenfield Township Glenburn Uorough Gouldsboro Roiough Jermyn Rorough Jefferson Township La Plume Roiough Lehigh Township Lackawanna Township ... Miidlson Township M,i field Rorough Newton Township North Ablngton Township Old Forge Township Olyphant Rorough Ransom Township Roaring Rrook Township . Scott Township Spring Rrook Township .. South Ablngton Township Taylor Rorough Throop Rorough Wlnton Rorough West Ablngton Township . Wnverly Rorough Seranton City rirst ward Sicond waul Third ward Pourth ward Plfth ward SKth wnrd Seventh ward Eighth ward Ninth wnrd Tenth ward Eleventh ward Twelfth ward Thirteenth ward Fourteenth ward Fifteenth ward Sixteenth ward Seventeenth ward Eighteenth waid Nlneticnth ward Twentieth ward Twenty-first ward llenton Township Caihondnle City. Pitst ward Elmhurst Roiough Pell Township Lackawanna Townhlp Niw'on Township Scott Township Wlnton Roiough Seranton Clt Second ward Pourth ward Plfth ward Ninth ward Tenth wnrd Fourteenth ward Fifteenth ward (Nineteenth ward Dunmoio Rorough Collectois, P. T. MtDJnueir$" i. j. wuiiiims... H. O. Smith lit J. T.intleld... 'Sol Slglln Pat. Cusey c O 2 in "3 3 SO M V 1-4 :3s III. II. Pierce IWm. Male ... . Win. l'jsmoie I ,Wm I'nssmore.. IE. H. Stone ....( iWm Passmore . T. H. Weiland.... W. E. Correll...! A. Terw llllger . i C. II. Whltne , J. W. White ... .1 W. J. Rell . ... E. M. Sherwood. J. R. Gardner... iJos Jay, Sr G W. Collins. . !G. W. l'aterson I I J. (5. Ruiler ..... ,J J. Co no . .. E. Noack Iltoht. Roe !J. D. Hopkins.. P. L Smith ' H. Hatdlng ' IP. J. Hoban I Tobias Stein .. i iJas. McDade, Jr Rich Graves .. , W. A. Price ' O. P. Meyers.... J. D. JonesN.... Geo. Stanton .... Jas J. Lnwler . G P. Gethman . W. G. Letson.... Henry Roberts., J. R. Owens .. . J. J. Costello ... D. T. Jenkins . Tlmothv Jones . Thos. Thomas . H Hagen H. V. Poust W. P. Cow'thw'te R. Ruenzll .. T. Hesslnger .. Jos Allbrecht. ' If t. Itiilote.nfl ! O P. Kellow.., W. O. Williams. J. G. Seamans... Jon. Spelcher... Tho. Thomas . Jos. Albrecht ... Chas. P Kloss. w. W. Rerge .. 4.1S9 06,$ B.191 b6 1.5S9 5II slO C, L14 01 1 323 49 3 fi'"S S7 2 122 91 2,13s 4')1 1,013 481 1,7(M f J 1,168 781 4.0S.5 70 12,621 41 S04 06 ill li ::,s.i2 99 1,291 J 11 507 JV 7s 10 2 011 23 1 145 29 266 Ai JIB M 7,033 t'i l.msr, 1.4S7 51 1,822 74 680 01' 5,71s 74, 4,179 97 1,324 h' 553 46, 2.IMV 09 735 89 1 649 SS1 3 711 1.2, 3 197 011 2,912 27 421 111 716 161 1 009 17 414 B'l 2,761 47 I..444 56, 7,011 S91 1.9S2 27 'I 21 1 71 30 161 IS 11,587 16, 4 414 701 4,01,5 18 1,157 oo ; 9,s.i3 19 4:'8 19 4,RI 31 S.02S k8 19,014 93 879 11 4 161 i7 7,176 71 4,324 46 "Tb'siJ' 2. .2 7b 112 01 77 00 I. 00 sen 1,112 74' 1.P92 SS 272 bit 10 11 2 2!i 131 M)0 21 3'I 1 229 29 1 lb2 79 2 72J 78 71 28 151 102 50! 5 70 111 S5 53 52 9 441 Pit 12 161 66 5.1 31 211 11 49 31 27 37 146 22! HI 16 114 23 K1 S3 27 58 01 14 2-17 14 b 7! 31 1,2 I Ml 43 12 28162 COS 05 1 SO 1.12 05 b2'l 171 72 S1 42 67 2 404 73 2 613 S3 2IR H) 907 21 59 43 1,658 73 601 St 231 50 2,510 19, E.s91 87 SS791 211 54 H7 S3 43 31 T261 !I9 3 414 62 1.731 B.1' S87 65' 2tV) 64 1,329 OS 3 1 H 4,SU ,:si6 2,111 1,061 1941 1,118 4,105 1 5, Ml 966 US 1,911 1, 119 669 W 2,140 S70 321 226 7,218 1,504 1,140 2,033 729 5,716 4,326 145,8 699 2.1S1 761 1745 3,950 .1,103 2,966 421 751 781 ...I 3.11 ' 47 a O . H r, S W s, C' nj 3 C 'J .l ooo ooTlTST 2 125 29 1,19.1 00 312:6 '"f,60U9 R K) 79 7.o?6 24 2.770 27 C 996 41 8,281 06 2,011 12 3,231 40 32, ,1.6 31 13.201 01 4 661 09 5 032 42' 1,516 41 11 651 92 5,144 03 B.oil 81 10,569 07 24,910 80 !H7 90 4.402 91 7.114 57! 4,3b7 60 13S 11 1 19 245 45 2.621 59 2.6S.2 70 978 07 2.470 41 4,452 24 20103 1,206 5 6,710 04 6,073 '.0 1,728 S6 550 21 160 Kl ,1,38 Kl 2.006 2.1 2,176 38 5,583 iS 7,678 1 312 CO 278 07 2,531 71 438(3 ($213,879 99 $27,491 18'$273,174 17 $201 26 $189 07 $106 7l($163,C59 79 $89,517 34 t 63 19 28 72 10 43 OS .11 $42 271 18 40 33 CO, It 67 5 669 20 4 .113 51 1,792 20 4,526 00 3.S2S 82 1,834 0 2 049 81 23 S56 27 13,127 31 2,9.14 11 4,182 19 1,355 45 8 263 25 3.117 W 2,853 43 4,985 19 17,271 87 f25 00 2,124 84 4,950 82 3.929 11 Year 1897. II. G. Smith... . $ 1456 E. A. Wonnacotti 3f28 Chas Whltne .1 281 15 J. W. White. .. 3.70". 17 J. J. Coiio 6,917 ') J. D. Hopkins. . 1,746 51 Rich. Graves ... 1 860 97 Jns. J. Lawler.. , 3,218 46! A. R. Rrlggs 5,880 72 G. M. Wallace . 6196 bl Tlmothv Jones . 7.379 41 G. R. Thompson, 10 535 131 L. Schroeder .. 3 2bi L5 G. P Kellow 4 363 7J T. T. Morgan.... 4 01104 Wm Miller 4 016 11 W. E. Con ell.... 3,420 17 8$ 156 08 $ SIS 3100 i.S S3 127 rsl 216 oh 172 19 2 U) 56.1 71 391 55 680 39! 2,36.1 tO 32S 10i 550 51 2s0 2 221 15! 52 Cb 1,612 S6 4,7 0b 4 IS .1,777 30 7,041 48 1,962 55 2,011 f6 3,221 06 6.414 43 6.317 96 7,913 SO 11,103 .13 3,591 25 4.911 SO 1 113 .11 4,240 6 1,417 S3 1$ 71,607 30,$ 7,171 32,$ 78,778 62 Year 18i)(i. ! I t ! CI217 S31 31 46 r,7 405 t,9 1,615 48 202 8.1 17? 6fi 15 14 739 27 2,387 96 1.S93 06 2,166 .14 770 01 664 SO 781 9i 501 23 772 83 $ 63,327 S9$15,450 75 ( n 9S0 69 287 51 .1 371 61 5,400 (0 1,759 Ti 1,860 00 2,405 10 3 6S.1 16 4,000 00 6 (166 74 10.931 M 2,821 22 4,250 00 3,531 ."9 3.739 01 2,700 00 Dunmoro Rorough Fell Township Wavcrly Rorough . T. K. Rolnr.d . P. McGeever. C. W. Hall.... .1 9 '66 815 3,440 421 b2 831 917 331 ,19 70 b2 92 10,304 19 3,480 12 CS3 751 S,48 25 2,096 70 400 83! Sera n t nnC i t '!ThJr(lwnrd $ 13,434 11'$ 1,039 95'$ 11,471 06 Year 189. C.lles Decker ... 2,251 9S .52J72.29225l J .! 1,455 91 783 43 2SS92 $ 11,915 7? $ 2.52S 23 ' 2,122 921 1C9.13 Coiulition of the Finances of Lackawanna County. ASSETS. Cash In county trcasury.$ 40,392 6i Court houso building .. 350,000 00 Furniture and fixtures In court house w.ooo on Court houso grounds... 20J.W0 oo County prison building.. 125,000 00 County prison grounds.. 20,000 00 Furniture In county ft prison 3,000 00 Duo from collectors, subject to lommls slons and exonerations.. 307,000 on Duo from stato 19,670 00 Total assets $900,032 07 LIARIL1TIES. Pour and one-half per cent, refunding bonds, Issue of Dec. 1, 1894, from Nos. 21 to 120. In clusive $10n,iVl 0) Pour per cent, court houso Improvement bonds, lssuo of Dec. 1, 1896 133,000 00 $235,000 00 Assets In exce&4 of liabilities.. $003,062 67 STATISTICS. Assessed valuation for year 1S9S $33,000,000 00 Estimated expenses for year 1S99 230,000 08 Amount of county tax duplicate for eir 1S9S :31,000 00 Amount of state tux duplicate for car 1898 26,227 33 All of which is respectfully submitted. JOHN DEMUTH GILES RORERTS, B. W. RORERTS, County Commissioners. Attest: CHAS. P. WAGNER, Clerk. Seranton, Pa., February 8, 1899. a booming sound was heurd about 10 miles to the northward. At the same moment, borno upon tho bosom of an Immense wae, the Hreronshlio mounted vertically to a point nt leitbt 20 feet nbovo net former position on tho ocean bed and to the nccomp.mlment of an Immense upheav al of water an Island appeared to the leewatd, where all previously had been but the sea mid sky. The suddenness of tho event almost deprived the crew of their senses, but they had llttlo time to comment on the phenomenon, being obliged to look to tho safety of the vessel. It was many anxious moments before thnt safety was assured, but apparently as though nature had exhausted herself, the sea In a few moments returned again to Its wonted tranquility and the looming clouds of vapor disappeared. When day dawned a clear view was afforded of the Island, and Its volcanic origin was cleaily established. It con sisted of vertical columns and hand mineral arranged with wonderful geo metrical exactitude iesembllng very strongly the pictures of the famous Giant's Causeway. It was found to bo only a small Inland, possibly not more than one-ciuarter of a mile In circum ference, and its highest point not at a greater altitude than 100 feet. In all probability the new Island has been In formation for many years below the surfuce, and only by an upheaval ot extraoidlnary Intensity did Jt emerge above the surface. A MILLIONAIRE BUSHMAN. Spent His Life Without a Vacation Fighting the Desert. James Tyson, the wealthiest man In Australia, who died recently, was as a lad, and remained to the end of his life, a bushman pure and simple. Though he accumulated great wealth, he recog nized none of tho ordinal y civilized uses of money, but maintained through out hla career the frugal habits of tho beginning, working no le?f continuous ly at seventy than he had worked at seventeen, wearing habitually a shabby suit of ready-made clothes, with a sil ver watch, of which a bootlace formed tho guard, nnd eating only tho same hard fare that had served him when, as a young laborer, ho took tho posi tion of "leading seythe" on tho station of two brothers of tho name of Vine. His llfo was lived In the open nlr, and as a man of over seventy years of age he was able to say of himself that he had never entered a church, a theatre or a public house; that he had never tasted beer, wine or spirits; that he had never sworn, and that ho had never washed with soap he used sand In steadnor worn a white shirt or a glove. He was of splendid, though pomewhat spare and hard, phslque, and at seventeen stood C feet 4 Inches In his stockings. His figure, as known more familiarly of late years, was that of a square-shouldered, slightly stoop ing but active man, with a keen face set below a crop of Iron-gray hair, and distinguished by particularly blight, deep. set gray eyes. His money did not Interest him. Ho UBed to say of It, "I shall Just leave It behind mo when I go, I shall have done with It then, and It will not con cern mo afterward. Hut," ho would add, with a characteristic semi-exultant snap of the Ilngeis, "the money is nothing, It was the little game that was the fun!" Being usked once, "What was the llttlo game?" he re plied with an energy of concentration peculiar to him, "Fighting1 the desert! That has been my work! I have been fighting the desert all my llfo nnd I have won' I have put water where there was no water, nnd beef where there was no beef I have put fences where there wero no fences, and roads where theie were no roads. Nothing can undo what I have done, and mil lions will bo happier for It after I am long dead." Mr. Tyson was entliely Australian, and had no experience after tho limit of the Australian colonies At seventy one years of age, never having had a holiday In his life, he entertained for a time the thought ot winding up his af fairs and starting to see the world be fore he died, but finally condemned his own project as being too Idle and self indulgent. .-Pall Mall Gaiettc.
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