the other. Me - ~ gy 7 i i! MONARCH AND $40.00 | ALL ROADS ARE ALIKE TC A MONARCH. Perfection is the result of our long experience. iit JA J i 2 sol are the product of mechanical ingenuity. $50.00 Monarch Chainless $100.00 Send for 1898 Catalogue. Agents wanted in open territory. MONARCH CYCLE MFC. CO. Lake, Halsted and Fulton Streets, Chicago. Branches—New York, London and Hamburg. Send ten 2-cent stamps for a deck of Monarch Playing Cards illustrating Lillian Russell, Tom Cooper,Lee Richardson and Walter Jones. $60.00 HELP FOR THE HELPLESS! SAY <A SZ Co 0. a N et Hand and Foot Power Tricycles for Cripples, Men, Ladies and Children. logue and full particulars. New models will soon be ready. Send for cata- THE FAY MFG. CO., Elyria, O. oy : THE MONARCH CHAINLESS. A Bicycle Gearing Absolutely New, Novel, and Practical. In their indiscriminate haste to an- nounce the vaking of chainless wheels, some manuldcturers have tumbled over egehotherin the endeavorto be in frent. To be in front is a spasm, to “keep in front” is ststained energy. To utter a truism is one thing, to live up to it is another. The spirit of the aphorism of the Monarch Cycle Manufacturing Com- pany, “Ride a Monarch and Keep in Front,” is well illustrated in its latest product, ‘The Monareh Chainless, Alive ‘to the times, the company will pro- duce a chainless bicycle which has been proven by repeated tests to be superior, in its class. in every partieniar, Two surfaces that will roll on each other will transmit motion from one to If the surfaces are compar- atively smooth, the motion is transmit- ted by friction. Dut, when the surfaces are provided with projections, the mo- tion, although itis unchanged innature, is transmitted Ly divect pressure, and it is irregular unless the acting surfaces of the projec®ns are carefully. and exactly shaped to produce an even mo- tion. It is the difficnlty which is ex- pericnced 2 produce these perfect pro- jecuions, when bevel gears are used. which leads the experienced mechanic away from them. Loug é#erience in Sewing Machine manufacture has taught the Monarch Compdny that whatever transmission was used, bevei gears wera not to be considared if easy runnine was to be thonglit of. The resale has been no driving gear which is excellent In its easy running qualities, The mechanismissimnle. The erank axle and hab cesar: somewhat refeinble the famiiiar snroezet wheels the notices able difference beine the teeth which are closer ingciher and yy shavpgin ernss section instead of four sided. The shaft couneceting the two is providod nt each end with a niniou having roller pin testi whictitnn in and out of {he “wide anole openines between the geo: teeth Zach seb of gears ig enclosed but should they from any cause be ex- posed the action of the pin teeth is such that they areself-cleaning, forcing mud and dirt out from between the teeth. One of the chief objections urged against chainless wheels by mechanics is that should the rear frame become twisted or out of line, there would be a cousequent binding of the mating gears. The Monarch chainless is entirely free from this objection inasmuch that the junetion of the pinions and gears form a type of the bail and socket joint, thereby permitting free running under the conditions usually met with in bicycle riding. A particular advantage which this gear has, and which gives it the highest efliciency, is the direct lift as against the end thrust which is com- mon to all bevel gearing. This end thrust is a prominent factor in friction and frame strain. Another point to be counted in favor of the Monarch gear is, that it is not of delicate construction although com- paratively light in weight. Asstated by Grant, the wellknownau- thority ongears,“The pin gearis particu- Iurly valuable when the pinsare made in the form of-rollers forthenthe minimum of friction is®eached.” The friction between the tooth and pin, otherwise a sliding friction at a line bearing is. with a voller pin, & rolling friction. When property made, there is no form of tooth Hae is superior to the roller pin tooth. 7 While the Monarch company is war- ranted from the study of experts in placing its chainless machine on the market as the best type of that class, its Taith in the chain wheel is in no way diminished. Tt will eontinne to keep them in the forward ranks of that type of bievele which isyet the choice of the majority of the peopie. In line with the general paliey of the Monarch com- pany. tlie price of its chainless will be £100 90 which will give a complete line, including chain machines, ranging from i this price to 840.00, : Receipts and expenditures of the Annual Statement. Come= missioners of Somerset county for the fiscal year ending January 1, 1808. count with the county of Somersct. Receipts.—Dr. Taxes received from the Collectors Wm, Winters, ! treasurer of Somerset county, Penna, inae- | . purchasers .............. Jalance tax on unseated lands received and overpaid by treasurer in 1897 1154 21 Total expendityres. ...: EAE $ H55370 41 Balance in eounty ‘treasury, unexpended 9997 37 oi Finaueial Condition of Somerset County. of | ! State, County and Dog Rates for the years | | 1589, 701 to 97 inclusive. DISTRICTS. Stonyereck Northampton... "Jennertown Northampton. .. Somorset twp... * 3 124 02 2 94 Brothersvalley.. Conemaugh Ogle Salisbury SH 1 ws Oi somerset boro... somerset twp... Southampton... Sumanit........ a Wellersburg Ursin Addison & Benson Berlin... 5 Slack . 1 Brothersvalley .. Casselman.... on. Conemaugh Confluence Elk Lick Fair Hope:...... Greenville Hooversville .... Jefferson. ... Jennegtown Jenner’. Larimer . Lincoln Lower Turkeyf't Meyersdale. | Middlecreek | Milford New Baltimore. New Centreville. Northampton... i Quemahoning .. Rockwood Salisbury | Shade Somertield Somerset boro... Somerset twp... Southampton... Stonycreek...... Stoystown. Summit... Upper Tu Ursina Wellershurg Addison Allegeny. Benson... Berlin... Black ; Jrothersvalley.. Casselman } Conemaugh Confluence ...... kik Liek......... Hooversville .... Jetferson Jenncertown Jenner Larimer . Lincoln Lower Turkey Meyersdale. Middlecreek . Milford .......... New Baltimore. New Ceterville. Northampton... Quemahoning .. Rockwood Salisbury .. Shade Somerfield. Somerset boro... somerset twp... Southampton... Stonyereek Stoystown... Sum Total tax rec’d-1807, $48226 95 State tax bro’tover, 8154 92 Dog ~ “ 2146 Grand total Commissioners’ Ledger, Dr, viz: Borrowed money, Proceeds, Com- missioners’ sales, Unseated lands, Redemptions, Ete... ..... 0000000 County’s share liquor licenses...... Total recepts from all sources for year 1897 Expenditures.—Cr. Yr. County. State. Dow. RGIILIZXN gap _— wEE wn GFam~ Noe 776 3 25 00 3 60 5 25 3 95 95 95 9 05 0 95 20 94 Gl 27 00 16 29 3435 100 00 136 52 14 00 102 65 13 65 15 13 36 St — a] eS cuxEEnEEE SESEEEKEEER € $3154 92 $2745 20 $50127 07 8454 71 795 00 $68376 78 By amounts paid on orders, as follows: 374 95 Scalps........ Records... Jurors’ pay... Jail physician......... Viewers’ pay. ..:.......:. #*New Bridges.... Assessors’ pay... Sheriff's bill...... Fire insurance... Overpaid taxes........... Attorney’s fees...... Tax on indebtedness..... Election expenses........ Auditing public accounts. . Western penitentiary..... Miner's medical attendance. . Commonwealth costs... Computation court. . New prothonotary’s vault... County teachers’ institute... County auditors’ pay County auditors’ clerk...... Bal. expenses County Home. Soldiers’ burial expenses. ... Jury commissioners’ pay.... Commissioners’ clerk Sheep damages. ........... Road damages........5..... tegister and Reeorder’s fees. Prothonotary’s fees ........ District Attorney’s fees. .... Constables’ returns ......... Court stenographer......... Court crier and tipstaves.... Light, fuel and water........ Court house and jail expenses Stationery, books and postage Maintenance—Dixmont * Harrisburg .. Wernersville. Morganza.... Huntingdon . Court house and jail repairs. Court house janitor......... Court house and jail fireman Printing and advertising. ... Jurors’ meals and lodging... .. Borrowed money and interest Treasurer’s fees—E. Ii. Pugh Money refunded—unseated lands. . Reward, arrestande —loddys Bridge repairs . Com’s salary—Kimmel...... ‘“* * —@Good.. " —Kretchman .. Com’s trav’g exp’s—Kimmel. se * * —@Good.... ¢ —Kretchm’n ““ “ “ ‘“ “ 289 4759 83 448 6272 4913 800 287 4 95 5H 12 25 95 60 86 00 00 02 00 35 63 00 12 00 H2 00 00 00 00 00 11 5 00 04 00 {Current Liabilities. Bonded indebtedness. ...... $ indebtedness, out- standing orders, &¢ To amountdue State of Penn- sylvania, net.......... ie 11559 21 2051 95 Total indebtedness of the connty.... i... Assets, 8 &0 | | 4500 00 Outstanding Taxes. Outstanding County, State and Dog Taxes of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, on the second day of January, 186s, due and owing by the Collectors of the several boroughs and townships in said county as follows: \ Collectors. Yr. County. State. Dog. H. EE, Miller.....1805-§. 7902 8 $ IK. FE. Meyors.... 4 Cyrus A Yowler 1504 LOyTus AcYowler 182) Chas. A. Hdward Metz. . | Jos. Wambaugh. .$ 18111 16! Outstanding tax due county.$ 18412 50 | Balance in county treasurer’s hands .... . ves Total assets.. L$ 28409 96 Assets in excess of liabilities 10288 90 #Nore.—In the item of new bridges $1250 was paid for the bridge at Wal- | i David Baker... i A.J. Stoner liams’ Station. The remaining amount was paid on bridges contracted for by our predecessors. REMARKS. It has come to pass that tLe majority of the board of County Auditors has fil- ed with the annual report of that body a rigmarole of so-called objections to the methods of doing business in the Commissioners’ office. A whole week of the valuable time of these official nonentities was gonsumed in the form- ulation of this lying, slanderous and malicious tirade »gainst the Commis- stoners’ office. Political imbeciles, who are without mind or stamina of their own, should never be elevated to im- portant and responsible public posi- tions. Furthermore, the present board of County Commissioners has been use- lessly surcharged $202.09, interest on money that was necessarily borrowed to meet the current expenses of thc county, without reason or excuse for such surcharge, and without citing any | law to sustain their reckless exercise of the surcharging privilege. This action will serve only to increase the expenses of the ccunty by litigation that will necessarily follow to show these bump- tious Auditors their inexcusable folly. Public accounts are always the legiti- mate subjects for correction and honest investigation; but they must not be contorted for the manufacture of polit- ical capital for any political faction. But this is not all. The report of the County Auditors held in the Prothono- tary’s office is in itself a mass of errors and bunglings that would shame a schopl-boy to be its unhappy author. On page 3 of the said Auditors’ Report the total receipts by the County Treas- urer of State taxes for years prior to 1897 is calculated to be $1,038.84, when in fact the amount thereof is $1,938.64. An error in favor of said County Treas- urer of $899.80. On page 5 of said Au- ditors’ Report there is an error of cal- culation in the grand total of taxes re- ceived by the County Treasurer amounting to $50.03 in favor of the said County Treasurer. On page 7 of the aforesaid report the Auditors have bungled the “total receipts for orders paid,” which is unintelligible, to say the least. On the same page the Auditors strike their balance thus: “Balance due Wm. Winters, Esq., County Treasurer, $9,047.56.” The true balance is $9,997.- 37; but this balance is pot “due to Wm. Winters, Esq., Co. Treas.,” but is due to the county of Somerset from Wm. Win- ters, treasurer. The apparent shortage of $949.81 in the credit to County Treas- urer Winters is nevertheless liberally made up to that officer by placing to his credit the entir :-balance in his hands belonging to the county of Somerset, by which that worthy officer would gain, by the Auditors’ Report,the munificent gift of $18,095.12, if the said report were previously correct; but the fact is that if this-blundering piece of “auditing” were allowed to stand, County Treasur- er Winters would actually gain $19, 044.73 by the new peculiar Bowman- Rhoads-Hileman system of *book-keep- ing,” which those worthies would fain impose upon the Commissioners’ office. Not even the surcharging which the Auditors have transcended their au- thority to inflict upon the Councy Com- missioners has been correctly "done. On order No. 522 Wm. P. Meyers, the Commissioners are suarcharged with $142.50, while the order itself calls for only $59.59. Lastly, in reply to the Au- ditors’ solemn *“objections” and “inter- positions” we might retort: ‘Before you attempt to regulate the methods of business in the Commissioners’ of- fice, wou should lear to audit.” Dut this would be base flattery, because such an admonition would imply that a majority of that body could ever learn to audit. Auditor Sipe to mention that that gen- tleman signed the Auditors’ report un- der a misapprehension of its contents, and that his signature thereto was ob- tained by resorting to misrepresenta- tions that would do credit to a gang of = { bunco-steerers. . 00 00 5 50 00 2 00 03 10 34 44 Total amount paid on orders $ 56114 03 Treasurer's commission (2 per cent) on county orders... Balance due treasurer ofl the redemptions unseated from individual 1122 23 i | | i SOMERSET COUNTY SS: We the undersigned Commissioners of the county of Somerset, do’ certify that the foregoing report exhibits a true and accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the county of Som- erset’ for the year ending January 3, 1898. GEORGE F. KIMMEL, GABRIEL GOOD, L. A. KRETCHMAN, Attest— Commissioners. J. G. Emert, Clerk. , ilps 2 Wholesale and Distillers Xa Dat tiARS License Petitions. I hereby certify that the following peti- tions for Wholesale and Distillers’ License to sell liquors Lave ‘been filed in the office of the county of Somerset, and that the same will be presented to the Court for dis- position on WEDNESDAY, MARGH 2, 18¢8. Wholesale Potition. 1 John Seymore, Paint township. Distillers’ Petitions. John M. Topper, Allegheny Twp. Thomas Rees, Northampion Twp. i. IH. Stahl and Yc: Te Per John C. Beachley, ¢ Stmmit Twp. 4 Shmon PoSweitzen Somerset Bor. Somerset, Pa. I . BARRON, Feb Os Cc lerk. It is only justice to County i Lohr... Cyrus A.Yowler “. Klijah Liveng’d “ 15. C. Farper.... “4 Wm. Leckemby F. J. Foller N. B. Poorbaugh Chas. Lohr Sylv’st’rS Potts “ “ “ = | Jesse Wilkins. (1897 9997 37 | : John MeVicker Fred’r'k Border I'rank HefHey.. P. G. Weimer... Wm. H. Fritz... J. A. Cook W. EE. Pudlin.... James Maust... “ Fredr kk Shaulis Wi. J. Peterson. Thos. Gallaghor Geo. Glotfelty.. John J. Darr.... H. R. Moon Wm. Leckemby Jonn F. Henry. J. H. Schrock... F. J. Yoller....:. Samuel Bittner Sam. Shoem’k’r No collector, » Ogle township... m. Gi, Neese... I Daniel Will | Solom’n Snyder M. J. Glotrelty. .. C. A. Wagner... M. F. Frazee.... W. M. Schrock. A.J. Coleman.. Norman Lepley ¥. F. Brant J. H. Snyder.... Wilson Saylor... Wm. Younkin.. J. C. Forsythe.. Adam Trimble. Total...... ...... 513821 86 $2486 19 $2104 54 This amount includes the Collectors’ com- missions, exonerations, rebates, ete, which will reduce the amounts to a much smaller sum. We, the undersigned County Commission- ers of the County of Somerset, hereby cer- tify that the above statement of the Out- standing Taxes due said county, is correct according to the Record in the County Treasurer’s Office. GEO. F. KIMMEL, GABRIEL GOOD, Attest— L. A. KRETCHMAN, J. G. EMERT, | County Commissioners. Clerk. § Feb. 3. Retail License Petitions. I hereby certify that the following peti- tions for retail license to sell liquor have been filed in the office of the clerk of Quar- ter Sessions in and for the county of Som- erset, and that the same will bo presented to the court for disposition on Wednesday, 2d March Next. William H. Fraizer, Larimer twp. George Le. Herrington, Confluence bor. John Kurtz, Conemaugh twp. Nathaniel Slicer, Meyersdale bor. Edward Nicklow, Addis W. A. Scott, Jr.,, Somerset Pp John W. Guthrie, Meyersdale bor. Samuel Buckman, Rockwood bor. John H. Hite, Stoystown bor. J.C. Reed, Meyersdale hor. Andrew McQgade, Berlin bor. George H. Tayman, Somerset bor. Joseph Patton, Elk Lick twp. Edward R. Adams, Stoystown bor. John FeKnuff, Paint twp. Joseph J. Caddy, Gonemaugh twp. James L. Gillespie, Jenner twp. John W. Shafféh, Hooversville bor. A. B. Falknor, Berlin bor. C. J Banca, ¥ indber, Paint twp. 21 “A. M. Pheasan . iT > Joseph Hershberger, $ Windber, Paint twp. Gillian H. Walter, Rockwood bor. John H. Slicer, Meyersdale bor. Charles A. Mitchell, Addison twp. J. M. Dodds, Confluence bor. George Kendall, Garrett, Summit twp. Scott Sterner, Confluence bor. Willinm H. Tayman, Lavansville, Som- erset twp. re C. 8. Vannear, Somerset bor. C. T- Hay, Salisbury bor. John A. Jenkins, Ursina bor. Henry CU. Kremer, Kingwood, Turkeyfoot twp. Charles W. Kurtz, Confluence bor. Henry Locchel, Salisbury bor. : Frank Robinson, Rockwood bor. Sidney Holsopple, Benson bor, Albert J. Stein, Somerset bor, Somerset, Pa, | H. I BARRON, Feb. 9, 1898, { Clerk. NeW Brick And [lle W [ have erected in WEST. SALIS- BURY a steam plant for the manufac- ture of BRICK and DRAIN TILE and wish to inform the public that I can J Fill Orders Promp-ly. 2 2 24 2 26 27 Upper vince you. The people of this locality can save money by getting their BRICK and TILE at my WORKS, as there are no heavy freight charges to pay. BUY OF MI, AND SAVE MONEY. Address, JOHN A. KNECHT, ELK LICK, Pi. 3 d ETAT CITI ees 3 Harry McCulloh, } UNDERTAKER | —ANXD— Practical Embalmer, Hay’s Block, Salisbury, Pa. } 1 bi Cpr RTA TT i b FRANK PETRY & SONS, CARPENTERS AND BUILD ELK LICK, P.. ER prompily Contracts tuken. Estimates ubstantial furnished and neat and s work guaranteed. CARTRIDGE TAPER !—The miners ean get enough Cartridge Paper for a few cents; at Tre Star otlice, to last | tiem for seveial months, IS | I have the best of clay for this busi- ness, as a trial of my product will con- | Sy \ NEW JERSEY ROADS. Enormous Savings Effected by Ini- proving the Highways of the State . How It Has Been Done. Chicago Record. More practical work is being done in in New Jersey in the direction of good | roads than in any other state of the union and for that reason it has been selected by the postoflice department for the experiment authorized by con- i | gress of a free delivery system in the | rural districts. The movement was be- gun in 1893 by the organization of a highway improvement association and ‘the passage of a law imposing upon the 5 | state one-third of the cost of good roads constructed under the direction of a | state road commissioner. Under this I statute 238 miles of macadamized road- { way has been coustructed at an ex- | pense of $466,595 to the state und up- 9 ward of a million dollars to the coun- | ties and the property-owners. People | highway in all kinds of weather. It is I solid and smooth as a boulevard from Jersey City to. Atlantic City and from Paterson to Camden. The work of i construction has continued for a series of years—in 1893, and 1894, 74 miles; ( 1895, 66's miles; 1896, 51 miles, etc. | B | The cost has been diminished by ex- | perience from an average of $6,000 per { mile in 1893 to $4,008 a mile in 1887. | The soil and ‘other physical condi- tions in Illinois are similar to those ot New Jersey and the same methods and estimates. would apply equally well to both States. In New Jersey opposition to the new system has almost entirely | died out and the applications for State assistance are so numerous that the appropriation will be increased from $100,000 to $300,000 this year. The farmers have found that they actually save more than the amount of their taxes in repairing their wagons, har- ness and in horseshoes, without con- sidering the wear of the animals and the economy of time. The road com- missioner of New Jersey whose tact and and ability have done much to pro- mote the movement, puts a practical lesson in mathematics before the farm- ers. “It costs 9% cents a bushel,” he says, “to ship wheat from Chicago to New York, a distance of 900 miles. It costs 3 cents a bushel to haul wheat on a level road a distance of five miles'and on a sandy road it would cost at least 3 cents a mile to haul it. The saving on a bushel of wheat with good roads for a distance of five miles would be about equivalent to that of 375 miles by railroad. One mile of good roads would make a saving'equal to 75 miles of railroad transportation. Thusevery mile of good roads places the producer 75 miles by rail nearer to the markets. It is estimated that the cost of haul- ing 700,000,000 tons of farm products to market is $2 per ton, or just about $1,- 400,000,000. It is also estimated that about 60 per cent. of this last amount, $840,000,000, would be saved each year if farmers were able to do this hauling over good roads. These statements show the importance of good roads. “The real cost of transportation that burdens our agricultural classes,” he says, “is the part of it between the farm and the town or railway station rather than between the railway station and the market. The loss due to bad roads is one of the greatest wastes of energy connected with farming as it 1s carried on in this country.” Gen. Stone, the national good roads commissioner, has been trying to get the people of New Jersey to try the steel track system, as he argues that it will save four-fifths of the power now exerted to haul loads over macadam roads. The compulsory use of broad tires is also recommended. Last year the Legislature passed a law relieving from road tax all persons who would use tires not less than 3% inches wide upon their wagons, but it was vetoed by the Governor because it applied to cities as well as to the country. It will be amended and passed again this year. ——— A Business Parable. Once a farmer had 1,800 bushels of t wheat, which he sold not to a single | grain merchant, but to 1,800 different | dealers, a bushel each. A few of them | paid him in cash,but far the greater ! number said it was notconvenient then; { they would pay later. A few months passed, and the man’s bank account ran “How -is this?” he said... “My | low. i " 1,800 bushels of grain should have kept | me in affluence until another crop is | raised, but 1 have parted with the grain - { and have instead only a vast number of i accounts, so small and scattered that I cannot get around and collect fast enough to pay expenses.” So he posted up a public notice and { asked all those who owed hint to pay I quickly. Bnt few came. The rest said, | “pine is only a small matter, and 1 will go and pay one of these days,” for- Lgetting that thotigh each account wus very small, when all were put together they meant a large sum to the man. Things went on thus. The man got to ling so badly that Le fell out of bed i and awoke, and running to his granary | found his 1,800 bushels of whent still Iie hed only been dream- arge | safe there. | ing. Moral.—The next day the man went to the publisher of his paper and said: “Here, wir, is the pay for your paper, and when uext year’s subseripiion is | duc you can depend on me to pay it proiupt! I stood in the position of an adifor isgt night, and I Know how it feels ¢ ceafiered allover the country in 2 Lindon Stgnch money } Gants em = smh mn 4 to have one’s honestly earned > cen now travel upon a hard, mudless * *
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