r
THE SPUR,
Because of your strong faith I kept the
track
SVhose sharp-get stones my strength had
well-nigh spent;
I could not meet your eyes if I turned
back:
So on I went.
Because you would not yield belief in me,
The threatening crags that rose, my way
to bar.
X conquered inch by crumbling inch to
see
The goal afar.
And though I struggle toward it through
hard years,
Or flinch, or falter blindly, yet within,
You can! unwavering my spirit hears;
And I shall win.
Aldis Dunbar, in The Century.
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Having thrashed several of the
likeliest looking boys standing in the
line outside of Cathcart's door, it nat
urally happened that this rising
young attorney, perceiving one bright
alert face in the handful of boys, who
were merely looking for Jobs, decided
to employ Master Robert Redmond.
"I ain't looking for much salary,"
explained Robert when the fact was
explained to him that a dollar a week
.would be paid at the start. "I want
to make a career for myself and
I'll be worth more to you soon."
This idea of a career pleased Cath
eart. He, too, was still looking for
a career. He had a law office, it was
true, and his sheepskin hung upon
the wall, but the clients were still
lew and Cathcart had a boyish idea
hat he ajid Bobby would find a ca
reer together;
As the days passed,' he began to
take a live interest in Bobby. With
.wits sharpened in the school of the
street, the boy had resisted the taint
Cf the gutter and had acquired its
alertness with but few of the bad
liabits of the gamin. It is true that
tie smoked when be could afford the
price of a pack of cigarettes, and his
language at times was more emphatic
than polite, but he swore only under
stress of circumstances and sought to
break himself of the trick. He had
noticed that Cathcart seldom used an
oath, and he was making Cathcart
bis pattern.
Times were easy in the Cathcart
office. Cathcart did not really need a
boy, but it looked better and then he
came in very handy to take notes to
Iiorna Stanley. Most of the time
when other lawyers were writing
briefs Cathcart wns writing notes, not
that he did not care for briefs, but
because they did not come to him.
Borne of these days the briefs would
come and with their coming he would
marry Lorna and live happily ever
after.
At present the course of true love,
as Bobby put it to himself, was "as
crooked as a corkscrew with the
cramps." Old Mrs. Stanley had a
double objection to Cathcart. In the
first place he was poor which might
be forgiven him and he was a law
yer. When her husband, Gordon
Stanley, died there had been much
litigation over the estate. Mrs. Stan
ley was finally the victor, but she had
promptly crossed all legal lights from
tier visiting lists and regarded the
entire profession as unhung thieves
because of the machinations of a
few sharpers who had urged bogus
claimants ' on to tedious litigation.
This was the principal rock which
Cathcart found in his path. He would
not elope 'with Lorfta, and he could
not gain the old lady's consent. The
third alternative that of giving
Lorna up was equally impossible
and so the affair lagged.
Bobby was quick to sense the situ
ation. Even had he not carried so
many notes he would have under
t stood, and the case troubled him. So
it happened that he sat In the Stan
ley parlor one Sunday afternoon con
fronting a very puzzled old lady.
"The kids down at the club was
telling me that you take an Interest In
boys," explained Bobby, "and I've
come to see you about my career."
"I am always Interested In the de
velopment of character and the in
culcation of the habits of industry."
"That's all right," agreed Bobby
politely, wondering what that culcat
ing thing was. "I got the habit all
right. What I'm looking for is a
chance to let it get busy."
"I do not know of a vacant position
at the present moment," said Mrs.
Stanley thoughtfully. "You 'might
leave your, name and address with
me."
"I've got the Job," explained Bob
by patiently, "but you're flagging the
express ' and spoiling my chance. I
. want a career and you can't have a
career when the boss turns down good
Jobs because he loves a girl so much
he can't think about law."
"I fail to see where that concerns
me," said Mrs. Stanley stiffly. ' The
' word "law" had been impolitic.
"You had better run along little boy,
and not waste my time."
"But look here," pleaded Bobby.
"You've got a chance to clear the
whole game up in about thirty sec
onds. I work for Mr. Cathcart. He
got a chance to come into that big
merger case the other day. It would
be the making of him and me If
be could land it, even if he lost, but
he la going to turn it down because
he is so worried about Miss Lorna
that .he does not dare accept. He
knows very well that if he takes the
cafe he'll be thinking about her In
stead of the merger. Now If he
was snre of her and didn't have to
worry he could make his career, and.
800809 oodSooc
if ROBERT REDMOND'S H
I CAREER. I
of course, when the office was pros
perous there would be a chance for
my career, too. Won't you let Mr.
Cathcart marry Miss Lorna and
give me a chance?"
The old lady sat Inflexible In her
chair. There was no sign in her re
lenting in the cold, gray eyes and
Bobby tried again.
"Suppose that you had a little
boy," he began. "Suppose that you
died when he was a kid and he had
to take up to the newsboys' lodging
house and the best he could. Sup
pose that little boy was anxious to
get ahead and no one would take
him because he was Just a newsle.
"Then suppose a chap came along
and said, 'Robert, yon look good to
me. You travel the straight and nar
row path and I'll give you a dollar a
week and a chance for a career.'
What would you think if I was your
boy?"
Bobby spoke with a simple earnest
ness that carried conviction. He did
not know that far back in the early
days when Stanley was making the
money that had left him a million
aire there had been a little boy who
had sought a career. . He had been
compelled to work along with the rest
and the mines had killed him.
In the gleaming eyes a tear now
glistened and Bobby talked on un
checked. He told of the trouble he
and Cathcart had when the funds
were low, of how Cathcart had gone
without money himself because he
would not take the cases he knew to
be dishonest, and In the end his boy
ish talk did more than all the plead
ings of Lorna and Cathcart together.
The old lady planted a kiss on the
freckled cheek.
"Run along now," she said in a
voice that trembled. "I will see that
you have your career and Mr. Cath
cart, too.", - .
iJobbyreturned the kiss with a hug
for Interest and sped from the room.
He knew a spot in the park where
Cathcart and Lorna were apt to be
and he made for this tryst with all
speed. He met the lovers on their
way home and halted them to give
salutation.
"Boss," he said gayly, "don't beat
It at the corner. Take Miss Lorna
all the way home. Mrs. Stanley
wants to talk to you about getting
married and about my career."
Helen Sanborne, in New Orleans Pic
ayune. He Needed Buttons.
The surgeons were a trifle startled
upon finding that they had incidental
ly sewed up a sponge in the patient.
They hurriedly reopened him and ex
tracted it. When all was neatly
sewed up once more they came upon
the discovery that they had forgotten
a knife. ,' They opened him up again
and found the knife, sewed him up
and missed a large wad of cotton.
When they had again reopened him,
found the cotton and closed him
again, the patient opened his eyes in
a weary way.
"Doctors," said he, "hadn't you
better put buttons on me?" New
Novel Kite Game.
The manner in which kites can be
manipulated is well Illustrated by the
game of Vakata. This game is best
played with squads of ten or less a
side equipped with ordinary Indian
kites of tissue paper and reels like
dumbbells.
The game Is to fly your kite so that
it cuts the string of an opponent's
kite by sawing it, rescues being ef
fected by Red Cross kites so manipu
lated that they get underneath and
pick up the falling kite. The Cap
tain. '
THE ETHER HABIT SPREADING
HSMHHHISMSIiMMSSSSSSSW
A New Contagion That is Causing Terrible
Ravages in Paris.
According to the fashionable doc
tors of Paris, a new contagion is at
present causing terrible ravages in
the capital. Attempts have from time
to time been made to proscribe opl
urn, morphia, hashish and other poi
sons. Some have even suggested the
prohibition of absinthe, but at the
moment it is none of these that is
causing anxiety It is ether. The
ether passion has spread with such
rapidity in Paris that the number of
"etheromanes" is almost incredible,
and every day new recruits are added
to the ranks of those who have been
enslaved by the insidious fluid. Opium
and hashish only appealed to certain
categories of people, but ether finds
its victims among all classes. As a
means of intoxication it is within
reach of all purses, and although itsl
effects are less deadly than those of
certain other drugs, its consequences
cannot be regarded with a compla
cent eye. To take only one example,
at Rochcfort-sur-Mer there is a marl
time hospital frequented by students
who later will qualify for naval sur
geons or colonial doctors, and among
these young men, when the "grind"
becomes too Irksome or the discipline
too severe, ether has been a frequent
remedy. The consequence is that its
ravages have been considerable, and
last year several suicides were traced
to overindulgence in the fatal passion.
An attempt was made by the author
ities to keep the fact from leaking
out, but it gradually became known.
It Is not, in the provinces alone, how
ever, that the ether habit has mani
fested itself. "Etheromanes" are
frequently met with in Paris, and
when reproved for their addiction to
the drug, they defend their weakness
by exaggerated descriptions of the
Joy and delightful Intoxication they
find in the absorption of the fluid.
Some of them ace accustomed to
drink ether in the form of a syrup,
much as they would take any other
alcohol;, others let a few drops of
A Born Financier,
By A. B. LEWI 9. v'
"Sonny," began the book agent,
"would this be a good time to see
the boss?"
"Got yer life Insured?" queried the
office-boy.
"Now, look here, old man," con
tinued the fellow, in confidential
tones, "you and I must fix this little
matter up. Your business is to keep
us fellows out of the office, isn't it?"
"Dat's right."
"At the same time, you need a lit
tle extra coin for balls and parties
and Delmonlco dinners?"
"To say nuttln' of grand opera."
"Of course. Now, old pal, I'll tell
you what we'll do. You get an Inter
view for me with the head of the
firm, and I'll hand you half a dollar
before I leave. Why, I've got a book
proposition here that he'll Jump at."
"Nuttln' doln'," replied the boy,
after a few moments' thought.
"But why not?"
"Becus a guy as smooth as you
would sell our easy boss so many
books he'd be broke for months, an'
I'd lose a dollar a week in tips he
hands me. It's your move, Alger
non."
And the book agent sighed and
moved on. From Judge.
WISE WORDS.
The truth often gives a Jolt to
pride.
A tax on bachelors would tickle
most married men to death.
Love Is a tonic that intoxicates
some men and sobers others up..
Even honesty is apt to become tarn
ished unless It is in constant use.
The man who is on the level fre
quently! finds It hard work to get
alongT 1
Some rich men are as crooked ns
the dollar mark that denotes their
wealth.
Some people even take pride In
their humility.
Our best Intentions are easily con
taminated. It isn't always the high flyer who
gets to the top.
Those who trust to luck don't al
ways have the best credit.
Treading on other people's toes
won't get you very far up in the
world.
The dead are soon forgotten, and
some people don't have to wait that
long.
An optimist Is merely a person
who saves a little sunshine for a
rainy day.
Always be prepared for an emerg
ency, and you will generally find that
it doesn't turn up.
The girl who wants to make a
name for herself as a rule can't even
make a loaf of bread.
The happiest people in the world
are those who are satisfied to let
others do their worrying for them.
Even the man who is thankful for
what he gets sometimes forgets to be
thankful for what he doesn't get.
When a fellow Is always making
new friends it may merely be a sign
that his old friends are on to him.
Occasionally a man finds that It as
hard to live up to his reputation as a
woman does to live up to her photo
graphs. ,
To love our neighbor as we love
ourselves would simply transform the
world Into a mutual admiration so
ciety. From "Musings of a Cynic,"
in the New York Times.
volatile ether fall on a bandage,
which they place before their mouths
and violently Inhale; and one of the
most "refined" methods of enjoying
ether is to mix it with wild straw
berries, when, according to its devo
tees, it makes a dish fit for the gods.
But the ether fiend is not a good sight
the next day. He has had a bad night,
his will and his strength are gone
and his pale face Is drawn and hag
gard, while his eyes are dilated be
yond measure. One night, when a
number of habitual "etheromanes"
were about to adjourn to an apart
ment where they would be free to in
dulge their favorite passion, a friend
who knew the risks they were run
ning attempted vainly to dissuade
them from their plan. But they
would not listen to him they seemed
to be fatally drawn toward the ether
chamber by a mysterious and invinci
ble force, and his arguments were in
vain. Next day he learned that the
ether seance had almost had a traglo
termination. One of the etheromanes
under the Influence of the exciting
element had tried to kill one of his
comrades, and the others, suddenly
sobered, had had all they could do
to restrain his hand. Montmartre Is
the quarter of Paris most addicted
to the ether habit, and the majority
tf the victims are women. Whole
'litres" of the subtle fluid art) drunk
with reckless abandon, and until
complete intoxication has overtaken
the ether maniac there is no thought
of putting away the diabolical excit
ant.
A Frugal Mind.
Cleverton .(who has hired a taxi
cab to propose In) "Say 'Yes,' darl
ing!" '
Miss Calumet "Give me time to
think."
Cleverton "Heavens! But not In
here! Consider the expense!." Tit
Bits. " .
;
Commissioners' Statement
OF THE
Finances of Jefferson County
For the
AMOUNT OUTSTANDING 1802, 1004, 1003, 1000 AND 1007.
Year, District and Collector. County Poor Bond State Dog
1902 Polk A. L. Lockwood"! 364 $ 441 f S-83 S 198 $ OS
1904 Barnett W. A. Wallace 175 23 87 60 44 07 29 00
1905 Barnett W. A. Wallace 190 04 86 95 85 95 17 16 9 90
1905 Urookvllle John H. Shlck 123 82 70 17 70 17 123 06 23 17
1905 Clover ..N. A. McLaughlin 164 99 65 49 65 49 27 79 4 95
1905 Polk A. L. Lockwood 31 27 23 92 23 76 14 08 9 35
1906 Barnett W. A. Wallace 182 93 49 64 16 76 21 42 8 80
1906 Oliver J. A. Gelst 26 21 86 40 22 45 5 71 22 00
1906 Plnecreck John Hatten 66 98 39 99 21 90 8 05 87 40
1906 Polk A. L. Lockwood 66 23 57 98 19 74 9 40 8 80
1907 Barnett H. L. Agnew 82 48 24 13 8 89 7 00
1907 Henderson J. W. Haag 216 17 72 96 24 15 23 18 14 04
1907 Oliver J. A. Gelst 246 63 110 02 85 37 10 63 12 00
1907 Pinecreek John Hatten 117 81 89 26 12 97 3 24 16 00
1907 Polk A. L. Lockwood 153 43 51 10 17 04 3 10 5 02
1907 Reynoldsvllle Wm. Copping 404 09 103 48 25 76 11 17 9 80
1907 Summervllle O. S. Wampler 10 52
1907 Sykesvllle J. F. Weber 17 14 8 10 1 01 '
1907 West Reynoldsvllle W. B. Staufter 17 80 6 83 1 35 1 00
1907 Worthviile 8. P. Wonderllng 1 Oil 17 11
Total ouutajdlng1907ndprevlous: 44077290 49 223 73
AMOUNT OUTSTANDING FOR 1008.
Year, District and Collector.
Barnett H. L. Agnew
Bell A. J. Grafflus
Big Run A. G. Anderson
Brock way ville , O. W. Nelson
Brookvtlle E. O. Heasley
Clover J. D. Hetrlck
Eldred w. M. Wilson
Falls Creek D. C. Smith
GasklU G. A. Keller
Heath ...Martin Dlsque
Henderson J. W. Haag
Knox O. C. Stewart
McCalmont W. D. Wachob
Oliver J. A. Gelst
Perry .. 8. L. Stewart
Pinecreek John Hatten
Polk A. L. Lockwood
Porter i Chas. Miller
Punxsutawney, 1, 2, 3, 4 H. H. McHenry
Punxsutawney, 5, 6 Jas. S. Lockard
Reynoldsvllle Wm. Conning
Rose A. S. Klouse
Snyder C. M. Frindie
summervllle u. wampier
Sykesvllle J. F. Weber
Union G. C. Aaron
Warsaw R. W. Wells
Washington J. J. Sterrett
West Reynoldsvllle W. B. Staufter
Winslow Amos Strouse
Worthviile S. P. Wonderllng
Young F. C. Haag
Total amounts outstanding for 1908:
Receipts nnd Expenditures for 1008.
County.
RECEIPTS.
Amt. In Treasury January 1,
1908 2,741 65
Amt. 1908 State Tax 7,962 90
Outstanding tax, 1906 and
previous 613 83
Outstanding tax, 1907, coun
ty and Rtate 12.107 58
Taxes 1908 45,917 24
Seated tax lien record .... 270 17
Unseated tax Hen record... 2,866 19
Interest on unseated 48 23
Hotel licenses 1,065 00
Redemptions 368 51
Com. costs and lines 2,792 04
Returned tax 147 63
stnte personal tax re
turned 7,162 99
Jury fees '. 4 00
Miscellaneous receipts 47 46
State for Primary Election,
Jonuarv. 1908 1.636 69
State for Primary Election
April, 1US 1,943 VI
Temporary loan 10,000 00
State for Agriculture Asso
ciation 812 65
Rent from John W. Walker. 60 00
State for noxious animals,. 812 00
Amt. due Treasurer exclusive
of Treasurer's percentage
as may be legally deter
mined 8.204 79
Total $102,680 62
EXPENDITURES.
Assessor's bills $
Auditors' pay
Allegheny County Work
house Auditing Reg. and Pro. ac
counts Appropriation to G. A. R. for
Memorial Day
Blank books and stationery.
Bar Association Com. fines..
Building scaffold
Bridges and bridge repairs..
Burial of Indigent soldiers..
Court Crier
Clothing for prisoners
Constable returns
Care of ballot boxes
Care of clock
Commissioners' pay
J. N. Kelly
J. S. Barr
E. T. McGaw
Commonwealth bills
Commissioners' Clerk
County Superintendent
Discharged cases and In
quests District Attorney
Disinfectant
Delivering ballots
Dog tax
Directors Association
Express
Election bills, Fehrunryi . . . .
Election hills, November ...
Election booths
Fuel and light
Freight and hauling
Furniture
Fire and game wardons bills
Fair Association
Head stones for soldiers ...
Insurance
Interpreter's fees
Jurors
Grand
Petit
Traverse
Janitor's pay
Jury Commissioners
Jail physician
Livery hire
Lockup fees
Labor
Medicine for prisoners
Meals for Jurors
Markers for soldiers' graves
Penitentiary bills
Prothonotary's bills
Postage and box rent
Probates and fees
Printing bills
Primary election, January...
Primary election, April
Reform schools
Repairs to court house and
Jail
Register and recorder
Repairing prisoners' shoes
Rent for District Attorney's
office
Road and bridge views
Rent for telephones
Refunding orders redeemed.
Redemptions paid
Registrars of vital statistics
Repairing pike
Stenographers v.'5
Supplies, court house and Jail
Sheriff's bills
State road
State tax
Transcribing records
Talesmen V';,"
Traveling expenses and mile
age Tipstaves "W"1
Temporary loan and Interest
Water rent
Miscellaneous
4,525 64
282 00
495 00
50 00
220 00
910 84
827 60
44 68
24.292 69
650 00
234 00
71 00
609 19
179 00
60 00
800 00
1,000 00
800 00
6.256 63
1,000 00
200 00
529 90
1,250 00
25 00
83 77
36 75
100 00
9 34
1,885 41
1,901 20
180 81
1,279 02
42 03
81 86
1,508 17
812 65
105 00
63 00
297 24
1.829 92
4.013 5fl
2,342 94
480 00
121 80
175 00
84 00
153 95
65 50
3 85
98 20
63 80
1,268 13
827 60
203 01
1,468 00'
1,632 54
1,629 44
1,947 97
608 83
126 63
16 10
14 15
ioo on
705 77
223 8rt
124 16
317 05
658 75
595 01
969 76
221 29
8,340 96
2.471 49
9,650 64
657 40
44 50
121 80
604 60
10,166 67
830 00
96 30
Total $102,680 62
-""
General Statement.
'ASSETS.
. . .aam
County tax outstanaing, ......
and previous. .J .Z8T 80
State tax outstanding. iv
CoyuUt.t.Aingi96$: 16.11.
Year 1908.
County Poor Bond State Dog
' $ 10 27 riTl l8 01 I I 8 00
469 39 90 65 ll2 23 9 15 88 60
178 86 85 93 17 73 15 99 10 60
216 91 43 95 19 88 29 70 19 00
.822 01 164 43 83 66 96 03 13 00
142 52 29 08 14 61 3 00 8 60
328 25 64 41 33 09 38 13 85 60
490 15 97 72 49 85 7 25 10 00
162 90 30 57 12 66 26 47 24 00
4 11 11 71 8 81 8 65 8 77
884 33 176 82 88 64 121 14 44 50
464 41 90 92 47 43 10 44 64 99
1026 68 207 70 104 29 83 17 138 00
482 93 103 29 51 83 27 09 29 60
150 29 60 82 31 40 3 40 16 50
449 48 90 42 45 31 9 44 83 60
236 65 47 62 23 76 6 44 14 00
131 87 26 11 13 00 11 00
2163 16 437 94 220 27 257 81 46 60
812 66 161 94 82 39 84 62 38 60
1328 26 263 42 131 61 91 24 43 00
619 32 103 26 60 71 25 20 38 00
420 81 84 60 42 12 11 43 63 60
62 06 12 33 00 2 40 2 00
297 44 60 97 SO 63 14 60 S3 50
152 60 84 30 15 95 3 00 17 00
872 77 174 25 87 33 23 88 42 00
633 35 104 18 52 69 82 36 89 60
134 11 27 12 13 46 3 67 12 00
2119 16 474 63 238 60 8 76 92 00
21 26 4 53 48 60
845J4 19834 104 04 77 64 115 15
116923 8013520 1411835 6711025 4011100 91
State tax outstanding 1908.. 1,025 40
Amt. due for cement, J. O.
Campbell 49 60
Amt. due for bridge, Forest
county 75 74
Amt. due for bridge, Gocella
Sand Stone Co 303 42
Amt. due from ground rent,
Brookvllle borough 40 00
Amt. due from state, pro
bates 1,113 00
Amt. due from state, forest
fles 1.009 11
Total ' 23,117 86
LIABILITIES.
Amt. due on Forest Hill
bridge (Toby Creek) 1,949 00
Amt. due on Melzer stone
work (Forest Hill bridge) 648 78
Amt. due on Aliens' Mills
bridge, Rogers Bros. ... 600 00
Amt. due on South Penn
bridge, Punxsutawney.... 7,879 00
Amt. due on salary of A. B.
Stewart, Atty 250 00
Amt. due on forest fires... 982 05
Amt. dun on miscellaneous
bills 4,143 24
Amt. due treasurer, exclusive
of treasurers' percentage
as may be legally deter
mined - S.204 79
Assets over liabilities 3.661 00
Total $ 23,117 88
Receipts and Expenditures for 1003.
Poor Fond.
RECEIPTS.
Amt. In Treas. last settle-
ment I 12,906 86
Outstanding tax, 1907 ana
previous
Taxes 1908
Unseated tax lien record ....
Seated tax lien record
Interest on unseated tax ...
Care of Inmates
State aid for nine months . . ,
Exoneration of tax
Rent for houses on Co. Home
farm
Fines
Amt. reed, for produce on
countv farm
U. 8. Dept. Commerce & La
bor for transfer of Inmates
4,391 48
9,074 77
809 52
75 87
10 15
1,464 61
2,556 63
2 34
42 00
20 36
36 80
42 86
Total 81,434 25
EXPENDITURES.
ninrksmlthing
Burial expenses
Commissioners' pay
J. N. Kelly
J. S. Barr
E. T McGaw
Disinfectant
Drugs
Freight and hauling
Feed
Flour
Fertilizer
Fuel and light
Gas and oil
Coal
Groceries, provisions, misc..
Butter
Coffee
Sugar '
Tobacco'
Hospital bills
Warren
, Polk
Dlxmont
Wcrnersvllle
Livery hire
Labor
Outside relief
Orders of relief and insanity
certificates
Plumbing and repairs
Printing
Rent
Shoes and clothing
Supplies
Seeds and plants
Stock
Cattle Hogs
Salaries
S. M. Shields. Supt
Myrtle Shields, Matron..
M. M. Haugh .
Elizabeth McCullough..
Dr. H. P. Thompson ....
Rev. Bnrttett
Thos. Hetrlck
Merle Shobert
N. E. Onks
Mary Steele
Golda Gelst
Wages
Telephone :
Traveling expenses and
transporting Inmates
Veterinary surgeon
Treasurer's per cent, receiv
ing $18,527.39 '
Treasurer's per cent, paying
out $16,540.07
Amt. In treasury, which in
cludes percentage as may
be legally determined.. ..
34 50
93 00
200 00
200 00
200 00
6 25
131 47
80 64
37 70
551 57
351 98
953 02
227 75
1,410 50
650 05
193 91
200 26
134 44
2,974 25
300 00
288 50
78 58
48 00
84 80
2,098 92
17,1 37
343 27
6 00
16 00
496 79
616 89
129 95
63 00
25 00
800 00
200 00
480 00
150 00
200 00
60 00
250 00
300.00
50 00
205 00
45 50
111 60
1 35
882 36
15 00
14.894 18
Total 31.434 25
General Statement.
, ASSETS.
Poor tax outstanding. 1907 "
on1 nrevlous 61'
,i, outstanding, 1908
r0SA r.vlous ,
520 14
Amt. due from state, Insur
II c. at County Horn.....
885 $4
Amt. due from Clearfield
County Poor District ' 1(4 48
Cash In treasury, Including
treasurer's percentage ... 14,894 IS
Total $ 20,842 21
LIABILITIES. '
Amt. due on salaries 900 00
Miscellaneous bill unpaid... 8,202 41
Assets over liabllltle 16,239 81
Total ... $ 20,342 22'
Poor Building Fund.
RECEIPTS.
Outstanding tax, 1907 and
previous 1 1,536 89
Outstanding tax 1908 4,487 88
Unseated tax lien record .... 803 29
Seated tax Hen record 61 24
Interest on unseated tax ... 5 66.
Amt. due treasurer, exclu
sive of percentage 651 44
Total $ 7.035 40
EXPENDITURES.
Coupons redeemed 2,940 09
Amt. due treasurer last set
tlement 4,095 40
Total, '. $ 7,035 40
' General Statement.
ASSETS.
Poor building tax outstand
ing, 1907 and previous.... 440 77
Poor building tax outstand
ing 1908 1,835 67
Liabilities over assets 72,783 51.
Total '. $ 75,060 00
LIABILITIES.
Bonds outstanding $ 75,000 00-
Interest on bonds 60 00
Total $ 75,060 00
Inventory of Produce and Stock Raised.
Bushels of wheat 192, bushels of rye
73, bushels of corn 1,807, bushels of
buckwheat 225, bushels of oats 1,318,
bushels of potatoes 700, tons of ensil
age 80, tons of hay 100, tons of straw
80, bundles of fodder 1,700, pounds of
pork 3,582, pounds of beef 8,249, heads
of cabbage 1,200, heads of lettuce 1,800,
bUBhels of beets 40, bushels of beans 16,
bushels of peas 20, bushels of carrots.
80, bushels of parsnips 15, bushels of
weet corn 25, bushels of tomatoes 20,
bushels of rutabagas 35, bushels of tur
nips 25, bushels of cucumbers 20, bush
els of onions 26, bushels of onion sets.
2, barrels of pickles 2, gallons of apple
butter 61, dozens of eggs 642.
Live stock on the farm January , 1,
1909, 4 horses, 14 cows, 1. bull, 12 young
cattle, 9 calves, 19 shoals', chickens.
JEFFERSON COUNTT, SS:
Pursuant to law, we the undersigned
Commissioners of Jefferson county,
publish the foregoing statement of the
receipts and expenditures of said coun
ty for the year 1908, and also present
the assets and liabilities of the county
on the 1st day of January, 1909.
Witness our hands and seals of of
fice this 6th day of April, 1909.
A. F. REITZ, (Seal)
E. T. McGAW, (Seal) ,
J. If. KELLY, (Seal,
Attest: Commissioners.
W. A. KELLY, Clerk. (
BUSINESS CARDS.
ENEFF
JUSTICE OP THB PEACE,
Pension Attorney and Real'.Estate Agent,
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Brookvtllh, Pa.
Tm. Mcdonald, 7
ATTORNEY-AT-LAVT,
Risal 'estate agont, patents secured, col
lections muds promptly. Office In Syndicate
tullUlng, Ueynoldsvllle, P.
SMITH M. McCRElGHT,
. ATTORNEY-AT-LAVT,
Notary public and roal estate agent. Col
lections will receive prompt attention. Omoa
In the Reynoldsvllle Hardware Oo. bulldlaf,
Uatu street Reynoldsvllle, Pa.
)R. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
Resident dentht. In the Hoover bnlldlnf
Halo street. Gentleness In operating.
DR. L. L, MEAN9,
DENTIST;
Office on second floor of the First Natloaai
bank building, Main street.
DR. R- DEVERE KINO,
DENTIST,
office on second floor of the Syndicate bnllf
Bg, Main street, KeynoldsTllle, Pa.
HENRY PRIESTER ,
UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral can. kUliitrest,
ReynoldtTllle, Pa. ,
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