11 Proving His L
Manhood I
1 By P. Y. BLACK |
j Copyright, 1902, by the E
8. 8. McClure Company fc
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The transport was at last nearing
Cuba. With a glass one could make
nut the scattered palms and the dark
liills rising behind the white beach.
On the deck the men lounged, only half
believing that the voyage was nearly
over. In a corner a group were intent
on a card game. Presently one of the
three sprang up with an angry laugh.
•'Kids for luck!" he cried, throwing
down the cards.
"Nobby," said a lad with the badge
of the band on his forage cap, "say,
1 can't help it if the cards will come
my way."
"Come your way! I'm only an inno
cent veteran, with three service stripes,
and I can't afford to play with sharks
like you. Did you fetch that last nee
down your sleeve, or was it hidden un
der the blanket? You're a match for
any."
Young McßafTerty, commonly known
as "Bones," looked up, with a glint of
eagerness in his eyes. "Honest, Nob
by?" he asked.
"Haven't 1 just lost half a month's
pay to you, and me a man. more the
shame? But what will the parson say
to me for letting you into a game?"
Bones threw a scared look aft, but
grinned cheerfully as he said, "Hope
he's seasick yet."
lie sauntered far forward in the nose
of the ship. Thrusting his hand in his
shirt, he drew out a precious case.
Opening it, he fitted together the pieces
of a flute—the flute which, as all the
regiment knew, was a marvel in his
hands. Bones could play many instru
ments. Ilia dead father had been band
master. Thence arose the enlistment
of little McUafferty, the child of the
regiment.
Now his eyes were filled with sad de
sire as he fitted the flute to his lips and
breathed out a sweet, familiar air, the
"Lorelei." Suddenly he started, for a
tenor voice had taken up the strain.
Turning around he saw the chaplain
standing by his side. Together they
finished the verse.
Then the man laid his hand on the
boy's shoulder. "McUafferty, I hear
that you have been breaking all my
rules while I was seasick."
The boy's eyes glanced up, apt in de
nial without the need of compromising
words.
"McUafferty," cried the chaplain al
most angrily, "don't lie, don't lie to me
today, for it may be the last time I
may ever talk to you!"
Ills voice softened at the last words.
He held out his delicate hand. The
bo j' took it eagerly, for if any one in
the world could influence him it was
the chaplain.
"Tonight we will be in Cuba. To
* morrow 1 will be in the front where
the men need me, you in the rear with
the nurses."
"No, no!" cried the boy passionately.
"How can they march without music?"
"The colonel lias ordered it, and you
must obey. But, lad, lad, where are
the promises you made me? You think
that 1 have not heard these things, but
I have. The men have hidden you
away twice because you were the
worse for drink. You gamble every
chance you get. They even say—oh,
Bones—that you don't play fair."
Bones faced him stubbornly. "I don't
like the beer. It makes me sick. And
I don't care for the money when I am
gambling."
"Then why do you sully your father's
memory and hurt your best friends?"
The boy drew in his breath with al
most a sob as he said slowly:
"Because I'm a man, and 1 want to
prove it. I'm tired of being called 'kid'
by all the regiment. When I beat them
enough, they'll stop."
The chaplain laughed bitterly. "You
a man, and break your word! You a
man, and cheat at cards! If you keep
on as you have begun, you will become,
not a man, but a disgrace to the regi
ment!"
Bones turned away without answer.
If the chaplain could have seen the
tears in his eyes, he might have added
a comforting word. The boy's heart
was swelling with grief and indigna
tion. "Some day he shall call me a
man," he promised himself.
Mules, men and ambulances were
crowded in the narrow, muddy, heav
ily rutted road which led through the
tangled jungle. From the front came
the sound of heavy firing from the
Spnnish trenches and block house,
where the red and yellow flag still flut
tered.
A regiment of regulars came swing
ing along. With them marched the
chaplain. A slender figure came up
pantingly from the rear. The sergeant,
who was file closing, ran up with an
oath.
"What brought you here, you young
devil? Do you think we are on dress
parade? GR back to the ambulances
where you belong."
"I can't. Sergeant Bull." said the
boy. with an injured air. "The doctor
said 1 was only in the way; didn't
know the difference between the litter
and the lancet. Told me to go to the
devil, so I came to you."
"Blame you, Bones," said the ser
geant. with a grin, "do you think I
can't tell one of your lies? Go back to
the rear, and be quick about it!"
"Oh, serge," cried Bones, "don't send
me back! I can shoot as straight as
the rest."
"You've no Krag."
"I'll take your gun when you're
killed."
"You little beast, go back like a man
and obey orders."
Mcßnfferty's eyes glowed. "That's
why I'm here!" he cried.. "The chap
lain said I'd never make a man, but
I'll prove he is wrong."
Suddenly the company buglers rang
out: "Forward, double time! March!"
At a run the company came out of the
jungle into the open. Bones was for
gotten.
A shell screeched through the air
and seemed to burst immediately over
his head. Three men fell shrieking in
front of him, dropping their guns. For
a moment he thought of the rear and
safety. Then the grizzled captain, old
la Indian wars, stepped out calmly.
"Steady, my men. They'll never hit
us like that twice. They don't know
how."
Mcßaffcrty's voice led the answering
cheer. lie ran forward, grabbed a gun
and cartridge belt from one of the
dead soldiers and pushed himself into
the ranks beside Nobby. The veteran
took a moment to give him a hug.
"Good for you, my beauty! You've
no business here, but keep close to me,
my little mad soldier."
And Bones obeyed him—ran forward,
dropped, fired. It was a dogged ad
vance under fire. In straggling groups
through tangled underbrush and a
snag beset stream the men charged
San Juan hill.
At last Bones sank down exhausted
by a little group of panting men. A
despairing corporal looked up the ridge
where the Spanish flag still flaunted
and down the hill at the stragglers.
"It's no use, boys," said he; "we can
never make it."
"I say we can!" cried the madden
ed child of the regiment An inspi
ration came to him. Drawing out his
flute, he pieced it together and put
it to his lips. Standing erect, his fair,
cnpless head gleaming in the sun, his
blue eyes glared at the flag on the
ridge, while "Yankee Doodle" rang out
bravely above the noise of musketry.
From below came a great shout, and
hundreds of bluecoats came on with a
run. Bones advanced with them, head
well back, triumph in his air.
There was a rush past him. The red
and yellow flag fell at last. Bones
threw up his arm, with a cheer. Some
thing, the last shot of a retreating
foe, struck him in the chest, lie fell,
grasping his flute.
There was a crowd about him, and
his head was In the chaplain's lap.
Bones looked up.
"It's taps, ain't it?" he whispered.
"Yes, my man," said the chaplain.
Bones tried to straighten up. "I
proved it to you! lam a man!" Then
he fell back.
Jnvn'a Ilotnnlcal Gardens.
"The one great sight in Buitenzorg
and the most famous thing in Java are
the botanical gardens, the finest in the
world," says a correspondent of the
Kunsas City Star.
"The gardens were started in 1817
by the celebrated botanist Ueinwardt
and are still being constantly enlarged
and improved. Trees, ferns, shrubs,
plants and flowers have been gathered
together from all over the world and
arranged with marvelous skill and
taste. Every plant, tree and vine in
the garden is plainly labeled. There
are great laboratories and workshops,
though no hothouses are needed. It is,
in fact, a combination of the work of
nature and of man carried to a point
of perfection beyond which the imagi
nation fails to carry one. The magnif
icent trees, the wonderful vines, the
superb palms, the graceful ferns, the
giant water flowers, the beautiful flow
ering shrubß and the curious orchids
arouse an ever increasing interest, und
for one whole morning we wandered
about from one scene of beauty to an
other until at last we emerged by a
grand avenue of canary trees covered
with giant creepers, some specimens of
one variety bearing 3,000 blossoms at
one time, and returned regretfully to
our hotel."
Tlie Help Fie Wnnted.
Tim and Clancy were walking through
the wilds of New Jersey, hound for
New York, when Tim spied a wildcat
crouched in the branches of a tree
near the road. Clutching his compan
ion by the arm and pointing excitedly
to the beast, he said:
"Clancy, do yez see thot foine Mal
tese cat? Oi've a frind oil Vasey street
as wild give S4O fur lit. Stand yez un
der now, an' Oi'll go up an' shake her
dune. All yez'll have to do is to howld
her."
Clancy did as he was told, and Tiin
went up and shook und shook till the
cat did absolutely tumble. Clancy
grabbed her. When there came a mo
ment's lull in the cyclone of fur and
Clancy and dust and grass, the won
dering Tim, looking on from above,
called down:
"Shall Ol come dune, Clancy, an*
help howld her?"
"Come dune! Como dune!" gasped
Clancy. "Come dune an' help let her
go!" New York Times.
The Greyhound.
Various explanations have been giv
en of the origin of the term grey
hound, some authors claiming that the
prefix grey Is taken from Grains,
meaning Greek; others that It signifies
great, while still others say that it
has reference to the color of the ani
mal. In no other breed of hounds Is
the blue or gray color so prevalent,
and consequently the last mentioned
derivation seems the most plausible.
A Fair Quentlon.
Here is a story I heard in Ireland: A
quarrel had taken place at a fair, and
a culprit was being sentenced for man
slaughter. The doctor, however, had
given evidence to show that the vic
tim's skull was abnormally thin. The
prisoner, on being asked if he had any
thing to say for himself, replied, "No,
ycr honor; but I would ask, Was that
a skull fpr u rnuu to go to a fair wid?"
THE LOVER FINDS A WAY.
I'm on a year's probation:
We're both too young, they say.
She's at her education,
And I must go away.
So here I'm on the briny.
Bound for some horrid spa
Or burg remote and tiny
To please Pauline's papa.
If I could drop a line each night—
But, no! He said 1 mustn't write.
Today we're due at Queenstown;
A short week old my vow.
I wish it were Pauline's town.
The time, a year from now!
Cheer up? I'm quite unable!
I've tried—yet just to say,
"1 love you. dear," by cable,
Would drive these blues away.
But—always the obdurate sire—
I promised her 1 wouldn't wire.
Said she: "Be diplomatic,
And all will come out right.
My love won't grow erratic
Because you're not In sight!"
But, oh, my heart Is aching!
And I must ask her aid.
How can I without breaking
The promises I've made?
Why—precious duffer that I am—
I'll send her a Marconigram!
—Town Topics.
PII'B Preference.
Johnny—Say, pa, what are preferred
creditors?
Fa—They are the kind that never
send in their bills, my boy. At least
that's the kind I prefer.
Soar Grape*.
Once upon a time a fox tried to shine
socially, but his stomach wouldn't stand
for it.
"Gross sensuality!" sneered he here
upon. "Faugh! 1 will have none of
it!"
Ilence sprang up the limited cult of
foxes of good family who ran to brains
and who either were not Invited out at
all or did all the talking at the formal
dinners.—Puck.
SelflMh IICMN.
Gorkins Since meat has gone up
I've been forced to economize.
Ililler—lluve you quit eating meat?
Gorkins—Oh, uo! That would be out
of the question. But I now take my
meals down town. I have got the fam
ily in training on a vegetable diet, you
see, and it never would do to tempt
them by having meat in the house.—
Boston Transcript.
Providing For llie Future.
"That was a very liberal allowance
you made your titled son-in-law."
"Yes," answered the American mil
lionaire.
"Don't you think it will encourage
him in habits of idleness?"
"Not a bit of it. I am going to teach
liini to play poker and keep him hus
tling to hold on to it."—Washington
Star.
Fully L'p to Date.
"But don't you want to be an an
gel?" asked the teacher.
"No, I don't," replied the up to date
little girl.
"Why not?"
"Because they wear the same kind
of clothes year after year, while the
fashions are changing. They're aw
fully behind the times." —Chicago Post.
The Author.
Miss Rnyburn—Why does Mr. Ryter
use such terms as "odd oons," "odds
bodds," "s'death," "zounds" and the
like so constantly? It's positively dis
tressing to converse with him.
MissClaybnru—Oh, you mustn't mind
that. He's writing one of those his
torical novels, and ills mind dwells on
it constantly.—Brooklyn Life,
Thai's Where.
Miss Sheeawgo— So you are from
Connecticut! That's where they sell
so many wooden nutmegs!
Miss Nuhayven—Oh, no: you are mis
taken. That's where they make them.
Tliey have to come out here to sell
them.—Judge.
A Coming: Event.
Mistress—Kate, 1 found the gas es
caping in the kitchen last night. You
must never blow it out.
Kate—l didn't, mum; I turned it out,
then turned it on again to have it
ready to light in the morning.—Lippin
cott's.
One Can't Tell These Day*.
Blobbs—That girl's hair looks as
though she hadn't touched it for two
weeks.
Slobbs—And yet I dare say she has
worked for hours with it to get that
effect.
A Drenay Girl.
"Maude never goes anywhere with
out dressing for it."
"Oh. no; she'd hurry up and get a
new dress ready if she knew she was
going crazy."—Philadelphia Bulletin.
It linn Broome a Dnllity.
"Has the advance in the price of beef
made any difference at your hoarding
house?"
"Yes; they now give us our hash for
dessert."—Chicago Record-Herald.
HINTS FOR FARMERS
Farmer** Vegetable Gardens.
In a paper prepared and read before
the Horticultural Society of Northern
Illinois by Mrs. Carrie Swigert slie
says that a good garden is usually
evidence of a good farmer. An inclo
sure of a given quantity of ground is
by no means a garden, any more than
a dwelling house is a home. From a
business standpoint, how can the farm
er's garden be made profitable? she
asks. In the first place, she answers,
by reducing the grocery bill. The cost
of living on the farm depends largely
upon the proportion of the articles con
sumed that are produced at home. The
ordinary farm supplies the family with
flour, meat and dairy products. These
are the necessities of life, and if the
housekeeper has no other place from
which to draw she will find it very
difficult to supply her table with a
pleasing variety of wholesome dishes
during the whole year. Either the
farmer's living will have to be nar
rowed down to an unhealthful monot
ony or else there will be a great void
in the bill of fare that must be filled
from some other source. This void
may be and very often is filled from
the grocery, but money is not always
plenty or there is no time to spare to
go to market as often as things are
needed for the table. We do not enjoy
taking out our purse and emptying
out a part of it on the grocer's counter
every time we go to town. The result
is we are tempted all the time to
scrimp, and the housekeeper is com
pelled to do without much she would
gladly have. But there is away to re-
I duce these grocery bills and at the
| same time increase the comforts of our
homes, and this is by providing a first
class garden 011 the farm, which will
furnish an agreeable variety for every
day in the year.
Seed Potntoe*.
Although in the United States it is
generally understood that the "crown,"
or seed end eyes, are the best, yet
there has been a controversy in Eng
land upon the subject of seed, some
claiming for a number of years that
the stem end only should be planted
and that these furnished a larger and
consequently a better potato. I think
I can explain this difference of opinion
readily, although I have but little ex
perience in raising them. It is well
known that the eyes 011 the seed end
are much more numerous than 011 the
stem end. It has been the custom gen
erally until recently and is still the
custom except by a few to cut off the
seed end and to put two or even three
of these pieces to each hill. This, of
course, gives a large number of stalks
to each hill, while the stem end, having
not half as many eyes, has only had
two or three pieces to the hill, the
stalks, of course, being equally less in
number. And now of late years a few
persons have found out that the hill of
potatoes with only two or three stalks
gives a larger and consequently a bet
ter potato than the hills having many
stalks. Therefore the stem end men
have got the largest and best potatoes
because they have less stalks in the
hills, as they have less eyes. It is
claimed of late years by those who
have tested it that large potatoes only
should be selected for seed and that
only one eye should be kept on each
piece and only two pieces for a hill if
you want large, marketable potatoes.
You always find your largest potatoes
when there is only one large vine. One
great secret in potato cultivation is not
to have too many eyes in oue piece and
cut large ones for seed.—W. T. Elder in
National Stockman.
The An I*oin Goat.
The Prairie Farmer says that the An
gora goat does not mature as fast as
the sheep, but lives to a greater age. It
is a browsing animal, getting its living
from bushes, twigs, leaves and the bark
of trees, with a preference for weeds
over pasture grasses, and, while the
meat of the sheep is preferred to that
of goat, the latter is rapidly growing
In favor. But we learn from other pa
pers that to get a large fleece and fat
carcass from the goat it is necessary
to finish it off with about as good
food as would be required by the sheep.
We think it is with the goat as with
the pigs of the man who bought a lot
to root up the sward in his orchard, and
that they might do so he thought he
must feed them scantily. After a time
he made complaint to a neighbor that
they did not fatten as he expected
them. "Well," said the neighbor, "you
needn't think they are going to do 50
cents' worth of work 011 25 cents' worth
of feed and get fat at It."
Editor* an Agricultural Adviser*.
Some editors not only advise the
preachers what to preach, the politi
cians what to advocate, but fill their
papers with advice to the farmers as to
what to plant, how to plant it, work It
and gather it. It is all very well to at
tempt the first two, for as niolders of
public opinion it is a part of the busi
ness of a newspaper to do these things,
but when a man who has never seen a
watermelon until it has arrived in town
or who wouldn't know a scooter from
a turn plow attempts to tell a man who
when a kid was rocked in an oat cra
dle, put to sleep in a cotton basket and
whipped with a hamestring what to do
it is carrying things a little too far.
One good thing about it is the farmer
does not take his advice.—Laurel
Chronicle.
Oat* For IIOKH.
Oats are not particularly valuable for
hogs, but answer fairly well. Fed alone
the results are not nearly as satisfac
tory as when given with some other
grain. Bting comparatively expensive,
it is seldom advisable, to feed oats to
hogs. It is much better to use bran, ry#
and possibly clover hay and the like tc
furnish the protein.
Kidney Disease Kills.
Its Victims Numbered by the
Hundreds of Thousands.
Kidney diseases should be attended to
at once, for almost 'JO per cent of our
unexpected deaths of today are from
that cause. Br. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy is the only sure cure
known for diseases of the kidneys, liver,
bladder and blood, rheumatism, dyspep
sia and chronic constipation. It is
marvelous how it stops that pain In the
back, relieves the necessity of urinating
so often at night, drives away that
scalding pain in passing water, corrects
the bad effects of whiskey and beer and
shows its beneficial effects on the sys
tem in an Incredibly short time.
George L. Smith, foreman qj the Hol
ley Manufacturing Company's Works.
Lf'ckport, N. Y., says in a recent let
ter:
"I have Br. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy with the
most beneficial results. I was trou
bled with gravel and kidney com
plaint very severely, it brothered
me a great deal, and have found
great relief from its use, and cheer
fully recommend it."
It is for sale by all druggists, atsl.oo a
bottle, or 0 bottles for ss.oo—less than
one cent, a dose.
Sani)>le In it tie—enough for trial, free by mail.
Dr. I). Kennedy Corporation,lCondout.N Y.
Dr. David Kennedy's Golden Plasters
stiviorthen Muscles, icmove pain anyvrHere.
15c each.
The Science of Milk Pmldliig*.
The largest amount of farinaceous
grains and powders to be used to one
quart of milk equals two ounces.
If too large a proportion is used, the
starch grains have not room to swell.
Powders such as cornstarch and
ground rice must bo mixed to n thin
paste before adding the milk.
Powders and small grains, such as
semolina and small sago, are boiled till
clear in the milk before putting in the
baking dish.
Farinaceous pudding must be cooked
slowly, so that the starch grains will
have time to swell and thus thicken the
milk better.
Large grains, such as rice, are best
cooked without the addition of eggs.
Small grains, such as semolina, and
powders are improved by adding eggs.
Eggs must not be added till the grains
have been boiled in tlie milk; also not
till the mixture has cooled or the eggs
will curdle.
The surface should only be lightly
browned and the use of nutmeg be
sparing.
Skimmilk may be used if n little
piece of butter or dripping is put in
with the milk to replace the cream or
fat of milk which has been removed.
If you do not wish the pudding to boil
while in the oven, stand the dish in a
baking pan containing water.
A tiny pinch of bicarbonate of soda
will often prevent the milk from cur
dling In the puddings in hot weather.
Scent Powder For Linen.
An ounce coriander, an ounce orris
root, an ounce rose leaves, an ounce
aromatic calamus, two ounces laven
der flowers, a quarter dram rhodium
wood, Ave grains musk. Mix all well i
together, reduce to a coarse powder I
atul place In muslin bags. Excellent.
r |f You Could Look^
AJL into the future and see the condition
to which your cough, if neglected,
will brine you, you would seek relief at j
ouce—auu that naturally would be through 1
Shiloh's
Consumption
Guaranteed to cure Con-
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Asthma, and all Lung
Troubles. Cures Coughs and Colds in a day.
25 cents. Write to s. C. WELLS & Co.,
Le Roy, N. Y., for free trial bottle.
Clover Root Tea purifies the Blood^
iVNANCIAL STATEMENT of Freoltunl
llorough for Year 1001-1002.
Hugh Malloy, Collector.
Dr. 1000 Duplicate.
Balanoe due duplicate
March 4,1001 $ 850 43
Exonerations afterward paid 3 51
$ 853 04
Cr. 1000 Duplicate.
Abatomonta after March, 1901 21 15
Exonerations 43 42
Paid treasurer" " " 740 00
5 per cent commission on
$780.37 30 47
$ 858 04
Dr. 1001 Duplicate.
Totul amount of duplicate ....$ 4,840 80
Cr. 1001 Duplicate.
Paid treasurer during first
sixty days ...§ 2,711 54
ltehu'o 5 per cent during
first sixty days 145 78
Commission 2 per cent dur
ing first sixty days 58 32
Pain treasurer after first
sixty da* s 020 80
Commission 5 per cent after
Brat sixty days 4S 40
Returned to county com
missioners 70 57
Abatements by county com
missioners 34 80
$ 3,000 27
buluncc duo borough 850 62
J. J. McMonamin, Treasurer,
in Account With Freclund borough.
Dr.
Geo. 11. Thomas, ex-treasur
er $ 515 87
John F. bovlc, burgess 333 75
County Treasurer, license.. 0,720 00
Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, insurance 48 25
Hugh Malloy, lMOOtaxo' 740 00
Hugh Malloy, lOtll taxes 3,785 :W
Daniel Kline, ex-tax collec
tor 200 00
Cr.
Special Fund by orders 2 84
General Fund by orders 8,012 20
Outstanding from previous
year by orders 2,555 51
Interest on bonds .. 000 00
12,070 55
Commission on $12,070.55 at
2 per cent 241 41512,31 l 00
lialuuee due borough 41 11
ORDERS UNPAID APRIL 4, 1002.
, Order #ls, of 1897, Silas
| Wood ri UK 100
Order 407, of 1899, Thomas
I Mora a 358
Order 244, of 1901. The Gutta
Puroha and Rubber Manu
facturing: Company 494 25
Order 266, of 1902, City Lum
ber Yard 30
Orders 205, 270. 281, of 1902,
Freeland Electric Light,
Heat and Power Company 814 71
$ 1,313 84
DISBURSEMENTS AS FOLLOWS:
Burgess and l*olice—
John F. Boyle $ 161 00
< -harles O'Bouncll 539 00
Patrick W.|. h 635 50
John Molliek 540 uO
! Joseph Murrin ]a 40
Charles Deramre 22 05
j Patrick McKadden ... 20 40
Peter schnee 10 <0
James Benner 1 0u
j George Farrell 1 (Ml
Neal Ward 1 im
John Slattery 1 00
William Winters 1 00
I Edward Hi ley 1 00
T. A. Ihickley 2 55
$ 1,805 90
board of Health-
Stephen Brasher 45 38
I James J. Ward 160 (Ml
! Dr. 1. M. Porter 35 00
l)r. 11. M. NVal 1 00
Dr. W. 11. Deardorf 10 20
S 251 58
Streets, Sewers and Manholes—
Daniel Shovlin $ 435 00
w illhiraShovlin lis 39
Condy McLaughlin 184 12
Daniel Kurey 172 47
James Median .... 7 00
Joh- (1. Davis 5 70
Timothy Boyle 3 13
John Median KMI 20
William Ur aso 2 50
I Patrick McKadden 5 44
John Began 10 50
I Daniel llrislin 14 80
M 81 90
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John Hcrrcm 10) :<4
Patrick • • liinindl j; a)
James Gallagher 82 us
George Klsher a 80
Bernard Gallagher i; 13
Patrick Itrnraii 27 00
Barney Gallagher 13 75
Harney Morris 1 3S
Thomas Mcllrearty 38 09
K. II Frease. 20 00
Neiee McCole 14 85
Hugh MeMenamin 11 01
John Mejlon 9 63
John r Isher I 25
llugh Diuion 2 (Ml
Johnson and team 24 80
Joseph Johuson and team... 20 80
Street Supplies- $ 1,545 00
K. fl. ttoth 10 50
I he New \ ork U"d Pennsyl
vania Paving Briek Com
r Pny 9ft 00
L X V. It. It 7 50
J'uin lteddington 124 80
Hazlcton Machinery and
Supply Coinpahy 11 75
l>. P. Jones 42
Janitor and Feeding Prisoners—
Condy O'Donnell, janitor ... 360 00
Condy O'Donnell, feediug... 34 15
. .... $ 394 15
Auditing—
Be; n ird IJoylo 17 00
J; >s Allien 1700
Henry krone 17 00
„ , 8 51 00
Sur veiling—
Frauk Dover 505 00
Light and Water— *o> 00
Freeland Electric Light.
Heat and Power CompanyS 2,992 90
Huzlcton Eleetric Light,
Heat and Power Company 21 68
r reeland Water Company .. 445 02
Coal and Hauling—
John Median 4 40
T. A. Buckley 40 00
K rank O'Donnell 01 50
Printing and Publishing— * Hi 90
Tribune Printing Company,
, Limited § 286 65
Semi-Weekly Progress 70 50
8 357 15
r ire Protection—
Citizens' Hose Company, ap
propriation 10000
Citizens Hose Company, tax
returned 41 00
J times McLaughlin 35 (K)
II ugli Diuion 17 00
Francis Mooney y 00
John Gallagher 9 00
Joseph Kerry y 00
Prank Mcßrairty 8 (M)
Roger McNeils 8 00
Bernard Gallagher 8 00
Hiighßrislin 8 00
James Kennedy 0 uo
John Mi'ehun 107 50
11 a/let on Machinery and
Supply Company 0 00
The Gutta Peroha and Rub
ber Manufacturing Com
pany 494 25
Win. E. Martin 3 80
Joseph Birkbeek 1 70
Building and Grounds— 871.31
M. M. (P.Boyle 37 15
Joseph Birkbeek 11 02
City Lumber Yard 15 04
John W. Davis 4 25
Asa Unto 28 29
Wm. F. Boyle 2 05
Freeland Lumber Company 22
Joseph 1). Myers 3 00
Hn/Jcton Machinery and
Supply Company 24 84
J. P. McDonald 48 00
H.C. Koona 28 21
Henry Fisher A-Co 4 47
, . 8 207 74
Sundries—
J. J. Mcllrearty 120 12
Harry lteinsmith y 50
Freehold Overall Manufac
turing Company 5 98
Mrs. 8. E. Hayes 150 00
8 291 60
Total expenditures 810,221 46
RESOURCES.
Balance due from Treasurer
J. J. MeMenamin 4l 11
Balance due from Collector
Hugh Malloy, subject to
exonerations, abatements
and commissions 850 62
Balance due from ex-Collec
tor Daniel Kline 47 88
Returned land to county for
collection 76 57
Estimated value of stone
crusher 600 00
Estimated value of Munici
pal building, fixtures and
grounds 16,<00 00
Estimated value of tiro
alarm system 1,500 00
Estimated value of lire ap
paratus 3,500 00
LIAMLITIEB.
Orders outstanding 1,313 84
Bond issue 15.000 00
Bulauee due on tire engine.. 666 00
Excess of resources over liabilities.-8 6,636 34
RECAPITULATION.
Total amount from all sources $12,353 07
Expenditures general fund. 8,912 20
Expenditures special fund.. 2 84
Expenditures old orders paid 2,555 51
Commission J. J. McMena
. min 241 41
Balance in hands of J. J.
MeMenamin 4] n
1111 crest on bonds ... (MM) 00
We, the undersigned auditors of Free land
borough, having been duly sworn according
to law, •!. certify that we are aware that
t here is money due the borough from proper
ty owners and residents "I South licDerton,
through the annexation of the same in 1897
to the borough, but as no report has yet been
made to the court by the auditors appointed
for that purpose, we are unable to state what
that amount should lie.
We further certify that, we have carefully
examined the foregoing accounts of the col
lector, secretary and treasurer, and that wo
li'ive found the same true and correct.
Signed and sealed this twelfth day of April.
1902.
- Henry Krone, 1
•{ SEAL }■ Bernard Doyle, >
—r— Jonah Evans, )