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ti THE FINANCES OF UNCLE SAM. Rrerfpls and Expend I lures of the United Klnlfm fnf thr "Tnflfl of AllnUMt. Washington, D. C, Sept 7. Tie following . . . . . ,i . Lit. .1-1.1 r . . ii me statement oi iuc puuiic ucui on oepiea- oer l: Intprrct hrarlnir bonds at AH per cent $ 2V) OM 000.00 Bonds t 4 per cent 737.700,510.00 Hone's at 3 per cent 131,422, 150.00 Itcfunillnf- certificates at 4 per cent 109 0.7) 00 Ts'avr pension fund at 3 per cent 14,000,000.00 Taelfic railroad bonds at 0 per cent 61,0.3,513.00 Prlnclpil $1,201,015,112.00 Interest 10.S0l,tW.W Total... 51,211, bl0,707.72 Dent on wa c:i micros:, nas ceafcdsluco maturity prin cipal 4,77;v--. Interest 194,022.9; Total 4,003,143.23 Lew Hearing no unci cat (old demand) and lezul tender notes 310,731391 00 Certificates of deposit 11, 195. 000.00 Gold certificates 77,C!$,3!7.00 Silver certificates S0,021,7oUU) iTfcuonai currency, Jess SS, 3(5.934, estimated it lost or destroyed 0,953,702 52 Principal $ 531,007 200.52 Total debt pilnclpal 1,737,395.5:17.78 Interest 10,090,508.09 Total 51,74S,892,100.47 Less cash Items available lor the n dttftion of the dcbt.$ 193,037,901,70 Less reserve held for redemp tion of United States notes 100,000,003.00 Total $ 293.0S7.00 1.70 Total debt less available cash items $1,454,70-1,141.77 Zsct finish in tno treasury 70,527,501.24 Debt lcssc.ish In the treasury September 1, 1SS0 $1,37S,170,5S0.53 Lieut lesscasu in me trensurv August l.lbSO ;.$l,3S0.0S7,279.r.5 .Decrease of debt durinsr tho month $ 1,910,099.02 v;asn in iie treasury uvauaoic for reduction of public . dept: Gold held for cold certificates actiiallv oiiUtnmllng 77,09S,347.00 Oliver nciu 'or silver ccriui catcs actually outstand- iup; 89,021,700.00 untied Males notes Held lor certificates of deposit actually outstanding 11,195,000.00 Cash held for matured debt and lute est unpaid 5,709,993.95 Fractional currency 3,003.75 Total available for the reduc tion of the debt 193,OS7,9O4.70 licserve luml uel.l lor redemp tion of United States notes, acts of Jnnuarr 11, 1S75. and July 12, 1832... 100,000,003.00 'Unavaname ior reuueiion oi the de.br Fractional silver coin 27,950,091.05 Minor coin 322,001.85 Total $ 23,279,05'J.SO Certificates held as cash $ 75,775.172.00 rtet cash balance on hand.... 70,527.501.24 Total cash in the treasury as shown by the treasurer's general account $ 474,270,051.74 Itccelpts nntl Kxpciulltures. "Washington', D. C, Sept. 1. The following- 'is a comparative statement of the receipts and cxpendituies of the United States for August: ItnCEU'TS. Ant, 1SS0. All". 18S5. Customs $.20,771,570.50 $17,269,118.53 Internal revenue. 9,(3.17. 031. S3 y,()7i,()Nj.yy Miscellaneous.... 1.725.SCO.0O 1,703,754.84 Total... ....$52,105,320.29 EXI'EXDITUIircs. Alls. 1SS0. $19,531 5Si.ll 7,775,0:13.37 1,599,217.55 $23,004,200.05 A us. 1SS5. Ordinary. Tensions. Interest.. $10,7.S4.371.OS 10,077.055.05 -J.OSO, 1VIS.71 Total S2S.0 18,807.03 22,912,525.44 MUllltKUUUS .MUCH MUOXEV. A Convict in the Illinois Penitentiary Makes a Murderous Assault. Joliut (III.) dispatch: Miko Mooney, tho prison Jumbo, created a whirl ot excite ment in ono ot the prison wiro mills this afternoon, by making a murderous assault upon a foreman, named George Burroughs. Tho desperado and murderer bus been watched very closely by the prison ofllcinls sinco his return to prison on a lite term for murdering his cell mate, John Anderson. But Mooney seemed to attend closely to . Ins work until to-day, when he was repri manded by tho foreman for not keeping up tho fires in tho annealing furnnco. It was Mooney's duty to stoko tho furnaces with ti long iron poker and keep tho wire red hot. When spoken to by Burroughs the despe ' rado quickly drew his poker Irom tho fur naco and attempted to drive the point ot tlio hot iron into tlio body ot the foreman. Burroughs saw his danger just in time to ward otf tho blow, and springing to ono hido ho iled down tlio shop lor ids life, with "Giant ' Mooney and his toasting-fork in close pursuit. Burroughs sprang through tho side door out of the devilish convict's reach. Mooney attempted to follow but Olllcer lo 1 1 i , tlio shop guard, made a grab for tho stoking iron and suc ceeded in wronching it from tho despor .ate man's hands. Mooney then turned upon the guard and struck him sev eral blows on the head with his fist. Su perintendent Paulson came up behind Mooney and attempted to pinion his arms, but Mooney whirled around and throw Paulson half way across the shop. Bur roughs then bit Mooney with his list nnd knocked him down, but tiio desperado was up again in an instant, glaring about tor some weapon with winch ho might striko a donth blow. By this time the convicts in the shop wore In a fever of excitement. Halt a dozen ot tlicin made u rush tor Mooney. A burly negro convict picked up a stick ot wood, witli which ho dealt Mooney a fearlul blow on tho head, but it did not Htaggerhim. Tho two convicts then clinched and fell, the negro being on top, with bis hand clenched about Mooney's throat. It wns all tlio Etiard and foreman could do to keep back the other convicts, who wero dying to get at Mooney, and it they had been allowed to reach him they would undoubtedly have taken his lite, as the convicts in the wire mill most thoroughly detest Mooney for tho brutal iniirdor of his inoffensive cell mate, Anderson. Tho negro came pretty near ending Moon.y's career by choking him, but the ollicers pulled tho negro off and took Mopney to the solitary, whero he wns thrtibt into a cell. Before reaching there he was loud in his threats against the life of Burroughs if he ever gets an opportunity ot killing him. It Is to be resetted that Burroughs was not nrmed with some woapnn, so that he might have laid the desperado out. It Is thought Mooney is just dcNperute enough now, since his return to prison on a life term, to not care a snap ot his fingers for his own miserable exist ence, and that, eooner or later, he will kill aome one else at the prison, or lose hb lit in the attempt. The highest peak on the Island of Gallta, off Tunis It In a state of eruption. It ha been supposed to be extinct a hold highway nomicnr. A Dovenporter llellered of $t,SOO In Chi eaao. Chicago special: Tlio boldest robbery that lins taken plnco in this city for itome time- was perpetrated Inst night on LaSnllo street, near tho alley running east and west betw een Monroe and Adams streets AboutlO o'clock John McGregor, a wealthy stockman living in Davenport, lown, was strolling tilon tho cast sido of the walk when ho noticed tour men walking rapidly towards him from t he rear. They raine up with him just ns the shadow ot thealley was readied, and ho Htoppcd aside to allow them to pass. As lie did so, one of the men rained his arm qu'ckly and witli some blunt weapon dealt Mclire.nr u pnnt-rt: blow on the head, sir' trliim imii lnxeiiRilii on the ground. '1. obhors then cut open his vest pocket, -untaiiiitii- $1,500 in money, crabbed tho cash and ran away down tlio alley. .Heoregor my on the Hide walk a few minutes before being noticed The police took him to the station am cared for hint. lie is not hurt badly. Me Gregor was at the stock yards yesterday where- he sold two carloads of cattle fort lie amount stolen, and had evidently been spotted and tracked from the place ot sale to tho point where tho robbery was com mittcd. Tlio police have ns yet no elite I o the robbers, and tho prospect oi finding them is very duteous. IT IS GltADlTALLY SIXlilXG. Washington dispatch: Mr. Green, Col Casey's assistant in cliargo ot tho Wasl ington monument, has been making srien tilic observations ot tlio structure, or in a technical phrase "leveling" it, to-day, with a. view to noting any change of position This procedure is undertaken on the lirst day of overy month, but that o." to-dnv has attracted more than usual attention because of the desire t o know w bother the earthquake affected the structure. The observation proves that the shaking had not tho slightest effect upon tho monument In fact, the usual tendency of tlio structure towaid tho center of tho earth seems to to have been arrested, or rather reversed since tho last observation, in tlio position as compared with that of one mouth ago, is lo-dny ono thousandth lmrt of foot higher. In measuring sutli almost in hnitesimal distances instruments of tlio lit must precision give varyingresiilts, and tho real changes of position can only be deter mined by taking the general average of a series of observations. These show a downward progress at tho rate of about oiic-tliousandtii part oi a foot each month Sometimes the observation shows an ap parent settling ot about twico that (lis tance, but in such cases tho observation a mouth later will usually denote a cessation or an uppnraut reversal of tho movement, as "astlioeaseloday. The total (low award movement of tho structure during tlio last few years, including that which occurred (luring the laying of tho now foundation, is iiDotil tour inches. mrr inn haloox mi:x mist. Sioux City special: The Haddock coro ner's jury resumed its work this afternoon, the witnesses examined being saloonists. Tlio investigation is now with referenco to ii meeting of leading saloon keopers, which was held at John lloidenruid's s'lloon on tho afternoon of August 3, tlio day that tho assault was planned against Messrs Wood and Walker, and the night ot tho Haddock murder. That such mooting was held and that thoqucsfioii ot sa'oon Iitiga tion was discussed, and that counsel fur tlio saloonists wero present and wero paid quite a largo sum in cash from tlio guuoral fluid raised by assessment is not denied, but in tho minds of a great maiiv of our bOBt citizens there is a connection between tins meeting and tlio tragedy of tho same night. Later on tlio same day another meeting was Held nnd a second assessment levied. Tlio exact nature ot these confer ences, ilio decisions arrived at, etc., aro what tho jury want to learn. It is believed that tiio tund raised was placed in tho hands ot II. L. I.eavitt, and from it tho lines ol King and Waltei ingweroto bo paid. J no latest developments oi tho inquest aro to tiio effect that a prominent saloon ist has given valuable information upon which a number of arrests aro sure to fob low. There is beginning to be considerable public talk ngninst District Attorney Marsh, who, it is claimed, if not trying to prevent tho arrest of tho guilty parties in tho awful crime, is doing littlo or nothing to hasten their apprehension and arrest. The reason given is political. gexehal xairs axi votes. The democrats carried the election in Arkansas. Tho Now York emigration committee are allowing moneyed Mormons to land. Charleston Knichta of I.nbor have in creased tho scale of prices 50 cents per dny. The earthquake death record at Charles ton was: White, 11; colored, 27; total, 38. Bernardino Bondelli, the Italian philolo gist and antiquurian, is dead. Ho wus 82 years old. Mrs. II. P. Hansom, ot Lexington, ICy., will sue the Globo-Beniocrat and Cincinnati Enquirer for slander. Supervisors Lnrkin, Gallaher and Car roll, of Brooklyn, aro held tor attempting to delraud Kings county. The lord mayor ot London lins opened a fund for tho relief of the sufferers by the re cent earthquake in Charleston. Tlio city of Pittsburg lias obtained 5100,- 000 from Dr. David Hostetter as security for Contractor Andrew Hartapol. State Veterinarian Caswell ot Illinois bus decided that the disease which caused tho (loath ot ten or twolvo cows near Decaturis Texas fever. It was brought to Decatur by a herd of Cherokee cattle. They have been isolated and no further spread ol the fover is expected. Sioux City special: Another now rail road project was made public bore to-duy. 1 his is an nir lino from Sioux City to Den ver, tapping tho grent cattle ranges of Nebraska nnd Colorado. The proposed road will cross the Union Pacific at North Piatt and induce the building of n bridge here across the M ssourl. Bulgarian notables havo joined in a peti tion to the czar. They ask whether ItuNsia will allow the national assembly to elect a successor to Alexander, and whether Rus sia will grant Bulgaria a loan. It thoir demands are not acceded to tho notables intond to oppose the departure ot Alexan der. The Neue Freie Presse, in a leading edito rial on the Bulgarian situation, hints that Austria's action will be taken independent ly ot Germany, and Baja; "Everybody is speaking of the impending occupation of Bulgaria by Russia. Perl) a pi it is not so ncarai Is generally beliertd. Austria boo 1'onrr TitovsAXit ix lixk. Chicago dispatch: The annual street parade In this city to-day wns the most noteworthy ever made by the labor organ izations ot Chicago, both in point ot num bers and in point of equipment. Tlio dny was warm, but perfect in nil other respects for a street display. The column began moving at 10.30 o'clock, and marching steadily was two hours in passing. Tho column was divided into nine divisions and close computation put tlio number of marchers in line at between 30.000 and 10,000. The feature in tho parade was contained in tlio remarkable uniformity shown by each division of mnrchcrs, the latter alt be ing equipped with ennes and generally wear ing slouch hats ot gray cr dark color. All trades marched by columns ot fours, well closed up, and generally moving witli great precision nnd regularity. One column ot "t)0 employes ot bank and safe manufac turers wore white tiles. Tlio column ot journey men tailors, numbering 1,000, wore white (lerbys and presented probably the finest appearance ot any division ot march ers. The American Hag wns carried by each division and there wero very few mottoes on tlio banners borne in tho columns. One of Hie trucks in lino carried a figure ot a twenty-font giant, stamping out cheap labor, idolized by thetigure of a Chinaman. The procession concluded with almost an endless display ot muiiufneturcd goods or gaily decorated wagons. Oneot the Knights of Labor assemblies carried a banner in scribed, "Avoid all Politicians." msaiiAcixa mi: cloth. LiTTi.n Bock, Ai:k , Sept 5. Georce W. Ilartzehtw, a minister in the Christian church, was placed in the state prison yesterday for five j ears for forgery, lie first entered the Methodist ministry, from which ho was ex pelled. He then joined tho Christian church, operating under a variety of aliases in differ ent parts of tlio country. It Is said be was pastor of churches In Springfield, Peoria and other points in Illinois, being dismied from each whenever his true character revealed it self, lie came to Arkansas in lSs" and w as arreted for forgery whllo conducting a le vivnl In Franklin county. He pleaded guilty when tried, an I ilinolV sheriff being in the court room with n warrant for his arrest on the cliargo of blgjmy, he having deserted three wives, all of whom are living. Indict ments aro pending against lilm lii Ohio and Illinois. mi: n it i:riuis walk out. St. Sonis Dispatch: Tlio union men em ployed in tho broweries of the city hold a meeting Inst night nnd another this morn ing at which it was determined to insist on their demand tor tho bosses to withdraw tho order requiring employes to leave the union it tho organization did not raise tlio boycott on tlio small broweries by Septem ber 4. The demand was made this fore noon, and not being acceded to, about 500 men walked out. Every brewery in the city is affected, though all havo enough men to continue operations, many union men refusing to go oyt. Botli sides oxpress a determination to bold out on the present plan. JtHLllW roit CIIAJILKS IVX. Washington dispatch: An application was received at tho treasury this morning Irom tlio mayor ot Wilmington, N. C, loi tlio trnnsportation ot a relief cominiltci from Wilmington to Charleston. Tho reve nue cutter Collnx was immediutely placed at tho disposal of tho committee, (leu Drum, acting secretary ot war, has directed tents to be sent to Clarleston to sheltcrthi homeless people, and, as railroad commii mention is interrupted, t lie revenilo cuttei will transport tents to tho distiessed city The Government Can't Recede. In discussing such questions as the present state of allairs between the United States and .Mexico, the press lose sight of the fact that the dispute is not confined to Cutting person ally, Cuttlni: himself might not be a severe loss to the United States, nor any other man under the tamo circumstances, lie might even confer a benefit on the United States by ridding it of his presence. Still It is the plain and Imperative duty of the United States to Interfere, not for the man alone but for the principle Involved. The facts of the case as officially submitted arc that Cutting published au article hi El l'aso, Texas, which tho .Mexi cans thought libelous, and Cutting was there upon ai rested when he went to l'aso del Norte, .Mexico. His release was demanded, etc., but no attention was paid to the demand and Cutting was tried ami sentenced to one year's imprisonment. If this were allowed to go unnoticed it would furnish a precedent fraught with daugcr to Uio liberties of our citizens, because it grants to foreign powers jurisdiction over American citizen on Amer ican toll for acts committed in the United States. I his of Itself Is sufficient to cause the Unit ed States to promptly take action In the mat ter Independent of the man In question, If certainly would be more to the credit of tho country if the repeated outrages that have neen perpetrated upon United States citizens uy Mexicans had been promptly avenged or atisfactlon demanded. The constant rcpetl lion of the m is a reproach to this govemnifnt iiid lias given the Mexicans a contempt for Americans ana iney now imagine turn lliev 'an Insult the United States Hag with Iia iiiuitv. The Topeka Ca .ital states tlut a war with Mexico would necessitate the rals- ng of a volunteer army of over one hundred housand men and discountenances the Idea )I ar, Twice tliat number could he raised it fhort notice and if Mexico persist In treating tho demands of the United States with contempt the sooner the itrilirule com mences the better. Tho irovcrumeut liaa as sumed au attlmdc ill tho matter which will not allow It to recede from the position it has taken, without making tho nation look con temptible In the eyes of the woild. Emporia Gen. Diaz anil Santa Ana. A Mexican contemporary relates the follow ing anecdote, which shows the firmness of character of President Diaz Uurlug the early part of bis career: hen Santa Ana wns president and he was seeking a re election ho ordered that books should be presented to all voters, In order that all citizens might express thoir preference for the three candidates who were running for the olfiee of president, viz: Sinta Ana, Almonte, and Gen. Alvarez, leader of tho liberal Dartv. These IkxjKs were kept at tho voting-places, and It was well uii(ler&Uoa that anyone who would fciL'n hU name In favor of the candldacv of Gen Alvarez would iumr the d'spleasuie ot Santa Ana, which was tantamount to a fierce and bitter jcrseeutIon. Porflrlo Diaz, then a vouiitr man, was a voter in one of the districts of the ttate of Oaxaca. When the time of the presidential election was at hand he snnlied to the olllcer In charirc of the pre cinct where he was Inscribed us an elector and asked for the book where he should bv Inscrib ing bis name Indicate the candidate lie favor ed. The book of the partisans of Santa Am was handed him; this he put aside and &ked lor another. The election ollicers then gave him the book whhh coutalned the names of those who favored Almonte. He likewise re fused to affix hi name to that book. In spite of the eutrcatlrs of the election ollicers, who were bis friends, and the threats made by the partisans of Santa Ana then present, Diaz asked for the third book, and wrote bis name In a bold hand. That name waa the only ne that bad been Inscribed at favoring the election of Gen. Alvarez. Tho Forest Fires in Michigan. Tho season of forest (ires has opened as usual. The history of tho devastat ing iircs in Wisconsin nnd Michigan that caused such destruction of life and property a few years ago lias been re peating itself. Extensive forest fires aro periodical occurrences. With each recurring August come the reports that lircs started in forests have destroyed villages, farm buildings, mills, crops, live stock, fences and bridges. Not tin frequently we' hear of the burning of human beings who were unable to es cape from tlio "Mends of Hume." The loss of propertv is always large, and the property ordinarily represents years of self-deninl, toil and careful saving. To many the loss is absolute ruin for all time" Tlio effects of one of tlieso great forest fires are not all seen in the de struction of property acquired by man. Thousands of acres of valuable trees are burned or killed that wero shading the soil before America received its name. Centuries were required for thoir growth, and centuries uill be required to reproduce them. At a meeting of tho Ameri au Lumbermen's Association held in this city a few years ago it was represented that more valuable timber trees wore annually destroyed by forest Iircs than were foiled by tlio woodman's ax. The destruction of trees is not the worst damage wrought by these great forest fires. They ruin tlio soil, if not for all time, at least for generations, consuming all tho carbon it contains and setting free ils nitrogen. They leave it a desert ol sand and ashes. The. ground takes its place among the "bad lands." In many places ages will bo required to creato a sod that will produce cultivated crops. Carbon and nitrogen must be restored by tho slow processes employed by nature. At lirst only the humbler plants will lie able to grow and by their decay furn ish food for those that are of some value to matt and the animals that are of use to him. Although, ns has been shown, we havo remarkable facilities for setting forest Iircs in this country, wo have re sorted to no measures for preventing them, and have instituted no measures for putting them out when tlioy are once started. Kvervonu who eutsdown pine, cypress, lit, spruce or hemlock trees is allowed to let the resinous branches to remain on tlio ground, though it is known that it is as easy to start a fire in them as in tinder. No state has a law requiring the owners of woods to remove dead branelis from tlio trees or to make- openings where fire-engines can pass. In Michigan and Wisconsin more lives and property were destroyed by Iircs in forests than in towns every year ; still, while every considerable village is provided witli a liro;eiigino and a force of trained men to operate it, no attempt lias been made to procure apparatus for extinguishing incip:ent Iircs in forests or for prevent ing them from spreading. In Canada much has been (lone to prevent forest fires, and measures havo been institut ed for extinguishing them when tlioy havo started. The woods in several count es of the Dominion, it is reported, have beon nut in such a condition that there is no longer any fear of forest livus. Vhtcttyo Times. Tough Nutmeg llahica. Connecticut children havo been proving, this summer, that tiioy can go through a wonderful amount of rough experiences and come out alive and well, writes a Is'ew Haven correspond ent of The Jioslon Globe. CI. fiord llowe, a youth of -1 years, is tho son of Land lord Howe, of the Wallace house, in Cheshire. A day or two ago Clifford arose cheerfully, and, during tho morn ing, triod to ride a horse. Ho got along famously until ho feu to the ground, cutting his head open and generally shaking himself up. Howovor, by thu time afternoon had como Clifford was himself again, and ho managed to see a base-ball game, which was absorbing tho interest of most of Uheshiro .s resi dents, lie watched the game in safety, but while ho was riding homo he wns accidentlv pushed out of the watron. Two wheels passed over his head, nearly scalping him. Ho was picked up and carried homo, and tho next morning there was not a happier nor more active child in all Ciicsh re. Mrs. J. Howard Iiurr, of Danbury, started to go down a fight of stairs with her baby in her arms. Sho caught the heel of her shoe in a stair rod and fell with her child to tho lloor below. Mrs. Iiurr was badly shaken up and her right arm was broken, but tho baby eamo out all right and was not In the least injured by its share in thu tumble. Mrs. James Wallace, of No. 352 East street, in this city, sat in a big arm chair with her baby in her arms. Uight back of hor clia;r was an open window, and as sho rocked backward and for ward tho child gave a sudden leap, sprang out of hor grasp, and, before she fairly realized what had taken place, had fallen to the street below. Mrs. Wallace's room was on tlio sec ond floor, and she ran down stairs fully expecting to find her baby terri bly hurt, if not dead. Hut in this she was mistaken, for when 6ho reached tho littlo ono's sido ho was apparently very littlo tlio worse for his adventure. Half an hour later tho baby was play ing about tho lloor. There was not even a bruiso on tho little body and limbs. A Quiet Game, Gentleman (outside tho l'olo grounds) Sonny, is thero a game going on in side? Small Hoy Yessir. Gentleman--Aro you certain? I don't hear any howls, or hoots, or hisses. Small Hoy Dat's 'causo Sullivan's empirin' do game. New York Sun. JIo Wanted a Drink, Kentucky Colonel -Waiter, some thing to drink! Waiter Yes, sah; wntor, sah? lfnnlunkv Colonel Yniinr man. 1 saai something to drink; 1 don't want to take a bath. nUiburgh Visaict. The Temperate Worklngman. It you want to get original views nnd Burpri.singly keen comments upon the issues of the day, says The San Francis co Daily llenort, listen to tho conversa tion of intelligent workingmen when they aro talking freely among them selves and "not necessary for publica tion." "Talking about temperace." said a workinginan the other evening, am a temperance man myself ; that is, I don't drink and 1 "don't smoke. I haven't taken any pledge ; but I've got into tlio" hab.t of not drinking nnd not smoking. 1 suffer no inconvenienco from the. abstinence, and it pays. I never accept a drink or a smoke, and never otfer any ; but I never interfere with other men's hab ts in that direction. Its none of my bus iness : and. to tell the truth. I am not particularly anx otis to see all working men stop lieer and tobacco. It would be monov out of my pocket if they did, and wouldn't be any money in theirs. How so? Well, just this way. At present a certain amount of beer or whisky and tobacco the workinginan reckons among his necessaries of life, in determining what wages he can live upon he allows a certain weekly sum for his beer and his pipe, etc. "Those wages ho will strike for and light for, because lie can't 'live upon' any lower. Now you will find all tho capitalists and their wives and daugh ters great temperance peoplo theoreti cally. They are all very anxious to see prohibition gain ground among the workingmen, and tlioy take great pains to point, out to him how much money ho would have to put in tho bank if ho did not drink or smoke. Would he? Not much. .Inst as soon as tho work inginan can live without any alcohol or tobacco; just as soon as ho trains him self to do without those luxuries, just so sure will tlio amount they have hither to cost him be cut oil his wages by tho capitalist. Do you think that, if a man could or would work without meal, tlio capitalists would pay him meat wages? Of course they wouldn't If tho work inginan trained himself down so that ho could live on bread and water, lie would get wages just sufficient to buy bread and water, and no more. Tlio wages are and always will bo put down just to the lowest notch tho workinginan will stand. At present he won't stand tho deprivation of alcohol and tobacco, so he gets a dollar or two moro than he would otherwise get, and this is tho dollar or two I save. When tho work inginan, generally, becomes a total ab stainer, ho won't get that dollar to spend, and I won't get it to save. So, all hough 1 am a temperanco man, I don't put myself out of the way to make others so," How to Succeed with Fowls. Success with fowls kept exclusively for their eggs, is gained only by con stant care for their cleanliness and com fort. They must havo a variety of food, a good, large run, with opportun ity to exercise, or be forcod to take ex ercise in scratching for their feed, as upon a lloor covered witli dialled straw. They may bo kept safely in Hocks of seventy to ono hundred, but tho larger tlio Hock tho moro dangor thero is from disease and from thieves. Tho free use of crude carbolic acid is a great safe-guard. It may bo applied in saw dust cr clay, tlio "dry material being moistened by the carbolic acid thor oughly stirred into it. Tlio less of tlio ei'i-boiie acid that is used tlio belter, provided overy particle of sawdust or of dry clay has its quota. Tho disin fectant thus prepared, may be used in the nests, in tlio dusting box, upon tho iloor.s, under tho roofs, etc. It is fatal alike to parasites and to tendency to disease, in most cases. It cannot be depended upon in dirty houses, for fer menting manure, receiving fresh addi tions constantly, will overpower al most any disinfectant that could be safoly used. By spading or plowing up a portion of tho runs frequently, fowls gain healthful exorcise and find a few grubs and worms, and with breeds of fowls, which are active by nature, oxerciso moans eggs, and incidentally, Micrfect health. American Ayricallurisl. The Resetter nnd the Readied. A young man at tho risk of his life saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. Her grateful father snizod the rescuer of his daughter by the hand and in a voice trembling with emotion said: "Noblo youth, to you I am indobtcd for everything that makes life dear to mo. Which reward will you take $200,000 or the hand of mv daughter?" "I'll take tlio daughter,-' reid.wl tho heroio rescuer, thinking thereby to get both thu girl and the monoy. "You havo well chosen,' replied tho grateful father. "I could not havo given you thu $200,000 dollars just yet, anyhow, ns I havo not yet laid up that amount, being only a poor editor, but my daughter is yours for lifo. Tako her and bo happy. God bless you my children!" Texas Siflinys. Awfully Sober, But Then. Yes, son, yes, wo have read that letter of tho American missionary saying that drunkenness is unknown among tho moslcms of Syria. Yes, it is true. H'm! Don't I think it is a trait of tlio highest nobility? Ha, my son, 1 havo not only seen tiiat letter, 1 havo also been permitted-to see somo of tho Syri ans; genuine imported Syrians. And if I hadn't rather bo a drunken Christ ian for half an hour than a sober Syri an for fifty years, I'm a goat. Go to; when a nat on boasts of one sole, isolat ed virtue, that virtue itself becomes a vice. Dtirdettc. Kcutly Turned, Young Candid Did you over hear euch horrible discordant, oar-splitting, infernal Old Proudfut Sir-r-r! That's mv oldust daughter, and loung Candid I ropeat. sir. such infernal clatter at tho idiots behind us aro mak ng. Why, 1 can't hear uword of thu oii -Tul llili. LHtlo Scotch Granite. Burt and Johnnie wero delighted when their Scotch cousin came to lira witli them. He was little, but very bright and full of fun. Ho could tell curious things about his horuo in Scot land and Ins voyage across the ocean. He was as far advanced in his studies as they were, and the first day he wont to school they thought him remarkably good. Ho wasted no timo in play when lie should have been studying, and he advanced finely. At night boforo the closo of tfio school the teacher called tho roll, nnd the boys began to answer "Ten." When Willie understood that lie was to say ten if he had not whispered durinjr tho day, lie replied: "1 have whispered." "More than once?" "Yes, sir," answered Willio. "As many as ten times?" "Maybe 1 have," faltered Willie. "Then 1 shall mark you zero," said the teacher sternly, "and that is a great disgrace." "Why, I did not seo you whisper once," said .Johnnie that night after school. "Well," I did," said Willie. "I saw others doing it, and so I asked to bor row a book; then I lent a slate pencil and asked a boy for a knife, and did sevoral such things. 1 supposed it was allowed." "Oh, wo all do it." said Burt, red dening. "There isn't any senso in the old rule, and nobody could keop it, no bodv does." "I will, or elso I will say I haven't" said Willie. Do you suppose I will toll ten lies in one heap?" "Oh, wo don't call thorn lies," mut tered Johnnie. "Thero wouldn't bo a credit at night if wo wero so strict." "What of that, if vou told tho truth?" laughed Willie, bravely. In a short timo the boys all saw how it was with him. Ho studied hard, played with all his might in playtime, but, according to his own account, ho lost more credits than any of the rest. After some weeks tho boys answered "Nino'' and "Eight" oftener than they used to do. Yet the school room seem ed to crow quieter. Sometimes when Willio Grant's mark was oven lower than usual, the teacher would smilo pe culiarly, but said no more of disgrace. Willio never preached at them or told tales ; but .sometimes it made the boy3 ashamed of themselves, just tho seeing that this sturdy, blue eyed bov must tell the truth. " It was putting the clean cloth by tho half soiled one, you see. and they felt like cheats and story tell ers. 'They talked him all over and lov ed him, if they did nickname him "Scotch Granite," ho was so linn about a prom ise. "Well, at tho end of the term Wil lie's name was very low down on tho credit list. When it was read ho hail hard work not to cry. for ho was very sensitive, and ho had tried hard to ba perfect. But tho very last thing that day was a speech by the teacher, who told of onco seeing a man mutlled up iu a cloak. Ho was passing him without a look when he was told tho man was General , the great hero. "The signs of Ins rank wero hidden, but the huro was there just the same," said tho teacher. "And now, bovs. you will see what I mean when 1 givo a little gold medal to tho most faithful boy the ono really the most conscien tiously 'porfect in his deportment' among you. Who shall havo It?" "Littlo Scotch Granite!" shouted forty boys at once, for the child whoso name was so "low" on tho credit list had mado truth noble in their eyes. llritish Evanycliitt. American Antiquity. Tlio United States alono lias boon comparatively indifferent to her own antiquity. Mr. Pcabody left sufficient endowments, whoso legit mate pur pose would seem to bo to collect and preserve Ainorican antiquit es; but neither in Salem, Cambridge, nor Now Haven is thero any remarkable collec tion of the wonderful remains of ex tinct races discovered on our own soil. Tho remarkable private collections ex isting aro being gradually removed to Europe, so that now, it is said a stu dent who would know thoroughly what American antiquities aro must visit cer tain private English collections in pro vincial towns of Groat Britain, Ono exception alono must bo made, tlio Sniithson an collection at Washington, but even this admirable collection is not complete Uoston JJudgel. English Gusli, You Know. Tho literary (!) editor ot tho London Spectator, is kcoping up with a do Jicious regularity his periodical attack a of making nn ass of himself witli tiio very most Gothio architectural A im aginable. Just now, a dricd-up, ono-hundredtlt rato, melancholy humorist and decay ed rhymester,' labelled in tlio school books of our fathor'a days Oliver Wendell Holmes, M. D., is "tho Amer ican Montaigne." Bah! if all tho brains that Dr. Holmos lias shown so far, were injected iu a roar corner of the empty skull of the great Montaigne, they would feel as lost and lonely as tho Spectator ponnyaliner in respecta ble company. Alexander N. Be Menil, in St. Louis Magazine. Hust Havo Homo Comforts, Stranger: I scoyo advertise board with homo comforts? Landlord: Yes, sir. Stranger: Any skeotors 'bout the place? Landlord: Not a mosquito within forty miles. Strangor: Well, I'm sorry, I've lived. In Now Jarsoy nigh on to sixty year., an' tho hum of a skcotor is musio to me. I'm looking fer board, stranger, but I'm an old man, an' I nnH jrlt along 'thout homo comforts. C(0M iuy. Life. Something Hud To Bo Jlone, Restaurant Matron I want you glrk to lix up a littlo extra and look as pratty as you can. Waiter Girls Is thu butter bail, arinP "No; tho meat's touli." A Sun. not spoken yet," l