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,"
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