Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-19
A COMPARATIVE STATEMENT was issued from
the Treasury department yesterday afternoon

A COMPARATIVE STATEMENT was issued from
the Treasury department yesterday afternoon
showing the receipts and expenditures of the
government for the fiscal years from 1856 to
leSe, inclusive. The receipts from customs
duties for 1850 amounted to sls6522 ,O64 60 and
from internal revenue sources to 1924 O09 373 90
which Is an increase OF $40 272 0l6 90 In customs
ana sl0. 43l, .63 "a In internal revenue receipts
over 1879. The net revenue Of the government
from all sources for 1880 Is shown to be $685.
526GlO.9S, While in 1879 1t amounted to S273 S21-
1886. an increase of 5000 1862. The net
ordinary expenditures OF the government for
1850 are shown to be 1861 ,6i2 95I.5s, against
soc, ,94I ,SS3.53 for 1879. A comparison Of eX-
penoltures TOT interest on the public debt and
for pensions for the years 1919 and 1880 shows
large increase In the one and considerable re-
ductfOn in the other. For 1879 the interest on
the public debt amounted TO slO5, ,327 949 and
Tor 1850 to S95..57 ,5I5.11, decrease Of $500
1888. In 1879 there was expended on account
OF pensions $50, 21. .4S2 &c. While for 1880 the ex
penditures for this account amounted to
lI4.H, an increase OF S21 ,655 1920 In one
year.
MRS SwARTz the lady whom ex-Secretary
Of the Treasury Sawyer has married has been
appointed to a place In the Treasury
when Mr. Sawyer was Assistant Secretary, and
has since been in other departments.
QUAss1A WATER AND MosovrroEs.-Quassta
water Is, according to a correspondent OF Nd-
fuTe, a protection against gnats and mosquitoes.
y young ITleUu OI Ullne, ne says, severely Dltten
by mosquitoes and unwilling to be seen so dis
figured, sent for QuasSia chips and had boiling
water poured upon. them. At night, after
washing, she dipped her hands into the quassia
water and left 1t on to dry on her face. This
was a perfect protection, and continued to be
SO whenever applied.
AT the approach Of winter when flies and
gnats get Into houses, and sometimes bite ven
onously, grandchild OF mine eighteen months
old, was thus attacked. l gave the nurse some
OF my weak solution OF QuaSsa TO be left TO (iry
on his race, and he was not bitten again. IL is
lnnocuous TO children, and 1t may be q protec-
tlon also against bed insects which have NOT
mad the opportunity OF trying.
REV. HENRY WARD BEEcHER some time since
received letter from young man who recon-
mended himself very highly as being honest.
| and closed with the request, 'Get me an easy
situation that honesty may be rewarded To
which Mr. Beecher replied: "DOnt be an editor
II You would te 'essy.' Do not try the law
AVOID Sch0olkeeptng. Keep out OF the pulpit
Let alone all ships, stores, shops and merch an.
! oise. Abhor politics. Keep away from law
| yers. Don't practice medicine. Be not farmer
| nor a mechanic, neither soldier nor sailor
| DON'T study. Don't think Don't work. None
| OF tnem are easy. oh. my honest friend you
are In very hard world! l know OF but one
| easy place IN it. That Is the grave.''
A SMALL CHILD.-Mr. and Mrs. W. Moulton
| or west CamptOn, rejoice In the possession or a
| three-months'-old daughter that Weighs iusr
| three pounds The infants arm ia des:ri0e;i as
being OF the size of a mans little finger. while
| its hand Is no larger than an Ordinary thumb
| The child weighed one and one-haf bounds at
| It's DIth.-B0stOn GLOBE.