The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29
Our Young Folks.
Uncle Sans Gold and silver.

Uncle Sans Gold and Silver.
Uncle Sam has a money house in Wall
street, New York, called the sub-trea-
sury, which old King Cresus would
have liked to visit. 1t contains, at pre-
sent, in gold and silver coin, about n
hundred and FIVE millions of dollars all
neatly packed in bags, or slowed in bins,
in vaults which are supposed to he burg
lar preof.
In fact, they are burglar proof else
some gentleman of the profession would
have attempted them during the last
forty years.
They are deep down in the bowels of
the earth, under a building the most
massive and solid in all America. The
building was built as for eternity, COW
ering the whole basement with arches
as strong as a stone quarry. Down IN
that marvellous understructure, Uncle
Sam keeps the bulk of his gold. Doors
beyond doors of solid steel protect it,
these secured by locks that are wound
| up every night like so many clocks,
which no key of man a open till they
| run down.
The silver vault is a spacious under
| ground hall forty-seven feet long,
t~wenty-eight feet wide and twelve feet
| high, divided into bins of various sizes.
| Here are nine hundred tons of silver
| coin, with thirty-three millions of dol
| lars.
The gold is all kept in bags, each
of which contains five Thousand dol
lars, and the bags are piled n upon
another in even columns twelve bags
| high.
When the sub-treasury bill was
before congress, Henry Clay, Daniel
| Webster, and the wings generally
saw in it certain ruin of the republic.
Since the system was adopted, how
ever, the s~ub-treasury has received
and paid something more than a bill
ion and a half of the public money
without the loss of a dollar, and
without disturbing the course of bust
ness.
A lady of great ability, Mrs. Lamb,
editor of the Magazine Of American
History, has been looking into the
vaults and offices Of the ~sub-treasury
recently, and gives us a pleasing view
of its excellent and easy working. The
sub treasurer, . however, has any
thing but an easy time. In one day
the office has paid eleven thousand pen.
sion cheeks, averaging twenty.six dol
lars each, and tits not uncommon foI
Tie treasurer to sign his name three
thousand times in n morning to bond
and gold certificates. - Youths Conn
paa'ion. 0%EWM aE
Keep the Children Happy.
Invent every possible amusement to
keep your boys at home in the evenings.
Never mind if they scatter books and
pictures, coats, hats and boots Never
mind if they do make a noise around
you, with their whistling aud hurrah-
ingI We would stand aghast if we
could have a vision of the young men
who had gone to utter destruction for
the very reason that, having cold, disa-
greeable, duh, stiff firesides at home,
they sought amusement elsewhere. The
influence OF a loving mother or sister is
~incalculable. Like the circle formed
by casting a stone in the water, it goes
ON and through a mans whole life.
Circumstances and worldly pleasures
may weaken the remembrance fer a
time, but each touch upon the chord OF
memory will awaken the old time
music, and her face, her voice, and her
loving words will come up before him
like IA revelation. The time will come,
before you think when you would give
the world to have your house tumbled
by the dear hands of those very boys
when your heart shall long for the noisy
steps in the hail, and their ruddy cheeks
laid up to yours; when you would
rather have their jolly whistle than the
songs of Nelson when you would
gladly have dirty carpets, aye, live
without carpets at all, but to have
their bright strong forms beside you
once more. Then play with and pet
them. Praise Johnny'sdrawmg, Betty's
music, and baby's first attempt at writ
ing her name. Encourage Dick to per-
severe in making his rabbit hutch. II
one shows a talent for figures, tell HIM
he is your famous mathematician ; and
if another loves geography, tell him he
is sure to make a good traveller OF for
eign missionary. Go with them to see
their young rabbits, and chickens, and
pigeons. Have them gather you MOSES,
and grasses, and flowers to decorate
your room. And you will keep your
self young and fresh by entering into
their joys. 14B S.