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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Treasury Receipts, Etc.


that during the fiscal year ended June
30, 1896, the receipts Of the government
from all sources, amounted to $4os,4to,-
4OS.78., During the same period us ex-
penditures were $434,678, 6544S. the ex-
cess Of expenditures over receipts thus
amounting to $25, 203. 245.70. The orci-
nary expenditures during the year were
$4,Ol5,S52.21 less than during the Pre-.
ceding fiscal year. OF the receipts
mentioned there was derived from Gus.
toms the sum of $ls0.021 ,751s7. ana nc
from internal revenue $l!6,S3o,el 10.
The receipts from customs show an ~
crease of $7,S63,134.22 over those from
the same source for the fiscal year emu
Ing June 80, 1895. and the receipts Ir To-
internal revenue an increase OF >o'''7'
sS7.q1. - --.~- ~
The value Of our imported dutiable
merchandise during the last fiscal year
was $3.50. Isl, A70, and the value or Tree
goods imported s409, 1867, 40. being an IN
crease of $G,523,6 IN the value OF gu
liable goods and Sal. 23l ,034 In the Value
of free goods over the preceding year
Our exports of merchandise, foreign
and domestic. amounted III Value ~
1882 being an an ne 79a gse aver
age ad valorem duty paid on dutiabie
goods imported during the year was
81 o. per cent, and on free and dutiaoie
goods taken together 20.55 per cent.
The cost Of collecting our Internal
revenue was 2.73 per cent, as aga,nst
PSI per cent for the fiscal year enoHls
June 30. 1895. The total production OF
distilled spirits. exclusive of fruit bran
dies was S6,5SS,7O3 taxable gallons, be-
inp an Increase of 6,639, 10S gallons over
the preceding year. There was also an
increase Of 1,443,676 gallons OF spirits
PRODUCED from fruit, as compared WIN
the preceding year. The numnef Oh
barrels Of beer produced was IS, S59, 2oo,
as against S3.5S9.7S4 produced IN me
preceding fiscal year, being an increase
| Of 2,269, 46G barrels.
The Precious Metals.
The total amount of gold exported
during the last fiscal year was VIZ
400 az and OF silver s6O,541.6 $50, being
an increase Of $45, 941 1865 Of gold ana
sl3,246,3s4 Of silver over the expor ri
tions OF the preceding fiscal year. The
imnorts Of gold were 49,, 525 .065 and of
silver s2S,777,1s6. being $2.s59, sos less of
gold and IS, 500 007 more Of silver than
during the preceding year. The total
stock of metallic money in the United
States at the close on the last fiscal
year. ended OH the 3Oth day OF June,
1896, was s1.22s. 326.035. Of which $685.
597,964 was in gold and $62S. 12S,o7l IN
silver. On the first day OF November:
1896, the total stock Of money OF all
kinds in the country was $2,2s5, Az, $50,
and the amount in circulation. not in
GLIDING that in the treasury holdings,
was 81 ,627, 055. GAL, being $22.63 per capita
upon an estimated population Of II,
902, 900. The production Of the precious
metals-sti the United States during the
calendar year 1895 is estimated to have
been 2.2254 $50 fine ounces Of gold Of the
Aa0 n nnn IT,.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
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Pensions.

rho 3in,;nntion of our enormous pen
sion roll ard the decrease. OF pension t eH
menditure which have been 30 often
Confidently foretold. still fail IN materl-
al realization. The number OF penslon,
ers on the rolls ut the close OK the las GO
year, ended June 30. 1885, was s'v,o.e'
This: IL the largest number ever report
ed. The amount paid exclusively iOr
the pensions during the year was $lao'oo
9J4 ri. ~. a slight decrease from that OIL
the preceding year, while the total e1-
penditures on account Of pensions, IN
Guiding the cost Of maintaining the de-
partment and expenses attending pen
sion distribution amounted to *i4l.zeo,-
550.59, or within very small traction
Of one-third OF the entire e a.i,;n 40 10
supporting the government curing the
same year. The number or new pen.
sion certificates issued was 90,640: or
these, 1854 represent original allow.
ances OF claims and 15,S7S increases or
existing pensions. vs.
The number of persons receiving pen
sions from the United States. but re-
siding in foreign countries at the close
Of the last fiscal year, was 1881. and
the amount paid to them during inc
year was 1882, 1858.
The sum appropriated for the pay
-rrIcnC OF peHSfUHS tire CURRENT HScal
year ending June 30, 1897, Is 4O,O00.-
600, and for thes uccecding year 1t is
estimated that the same amount will
be necessary.
Civil Service Reform.
The progress made in civil service
reform furnishes a cause for the ut
most congratulation. 1t has survived
the doubts of its friends as we'll as the
vancor of its enemies and has gained
permanent place among the agencies
destined to cleanse our politics and to
improve, economic and elevate the
public service.
There are now in the competitive
classified service upward Of eighty-four
thousand places. More than half Of
these have been included from time to
time since March 4, 1893. a most radl-
cal and sweeping extension was made
by executive order dated the 9Th day
| Of May, 1896, and II fourth class post
masterships are not included In the
statement it may be said that practical
~ all positions contemplated by the
civil service law are now classified.
Abundant reasons exist for including
these postmasterships, based upon
economy, improved service and the
peace and quiet Of neighborhoods. If,
however, obstacles prevent such &C
| ton at present I earnestly hope that
congress will. without increasing post
office appropriations, SO adjust them as
to permit In proper cases consolida-
| ton of these postoftices, to the end that
through this process the result desired
may to a limited extent be accom-
nliShel
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
The 4thof Marcel: lsosk Spoon Free to AZ soft.
March seQss sye neen p a,;cted g s. ,n een

thof March llok spoon Free 10 AZ soft
y seQ " have been p aflicted "a ~ n een
1nued and not unfrequent reports Of
the wanton destruction OF homes ana
the bloody butchery OF men, women and
children, made martyrs to their pro-
fession OF christian faith. While none
Of our r.tixens in Turkey have thus far
been killed or wounded, though often
N the midst Of dreadful scenes OF
danger, their safety In the future IL by
no means assured. Our government at
home and our minister at Constantt-
nople have left nothing undone to pro-
tect our missionaries In Ottoman terri
tory, who constitute nearly all the in
diyiduals residing there who have a
right to claim our protection on the
score of American citizenship. Our eff
forts In this direction will not be re-
Taxed: but the deep feeling and SYM
pathy that have been aroused among
our people ought not to SO far blind
their reason and Judgment as to lead
them to demand impossible things. The
,nurder and pillage in Turkey occur
suddenly and without notice. and an
attempt on our part to force .h
hostile presence there as might he Ell
fectiye for prevention or protection
would not only be resisted by the Otto
man government but would be re
0arded as an interruption OF their
their exclusive right to intervene In
& their own time and method for the
security Of life and property in Tur-
key. 81 do not believe that the present
}.nmter prospect in Turkey will be
long permitted to offend the sight OF
Christendom. It 30 mars the humane
and enlightened civilization that be
80 h4 nil
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
Ounce Is . Marked Man.

Percy Bunce, Of Cold Spring Harbor,
L. l., has been held UP twenty times
by highwaymen during the last few
years. He has also. fallen into the
ocean several times, been shot ut by
whitecaps and was once struck BY
lightning.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
Winter limo Table.

No trains were taken off by the
Great Northern Railway in making up
its winter schedule; but changes were
made in the leaving time OF several OF
them, the most important being tho
Pacific coast train, which leaves ut !
D. M. two hours earlier than hereto
fore, giving closer connections with
eastern lines than ever before and
reaching Montana and coast points N
DAYLIGHT. $3.50
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
Justice Personiaeti.

First Lawyer-"I must say that /
cannot see tho point Of my learned
adversary's argument" Second Law
yer-"Y ought to be on tie bench.
then, for Justice, they say, is blind. -
Boston Courier. q s,ss
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
ro.tuna seeking E.nlgrants.

-. apoor family that seeks Ing eo. Tess
orr ID" In the hope of winning iof't tho
is pre- erved from that insidio1 '1 Toe and TO-
emirranS and rontiersman ~ R;,sar r So
sff, .ualiy does that incompatible med iss
M n License fortify the system against tn, the
Combined influence Of malarious atmos-
phere and miasma-tainted water, thar: P .hs
iected by it, the pioneer, the miner or s an
tourist provided with it, may sateiy W
countar the danger.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
Diagnosed

Alkali Ike-Mink- Eyed Bill died with tho
heart disease.
Sagedust Dan-I didn't know he had
trouble with his heart.
Alkali Ike-He didn't till he had trouble
with Daredevil Pete.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
She Did the Rest.

land you broke of the engagement"
"Yes-not brutally, you know. But
managed it,"
"HOw2"
..Told her what my salary Is"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
A Dramatic Evasion.

"Pilkington has learned to play foot ball
but he dosen't want his wife to know IT,
'Why not?"
to beat q carpet" sF
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
Tronhl, Ahead

yohnny-Mu, do you believe in ghosts'
Ma-No. -... r. #
MaMWhat makes you think so'
Johnny--A man asst pa to meet MN =! gown sa
town tonight, and pa said no wo1.1o = 10
.ould Get away from the old spook.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11

On Nov. 30th the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, the largest seed
potato growers in the world. received
an order for three thousand bushels Of
seed potatoes from one firm in Texas
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller,
Au Sable, Mich, April 81, 1895.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11

Many thousands Of artificial flowers
decked the trees of Paris during the Cars
recent visit to that city =" =4
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
He N|E'||sSAGE.
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL REP oRT
TO CONGRESS.
DEALS WITH EVERY sUBJECT OF
NATIONAL IMPORT.

rke Cause Of the Cuban Insurgents
Treated at Como Length Negotiationnis'
WITH Spain for Autonomy Failure ON
Sths rart 81 spain Might Invite Our
y xnterferencc The Armcninn Outragcs
raria ANA Finanee-A Roast for the
\ Trusts.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
M Mind Reader.

Tourist--How long will it take me to
reach the ferry, me good man!
Policeman amt no mind reader. I'm
q policeman. ,a...s,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al:
Druggists refund the money il 1t fails 10 cure 25c
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11

A London omnibus company has ordered
several hundred motor omnib.lses.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11

B The government thus applying SUR
plus fortunately IN its treasury 70 TIE
payment OF expenses not met BY ia
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11
ARMENIAN AFFAIRS.

"a AT the outset OF reference to the
more important matters affecting our
relations with foreign powers. 1t would
afford me satisfaction II 1 could assure
the congress that the disturbed con-
dition in Asiatlc Turkey had. during
4 and bloody aspect, and that either as a
consequence Of the awakening OF the
y Turkish government to the demand Ut
humane civilization. or as the result OF
decisive action on the part Of the great
sDr.tions having the right. by treaty, to
= -p,aejeuN AZ " ~ = ..s ss. md,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-11

Hut they are called upon 20 Sacs q ZOE
that 1hUns general engagement1, tnat
can choose and does choose IT. own
ground, that from the nature OF the
country Il visible or invisible az pleas.
urc, and that fights only from ampus.
cAde and when all the advantages OF
position and numbers are on It's side.
In q country where all that ID indls-
pensable to life In the way Ok 1oo1'
clothing and shelter 10 30 easily %.
tainable, especially by those born ana
bred on the soil. It II obvious that there
Ia hardly limit to the time durins
which hostilities Of this sort may DC
prolonged. Meanwhile, % In all cases
Of protracted civil strife, the passions
OF the combatants grow more any
more lindamed and excuses on potn
sides become more frequent ana more
deplorable. They are also participated
In by bands OF marauders Who now
In the name of one party and now IN
the name OF the other as may pest
suit the occasion. harry the country AZ
will and plumber its wretched innapi-
tants for their own advantage. Sucn
condition OF things would 1neVltaply
entail. Immense destruction Of proper
ty even II 1t were the policy of both
parties to prevent 1t as far as prac-
ticable. But while such seemed TO De
the original policy Of the Spanish gov
eminent, it has now apparently abano-
oned 1t and Is acting upon the same
theory as the insurgents, namely: tnat
the exigencies Of the contest require
the wholesale humiliation OF properly
that 1t may not prove OF use ana al
vantage to the enemy.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-26

ties advocated he opposed, believing that they were not at bottom in sym pathy with the people. MT. Norton was a leader of the greenback idea before Peter Cooper arose to prominence in the Greenback party. On several oc- casions MT. Norton had been the par tvs nominee for high office. In the hope of advancing the interests of the Greenbackers he wrote book entitled ''Ten Men of Money Island" in which money is made very easy to get. His party gradually dissolved and its rem nants gravitated into the Populist movement at it's inception. MT. Norton is credited with having given the Pop ulists their creed. He is said to be the author of their financial plank. For ten years past Mr. Norton has been the publisher of weekly paper in Chicago. Mir. Norton is not a wealthy man, but he has given freely of his time and money to what he believed to be the cause of the people. He is a native of Vermont, but has spent the greater part of his life in the West.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-26
Unluckv Proverh.

Temple, the body-coachman of Er. nest King of Hanover, Is the hero of a number of anecdotes which are told by his Majesty's chaplain in volume of "Reminiscences" One of the most amusing relates to a transaction be tween Temple and the chaplain.
 Temple lost his wife. Of course I, as chaplain, had to perform the funeral ceremony. A few days afterward old Temple, In deep mourning, called upon me. He was very much upset, and evi- dently had something on his mind which he found difficulty in expressing, for Ae stood few moments in silence, and then turned his hat round and round, looked mournfully into 1t, brush ed tt with his hand, and at last got out, through stammering:
 "Ive called, sir-I've called, sir-as wish to ask-and don't like to put 1t of what I've got to pay you for that 'ere, job?"
 "Oh," I said, nothing, of course. I have no fees, Temple; but remember now am in your debt, and must ask you what am to pay for the two pots of ointment you made for my horses cracked feet?
 Bless you, sir, don't mention itw said Temple. Nothing, sir, nothing; one good turn deserves another all the world overw
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-26
Mice and Rats in Japan.

There are small "deer" on the island that arouse no poetry or gracious senti- ments. The mice, those pests of Japan ese tea houses, raced through the doll houses at will by dark, the ornamental traceries and designs pierced in the pretty wood panels above the screens giving them free range of every room. They ran over my face, scratched my pillow, nibbled my fingers, and kept me awake night after night with their rustling and gnawing. On the third night of mouse carnival called the ser wants and had lights brought. The landlord heard the sounds and hustled across the court to see what the matter was.
 q think there Is a mouse in this house." I said.
 "Oh, certainly, certainly, honorable lady" he said, lowing low and proudly; ives, indeed; I have many, plenty of rats at the Momiji"
 And be could not at all understand why we should make such a trouble about so natural thing, and object to these sure evidences of abundant pros perity, these companions of Daikoku, the god of plenty.-Century.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-26
Europeans in tho Senate.

Knute Nelson of Minnesota enjoys the somewhat singular distinction of being the only member of the United States Senate born on the European continent-Europe outside of the Brit ish Isles. He is a native of Norway, and the most conspicuous representa- tive in office of the Scandinavian popu- lation of the great Northwest. It Is a fact not generally known, that there gre four Englishmen In the present United States Senate, or, more proper ly, four natives of England-Pasco of Florida, Mantle of Montana, Wetmore of Rhode Island and Jones of Nevada. There are two Canadians-McMillan of Michigan and Gallinger of New Hampshire. There is one Irishman- William J. Sewen of New Jersey. There are nine Ohio men.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-26
Origin of RtraM Rail

The origin of the familiar phrases, 'straw baiP and ''man of straw" Is a most curious one. It dates back POO years, when the practice of entering worthless bail was common. The ex- act methods have not been transmitted to posterity, but in several old English h works is to be found reference to them. In one of these-Fielding's "IAfe of Jonathan Wild" the thief catcher-we read that Jonathan's aunt married a man "who was famous for so friendly a disposition that he was ball for above a hundred persons In one year. He had also the remarkable honor of walk ing in Westminster hall with a straw in his shoe" It seems that at one time when English lawyers wished to procure witnesses with elastic con- sciences or men who would go bail for their clients, they went into Westmin- ster hall, into which the principal courts of law opened, and there would quickly recognize the men they wanted by giancing at their shoes, from which protrudei a straw or two, thus indi- eating their calling. Because of this trade mark, so to speak, these profes- sional witnesses or bail-goers became known as linen of straw" or ones who were willing, for a consideration, to enter straw ail."-Philadelphia Pub lIc Ledger
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-26
SOaimO.

Among Mrs. Strong's recollections of Stevenson, in Scribner's Magazine, are certain stories of Sosimo, the native who took such good care of him and ruled his affairs with so firm a hand. Stevenson had a topaz stud that was somewhat difficult to put into his shirt, so he gave 1t to Mrs. Strong, who laid it away in her trinket box. When first she wanted to wear 1t she was dis mayed to find 1t gone. Sosimo had missed the stud, discovered 1t in her box, and carried 1t back to Louis room.
 ''I kept up the fight" she says, 'for some time, trying to secrete 1t from Sos imo by putting 1t in out-of-the-waT places, but 1t was invariably found in Louis room, wherever had hidden 1t, When Sosimo came up from the ship by which he and his master had taken a trip to a neighboring island, he put Louis valise down on the veranda, and carefully abstracted from his mouth the precious stud he had carried there for safety. I gave up then, and the stud became Louis own.
 "One day I went into Louis room, and found him and Sosimo very busy cleaning up and sorting papers.
 "'Did you tell Sosimo to do thisY I asked.
 "'No,' said Louis, with his arms full of books. He told me!"
 Another day the cook was away, and Louis, who was busy writing, took his meals in his room. Knowing that there was no one to cook his lunch, he told Soslmo to bring him some bread and cheese. To his surprise, he was served with an excellent meal-an omelette, a good salad and perfect coffee.
 "Who cooked this?" asked Louis, in Samoan.
 "I did," said Sosimo.
 'Well," said Louis, great Is your wisdom"
 Sosimo bowed and corrected him:
 Great is my lovev'
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-26
PRESIDENTIAL BILLS.
France Pays Much More than We for
 Her Chief Magistrate.

France Pays Much More than We for
 Her Chief Magistrate.
 Compared with those of the President of France, the emoluments of the Pres ident of the United States are consid- erably less. Every one knows that the chic: executive of this country receives a salary of $50,OO0 year, but the other expenditures for which the nation al- lows him people are,-in general, less cognizant of. His private secretaries, clerks. doorkeepers and servants cost $35,000 annually; $15, GOO is at the Pres idents disposal for buying furniture for the White House and for keeping 1t in repair; $3,OOO is allowed for fuel, and $4.000 for maintaining the green houses up to the mark. The total cost is, therefore, about $107, 900 per year.
 The bare salary of the President of the French republic is $120,000, or $13.- 900 more than this country's total ex- penditure for chief executive. In ad- dition to this. the French President is allowed the services of two military and three civil secretaries, a small army of men servants (whoSe wages and board are paid by the State), house linen. fuel and light. His supply of game not only costs him nothing, but Is so plentiful that he can sell nearly $10,- GOO worth a year after his own wants are satisfied. valuable preserves in the forests of Marly and Ramboullet be ing set apart for the Presidents use. Even his musical and theatrical tastes are paid for by the public, for he has box both at the opera and the Theater Francais. If he does not care to use these boxes, however, the President and bis family can enjoy the perform ance at home by telephonic communi- cation.