Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-04
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Mon,nly s,a,emcn, show. 1ncrea.ce

Monthly statement shows Increnscdl
Indebtedness.
Washington, Sept. 4.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows that
at the close of business Aug. 81. 1900,
the debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to $1,l12, 269, 106, an increase
for the month of s2,922, 1896. The debt is
recapitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debit. Isl, 00i ,499, 26O
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity...... 9.201, $50
Debt bearing no interest. 3S69S7,5S1
Total. I. 81 ,3s7. 6ss, 500
This amount, however, does not in
clude $733, 1850 in certificates and
treasury notes, outstanding, which are
Offset by an equal amount of cash on
hand.
The cash in the treasury is classified
as follows:
Reserve fund. I. !. 49,. rs 15o,0OO,Oo0
Trust fund. !. e. !. :. j. 733. 1885, T9
General fund. 12a,642,O l9s
tories. ;. -. 80. SO, O64,26l
Total. .$1,104 Sal .959.
~
sbiiities outstanding amounting to
ssl9,4222. 26s. which leaves a cash balance
in the treasury of s2s5.419,696
EXPENDITURES ENCEED RE-
CEIPTS.
The monthly comparative statement
of the government receipts and expend-s
situres shows that during August the
total receipts were s49,6SS.755. and the.
expenditures $50.50019S, which is an ex-
cess Of expenditures over receipts for
the month of $S11.443. In August, 1889
there was a surplus of nearly IS. 100000
and treasury officials say this surplus
would have been exceeded but for eX-
.raordinary civil and miscellaneous ex-
penditures during August. on account
|of the taking Of the twelfth census, the
redemption of Porto Rican coins and
the payment of Hawaiian postal saw
ings bank deposits, under the annexa-
ton act, and small increases in war and
navy expenditures.
The receipts from the several sources
of revenue are given as follows:
The receipts from the several sources
Customs ...5....,..... 81, 1854, 1874
increase over August, 1884,. S3S 600
internal revenue .........s..a..5.. 2o.Va4, 600
increase l,olt,VVV
Miscellaneous 2249, 525
Decrease, nearly 30oc,o oo
POULTRY POINTERS.
Keep one cock for ten to fifteen hens.
Let the fowls fast few hours before
killing.
Hens lay best at the age of one to two
years
Always give fowls plenty Of fresh,
pure water
Hens over years Of age make the
best sitters.
Keep house and roof well witewashed
land very clean.
Have portion Of the hen house part
lily darkened for nests.
Sitting hens must have daily run tc
Insure them good health.
! Avoid in-and-out breeding. and use
InonG but vigorous fowls.
There is no danger Of the poultry bus
illness, being overdone, because the de-
i mand is rapidly Increasing.
If a scratching place is provided
where you can bury corn, Your fowls
4 Will receive much benefit from the ex-
slercise.
4 A quick way to fatten geese 10 to pul
4 a few in darkened pen and feed {
Ipound Of cats per day to each one. The!
4 fatten in two weeks.
Oatmeal is splendid food for grow
ling chickens. as II supplies the element:
NEEDED for the growth and development
sI.of bone and flesh.
4 one of the best ways Of feeding 10 I;
A wet up with sweet milk. taking car
q only to mix what sfed atonce in orde
4 TO avoid the risk of souriag. With ittl
fowls especially it is important that tn
food supplied be sweet, sound and nu
tritious.
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