The National Treasury
Hetíretary Shci rnan has begim tho publicatkm of n useful supplement to the mon'hly debt statement in the shape of a comparison of tlie couditiou of tho treasury at tho dato of each atatenieut with tbat a yeár befpie. The condition of tho treasüry on Oct. 1, 1877, comieres with that of Oct. 1, 1S7G, as follows : RttttnfcíS1. !876. 1877. Currenoy Í12,.V21,1M3 $11,206,417 Special í'uiid íor tUc rc-ntloTi of íractiuuuli-urrency R,f35.(í Special deposit of lcg:il tendere for redrmptutn of certilicatóB i'í dopoaft 34,520,000 43,110,000 Coin 84,891,124 US, 1152,043 Coin certiflcatro ïLi,i77,!)OO 37,97,50l Cüin, Icííh cuin cr-rüii, l.s 31,813,2-21 81,161,513 OulalaUiliUíí c;illi.d l.ond....: l,!lli7,i;i)0 13,558,150 Otllrr nntstaiKlinn i-nii i UltMlUM 27,1:(I,11C 27,130,597 Outatundiiif' legal trn 3(W, 104,710 33C,0H,932 Outstandiu' f ractloiial ctirroncy., 20,858,415 18,780,612 OuUt-iimlijjg stlvcr coiu 19.706,053 35,591,276 Total dotit, ltss raíh intrcasury J.l)!l-2.v,,575 2,051,587,254 Jíetluotkm of debt for &'ptciubcr 2,1115,3C5 3,882,524 Rcduction of 'dijbt since July 1....' 7.172,7'ï I 8,570.068 Markot valuó ofgoíd.. 110 103 Iiiinorts (12 montiu pudiug Aug. 81) 441,186,100 465,521,615 Expora (12 montlis ending AUfC. 31).... 472,I69i273 528,908,018 Tlie recovery of oxir foreign trade is hIiowii in tho inórense of the importa and oxports, and the former will add directïj in the nccnnmlation of gold by the :;reasury. The gold premium luis dropped dnring the year from 110} to 103. Tho reduction of the debt has proceeded much more rapidly Üiis year than last, 'and, as a result, the debt is uow but 82,051,587,254.37, against S2,092,2GG,575.70 a year ago. Tho outstanding zilver coin luis been almost doubled ; the o u't standing íraotional curreney ia but $18,780,042.27, against $29,858,415.62 in October, 1876. How to AcImcvc (íi-eatncss. Po ,you cviu' rofkctupon tlie fact tlmt a m;n's namo oí'ten han mnoh to do with his claim to fame and immertality ? No man with a comic naine ever achieved greatness. How, for instenoe, could Moses ever havo been respected by the Israelitas if his name hal boen Mortimer J. Byng ? Or how would Pharaoh have siipported real dignity with suoh a title as Joe McClaflerty? Imagine Cíesaimboring under the name of Lemuel S. Toomlxü, or Hannibaleiguing himself B. Tomlinsen Pugh. Tlioy would have died flrat: Clecpatra wouíd írot have been fovëd by Aut-ony liad her clothes beeu marked Amelia Duffy, and if Joan of Aro liad l)ocu bnptized Matíld G. Melloy, probably we should never have hcard of lier. Napoleon reached a throne only becauso his irciits j-ersiuted in not c:üiing him William Hcmy Jonson, and Mai:y Queen of Soots csuiiped oblivion bécáuse she did not appear in the directory as Mary Jane Bumgarduer. And 60 if Öhakspeaie had been kuowu as Sam MiKÚlhenuy, or Calvin as Washington T. Smootli, botli would luive sunk into forgotten gruvos. Tíiéfce thing sare suggestivo ti paicnts who want their chil(tren to achicTO greattiesa. - PhUadcliiiin Huilt a u. The largest uterr in the State of Jndiaua is in the posBession of Mr, O. Lowe, of Monon towiiship, WWte cov'-V' t weiglis 8,600 powniU.
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