TREASURY WORK.
HOW MONEY IS DISBURSED BY
THE UNITED STATES.
The Method of Making Payments
Out of Uncle Sam's Rig Cash
Box Described—lnterest
and Postal Moneys.
When Congress has authorized a pay
ment for any purpose the Secretary
promptly advises the Register thereof,
and directs him to make an entry of the
amount on his books under a proper head
ing, that it may be drawn against as
needed. This done, the Treasury is
ready to pay any claimant the sum due
him out of this appropriation, and if the
Comptroller has received from the Audi
tor. approved and in proper form, a
claim made thereon, he will, if he sees
no objection to paying it, ask the Secre
tary to issue his warrant upon the Treas
urer in favor of the claimant for the
amount stated. A warrant will eonse- j
qucntly issue, but it will first goto the j
Comptroller, that he may minute it on the j
account, then to the Register, who will j
charge the amount to the claimant and to |
the proper appropriation, enter it in the |
general account of expenditure under the j
proper classification, then send it to the j
Treasurer, who will pay the claimant as j
directed, obtaining his receipt therefor
on the warrant, or on a check issued in |
his favor, and then send warrant and re- 1
ceipt to the Auditor as a credit voucher j
for moneys paid out. Thus this pay !
warrant, like the covering warrant, be- |
comes the authority for the needed en- j
tries of the amount, and ends its course, |
as did the covering warrant, by becom- j
ing a credit voucher in an account of J
moneys paid.
The number of warrants issued annu- !
ally is about 45,000, and to prepare, !
sign, and properly examine and enter t
them involves no little clerical labor, i
But to pay every public creditor in this j
way would require millions of warrants in- j
stead of thousands, and to avoid such labor *
and consequent delay moneys are drawn
in bulk upon a warrant in favor of some
disbursing officer, and placed in his hands j
to distribute among the claimants upon |
their receipt therefor. As a guarantee,
however, the disburser is required to j
give a bond, with sureties, to the Comp- |
troller, for the proper disposition of the I
money. Although in this way the claim- j
ant gets his money without delay, the j
Treasury relaxes no vigilance in its scru
tiny of the payment, and if a voucher
rendered is found insufficient in any way, j
its amount is disallowed, and the officer, j
or his bondsmen, must make good any |
loss the Government has sustained through
the unfortunate transaction.
Of what payments the officers can j
properly make, the Auditor is advised
by law, regulations or by other sources j
independent of the disbursing officer, '
and there is no escape from his vigilance. |
If payments have been made to the army,
the Auditor has been furnished with the
muster-rolls; if to pensioners, with a list
of pension certificates issued; if to a con- |
tractor for constructing a building or a I
war vessel, with a copy of all contracts
and agreements pertainingto the matter;
and 112 the disbursing officer does not
keep himself equally as well informed as !
to the law and regulations governing the
disbursement as does the Auditor, he will |
quite likely some day pay dearly for his
ignorance. Every year (5,000,000 of
these vouchers are received at the Treas
ury, and in ease of pay-rolls, hundreds
>f names are sometimes upon one vouch
er. Every item is, however, subjected
to a searching inquiry as to its correct
ness in every respect, and to avoid possi- i
ble chances of wrong, the Comptroller as
well as the Auditor examines the vouch- '
ers, thus duplicating the work; yet every
item is passed on, the circulations neces
sary are verified, and the work completed
indue time* by a section of the clerks per
taining to the Treasury.
Then four times every year the fifty
thousand holders of the public debt want
the interest due them. The Register has
a record of these bondholders, where they
live and how much each one holds. He
therefore, by the direction of the Secre
tary, sends a schedule of them, near the
close of each quarter, to the Treasurer,
who, by same direction, draws a check in
favor of each holder for the amount due,
payable at the New York or other Sub-
Treasury office. Then puts the fifty
thousand checks into the same number of
envelopes and sends them by mail to
their respective owners. When paid,
these checks are returned to the Treas
urer, canceled, and he wants credit for
their amount. So hi' sends them proper
ly listed for that purpose to the Auditor,
to whom the Register has already furu
ished a duplicate schedule of their issue,
and with this schedule every check must
be verified before the credit asked is
given. Many of the checks, perhaps ten
thousand, are paid upon powers of attor
ney '•> persons not named in the schedule
or checks, but the Auditc has every such
power on tile, Mini he carefully examines
it to see that no amount has been wrong
fully paid. One quarter's work is hardly
done before another comvi, and the ceaM
fless routine is repeated.
Then there are 55,000 Postmasters,
each one of whom collects and disburses
more or less revenue, and 8000 of them
issue and pay money and postal orders.
The Postoffice revenues are collected by
I the sale of stamps. The Postoffice De-
I partment issues these stamps to the sever
al Postmasters, notifying the Auditor of
the Treasury of the amount sent to every
office, and this office must see that of
every stamp sold the Government gets
the proceeds. The moneys received are
not turned into the Treasury like other
moneys, but are immediately paid out
| for the salaries and other expenses of the
I postal service. Every quarter the Post-
I masters, clerks, route agents, mail car
riers and contractors must be paid what-
J ever is due them, and proper receipts ob
| tained and sent to the Auditor of the
j Treasury. The Auditor carefully exani
| ines every item,.and allows only what is
due under the law, or by the authority of
i the Postoffice Department, of which he
| has been duly advised, and if there is not
j money enough togo round, Congress has
J provided for the deficiency out of the
j general revenues.
Postmasters must also render an ac
| count to the Auditor every week of all
; moneys received by the issue of money or
| postal orders, and will at same time for-
I ward for credit the orders paid by them.
. The Auditor must see that all excess of
i money received at any office is at once
shipped to some other office which will
need funds to meet payments of this ac
count. He must also com pure every paid
order received with the account of the
issuing office, to see that the amount is
properly charged therein. About filteen
millions of these orders, involving sllß,-
000,000, are issued every year, and to
ship the excess of moneys received to
where it will be needed for payment, and
to examine properly the entries of these
millions of orders, involves it stupendous
amount of labor, which could hardly be
accomplished at all without thoroughly
systematized methods and incessant in
dustry. But the feat is performed, and
by another branch of the clerical force.
—Harper's Weekly.
The Brass Buttons of Army Officers.
When people talk about the " flurry
of brass buttons " they often do so in
ignorance of the importance that at
taches itself to these useful, if orna
mental, articles. In the army, particu
larly, the button is as essential and dis
tinguishing a part of the uniform as the
shoulder-strap, the stripe or the em
broidery oil the coat sleeve. Not only is
it true that each branch of the service
has its peculiar button, but it is also true
that the arrangement of these buttons
indicates the rank of the wearer. Indeed,
the army regulations are very exact on
this head, and it is part of every man's
duty to learn what such and such an
arrangement means.
According to article 8(i of the army
regulations at present in force, the
General must wear two rows of buttons
on the breast of his frock coat, twelve in J
each ro\s* placed by fours. More than
this the distance between each row must
be just so, that is five and one half
inch at the top and three and one-half
inches at the bottom.
Coming down a grade the Lieutenant-
General can only wear ten buttons in
each row, the upper and the lower ar
ranged by groups of threes and the
middle groups by fours. The Major-
General only reaches the dignity of nine
buttons in each row placed by threes. A
Brigadier-General has but eight buttons
in each row on his breast, these being
set out in groups of twos. The Colonel,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Major wear nine
buttons in each row, but they are
placed at equal distances apart and are
not grouped. The Captain, First and
Second Lieutenants wear seven buttons in
each row, sewed on at equal distances.
The non-commissioned officers all wear a
single low of seven buttons set at equal
distances.— San KrnncUco Chronicle.
The Republic of Hayti.
Ilayti has an area of about 28,000
square miles, and a population of about
800,000, nine-tenths of whom are pure
negro, and the remaining tenth chiefly
mulattoes. The language in use is
French, and the State religion Roman
Catholic. The legislative power is in
the assembly, and the President is chosen
for four years. The trouble between
the United States and Hayti originated
thus: First, Hayti had a revolution; then
Legitime, tempoiarily on top, declared a
blockade of the llaytian ports. Then the
Haytian Republic, having on board arms
and munitions of war, tried to run the
blockade and was captured. A prize
court decided that the capture was
proper, but the United States refused to
accept the decision, claiming that the
court was improperly constituted, ami
the blockade announced. As Legitime
refused to give the vessel up, we went
down ami got her. There was no trouble,
however.— New York Dispatch.
In consequence of the success of the
smokeless powder, the Italian Govern
tnent has suspended the manufacture of
all other kinds of gunpowder.
CURIOUS FACTS.
Shakespeare began to write about
1590.
Poisoning is a very common crime in ■
India.
The average age of twelve English
bishops is seventy-si* years.
The Turkish Empire was established in
Asia, under Othman 1., in 1299.
King Malietoa's salary before he was j
deposed amounted to S2O a month.
It is said that Paris, when full, can ac
commodate nearly four millions of peo
ple.
The tennis ball now bounds in China,
though dirt courts are more frequent j
than grass.
Two Hebrews own the site of ancient j
Babylon, where their ancestors were cap
tives and slaves.
Fifteen of the twenty-five mayors who
have governed Chicago have been na- j
tives of the State of New York.
Nebraska has no great man with a j
national reputation, but she has just come
to the front with a four-legged chicken. \
The return of land-grants made in \
Western Australia shows that one man |
owns and controls nearly 4,000,000 i
acres.
A woman and her husband are master j
and engineer respectively of a trading |
steamer on the Columbia River, Wash- j
fugton.
It is stated that over 16,000 horses are
slaughtered for food every year in Paris, !
and of this quantity two-thirds are used j
for sausages.
It is said that sixty-three millionaires i
reside in the territory between Dobb's j
Ferry and Tarrvtown, N. Y., a distance
of only six miles.
The Japanese Government has coined
000 worth of nickel five-cent pieces, i
The people like them much, and the ;
coinage will be continued.
There are ruins near Gallup, C'al., the j
foundation walls of which can be traced J
for two miles, indicating the existence of j
a large town in the locality in bygone |
times.
The Shah of Persia asserts that the
ICohiuoor is all unlucky jewel. lie points j
to the fact that Queen Victoria lost her '
husband soon after coming into posses- |
sion of the famous stone.
At a marriage ceremony in Japan !
neither the bride nor the groom wears \
any clothing of a purple color lest their
marriage should be soon dissolved, pur- j
pie being a color most liable to fade.
A curious and interesting exhibition
will be opened in Cologne on June 1,
1890, in which will be displayed a vast
collection of arms, instruments, etc.,
serving to illustrate the art of warfare (
and bearing in any way on the condition
of troops or armies.
Liverpool is probably the most densely |
populated city in the world—it is beyond
doubt the most densely-populated in th ( .
United Kingdom. In the year 18f-7 it j
population was 593,000, or 11.1.8 per
square acre; while Manchester stood 1
next with 87.9, then Glasgow with 85.8,
and London with 56.
Some time since two vessels collided j
off Bogtior, Me., one vessel sinking, fifty- j
four persons perishing. A piano on
board found its way int > the sea, and !
after floating about for three weeks was j
washed ashore at Worthing. Though
covered with barnacles and seaweed, the I
piano was found to be in playing order, j
Electricity is now employed in In- ;
dia to prevent snakes from entering
dwellings. Before all the doors and
around the house two wires arc laid, iso- |
lated from each other, and connected
with an induction apparatus. When the j
snake attempts to enter the house he
completes the circuit and is killed by the j
shock.
Lately there was terminated at War- |
saw, Russia, a lawsuit which '.HIS lasted |
four centuries. The object of litigation j
was a piece of uncultivated ground of I
forty acres between the estates of Orlowo
and Podlowo, which was claimed by the
two proprietors of them. The suit was i
commenced in 1490, and was curiously |
enough, brought to an end by amicable j
arbitration.
Mr. Gladstone's Simple Life.
Mr. Gladstone's habits of life are very j
simple, although busy. He rises about j
6:30 o'clock, breakfasts on bacon and j
eggs or a little fish anil tea, and then
goes to his library to skim over the news
papers. From 9to 1 o'clock he receives
visitors. A light lunch follows, and then i
he drives directly to Parliament. He
usually dines quietly at home at 7:30 iu
the evening, the food being simple and
the wines light, and then he returns to
the House. Unless there is to be an im
portant division, lie is at home and in
bed by 11 o'clock. Mr. Gladstone lias a
fondness for his old clothes, and when
new ones are bought for him, his wife
lias to resort to diplomacy to make him
wear them. When he speaks in the llousi
he loosens his collar, turns up his wrist
i bands anil unbuttons his waistcoat, his
| gestures becoming exceeding vigorous as
i Ihe warms up.— Neic York Graphic.
Two MEN who were examining an old
and long since abandoned coal bank
j near Bellview, Pa., last week, were
j thoroughly frightened at what they
| presumed to be robbers or ghosts. The
i prospectors were groping their way in
to the black depths of the old mine
when suddenly there was a commotion
within. Ghostly forms scurried past
them and retreated into the darkness.
Without waiting to investigate further
I they made a hasty retreat, thinking
they had stirred up a nest of wild ani
mals or robbers or phantoms. The
owner of tho mine explains the mys
tery in this way: He says his
are in the habit of going into the mind
1 to seek a cool retreat from the hot
! weather and the flies, and that it was
( no doubt some of his Southdowns thai
! frightened the miners.
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I There are 12(10 persons of th" name of Smith
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Nor the. battle to the man who shoots with the
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The Liver
' Ami kidneys are organs which It it important should
be kept in good condition, and yet they aro over
worked und abused by nearly everybody, until they
become worn out, clogged up or diseased. Hood'h
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rouses them to healthy action, and tones the whole
, digestive organism.
! "I have been using Hood's Sarsaparllla for Indi
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me, and I think it is fully as good a medicine as
claimed."— K. 8. Ch&sebro, chief engineer fire dept.
Stonlngton, Ct.
X. B.—lf you decide to take Hood's Sarsnparilla
do not be Induced to take any other.
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I OO Doses One Dollar
X Y N U—lo
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Hoolt on Special Diseases tree.
Hl ■ IS 1 prescribe ana fully
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thsy would immediately see the excellent ef
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THE United States imported 436,503,000 pounds
of coffee last year, at a cost of stio,fi(JU,oUo.
Those who use Dobbins's Electric Soap each
week ( and their name is legion), save their
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"Bihch bark" lawn parties are the latest in
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times as long. Rubber is good for show days, but
will rip in a week. If you want a coat for haid
wear and hard weather, get the " Fish Brand
Slicker." F.verv gooil thing has its imitation, so
has the "Fish brand Slicker." Lock out. He
ware of worthless imitations, every garment stamped
with " Fish Urand" Trade Mark. Don't accept
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A. J. TOWER, - Boston, Mass.
Peumatism
SHOMPTLRAND
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I Swift's Specific entirely cured me of a severe ease
of blood poison which obstinately resisted and re
| fused to he cured for over 26 years. The regular
j medical remedies of mercury and potash only added
! fuel to the flame. I suffered during most of this
long time with ulcers, blotches and sores of the mutt
j offensive character, and was for a long time practi
i rally an Invalid. In less than thirty days use of
jS.S. S. I was all cleared up sound and well. This
has been nearly a year ago, and no sign of any re
turn of the old enemy. JOHN I?. WILLIS,
87 Clark Street, Atlanta, Gft.
I have seen Swift's Specific used, and known of
many cases of the worst form of blood disease®
which have been cured by it. I know the proprie
tors to be gentlemen of the highest type and utmost
reliability. I recommend it as a great blood *tmL'dy,
unequalled by anything that I know of.
M. B. WIIAKTON,
Pastor Ist 13aptist Church. Montgomery, Ala.
TWO BOTTLES.
Two bottles of Swift's Specific cured me of a bad
condition of my blood, from which I had suffered for
18 months, I had blotches and sores which wuro
painful and troublesome. S. S. S. is much better
than potash and mercury mixtures, and I recommend
it above all blood remedies.
K. 1). COMVTOX, Homeland, Va.
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