St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 45, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 May 1890 — Page 6

J, CALM, SWEET FACE ! BY CHARLES CIRTZ HAHN. The power of thy calm face hath changed my life; Hath weaned my heart from every low desire. So through it, need I not the purge of death Nor cleansing of the purgatorial fire. Thy'sweet, calm face hath made me what I am. If any pr aise is due me for my strife Against the sins which tempt the human soul, I owe it all to thee and thy true lite. The power of thy calm face is greater far Than words of priests or prayer of holy saints. With it before me, strong am I*and great; Without thy face, my si lilt droops and faints. And can God frown, if thou lead on to Him The soul that sought for peace, and through thy face Was lifted to a higher aim in life, And by thee slowly walked from sin to grace? Can He condemn, if, loving thee, I seek To reach the pureness ot the saints above. Though I not travel in the way He taught But live pure life because I thee doth love? O! calm, sweet face, thou art the power that moves My soul to emulate the saints above; I shun the evil, choose the good, because Thy face is good and thy pure face I love. Eo strong a power it hath upon me still, In all the trials of this life below. It cannot fail to lead me onward till In it I see the light of heaven glow. Hutchinson, Kas.

Tbe Piccadilly Puzde. THE STORY OF A TERRIBLE EPISODE LA THE LIFE OF AY MULISH NOBLEMAY. —— — —. By F. W. HUME

CHAPTEK X—Continued. “First,” asked Bowker, “doyou remember the night when Lady Balseombe doped?” “Not being a born fool, I do,” retorted Miss Lifford sharply. “Such goings on I never saw. ” “Can you tell me all that took place on that night?” Miss Lifford sniffed thoughtfully. “There was a ball they was going to.” “Who were going to?” “Lady Balseombe and Miss Penfold. They did go, and left shortly before ten, but before I had time to turn round they were back again, as Lady Balseombe said she had a headache." “Ob, so I suppose she went to bed?” “Then you suppose wrong,” retorted Annie triumphantly, “for there was a pusson waiting to see her.” “A lady?” asked Bowker eagerly. “1 don’t know,” retorted Miss Lifford sharply. “She had a veil on.” “Can you describe her dress?” Miss Lifford thought a moment, while Lydia bent forward anxiously to hear her answer. “A hat trimmed with blue and brown velvet, and a sealskin jacket.” Lydia Fenny sank back in her seat with a groan. “Oh, my poor mistress!” “Your mistress!” echoed Miss Lifford, turning sharply. “It could not have been Miss Sarschine who called on that night.” “But I’m certain it was,” said Bowker. “What impertinence!" muttered the virtuous Annie. “Never mind," said Bowker, sharply. “Go on with your story.” Miss Lifford sniffed indignantly and resumed: . “Lady Balseombe returned at half-past ten and went up to her dressing-room, where this—this lady was waiting for ber. Miss Penfold went to lei. 1 don't know how long the lady was with my mistress, as 1 was told that my mistress would not require me again that night; but I waited about in case I should be wanted, and saw the lady leave the house shortly after eleven.” “Miss Sarschine?” “Yes—at least the lady in the sealskin jacket, and you say it was Miss Sarschine, so I suppose it was. I then went to Lady ' Balscombe’s room, but found the door 1 locked; so, as I thought she had gone to | bed, I went down-stairs to get my supper. | ■ When I came up-stairs again, about twelve, the door was still locked, so I went ' Ao bed." { “Lady Balseombe could not have gone j out in the meantime?” “No; because I asked the footman if ' anyone had gone out or come in, and he said no one.” “She could not have gone out without ! attracting the notice of the servants, I ! suppose?” "No, they would have recognized her at once. I think she waited till everyone was in bed and then went off to meet Lord Calliston.” “But you are sure she did not leave till 1 after twelve?” “I’d swear it anywhere,” returned Miss Lifford, impatiently. “In that case,” muttered Bowker, “it 1 could not have been Lady Balseombe who saw Mr. Besmond ar Lord Calliston’s chambers, so it must have been Lena Sarschine. ” “Bo you want to know more?” asked Miss Lifford, icily. “Yes. Tell me, what was Lady Balscombe like?” Miss Lifford laughed contemptuously. “Why, don’t you know?” she replied. “You ought to, as she was one of the beauties of the season. Her portrait was all over the place. Why,” catching sight of the photograph on the study table, “you have one.” Bowker handed her the photograph. “Bo you say that is Lady Balseombe?” “Yes, certainly.” “What nonsense!” said Lydia. “Why, that is Miss Sarschine. ” “I never saw Miss Sarschine, retorted Miss Lifford, “but I know that’s Lady Balseombe.” “I never saw Lady Balseombe, ’ replied Lydia, angrily, “but I know that’s Miss | •Sarschine." Bowker looked from one to the other , -and then slipped the photograph into his I pocket along with the letters and the other | photograph. , I “There’s only one way of settling this, I he said, quietly. “I’ll call on the photog- I rapher and ask him who it is. He gave Annie Lifford some money, I and then left the house wrapped in 1 thought. “This is a new complication, he said i to himself, “this resemblance —they must [ be very like one another if their mauls ; inix them up like this—and then Lena | Sarschine calling on Lady Balseombe; I i wonder if there can be any relationship ; between them—not likely—a lady of title । and a woman of light character well, i finished up Bowker, philosophically, “I ] think the best thing forme iodo is to dis- I cover as much about Lena Sarschine s I wevious lite as possible, and to do this |

I’ll run down to Folkestone and look up Captain Michael Bicksfall. ” CHAPTER XI. A FAMILY HISTORY. Mr. Bowker was not a man to let grass grow under his feet, so he went straight to the photographer whose name was on the back of the portrait found in Lena I Sarschine's possession and ascertained j without much difficulty that it was that i of Lady Balseombe. “Now, what the deuce was that portrait ! doing in her desk?” he muttered, ai he left the gallery, “and why should Lydia J Fenny mistake it for ner mistress? I i wish I could get a picture of Miss Sars- i chine." But he could not manage this. For, according to Lydia Fenny, Miss Sarschine would never consent to have her portrait taken; so that he had no means of learning if there was such a wonderful ; resemblance between the two women ex- ; cept by personal description, which was ; not by any means satisfactory. Under these circumstances there was only one thing to be done—see Captain Bicksfall, the father of Imna—so, putting I a few things together, Bowker caught the afternoon train to Folkestone form Charing Cross. Bowker duly arrived at Folkestone and took up his abode in a hotel in the Sandigate Road, where he ordered himself a pleasant little dinner and made the acquaintance of a fatherly old waiter who knew everyone and everything. This waiter at the Prince’s Hotel rejoiced in the name of Martin, and, hovering about Bowker, armed with a napkin and a pint bottle of Heidsick, managed to satisfy that gentleman’s curiosity concerning the existence of Captain Michael Bicksfall. “Yes, sir—know him well, sir—by sight, sir." he said, brimming the empty glass with champagne. “H old gentleman, sir —bin in the army—’ad two daughters. ” “Two daughters?” repeated Bowker, eagerly. “Yes, sir—Miss Amelia and Miss Helena. sir—twins—as fine-looking gals as you ever saw, sir—tall, ’andsome, and golden ’air.” “Oh, indeed!” replied Bowker indifferently. “And are they living with Captain Bicksfall?” “No, sir,” said Martin gravely. “You see, sir, Miss Helena fell in love with a gent who was stopping at the Pavilion, sir, and went off with him.” “What was his name?” “Bon’t know, sir. He called himself Carrill, but they do say it was not his right name." “Humph!” Bowker pondered a little over this. It was as he bad thought after leading tho letters Lord Calliston bad masqueraded at Folkestone under the name ot Carrill, and had inveigled Helena Bikcsfall away from home and kept her in St. John’s Wood as “Lena Sarschine. ” “And the other young lady,” he asked, “Miss Amelia?" “Oh, she made a good match, sir," replied Martin. “Married Sir Rupert Balseombe, sir, about a year ago. But I did ’ear, sir, as 'ow sbe ad bolted last week, sir, with Lord Calliston—same blood, sir; it will come out.” And Martin departed to attend upon tn important customer. ‘ Same bicod, ” repeated Bowker musingly. “I wonder it he knows it's the same man? Calliston evidently had a penchant for the familv, for there seems to be no doubt that Miss Saisehine and Lady Balseombe were sisters. So he kept one and made love to the other! Queer — deuced queer! Well. I think I had better look up Captain Bicksfall.’’ He finished his wine, and. putting on his hat, went out into the cool evening and strolled leisurely along the Leas, first having taken the precaution of put- : ting Bicksfall's address m Ins pocket. He had no difficulty in finding Captain I Bicksfall's cottage, which was a comfort- : able-looking place with a small garden in | front. A neat maid servant admitted him j into a dusky passage, and from thence showed him into a small drawing-room, at I the end of which, neat the window, ( aptaln Bicksfall lay on a sofa, looking o' t on to a quiet street. A haggard, pale lace, : worn by suffering, but which had once been handsome. He lay supinely on the sofa in an attitude of utter lassitude, covered by a heavy rug, and his slender white hands were toiyng with a book which was । lying on his lap. i He turned fretfully when Bowker enter- j ed, and spoke in the querulous voice of an invalid. “What is it, my good man.-'” he said . peevishly. “Why do you come and disturb , me at this hour? My doctor has ordered , complete rest, and how can I get it if you j trouble me?" “Selfish old chap,” thought Bowker, , but without saying a word he took his i . seat near the invalid and commenced to | ‘ talk. I , “I am sorry to trouble you, sir," he ■ said, respectfully, “but I wanted to see yon about your daughters.” “My daughters!” echoed Captain Bicks- < fall angrily. “You are making a mistake. I have only one—Lady Balseombe!” Bowker felt disappointed. “I understood von had two daughters, sir—Lady Balseombe and Miss Helena Bicksfall?” 1 The invalid turned sharply on him. “Who the devil are you to intrude yourself into my private affairs'?” Bowker came at once promptly to the ' point. “My name is Bowker. lam a detective.” Captain Bicksfall struck his hand angrily down on the pillow. “Sent by Sir Rupert, I presume?" he said with a sneer. "He wants to get a divorce, and you have come to me for evidence. I know nothing. My daughter was always a good daughter to me, and if Sir Rupert had treated her well this elopement with Lord Calliston would never h ve taken place. He is to b'ame, not she.” “1 do not come from Sir Rupert,” said Bowker coldly,“but from Scotland Yard.” “About what?” “The death of your other daughter.” Captain Bicksfall started up with a groan, and stared wildly at Bowker. "Good God! Is Helena dead?” “Whois Helena?” asked Bowker stolidly . “My daughter—my daugh'er.” “I thought you said you’d only one, sir." The sick man turned away his face. “I had two,” he said in a low tone, “but one, the eldest, ran away with some scamp cal ed Carrill. Since then I h ive heard nothing ot her, so I always sav I have only one.” Bowker thought for a few moments. It was a very delicate position to occupy, and, feeling"it to be so, for a moment he was doubtful as to how to proceed. “Captain Bicksfall,” be said at length, “I know I am only a common man and you are a gentleman. It is not for such as me to speak to you about your private affairs, but this is a matter of life or , death to a human being; and if you hear । my story I am sure you will not refuse I to help me by telling me what 1 want to ! know.” Bicksfall was looking at the detective [ with a somb«r fire burning in his usually

bright eyes, then with a sigh he lay down and prepared to listen. "Tell me what you wish,” he said languidly, “and if possible I will do what you require.” Whereupon Bowker told him the story of the Jermyn street murder, the elopement of Lady Balseombe, and the reasons he had "for believing that the two incidents were connected in some mysterious way. He also informed him "of the arrest of Myles Besmond, and of the doubts he entertained concerning his criminality. At the conclusion Bicksfall was silent for a minute, then turned toward the detective and clasped his thin fingers nervously together. “I am a proud man,” he said, with a touch of pathos, “and do not care about telling the world my private affairs; but in a case 1 ke this it is only right I should put myself aside for the sake of clearing the character of an innocent man. What do you wish to know?” "Was Lena Sarschine your daughter?” For answer Bicksfall pointed to a small table near at hand upon which was a morocco frame containing two portraits. Bowker took them to the window and looked at them. “Both of the same lady?” he asked. Bicksfall smiled faintly. “You are not the first who has been deceived,” he said with a sigh. “No. One is my daughter Helena, who, from your story, I believe to be Lena Sarschine, and the other is Amelia, Lady Balseombe—twins.” Bowker examined the photographs 1 closely, and was astonished at the likeness, which was further aided by both of them being dressed exactly alike. “It is wonderful,” he said, and no longer wondered at the way in which Lydia Fenny and Annie Lifford had confused the identity of the portrait found in Lena Sarschine’s desk. “I have been living here for many 1 years,” said Bicksfall, in a low voice, “and my two daughters lived with me. Their mother has been dead a long time. About three years ago a young man who called himvelf Carrill came here and stopped at the Pavilion Hotel. He ob- ( tained an introduction to me by some means, and appeared to be struck with 1 the beauty of Helena. I thought he was going to marry her, when I heard rumors as to the fastness of his life and also that he was not what he represented himself to be. I taxed him witn it, but he denied the accusation, yet so transparent was his denial that I forbade him tue Louse. Tho result was that Helena ran away with him, and, until the time you spoke to me of her and told me his real name, I did not know it, and never entertained any suspicion of his real rank in life. I was so angry that I forbade Helena’s name to be mentioned in my hearing, and always said, as I did to-night, that I had only one diughter-my daugther Amelia, married to Sir Rupert Balseombe 1 ;st year—and I thought she would, at least, not lollow the example of her sister. Now, however, I know all; but, to tell you the truth, I blame Sir Rupert for her elopement as I know sbe was a kind daughter • and I am sure she’d have made a good wife. He was very jealous of her and bad a fearful temper, so I dare say he drove her to it. From what you say, I supj ose my poor Helena went to see her sister on the night of tbe elopement to dissuade her from going with Lord Calliston. and surely she had the best right to speak of one who had ruined her own life, but evidently her arguments were of no avail, and she called at Calliston’s chambers to remonstrate with him. He was not there and she went out to her death, and then Amelia eloped with him. as you have told mo. I was n fist man in mv youth and the sins of the father are being visited on the children. ” "But this does not clear up the mystery of Lena Sarschine's death. ” “Bon’t call ber by that name," said ' Bicksfall, angrily. "It is the name that shames her. No, you are right; it does not explain her death. But I do not know, from what you say, what motive Myles Besmond could have had in murdering her.” “Bo you know the name of anyone who admired her?" "No.” “Not one?” "Not one." There was clearly nothing more to be gained from Bicksfall, so Bowker respectfully said good-by and took his leave. "At all events,” he said to himself, as 1 he wended his way back to his hotel, ■'l’ve found out one thing — Lena Sar- i schine and Lady Balseombe were sisters, i and both loved the same man. What I’d ' like to know is, whether Lady Balseombe killed her sister emit of jealousy. I’m get- , ting more perplexed than ever. This visit, instead of clearing up the mystery, deep- J ene it. I think I’ll see Sir Rupert Balseombe and ask him about things; as his wife is mixed up in it I’ve a right, and । I’d give anything to save that young fellow's life, because I’m sure he’s innocent.” < [TO be continued.] ' Mary anil Her Little LamiK Is there a boy or girl in all this-broad country who has not heard of Mary and her little lamb? The one, you know, who followed her to school one day, and made the children laugh. Os course ( everybody knows about the little creature' and perhaps has sighed to think that it went tbe way of all mutton years and years- ago. Perhaps the great majority readers, when they grew up to be men and women, came to the conclusion that Mary and her lamb were both fictions, as much as the old woman who lived in a shoe, or Cinderella; but, strange to say. there was a Mary, and also a lamb, and the world-famous ditty was founded on fact. Tire author was Sarah J. Hale, who died in Philadelphia, some years ago, at the age of eightv-six. The lamb, as previously remarked, must have died long ago, and on December, 10, 1889, the heroine of the poem breathed her last. Her name was Mary F. Sawyer. She was born in Sterling, Mass., in 1806, and in that town the famous lamb episode is said to have occurred. It does not appear that Mary otherwise distinguised herself than in owning the lamb, but the poem gives us the assurance that she was a kindhearted girl, and in that respect she maintained her reputation until the day of her death. Her manied name was Tyler, and as Aunt Mary Tyler she was known by everybody and esteemed by all. Thus the famous trio disappear from the earth, Mary and her lamb and the woman who made them both renowned, The poem itself is one of those imperishable things like th? “Iliad,” which generations yet to come will read with undiminished pleasure. There is no use speculating as to the cause of its popularity —it has come to stay.— Go/den L'aijs.

LIQUOR LAWS INVALID. THE IOWA ANH MICHIGAN ACTS DECLARED VOID. The Supreme Court of the United States Decides that Intoxicants May Be IniI>orled, and that They Are Not Liable to Unusual Taxes. [Washington special.] The United States Supreme Court on Monday rendered an opinion adverse to the constitutionality of State laws in prohibition States providing for the seizure of liquor brought from other States. Such laws, it is held, are interferences with interstate commerce. The case in which the decision was made was that of Leisy against Hardin, brought here on an appeal from the Supreme Court of lowa. Leisy, a beer manufacturer of Peoria, shipped beer to Keokuk, which was seized in the qrigiual pa. kages by Hardin, a State official, as having been suit (hire in violation ot the lowa law. The Supreme Court of lowa held that tbe law under which this official acted was valid, but the Federal Supreme Court to-day reversed that decision. Justices Gray. Harlan, and Brower dissented from tho opinion of the majority of tho court. The opinion cited a number of cases bearing upon interstate commerce; among others “the license cases" laws passed by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island in reference to the sale of spirituous liquors, camo tinder review in the court and were sustained, although the members of tho couit who participated in the decisions did not concur in any common ground upon which to rest them, in which Chief Justice Taney is quoted as holding that spirits and distilled liquors uro univorsr’iy admitted to be subjects of owm rship ana property and therefore subjects of oxchauga, barter and traffic, like any other commodity in which a right of property exists; that Congress, under its general power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, may prescribe what merchandise shall be admitted and what excluded. But inasmuch as the law of Congress authorized the importation or ardent spirits, no State has a right to prohibit their introduction. After referring to these and other decisions bearing on State license laws, the Court in its opinion to-day says : -Tlrese decisions rest upon the undoubted right of the States of the Union to control iheir purely internal affairs, in doing which they exercise powers not surrendered io the National Government; but whenever the law of the Sta.e amounts essentially to a regulation of commerce with foreign nations or among the States, as it does when it inhibits, directly or indirectly, the receipt of an imported commodity or its disposition before it has ceased to become an article of trade between one State and another, or another country and this, it comVs in conflict v ith a power which, in this particular, has been exclusively vested in the General Government and is therefore void. “The plaintiffs, citizens of Illinois, had the right to import their beer into lowa, and had the right to si ll it, by which act alone it became mingled in the common mass of property within the State. Up to that point of time, in the absence of Congressional permission to do so, the State had no power io interfere by stizure, or any other action, in prohibition of iniixirtation and sale by tho non-resident importer. "Articles which Congress recognizes as subjocts of interstate commerce may be controlled by State laws amounting to regulations, while they retain that character ; but to concede to a State the power to exclude such articles without Congressional permission is to concede to a majority of the p< ople of a State represented in the State Legislature the power to regulate commercial intercourse between the States." Justices Gray. Harlan, and Brewer, in summing up the reasons which satisfy them that the judgment of the Supreme Court of lowa should be affirmed, say : "The power of regulating or prohihiiiug the manufacture and sale of iiitoxicuting liquors belongs, us a branch of the police power, to the legislatures of the seveial States, and can be judiciously and effectively i xereis ul by them alone uccordi-ig to their views of public policy and local needs, and cannot practically, if it can constitutionally, bo wielued by Congress as part ot a national and uniform system. ■ 'Hie lowa prohibitory laws wi r> enacted by 11 o Legislature in the exercise of it s undoubted pow r to pioteet Hs inhabitants against the evils, physical, moral and social, attending the free use of intoxicating liquors. They are not aimed at interstate commerce, and have no relation to tbe movement of goc <ls fn m one state to another, lint operate < nly on intowicaling li<|tiois within the limits o. trie Stat«. They iuelude nil such liquors without discrimination, and do not even mention where they are made or whence they come. They affect eommeree much more ren otelj than laws »U Sta'e tile validity of m hich is unquestioned authorizing the construction of bridges and ilamsaeioss navigable waters within its limits, which wholly obstruct tbe course of commerce and mivigution. or than quarantine laws, which operate directly upon all ships and merchandise tinning into the ports of the State. If the RttUulis of a State restricting or prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors within its territory are to be held inopera ive and void as applied to liquors sent i r brought from another State und sold by the imjKirteis in original packages, the consequence must be that an inhabitant of any State may, under the pretext of interstate commerce, arid without license or supervision off any public authority, carry or send liquor into and sell in any or all of the other Stales, despite any legislation of those States on the subject, and although his own State should be tho only one v. hlch had not imaeted similar laws." Nothing short of affirmative and explicit legislation on the purl ot Congress will convince the dissenting justices that it emtemplated or intended such a result. They quote trom the decision in the license er^es in which the court sustained these views, anil contend that the silence and inaction ot Congress upon ihe subject during the kerig. period sftwe t ii<o. u.-e cases appear to require the inference that (X.ngress intended that the law should remain as thereby declared by the court, rather than to warrant the presumption that voi gresa intended that commerce among ths States should be free from tneindirect efiect o. such an exercise of the police power tor public safety, as was adjudged by that decision to be within the constitutional authority of the state. ■ The court lalso decided the case of Henry Lyng against the people of the State of Michigan, involving the validity of the Michigan law taxing beer in the oiiginal package manuactured in Wisconsin and sold in Michigan. The court denies the j user of a State to exclude directly or indirectly the subjects ot interstate commerce by the imposition of burdens thereon, or to regulate such commerce without t ougressionai permission. the seme rule.it is held, which applies to the sugar of Louis.ana, the cotton of routh C arolina, the wines of t ati oniia, and the tobacco of M ary land and Connecticut applies to all commodities in which a right of traffic exists, is recognized by the laws of Congress, the eisaous of courts and the usages of the commercial world, and should apply ixi this case. Tbe decision of the State Court of Michigan, deciding that Lyng was liable to tax,, is in this case also reversed. Justices Gray, Harlan and Brew er dissented from the opinion of the court on the same grounds stated in the Laiisy-Hardin case. Establiihing a Precedent. A nervous, dyspeptic book-keeper was busy at his desk near a window on his books, says the Macon Telegraph. A small boy was on the sidewalk, blowing one of those balloons making a continual cat-cry. The book-keeper stood it as long as he possibly could, so, calling the boy, he gave him a nickel and asked him to move on. The lad caught on that his music was worrisome, and hastened away to post his chum, who was soon at the same stand, blowing for dear life and a nickel. The book-keeper looked out, and, seeing it was a different lad, was in the act of repeating his former request, but seeing the first lad peeping around the coiner, having a dozen or more with him, a policeman was called. The boys were reprimanded in the Recorder’s Court next morning and turned loose. Si hool committee (judge of local court addicted to fault-finding, examining class in geography)—This class ought to be ashamed. You have not made any progress for months. You are just where you were last year. Ernest, where are the Rocky Mountains? Ernest ( remembering the same question put the year before) —Just where they were last year—haven’t moved a bit. The great geological map of France, commenced in 1852, lias just been completed, making forty-eight sheets.

SILVER LEGISLATION. AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN HOI E AND SENATE CONEERREES. Provisions of the Measure that Is Likely to Pass Without Further Amendment— Four anti a Half Million Ounces of the Precious Metal to Be Furch sell Monthly and Certificates Issued Therefor. Washington dispatch: The conference committees of the House and Senate on the silver question have come to an agreejnent. The Secretary of the Treasury is to be empowered to buy 4,500,000 ounces of silver per.month, and to issue therefor silver certificates that shall be redeemable in silver bullion or in lawful moneyyat the option of the holder, but the right is reserved to the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem in bullion and to give money should he think best. The theory of the latter*provision is that should the certificate-holder be able at his option to exchange it for bullion it would enable silver speculators to depress the price, buy silver, stimulate the market, sell their silver to-the government, and upon depressing tho market again exchange their certificates for bullion and thus continue indejinitoly to make a profit out of the government in each transaction, Tho Secretary of the Treasury, having discretionary power, will be able to prevent this. Tho members of tho House, committee all agreed to the foregoing, which is substantially tho Senate proposition. The following is the full text of tho bill as agreed upon; •'Section 1. That the Secretary of the treasury is hereby directed to purchase from time to time silver bullion to tho aggregate amount of 4,500,000 ounces of pure silver in each month, at tho market price thereof, not exceeding 81 for 371 Q grains of pure silver and to issue in payment for such purchases of silver bullion treasury notes of the United States to bo prepared by the Secretary of tho Treasury in such form and of such denominations, not less than $1 nor more than SI,OOO, as he may prescribe, and a sum sufficient to carry into effect tho provisions of this act is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. “Sec. 2. That the treasury notes issued in accordance with the provisions of this act shall bo redeemable on demand in lawful money of the United States at the treasury of the United States, or at the office of any assistant treasurer of the United States, and when so redeemed may be reissued, but no greater or less amount of such notes shall be outstanding at any time than tho cost of the silver bullion then held in the treasury purchased by sued notes. Provided, That upon the demand of tho holder of any of tho treasury notes herein provided for, the Secretary of the Treasury may in his discretion and under such regulations as he may prescribe exchange for such notes an amount of silver bullion which shall be equal in value at the market price thereof on the day of exchange to the amount of such notes. “Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall coin such portion of the silver bullion purchased under tho provisions of this act as may bo necessary to provide for the redemption of the treasury notes herein provided for, and any gain or seigniorage arising from such coinage shall bo accounted for and paid into the treasury. “See. 4. That tho silver bullion purchased under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the requirements of existing law and the regulations of the nint service governing the methods of ietertnining the amount of pure silver contained, and the amount of charges or deductions, if any, to be made. “Sec. 5. That so much of the act of Feb. 28, 1878, entitled ‘An act to authorize the coinage of the standard silver dollar and to restore its legal tender character,’ as requires the monthly purchase and coinage of the same into silver dollars of not less than $2,000,00’) nor more than $4,000,000 worth of silver bullion, is hereby repealed. “Sec. 6. Thai this act shall take effect thirty days from anil after its passage."’ Secretaries Blaine and Windom have had several consultations on the subject of protection of American interests in the Behring sea, but so far as is kn >wn have not yet decidea upon any definite plan of action. There are at present however, no indications that the policy of this administration as regards the seal fisheries will differ on any material point from that of its predecessors. The revenue steamers Bear and Rush are now being fitted out at San Francisco for their annual cruise in’ the Alaskan waters. The former will start north about May 1 and the latter about June 1. The Bear will carry provisions, etc., for the men who were left at Point Barrow refuge s-tation last summer. The fish commission steamer Albatross will also soil north from- San Francisco about May 1, specially charged with the enforcement of the law prohibiting the erection of the dams, barricades, or other obstruction in tbe rivers of Alaska with the purpose of preventing the ascent of the salmon or anadromous species to their spawning-ground. Instructions to the revenue officers have not yet been issued, bnt it is expected that they will be ready in a few days. The instructions will probably recognize the same jurisdiction of the United States over Behring sea as in the past, and will direct a strict compliance with the laws governing the seal and salmon fisheries. It is expected there will be three war vessels in the Alaskan territory during the coming season to assist in the enforcement of the law. One is now at Sitka and the other two are fitting out at San Francisco. The United States ship Alert, now undergoing repairs in San Francisco, may also be ordered to the fleet in Behring sea. The New York police have been asked to assist in the search for Benjamin Newton of Philadelphia, acting assistant superintendent of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, who disappeared Monday, since which time no trace of him has been found. He was suffering from overwork. Bkuggist Calhoun of McCormick. S. C., was reported for selling whisky Sundays, and when an officer attempted to arrest him he shot him. Citizens then took a hand, and in a general tight several persons are reported to have been shot, P. R. Calhoun fatally. The steamer Lake Nepigon, Capt. Herriman, from Liverpool April II for Montreal, is reported fast in the iec off Capo Ray, N. F. The Lackawanna, Pa., and La Crosse, M is., pri sbyteries voted against the revision of the “Confession of Faith."'

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