THE DOGS OF WAR.
•flow European Military Men Propose to Use
Them in Field Operations.—Dogs for
. Ambulance Service.
At the time Shakespeare penned
that immortal line, “Let slip the dogs
of war,” he could have had no idea that
his words would one day be used lit
erally. Yet such will be the case, for
there is little doubt that In the next
great European war the words written
# so many years ago by the great poet
and dramatist will be the very ones
•used by the officer in charge of the
war dogs to set hie pack of ferocious
canines on the enemy.
In the armies of almost every Euro
pean country, except Great Britain,
says a writer In the Rambler. d6gs are
drained either as spies, messengers, or
to render help and nss'stance to the
wounded. Germany. France, Russia,
Austria and Italy, al! have their bands
of trained dogs, although It is in the
SENDING A TRAINED DOG TO THE FRONT WITH AMMUNITION.
first named country that they are made
the most use of.
Since 1888 Prussia has employed va
rious kinds of dogs for this purpose.
Including short-haired German polnt
»ers, spaniels, and sheep dogs. Two
dogs are appointed to each company,
each being under the command of a
sergeant, while a lieutenant has the
command of the whole of the “han
dlers."
Almost the whole of the time or
men is given up to the training
of the dogs under their care. They
teach them to carry dispatches and de
liver cartridges to the fighting line, to
search for wounded or fallen soldiers,
and, when they have found them, to
•bark until assistance arrives.
If they cannot attract any attention
by barking they carry back the wound
ed man’s cap or tear off a piece of his
clothing and carry it to the hospital,
when the attendants return with them
#to the wounded soldier and convey him
» to the hospital.
tfSive th# Alarm.
Another clever trick of theirs is to
give an alarm at the approach of an
enemy, a German being dressed up in
ttbe clothes of a foreign soldier for the
purpose. In the early part of their
education they are taken out with an
old dog who thoroughly understands
the work. The young dog is first of
all taught to find lost articles, this con
stituting the beginning of the delivery
of dispatches.
One of the handlers, as the soldiers
who train and look after the dogs are
called, takes the young dog away, puts
a dummy dispatch into the small leath
er pocket in the dog's collar, and
0 starts him off to find his master. Most
of the dogs are exceedingly fond of this
kind of work, which can be readily un
derstood by all who possess dogs and
bave noted the eagerness they display
to carry home a walking stick or a
basket, or take it to any particular per
il son ordered by its master.
* Another important part of the work
of a war dog is bringing up ammuni
tion during a fight. When the battle
has commenced, tho handler takes up
a stand near the ammunition wagon
with the dog. As soon as he sees am
munition is wanted, he loads the ani
mal with 150 cartridges, carried in a
double saddle bag. half of the cart
ridges on either side.
Thus loaded, the intelligent beast
does his best to reach the line of sharp
shooters, and, if successful, returns
immediately, and so continues the
work until the battle is over, or, as
would be certain to happen sometimes,
be himself is killed. It has been proved
**that If a dog is wounded while carry
ing out bis duties, he can seldom be
Induced to again venture near the
place where he has been shot.
t However, the faithfulness of the dogs
ss a rule is wonderful, and, when load
. ded with ammunition they will never
fallow the cartridges to be taken from
them by soldiers of another battalion,
and sometimes only by those of their
own company, so well are the dogs
taught to know the division to which
they belong.
The Germans find that the best
trainers for the dogs are the men of
the Jager regiments. These men are
MASTira* TRAINED TO DRAW LIGHT IVWMNCB.
able to make the dogs march without
frisking about and to avoid barking.
If strangers are near the dogs give no
tice of their approach by a low growl,
or by pointing.
Tho aversion which the dogs feel for
certain uniforms is inculcated into
them by some German soldier putting
on French or Russian uniforms. They
then tease or maltreat the dog. while
the other men caress and pet him. In
this manner the dog very soon learns
to distinguish between friend and foe.
So intense is this hatred in some of
the dogs for men habited In any uni
form other than that of the regiment
to which they belong, that they will
attack a postman. In order, however,
that they shall not do any Injury when
on the march, the dogs arc held by the
soldiers In a leash.
Work Beat at Night.
The dogs have been fouod by experi
ence to do their work In a much more
satisfactory manner at night than in
the daytime, when they will some
times play with other dogs, or chase
wild game if possible. It is a great
temptation to the best behaved dog to
see a rabbit or wild fowl dash out from
somewhere and be unable to give chase
to It. The dogs run little risk of being
captured, as. in addition to being very
swift, they arc exceedingly ferocious.
As regards their feeding, the dog that
does hlg work well gets a good dinner
and kind treatment, but the unfortu
nate brute that does otherwise gets
very little dinner, but a plentiful dose
of stick or strap.
In the French army the chief dogs
used are barbets and Pyrenean sheep
dogs. The former are used because of
their great Intelligence. Their train
ing as a war dog commences when they
are eight months old, and it Is nearly
a year before they are proficient.
The sheep dogs are chosen chiefly
because of their strength, one of them
AMBULANCE DOG DISCOVERING BADLY WOUNDED SOLDIER.
being able to carry 500 rifle cartridges.
However, they are very difficult to
break to fire.
The barbets are used chiefly to carry
messages, and during the French
maneuvers last year experiments were
made to ascertain the relative speed
with which cavalry, cyclists, pigeons
and dogs could deliver messages. The
whole five were given a message and
started off at the same time, but, alas,
the dog 3 came In last, the pigeons com
ing in first with the greatest ease. It
may interest cyclist 3 to know that the
horesmen and cyclists ran a dead heat.
The Russian dogs are chiefly trained*
to assist the medical corps In their
work, and to help in the humane task
of bringing aid as rapidly as possible
to the wounded soldier. Big, strong
dogs are selected for this purpose, St.
Bernards by preference, a* being the
most intelligent when left to their own
devices, and also the most faithful.
Attached to the collar around their
necks is a small flask containing
brandy, or sometimes a strong, nour
ishing broth. A little roll of bandages,
of which the wounded may avail them
selves, Is also tied around their necks.
The dogs are especially trained to wet
out wounded men lying In out of the
way places, where it is possible they
may be overlooked by the regular staff
attached to the medical branch of the
Russian army.
If they discover wounded men lying
In ditches or behind bushes, they al
low them to help themselves to the
brandy, and bark Incessantly to attract
attention and bring help. They are
sometimes used to pull a small cart on
which a couple of wounded men can be
carried off the field of battle.
These war dogs have been tried In
actual warfare, and the French, in
their wars in Tunis and Algiers, used
them to advantage. The soldiers of the
Great White Czar also used them dur
ing the war between Turkey and Rus
sia. In savage warfare, too. they have
been found extremely useful in prevent
ing the stealthy savages stealing up
and stabbing or shooting the sentry.
Without the dog’s timely warning, the
enemy would have crept up closo
enough to have silently murdered the
man. The Dutch used dogs for this
purpose in Achoen. Italy uses dogs
to accompany sentinels on the lonely
Alpine stations.
As regards the kind of dogs chosen
to undergo this warlike training, no
special breed is selected. Scotch col
lies are perhaps more widely used thnn
any other, because of their wonderful
intelligence, and In most cases cross
breeds are preferred. All the dogs go
through such an elaborate course that,
when their training is completed, they
carry out their duties almost auto
matically.
It is admitted now that the best sort
of employment for these dogs Is out
post duty, conveying ammunition to
the fighting line, delivering messages
and searching for wounded soldiers in
battle. This has been recognized after
several years of practice with them,
and although they have efficiently car
ried out every other duty they have
been put to slow work, such as drawing
wagons, etc., is not, as has been proved,
quite suitable.
The wagons In which wounded sol
diers are conveyed off the field, and
which are drawn by the dogs, require
attendants, and it is claimed with rea
son that the attendants might just as
well carry off the wounded men them
selves.
In discovering the wounded on a
field of battle the dogs are at their
best. The qualities required for this
work are inherent in the St. Bernard,
the breed mostly employed for this
special duty.
What better dog than a trained
bloodhound or bulldog, too. could a sol
dier have to accompany him when on
duty at a lonely outpost, and to give
him timely warning of the approach of
an enemy? Both breeds, properly
trained, as is well known, make the
best watch dogs in the world.
A REMARKABLE FIND.
Island In the Fncldn Pull of Wouderfnl
Archaeological Remains.
Prof. Alleson, of the Berlin Geo
graphical Society, In describing his re
markable discoveries in Dawson’s
Island, a lone island in the Pacific, says
It is one of the most wonderful places
ever visited by man. “Stretched out
before us was a broad tableland, prob
ably three miles In extent, and utterly
devoid of vegetation. For the most
part it was as smooth and flat as if
leveled by the hand of man, and upon
it were strewn masses of wonderful
ruins in all stages of decay. Here wore
the remains of buildings that had prob
ably once been well-formed structures,
and the last crumbling remains of
walls of which only a few feet now re
main standing. Far In the distance
rose a hugh pile that crowned the ex
treme edge of the plateau and looked
majestically out over a deep volcanic
ravine that extended for hundreds of
feet below. Around this on all sides
could be seen the ruins of structures
in the last crumbling stages of decay.
The natives took us around to the side
of a mountain, where they said the
workshops of this long-dead .people
had been located. This side of the
mountain was of hard volcanic rock,
which rose In a scries of ledges of from
ten to fifteen yards each to a peak sev
eral thousand feet high. Upon each
ledge was n number of gigantic stone
heads. Some were cut off at the neck,
while in others the whole bust was
shown. They ranged in size from ten
to thirty feet high, and were hewn out
of solid volcanic rock. Some of these
images were thrown down upon curl
ous platforms, that looked as If they
had been specially constructed to hold
them, find upon which they probably
had once stood. Others, again, were
broken, and some bad tottered go far
over that they seemed ready to crash
down upon those below. All the faces
bore a striking resemblance, and the
expression was most sinister. Ip each
ease the head was long, with protrud
ing chin and expanded nostrils, and all
of them appeared to be the faces of
men. The whoW place is full of the
moit rewarkalf archaeological re
mains."
WAR TAXES COME NOW
-««RVBODY WILL HAVE TO PAY
A !• « of Itrmft- Uonda to tho
Amount of e.%00.000.000 May 1S« la-
MOd - Silver Hull ton to Ha Coined.
Washington. June 9.—The war reve
nue bill as agived upou by the confer
rees of tin* House and Senate will no
doubt become a law. The bill provides
that the act shall take effect on the
day oueeveding the date of Its passage,
except ns otherwise specially provided
for. Tho following is an übstract of
the provisions of the bill:
A tax of $2 on :dl beer, ale. porter
and other similar fermented liquors,
tor every barrel containing not more
than thirty-one gallons; and at a like
rate for any other quantity or frac
tional part ot’ a barrel.
Spcrlui Tiiio From July 1.
First—Bankers employing a capital
not exceeding $25,000, SSO; employing n
capital exceeding $25,000, for every ad
ditional 81.0011, $2, surplus included iu
capital. Savings banks, having no
capital stock and whose business Is
confined to receiving dei>ositt» and loan
ing or investing the same for the bene
fit of tli*‘lr dci>ositors and which do no
other business of bunking are not sub
ject to this tax.
Second Brokers, SSO. lmt any person
having paid tin* special tax as a bank
shall not Is* required to pay the spe
cial tax ns a broker.
Third -Pawnbrokers, S2O.
Fourth—Commercial brokers, S2O.
Fifth- t iistom house brokers, $lO.
Sixth- Proprietors of theaters, mu
seums and concert hulls, in cities of
more than 25,000 population, SIOO. This
does no: include hulls rented or used
occasionally fur concerts or tlicatricul
.representations.
Seventh—Circuses, SIOO, to be paid in
each state iu which exhibitions are
given.
Eighth-Proprietors or agents of all
other public exhibitions or shows for
money, not enumerated here. $lO.
Ninth Bowling alleys nud billiard
rooms, $5 for each alley or table.
Tolwrco «n«l Clear*.
In lieu of the tax now imposed by
law, a tax of twelve cents per pound
upon all tobacco and snuff, however
prepared: upon cigars and cigarettes
manufaetured and sold, the following
taxes to Ih> palii by the manufacturer:
One dollar ;>er thousand on cigars
weighing not more than three pounds
per thousand; $3.50 |H*r thousand on
cigarette* weighing more than three
pounds per thousand, and $1.50 per
thousand on cigarettes weighing not
more than three ixtunds per thousand.
The compromise proviso in regard to
the taxation <»f the stock on hand pro
vides for a tax eqtuil to one-half the
difference Between the tax already paid
on such articles tit the time of removal
from the factory or custom house, and
the tax levied in this act upon such
nrticles. Healers having on hand less
than 1,000 pounds of manufactured to
bacco and • ignrs or cigarettes on the
day slice*'-ding the date of the passage
of the I*lll are relieved from the neces
sity of making returns and thus re
lieved from the necessity of paying the
tax.
Dealers in leaf tobacco whose an
nual sales do not exceed 50,000 pounds,
each $0; those whose annual sales ex
ceed 50.000 ami not 100,000 pounds,
sl2. and, if tliclr annual sales exceed
100,000 pounds, $24.
Dealers in other tobaccos whose an
nual sales exceed 50,000 pounds, sl2.
These selling their own products at
the place of manufacture are exempted
from this tax.
Manufacturers of tobacco whose
Bih-s do not exceed 50,000 pounds, SO.
Manufacturers whoso sales exceed
50,000 pounds and not 100,000 pounds,
sl2; manufacturers whose wiles ex
ceed 100,000 pounds. $24. Manufac
turers of cigars whose sales do not ex
eeed 100,000 cigars, $0; manufacturers
whoso sales exceed 100,000 and not
200,000 cigars. sl2; manufacturers
whose sales exceed 200,000 cigars, $24.
In*ur«nrr.
Life—On each policy, for each SIOO,
10 cents on the amounts insured. On
policies of the industrial or weekly
plan. 40 per cent, of the amount of
the first weekly premium is charged.
Fraternal, beneficiary societies and
purely local co-operative companies,
employes* relief associations, operated
on the lodge system or local co-opera
tive j inn, “organized and conducted
solely by the members thereof, for the
exclusive benefit .of its members and
not for profit,” are exempted.
Insurance (Marine, Inland, Fire)—
Each policy one-linlf of 1 cent on each
dollar. Co-operative and mutual com
panies are exempted.
Insurance (Casualty. Fidelity and
Guarantee)—Each policy and each
bond for the performance of the duties
of any officer or position or other ob
ligation of the nature of indemnity,
and each contract or obligation guar
anteeing the validity of bonds or oth
er obligations issued by any state,
county, municipal 1 or other public body
or guaranteeing titles to real estate or
mercantile credits, guaranteed by any
surety company upon the amount of
premium charged, one-half of 1 cent
on each dollar.
Schfdnlo “A,” Stump Tux.
Bonds, deebenturos or certificates of
indebtedness by any association, com
pany or corporation, on each hundred
dollars of face valuation or fraction
thereof, 5 cents, and on each original
issue, whether an organization or re
organization, or certificates of stock of
any such association, company or cor
poration, on each SIOO of face value or
fraction thereof, 5 cents, and on all
sales or agreements to sell, a memo
randa of sales, or deliveries or trans
fers of shares or certificates of stock,
2 cents. In case of sale where the ev
idence of transfer is shown only by
the books of the company, the stamp
shall be placed upon such books, and
where the change of ownership is by
transference the stamp shall be placed
upon the certificates, and in case of an
agreement to sell, or where the trans
fer is by delivery of the certificate as
signed In blank, there shall be made
and delivered by the seller to the buy
er a bill or memorandum of aneb sale,
to which the stamp shall be affixed.
Penalty: A fine of from SSOO to SI,OOO
and Imprisonment for six months, or
both.
> total fMfnuarat*.
Upon each sale or agreement to sell,
sny products or merchandise at any
exchange or board of trade, or other
similar place, either for present or fu
ture delivery, for each in value of
said sale or agreement of sale, 1 cent,
and for each adltional SIOO, or frac
tional part thereof in excess of SIOO,
1 cent, provided that on every sale or
agreement of sale, there shall be made
and delivered by the seller to the buy
er a bill, memorandum of such sale,
to which there shall lx* a Mixed a law
ful stamp or stamps in value equal to
the amount of tax on such sale.
Bauk check, draft or certificate of
deiK>slt not drawing Interest, or order
for the payment of any sum of money
drawn upon or Issued by any bauk,
trust company, or any person or per
sons, companies or corporations, 2
cents.
Bills of exchange (international),
draft, certificate of deposit drawing In
terest, or order for the payment of any
sum of money, otherwise than at sight
or on demand, or any promissory note
except bauk notes Issued for circula
tion, and for each renewal of the same,
for a sum not exceeding SIOO, 2 cents,
and for each additional SIOO or frac
tional part thereof, in excess of SIOO,
2 cents.
Bills of exchange (foreign) or letters
of credit, if drawn singly for a sum
not exceeding SIOO, 4 cents, and for
each SIOO or fractional part thereof in
excess of SIOO, 4 cents. If drawn in
sets of two or more; for every bill of
each set, where the sum does not ex
ceed SIOO in any foreign currency, 2
cents, and for each SIOO or fractional
part in excess of SIOO. 2 cents.
Bills of lading or receipt (other than
charter party) for any goods or mer
chandise to Ik» exported to any foreign
port or place, 10 cents.
Eiprmi or Freight.
It Is made the duty of every railroad
or steamboat company, carrier, ex
press company or corporation or per
son whose occupation is to net ns
such, to Issue the shipper or consignor
a bill of lading, manifest or other evi
dence of receipt, and forwarding for
each shipment received, whether In
hulk or in boxes, bales, packages,
bundles, or not so Inclosed or Included;
nml there Is to l»e attached and can
celled to each of said bills of lading,
etc., a stamp of 1 cent; provided, that
but one bill of lading shall be re
quired on bundles or packages of
ucwspni>org when inclosed In one gen
eral bundle at the time of shipment.
Penalty, SSO.
A tax of 1 cent is imposed for every
telephone message for which over 15
cents Is charged. Any telegraphic
message, 1 cent.
Indemnifying bonds, 50 cents.
Certificate of profits of any associa
tion. and on all transfers thereof, on
each SIOO of face vale, 2 cents.
Certificate of damage, or otherwise,
Issued by any port warden or marine
surveyor, 25 cents. Certificate of any
other description, 10 cents. Charter
party. If the registered tonnage of the
vessel does not exceed 500 tons. $3;
exceeding 300 tons and not exceeding
000 tons, $5; exceeding 000 tons, $lO.
Contract, broker's note, or memo
randum of sdle of any goods or mer
chandise, stocks, Itomls, exchange,
notes of hand, real estate, or property
of any description Issued by brokers
or persons acting as such for each
note or memorandum of sale, 10 cents.
Conveyance or d«*ed for real estate on
which consideration exceeds SIOO and
does not exceed SSOO. 50 cents, and
for each additional SSOO, 50 cents.
Entry of bonds at any custom house
not exceeding SIOO in value, 25 cents;
exceeding SIOO nml not exceeding
SSOO in value. 50 cents: exceeding
SSOO in value, sl. Entry for the with
drawal of goods from customs Inmdcd
warehouse, 50 cents.
Lease, land or tenement, not ex
ceeding one year, 25 cents; exceeding
one year and not exceeding three
years, 50 cents; exceeding three years,
sl.
Manifest for custom house entry or
clearance of cargo for a foreign port,
if the registered tonunge of such ship,
vessel or steamer does not exceed 300
tons, $1; exceeding 300 tons and not
exceeding 000 tons, $3; exceeding 000
tons, $5. Mortgage of real estate or
personal property exceeding SI,OOO,
and not exceeding $1,500, 25 cents;
and on each SSOO in excess of $1,506,
25 cents.
Fnssnge ticket from a port In the
United States to a foreign port, if not
costing exceeding S3O. $1; costing more
than S3O and not exceeding silO, $3:
costing more than SOO, $5.
Proxy for voting at any election for
officers of any incorporated company,
except religious, charitable or liter
ary societies or public cemeteries, 10
cents.
Power of attorney, 25 cents.
Protesting notes, hills of exchange,
acceptance, check or draft, or any
marine protest. 25 cents. Warehouse
receipts. 25 cents. The stamp duties
on manifests, bills of lading and pas
sage tickets do not apply to steam
boats or other vessels plying between
ports of the United States and ports
in British North America.
Proprietary Article*.
Schedule B:
Medicinal proprietary article* and
preparations. Upon every packet,
box, bottle, pot or phial, or other In
closures, except natural spring waters
and carbonated natural spring waters,
where such packet, etc., does not ex
ceed at the retail price of 5 cents, one
eighth of one cent tax; when the re
tail price is between 5 and 10 cents,
one-fourth of a cent; between 10 and
15 cents, three-eightlis of a cent; be
tween 15 and 25 cents, five-eighths of
a cent, and for each additional 25
cents In value, five-eighths of a cent
tax. The same tax applies to per
fumery and cosmetics and other simi
lar articles used ns applications to the
hair, month or skin.
Chewing gum, each package of not
more than one dollar retail value, 4
cents, and for each additional dollar,
4 cents.
Sparkling or other wines when bot
tled for sale, upon each bottle con
taining one pint or less, one cent;
more than one pint, two cents. The
stamp Is only to be affixed when the
article In this schedule ts sold.
Corporation T«sm.
Petroleum and sugar refiners. Ev
ery person, firm, corporation or com
pany carrying on the business of re
fining petroleum or refining sugar, or
owning or controlling any pipe line
for transporting oil or other products
whose gross annual receipts exceed
$250,000, Is made subject to pay an-,
nually a special excise tax equivalent
to onc-qnartcr of one'per cent on tho
gross amount of all receipts la cxccas
of that sum. Ueturns to bo made
monthly. The penalty is a fine of
from SI,OOO to SIO,OOO.
A stump tax of one cent is to be col
lected on every seat sold lu a palace
and a parlor car and ou every berth
sold In a sleeping car, the stamp to be
affixed to the ticket and paid by the
company Issulug it.
Section 7 provides that If any person
or persons shall make, sign or issue
any Instrument or i>a|>cr of any de
scription whatever without Its being
stamped, he shall bo guilty of a mis
demeanor, the inmalty being SIOO at
the discretion of the court
Section 8 provides a penalty of a
fine not exceeding SI,OOO or imprison
ment for a term not exceeding five
years, -or both, for counterfeiting the
stamps, and the penalty Is made to ap
ply to all persons having ouy connec
tion with tho counterfeiting.
Section 18 provides for a tax stamp
ou telegraph messages, aud exempts
message* of officers and employes of
the government on official business,
and also tho messages of telepraph
and railroad companies over tlielr own
lines.
UncoiniKuindcd medicines or those
having been put up nml sold at retail
as prescriptions are not included in the
taxable articles, leaving it to apply
particularly to proprietary article*.
Section 24 adds the tax on proprie
tary article* to the duty on them, re
quiring the nttixlug or the Internal rev
enue stump before withdrawal for con
sumption.
liihn-ltmiop Tux.
A tax on Inheritances and legacies
exceeding SIO,OOO is provided ils fol
lows:
Ou sums -between SIO,OOO and $25,-
000 —First on benefits to the lineal is
sue or lineal ancestors, brother or sis
ter of the deceased, at the rate of sev
enty-five cents for every SIOO.
Second—To tho descendant of a
brother or sister at the rate of $1.50 for
every SIOO.
Third—To the brother or sister of
tho father or mother, or a descendant
of a brother or sister of the father or
mother, at tho rate of $3 for every
SIOO.
Fourth—To the brother or sister of
the graiulfuthcr or grandmother, or a
descendant of the brother or sister of
the grandfather or graudmotlier, $4 for
every SIOO.
Fifth—To those of any other degree
of collateral consanguinity or strangers
in blood or a body politic or coiqiorate,
at tho rate of $5 for every SIOO. All
legacies or projierty passing by will or
by the laws of any state or territory, to
husband or wife are exempted from
tax or duty. Ou sums ranging be
tween $25,000 and SIOO,OOO, the, rates
of tax are to Ik* multiplied by one and
one-half; on those ranging from SIOO,-
(XX) to SSOO,(XX), the rates are to be mul
tiplied by two; on those ranging from
$500,000 to $1,000,000, the rates are to
bo multiplied by two and one-half;
and on those above $1,000,000 the rates
are to be multiplied by three.
The tax is made a lieu upon the
property until paid, and it is required
tliat the tax shall be sutlsfied before the
legatee is paid.
lloiion nml Cfnlflrxtr*
Certificates of Indebtedness— I The sec
retary of the treasury is authorized to
borrow from time to time, at a rate of
interest not exceeding three per cent.,
such sums as in his Judgment may 1m?
necessary to meet public expenditures
and to Issue certificate of indebtedness
in denominations of SSO or some multi
ple of that sum. Each certificate is
made payable at such time not exceed
ing one year from the date of Its issue,
as the secretary of the treasury may
prescribe, provided that the amount of
such certificates obtained shall at no
time exceed $100,tXX),000.
The secretary of the treasury is au
thorized to borrow ou tin* credit of the
United States from time to time as the
proceeds may Ik? required, to defray
expenditure* authorized on account of
the existing war (such proceeds when
received to be used only for the pur
pose of meeting such war expendi
tures), the sum of $400,(XX),000, or so
much thereof ns may be necessary,
and to prepare and Issue therefor,
coupon or registered bonds of the Unit
ed States in denominations of S2O or
some multiple of that sum, redeem
able in coin at the pleasure of the
United States after ten years from the
date of their issue, and payable twen
ty years from such date, and bearing
interest payable quarterly in coin at
tho rate of three per cent, per annum.
The bonds are to be first Offered at par
ns a popular loan.
The conference added the following
proviso:
Provided, further, that any portion
of any issue of said bonds not sub
scribed for as above provided, may be
disposed of by the secretary of the
treasury at not less titan par, and un
der such regulations as lie may pre
scribe, but no commissions shall be
allowed or paid thereon, and a sum
not exceeding one-tenth of the per
centum of the amount of the bonds
and certificates herein authorized Is
hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated to the expense of pre
paring, advertising and issuing the
sume.
Coinage of 8l!m llalllon.
That the secretary of the treasury is
hereby authorized and directed to coin
Into silver dollars as rapidly ns tho
public interests may require, to an
amount, however, of not less than IYj
million dollars a month, of sliver bul
lion now in the treasury purchased in
accordance with the provisions of the
act approved July 14, 181 X), entitled,
“An act directing the purchase of sli
ver bullion and the issue of treasury
notes thereon, and for other pur
poses,” and said dollars, when so
coined, shall be used when applied in
the manner and for the purpose named
In said act.
Nliod Floor.
A substitute was adopted for the
Senate provision for a tax on mixed
flour, but the material points were re
tained. In addition to the annual li
cense of sl2 upon manufacturers, a
tax of four cents per barrel Is levied
upon all mixed flour manufactured,
sold or removed for sale. The same
rate la proportionally levied on half
barrels and amaller packages.
Too.
There .ball be levied, collected and
paid upon ten, when Imported from
foreign couutrle., a duty of 10 cent#
per pound. The tax becomes opera
tive with the act