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Show WfiKhlDsfoa Soles. Chicago, 2t. Journal's Washing-! tou: Owing to the small appropna i lions made bv congress to detect am! punish depredators upon tne public and a, Secretary Schuri dof not expect ex-pect to be able to do much in this direction ibis year. It is thought, however, that lha seizure aud arrest herttofore made wiii serve to check tbe operation- f ruai.y persons wno were engniod in a wholesale manner in destroying the tinier upon tue public lauds. The tremuy departrnt M it1 i fl-red silver bullion at about o2 cents an ounce, making the cost of tbe snver doilar afco'il cents. The sellers oi the bullion take eiUer certificates in pay, and then sell them to persons :o oay custom duties who, so that practical prac-tical :y the government gams nothing r by paying silver instep oi gold. |