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Show Queer Method of Restriction. Tho queerest contribution on record rec-ord to tho treasury department's conscience con-science fund was received this week. It is an old-fashioned watch with a gold-filled case and Swiss movement. With it was this note: "Such ns I havo I nlvo unto you for the conscience con-science fund, Tho money I gavo tor tho watch Is rnori t.inn I consider I owo tho government." Tho timepiece is worth only a fow dollars. Secretary Secre-tary Shnw does not know what to do with the contribution. A watch ennnot ho turn oil Into tho gonoral fund and Mr. Shuw does not Unpw whether ho has the authority to sell it and turn lu tho proceeds. Thnt question Is being looked up by the department's solicitor |