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THE PRINTING LAW.

Several Of our East side cotem-
peralies have renewed the discussion
Of the printing law, being melted
thereto by the decision of the Attor-
ney General of the Territory, that
the law is still in force, notwith-
standing the opinion of Chief Justice
Waite to the contrary. The Lnde-
pendent's statement of the situation
is so eminently fair and correct that
we unhesiratingly subscribes to it.
That journal says:
"Attorney General johnson holds
that the printing law is still valid,
for the reason that subsequent Legis-
latures have recognized it as being in
full force, and it has never been
repealed. No better or more con-
elusive reason for its validity could
be gwen. Judge Wade attempted to
decide the printing law out of exist
ance, on the ground that the Legis-
lature only intended it to operate for
two years. Tue Attorney General
proves the law to be in force by
showing that the Legislature did
intend it to operate beyond two
years, and had at its last session
treated it as in full force. Judge
Wade's opinion was a mere theory as
to the intention of the Legislature,
based upon a technical construction
of the printing law. On the other
hand, the opinion of the Attorney
General is based upon a solid fact,
and that IA t is that the Legislature
itself has recognized the law to be in
full force, and that all departments
of the Territorial government have
recognized 1t for the past seven
years. The Judge guesses as to the
Of the lawmakers. The
Attorney General shows their in
tention by their acts. The opinion
Of the Judge was delivered in a
made-up, Fictitious case, to which no
under the law was made a
and from " hich nc appeal was
to the Supreme Court.
The opinion OF the Attorney General
.as given in a genuine case in
his opinion was asked in
OF law. We hold, there.
fore, that the opinion in the genuine
case, showing the intention If the
ny its own acts. is better
han the theoretical opinion made in
! bogus case, in which the parties
had not sufficient confidence to
allow ali appeal to be taken, although
'uch appeal was demanded by the
Independent.
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THE NORTHERN PACIFIC Elk
EMPrION.

The decision of the Supreme Court
of Montana 10 the case Of the North
ern Pacific Railway Company VS..
w. w. Garland, Treasurer of Custer
county, is made the subject of con-
siderable adverse criticism by several
Territorial papers. AS is known the
case involved the right Of the coun-
ties of Montana to levy and collect
taxes upon the right Of way, road
bed and track of the company. The
decision is in favor Of the railroad
company. In rendering it the court
said: "Plaintiff's right of way through
the public lands Is an easement
therein. and such an interest in the
land that personal articles attached
to the soil and annexed to the ease
ment within the boundaries of the
right of way become a part Of the
land. and therefore partake of and
are included IN the exemption from
taxation that belongs to the right of
way, and hence that a tax levied up
on twenty miles Of railroad con-
structed upon, overo or through plain.
lifts right of way, in the Territories
of the United States, is a tax levied
upon properly that is exempt from
taxation, and therefore void.'
The affirmation Of this decision by
the Supreme Court of the United
States will definitely settle the CUES
ton as to the exemption from
taxation of the company's
right Of way through this
Territory Of a strip of land 400 feet in
width, together with all ties, rails,
grades, ETC., or the same. There are
other matters in connection with the
company's lands which the decision
does not determine, and which NAV
lead to further litigation, but until
the case be passed upon by the Su-
preme Court of the United States
assessors OF counties through which
the road passes may rs we'll skip
over that 400 feet Of right of way in
hunting assessable property.
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The spawa Of Charity.

There is no city which in proper
ton to the means of its liberal cltl-
zens dues TOT for the dependent
classes than Chicago. One of the
consequences is that the more done
the there is to do; the more
helped there will I've to help The re-
cipients Of all this charity grow by
what they feed on. The more dis
pensaries the city establishes the
more patients appear to get medicines
and attendance. The q hospitals
the more cases OF incurable ard
chronic diseases discover themselves
for treatment. The more orphan
as> lum> the greater the flock of the
fatherles-. The more ''homes" Of
one kind and another for old men,
old women, erring this and erriig
that, the more Ut the homeless anu
erriny are there - fill them.
These fats, which could be culled
from the experience of everyone who
officially or privately has undertaken
to lend y baud to alleviate the suffer-
ing that so d~istresses the humane,
are of deep significance. They illus
trate the forces that are tending to an
unwholesome growth of our cities.
the greatest burdens of charity
which fall on Chicago do not. come
from within itself. 1t is not the de.
post of Its own enervated and disin-
tegrated element that furnishes it
with the social slit. Al, the country
around Chicago for hundreds Of
miles dumrs its residium here. This
is not peculiar to Chirag'. It is so
in all large cities -Loudon, Paris,
Berlin, New York, Boston, Cincin-
natti-as it was of old in the case Of
Rome. But it is startling to find
this phenomenon of old civilization
so soon manifesting itself with the
sharp edge it has begun to exhibit in
this new country.-thicago Tribune.
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commission. Some of the best

commission. Some of the best
known society lanles of Philadelphia
serve On the committees for the
different States. Mrs. Benjamin
Rowland, st. George Hotel, Phila-
delphia, repre- .ents California and
Nevada, and from her further infor-
nation may be gained about the
details of the exhibition. Such a dis
play as this promises to be cannot
fail to serve as a stimulus to the
manufacture of pottery and porcelain
in this country, IS we'll as to all
decorative work on this material. It
will show plainly, also, the great
strides that have been made in this
useful art since the Centennial
Exhibition. This exhibition will
afford Montana manufacturers of
pottery an opportunity to direct the
attention of those interested in the
wares to the possibilities this Terri
tory presents for their successful
manufacture. Pottery Is u of the
articles which should be supplied to
consumers by home manufacture.
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Rev. DR.. Brett, in tina other end OF
the 'bus to whom we hal Just bowed
said: You get out, please, and run % o
that bakery on the corner aud get =
cents worth Of yeast!' Mr.. Brett
laughed, but he good naturally got
out. went to the shop, aud brouehI
back thecoveted bread exh'laistoi,, ne
drive, waiting meanwhile, MS sereu-
itv broken only by a smile.
:..When Mr. Bre t r. turned ne
handed the little pail to Mrs. Greeley
with the remark that the oread wa
evidently kneaded, to which she re-
rIied, 'H-m!-o d joke!
"She vas very eccentric - Mrs..
Greeley was. He once told me that
tue day before, while going down Z"
Staten Island on a ferry boat. she
walked calmly up to a passenger II"
wa- smoking aud snatched the cigar
out of his mouth. and flung it over
board. Il expected to be knocked
down m the spot that minute said
MIR. Greeley"
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House of Commons

LONDON. March Is In the House
OF Commons to-day the army es1i-
mate nil ,ssed. The amount ammo.
prlated is s4,23o, 900. Marquis Hart-
lugton taied that the elastic terms of
service and bounties We e indu.inu
men to prolong the period Of thar
foreign service and had attracted dr..
ing The past year over SO. 600 recrn'1.
nus Is the largest number evsr
hnown IN q Year. Regarding the
aeavy naval ordnance in process Of
19%GG Il" ,nas b' he said, three guns Of
World, four of So tons and thrua ~ q
tons 'an would he finished the presen 10
E,1 noro Edmund Fitzmauriee, Under
r., e Secretary. ANNOUNCED TUT thet
Sn ler az communication between
last dispatch from 3ordnn ws me
March IL. was dated
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MONTANA Nm as, AND THE
ENGLISH MARKETS.

The following communication re-
ceived by the MINER from a London
correspondent explains itself. We
can assure our correspondent that
Montana has scores of mines which
only require q iudicious expenditure
of capital to develop them into Drum
Luminous. Many British capitalists
have been numerically taken in"
by INSCRIPTIONS mining spectators
in other Territories, and have be-
come over cautious in investing in
our mining properties on that &C.
count, but the fault rested largely
with the investors themselves. The
result is legitimate mining properties
in the Territory have suffered to a
greater or less extent. This condi-
ton Of things, however, is being
rapidly changed. The recent strike
in the Drum Lummon will inspire
confidence in the English market in
Montana mines, and direct English
capital toward this great mineral
country, of which Butte is the cen
ter. But to the letter:
LONDON, Feb. %, 1884.
Editor Miner:
Much interest is being taken here
in the Ceur d'Alene diggings. 1t is
considered if they turn out We'll,
there will he such a sensation over
Montana as a diggers' paradise rs to
bring your Territory prominently be-
fore British investors. AS it is, Mon
tana stands high in English opinion
a mining Territory, and the only
mining company dealt in
here at a premium is the Montana
formed for working the
Drum Lummon mine. Great things
are anticipated in London of the
Drum Lummon. and If it turns out
as people expect there will be a
demand for Montana mines
by the British investors. What you
good people Of Montana must do is
not to push off on the British any
rubbish which won't pay to work
Send us over something
good, and you may be sur there will
be no end Of a demand for Montana
properties.
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are sorry for it. W. hope no honest

are sorry for it. We hope no honest
| Democrat will follow his example.
Not one cent ought to be appropri
ated by Congress for new vessels
while John Roach remains Secre-
tary of the Navy by proxy. Notone
cent. ought to be granted until the
corrupt Republican administration
has been driven from power.
Hundreds of millions have been
appropriated to the navy within the
last twenty years. Where have they
gone? Certainly not into vessels.
They have been swallowed up by
the John Reaches and politics. Ad
miral Porter stated under oath that
we have no navy. After the money
has been stolen we find ourselves in
a worse condition than before.
Not one cent Of appropriation,
then, while the Star r ,ute admins
tration is in power! The. money is
wanted on the eve of a Presidential
election. The discovery of the bad
of the navy is always
made just as q Presidential canvass
commences. It means not a cruiser
fund but a corruption fund. 1t
means q bank balance for John
r zach, Bill Chandler, or the Acting
Of the Navy, as ample as
the half million balances of Robe
son. 1t means crowded navy yards
just before election day with their
good Republican votes. 1t means a
old iron contribution from
John Roach to the Republican cleo
fund. The proposed new
vessel are pirates sailing under a
black flag.
Let Congress refuse to give one
cent for such purposes as long
as Bill Chandler Is Secretary of the
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Under the caption, "Protection at
Its Bestp a Pennsylvania paper says:
"The simple, stubborn fact is, that
under the existing tariff, the indus
tries of Pennsylvania receive a much
higher protection than those Of
any other State in the Union, whilst
in no State is there so much distress,
poverty and suffering among labor
ing men as in Pennsylvania. For
truth and decency sake, will some Of
our "protective" tariff shriekers tell
US where the protection come in? Is
t in the Lehigh ore mines at sixty
cents a day, aud living on raw bacon
and dry bread?" This. is a strong
blow struck at protection right in the
house of its ftiends-"Raw bacon and
dry bread!' The paupar lator of
foreign countries is rich in earning a
comfortable living compared to Penn
sylvania pauper labor eve with pro-
lection at its best.
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A NOVEL EXHIBITION.

A marked article in the San Fran
cisco Chronicle calls attention to the
fact that q novel exhibition will be
opened In Philadelphia the l4th of
next month. 1t is. says the Chron-
iele, a display of porcelain, 81 ass and
pottery Of American manufacture,
and the management Is In the hands
of the Associate Committee of
Women of the Trustees of the Penn
sylvania Museum and School of
Industrial Art. The aim Of the
managers Is to secure not only the
best specimens OF American porcelain
and glassware made to-day, but also
samples of that made prior to 1876, so
that the progress may be noted.
Decoration on porcelain by Ameri-
cans will also be received. The ex-
penses for freight to and from Phila-
delphia will be paid, and, if desired,
the articles submitted will be sold on
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Resolutions.

BOSTON, March ls.-The United
Sta Is Veterinary Association adopts
ed the following resolution AT. er a
discussion OF the foot aud uluuth
ui,ease:
Resolved, That it Is the opinion Of
the Association that the cattle Oh
the pretui,es ilrfecled with the dis
Ease III the lieIghbUi hood OF Portland,
Maine, should ue destroyed; that lie
hay and feed Oh tie Infected pieuulses
should b. burned; III It tue United
States QUARANTINE, Mcers are through
their neglIyeuce aud lhcoinpetency
respunsiuie Tor the spread of The III
fiction, aud that Tue United states
govei intent is III a DuUuetary point
of view Responsible for the loss OF Tie
.citiztus Ill tie neighborh"ud Of Port
land and III the State OF Malre.
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The revela ions now making at
Washington in the Star Route villainy
are not likely to bling any of the
rogues to conviction and penalty, but
the people will learn how gross and
wicked the whole scheme was and
how high officials interferred to
screen the guilty while they were
pretending to prosecute them. They
will also learn that it is time the
party that breeds such corruption
should be dispossessed of all power
to do further harm.
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THF VOTE.

The Fitz-Jchn Porter bill which
passed the Senate the 18th inst. re-
ceived the following affirmative vote:
Democrats: Bayard, Brown, Butler,
Call, Cockrell, Cooke, Colquitt, Fair,
Farley, Garland, Gibson, German,
Groome, Hampton, Harris, Jackson,
Jonas. Jones Ella J, Lamar, McFher-
son, Maxey, Morgan, PendIeton,
Pike, Pugh, Salisbury, Slater, Vance,
VOORHEES,, Walker and Williams.
Republicans: Hoar, Junes New.
Riddleberger. Sabin, and Sewell.
Democrats 81, Republicans 5; total
SO.
Those voting in the negative are
all Republicans, and are as follows:
Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Bowen. Con-
ger, Cullom, Dawes, Doll h, Ed
munds, Frye, Harrison, HawIey.
Hill, ingalls,, Logan, Mcmillan, Man
derson, Miller (CaI.), Mitchell, Mer-
rill, Palmer, Plat, Sherman Van
Wyck and Wilson -25.
Beck paired with Hale; Cameron
with George; Miller IN. " with
Plumb with Vest, and
SAWYER with Kenna.
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A Washington City paper very
justly excoriates certain soft. pated
Newspaper reporters for mentioning
in print the names of ladies prefixed
by the title due their husbands-such
as Mrs. General Sherman, Mrs. Sec
rotary Of State Frelinghuysen, Mrs.
Senator Logan, etc.-and asks why
it would not be just as appropriate to
say, Mrs. BrickIayer Bowers, Mrs.
Carpenter Splinters, Mrs. Barkeeper
Smithers, etc.
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The w man Suffragists were in
National Convention in Washington
a few days ago, with that veteran in
the cause, Miss Susan B. Anthony
at the front. While a great many
women as we'll as a great many men
will never be brought to believe that
woman suffrage is either fit or better
tor the sex, the effects of the move
ment In other respects have been and
will continue to be materially to the
benefit and emancipation of women
generally, in the matter of property
rights and release from the tyranny
of british men.
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Paris Notes.

PARIS, March i3.-Prime Minister
Ferry has been in elviewed upon the
question of general disarmament of
European pow ers. He pronounces
1t an impossib'lity and says the dis
cusslon thereof is a waste of time.
"A manifesto from Prince Napoleon
Is regarded a imminent. He has
gone to Switzerland TO avoid arrest.
taking with him his papers and val
uablts.
The Gdulois says: Lii Hung Chang,
Vlceroy OF China, is submitting y
oasis OF peace TO the En- gIish and
American ministers at Pekin: and
asking them to intervene.
1t is asserted that France will de-
mand a heavy indemnity :yam China
and will occupy Chinese territory to
is payment.
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of arrogance, and we saw at once t a;d
ha had come to ssk a favor, but dlo
not hnow in what manner to sollclt

of arrogance, and we saw at once tna,
10 had come to risk q favor, DuC o'u
MT know in what manner to sOilclt
"What now?" we asked, pretend.
ing not to notice his embarrassment
"You may perhaps smile ne oe,
gan when 1 tell you that my erIano
Is ~
"To withdraw your piece alto
qether," we said, anticipating him.
s.Just 80. 1 am afraid my severe
comments on the acts of the parties
named might affect my private inter-
eats in the future very injuriousiy.
and If M t asking too much, [ would
like YOU to cancel the eEtire Article,
and any expense you have been put
to on account of it, / will gladly de-
fray.
calling him by name, ''that this is
the ouintessence Of triding. You first
almost dare u to Publish your article
and when we decide to do SO on a
condition which you accept, you put
US to the trouble of set ing 1t up, and
when up, you hange it at will, and
now YOU beseech us not to publish 1t
at ALL"
am willing to idemnify you, as
I have said. for any loss YOU may
sustain," said our crestfallen &C.
quaintsnce.
I'VE have no doubt you are" we
returned ''but if the communication
bad appeared as you originally wrote
it, you might not have got Off SO
easily. Be wiser. hereafter, and be-
fore you again arraign the press of
New jersey for its servility or lack If
moral independence, remember this
little affair, in which you have
played a very ridiculous palt."
1t was finally agreed that our friend
las he afterwards became) would pay
the cost Of setting up bis ''piece' and
treat the typos to a fine oyster supper,
both of. which contracts were ,aith-
fully fulfilled, and SO the diatribe
which was going to electrify the
and teach the press its
duty, never met the public eye.
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"Rock and Rye Candy.

NEW YORK. March IS The Brook
Ign Health Department, at the re-
quest of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children, analyzed
the candy known as Rock aud R, e."
A chemist found tie candy favored
with essence of whi>key, or fu,il oil,
in the proportion Of .07353 grains
to the pound. The fatal dose Of tusil
oil is from / to 1-6 Of grain, or about
the quantity found in two pounds of
the candy. a small quantity pro-
duces dizziness, headache, sense If
falling and suffocation. A good deal
of this candy is purchased by school
children.
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Farmers Convention.

ST. PAUL, March l8.-The con,
venlion OF farmers of Minnesota, $50
delegates present, OPP din the State
House tod ". GUvern"r Hunbard
delivered the address of welcome. lie
said the object OF the convention Was
to decide upon the best means of
bringing the railroads and the mill,
ers' association to grant relief to the
farmers iu the ma.ter OF grading
weights and railroad transportation.
DR. Collins, of Grand Forks county,
stated tnat in bis county alone tue
farmers were sWindiet out Of $780,
600 upon crops last year
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Omaha Herald: Logan has a little
bill which he introduced recently
providing pensions for dependent rel
atlves of deceased soldiers. Logan
should prepare a bill granting gov.
eminent pensions to all citizens Of
the United States willing to vote for
John Logan for president, and then
stop. That is all his pension bills are
Intended ,or.
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On the Qui Vive.

LONDON, March 1S.--The scene
about the entrance OF the House of
Commons this afternoon, where nu-
merous members were sitting, was
one of most unusual character
Clerks and porterS Carrying bags and
boxes to the committee rooms, were
storped by the police aud the parcels
subjected to a thor 'ugh examination
to prevent the possibility of the in
PRODUCTION of dynamite.
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TORONTO, March 15.-Early this
morning while a freight train was
backing on a siding near High Park,
the scene Of the terrible accident on
the End Of January, another freight
tram ran into 1T The engineer and
fire nan of the latter train are prob
ably fatally injured. The damage to
the rolling stock is estimated at
So, OOO.
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Memorial Tablet Unve, 81

LONDON, March IS A merno.,
tablet in honor of S4Gauel pxnofla
ST. tlaves' church. London. wpSs'lu
yelled to-day. James Russell Ia' w.
performed the ceren ny. Ina x"el
Lowell alluded to tue pres4n,r.tte d
vt the ship "Aiert," by tue nri.'"
Government to the United sta,s1Ia
take part in tie ireel-y search aN
dItion, and said he Was glad to r Aoe'
f. tuat Americans appreciated W.
graceful and GENEROUS action of Rug
land. lug
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Although Logan cited all the bat
ties from the time of Moab down to
the last battle OF E. Mahdi in proof o
Porter's treason" and poured forth
a seething torrent of Incorporate
malignity upon General Porter's
head, he failed to defeat the bill Dr.
the latter's restoration to the army
He also failed to make any votes in
case he receive the nomination for
the Presidency.
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Health.

BERLIN, March ls.-Bismarck
rides DAILY o horse back. lie se.nI:
10 be Ill splendld h. attn Tue llu-
pressiou oil the keich>t & is that ne
has renewed Lis strength nleLtally
aud physical Y. The Current luulor
IS that ho has changed bis habits,
eatlu5 and drinking with uou-ls-
lion, which Was coutiruied uurlug
his recent speeches i'll tue Re!cusIay.
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PLAIN TALK.

Taking advantage of our deficiency,
says the New York World, Bill
Chandeliers administration asks for
money to build new war cruisers.
That is to say, it asks for money, but
the real object is to strengthen the
Republican party IN the eve of an
election and not to strengthen the
nati,.n. The funds are meant for
the knaves and not for the navy.
MI. Dorsheimer favors the enor-
NOUS appropriation asked for. We
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CHICAGO, March 17.-Nothing has
been heard from John l.. Sullivan in
reply to Parson Dawes telegram sent
ct an early hour to-day, asking
whether or no Sullivan would agree
to fight Mervine Thompson accord
ing to Londol. prize ring rules. There
is a good deal of speculation as to
what the answer will be. Many seem
to be of the opinion that the cham
pion will hardly agree to anything
outside of the Queensbury rules, and
that At the present time Thompson
has much the best Of the contro-
verSy.