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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-04

"The world is even ns we take 1t,
And life, dear child, is what we make It,"
This was the sentiment OF an old lady to
her grandchild Mabel. And many a Mabel
has found 1t to be true, and she has taken
care of tier health. She keeps on hand q sup
ply of Or. Piorce's Favorite Prescription, and
60 is not troubled with those wasting diseases,
weaknesses, "dragging-down +" sensations and
functional Irregularities that SO many women
endure. II is the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, under q positive guar.
1ntce from the manufacturers, that 1t will
givo eatisfaction In every case, or money will,
DO refunded. This guarantee has boon printed
on the bottlc-wrappers, and faithfully carried
out Tor many years.
"Favoritn Prescription " ia a legitimate med
tctnc, not = beverage. Contains no alcohol To
lnobriate; no syrup or sugar to dernnge diges-
ton. AS peculiar In Its remedial results AZ In
Its composition.
.As a powerful, invigorating tonic, II imparts
strength 10 tho whole system, particularly to
the womb and its appendages. For feeble
women generally, DR.. Pierco'a Fayorite Pre-
scriptiun 10 the Ercatcst earthly boon; being
unequaled az an appetizing cordial and re-
storntlve tonic, or strcngth-giycr.
A Book OF 100 PAGES, on Woman and Her
Diseases, their Nature. and How to Cure
them" sent scaled, In plain envelope, on re-
ceipt OF ton cents, In stamps.
Address, WQRLn's DIsPENsARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, No. 63 Main St., Buffalo, N, Y.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-04
Take It Before breakfast.

The great appetizer, tonic and liver regu-
la~tor-positive specific for liver complaint,
in use for more than 50 years in England.
Bad taste in the mouth on arising in the
morning, dull pains in the head and back
of the eyes, tired feeling, dizziness-sym-
toms of liver complaint. Remedy-Dr.
Henley's English Dandelion Tonic. Get
the genuine from your druggist fo- ST, and
take according to directions.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-04

They make one feel as though life was worth
living. Take one of Carter's Little Liver fills
after eating; it will relieve dyspepsia. aid diges-
ton. give tone and vigor to the system.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-04

Or. PIERCE'S PELLETS . nsss's', o yssS;
Laxative. or Cathartic, according to sizS o.
aoe0. ny Druggists, ~ U0Qto . vial.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18
sULLIvANIsM LOCALIZED PENN
SYLVASIA.

The Sullivan Guards" il permitted TO
become an institution" in Washington.
will probably at no distant day seek to be
legalized, like the so-called coal aud iron
police of Pennsylvania, who are under the
control of nobody save the individuals,
companies or combinations who employ
them. Any firm, company or individual
may apply 10 the governor to commission
as coal and iron policeman any person
named by them. Henry Georse, writing
in the North American Rerie,c few years
ago, said of these police:
There is no restriction as to number, no CT
animation as 10 character. no guaranty rs b. be
havior. no requirement Of report, no stipulation
as 10 pay employ ment. These private EN-
ployes are clothed By the law with all the
powers of policeman of the city OF Philadel-
phia. and the keepers oi all jails and station
houses arc required to receive and keep all per-
sous arrested by them. Whoever has realized
what power may be exercised bv policeman
among those too poor and uuinfiuentia to cas-
lis appeal 10 the Law, will see what a weapon is
thus placed in the hands of employers. Their
functions ON the coal estates are q combination
of those performed for the irish landlords by the
"rcnt warner the 'process server" the
emergency man." and the royal Irish censtsb-
ulary. They are the spies. informe, = collectors,
writ servers and guards OF their employers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18
MIR. PREsToN's TESTIMONY.

Mr.. Preston, while on the witness stand, testi-
ned that he had said 10 4. B. Albertson that if q
corporation signed an agreement not 70 prose-
cute a criminal they would probably stick to the
agreement This lie a very strange statement for
lawyer 20 have made.
crime Is wrong done to society, not TO an
Individual, and no individual whether he Is the
party directly injured or not. has the power
70 relieve the criminal from the punishment for
MS unlawful act. An agreement 10 this effect
would practically amount to participation in
the crime
The agreement entered into by Mr.. Wallace
with Edward Albertson was therefore clearly
illegal, and could not be enforced. But there is
another aspect of the question, aud IT was prob
ably In this light that Ir. Preston was viewing
IT.
While there is no legal obligation on Mr. Wal
lace to observe the agreement, Is there not a
moral obligation? Mr. Preston evidently thinks
there Is, and in so thinking he is clearly wrong
That feeling of chiyalry that looks upon the
evasion OF an obligation that cannot be enforced
In law as dishonorable is sometimes right But
1t Is more often wrong, and this is one of the
cases-Tdcoaa Nelcs af Wednesday,.
The Tacoma Ne,os IN order to make its
argument has garbed Mr.. Preston's testi-
mony. What Mr.. Preston really did say
was that he considered the agreement ut
terly void and of no binding force, and he
did not believe that the officers of
corporation would sign such an agreement.
because to do 80 would be against the law;
but if, as matter of fact, the officers of a
corporation had actually signed such an
agreement, they would probably stick to
it because Of the fear of exposure if they
didn't. Mr.. Preston nowhere In
his evidence said that it was his opin-
ion that under such circumstances
the officers of corporation were under
legal or moral obligation to observe such
an agreement. His meaning was made
perfectly plain and it was simply that if
the officers of n corporation signed such
an illegal compact they would stick to it
because of their natural desire under the
circumstances to conceal an action of that
kind rather than because of any fancied
legal or moral obligation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18
Idaho Mining Notes.

BOISE CITY, Sept 17.-fspeciaL1 lit Is toler-
ably certain now that the famous Gold Hill
mine in ''The Basin" will be sold TO a French
syndicate, which will Immediately on taking
possession commence valuable and extensive
improvements on this property. II has been TIE
almost universal verdict of all experts who
have visited the Gold Hill that the great body of
ore stored away in its depths has not yet been
struck, owing to the fact that the present
owners content themselves with making super
fetal development. The new company will put
in a hundred-stamp mill and will spend large
sums in doing development work. This mine
has already yielded millions, and will, no doubt,
yield millions more
Wood river people are much elated over the
mining outlook there. C. C. Cunningham re-
Gently shipped an eighteen-ton car load of ore
from the Modoc mine that assayed 500 ounces
Of silver to the ton. Large amounts of this high
grade ore are in sight. The vein is three feet
wide.
A large Joint stock company has been organ
lied to develop and operate tie Captain Jack, an
old location that shows marvellous resources.
The capital stock is $1,000 shares. 10000 of
which will be used as working capital All the
stock is subscribed for, and work on the mine
has commenced.
Late news from the Seven Devils is very en-
couraging. New finds occur almost daily.
Harry Mumford made find few days ago In
which the pay streak Is five feet wide, assaying
1874 TO the ton in gold and free milling ore. This
region has never been thoroughly prospected.
Helena, the new town, Is building up in q sub
stantial manner. Preparations are making for
extensive operations next year.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT.

Judge Hanford few weeks ago de-
cided that Chinaman smuggled across
the line must be sent back to British
Columbia and not TO China. In line with
this decision of Judge Hanford is that of
Judge Maxey, of the United States district
court for the Western district of Texas.
who has directed that two Chinese labor
srs who had been unlawfully brought into
the country from Mexico should be re-
turned to that country and not TO China.
whittier the United States commissioner
was about to despatch them. Judge II. IL.
Wheeler, In the United States district
court sitting at Brattleboro, VT, last week
held that certain Cinnamon captured at
Windsor with permits from the Dominion
government to return TO Canada must be
sent TO that country and not to China, al
though United States Commissioner John
son, acting under the regulations of the
treasury department had ordered them
sent to the latter country, and United
States Judge Swan, ut Detroit, has just re-
versed the decision of the United States
Commissioner at Detroit, who, in the case
OF Chinaman found unlawfully in the
United States. ordered him returned to
China as being the country whence he
came. Judge Swan holds that Canada was
the country from which the man came,
and directed his return there.
The attorney general of the United
States has heretofore decided that under
the provisions of the act the country
whence Cinnamon came means China, and
the department has been sending all
Cinnamon convicted OF being unlawfully
In the United States back TO that country.
If a Chinaman arrived in San Francisco
directly from China of course he would be
.re'nrned 70 China. but Chinese are con-
stantly coming from Cuba TO New York.
and crossing the Dominion northern from
tier into the United States with an official
certificate. implying that they have had
residence in the Dominion. and u,dsr the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18

circumstances the United States court
holds that the treasury department Is not
authorized by Law to send them to China.
The deputy minister of justice at Ottawa,
in the case of about a score of Cinnamon
arrested at Port Townsend last year, and
taken from Seattle to Victoria, held that
any Chinaman who had paid his head tax
OF Soo, on surrendering his original certif-
cate, could have permit for 81, which
would entitle him on visiting American
sou TO return without paying another head
tax.
ihis passport would relieve our govern
ment OF paying the head tax of $50,
charged by the Dominion for the original
entry of Chinaman, since it would show
that he had once paid his way. Under the
Interpretation of the law by the courts
cinnamon unlawfully entering the country
rom Mexico or Canada must be sent back
10 one or the other country, as the case
may be. This seems an equitable decision,
for it would be hardly fair if Chinaman
was bona ide resident Of Victoria to
arrest him if he made a visit to Seattle
and send him back to Shanghai.
The treasury department holds that If
this ruling of the courts is final it means
the constant evasion and practical nuliid-
cation of the exclusion act, as the Chinese
now only need to pay their $50 head
money for getting into the country at VIC
toria and then a trife for visiting per-
nit, which must be respected on this side
OF the line. Armed with that document
they may slip across the border, and, if ar
rested and sent back, can try again all
the way from Seattle to st. Adams, Vt.
The New York Times reviews the situation
and comments as follows:
Congress may perhaps be asked 30 to amend
the exclusion act that when the journey through
Mexico or Canada into the United States is IN
dertaken In order to evsfe the exclusion act
the intrudeFs may be sent directly 20 China
Perhaps some special agreement with Great
Britain on the subject may be needed to supple
ment tie legislation of congress unless a cOnsid-
cradle degree Of the evasion of the exclusion
act is to be quietly accepted.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18
COLUMBIA CoUNTY's SOIL.
Its Marvellous Productfveness Illus.
trated by q Little story.

Its Marvellous Productfveness Illus
trated by . Little story.
DAYTON, Sept 17.]specfal. IA fair iliustra-
ton OF the wonderful productiveness OF the soil
OF Columbia county can best be imagined oy
reading the following story:
Two years ago the 9th of last July A. 0. Allen
bought 240 acres Of improved land on Ecker
mountain, paying therefor 5000. He owned
240 acres adjoining the tract, and wanted the
additional amount to make what he calls Q
decent farm. When he made the purchase Q
number Of his neighbors guyed him, and told
him he would soon go broke, a. he mortgaged
all his earthly possessions TO get the money to
pay down. 1t has transpircd that Mr.. Allen
knew what he was about, and now has the
laugh on his neighbors. He has had con-
siderable experience in farming in this
country, and once retired to the city to
live, but the desire for the extra acres became
SO strong that he could stand IL no longer until
the land was in his possession. He accordingly
disposed of his home In the city and went onto
the farm as above stated. The first year he
summer followed greater portion of the land,
but sowed a few acres for seed for the following
season. The crop turned out so well that he
sold enough grain to pay the interest on the in
vestment, having sufficient amount left for
seed. Last fall he sowed the entire tract to
wheat, which he has since harvested and sold.
A part of the land yielded an income of s3o. IS
per acre and the balance s32 per acre, making In
all a sum over 1900. which more than pays for
the land. Besides paying for the farm Mr.. Allen
has put s2,0 900 worth of improvements on the
place and made living. He is now satisfied to
retire in good earnest. and has purchased resi-
dence in Dayton and moved in His four hum
dred and eighty acres will likely keep the wolf
from his door.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18

aged Il yezrs. suffering from physical and alco-
hoiic excuses
George MeIArtz, district scaler, has fled
complaint against Captain Thomas, OF the tug
Doctor, for removing raft of logs from the bay
before being officially scaled This is test case
TO determine whether the law regarding official
log scaiers is constitutional MeLartz was ap-
pointed last year, but the Washington Southern
and other local loggers were dissatisfied with
the appointment and refused to allow him to
scale their logs, employing private scsier. 1t
is said that MeTaggart q lower Sound scaler,
was successful in q similar case
The demand for logs is not improving TO any
great extent The Washington Southern Rail-
way Company Is hauling about $1,000 day and
has quite q supply in the bay.
Tuesday evening was gala event for Shell
ton people, being the seventy-ninth anniversary
OF the birth OF David Shelton, its pater, back In
North Carolina Many of the county pioneers,
as well as q large gathering of town people, met
IN the opera-house to celebrate the event with
social time. The local band escorted the party
from residence to hall Several generations OF
the family and relatives were present from
other parts of the Sound. Several gift tokens OF
esteem were presented, supper was spread and
the young folks made ready for the dance. The
first dance, quadrills Of four sets, was entirely
composed of old pioneers and their ladies and
younger ones natives of the county and state.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18
Drs. Darrin,s Place OF Business.

Drs. Darrin can be consulted daily at the
Normandy corner Third and James streets,
Seattle, " ash. office hours, from 10 to 5;
evenings, to s; Sundays, 10 TO II. All
chronic diseases, blood taints, Irregular
ties IN women, loss of vital power and early
no references are ever made in the press
concerning such cases. owing 10 the deli
cacy OF patients. Examinations free TO
all. Charges reasonable. Circulars will
be sent free to any address and inquiries
answered. Charges for treatment accord
ing to patients ability to pay. The poor
treated free of charge from 10 to IL daily.
All private diseases conadentiai!y treated
and cures guaranteed Patients at a dis
lance can be cured by home treatment
Medicines and letters sent without the
doctors name appearing.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18
THE STATE PRESS.

wenatehee Adraacs: Yesterday Colonel
Aoorehead and Major Kusel did the honor OF
introducing a couple OF gentlemen whom they
represented Jim Hill and Chief Engineer
Becker, of the Great Northern, TO the business
men of town. Il In our candid opinion, how
ever. judging from personal appearance, that
the nabobs were not Hill and Becker at ali, ana
that Aoorehead and kusel were eudeavorlng 70
gain cheap notoriety by making it appear that
they were on the sunny side OF the great railroad
magnates. Nevertheless, the gentleman adj
dressed as Mr.. Hill was an entertaining CONVEX
sationalist, and barring q slight impeachment In
his speech which rendered his delivery obnox-
iously explosive and uninteliigiole, he might
have been passed for Mr.. Hill
skamokawa E1gEs: "There is scheme on
foot for great wagon road from the straits OF
fucs to the Columbia river. suen ROAD wonio
result in settling q vast amount OF unoeeupied
territory, and should terminate at Skamokawa,
where there will always be the best OF trading
facilities and plenty Of deep water. skamokawa
holds the key TO the lower river on she washing.
ton side, and the way property Is In demand
shows that outside parties are quietly taxing u
in and will soon make city here. BY all means
let rs have the wagon road. All ROADS shouia
lead to Skamokawa"
Tacoma Ledoer: "Jay Cooke, the founder and
father of the Northern Pacific railroad, and his
party will be here tomorrow. There is no man
in the country whom Tacoma or the state OF
Washington can more httingly honor with al
tention than Mr. Cooke. Mr.. Cooke recognized
the wealth and importance OF the whole north
ern country from the great lakes TO the Sound
twenty years before most other people did. and
lost vast fortune In trying to get them to be AZ
well informed as he was. What he lost we more
than gained through his efforts"
Port Townsend Leader: "The militia OF this
state In becoming mutinous, and gross insubor.
dination In cropping out in many quarters.
Military mutinies are always severely punished
and death Is the usual penalty for such an Of
tense, but the Washington militia In Its present
condition can hardly be considered q military
organization. 1t IL not the fault of the men who
compose the militia that such 10 the case. The
fault lies with the officers, and with them alone,
and the highest officer is doubtless the most to
blame"
spangle Record: 81. NJ. Ferguson had perhaps
the champion grain yield In Umatilla county,
at his place near Adams, q neighborhood where
big crops are the rule. From seventy-eight
acre field OF fall grain he obtained an average
OF ffty-fo bushels TO the acre and from l23
acres of spring grain sown on summer failow
the average yield was forty five bushels"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18

The settlement yesterday by Treasurer
Ames, Alderman Pontius and Delegate
Bagley II one of the best results of the
new policy 10 which they owe their a.
pointment rs committee on grade taxes.
Mr.. Thomas Clancy, after several years.
objection, finally agreed to meet the COM
mittee In spirit of mutual concession,
and the result is he paid into the city
treasury 5000 for the grading of Main,
Washington and South Third streets. Mr..
Clancy represents a large class, who. as
the Posr-INTELLIeEsCER has frequently
maintained, may be reached by means
which appeal to their public spirit and
their desire to be honest. but who will
resist and in some cases could successfully
resist, attempts to compel payment by pro-
cess Of law. They recognize that their fell
low-citizens have a moral claim for part
Of the assessment, but, through some tech
nical omission, the legal claim is weak or
Che assessment is extortinate.
Mr.. Clancy is known to be man of
arm will, and his submission to sudpiter
IN mode Is not only good example to
Others, but a great encouragement to the
city council to defer resort to legal meas
ures until oil gentle means have failed.
There are men who can pay and who
should pay their grade taxes. but who
win not pay, either because they think
they ought not to pay or because on
general principles they never pay until
they are compelled to. All cases should
be sifted through the meshes of the COM
promise sieve. The refractory remainder
can he treated as stubborn ores are
treated, but all who are willing to do
what's fair" should be given the oppor-
Srpst,v
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Demand That Congress Give Lands t
the States-CommitteesA Appointed.

demand Ihae Congress ulvo Aahus 10
the states-CommitteesA Appointed.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. 1.-THE irrigation
congress closed Its session today, after pro-
mitigating the following resolutions, the result
OF the deliberations of the convention:
Resolved, That this congress 10 in favor OF
granting in trust upon such conditions as shall
best serve the public interest, to the states and
territories needful OF irrigation ali lands now a
part of the public domain within such states and
territories, except mineral land, for the purpose
of developing irrigation to render the lands now
arid and fertile and capable OF supporting a
population.
Upon the request Of the Kansas delegation the
following was adopted:
Resolved, That 1t is justly due the settlers Of
Montana. the Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska,
Kansas and Oklahoma. who have paid into the
United States treasury $l,00O,O0O in the pur-
chase OF these lands, and have expended other
millions In fruitless attempts TO farm them
without irrigation, that portion oil the funds
50 paid be expended in securing to such lands
the benefit OF irrigation.
As q committee to prepare a memorial to con-
gress the convention appointed c. C. Wright, OF
California; Plat Rogers, Colorado; A. ID. Foote,
Idaho; A. w. Stubs, Kansas; J. C.. Bodkin,
Montana; John Abbott, Nebraska; s. d. II. Men,
ger, New Mexico: J. H. Hamilton, Oregon; J. III.
Bailey, South Dakota: w. Gresham, Texas; W..
H. King, Utah; Frank Bond, Wyoming; C. w.
Church, Nevada. The executive committee con-
sists of Isaac Trumbull, OF California; A. ID. Ed
gar. Idaho; J. w. Gregory, Kansas; W. A. CLARK,
Montana; James Stephenson, Nebraska; W. III.
Poor, New Mexico; J. n. Huntington, Oregon;
]. A. Bailey, South Dakota; N. Jones, Texas;
Edward Meade, Wyoming; w. A. smythe, Utah.