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The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12
Perhaps a Sparrow Lynching.

A supposed evidence of Judgment and
punishment among birds or else an &C
cident was supplied the other day in an
English sparrow which hung suspended
by a string from the cornice of the great
north doorway of the main building of
Girard college. The string was about a
yard long and appeared twisted about
the neck of the bird. Just before the
event came off a sort of sparrow conven-
ton was held, as any number of them
swept and circled about the place, chat
tering and acting very noisily.
This may have been the session of the
court, for the noise was succeeded by a
deep silence, and then the unlucky SUBJ
ject of attention was swung over tho
line. Project George W. Price, who is
very much of a scientist in his way,
said the sparrow had been hanged for
some high crime known only to birds,
while Mr.. Danenhour believes it was a
plain suicide. Philadelphia Times.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12
Concluded Not to RIM.

The house had been picked up by a
tremendous cyclone and hurled and
whirled and crashed through tree tops
m over fields until at last it fell in an
old buffalo wallow and was riven to
klndllng wood. There was a slight COM
motion among the debris, and at last
the Kansas man crawled out, stunned
and bleeding. He looked about with a
dazed air at the new surroundings, two
counties away from home; but, sudden
" Frightening up, he cried, "Mr. Presi-
dent and gentlemen of the convention, I
Withdraw my name. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12

show Won't that the book is written by
men for men Nc man has ever seen or
talked with God, and when the old He
brews tell us God said SO we know it was
a Pigment of their imagination
1.-THE new woman movement was born
Of infdelity, and 1t will end in a repudia-
ton of the God of the Bible by every wom-
an in sympathy with the movement.
"The same women who are the forefront
Of the battle against the Bible are the
champions of the new dress and bicycle
cyaze.' They have canonized the first
American IN who put on breaches
and will build her a monument in the
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12

delicate and unwomanly conduct, she saws
that it was her love of exciting pleasure
that tempted her to take the false step.
She is mistaken. 1t was not the love of
pleasure, but a personal devil. Satan en-
tered into her that he might degrade and
get her picture into the columns of some
looking glass paper and make her the
subject of obscene comment in every club
house and gathering of filthy sensational
lists.
Recently a great religious convention
in an eastern city concluded it's exercises
by a bicycle race on the streets between
700 men, women and preachers Could
anything less than a personal devil have
instigated such a performance"
Replying to his critics in a newspaper
letter DIR. Hawthorne said:
"A little more than 40 years ago Cady
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, weary of
the restraints Of the Bible and the law of
God written on their own being, mounted
the stump and began their career as polit-
ical crusaders. Then began the evolution
that has eliminated in the new woman"
Bishop Doane OF New York has cata-
1ogued a few Of the denominations for
which these creators Of the new mi are
responsible-'A new Bible, translated into
UAO oAASiAInA ICOOAu VI CIO1llOu1
constitutions altered to disturb the equi-
poise of the relation between man and
woman; motherhood replaced by mannish-
ness; neglected homes which furnish can
didates for ~mismanaged Offices; the fires
of political discord lighted on the hearth
stone Of domestic peace and the destruc.
ton OF the instructive chivalry Of conceded
courtesies.'
why did not the distinguished bishop
go further and tell us that Cady Stanton
has notified the army Of new women that
she has reached the conclusion that the
Bible is an antiwoman book and should be
consigned to oblivion. Here is q literal
quotation from this progenitor Of the new
woman: The Bible has a strong hold on
multitudes Of women and is the chief block
In the way of their emancipation. The
general tendency Of its teaching is to de-
grade woman, to assign her IN inferior po-
sition, subject to man. 1t makes her the
origin Of evil, marriage q condition Of
slavery, maternity q curse. l want to
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12
Tho ErOtic Mania,

The latest naturalization and COM
pllcatlon OF the erotie mania are present.
ed in a Massachusetts village, where a
snubbed sutton shot a girl because she
would not return his presents. New
York Telegram.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12

The irrepressible new woman who
hatters herself that the bloomer is an
Indication Of the sex's emancipation
should consider that this masculine
garment has been worn by the women
of benighted Turkey for centuries, and
hat the ONE of Turkey are being
sold as chattels in the marts of Con-
stantinople to-day.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.

State Land Agent Page has set aside
for the state normal school several
thousand acres of valuable timber land
in the Flathead country. The people
Of Dillon are to be congratulated in
having Mr.. Pages friendship and good
Offices at such an opportune time.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12
Only the Skirmish Line.

Thus far that has been a campaien Of
dlnlng. up to date the most formidable
gun fired has been a champagne bottlaI
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12
INSPIRED BY THE DEVIL
DR.. Hawthorne's Opinion of the
New Woman Movement.
CONDEMNS CYCLING AND BLOOMERS
Says Satan Inspires Women to Ride Wheels
and That Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Susan b. Anthony Are Making Wal on
the Bible.

the Bible.
Should women ride bicycles?
DR.. J. B. Hawthorne, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Atlanta, thinks not, and
his vigorous criticisms have aroused the
ire of Georgia cyclers to fever heat. DR..
Hawthorne has no patience with the new
woman talk. He is against the "new''
woman-against the entire genus, and es-
pecially against the bicycle variety. He be-
lieves she is not the woman of the Bible.
Not that he means to c~riticise in any way
the morals of the individual women who
ride, but the tendency, he says, is bad. In
a recent sermon the doctor said:
when the bicycle woman realizes her
disastrous mistake and begins to suffer
from the unenviable notoriety of her in
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12

The Worlds Fair Tests
showed no baking powder
so pure or so great In keay.
eal1G power as the Royal
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12

The Inter-Mountain protests en-
phatically against the Basin Times at.
tack ON the city officials of Butte on
the ground that the Times man is ont
of his territory. The Times man will
propaby retaliate and the fight prom.
1ses to be interesting. jim Brown
made his reputation as a roaster nv
toasting the county officials of.Jetferson
a beautiful brown, and Johnnie Reid of
the 1nter-MOuntain recently performed
the remarkable feat in journalistic gym.
nastics Of supporting two republican
municipal tickets. A war of words he.
tween such Intellectual giants is sure to
result in the wholesale shedding of ink.
There will be all kinds of pretty
schoolmalms and graybeard solons of
education in Virginia within the next
ten days The county institute opens
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12

The latest intelligence from Wash
ington is to the effect that President
Cleveland has taken a decided stand
on the Nerzuelian boundary controyer-
sy with Great Britain and will support
the Monroe Doctrine. If this news is
true then Grover Cleveland. for once
at least. represents the sentiment of
the people of America.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12

The Weekly Transcript will begin
journalistic life in Helena some time
this month. DR.. A. H. Hersey. the
well known literatus, will have editor
la1 charge of the new publication.
which is a guarantee of its excellence.
1t will be a state publication, and il its
financial future is in keeping with
what 1t promises to be in a literary
way, its uccess is assured. The peo-
pie OF this section will remember DR..
Hersey as the gentleman who WI ote of
the greatness of Madison county in A.
current number of the Northwest Mag
azine.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12
BEAR IN MIND

that we keep in
stock a full line of
CENTS FURNISHING GOODS
also Ladies Supplies.
We do not carry
Boomers, but we
can can furnish
the material to
make them.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12
For winter we have

OvercOats,
Lined Duck Suits,
Felt Boots with Heavy
Rubbers,
Wool Gloves, Lined Gloves
Blankets, Quilts,
German Socks, G ps, Mitts,
Wraps, Overshoes, ETC., at
Astonishil 6 Low Prices.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-10-12
Finance Of Prophet

predicts a hard winter.
10 overcome this, you will
need make your money 90
as far a. possible.
We will give you the
Most Goods for the Least
Money Of ANY OTHER
HOUSE IN THE COUN-
TY.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18

office in March, 1898, with cash bal
ance in the treasury ofS124, Us, 0SS, and
the interest bearing debt was $685., OOO,-
600. BY borrowing Sill 100000 by the
two issues of B per cent bonds and $751;
500 600 on per cents, the government
has raised its interest bearing debt to
about S747, 900, 900, and by refusing to
nav debts overdue has raised its cash
balance to $l93, 826, 592. But all these
operations do not serve to hide the fact
that the change III the revenue system,
to which the party in power sacrifices
everything else, has left the govern
ment without revenue enough to meet
its necessary expenses. 1t is so often
said that the Republican administra-
ton left the government in difficulty,
Notwithstanding the actual cash bal
ance on hand, as above stated, that it
may be we'll to recur to the fact that
the actual revenue fell only $1,000, 900
below the expenditures for the eight
months of the fiscal year preceding the
Inauguration of President Cleveland.
Under the old laws there had been for
years no difficulty, and would have
been none had those laws remained in
force without the threat of a change of
policy
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18
FARM AND ORCHARD NOTES.

Permanent sod, without fertilizing,
is an injury to the orchard. This has
been proved in the experience of nearly
every successful orchardist.
Where limbs Of trees have been in
jured by winds saw them off SO as to
leave smooth surface, and then apply
melted tallow to the exposed portion.
Pear trees, both dwarf and standard,
love good ground; if little inclined to
clay so much the better, though any
fair garden soil will suit them. But
they must not be crowded, even if
dwarfs; nine or ten feet apart is close
enough.
In selecting a farm the subsoil should
receive due consideration. 1t ought to
be nearly, or quite, as rich in mineral
matter as that near the surface. If pos
sible it should have drains of water run
ming through it. fan impervious clay
it will need more thorough draining
than if mixed with gravel If sand, it
will hold nothing, will be easy to ex-
haust and hard to renovate.
An experiment with fertilizers is
more instructive when practiced on the
farm than at the experiment station.
Five dollars expended on small plot
of ground in the use of fertilizers on Sc
lected crops or plants will enable the
farmer to learn facts that may save him
hundreds of dollars, as well as largely
increase his yields. The only way to
break off from old practices and i'm
prove, without mourning risk, is to ex-
pertinent.
The appearance of moss on apple
trees shows that there is excess of water
in the soil, and this occasions lessened
vitality. Washing the trunk with
water in which potash has been dissol-
solved will remove the moss, but it will
come again unless it's cause is removed.
The land should be drained for orchards
as for other crops. 1t is by understand
ing that the soil is deepered, so that the
subsoil will hold moisture in shape for
the roots to use. Stagnant water is of
no benefit, and is more often the cause
of moss on trees than any other one
thing.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18
A FICTITIOUS FISCAL SHOWING.

The financial policy of the present
federal administration geminds THE
ISLANDER of that choice bit Of Bret
Harte's "plain language from truthful
ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain the heather Chiree is PECULIAR"
THE ISLANDER is not much inclined to
make invidious or offensive compari-
sons but it strikes the editor that ''ior
WAYS that are dark and tricks that are
vain" President Cleveland and Secre-
tary Carlisle are peculiar. The secretary
is an expert at juggling with figures,
and the glazing discrepancies between
his estimates of government receipts
under the Democratic tariff, internal
revenue and income tax laws, and the
actual figures of such receipts, has rem
dered necessary some peculiar figuring
I'm order to make fictitious showing of
improvement at the end of the fiscal
year. For instance, the trsasury has re-
fused to pay part of its actual obliga-
tions under appropriation laws enacted,
although these laws were so far below
the real expenses of the government
that some branches of the public service
have been seriously crippled. In a
sharp review of the treasury report for
the fiscal year the New York Tribune
says: president Cleveland came into
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18

THE Whatcom Reveille notes that
"E. c.. Klipstein, a Virginia farmer has
been investigating, through the books
of country store, the fall of farm prod
ucts since 1867, and discovered that at
that time 80 bushels of wheat brought
$3.50. so while in 1895 he could get but
Sl38. 1t appeared that he had been
robbed of half his crop by "demonetiza-
ton" or some other conspiracy. Fur
Their investigation showed that his $13S
would buy of necessaries, like groceries,
dry goods, hardware, etc, in 1895, as
much as $341 .OS in 1867 He thinks the
complaint of the fall Of prices peculiar
to those who from location, misfortune,
or thriftlessness, do not have the SO
bushels of wheat"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18
SHERIFF'S SALE

State of Washington,
County of San Juan. %
Under and by virtue of certain execu-
ton or order of sale issued out of the Su-
periOr Court Of the State of Washington.
for San Juan County, on the 18th day of
July, 1895, by the Clerk thereof in the
cause wherein M. r. Lundblad is plain
tilt and James j. Doyle, Administrator of
the estate of John Edwards, deceased ,and
George f. Hess, are defendants, No. us.
and to me as Sheriff, directed and deliver
ed.
Notice is hereby given that 1 will pro-
coed to sell to the highest bidder for cash
within the hours prescribed by law for
Sheriff sales, tOwit: at 10 o'clock, a. M, on
the Goth day of August 1895, before the
court house of said San Juan county. in
Friday Harbor, San Juan county. state of
Washington, all of the right, title and in
terest of the said defendants, James ].
Doyle, Administrator of the estate of ohm
Edwards, deceased, and George F. Hess,
in and to the following described real es-
tate situate in San Juan county. state of
Washington, towit: Lots Four "a and
Five ~ and the southeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of section seven
% and Lot Seven %, and the
northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter of section eighteen 1S) in Town
ship Thirtyfour GA North of Range One
a., west of Willamette meridian. levied
upon as the property OF said defendants
James J. Doyle, Administrator of the es-
tate of John Edwards, deceased, and Geor-
ge F. Hess, to satisfy a judgment in fav
or of said plaintiff NJ. r. Lundblad
to Twelve hundred and Fortv-
nine and 46-l00 Dollars (Sl249. 46), and all
costs and increased cost of this suit and
sale.
Given under my hand at Friday Har-
Dor, this 10th day of July, 1895.
NEWTON JONES,
Sheriff of San Juan County, Wash.
w FL. THACKER, Atty. for Plaintiff.
First Pub. July Is, 1895.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18
G. w. Dennis Suicides While Sick.

Port Townsend, July 14,-News
comes from WILDLY island that last
Thursday evening, G. w. Dennis, civil
engineer and county surveyor of Island
county, committed suicide by drowning
in lake POndllla, near Point Partridge,
He left his home early in the afternoon
saying he was going bathing. Night
passed without his return and his wife
aroused the neighborhooda and seaech-
ing party started out eraly Friday
morning. Searchers soon found a cane
and hat belonging to Dennis on raft.
The waters of the lake were dragged.
resulting in finding the body fifty feet
from the raft. The family relations of
the deceased were pleasant, and his f.
nancial affairs were satisfactory. The
only cause that can be assigned for the
act is that he was laboring under tenn
porary mental dependency growing
out of lingering illness. He leaves a
wife and two grown children.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF WASHINGTON !
COUNTY OF SAN JUAN %


COUNTY OF SAN JUAN %
Under and by virtue of certain execu-
ton, or order of sale issued out of the
Superior Court of the State of Washington,
for San Juan County, on the 18th day of
July, 1895, by the Clerk thereof, in the
cause wherein M. r. Lundblad is plain
tiff, and William P. Holt and Sarah c..
Holt, his wife, j. E. Ellis. and Jessie E.
Ellis, his wife, are defendants, No. 1876
and to me as sheriff directed and deliv-
cred.
NOTICE is hereby given that I will pro-
coed to sell to the highest bidder, for cash,
within the hours prescribed by law for
Sheriff Sales, to-wit: At 10 o'clock, a. M.
ofthe 22st day of August, A. d. 1895, before
the Court House of said San Juan County.
in Friday Harbor, San Juan County.
State of Washington, all of the right.
title and interest of the said defendants
William Holt, and Sarah G. Holt, his wife
j. E. Ellis, and Jessie E. Ellis, his wife
in and to the following described real
estate situate in said San Juan County.
east quarter of the northwest quarter and
the north half of the northeast quarter of
section nine (9), and the northwest quarter
OF the northwest quarter of section
ten lO, township thirty-fve (35)
north of range three (3) west Of the Will
lamette meridian, levied upon as the
property of William P. Holt, and Sarah
c. Holt his wife, and j. E. Ellis, and Jes-
sic E. Ellis, his wife, to satisfy Judgment
in favor of said plaintiff, M. r. Lundblad,
amounting to Six Hundred and Ninety
five Dollars (S69500) and costs and increas-
ed costs of this suit and sale.
Given under my hand at Friday Harbor.
this 10th day of July, A. D. 1895.
NEWTON JONES, Sheriff of San Juan
County, State of Washington.
w. IL. THACKER, Atty. for Plaintiff.
First Pub. July Is, 1895.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18
EXECUTORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Lewis Truedell, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given by the under
signed executor of the Estate OF Lewis
Truedell, deceased, to creditors of and
all persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within one year
from the date of the first publication of
this notice, to the said executor at his
residence, on San Juan Island, San Juan
County, State of Washington, the same
being the place for the transaction OF the
business of said estate.
EZERA PAPELLION.
Executor of the estate of Lewis Truedell,
deceased.
w. II. Thacker, attorney for executor
Date of first publication, June 20, 1895.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18

Evaporated potatoes is the latest pre-
served food product of the Pacific coast.
A Washington concern engaged in the
business of preparing evaporated apples
and prunes has been experimenting
with potatoes, and finds that, prepared
in this way, they will keep good for
an indefinite time and retain practical.
ly all their food value.-N. Y. Sun.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18
FOREWARNED AND FOREARMED.

In the opinion of the New York Tri
bune the protectionists of the country
owe gratitude to "The New York
Times" for service rendered, perhaps
unwittingly, in recent article about
the possible triumph of free coinage in
the presidential contest by throwing
the election into the House. In that
event, "The Times" stated, only twenty
states could be depended upon to vote
for the sound money Republican candi-
date, while the states controlled by the
Democrats, it was confessed, might vote
with the free silver and Populist dele
cations for free silver candidate. 1t is
well to be forewarned that the some
what vOciferous "sound money" Demo-
Gratis, if they get chance, are liable to
sell out TO the Populists for the sake of
sharing the spoils. But the exposure
of this possibility will everywhere help
the Republicans to defeat any such
scheme for barter by securing major
If the latest elections in different
states give any guidance, the Demo-
Gratis cannot hope to carry single nor
thern state east of the Mississippi river.
There is nothing to indicate that sim
gle state formerly called doubtful in all
that region is doubtful any longer. In
jury to manufactures has made Rhode
Island give over 5000 Republican plu-
rality, Connecticut 10000 and New
Hampshire $4,000. The same influence
with overthrow of local rings and pro-
vision for honest elections, leave little
chance that the people who gave 1885,
600 Republican plurality in New York
and $4,000 in Now Jersey can be over
come by Democratic fraud. Ohio Hi
nois and Michigan are each giving in
these days over 100000 plurality for
protection, Wisconsin over $4,000 and
even Indiana nearly $4,000 and the
transfer of power in local elections since
last fall has deem altogether against the
Democratic party. These northern
states east of the Mississippi have 205
electoral votes, and Iowa and Minnesota
with twenty-five more also seem quite
safe enough, to say nothing Of other
states further west and south.
But if there were greater reason to
doubt, if events should in any way so
alter the situation that the Democrats
might hope to succeed in any northern
state, it Will in that case be a tremen-
dous argument against them that the
election of a Republican president by
the people is the only sure way to pre-
vent a sale of Democratic votes to the
Populists and the choice of free silver
president. 1t is true such bargain
can be more easily talked about than
made. On the face of things, it looks
as if Republican delegations from at
least twenty-five states would unhesi-
tatingly support the candidate of ther
party, with Maryland equally divided
and therefore not voting, while change
of single sound money Democrat in
Maryland or Kentucky woulp give the
Republican candidate majority. Nor
is it to be assumed that delegations
from the remaining Republican states,
Colorado, Montana, North and South
Dakota, Washington, Wyoming and
Idaho, will vote against the party 10y
which they were elected.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-18
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Superior Court of the State OF
Washington, for San Juan County.
IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of Matthias
Paul Ruthlefsen. deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, Oscar Hahn. Executor Of the es-
tate of Matthias Paul Ruthlefsen, deceas-
ed, to the creditors of and all persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased or his
estate, to present and exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers within one year
after the first publication Of this notice,
towit: One year after the 18th day Of July
1895, to said executor at his residence in
Friday Harbor, San Juan County, Wash
ington. the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said estate
in the state of Washington.
OSCAR HAHN,
Executor of the Estate of Matthias Paul
Rethlefsen, Deceased.