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he had been spending part of the day.
Only one witness, he says could prove
this. and this is an individual who trav-
eled with him as far as P and en-
tered into conversation with him. Ad-
vertisements have been inserted in all
the papers by Fenthurst's legal advis-
ers, but as no answer has been forth
coming, il is generally believed that the
whole story is a myth. The murder was
committed On February 6. Since his
condemnation the prisoner has been
confined in Silkminster Jail, where his
execution will take place"
Astonishment and dismay confronted
me as laid the paper down. l was the
missing witness they had so vainly
sought.
7 had entered into conversation on the
return journey with the only other oc-
cupant of my compartment, young
man with a small black bag, on which
were painted the letters &C. F." re-
membered all this distinctly. In order
10 make sure 1 snatched up my dairy
and quickly turned TO the date of the
murder, February s. There was the
entry.
The horror OF the situation now
flashed upon me. A mans life-the life
of my old friends son-depended upon
me.
looked at my watch, 1t was just IL
o'clock. Hurriedly 1 dragged on my
boots, thinking the while what / should
do
NV first impulse was to rush TO the
telegraph Office. Then, with dismay. 1
remembered that II was shut for the
night after s o'clock and that the post
master took the $3.50 train to large
town about FIVE miles off. leaving the
Office for the night In the charge of a
caretaker, and returning by an early
train the next morning.
Then 1 thought of going to the po-
lice (there were just two constables and
a sergeant in our little town., but what
could they do more than /?
Madly threw on my hat and rushed
out. 1 ran in a mechanical way to the
post-office.
Then I started for the railway sta
ton. This was about half a mile from
town. AS 1 hurried along. thought,
with fresh dismay. that this would also
prove a fruitless errand. for the last
I, train 20 silkminster was the $3.50 p. m.
Should I wait tfil the morning and
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DOLLARS AND CENTS.

The little state of Delaware might be
bought for s59,951,643.
In 1891 there were s407. 900 In gold.
and $4,000. 900 in silver.
South Cardinals wealth of all kiads
Is estimated at 1888, $50. 1856.
There are over $1,000 900 worth of
hats now worn by our people.
Oregon, with all Its resources, Is es-
timated to be worth $52,522,0S4.
The state of Louisiana, sugar plaata-
tons and all. Is worth $3.50. 162,439
The state of Colorado was estimated
at the last census at $74,4T1,693.
Washington, including real and per-
sonal property. is valued at s2S,S10.69S.
The most marked increase In value
in this country has been In the land.
There are believed to be over 40, 000.-
900 watches in use among our people.
In 1880 over $1,000 100000 worth OF
property was legally exempt from tax
alton.
The great state Of California was val
ued by the assessors of 1890 at $5S4,-
57s,036.
Utah, including the improvements
made by the Mormons. is worth s24.-
775.279.
The Dakotas were rated In the elev-
enth census as having a wealth of 60
s21 $50.
The Lone Star State of Texas has In
ita enormous territory a wealth of $780,
4,b15.
The state OF Alabama, including cot
ton fields and iron mines. is worth si22-
ss7,22s.
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world. 1t was little after o'clock
one evening in April that / finished the
second volume of my work. 1t was with
great satisfaction that / wrote, and
with considerable flourish. too, the
words, END OF Volume the Second"
1t was useless doing any more that
night, so 1 put on my hat and coat
and started off for an evening stroll.
had no sooner stepped into the street
than boy accosted me with bundle
Of papers under his arm and the re-
quest, Buy an evening paper, sir?" /
bought one. put it in my pocket, and
resumed my walk.
Ny landlady had brought I'm my sup
per, and. as my walk had given me an
appetite, it was with no small pleasure
that l viewed a goodly joint of cold beef
awaiting my attack.
l had laid the newspaper on the table
when entering the room. intending to
read it during supper. but 1t was not till
1 had lit pipe and subsidized into coy
armchair by the fire that unfolded the
sheet of printed matter.
Therefore 1 looked at the leader. "
Something about a new Greek loan"
That didn't interest me. 1 skipped
NAAAOhbh the Hlllt lltIIlS VI htho ohN
hurried jottings and summaries pecul-
lar to our evening papers. Presently
my eye was caught with the following
paragraph heading:
impending Execution of the Clinfold
Murderer
THE murderer of the unfortunate
James Renfrew will be hanged tomor-
row morning at s o'clock. The wretched
man, whose name-Charles Fenthurst-
Is now in everybody's mouth. still per-
sists in his plea of innocence"
The name of Fenthurst was most IA
miliar to me. / had formed n deep
friendship with man of that name.
He was a good fifteen years my senior
and had died about two years previous
ly. knew he had son named Charles.
a young fellow, who had emigrated TO
south Africa early in life. Could this
be the same man? ] read on:
at will be remembered that at the
trial the strongest circumstantial evil
dence was brought to bear upon Fent-
hurst The murder took place in a
house on the outskirts of the small town
Of Cllnfold.
1T was proved that Fenthurst was In
the habit of frequenting Renfrew's
premises and that, apparently, he was
expected there on the evening in ques-
ton. He was seen near the place soon
after the crime was committed and sew
eral other proofs of a strongly coRdem-
natory character were also laid against
him.
lie has persisted from the first, how
ever, in maintaining that he was absent
from Clinfold at the very time the MUIR
der took place. This was about O'Clock
in the evening. At that hour he says
he was returning from London, where
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Entitled to Her Saw.

The story of scene at funeral at
the Mount Moriah Baptist Church, or
Bull Skin Creek, has reached this place.
Miss Made Walsh had died apparently
and the funeral was being held at the
church. When the coffin was opened
for a last look several persons declared
the girl was not dead. The undertaken
noticed a spasmodic motion of the girls
hand. In a moment the supposed
corpse rose and sat up in the coffin, ex-
claiming: Thank God!' She said she
was conscious all the time, but could
give no sign.
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THEN SHE LookEO IN BER u TIC LIE.
mystified. The driver had been do
scribed to him as an Englishman--or
perhaps Canadian, 90 or % years old,
tall and of fine proportions, and went
by the name of Smithers-Matthew
Smithers He had been some time at a
hotel as usher before coming to the
employ of the carriage owner, though
he was an expert driver and familiar
with horses.
Vivette spent the evening alone with
her father. Before asking Vivette for
full particulars of all she had learned
at Gray Sulphur Springs, he took &C.
casion to say:
"Vivettc, of course, you did not
write to Mr.. Gust while at the
Springs"
. "Most certainly not, my dear papa,
4 promised you l would not write TO
him"
''You arc good girl, vivctte. Did
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nuilt himself a wooden hike.

An employee at the Kentucky Wagon
Works, Louisville, who is somewhat of
IN artist in his line, has gone all the
builders of novelty bicycles one better.
and has constructed wheel entirely OF
wood. The frame is of bent hickory,
snd the wheels, aXles. etc, are of wood,
but it is flyer, and few wheelnen Of
high grade wheels are able to pass it
on the street. The machine, as it
comes tearing down the granite streets,
bearing its owner to and from his work.
rattles IKE a road wagon, attracting
considerable attention, and creating a
great deal Of amuseI. ent, but the rider
gets there just the same, 1t answers
his purpose and saves car fare.
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A GREAT EXPENSE
To Carry on an Almost Helpless Fight
AT Last the Fight is Over.
(FTom The Battle Greek Moon.)


Our representative called at 26 Battle
Creek Avenue the residence of 5 l. Rob.
bins, ard in an interview with him brought
out the following facts Mr. Robbins tells
of his wife's experience in manner that
carries conviction with his words. He
says. Il am sorry my wife is not at home
this p NJ, but no one knows better than
| how she has suffered during past years.
For twenty years she has been afflicted
with the various forms OF kidney com
plant and an enlargement of the liver.
She was often confined TO her bed for more
than two weeks at time suffering untold
agony. She has doctorcd constantly, and
| have paid out in doctors bills for her
alone as much as 5000 90, and then her re-
lief was only such that she would be able
to be around for a spell. Some time ago
she felt the symptoms of another attack
coming on, such as pain in through the
kidneys and back. l hardly know what
induced me TO get a box of Doan's Kidney
Pills. instead of sending for the family
physician; however, l got some and she
commenced their use. 1t was q surprise
TO us both TO see their action; the attack
was warded off, and she continued taking
them with marked improvement each day
Of their use. She is better now than she
has been in years, the pain in the back and
others in the kidneys have entirely gone.
Hardly day goes by that we do not men
ton the great good Doan's Kidney Pills
have done her. was always opposed 20
patent medicines, but confess that my
wife's experience with Doan's Kidney
Pills has done much to change my opin
ions. If it were not for those pills she
would not have been able to be oat this
afternoon.
Doans Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers-price, 80 cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y, sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name, D0aH's,
and take no other
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medalD, he said he had worn upon his
neck from boyhood; but that upon
taking bath few days before, he
had hung his coat and vest upon a
hook in the ante-room, after having
put the medal and chain in a pocket of
the latter: and that on resuming his
clothing after the bath he had dis
covered that the medal had been stolen.
And now he had come to Molier, hop
ing that the thief might have offered
the medal to him for sale. Molier was
startled, expressed regret, said he had
seen the medal years before and would
know it; that it had not been offered
to him. And he volunteered to see the
other dealers in similar articles, and TO
hunt through the pawnbrokers' shops,
saying that he might recover it thus,
when Gust himself, being a stranger to
them, might fail. Gust thanked Molier
for his interest in the matter-which
vas evidently genuine-and left.
Molicr made a thorough search
among the pawnbrokers, and all
places where thief might probably
dispose of such an article, but in vain.
The medal and chain were not to be
found.
Then Old Charley remembered the
wax impressions of the medal which
he had taken when he made the dupli-
cate, and which he had carefully pre-
served, and, in a small box, saved from
the fire with a few other articles, he
found the waxen discs with the in
scriptions still perfect. But he kept
his own secret, hoping this wax might
vet prove valuable, both to Gust and
himself. He visited the hotels to learn
whether the man Blackwell las he had
called HIMSELF was in the city; and he
resorted to all such expedients to as
certain that fact as would be likely to
as himself. 1t was still all in vain.
No clue to the lost medal could be
found.
When Adolf and Vivette, returning
from Gray Sulphur Springs, crossed
the ferry from Newport to Cincinnati,
they turned the team over to veter-
mary surgeon at the landing to treat
one J1t uOTStS w
and took carriage for their home on
Lower Market street. 1t was joyful
meeting between Vivette and her
father, and mutual congratulations
passed between them on their escape
from cholera. But soon as Vivette en-
tered her fathers bedroom, she cx-
claimed:
"oh, papa. some one has been sick
here"
Then seeing in her fathers face an
expression of assent, she added:
''Oh, why did you not send for me?''
"What would have done?" inquired
Adolf, with quizzical look.
Then it was Old Charley's turn to be
surprised!
"And you have had cholera. Adolf, as
we'll as I? Who nursed your?
81 owe my life to vivette. But where
in this panic-stricken city, uncle, could
nurse be found for your
81 was very SICK" replied Molier
chad a quacx doctor who cured me by
steam. He sent two young men &c
nurse me--God bless EN-"
sCSd bless them, indeed!" responded
vivette. adolf had cholera at the
Springs. but did not reach the stage OF
] collapse. Everybody was frightened
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WAS living In Sc
cluslon in a small
town about thirty
five miles north OF
London. 1 was writ
ing a novel.
So engrossed was
! with my task that
1had no time even to
read the newspaper
and was quite igno-
rant OF what was
going on in the
The Yale expositor., 1895-08-16

FEW DAYS BE-
fore the return of
Adolf and Vi
vette to Cincinnati
Joseph Gust called
upon Old Charley
Molier TO inquire
about a lost medal
and chain, VI aich
mot remem Gt ring
that Molier had
known of he
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CHAPTER ".

LOST MEDAL-ADoLF DEPARTS
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

It is. to quote an old saying, too much
like buying "a pig i'll poke" And
furthermore we believe 1t was unWise
for the legislature to make the con-
structiom of the buildIug under Il single
contract mandatory upon the commits
sion. 1t would have been better TO
rive The commission some Giscretinn-
arv authority, as the legislature of
Iowa did when it made provision for
the erection Of ihe magnificent capitol
building in that state. That commits
sion was in existence for about fourteen
years and there was never Il breath "t
scandal or suspicion in connection with
IT,, work. Portions of the grand struct-
IRE Wpre built by contract and portions
hv tlay labor. 1t WAS customary 10 call
for bids on parts of the work, and If
non, of th-m were satisfactory the SUI
pclinttudeit was directed to employ
;he necessary help, purchase the ncceS-
s4ry material and 20 on as if no bids
had lcen solicited. Biennial appropri-
ati0n~ were made on the basis of care
ful estimates, and while the work WIS
doubtless prolonged under this s.s,cm
for longer period than it would have
been had a single contract been let,
there WAS less opportunity for cOFFu!-
ton ard every possible guaranty OF e.
- - r l.
When, after fourteen years, the conf
ni~9ioners and their hondSmpr asked
10 hp released aud thorough investi-
CATION was made Of thHir accounts and
The vouchers for ali expenditures, 1t
WAS found that errors amounting 30 $50,
had been made during tlie eHtir,' peri d
OF construction involving expenditures
of nearly three millions of dollars and
That the commission WAS IN Gchi to the
STATE 81 20. That Was II remarkable
record, worthy of one of the erdude~t
states in the union. If the commission
IA THIS s.0.@ makes oHe equally X good
the people will have added reason to
point with pride to the capitol building,
even if thpv are inclined To believe that
a serious mistake was made in locating
thp capita! at Olympia, instead OF It
Seattle or Tacoma. The present la II
like structure may not be n disgrace to
The state, bat it certainly is not Il credit
to It, and ii is to be hoped that The coin-
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

PROF. Goodwin SMITH il the North
American Review SAYS that there can
he no hope, apparently, of laying new
foundations for Il rational theology III
any direction excepting That Of The
study OF The universe and of humanity
as manifestations Of the supreme power
in that spirit OF thoUg'It-g"ing intellect
uaI honesty OF which Huxley, who has
just been taken from Us, is truly said to
have been an iIluslrious example,
That we are made and Intended to par
sue knowledge is as certain as that we
are made and intended 10 strive for the
Improvement Of our estate, and we
cannot tell h0N far or to what reVela-
ton the pursuit may lead Us. II revc-
Iation is lost tn us, manifestation re-
mains, and great revelations appear to
be opening Oh our vieW. Agn0atici>m
X right, if it is a counsel Of honesty,
bat ought not 10 be heard if it is cUum-
sci OF despair.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

Says an old Pennsylvania farmer: Il
always know when there is to be a
WindstOrm by watching the turkeys
and chickens go TO ToOSt each night.
In calm weather the fowls always ro0ot
on their pole with their heads alernat-
ing each way; that Is, one faces east,
the next west, and so on. But when
there is going to be Il high wind they
always ro0st with their heads towards
the direction from which it is coming
There are PERSONS for these different
ways Of roasting, take it. When there
is no wind to guard against they can
see other danger more readily if they
are headed in both directions, but when
wind is to arise they face il because
they can hold their positions better
But the part I can't understand" ht
concluded, sis how the critters know
that the wiHd is going to rise when we
mortals lack ali intimation of it,"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
ADMINISTRATOR SALE.
Notice Of Sale CT Real Estate at Pr
yafc Sale.

Notice is HEREBY given that pursuant to
an order Of sale made and entered III the
Superior Court Of the State OF Washing
ton, in and Tor " hitman County. III the
matter of the estate O.. Edward i. Jones,
deceased, on the 18Th day OF June, 1875;
The IN lersigneI, administrative OF the
community property OF The said deceased
and said administrators, his sury wing
wife, will sell at private sale, subject to
confirmation by said court, upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter stated,
The hereinafter described real estate, sit
uatad III san Juan County, State OF Wash
ingt0n, to-yyit:
An undivided one-half intere5, in and
to Ile following described land beginning
at the northwest corner of the southwest
quaiter OF the northwest quarter OF see
don thirteen, in township thirty-iive,
north of range three, west OF the William
cite meridian, running thence east forty
eight rods, thence south COS feet, thence
west forty eight rod, theAce north co..
feet to the place OF beginning, containing
eleven acres, more or less:
Also an undivided 0ne-half interest III
and to The following described real estat"
to-wit: The northwest quarter OF tAo
southwest Quarter OF section eleven and
the northeast quarter OF the southeast
quarter OF section ten, all in township
tlirty-iyc, north OF range three, west OF
the Willamette meridian, containing
eighty acres, more or less.
That said parcels Of land shall be sold
separately, upon the following conditions,
t0-Wit:
That said above described eleven acres
at land is Inortgaged for the principal
sum OF 81 1890 with accrued and unpAiD
interest thereon, which principal and in
terest will Oh The 3Ist day Of August, 1850,
amount to the sum OF 10000; and farther
that there Viii on said day be taxes d"c
and uapaid on said land amounting al
said dAle t. the sam OF $}5.I2, ma.linI "a
total iacum5rance against sad eleven
a..res OF land OF the sum OF s. ,070.I2.
That the said eighty acres OF land is
mortgagel for ,hc SUM Of 81 ,0J0.c0, Will
an:.ueI and unpaid Interest thereon,
which principal and interest viii OH The
3lst day of August, 1885, amount to the
sum OF 81, lU0O0: ana further that there
VIII Oh S''i" gaze We % >''o ''.',
Oh 9'i'' '''.i, 81 S''I' '''''o
''0 sum u 20, ',,''''
90 ''''N0 ''S'',-,i't ,'.''
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~ sun '''-'-' i'''~' "''0 ---''
9''ld e'.-'te III an. - 0.'''' '''-, -
Hama = III "' sun '''']'7,' - '-'0
o''t'c7 "'"'i sun = q 07'' ~ % -
solo, "'i''1l u'''''i-i'' - 81 go ,-'''e"'''
P"ic'i'Sel "1ii' 60 pau " NV Pea l-''1'N
Pti,e ''i0i e''i' zinc '',''' t'3
''u' 'ii''' 'l5 ,'0' con
81 me "IHo''i't u 'i'' - ii '''
7.iu pa "0'9 - 'e''I'' % ,"-'' '''',' ''r PN-
oii"He price oi' '"I S>'i" p'''.Ii' VI '''''''
7ii'II W p'il III eS''ii' Ia" 1''i 'i'0-1o' "
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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

STATE OF WA5TINGTOE aa
COUNTY OF IAN JUAN -"

STATE OF WAsEuNGToE ee
COUNTY OF IAN JUAN 90
Under and by virtue Of certain cxecu-
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 NJ. Il. Lundblad is plain
tiff, and William p. Holt and Sarah c.
Holt, his wife, J. z. Ellis, and Jessie T.
Ellis, his wife, are deiendants, No. 1876
and to me as sheriff directed and deliv-
cred.
N0TIcE 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..
0ftho 225t day Of August, /. y. 1895, before
the Court House Of said San Juan County,
in Friday Harb0r. San Juan County,
State Of Washington, ali OF the right,
title and interest OF the said defendants
William Holt, and Sarah {. Holt, his wife.
J. L. Ellis, and Jessie e. Ellis, his wife,
i'll and to the following described real
estate situate in said San Juan County,
state OF Washington, to-Wit: The north
east quarter Of the northwest quarter and
the north half Of the northeast quarter OF
section nine 81, and the northwest quarter
Of the. northwest quarter Of section
ten Q0), township thirty-fve (35)
north Of range three ~ west Of the Will
lamette meridian, levied upon as the
property Of William p. Holt, and Sarah
G. Holt. his wife, and j. e. Ellis, and Jes-
sic e. Ellis, his wife, to satisfya Judgment
in favor Of said plaintiff, NJ. r. Lundblad.
amounting to Six Hundred and Ninety
five Dollars (5G050O and costs and increas-
ed costs Of this suit and sale.
Given un' er my hand at Friday uarbor.
this 10th day of July. Il. D. 1875.
NEWTON JoNEs, Sheriff OF San Juan
County, State Of Washington.
". II. THACKFR. Atty. for Plaintiff.
First Pub. July Is, 1895.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
$1,000 Worth Of Property for 5500.0e.

Do you want a home in Friday Harhor,
the most pushing little city to-day of its
size on Puget Sound. l have three lots
fa"ing on Spring street, all fenced and
sidewalked, with good buildirig on them
that cost me 500, which | offer Won FOR
500. [ have more property than | want
and offer this for one halt its value. A
small payment down is all care for, or
will sell on the inStallment plan. Sneak
quich if You want ii. l.. 3. CARTER.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

THE state capitol commissioners have
found it necessary to advertise 4 second
time for bids for the construction of the
superstr1cture of the million dollar
capitol building at Olympia. The first
call resulted in only two tenders and
they were both from Chicago and both
in excess of a million dollars. Asa mat
ter of fact the conditions are such that
1t is very doubtful if amy firm in the
state, or in the northwes' will make
any effort to secure the contract. There
is too much uncertainty attending the
price of warrants, based as they are up
on a land grant of doubtful value, mas
much as less than one half OF the
granted lands have yet been selected.
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Russian Criminals.

In spite of The repeated assurances on
the part of the Semi-ofTicial Russian
press that the deportation Of criminal
and political c0nVicts to Siberia has
ceased, it appears from municipal re-
turns ROW published at Moscow that
exactly II $50 convicts passed through
that city on their way to the penal set
Elements ofsiberia during the last year.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

y. NJ. Bailey, q well known citizen OF
Z 'Gene, Oregon, says his wife has fot
years been troubled with chr mic diar-
ril,el and used many rene lies with little
relief until she tried Cham5erlain's Collie,
Cholera and DiarrIlml Remedy, which
has cured her sound and Weel Give it a
trial and You will be surprised at the
prompt relief it affords. % and 50 cent
bottles for sale by all druggists.