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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. THERE'S only one
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in.
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is lnflamed
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness, Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars; free.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

Denver, Dec. 81 ID. G. Beaman.
Josiah Walbridge and Charles E. No
Bile, the commission appointed by Gov
ernor Adams to investigate the recent
Indian troubles in the vicinity of Lily
Park, filed their report with the gov
ernor this afternoon. The report is an
almost complete vindication of the
game wardens, and shows that the In
dams were alone responsible for the
bloody conflict in Routt county last
month, in which several Of their mum.
Der were killed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
KNOCKED OUT.

1t knocks out all calculations of attend
ing to business in the right way for day
when we wake up in the morning sore and
stiff. The disappointment lies in going to
bed all right and waking up all wrong.
There is short and sure way out of it. Go
to bed after good rub with st. Jacobs Oil
and you wake up all right; soreness and
stiffness all gone. So sure is this, that men
much exposed in changeful weather keep
bottle of it on the mantel for use at night
to make sure of going to work in good fix.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

Milwaukee, Wis.,, Dec. 21.-The big
passenger steamers, the Iowa, of the
Goodrich Transportation line, and the
Petoskey, Of the Huron line, collided
off Kenosha this morning. The Petos-
key was bound for this city and the
Iowa for Chicago. The extent of the
damage is not known, but was not seri-
Gus enough to prevent the steamers
completing their trips.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
Wages Arc Reduced.

Manchester, N. H., Dec. 22.-No.
tices of 10 per cent reduction in
wages on January / have been posted
in the Amore. Stark AMI jefferson cot
ton mills, in this city. The Amoskeag
mills. employing 5000 operatives,
posted similar notices last week. The
Amole, Stark and Jefferson mills en-
ploy II 900 operatives.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

Pittsburg, Pa. Dec. %. - Adam
Brodrich was killed and number Of
others slightly hurt by the bursting OF
q dywheel at the South Third street
plant of the Oliver Iron & Steel Com.
pany, at an early hour this morning.
The accident was caused by an engine
becoming ungovernable. The flywheel
was Is feet in diameter and weighed
several tons.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
[Ofice of Downing, Hopkins Co., Chicago
Board of Trade Brokers. 7ll-7l4 ChamDer Oh Oona-
merce Building, Portland, Oregonl

[Ofice of Downing, Hopkins Co, Cfhcago
Board of Trade Brokers, dina Chamber OF Com
merce Building, Portland, Oregon.l
The Chicago wheat market is IN an
unusual condition. During last week
December wheat sold at premium OF
from to 12c, over cash wheat at New
York, Baltimore, St. Louis, Toideo,
Duluth and other points. At one
time the premium at Duluth was 10.
With such premiums is it wonder
that men like Armour and Weare
should take the risk of selling Deem
Der and buying the cash wheat In the
Northwest when the cost of getting 1t
here from Minneapolis by rail is not
over 7c to Sc? They not only get the
profit in the difference, but also run
the risk of the bulls changing their
minds and leaving the wheat here, or
at least good part of the 5.OOO,0oo
bushels that will be here by the end OF
the month. They know that there is a
good prospect of large milling demand
before another crop is harvested. Tins
will give them chance to secure fancy
premiums for all the good milling
wheat they may have on hand the same
as last spring. In addition they get
the storage. They believe in merchan-
dising wheat the same as any other ar
ticle, and when profit presents itself
they are not slow to get into the ter
ritory tributary to other markets and
take the wheat away from them. There
never has been such chance in years,
and they have taken advantage OF II
and run the risk of the wheat grading.
Not only has the bulge brought in free
offerings from the Northwest, where
over 900, 900 bushels have been bought
within week, but it has stimulated
holders in the winter wheat country
to send their wheat wheat here. The
bowling about the grading made them
timid about risking December sales,
and last week brought out offers OIL
more wheat than was supposed to be
in the country.
This will place larger quantity in
the visible supply and give the
bulls chance to see what there actual.
ly is and enable them to make better
plans for the future.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
Leedy's Modest Scheme.

Topeka, Kan. Dec. Ex-Governor
Leedy announces that he will present
a scheme to the Nebraska irrigation
convention which, if carried out, will
cause the arid plains to blossom as the
rose. A one thousand seven hundred
mile canal from Montana to Texas is
the startling proposition to be formally
made by Governor Leedy to the coming
irrigation congress. The purpose of
the canal would be to divert the food
of waters of the Missouri and Missis-
sippi valleys and let them down when
wanted. The canal would tap the
Missouri river at Milk river in Montana
and empty into Red river in Texas.
The governor maintains incidentally
that the cost would be only $3.50, 000,-
600
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
Earthauake in italy.

Rome, Dec. 21.-Strong earthquake
shocks lasting twelve seconds were felt
this morning. In central Italy the
walls of houses split, many chimneys
fell, bells rang and panic prevailed
among the inhabitants.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
OVER A PIECE OF GROUND.
Dispute Between the United States and
and the State of Texas.

Chicago, Dec. pa special to the
Chronicle from Fort Worth, Tex, says:
The state of Texas and the United
States government are in conflict over
a piece of ground on the east end Of
Galveston island, on which is located
the state quarantine station and which
has been taken possession of by the
federal authorities, who intend erecting
a torpedo station thereon.
The United States claims it under
the terms of the Texas annexation
treaty, which requires the ceding to the
government by the republic of Texas
of all lands used for the purpose of mill
itary defenses or upon which fortifca-
tions were standing. The state will
dispute the claim on the ground that
there were no available Notifications in
existence on the ground in controversy
at the time the treaty was made.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

To recklessly experiment upon himself with
hope of relief is the dyspeptic. Yet the nos
trums for this malady are as the sands of the
sea, and, presumably about as effiaciOus. In
Digestion that obstinate malady, even If OF
long perpetuity, is eventually overcome with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an appetizing
tonic and alternative, which cures constipation,
fever and ague, bilious remittent, rheumatism,
kidney complaint and feebleness.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
Collision ON the Southern.

Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 21.-A South
ern Pacific engine, running full speed
down the Dragon mountain east Of
Benson today, came in collision with q
double-header freight killing instantly
Engineer w. ]. Patterson, of the
freight train. and smashing the loco
motive and many of the freight cars.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
D,af Smiths Triumph.

At the battle of San Jacinto, when
Santa Ana's forces had routed Hous-
toms left wing, deaf Colonel by the
name of Smith did not hear the order
to fall back and kept on fighting until
his example and success on the right
wing caused general rally, which re-
suited In the total defeat and capture
of the Mexican army. There Is a coun-
ty in Texas named Deaf Smith in hon.
or OF the hero.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

Repton, Ala, Dec. 21.--Last night,
on the Bear creek logging road, loco
motive exploded. killing the engineer.
John O'Connor; the fireman. Jack
Clipper, and two trainmen, John John.
son and Henry Vickery.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

A Spanish woman kissed her pug
dog and died of hydrophobia last week.
The retributions of Providence for
lack of sense are often mysterious and
severe.-Pomona Progress.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

New York, Dec. 21.-While Mrs.
Margaret Spencer was cooking on an oil
stove tonight, her pet dog upset the
stove. An explosion followed, and the
woman was SO badly burned that she
died
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
Seattle Market


Butter - Fancy native creamery
brick. CSC; ranch, 16@18c.
Cheese-Native Washington, IL NC
California, 9hc.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, CSC.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 1Oc; spring chickens, $2.5O@
90; ducks, So. 50@3.75.
Wheat-Feed wheat, $22 per ton.
Oats-Choice, per ton, $4,000.
Corn-Whole, $22; cracked, per ton
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; cows, 51ac; mutton sheep
&c; pork, &c; veal, small. z.
Fresh Fish-Halibut, 5@6c: salmon,
Sc; salmon trout, 7@10c; founder.
and sole, 3@4; ling cod, 4@5; rock cod
DC; smelt, ~ @4c.
Fresh Fruit-Apples, 5Oc@$1.25 PEI
box; peaches, 75@8Oc; prunes, $50 40c
pears, 75c@$1 per box.
San Francisco Market.
Wool-Nevada 11@13c; Oregon, Il
@14c; Northern 1880 per pound.
Hops-10@14c per pound.
Misunderstanding $2O@23; Cal
ifornia bran, $17.00@18.O 90 per ton.
Onions-New red. 70@80c; do new
silverskin, $1.9O@2.OO per GENITAL.
Eggs-Store, 22@23c; ranch, arc
soc; Eastern, LAG 10; duck, 2O@25c pei
dozen.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, valencias
$1.50@3.OO; Mexican lines, $2.OO@
800; California lemons, choice, SIT!
| @2.25; do common, 5Oc@$l per box.
Cheese-Fancy mild, new, 10 Nc; fai
to good, 7@8c per pound.
Hay-Wheat, 1904; wheat ane
oat, $11@14; oat, $10@12; river bar
ley. $7@S; best barley, $10@12
alfalfa, $500 10; clover, $s.5O@l0.
Fresh Fruit-Apples, 25c@$1.25 pei
large box; grapes, 25@ Soc; Isabella
60@75c; peaches, 5Oc@$l; pears, IS,
81 per box; plums, 20@35c.
Butter - Fancy creamery, SOC
do seconds, 24@25c; fancy dairy. 26@
27c; good to choice, 22@24c per pound
| Potatoes-New, in boxes, 35@85c.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
Long Distance Signaling.

The Greenwich observatory has been
put into telegraph communication with
that of the McGill college, Montreal,
and the signals can be flashed between
the two places, distance of $500
miles. in three-uuarters of a second.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

Queen Victoria recently invited a
Glasgow singing society to sing to her
at Balmoral. Among the songs were
"Wae's Me for Prince Charlie, "Mac-
Gregor's Gathering" Bonnie Prince
Charlie'' and "Charlie Is My Darl-
inp -
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and
"PIrCHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
l, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,,
was the originator of =" PITCHERS CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHERS
CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the Kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
Portland Mark ct.

Wheat-Walla Walla, 74@75c; Val.
ley and Bluestem, 77@78c per bushel.
Four-Best grades, $4.25; graham,
S.. 40; superfne, s2.25 per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 35@36c; choice
gray, 33@34c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $1,000; brew
ing, $40 per ton.
Millstiffs-Bran, SIT per ton; mid.
dlings, $21; shorts, $18.
Hay-Timothy, $12.5O@13; clover,
$10@11; California wheat, $40; dc
oat, Sill; Oregon wild hay, 5000 pei
ton.
Eggs-1S @25c per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, $4,000;
fair to good, 45@5Oc; dairy, 40@50t
per roll.
Cheese - Oregon. 111lc; Young
America, 1870; California, 9@10t
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens mixed, $1.75@
2.25 per dozen; broilers, $4,000. so:
geese, $5.50@6.50; ducks, 4.O0@5. 0C
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10@11c pc,
pound.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, 35@45t
per sack; sweets, $1.40 per GENITAL.
Onions-Oregon, new. red, 90c; yell
. low, SOC per GENITAL.
Hops-5@14c per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c.
Wool-Valley, 14@16c per pound
Eastern Oregon, 7@12c; mohair, &c
@22c per pound.
Mutton-Gross. best sheep, wethers
and ewes, S.. so; dressed mutton
&c; spring lambs, S nc per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, 81. co.
light and feeders, $3.OO@4.OO dressed
81 50@5.O0 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $2.75@3.00
cows. $2.2 dressed beef, 4@51ac pei
pound.
Veal-Large, ~ @5c; small, 5a a
&c per pound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

There's is no kissing in Japan except
tween husband and wife-not even
between q mother and child; no shak-
tns OF hands in salutation.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

An even cubic foot of average soil
was weighed and analysed at Cornell
University 1t was found that the soil
in one acre one foot deep weighed
2,082H tons.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Drips" is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen.
turer's name lithographed on every can.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

Firelighters are made in Germany
by twisting wood into rope, cutting
it into short lengths, and dipping the
ends of the pieces into melted resin.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kans Dec IL, 1895.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

In recent lecture Professor Berg
mann, of Berlin, stated that in so
cases of perforating the skull for cpl
lepsy, he knew of only one permanent
cure
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
Observation-Disclosures Craft.

The French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc is
estimated to have cost about 81 900, 900,
of which $4,000, 900 was for aux
Hilary fittings. such as armor, gun
mountings and mechanism, torpedo
gear and special fitting.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

Giraffes are from Is to is feet from
the ground to the tip Of their horns.
Specimens from Is to IS feet have
been known.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

He who runs may read, but IL he's
running for ONCE the less be has to say
the better.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

liking Solomon's Treasure" only Aphrodisiacal
Tonic known. (See Dictionary $500 box, 3
weeks treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. o. Box
747, Philadelphia, Pa.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

Bonn's town authorities have estab-
lished tax on 'the use of the col
umns of air above the city Streets" A
projecting window or balcony pays 30
marks year and every additional bal
cony or projection over it % marks.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30

Lightning rods may be valuable if
large enough and insulated sufficiently
TO carry away a bolt of lightning. The
common lightning rod is not of much
use.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-30
Awful Warning.

Try schillins's Best tea and baking powder.
The evening times., 1897-03-13
Roma N Catholics in Crete,

AT the present moment a note about the
state Of Catholicism in Crete will prove
of interest Among the 200 900 Chris
tians at present In tie Island, barely ! 900
belong TO the Latin lite, and these chiefly
in the larger towns, Canea, Gambia, and
Rethymo When yehIse in 90 took pos
session Of the island. which was formerly
under the sway of the Byzantine Empire,
no less than eight Episcopal sees were
erected, with an arohbishbpric at Gambia
1t is, therefore, probable that at that time
nearly the whole island was Catholic.
After 1863, when Crete fell into the hands
OF the Turks, the Latin bishops, with
nearly all their clergy. left the country,
which fell into the hands of the sCiismatic
Greek clergy, who about this time came
to it. In 1874 Plus TX restored the an
cient see of Gambia, making il sufftagan to
the archbishopric OF Smyrna. At present
Fra Angelo di san Giovanni ROtOndo adj
ministers the diocese, and has under him
six fathers and five Iat brothers. scattered
among the various towns. There are three
Latin parishes in the island. at Caaca,
Gambia, and Rethymo, and a mission STA
tion, which is occa sionlHy visited, at
Sitia. There are three Catholic churches.
four boys and two girls schools. with 200
pupils, and at Canea an orphanage and
hospital in the Care OF the Sisters of st.
Joseph These latter are all French,
while the Capuchins are Italisns.-The
Tablet.
The evening times., 1897-03-13
washington and civil service.

The outlook shows that civil service
reform in part an effort to restore earlier
Conditions. It says:
To those who believe that all develop
ments, no matter how conscienceless, ara
under the law OF the survival of the fittest,
civil service reform is a reaction. Its ideal
has never been better stated than by Wash.
ington. In letter declining o. appoint a
personal friend to office. Washington wrote:
My friend - is welcome to my house
aDd welcome to my heart: but, with all his
good qualities, he is not a man of business.
His opponent. with all his DplitiCs so hOs;iIs
to me, is man OF business MY private
feelings have nothing to do with the case
attn not George Washington but President
OF the United states. AS George Washing
ton / would do this man any kindness in
my pOwer-as President Of the United Stat -
can do nothing This is the ideal to ward
which civil service refarmers are still press
ing forward. For more than a generation
it lost its hold upon the pubic life of the
nation, but like every cause whose defeats
have been due To greed and not tO con-
science, it revived again when the forces
that were against ft seemed to have secured
their complete triumph
The evening times., 1897-03-13

views are well known on this side, nine
members OF Lord Salisbury's cabinet are
convinced and consistent bimct allists, and
are all said TO be vice presidents OF the
British Emetallic League, the ayowed
purpose Of which is TO urge upon the
British government the necessity OF CO.
operating with other leading nations for
the establishment by International agree
ment of free coinage OF gold and silver at
fixed ratio Four other members of
che minority are either favorable to or
without prejudice against reconciliation.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach is the one hide
bound euld man in the cabinet, and as
he is a financial magnate and power, his
attitude is important, and viii be sup
ported. perhaps, by most of the great
banking houses of the United Kingdom;
but In spite OF that 1t is fairly evident
that the force of British opinion is not
all one way, as it was a few years ago.
Other European nations are willing enough
to make concessions to silver and would
be even glad to do so if England could
be brought to join in the arrangement
There would appear to be growing hope
that even she may come to it.
The evening times., 1897-03-13

II Mr.. Olncy were still in office the ar
rival OF a distinguished party OF Celestials,
now on their way TO Washington, might
be the occasion for great activity in the
state Department and interesting inter
national results. The party in qUes-
tion comes in a private car, and
includes several Chinese miIlionaires.
They belong to one of the two
great trusts between which Chinese Ameri-
can commercial, financial, and laundry
interests are divided. These are the "See
Yup,'' to which the visitors are attached,
and they are at war with the sam Yup."
Both syndicates appear to be of the DO
Yup'' order, since they are credited with
numerous high binding enterprises, in
elusive OF clubbing, assassination. and
other like competitive sports. The Sam
Yups have memoraiized the Chinese Ie-
cation. accusing the See Yups of conspiracy
against the Brother of the Sun, and, on
the relation OF his minister TO the United
States, that potentate has sentenced the
leaders OF the offending Sees TO decapita-
ton ''in contumscium,' and, commenced
proceedings at home on the relatives and
friends of the families 1t is to straigh ten
out this inter trust and International tangie
that one of the high opium joint contracting
parties comes to the Capital.
The evening times., 1897-03-13

row which was king a great to do
over the repairing of nest The little
fellow flew in and out OF the hole, col
and interwea wing them with the old
work of the nest. Finally the bird Sc
cured a long piece of grocer's cord. such
as Is used to tie up small packages, and
flew with it to the nest The workmen
saw the bird enter the hole with the
string trailing after it. Then as the part
of the cord still hanging out OF the hole
was submitted e. several continued Jerks
they concluded that the bird was inter
wea wing the cord with the fabric of
the nest. They dismissed the matter for
the time being and went bout their work
Later In the day the bird was seen to
be hanging dead outside the hole. A
slipnuoSe on the end of the string which
1t had been using to build the nest was
tightly drawn around its neck and part
OF one wing. A photograph was taken
on the spot and an examination made.
1t was evident that the bird had drawn
the string into the hole until nothing but
the slpnooSe remained outside. Then
for some purpose had flown quickly out
and in so doing had passed its head
through the moose. The force with which
the moose closed around it's neck must
have strangled the bird instantly. 1t
hung limp, the Interviewing of the other
end of the string in the nest keeping it
from IA ling TO the ground.