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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
DROWNED IN THE SURF.
The Undertow at Atlantic City Claimed
Two Victims.

Atlantic City, Aug. 1.-Two ven
turesome bathers were drowned in the
surf today. They were Thomas G.
Laswell, aged 81, of Princeton, Ind,
and an unknown man, supposed to be
an excursionist from Philadelphia.
Laswell came here this morning with
his friend P. M. Parrot, also from
Princeton, on his first visit to the sea-
shore. The young men went into the
surf shortly before noon, and Laswell,
who seemed to be unaware of the dan
gerous undertow, was soon beyond his
depth and calling for help. The life
guards made brave effort to save him,
but the surf was SO heavy that they
were unable to reach the drowning
man. Laswell struggled in the water
for about Is minutes in full view OF
about 10000 people, gathered on the
pier, board walk and beach.
Parrott nearly lost his life in at
tempting to save that of his friend,
and was taken from the water in an ex-
hausted condition. Late in the after
noon the body of Laswell came ashore.
It was turned over to local under
taker, who prepared it for shipment to
Indiana.
When Laswell checked his valuables
at the bathouse where he obtained his
bathing suit, he laughingly remarked
to the clerk: 81 will leave my ad-
dress, so that in case / am drowned
you can send my valuables home. "
The jest was a tragedy in less than an
hour.
The second drowning occurred about
o'clock, and the body Of the man had
not come ashore to late hour tonight.
The surf today was the heaviest OF
the season, owing to gale which pre-
vailed, and between 25 and 30 persons
were rescued, many of them women.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Young Lady Caught on Railroad
Trestle Near Chehalis.

Young Lady Caught on Railroad
Trestle Near Chehalis.
Chehalis. WASH, Aug. ia young
lady who lives near Newaukum, while
walking on the railroad track toward
this town one afternoon short time
ago, had very narrow escape from
death under the wheels of a passenger
train. She was upon the long trestle
south of town when the train came.
She started to run, hoping to reach the
end of the trestle before the train
caught her, but, after running a short
distance, she fell. AS soon as the en-
gineer saw her he put on the brakes.
When the train came to a standstill,
the nose of the cowcatcher touched her
PROSTATE body. She was assisted to
raise and went on her way unframed,
except for few trif1ing scratches.
When the train got under way the pas
sengers held a meeting and passed a
resolution commencing Engineer Jones
warmly for the GOODNESS and prompt
ness with which he acted.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of" PITCHERS CASrORIA,"
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 haze 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, 1897-08-26
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing. Hopkins q Company's Review
OF Trade.


OF Trade.
There was large and rapid advance
in the prices Of wheat during the past
week with prospects of higher range
of prices the rest of the year. Spot
wheat is difficult to get, even at pre-;
MUM and the demand is pressing Tor
old wheat; 1916, 900 bushels have been
taken in Chicago this week for prompt
and future shipment on foreign orders
the bulk of which was taken at the
advance early in the week.
This general advance is more the out
come of the hand-to-mouth consump-
ton of twelve months overtaking the
small stocks both here and in Europe,
as we have pointed out time and again,
than of short European crops now being
reaped. Prosperity is coming, In the
fact that tho European consumer is pay
ing the American farmer better price
than the majority of spectators put
upon the wheat. The actual value OF
the new crop is 20 cents higher than
the professional short seller made it IN
June, when they were selling Septem-
Der freely at So cents, and the farmer
is to be congra ulated that this advance
comes before the grain leaves his hands.
And so long as the legitimate demand
keeps the spot wheat at premium, no
combination or monopoly can profitably
depress the futures, as the experiences
of the past six months have proved.
So, for the near future, it will be safe
to buy wheat on each decline, as the
speculative market is broadening and
outside buying increasing, and will in
crease as the state of the country i'm
proves.
Although the sensational press tried
to show local manipulation in July de-
liz cry, Chicago is still the lowest mar
ket in the country, with spot wheat
this week 10 cents over the highest
price in July, and we would have seen
a much higher price during this month
had not holders of wheat been fright
ened in June by sensational rumors OF
large receipts; DOW the cash demand far
exceeds, in proportion. the speculative
demand. AS in the May and July de-
liveries, the September speculative
price is steadily advancing to the price
of the spot wheat, which, as in those
months, will finally fix the value in the
latter end of this month.
We are now having large receipts of
wheat from an ample crop of fine quail
ity-this week 5,343, 4O6 bushels at the
nine primary markets, compared with
3,217,382 bushels for the same last year.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
The Work of Whitecaps.

Cincinnati, O., Aug. 17.-For three
months, band of whitecaps has been
causing terror in the vicinity of Ken
sington, KY, and a determined stand
will be made against them. About two
weeks ago, they called at the home OF
Ward Bolan, superintendent Of Ken
sington subdivision, and by force COM
PEELED him to 60 to the woods with
them. There they whipped and beat
him in most brutal manner. Later
they found man named O'Hara camp
ing on Kensington lake, with woman,
he claims was his wife, and they beat
the man and woman shamefully.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

Madison, Wis, Aug. 17.-Professor
Lincoln, of the state university, when
at work in his chemical laboratory,
was thrown across the room by an ex-
plosion, and when found two hours
later was still unconscious. He will
be disfigured bY the accident.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
The Water Hyacinth Doomed

The water hyacinth, which was i'm.
ported into Florida from Venezuela
some years ago and was seriously i'm.
pending navigation in the st. Johns
river, is being killed by small red
spider. This spider is said to be also
an importation from Venezuela and is
known as u deadly enemy to water
growth of this character. At Palatka
thousands of acres of water front were
covered with this thick acquatic vege-
tation and the situation was becoming
so serious that a state commissioner
had been appointed to officially report
upon means for it's destruction. 1t il
now believed that the red spider will
clear the river of the nuisance in one OF
two years.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

Wasco, Or, Aug. 17.-Last night,
about midnight, fire broke out in a
sleeping tent in which the small chill
dren Of Mr.. G. Huck's family were
sleeping. One little one, about 6 years
old, was burned until only the charred
trunk remained. The fire originated
from lighted candle which was al
lowed to burn too low. In trying to
save the child. Mr.. Huck was overcome
by smoke, and came near losing his
life. His hands, feet and legs were
frightfully burned.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
THE COTTON CROP.
Estimated at Nine and Three Quarter
Mill ms Bales.

Mill ms Bales.
New Orleans, Aug. II. - Fl. M.
Neill, the well-knOwn cotton statisti-
clan, has issued a circular on the
growing crop. After referring to the
correctness of his estimate made in
July, 1894, of the crop of that season,
Mr.. Neill says:
Sat this moment for this year the
promise is equal to any previous year
in every state but Texas, and even al
lowing that Texas should fall short OF
her maximum product by 100000
bales, the outlook now is for crop of
at least 9,750,000, with 100000 to
1000, 900 more within the range of
possibility. This figure of 9, $50, 600 is
very conservative. If there are good
rains in Texas, her crop will also be
near perfection, and the possibilities
for the total crop would then be some
thing enormous"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
In Eastern Pennsylvania.

Hazelton, Pa, Aug. 18.-Twenty- i've
hundred miners of the Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre collieries, in the Honey
brook district, went on strike this
morning, and at a meeting tonight re-
solved in body to stand together.
This is the first detection among the
miners of East Pennsylvania. Apart
from the wage question, the men de-
mand the transfer of Superintendent
Jones, and the feeling against him is so
strong that he has an armed escort and
his house is guarded day and night.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

Our senses do not fall asleep stimuli
taneously. The eyelids are first affect
ed and shut out slight; next follows the
sense of taste, then smelling, hearing
and touch, the last-named being the
lightest sleeper and most easily
aroused.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian tube. When this tube gets inf1am-
ed you have q rumbling sound imperfect
hearing 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 /;
which is nothing but an infamed 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.
F. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

New York's first public convenience
station will be an elaborate underground
affair. 1t will cost $4,000, and will
be built under Mail street and the Broad
way side of City Hall Park. It will be
finished in marble, and when completed
will be the finest thing of the kind in
the world.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

Berlin, Aug. IA dispatch to the
Kreuse Zeitung, from Warsaw, Gays the
town OF Ostrow, in the province of Seid-
loe, Russia, has been destroyed by fire.
-Four hundred houses have been burned
and 1000 people are homeless. Four
persons have been killed AMI many
children are missing. The most re-
markable feature of the conflagration is
that it began simultaneously in four
parts of the town.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

A bereaved widower in St. Joseph,
Mo-, took unto himself second wife
before his first spouse was buried. The
body of No. l had been temporarily
! placed in a receiving vault.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

City of Mexico, Aug. 17.-General
Francisco 2. Mena, secretary of con-
struction and public works, has been
commissioned to go to Berlin and per-
'sonally receive from the manufacturers
25, 900 Mansur rifles and 10 rapid-firing
guns, with which the Mexican army is
to be equipped.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

nervous trouble. The nerves are cry
ing ont for assistance. The cry should
be needed in time. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound was pre-
pared to meet the needs Of woman's
system at this trying period Of her life.
Mrs. DELLA WATSON, 5c4 West Bth
st., Cincinnati, Ohio, says:
I have been using Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for some
time during the change Of life and it
has been . saviour Of life unto me.
can cheerfu1ly recommend it to all wo-
men, and ! know it will give permanent
relief. I would Be glad to relate myex-
perience to apysufferer.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

The Illinois Central railway is about
to experiment with electricity as mo-
tive power. with view to its adoption
on all the suburban lines of Chicago.
It is said that both the third-rail and
trolley systems will be tried exhaus-
lively before decision is come to an
equipment.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

In every mile Of railway there are
seven feet and four inches that are not
covered by the rails-the space left be-
tween them for expansion.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
THE TURN OF LIFE.

Owing to modern methods of living,
not one woman in q thousand APP
proaches this perfectly natural change
without experiencing q train of very
annoying and sometimes painful symp-
toms.
Those dreadful hot flashes, sending
the blood surging to the heart until it
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

A new steering device for ships con-
trolls the rudder by pneumatic pressure,
the air being forced into cylinder on
either side of the rudder post by means
of the steering wheel in the pilot
house.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
Santa Fe Train Held Up.

Kansas City, Aug. 18.-The south
bound passenger train on the Santa Fe
road was held up near Edmund, o. T.,
at 1915 this morning. The robbers
made an unsuccessful attempt to blow
open the through safe. They finally
left, after securing between $500 and
5000 from the local safe. No further
particulars are obtainable at this hour.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
Seattle Markets.

Butter-Fancy native creamery,
brick, 18c; ranch, 10@12c.
Cheese Native Washington, 100
lie; California, 91ac.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, zoo.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10@11c; spring chickens, So
$3.50; ducks, $2.5O@3.75.
Wheat-Feed wheat, $28 per ton.
Oats-Choice, per ton, $23.
Corn-Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $21.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; COWS, SIC; mutton sheep,
&c; pork, &c; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish-Halibut, 41ac; salmon,
4@5c; salmon trout, 7@10c; founders
and sole, 3@4; ling cod, 4@5; rock
cod, DC; smelt, 21a @4c.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

Impure air is not always of the same
weight, there being various grades OF
impurity. But an absolutely pure air
always weighs 81 of deg.s rain per
cubic inch. The weighing of air is a
good test of its purity.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

NY doctor said would die, but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, ILL.,. Nov. %, '95.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
Corr, as Fuel.

A bulletin issued by the experimental
station of the university of Nebraska,
giving results of tests of the value OF
corn as fuel, shows that the burning
of corn may be proceeding greatly to
the farmers benefit when the price OF
corn is low and that of coal high. The
tests showed that one pound of screened
Wyoming coal, costing Sc. 65 per ton,
evaporated 10 times as much water in a
steam boiler as could be evapOrated by
one pound of good grade of yellow dent
corn on the ear, not thoroughly dry.
The following figures show the value
of corn per bushel as fuel when coal OF
the same variety as that used in the
tests is selling at the prices given:
Coal, per ton, $4.87, $5.41. S.. 95,
$e.49, $7.11, $7.57, So. III; corn, per
bushel, SC, loo, lie, 12c, 13c, lac, 15c.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
-...1,c- rr.,n. In Motion.

Passengers are to have an opportunity
to board and leave trains which are IN
motion at the Paris exposition OF lSOO
by means of a new system devised by
q French civil engineer The idea was
suggested by the moving sidewalk az
the worlds fair. The outer circumfer-
ence of circular platform is to travei
at the same rate as the passing train.
There will be no danger upon entering
the platform from staircase In the
center, where the speed is COMPARE
lively low. In advanc ;ng toward the
edge the increase is gradual, and anticl-
pated. The station attendant over
looks the entire platform from tower
in the center, and should there be
heavy crowd he causes the train, by
means of switches, to run around the
station. allowing ample time to dis
charge and take on all passengers. 1t
is proposed to work trains and plat
forms at speed Of ~ miles an hour.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

According to Prof. Denver, when the
earth freezes and all forms of life dis
appear, there will float above the pres
emit ocean of water, long since changed
to ice. an ocean of liquid air 33 feet
| deep on the average.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

In forty years the wealth of Maryland
increased from 1878 to $1,04s per
capita.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
AN ACCOUNTABLE LEGACY.

A tendency to rheumatism is undoubtedly
inherited. Unlike many other legacies, it re-
mains in the family. The most effectual means
of checking this tendency, or of removing in
cipient rheumatism, whether pre-existent in
the blood or not, is to resort to Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters soon the premOnitOry
twinges are felt. Multiplying the influences of
cold exposure and fatigue, the Bitters not only
fortifies the system against their hurtful con-
sequences, but subjugates malaria, liver and
kidney. complaint, dyspepsia and nerve dis
Ouietude
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
Portland Mark cts.


Wheat-Walla Walla, Sic; Val.
ley, SAC per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, 81. 10; graham,
$50 superfne, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 38@4Oc; choice
gray, 500 SOC per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $17.50@l8i
brewing, $500 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $14 per ton;
middlings, $21; shorts, $l5.5 so.
Hay-Timothy, $l2@12. so; clover,
$1O@11; California wheat, $10@
II; do oat, $l1; Oregon wild hay, 50 q
10 per ton.
Eggs-111a @12c per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 35 20 40c;
fair to good, SOC; dairy. 10000 pei
roll.
Cheese = Oregon, 11Hc; Young
America, 121ac; California, 90 10c pei
pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $1,000
$50 per dozen; broilers, $1.50@2.75
geese, 1904; ducks, So. 5O@S per dozen;
turkeys, live, 1O@11c per pound.
Potatoes.-Oregon Burbanks. 800
45c per sack; new potatoes, SOC pei
sack; sweets, $1.90@2.25 per GENITAL.
Onions-California new, red. $l.25;
yellow, $3.50 per GENITAL.
Hops-1O@11Ac per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c.
Wool-Valley, 14@15c per pound
Eastern Oregon, 1O@12c; mohair, zoe
per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 2A@2Hc; dressed mutton,
41ac; spring lambs, 81 per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, 81; light
and feeders, $2.5O@3; dressed, $40
4.25 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $2.75@3;
cows 1926; dressed beef, 4@51ac pei
pound.
Veal-Large, 3@31ac; small, ~
per pound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

A Lawrence, Kan, colored man,
born slave, died the other day worth
$50, 900.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

seems ready t
burst, and tn
faint feeling
that follows,
sometimes
with chills, as
if the heart
were going to
stop for
good. are :
symptoms L.
of q dan
-~-o~>a
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

Sugar re6neries and factories will
soon be scattered over the prairies of
the Mississippi valley in way which
promises to make the sugar trust ex-
tremely weary, especially in view of
the fact that it has already lost the adj
vantages which it enjoyed under the
Wilson law.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

U1HHN writing - sdvs
w DentioQ this paw
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26

The last week in July. 1897, will
long be remembered as the first one
under the new tariff law. Reports from
every direction show that the effect
has been instantly effective, both in
manufacturing and business circles
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-14
To reut, two furnished rooms. Appl
to Mrs. M. j. McGillivray.
Take an Outing.

Take an Outing.
A picnic ground is being prepared at
the east end Of Lake Madison and ex.
cursions can be arranged with the motor
and steamboat lines for transportation
commencing Sunday, July 18th. Tables
and a dancing platform will be provided
and general good time enjoyed. Boat
subject to charter for private parties.
For particulars and rates see
j. LESLIE THOMPSON.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-14
A LAKE OF OIL.

Greatest Discovery in the Worlds History
Reported From Alaska.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 14.-What is
said to be the greatest oil discovery ever
made is reported from Alaska. Some
gold prospectors several months ago ran
across what seemed to be a lake Of oil.
The lake was fed by innumerable
springs and the surrounding mountains
were full of coal. They brought sam.
Piles to Seattle and tests proved it to be
of as high grade as any eve taken out
of Pennsylvania wells. A local com
pany was formed and experts sent up,
They have returned on the steamer To
peka, and their report has more than
borne out first reports. It is said there
is enough oil and coal in the discovery
to supply the world. It is close to the
ocean, in fact the experts say that the
oil oozes out into the salt water. It i!
said that the Standard Oil company ha.
already made an offer for the property
The owners have filed on 5000 acres
and are naturally very much excited
| over their prospects.