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PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
rHt DOUBTFUL STATES.

Starting in With the laN electoral
votes Of the solid South, assumed a.
certain for the Democratic candi'
date, the sanguins sgnrers Of that
party claim thHi th~rs ~ill be no di''
HeHlty whatever in secsrng A. votes
from ,he four Northern States which
they set down as doubtiul--naHe'y,
New York, New Jersey, Indiana
and Connecticut.
II they can do that, Hancock will
be elected. The total electoral vote
is S69, aud with AZ from the North,
added to The 1$s from the South,
they would have ls5, being q major'
ity OF one. The question Is, Can
they do q. The fOus States where
the real battle is TO be fought have
In the aggregate 65 electoral votes;
New York IS, IDdians Is, New Jer-
sey Q, Connecticut 6. A glance at
these 6gures shows chat, in order TO
obtain AZ out Of these 65 votes, the
Democrats must carry New York or
suffer defeat, even il they are vic,o-
rions il all the other States elassed
as doubtful, II they succeed In
New York, they will need IL more
votes to win, Indiana would give
them three more than they require;
SO would New Jersey and Connect.
icut, without Indiana. In the light
of these figures, the question be-
comes simpli6ed to. this: Can the
Democrats carry New York and In.
diana, or New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut? If they can do
either of these they can elect their
candidate. If they fail in New
York, they cannot elect him. II
they succeed in New York and fail
in Indiana and Connecticut, or ip
Indiana and New Jersey, they can.
not elect him.
The Democratic orators and fgur-
ers profess to regard this state of
facts as insuriRg them a certain VIC
tory in November, and this is their
way Of putting the case: Tilden,
they say, received only 119 Southern
electoral votes in 1876, the 10 votes
Of Louisiana, Florida and South
Carolina having been stolen from
him. This year he is certain Of
those votes. In 1875 he also re-
csived the 65 votes Of New York,
New Jersey, Indiana and Connect.
OUT, and it would be singular, indeed,
sif Hancock cannot this year secure
AZ from the same States.
This sounds quite plausible at Grst
blush, and is well calculated to en-
courage that GLASS of Democrats who
have failed to take note Of the great
political changes that have taken
place during the last four years.
The great aud decisive fact, how.
ever, that Knocks the underpinning
from the cheerful statement of the
Democratic prospect is, that under
existing circumstances New York
cannot be reasonably counted on
the list of doubtfal States. In 1860
the State gave Lincoln a majority Of
$4,000, and notwithstanding all the
fluctuations in its political complex
ion that have since occurred, it has
remained Republicans in its prevail
ing sentiment ever since, as is clear,
~ shown BY it's vote at every honest
election where the party issues were
squarely joined and the interest felt
in the contest was such us to draw
out "a full and united party vote.
The Republicans now have major
ity Of seventy-three in the State
Legislature. They have the Cover
nor and principal State Offices, to-
gether with all the Federal Offices.
The party is harmonized and uniteu
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ership into the samps,gn. Arthur is
hiuss.i q man Of immense personal
popularity, and q skillfsl political
manager. The New York Demoe-
Acy, on she other hand, though It's
factions ratified q melodramAiic truee
At Cincinnati, With a gusb Of stage
enthusiasm, are by ro means in
hearty unison. Tilden and his near.
est friends uill take but little inter.
est in the campaign, and Tammany,
unless IL can obtain satisfactory
guarantees Of substantial fecogni-
ton when the spoils come to be di-
vided, cannot lie expected TO enter
into the contest with its olG time
energy. The existing political situ-
alton is OF character TO stimulate
the zeal and arouse the energies OF
the Republicans of the State 10 as
high q pitch IS in 1878, when they
had a majority Of over thir,y.four
thousand, or in 1879, when they
elected their Governor and the whole
State ticket, with majority Of both
houses of the Legislature. The
Garcelon business in Maine; the un
patriotic course OF the Democrats at
the extra session; their obstructive
policy in regard to the election laws
and the Marshals' Deficiency Bill;
the Aagrant menace of a solid South,
made solid by political machinery
for disfranchising the colored voters
and suppressing the freedom of dis
cussion, as was recently illustrated
at the capital Of Alabama-all these
things will arouse the dormant Re-
publican sentiment and call out the
full strength OF the party. We do
not see how any person thoroughly
conversant with the political history
of New York since 1860, and pos
sessing an intelligent appreciation
of the real causes of the varving
results of the elections since that
date, can regard the State as doubt
ful in ihe coming Presidential con.
test. .!|
AS to Connecticut, it is in reality
as little doubtful as New York. In
1876 it gave Tilden majority of
1900. But it should be borne in
mind that at every other Presiden-
tial election since 1856 it has gone
Republican. The success of the
Democrats in 1876 was purely ex.
ceptional, The tide turned again in
1877, when the Republicans secured
a majority of thirty.seven in the
Legislature. The reac ion contin
ued, and in the next year, 1873, the
Republican vote on Congressmeu
was 81 ,7G3 to q Democratic vote of
4S,905. The next year, 1879, the
Republicans inc eased their majority
IN the Legislature from thirty seven
to iorty seven, and this year that
majority was still further increased
to sixty'nine. This large increase is
unquestionably due to the issues
forced upon the attention of the in
telligent people Of that State by the
outrageous course of the Democrats
IN Congress at the extra session.
How can Connecticut be classed
among the doubtful States upon that
showing?
| Asto Indiana and New Jersey,
they may fairly and upon good
grounds be clsssed as doubtful.
But should they both go Democratic,
their "a votes added to the 13S OF
the solid South would fall short BY
20 oil the number required to elect.
In short, il is clear that unless the
Democrats can carry New York they
nave not the ghost of chance OF
electing their candidate.
We note that several of our Dem
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Notice to Creditors.
Notice 10 Creditors Of IRSpIVsRt.

Pursuant to an order. OF Honorable
Roger :. Greene. Iu,lge Of the said dis.
trif court: NOtioe n hereby given 70 all
the Srvdhors Of lhe said insolvehL. Peter
L. Iorup. 10 b. aud appear before the said
JpiKe at his c,.amhers Ia seattle in King
county, Washington Territory on the 2gth
day ~ July. A. d., lSS0. at 10 O'Clock. A.
NJ, oi that day. then and there 10 show
cause u they ran. why the prayer Of said
iu-olyent should not be granted, and an
Rssignment Of his estate be made. and he
be discharged from bis debts and liabilities
IN pursuance OF the statute In Such vase
ulade snd provided. and In the meantime
all proceedings agrinsI said insolveut te
stayed.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said
~. court this Fifteenth day Of June,
s.,, A, D., lss0.
JAMES SEAVEY.
s~-~-A Clerk Of said District Court.
LARRABEE 6 HANFORD
Attorneys for Petitioner. 1st4
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These steamships leave Victoria q, noon
on the day advertised. Tickets are good
only on the steamer for which they ara
purchased, and are not transferable,
Fare from PORT townsend San Francisco
First Cabin, sac,
SteeYage SO
Reduction In Freight. - Hereafter ihe
freights which. as per tariff. llavr been SO
per ton VIII be charged at $5 per ton.
~ From and after this date all BAG
GAGE ofPuget Sound passengers by r,
NJ. :. ;. Co.'S steamers via VieiOria. will
be under Custom House seal and will
NOT lie subject to examination BY Gus
tom House authorities ~ San Francisco.
For freight or passage apply on hoard,
or to III. l.. TlBBALS,
General Agent for Puget Sound.
Port fQwnsevd.
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What We Think With.

Without phosphorus, no thought. SO
declared famous German physiolog-
ical chemist, some years ago. That par
ticular brain substance, which he sup
posed to be essential to thought, has
heretofore been known as protogen with
phosphoric acid. Considering this name
not sufficiently clear and definite. an
other German chemist has proposed for
it the following precise and significant
combination Of seventy two letters:
Oxaethy Observation-Disclosures
drateleylopalpethylogly cerinphosphor-
saure. If mental arrangement is in
any way due to deficiency in the ele-
ments Of this highly complicated COM
pound, or to any snarling of its multi
tudinous constituents, the wonder is
that anybody can ever think straight.
And what lot of it that German must
have had in his head when he con-
trived such q name for Scientific
American.
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LAAENTATIOy.

Gone Is the snow, and the cold ground is varm-
ing;
Red is the maple and green Is the willow;
Blackbirds are chatfering free;
Earth. air and water, with new life are swarm.
summer-tide surses in, billow on billow;
What is it bringing to me?
Life Of my llfe in the cold ground they laid
her;
Black were the lilies and brown were the
Twittered the lone chickadee;
There. many weary day, Winter has staid
Summer, sweet summer, my sorrow be-
seeches,
Bring back my daughter to mel
Nay, mock me. not with your buds and your
greenery!
Spread me no Towering carpet to walk upon !
Make me no music, Ipray.
Desolate heat maketh desolate scenery;
Only one theme deigneth sorrow to talk up
Take all your pleasance away!
Green Is the grass on the grave where she
lieth;
Sweet with the wind the birds carol &C
cordeth,
Strong are the pulses of spring;
Yet to my pleading no kind voice replieth.
None in these blithe tribes my sorrow re-
From my heart pluckcth the sting.
"WM not be comfortedf" Nay, Master hear
me.
Mothers In Bethlehem wept by the manger,
Whence, IN the night, Thou hadst fedl
Lest TO my heavy heart hops be a stranger;
Faith find her grave with my dead.
-Wdshingt0n GLADDEN., IN June Scr1bner.
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Customs Of the United States Senate.

The United States Senate, says the
Washington Star, represents the con-
servatism and the dignity of the Ameri-
can people, and to be member of that
body is an honor second only to that of
being President of the United States.
The Senate is frequently criticised by
flippant writer's because of its "heavy
dignity" but instead of being subject
of criticism this feature ought to be-
and is with thinking people-one of con-
graduation. The Senate is the perma-
nent legislative body of our Govern
ment, and partisanshipis not permitted
the sway there that it exercises in the
House. There exists what is known as
the courtesy of the Senate" and
though no rule requires it, it is always
strictly observed. This courtesy" is
largely non-partisan in its nature, and
no Senator would think of violating it.
In regard to nominations it requires
that the Senators from the State 10
which the appointment is made shall be
consulted upon the question of contirma-
ton or rejection and their decision in
all ordinary cases determines the result.
When the Administration-the appoint
ing power-is opposed in politics to the
majority, as now, the custom is to
submit the matter to the Senator or
Senators, if there are any, from the
State affected by the appointment.
This courtesy governs the promotions
on committees, too, and no Senator
would ever think of prescribing any
other rule in this respect. When a
Senator is assigned to a committee his
name is enrolled at the foot of the ma
jority or minority -according to his pol
itlcs-and as those above him retire he
goes up. For instance, when the Dem
ocrats got control of the Senate it was
easy for anybody to determine what
Senators would become chairmen of the
respective committees. The highest
name among the Democrats on each
committee was promoted to the chair
manship in all cases except those where
the same Senator occupied that position
on more than one committee. This
courtesy" contributes largely to the
well-ordered dignity which the Senate
maintains, because it prevents any
scramble for preferment-and nothing
is more undignified in statesman than
that.
In the Senate the method of obtain
ing the more eligible seats is of the
same quiet and dignified order that
prevails in regulating other matters.
In book kept for that purpose the
Senator has his name entered as choos-
ing certain seat whenever the incum-
bent shall retire from the Senate or in
any other manner vacate it. The SEN
ator may have to wait years for the seat
of his choice to become vacant; but there
is no other way for him to get it. unless
the possessor voluntarily makes an ex-
change with him. And such thing as
voluntarily vacating choice seat never
occurs.
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warm.Weather Diet.

The first warm days are fruitful of
complaints about the failure of the appe-
petite. Breakfasts are no longer relisbed,
dinners afford but languid interest,
and suppers seem superhuous. Only
vigorous workers out OF doors, or young
people who are so blessed as not yet to
have made the acquaintance of their
stomachs, come to the table with real
zest for food. And it is no wonder.
considering how few people have yet
learned the art of altering their diet to
suit their own conditions and the state
of the season. The spring appetite fails,
and ought to fail, before ham and eggs
or great piece of steak. on these en-
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ervatino first warm mornings of the
year. Rich soups, heavy meats and all
stimulating and blood making articles
of diet, that met a real want in the nip
ping and eager air of winter, are as
much out of place now as the furs and
listers. And yet many person who
would think it sign of lunacy to dress
in the December style in May, does not
appear to see any incongruity in eating
in the December fashion. Food and
coal create heat, and thick clothing and
tight houses preserve it for the comfort
of the body in winter. Yet men who
know enough to dump their furnaces.
open the windows and lay off their over
coats on the advent of spring, are stupid
enough to keep on stoking their stom-
achs at full blast aud consider themselves
out-of-sorts'' and ill if nature resents
the abuse.
1t is time to let up on the cold-weath-
er diet-especially for persons doomed
to live indoors. A mold of well-cooked
oatmeal, served cold with cream and
sugar, with two or three oranges and a
cup of coffee, makes an adequate and
appetizing breakfast. All fruits and
vegetables obtainable fit in well at this
season. The many preparations of the
small grains afford a variety which it
is well to study. Milk and eggs and
fish contain all the, needed food-eie-
ments for a diet of a month or two, with
such sugar and starch as the housewife
combines in toothsome light buildings
or other desserts. Whether we eat to live
or live to eat, we ought to be rational
enough to dispense with food when not
hungry and to tempt rather than force
the appetite. Golden Rule.
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Tight Shoes.

The wearing of shoes which CON-
press and distort the feet is singularly
injurious custom, says medical writer
Suppose said that nine-tenths of the
feet were rendered misshapen BY the
boots and shoes worn, the statement
would seem extreme. but it would be
within the truth. The pointed shoe or
boot is the most signal instance of a
mischievous instrument designed for
the torture of feet. In this shoe the
great toe is forced out of its natural
line toward the other toes, giving re-
verse curve from what is natural to the
terminal part of the inner side of the
foot, while all the other toes are CON-
pressed together toward the great toe,
the whole producing o wedge-like form
of foot which is altogether apart from
the natural. Such foot has lost its
expanse of tread; such a foot has
lost its elastic resistance; such foot
has lost the strength of its arch
to very considerable degree; such
a foot, by the irregular and unusual
pressure on certain points of its surface,
has become hard at those points and is
easily affected with corns and bunions.
Lastly, such foot becomes badly nour-
ished and the pressure exerted upon it
interferes with its circulation and nutri-
ton. 1t ceases to be an instrument
upon which the body can sustain itself
with grace and with easiness of move
ment, even in early life; while in mature
life and in old age it becomes a foot
which is absolutely unsafe, and which
causes much of that irregular, hobbling
tread which often renders SO peculiar
the gait of persons who have passed
their meridian.
1t Sometimes happens for time that
these mistakes in regard to the boot
and shoe are increased by the plan CT
raising the heel, and letting it rest on a
raised impediment of pointed shape.
Anything more barbarious can scarcely
be conceived. By this means the body,
which should naturally be balanced on
Almost beautiful arch, is placed on an
inclined plane, and is only prevented
from falling forward by the action of
the muscles which counterbalance the
mechanical error But all this is at the
expense Of lost Muscular effort along
the whole line of the muscular track,
from the heels actually to the back Of
the7keaxfA~a loss Of force which Is abso-
lutely useless, and, IS have known in
ipsevetal cases. exhatsting and painful.
In addition to these evils arising from the
pointed hseled boot, sthere are yet two
more. In the first place, the elastic
spring of the arch being broken by the
heel, the vibration produced by its cor
tact with the earth at every step causes
q conclusion which extends along the
whole of the spinal column, and is
sometimes very acutely felt. In the
second place, the expanse of the foot
being limited. the seizure of the earth
by the foot is incomplete both in stand
ing and in walking. so that it becomes
new art to learn how to stand erect or
to walk with safety.
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Once in about eleven years the e.
completes spot-cycle. Its c0mmenct
ment is marked by a period Of gre,tR
lar activity, when spots for two or 49,
years are numerous and large upcn =
surface. These gradually disspP4t
and the sun remains more or less qQlo
cent during the remainder OF the ~
A new spot-cycle is now in full ace'qn
Portions of the huge blazing surface q
the sun are dotted with spots. ~
throng the solar territories, aDpear
in rows, or groups, or more freque.
the large spots are surrounded BY -
lies of small ones. They are Of enorn1
dimensions. Some are SO large theteI
whole globe might be rolled into
seeming cavern, and our largest co.
nents would not cover othen, ~.
many are so small that they can be9
only in telescopes of high power. %
of these spots will continue for moall
others will quickly disappear, and g
will break up into small ones
new ones will more than fill the deee'1
places, and give variety to the ~
changing exhibition. Sun-sPou'
through the telescope, present .
curious appearance. The cenfru
or umbra, is black; the border, o.
umbra, is usually Of q grayish tant;
surrounding the spots for thousano
miles, the suns surface seems g
piled into ridges, dotted with group
small shining spots, called facs'se. ~
q Latin word meaning 8 small toFc =:
The wisest astronomers cannot Ten v "a.
certainty the cause of sun-spots. g
a reason for the occurrence OF ~
break once in eleven years. liz
established that there Is an intimaAs ~
lation between sun-spots and tezIe n RI
magnetism. 1t is strongly afirmeo :
the disturbed condition OF the o.
this period is reflected on the ess
Northern Lights, waves OF infense ~
and storms of unusual severity
devastating tornadoes and cyclo1
the West, and the display o.
light in Scottish skies, lend then .
support this theory. A fascinaune
of observation is thus laid open -
intelligent observers. Three fnin9
to be watched for, the occurrc19
great storms, the approach Of > - -.
wave. and the Appearance Of MOL. -
Lights. Clear-headed Observer e
work at these problems even 4 tnsy ~
not trained astronomers; for Il ever
cause of sun-spots and the reason
their periodicify are made ciea -
work will be accomplished by clcss z
long-continued observation. = ~
Companion.
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each of its principal stockholders.
These figures though at first seem to
run into the region Of fable. are not
much more astounding than the ex-
PLOTS of the Vanderbilts, Astors and
Packards already realized. The great
landed estates of England are protected
by laws of entail and primogeniture,
forbidden in the United States.-iSan
Francisco Chronicle.
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To remove warts from cows tcats
pull hair out Of the cows tail and tie
it around the neck of the wart as close
to the teat as you can get it. In few
days the wart viii drop of.
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apt to display towards the tribulation Of
others. "If there was anything l could
do"
80, but there isr' said Rosa.
"Eh?" calculated Reverend Roderic.
"She thinks, and mamma thinks
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-07
fAkgLLs TlcTZcs-
Fran he Sserx-snr
News Notes Cleaned from yarfeus
Sources.

News Notes Cleaned from yartous
fss cattle are scarce in Utah and wyom-
ing.
The Modesto artesian well ia down 7o7
feet.
A factory for drying potatoes is to be
erected IN c~Asuoslile.
1he thrush Of Chinese along the iine Of
the GilA causes much complaint in Ar
ona
The highest temperature IL San Fran
cisco. during January. Was 60 degrees /;
lowest. 81.
The recent cold snap At San Diego. Cal,
cent the thermometer down 10 20 DEGREES
below Zero.
During the month Of January there were
81 deaths in Salt Lake. ~ Of which were
from diphrheria-
In Montana. several herds Of sheep we're
recently drifted under the snow. and. when
dug out. though they had been in their cold
PRISON eight days. we're still alive and soon
recovered.
The citizsas Of Fresno have organized a
Nigilance Committee. and one night last
week about 50 OF them. wearing masks.
Visited all the saloons md hotels in town,
u warned all questionable characters to
leave town within "a hours.
bily Haines. the intrepid mail-carrier
nesweea Bcdie and Mammoth. who was on,
I'VE Gays IN the heavy snow storm Of 9 few
weeks aga, and nearly frozen to death. ia
sSaiT MANNED in consequence. Both les
pave been ampatated below the knees. tie
isis arm above the wrist. and ali the fingers
Of the right hand.