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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

Mr.. y. i. Ronald, oar candidate foE
Prosecuting Attorney, was born April 8,
1856. In Washington county. Missouri.
He vas graduated from the North Mis-
ssgri state Normal School ON June z,
1875. de came 20 California in August,
1873, aud engaged In this profession of
teaching. That his efforts in that pro-
fession we're crowned with success can
be aftested by residents of this city.
Mr.. Ronald taught in the schools Of
California for seven years, the last three
years of which he vas principal Of the
Lincoln Grammar School his efforts
in that school we're attended with that
degree Of snccess which brought up the
school TO rsuk with any Of the grammar
schools in the Sacramento valley. be
holds frst grade State certificate from
California, and also California State
educational diploma, granted by the
state Board Of Education for successful
and competent teaching. He resigned
his position as teacher in April, 1882.
During all his teaching he studied law
as every spare moment, and all the time
be spent in Law Office was IN the Office
OF Cheney d Bruner, in Sacramento.
He was admitted 20 the bar in May,
1882, In California, and left immediately
with bis family for Washington Terri
tory 10 cast his lot with the people of
this city. Upon his arrival in Seattle he
opened q Law office, and ON August II.
1883, was appointed Deputy District At
torney by Mr.. Bradshaw. His record
made since that time the people of this
district are well acquainted with, be
having prosecuted about thirty cases in
the District Courts and lost only four
out of that Humber--three In King
county and one in Snohomish county.
He has also prosecuted more than twice
AZ many more cases Ia the justices
Courts OF Seattle, and the records Of
those courts will show that the interests
of the people have not suffered at his
hands. Once sure he is right, and all
the lawyers in the land cannot choke
him down.
Mr.. Ronald has a wife and two chill
dren, owns property IN this city, and We
regard him in every way eminently
qualified to fill the position and TO
watchfully and ably defend the Inter
ests Of the people.
There was published in this column
yesterday statement which may be
misleading to some as to the relations
of the County Auditor and Treasurer.
The facts are that on May LIST, 1884,
there was $29,s37.52 in the county
treasury, 1882 IS alone being applicable
TO the payment of the county warrants.
Al the present time there is $53t5.61.
The County Commissioners, with the
Auditor, audit the accounts of the
treasurer. Captain Hill says that he
has not spent $4,000 or any other SUM
upon this campaign further than IL Q
actual sum assessed by the campaign
committee and his actual travelling ak
penses.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

CRxAp.-Fsf rent, a good. hard in.
lshed hoase, lately painted, kAlsomined
and cleaned from top to bottom. Large
snoagh for two small families. Five
rooms. four closets. pantry, water in
Snk, patent water CLOSET. good oay
view. lack front and side yards, wood
esllar centrally locAted. between Third
and Fourth. Spring and Seaeca ssr~rts.
tear Dexter Horton's residence. "a,
qaire Of II. IL. Pssss. corner Of Eighth
and Spring streets, OF al Mr.. Shaxs,
salas hGildlng. ocSl q
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

Insurance. RArEs TIE
result of MIR. Mics teompaes manAeerl
visit sste few weeks since IL alreedy
pecied-that 10. the companies make no
particular reduction of rates. A little
- taken OF here, bat as much 80 more
Is put ON there, 80 that in the aggregate
there has been no redscsion. OF course,
this viii no, sais at all. aud thai there
siIl be marked and immediate drop
pinR OF IN the hocAi insurance basiness
must follow. The fins display got up
toE Manager Niles seems not 90 have
been appreciated.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

VINO Hx wAs.--An examination Of
the body OF the old man who was
knocked from OF a trestle on the line
Of the O. d p. 3. Railroad Company, on
Wednesday. was examined yesterday,
and from papers found in the pockets
Of his clothing, u was found that his
name was Thomas Saec. Friends who
bad known him for wears identified
him. He came TO California in Is4a,
but when the war OF the rebellion broke
out be vent East and fought In defense
OF bic country. Al the close Of the war
he again returned 20 the Coast, and fin
ally settled at Jacksonville. Oregon.
where he remained for several years.
de vas a carpenter by trade. and Of
late bias been working on the new Stacy
house. he Is member of the Masonic
fraternity. and steps have already been
taken by that order 10 give the remaias
decens burial.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

A Coon MAs.--John McReavy. NOM
inee for the Legislature, to represent
Mason, jefferson, Clallam aud San Juan
counties, is one of the best men in the
political field. He ia intelligent, relia-
BILE, industrious, respectable, and in
every way worthy. Ii elected he will
serve bis constituency faithfully, and
there never will DO cause to regret the
trust reposed In him. The people of
shat legislative district will do we'll TO
elect Mr.. NcRsavy their representative.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31
For Sale

q l6ao POUSD, GOD AZ NEW,
n fire-pr3of. MeSeal q Urban sale Il
offered for sale ~ . bargain Also. an
office % let IEqnirc At thss uffioe. ocls
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

A INSTRUMENTATION. A. \.
Duniway told her hearers last night that
the PosT- IsTELLIsENoER was afraid TO
announce her contemplated speech in
this city, and for that reason had not 80
announced her. Mrs. Duniway was
wrong in saying this, and we are only
astonished that she should give utter
ance to 30 absurd and childish an ex.
preston. We did not announce her
meeting for reasons 10 be found in the
following: First, we had no positive
information n to It's time or place. Her
coming was proclaimed ten days or two
weeks ago. and from that time on has
occasionally been announced in the
press and elsewhere. No day was set.
though. She probably knew, and 80
probably knew the railroad element she
was coming in the vain effort 10 serve.
She arrived here at halfpast Wednes-
day evening. and not till six and half
hours later did her announcement come
IN. An irresponsible individual at mid
night brought in the advertisement,
covering a sheet of paper three feet
long. Oar paper goes to press at half.
past O'Clock, and We were then closing
up. We take no advertisements al that
hour. This being the case. and know
ING there had been ample time 10 get
IN the copy several hours earlier, We de
clined TO break our rule and inconveni-
enoe ourselves by inserting the advertise
ment, merely glanoing at IL. and with
out noticing either time or place, we re-
jected IL with the explanation above
given; This Was our privilege, and
Mrs. Daniway nor anyone else has the
right 10 call rs in question for exercis-
hight.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31
school Election Notice.
NOTICE.

THE REGULAR MEETING or THE
L II inols Club viii be held in TO I'm &
Yesler~ LeAry building ~ 80 o'clock To-
nizhl Election Of officers win be held
and other Important business transacted.
A full attendance 10 desired. BE- order
OF the Pr sident. Ths 8. DUNCAN.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

THREE ROOMS, NICELY FUR
Il nished for housekeeping. for . gentle-
ulaa and wife rent <I2 per nsonfh. I59
fFenf street as
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31
NOTICE.


Daimler LODGE, No. ISIS, MEETS
~ In Odd Fellows Hall first and third
Saturdays Of each month.
je24 L. NJ. R0BBfNa Dictator.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31
Torss HEvs IsDEPssDEsT PoLlT-
IclL CLUB.


From all paris Of the countS We hear
good reports Of the general favor VITA
sEish the endorsemsnfs Of this elub
nees. This IL a. IL should Be. The
young men have worked hard 70 plant
themselves frmIy upon she platform Cd
principles, and every word Of encourage
msnf il highly appreciated. a. Hough-
ton The people held pablo meeting. q
which the ticket Of the club vas en-
dorssd almost unanimously, Captain
Hill only having received one vote u
that meeting.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31
For Adnira, Baird.

II NJ. sloop-ot-wsr Swiftsure, from
Esquimault, is in orr harbor. IL is said
she IL going up Sound 10 meet and re-
ceive the new British Admiral.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

PoRr townsend, Oct. 30.-The foet
race between Bishop, of Chimacum, and
Cain, Of Semiahmoo, which took place
here yesterday. was won easily by the
former. 1t was 70 yard race, single
dash. for $50.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31
PACIFIC COAST.
A..lrnesi 20 seleneu mana.

SAN Francisco. Oct. 30.-S. Selig,
wholesale millinery dealer, assigned to-
day to Solomon Haas. The Liabilities
are $25, 900, and the assets are estimated
at $4,000. The principal creditors are
in New York.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11
A DOG STORY,

A curious and interesting experiment
was tried to ascertain the faculty by
which animals find their way back to
familiar places after being removed to
long distances. In order to prevent any
knowledge that might be obtained by
the direction Or other conditions, dog
was placed under the influence of chic
reform, put i'll charge OF a conductor on
a night freight train, and sent from Gin
cinnai to Somerset, KY, a distance of
16O miles. On the way the dog slept
soundly. In the early twilight of the
morning after the start, while the train
was taking on wood at side track
eighteen miles from Somerset, he es-
capped from the caboose and started off
in "dazed sort of way" but when pur-
sued gathered himself up and dis
appeared across meadow. Thirty
eight hours afterward he made his ap-
pearance in Cincinnati, having passed
over the distance of 142 miles. Some
time afterward the same dog was put
under the influence of ether and
his nose damaged to prevent the use
OF his scent faculty. He was
then placed in wicker basket, and put
ting him upon an elevated train he was
taken southwest to Danville Junction,
east to Grab Orchard, then northeast to
q hunting rendezvous near Berea. Here
he was kept in woodshed and closely
confined over night. The next morning
he was taken out on the farm and turned
DOSE. He Immediately started for home
not by the way he had come, but in a
Decline for Cincinnati. He had no APP
pearance of being lost, but with head
erect pushed forward as if he knew the
way perfectly. He crossed two broad
rivers and three mountain ranges, and
had to pass by or through five towns,
the centers of bewildering network of
roads and by-roads. He had never been
in that part of the country before, nor
within sixty miles of Berea. The wind
was not from the direction of Cincinnati
when he took his course, and yet four
days afterward he came to his master on
the streets of Cincinnati, water-soaked
and full of burrs. Now, the question is,
what induced the dog to walk due north?
1t could not have been memory, for
there was nothing to remember, and it
does not seem possible that it could
have been scent, for all the conditions
were unfavorable.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11
WATER.

We may judge something Of the rela,
sive value OF water, in the human econ
omy, when we remember that most Of
the body and its solvent juices are pure
water. For example, the saliva is so
per cent. water, the gastric juice 81, the
bile 81, pancreatic Juice 80, blood 70,
and even our bones 10, as solid as they
seem. Since the Creator made us as we
are, established these relations of water
to the system, it is reasonable to infer
that a large per cent. of alcohol CON-
,bined with these solvent fluids would
mot increase their effectiveness. If the
change of starchy foods into grape sugar,
!as an important step in the digestive
process, demands SO per cent. of water
Tor its perfection, l cannot believe that
ON addition of ID per cent. of alcohol
would render that process any easier or
more expeditions. On reaching the
stomach for another change, if the Gre
Htor, in infinite wisdom, has made tie
gastric Juice principally of water, do
not feel justified in recommending ale or
porter as an aid to digestion. The same
principles will equally apply to all OF
the remaining processes. Water ii the
best solvent known-more nearly uni.
rersal than any other. This constitutes
it the best possible drink for all LIVING
creatures. DR.. j. FL. H0'latord.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11
Never Knew What Killed Him.
Nels Pratt. IT, Tie Eve.


81 was chopping in the woods one
day last winter said lie, "whcn my
dog, 4 healthy terrier, crawlcd into a
hollow log AMI found II coon. lie
took Mr.. Coon by the nose and pull
ed him out into my presence. When
the coon saw how | was situated,
with big AK and a yearning look, he
yanked the dog back into the hole in
the log. The dog was a light weight,
but his staying qualities were some
thing to contemplate. lie had the
coon firmly clinchcd, and to that gen
tie influence he yielded frequently,
but as often withdrew from the cold
world, taking the ambitious purp
with him. They kept saving it off
this way for an hour, and it began to
look as though the coon was going to
win the rubber, when an idea struck
me. When the dog pulled the coon
out to view aimed my AK and struck
terrific blow at the coons neck.
just then he gave jerk and pulled
the dogs head to the spot where his
should have been.
"That dog don't know to this day
but that it was the coon that killed
him."
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11

Some rude races have strange substi,
tutes for kissing. Of Mongol father a
traveller writes "He smelled from time
to time the head of his youngest son, q
mark of paternal tenderness usually
among the Mongols instead of embrac-
ing" In the Philippine islands, we are
told, "the sense Of smell is developed to
so great degree that they are able, by
smelling pocket handkerchief, to tell to
which person they belong, and lovers, at
parting, exchange pieces Of linen they
may be wearing, and, during their sepa-
ration, inhale theodor Of the beloved be-
ing" Among the Cittagong hill people,
again, it is said, the manner Of kissing is
peculiar. Instead of pressing lip to lip,
they place the nose and mouth upon the
check and inhale the breath strongly"
Their form of speech is not "Give me
kiss" but "Smell me-" In the same
way, according to another traveller, 90 The
Burmese do not kiss each other in the
Western fashion, but apply the lips and
nose to the cheek, and make strong
inhalation" Moreover, "the Samoana
salute by juxtaposition of noses, accom-
panied not by rub, but by hearty
smell" There is scriptural precedent
for such customs. When blind Isaac
was in doubt whether the son who came
to him was Jacob or not, che smelled
the smell Of his raiment, and blessed
him."
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11
BULLS and BEILS.

The etymology of the term "bear' is
believed to be this: When dealer in
stocks, or for that matter in merchan-
disc, had sold more than he was capable
of delivering he was naturally bare OF
the article, and it was naturally his in
terest that prices should fail in order
that he should cover his engagements
and be no longer bare. From the adj
jective, the transition to the substantive
of the same sound (bear) was easy. The
growing bear being thus embodied. his
antitype, the bull, was not long making
an appearance. 1t is somewhat curious
to find in the popular mind ditfused
notion that bulls are the more virtuous
creatures. This is sometimes fallacy.
The bull is usually Spectator who
proposes to gain merely by market fiuc-
tuation, and to fish in troubled waters
The real investor, for instance, Is often
bear in spirit because he awaits an OPP
portunity to buy cheaply. The cotton
manufacturer who contracts to sell cloth
is in spirit bear of yarn and other ma
terials, which he requires to buy cheap
ly-that is, unless he has already bought
too much of such materials, in which
case he has over-traded. Some amount
of speculation is no doubt good, whole.
some and necessary in business. 1t i,
only when tle one party is much over.
powered by the opposing party thai
mischief results. NcUs.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11

In one Of the Detroit Justices courts,
in suit for malicious trespass in enter
ing upon land and removing fence, one
of the witnesses was asked:
"Did you help build that fence ?"
81 did,"
"What year was tn"
"Well, let's see. 1t was the samn
year that my brother-in-law had his lee,
broke in wrestling match ut Dear
boru."
"Well, what year was that2"
"Lets see 1t was just six months.
after we found the Duggan boy drowned
in Sabin's well. That was-that was in.
eighteen hundred and-and-"
Cant you remember?"
"Why, yes, I ought to. Lets see.,
That same summer that we took the
Duggan boy out of the well Tyler's sec.
ond girl started to run away with tin.
peddler, and we caught them just the,
other side of Dearborn. I squared off
on the peddler and knocked him eight.
cen feet into the bushes"
"But what year was it that you built
the fence?"
"Why, the same year that al this
happened, or maybe year before or
after. If I could only talk with my old
woman minute could get it exact"
"How."
"Why, I was building tie last half Of
that fence when she was hooked by q
COW, and she'd hunt up the man who
owned the beast and hit the date square
in the head"
1t was decided to let the exact date
remain in seclusion, although the wit
ness suddenly bethouyht hi nself that it
was somewhere around" the same year
that Browns horses ran away and
smashed into Deacon TracJ's front gate.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11
4 PhAUTiC4L AsnE.A

It had taken him some little time to
bring his tongue in full accord with his
mind, but he finally stammered out,
"Will you-will you wander down life'S
path, your hand in mine, while the god
dess of love.sings siren songs to us
Oh, will you BIO my own, my angel ?"
"Well, we'll, wouldn't look well as an
angelo See here. If you want me to
marry gu, to make life happy and
home pleasant for you, to keep the
house slicked up nice, to cook you rel
ishable meals, to preside at your table
and at the piano with equal ability, to
care for the children and bring them up
bright and smart, and to help you make
the most of yourself in this world, I'll
jine hands with you." "That's just the
practical sort Of an angel l thought you
was. 'Jine.'"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11

Ex-Gov. Wise, who had been made q
Brigadier General by President Davis,
arrived at this time in Staunton, en- route
for the Kanawha valley. His arrival
was the remote cause Of ludicrous Incl
dent which came very near opening our
campaign with an unpleasant tragedy.
Lieut.. Col. Crenshaw, who had gone
with me to pay our respects to Gov.
Wise on the evening of his arrival, in
vited his staff surgeon, DR.. Peter Lyons,
to accompany us to our camp, with
promise Of sardines, cigars and other
comforts, with which he was provided.
We reached camp about 8 o'clock, and
were hailed by the first sentinel we APP
preached, who ordered one of us to adj
vance and give the countersign. Unfort-
unately, although having the envelope
containing the countersign, which had
been handed us by the Adjutant, we had
not opened it, and it was too dark to read
it. We replied: Commanding officer
without the countersign; call the SER
geant Of the guard" "That won't do"
said the sentinel. "Now, mark time !
Them's my orders" We demonstrated
against the indignity to which he con-
templated subIecting his fell officers in
the presence of stranger, rs well as
against the exercise involved in the exc
cution of his command on a hot summer
night; but he was infexible. MARK
time y he replied, cor 1 will certainly
shoot you" and, suiting the action to the
word, cooked his musket and leveled it
at us. We tried threats, but he was not
to be intimidated-reason, but he was
unreasonable; he knew nothing, and
would neither permit us to advance or
retire, and insisted upon "doing his
duty" which was to shoot us if we did
not "mark time" He was master of the
situation, and, as we looked down the
musket barrel, we "marked time" until
the perspiration rolled from our fore.
heads. We were relieved by the sergeant
ofthe guard, whorelieved hesentinel, but
not until we had whetted our appetite
for the expected repast by abundant ex-
ercise. 1 supposed the man was luna
tic, and sent for his company officers to
make inquiries. 1t turned out that he
had been instructed at Camp Lee by ca
diets of the Military Institute, who re-
quired all who failed to have the coun-
tersign to "mark time" for their amuse-
ment until the guard officer appeared.
He was very much alarmed when told OF
the deception which had been practiced
upon him by his youthful instructors
Gen. TalfaferrO.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11
A Mistake.

The elevator in a tall downtown
building had reached the ninth floor,
and the boy held the door open fol
the venerable passenger to get out.
"Top floor" he said.
"Eh?" calculate the old man as if
not comprchending clearly.
"This is the top floor, sir, as far as
we go. Where did you wish to stop ?''
"Why, get out at one hundred
and twenty-tirst street. You amt
there already are your"
Waiting passengers wondered why
the elevator did not stop for them on
its way down, but that boy hardly
got his breath who showed him the
door.
81 thought it was the elevator
road. IN. Y. Tribune.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11
Badly Injured.

why, Mr.. JonkinS, thought you
were in the hospital" calculated Il
a pretty Washington girl to her cal.
Ter last night.
SIN the hospital?" he quericd will
genuine State Department infection
"What made you think that"
"Why, papa said at breakfast thi,
morning that he never saw a man
shoot off his mouth like you did yes.
terday."
- jenkins had previous engage
mcnt in a few minutes.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-11
EXCHANGE scINTI1LATIoNs.

Dead negroes are quoted at SIS pei
head in Cincinnati and no questions
asked by the medical profession
even though the subject be warm
and its skull crushed in. The quota
ton of live negroes is not given, but
it ispreSumably much interior
Journal.
"What shall we do with our boys %
is question that vexcs the soul OF
Mrs. Livemore. We don't know
what she will do with hers, but we
intend to raise our boy to become a
apresident of these United States or
driver on street car, we haven't full
ly determined which.-D:1ckonrilge
News.
GLOW TO Treat an Old Man" Is the
heading ofan article now going the
rounds Of the press. The best way to
treat an old man is to tell him when
you take him up to the counter to
not be bashsul, to just take as much
as you he wants; and if he's a berry
oil man, give him schooner-it will
expand his nautical wants and IDEAS
,andmakc him think he's railing over
tie universe.-Statc Journal.