The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-25

| he Cthc commodore) was not afraid.
| The boat shot out from the shore, watched
| b. many pairs OF admring eyes. bnt was not
| more than couple OF hundred yards away
| when up came puff OF wind, laid her over on
| her side and dumped the commodore in the
| water As he cannot swim stroke he aben-
| doncd his glossy silk hat to its fate aud chung
| with desperation TO the upturneG boat. Res
| cucrs hurried up from ali directions. One OF
| them picked him up aud another towed his boat
| ashore. He took his discontinue good
| naturally, but showed a fondness Tor retire
| ment on reaching the shore. for he wandered
| into the woods aud reached home by ciIcuitous
| route.
Postmaster Griffith Davies and Inspector
/ George L. seybolt were discussing bliudly ad-
dressed letters yesterday, and in illustration OF
| the work thrown on a postmaster, Mr.. Dawes
| said: There Is Mitchell in this state and an
! other in Dakota Well, some time ago letter
| was dropped here addressed to Mitchell. That
| we could make out clearly enough, but the
| aobrevia'ion for the state 80 iliegible taat
| we could not certainly make ont whether
it was Wash or OAK You could
| hardly imagine two words more I'M
like but the fact remains that we
| confused them. At Mitchell, in Dakota, the
| letter received ana delivered to n man
| whose name II bore, but he said il was not for
| him. Then IL was returned, and We tried
| Mitchell in this state and found the right per-
| son. IL was rather a coincidence that both
| Mitchells contained men Of the same name"
| Mr.. Seyboit added: "OGe great trouble to
| postmasters and postal clerks comes from the
| writing OF Col az an abbreviation for Colo
RADIO and Cal for California Many people
make their as and o's alike. and when both
| states have towns of the same name there ls no
| end of bother"
John D. Ruggles who, on May II. held up the
| stage near Shasta, Cal, shot and kikei
| Messenger Montgomery, and for whom the
| Weils-Fargo Express Company has offered re-
| ward OF s1.l0o, is we'll known to Andrew jack
| son, the chief of police. The chief knew the
| young man twelve years ago and was also well
| acquainted with his mother, father and sister,
| who were highly res pectcd "Ruggles was then
y years DID," said the chief" aud was
| supposed to be quito On exemplary
young man. He was very quiet and re-
| firing and rather impressed me as being OF
morose turn OF mind. The Ruggles family
| lived ut Woodland, Cal, and-well-Miss Rug
| giles was good dancer" About five years ago
| young Ruggles was sent to San Quentin for
| burglary and his family were grief-stricken
| when the news of their disgrace redched them.
| The san Francisco Examiner under date of May
Il, publishes n column account of the killing of
| Messenger Montgomery and gives a cut Of
| Rugeles, and the article also embodies a sketc
OF the murderer's life
"The average duration of life insurance poll
| Icy In all companies in the United States is be-
| tween seven and ten years." said Charles A.
| Mitchell, yesterday, sand the period is slowly
iengthening so that il is nearer ten than seven.
| When man takes out policy tho chances are
| that in ten years his policy will end either from
MS death, or because he takes paid up insur-
| ance for the amount he has paid in or because
| he sells his policy back to the COM
| pany, or because he lets it lapse
nh 10, ft,n
| duration Of policy is shorter than in the East
Here 1t is not more than three or four years. In
| the East men go into life insurance as an In.
Vestment and stick to it, while here where rates
OF interest are higher, the investment feature is
less attractive to the average man"
| Mr.. and Mrs F. Wilcox and Miss Wilcox, OF
| Philadelphia, who are travelling for pleasure,
| are at the Rainier hotel. Mr.. Wilcox said last
| night: 81 hardly expected to see the teredo at
| work 20 far north on this coast.
| for along the Atlantic he does not
| give trouble much north of Virginia rene m
Der seeing some very elaborate work done By the
| government on a wharf at Old Point Comfort.
| Piles We're first driven down aud then iron pipes
were driven around the piles and down into the
| sand, the space of al inch or two between a pile
| and the pipe surrounding it was pumped out
| and then filed with liquid cement, which would
| harden into stone. The whole made a very firm
| through the iron and cement to get at the wood"
| W. B. Dennis, the editor OF the Port Townsend
| Leader, was at De Northern hotel yesterday
| In speaking OF the Lake Washington canal he
said: "The resolutions OF the Port Townsend
| Chamber OF Commerce opposing the appropra-
| ton for this improvement were adopted at a
| meeting OF the chamber when only five mem
! bers were present The resolutions were intro
| duced at meeting previous, but 8. B. Conover
| and opposed them, and succeeded in laying
| them on the table. We never supposed they
| would be brought up again, but to our surprise
| they were brought up and passed at this small
| meeting. Though number Of Port Townsend
people are opposed to the canal project, the
sentiment Is by no means unanimous"
| Salvador Elicott, the new Democratic inspec-
tor OF licenses, happens to be a toetotaer,
| fact which is in some ways a disadvantage, for
In the course OF his business he has a chance to
get free drink at every turn. But even Mr.
| Ellcott's reputation for sobriety has not saved
| him from the breath OF Islander, for a day or two
| ago an acquaintance VINO was not aware of Mr.
| Ellicotts new official duties remarked to j. T.
| Blackstone: "Have you noticed how fright
fully dissipsted Eilieott has been getting lateyf
| He used to keep fairly sober, but must have
seen him in twenty saloons during the last
| week"
| "The city ought to make some provision for
the protection OF the shade trees on the streets"
| said W. II. Calhoun yesterday. "People are a <
| ing up their gardens, aud il the shade trees are
| allowed to grow this will become pretty town
| before long. The trees planted On Madison
| street by the Arbor Association will make that
| beautiful street If they are protected. But
| people are in the habit of tying their horses to
| the trees and scratching the bark OFF them. The
| city ought to impose a fine for that sort OF
| thing"
| ]. Stanley Brown, Of Washington City, who is
/ connected with the state department, left the
| city yesterday morning for Port Townsend.
| From there he will go TO the Pribilof islands
for the purpose of obtaining for the secretary of
state additional information regarding the seal
| ing industry. Mr. Brown. who Is accompanied
| b. Harry Chichester, OF Eagle Pass, Texas, was
IN Seattle less than day, for he arrived at the
| Rainier hotel on Monday evening.
| party OF young women from the seminary
at Ravenna Park arrived at the Diller hotel yes
| terday. Most of them will start for their homes
| today, the school having closed. The girls were
! Mas Grace NOyes, Miss Maud STEINER, Miss
| Jessie Bailey, Miss Do!lie Barker Miss Florence
/ Washburn Miss Jennie Wright Miss bell Wash.
| burn, Miss Vrern and Miss TAYLOR They were
| accompanied by Mrs. c. J. Noyes, OF Mount
| Vernon.
| Corporation Counsel Donworth finds his Office
| no sineeure. The varied and never-ceasing de-
| mands upon him include advice 70 the depart
| ments, drafting intricate financial orr inances,
| the preparation OF a number OF eases in which
the city is either plaintiff defendant and the
drafting or revising OF mass OF bills called for