THE DAILY INTELLIGENCER. VOL. 11. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. t . H. HAX FORD. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, SEATTLE, W. T. •fWCt-rWi!■!>>■ O «t- , V. ■. Warrs. L. B Sua WHITE & NASH, Ms WW W K ** j NefttUe, Wuhiigtoi Terr'jr. | OmOS,_DIHPATCH BUILDING.: "* * I 0. M. IIBIW, LM. BALL. V. B. imm. J UKIAIEC, MALI Jt ANIREWS BIBUISIimUMUI SEATTLK, W. T. •• *• SSWSIiSS. >. L. lUKUV. •ENHISON 4 ILANCNARB, ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW AND Proctor* In Admiralty. •TO®#* at Port Tuviml, Wsealnftoa ''*rri sr». mi D P. JENKINS, SEATTLE, W. T., A TTORNKY-A T-I.A W. SOLICITOR IS CHANCKRY, AND PROCTOR IN ADMIRALTY. mh2\ C M. BRADSHAW, Jt tt •rmey-Mt-ijMw, POET TOWN SEND. W. T. H. B. HATHAWAY, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW WIU ftUaod lo buainoM in lU put! of lb* T*r tllory. Firtlcnlir attention glv*n to Probata., MMw, Oullwtluti of D*MlMd Pay uienlof Tud. HfcAT'lhK. W. T. Jmu McMieaar. Jom LUIT XcNAUGIIT & LEAHY, A TTORSK Ys -AT - I.A W. 89LII 7- TOIIS IN CHANCKRY. d PROC TORS IN ADM IRA LTY. Will prsotir* lo| |tb* Dlilrld Mid Bapnm ! Oi>arU, _ ! Mr. Imtt will (It* smcUl atUatloS lo 00l- • |«ttOM, 4c.; iIM lo tbe pimh*** wd Ml* of Baal (state. iaor tub. iut*. Jy" | DR. J- LEAHY. |r«fnwl> »u»ll Uf «• J" ? ' Vbotusou. Court FkyilcUi aa>l Sof*"#. London ] OFFICE- rmaantbsl MutlU&i ror of Oom urMli Htr**t. HynintHH t-PrlJruUl Hotel JMm DRS. k. ft H. B. BkGLEY. Bemiropmlhint*,' SEATTLE, W. T. I\R H. S. SAOLKY. LATS PSOFKSaoS OF, II Pvtadalss sad Pmcttr* <* tartan la the MtrhlsaaOMtrsl Madlcal Collage. will tusks OmtsTivs SargMT a»J Marginal IH*aaa*a a *r*clal I jTand will etteaS »• calls la any part of the I %>u*d. dl » DR. G. A. WEED, 81' HURON AND PHYBICIAN, SEATTLE. W. T. DR.G.V.CALHOUN, < SoatUo, W. V. OSm %>. t. Dvmtefc ®ttiiau»f. Oc«l- 1 dootal _ _ 1 Dr. J. S. Houghton. D^i» («it ilmx l<> Of. Onw"' hx»im. WtK'ttlv »u»»Uvm fiTMJ *> AMUMB OF TttM FYS DENTISTRY. Dft J C ORAMK. P»m»T, or- [ anisMM*! HIMMVMMM lag m H—mi" *»l rtrtlT AU worfc J.S. MAGGS, Dentist, OFFICE. MILL STRKtT. •r«r WJl* S tSRH , "a«^ T O nT A. MACKINTOSH. NoUry P«Mk —4 Vmitjmmttr, Real Cutatr aa4 Tmi Agent. , MM • nbpMl AMnrt vrf TIU» *o *ll iduiVuai; Will sltoaa »<» p«prk*» sa« Ml* .<* l.*»>U > n ill»atti« Mhl to Ttuif* fymol vnm rtlNM(* •oll**-»sd»»J "•«»■ •ssiirsntu. _« •»• <* inir -~"~*" EtSTWICK. MORRIS I CO Civil ud Mining ww OIN 11 BUM ;m«a« So. «, Baru«i( * »IMM—J (W.y.««»wUl M Wsifcli g»»m«. wm*. ftiiowy. C«1 •**•* «uwe»l U*4s M stfaes. «s>»rt J iwlTtiii«rwt •TSSTS»t!S».«i»a fc-o* The Unanswered Question. j BY ELillC BtBIUTT. Some thirty year« ago an intelligent utrciiu t and ship <>.vn» rot o;. of our comrnerrUl citit-s put forth in * pamph let f< rtij the 411 ration " Whst ii the use of our navy r " Where th*r.» Mas I one to a«k that queUion then, th»-re are ath »ui«n l no*, ana neither then nor now had one been found t > answer it. Let it go again before th« jHlblie mind i What is th-j use of mir navy *No one ' tiy it i* to raj>turj pirttes, or ! drive them from the aeas. Not um wf ! our war vessels i-> uiade for that pur I puae. Is it to cruise around the globe ! to repel or avenge incalts to our flig or I to our ritizeus residing iu foreign coun'rus i Are. then, the utptains and other officers of our frigates to be judges, jurors and executioners in mat ters of international law r or in cases of alleged injury or insult, to execute ; drumhead justice or puuishment at j their free will and sxjlc judgment ? to j IK*uihard South Anu.rii .iu villages for , ft quarrel over a l>ott!e of whisky or a , game of ranis .' To vindicate the bon or of our national flag. iudceu! llow has it vindicated that honor in the past'( Well, it' we have no use for our navy | iu time of pe ace, what is tbe use io i war '< What was tbe use of the Great French fleet of iron-clads in the late war with Prussia ? Wtiat did they do | tor France '< Did they delay her foil '< i Did they win her any glory or defend any of her ports* No; they never | captured enough Prussian ship* to pay for tbe COM I th«*y burned in cruising for them. What is our navy going to do iin casa of a war with a European power* Enlarge tbe area of conflict, as if this continent were not large enough to tight on. Let us bring cool reason to the appreciation of this con tingency. As England is the greatest naval power iu the world, and as our navy has more reference to hers than to all othett in the world put together, let us leap with a hound over all pro babilities luto the possibility of a war with her. us »up|>ose that we and she are going to take the hack trsck toward tbe barba rism of the dark ages; that not satis fied with tbe result wbicb pacific solu tions have realized iu tioth countries, •be may do something to us or we to ber, that cannot be settled by a Geneva isilMIUMt, t • . • « w « arbitrament of war, like that of IRI2, j which settled questions so satistactori ly (*) Well, war, let us suppose, is de- j cla red. Wbat next '< Can any honest, intelligent mind believe that England alone, or with tbe help of France or Germany; could or would send a fleet of 50,000 men across the ocean and in vade this continent v It would take a whole week to land 25,000 ineu with their armament, if no opposition were , made to them. It would take months of preparation to collect ships of war aud transports for such an expedition, j The sub-iniiriue telegraph would give us a morning bulletin of the operations —the very number and names of the ; ships and every other particular. We should know the very hour when they weighed anchor for America. What would Ihj tbe result ir Why, 500,000 meu would or could bj concentrated at any given poiut of attack on our coat at two days* notice. What a preposter ous fantasy to indulge, that any Euro pean power or alliance would send over 50,000 meu to iuvade this continental nation of 40,600,000. But in case of this almost unsupposa ble war, wbat would be the use of our navy • It could not beat hack the great fleet of Europeau ironclads. It could not encounter tbetn on the high seas. It would not be wauled to prevent the iuvaoing fores from landing ou our shores. Theu what r SJiue one mar say it might scatter its ships over the and capture the eneu.y's merchant vessels, aud di-struy a great deal of its commerce. But whose commerce would it destroy* The word commerce is a ooaapound one, beginning with the word con "with.'' It don't uieau a one sided transaction, but oue i«etween two partus. Well, our >uppo*alde war i» ! with Englaud. aud mir uavy would de stroy her commerce, w»rts from all other nations put together. Now, tlien, sup pose in case >4 war *ith her hit navy could destroy tbi* commerce, whicb country would br the most damaged by this destruction * Would it pay our agncnltural States to support Mich a o*tt tiftv jears in vie* <»t tha |*>*il>ili ty of auch a war and such • destruction of their product on their way the sea* Certainly :t would damage busiueas la Englatul much to preveut the trade in the*- American pr\>lu.~tiotis, hut would this weaken her. or tend to bring the **r t,> * speedier clo»> I>ots tins destruction ot j nv*te property tend in that direction usualiy Is it net time to *m>t this aimed pea-o policy. whicn. like the dropsy, grows t>V that it feeds on Ihu k liow it hs«gro<* ii thi- l iti>u in the Is>t twenty years, tr -ui f.'ti.UOU.OOO per a«- num to fTO.OuO.O**)' Mtsll tbia nst or. held m the protecting »ni,- of tbe broad ocean. 3.W0 mil.* Ir ui the nearest Kuropean power take it* chil dren's !. it® children's toil* and ?»r..- ings. a;»d liw them *» an ctetl*stmg oi»sation to thi« impalpable h»bgoHim that makes cow%rd» uf us al. - Willi t svung generation t • succeed us attsia to a bitter courage. and *h ike off the huge vampire that fattens upon the in , dustriee of the worid* SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, SATURDAY, JANUARY la, 1877. Ghost Stones. I was born in a oountrj not ill-peo pled with ghosts ; and gboata, as we sll know, from the wrath of Patroelu* downwards, make tbemselvee very use ful to the poet. But here again I have been unlucky. It was my mother's maid, riot I, who beard tbe silks of a spectral lady rustling behind ber late at night in tbe long gallery at borne, and who had not courage enough to turn round and heboid the ghastly visage which probably mirmounted them. Once, too, MO old »bephevd came in from tbe mountain valleys to narrate bow, 00 a mid winter night, as he drove sheep pasot a lonely farm, an old and saga cioaa dog howled sad showed evident signs of terror, creeping tremblingly bark with it* yoaag comrade to bis feet, tiefore his master's duller eye discerned, as it soon did. with awe, a white woman with a child in ber arms, doomed, as she told him, for her guilt to vauder restlessly aloug the wilds, and suffered one night every year to appear and tell ber story. . But unluckily then I was too small a child to be allowed to listen to his thrilling narration, which surprised my ; father very much, for tbe nan was so i ber and bad no motive for its invention. I passed the boose near which this strange meeting took plice, left unten anted aud desolate for twenty years or so in conietjuence, and I could not help en vying my father's good fortune, who at least bad seen the man who saw the ghost. I have always remained one re move further oft—a decided disadvan tage. That was my position when, on the lovely lake of Hawcswater, a worthy friend of mine told me how a man be knew, once fishing at midnight, under beautiful Wallercrag (where, it is well I known, sleeps the imprisoned spirit of j l the Viscount Lonsdale of George tbe ! Second's time), heard a crashing sound ; as if tbe whole mountain were Calling I < dowu on him, and fled, smashing his fishing-line iu the fall, and thenceforth i j foreswearing fishing rather than run the ris« of meeting tbe grim ghost, which he thought was then breaking its bouuds. Those bounds were »et to it with dif- j Acuity by a conclave of the clerw nf the period, one of whom had pursued it up the river to the lake whence it hows, kuocking hii shins sadly against the stones in its rocky bed, but still tnanfulty holding fast to the Book of Common Prayer, and reading from it the passages which act as exorcisms. When at last the spirit, so compelled, showed symptoms of resting beneath Wallercrag. the brave parson, jointly with several of his reverend brethren, iat°pPA4l , oA n tfui»C - 9l)lt in, »iA»l4 hul/ had laiu him For ever and ever and aye. But a voice from the mouutain-hollow mockingly echoed back, time after time, tiie spirit's ultimatum: No, for a year and a day. And how far tbe assembled priests succeeded in making him desist from his counter-proposition remains to this day a little uncertain. At least my llaweswater friend knew a man (you see I never get any nearer to ghosts than that),*wbo bad many a time heard a carriage coming down tbe steep banh ou which Lowther Castle rises above the river of the same name, and held open tbe gate for it at the bottom, as in duty bound. But he knew well that tbe carriage held an occupant who bad no longer any business with this world: and as he described tbe matter, "some times his coachman and bis horsee had their beads on ,lnit oftener they had not " — HUickttood?s M tgazint. Diseases of Our Own Causing. On an average, one-balf of the num ber of our patients treated by a hospi tal-surgeon suffer from diseases due primarily to a want of kno • ledge of the laws of health and cleanliness. Ist. Tbe ignoraace of bygenic laws, wbicb atTect so disastrously tbe health of the rich as well as the poor, exists chiefly in regard to dress, ablution and venti lation. This starement may, at first, appear startling, but an enumeration of tbe diseases that can be constantly traced to tbe above causes will show upon how sound a basis tbe statement rests Tbe following are examples: Varicose ulcers from dress, chest-dis i eases and fevers from imperfect venti lation Tbe vast number of uloerated legs treated in out-patient department of hospitals, in work-bouse infirmaries and in private practios, arise from van cose veins. Now. a varicase ulcer ii called a distended coodition of veins oi the leg. which base to sustaia the pres-; sure of the blood caused by gravitation. The most frequent and flagrant cause of obstruction is in the ordinary elastic garter Children thonld never wear them at all. as the stockings can be per fectly well kept up by an attachment of an elastic band strapped to the waist band. If garters are worn, it is im portant to kuow how to apply them with the least risk of harm; at the bend of the kae« the superficial veins ' of the leg unite, and go dimply into the under (art of the thigh beneath the hsm-string tendons. Thus a ligature ' below tb« knee obstructs all tha super -1 final seins, but. if the oonstmctioo is | at»ove, the ham-string tendons keep the pressure off the veins which rat urns the Mood tr»xn the legs: unfortunately. ' m«*t people id ignorance oi iha above f .cts. apply the garter below the knee. ' ~TK>*m. in Lockpcet, Grao t py JohnaMi. a colored lady sad Marly - one hundred years okl. l«er» after a fnerui tan up to the o'd e udy and sa d, "GraMy, Qraany' your u is on fire ** Why, child," »id e tie Ism •, with great sereaity. -dat i - possible. De house is locked aa' I 'ss got the key to de door in my pocket."3 -M ISC ELL AN EOTJB STAR 1 ILLS Cora* of noiT aid nraci trams, SEATTLE, W. T. i I. W. BUJEBY, PrpY EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR Always on hand. GRAHAM, CRACKED WHEAT, and CORN MEAL, GROUND FEED, BRAN, SHORTS, MIDDLINGS, and CHICKEN FEED. B. L. TIOHI, j. M. SNOW. «ty Surveyor. C. 3. Depot/ Surveyor TBOMF & S\OW, am hdreu An snvsrus Seattle, W. v. QfPfcw veer Gem SOAWA, E.itr WWxmld, hsrinc Him4l Ovrtif* MtiilKiory nut |*p«lr Hkup liMsaMtiot with Inuu'i blacksmith akop on u moan, bottom iiui wasuxotoii VMMt*■■•«aao*toUmyaMlc that tola pw ml( all klcdi «# CktUsm to of4er, and Repair Hacks, Baggie* * Wagons. OABBUOS TBIMKDia iSD fiRTBO DON*. CtWWMdw immM. olTtf Clark dc Eustis, OOMRICTORS & HOLDERS. QUARAXTRK FIRST-CLASS WORK A T THE L 0 WEST RAI MS. IBtf* • eonptH* ontat (•* r*Ma« t») wvnrinf fcniMlMi will to —cb onien w.tfc |iim|Tii I ' Front Street, opi«>»ita the Pa*ili«m. aaSMJkvly i hate leaked the Brick Yard E»ova m ta* TWhi for » torn of tor* ;«rt. vita tfe* Intmti— of SVPPLYJSG THE &EMASI At reduced rates. WUI U H'HWd >0 ff* tooulf la Jaaa —rt c. MCALLISTER. li Iwl r,im aaOfc, MISCELLANEOUS. R. C. GRAVES, IMPORTER A*D VtXLSXi I* Willi T DIE M mil ml » flag aaaoataMl Bed-room Sets, Extension Tables, CHAIRS, WINDOW SHADES «S«r. I Also kf«p« » &a« fttock of Pictures, Picture Frames, 1 Mouldings, &c. I Give ni« a caII idJ atUafy yoamelre* ut. j priOM. FRONT STREET, - Seattle, W. T. | CRAIG ft HASTINGS, Stone k Burnett Wharf, SEATTLE, W. T., DMlm la Grail, Hay & Faro Predice. Goods received on storage in Wharf Warehouse at re«- annn Forwarding and Commis sion business promptly at tended to. Goods delivered and freights collected. All business entrusted to our care will receive prompt and careful attention. Saddle-Hook CHOP HOUSE, Open all hour* of the day anil night, at which the BEST OF FARE, On the shortest time, can fcs got o* ths most reasonable cash terms. F-tmilUi mjflittl with Oyitrrt at « r »0 Cent* per 1(»0. Van Wie & Knudaon, Blf-tf Commwiil B«*ttl«, W. T. PU6ET SOUND STONEVARD 1 AfflLa JF» ' *-*■" 1111^1% j II tie PhlsT %tfwi Street, IEITTLK l«rj wWI «* Oww—7 Wytwaaatei to j HmrU* aa4 all otlwc ,«HlillH dltMi'h Ato. 11l kinds of HwnM BmiWmiUtmiaXtot* 1 for Iht ntrlH. Also. i|Ml for th» a»l« of Ibt S»# U«». AU orxicn promptly ftU«d. Hd atttrfMttoa faar ] j ittMd. THE STATE INVESTMENT ASD ! INSURANCE CO. ! pire efts Marine. Cash Assets, - - $480,000. ! Principal Office. 10. 400, California Bt. Inn Frmneiie•. 1 frru Do-**«r». hWt. A. J Bmawt. Tit*-l*r. H OWIIM. Bee-retery. A. P. HMAUW, « ti««««%l *l«tl (of3tM*' Va *" ln ' r,llliß '- onvuß rtUT-CUM KI&IB SOLICITED C. C. Perkins. A*ent. ■. o. v. r. ► SUTK MUICS • WSDSBSDAI : S?UIJ:O •» moc*e*, "tetaßataL ftrvttai It allaA. 1 " IA MISCELLANEOUS Crawford & Harrington IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS sEA. T T JL. E, w. X.. . | Hare on hand a large and well assorted stock of gOOcflH their line, consisting of Foreign and Domestical Hardware and CuUeifl j Iron and Steel, assorted, 1 Blacksmith and Carpenter Tools. aj Agricultural and Mining Implements Crockery and ftlassware, Paints a 9 llemp and Manilla Cordage, Groceries and Provisions, Wfl| Liquors, Etc. . ' *|| AGENTS FOR THE# ' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON, 4| or talbot coal, for city trade, for WHA|m CRAWFORD & HARRIGTOPQ SRattle, W. T.. j u i y ut. ISTS. | VERDICT ALWAYS FOB THIS il DM TESTICLE FEHj SEWIH6 MiCIMtl The Centennial (iold Modal and Diploma ifl The Seott Modal, lfl The Franklin Institute Medal ll The Be port oi the Centennial Commission ssts : " Th« davk aa^| t))a nutwit nnrn . rang«> of work. W« claim aalea UNPRECEDENTED, aud aatiafactioa UNIVERSAL In 1U couatractloa tt Jfl from ALL others, «ndia equalled by none. Ah an earnest c>f what la here dittoed, tha an CHALLENGE all utbera to a friendly content, either for atuuaement or for a mora CONSIDERATION. Th« Family Machine in li«ht running and eaaily comprehended ; haa an loua devlca "to take up" h>at un«tl"ii or weir, whii-h, to a niachiniat. ia prcof of Thia Machine haa tweiTrd more MMal* an>t com|iilnif-ut«r\ Textinionlala than My other la length of time. cfS AGENTS WANTED IN ALL UNOCCUPIED TERRITofI El ||A| I A e ent for M mbi Washington Tcrriffl CHERRY STREET SEATTLE, W» Seattle Brewery J CORNER MILL & FOURTH STREETS, SEATTLE* SLORAH & CC| Proprietors, and Brewer® ofl SUPERIOR ALE, PORTII And the only J Genuine Lager Veil Made in Washington Territory. j Our Bottled Ale and Porter is equal, if not smM rior, to any foreign brand. *j Chilberjs; Brothers* WHOLESALE & RETAfI DEALERS IN PI Choice Groceries^ At>'l kr+T' f-tuiUatly ' n hm.J IBECHCiTY Fill II UAL EYE HUk HOIIUT 111 Rice Flour, and Feed* § AItKJ * w«ll iwiwt**! »tk of ___ Crockery, Glassware, & Table CutM WhVh ti.ty to tri; t l,«»p»r tb*n *ny ir< r« of kii'l la , Cloth. Bra k , iug & FraiiMH^ ets, Perambu- g lators. Etc. "fH ' Our facilities are such a# to defy competition. JjjM GIVE US A CALL AXDjsATItiFY YOUH&KLW A3 TO PRICJ^m■ Cermffltl ttMt, Mfl*' W.T. NO. 32.