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THE DAILY INTELLIGENCER.
VOL. HI.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
lam JlcJUrrtv ■>'>** L*A«T
leNAUGHT & LEAKY,
i rrORSKYS -AT- I.A W. SOIJCI
- IN CJIANt'KIiY, d- f'ROC
tors IN ADMIRALTY.
(HI pnrtice in the District and Bahrein*
\ooi win mve rpt* i»l attention to Col-
- * C-; *'•" *° l»uri-L«M
'iSakoflMl E»Ut<r.
W"*' 5 ' 15
O. P. JENKINS,
SEATTLE, W. T.,
. rTOgSKY-A T-LA W, SOLICITOR
IS CBANCKItY. A SI) I'ROCTOR
it ADMIRALTY. mh2l
w. R. ANDREWS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
HKATTLE, w. T. «*pU
MS. S. D. HEWES, M. D.
HOMOEOPATHIST.
IK «f First Lady Graduate* in Medicine.
OflmbcrMrvlcestotbe people of Seattle and
ibt north Pacific Coait.
lira. DocUr Hewea cnmn We«t after ten year*
tfeooMttat and aorceaeful practice. Will oj.eu
tor b«B»e to the tick. Mother* ran find a hoiue,
•lth lb* bwt medlctl attendance during confine
■MDt, ud patient* for general medical treatment.
Will uest the alck bjr letter, and fill order* for
Hytrint by mall or axpreaa.
Baliitncaoo Cnlon »trt*t, between Fourth and
tfUu mjrao-dwtf
OR. G. BRYANT,
Physician and Surgeon.
NEWCASTLE, W. T.
ORS. I. i H. B. BUGLET.
ttomtropathiHtx,
SEATTLE, W. T.
0%. H. B- BAGLET. LATE PROFESSOR OF
PnMlslM soil Practice of Surgery 111 the
Kkkl|Ml Oram) Medical College, will make
OpnttwlergerysndSurgiCßl Dlnuaitee a apt-dal
tf, u4 «IU attend to calls In any part of the
••ad. dl»
HR.G.V. CALHOUN,
Seattle*, W. T.
01* *o. 1, Duprteh Building, apposite OREL
dental Hotel.
OR. G. A. WEED,
WIUKON AND PHYSICIAN,
RBATTLE, W T.
D. LOCKE, M. Dm
DENTIST,
tamaatot Office— Kront Boom. up-stalr*
Block, Sratte W. T. jy:»l
DENTISTRY.
MEM See la Hlouk kl' i rtt'a New Build-
liy la| ou Commercial sirect. All work
•» nmlrH.
Cm J.S. MAGGS f
~ Dentist,
OKFJICK, MILL STREET,
•wrfcaau and Harneea Store, EAST Or OC
CIDENTAL HOTEL. n».
Electro Magnetism
-AND
HYDROPATHY !
Mt klbctro magnetic medicated
■®H Will Cars Bare y*U. Kheumatiem.
of Nervoue Affection*. Also, will
29ys*eod, sad eeune thorough action of
organ* of the body.
'•Wsabj contract.
Eureka Bath Rooms
ssniaiia acHwaaarma's stoar,
COMMERCIAL tmtKET.
H. CLARK.
VBUCTOR & WILDER.
• "
FIRST • CLASS
*Oll AT TllK LOWKSTRA 7 />.
out (I I for r*i«in* utl iuotibj
will iIUaJ ia «n.-h order* wttt
V**'"*' dispatch.
2J Street .opposite the FaTilion.
MORRIS I CO.
Q*il and Mining
*** «. kiMf! B*li<hn«.
* Wuhl«|4m ttrr<la
*»•*. Territory.
*** »ur
I out °t tbe common,
winch in the course of time obtain more
<>r ims popular beli. f. have ..btained
th? g-neral and generic title of Vulgar
Errors. Lt u« examine some of these
It is largely Ixditved that th<s drug
manna, to lie found in «|<oth<caries'
ju.rf sometimes a« a gentle laxa
tive fur children and delicate (lersons.
i- identical with the food which fell
from heaven and fed the Israelites 'as
described in the fifteenth cnapter of
Exodus), on their forty years' journey
in the wilderness.
Jom LZAIT
The maniis of Scripture is described
as "a small round thing, as small as the
hoar-frost on the ground" which was
found on thr earth every morning, and
melted when the sun waxe<l hot —twice
the quantity falling on the sixth ilay,
HO that tliTe was no need of collecting
it on the seventh day, which was the
Sabbath.
This Uianna is stated to have had the
properties of corn, for it could be
ground in a mortar, baked or boiled,
fhe word manna h:yi been derived back
from the Hebrew, signifying a gift. Sa
cred Writ says "it was "like coriander
seed, whitr», and the taste of it was like
wafers made with honey."
One idea is that this m.intia was mir
aculously created, at and for a certain
time and emergency; another, that it is
identical witli an article similarly
named which exudes, in the peninsula
of Minai, from a species of tamarisk
tree. Only six hundred or eight hun
dred pounds of this are gathered in six
week*.
The manna of pharmacy exudes from
a specie* of ash tree, growing in the
aouth of Italy and in Sicily. It flows
iroin incisions made in the trees, is of a
yellowish-white hue, is brought over
in small pieces, hxs a taste of honey,
and a spongy, pasty feel. Evidently
the name has chiefly caused it to IKS the
supei natural food of the Scripture.
That the swan sings immediately be
fore his death, is another popular error,
which was contrtdicted by Pliny, the
Roman naturalist, some eighteen hun
dred years ngo. Lucian, vElian and
Scaliger, all of whom are classical au
thorities, have echoed this denial. Col
eridge employed the idea in hia epi
gram on a bad vocalist, thua:
"Swans sing before they die;
'Twere no bud thing.
Would certain persous
Die before they sing."
It was long believed that the mole
has no eyes and the elephant no knees.
This arises from the fact that the eyc9
of the mole are exceedingly small and
deeply sunk in his head. Every one
who has visited a menagerie can testify
to the fact that he has seen elephants'
knees.
There is mi erroneous impression that
the pelican "cftimes turns her beak
against hor own breist, and pierces it
therewith until the blood gushes out,
whereof bcr young partakes, and is
thereby nourished." TN do this a sharp
beak is required; but the beak of a pel
ican is broad and flat, like the spatula
of a druggist, and incapable of pierc
iritr its own breast.
The bird of paradise, formerly very
scarce, but now common enough since
the discovery of New (Jninea and adja
cent Papuan Islands, has been the sub*
ject of many legends One is that, not
having any feet, they perpetually fly,
from their birth to their death, resting
in the air, and living upon flies.
Another vulvar error concerning these
birds is that, nature made a hele in the
back of the male bird, in which tho fe
male lays her eggs, hatches her young,
and feeils them until they are able to
fly- . .
Yet another bird, the phumix, has
been the subject of many wild belief*.
Sir Thomas Hrowne, who flourished in
the seventeenth century, and who wrote
a great many curious volumes, includ
ing an "Enquiry into Vulgar Errors,"
and ha* told us * good deal about tins
fabulous bird, which "lives for many
hundred ye «rs, and theu bums herself
on a piie of many scented woods, from
the ashes whereof rises, up a young
plucuix."
Tiicre was an obi belief, wholly nil
foumifd on any fact in i.mural history,
tlmt the barnacle— a specie* of shell
tioli which attaches itself t«» the bottom
of ships, —la-comes, when broken ofi". %
species of g<H>se. Even llolin*lled. the
historian, who lived and wrote in the
time of Queen Eliial>eth, has gravely
recorded that, with his own eyes, he
saw the feathers of these barnacles
''hauging out ot the shell at least two
itches."
Several other ancient and credulous
writers have expressed a like belief
Gerard says in his "Herbal:" "Tbera
are in the north part of Scotlande cer
tiine trees, whereon do grow shell-fish
es, etc., etc.. which, falling into the wa
ter. do Itecome fowls, whom we call
fti»r»>. xcUt : in the north of Knglai.d, hr>mf
rfrtDt: and in Lancashire, trtt ytv*.
Conversing on this subject not loug
ago, with an intelligent Scotch friend
of wine, who had resided a long time
in the West Indies, he said: "When first
I went to live in the Island of Domi
nica. where, on some parts of the coast,
a species of willow trees grows, and
droop over the sea, 1 was a>tonislicd to
find a ktcat uiany small utters hang
ing from their branches"
In explanation, he added: "The tide
rises several feet on that coast, so that
the overhanging branches of the trees
are covered with salt water fer several
hours each day. and numerous oyster*
attach themselves thereto. W hen the
tide ebba. the oysters remain clinging to
the branches, and it looks as it the treea
was literally U-aring these pleasant bi
valves."
11. DOANE.
An old IK."lief, utterly without founda
tion. is that n salamander. which i* a
small littfd of the Utrachian order of
reptiles, will li»e if cw«t into a great
fire, lialen and other early medical
writer* bare ridiculed and denied this.
On tlte otb-»r hand, Dioaroridea,
whoM Hth iMjoki on wnifiTM
written in lb« first ceutury, enjoyed
; considerable reputation far into
1 K Tfnteenth, and were translated IBto
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1877.
Vulgar Errors.
several languages, given full credence
to that ridiculous statement, even
affirming that, should a glass-house fire
l>e kept up for more than seven years,
tbere is uo doubt that a salamander
would be found engendered in its ashes.
Lord I'yron uiore than once refers to
this in hi- poem of "The Giaour,'' sav
ing :
" The miud that broods o er guilty woes
Is like the scorpion girt by fire ;
The circle narrowing as it glows,
The ti*uies around their captive close.
Till inly scorched by thousand throes.
And maddening in her ire.
One <ad and sole relief she knows.
The sting she nourished for ner foes,
Whose venom never yet was vain.
(jives but one pang, and cures all pain,
And darts into her des|>er»te brain."
He appended a note to this paatage,
which alludes "to the suicide of the
scorpion, so placed by experiment by
gentle philosophers." Thus the reptile
silamanderor scorpion, is believed by
the credulous either to live in fire or to
commit suicide rather than to fistaiu
its tortures.
A strange belief about the tenth egg
and tenth wave is noticed bv Sir
Thomas Browne, in his strange and
learned work on "Vulgar Errors," pre
viously mentioned here. That the tenth
wave is greater and more dangerous
than any other is au ancient maritime
superstition, and is distinctly referred
to in a well kuown passage of a poem
l»y Ovid, the Latin poet.
So it has been averred that the tenth
e gg i 8 greater than any other, by vari
ous learned authors, profane and* cleri
cal. Some of the latter have ascribed
this greater magnitude to Providence,
whr>, no doubt (in their minds), recog
nizing the payment of the clergy by
tithes, made the tenth egg especially
large, for the advantage.
Among minor vulgar errors ar« the
following : That a man weighs mora
fasting than full; that a sheep-skin
drum hur.'ts at the beat of a wolf-skin
drum; that young vipers when they
are born destroy the maternal female;
that a woman marrying a convict under
the gallows will save him from the
execution; that those who are born at
sea (of British parents) belong to the
parish of Stepney, in London; that the
hare is one year a male and the other a
female; and that meu are sometimes
transformed into wolves, and back
from wolves to men.
A PAT KKJORT. —I bad beard soma
thing like it before, but I am confident
it was original with our good clargy
mau who flashed it out upon the deacon.
It was Rev. Mr. Bixby, a good old
Methodist divine, who had to come to
our town to preach on a certain Sab
bath during the sickness of the settled
pastor. He made it bis home with
Deacon Somerby while on bis visit.
It was in the month of February, and
the walks out of doors were very icy
and slippery. On the way home in the
afternoon, after the day's work was
done, the minister slip|>ed upon the ice,
and would have fallen had not the
deacon, who was a strong man, caught
liiui by the arm. and upheld him.
"Ah, parson," said Sonerby, with a
light laugh, after he had seen his
guest safely on his feet, "the wicked
stand in slippery places."
"Yes," quick retorted the clergyman,
with H merry twinkl*, "I see they can,
u.y brother; but I llnd it very difficult."
MISCELLANEOUS.
A. MACKINTOSH,
.Notary Public and Conveyance
Real Estate a«d Tax Agent.
lia*a complete Abetract of Title to all Lauda
lu King OMSI|. Will attend t<> the purchase aad
rale of anywhere on I'uget Hound. Special
attention paid to Transfer of Ileal Eatate and
Payment of Taxea. Patronage solicited and aatla
faction guaranteed.
Office on Mill atreet, nearly opposite the "Oc
li'ental Hotrl
NEW PATENT.
A. C. CAMPBELL
HAS A LATE IMPROVE*EXT ON THE
LEATHERS'
ARTIFICIAL STONE !
The Improved Patent is dated
C ft. Patent Office, Dec. 19. lir«-N*. 1W.554.
By this improvement stone can be
made much cheaper, faster, and with a better
ftnuh ttaa by the Leather*' old patent. Anyone
deal ring to *e« the Stone made by this late pro
cess. can do eo by calling at my residence on
Be<vind street. Seattle, or at Dr. Barley's, where
can be seen a Vase made of this last patent. The
Vase I sold him for >23. which conld not be made
of natural atone for $l5O. and then Dot say better.
I am now ready to contract for all kinds of
Stone Work. Satisfaction given. or no pa*.
t am aleo prepared to sell righta for say portion
of Waafctngtoc Territory Shp Bight* for •>& .
iVualy Bights from fJM to 11-OOS, sad ipnHb
Any person baying Bights will be instructed bow
to make the Stone. I am the sols owner of this
improved pateat for Waehiogtoe Territory.
Je*Mtf A. & CAMPBELL
J »FSPECTECLI.T or* E*s HER IB VICES
Ladies* Nurse.
Kooma en Front atrret. over Bowe'a Qrocwry
Store. «21-dtf
JT. *C.
•
ttUVE BRASrM
every VIDItIDAI
EVENING at TJ» o'clock.
la the Msaoate Hall.
Mnabers ml tbe Ordsr sr* invited to attend
By order of tke *. •.
MISCELLA NBOUS.
BUY
YOUR
GOODS
B
B
0
nits
&
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0
THEY KEEP THE L AUG ESI
ASSORTMENT,
AX!) SELL
CHEAPER
THAN ANY OTHEK
HO USE
j
IN THE
TERRI TO R Y
I - .
SHERMtN&HIDE
Corner Kearney A Sutter Streets.
Sun Franolsoo
bEALERH IN
asirmc
AMD
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
TUI2 UNEQUALLED
Tbaae Snpctb Inatrumenta bin a-hlrvrd a
nroM unparalleled 1b tb« luatory of ita»<vfort«
Manufacture.
They m» ranarfcahla far Great Tolas*. Potty
and Bwwtatm of Toot, ud XsoraMUty.
CENTENNIAL AWARD!
Grand Triumph for the
Weber
Pianos.
Weber received the higheat »wd fur sympa
thetic. pore and rick ton*, combined with grvat
•at power. aolldlty of corn*ruction, and eicel.
leoce of workmanahip. aa nhown to Orand Square
aad Cplight Piano*.
Sherman & Hyde's Square
Grand Pianos in Elegant
Cases, $450.
Reliable Cheap Pianos. $350.
The Celebrated
Standard Organ
Received the Mad*: and iHp.vmaaaf Award at tha
OMtaaala!.
Warranted and aul<l on ran
W. I. JAMESON, AUNT,
For WMbiagtno T«rri(nc
STEAMBOATS, £c.
STEAMER
PHANTOM
WIIX LEAVE SEATTLE EVERY
Sauday, Tnes3ay and Friday,
At * o'clock. A. V ,
For Port Townsend,
And R*turning Every
MONDAY, THURSDAY ASP SATIRDAY
MORNINGS :
For freight or passage apply on board. ooU
Temporary Arrangement!
DVNIXO THE CONTINUANCE OK REPAIRS
to the North Pacific, the
STEAMER ANNIE STEWART
Will leave Seattle for Port Townsend oo (Sunday
nights at 12 o'clock, and on Thursday mornings
at 3: connecting at that place with the babel for
Victoria. Returning ahe will leave Seattle for
Tacotna. Steilacoom anl Olynijiia. on Tuesday
and Eridav evenings at about rt o'clock.
THE ALIDA
During this time Will make FIVE TRIPS a Week
to and from Taconoa leaviig each night except
Tuesday and Saturday. au'23-tf
New Arrangement.
Until Further Notice, the Steame"
KKPHYII
WILL RUN AS FOLLOWS :
Uave SEATLLE every MONDAY and FRIDAY
forTACOMA. BTEILACOOM and OLYMPIA.
Returning from thoso pla.es every Tuesday and
Saturday : and will leave SEATTLE for
MI CKILTEO, LOWELL £ SNOHOMISH CITY,
eTery WEDNESDAY, returning on Thursday.
Eight o'clock will be the hour of departure
at both ends of the route. aulS-tf
For Tacoma, Steilacoom and
Olympia.
The New Ptswnger St*»mrr
MESSENGER !
CAPTAIN J. O. PAIIKF.P..
WILL LEAVE SEATTT.F FVFUV
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. A. M.
jjlil-lltf
PUGET SOUND
STEAM MVIGATIOX IWI
New Arrangement
Until Further Notice !
The Steamer North Pacific
Will leave Seattle for Victoria and
Way Port* every Monday and
Thursday Mornings, at 5 A. si.
The Steamer Annie Stewart,
For Port Townsend arid Way
Ports, every Tuesday and Friday,
at S A. M.
The Steamer Alida, for Taco
ma, every day except Sunday and
Wednesday, at 10 p. M.
tuyll-dtf
NORTHERN
TRI\SP9RTITIOX (fl.'V,
Carrying the U. S. Mails.
- fe TMK STEAMER J. I). LIBBf.
Ckpt. Rriltatu.< f !!.<• above Com
pany. will leave Seattle rvcry MONDAY, at 7
o'cSvk, A. M . for Whidb* I*!aiid, t'lsalady. [.a
«Vi.nt r and Whatcom : ami every FRIDAY for
Whldbv lalaad. Vtaaladjr ami J.a Contrr; return
ing on W-.lneedaj r and Saturdxva
- I* THE STEAMER DISPATC H.
•nvCML ('apt. Mi'tiror, will leave Siattle
every THrRSI >A Y EVEXINO, at 1.) o'clock, for
Port Ti.wnaend. San Jiaa I«land arid Beriiiahnioo.
letumlUK on Sumlaya.
F'-r freight or pa»«age app> on board.
J. C. BRfTTAIN.
Seattle. Apri! 31. It/77. aUT-dawtf
TO FARMERS & LOGGERS.
THE LIGHT-DRAFT STEAMER
CAPTAIN L. t.REFN,
WILL LEAVE PEATTLE POR
Duwamish and White River
EVERT MOKDAY AMD THCMDAY.
For freight or paaaa-' apply on board.
Will a to water vesael#, and low raftaor lighter*.
LREtN. HHP Ml \ l BIILET
anT-dawtf
Tlio Stoamor
Fanny Lake
J. 8. HILL, - - MASTER.
WILL LEAVE SEATTLE FOR
Centreville, I'tMalady
Skagit & lift Conner
EVEiI
•Hoiufaif atuT TAwrMtoy.
Jelhlewtf
MISCELLANEOUS.
Crawford k Harrington,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
S E A. T X la E, w. T
Have on hand a large and well assorted stock of goods in
their line, consisting of Foreign and Domestic
Hardware and Cutlery
Iron and Steel, assorted.
Blacksmith and Carpenter Tools.
Agricultural and Mining Implements,
Crockery and Glassware. Paints & Oil
Hemp and Manilla Cordage, Groceriesand Provisions, Wines
Liquors, Etc.
AGENTS FOK THE
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY QF LONDON, &C
VC rALBOr COAL, FOR CITY TRADE, FOR} SALE FROM WHARF
CRAWFORD & HARRINGTON.
SEATTLE. W. T.. July l„, , STS . "
THE ARCADE !
FRONT STREET, SEATTLE
DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS,
GLOVES, <fcc.
Ladies and tents' Famishing Goods, Trniks,
VALISES, ETC.
Our Spring Stock has arrived, ami comprises* the most Fashionable
Goods in the market. We call special attention to our FURNISHING
GOODS and CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.
GENTS' HATS -A. SPECIALTY.
BOYD, POM & YOUNfi.
NEW GOODS AND NEW STYLES BY EVERY STEAMER.
PINKHAM & SAZE,
ARE SELLING THEIR
CLOTHING !
—A>«)
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS
CHEAPER
THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE
IN THE COUNTRY. au3
L. P. SMITH & SON
I'h ast- Call and Examine our Ktock
Our Motto is—Fair Dealing, Quick Sales and Hmall Profits.
STORE ON FRONT STREET. Opposite the Breweiy.
JelMlf
W. A. JENNINGS,
WLotmle tort K«U1I Dttlvr tn Cbutcr
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
HARDWARE, FINE TEAS, CROCKERY,
6LASSWARE, FLOUR, FEED, &C.
Imported and California Wines,
Foreign ami Domestic Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco.
All Good* Guaranteed as Represented. Goods Delirerod in the City Free
| of Charge
Have just received » Addition
tu tin ir Stork of
WATCHES
Clocks,
—AND —
JEWELRY,
Of every deaimblf f-tjlc ami kind.
They return their sincere thanks tb
the public for the very gen«-rons patron
ape bestow»-d since their return from
California.
NO. 106.