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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-08

ONE had a watermelon in a basket and
the other big piece of corned beef on
her arm, as they met at the Central mar
ket yesterday, and chatted for moment.
One had evidently been married but a
few days, as the other queried-
swell, how do you like your second
husbandl"
"Oh, he's fair-very fair, but you see |
don't understand him very we'll yet" was
the answer.
mo trouble, hopel"
"Oh, no, though for about week !
feared there might be. He went around
looking sad and down hearted, sighed
every five minutes, and wouldn't: answer
till had spoken several times. l really
got alarmed"
''And what was the matter-colic,
heart disease or agueW
II couldn't make out, as 1 told you
but he finally explained that he had an
other wife in Canada and feared she
might come here. There the poor man
was worrying about it for days and days,
and / was thinking he was mad or going
crazy. 1t was great relief to both OF
US when he told me the real facts, and
now we shall change ourname to Thomas
move into house facing the alley, and
live as happy as bees.'-K. Quad.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-08
Thoughts from Emerson.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams
and fables.
The ornament of q home is the friends
who frequent it.
Every man passes his life in search
after friendship.
Better be nettle in the side of your
friend than his echo.
tn most of us society shows not its
face and eye, but its side aud back.
The fountain Of beauty is the heart,
and every generous thought illustrates
the walls Of the cham Der.
A house should bear witness in all its
economy that human culture is the end
to which it is built and garnished.
do with my friends AS do with my
books-I would have them where could
find them, but seldom use them.
Bashfalness and apathy are a tough
husk, in which delicate organization is
protected from premature ripening.
Love is the dawn of civility and grace
in the coarse and rustic. 1t makes the
clown gentle and gives the coward
heart.
We see the heads that turn on the pivot
of the spine-no more; and we see heads
that seem to turn on pivot as deep a:
the axle of the world-so slow and lazi.
ly, and great they move.
The poor are only they who feel poor
and poverty consists 10 feeling poor. The
rich, as we reckon them, and among then
the very rich, in true search would bt
found very INDECENT and ragged.
Whose shall teach me how to eat my
meat and take my repose, and deal will
men, without any shame following, viii
restore the life of man to splendor, ant
make his own name dear to history.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-08
Dyspepsia.

If man wishes to get rid of dyspepsia
he must give his stomach and brain less to
do. 1t will be of no service for him to
follow any particular regimen-to live on
chaff bread, or any such stuff-tO weigh
his food, etc. so long as the brain is in
constant state of excitement. Let that
have proper rest, and the stomach will
perform its functions. But if he pass
fourteen or fifteen hours day in his
office or counting room, and take no ex-
ercise, his stomach will inevitably become
paralyzed, and if he puts nothing into it
but a cracker day it will not digest it.
Iu many cases it is the brain that is the
primary cause. Give that delicate organ
some rest Leave your business behind
you when you 60 to your home. Do not
sit to your dinner with your brows knit,
and your mind absorbed in casting up
interest accounts. Never abridge the
usual hours of sleep. Take more or less
exercise in the open air every day. AL
low yourself some innocent recreation
Eat moderately, slowly, and of what you
please, provided it should not be the
shovel and tongs. If any particular
dish disagrees with you, however, never
touch it or look at it. Do not imagine
that you must live on rye bread or oat-
meal porridge; reasonable quantity OF
nutritious food is essential to the mind as
well as the body. Above all. Danish all
thoughts upon the subject If you have
any treatises on dyspepsia, domestic
medicine, ETC., put them directly into the
fire. If you are constantly talking and
thinking about dyspepsia, you will surely
haveit. Endeavor to forget that you have
stomach. Keep clear conscience
live temporarily, regularly, clearly; be
industrious, too, but be temperate.-Ap
DletOns' Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-08
Joy Cometh in the Morning.

/ know there is pain in the weary night,
And we're filed with sad unrest;
But oh! there is joy when the morning light
In glorious splendor and beauty bright,
We see in the brilliant east.
Our sad hearts long for the sunny day,
When the troubles of life shall cease,
When the murky shadows shall flee away,
And the hopes we've cherished no more de-
In the reign Of eternal peace.
know there is grief in the night of pain;
There are sorrows and bitter tears,
Our bark is tossed on the billowy main
But the gloomy shadows begin to wane,
For the glorious day appears.
know we are sad when the chilling hand
OF the angel of Death is laid
On the cherished forms of the household
band,
And we long and sigh for the better land,
Where the flowers shall never fade.
l know there is peace in the "by and by"
When the saints shall be gathered home.
We shall lift our eyes to the sunny sky,
And shout for JOY as the shadows fly,
And the glorious day shall come.
Lila D. Avery.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-08

Obadiah. III put her in the farm yard
"Did thee beat her9" 81 never struck
her blow" Fright, Jacob, right. Sit
down to thy breakfast, and when done
eating l will attend to the heifer."
Shortly after he had finished his re-
past Lawson mounted horse and rode
over to Dood's, who was sitting on the
porch in front of the house, and as he
beheld the Quaker dismount, supposed
he was coming to demand pay for his
filly, and secretly swOre he would have
to go to law for it, if he did. "Good
morning, neighbor Dood; how is thy
family2" exclaimed Obadiah, as he
mounted the steps and seated himself in
a chair. "All we'll, believe" was the
reply. 81 have small affair to settle
with thee this morning, and came
rather early" $50 suppose" growled
Watt. "This morning my son found thy
Durham heifer in my garden, where she
destroyed good deal" "And what did
he do with herr" demanded Dood, his
brow darkening. "And what would thee
have done with her, had she been my
heifer in thy gardena" asked Obadiah.
'I'd have shot her." retorted Watt, mad
ly, "as suppose you have done, but we
are even now; heifer for tilly is only tit
for tat" "Neighbor Dood, thou know
est me not, if thou thinkest would
harm hair on thy heifer's back. She is
in my farm-yard, and not even blow
has been struck her, where thee can get
her at any time. l know thee shot my
tilly, but the evil one prompted thee to
do it, and lay no evil to my heart
against my neighbor. came to tell thee
where thy heiter is, and now I'll go
home."
Obadiah rose from the chair and was
about to descend the steps, when he was
stopped by Watt, who hastily asked,
"What was your filly worthg" "a hun
dred dollars is what asked for her." re-
piled Obadiah. "Wait" And Dood
rushed into the house, whence he soon
returned with some gold. "Here's the
price of your filly, and hereafter let there
be pleasantness between u.s."
Obadiah mounted his horse and rode
home with lighter heart, and from that
day to this Dood has been as good
neighbor as one could wish to have, be-
ing completely reformed by the returning
of good for evil.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-08

The minister could scarcely contain
his mirth, but thanked the bridegroom
and told him the children would be glad
of it, and babe him pleasant good.
morning. He finished his dinner, then
putting the pup carefully back into the
box, started with it under his arm for the
lawyers office.
His friend was quite surprised to see
him so soon again, but the pastor relieved
his curiosity by saying:
81 had no idea, when accepted your
offer this morning, that l should have to
come so soon to claim it, and hardly
think l should have accepted it so quick
ly had known was to marry a couple
to-day, and receive such an unusual and
unexpected fee. Generally there is not
so much difference in them, but this was a
perfect surprise to me-"
"No backing out, now," said the law
yer, THAT bargain was fair and square,
and you must hold to it. Here's your
ten dollars; hand over the feel"
The minister demurred moment, told
him he should beware how he made such
rash promises again; but finally, unfast-
ening the cover of the box, said: GAIL
right, I'll stand by the bargain" tum-
bled out the pup upon the lawyers desk,
and with the blandest smile upon his
face, waving his hand and bowling polite
ly, he said, "Here is the fee-which half
will you take?"
The blank look of amazement and dis
gust which overspread the countenance of
the lawyer as he looked al the roll of
puppness, was amusing to see.
"You don't mean it, that you married
a couple, and that was your feee"
"Indeed it was" said the minister,
"and the farmer who presented it thought
he was doing handsome thingw
Then, with hearty laugh, the lawyer
handed him the gold piece, and told him
that he thought he had nothing more to
say in regard to the enriching of minis
tiers by wedding-fees. Hrs. James s.
Dickerson, IN the Standard.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-08

A SMALL colored boy at Chatham, Can
ada, held one end Of whip-stock in his
mouth while musing, and, falling, the
stick was driven through the back Of his
neck. requiring the strength Of a power
full man to pull it out. The spinal col
umn Was not hit and the child is again
quite we'll.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-08

THEY are going to dramatize the Tweed
revelations. An opera has already been
composed about him. William Tell.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-08

THE intermeuts In the cstscombs at
Rome are estimated at 100000.
New-York tribune., 1877-10-13
1n0cf TO A0pecilsc cuts.

ANrSTMENrs- aM P0ge-5th anu 9th columns
RANKING House BANKERS Sh TdJc-Jlh co unln
BOARD AND RooMS-9m Pdge-3d and 4tu columns
BUsINE,s CHANCES SIN fd9e-o column
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COPARTNERSHP NOTICEs-Sh PGge-5th column.
CoEPOE ArIoN NOTCES-3d Fdgc-7th column.
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New-York tribune., 1877-10-13

they have the gamblers instinct; never kno"
when they have enough, and so are never Suro
of having anything. Somelim = they arc
mli0nnares, sometimes paupers ihey arc
snowy pcrsuns, with the desperate purpose
of doing or dying Nobody expects them 10
fail-nobodv il astOnished when they do fail.
We 40 not deny the fascination Of such life,
but many things in this world are pleasant
which are not profitable. and among them -
that hot haste to be rich which is akin to the
vaultIng ambition which owe rlcaps Itseil' anu
falls on the other side IL is often the picc
that kills. superb ~ it seems to the spectator
We are willing to admit that this guerilla
warfare with fortune is not altogether value
less to the world Men like Mr.. Meiggs cannot
run upon their hot career without substantially
bcnefitting their kind. Their speculatons I'M
ply wonderful amount Of honest work.
Hudson, the English railway kiDS, ldpsed INTO
miserable insolvency, but the roads which he
built remain. Mr.. Melggs, wherever he was,
made himself felt IN tho PROMOTION OF uselnl
enterprises OF & public character. When san
Francisco wanted lumber for It's plank highways
ne supplied 1t with his army of woodmen, his
nert of vessels, and the mills which could
hardly go fast enough. What he did in South
America has already been recounted. Such
man, in a land so needing energy, WAS iney-
Itably q bcnClactOr.
The busting busy Spectator, sometimes at
tie top, sometimes at the b0ttom millionaire
to-day, bankrupt tomorrow, his brain never
resting, his hand tIroess, ms watch unsieep-
ing-can tho life of such man be called
wisel There are those who would be incapa-
bic of living it, who have not been ranked
as fools. For the temptation TO dishonesty
which Is always foolish, must not be over
looked. Mr.. Meiggs, when he left san Fran
cisco, was a fugitive from justice, nor could
he revisit California without danger OF
criminal prosecution. To men 50 sallcnty
hopeful of making restitution, de'alcauon
seems only like commonplace borrowing.
The indictments are still of record IN Cdlilor-
MIA. What would Mr.. Meggs, in the day OF
his g1cat success, not have given II he had
not left that record behind By his great
successes IN South America he made the WOlld,
for a time. unmindful Of his misdceds; but
now that he is Goad see how rem emOrselessIy
the story is told by tie newspapers! They
speak of him as great man, in his way but
they also speak Of him as "a fugitive from
iusticc." The life which led 10 that shame
was not a wise one. Let ms hope, and II wo
can believe, that afterward it was WISER
while we cheerfully admit the energy, per
slsicncc and ability which were devoted to
great and useful purposes,
New-York tribune., 1877-10-13

Yesterday. William c. Gilman appeared in
court. confessed his forgclies, and was SEN
fenced to five years imprisonment. II appears
tbst since the discovery OF his crime he has
been negotiating, through his friends, for a
compromise with his victims. We can hardly
say that he was concealed while these arrange
ments were under consideration, because his
retreat was known to 10 many persons that
there would have been no great difficulty il
arresting him at any time, had bis arrest been
desired. But in the modern code Of CONNER
cial and political morals, there appears To be
no crime which may not be cOndOned
for money. There has been much talk abOnt
settling" the Morton case in Pblladelphia.
All the ring thieves in NewYOrk who did not
run away purchased immunity by surrender
ing part of the proceeds Of their crimes, cx-
cept Tweed, and he is now paying for his lib
erty by political services. There was no rca-
son why the friends Of Mr.. Gilman should de-
spair of compounding his felOnies and it was
only when they found it impossible to raise
the money that he emerged from his place of
sccluson and faced the punishment which
could no longer be ayerted.
Ii is impossible To refuse sympathy to the
unharpy man who now turns his baci. upon ii
community III which he was so long respected
leaves "A wife suffering the most cruel anguish
and enters loaded with disgrace, romorsr, and
anYieties upon his penal serytudc. To man
Of his anteccdcnts such a fate must be worse
than death. 1t Oycrtakes him moreover after
years of horrible anticipation. lie became a
criminal not in moment of passion Dut by
long series of small lapses from integrity,
errors driving him on TO deceit, deceit TO theft,
and theft to forgery. Days and nights were
spent in the desperate effort to recover his
broken fortunes and his lost honesty, and
always the drcad.menace of discovery. ruiG,
and IA felon's stripes pushed him to despera-
ton. HIS punishment began years ago. Per-
haps the imprisonment which now begins is
not the worst OF IL.
But, whatever may be our feeling for the
criminal, we must rejoice that the shameful
negotiations for his escape were not success
ful, and that pity has not been allowed 10 stay
the stern hand of the law. The lesson taught
Yesterday in tho court 10y his painful conies-
sion and the prompt sentence is one which
we needed to learn. Reckless extravaganza
such ~ led TO Gilman's crime has long been
New-York tribune., 1877-10-13

than now. refused to admit Mr.. Plnchback
when he first presented himself and is not
likely to take different view OF his claims at
this late day. We look for the seating OF botn
EuStlS and SpoifOrd. There are some tcclnical
points in Kcloggs favor, but 1t would be Il
curious anomaly to admit him "a the repre-
sentative of State Government which went
to pieces and sank out of sight last March,
leaving not ve5tige behind. a like consider
alton of propnety and good sense VIII, we
presume, Determine the South Carolina contest
of Butler against Corbin, if General Butler Is
able to prove that he was not concerned III
the Hamburg massacre. We have seen plenty
of as ,ertions of his innocence, but no satlSiac-
tory proof The matter ought to be thorough
lv investi gated by committee, before the
question of seating him is acted upon. The
Senate cannot, without q violation OF Its sell
respect, admit man who is under Indictment
for the crime of murder, unless it Is put ID
poss ssion of the most convincing evidence
that he is guiltless.
New-York tribune., 1877-10-13
ILLS LIZ 4 WLSk LIE,

The king is dcad--liye the king. The rail
wav king of South America is dead. Many
kings like him Will live az ne did, engage III
great enterprises, wreste for wealth. win it.
lose it again, perhaps lose good reputation and
recover it, and, as the world rates success, die
successful. Men like Mr.. MeiPgs are not un-
common in commercial history, and mankind
respects them after n certain fashion. They
have enterprise, persistence, never know when
they are hcatcn-and these are qualities
worthy of respect when honestly exercised.
Mr.. Meiggs lost many battles He failed III
Ncw-York in 1887; III Williamsburg in
1912 III California in lS5l-ths time under
dscreditabe circumstances. Then came his
signal tiiumphs i'll South America, followed by
difficulties, and with the end thereof a little
dubious. His ruio was 10 win and To lose.
Now, between business man like Mr..
Meiggs, and a steady, old-fashioued, reput-
able money maker, there is a distinc-
ton to he drawn. and fortunately, for example,
we have few Of the latter class left if only Il
few. In every business there Is an element
of chance-the winds and waves, war, money
scarcties, crops. Nevertheless there arc some
whO seem 20 be more than a match for any
destiny, but it Is only b, cause they are wiser
than their fellows. What would be spccula-
tion in others. with them Is certainty. They
compound for losses by an average current OF
successes. Their affairs are balanced, and con-
etitute system which means. in the long run,
prosperity. They are never IN hurry; they
make haste slowly; they are equable after even
l1eat coup. These are they who accumulate
cuorIuotl. Wcnltl-aud keen IT,
ON the other hand. there il class who
handle much money. engage IN busiGess battles
m light cavalry style, aud are nothing if not
speculative. They play a gamblers game for
wonderful stakes, and occasionally win, but
New-York tribune., 1877-10-13
Aeau.llptk Daily Griblln1e,
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1877.
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
THE NEVIS rms MORNING.

FoRpIGN-The sentence on the GcshOhs has been
cOmmuted to one of exile. = M3khtar Pasha Is
said to be pursuing the retrcating russians -=
Gambetta has received another sentence of fine and
imprisonment.
MEsTC-Judge Wright attacked Columbus
Delano in the street in Washington. yesterday and
beat him. - General Garfield will probably b.
the Republican anlidate for Speaker. -= Ohio
Democrats and Others denounced the President at e.
serenado TO the former, in Washington. -= The
report of the special commission on freprOof build
ings i'm Washington, shows an alarming state Of
affairs. -= Violence is again threatened by strik
ers in The Pennsylvania coal regions.
CITY AND SUBURHA".-William c. Gilman
pleaded guilty yesterday, and was sentenced t"
five wears in State Prison. == The opponents
o. Tammany Hal xpect a serious split in the Deno-
cratic ranks. -== The Adams Benefit movement
has been very successful realizing nearly $4,000.
- Many of the men implicated by Tweed remain
in or near the city, unmOleSted = The German
American Independents will support Churchill,
Olcott BOstwick, Iremain and Seymour for
State offices. --- Joseph Fritzsche was found dead
YESTERDAY, ard foul play is suspected. -= Gold
1925 1O3, 1O3. Gold value OF the legal-teEder do
lar at the close 97iI0 cents of the silver dollar,
96l2 cents. Stocks active bat feverish, closing uu
settled and irregular.
TnF WEA1HER.-IIIBUNE local observations ind
cate clear. followed by partly cloudy weather. Ther
mometer Yesterday, 81. So, so.
New-York tribune., 1877-10-13

MIR. Woodin ia trying hard to persuade The
honest farmers his dsIIcE that Joan Kelly has ho'A'
AMI tail.
A good deal OF stealing went on while Allen
c. Beacn WIS ~ the mead Uf no Canal Boatd' mish1"'"
sta-t mn a.nnt s neglected hs duty before l. thce
an, certainty tbat hc wouiu 80 IL uOwf
Senator William G. Lamont, of the ANllid
District, mas rcnODuat Il ny tae Democrats I"o
lstrct Is close boing carried. ia 1878. by Republican
un,ority OF one la 1873. Dy a Democratic majority OF
oO3 The odds iittlo with the Democracy bni lho
dstiict could be- and ought DO. carrie" D! tnc h'P"0
ncans
The anti-Tilden Democrats are glad enough
piich their Uncle samuel out OF the window Du 90
forc tho campaign ia over they wish hc had h's
band on the machine again. lf Mr. X. T. floweI sn'
Mr. Allen C. Beach. his broher-in-aw prove 10 be VIZ
Iidtn's Oh .is he difficult art Oi oauyhg tiecuv.;
an as0nished world Will wonder way Ihcy "'io ""'
found Out before.
Tue whole secret of the nomination OF Treas
urer Ross for the senate 10 exposed by Is R0'<s Ds
Orat which says that msdo In pursuance VI -
New-York tribune., 1877-10-13

corrnpting American socIcty and dcmoralZlnS
business. 1t has turned too many OF our mer.
chant, into reckless adventures, too many oi
or bankers into desperate gamblers. lnere
are scores of others, trusted just as thiS
vretched man was, who are now hcSlththg
between poverty and crime, tampcrIns with
honor and conscience, risking their souls Tor
the sake of keeping up appearances. IerhaPS
tIo lesson of Yesterday may slve them.
New-York tribune., 1877-10-13
Amnsemenis ano fleet nss Co Might.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC" Marriod and not Married" ,
BROADWAY TBgATRE-1:30 and 3: La Maloiaihe'
Ahnec.
EAGLE THEATRE-l:3O ana 8: "The Mighty Dollar
NIBLo's GARDEN ana 3: Law OF the Liuu
OLYMPIC Tuf,TEt-2 and s: Variety Performances:
PAM IN ATRE-2 and 5 The Crushed Tragedinu."
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELs. and \. On,
UNp'N soUAyF IuEATut-I:3O anI "Struck On.'
WAlLACK's THRATRh-l:3O and 3 Marriage
AMERICAN INsTiTUTR-Annual Far
GILHOkEs GARDEN-COncerL
JEROME PARK-R ces.
NEwYoRK AQUARIUM-Day and Evening