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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16
SwindlerS.

The successful swiDdler is usually
man of good appearances and finished
manners; his chief victims are hotel pro-
prietors and clearinghouse keepers,
their occupation rendering them pecu
liarly liable to imposition. Not long
since man in New York, when finally
caught in the act, openly boosted that
for over two years he had lived at the
finest uptown boarding houses and not
paid one cent during that time for board !;
he was gentlemanly in appearance, we'll
dressed, in possession of fine conversa-
tional powers, and very popular among
the ladies. His plan was to call at u
first-class boarding house, engage apart
ments, and before partaking of the first
meal inform the landlady that che could
not get his baggage over the ferry that
morning." chad not arrived at the ex-
press office yet" "was delayed on the
road by an accident" ETC., always franz
ing some plausible excuse so as to gain
foothold, and in the interim making
himself agreeable to all the ladies in the
house, particularly the landlady and her
daughters, if perchance she had any, be-
ing good pianist, good reader, a
charming dancer, and with such 'win-
ming ways" that before she was hardly
aware of the fact. he owed her month s
board, when he quietly stepped out, never
to return. SWindlers of a meaner class
are those who hang around large hotels
for the chance Of securing meal. When
they think no one is looking, they slip
into the dining-room. Some of them
can tell to nicely at just what hour
and minute they stand better chance
IS matter of course where two or three
hundred people are sitting down to a
meal, it is hard matter to discern one
person who has not registered. Still
another class are those who on stopping
at hotel have fair show of baggage,
but which in reality is worthless; this
class has many devices, and generally
succeeds in victimizing the landlord,
even if he be not over-credulOus. In
fact, for ways that are dark, the hotel
swindler is Uery peculiar.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

SMILEs.-If people will only notice,
they will be amazed IT, find how much
really epj 'yable evening owes to smiles.
But very few consider what an important
symbol of fine intellect and fine feeling
they are Yet all smiles, after childhood,
are things of education. Savages DO not
smile; coarse, brutal, cruel men may
laugh, but they seldom smile. 1t Is pain
full to reflect how seldom the poor smile.
The effluence, the benediction, the radi-
ance, which 'fill the silence like speech
the smile Of full, appreciative heart
The face grows finer As it listens, and then
breaks into sunshine instead of words,
has subtle, charming influence univer-
sally felt, though very seldom understood
or acknowledged. Lord Bacon tells Of II
nobleman whom he knew; man who
gave lordly entertainments, but always
suffered some sarcastic personality to
"mar good dinner" adding, "Discretion
of speech is more than eloquence, and to
speak agreeably 10 him with whom We
deal is more than to speak in good word- I,
for he that hath satirical vein, making
others afraid of his wit, hath need to b.
afraid Of Others memory"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

CRUSHED AFFECTIoNs.-How many suf-
fer by unrequited affectionl They are at
tached strongly to those who return
them cold words, indifferent looks, and
even avoid their presence. A word that
might not otherwise be noticed, often
sinks deeply in the heart Of one whose
life is bound up in another. Where an
object is cherished, each motion 10
watched with solicitudc, and smile
gives exquisite pleasure, while frown
sends dagger to the heart. There is no
greater sin than to crush those warm sf-
fections, gushing freely from generous
heart. 1t dries up the fountain of the
soul-fades the smile on the cheek, and
casts shadows over every bright and
glorious prospect. Draw near to the
heart that loves You, return the favors re-
celved, and if you cannot love In return,
be careful not to bruise or break II by
careless word, an unkind expression or
an air Of indifference.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

A RoLLICKING Hibernian of the Light
Division in the Peninsula was once trudg
ing leisurely along the road with pig In
a string behind him, when, as bad luck
would have it, he was overtaken by Gen.
Crawford. The salutation was not the
most cordial. "Where did you steal that
pig, you plundering rascal2' "What pig,
Gin'rall" exclaimed the culprit, turning
around to him with An air of the most
innocent surprise. "Why, that pig you
have behind you, you villainw "Well,
thea, vow and protest, Gin'ral, rejoined
Paddy, nothing abashcd, and turning
around to his four-footed companion a.
if he had never seen him beforc, at Is
scnndalous to think what q wicked world
se live in, and how ready folks are to
take away an honest boys character
Some BLACKBOARD, wanting tn get me into
trouble, has tied that haste TO my Car.
touche boxw
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land, he found the old man still alive,
and at work. He went into the shop, and
asked if he rememb ered him. mo" said
the shoemaker; ~ don't know as ever
seen you afore." "My name is Stuart
don't you remember the boy Stuarta"
'"Oh, yes," said the old man, with a nom
committal grunt; "wall, if you're as
good a man as you were bad boy,
you're devilish clever fellow" Serb
ners Monthly.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

A LONG JoURNEY-A little girl, not five
years of age, recently performed ajourney
of $500 miles alone. Six months ago
she was left an orphan at Chicago by the
death of her father and mother. Her
only relation in the world is an aunt liv-
ing in Stockport, England. This lady
communicated with the United States
Consul in Manchester, who wrote to Chi
cago and had arrangements made for
sending the child to England. Maggie
was equipped for the journey and trsveied
q thousand miles to New York,under the
care of a railway conductor. At New York
she was received by strangers, who enter
tanned her for some days, and then placed
her on board the English steamship, I'M
der the care of captain and stewsrdess.
She was landed safely on the arrival OF
the steamer at Liverpool, and given over
to her aunt, having experienced nothing
but kindness during the entire journey.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

SADDLER OR TAILOR.-Sir Peter Lau-
RE. shrewd, sagscious Scotchman, was
originally saddler. BY thrift, industry
and foresight, he accumulated large
fortune. Subsequently he served as al
derman, sheriff aud lord mayor Of Lon.
don. But, not unlike men who have risen
from low position to eminence, he ig.
nored his humble origin. Some years
after he had been sheriff Of London, a
Mr.. Nicoll, tailor and clothier, was
proposed for that Office. Sir Peter was
somewhat indignant, and publicly ex-
pressed the opinion that the election of a
tailor would be degradation of the
office.
II don't see the objection" said a
brother Scotchman. at n saddler can be
sheriff, why not tailori Indeed, the
tailor is the superior of the two. A sad
der makes clothes for horses, but a tailor
makes clothes for men," Mr.. Nicoll was
elected.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

THE poverty of the Irish is not exag-
gerated, nor their good humor, nor their
whimsical adsurdity, nor their courage.
There is perpetual kindness in the Irish
cabin-butter-milk, potatoes-a stool is
offered, or stone is rolled that your hon
or ray sit down, and be out Of the smoke,
and those who beg everywhere else seem
DESTROYS to exercise free hospitality in
their own houses. Their natural dispo-
sition is turned to gaiety and happiness
while Scotsman is thinking about the
term-day, or, if easy on that subject,
about hell in the next Worthwhile an
Englishman is making little hell in the
present, because his muffin is not we'll
10 lsted-Pats mind is always turned to
fun and ridicule. They are terribly ex-
citable, to be sure, and will murder you
on slight suspicion, and find out next day
that it was all mistake, and that it was
not yourself they meant to kill at all, at
all.-Wdlter Scott.
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Floating Gossip.

| NO"SAP'
Wilkie Collins has the govt.
jeff Davis is said to be penniless.
Charley Ross was stolen three years ago
July 1st.
Charles O'Conor was born in New
York, and began life as newsboy.
Modern marriages, says contempo-
rary, begin with a court and end with
court.
DR.. Tying, the well-known clergyman
of New York, is said to be worth half a
million.
The London Truth says that the custom
of applying an artificial bloom to chill
drens faces is on the increase.
General w. w. Averill, the famous cav
airy raider, resides in Washington, and is
president of paving company.
An Iowa paper gives a thrilling ac-
count of the efforts of a young man to
take home widow and three swarms of
bees at the same time in wagon.
The Buffalo Express estimates that, Gin
GLIDING hack hire and tolls" about $500
will enable one to spend couple of days
at Niagara Falls this season.
The Chicago Times says that Mrs. Com
modore Vanderbilt will marry Virginia
cousin of hers, who is young widower,
and whom the Commodore cut out.
His holiness the other day said to Prin-
cess Thurn: "Among the innumerable
gifts l have received, nobody has given
me what l most wanted-two new legs"
Mrs Burnett, author of "That Lass o.
Lowrie's," is twenty-seven years old, and
was born in Manchester, England, COM
ing to this country at the age of sixteen.
The dead bodies of the royal family of
the Sandwich Islands are put in a strong
pickle of alcohol, etc, before sepulture,
to ensure their preservation for many
years.
A tunnel through the Pyrenees will
complete the railroad communication be-
tween France and Spain by January 1st,
1873. 1t will save twelve hours of dill
gence riding.
A Connecticut preacher says that a
good congregation will praise the music,
the choir, the ventilation and the civili-
ties of the usher, but as to the sermon:
"Well, dunno"
OeueIdl Josepu Il. JonustoH is Cnllu-
less. In appearance he is much the same
as during the war, except that his hair
and beard have whitened and the burrows
in his face are deeper.
The Duke of Edinburgh is said to be
negotiating for the purchase of Oldway
House Torbay, England-the splendid
mansion erected by the late Mr.. Singer
of sewing machine fame.
Some amiable individuals in England
have subscribed for the shipment of 1000
plum buildings to the nearest attainable
section of the Turkish army. The pud
dings were sent in Theoretically sealed
cans.
There is hardly crime which man
can commit that will more completely de-
stroy the peace of home than the habit of
being persistently dissatisfied with every
thing that is said and done by wife or
children.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

USELESS PEOPLE.-We see no special
occasion for being very obsequious to-
ward that race of beings, whether male or
female, young or old, in high life or low
life, whose earthly history is represented
by the title of this article. They are
simply idlers and MASTERS, so far as any
practical utility is concerned. Mani
testify they have come to the wrong
world; and the sooner they leave it the
sooner society will be relieved Of bur-
densome and expensive nuisance. Eating
and drinking and sleeping constitute
their chief employment. With their
provender made sure, they are quite sat
istied. Habits OF industry they have not
and, moreover, it is no part Of their plan
to do anything that is of practical value
for either world. Fortunately for them
selves, breathing is spontaneous and ami
NAL nutrition goes forward by selfim
peling law. Were the fact otherwise,
they would die for the want of breath, or
speedily become CHASTITY skeletons. Such
are your useless, good-for- nothing people
Their significance in really adding any
thing valuable to the world is less than
that of an oyster.-Independent.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16
Hearkening for His Step.
BY NATHAN ID. URNER.

By NATHAN IL. onNhn
She hearkens for his step
In the hush of her lonely room,
Yet starts with dread at each echoing tread
That sounds from the outer gloom
As she rocks the cradle near
With tremulous hand and SLOW
"Ah, Heaven" she signs; but the night is
drear
With the thoughts of long ago"
She thinks of the rosy time,
In the not so long agone,
When she hearkened for the same swift tread
With heart like a summer dawn.
How it spurned the pebble and she'll
How it gamboled as it drew near
How her heart stood still as its music fell
p On her bowed and listening ear!
Stood still, but not as now
With doubt and Neutrality-suspicious.!
There it comes at last, now slow, now fast,
And stumbling along the dark,
She seizes the sleeping child,
And gathers it to her breast
No; he's only merry, not bad and wild,
And his greetings tipsy jest.
But oh! when her tear-wet cheek
On it's pillow at last is laid,
How crumble and fall each shining wall
OF the castles in air she made!
Who will blame if she sometimes pray
That her heart shall catch the sound
OF an echoing step beyond the day,
Where all is repose profound?
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The Difference Between One and Two.

The English language is often puzzle
to foreigners, and sometimes drives even
an American hotel keeper into a corner,
as for instance in the following expert
ence at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where a
wealthy French guest came to complain
at the office, and was there met by the
gracious Griswold, who rose to explain.
"What for, sare, your garcon not pre-
sent my demand"
"Your demand, Monsieur2"
eyes, sare, do l speak Inglis perfait,
sare; do you comprehend me, sare9'
"Certainly, your English is perfectly
correct, my dear sir; what is it you de-
sire2"
"Vy, sare, you tell me l can have at
my private table wis my friends what
ever desire to manger-pardon, to eat"
"Certainly," said Griswold, "anything,
stewed doubloons and diamond sauce. if
you wish"
"Ah, no. Monsieur,z Eat is too rich; sim
ply desire some grice.'
"Eh; some whatG"
"Some grice, Monsieur Griswold, such
as eat for my dinuay &c ozcr day"
"Ah, you mean rice. boiled rics-cer-
tainly, all the rice you desire"
mo, sare 1t is not rice, Eat is what
Eat premier OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, say.
1t is bird | want sare; want him
roast, not boil"
"Roast grice-why, let me see" said
GriSwold, in Il dilemma, not wishing to
appear ignorant Of his guests meaning.
Il don't believe there is single grice
in the market"
"Ah, you mistake when you say single
grce."
"Indeedl"
"Yes, sare. Vat you call leetle rat,
a-aW
Mouse" suggested the hotel pro-
prietor.
Eyes. Zen two of zem, vat you call
two mice, eh?"
"Quite correct" responded the host.
"Zen if one is re bird you call grouse,
two is vat you call grice. eh?"
why, not exactly" said the hotel
man, struggling to keep countenance; tive
say two grouse, just as we say two sheep
or two deer; but for mouse, mice and"
Eyes, sare," said Monsieur, triumph
antly; ian Wy not you say two hice for
two houses, orr how far he might have
continued cannot be said; but at that
moment the head clerk, Palmer, stand
ing near, had a violent attack of cough
ing, and Carr, the room clerk, walked off
and slammed on the big bell,
and called for "front" to do something,
aud then stuck his own head down be-
meath the counter, as the amused host
walked away towards the dining hall
with his guest, to order ''two grice" for
Monsieur's private table.-Boston Com
merctdl Bulletin.
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He came back to his mother, looking
veSy forlorn, with big red swelling un-
der his left eye, and four or five hand
fuls Of torn shirt boiling over his brooches
band. why, where on earth have you
beenT she asked. "Me and Johnnys
been playin'. He played he was pi-
rate and played I was q duke. Then
he put on airs, and l got mad, and"
yes, yesW interrupted his mother, her
eyes flashing, "and you didn't finch I"
mo. mother; but the pirate licked
Ezchangs.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

THE General Assembly Of the United
Presbyterian Church, at its late meeting
in Sparta, Illinois, decided against per-
mitting the use of musical instruments in
public worship.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16
A Man Who Never Told q Lie.

Yesterday afternoon an old oil man,
with crude petroleum dripping from his
clothes, and legs inclosed in high boots,
entered the derrick" office and said:
"Waut an itemg"
"What is it?" we inquired.
"I've got the dumdest item you ever
hern tell on. l struck an lie we'll on my
lease Monday, an she flowed stream of
lie one hundred feet high straight up for
half an hour. Then she kinder died down.
One of my drillers was standing over the
hole, when she sud denly spurted again,
an blast my eyes! if it didn't take that
driller right up with it, The stream was
a powerful one, you see, an he went up
hundred feet. You've seen those little
balls as dance about on top of those little
squirting fountains, such as they have in
the citiess Yes; wal, that's the way this
thing acted, an there's that air driller
right up on top of that hundred fut col
umn of crude lie, and he's dancing about
like chatf in tanning mill. What doyou
think of that un9"
How long has he been up there2'
about four days and four nights"
ale must he very hungry by this time.
Doesn't become down to get something
. est2"
why, we uns just put plate of hash
in this stream of lie, and it takes it up to
him, you see. And it's mighty handy, as
he finds his victuals already creased, an
he doesn't need any butter"
but he must have frozen to death be-
fore this time"
"Why, man, we've sent him up on the
same stream bed and bedding, small
stove an wood, an we're going to build
him small house, and then he can live
there as comfortable as prince"
His face was as innocent of deceit as a
piece of tanned leather, and when he
asked to have his name put down as
dead head subscriber for information he
had given, we didn't have the heart to
hurt his feelings.-Otl City Derrick.
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

A DIFFICULT lock 70 pickp-one from .
bald head.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

A SINGULAR PHENOMENON.-The Pan
anna Star and Herald reports curious
phenomenon as having occurred at Aspin
wall during the past month, and calls
upon the scientific for an explanation.
The beach, says that journal, is of coral
formation, and extends from the light
house eastward along the northern shore
Of Manzanilla Island for mile or more,
and is open to the Caribbean. Upon the
night in question, or rather on the morn
ing following, this whole distance was
covered with deposit of deep vivid
indigo blue-something resembling a
broad ribbon stretched along the limits
of high tide, which there amounts to only
about eighteen inches.
Behoders were startled by this very
peculiar appearance, and it was at first
thought that perhaps Old Neptune and
the Tagus indigo business might have
had something to do with it; nor was Gu
riosity allayed in the slightest when a
closer examination revealed the ichthyO-
. logical fact that this blue deposit con-
sisted of millions of fiat, shapeless sort
Of jelly-fsh, smaller than the hand,
rounded in contour, with slightly raised
ridge running what would seem to be
fore and aft over the back. Everybody
looked and wondered, but the wisest-
and there are some perfect Solomons in
that city-could not make out what they
we're, or what such singular and sudden
phenomenon meant. The next day ali
the bright color had faded out, and the
gelatinous deposit, although giving out q
strong, unpleasant odor, dried up and
soon disappeared.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

Two of . trade seldom agree.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-14
AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.

Under the following resolution offered
by Col. Bowen in the Senate, Messrs.
Cochran and Meetze from that body, and
Messrs. Sheppard, Dibble and Muller
from the House, were appointed to per-
form the important trusts therein set
forth:
/. That it be referred to joint COM
mittee to consist Of members OF the
Senate and - members of the House Of
Representatives, to investigate and ascer-
tain whether any improper or illegal use
has been made of the public funds or
credit of the State, and by whom, and to
cause legal proceedings to be instituted
against all persons implicated in the
same. -,
2, That it also be referred to said com.
mittee to inquire into the sale or disposal
by the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund of the property or assets OF the
State, and to whom the same was dls,
posed of, and for what consideration, and
to ascertain whether the action of the
commissioners therein was legal and
valid, and if the disposal of the said assets
and property was illegal, to cause legal
proceedings to be instituted to recover the
same. and to convict the parties impli-
Gated therein. :,
8. That it be also referred to said com
mittee to investigate the election of Hon
J. J. Patterson to the Senate of the UNI
ted States on December 10, 1872, and to
ascertain whether the same was procured
by corruption and bribery. :,
4. That said committee are authorized
to sit during the recess of the Senate,
with the power of sending for persons
and papers, and that the members of
said committee be allowed the per diem
of members of the General Assembly
while engaged in , the performance perform OF
5. That the testimony taken by the
committee of the Senate be transferred
to the committee appointed under his
concurrent resolution.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-14

The General Assembly acted wisely
and properly in declaring Carpenters
seat on the bench as Judge of the Fifth
Circuit vacant, and leaving Judge Cooke
undisturbed as Judge of this Circuit.
This action was based upon the grounds
given by US last week. The fight in the
Senate to prevent the deposing of Judge
Carpenter was persistent and determined,
but the Democrats, who were lead by
Senators Gary and Crittenden, were too
much for them, and the election was or
dered for last Thursday. Gen. J. B.
Kershaw received the Democratic caucus
nomination, over Senator Meetze and
Judge John E. Bacon, and in the joint
ballot before the General Assembly one
hundred and twenty-nine votes were cast
for him and two for Hon. S. w. Melton,
and hence Gen. Kershaw is the Judge, of
the Fifth Circuit. If Judge Carpenter
attempts to assert his claim to the Office
over the rightful Judge, it will Be neces-
sary to resort to writ of quo scarranto,
in which the ultimate decision is certain
to be favorable to Judge Kershaw. Our
people may congratulate themselves
upon having one Of the purest and best
men in the State added to our judiciary,
and also upon getting rid of the arbitrary
and extraordinary actionsfof ex-Judge
Carpenter. ,.