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New Advertisements.
PINPLES.

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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25
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san Francisco, December 5. 1876
NJ 4. +. adams:
have used your Comp-c sscd Cuffra and md IL a
delicious article. and soon ~ get my lot OF old
coffee used up Ochtch ~ ia As bsi5,l will use your
Compressed rs 1t Is &C nOmicul amt uf a most dell
ciOus flavor. GEoEotF BINkER
- De Boom rect
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25

stunned me into insensibility. BY the
time rose the bear was upon me, but
had my knife in time and gave him a
thrust that made him growl with anger
and howl with pain"
The old man then proceeded to relate
TO the reporter the several details of the
hight and its result. The contest lasted
ten minutes, the bear getting in blow
upon blow, knocking his antagonist
down, but never succeeding in getting in
a hug upon him. In the meantime Nee
hoo used his knife in savage desperation,
though for a long time unable to touch a
vital part of the monster. Finally he
managed to stab the bear in the heart
and kill him.
Meehoo now owns forty acres Iof land
and lives with his squaw IN a very print
tive cabin. lie is an inoffensive old man
now, and continues his daily avocations,
molesting no one.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25
Not as it Ought to Be.

The death of John Morrissey elected
elaborate eulogies in several of the first
papers in the land. PROFESSIONALLY John
MoIrissey deserved certain degree of
credit for his political and legislative in
tegrity, and we desire not only to be just
but to he generous to the memory Of the
deceased.
1t is universally conceded that in his
legislative course he was never swayed by
pecuniary considerations. He could not
be bribed. In this respect, he set good
example.
Nor would we condemn man with
undue severity, born with such surround
ings as those of John Morrissey in his
childhood, for the errors of his youth
But, ON the other hand, when we are told
that he began life rs prize fighter, and
atterward reformed, we ask what sort of
Il reform it WASP And we are assured
that he became a gambler. Reforming
from n pugilist into gambler strikes us
AS very doubtful kind of reform. A
professional pugilist is bad enough, but,
AS it appears to us, II professional gambler
is much worse. His occupation is more
noxious to the c. immunity. He does
more harm to others. 1t is his business
which leads hundreds of young men
astray. Defalcations, frauds, flight, sui
eide follow naturally in his wake Fam
lilies are beggared aud shattered by the
losses incurred at his Elusive games.
If all who have been made wretched
10y single gaming establishment had
followed John Morrissey t, his grave ii
would have made an unusually long fun
eral procession.
1t is not pleasant to make these re-
marks. But the Ledger would not be
true to the duty it owes to the young men
Of the country, jut coming on the stage
of action, if ii did not caution them
agains: the lure OF false light like that
which shines in the inconsiderate, UNI
inlilied eulcgies upon John Morrissey.
We cannot feel that things are just as
they ought to be when We read that the
S mate Chamber of the State of New
York and noted gambling house in
Twenty fourth street are both draped in
mou ming for the same man, and for the
reason that he had seat in the one, and
was proprietor of the other
We nave no idea that n better gambler
ever represented us in Congress or in the
State Senate than John Morrissey; but
We hope no professional gambler will ever
represent us again.-Nep York Ledger.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25

san FRANCISCO December s. 1876
NJ. 4. r. Adams.
Having been love- and user II coffee for the past
twenty years. ana having tried nearly everything In
that consider your coffee superior to any that have
ever used there Is delcacy u flavor and ri ehne.s
to your coffee that have hecn able to ubtan In
other brands Vi coffee Yours, respectfully.
THOMAS JOHNSTON.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25
Cast a Line for Yourself.

Ayoung man stood listlessly watching
some anglers on bridge. He was poor
and objected. At last, approaching a
basket filled with wholesome looking
f,h, he sighed, AFT, now, had these !
would he happy. ! could sell them at a
far price, and buy me food and lodgings"
IL will give you just as many and just
as good fish," SAID the owner, who
Glanced to overhear his words, sit you
will do me trifling favor"
"And what is that2' asked the other,
eagerly.
"Only to tend this lire till | come
back. l wish to go on short Grand"
The proposal was gladly accepted
The old man WAS gone 30 long that the
young Man began to be impatient
Meanwhile the hungry fish snapped
yreediy at the baited hook, and the
young man lost all his depression in the
excitement of pulling them in; and, when
the owner of the line returned, he lad
caugh, large number.
Counting out from them rs many rs
were in the basket, and presenting them
to the young man, the old fisherman said,
II fulfil my promise from the fish you
have ,ught, to teach you, whenever you
see Others earning what you need, to
waste no time in iruitIess wishing, but
to cast IA line for yourself"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25

TWELVE years and more ago thou.
sands of hoop skirts were manufactured
annually in this country. Now the hu'i'
ness is completely dead, not single
hoop skirt manuiactory being in operation
and thousands Of goats are deprived of
their principle article of iood.-Norris-
topn Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25

A BUFFALO c'crg, man, the Rev. ID. L..
Fraz r, OF the FIRST Presbyterian Church,
being disturbed 10y the exit Of three
\ Dung men who marched out with
,qucaking boots just after he had an
uounced his text, said: THAT strikes
me as the coolest pie.e of mperiinerce
have experienced in some time"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25

THEY are telling "A pleasant story in
England, just now, about meeting be
tween the Chinese minister to that conn
try, who is himself IA poet, and MIR. Rob
ert Browning. During the interview
Mr.. Browning asked, "What kind of po-
etry does his eXcellency Wrlte-pa>t"ral
humorous, epic, or whatf There was II
pause for short time. AT length the iu-
terpreter said that his exec lency Thought
the poetry .would he better described as
"enigmGtic." surely replied NJ.
Browning, ".here ought, then, to | e the
deepest sympathy bet~ cen u, for that
lust the criticism which is br"ugh
agains, my own work and believe 1t I"
be a lust one" This reminds us of the story
told of Dor glass Jerrold's first reading OF
Brownipg's poe IN of S1rdelo. lie VA
alone in the house Mt the time, having
been some time confined 10y illness. Be
ing unable to make head or till of that
extraordinary production he began to
fear that his illness had affected hi, in
tcllectual powers. The appalling tn 'ught
seized him that he WAS losing his min !.
Waiting with great anxiety for the return
of some member of his family, he thrust
the book into the hands of the first VIII"
entered and asked him TO read "ihnt pss.
sage" What do you make Of itf'
"Why," replied the puzzled reader, "it l.
nonsense" THANK Cod SAID Jerrolj
ave not lost my wt,W
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25

MEN who are apt to promise are not
ess apt t. forget.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25
Don't Call q Man o Liar.

Never tell man that he is liar unless
you are certain that you can lick him;
for, as general rule, when you say that
it means fight. l have arrived at this
conclusion through sad experience. l
know that it is not safe to give the lie to
muscular Christian. did once. am
sorry for it now; as never grieved for
anything else in the whole course of my
life.
We were standing on the sidewalk in
front of the club, when made the state
ment, talking polotics; and men who
talk politics, and get angry over it, are,
to put it mildly, lunatics or else want an
Office. This man made an assertion,
touching the fair fame of my favorte
candidate, which believe to be untrue.
II is probable that if it had been as true
as it was false, should have taken the
same course, because you understand Il
man has no sense who talks politics any
how. think said that before, but it is
all the same. | want to make it strong,
and get you to understand how got my
ornamental eye.
l mildly suggested that man who
would make such a statement as that was
lost to all sense of shame aud would be
guilty of any base crime
He disagreed with me on that point.
AS for himself he never made statement
except upon the most ample proof. My
candidate was the meanest man unhung.
told him he lied. have been
kicked by mule; have fallen out OF II
second story window on II hard pavement;
eaten green pcrsimmons; heard Miss
Blow read poetry for two hours and n
half; skated; hunted rode "A sharp backed
horse of mustang parentage, an adept in
the art of "bucking," suffered griefs of
various kinds, and still chung to life; but
all these are feathers in the balance rs
compared with that little word liar.
Immediately after saying it, sat down
not in the way people usually sit down
sat on the rim of my right ear, about
ten feet from the spot where had been
standing when made use of the expires
sion quoted above. am not used to sit
ting in that position and do not think il
agrees with me.
have heard of people who "got up on
their ear" and walked off. wish knew
how to do it, and would have propelled
myself away from that spot immediately
if had possessed this happy faculty.
proceeded to bring myself To perpen-
dicular fully inieuding to use the means
of locomotion which nature had given
me; but when came right side up, some
thing heavy ran up against my nose, and
AS felt rather tired, l sat down on my
other ear. l like change-it is too
| monotonous dninp tha same thinp over
and over again.
Somebody took my large friend away,
and was quite pleased when he wa,
gone. have concluded to look twice ut
man before give the lie again. My
eye is in mourning, my nose s"ellcd t."
the size of u citron with the color of II
blush rose, and my store clothes Il ok II.
If they had been run through rateni
sausage machine. would not have that
mans temper for anything i. the world.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-25

ADVERSELY successfully overcome is the
highest glory.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
HerOiSnl.

In 1706, Turin was besieged by power
full army of the French, and though the
Turinese opposed to their besiegers the
most resolute and skillful defence, and
kept them at bay for many weeks, by
foiling their attacks with frequent sur
prises and sorties, and with heavy firing
from the walls, yet, at the end of three
months, the assailants were so far adj
vanced, that all the defensive fOrtifca-
tions had been mastered, and one alone
remained to the Turinese, the capture of
which, seemingly probable, would rem
der the citadel and the town incapable
of further defence. The governor of Tu-
rim, Count Daun, in order to save the last
post of defence, and to get rid of tre-
mendous battery which threatened it,
ordered a chosen body of men to ap-
proach the battery by undermining the
ground, and to destroy it by a subterran-
eous explosion. The captain of these
miners was Pietro Mica. He obeyed
Daun's orders Withthe liveliest solicitude
and most unremitting labor, and got so
far in undermining the battery, that
nothing remained to be done but to lay
the train of powder, and to set fire to it.
When, 10 and behold! the occupants of
the battery, probably apprised of subter-
raneous operations by the usual expe-
dient Of putting dry peas upon drum
head, which, by their disquietude, indi-
cate that something wrong is going on
below, began to delve and agitate the
ground from above in such a manner as
to apprise the underminers that they
might every minute expect meeting
with the eounteTminers. The roof Ofthe
subterraneous passage shook down 50
much dust, and brought such unweleome
noises over the heads of the former, as
to show that the battery-holders had no
mind to be blown up without their own
consent. The minutes of the awful crisis
soon contracted into moments. For the
whole body of sappers to retire without
leaving some one Individual to blow up
the mine, was to give up the whole pro-
ject. No resource for Its success remain
ed but for some one to set fire instantly
to the powder in the mine, though this
necessarily inferred the death of the
frer. Pietro Mica took this task upon
himself, and resolved to perish in accom-
plishing it. He ordered his company to
retire. Remember" he said to them,
in a melancholy voice, "to recommend
my tender children to the paternal heart
of our king. Let him be their supporter
and father. die joyfully to serve my
country and king" He then advanced
to the mass of powder that was to be ex-
ploded, set fire to it, and blowing up the
battery, expired under its ruins. 10 thus
devoted act of Mica Turin for that time
owed its preservation.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
The Sea,

Whilst the sea is yet unseen, it makes
itself felt and heard. At first, there is a
distant, dull monotony of sound; and,
gradually, this far-of murmur swells
into roar which absorbs and dominates
all other voices. At once the attention
is arrested by the solemn alienation,
the invariable return of the deep, low
note, ever swelling into thunder. Notso
regular the oscillation of the penduIulll
which measures the hours. But very 1ar
is its regularity from being IKE Y9 tie Iiil- II
formity of mechanic notion we !eei 1, IA
it rather, or believe we feel IN II the
vibrating intonation OF NE. IN Iact, AZ
the moment of the Hood, when wave
rises unon wave, immense, electric, there
mingles with the rolling storm OF the
waters the murmur of the shells and the
thousand various beings which are borne
along with them in their course, and at
the reflux of the waves there is a sound
which makes us comprehend that the
sea carries back along with the sands
these, its faithful tribes, and receives
them into her bosom. Wherever one
may behold the ocean it is ever imposing
and terrible. Such is it around head
lands, from whence it spreads far away
in all directions such, and sometimes
even more so, in those broad but circum-
scribed places where it is vexed and
trammelied by enclosing shores, and
where It rushes in with furious currents
which hurl it high upon the rocks. In
such situations as these its infinite eA-
panse is wanting; but the spirit OF ITS
tnfnitv is ever present still without
visible sign, it makes itself felt, and even
the more powerfully for having none,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
influence Of a Mothers Tears.

History records no more suggestive In
cident than the memorable termination
of the siege of Rome by Coriolanus. No
child ever perused the narrative without
extraordinary emotion. There is some
thing in it which appeals with an effect
that may not be resisted to the heart and
the consciousness of all. Who has not
in imagination dwelt upon the seeneP A
stout and sturdy warrior, steeled by years
of active military services against the
pitiful appeals of suffering humanity
the victim Of fierce and ungovernable
misunderstanding under a keen sense
of accumulated wrong-consecrate the
energies of his L. 20 the avenging of his
injury, and exiled from the city whose
annals his military prowess has adorned,
sallies forth, the infuriated minister of
wrath. Sacrificing all higher and emo
bling spirations-sullying forever the
hard-earned laurels of the victor Of Corr
oli-he seeks, even at the prize of trail
tors fame, to purchase a satisfying ven
geance. Rallyfng around him an army
of the enemy he had prostrated for her,
he throws himself with an exulting le-
gion upon the offending city, and thun-
ders at her gates. Appalled, and PROSTATE
az LA4C lCdllAdIlOh VI AASA
liable doom, Rome trembles before him.
With humbled pride, her naughty sena-
tors in solemn procession, come to sue
for mercy. Disdainfully repulsed, they
dispatched the minister of their religion
to WOO with the hopes of future bliss and
intimidate with the prospect of coming
retribution. But all in vain. Unrelent-
ing, and unmoved by every appeal, the
yf1 roloxxac NOT his
Then come the mothers tears. Bending
under the weight of years sustained by
a holy hope-the aged matron sailed
forth. Who can paint the scene? Who
may realize the meeting? In the most
insensate soul there are treasured asso-
Citations and memories which, forgotten
amid the wild tumult of angry passion,
awaken at the whisper of a mothers
heart and thrill through every fibre OF
the frame. There is a sentiment OF holy
veneration in the soul of the child to its
mother, which he must sound the lowest
depths of infancy who may forget or dis
regard. With streaming eyes and an
guished heart the Roman mother kneels
to plead with her traitor son. Appealing
to him by all the hallowed memories Of
IllS uuCoTTupJeu DOyHOOuy anu ClAAuAHS
with the affectionate rebuke and tender
ness that well up from a mothers soul
towards an erring child, she conjures him
to relinquish his cherished purpose. The
warrior is unnamed. Talk not grieftill
thou hast seen the tears of warlike men.
Fearful, but of brief duration, is the
struggle ofcontending emotion. Instinct
triumphs-the cup Of vengeance is DASH
ed untasted from the ips-Rome is safe
again. A mothers tears have changed
the destiny of the world.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
Saving for Old Age.

No one denies that it is wise to make a
provision for old age, but we are not all
agreed as to the kind Of provision it is
best to lay in. Certainly we shall want a
little money, fora destitute old man is
indeed a sorry sight. Yes, save money,
bv all means. But an old man needs
Just that particular kind of strength
which young men are most apt to waste.
Many foolish young fellow viii throw
away on a holiday certain amount of
nervous energy which he will never feel
the want of till he is seventy and then,
how much he will want it 1t is curious,
but true, that bottle of champagne at
twenty may intensity the rheumatism of
three-score. 1t is a fact, that oVer-task-
ing the eyes at fourteen may necessltate
theaid of spectacles at forty, instead OF
eighty. We advise our young readers to
be saving of health for their old age, for
the maxim holds good with regard to
health as to money: waste not, want not.
1t is the greatest mistake to suppose that
any violation of the laws of health can
escape its penalty. Nature forgives no
sin, no error. She lets OF the onender
for fifty years sometimes, but she catch
es him at last and int1lcts the punish
ment lust when, just where, just how he
feels it the most. Save up for old age,
but save more than money; save health,
save honour, save knowledge, save the
recollection of good deeds and innocent
pleasures; save pure thoughts, save
friends, save love. Save rich stores of
that kind of wealth which time cannot
diminish. nor Death take away.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
Getting on in the World.

There are many different ways of get
ting on in the world it does not always
mean making great deal of money, or
being great man for people to look up
to with wonder. Leaving off bad habit
Tor good one, is getting on in the world;
to be clean and tidy, instead of dirty and
dlsorderly, is getting on; to be careful
and saving, instead of thoughtless and
wastetul, is getting on to be active and
industrious, instead of idle and lazy, is
getting on; to be kind and forbearing,
instead of ill-natured and quarrelsome,
is getting on to work as diligently in
the masters absence as in his presence,
is getting on in short, when we see any
one properly attentive 10 his duties, per-
severlng through such difficulties to gain
such knowledge as shall be of use to him
self and to others, Offering a good exam
pie to his relatives and acQuaintances,
we may be sure that he Is getting on in
the world. Money is a very useful arti-
Gle IN its way, but it is possible to get on,
with small means, for it is mistake to
suppose that we must wait for a good
deal of money before we can do any
thing. Perseverance is often better than
full purse. There are more helps to-
wards getting on than is commonly sup
posed many people lag behind or miss
the way altogether, because they do not
see the simple and abundant means
which surround them on all sides; and
80 it happens that these means are aids
which cannot be bought for money.
Those who wish to get on in the world
must have stock of patience and perse-
verance, of hopeful confidence, a willing
ness to learn, and disposition not east
ly cast down by difficulties and disap-
pointments,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
UnprincipIed Performance.

A citizen who should be preparing him.
self for the unknown life beyond the
grave instead of being up to such tricks,
removed the setting from his big gold
ring the other day, leaving marked
and decided vacancy. He gets on a
street car, holds his hand so the ring
must be seen, and pretty soon man
bends forward and remarks:
Excuse me, sir, but you have lost the
set from your ring"
so l have" replies the owner, as he
looks around on the floor.
Every passenger began topeer around,
and the man who made the discovery
finally asks:
"Was it valuable set p
"It was a thousand dollar diamond" ," is
the calm reply.
There is another movement on the
part of passengers. Some look along the
seat, some under it, and some make a
dive for pearl buttons and other small
objects.
SWhen did you miss it 2n asks the first
man as the search weakens little.
"a year and half ago, when was at
tending camp-meeting in Illinois p is the
sad reply.
Then every passenger straightens up
each eye looks into vacancy, and not the
taintest smile can be seen on any face.
A person boarding the car Just then
would wonder what great man in the
city had Just died, and if the passengers
were on their way to take a sad farewell
look at the remains.-Dttr0a Free treSs.