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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-31
A Maiden's psalm of Life"

Tell me not in idle jingle
" Marriage is an empty dream )
For the poor girl is dead that's single,
Aud things are not what they seem.
Life is real, life is earnest,
Single .blessedness .6b;
MAN thou art, to man returnest.'
Has been spoken Of the rib.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act that each tomorrow
Finds us nearer marriage day.
Life is long, and youth is tleeting,
Aud our hearts, though light and gay (;
Still like pleasant drums are beating
Wedding marches all the way
In the worlds broad field Of battle,
In the bivouac of life,
Be not like dumb.driyeu cattle
Be he,oine-a ,cits.
Trust no future howe'er pleasant,
Let the dead past bury its dead;
Act, act to the living present
H.artwithin and hope ahead.
Lives of married folk. remind us
We can live our lives as well,
And departing leave behind us,
Such examples IS shall tell -
Such examples, that another
Wasting time in idle sport,
A forlorn, unmarried brother,
Seeing shall take heart and court.
Let rs, then, be up and doing,
With heart on triumph set;
Still contriviug, still pursuing,
And each one husband get.
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The Strange Hand Book.

After all, young man, there is
nothing like being guided by the ex-
perience of your elders
Experience ! Experience . l wish l
had never heard the word. Trust to
my experience, is the eternal cry of
age to youth. But 1 maintain that
youth is hundred times better of
ignoring the experience of others-that,
in short, the plant of experience, to be
of any use, q man must grow 1t for
himself
On hearing this astonishing verdict,
five guests, assembled in a drawing
room after bachelor dinner looked
up with surprise at the mortal daring
enough to utter a heresy so contrary to
all received opinions.
Still you must admit replied,
after pause, the first speaker. gray
headed merchant, that a friends
experience is precious talisman, when
rightly applied"
"Ah who kuows?' reioined the
other, who was a young man hardly
fve-and-tventy but ii not too tedl-
Gus, let me relate to you the history of
my own
III
TO the exposition of 80 strange theory,
and he resumed
-Four years ago. gentlemen. at nine
o'clock IN the morning, | left my native
town for the great metropolis. My
Uncle Thomas, Al excellent man, who,
from my earliest recollection, had
never lost sight of me, accompanied
me to the platform. and the train was
on the verv point of starting. when,
graspiug NV hand. he exclaimed. over
and over again. Good-bv, Alfred
good and. above all, do not forget
nv handbook
ITO explain this. | must tell Won
that ON the previous dav. NV uncle had
called me into his study. and spoken
TO meas follows Alfred. lam getting
on IN wears l have . house. ten thous-
and wear. a nephew. and the gout. /
watch over nv house with order. nv
means with economy. NV cont with
pain. and Yourself nv bow. with
pleasure. Ii is NV intention TO leave
Won all / possess. except the CONT but
first wish Won to complete vour
education bv scdulriug some knowl-
EDGE Of city Ef- Yo1 shall start to-
morrow bv the first train. and remain
in New York until I cal! Won home
Combine Amusement with instruction.
and see as much a. Won can of the
world still NV dear how as Nay
York is place where man ought al
ways 10 be on his guard. have re-
solved On providing YOU with arms
Take this book 1t contains the fruits
of NV long experience. In il Won will
find protection against the .nares
that will beset your youth in the great
CITY there ! have soted all the Oh.
seryatious made on men and things
and | have named it NV hand.boo
When YOU have entered on the slippery
path which lies before you, take no
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-31

While Lord CoalstOun lived in
house III the Advocates Close. Eliu
burg, q strange acciden. bcfell him.
1t was ut that time the custom for adj
vocates ind judges 10 dress themselves
in gowns, aud wigs, and crayats, at
their own houses. and walk to the Par
lament House. They usually break
tasted early, and when dressed, were
in the habit Of leaning over their par
lor windows for few minutes, before
St. Glr's bell started the sounding
peal of a quarter to nine, enjoying the
agreeable morning air, and perhaps
discussing the news OF the day. II So
happened one morning, while L1rI
Coalstoun vas preparing to enjoy his
matu.inal retreat, two girls, who lived
in the second ia. above. were amusing
Themselves with kitten. which, in
thoughtless sport they had SWING over
the window, 10y > cord tied round its
middle, and hoiSted it for some time
up and down, till the creature was get
ting rather desperate with its eXertions.
His lordship had Just popped his head
out Of the window, directly below that
from which the kitten swung, little
danger impeuded, like the sword Of
Damocles, over his head, when down
came the exasperated animal at full
career, directly upon his senatorial
wig. No sooner did the girls perceive
what sort of landing place their kitten
had found, than in terror or surprise
they began TO draw it up; but this
measure was nov too late, for along
with the animal. up also came the
Judges wig, fixed full in its determined
talons His Lordships surprise, on
finding his wig lifted off his head, was
ten thousand times redoubled when
on looking up, he perceived 1t dang
ling on its way upwards. without any
means visible to him by which Its
motion might be accounted for. The
astonishment, the dread, the awe. al
most of the Senator below-the half
mirth half terror of the girls above
together with the fierce and retentive
energy of puss between - altogether
formed a scene to which language can
not do justice, but which George
Cruikshank might perhaps have en-
bodied with considerable effect. 1t
was IA Joke soon explained and par
doned; but assuredly the perpetrators
Of it got many a heightened injunction
from their parents never again to fish
over the window with such bait for
honest mems wigs.
The following anecdote of the late
Rev. George Gilfillan is told by the
Dundee Advertiser. when n proba-
toner, a congregation to whom he had
been preaching presented him with
suit Of clothes. Having put them on,
the old ones were tied up into bundle.
Where will | send them 2 said the
tailor. Il will take them myself, said
Gilfiilan; i have carried them too long
upon my back to be ashamed Of taking
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vet done but little for you. because you
began it in unreasoning servility, and
you have capped it by an act Of I'M
grateful precipitancy.'--D. c. Mac
Donald, in n. Y. Weekly.
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at the article Friends
"The paragraph ran thus Friends,
Distrust city friends. Do not be too
easily lead away by the advances OF
strangers. Particularly shun those
who. with fascinating manners, seem
to take fancy to you at your first IN
terview. AS a general rule such are
mere adventures who want to borrow
money of you.
Forewarned is forearmed. When
the next day-my insinuating young
friend presented himself at my door,
he was told that | had chang Il my
lodgings, leaving no address
This was No. |.
MY time being my own, L had Ven
tured on a few timid attempts IN
literature. One evening at 4 party L
gave in nv own rooms, | was asked to
repeat mere trihe-a sonnet. At first
| refused, but was overruled. a play
and three sonnets all passed the ordeal
and | was overwhelmed with compll-
ments. thanks. applause | was retlr-
ing to bed in ecstasy when the lnexora-
BILE handbook rushed to my thoughts.
opened it at the word Compliments.
read. are almost always hollow. True
merit never exciteS anything but envy
| the more you are praised, the less you
should think of yourself.
Il babe farewell to my dreams Of
literary fame. My MSS. did not take
five minutes in burning.
This was No. ,.
Il now turned my thoughts to the
pursuit of wealth. Fortunately mer-
chant to whom | had been introduced
as most successful speculator, had
condescended to express great appro-
baton of plan had conceived, and
had expressed himself most kindly to-
ward me. Giving me his card, he
added
"'Come and see me tomorrow, we
will talk over all this together 4; and as
you appear intelligent, may be able
to get you share in a most lucrative
affair
" As l WAS preparing the next morn
ing to keep this appointment, a thought
crossed my mind. l had forgotten to
consult the handbook. | turned over
its leaves impatiently until | came to
the word Business. and read: Specu-
lations are double operations-cheats
on one side, dupes on the other. Rule
without an exception should any
speculation be proposed to you, deem
it worthless. otherwise it would not be
offered you for men prefer keeping
the good things of this world to them
selves
"On reading these lines, l sincerely
blessed the uncle who had snatched me
from such imminent danger. never
visited the merchant,
This was No. 3.
u think l said l was then just
twenty-one. Who, at that age, can help
falling in love ? How beautiful Flora
was how full of candor, innocence
and modest grace ! | was told she had
but slight expectations, but l deter
mined to make my sentiments known
to her the next day. knew that she
was not altogether insensible to my
devotion. Bat first the handbook lay
open before me. LOve-marriage.
A snare to catch fools withsl. Dread
like the plague the soft glances and
modest airs Of portionless girls. This
is one of the commOnest kinds OF
trickery--'
Trickery Was | allowing myself
to he tr;ckedg What an escaue When
! met her again. nv whitening con
,a,on4 nrovod fiat her unworthy strata.
rors were discovered.
"Tbis was NJ.
- caught fever abont thi. time
and for six whole weeks kent my bed
Dnr;r.o That interval there was time
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Two young men In baskerville, Can
ada, have found out more satisfactory
way of settling their disputes than by
making holes in each other with pistol
bullets. They were both in love with
the same young woman, so they rowed
boat race, the loser retiring from the
pursuit of the charmer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-31
The Companon>hip Of the Dead.
We live not alone We live not only
with others who are alive; We live also
with tine dead:
GLOW many are alive to- me
" hu siumu,r Ia thtlr graves.

vino siuHlu,r Ia thplr graves"
The little playmate who was missed
out of ms class at school one morning,
and few days later was laid III his
short and narrow graye-a raging fever
had consumed him; many, many years
have passed hy since, yet his merry,
honest laugh rings in our ears rs We
write these lines. Yes. Inc is here in
TINS room; Vc can see INN just a, he
looked and smiled then. We never
quarrelcd with him. It Hu, % l:iond-
snip un"llayed, AMI $50. uuultoycd. il
has remained to TINS houT.
The aged persons we knew in our
youth, who used to speak 40 MS words
OF counsel and wisdom, they, too, are
our companions still. How wildly
their YeucrateG forms rise up before us,
and again we seem to hear their voices
as Of Old.
Fairest and most loved, still radiant
with youth and beauty, comes back one,
unchanged, from the invisible land.
and seems to smile upon us rs on the
white page We trace THESE words to her
memory:
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-31

The rush" from England to Cyprus
is much like that from the Atlantic
States to California in 1919 and 1850,
with this difference, that they, go in
steamships and have short pas sages,
and can easily return if they are home
sick.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-31

A DOOMED Boy Some Of these beau
tiful evenings man with a wilted col
lar and sprinkled coat will mutter an
old fashioned bit of profanity between
his teeth; he Will scud swiftly across
the sweet; he viii pick up the boy that
is manipulating the sidewalk hose; he
will twist his head around five times
he Will jam his head into crack in the
fence and kick his whole body through
after it. and then the boy will learn
that il is not right nor safe to glue his
eyes into the top of tree while he
sprinkles the streets, the sidewalks and
the citizens, indiscriminately and par
TALLY. Mind, we do not advocate the
reckless, eXtravngant or wanton killing
of boys, but these are revolutionary
times and the temper of a down-trod-
den people is restless and unsafe.
Hdrbeye.
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He who fondly and habitually cher.
isles the memory of the friends who
have gone before him to the shadowy
land, finds in it l chief and inexhaust-
ible source Of satisfaction and Of hap.
piuess. Thus we rob Death itself Of
victory; for imagination memory -
recalls from its power, and again en-
dows with life and beauty those whom
he has claimed for his own. How many
an hour, by day and by night, now
sweet and precious to US, would be
lonely indeed but for the companion
ship of the dead. ". \. Ledger.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-14
LOCAL % >. MATTERS.

Mr.. HARvIE AND THE GOVERNOR = The fol-
lowing words in italics, omitted in making
SYNOPSIS OF Mr.. Haryie's speech before the
readiusters' conference, and now inserted
in their proper place, convey clearer IDEA
OF his position than could be had without
Mr.. Harvic (Mr. Fufkerson in the chair)
was convinced that in the Barbour bill the
State, il anything, had conceded too much.
Under no circumstances would he take
step backward. He didn't come to Rich
mond to ascertain the sentiments OF the
bondholders. He didn't care to consult
them. He would have the Barbour Dill
passed again, and then let the Governor veto
il il he dare. The Governor came here upon
declaration I'm the platform Of has pGrty]
that under no conceivable circumstances
would he favor an increase OF taxation:
Now change has come over the spirit or
his dream, and in his recent message he re-
commended an increase! The ability OF the
people to pay was the proper limit OF taxa
tion, in Mr.. ILarvie's opinion. and that
limit had already been reached. Mr.. Harvie
was decided in his disapproval OF what he
called the Governors change OF position
(iDstead OF "front" ";. " ...-...
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BRIEF LOCAL ITEMs.-Y Yesterday was
Black Friday at the Tobacco Exchange.
Only two packages offered, and sold at $500
and 50.
The County Court OF Henrico meets to-
day at II O'Clock a. III.
The amount OF United States internal
revenue collected yesterday was S4,571.S4.
No coastwise entrances or clearances re-
ported yesterday. There were no entrances
at the custom:house. The New York and
Norfolk steamers sailed, and the Baltimore
and Philadelphia steamers came up.
The shipment OF. cotton to the New York
sumed yesterday. 4 number OF wagons
| were engaged nearly all day.
Large sales Of loose tobacco at the ware
houses yesterday. There will be no more
sales until Tuesday, and around Shockoe
| Slip was quiet last evening.
In the death OF Mrs. Hannah K. Dill
Richmond loses 4 lady Of the olden regime,
and another link is broken that bound Us to
bright and happy past.
| The Henrico county Board Of Supervisors
will meet to-day at II O'Clock NJ.
The following officers have been elected
by the Belvdere Social Club: F. c. Hitz-
man, president; w. A. Mann. vice-presi-
dent; George Sorg, secretary; Fl. w.
stockmar, Jr., treasurer: W. A. Rowe, SER
geant-at-arms.
The church sociables at ST. Paul's and
Rev. DR.. Hoge's churches last night We're
we'll attended. ......
Thus far the revival meetings at the Main.
Street Christian church, under the ministra.
ton OF Rev. Z. Parker Richardson, have
been well attended.
The tableauX, concert, ETC., at the Vena
ble-Street Baptist church was very enjoy
able, and the SaDbath-School Aid Society
considerably benefited thereby.
The main water-pipe on Twelfth between
Main and Cary streets broke Thursday
night. The city hands were trying to dis
cover the leak yesterday.
Police-Sereeant Angle yesterday reported
Perkins l. Powell and Hutcheson 4 Saryay
proprietors Of tobacco warehouses, for al
lowing their porters to blow horns in th
l public street.
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THE MOST ASTONISHING PRICES.

Among the thousands of-varions bargains aic up
wards of $1,000 worth OF LACE CURTAINS in
real Applique. Guillire, land Nottingham.
REAL APPLIQUE arS2l set the value of which
is s33, at $50 valued at $i4. at $40 valued at
$50. ats40 valued III S65, at $50 valued at fully
500;
GUlPuRE At Sl5 4 set heretofore sold at S25, at
80 walked at SIC;
NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS and CURTAIN NETS
very muth below market value;
BLACK CASHMERE. at. 35c. valued at 5Oc., at
45c. wo,s!t be cheap al 55c.; -..---~ ---.a
In LURIS,S FINEST GRADES we offer the SI.l5
quality ut S5c.. thes 20 grade IT 81, 4S inch
wide do1hc weight, finest number, III 1925,
5s-inch widI- All Wool. FRENCH MATELAssE at
sl.25 heretofore sold S2.75; 4s-ineh wide at
81. formerly sold AT 81 so;
DRAP DE ETE at $40 0 the value of which Is fully
s225: Ats2 for The finest number manufactured
valued az GSer 50.
A large STOCK OF CoLoRED DRESS GOODS at
Upwards OF IsO dozen OF TABLE NAPKINS in
q. i, A. AID = 1t ereE1 reduction; alsc; large
10 pieces GEEAlAN RED FABLE DAMAsK at
soc; yar ieSS W4IrE IF sIS i pFsvoqS pSiGs sso
GuInctt's widest and bcSa pure SILK VELVET
at $3.50 rcal, value of.wiS ci * SIS: also. "a.
value Of whls1 IS SO; also the COTT0S-8ACk
SILK NELrErS IN the various widths ut great
geductlon. anl,ng them ;zfs'.inch wide ataS.oo,
Also, a large stoet,of COLORKD v:sLvETs..
The largest and handsomest Shosk of SlLkSdn the
svariauj delicae tnts OF evening shades eye1 eX-
Upwards Of $4,000 worth ofsBLA OK and COL
rOREbSlLKS receeIly purchased 10 great adyc Mt
CLOAifS from So a--manv for less than the value
of theIsaateral-ths largest stock offered In fEls
Thouss:lds Of greatUareains The coming wses 1t
ee7 COHEN BROTHERS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-14

INSURANCE LAw-INTEREsTING CASE De-
CIDED BY THE COURT OF APPEALS ON THURS
DAY.-In the case OF Sutherland against the
Old Dominion Insurance Company, de-
cided by the Court OF Appeals Thursday,
the effect Of subsequent insurance on =
prior valid policy where both contracts
contain stipulations against other insurance
was passed upon.
On the 18th of October, 1876, Sutherland
effected an insurance with the Old Domin-
ion Insurance Company and received Il pol
icy containing the following provision: I" If
the assured shall have, or shall hereafter
make. any insurance on the property here
by insured, or any part thereof, without
the consent OF this company written
hereon, this policy shall
be void" On the 21st Of November, 1876,
he applied for other insurance on the same
property to the Connecticut Insurance
Company, and obtained a policy, in which
| it was stipulated that "if the assured shall
have or shall hereafter make any other in
any part thereof without the consent OF the
company written hereon, this policy shall
be void" .'
Neither company was informed by the
insured that other insurance had been cf.
fected.
4 loss occurred, and both companies,
learning the facts above stated, refused to
pay. The insured, regarding the second
policy as null and void, abandoned all claim
upon it, and prosecuted bis action against the
Old Dominion Company. The defence was
that the stipulation against other insurance
was violated when the insured obtained bis
policy from the Connecticut company with.
out the written consent OF the. defendant
and that the prior policy was thereby rcn'
dered null and void.
Judge Anderson, delivering the opinion
OF majority OF the court Judges Christian
and Burks dissentingl held that the SECOND
policy being nullty did not impair tho
prior policy, and that the pant1tl was emil
! tied to recover. The opinion was fortified
by numerous authorities.
r. Ii. Jones. Jr., Samuel D. Davies, ant
D. A. Hinton for the appellant; B. 81. Nasl
for the appellee.
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JUDGE FITZHUGH's OPINION AS TO WHERE
DEEDS SHOULD BE RECORDED. AND JUDO
NEVIS DooKETED FOR PROPERTY. LYING
IN THE COUNTY oF HENRICO AND WITH
In ONE. MILE OF THE CORPORATE Linn
ITs-THE Law ABLY DISCUSSED.
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z MADAME JANAUSCHEK IN MOTHER AND
SoN-MACBETH To-N1GHT.-There was Q
very fair audience at the Theatre last night,
but by no means such 4 one as the great
merits Of the actress and the play demand:
ed. Mother and Son was never before pro.
duced in this city, and is a dramatization OF
the Swedish novel. The Neighbors, by the
celebrated Fredrica Bremer, translated by
Miss Tuckev, OF London, translator Of the
beautiful German poem Brunheld.
Tonight Janauschek makes her last ap-
pearance in this city; on which occasion
Macbeth will be presented. ,....,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-14

To THE CoNsUMPTIvE.-Lcti those who langush
under the fatal severity of climate through any
pulmonary complaint, or even those who ere In de-
cidcd consumption. by no means despair. There is
safe and remedy at hand, and one easily tried.
"WILBoR's CoMroUSD OF CoD-LIvER OIL AND
LIME" without possessing the very nauseatnS fla
vor of The oil heretofore used. IS endowed by the
phosphate Of lime With u healing property which
renders the oil doubly eflcacious. Remarkable tes-
monials OF It's efficacy shown to those who desire to
see them. Soil by A. D. WILDoR, Chemist. Boston,
and all druggists.
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be pleasantly remembered by the Howit-
zers, old and new. and their guests.
As mentioned by Captain Hudnall and
Mr.. McCabe, the day was the sixteenth an
niyersary Of the battle Of Fredericksburg.
i 1t should have been said above that the
winning section in the competitive drill is
composed Of Sergeant c. d. HabIiston, Cor
poral F. FL. Mcguire, and priyates w. r.
Hill, j. T. Hutcheson, L. L. Lynch, w. S.
simons, W. l.. Austin, G. II. Hardwicke,
W. g., Wharton, and W. H. Cowardiu.
Sergeant Hahiiston was absent, and Cor
poral Mcguire took command.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-14

PER DIEM.-The General Assembly hay-
ing passed a resolution expressing the opin-
ion that the present session is legal and
constitutional one, and that no further le-
gisfation is required on the subject, accord
ing to:the prevailing opinion the act of last
session stands, Notwithstanding the procla-
nation of the Governor, and the disbursing
officers will, it is expected, pay members
the salary for regular session-s360. Some
few of the members, however,. believing
that this session is held by no other author
i:y than the Governors call, will draw only
G1Sn
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-14

CoLoRED SoNs OF TEMPERANCE--Chris
tian Welfare Division, No. 81, will he in
stituted next Wednesday night with the TO-.
lowing officers Rufin Jones, worthy pa
triarch: Jane Haskins, worthy associate
William H. Lewis, recording scribe; Celia
Swami, assistant recording scribe ga. J.
Mallory, financial scribe; George Parker,
treasurer; Alice Parker, conductor; Jo-
seph Scott, chaplain; Beverly Binford, as
sistant conductor; William Jones, inside
sentinel; William Fl. Fortune, outside sen
tinel; Fannie Harden, past worthy patrl--
arch William T. Burley, locale deputy grand
worthy patriarch. This division is located
on Union Hill, and has thirtY-nine charter
members to commence work with. Several
other new divisions will be organized In q
few DAYS. No. 63, with Rev. George W:
Brown, w. p, will be organized at Fairfield
| town this month.
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A NICE SATCHGL or TRUNK,
A pretty pair OF Genllcmen's Slippers.
A neat pair Of Ladies' Shoes,
A good pair of Boys Boots,
4 substantial pair OF Shoes for the little ones
are SENSIBLE Christmas presents. You can buy thtm
ut ! very low price Of
HEnMAS BosCItES & BROTHER,
500 and 5ll Broad street.