The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-10-28
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heart is credulity.
Compliments cost nothing, vet many
people pay dearly for them,
Bovee said that industry lifted earnI
est toilers above temptation. Hence
their honesty. u,
The most fashionable of on; door ~ APPS
is the coquettish Directoirc, covered
with lace and passementerie
AT seaside hotel--Guest TO waiter.
" Do you call that clean plate 2 "Yes
sir; that is only bit of soap
An lrishman on seeing very small
coffin exclaimed: ais it possible that
coffin was intended for any living Great
ure I"
Scene in an oyster house; "See here.
these oysters are spoiled. That's all
right; put in twice as many on that
account.
The chief use of sea captain III these
days is to explain how it all happened
after most of the passengers have been
drowned.
Married In Chillicothe, Sept. 18th,
Herbert L. Rollingstone and Emma j.
Moss. Thus does one familiar proveib
receive a death blow. ..|
A young lady was asked recently
which she preferred of two brothers, She
responded when am with either Of
them, | prefer the other
Mistress Bridget, didn't you hear
me call p Bridget -'"Yis, mum; but
We towld me the other DIV niver to an
swer We back and didn't"
Every man who has become president
of the United States has been elected
during Il leap year This is something
for the girls to wonder over.
Don Piatt says. "From the recent
terrible marine disasters We are led to
decide that water is becoming more dan
eerous TO human lie than whisky.
A German mixture for the removal of
ink spots and writing on paper consists
of alum, amber, sulphur and sal;petcr--
one part Of each-in fine powder, mixel
"lsn't that your friend, Nine s, who
is dancing there r yes That's a
rightfuly ill-made dress she has ON. ="
eyes, but II IL wasn't 1t wouldn', tit
hei
A new London church has been con
secrated as IA me mortal to the late Dish
op Wiherforce, the prelate SO widely
known hy Punchs sobriquet of "Soapy
Sam
1t required great deal of badness
and great deal Of caution to make n
great fortune, and when you have got
II, IL requires ten times az much wit To
keep It,
We should manage our fortune AS we
do our health-enjoy it when good, be
patient when it is bad, and never apply
violent remedies except in extreme ne
cessitv
How doth the little busy bee Oh,
AS well as can be expected under the cir
umstanoes. We have Just mashed him
for unfolding his interesting sting tail,
ding bat him
A young lady being taken to task for
tight laclng said she sorted to the prac-
tice on purely economical grounds.
"Why,' she replied, ~ lace tight simply
to prevent waistfulnsks
The mind is noarished AT cheap rate.
Neither cold, nor heat, nor age Itself can
interrupt this exercise. Give. therefore,
all you can 10 a possession which amei-
iorntes even in its old age.
A number Of distinguished FISH eaters
club together for dinner and call them
selves the lcthyophageous Clnb. 1t Is
more high toned than the Clam Chcwers
or Smelt Association would be
"And must leave thee, my dearest
Angeliner "Yeth, dear Gusthy, you
had better take turn with NTH Thimp
ton, juth to keep people from talking.
You can come back, you know
The roses Of pleasure seldom last long
enough to adorn the brow of HIM that
plucks them, and they are the only roses
which do not retain their sweetness al
ter they have lost their beauty.
Very true.-Boy -"Paps, what are
going TO do with all that money y Faith
er-"l, is to take us on our journey.
I Boy-"Oh, then, ! suppose We viii go
very quickly, for have often heard you
say that money goes SO tast.
What monotonous life it must have
been in Eden without those cheering
ani orisuus that now eyeryw here lripb ton