The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-01-05
WORDS OF WISDOM.


gold with.
A man is known by the company he
keeps out Of
| About the only force some people have
is the force of habit.
| The only really bitter tears are those
which are shed in solitude.
Read only such things as you can afford
to store in memory's treasury.
For him who does everything in its
proper time, one day is worth three.
If you know how to spend less than
you get. you have the philosopher
stone.
He who puts bad construction on a
good act reveals his own wickedness OF
heart.
If one dog can be placed on scent,
how many dogs can be placed on trade
dollar?
Each man has an aptitude born with
him to do easily some feat impossible to
any other.
A little learning is not dangerous
thing to those who do not mistake it for
great deal.
Those who think that money will do
any thing may be suspected of doing
anything for money.
| Purity of heart; is nature rather than
C virtue; and when most perfect is least
conscious of itself.
The hardest rock is made of the softest
mud. Don't allow the sediment of habit
to harden into vice.
1t is wonderful to note the number of
men who see the value of thing after it
is beyond their reach.
The two most important things in this
lower world both begin with the letter
NJ money and myself.
Agriculture is the mother of farm pro-
duce; she il also the step-mother ov gar
den sass.-Josh Billings.
It is with you as with plants; from the
first fruits they bear we learn what may
be expected in the future.
The happiest people l hev ever met
couldn't tell to save thare life what made
them so.-Josh Billings.
AQuincy debating society has decided
that on frosty mornings buckwheat cakes
are superior to liver pads.
"Strange though it may seem, it is
not less true that man may be on very
good terms with himself"
No sensible calf ever drinks gin with
| its milk. 1t always waits until it ac-
quires its horns naturally.
Envy in passion so full OF cowardice
and shame that nobody ever had the con-
fidence to own its possession.
"Very tall men" says an old farmer,
''are not useful in the country. 1t takes
them too long to get down to work."
Two of the principal eras in the life of
woman is wheE she dons her first long
clothes and puts her baby in short ones.
Cork mouthpiecos for cigars and cigar
cites are the latest dodge. -Four hun
dred thousand of them are turned out
daily.
Want to know how to tell the most
stylish dress? Get in crowd and mark
the one all the women turn up their
noses at.
A magician in Chicago is drawing full
houses. He performs the trick of con-
cealing letter so that his wife can not
find it.
The Oldest Senator is Mr.. Morrill,, of
Vermont, who is II; the youngest is Mr..
Aldrich, of Rhode Island, who is 40 years
old.
Some people are very careless. They
go out without anything whatever in
their heads, and they wonder why they
catch cold.
Mathematical problem: Is it as easy
for women to cry during an emotional
play as it is for men to smile between the
acts?
A Kentucky girl was struck by light
ming while dressing for her wedding.
There is such a thing as girl being too
attractive.
Dictionary holders have come into
general use. Something is wanted now
that will hold an umbrella until the
owner wants to use it.
Though not the man wished for, the
new preacher may be the man you need.
Give him good start for the sake of the
cause.
Experience is good school, but it
keeps too long, and the bills are too
costly for fellow who is in hurry for
diploma.
A Kansas ode Tell us not in mourn
full numbers life is but an empty
dream, oyster stews, our sweethearts
tell us, are next best to frozen cream.
Let us all be up and doing. labor early,
labor late, for the necessary money
ovatars coat kwo hits a n1afa - Winfield