The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-09-20
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Novel ideas Romantic thoughts.
Woman's sphere-a ball Of yarn.
The possessive plural-The Mormon.
Uneasy lies the dog Who wears the
muzzle.
Fish never sleep in the wake Of ship.
Bill collectors and sins will surely And
you out.
The last sad write-and undertaker's
obituary.
Tho morning diet Of the milkmaid-
Rise and milk.
Tho prettiest thing in print-prety
girls in calico dresses.
"Look before you leap" said the man
who brushed bent pin off the chair.
It is strange that banks can have any
secrets when they always have q teller.
A notorious prevsricator is called
"Circumadjacent" because he is always
lying around.
The man who drinks nothing but ois-
tern water is the one who leaves we'll
enough alone.
The potato, with all its eyes, is the
most susceptible Of all vegetables. It is
SO easily mashed.
A Kentucky paper announces its plat
form as Tariff for revenue and whisky
tor snake bites only"
The young skipper who takes party
of girls out sailing should content him
self with hugging the shore.
The Princess of Wales has reused the
Indignation of the English milliners by
the extreme plainness of her hats.
A true Bostouian never cries ''frel"
He alarms the neighborhood by shout
ing IAN impending conAagration!'
Mrs. Laura Sanderson, OF Nashna, n
A., has accepted the position OF princi-
pal of Drury college at Springfield, Mo.
1t is not looking upon wine when it is
red that hurts man; it is the drinking
of it, no matter whether it is red or not.
Mamma. does the wind whistle. for the
leaves to dance by?" asked little Min
one day as she came bounding into the
house.
Mrs. E. d. E. N. Southworth began
to write for Mr.. Bonner when he first
took charge of the Ledger, and Is still .
contributor.
Some one says truly that when You
put excessive heat and excessive eat to.
gether there is little wonder that so
many people die.
No wonder the emigration to this
country is so large. when there are so
many berths on board every passenger
ship that arrives.
Never speak i'll OF your enemy. Start
rumor that he is to be- nominated for
president, and, verify you shall have
your revenge.
The favorite colors among the royal
ladies' of England are brilliant emerald
greens, deep and light rubies, clear,
soft blues and delicate yellow.
Nebraska has one woman minister, one
woman lawyer, six women county super
intendents and ten women physicians.
Many women are engaged in editorial
work.
The woman who was glad her husband
was elected to the legislature because it
woold keep him out Of mischief, is the
most Disguised person 10 the state to-
day.-Boston Post.
around 30" said the thief to the police
man, II have felon upon my finger"
"And l have my finger upon felon,"
remarked the policeman.
A New Haven lady having noticed .
gentleman acquaintance standing in q
fixed position in book and paper store
recently, entered the store and asked him
If he was stationery.
Telegraph wires are so numerous ON
some of the streets of Now York that
people living on a fourth floor fat Can
sift their ashes by merely throwing them
against tho net work.
"What is woman's sphere?" To be
automatically correct, we suppose NO.
mans sphere is being always round
when you want her, and sometimes whom
you don't want her.
The Duke OF Connaught, better klown
in this country ~ Prince Arthur. 70.
Gently acted ~ bartender ct charity
entertainment, and sold mixed drinks 70
distinguished drinkers at high prices.
Henry Irving, at the dinnor given in
bis honor recently BY tho Rabelais club.
said that hs had. in tho course OF his
career. acted in $40 parts, Of which he
had played only sixty-two in London.
Mrs. Ann Roam, . niece Of Benedict
Arnold, and now . deorepit old woman
OF between eighty and ninety, is living
in Lock Haven, Pcnnsyivapis, in . part
Of the town known ~ ''The Devils Half
| Acre."