The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-12
ALL SORTS.

We must always remember that we are
not perfect, and must therefore forgive
others for their faults.
OF all the evil spirits abroad at this
hour in the world, insincerity IS the most
dangerous.
1t is proposed to put the picture of
Grant on the new postage stamp. But
Grant may object. He never liked to be
clicked"
A fashionable scarf ornament is the
'Ereddie pin," made to represent a
golden jackass. Common ones are of
brass.-N. Y. Dispatch.
Political parties cannot forever live on
"reminiscences, any more than a tramp
can be prosperous on the fact that
he has 'seen better days. Malone
Farmer.
1t is great satisfaction to a man pos
sessed of conscientious scruples against
telling an untruth to go fishing and
catch enough to make lying unnecessary.
Lowell Citizen.
"Some journalists make very decent
living. Gath makes, it is said, 500, 900 a
year" 1t isn't every journalist, however,
who would care to be known as "the
other two liars of America" for Gath's
pecuniary gettings
Mrs. Welsh, Of Philadelphia, has just 4
had three new babies in one day; and
Mrs. WEIGH, of New York, has just
whipped three burglars. It doesn't up.
pear to make much difference whether
you spell Welsh with an IS" or with
&C."
A Michigan man who o wed AN under
tak,r $50 for burying his wife, has mar
ried widow who owed the same under
taker $45 for burying her husband. 1t
looks as if the undertakers have to do
about all the mourning there is to be
done in Michigan.
Knickerbockers all through sob,
yes" exclaimed Mrs. Suddenriches, "our
aunt's sisters were Knickerbockers all
through, and they used to give balls and
swelldom and style beat the Dutch!"-
New York Mail and Express.
The most dissipated fowl of the air is
the Nevada quail. The Indians soak
wheat in whisky, scatter the soaked
wheat about, and all the members of the
quail family flock to the banquet, after
which each red man eats q quail every
day for thirty consecutive days.
Every young man should understand
that he should not care button for his
likes and dislikes, but should do what
ought to be done, in spite of any dis
agreesbleness. The lesson of self-denial
is far beyond any other in importance.
1t must be repeated again and again.
Fifteen genuine Sioux Indians who are
seeing Gotham amuse the people at q
hotel by eating with their hands and
dressing outlandishly. AS they wear silk
hats they think they are civilized. This
is very common mistake among other
people besides Indians.-Lowell Citizen.
The best thing to give to your enemies
is forgiveness; to an opponent, toll
erance; to friend your heart to
your child good example, to your
father Difference; to your mother
conduct that will make her proud of you;
to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
Mrs. Balfour.
"How do you find tbs third side of
OF his pupils. The boy, grumbling, said
donkey. "Say it over again. Johnny,
and speak up louder. Perhaps your
answer is the right one," replied the ped.
agogue, who is q little deaf.
A legislator. who has a large family at
home, and who has to be very saving, EN-
tered an Austin avenue restaurant about
dinner time and asked for Q business
consultation, which was granted. How
much do you charge for dinner" Fifty
cents" How much for breakfast"
Twenty five cents" ''Then bring me
a breakfast for dinner!'
A school teacher asserts that scholars
who have access to newspapers at home
outstrip those in their studies who do not
see the papers, becoming better readers
and spoilers, better grammarians, and
writing the best compositions. besides
learning geography and history quicker.
Now is the time to subscribe. - Phila.
delphia News.
| 1t is related of the great sculptor,
Michael Angelo, that when at work he
wore over his forehead, fastened in his
artists cap. u lighted candle in order
that no shadow of himself should fall
upon his work! 1t was beautiful Gus
tom, and spoke a more eloquent lesson
than he knew For the shadows that
fall on our work, how often they fall
from ourselves.
| The publishers OF . German move!
scored hit recently in the line OF adver-
Using. They had inserted in most of the
papers notice stating that o certain no.
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