The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-10-08
VARIETY.

1t Is no longer proper say of lady that she is
dressed in the height of fashion, The phrase now
is " il the breadth Of fashion,
q. IN afraid shall come to WANT said an old
lady to young gentleman IS have to want
already - was the reply; Sc want your daughter
The old lady opened her eyes
90 Sally said a fellow to girl who had red hair,
''keep away from me, you will afre.'' s.No
danger Of that, was the answer, 'you too green
TO burn"
pretty pair of eyes the best mirrors to shave
: by YES said bachelor reading the above
' many n man has been shaved by them.''
.'Sam, why don't you talk to your massa, and tell
um to lay up his treasure in heaven 80
ss What's the of his laying up his treasure dar
DEPTH OF NueAnA.-<zsssl lh of the Niagara
River. under the suspension H11ge is estimated to
be 700 feet. This, believe,s is deeper than any
other rapdly-running stream in the world
Baths shoud be taken early in the morning, for It
is then that the system the power of reaction
in the highest degree Any kind Of bath is DANGER
Gus soon after meal after fatigung exercise
No man woman should take a bath at the close of
the day, unless by the advice of the family physician.
Many man, in attempting TO cheat his doctor out
Of fee, has cheated himself of his life; ay, iH4l
done every day ~
A young lady recently remarked, with much SIM
plicity. that she could not understand what her
brother George Henry in the girls that he liked
them well, and that, for her part. she would
give the company of young man for that oftwenty
girls.
How To FRrGHrEx DoGsL-with reference to the
device adopted by Ulysses to frghten the dogs Of
Ithaca and still In in Greece, may state that
I6ave Malay Mt Singapore squat down with his
back towards strange dog, and look at him from
between his legs. In this instance the experiment
proved successful, as the brute scampered off in
fright looking lack and then to what sort of
monster IT was which carried its head in that n
wonted place. But have heard that Malay,
playing the trick before English bulldog,
seized hold of by :. bully-''--Notes and Queries
. Among the objects in Humboldt's study was liv-
ing chameleon, in a box with glass lid. The ami
NAL which was about six inches long, lazily
doing on a bed of sand with big blue-hy (the
conscious provision for his dinner) perched upon his
back IS He has just been sent to me from Smyrns,
sad Humboldt; he is very listless and unconcerned
in his manner" Just then the chameleon opened
of his long, tubular eyes, and looked up at u.s.
popularity of this animal, " he continued, ' s
It's power Of looking in different directions at the
time He can turn eye toward heaven, while the
other inspects the earth. There many elergymen
who have the same cwer-''-Bayard Taylor.
REv DR Norr OF UNION CoLLEGE.-A correspon-
dent OF one of the daily papers, says Sc DIR. Mott is
now nearly eightyseven years of age, and has been
President of Union College since 1904, when he sue
ceeied Jonathan Maxcy, who filled the post two
years He has graduated nearly four thousand young
men, and has contributed more to the cause OF educa
ton than any other man in the United States. He
still enjoys pretty good health, and is doubtless des
tined do more yet in the noble and patriotic
work in which he has been engaged for more than
Gorrrxuryr..3vernment resembles the wall
which surrounj kr lands; neeiful protection, but
rearing ha Us, ripening no fruits 1t is the in
diviiual yho choose whether the enclosure shall
be a paradiss II a waste How little positive good
can covering Int confer, 1t does not till our fields,
build our yuses weave the ties which bind us to our
families &e isinteresedness to the heart, energy
to the I'M Iect and will All great interests
left selves and governments, that have inter-
ferel Vi them have obstructed, much more than
aivanc& them For example, they hsve taken reli-
st,os- 1v fr
eaon in their hands, has become propagaor OF SER
vile maxims, and dpholder Of antiquatea errors
In ike 1er they have paralyzed trade by their
nursing care and multiplied poverty by their exped
ents relief Government has alr20st been n bar
rer against which intellect has had 70 struggle; and
society has made its chief progress by the minds OF
private Individuals, who have outstripped their
rulers, and gradually shamed them into truth and
wisiOm--Ch1nHing.
Blessed be the hand which prepares PLEASURE for
child for there is saying where and when IT
nay again bloom forth. Does not almost everybody
remember some kind hearted nan who showed him q
kindness in the quiet days Of his childhood? The
writer Of this recoIlects himself at this moment as
barefooed lad. standing the wooden fence of poor
little garden in his native village; with longing eyes
he glzed the flowers which were blooming there
quietly in the brightness Of Sunday morning The
Psessor Of the den came forth from his little cot
tags-he was n wo~i-cutter by trade-and come into
his garden to gather flower to stick in his coat,
when he to church. He saw the boy, and break
ing of the most beautiful of his carnatons-t was
the giver nor the receiver spoke word; and with
bounding steps the boy ran home; and now, here at
distance from that home, after 50 many events
Of many years. the feeling Of gratitude which agi-
tl the breast Of that boy expresses itself on paper
fhe earnation IS long since withered, but 1t now
blooms afresh--Dougiass Jerrold.
CvTLIrY-Civility costs nothing, and considering
IL pays its way so handsomely in all companies, TO
say nothing of occasional chance advantages, it is
marvel that IT is not common-that il is not q
universal virtue
Within very few wears. couple Of gentlemen
one OF whom n fo-eigner-visted the various To-
eonotive workshops OF Philadelphia They called at
tue most prominent one frst stated their wishes to
look through the establishment, and made some in
qliries Of specific character They were shown
thrpugh the premises in n very Indifferent manner,
and no special pains taken to give them any in-
irmation beyond what their inquiries drew
torth The same results followed their visits to the
Several larger establishments By means, they
were Induced to call of third fourth-rate
Character. The owner himself workman, OF
limited means but an the application of the stran-
gers, his natural urbanity Of prompted him
not only show all that he had, but enter into
desaied explanation of the working of his establish
ment, aud Of the very superior manner in which he
could conduct his factory, if additional facilities Of
capital we're afforded him. The gentlemen left him,
not only avoraby impressed towards him, but with
'he feeling that he thoroughly understood his BUSH
ness- Within year he WAS surprised with an invl-
Iion to visit st. Petersburg. The result was his
I'comose establishment removed there bodily.
II was the agent Of the Gar who had called him,
~ company with an American citizen. He has
ecen'y returned, having accumulated n large for
.uhe and sti receives from his Russian workshops
a'out hu- dred thousand dollars year. He in 1
esss nus money IN real estate aud has already laid
s mundaflon for the largest fortune of any private
malvidual in Philadelphia and all the result Of
~ Ry se couple OF straq2fs.--Half,a (QrEnef 9