The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-02-26
VARIETY.

yever think of raising your reputation by detrac-
! yext my friend love my enemies, for from them
( St hear Of my faults,
8 The art of photography is so far advanced that
Z als are illustrated by means of it.
Gutenberg and Faust printed the Bible with metal
Tes in 1440.
London paper says that bonnets are almost in
Z zble to the naked eye
1t is said that the Turkish women will be allowed
20 unveiled hencetorth.
Tennessee paper talks of a chap at Holy Springs
b was so astonished at seeing lady bringing music
IN her piano, that after listening moment or two,
withdrew his head and hallooed after his compan-
a-ss say Jim, js come here Tarnaton if here
1t woman pulling music out of her chist -
Pray, Prof Schnewze, what is a periphrasis 20
Why, madam, it is (ahem !! dat is simply Cir
mlOcutory and eenastc cycle of oratorcal sonoros-
circumscrbng atom of ideality, lost in verbal
'rfundity.' This luminous illustration the lady
qmed to catch up instanter, &c Oh, that is It'll
ought so.'
EprrAT1oN AND CHARACTER.-NIany persons re-
= ,ration, or what this world says of them, as
- Iortant than character, or, what they are
4 ., = ietIen has driven many an innocent and
] S,e.f eaning person to crime Remember this in
! r idle and sinful twaddle about your neighbors,
! nd remember it in your prayers for mercy
LOvELEss HoSE.-Tbere is no loneliness, there
be none in all the waste peOped deserts of the
sWld bearing the slightest comparison with that OF
unloved wife She stands amidst her family like
living statue amongst the marble memorials of the
al-nstinct with life, yet paralyzed with death
he burning tide Of natural feeling crcng round her
art-the thousand channels quite frozen, through
5hich that feeling ought to fow.-JMrs. Ellis.
TWELVE WAYS OF COMMITTING SUICIDE. Wear
NJ Of thin shoes and cotton stockings damp nights
md in cool rainy weather. Wearing insufficient
ohing, and especially upon the limbs and extrem-
ties
Leading a life of enfeebling, stupid laziness'
md keeping the mind in unnatural state or excite
aent by reading trashy novels. Going to theaters,
ies and balls in all sorts of weather, in the thin-
hest possible dress. Dancing, till IN a complete
aspiration, and then going home without sufhelent
Sa-garments, through the cool, damp air.
J. Sleeping on feather beds in seven-by-nlne peei
lions, without ventilation at the top of the windows;
and especially with two persons In the same
snail, unventilated bedroom.
l. Surfeitinp ON hot and very stimulating dinners.
50l and eating heartily before going to bed every
hight when the mind and body are exhausted by the
tolls of the day. and the excitement of the evening
D. BEGINNING in childhood on tea and coffee, and
Going from one step to another through chewing ana
Smoking tobacco, and drinking intoxicating liquors
By personal abuse and physical and mental excesses
&every description.
6. Marrying in haste and getting an uncongenial
0mpanion, anu living the remainder of life IN mental
dssatisfaction. Cultivating jeaouses and domestic
brOs, and being always in mental ferment.
:. Keeping children quiet by giving paregoric and
eorIials, by teaching them to suck candy, and by
Supplying them with raisings, nuts, and rich cake.
When they are sick, by giving them mercury, tartar
saetic and arsenic under the mistaken notion that
they are medicines, and not irritant poisons
s. Allowing the love of gain to absorb our minds,
as to leave no time to attend to our health Fol-
ewing an unhealthy occupation because money can
te made by t.
9. Tempting the appetite with btters and ncetles'
shen the stomach says No, and by forcing food when
nature does not demand and rejects it, German
dizing between meals.
10. Contriving to keep in a continual worry about
something or nothing. Giving way to fits OF anger
II. Being irregular in all our habits OF sleeping
and eating, going to bed at midnight and getting up
at noon. Eating too much, too many kinds OF food,
and that which is too highly seasoned.
II Neglecting to take proper care of ourselves and
Aot apply early for medical advice when disease first
appears Taking celebrated quack medicines to a
eegree Of making drug shop of the body
and death, than alepidemics, malaria and contagion
Combined with war, pestilence and famine Nearly
al who have attained to old age have been remarka-
S Tor equanimity of temper, correct habits of diet,
urink and rest-for temperance, cheerfulness and
morality. Physical punishment is sure to visit the
oalsgressor of natures laws. All commit suicide,
au cut off many years Of their natural life, who do
U observe the means for preventing disease, and of
fEaesefVng health.-.fmericon Medical and Surg.