The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-05-03
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VARIETY.
ARAB PEOvERBs II your friend is made Of
honey, DO not eat him all up
II you travel through the country Of the blind. be
blind yourself
When you are the anvil. have patience; when you
are the hammer, strike straight and well.
He who cannot take hint, cannot comprehend n
long explanation
Take counsel Of greater and one less than your
SELF anI afterwards form your opinion.
4 great many human beings dig their graves with
their teeth
4 generous nan will place the benefits he confers
beneath his feethose he receives, nearest his heart
II you wish to appear agreeable in society, you
must consent to be taught many things which you
know already
70 succeed in the world, it is much necessary
TO possess the penetration to discover who is fool,
than discover who - a clever man
Experience teaches indulgence; the wisest man
Is he that doubts his judgment with regard to
the motives which actuate his feIlow-men-
There are many vices which do not deprive of
friends; there are many virtues which prevent cur
having any.
A friend that you have to buy, won't be worth
what you have to pay for him-no matter how little
that may be-
Troubles are like babies-they grow bigger by
nursing. Don't troubles half way, for they are
not worth the compliment
We always admire the answer Of the who,
when asked how old he was, answered ''Just forty
years; but if you count by the fun I've seen, am at
least eighty
The boy that Is whipped too much, and the boy
that Is whipped too trle 10th equally bad. The
one Is spoiled with ra"hides-the OtheF win IoIy-
pops
An Exchange has discovered that Schottische is n
eorr,Iption Of the words 'Scorch itch, and that the
famous dance its name To person afflicted with
the Scotch plague aforesaid, Awful
The New York Pieayr,ae proposes to establish a
submarine electric telegraph, by means Of an electric
eel whose head shall be fastened on Cape God and
his tail somewhere IN ireland. That PiedyuHe Is 4
funny rascal
ScEyE on THE Pacific RAILEoAD.-(When finish
eN-Bagzags -NgsfeT-'Any Baggage"
VENEElBLs CANASCHE--'' YES, three strings OF
scalp-. "a carpet bag, Hni n bottle Of Schnapps BE
particularly careful with the scaIPs anu SchhAPPs IL
you please
N i more n weakness than n virtue in strong
CHRISTIANS when weak saint Is fallen, TO aggrayate
h fall 10 the uttermost- and to present his SINS IN
such a dreadful dress shall amaze him lie who
shall lay the strength TO the rubbing OF an
earthern dish. ~ he does to the rubbing OF PeTer
platter instead Of cleaning will surely break II 10
pieces The application Is easy
P0LrrExEss At HogE,-Always speak with polite
ness and Difference TO your parents and friends
some children are polite and civil everywhere else,
except at home: but there they are coarse and rude
Shameful ~
makes them 50 lovely, hlbtual respect and dutinI
department. toward their friends and superIors- IL
makes the plue=t face beautituI, anu gives 10 every
common action a nameSSs but peculiar charu
NV son. hear the instruction OI thy father, ana
fr.ak not the law Of thy mother, for they shall be
~ ornament Of grace unto thy head, and chains oi
gold about thy neck -''-PrOreT5S l. >, .
Listeners IIE,E No GOOD,'' Sc-At masked
ball which Louis Napoleon attended IN disguise, he
WAS made To hear rather unpleasant truths, Doth
the ltles who spoke them were foreigners The hr-t
dialogue was follows . Do you 90 TO the luIe-
RE- 11aInrn - \ toss Of the head with pretty IN
diznation. auI the following answer " No. indeed
I shouIi think not Who that belongs to society
would 20 TO such Piace:' The second m'shaP was
tbis very pretty silly laly fell in with domino,
who amused her. and she asked him who he was.
- am tte Emperor said the domino Oh' lHi-
possible - stji the !aiy; 'the Emperor : 50 rsT
ugly YOU c.E't be the Emperor :! thOugh why She
s6ouId have 50 re-Olutey supposed her hidden cOu-
panion's face might not he ugy too, am al q os'
T. guess The domino continued; - What, then
YOU don think the Emperor gOOi-l'oking .E.ci-
Iookugs-' re,orted tie tair one. tn'uN MN
irerIfulIg ugly !'- The domino declined any fur
ther coIoquy, aud glided away VI hat we're YOU
saving to the Empsror:'' asked VI lie MCTny- mIn'
ne ,fler OF the Iaiy She stood aghast q told you
sbe w. siIIv) and cgud not believe her ears wher
her new interlocutOr over aud over repeater 10 he
that her domino. had been Cesar hnseiI-A'IeId'
Gazette.
LE,p YE,E-The wear 1860 Is 'Lcap Year. anc
consists Of Bio days, one day being added TO TIT
shortest month"; February, which vii, therefore, nav
twenty-nine DAYS this year; and on its last or adm
tOuaI day i claimed by the ladies' privilege "hicl
ileze VI popping the question Leap year occur
every fourth year, aud Is called because Il leap
over a day more than does an ordinary year 70
instance. in other years, if Christmas day or Ne'
Years day fall on a Sunday, it will fall on MOnda
in the following year; but IN Leap ear II VIII ia o.
Tuesday being thus days later IN the wees, IN
stead OF one The necessity for Leap ear arises fro1
the fact that the solar year does not correspond eS
actly with the civil year, IN consequence OF IT'S ho
ending exactly with a given day, but with iractlo
Ofa dIy If IL we're for this arrangement thriS'
mas in course Of time, would be in midsummer, an
the Fourth Of July IN the depth of winter Inc tru
year consists Of the time 1t takes Tor the earth
make one revolution around the sun, when Is deter
mined by it, coming back TO the same point IN IN
zodiac from which il started; and this - accom-
in 365 days and ne1rIy six hOu-- but as the caiehd
must consist Of complete days, these SIX hours NJ
omitted and in four years they make up a whoe daJ
when one Is added the year, making What i cAIe
Leap Year This, however, IS not strictly eorrec
for il is ascertaned by accurate CALCULATIONS that
solar year Is exactly 365 days, D hours SO minute
and 577 seconds: consequently, in putting on the 81
hours we add IL minutes 12.4 seconds IN four year
This in the course Of 1881 years would amount
twenty-four hours, n complete day Every ye-
the number Is diyisibe by four without reinaihu
Isl Leap Year except the last year OF the centur-
which Is n Leap Year only when diSlslole oy A.
without a remainder. Thus the year lSOo VIII n
be Leap Tear.