The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-03-15
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
A Little Eustead-


w hat volumes these words speak TO those who
know their true meaning? : 4 little unsteady -
winch means (being Interpreted) now and then
taxing wine or strong drink to the point Of being
overcome, raving, stupid, drunk.
" hat Is the matter with Frank H? The
last time i heard of him he was doing well i'm col
iege ms teachers spoke well of him. Now he IL
at home again"
Oh, ne is a little unsteady. He began with
vine and supper parties, and then his faded
stomach crayed more stimulus. This appetite he
has INDUCED, has grown worse and worse. broken
the hearts Of his old parents. and become-.a lit
tie unsteady
This is our friend James NJ: he married, with
Inc brightest prospects. Why does the wife Oft
year look 50 pale and anxious? Because he il
"a Little unsteady" With all his pleasant IT,
II nome he will seek pleasure abroad. because he
can there satisfy the cravings GALAXY, / should have
sAiI,) OF . depraved appetite. 30 he goes abroad
Tor excitement, and his wife grows pale at home.
steady"
Bridget is out Of place. She is only q cook,
ana you go oy reference 10 inquire her character.
she Is an excellent cook, tidy, neat, reliable. Int
ne Il, " a little unsteady" 1t il now and then
that she Is overcome, bat now and then the charge
- but too true Exhausted and wearicd with her
neyer-ending work she takes just 4 drop. Per
maps the appetite was stimulated By the odor Of
VINE gwen her to use in cooking, or By portions
lett In bottles that had been used up stairs. Her
master and mistress and their friends seem to
have an easy, happy time in life, and vet they
need the support Of a social glass. Why should
not she have 1t in her tolls? only, if she happens
% De overcome, her work Is not done, her fault
= she drinks"
Many a woman in high station lies in bed from
= siek-headache, and no one dares to saw the same
% her, nor even to hint that she is ga little I'M
7'eady- Ii would not sound we'll. John is 4
'1achinan, an excellent man, is master of his bu-
sIness, faithful as the sun, but he has lost his
place. What is the matter? Nothing. except |
mat he Is "a little unsteady Ills master has
command OF the luxuries of life, but works hard,
and when jaded with the business of the dav. a
glass of wine revives him OF If a friend dimes
Win him, they take a social glass-always in
moderation, nothing more. They have little
temptation.
John knows this. BY the sparkling gas-light
ne e the SHINING table, the crystal, the silver,
The deeanters- Poor fellow he has no silver. no
crystal, no deeanters, not even a table to which
ne can invite a friend. But with tie social prin-
rlpie strong within him, he invites James into
the corner grocery, and they take a social glass.
Just Ior good felIowship,-only one. 1t seems
innocent, but the poisonous and fiery LIQUOR
mounts to the brain and sets the blood ON fire.
and they perhaps call for another to appease the
turning thirst. Overcome by this, land the
PoIsons now in use make tenfold havoc with the
Itrves) ne falls into the wild vortex of drunken
ness, neglects his work, drives into another vehi-
and SO his sin is discovered. He is dismissed
because he has not self-control, poor man, and
ctnnot resist temptation. His wife is miserable,
las children suffer, and all because he is s. a little
unsteady
Visit yonder abode Of poverty and misery a
worn and weary woman, hungry pining children.
Ny good woman, are you Il widow? Have YOU
to depend upOn?' 80, no, l am not a
widow, but She is a little unsteady. Sometimes
t- gets work, and there isn't a kinder or a better
man when he is sober, but the drink makes him
~
You look around on the hopeless desolation and
nIrmur, " So this is the consequence of being a
little unsteady"
Terrible railroad collision. Loss of life. No
me 10 Diane. The engineer went with the
wreck OF his train, and when you venture to in
I"ire carefully you will hear that he was a most
~"mpetent engineer, a faithful devoted servant of
he company, bot he was "a little unsteady"
Another ship gone on the rocks Just as she G
Mould have been entering harbor a new fast t
'@Sti that seemed almost proof against the eIc-
ients- There she lies, n broken wreck, and all
cause those who commanded her proved ga lit
J.. unsteady"
- 1t is with merchant, apprentice, clerk, with :
Irkmen, laborer, tradesmen. Temptations
iuitiply lures are held out at every corner, is
Iayed on every table 'sCome and learn to be a
tile unsteady Alas, that the beginning should
tnadei Should there be the LEAST token of re-
stance, the surest of all weapons is ready to
heck it-a sneer.
IL is said drinking does more mischief than for
= rly wines are adulterated. liquors are poison
u, and the fiery ingredients destroy the brain
ourn up the very powers of life. They pro-
use inebriate a%sylums. 1t is well but it is like
aiding 4 wall to protect n spot FIVE feet square
hen the fiery stream of lava is spreading over
res Is there any help when the only practic- :
''ie proposal Is met with Il sneer, and when it is =
thing of course that some must be ga little I'M ,
-eady.-N. y. Ere. Post.