The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-10-24
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Why IS ice in a thaw like philanthropy :-Eecause
IL gives Ia alt directions
4 handful Of commcn is worth bushel OF
learning.
man never has the least difficulty in finding
devoted friend, except when ne needs one.
Iron exists IN the 5Iool ani preserves il; gold,
the love Of II, exists in the heart and corrutts it.
Slauders issuing from beautiful lips ere like spi-
ders crawling from the blu-hing heart Of rose.
ModeSty promotes worth but cOucells l.. Just as
leaves ad the growth Of fruit and hide 1t from view.
To vex another il to teach him to vex us again;
injuries awaken revenge. and even ant can sting,
ani a fly trouble our patience
II one coud be conscious of all that is said Of him
in his absence. he would probably become very
modest indeed
She isn't all that fancy painted her - bitterly
exclaimed rejected lover; and, worse than that,
she isn't that she paints herself
An article announcing the deceIse Of person.
says - HIS remains committed to that bourne
whence traveller returns attended by his friends
lazy fellow begged aims. SAYING that he could
net fnd bread for his family. - Nor T. replied
Industrious mechanic, - am obliged To- work for it
II seems to me have seen your physioguomy some
where before" said swell 10 n stranger whom he
met the other day; :" but I cannot imagine where
Very likely" replie! the other; . have been the
keeper Of ! prison for the last twenty years"
CtnaIa paper alluding to the bIoodless battle of
Sumpter prufaucIy says THE reason nobody was
hurt Mt the seige Of Sumprer, is because it too
far south for sieishiHe." Did you ever
joIIy OH Doctor sni that people who we're
prompt in their payments always recovered IN their
sickness. they good customers and physicians
could afford to lose them good hint and 4
sensible dcctor.
.'Speakng Of shaving said pretty girl to m
ob-iurate old bachelor =. should think that pair
of handsome eyes would be the best mirror TO shave
by =. Yes. many poor fellow has been shared by
them" the wretch replied
TuE SIMPLE SFcREr.-Twenty clerks in store.
r-akfr.a IuunrF
IN n village All want 20 get along IN the world,
and all expect do One of the clerks will rise
be partner. aud make fortune One Of the
compositOTs will own n newspaper. and become n
prosperous and influential citizen. One Of the villa
gers will get a handsome farm and live like patri-
arch Bur which j. destined 20 be the lucky indi
viiuaIs Lucky There Is luck about it. The
thin. IL almost certain the Bule Of Three The
young fellow who will distance all his competitors -
be who his Business, who preserves his nteg
Tity. Who lives clearly and purely, who never gets
into debt who gains friends by deserving them. and
puts his money into n savings hank There are some
fortune that iOo shorter than this old dusty
highway. But the staunch men Of the community, /
the men vino achieve something really worth having,
good fortune good name, and serene old age, ali 90
this road.
STEEL PES Goo~E-Q -QUuI--Some Of our readers !
will probably TecOect notice which appeared IN the
JurE0[ last February, relative "A theory advanced
by President Felton,. Of Harvard. thIt the debilita
ting. auI sometimes pIruytic affections Of the hand
and arm. experienced BY those who were accustomed
write much. attributable 10 the use OF steel
pens Since the appearance OF the notice IN question:
there hl- been good deal Of speculation regarding
the theory IL described. Hud many practical tests Of
its reliability have been instituted. President FELTON,
has received great many letters proving ihe efficacy
Of reSJrtiug the old -OuSequIll III curing PARTIAL
aud almost complete, paralysis Of the hand and arn
ctu-ei by using steel pens One instance Is very re-
uarsahIe- An eminent publisher IN this city. some
two years ago. found himself unable TO steady his
hand write. His hand aud arm sweled 80 that he /
wa- forced employ H,uanueusis; and such was /
his necessity only very brief intervals, until he
happened 20 see a description Of President Felton's
theory in the Journal lie adopted the goose quill /
instead OF the Sreelpen, and ia month thereafter
WIS abl, % do his writing, which he continues
To- 10 without any trouble. IL may parties the
risk Il annoying President FELTON, with inquiries re-
Iltlve 20 the bass Of hI~ theory, when inform /
them that ne has none to explain
Du CuNLLu-Mr. Du Chaillu is American, Of
French plreutlge- His father a merchant trad
ing TO the coast of AfricI. and in boyhood his
Paul was often with him, and then formed the pur-
pose pushing his fortunes into the interior With
the taste Of the naturalist. and the enterprise of
hunter AMI the shrcw,ness Of a traveller, he set off
about five ago, and performed journey which
scarcely been exceeded IN its peTIls, suffer
ings. escapes, and results He went in for year:
he came the end Of four years. lie went with
out white companions anI travelled foot eight thou
sand miles He trayerSed region of country ex-
tending from three degrees below the Equator TO
three degrees above which Barth did not reach from
the North. nor Livingstone from the South region
much OF il never tTIversed by n white man before.
In this long dangerous and adventurous expedition,
he shot STUFFED thousand birds, and brought
them home. sixty Of them being speces he kill
Ell thousand guafrupeis, Of which he brought
home hundred stuffed specimens, and eighty
skeletons, and twenty Of these specimens were ne" to
the scientific world lie had fifty attacks OF African
fever. and in the course Of his journey swallowed
fourteen OF guiuine