The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-02-21
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He that knows Useful things and not he that knows
many thing, : truly wise
As we mus render an account of every idle word
must We of our idle silence.
Praise generous minds, is the germ and the
ameut 20 emulation.
Worldly JOY Is a sunfiower, which shuts when the
geam of prosperity l. over
Honor, innocence, happiness. time and money lost
never regaine1-
There thirty newspapers Published in the en-
pre Of Brazil, some Of them of large circulation.
The Wild duck and Wild pigeon hy between four
and five hundred miles in day.
True worth, like the roses, will blush its own
sweetness.
Beauty. uuaccompanied by virtue, Is a aower with
perfume
One might as well be out of the world as be be-
loved by one IN IT.
Why Is u spendthrift's purse like 4 thunder-co /:
Because 1t Is continually light ming.
\ STRoSG GESERAL-He must be a strong general
who can storm and Gerry fortress
TALL TsLK.-TaII gentlemen are always successful.
because the ladies' are all in favor Of hymen.
II petticoat government Is oppressive
than formerly. it ! certainly double in extent.
Night brings out stars. a sorrow shows us truth.
We never see the till light nothing
else, and thus II l. With truth.
The moment anything assumes the shape Of duty,
persons feel themselves incapable Of discharg
ing IL
Il
aso IS that the is of the masculine gender, and
she cannot Withstand his ardent giances.
CURIoUs.-A census -taker found who
gave her age twenty-eight years, aud that Of
her oldest son as twenty-;hree
Seneca says that love i a disease. 1t seems.
times be combination Of diseaseS-an affection Of
the brain
ter but, commonly speaking, you can neither OBJ
tain lrthing for it get any article in exchange
for it.
The more ladies practice walking. the more grace
fuI they become in their mOvements--Those ladies
acquire the best carriage who don't ride in one
man asked another, whom he about TO help
20 chicken, whether he wished the leg or the wing
1T i matter Of perfect indifference to me- said
the other - Aud infinitely more so to me-" replied
the carver, laying down the knife and fork, and
resumiug his own dinner
Yarmouth ship master hired Irishman.
q. green hand 10 assist in loading his sloop with
malt Just the vessel about to set sail, the
Irishman. who Wa juggling the price Of his days
work in hs rocket. criei out from the quay-"Cap-
tain. I IO-t your shovel overheard but cut big
notch on tae rail fence round the s,arn, right over
the spot where it down 20 you'll find 1t when
you come back
THE FCTUEE.-The existence Of the mind. or the
soul, j. A. certain any other known thing lnat
the b DIV anil the soul one the same, Is rs
demcastrabie TRUTH that fire and water are not
Identical that the sun and the earth are not
the same p4tct pt-cs
grows by er-ing matter, subject 10 certain forms
color heat. ani pain The mind soul. thinks Of
the future remembers the past collects facts, forms
theories ms neither color, heat. nor form In
word mind ani body OF all known things, have
fewesc properties in common. IL. then, there be IN
all distinct entities, they are soul ana
matter. Bu; gross unthinking matter, i composed /
OF elements ~5ich imperishable-in other words,
matter i everlasting How much more. then, i the
ethereal thinking soul immortal ; Since the mind,
then i immortal. induced TO believe that /
char = uT~f nrplI in "A
good i good sill, and the bad bad Future rewards
and punishmeuts. then, seem necessary sequences
OF the Immortality ot the SOUL the truth OF when
has been demonstrated
THE EYE.-An eye can threaten Ike the loaded 4
gun, insult like Kissing OF kicking or in ITS
altered mood. 10y oeIms of kindness can make the 4
heart dance with JOY. The eye Oheys exactly the ac-
ton u the mind. When a thought strikes up, the /
vision j. fixed AMI remains looking a distance in
euumerHnC names Of persons COUNTRIES a France,
Spain. Britain. or Germany, the eyes wink ~ each
new There : m honesty IN the eye which the
mouth does not participate IN The artist, as .
Michael angelo said have his measure III his
eye" Eyes are hold a. lions-bOld. running, leap .
ing They speak al language, they need eucyclo-
peil aii IA the Interpretation Of their language
they respect neither rank fortune virtue nor sex
but they g through you in 4 moment OF time. lou I
can read IN the eyes Of your companion. while You
talk with him. whether your argument hits, though
hi- tongue will c0ufe>s II. There IS look by I
which a tells you lie i going 20 say good thing
and a look which >Iys when be has said II
Vain ami forgotten all the fine offers OF hospi-
taiIty, = there holiday IN the eye How many
inciuatious ayOwei by the eye, though the lips
dIssemble How often does come from \ CON- .
pany IN which II easily happen he has SAID noth
ing that no important remark mas been addressed .
70 him. and yet 10 hi sympathy with the company .
he seems have q this fact, for stream
light has been flowing into him and cut Of him .
through MS eye y soon men ar- Of their ceu-
the eyes show it. There are eye, u be sure,
that give no more admission into the than blue
berries There liquid aai deep wells that 4 man
might fail into there asking eyes, AMI asserting
eyes aHI prOsug eye. and eyes full Of faith, and
some q good and Of sinister Omen The power
OF eyes 10 charm down insanity beasts, i power
behind the eyes, that must be victory achieTed IN
will before u be suggested 20 the organ but
the a peace unity witk himself would move
through men and nature. commanding AZ things BY
the eye alone. The reason men dent obey Us -,
that they the mud AT the bottom Of our eyes
Whoever oOke the herO would consent TO his will
being served he would be Obeyed.-R. ". EmsT-