The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-08-08
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What IA the oldes, piece Of furniture in the world
The multi ip!Icsttion table
Why i horse the mot miserable Of animals ,
Because Ms thoughts always the rack.
The young t,Iy who hurst into tenrs has been put
together again. AMI IS wearing hoops prevent
the recurrence Of the accident.
How immensely would our conversation be abridged
if mankHi would only speak the truth.
The blue of heaven refreshes the eye Of the soul
when 1t rests upon IL, much the green Of the
enrth does that Of the bCdy.
There are many doubIings in the human heart;
don; think that you find out the whole Of
mans real character AZ once
Those vino reprove valuable friends
than those who fltter True progress acquires
either fiithful friends or severe enemies.
The ruiser lives poor to die rich and i. the jaer
Of his house, and the turnkey Of his wealth.
The gentleman who got intoxicated with delight
has been turned out Of the temperance society.
II is the multitude of npplauses, but the good
sense Of the apPlIuders, which gives value to the
reputation.
You may forget your JOY from being
TONED it, the joy Of others seems ever something
He who goes through a land, AMI scatters blown
roses may be tracked day by their withered pc
tails that the ground but he who goes through
IL, and scItters rCse-see1, hundred years fter
leaves behind him band full Of fragrance and beauty
for MS monument, and heritage for his daughters
and sons
Give man the necessities Of life, and he wants
the conyeniences. Give him the conveniences, and
he Graves for the uxures. Grant him the luxuries,
and he signs for the elegancies- Let him have the
eleganees, and he yearns for the follies Give him
altogether and he complains that he has been cheated
both III price and quality Of the articles
jos PErNTING.-'' Job printing" ~ exclaimed old
Dame Partington. the other day, she peeped over
her spectacles ut the advertising page of country
paper =. Poor job they've kept him printing,
week after week. since Iarnt read; and If he
wasn't the patentest man that ever was, he never
could have stood IL so long no how -
SsEAsOyABLE QUERIES. self examining society
has proposed the following queries all people about
this financial period: l. Does it cost anything to
print a nexspaper' ? How long can n printer af-
ford furnish paper without pay 3. DO printers
eat. drink and clothing' T. If they do, how
do they get them? B. Do | owe for my paper? 8.
Is this particular period proper time to send to
the publisher call at MS Office and pay up?'
In a French medical journal for February. 1853,
IL - stated that was bitten at Panama by
coral snake the poisonous species on the 18th
mus. During the few seconds that II took him to
take the ce,IrOn from his bag, he was seized with
violent pains At the heart and throat; but he had
scarcely chewei and swallowed piece Of the nut
about the size Of small bean, when the pains ceased
n by magic. He chewed little more, and applied
it externally the wound, when the pains disappear
Ell, and were followed by acopCu- vomiting OF sub
stance like curdled milk. Many other cases are
mentioned where the cedron proved an antilOte-
On one occasion Napoleon invited mis- staff Of the
N1rshals II France take dinner with him et two
o'clock. The mar-hals were a few moments late
The Emperor. At the moment the clock struck, sat
down 20 dinner alone. Tie was quick eater, seldom
remaining ~ the table more than ten minutes At
the end 0f this time his staff appeared, when he rose
60 meet them and said. - Messieurs, it i past
dinner and Will immediately proceed 20 business
Wherefore the raarshals obliged to spend the
entire afternoon in planning n new campaign On
empty st0machs-
CHtHcoAL FOR TrHKEYs-FOur turkeys were con-
fne,l IN a zen, ani fell on meal, boiled potatoes and
oats Four others Of the blood also at the
same time confined in another pen, and fel on the
articles. but with one pint II pulverzed char
coal mixed with their meal and potatoes They also
hal "A plentiful supply Of broken charcoal IN their
pen. The eight killed the same day, and
there difference Of one and half pounds each
In favor Of the fowls which had been supplied with
the charcoal, they being much the fatest. and the
rleit greatly superior in point Of tenderness and
favor.
AursrxG ISCIpExr-The Cuban Messenger, the
English paper At Havana, has the following:
A. drayman fIriously beating his lsnk,
hllf-stlrved mule near Government Square, Havana,
ne vas astounde1 TO hear the animal exclam:
- Enough you brute 80
The drayman looked sghast, and searched under
his dray and around his mule TO find the origin Of
this sepulchrl voice. when again he was Mortified TO
hear from the animal 10 all appearances
% You are a brute -
The driymIu was dumbfounded, anG tremoed
ike aspen leaf, and dropped ms whip as II stuns
BY IN adder. lie blessed himself, and was about
falling on his knees when he again heard
- was your mother once upon tIme2'
This capped the climax. and gentleman from the
crowd that had gathered around, endeavored TO eG-
palu to the stricken drayman. that sometimes
dsemboed spirits return 10 the world IN the form OF
animals. just at this moment, Sgnor Bhtz, accom-
panied by his friends, who had been looking on
the strange scene and enjoying the fun. adjourned to
the Union Coffee House. on the neIgho0rIng corner,
and left crowd endeavoring induce the animal
10 speak again, and the draymGn embracing the mule
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