The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-09-04
VARIETY.

There seems to be little practical difference between
the friend who does you no good and the enemy who
does you no harm.
One solitary philosopher may be great, virtuous
and happy in the depths of poverty, but not whole
people.
One great reason why men practice SO little gener-
osy in the world is that they find little there-it
is catching.
ambitious is and what he aspires to be, as be-
tween what vain one is and what he thinks himself
Generally the difficulty with those who complain
of the want of language express their ideas is the
want OF ideas to express
Almost every poet expresses anxious desire to
escape from the city. Generally the city has no
objections.
If the world is to be held together by falsehoods,
the old, which are already current, just good
the new.
large income Its greatest secret is self-respect.
Povopt, leg GuUs- ueSer uegfeiu0
themselves by pretence or duplicity.
Angels in the grave will not question thee to
the Of wealth thou hast left behind thee. but
of good deeds thou hast done in the world, ente
thee TO a seat among the blessed.
who covers himself with costly apparel and
negects his mind, is like who eliminates the
outside of his house and sits within in the dark.
SINGULAR FAcr-Macaulay in his history of Eng
land, states the significant fact that large society
of which the language is not Teutonc (GOthic) has
ever turned Protestant; and that whenever a Ian
guage derived from ancient Rome is spoken, the
religion of modern Rome TO this day prevails.
He should study the Bible more, says religious
paper Of reporter for political sheet, who IN re-
porting the outline of a sermon lately preached in
Cincinnati, said the a. discourse was founded
portion of the 18th verse Paul's first epistle to
Ephesisns." The reporter ought TO be sent TO Sun
day-schOOl!
FRASKLIx's ErrrAPH-It is we'll known that the
celebrated Doctor Franklin was a printers boy in
Boston. and afterwards worked at the trade in the
city Of Philadelphia During this period IT is relat-
Ell that he composed the following a suitable
epitaph to be placed over his grave
Here lies food for worms, the body Of
BESJANrS FRANKLIN, Printer:
Like the cover of an old book,
Its contents torn
And stripped of its lettering and gliding.
But the work shall not be lost;
1t will appear in new and more beautiful
edition,
Revised and corrected by the
AUTHOR.
THE AGED SERVING GoD-May the old servants of
God be dismissed from waiting him. No-their
attendance is still required Therefore, let them
desert his service. When, through the inrmties of
age, they longer be working in Gods family.
yet they may be waiting servants. Those that. like
Barzillai, are unfit for the entertainments of the
courts OF earthly princes may yet relish the pleas
ures Of Gods courts as much
The Leyites when they were past the age Of fifty
and discharged from the toilsome part of their
ministra;ions, yet still must wait God, must be
quietly waiting to give honor to him, and receive
comfort from him Those who have done the will of
God, and there well doing is at an end have need of
patience to enable them wait till they inherit the
promise; and the the happiness is which they
waiting for, the dearer should the God be they
are waiting on, and hope shortly to be with eter-
nally.--uafttsIc Henry.
JUsT SO--An Indiana paper tells a good story
Of thin, cadayerous looking chap, about fifty
years old, who pOked his nose into the Office Of a
Health Insurance Company, somewhere in that deck
of-timber, and held with the agent the following
amusing collo4ue
Ish tie in vot inshures de peoples helts p
The agent politely answered, attend to that
business, sir.
'Nell, wants mine helts insured; vot you shsrge;'
Different prices answered the agent, . from
three TO ten dollars year. pay ten dollars year,
and you get ten dollars week in case Of sickness
'Vell,' said Mynheer, I wants ten dollars wort
now
The agent inquired his state Of health.
Vel, L sick all te time. Use shust te bed too
or tree hours tay unit te doctors he says he can't
do noting more gOot for me-
II that's the state of your health returned the
agent We can't insure it. We only insure persons
who are in good health
AZ this Mynheer bristled up in great anger.
You must tink I'm fool; yot you tink come
pay you ten dollars for inshure my helts ven vos
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