The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-08-06
VARIETY.

One ungratefuI man does an injury to all who
stand IN need OF aid
When you receive n kindness, remember it; when
you bestO~ one, forget it.
Nine spots Of different forms and sizes now to
be the suns disc.
Many people consider the world a does
the interior Of q nut-simPly place to feed and
grow fat in
The body is the SOULS house. and, as the house
grows old, il often lets in upon its inhabitants light
from heaven through the chinks made 10y time.
The religion of many folks is n matter of
ornament. like the stone gods which rich men set up
IN their gardens
We can console ourselves for not having great
talents console ourselves for not having great
places. We can be above both in our hearts.
Public applause il ever jealous Of its verdict.
and thus the men who have been most abused have
been generally those who have been most praised
Fear not to have every action of your life open to
the inspection Of mankind. Remember that a nicer
casnist than into your least actions. Answer
20 HIM, and fear man.
few days since. n little girl in West Canaan,
Conn. while playing with matches sucked the phos-
phorus from Of them ani, being taken violent
ly sick in consequence, soon after died.
During ;he first quarter Of the present year there
100 more marriage licenses issued in Boston
IT, for rho period last year Perhaps the
Conscription Act IS one cause OF increase.
- approve Of n youth that has something of the
old IN him. I am no less pleased with n old
who has something Of the youth. He that fol-
80 in mind.-CicerO.
Postage stamps have been used since 1s49 when
they adopted in London. About fifteen hun
dred different stamps are now used by the various
countries. The most beautiful said 10 be those
Of Russia
In one county in Maryland there seven hum
dred acres OF strawberries and persons in that
State have each one hundred and twenty ncres, and
three others one hundred acres each in strawberry
fields.
Delaware has repudated lotteries. A bill to legal
ize swindle under that name was recently defeated
by decisive majority. 1t IL probable that further
reform will he made by making lottery drawing a
penal offence
The Yarmouth Register states that the last vessel
belonging the fishing fleet Of that port has been
sold and says, "a our young men have engaged in
more profitable employment. though great deal Of
Business has been lost to the place by the change of
pursuits
During the present season. not one cart load Of
ice has heen cut from the Schuykill and ponds in
the vicinity Of Philadelphia. In some Of the
ties the farmers got good supply of ice during the
last cold snap, but the article Of very inferior
quality
Mr.. Sibley, librarian of Harvard College, in his
last report mentions that within year. through a
clergyman three coins have been restored b. gen.
tie ma who received them from n graduate,
time since deceased. who stole them while in college
more than thirty five years ago.
SeiIey" said Charles II look n man
who can't ne corrupted have sent three Treasu-
20 the North and they have all turned thieves"
" We'll. your majesty, recommend Mivert" " Mi
vert. you dog - said Charles; why, Mivert is
thief already 80 Therefore he be corrupted.
your majesty said Sedley-
a friend of mine.'' said Lord Erskine, ' was
srff ring from a continual wakefulness, snd various
n tlods tried send him sleep. but in vain.
At last his physicians resOrted experiment |
which succeeded perfectly. They dressed him in
watchman's coat put n lantern in his hand placed !
him in a seutry-box, and he was asleep in ten !
mnutes.''
4 newspaper Of Barcelona gives n strange account !
of apparatus for fving in the air. invented by
farm labOrer residing near Malaga. 1t consists of
fans attached 10 rhe heels and large wings extending
from the shoulders to the waist, and moved by the
hands The inventor, the journal states, had been
able rise a height of two hundred yards and to
about in all directions, against the wind.
He had also performed the distance Of a league in
less than a quarter of an hour.
Buy one Of these superior rsZOr-strops sir, and /
wilsel ycu a secret worth double the cost. for only
sixpence'' I'll take one." said bystanier. The
peiier handed him a strop and n box of paste. and |
selling. :" Look here - interrupted the /
purchaser, you Promised to tell me something /
worth double the price ' All, did said the
peder, and it il this If you had bought box of
<he paste for penny. and put il on TO your old /
Etrop. it would have made it just exactly good as
n new