The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-07-30
RIETY.


Nothing is more impovershing than injudicious
pursuit wealth. Thousands of searchers after the
:philosop hers stone have died beggsrs
The best pill in the world is n grain of common
sense, but is be bought at the apothecarys
for il is not n drug in the market.
People neither profound often say the
thing without effort which want and have long
been hunting for in vain
Nothing so adorns the face as cheerfulness. When
the heart in flower. its bloom and beauty pass
the features
Tnsrsuad or passionate mans life is in contract
ing debts IN his passion which his virtues oblIge
him to pay
He who seeks to increase the quantity Of his lands
BY prosecuting grOundless claims. will probably
find himself as grOundless as his claims.
II am burning to be at the enemy again :" as the
whose pb Ysician had advised him give III
smoking remarked, when he lit fresh cigar.
Cosetors need money least. yet they most
affect il; but prUdigas, who need it most, have the
lsast regard for it.
OF all human actions. pride the most seldom OBJ
tans its end; for while il aims ut honor and reputa-
tion, it reaps contempt and derision.
There il scarce any extravagance singular
that Of wanting precedent. But custom, without
reason, IL no better than ancient error.
a II
A friend in needs a friend, indeed.
And this I've found most true;
But mine Is such n needy friend,
tie sticks to me like glue.
DISCOVERY OF An ANCIENT CnY-Very important
discoveries have been made in Assyris The Brit
sh consul at Dyarbekir, has discovered the ruins of
very large Assyriau city, founded In the reign Of
StriInaPhus. aud containing memorials Of him and
OF his Snalruaneser.
4 Scotch nobleman, seeing an old gardener OF
his establishments with 4 very old. patched, though
not ragged coat, made some passing remarks its
condition. ITS vera guii coat said the hon.
est oil man. % cannot agree with you there"
saui his lordship. Ay, it's jas; guild coat"
/ n cOutente1
aud body that anything; aud that's
mar mOny a man can say o their coat.
RANDOM ExPREssIoSs.-"I tirei DEATH
So you have said very Often and alive still, and
In very good health.
IL had no, = wink of sleep ali night" And yet
your bed fellow heard you snore several times.
- | would not do IL for the world" And yet you
have done many things equally bad for a trife.
I've up to knees in mud You know
very well the dirt was not over your snoes
INPUDENr THINGs.-To ask unmarried lady
how old is
To ask n lawyer II he ever told n lie.
10 ask a doctor how many persons he has killed
To ask minister whether he did anything
wrong
To ask merchant whether he cheated
Customer
To ass editor the name of any Of his correspon-
dents.
To ask young lady whether she would like a
beau.
LOVE "A complaint Of the heart, growing out of
an nOrdinate longing after something difficult
OOCiln IL ATTACKS persons OF Doth generally
between the ages OF Ii and 80; some have been
known - have il the age of 60
Sympt0HS-Aosence OF mind giving things wrong
names; calling nectar, and sghs zepnyrs; gaz
ing me moon and stars; toothache; bleeding at
the NOS loss of appetite; neglect Of business; n
loathIng for all things-save one; bloodshOt eyes;
and constant tesre sigh.
Efects-A strong hea iache, pulse high; stupidity
Eloquent eye; seeple-sness, and all that sort Of
thing At times, imagination bright; bowers Of
rosfs, winged cupi1s and buttered peas, aud then,
aga'n oceans OF despairs, racks, tortures. and hair
'rIggered pistols.
PITCHING INTO THE OLD BAcHELoR-HE
fHlh lh.SDS--NOne but the married mao has a home in
ms OLD age None has friends then, but he; none
out he knows aud feels the solace of the domestic
hearth; none but he lives and freshens in green old
age, amid the affections of his children There no
te1k shed for the old bachelor; there is no ready
mani and Kind heart to cheer him in his loneliness
and bereavement; there Is in whose ewes he can
see himself reflected and from whose Iips he can re-
eelse the unfsng assurances Of care aud love- No
Ihe old bachelor may be courtei for his money! He
may eat and drink and revel, such things DO; and
ne may sicSen and die in hotel garrett with
Piehty OF attcndlu ABOUT him, like many cormo-
rants waiting for their prey, but he will know
raat u Is TO be loved and 10 live and die mid
iosed circle be can never know the comforts of the
domestic hresice