The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-07-16
VARIETY.

We hear a great deal about the prodigal Quite
as much might be said about the prodigal father;
aye, and the prodigal mother and daughter.
A gentleman once sent for an artist to draw hi.
picture, rho requested place him standing
unseen behind
20 the vegetable Kingdom When experience has
made him sage.
Why would you suppose that fish did great deal
Of weighing! Because they always carry scales.
How TO Gar HEAETH.-Live temperately, be alb
stemious, cultivate early hours, rise with the lark
ercise, don't be arai of lots Of cold water. make
practice of always being cheerful, avoid debt,
draught. bad company, bills, and wet feet.
The following advertisement appears in late num-
Der of the London Times:
Jane, your absence will ruin all-think OF your
husband. your parents, your children, all Of whom
have bad colds Return-all may yet be we'll
happy At any rae. nclose the key of the cupboard
where the cough basam is.
The following was pcs,ad in h;s hnuee, lew ieyS
since by n Poughkeepsie business man
-,-s>HEADoUARTEEs, House OF -.
Order No Julia Until the price falls,
no more butter will be used in our family
He had hardly reached his counting house when q
special messenger handed him this:
- James Until butter is reinstated. more to-
bacco will be used in this house
JULIA, Chief of Staff
Ii is said that butter
The importance of punctuation is in the fol-
lowing lines:
a lady u
Has twenty nails on each hand
Five and twenty hands and feet
All this without deceit
Correctly punctuated, the statement reads thus -
There Is a lady in this land
Has twenty nails each hand
Five and twenty on hands and feet,
All this without deceit
On FINDING FAUIr.-Find fault, when you must
find fault in private, if possible, and time after
tie offence, rather than the time. The blamed
less inclined to resist when they blamed with
out witnesses. Both parties camer, and the
accused person may be struck with the forbearance
of the accuser, who has the fault, and watched
for private and proper time for mentioning it.
Never he harsh unjust with your children
wants Flrmness, with gentleness Of demeanor and
regard to the feelings, constitute that authority
which IS always respected and valued. If you have
any cause TO complain of n servant, speak
hastily; wait, ut ali events until you have had time
TO reflect on the nature of the offence: and II you
then reprove IL will be under the influence
Of anger.
BROKERS TECHSicALITIEs -Thompson's Bank Note
Reporter thus defines of the phrases used in
stock circles and by newspapers
Bull is who buys stocks speculation,
thinking they will rise. so that he sell at profit
lt is TO his interest to have stocks rise and he will
resort to every means to bring about the desired
result.
A Bear is who sells stocks speculation,
thinking they will fall, that ne buy in for less
money TO MI his contracts IL is his interest to
oreak down the market, and he will resort to the
most desperate means to accomplish his object.
Corner IS when the bears cannot buy or borrow
the stock to deliver in ful6ment of their
DepO<; is earnest money, lodged in the hands of
8 third party as guarantee; IN ." 10 nm"
etc, is the language expressive of a deposit