The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-11
EARIET II.

green hani on Yankee schooner being co ~
manded savagely to let 60 that jb. there let go
that jb - replied, - ANT touchin' it 80
He who goes forward with energy and force avoids
many aunOyances- When Z railroad train Is iis
speed, the conductor has occasion 10 g whip be-
hind"
IN urchin suffering from the application of the
birch, said - Forty rods are said to be furlong
know better; LET any body get such licking | nave
bai. and hell end that rod makes soker''
All, SAM 20 you've been in trouble, have you -
Yes jim, yes " Well, we'll. cheer up, man, adj
versity tries Us, and shows better qualities
"Ah bat adversely didn't try me, it old
ragabond Of a judge, and he showed up my worst
Qualities"
A heartless fellow, writing for magazine, says
- have seen delicate that they were afraid
TO ride for fear of the horses running away afraid
sail for fear the boat would upset. and afraid to walk
for fear the dew might fall; but | never saw one
afraid get married. y
Oliver Cromwell a staunch Puritan, and could
not brook the least approach to POpery. What are
these ," be inquired, he saw a dozen silver
statues IN the inches Of chapel. " The Twelve
Apostles" replied the trembling dean. - Take them
down. said Cromwell, and coin them into none;
50 that they may 60 about doing good"
WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.-Dr. Ba' being inclined
10 sleep during q dull, prOsy sermon, friend who
was with hiu joked him his having nodded now
and then. Barnes insisted his having been awake
all the time. Well, thea, said his friend, - can
you tell III what the sermon was about - - Yes,
can, he answered, II about an hour too long "
HIyrs FOR HARD TmEs.-Creiit never permits
man TO know the real yaIde Of money, to have
fu control Of his affairs IL presents ali his expenses
IN the aggregate and not in detail. Every has
more or less the miser's love Of money-Of the
actual gold pieces aud tIe crisp bank notes Now, If
you have these things ia your pocket, you see them
you make your purchase, SIsIJly diminishing un-
der your eyes The lesseiug heap cries you stop.
You would like buy this, THAI aud the other; but
you know exactly h9W much money you have left.
ard ycu So buying more things your purse will
soon be empty. You do this when you take
credit You give your orders freely, without thought
or calculation; and when the day of payment comes
yoa hud you have Oyerrun the constable
On every hand We see people living on credit, put
ting OF pay day the last, making n the emu some
desperate effort, either by begging or borrowing, TO
scrape the money together, and then struggling on
again, With crIker Oi eating at their hearts.
90 the inevitable goal Of bankruptcy. Ii people would
only make = push the beginning instead OF :he
eni they would themselves ali this misery. The
great secret OF being solvent and wellto-o, and
Portable Is TO get ahead cf your expenses lat and
drink this month what you earned last monte; there
are, no doubt, many persons unfortunately siIu-
ated that they never accomplish this No man
can guard u.iIust Ill health, no m1u can ensure
himself a BeIl-conducted helpful family, a peTma-
neUt income. There Will always be people who
not help their misf0rtUEes. But a rule these uu-
fortanates far less trouble society than those
in better position Who bring their misOrtunes upon
themselves by deliberate recklessness and extraya-
gauce. You may help poor honest, struggling man
to some purpose But the utmost you do for an
unthriit - thrown away You give him money you
have earned by hard labor and economy, and he
spends it in pleasures which you have permit
tel yourself 70 enjoy.
The best pleasures. those that sTeeten life most.
aud leave bitterness behind, cheap pleas
What greater pleasure can man enjoy than being
free and independent The with his fine horse
MS glittering carriage. and his rich bauquets, for
which he - III debt, ~ slave, prisoner, forever
dragging his chain behind him through all the false
world IN which he moves. ! will go out this morn
ing with the Consciousness that 1 owe no man any
thing. AM even the bright day IS earned and paid
for, and l will walk 10 Hghgate, and being weary,
hungry and athirst, | will enter wayside inn and
fetst upon bread and cheese wash il down with a
mug OF sic, and there will oe pleasure superior
niue IN all Christeudon.--fU the Ys1r Ro,t1I