The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-07-22
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jeff Davis. it Is said, is weak that it will
be impossible for him, for sOBe time. TO get up
G-ioaH-
lis Of little use for n man pinched with poverty
for threesc0re years get rich theu-tO obtain lux
urOus food when hs has Lost the teeth to eat it with
Some Frenchmau has said that '' Oratsry is the
art Of saying everything without being put in the
Bastile. in n country where you forbidden to say
anything
Even the busiest mind may not be Stranger to
those moments Of repOse when the clock of time
clicks droWsily behind the door, and trif,s become
the amusement Of the wise and great.
None are so fond Of secrets az those who don't
mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets
spendthrin covets mOney-fOr the purpose Of circu'
laton.
man cannot burrow in his counting-rOom for
twenty Of the best years Of his life, and
out much Of q and little Of q mole as he
went in.
celebrated wit was much discomftted by n mes
sage politely delivered at n supper party by a little
girl - IL you please, Mr.. JONES'" said the child.
- mamma sends her compliments. and would be
much obliged If you would begin TO be funny"
The ADVANTAGES OF SISGIxG.-Singing is n great
INSTITUTION Ii oils the wheels of care, supplies the
place Of sunshine. who sings has good
heart under his shirt frCnt Such a man not only
works more willingly. but he works more constantly
A singing cObbler will earn rs much money again as
a c0bbIer who gives way low spirits and indiges-
,iou. AvariciOus never sing. The man who
attacks singing throws stone at hilarity, and would,
If he could, rob June Of its roses August Of its
meadow larks-
The highest circles OF English society cultivate PEN
manship with and success. The Queen hand
writing IL beauiiful-dDwiug elegant AMI feminine.
Prince Albert's biOgrapher compared the prince TO
Goethe 80 who would take iu0rlinle pains, even in
writing short lie did understand the merit
Of second best, but everything that TO be done,
must be done perfectly" The Prince ConsoTt took
the greatest interest in the cagra2hy Of his children.
r1n ito at
the time more distinctly, than the princes and
princPsses Of England
ARTFNUs AFTER '' ILE'-Artemus Ward, Jr.,
travelling Snowman is about investing his - superhus
filthy lucre'' in the .'M Mud Hen Lake Company"
which he thus describes - Those company accOrdin
to their prospecticuss. i the RHse Plus Uitry.
I000OOOO0 akers an half perch Of land with all the
modern improvements onto it, well Of never falein
cod liver lie the fruut dore, and anuther at the
barn; an n fine stream of double refined Petroleum
parses throO the preuiisus; also seyr men. hosses,
ingines. an other animals erected on the property,
for diggin' and pumpin' the same make bold 10
sav that Mud III en- Lake air is onsurpassabe. Its
should he in every well regulated family They
90 right 20 the spot. an cOutaue no Merkury, an
the ladies air delited With em-etsettery'
.'PoP Co.'s TIE wF,srL-''-This phrase (remarks
the editor Of the New London ChT0Hicie,) has be-
come the chorus of thousand snatches of song, but
not of u thousand who sings 1t ever heard Its
origin. But Its pareutage Is easily traced as that
of an English barCnet y famous Methodist preacher,
by the name Of Craven, was once preaching in the
heart Of Virginia. and spoke follows: There are
a great many professors Of religion here to-day
You are sleek, fat, g0odlooking. yet something is
the matter with you Now you have seen wheat
which was plump. round and good-looking to the
eve, but when you weighed II you found that 1t only
came forty FIVE or perhaps forty-eight pounds TO
the busheI, when II should have been sixty sixty
three pounds Take u kernel Of that wheat between
your thumb and finger. hold 1t up, squeeze It, and
pep goes the weeyil. Now, yCu gOod-lOokIng proes-
s0rs OF religion. you plump aud round. but you
only weigh forty-hye or fortysx pounds to the
man. What J. the matter2 All when yCu are
taken between the thumb Of the law and the hnger
Of the gospel held mp the light and squeezed, out
pops the whisky bottle - From "pOp goes the
weevil'' to pop goes the weasel the transition -