The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-09-01
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BLusu-A blush Is to beauty what the morn
ine. dawn is TO nature; its charms receives from
iG u new splentOr-
AL1SE.-The commencement and the decline
of love both betray themselves by the embarra>s-
ments we feel in fndin ourselves alone.
Bautru presented n poet NJ de Heme.y,
saying - SIR, L present To you an individual
who will give You Immortality; but YOU must,
ueanwhiIe, give him something to live upon ~
PERFECT WEE
The courage to endure and to obey
hate Of gossip pdTlaucc and Of sway.
Crowned Isabel. through all her placid life.
- The queen Of marriage most perfect wife
-IeS1,ySOH.
A PERFECT WOMAN
The reason firm. the temperate will.
Endurance, foresight strength and skill;
y perfect woman. n0bly planned.
To warn. 20 comfort. aud command;
And vet a spirit. still and bright
With something OF an angel-Iight-- Words'roTth.
A PERFECT HUSBAND
Faithful as the dog the lonely Shepherds pride
True the helm, the bIrS's protecting guide:
Firm a. the shaft that props the towering dome !;
Sweet as 10 shipwTeekcd seamrn lite and home
-EHipideS.
TuE BoxAPAETE CHARlcTER.-Hlrriet Marti-
neaa thus wrote. many years since, in reference
t. ths B0napartc race:
The Bonapsirtes are not men Of character, of
political wisdom, Of patriotic temper, of philO-
sOphielI "a sacity. They are low in aim, yulya
in quality Ot intellect, and consequently in man
ners and bv no prepOs-essiDns inclined to- rescue
Italy for the benefit of the Italians They are
regarded as selfish adycutureTs rather than as
emancipators Of nations
A Retrospective VIEW or FUTrRIrY.-W ere
member a sentimental old bachelor of by-gJne
age, who was particularly addicted To moralizing
over his cups, and putting forth large volume of
smoke he would sighingly say. =. An. sir, If we
could but take retrospective view of futurity :.
The young folks used u laugh ut him. But
after all the retrospective i the only rational
view we can take Of the future. We can only
guess what may be, by recOlecting what has
been. Nobody thinks of that, but everybody
thinks that everything j. 10 be a. IL never has
been before And hereuPOn i kept up the breed
OF that erOss-JUking animal called the disapp1int-
Ell man. who by virtue Of miscalculatiOn. has
taken out 4 license u frOwn at everybody ne
meets. and 10 gnash his teeth at the newspaper.
PROVERBS FOR ALL RE,DERs-We learn some
thing even by failure. They must beg in harvest
who will not SOW Ir spring Better go round
than fall Into the ditch. Little sticks help better
than larger ones To kinile the fire The slugglrd
= brother the begsar- Revenge i the only
deb; which il i wrong TO pay Man doubles lii
evils by brOOiing upon them Deeds are fruits.
words are leaves Those who inquity reap
>hisery. Never 90 halfway 20 meet misfortune
One vice Is more expensive than many virtues
Bank notes have been known 70 light pipes, To
wrap up snuff. and u b. used as curl papers.
and British ttrs mad with rum and prize-inOney,
have not unfrequenty. in time Of war, made
sandwiches Of them. and e.It them between bread
ard butter. CarglessneSs gives the bank enOr-
nous profits, against which the loss of a mere
100000 note i but tribe. In the forty years.
between 1892 and 1882. there were outstanding
notes Of the Bank Of EnSand-presumei TO have
been lost or d-struyed-am0untins TO II $50 600
odd, every shilling which was clear profit to the
bank
- CoME AND SEE NE. Never take - come and
see me-" - \ phrase meant ia earnest, unless il
- accompanied with date All invitation
'' without circumstances j. no invitation ut all.
Depend upon it if any lady or gentleman desire
your company he or she will appoint time for
your visit. =. Call me when you can make
1t convenient - drop in as you are passing
- make Us visit whenever you have an hour or
two To spare are indefniJcisms by which men
of the world understand that they not
pectei to do toe thing requested When people
wish 70 be cheaply polite, there i nothing like
this kind Of yagueneSs- The complimentary
small change Of society should always be taken
at {. discount IL Is never worth it, face, or any
thing like IL. Yet IL Is convenient medium of
exchange for all that, and heavy debts Of graft
tude, that ought to be paid in better coin. are
often paid with IT. People that have more polish
than principle il lavishly-Vlain, blunt.
honest men sparingly or not at all. Whoever
makes friendly visit 4 fashionable house ON
the strength of Il mere =. come and see" viii be
likely enough To find that the family circle which
he has dropped into by request IL as uncOngenal
a. the arctic circle, and tO leave IL with chilly
feeling about the heart that will prevent him
yenturing in the same high latitude thereafter.
But when a whole-sDulcd fellow. whom you know
to De your friend. graSTs you vigorously by the
hand and says - CO..Ie and dine with me to-day
dinner on the table 1T five o'clock-be sure to
come we shall expect yOu''-gO If you can, and
You will be all the better for it, both in mind
and body. One likes to meet friends at the
-sospitable board-One's own theirs. 1t matters
not whieh-but nod iG the street is all sufficient
from q fashionable acquaintance.