The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-04-25

Good nature disaruns eumity. allays Irritation.
stops even the garruiiiy OF faUlt-lndiug. Ii more
than half Overccmes envy \ real gOod-natnred
man i he most troublesome mOrsel that the maligu
passions ever attempt IN iced upon. He i the nat
ural superior OF irritable persons. He that can
govern himself can control others An irritable
man. whom any one can excite. IL like = horse
kept :: livery. ridden by every one, and spurrcd
by each Tider.-EeecAsr-
THE LuE oF 4 NEWSPAPER NAN-For the inior-
nation Of those individuals who ~fooiishly Imagine
the life Of a newspaper man i a paradise on earth,
and fraHshi with untold pleasures and privileges.
We give the following sketch Of the duties OF this
unfortunate individual. concerning whom such a
wrong impression exists Ii : taken from Mt
Hunts volume on the - Fourth Estate
The man who once becomes a journalist must al
most bid farewell To mental leisure II b. ful6iis
his duties truthiully. hiS attention must be ever
awake 10 what i passing in the world. and his
whole mind must br devoted IL the instant exam
inaticn and discussion aud record of events. he
hls little time for literary labOrs on his shoulders.
lie has 40 day t. spend on Catalogues. or in
dreamy. dl>cU>SlVc rr>e&rcbes IN public hbarieS-
He has no months % dryut- to the exhaustion If
any one theme. What b. has IN deal with must be
taken mp at = moments notice. be examined. tested.
and dismissed At once and thus bis mind \ ever
kept occupied with tire mental necessity OF the
worlds passing hour.
Another American traveller has received the
hoRors of the Royal Geographical Society Of Lon
don. This i NJ. A - BicsmoTe. who spent three
years exploring the islands Of the Malay archipela-
go and ait~rWards travelled very extensively in
China. visiting many places which have not been
sern by Europeans since the time Of the Jesuit mis-
siouAries- The Chinese rebellion rendered his
journey often difficult and dangerous. bat Mr.. Bick-
more prosecuted his researches until b. became
ready q leave The country His return 70 Europe
Sa- made overland O. - Petersburg.
Mental ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bookkeeping
Not returning volumes lent Land Surveying
From The top q Mount Blanc. Elementary Draw
iug-Df babies in peTambulAtOrs- Eree-hand
Dr.wing-Thi-f abstracting a purse from yoHr
pocket short Hand-GiEing two fingers 70 shake
Reading and Elocution-Gopd s~peaknig IN Berk-
shire. Use of The Gl0be-IO cover the gas burn
ers. COmpc-iu0n-Halfa-CrOwn in the pound.
Diciati'u--k Richard. You mass take me 70 the
opera tonight 1E- Art OF standardization
cheap l~odgings- Fencins-Aaswering questions
IN ParliaDent-PuteA
CoNT0ErSG 70 TEAvEIEEs-So far a. the streets
q L.utou are concerned they are more dangerous
for pedestrians than English railways are for pas
sengeTs- In The seven years ending IN le66. Only
one passenger 10 nine millions was killed from
Gauss beyond hs OEu control II the streets Of
London. in twelve months. one hundred and fly
four were Killed out Of = population Of three MILL
ions - il i S4f-r % ride On = railroad car in
England. than 20 walk IN London streets
Some tine ago the Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon preacbeia
sermon on the text and Mary NepL- N The
midst Of . stream % earnest eloqueuce that drew
character of he t-ars sh-d by Mary over the feet Of
Jesus. he broke suddenly Of. aud turning 10 bis
congregation. be exclaimed The tear which
Mary shed were not >uch tears - Danv % Won pour
out when YOU come q thi- altar- They came from
her h-ar--.h-y were tears u biood-noi the poor
>;uG hat YOU present - an o.ering 70 al offended
God" Then leaning over the pulpit and looking
earnestly ia tl- "a q upturn=d faces. be sXclaim-
81 There arr some f Won for whose tears would
not give % faFtLiug a quart