The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-07-02
BARNUM I'M SAN FRANCISCO.

Lie RTtSiE SuOhuidus duluOL IOpuAoA NN
turer, Barnum, lectured in San Francisco recently,
on So Health, Happiness and Money Making
From the Chronicles report we Gull the follow
ing:
1t had been very correctly said that man was
engaged in the pursuit of happiness-and when
he used the word man. of course he meant
woman also. Laughter and applause.] 1t was
no less true that all men and women In pursuit oil
happiness did not succeed in getting it, the reason
for which, no doubt, was that they did not start
right in the first instance. A man, TN one occa-
sion, was DESTROYS of reaching a certain town. On
the road he asked a passing Yankee how far it
was to it. .! Well, ;" said the Yankee, 50 the way
you are going it is about 25, 600 miles, but ifyou
turn right around, and go that way, it is about a
mile and a half" For the same reason many of
those who pursued happiness did not succeed
they went in the opposite direction to that In
which happiness lay. He hearing of
an Englshman and woman of the lower class,
who were addicted to drink and constantly getting
drunk together. Upon a certain occasion there
was only enough money for one of them to in
dulge the husband accordingly got drunk, and
as some people do when they are in that state, he
became maudlin, and stood outside the house
crying and hnenting. His wife asking him
what in the world he was crying for-oh, he was
so 50 unhappy" was his reply. So uu'appy,"
cried bis wife " so unhappy you were drunk
yesterday you were drunk the day before, and
you were drunk to-day, and | should like to
know what more you want. Do you want TO be
a h'angel 2" Those who had that woman's idea
for true happiness would never succeed, for good
health was the 4.
FOUNDATION OF ALL HAPPINESS
And success. A man in bad health could not
succeed in financial affairs, for he would have no
incentive and no ambition. Some were unfortu-
nate enough to be in ill health, but the misfortune
ought not to have been produced by their own
disregard for
THE TRUE LAWS OF NATURE.
The laws of nature could never be transgressed
with IMMUNITY. Transgressions of natures laws
were never winked at. Ii a young child put its
hand into the fire, its hand was burnt-its ignor-
ance of the laws Of nature could not protect it
from the consequences of its mistake. A boy had
a watch given him by his father, for instance
for a time it ran we'll; finally he found that it
was losing time; not understanding the laws of
nature, instead of using 4 little sweet oil, he used
the vinegar, broke those laws, and the result was
the same as that which must follow whoever
broke them.
OUR PURITAN FATHERS
Knew little of the laws of ventilation, or of any
other natural law. So they had q very miserable
habit of building their houses with small bed
rooms, putting, perhaps, three or four children in
each of them, the parents occupying another
small one. They went to bed at night after saying
their prayers, and when they got up said their
prayers again and returned thanks for their pre-
servation during the night, and none ever had
better reason for thankfulness, for they had been
transgressing the laws of nature all night. AS
with individuals so it Is with communities if
they got on the wrong track and transgressed the
laws of nature numbers would not help them and
they would have to suffer. If the whole world
were to jump into the sea the whole world would
be drowned, and the only safe course was to find
out what the laws of nature were, and follow
them. So far it was easier to follow the laws of
nature than TO transgress them, but it had for
some time been the habit of a section of the ma
tion TO transgress them and now the rest were
following their example. 1t was just as easy at
the outset of life to form good habits as to form
bad ones, and a good deal more pleasant to pursue
them, but the longer bad habits were INDUCED
the stronger their hold became.
IN TIE FACE OF PALPABLE TRUTH
We yet see large numbers in every community
transgressing the laws of nature, not only in ig-
.orance, but w%illfully putting themselves out Of
the way to do it, even in opposition to their nat
lral instinct. Socially, habit of fashion, cause
shem to continue the unnatural habits, and ruin
ensues. One of the worst of these habits was
of using Intoxicating drinks. There was
much more reason in a boys putting vinegar into ,
his watch than in a man pouring
ALCOHOLIC PoIsoNs /,
Upon a human stomach. While one sort of poi I
ION affected the skin, another the muscles and SO I
IN, alcohol struck at the brain. All experience I
showed that it muddled the brain, undermined c
he health, and so was incompatible with success o
N life. No man who habitually used strong s
rink could expect to achieve happiness or success.
rhe speaker said Inc had been astonished to see r
low in I
THE GREAT WESTERN COUNTRY :
The majority of the stores in the new towns were =
devoted to the sale of intoxicating drinks. Many e
'ersons who could not succeed in the Eastern ,
thought that if they came to California =
hey would be sure to succeed; but any man who n
ad the habit of INDUCING in Intoxicating drinks A
arria1 with him fho lauaapra n avi I 1acoot -
wherever he might go. Many who had come, n
nd who might have otherwise succeeded, had .
illen into the terrible habit since, and wo1ld \
ave been much better off had they stage at N
ONE and lived upon milk and water. BqAhe q
id not intend, the speaker said, to give a "a -
GRANGE lecture he had only spoken on the * 81
ct of temperance in its connection with tho h
lit of health, happiness and riches. 1t Ns1bot n
all difficult a
TO SECURE IN INDEPENDENCE. W
i this country. if the right path were only fol- o.
)wed, and if as much pains were taken in that K
ERECTION as were taken TO crafty evil passions. n
o secure an independence was more easy in ii
merica than in any other country In other
.'untries it is difficult at times to get a position
Ut here, if a man were only industrious and 2
Onest, there was lite dificulty-the rules of =,
appiness being followed. u
TIE WAY TO SUCCESS -
las simple enough. 1t simply consisted in n
less than one earned. As Dickens n
had said, if a man have an income of 90
l 600, and spend Fl 100, he is on the road to Al
isery; but if he have an income of only ElOO. ar
nd spend but EGG, he is the happiest of mortals. th
his every one thought he knew. No one cared eli
listen to such es
COMMONPLACE ECONOMY, al
ct a large portion of the community failed in Sc
eir efforts to achieve success, because they could ch
1t understand economy. Those who thought til
at economy meant meanness, made a great mis- tn
Ike. such economy as cutting two pence off a th
bill, and saving cheese parings, only wi
ought upon such economists the CONTEMPT Of of
cir fellows. Under any circumstances, persons po
good health should be able to gain a little IL
day, and should invest that little week by wi
or month by month, allow it TO accumulate. III
ID in the end they would achieve the result de- an
ed. There were many to whom Franklin's wi
overb of it
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