The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-10-22
Miscellaneous.

There is nothing like fixed, steady aim, with
"a honorable purpose. 1t dignifes nature, and
hsures success.
Preceding the list of marriages, Chicago
1aper says: '' The following is list of future
andidatures for divorce"
The man who married three sisters in success
sion, excused himself for so doing the ground
bat he got of with only one mother-in-law.
SO OFF she goes said lady, speaking of
frain as it was starting. "You have mistaken
he gender madam said gentleman, '' this is
be mail train
A revivalist, eneountering an African asked
lin So My good man, have you found the
|Lord?" To which SambO replied, in a surprised
manner, s GOlly, massa, am de Lord lost?"
A Missouri newspaper claims that the hogs of
that state are so fat that in order to find out
uhere their heads are it is necessary to make
Eem squeal, and then judge by the sound.
A phenomenal Sunday scholar, aged Is years,
htey won prize IN Tennessee by committing to
emory IL 500 verses of Scripture in two months,
WthOut interrupting his daily agricultural labors.
Bennett Seopp, the Ohio murderer, who was
GENTLY executed was the first Jew that has been
hnng in America, but a fearful lot of Christians
have suffered the death penalty
A dying Irishman asked by his confessor if
IL was ready to renounee the devil with all his
1prks. s' Oh your honor don't ask me that; L
20 going to q strange country, and don't intend
% make myself enemies"
Lawrence Sterne, who was not eminent
tactical mOralist, once wrote: {" should never
zsink; cannot afford it; it cost me three days
lie FIRST in SHINING, the second in sobering, the
Enird in repenting."
French journal says it sees no objection to
>he granting of civil and political rights to
omen, If in the constitution that authorizes
4eh rights, shall be inserted proyIsO, that they
- bill be limited to a military service of eight
lrs only, viz from the age Of fifteen to that of
senty-five, during which period they shall be
ffOhibited from marriage
IL is estimated that should the entire progeny
cf a single pair of birds survive, in the course of
H years they would increase to nearly 10, 900 O00
ls it is, there is scarcely any increase from year
- year, the number that perish equaling the
amber that are born.
. Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they
be discouraged 80 He who always finds fault
uith child, who is never satisfied with what he
does, who scolds, and frets, and complains, let
hin do as he will, breaks his spirit, and soon de-
a,rDys the delicate texture of his soul, and all
d. ire Of doing weli.''
. Pottowatomie City, Kansas, claims the largest
<4rcentage of increase yet developed under the
- sus of 1870. The population of - the city ="
# June. 1860, consisted of the proprietor,
lsephus Elsgood. In the Fall of 1860 he got
4r-ied, and the population of 81 the city s" now
Dsists of ElsgoOd, his wife, and eight children
-sen in allan increase of nine hundred per cent.
We call this pretty incident, which occurred
rently IN Western town: In one of the
<cp pms Of the public school is a lame girl, whom
teacher allows to be dismissed before the
ners, 50 that no harm may befall her when they
wd out together Not long ago the building
10 hre, and the scholars rushed for the doors
.f2m all the rooms but One-the one where the
.ne girl had her desk. There the girls sat
3+euy IN the excitement until their unfortunate
ID panion had passed out before them as usual
aen they followed with an outburst of fright as
~ ense as their conduct was noble
here is a man living in Calhoun County.
ks-, who is supposed to be the strongest man
the State, If not in the entire South He is
~ years old, and weighs 225 pounds. He has
IN known to carry three bars of railroad iron,
fn It takes from three to five ordinary men to
one. de can take a cask containing forty
~ pms Of whisky water and raise it from the
'pnd and drink out of the bung hole with as
ease as Others could out of common
her; and he has frequently taken barrel of
under each arm, and balancing a sack of
On ms head, carry them for several hundred
- with apparently little effort He offers TO
'hat ne can lift 1900 pounds.
correspondent at the front saws of the
].+ Pc, serving IN the French army: "The
Ios come to Europe with a reputation for
|ng and cruelty. They are mostly from the
OF the habyls, have brown, almost black
'- thas never see soap, thick lips and protud- |
X A"s' short cut hair, the head covered with |
A turoan Their dress is a blue Jacket with
trimmings, blue-pump pantaIoons, and a |
red glrdle around the waist They are |
~z 70 be still armed with the old infantry rife |
~ sword bayonet. They bring with them |
number of pet animals, such as cats and
|<- Ile latter OF which are of great size, and |
- GU 70 seize the brides of the enemy's horse.
5xrs with their masters into the battle. and
4 60 Oi great service to them. 1t has been
4 II taat some have tanned jackaIs with then. |
],> a geria these men are feared on accounr of
r., brutality and licentiousness; when drunk |
III are perfect brutes. They are the only
]I<- n nedans whom a traveller says be ever saw
1~F As and as the true Mussuman be "a detesra |
png them P