The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-06-28

Mysteries OF E~ery-aay Fife.

accomplished they have multiplied since. in
fresA and ualOoked-tOr variety and pleaSan,
chapter or two may be written on the sabjeei
bsrsai,sr, At the presea, moment am desiroas
Of acquiring information upon certain everyday
0cearvsneeS, rather than enlaryiug on the various
togns Of sOealled accident that are attached
apparently to my very nomenclature; Tor my
uame Is Hasssrd. aud might much more properly
be called Certainty il a, sll designed TO sym.
bolize the eOussaney Of fortunes freaks with my
social status. Thsrs are few things shat have
not happened TO me Indeed. doubt It there
Osity BOX uOw to happen Of late TOO, thugs
have rather given over happening. and the few
that have sursed up were old happenings slightly
rsfurbishsd with ireSh materials for wosrimeat.
Philosophers are prOverbially skin-deep only !;
as prominent ius,Ance OF which may remark,
in relation to the present subject that the inquir
iu- mind which. some tius since. led the writer
Of - Two O'Cloek IN the Morning to investigate
the causes Why At that particular hoar, the clock
ticked unusually loud. the wardrobe creaked and
the bedroom door opened itself. uigbt have sui
further extended its researches With advantage
into the mysteries Of everyday life. I should
I Ike. for Instance to have bad chapter explain
/ ing what becomes Of al the pins; and calling
attention to the fact that for Que pin ever picked
up By the thriftiest old maid. AZ the least
thousand 90 the way Of all Plus. whatever that
! may be, Talk Of the source Of the Nile, or the
distances Of the fixed s5ars-bere is a mystery
which comes home to Us all yet 1t the present
moment It Is A. far Is ever from being cleared up
Inquire Of the intelligent gentleman who presi4es
over the great pin mauutIctory AZ Gloucester;
he viii tel you that nobody knows; and very
glad he Is that nobody does know where al the
miI-i0us Of pins annually turned Ous shere 90 to,
else they might, some day. all tura up agaiu. to
the great dstrinsnt Of Massrs- Hsrby. Beard 4
Rerby, and other partners in the priekly trade
1t has. Indeed, been suggested that, iuasmgch As
needles have been known to enter the hand and
cone out Of the foot Of human beings, 50 pins
6uI their way from the surface to the centre Of
the earth which If 50, must be pretty full Of
them Without entering on the merits Of this
Theory. It Is Que, though not 4 very satisfactory
way Of accounting for the disappearance, BY hun
drsds Of millions annually. Of objects which can
neither melt nor wear out shall not stop now
to inquire Why bceai always falls on the bultered
side especially where the carpet beneath Is fully
and vel adapted To adhsre-thl. Is clear case
Of a#kEarinsss having its oHn reward, and one
that follows mlch more quickly than Is TO be
found in the ap0eryph4I case Of virtue 50 placed
bg: should Ike TO know Why it Is that, on the
few occasions IN ny life when 1 have been obliged
to breakfast IN bed, the mere Introduction Of
harmless cup Of tea into the room should imms-
dltsIy cause that bed TO be fell Of crumbs Any
ous who has had tie gritty experiences in ques-
ti5u, viii testify TO the fact, As also to the ies-
perars Efforts Immediately made to get nd Of the
iulrudars. and to the inevitable result VIZ: that
the clothes are al got nd OF. the crumbs alone
remaining, to give lively sense Of night passed
upou gravel walk
In Iks manner, I should desire some hints Is
TO the origin Of what nay be called the inevitable
t-ck or snail Fail. With a fat head, which, By
extreme ds1terity, stands erect thereon point
upward. AZ ny bedside, whenever chance to get
up to Light candle AZ night and receives ny
foot Is l descend No amount Of previous
sweeping vii insure against the intrusion Of this
p5qlaat object should Be obliged too, By
having ny scientific aspirations gTasiisd, as 70
Ehy scIipsss Of the sun Or m0on are alEays
visible with particular Advantage IN al uHiha5it-
abe parts of the sar.h, and rarely, if ever, in
country Ehsrs there L anybody 10 see them l
put It to any person possessed Of Al almanac aai |
eommaa sense, whether Central Africa. Cochin
China ths. Clrpashia1 Mountains. and the South I
Plcifs Ocean lave not f0r az=s s1j5ysd al
undlspQtsd monopoly Of astronomical Phea9aeaa /
ia the utter sIrIasina Of al parts Of the World I
where anybody dEsIz- Once more. coming 10 /
terrestrial =1tj=etz 4 natter Of speculation, |
I. E0gd De interesting 10 ascertain the relations
between dast-carts and raiu-Ehsthzr the advent .
Of dazt-earts produces rain or that Of rain pro-
dlcss i1zt-earts- It has bes1 4 s1hjecs of con
tsaiiaa Il Alpine regions, whether ths sa0E pro-
daess the cod- or the sald produces suoE aad,
after severe rheumatic attacks b. parties ia their
1saI for discovery. much Is f5a1d to 5e said o.
bosh =liez-
I a@ very earzf1I person It Is, thsrsfars,
very ugstsri7lz TO ne b Ehat mans Tarietizs 0f
fazEF substances gzt iHto thz caruers of asary
sT=rythiug possess Is. f5r instance, NJ lax
bosrIas Ehieh appears to gzaera.s anal rags 0f
Is 0Eu leeari aad the pockets 0f NJ waist
coats, Eaieh seen 70 possess tie property Il
Pr9dl-iaz an aafliLiag zaPply q sofs aoeoag de-
pezi-s, far tie s0Is paTPose of getting inte ~
Eateh-kzy- shall sstsen Il . ilT5r # aay DE
#TL clear Up TX ne that 1aglal Hsgsssry eoacsra-
iag the aai5rtGlats Izttsr l. a pr5loanced IA the
VsruAezLas bg a hrzs P0rti5a 0f our Ell0E-
I eoaId- tl3zsd .1dsrztaud Ia be5az
aapr0aagzcsahIz. AID iasrst1gs always eft 0at
q II being AZ especially inviting aspifzte, aad
therefore aIEzgs Pat IN but zhg she r1is q
wrong shaaA 5s 50 EaeI-sptioaabiT adopted, a.
1fEsa ald=r circumstances of extreme dilzieulty
"a czass the Pg5agle.atio1 af the 1ahagpT c5a-
souaas Ehsrs Il d0es aos eziss. ald the oalfssi91
# L whsrz L doez. 4 Hlystery Ihat hzz czassd
1s gsarz Ct irIEIsss Investigation. AID gives ne
ILmoss a izadIaehe 70 tank aE Tie hFozits
sacznegizu sf sas Weasr sehool. tEs s4zssitz-