The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-12-28

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In Marscilles. recently, a young girl named
Irma Gns, n very handsome brunette, assassin
atcd her lover becaueo he refused % buy her a
gold watch. To the general astonishmcnt of the
Court and audience, tho jury acquitted her. En-
teDuatiug circumstances.
She tripped lightly DER the crossing. lisping
" Dear Augustus and was on the point Of EN-.
bacing him, when n rude boy ran up. and hold
ing out n bundle of papers cried out, " Misses,
you dropped your rcadln' roOm,' and SHE'D
away down "A dark alley.
The sublimity Of check which chamcicri1cs
New York murdercrs nowadays is well illustrated
IN the case Of Stokes, who talked ia this fashion
TO an interviewing reporter, the other day -
shall have "A sure thing OF IL on the next trial.
You sec that this affair does NOT trouble me any.
| only want n speedy trial. II the case does not
begin Ga the 9th Of December, rs they have
promised me it will, | shall ask for bail. under
stand that District Attorney Garyin in willing To
let me out on bail, and ] am ready 10 furnish all
they want. 1t doesn't matter 10 me whether il
is one dollar or one hundred thousand, l shan't
run away The reporter inquiring whether
Stokes didn't think the recent murders would
hurt his case somew hat. the murderer replied
a No, | don't think that anything can hurt my
case now. Ii is strong enough 10 resist popular
influences. | am sorry, however, that they should
have come just at this time
CHANGING THE SuuEcr.-Little Mary had
heard her father instruct her older brothers and
sisters that when, in the course Of conversation,
a subject came up that seemed 20 be dlsagToeable
10 any one present. etiquette demanded that IL
should be changed as quickly as possible. Some
days after, her father said to her ss he left the
house:
Mary, papa wants you 20 be very careful, if
you play in the garden to-day, not 10 touch the
hyaoinths. VIII You remember
OF course she would, bat on papa's return la
the evening. lac found his hyacinths picked, and
the marks Of the little feet iu the garden bed.
Calling Mary up to hun, he looked very grave,
and said
MARY, dear, you remember that | told you
particularly not to touch she hyscinths, and now
l find them picked, and no one has been in the
garden but you. How is this -
Mary laughed and said
30, papa, it was splendid in the garden to
day [ saw n beautiful little birds nest, and
there was n great big butterfly -
Wait, wait. my child. ! nm talking 10 you
about something else now. Don't you understands
me2 | am very seriously displeased with you. |
told you not to touch the hyacintils, and now !
find them picked, and your footprints all about. -
40, yes papa, | did have the loveliest time in
the garden to-day. Don't you think it was a
beautiful day ?"
MARY, how dare you answer me ~ imperti-
nently! ! am talking to you about your disobedi-
ence. Why do you not attend 10 meY | shall
have to make you"
Rather sobcred at this suggestion, the little
girls countenance fell, and she ialtcrcd out
why, papa, you said that when n subject
became unpleasant to any one, the only way was
to change it."
Papa saw the point, and the unpleasant subject
was dropped for that time.