The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-08-30

OF an Interesting and important item Of history
At NablOUse. the ancient Sychem. At this place
reside the remnant Of the SlmarItans. who for
1000 years have had no dealings with the Jews,
and in whose synagogue is 70 be found the "a
marian copy Of the PentateUch. In this syna-
gOgue q missionary Of the English Missionary
Society has discovered a record kept by the
priests OF events that had occurred reaching back
70 hundreds OF years before the time Of Christ
Arguing that the connection created BY the visit
Of the Savior 10 Shechem would arouse the anger
Of the priest and provoke him to make an appro-
pirate entry on this ancient register, the mission
airy, Mr.. FL karey, aScertaIned the name Of the
priest about the time Of Christ and examined the
record. tie was rewarded by discovering an
entry 10 this effec, In the 18th year Of my
priesthood, and the Assist year of the world,
Jesus of Nazareth. the son Of Mary, was cruciied
at Jerusalem Mr.. FL harey is engaged in
making a thorough examination Of the ancient
record
Jinks, the Hastings %miIkman, one morning
forgot 10 water his milk. In the hall of 4 Gus
toner in his round, the sad omission flashed upon
Jinks' wounded feelings. A large tub of clear
water stood on the floor by his side, no eye was
upon him, and thrice did Jinks' dilute his milk
with 4 large measure filed from the tub, before
the maid brought up the Jugs. JInks served her
and went on. While he was believing down the
next area, his first customers toOtman beckOned
him from the door. Jinks returned and was i'm
AlCuldlCly uoLlcECu lHtO IN AbLdIN IHVIC u
my lord who had just tasted the milk.
Jinks," said his lordship-
Z" My lord, " replied Jinks.
- Jinks,f continued his lOrdship, . should
feel particularly obliged if you would henceforth
bring me the milk and water separately, and
allow me the favor of mixing them myself"
" Well, my lord, it's useless to deny the thing,
for l suppose your lordship watched me while
"No," interrupted the nobleman : the fact is
that my children battle at home, Jinks, and the
tub in the hall was full of sea water, Jinks."
letters thus gives his experience as to the reward
of honesty: 81 suppose that-next to a st-class
insurance one-honesty is the best policy in the
world, at least that maxim is the entire moral code
calculated TO elevate an ambitious Juvenile and
crown him with the laurels of everlasting success.
Still. to be honest, | have frequently had my faith
in this very roughly shaken; for instance, when
4 boy | liked apples, and the cellar was full of
nice, plump, pink-faced, round, aldermanic ap-
pies; naturally L frequently asked for some, so one
day when my aunt was going out said Let
me 90 down cellar an get some apples?' mo
dear, replied aunty, and if you promise not to
touch them I'll give you something SO nice, and
surprise you so much Innocently | vowed eter-
nal restraint of appetite and impatiently awaited
aunty's return. She patted me on the cheek and
told me to put my hat on, saying: 'Mackey,
you did not touch those apples, did you?' No
aunIy, no, Oh cOuTsC uOl, honesty s the DeSI pOllcy,
you always taught me. That's n good, good
boy, SO come along and III let you take Il walk 10
see yo1r grdndpGpa'S graUet'" | am afraid the
apple cellar frequently suffered after that!
We take the following from an article upon
money and literature in the n. Y. Observer
Nothing like the want of money for starting
brains nothing like the soreness of poverty for
causing the poets muse to soar; nothing like the
coming of n creditors shadow for drawing the
writer's talent out in full force. One might sup
pose that Goldsmith flung his intellectual jewels
among an admiring public because hIs mind was
surcharged with brilliant ideas and he felt i'm
PEELED to burst the bonds of silence, but the
plain fact is he was short of cash. Once, when
his landlady-the evil genius of his earlier years
made an unusually imperative demand for rent
he sent for DR.. johnson, the man of the ponder
GUS mind and sonorous style. johnson found
him buried in bed clothes and perplexity, occu-
pied solely in emptying a bottle of wine. The
old doctor corked up the bottle, and then pro-
ceeded to uncork and pass Judgment upon n
certain manuscript of G~oldsmith's, which the
author had kept lying by him for some time. The
result was its publication, and Colby was
enabled to satisfy the landlady's demand and see
was the birth Of the " Vicar of Wakefield. The
best efforts of Goldsmith's genius were forced
into being by his pecuniary needs.
The same is true of DR.. johnson, who poured
out of his head to fill up his pocket. After he
had received his pension he relaxed his labOrs
there was no further inducement for the pensioner
to pen it.
When Ii. was n boy. his uncle presented him
with a Swiss musical box, n mail one, playing
two or three tunes, and which, when wound up
with n key, was set in motion by touching a
button on the side. H.. was delighted with the
present, carried it about with him wherever he
went, until he finally came to grief by placing it
in his pocket and taking it to church with him.
The sermon proved long and tedious to Ii. who
was extremely anxious to return home and listen
to the melody of his wonderful little instrument.
Finally, in the midst of the sermon, an idea oc-
CURED to hint was Il brilliant one-he thought
he would just touch the button 4 tri1e, have the
instrument make n note or two, and he'd push it
back and stop. He did so, but the confounded
thing would not stop It's playing, notwithstanding
he nearly wrenched the button from the box in
frantic desire to stop it. All his efforts proved
unavailing-the machine kept on playing to the
great surprise of the congregation and the supreme
disgust of the officiating clergyman. All eyes
were turned upon poor Ii. who would have given
the world, including the musical box, could the
floor have opened and let him through out Of
sight. All tragedies have an ending, and it came
at last to III. who was collared by the sexton and
marched down through the long aisle of the
the internal box playing Yankee Doodle
in time to every step. Ii. says when he reached
the door he tainted but the very first thing he
did when he returned to consciousness, was to
smash the COMPOUNDED musical box.
The English Government proposes the adoption
of its signals for vessels in distress or wanting
pilots, by the shipping of all nations. 1t would
appear that uniform signals, especially for vessels
in distress, is desirable, so that such vessels would
be sure of assistance from the first sail that should
come in their vicinity; and it would doubtless be
that 4 vessels signal for a pilot should
be understood at all ports without delay. Col
lector Allen of New Bedford, has received a cir
cular from Secretary Boutwell,, requesting him to
the opinions of experts, ship owners and
others on the English code, which is as follows
Signals to be made By ships soanting a Pilot.
In the daytime.-To be hoisted at the fore, the
or other national color usually worn by mer-
chant ships, having round it 4 white border one
fifth of the breadth of the flag.