The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-02
How a Senator was Out" on Dinner.

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Capitol, once underwent the following experience,
incident to having received an invitation to dine
from Judge Holt
Fully equipped according to the law of eti-
ouette, he repaired to the house of the eminent
iurist on CapitolHill at 7 O'Clock p. N. Ringing
the door bell, he, in q few minutes, was asked
for his name, which was given on a neatly written
card, lone at the National Hotel by the card
writer, and the gest was then conducted across
a cold porch into q dimly lit, cold parlor. Here
he sat, wonderin, how it happened that he was
among the first guests, and getting chilled to the
bone, for it was aYery cold night.
In a few minutes he was joined by the Judge
Advocate Genera, in a most extraordinary dinner
dress, consisting IF q gown and slippers-the last
very much down at the heel. The chilliness Of
the room seemedt to be increased by the entrance
of the host, who is generally as cold as an icicle,
but on this occasion seemed to be the North Pole.
After q few MINUTES conversation the host invited
his shiYering guest into the library, where q
warm fire made them more comfortable. For an
hour the two discussed the condition Of the
Union, but Nesmith saw no guest arriving and
heard no rafting or rather no preparation for a
feast. From eight till nine they dwelt principally
ON our foreign relations, and yet no dinner. From
nine till ten the conversation was desultory and
yet no dinner. Nesmith, who had all his life
been dining at noon, had abstained on this day
and now found himself hungry enough to eat his
host. He could not help thinking while looking
at the Judge, IQaC ne WOulu ike ~ take u illtIc
Holt on the haf-sheIl, or Holt in a toast, or
better yet, Holt baked and basted. Eleven O'Clock
came, and while Nesmith tried his best to talk,
his host seemed to draw more and more within
himself, and might have been taken for a bronze
statue but for the monosyllables, "yes" and
no that dropped out at times like three
pennies from q nail machine.
In the midst Of u spasmodic attempt at a sem
tence from Nesmith, Judge Holt suddenly got up
and said, %solemnly, Senator you must excuse
me but | have an engagement" Nesmith jumped
up with as much alacrity as his weakness would
permit, and staggered out. The Judge accom-
panied him to the front door, and when bidding
him good night said
al hope, Senator, you will not forget our little
dinner party for tomorrow night"
"Holy Moses 80 cried Nesmith, family, "I
thought it was tonight"
Mrs. Dahlgren's objections to the temperance
crusade are founded ON the principle that " the
tall weeds caught in this fire of excitement will
shriyel and perish, while the noxious snake,
slowly dragging his way to his kissing hiding
place., Will again arise with added venom to
strike the shared with his dpa th-dealing sting"
Mrs. Dahlgren, you have got EN-. .
This was in Ohio
saw the tear drop. IN her nnse
saw the bow Of anguish bend
Ger the curl-tangled head.
! saw the conflict of her soul
TAKE keG baPo osn III, iaa 5o % I Sohh h5 s GFeg s5bbed,
" cannot smash il now"
\ Pittsburgh reporter has been '' interview
ing John b. Cough on the subject of the wo-
mems Temperance crusade. He said he was : on
the fence in the matter. He would be unwIl-
ling to take any active part in the affair, and
would not like to see his wife or his nieces going
among the saloons, praying and singing hymns.
He thought the movement would help the wo-
man suffrage cause very much, and he had always
had a sort of dislike to the woman suffrage bust
ness. The idea of q band Of ladies going through
the streets singing hymns and praying was re-
pugnant to him. 1t was the duty of policemen
to clear away n crowd of men obstructing the
pavement, and he thought the women came I'M
der the same restrictions.
A COMMA THAT CosT 1000, OOO.-The impor-
lance of correct punctuation was strongly illus
trated at a meeting of the Ways and Means
Committee of the u. S. House Of Representa-
tiYes, when it was shown that a comma in one
that went into effect August lst, 1872, the free
list was extended by the addition of several hun
dred articles. Among the number was 8 fruit
plants, tropical and semi-tropical," for the pur-
pose of propagation and cultivation. In engross-
ing the bill, or in the process of copying it for
official printing, q comma was inserted after the
- fruit and all fruit was thereby placed upon
the free list. The Customs officers, however, not
noticing the change, continued to collect duties
on fruit until the error was discovered. The
Ways and Means Committee have now agreed to
report q bill to remove the comma, in accordance
with the intent of the law of 1872. The amount
of tax illegally collected is said to be not far from
81, 000, 900.
FISH DEr.-Those nations who eat fish with
maal each dov ore uOdOubtpdlv tho most ac-