The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-02-08
VARIETY.

There is nothing which fills the soul Of a
young man with CONSERVATION so much rs to
take his best girl to prnyer-mecting, and have
the pastor call upon " our stranger friend for n
few remarks and prayer
There was a wedding at Newtown (Conn.)
the other day, after vigorous courtship OF
fifteen years. The stars and stripes were hOisted
on the hotel, and salute of 100 guns was
fired at the hour OF ceremony
Woman are normally jolly" says writer.
May be so, but when the church is in trouble,
and they put on lugubriOus looks and 60 about
soliciting contributions for fair, you'll find
the fair sex pensive-
s' The handkerchief the hankerchiel 80 cried
Othelo - ConfOund it t,' said sailor in the
pit, g blow your nose with your fingers, and
20 on with the play!''
An Illinois Justices jury found a verdict, but
the Jurors refused 10 make it known until their
fees were paid. The cash not forthcoming,
and as there was no way to force them to dis
close their secret, they were discharged.
a Sunday school boy of Holyokc, Mass,
rather nOnpiussed his teacher, when she was
telling how God punished the Egyptians by
causing the frst-born in each household to be
slain, by iuquiring: hat would God have
done if there had been twins 2''
% Young men may die" cheerfuIly remarks
an insurance circular on our table; Z" old men
but doesn't it sound rather peremptOry on the
old men? Couldn't they get pardon OF Governor
Williams?-[ BWrliqgtOH Ha'rkeye.I
Rev. Joseph Cook thus explains why a boy
climbs tree to steal apples =" The apples are
the objective natural motive, the boys appetite
is the subjective natural motive, his intention
is his moral motive" And to think that for
hundreds and thousands Of years boys have gone
on stealing apples and getting spanked for it
and didn't know this.
Tho English marine magistrate 1T the port of
Singapore Is q judical person Of muscle. He
lately sprang from his bench and sOundly thrash
ed n sub-magtstrate sitting with him; the next
day he dragged reporter out OF Court by the
collar and his only virtue, apparently, Is the
impartiality with which he abuses every ship
master who comes before him.
A SCARED CmLD.-A lady is the mother Of a
bright little boy about three years old. The
whOoping cough prevailed in the neighbOrhOOd,
and the mother became very much alarmed lest
her boy would take it She had talked so much
about It. and worried over it, that she had infect
cd the child with her fears TO such extent that
be would scarcely leave her side. One night after
the little fellow had been put to bed and to sleep,
Jacknss driven past the house, and when
Just opposite set up his he-haw, hc-haw. With
shrek the little boy out Of bed, screaming
is coming, mamma the whOoping cough is COM
ing"
A LONDON paper says that, while the monkey
Of an Crgan-grinder quietly sitting upon q
bank in full costume, 4 terrier dog made dash
at him. The monkey awaited the onslaught
with such immovable tranquility that the dog
was nOnplussed, and stopped short within few
feet 10 recOnnoitre. Both animals stared steadily
at each other, but the dog finally recovered from
his surprise, and about to make spring.
At this juncture the monkey lifted his hat by
way of salute. This was to much for the dog.
His tail dropped and he ran away. Such imper-
sturbable GOODNESS suggested that the monkey
wouSA be an unsafe antagonist
WHAT'S Az INCu or RNN.-There are {, ,272, :
$40 square inches in an acre Of land so that an
inch depth OF rain an acre yields G, ,272 ,64O
inches to the gallon makes % ,622. ) GALLONS, or
226, ,225 pounds, equal to l00,993 tons, nearly
IOI 900 tons per acre. For every One-hundredth
of an inch, therefore, ton Of water falls per
acre There are 1880 acres on Manhattan
I-land. During the month Of March the rainfall
amounted to $50 cubic inches, which is equal
20 200 900 gallons to the acre, or 2,96O,O .OOC
Gallons or water for the whole island OF New
York being four times much water as wa;
contained in the Worcester Reservoir The dis
tributing reservoir on FOrty-sccOnd street has Z
capacity Of 20 100000 gallons. There was con
seauentIy enough rain IN March to fill this
reservoir nearly $50 times. IL We were required
IA pump up this amount Of water, transport
IL on ships, we should better appreciate how
Great the quantity il. In the tropics 20 inches
have been known to fall during twenty-tou
bours-an amount that wOuld ruin half th
roads bridges and manufacturing towns in on
country