The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-09-25
VARIETY.

Ine Sponlarus nave saying - In CHOOSING
q vile. shut your eyes and commend your soul to
God"
Is cost the New York Herald over SIS 900 to
watch Tanners long fast.
A four-eyed-Old Sunday school girl did the best
she could with a question that was asked of the
infant class. Said the teacher - And it came
20 pass when King Hezeklah heard it, that he
rent his clothes Now, what does that mean,
children, he rent his clothes 2''' Up went a lit
tie hand I" Well, If you know, tell US"
4" Please, ma'an," said the child timidly, II
spose he hire 'em OUT
The song, - Am Weary Tonight, Love.
Without You, was composed by q party whose
wife had left him to take care Of the children
while she went 10 the theater with one Of the
neighbors-
The fashionable woman has taken to q new
diversion. She polshes her nails. She extends
her hand to you with great frequency nowadays,
and always with the back upward and the fingers
Strengthened out. That Is because she wishes
you TO observe the nails which shines like glass
and are OF a delicate pink hue.
Fancy q room full Of people performing the
polka or schottische as though they were on wires
and you have a good idea Of the - Boston Hop"
A Brooklyn dentist states that not less than
half q ton Of pure gold, worth $500 900, is year
ly packed into the teeth Of the United States
citizens, and that this rate all the gold now in
circulation will, in 300 years. be buried in the
earth.
al now have something for q rainy day." said
old SIR. McSnifkin the other evening" he
tered the room, and greeted his family. 81
windEalI, u wIndfall,' screamed Mrs McSnifkin
an ecstasy Of mental paralysis. a. No, no.
he responded quietly, as he drew his slippers from
under the sofa, 80 its an umbrella
The fashionable pose at the photographers
affected by the London beauties. is leaning
against the jaInb of u kitchen door, feeding chick
nrHuu nh her IN
as many properties and as much scenery as q
modern theater.
The ancient superstition that it is unlueky to
wear black at q wedding appears TO be dying
natural death, says Truth. That it is utterly dis
regarded By the guests, Is proved by the num-
Der Of black satins, velvets and brocades worn at
recent weddings.
A coIoFed preacher Of Cobb county, Ga, has q
noEel way Of collecting his salary. When his
members have not the money, he puts them to
work on his farm until they work out their
sessment-
An Irishman Of a mechanical turn took of his
gas meter to repair it himself, and put it on
again upside down. At the end of the quarter
if was proved that the company owed him Sl5.75.
Mrs Frank Leslie slls acceptably the position
OF the editor-in-ehief Of the Leslie newspaper,
formerly filed by two Of her husbands. Mr.. Squi-
er and Frank Leslie (iormerly named Carter).
She has power and grace as n writer, is an origi-
nal thinker. gifted linguist, and brilliant in
conversation.
Sara Bernhardt's q new dresses that she is
having made for eight plays of her repertoire and
20 for general use, preparatory to her appearance
in the United States, will cost S75.OOOf
Mattewan, N. Y, had novel theft, one Of Its
thrifty butchers losing 20 tous Of ice he had
stored near q farmers house. After the Their
was discovered, residents along the road remem-
bered having heard loaded wagons pass at night
for . week before
The railroad suspension bridge at Niagara
Falls, has been changed from a wooden TO an
iron and steel structure, within the last four
months without hours delay to the trains
passing over il. and the bridge is said to be the
strongest and most durable in the world.
A colOred gentleman was busily engaged in
saWing some wood for q Galveston gentleman.
TIE "a man and brother - had a large Masonic
breasfplats bis SHIRT bosom. - Do you color
ca Aasons and white Masons afhliate?'' '' Don't
6llv Nte Wuf euss." - What's the matter !? -
.. Dun 90, boss. bat I'se tried it. Oar is q bar
k.euer "a dis town what toted dis heah berry
.ame embllNm- was IN distress hadn't had
dram an dat morning. ] cum in aud gsbe de
d;.t-as. s,0uaI " % Did he respOnd?" He
d;dn,t rsspood m iZht. He made q motion at the
doah wid one hand and reached under the bar.
\ made the sign once moan and ne foiehed me
between de shoulders UItb De Dung-starter, jess
a. Was getting out de ooan
Morvan CITY, La does quite trade in green
aIli0ator hides, several men been kept busy all
the time shooting and skinning the gators,
whose hides are shipped North
The least coquettish Of women knows when
man il in love with her long before he has any
idea Of Il himself That Is 70 say, she knows 1t
before he is in love-
The Princess Amazulu. the Zulu lady who Is
at Dresenk visiting London, is q bright and vola-
tile person aboct twenty-four years old She is
graceful. bat not beautiful, has fne How OF
language and . quick sense of humOr, sings well
and loves to dance. She Is accompanied oy
suite Of two Zulu ladies and four male attendants
According to Mr., SnoWden Of the United
States mint, 65 ,Sl5 500 silver dollars have al
ready been coined under the act OF 1878, oi
which only 6 600 900 in circulation
TIE adults-ation Of mIlk by starch may be de-
tected by this simple method: : Add a lew drops
Of aeesic acid TO the suspected milk; boil the
milk and filter the whey. If tbs milk contains
the slightest trace Of starch single drop OF
iodine solution viii give blue tint 10 the whey
James Redpath estimates that no less than
IS 900 900 has been contributed IN the United
States for the relief Of Irish distress during the
last twelve months.
An Alexandrian physician tells Of an English
boy who has survived fearful fall On June
4, 1S79 the lad fell q measured distance OF 7li
feet, striking upon q granite pavement. Both legs
were fraetured, bat be ultimately completely re-
covered from tbs effects Of the accident.
Many new friends and engagements made
at the seaside IL 10 rlaos Of resort and pair.