The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-01-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

y BY Joye," exclaimed Harry, =. look at that
III What color She's the picture OF health. -
lid Dick. who has learned 10 Discriminate be-
Fcen nature and art, - picture Ol health 4
-inting, you mean.'
Yes, said MichaelangelO Brown, his eyes
ming with loving pride upon his latest crea-
1n. - The Pensiye POetess, SO Yes, L draw
Iny figures from liie." Do you, my boy ?"
@afted out Jones; - but who the deuce is il that
nws the life from your figures, you knOw?''
/" So you enjoyed your visit to the menagere.
ID you?" inquired young Sillabub Of his adored
)u<Ps little sister Oh, yes, and. do you know,
Fe saw a camel there that screwed its mouth and
Dye awfuIIy, and sister said it looked exactly as
Ion do when you are reciting poetry at the
tnrch sociabes."
4 a My friend Gontran tells me that he always
zskes It n rule % leave the saloon as soon as he
<4s said witty thing; it has such n good effect
va would have much better effect says
Ei.sy lady, kindly. - if he would take his leave
stefbre be has said n good thing" 4" All, an :
xhy ?'' Because then he wouldn't stay so long
-Paris Paper.
We are progressing 4 nation toward refine
<rent. The wbeelbarrOw - now called the uni
E7cIe But II il Just as hard to run with IA big
tfnnk on it it under the old name.-BOS-
ton Posi-.
| when n Western reporter wants TO let the
XI<Iu know LiiIl the eretkS out lueft are frozen
|our. he says: " The ripping silver streamlets,
|wh<ch glittered in the sun rays like the gir
tItsof angels lOst among the clover. are now
|bou1d fast in frigid fetters.' u
h. wonder. uncle - said little girl. =. il men
wli ever yet live TO be 500 1000 years old -
L. No, my child, ," responded the old man. =. that
~ tried once, and the race grew so bad that the
r0rld had to be drowned" ".
BE was saying. Ne he scratched lueifer on the
II a a
pa.nt; nice when you want to strikes match. you
<nsw - - Il thas so p sIe asked demurrly. -
w;sh lived in a house with sand paint then
81 looked things unutJerabfe II he had asked.
\. wi hat tor ?'' she would have hated him. But
hs,dIdn't; he took the hint, and tIe match was
ssfhck then and there.
There Is nothing like presence Of mind after all.
The other day, during tremendous shower, n
v~ntleman entered fashionable club. bearing a
Nh umbrella which he placed IN the stand. In
o<nntly, another gentleman, who was mourning
Me- abstraction Of just such article. jumped up.
N Will you allow me to look ut that?' he said
s.rrnlv Certainly remarked the umbrella
rerrier. - was Just taking it to the police sta
t,on IL was left in my house last night by
t1ryInr whom we frightened of. hope 1t will
rroye FIRST rate clue. And though the exas-
osrated owner could plainly see where his name
nnd been scratched of the handle, he sat down
snd changed the subject ......-..
The farmer who lets all the liquids OF MS iarm-
sard run to waste II a spendthrItt, however close
lated he may be with money Said practical
farmer recently: - On my farm | have built
cisterns under the barn and stable, IN which this
Iiauid Is collected These cisterns are all con-
nected and one being built on lower grade,
hey all empty into this one When II rams put
\ force pump into the eistern and fill two water
carts, such ~ are used watering our streets.
and scatter this liquid over our meadows; IN 4o
hours afterwards a change IL perceived in the
coIor of the grass. Another farmer who has n
similar arrangement in his barn-yard. says he
savas 100 loads every year, and thinks the liquid
worth as much as 50 many loads of solid manure