The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-02-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

If you should be called upon to write a book on
ignorance, would it not look very much like an
autobiography
james l., OF England. declared that 4 free mon
arehy Is one in which - the monarch is perfectly
free to do as he pleases."
Ii You can manage to keep silent while YOU are
young, you may possibly have something worth
saying in old age.
A sound sleep Is the most complete restorative
known. That is why some people are always TO
be found in church.
There IL a deal ri sound c.mmnn sense la tie
proyerb. d. The shortest answer is doing the
thing
Oni ii tie noaih> 81 hate and s~acklinsa -
When y gentleman. VIM tad recently lost his
wife, read a chapter OF Revolution 10 H. little
daughter. -he SAID, Father, what "a beautiful
place mamma l. in, ism { she.
TIE Pope. in the seeIu>Inn Of the Vatican. feels
the hot breath ui the outside world, and writes
The greater part of the men of to-day are ex-
tIavagant Of their own goods and greedy alter
those of their neigtlbors."
Sometimes we hear of Il blow which knocks a
man senseless, but there are other men whose
mental condition leads us, by the most conclusive
fora of deduction, to believe that they were hard
hit before they were born.
la an exchange a summer hotel adver-
tises suitable grounds for archery" And
directly beneath it is the advertisement of a
dealer in glass eyes. Nothing like having
information handy.
They were popping corn in the kitchen
and popping corn is pretty work. - Do
look said Jessie. they go in naked babies
and they come out beautiful snow-whitc
angels and fairies"
Seldom is a life so morally wrecked but
the grand cause lies in some maItrrange-
ment some want less of good fortune than
of good guidance. Nature fashions no crea-
ture without implanting in it the strength
needful for IT'S action and dur ton; least of
all does she neglect her masterpiece and
darling, the poetic soul.
An entire GalIo-Roman town has been
unearthed in the neighborhood of Poitiers.
1t contains a temple ia yards in length by
seventy yards in breadth. baths occupying
five acres, a theatre. of which the stage lone
measures ninety yards on its longest side,
streets houses and other buildings covering
a space OF more than seventeen acres. The
eXca yations. which are being continued, have
brought to light more edifces. sculpture in
the very best style and in good preservation
dating. it is thought from the second CEN
tury-and a quantity Or iron, bronze and
e,rthen articles. M. Lisch, the Inspector of
historic monuments, declares that the town
is a little Pompeii in the centre of FIR nee.
The Journal says that if the progress of
invention continues to be as marked as at
present we shall need before long to have Il
committee appointed to revise our literature,
in order to bring it abreast of the times. For
instance. what ide, will be conveyed to the
minds of those in the next generation to read
this quotation from Shakespeare:
How far that little candle sheds its ray
SO shines a good deed in a naughty world"
~Snowballing has -h~Ueen Il popular amus'
mAnt-nn, among the Boston boys during the HI
DAYS this summer. The snow is furnishe
by a refrigerating company, the moisture
e their rooms becoming frozen and falling
the floor in snow flakes to the depth of a
t inch or two. THIS is the latest and cooie
Y advertisement for Boston as a SUNNI
resort.