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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1877.
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ohhuox lodge, n. a, i. i.
O. F.. meets everv Thursdnv even.
ii. sr. at t '.; o Hock, m the Odd J- i-I-&v-sp.
lows' Hall, Main Btreet. Members'3?
of the Order arc invited to attend.
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ishiskcca ii:;k:i: lodge,
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Second ana rourth luesuay
evcninirs of each month, at 7V,.
o'clock, in the Odd Fellow II.ill.1
Members of the Degree are invited to attend
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A.F. fcA. M., holds its regular coin
niunlcatioua on the First and Third
Saturdays in each month, at 7 o'clock
j'clock '
to the
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2th of March; anil o'clock from
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nretiiren in good landing are Invited to at
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FALLS KNCAM13IKNT. No. -A,
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l-ets at Odd Fellow s' Hull q r
and Third Tuesday of Jf
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on the h irst
each month. P
iniC are invited to a.teud.
J. W. HQRRI3,
P hyicinu and Surgeon
OFFICE AXD RKSllFNCE :
tourlli Mreet, at foot of Chtr S.'airway
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CHAS. KNIGHT,
CASBY,
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PAUL BOYCE, M. D.,
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Oregox City, Okegov.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Women
and Children a specially.
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ID IB T I S T
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ORGGO.Y CITY, OKEUOV.
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MAIY T OREUOY, CITY OICKOOX
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Books, Stationery,
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Okkjo.v City, Okeoo.v.
J T"At the Post Office, Main Street, west
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IMPERIAL MILLS.
LaUocque, Savier & Co.,
OREGON CITY.
K.'ep constantly on hand for sale Flour,
Middliusrs, Hran and Chicken Feed. Parties
purchasing feed must furnish the sack.
J. H. SHEPARD;
Boot and Shoe Store.
One door north of Ackerman Bros.
SHyBoot8 and Shoes made and repaired as
cheap as the cheapest.
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ijai nit liHiUESP PRICE FOR
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OllEGOX CITY HILLS,
And have on hand t EED and FLOUR to
eeu, at marnei rates, rartics aesirine Feed
must furnish packs.
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PORTLAND, 0KK60JT.
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OREGON CITY BREWERY.
HENRY HUMBEL,
HAVING purchased the above
Brewery, wishes to inform the
public that he is now prepared to inanufac
""c a .t i quality Ol
SEBIt,
As good s can be obtained anywhere in the
estate. Orders ioljcited and promptly filled.
"7
The Little Daughter.
Oh, she's a flower! within our Lome
So dainty-sweet, so gently glowing.
That every day, new petaled blooms
To our delighted eyes are showing.
Aud &he is a bird! for in ber voice
The tiny music-tones are hiding.
Whene'er she speaks, they just peep out
And gaily call, our fond search guiding,
And 6be is a star! ber bright, pure eyes
Are beaming iu their azure setting
With grave, reproving, mild surprise,
At all our worldly wise forgetting.
And she is a blessing! ere she came.
Our boys were rough and often ready
For cruel sports, but now, they're tame;
Dear little Eva has made them steady.
Is she an angel? Ah, no, I say,
I'd rather think the angels brought her,
For their strong wings can fly away;
Aud we would keep our little daughter.
Corn Minot's EnTeruld Ring.
15 Y MRS. ANNIE A. VllESTOX.
"Uo vou tlnnk Jlaria ICmdiii is a
truthful girl J" asked C ra Min t f her
friend, Jane Wiswail, as th y myt by
chance on the street
"What a strange question!" ei iculated
my
"1 t-hou'dsiv that that would be a
natural consequence of such a proclama
tion," lepl'ud .Line, casting a half sur
prisi d, half indignant look into the face
ot her coiiipimon. "Hut what do you
mean? I'ieate explain yourself."
"I whs about to do so," said Cora
"Last Ihursday was my birthday, as you
know, ami Aunt Harriet, who named me,
sent ine apresen as she does every year
This time it was a lovely emerald ring,
and ot course the nrst thing I did was to
rush over to the li myalls, and sho.v it to
Maria.
"She admired it as enthusiastically as
I could desire hii 1 said she wished she
had one like it. It fitted her better, too,
than it did ine, for it was quite loose ou
my finger, as aunt wrote mu she feared it
would be, but it was the only one of the
kii.d she could find iu L'.xiugtju, where
she lives.
When I started to go home I only put
on one ot my gloves thinking L inline
meet s nie of the girls ami want to show
them my iiew ring. Just as I was
iug down the step-s, talking to M irii, who
stood in the door, I gave a glancd at my
hand to see it the emerald glistened iu
the sunshine, and beh ld it win gouel
"It did not take mj long to announce
the faet, you may be sure. We both re
entered the drawing room, and searched
everywhere for the ring, but it was uot to
he tound, although I kiwie I must have
dropped it either in that room or in the
hall. We hunt.-d aud hunted, until it
1 1 be sj late that I hud t go home
iu the horse-cars, and very much ojt of
soit, too, I asure you.
'Ye-tdrday mamma called at tha Km-
dalls to see about it. She doesn t hesi
tate at all in saying that Maria has foun 1
it. She is going away on a long visit
soon, mamma says, and when among
strangers she can wear the ring without
fear of exposure. Mr. Randall says he
will replace the ring if it cann t be found,
and mamma says he would never offer t
do that, were he not convinced that it is
in the possession of some member of his
household
"I must a lmit that whit you say about
losing your emerald is very sin ular," said
Jane, with a pained expressi n shading
her rosy, frank face, "but I do n t believe
any one has stolen it. I have no doubt
that it will ytt be found in some t;nv
hiding place where it has rolled. I think,
too, that your mother, excuse me for say
ing it, is too hasty, to say the least, wh'n
she attributes the motive she does t Mr
Randall s offering to replace the ring.
Lit us c ill n Maria now ,e s-hall pss
her house n our way and see whether
there are a iv new developnu nt-
" ery wed, said C r.i, an 1 so n th
two girls were standing on tlie bmad
,n. ,if Mr l!,nh.rr,,.inno
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Maria her-elf came t t ie door in an-
iwn a ,,i -ffor ,r .f,... I,,,,
vvo friends cordially, she said cheerfully,
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Flease to come into the dining-room.
I hope you will excuse all this dust and
contusion, lor we have ju-t had t ae car
pets-in the hall aud tront parlor taken
up, and the sofa and easy-chair covers re
moved, trying t find your missing ring,
Cora."
I hone vou will succeed, C ra re-
)'ied. rather distantly, arching her eye
brows just a little; "I d m't th nk it can
be very far off' with a knowing lo k
towards Jane, who hastened to say:
"What a nitv vou should be put to so
niirh trnniiip utt-T ironr hniiM has ha I
1 j " :
ts thorough autumn cleanmg, and every-
thing placed in order fir the winter: is
a common emerald rin so rem orc.ious?"
she could n..t helpa ldin".
: "
Oh, the trouble is of no account, it
only we are ablet find the lost keepsake;
an emerald i-sn-t s very costly, I know,
but it was a present from Cora's aunt in
ivenrucKy, and sn all the more valuable,
i?iues, my mother says we must leave
no stone uuturned until it is found."
s me carpets were taken up and
put down again, the furniture looked
A .l . ..
..vc, mi no ring was discovered. Cora,
who was inclined to be hasty, severe aud
u; jui m her judgments on all occasions,
r iD v ' to oiu'y accuse Marii
: "'":i"ut' At5 su-i could not prove her
innocence, and circumstances being
nsi ner, toe community were divided
iu uieir opinions in regird ti her guiit.
a. h.ui mat tne two families.the
iiiuoaus ana the -YlinotS. who had here,
a state of affairs, the friends of the two
families respectively marshalled them
selves on opposite sides, and a lamentable
condition ol things followed.
Jane. "I do, most certainly, consider her theA filnuIy hn d'PIy wn"0i-
to be a truf.ful person, and as nearly per- At h:l a number of the Minot party
feet in ever way as any girl I know." SiKl theH Wldn t g-i to hear a man preach
"That's what every oite says," cried bo upheld a "thief, ' it that th.ct did be-
Coiv, pettishly, ' and I suppose when I bng to an anst .cratic family Iheyeven
proclaim h r t)bjMI shtil have went so t ,r us to call a paridi meetmg to
h villa hm,r n ...r b warned and convened, iu which they
f tf,iro I i)on aoUa Ca.?
r 'i'"1" "'n'uaie, did not speak beloved and respect id. Yet many, it
to each other even, anl the Minots be- cannot be denied, were curious to see
came Hlmo rancorous in their enmity how Maria bore herself, one sentimental
toward the U indalls. As usnl ;n k ..o..,; ,.,mo. ,.i...; , c;h
x i tauii: utrai iu.irv iiiit a luniiiie m inn i
church, for some of the people who had
j ho jiMHiMiiy anu venemenTiy espouseu xne
cause ot the Minot, refused t have their
ciuiiiieii i iugui in me ouuuay scuooi uy
i, : i l v. : ii . I- , i i i i
n "thiet. Poor Maria in conseouence
v.i3 constrained to frivc up the little class
of which she was so proud, and in which
sue was so much interested.
i nis ring, auu tne circuiii.-ttnces con-I
nected with its loss, did not alone brinsf
about this unfortunate state of tiff tirs. It
was the firs-t cause, to be sure, but old
family jealousies cropped out, social,
puny ana religions ainerenccs became
more sharply defined, all of which added
fuel to the vicious little flame.
Maria grew thin and pale, and sh re
ceived so many slights lrom old menus
ami acquaintances that her .parents were
toiced to hasten her departure to a dis
tant State where she was to visit her
irrnriiirthnr
Tne miserable troub'e did n t abate
with her going away. Tiiere were plenty
ot people, as there is in everv community,
to keep the hre burning. There rerna'ued
the "Randall party" and the "Miuot
party," the same as ever. The pastor,
Mr. Wiswall, the father of Jane, who had
firmly believed iu Maria's innocence from
the hrst, was compelled to espouse, in the
least pronounced manner possible, the
Kandall side, conscious as he was that
attempted to p;iss a vote requesting the
pastor s resignation.
Foiled in tins endeavor, they withdrew
from the society,form d a little organiza
tion of their own. and had "layman's
meetings" in a public hall.
There were, so many p iri.-h meetings,
and Maria's mother, in addition to her
household duties, attending them, her
nervous system being wrought up to a
teiiie pitch in the meantime, she at length
became utterly worn out, and taking cold
was had low with a lever.-
Now Maria, among her new sir round
ings and away trom her enemies, became
ouite happy for a time. Of course, the
worst in regard to t ie present c mdition
of things at her home.in the church, and in
the c immunity generally, had not been
t aid her by letter, and she was begin
ning to think that peace w uld before
long be restored.
But it so happened that by this tuna
Cora Minot made the int resting discov
ery tliat a second cousin of her o.vn had a
th.r I cousin living iu the village where I
Maria was staying. The whole story of
the ring was written to this person, who
was au idlis young maa, loafing about
to.vu, and he was commissioned to watch
Maria to sje if she should wear the miss
ing emerald on any occasion.
Having nothing better to do, this young
maa hinted the matter about, so that in a
very short time it became generally
kuowa in the village that Maria Kindall
had been sent from her home oa account
of her thieving propensities.
There was no eud to the stories t ld
about her ; some going s far as to say
that she had bt leu a registered letter
from the Post Oifice; others, that she had
been au accomplice in a baak robbery!
With nobody to coatradict these cruel
scandals, the old gentleman Maria's
grandfather an 1 his aged housekeeper
seldom going out, it became the general
ooinion that Maria was in the habit of
purloining art.cles from the village stores
and shops. It was nit long before she
became paiulully conscious that she was
watch ed whenever she went out, and ona
day she receive 1 an anonymous letter ap
prising her ot the tout repoits that were
being spread against her
Overwhelmed with gnet, she kept her
room for days. She could not be induced
to leave it, until one cold, cheerless day
in March a telegram was hauded her,
savin" tint her father wished her to
Come immediately noun; men ine
stricken girl arose, weak aad emaciated,
and hastene 1 preparations tor her re
turn. She knew that the guarded yet
tell-tale phraseology ot the telegram
barely coiuealed the fact fiat her mother
va very ill, ana me io:i, lonesome
J'J"J '"u'
The quick mot!ier-iove saw, the ino-
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mcrn, ner uaaS,i.c. u cu.c.u.i
clia uoer, tnai i ae p iw, care oiu iace
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mirroreu soiu j k.u:iw iug uuu jic mini u,
and presently, when questioned, the 9ob
bing, broken hearte 1 girl was obliged to
aluiit t iat t ie so y of the ring had fol
lowed her almost acioss the continent,
and there, in tint far-away towu, where
her gran Ifath-jr lived, it had been hinted
about with all its tnghtiul additions,
Poor Mrs. Randall, a sweet, Christian
laly, wlu had all her life been a blessing
to every ons about her,
lew-
weeks, and on-j bright morning hi that
earlv sii;ini-. as the hrst arbutus buds
were pouring out their fragrance upon
the air as tliev peeped from their snowy
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buds, she bade lareweii to ner weepin
husband and da ighter and taithtut pas
tor. and mounted the g iiden stair
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VWtu her dying oreatn mi? h iu ueggcu
her daughter to Keep up gooa courage,
telliug her that in God's own time her
mnacence woum us iuuy ea luuaneu ,
that she needed this discipline or the
good Father would nnt have civieu ner
to bear this grevious burd;n.
Marie fo ind these to be feartuby try-
l. . i . . . 1
lug days, altn ugh she naa uie rauier
b irren'c insolation of knowing that a few
sta incli fuends stood by her. among
whom were her pastor, Mr. Wiswall, and
her dearest girl friend, his daughter Jane
It was the first warm, spring-like day
in April when Mrs. Rindall s tuaeral
took place. People from both of the
social factions' which the loss of that
emerald trifle had engendereddurned out
to attend the services, for, as has been
aairl. !Ur Rjn bill wa a ld v universal I V
that "It was not often one saw so young
a girl as M ina Randall bring the gray
hairs of a mother in sorrow to tae grave.
Amnng the;e curious ones were Mrs.
jiiuiii auu vUiu. Jiessci clc'BntlV in
colors, in sad taste for a funeral occasion
iney muie ia ineir carriage, unci before
the s ilemu services begau crowded uj in
110111, wneie incy v.ouiu LfLiliUll View
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ol the stricken mouruers.
At last, when the friends were gathered
in the churchyard around the open grave,
Cora, m ner elegant seal brown suit
pushed up so closely to the mournin
group that her own frieDds even wiuctd
at her heartless presumption.
While the arrangement for lowering
the coffin were being made, the sun came
saining out, aau c ra .uinot opt
shining out, and C ra Minot opened her
brown sdk parasol. As she did so some-
thinjr bright n-w out, sparkled in the
sun an instant, and hitting the coflin, re
bounded and fell at" thC tustor'a feet.
Ere quietly picked the up . n i
SHiil, his voice trembling with emotion.
"Here, I tiiink, is the emerald ring
which h is ca ised so much ill-feeliug
among many of our friends, and brought
such a load ot mi ery upon one poo
m-be-
nocent head, while the death ot our
loved sister, whose mortal remain now
lie before us, was doubtless hastened in
consequence. Let us, as we now 'give
thanks to God tor the good example ot
this his servant, who, having finished her
course in faith doth now rest ironi her
labors,' a'so return thanks that the inno
cence of this dear motherless ore has
been established in this niot solemn and
impressive manner."
Ihe scene which followed these touch
ing words ol the past r, and the restora
tion ot th'j ring there over tint open
grave, batllea description. The mortifica
tion and remorse which seized upon Cora
Minot and her mother, and their friends
who had formed the "Minot party" dur
ing the rise m l progress of the cruel
scandal, ca-i be easily imagined.
Although overcome with chigrin, C ra
confessed o i the spot that the last time
she hid carried that parasol was on that
day, in the previous autumn, wh .n slu
called on Maria tt show theeiuerald ring.
She well remembered partly opening the
paras d as s,lie wai a iout t leaw, but on
descending the steps, fe ding the a:.r to
lie chilly, she had closed it aain, when
thj ring must have slipped off her finger
uuobservid, and lodged within the silken
fold. She hal lingered, chattering with
Maria, an l on her rctuin home had put
the ints 1 away for the winter. This
occasion was the first one on which it
had been used since tint memorable day.
Is it necrs ary that any words of mine
d .u'd frame a moral to this simple nar
rative of facts?
Hoaxing: the King of liiirmah.
The In iian c rrcspondent of the Lon
don Standard says nn amusing hoax has
been played n upon the monarch ot the
Golden Foot. It was announced to his
M 'je ty that an ambasa dor from the Sul
tan ol Turkey had arrived at Kangoon,
and was awaiting the arrival of a ship
that was laden with gifts of great value.
Naturally flattered by this compliment
from 8'ich a mighty poteutate,the King
deputed an officer of rauk to proceed t
Ka-jgoon aud e n luct the ambassador to
his august but impatient presence. Iu
due time the envoy presented his creden
tials in the shape ot a flowery epistle trom
the Sultan of lloum, and was received
with much ceremony. Valuable presents
in return for thosi supposed to be on their
way were showered upon the ambassador
aid his very limited suit, consisting of an
interpreter and a cook. The ship trom
lloum must have been detained by con
trary winds, for the ambassador, having
fdrtf t(, ' wa, ol)li d to take leAV
of his Majesty before his impel ial master's
rffrrinrs made their aDDeai auce. S he
returned to Rangoon, but there the nn
posters fell out over the divisions of the
spoils, which amounted to something like
3,000. The cook, disgusted with the
hare alloted to himself not more than
80 gave information to the police, and
declared tiiat the plot had been planned
by himself, the supposed interpreter (one
II is-Hii, a broker), and the iiurmese ol
ficial who contrived to be deputed to re
ceive the a nbassador. That exalted per
sonage was lrnn.se II a liberated Arao or
Abys.-itiian slave who hd come to Ran
o n :.9 a faquir on board a native ship
trom ag.ne,and was simply a tool in tne
hands of the clevtr rogues, his accom
plicts. Tne Burmese officer naturally
pleaded not guilty, and seems to have
satisfied the Kingof his innocence,though
oublic oninion uoiuts to him as the
origiuator of the fraud.
It is said that lazy folks take the most
pains, lo a man wen nouseu, wen ieu,
and well clothed it certainly appears that
the tramus have a hard time of it. One
of there who has lately had a railway
ride for nothing is certainly entitled to
something molerately akin to pity. He
boirded a train at Omaha, and having
neither money nor ticket to recommend
him to the good graces of the conductor,
he was ejected, put off, dropped and left
behind. Thus made wary, he ensconced
himself in the fire box of a stationary en
gine on a flat car which was going through
to San Francisco. Someboly shut the
door, and the pior tramp was a prisoner.
He c mid not sit. He could just turn
ab ut. He hai only a few crackers m his
pociet. lie uau coining to uruiiv. i"
this fri-ua'ion Iij rode 900 miles; then he
I arrestetl the attention of a conductor by
sor.tchinr on the inside of the eugiue
w.th bis fin 'er nai s. They released him
Je.j .i.an aiive anj t robably more
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in love with pedestrianism than ever.
3I,SS E was looking at the picture
of Arab li:e. "Beautiful 1" she exclaimed.
"I wish you'd tell me, ma'am," spoke
nn a man 6tauuiuz uv wn ""i
. i; 1 n.:.l, l.,.a wltn
"what that picture is supposcu tu n-r
Vhv." returned Miss E , "that is
- ' h. if 5. n Arab sheik s tt ng
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at the door oi nrs teui suuuuuuw uj "
wives."
"Wh it's that he says?" asked the man s
-ifV who was slightly deaf.
"She says," returned the stranger, -uiai
hakes' bein- taken
11 IS H Hi a LI II.IU
" - . . ... .1. Tl'rt II 1 III' 1 1117 I 71 I. Ill
care of by his wives
Drixks are a constant drain on a iarm
er's nroriertr.
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The Golden Fish of Owari Castle, j
Tr nourlir Arprv ircro r 1 f TT in -TflTV.in
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there is, or was, a large castle, in which
the prince of the province or his soldiers
lived iu time of peace or fought in time
of war. In Nagoya, in the province of
Owaii, in the central part of the main
islaud, wss seen the largest and finest of
all the castles in Japan. They were
built of thick walls of stone masonry
from twenty to one hundred feet high,
and divided from the outside lands by
moats filled with water. At the angles
were high towers, built of heavy beams
of wood covered with lime to make them
fire-proof, and roofed with tiles. They
had many gables like a pagoda, and port
holes or windows for the archers to sho t
out their arrows on the besiegers. These
windows were covered with copper or
iron shutters. At the end of the topmost
gable of the tower, with its tail in the
air, was a great fish made of bronze or
copper, from six to ten feet high, weigh
in"; thousands of pounds. It was a
frightful monster of a fish, lo iking as if
Jonah would be no more in its mouth
than a sprat in a mackerel's. It stood on
its lower gill, like a boy about to walk
on his hands and head. It always re
minded me of the old-fashioned candle
ticks, in which a glass dolphin ram
pant, with very thick lips, holds a candle
in his gla-s tail. In Japan, however, the
flukes of this bronze ti-h's tail, instead of
a candle, were usually occupied by a live
hawk, or sometimes an eagle, cormorant
or falcon. Half the birds in Fukui
solemnly believed the castle towers to
have been built for their especial perch
and benefit. I often have seen every
fish-tail of the castle occupied by crows.
They were finishing their toilet, enjoying
an after-dinner nap, or making speeches
to each other, observing the rules of order
no better than some assemblies in which
several persons talk at once.
"We sometimes say of a boy having
wealthy parents, that he was born with a
silver spoon in his mouth. Now, a the
Japanese eat with chop-sticks, and use
their silver tor other purposes, they ex-
preB nea'Iy the same idea, in other
words.
Iu Japan, the better class of people
those who enjoy the privilege of wealth,
education or position live either within
or near the cadle. One of the first
things a well-born Japanese baby sees
and learns to know out doors is the up
right bronze hsh oa the castle towers
Hence, a Japanese is proud to say, "I
was bom within sight of the sJiachihoko"
(the Japanese name of this fish.) The
pnuces ot Owan were very proud, rich
aud powerful ; and they determined to
erect gold instead of bronze fishes on
their castle. So they engaged fa
mous gold and salver smiths to make
them a shacliihoko ten teet high. Its
t ill- mouth aud fins were of solid beaten
silver. Its scales were plates of solid
gold. Its eyes weie of black glass. It cost
many thousands of dollars, and required
about twenty men to lilt it.
Th's was at Nagoya a city famous for
its bronzes, porcelain vases, cups aud
d;shes, its wonderful enamel work called
cloisonne, aud its gray fans. Thousands
of the Japanese faus with which we cool
our faces in summer were made in Na
goya. Weil, when, after much toil aud
the help of great derricks aud tackling,
the great object was raised to its place,
thousanlsof persons came from a dis-
tauce to see the golden wonder, the
people of Nagoya felt prouder than ever
of their handsome city. In all kinds of
weather the golden fish kept its color aud
glittering brightness, never tarnishing or
blackening like the common sriacniioKO
on other castles. Morning and evening,
the sunbeams gilded it with fresh splen
dor. The gold and the sunlight seemed
to know each other, for they always
kissed. The farmers children, who lived
miles distant in the country, clapped
their hands with joy wln'n the flashing
flukes ou the castle towers gleamed in the
air. The travelers plodding along the
road, as they mounted a hill, knew when
the city was near, though they could not
see auy thing but the gleam like a star of
old.
Alas that I should tell it! What was
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joy to ine many, was iciupmium w
some. They were led to envy, men 10
covet, then to steal the pr.ze. A man
whose talents and industry might nave
made him rich and honored, became a
ribb?r first in heart, and then in a-.t.
He began to study how he might steal
the golden fish. 11-w was he ti reach
the roof of the tower? Even if he could
Swini the moat and scale the wall, he
couhi not mouut to the top story or the
roof The ates were guarded. Tlie sen-
tiuels were vigilant and arm-d with sword
and spear. How sh iuld he reach the gold
en scales?
A kite, twenty-five feet ?quare, was
made of thick paper, with a very 6trong
but liht bamboo frame, with tough rope
for a tether, and a pair of bobs strong
enough to lift two hundred pounds. No
man could ho'.d such a kite, a he rope
was wounu rouui a wmuiass auu paiu
out by one person, while two men and
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three boys held the hand-cart. A. very
dark, cloudy nigh-, when a brisk wind
wa3 up. was chosen. v nen all was
I reaiv at midnight, the hand-cart was run
out along ine uioaa, ine roooer, wiin pry
tools in his belt, aud his feet in loops
Lttdie end of the bobs, mounted on the
1 rerilousair-ship more dangerous than
a balloon. The wind was in the riht
direction, and. by skillful movements of
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the cart and windlass, the robber, after
swinging like a pendulum tor a few
minutes, finally alighted on the right roof.
Fasteuing the bobs so as to secure his
descent, he began the work of wrenching
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off the golden scales.
This he found no easy task. The gold-
Beyuiciy mai
ey ueueu ms pry.ng, aud the sot t.
tough metal could not be torn off". He
dared not make any clinking noise with
hammer or chisel lest the scndnels should
hear him. After what appeared to be
several nours work, he had loosened only
I lwu aic?, wurui scarcely more tnan nity
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dollars.
To make a long storv short, the man
- I was caught. The sentinels were awak
eneo, ana the crime detected. Tberou
ber was sentenced to die a cruel death-
to be boiled in oil. His accomplices re
ceived various other degrees of punish
ment. The Priuceof Owari issued a de
cree forbidding the flying of auy kites
above a certain f-mall size. Henceforth,
the j;rand old kites which the boys of the
province had flown in innocent fun were
never more to be seen.
As for the big golden fih, it was after
ward taken down from the castle in Na
goya, and kept ia the prince's treasure
house. Wheu I saw it, it was in Tokio,
at th-? museum. It was afterward taken
to Vienna and exhibited at th'3 Exposi
tion in 1873. St. Nicholas.
Balky Horses.
Several of your correspondents are dis
cussing this ouestion with .various. re
sults. Several plans have been proposed.
some ot them practicable, out onen
involving too much trouble and labor.
Some claim that balking is the result of
mproper education, but no one who will
carefully investigate the trouble can fail
to believe that the disposition ot the ani
mal has much to do with it. If a horse
balks once and is whipped for it, the
ch tnces are that he will balk again, and
if this remedy is repeatedly tried, the
bad habit is confirmed. In nme cases
out often, the entire absence of anything
like a whin or cross language, and the
presence of anything wired will give the
airnial a new idea or take his attention
from the tr uiblc, will usually c.iuse him
to start promptly. In some cases, sim
ply raising one fore-foot up until the
horse starts will answer the purpose; in
others, a string tied lightly around one
ear will produce the same effect. A rag
or bunch of c tton stuffed into one ear.
a handful of dirt in the mouth, a string
tied tightly around the fore leg, a small
rope tied around the n ot of the tail aud
passed in front between the fore legs and
drawn tight all seemed to have one and
the same effect of taking the horse's at
tention and diverting it from the balk
ing. In many cases, th-i trouble is
caused by a nervousness oa the part of
the driver, which is easily commuuic ited
to the animal, and cai be remedied by
allowing the animal to staud quiet until
the tionble is forgotten. In any case,
the whip is the worst remedy that can
be tried, and its impr qier use is, prob
ably, the most p'olitic came of the diffi
culty.
Mourning Customs.
The ancients had queer ideas about
mourning for dead. The Egyptian wom
en ran through the streets crying, with
their bosoms exposed and their hair dis
ordered. Ine Lvcians regarded mourn
ing as unmanly, aud compelled men who
went into mourning to put on female
garments. In Greece, when a popular
general died, the whole army cut off their
hair aud the manes ot their horses. At
the present day the Arabian women st:in
their hands aud teet with indigo, which
they suffer to remain eight days. They
also carefully abstain from milk during
this time, on" tlie ground that its white
color does not accord with the gloom of
their minds. In China the mourning
color is white. Mourning for a pareut or
tiusband is required there by law under a
penalty of sixty blows and a year's ban
ishment. When the Emperor dies, all
the subjects let their hair grow for one
hundred days. In the Eeejee islands, on
the tenth day of mourning, the women
scourge all the men except the highest
chiefs. Another fashionable custom there
requires the friends and relatives of the
deceased to assemble ou the fouith day
after the funeral, and picture to them
selves the amount of corruption the
corpse has sustained by that time. In
lie sandwich Islauds persons desirous or
going into mourning paint the lower part
t their faces black, aud knock out their
front teeth. No doubt this causes a very
siucere kind of mourning for the time.
A French Story.
A young man of good family makes
at the seaside the acquaint ince of a
landsome young woman, seemingly of
ligh social position; falls desperately in
love with her and wishes to marry her.
Here, to his horror, begins an ava
anche of cruel anonymous letters, in
forming him that his spouse-elect is this,
is that, is the other, in fine, is anything
but wdiat she should be.
The lover vehemently protests that
the-e are calumnies, aud hastens to the
prefecture of police to obtain a triumph
ant refutation of the charges against his
sweetheart. Iu view of the gravity of the
case, the prefect consents to investigate
the lady s record. The poor lover listens
breathlessly as the oflicial runs over the
books.
"Ah, here we have her! Schnitzer-
Olympia: passes herself off as the Count
ess de v.; age, twenty-seven ; ran away
trom her mother (midwife. No. 99 X
street) at thirteen, with Y barber: sub
sequently was left a heritage by her al
leged uucle, Z., druggist; next heard of
at ' Here the oflicial looks up and sees
the young man with his head bowed
despairingly on bis arm and his whole
frame racked with agonizing sobs.
"Come, come," says he, kindly, "cheer
up. T here s nothing to be glum auour.
Look! a record as long as your arm, and
never a siugle conviction for anything!"
Expensive Love - Making. French
ladies are not so averse to soft compli
ments as to prosecute the men who make
them, but they have the wit to make such
amusement dear tor their natterers some
timea.
A very beautiful young lady in Paris,
at a private assembly, lately took round
a small salver and solicited alms tor a
charitable object. A gentleman of the
rrf if a. hundred frauc note on the
salver, saving. "That is for love of you.
The lady paused for an instant, while a
beautiful blush suffased her cheeks, then
said, "And now for the love of the poor,
if you please." iter ready wit was re
warded by another hundred.
Osaoes think that the spirits of their
enemies will act the part of servants to
them in the happy hunting ground.
A Poser.
The Rev. Ralph Erskine, on a certain
occasiou, paid a visit to his brother Eb
enezer at Abernethy.
"O, man !" said the latter, "but ye corns
in a gude time. I have a diet of exami
nation to-day, an' ye maun tak' it, ns I
hae matters o' life and death 6ettle at
Perth."
"With all my heart," quoth Ralph.
"Noo, my billy," said Ebenezer, "ye'U
find a' my folks easy to examine but ane,
an' him, I reckon, ye had better no med
dle wi He has our auld fashions way o'
answerin' ae question by putting anither,
an' maybe he'll affront ye."
"Ati'ront me!" quoth the indignait
theologian.; "do you think he cau foil m?
wi my ain natural tools?"
"Awcel," 6aid his brother, "Ise gi' ve
fair wai'nia', ye had c.'ttcr no' ca' una up."
Ihe recusant was one Walter bunpsou,
the parish blacksmith. The gifted Ralph,
indignant to the last degree at the bare
idea of such an illtterats clown chopping
divinity with him, determined to gravel
him at once with a grand, leading, un
answerable question. Accordingly, after
putting a variety of simple preliminary
interrogatories to the minor clodhoppers,
he all at once, with a loud voice, called :
"Walter Simpson!"
"Here, sir," says Walter; "arc ye waut-
in' mer
"Attention, sir! Now, Walter, can vou
tell me uw long Adam stood in a s'ate of
innocence?"
"Ay," ciied Walter; "till he got a wife!
But can you tell me, sir, hoo lang he
stood nifter?''''
"Sit down, Walter, sit down," said ths
diicomfitted divine.
The XeAv Driver.
A widOkV laly, living in the northern
part of the city, hired anew coachman
the other day a strauger who had noth
ing to recommend him but the fact that
he was willing to work for very low
wages for the sake of steady etuploj'-
meut. He said be had been used to
horsL'S all his life in f :ct had remodeled
about half the equines iu this city. He
was a long time getting the carriage
around the first day, and it was afterwards
ascertained that he had called in a wood
sawyer to show him how to harness up.
In driving down town he took up most of
the street, cut a wheel off another carriage
and ran into a street car, aud the widow
Ix'gan to doubt that he was a professional.
When he drove around with the sleigh
the other day it wasu't fifteen minutes
before the sleih collided with a swill
man's horse aud knocked him over. He
next undertook to pass ou either side of
a cutter, and the own;r tumbled out and
wanted to shoot him. Going home after
a call at the stores he managed to over
turn the sleigh, and the widow, buried iu
the snow, called out:
"I don't believe you know anythi ig
about driving horses!"
I fc-.l, U U .U, 11V .rt.w., .V fS. ........
up the robes, "I'll bet a thousand dolla-s
that I'm used to mules, for I drove 'em ia
the army for four years; if you'll let me
put a saddle on that nigh hoss, and use
one rein, 1 can haw-up aud gee-up and
glang 'em from Detroit to Texas without
breaiin a buckle." Detroit Free Prem.
A Retukn to the Old Pi,an. "Is de
ottery done bustid up?" asked old Si
yesterday.
"It has closed np.
"Dat's what I Vposed!"
"Why?"
"Tvase I seeddat ?qua 1 of two-bit cap
italist was outen oo'bizness. an' wuz
muzin darselbs wid der ole taols!"
"H iw is that?"
"Well, when de lottery was started hit
was 'dopted by de resky darkies ez a
Godsend, tz en 'zempshun from yearn'n'
dar bred in de wet of dere brow!"
"They bet on it pretty lively."
"An' dey has bin 'ventin' in dat sink
hole eber since, an' puttin' in dere time
sfcindiu' 'round lookin' for de outcome,
but de j!g is up if de wheel are stopp d,
fer dat's moughtv few ob de eang dat
hez catched de so' eyes settin' up by
canTe lite to count de dividends dat dey
g ,t on de torn.
"Tnat's so."
"Dar's de proof right 'round dar in dat
hoss lot, now, fer I jess seed fo' ob dem
speckerlators on de lottery playin' kyards
dar fer tree kjar tickits an' a nickel ter
see which tree of 'em 'ud go hungry t r
day fer de benefit ob de winner!" At
lanta (Od.) Constitution.
After the failure of the principal in
dustry, the town of became reduced
in wea'th, and many of its people were
much straitened.
A 'ceita'n woman, who was in a deli-
state of hea th, heard of a townsman who
wanted a housekeeper, and offered herself
for tiie place; but Dauiel said that lie
wanted a wife, not a housekeeper, merely.
"I don't wa it to marry," said she; "but
if you will take meti keep house, I'll
take care of your things for fifty ceuts a
week."
She was a pretty woman, and Daniel
insisted that he wanted a wdfe. As the
alternative might be tn be supported by
the public, she at length consented ti
marry; but on a more intimate a?q uaint
ance she was shocked to fiad that her hus
band was very profane.
She complained of this to a neighbor,
saying, "It seems as if I couldn't bear it!
I can't have itl"
" Vhy,"taid the neighbor,"I don'tknow
that you have any right t complain; you
knew he wam't a professor when you mar
ried him."
"O yes," answered the grieving wife,
"I knew he wasn't a professor, but I
thought he was a seeker."
The remains of several historical per
sonages who were beheaded in the Tower
of London more than three hundred years
ago have lately been unearthed in making
excavations. Those which were thor
oughly identified are the skeletons of the
Countess of Salisbury, Robert Dudley,
the father of Lady Jane Grey, and the ua
happy Anne Boleyn. . -
Of all the paths leading to woman's
love, pity is the btraightest,
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