Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 25, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 May 1883 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER.

O. Pulsllatomv, MMfB " - INDIANA, A DOMESTIC MISTAKE. Tu Whri lw WMWtty store, ana his Itomeohe Tenrnma "wSuw houne, anaww yet wa night, when Van bad Ms aleeaaut ho wll. Just a day, f km mM rtfkti aiid Van, la ah) the answsiea. as a woman would; foroootrausnjea, aw Deomredbedldls awry day as ntucaasshs in three: . . JeennetfcsseuM teed Um store next say, Van Mia took his oeusr far as sows. Uses aaU !k laaaa newt You'fl H lie tM art. ana wans k bums you'd 9 tne nets enm draw Prddr warn be wakes. And botiy srown hw mm ana rrjr a 'And after breakfast, if the morning- hould lie ciur im ana. The waning tfcati m to-day hang- up upon You'd better lot fm atareh alana you'd a mess, nodovbt UK) I nwteont forvet to Mad the fowls, and mo the oow turned out. "Thou wash tba dlaooa, make the bada aad take up stairs the broom, lor I alwaye a tola thee of year both sweep and air sack i You'd better aextgedown to Jake's i I buy the dinners i The stock to ready for the soup, the piet you'll took tar have to i o maae. a MAt twelve Um dinner ttst be laid, or eUe the ooi oomnum ; Toufeaowthor auiotbe n'etoek aaatat rataobootby ooa Then build the Ira up well and dear, to that the irons beat While you waeai M Urn dtaeer things and make (Ml 'Then yom way hon vmtll Ave, but when the You'd belter send them for the oow, ahe la ao apt to roam; And then rawll aieothe children each a bowl And ItttJoFreddr muatU bathed and pat Into au ooa. "Beside, there's .many a little thing you'll nave to aee dona rleht: ' not a Moment no out or your 1 a aaayMMir anonhl drop in to borrow or toaaJL You OewlnoS growl; it's baslnsai. Tan, to be "When ftsaeerty nine o'clock you may look Tor I wall wanta bit of steak and a good cup Than hie away and lay the Ire, and tee the dpura secure, And when If a tan o'clock. Tan Winker, you'll to 're tea.' sure." wwent to the etoii fad to dVher part, hor chasten and bar the More next day, prenaiad And ret bet houae lay hoary But ahe wo nrteht, and knot the afore And aoM more dry goods in that day than Tan sail aura. bad dono la are. The clerk beneath her wwtohful eye put on a hoard ssstuows and saw hor friends, and MtrtyetmM nU, she Thouirkt of had ultra tit dart rear ana grave arnrun : And oars, poor Van by ton o clock ingmamgnat. He not the ekitbet upon the Hoe, and then tbe Ma piitbiwicttiU she mot then Fred had , aefauad"tbe boy. fees anjokeda pipe and I . ewolhunoeir ohs , w Ire went out before no know the boys They got what dinner theyeouM and; Tan . etood It tnsm fnur; laee. is aaaest iiporwnnt meed, ha went down to the store; Tn ftafrar now, Jaaniuataa, he ante, and with a happy face the wife wont to tbe wistehsd heme, and got aN thinsrs la pktee. When Tan wont home at ntae o'clock the . . house was stfH and elsaa, And wise Jeanaette Ignored the eaywaMUgh It had not been; Bitterer after, if a man saW but one manght InMn WOsru win af boma. Ton winker MMyatmM friend, Tro r to say inlnslif vmt wtK trr to do jaf anOil-n flftimanae 4a Jn TAu mtwlf enaW JUPrr a T g JrftTi Proonbly in no country in tfao world Mt there be found goeh wealth of folk-lore, fairy fatal and legends aa in -Japan, and tao axiatewoo of them crea ttona of Um fanoY a trnlta in keptnf wMi that gay, fatboarted character which hag won for the inhabitants the title, anMNsc ninny others, of "The French of the East." The study of Jananon fairy tales is especially latertwang to vm, because in them we. are track with the rery strong reaetablanee to onr own most popular nnrsery lefends, Cinderella, Jack the Giantiller, Valentine and Orson may be fonnd exactly reproduced by any one who will take the trouble to examine 'the quaint paper-bound Yolutnee which strew tbe mats of every Japanese house where there are oklMrea, and as it has been proved beyond doubt that the origin of moat of our tales is to be found in the East, whither they came together with our chemical nomenclature and our ysteio of enumeration, there seems no canoe to laugh at the idea that originally 5 may have ootne from Japan, eepe- ' when we remember that "westthe oonrse of empire take its way." The stories which follow have been ehoeen for their dissmdlaritr from anything in our language, and, altboWh ennable of being appipotntod by people of matttreyeam as well aa by ehlldre,are tranlatedf from a eurlous old roiume which the writer tricked up In bvof tbe dtorTedda, enttUed "A

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mpooslMo. owinsr to the puna. oulbbUs and ooMntrleitiee wkfeh ahoiittd la the original text, but Ms stonjnoaaoe aas oeen taithluUy nt aagrved. One story U enUUed: WAal'S JOUBHBT. The great fox-erod. Inari. oavoo deter. mined that he would make a Journey through the city to find out where true honesty aad goodness existed. It was a bad age of crime and corruption. Civil wars tore the heart of the fair bland; the rich plundered the poor; the poor could get neither justice nor repa ration; men s minds were aflame with avarice, and the sun shone on as foul a scene of depravity at it had ever seen since the days of the fifth great Deluge. The first place that Inari visited was the countins-bouae of one of the great est merchants of the city of Yeddo. "At k mm -b m a m any rate, - ne said, "1 shall find fair dealing and honesty here, for this man's uaks float on a hundred waters, bis word i aa good as a bond, and his name is a by-word for uprurhtneu and integrity. tie toon up his ngure in the shape of a cobweb In a corner of the sampleroom. The tide of customers and merchants flowed in and out; the money rattled into the coffers; the clerks were busy with pen and scroll; but no saw what Inari saw. His heart smote him to see the tricks of trade aad the deceptions practiced; the chests of tea were filled with colored leaves aad dust weepings; the bales of silk were weighted with false materials, and their contents dyed with false colors; lacquer and bronse manufactured in the next street were sold as the veritable production of old times; tbe very scales used were false; tbe entries in the scrolls were false; and tbe stories told to tbe customer were false. The next day the whole city was thrown into a state of eoeerteraauon at the news that the great firm had failed, and that the head part ner bad gone away no one knew wnttner. Tbe next tourney of the god was to the "yasbiki," or palace of the great lord of Biaen, one of the haughtiest and proudest of the nobles of the empire. As he seated himself in tbe guise of fly on tbe ton of a sword-rack in tbe banqueting chamber he said: "He is too srvat to be ambitious; he is too rich to be avaricious; he has too great expense to be extravagant; he has nothing to scheme for. his fame is too briirht for him to dare to sully it by dishonesty; he is too familiar with pleasure to bo vi cious. " The banquet was spread, and the great lord entered in gorgeous apparel. The sweets with which the meal com menced were served in diahea of the purest Nagasaki porcelain, the rice wan in the tineet of old ffol'l lacquer, the wine -that prince of wine,the -Flower in Full Bloom" hissed and bubbled in vases of the choicest Biscn ware, while the rarest of fish and fowl came up in quaint dishes brought from China. Merrily the feast proceeded, the winecup circled incessantly, cheeks grew flushed, eyes beiran to sparkle, and toturues waived fast. There was noth ing in this with which Inari could And mult, lor tne rnnce was weaitny, an it became his diimitr to keep a sumptu out table, but he was annoyed and disgusted to observe with what brutality the ranee treated bis wife, a poor, modest. retirlmr creature, whose fault seemed to be that she brooked her hus band's insolence too meekly. she spoke Bixcn answered her roughly; if she smiled he frowned, and the poor woman knew not which way to look or now to behave. When tne (iarjciiur ciris were (inhered in. a retainer, humbly nrostratins; himself as be crawled along the floor, brought the Prince a note. Inari, who of course eould see wroturh walls, doors everything;, espied a poor ragged man. evwenUr hall dead .with, cold want, xittinr in the snow outside "How1 said the god to himself, hall see the true nature of the Prince,1 When Biaen ooened the note his face grew purple with passion, hie brow was dickered into a net-work of frowns, and his hand stretched out to his sword an act at table which is only tolerated under the most exceptional cir ettsnstanoes. When Hixen had so lar col looted himself as to be able to speak, he roared: "What does the scamp mean by ratrnding umn my privacy with his beggarly petitions? Who let him in at thegreat gate?" " What is it?" asked his wife, incautiously. The Prince turned on her like a wild animal "What is it, madam?" he hissed. "Why, it's a letter from an impostor who declares that I have ruined him by forfeiting his tenure last summer; he says be is starving, and has the unheard-of insolence to ask me for tbe loan of a hundred riyost" Ton can afford to let him have them, can you not1' meekly asked his wife; " go I will go and give them to him." The Prince raised his hand and struck the unhappy woman to the ground. Inari eould stay no longer. Otiteide. where cowered the, beggar, he assumed the guise of a retainer. "Where do ynti five?" he asked thepoor man. "At Kawasaki, your noble Honor," replied the man, trembling with terror, "and I have walked here through the snow some fourteen miles to ask his Highness for a little help, for I am very poor and miserable, and through no fault of my own." "Are yon boneet?" asked Inari." "I try to be, your Honor," answered the poor fellow. "I can easily find omVf dd tbe god, "so do not deceive me." The beggar looked at him. Inari placed his hand in the poor man's sleeve and disappeared. The beggar, bewildered, looked round, then felt in his sleeve, ana milled out notes to the value of five hundred riyos. Then be fell on bis knew and cried: "It it the worshipful Inari himself f ' and went sis war reJokHnjr.

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iTl f oort atodos! hall of juetieo esty here,H he anJd. "I i't wnere to look tor u." The day's hngtasss began, ami Inari took the form of a pee in the hand of one of the clerks. "Call the frst oase." said the Judge, a big, heavy fellow. with a face wbiea betokened constant acquaintance with the good things of this life. The irst criminal was introduced; he was carried in, for be had aid live days in a noisome cell with weights upon his back and legs, and could not move. "You are accused of robbery," said the Judge. "Nay, your Honor," whispered tbe poor wretch, "1 was starving. 1 saw a rice cake on a shop shelf, and I could not resist the temptation to seine it Doesn't matter. "It's robbery," said the Judge. "People's property must be protected. Fifty stripes with tbe bamboo, a month's hard labor upon rice and water, and think yourself lucky to get off with your bead! Next case." A oaaoiuteiooktng young leuow, fashionably dressed, swaggered In be tween two jailers, sorry to see you here, Mr. Hanaski," said the Judge, blandly. Same as before, I suppose?" Weil, sir," replied the young; nan. with an air of careless effrontery, "it was at the Three Pine Trees;1 I suppose I had been drinking a bit. the wench was impudent, and I out her down. I suppose a couple of hundred riyos for the family will settle it?" Oh. as it was lustifUble" said the Judge, "we'll calf it a hundred. Good " mm a . a morning-- me young man para too money and left the oourt. Inari shuddered. "Here," thouj-ht be, "is a poor wretch who is convicted of having stolen a cake worth half a temno to annease the cravings of his hunger and is condemned to oe crippled for fife; and a young blackguard who kills a woman gets off with an easy fine!" On the spot he struck the Judge 9 1 . with a dropsy, from which he never recovered; and the young murderer was waylaid by the friends of the girl and so maltreated that he died of his wounds. Heart-sick aad mortified, Inari said " Now for Kawasaki. Possibly, but not probably, I shall find beneath the lowly peasant s roof what I have failed to discover in the irilded palaces of the mighty." To Kawasaki he went as a pilgrim. He soon espied the beggar cutting wood outside a poor but neat little hut hard by the ferry. Assuming an air of great weariness, the god addressed him: "I am bound for the holy 0 Yama, to do my mid-winter Emance bent-ath the cascades of oyias. I am very poor, and can not afford to go to one of the great teahouses; perhaps you will let me rest here a while and refresh myself in re turn for what few tempos I can give. The peaaant took inari s arm gu and led him in. "Oh, Kiku!" be cri to his wife, " here, quick, bring some warm water aad something to eat and drink; here is a poor, old pilgrim tired and hungry." A pleasant-looking old woman approached at the summons and saluted Inari. Then the warm water was brought aad she bathed the feet of the god, while her husband scraped together what little food- and wine there was in the house and set it before him. "I feel ashamed." said Inari, " at trespassing upon the good nature of those who are as poor as myself." "Do not mention it, air," said the peasant. " We have to work hard for our living, but we have always something to spare for poor travelers Uke yourself." " And bow do you get your living, if it is not a rode qtiesuour" asked Inari " I out wood for the great tea bouses," replied tbe man, 'and at busy times 1 help the ferryman. But I had such great good lack the other day that we are quite oomfortabie now." Aad he told Inari about bis visit to the Biaen palace. The god said nothing for a few minutes, and then he asked: "I si tell be returning here in a fortnight's time; could you make it convenient to lend me fifty riyos?" " Willingly, sir," said the peasant, and he counted out the sum from his bamboo stem and placed the paper in the hand of the god. In a fortnight Inari returned to the peasant's house, and said: "Here are the fifty riyos you were kind enough to lend me and," taking from his own pocket a roll of notes, "here are five hundred more. I only borrowed from you to test your heart, and perhaps you can guess wool am." The astonished and delighted couple fell on their knee in aa ecstasy of joy. Inari disappeared, and thepoor peasant prospered ever after, until be became the owner of the largest teahouse in Kawasaki. Another story Is called: A Ct'Rt FOR DlgCOIrTKMT. la that low quarter of the dty of Yeddo, called Shinagawa, there lived a poor sandal-maker. He was very poor, and belonged to the proscribed tribe of Etas, a race which, previous to the present era of refinement and enlightenment, lived by themselves, the spurned and despised of men, able only to follow oertain trades of a menial character, such as the flaying of animal, the execution of criminals and the making of eandah and clogs, to which the freeborncitMns would not stoop. Poverty and misery preyed upon the mind of the poor settdaAmaker so much that one night he said to his win: "Oh, TaU, I wish I could be a great lord for a few days, to do nothing, to eat ami drink of the best, aad never to be obtked to think about speadwga tsmyw." J5Don,t be stupid, DrniMcm?' replied his wife, on wtndd never do to be a lord; you

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llnrr enaflts. said: "You waat to he a lord. Very well; yon shall try it for a areek." The eandal-maker rubbed his eyes aad awoke. He was is abeanttadroom, the walla of which were hung with cartons ly minted scrolls, the mats were of tbe finest aad whitest straw; his quilts were of the softest silk, aad his pillow was of camphor wood with a roll of the bamboo paper usd upon it. Ashe awoke a him kswelinsr wfuj a trayot DenUohi took a handful ana swauowea . SJA, . W m mm a his lips and cleared the dish. Tbe servant prostrated himself to the mats aad retired as he came. kneeliag. "Well." said Denkiohi, this is tucki 1 suppose i a oeuer rose." His old garments were gone. aad in their place was a salt of splendidly embroidered silk, fHed with stiff cardboard wings and adorned wit Huge white crests of oak leaves. A person age who seemed to be & sort of maiordomo appeared, and informed him that tbe suitors were waiting la the anteroom. "But whore's 0 Takl?" asked DenkichL Tbe man shook hts bead. " WelL as Fa a regular lord, thought Denkichi, " I may as win see what it's Uke: but I should have liked 0 Taki to have seen me. And tnese eiotaes confoundedly ant and heavy. But never mind, hero goes!" So he went into the ante-room, wnere mere must aave been at least a hundred people asa bled, who all made obeisance as be ap peared. The major-domo showed aim to a sort of raised diss on which he was to seat himself, and for three long hours he was oblbred to remain uwOonless, listening? to claims and petitions, and remonstrances and beggings of favors, and details of estates, and of revenue. and of a hundred other things about which he knew nothing. Several times be felt as if be would have liked to tump up and stretch his legs, and hitched himself uneasily, but the eye of the major-domo spoke a silent remonstrance, and he subsided with a sigh. When at length the buaine was con cluded, Denkichi was about to fling on" his robes and lie down as was his wont, half-naked, with his pipe between his lips and a bowl of wine beside him, when the major-domo informed him that the hour of the raid-day meal had arrived. At this repast be was introduced to the ladies of his retinue, who were magnificehtly arrayed, but so staid and solemn of demeanor, so unable to appreciate the jokes by which be had won for himself the name of the "Shinafawa Wit," that he would much rather ave had his plain, homely O Takl by his side. The meat was splendid, but Denkichi would have preferred a dish of stewed eels, a bowl of Yakidofu. and a measure of Three Virtue wine to all the delicate dishes presented to him, so smothered in sauces and condiments at not to pieseive an atom of their natural flavor. It was a long affair, too, and when it was over he exclaimed with a sigh of relief: "Wen, at aay rate, now they'll let me have half aa boor's peace.' But the maior-domo approached, aad reminded him that the fenciag-nmster was waiting. So poor Denkichi was obliged to incase himself in a heavy suit of chain armor, and for more than an hoar attack and defend, repeat, parry, cut, lunge and dance about until he was well nigh dropping with fatigue. After the fenc ing came tne master ot tJniaese, ana after the master of Chinese the music instructor. A few cups of tea spoiled, so thought Denkichi, by the infusion of cherry flower somewhat refreshed him, and for the first time daring the day he was enabled to get a few minutes of such rest as his stiff raiment would allow hint. But the buafneas of the day was by no means over. A council of the heads of the ward was held, at which Denkichi presided, aad again he had to sit listening to dry arguments on questions of law. petty differences of opinion, long speeches aad statements about matters in which he did not feel the slightest interest. This was followed try toe evening meal, aa entertainment just as formal nnd twice as lengthy as that at midday. He was almost asleep with weariness aad fatigue, and wouldbave crept into his sumptuous bed-chamber, but the major dosao how he hated that mahw-donao! told him that a new theater had been opened in the quarter, aad that the people would be eamnded if the lord were not to honor the first night with bis presence. A fresh salt of clothes, if possible heavier and stiffer than the first, was necessary for this performance, and not until the small hours of the next morning could poor Denkichi at last throw himself down between the quilts, only to be aroused in n short time to meet the assembly of suitors. So for a week this continued, with but little variation. On the evening of the sixth day Inari appeared. "Well," he said, "how do you Hke it?" Denkichi fell on his knees. "Let me go back this minuter" ha afled, "and 1 more shall you Isaar a word of hart pass my awuAa." Iaari granted his prayer, and he found ttinself back again at the old hat in Shiasmwa, with OTaki by his side. So ueserly wearied and worn out was he that he slept during the whole of the next day, aad then he related his experleaces to a woadVrtag - SLMjaa What m miammm hum atrew ot xneaas. nan aa never am was heard to graunbts at hfa lowly eoabeen la ass thirteen years. ttmitmie-JfVr. 0

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HPNf.fg. aaaaaaaaa anpsi aJfcSammmsarmi -After aamaT anaa4unj SBMPgasnasmaap SO HX, Bug a ago, she faiated away. CTfcm (at lit remf late Jadge Wales, is old. Chancellor ftaalasar, Chief Jaatiee Ckmnagy l JudVe Houston la efase oi Judge Woottea aemrty sigaty. el Cramn, of ; N. Y., ass rseeatty saMan Ksthaa Greeley. of Isnsat Cfty, a ns of the now xork entire period ttorsei: tweasy-asgat yaaaa, i weekly aad saaaV son for stf aataev The weekly, aad Mrs. the gTsad-daaaatsr of niisHsat it ttviasr la at aha agrees ojahl J si y been tales aa of tae House, the first tram at the early of four over a period of ity yeara.--i "A Through is the title of a new book written by na English giant fa intellect aad just aanV lished in London, which ImtrflM. among other interesting things, a via to the HoAnma House hotel at New York, where they have the fmest drinking bar in the world, "presided oven by the notorious Fiske, who got oa ml easily after a abort incarceration fan booting Mr. Seward oa the staircase off the Fifth Aveaue Hotel. N. 7. Time. ' Governor Crittenden, of Missouri is said to be "very vain for so able ai man." When the Legislature appro priated 100,000 for the State University, he sent from Jefferson City to St Louis and bought a ten-dollar gold pea. with which to sum tbe bffl. Thee ha o sign tbe bill. Tnen am as a present to James BoM panied by a latter saying; y time the pea had beem sent tbe pea line, accompanied that the onfv time dipped in ink was to sign tlmbfflappixnaungaiw.uw lor tne umvexsmy.i Chicago Time. Marie Bone is the only singer ot distinction who isn't afraid of catching! cold. Nikuon treats her throat as she) would a sick baby; Kellogg was afrahll to venture out of doors twenty-four hours before she snag; Hank goes to bed and remains there to C4plete silence six hours before sbe appears m concert: Abbott has the doors and windows of her room hang with bed blankets lest a draft strike her precions person; Gerster wears a heavy shawl while walking: tbe hails of Marie lose is as a child. Cnatmoe BermUL Marriage is a lottery, h not beard mat love letters the privilege of the mails. Aa Old Song Bevhwd: What aah wtthowtaaaf awe surra, ave aVnusdf Ailea, my tsver, aSw.nl Waat tea monkey watmat a "Unspotted from the world'' is title of a new hook. It W evidently tka history of tbe career of a ilswiilllag, cashier who has never been cans. Jf. T. Jtmmml. over the PemifwssaelBsilroM ai time since. If that word sliuaid 8? upon the track more will be al smash-up. Sttmrvitle , -A vounsr man. while for his father's pig, secant man as follows: -Have ysaaaan asssam pig about here?" Pat nsf inisd Falx, how could I tell a strswpia; from aay other?" Thevars not very faekesuaaes ana on the Western frontier, bat they 1 bow to lead the dav soasevisuaaU pat a vsms aatsaat a vigllaats pat a taps anaus oris thhnVaeekhatl to a tree."WeU, are. to be sure: mart : m -m a. eight bv tweaty-tva! m Charles oaa ao it la k Absurd tmail prised. They say fools rapidly tnese aays. --The editor of the fKv.1 enw sera he The Beautiful Snow" hi type m fall of 1861, when laaaa, af i Cwwmcrcnsr. first wrote it. dogs of Tbe-Bueulifid-flaow loose agam. mrm row. -Iloavd In the great Watts "lathe Bar Boaaaaa miae ever thai "Yes.'T Aad aid that karpBe af eta eome from it?" "Yes," Au rsgat, I Will aWM (Nit OhsaUasI tlffti there la no ore m 4uspart tries, von knowF" " Never l that. I esa say there hi phanaraf are hi eight, FWmdelpkm Jkm A man who bousrat a badty-ffttbai suit that was much tea large lor him. was eoastaatlv takea to took by kla good wile for all flatty. Oaa awsjtjnsj at tlunr little enmsjMnT wan lamrlajB they were much tarprkent to iiilllji aW following- e i n ilaai a a af law amnaaW torn following prayer: "tu asaam. so as Gai. Ml csothes'll it tsm ana won't aag at Mm as)

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