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it backward. But he never said so to Nick. OATCBING PORPOISIB. Womens of The East. "3‘ When he Went home he quietly put the box The - How H.e L ‘ 'â€"' in his pocket. Nick did not notice it. He â€" “M Wm” °‘ "‘9‘" l” 91° "“' 51- D- “m5 m Wise With! THE GBATBI'UL scam. was too honest himself to suppose any 0... mom m... o. nor... on‘ a. so...” 33,331“ “with? " 33:“; 9",“? “We - A it. iii-fwd ’ . __ else a thief. , 0"“ “f nmc' considered a: uhyk'ind favzr‘of Providevnoe helluin lies cld‘envoml ’ h “kw Nick Nickson was a woodchopper. Win": a“ “18””? 80* in“ 111‘ 00W 11° Along the coast of Maine there are several the reverence paid the mother of a larg; " Yea," any. the (211?“ :1 m twenty. He had lived close to the forest for many immdi‘tdY 8°” ‘ °hi3°1 “‘1 " m” “‘1 ye." with his wife m children. It ,7” smashed the box open. Inside he found a seldom Nick went to town or anywhere P".°° °l P‘P“: Whi°hw "NP?6d mud else, because he had a great deal of work to '- uni W16 silver key- 0n the paper heread do to keep his family alive. Wood-bowing the“ line“ places where porpoise catchin is carried on extensively and afi'crds the principal means of support for many of the people living in those localities. The Bay of Fundy is an especially good fishing ground, and Indian family is unbounded ; her permission is ask- ed by gray~bearded sons to do the most ordinary things, and her sway appears to be autocratic. On the other hand Confucius and the one." “ How do you dncw 3” "Well, I have had the seven year itch three times,” was the response. 110"! W much OI b paying bake“: "Id In the forest by the brook, Pea-Oh. bordering on $118 water! 0‘ the 58?. classics are filled with scornful and oontempt~ The Love, 3 mistake Nick found it no better. But he never oom- Where the .11",- meple gmwg, is more or less occupied the year round by non. amnion. to women, we we the en. . . lainod; he did the best he could in the You Wm find ,, 11m. nook whites and Indians who do little else. For mormee for the gene“; belief 1,, their in. Impeonmons Lever (dyifi for the all: t manner, and for the rest be trusted to The: with mud gflver fies", years the Passamaquoddy Indians have fol-inlay, The women of the middle end wool heiress) 7“ Oh, Miss y innle, won't a kind Providence to assist him and his The” une- wom “fined u Your Gr“, .u, made a practice of camping on the beach and upper clueee in Chine “e kept in .eejueien give me some little hope? lour father, I wife and children. Goblin" ’ ‘ applying themselves assiduously to porpoise on their line, given no voice in the family am euro. looks with some favor on my Inlt.’ harpooning and shooting. . The winter fish are the fattest and give the most oil: that is the valuable part of the catch. The largest porpoises are about 7 foot long, will girth 6 fast, weigh 300 pounds and over. and yield from six to seven gallons of oil. The blubber is an inch or so thick in warm weather, but in the winter double that. A fat fish’s blubbor will weigh about 100 pounds. The Indians do their work in much the same way now as they did in early years, the most primitive methods prevail- ing. In trying out the blubber the appli- ances are of the rudest kind. The fires are built among piles of stones, over which iron pots are bung. The blubber is out in small pieces and slowly melted. The oil is skim~ med into jars and cans, and when pure is worth 90c. a gallon. The best oil comes from the jaws of the porpoise. The jaws are hung up in the sun, and the oil drops down into a vessel, each pair producing about one-half pint. Watchmakers and others using a very fine all take it in prefer- ence to all other, and it commands a big price. The blubbor oil gives a good light, and for years was burned exclusively in the lighthouses along the coast. In a good season an Indian will catch nearly 200 porpoises, each yielding about three gallons of oil; but most of them fall a good deal below this as they are not over partial to labor. and, as long as the returns of one catch will last, will loaf around the camp rather than go out again. The custom is to get a few gallons of oil, go to the near- est market, and sell it, then “rest” till forc ed by necessity to make further exertions. The porpoise's flesh is like pork when cook- ed, and a staple article of food. The bravery, skill, and endurance de- manded of the porpoise catchers in their work is almost unknown to the outside world. In the morning, when the men are going “porpoisin’,” the women and children turnout to see the canoes cfi'. Each boat has two men, and when a storm comes up while they are out, or they are unusually late getting in, there is great anxiety among those on shore. It takes years of training to make a good porpoise hunter. and the big boys begin by going out with the experienc- ed men. No matter what the water’s con- dition, be it rough or smooth, if there is a trip contemplated the start is made. In calm weather the blowing of the porpoise can be heard a long way. and guides the In- dians in the right direction. Shooting is the most successful method of killing the fish. Long, smooth-bore guns with big charges of powder and double B shot are used. As the fish is floating, swimming and diving about the water, first on the surface and then below, the canoe is paddled as near as possible. Then, as the porpoise lifts him self to dive the gun's charge is let fly. There is seldom a failure to make a sure shot, but the fish is speared to stop his floundering about in the dyin struggle. It is then landed in the canoe y grasping the pectoral fin with one hand, sticking a couple of fin- gers in the blow hole and dragging it over the side. In still water this is easy, but when a high sea is running the undertaking isth and dangerous. Sharks are plenty, and their fins are al- moat always visible cutting the water as soon as a porpoise is wounded, the blood at- tracting them. N 0 end of stories are told of men having had their arms bitten off by sharks while they were reaching into the water to secure a porpoise, but old fishermen scoff at such a thing, and pay no attention to the dread ocean monsters as they almost rub their noses against the sides of the canoes. “Ithink our are mistaken, sir. It Nick m “w M“ “1‘3 in“ a” w°°d' The man at once understood all. He knew in of poor (In it? “d may-nae too ,, , . f“ ‘wenw’fiv" 7”", “d u I“ m“ where the box came from, and he knew that w‘lkingltlwg all” awning h” w“ thlnk' the goblin who had been in the oak had in- inF! °‘ ‘ “c” “1°” ‘11“ °°°°~ “ I hm tended this for Nick. “Nick is a fool," the worked very turd", he muttered to him’elf man said to himself. “I am going to lift the as he stopped before a beautiful young oak tree ready to take 03 his jacket and start 3,2312%. Why did he no” keep the box for op‘r‘tim". " I have worked "‘7 hud’" lie accordingly went into the forest. He in “id ‘ ’m’ u and I think 19313:]! “L be found the little nook, justas he was told, “ion on loon' But I don t ' c t 91:8 beside the silver maple tree. Examining the much chum Wham would 1' gen t a ground, he noticed a tiny keyhole. He had m°n°y to kwp my. ton“ n home .wmmnt already put the key into the holej; he turned work‘ But there" “ u no “a growing now it around, and he saw the shining silver in on fl“ d” of my twePty'fifth “vaena'ry the nook, when his hand was suddenly ar- in the wood chopping line. Prov1dence has tested by the sebum 't°°d by "W 3° 1°"g' “‘1 I don.” think I “You are not the man who liberated ms “nu forgone“ m “3° hm“? Do your from the oak tree 1" said the little man. duty With .B‘u your m‘ght’.‘ “uh 3“. your The thief then had to confess that he got strength! With 91.1 Your abu‘ty’ “1d With an hold of the box because his neighbor Nick unwearying spirit of energy and persever- could not read backwmd. M“; “In is my mom’ and “we” ‘8 ‘Well, you had no business to be a thief, bound to follow some time or other." and . . . . you certainly had no right to take that By this time Nick had taken his top coat box which did not belong to you.“ off and laid it and his bat down in the long ,. I am son, n 1- d , ,, y rep ie the man , if you find shag-3112:1413 tzglihhbutree figmhiit's biased; Will forgive me’i will go home and ten NiCk' c h 8 th fir h b, Thick son all about this silver treasure, and he can its crown 8 gave e s ow. come and get it himaelhn “punters ii"? in 31.1 (“tedious “‘1 Nmk “No there is no necessity for that. Any- dmppw‘ hm “x “‘1 Jump°d baCk from the how, I 'do not believe you would keep your use - ' , . . word. But now that you have found this “What is the matter 2 i he said: “dld Inot silver treasure, take it to your home ; it hear a noise somewhere like the whining of man be you"... Then the goblin vaniath 8 Child 3" The man at once he fill ' k . gun to his poo etc He stood and listened for a few moments, with Inver- When they were filled he took b“ an seemed to be quiet' Then he ’8' his ca then his handkerchief then he took “med his “31" Bat he had only made one off hispdoat and used it as a bag. But when mole blow 9'” the tree When he was “topped all was filled he could not carry the load ; “g‘m‘ This “me he heard the" wordfl’ it was too heavy. So he had to leave some "Get me on.“ G“ me out I" ., . behind. Ho hurried home and ave the “who in "I that can” the”? Nmk “ked’ silver to his wife, then he took theg wheel- wb? was not in the 168‘“ afrafd' ., barrow and returned to the brook. He It is I' the 80mm 0‘ Blmkingdale 1 8‘ loaded the wheelbarrow to its utmost capa- voi‘.” replied‘ be i d ,., city before he left for home. On his way “Bub “the” “a you to on: ‘ h . to his cottage, however, he had to cross a I “m m the oak you have eon ""92 small bridge, which led over a stream, and at’ and I muooed out became I w“ “fraud when he was in the center of this bridge the y°u might kill me'” . . boards broke under him and the wheelbar- “Weu’ be“ me Where I ought to fluke m row, the silver and the man fell down into orderto extricate you without doing you the den Tue load had been too he“, . any bodily harm," replied NickNickson. The mg; was too greedy:he wanted “'30 Then“ too big and too "harp alto" much, and now he was drowned and he film“ now mud the .vome from the “9° ; had nothing at all. It was fortunate for his “k9 w“ P°“),‘°"kmf° “‘1 3”“ donmng wife and children that he had brought some the bark “bout " feet {min the gnun” ' B“ of the treasure homo, and they were saved be very careful or you Will hurt me. from starvation. . Nick “0" t°°k h”! km“ “Pd hfle beg“ Now we will return to Nick Nickson, the cutting the buk' Pm“ by piece 8w ont’ woodohopper. He never missed the little until at last he got to a hollow space when T . _ the voice inside the tree let out a shriek that Eggtgzxfzfiefll'wg‘ figrfileogilgfiyhgbmgzg. w“ 3° loud “‘1 terrible 9‘“ the he“ in the ping down trees as hard as over. Sometimes wood seemed to be shaken by it. h w 1d think bout the oblin and then “ Now you have out my beard' you on Nickovlguld mngmur: “ Tie wbrld is very villain of a woodchoppor," cried the goblin. u awful The nub oblin I find in a tree “ Oh, I will kill you if you are not careful." bag; I“, there for 51131 care." Poor Nick trembled with fear because he had often heard of goblins and their cruelty wagfiégafizg 330,85? 2:3 “Ollififlzrfileagfi to people. But he soon realized that he was box H “m room. H. pick ed in up again, find at master of the situation, and he need not on t,“ to 0 these words could be read {Hiram of a“ Roblm' again: “Open me." But this time the “ LOOk haliglle- Gofilin’" “id Nulck' é. writing was straight, and not backward; so Yo.“ me“ m 1 me ' en you 8° on ’ Nick read it at once, and of course, under- think I will leave you where you are and go “00d. home‘ Good'bym" “Open you! All right, that is easily " For gracious sake, don’t do that, my d e .. he “he bu on the and took good man," hallooed the goblin; “ I did not has gx’ lg: n on. "rake “(81:311. 1);! was mean what I said then, but you did hurt me smashed. Imus Nick found a. piece of “(1 no mhmke' Bub be “refill of my paper wound aroundabeautiiul golden key Md 3 it in V0 long’ and “1 hm." very of the finest workmanship. Nick took the much if you pu 1 only one of the hairs out. paper Md looking at in 01036, he saw m“ Now I will tell you something else. If you - . _ got me out Without doing me any more harm u contade the fouowmg ""8 ' will give you a great reward, and make you the richest man in the world.” Nick was well satisfied when he heard that, and he worked with renewed vigor. In a few minutes the hole was large enough and the goblin came out. The woodohopper was astonished when he saw the creature. The little fellow was just 8 inches high, and his appearance was very funny. A long cap with a plume at the and ban down over his back, and his beard reache down to his toes. Nick looked much surprised when he remembered that this little man had been able to shriek so loud. “How did you get into that tree 2" asked Nick of the goblin. “To tell you that would be a very long story to relate. Be it sufficient for you to know that I have been in that tree twenty- fiyo years tc-day. You have got me out of my long imprisonment, and I will give you a reward when the times comes." With the last word the goblin had van~ ished. “Well, but where is my reward 2" cried Nick. “It is all very well to say I shall have it when the time comes, but when will that be? Oh, you mosnlittle scamp of a goblin, to get me first to extricate you from an oak tree, where you were buried for twenty-five years, andzthon to run away from me be- cause on are too stin to thank me for it. Ah l is is an ungrato ul, cruel world. J on when I thou ht that I was to be made rich, too. Ah, we 1 never mind ; let me continue at my work of woodohcpplng, but I will be cibarif’i’il not to have any more to do with gob- Nick now worked away with his ax in a mad humor. He struck the trunk of the oak with terrific force. It seemed to satisfy his little patience. However, you are a pretty anger, because he imagined every time the good fellow. Nick, and now here is your ax hit the tree he was hurting the little gob treasure. Enjoy it with your wife and chil- lin. In a few moments the roots of the tree dren, liVe long and be happy , and remember lay bare, and behold 1 what did Nick find? sometimes the Grateful Goblin." At the very bsseof the oak harm a little Nick was now alone or n his treasure. block ebony box. He picked it up and be He took a good lot home with him, and he noticed there was no lock to it. On the top and his dear Wes lived in the future a! were written the two words: "Open me I" happy as happy could be. But the words were spelled backward, and when Nick looked at them it read in his mind: “ em as O l" hick never had been very sharp in k learning, and it never The MOSt Pmbable Result. siruck him to try and make some sense out ‘30 inunded ‘0 “*0 hi3 5}" 70?,389 to of the words “ em hero." He saw that he Ln1’01” “‘1 “7” finally “mug ‘0 h“ but did not know what it meant and he did not 8in 350‘“ it- couucils until very aged, and are seldom taught oven the rudiments of an education. In contradiction to this low and miserable estate of some millions of Chinese women the present Empress dowager and Regent of China is an anomaly among the female sovereigns. Sheis aTartar by birth, lite.- ally and figuratively, and is strong-minded, independent and masculine, even to our Western ideas. While no woman can oc« copy the dragon throne, this Regent has governed the empire during a most stormy and critical period. She has kept the eighty vast provinces together, and held in loyal subjection the wiliest and most cunning co- terio of councillors. The Chinese Empress is an active and energetic woman, and be- side the manly art of state-craft, is given to out-door and athletic sports. Her test are not dwarfed, and riding, bunting, hawk- ing. and archery are her pastimes. No European has over looked upon her, but there is no doubt of the existence of this Orential Catherine the Great. She has never undertaken any social reforms, or at- tempted tc widen the sphere of her female subjects. In J apau, women have always held a po- sition superior to that of their Asiatic sis- ters. Their seclusion, even in the old days. was not so strict. They led a freer and more out-door life, ann they were educated to acertaiu extent. The family idea and rule prevailed, and with the exquisite po- liteness of those people exalted deference was paid the mother of the family. The Confucian laws were recognized there as well, and her duties and obligations were strictly defined by them. Her three great duties were obedience to her father, her husband, and oldest son, as they in turn became the head of her family. With the recent marvellous advance of civilization among Japanese, has come a corresponding improvement in their treat- ment of women, and now the Japanese wife has practically all the privileges of her Western sister. 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Au' the quarest thing av all, Mrs. McGlag- gorty. is the way the bushel is droppin' out av soight.” “Is that: so, me frind ‘2" “Yis, Mrs. McGlaggerty," said the Widow Magoogin; “ the bushel is in the soup, as me bye Tammy sez, so far as high-chooned socoiety is consarned at the present toime. They’re not wearin’ id no longer, an,’ be- gorry,d’ye know, Mrs. McGlaggerty, there’s some av the erruls luks lcike a camil wud a brokiu' boic since they left aff their bus- hels. Thim that had big bushels looks the wusht, av course, but dear knows thim that had little wane looks bad enouob. 0i wore a bushel mssel’ fur afwhoile, Mrs. McGlag- gerty, jisht because id war the shtoylo, d’ye moind, an' not bekaso Oi wanted to desaive annybody about me figgcr ; an’ d'ye know now, Mrs. McGlacgerty, id’ll almosht break me heart to have to take id afi‘. Audher- shtand me, now, Mrs. McGlaggerty, that Cl doou’t moind wan bib fwhat thrausformation it makes in th' appearance av me figgcrâ€" Ol'm not at all proud av the Vanyus do Bolony contour, as PaddyIClancy s brother, that wish to school at a nooth an' kom near to bein’ priosted, ushe to sayâ€"but id's an account av mo feelin’s an' fwhat’payplo id be loikely to say. Parbeckl , too, 01 don't want that banauny-faced Ditc woman, I] in- nsry’s mother, to have the laugh an me, fwhich she will afi‘she uver sees me wud me bushel afl". Oi met her be chance, as id Wire, in the Parrk wan day, an’ she stz she to me, pintin' to me Toohnoor, as the Frinch calls the bushel : ‘ that haves ye andher there, Berdie '2‘ sez she, ‘ there 1' 3:2 01. purtin- din’ not to know fwhat she was talk 21’ ab ut ‘ There,’ stz she, pintin’ to me bushel ‘Woll now, me foine loady,’ tez Oi to mesil ’, ‘ Ol‘ll be uv’ry bit as cute as you are, so Oi up an 9:2 to her : ‘ Mrs. D'mkelshpiel,’ says 0i. ‘fwhat d'ye think 01 have there f' ‘ A rat thrap,’ says she. 'that's that 2' says 0i. ‘ A rat thrap,’ scz she agin, sayln ' id so loud that siv’ril youn frinds av males who war passin ' by hurd id. Oh. but Oi was so as- hamed Oi kud have sunk roight down through the airthl but ()1 didn’t, Mrs. McGlaggerty. Oi simply towld the Ditch cattymaran fwhat 0i thawt av her, an‘ sad that whouver towld her 01 were a rat thrap ur a burn cage nr a bushel av auny koind was a monkoytfacod loiar an' Oi kud fwhip the loifo out av her four toimes in tin minnits. Now, ye see, Mrs. Dinkelshpiel '11 give me the razzlo an’ want to know fwhat bskem av mo rat thrap. That's the only raison 0i wurry mo head about it at all, at all, Mrs. McGlaggerty." W The Old Man's Little Mission. “ What is your mission here, sir?" asked the old man with a frown. “ I am on three missions, sir,” replied life poor young man, who was also a humor- 1:. “ Well, what are they?" inquired the old man, impatiently. “ Per-mission to marry your daughter, admission to your family circle and sub- mission to the regulations of your house- hold.” “ Ugh l” gruuted the old man, who was something of a joker himself. “ I have one little mission to offer before I conclude any arrangements with you.” “ Name it," cried the poor young man go erly. “ I will be only too glad to perform t. 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Y. ‘i’aNl‘EDâ€"(jnllsctlcn of poems. or old Canadian or American. Address Couscro: Box 483. Toronto Out. At the castle on the mount Is a golden treasure, Where golden rod is often found Waiting for your measure. The slip of paper waslsiguod : “The Grate- ful Goblin." Nick looked at the writing long and intently. “ Well," he said, at last, “I will at once 0 and find out whether that goblin has p ayod another trick on me. I might as well be fooled twice as once.” He immediately ran towards the moun- tain, which stood not far into the for- est. Arrived there he climbed up the steep ascent, and when he on to the walls of the castle he walk all around until he found the yellow golden rod growing everywhere. Then he examined the wall. In a moment he noticed a small hole in the wall, which seemed to have been made for his golden key. Putting it in the hole and turning round was done in a second. Nick already behold the glitterin mass of shining gold before him when the o lln appeared. "So here you are, then, ’ he said to Nick; “so you did not give the box away this time. Why did you not keep the other!" Nick explained to the goblin that he did not know what the box contained. “Why did you not open it 2" “I don’t know." “Well, your neighbor did, though, and he got a silver treasure. But I punished him before he was able to onjov it, and he is now dead in the stream. Now, look here, Nick, you fancied that I did not mean to give you your reward as I promised.“ "Well, it looked like it, did it not?" “Looked like it has nothing to do with it. You should have trusted me, and have a __â€"._â€"_â€" Lawsuit Over a Goose. At Antioch, a small village in Metcalfo county, Ky., suit was brought by Mrs. James Poynter to recover damages from Mrs. Ware for the slaughter of a gray goose belonging to the former. The killing oc- curred three years ago. The places upon which the two Women live adjoin. Mrs. Poynter owned a flock of geese which she prized highly. The geese frequently got into Mrs. Ware's yard and ate all the grass. It is said that one goose can eat as much as three horses. Mrs. Ware frequently warn- ed her neighbor to keep her geese in her own yard. Mrs. Poynter promised to do so, but the geese were too much for her. When they found out that they were not wanted in Mrs. Ware’s yard they made that en- closure their favorite stamping ground. One day Mrs. Ware discovered the sees in her yard, and she said “ she guesse she wouldn‘t be bothered with them dratted geese any longer.” She gave chase with a goodtaized billet of wood. She struck one goo-a on the head and killed her. The others esca . Mrs. Pownter demanded that Mrs. Ware pay her forty cents for the dead goose. She said that her neighbor could have driven the geese out of her yard without resorting to violence. Mrs. Ware replied that was the only remedy she had found effective, and re- fused to pay. 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