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# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Miller, his Son, and their Ass

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THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS
A MILLER, accompanied by his young Son, was driving his Ass to market in hopes of finding a purchaser for him. On the road they met a troop of girls, laughing and talking, who exclaimed, “Did you ever see such a pair of fools? To be trudging along the dusty road when they might be riding!” The Miller thought there was sense in what they said; so he made his Son mount the Ass, and himself walked at the side. Presently they met some of his old cronies, who greeted them and said, “You’ll spoil that Son of yours, letting him ride while you toil along on foot! Make him walk, young lazybones! It’ll do him all the good in the world.” The Miller followed their advice, and took his Son’s place on the back of the Ass ​ while the boy trudged along behind. They had not gone far when they overtook a party of women and children, and the Miller heard them say, “What a selfish old man! He himself rides in comfort, but lets his poor little boy follow as best he can on his own legs!” So he made his Son get up behind him. Further along the road they met some travellers, who asked the Miller whether the Ass he was riding was his own property, or a beast hired for the occasion. He replied that it was his own, and that he was taking it to market to sell. “Good heavens!” said they, “with a load like that the poor beast will be so exhausted by the time he gets there that no one will look at him. Why, you’d do better to carry him!” “Anything to please you,” said the old man, “we can but try.” So they got off, tied the Ass’s legs together with a rope and slung him on a pole, and at last reached the town, carrying him between them. This was so absurd a sight that the people ran out in crowds to laugh at it, and chaffed the Father and Son unmercifully, some even calling them lunatics. They had then got to a bridge over the river, where the ​ Ass, frightened by the noise and his unusual situation, kicked and struggled till he broke the ropes that bound him, and fell into the water and was drowned. Whereupon the unfortunate Miller, vexed and ashamed, made the best of his way home again, convinced that in trying to please all he had pleased none, and had lost his Ass into the bargain.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Mischievous Dog

THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG
THERE was once a Dog who used to snap at people and bite them without any provocation, and who was a great nuisance to every one who came to his master’s house. So his master fastened a bell round his neck to warn people of his presence. The Dog was very proud of the bell, and strutted about tinkling it with immense satisfaction. But an old dog came up to him and said, “The fewer airs you give yourself the better, my friend. You don’t think, do you, that your bell was given you as a reward of merit? On the contrary, it is a badge of disgrace.”
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Monkey As King

THE MONKEY AS KING
AT a gathering of all the animals the Monkey danced and delighted them so much that they made him their King. The Fox, however, was very much disgusted at the promotion of the Monkey: so having one day found a trap with a piece of meat in it, he took the Monkey there and said to him, “Here is a dainty morsel I have found, sire; I did not take it myself, because I thought it ought to be reserved for you, our King. Will you be pleased to accept it?” The Monkey made at once for the meat and got caught in the trap. Then he bitterly reproached the Fox for leading him into danger; but the Fox only laughed and said, “O Monkey, you call yourself King of the Beasts and haven’t more sense than to be taken in like that!”
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Mice in Council

THE MICE IN COUNCIL
ONCE upon a time all the Mice met together in Council, and discussed the best means of securing themselves against the attacks of the cat. After several suggestions had been debated, a Mouse of some standing and experience got up and said, “I think I have hit upon a plan which will ensure our safety in the future, provided you approve and carry it out. It is that we should fasten a bell round the neck of our enemy the cat, which will by its tinkling warn us of her approach.” This proposal was warmly applauded, and it had been already decided to adopt it, when an old Mouse got upon his feet and said, “I agree with you all that the plan before us is an admirable one: but may I ask who is going to bell the cat?”
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Monkey and the Camel

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THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL
AT a gathering of all the beasts the Monkey gave an exhibition of dancing and entertained the company vastly. There was great applause at the finish, which excited the envy of the Camel and made him desire to win the favour of the assembly by the same means. So he got up from his place and began dancing, but he cut such a ridiculous figure as he plunged about, and made such a grotesque exhibition of his ungainly person, that the beasts all fell upon him with ridicule and drove him away.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Monkey and the Dolphin

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THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN
WHEN people go on a voyage they often take with them lap-dogs or monkeys as pets to wile away the time. Thus it fell out that a man returning to Athens from the East had a pet Monkey on board with him. As they neared the coast of Attica a great storm burst upon them, and the ship capsized. All on board were thrown into the water, and tried to save themselves by swimming, the Monkey among the rest. A Dolphin saw him, and, supposing him to be a man, took him on his back and began swimming towards the shore. When they got near the Piræus, which is the port of Athens, the Dolphin asked the Monkey if he was an Athenian. The Monkey replied that he was, and added that he came of a very distinguished family. “Then, of course, you know the Piræus,” continued the Dolphin. The Monkey thought he was referring to some high official or other, and replied, “Oh, yes, he’s a very old friend of mine.” At that, detecting his hypocrisy, the Dolphin was so disgusted that he dived below the surface, and the unfortunate Monkey was quickly drowned.
THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Milkmaid and her Pail

THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL
A FARMER’S daughter had been out to milk the cows, and was returning to the dairy carrying her pail of milk upon her head. As she walked along, she fell a-musing after this fashion: “The milk in this pail will provide me with cream, which I will make into butter and take to market to sell. With the money I will buy a number of eggs, and these, when hatched, will produce chickens, and by and by I shall have quite a large poultry-yard. Then I shall sell some of my fowls, and with the money which they will bring in I will buy myself a new gown, which I shall wear when I go to the fair; and all the young fellows will admire it, and come and make love to me, but I shall toss my head and have nothing to say to them.” Forgetting all about the pail, ​and suiting the action to the word, she tossed her head. Down went the pail, all the milk was spilled, and all her fine castles in the air vanished in a moment!
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
# Weighing the Baby

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"How many pounds does baby weigh - Baby who came but a month ago? How many pounds from the crowning curl To the rosy point of the restless toe?"
Grandfather ties the 'kerchief knot, Tenderly guides the swinging weight, And carefully over his glasses peers To read the record, "only eight."
Softly the echo goes around: The father laughs at the tiny girl; The fair young mother sings the words, While grandmother smooths the golden curl.
And stooping above the precious thing, Nestles a kiss within a prayer, Murmuring softly "Little one, Grandfather did not weigh you fair."
Nobody weighed the baby's smile, Or the love that came with the helpless one; Nobody weighed the threads of care, From which a woman's life is spun.
No index tells the mighty worth Of a little baby's quiet breath - A soft, unceasing metronome, Patient and faithful until death.
Nobody weighed the baby's soul, For here on earth no weights there be That could avail; God only knows Its value in eternity.
Only eight pounds to hold a soul That seeks no angel's silver wing, But shrines it in this human guise, Within so frail and small a thing!
Oh, mother! laugh your merry note, Be gay and glad, but don't forget From baby's eyes looks out a soul That claims a home in Eden yet.
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# Weeth v. New England Mortgage Security Company/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
106 U.S. 605
Weeth v. New England Mortgage Security Company
This case comes here by appeal on a certificate of division after a decree in accordance with the opinion of the presiding judge, as required by section 650 of the Revised Statutes. The value of the matter in dispute is less than $5,000, and we have consequently no jurisdiction unless the questions certified are such as we can consider. The controversy is as to whether certain notes sued on are usurious. In the progress of the cause a reference was made to one of the masters of the court 'to report on the law and the facts as shown by the pleadings and the proofs herein.' The master reported, stating the facts he found and his conclusions of law thereon. To this report exceptions were filed by both parties, on the ground, among others, that the facts found and stated were not sustained by the evidence. Upon the hearing of the cause by the court the judges were divided in opinion on the following questions: (1) Whether the notes sued on were usurious. (2) Whether the master's report should in all things be affirmed. These are the questions certified to us.
The rule is well settled that to give us jurisdiction on a certificate of division of opinion, the questions certified must be of law and not of fact. Wilson v. Barnum, 8 How. 262; Dennistown v. Stewart, 18 How. 568; Silliman v. Hudson River Bridge Co. 1 Black, 584; Daniels v. Railroad Co. 3 Wall. 254; Brobst v. Brobst, 2 Wall. 96. We cannot in this way be called on to consider the weight or effect of evidence. It is equally well settled that we cannot take jurisdiction where the whole case is certified up for adjudication instead of single points. U.S. v. Bailey, 9 Pet. 273; Nesmith v. Sheldon, 6 How. 43.
The certificate in this case is manifestly subject to both these objections. The counsel for the appellants opens his argument with the candid statement that 'the first question submitted depends on the solution and determination of the second, to-wit, whether the master's report should in all things be sustained?'-that is to say, whether the evidence supports the findings, and if it does, whether the master was right in his conclusions of law. This certainly presents the whole case for adjudication, and involves a finding of the facts by this court.
The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

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# Weightman v. Caldwell

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United States Supreme Court
17 U.S. 85
Weightman v. Caldwell

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# Weidhorn v. Levy

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United States Supreme Court
253 U.S. 268
Weidhorn v. Levy
Argued: Jan. 28 and 29, 1920. --- Decided: June 1, 1920
Messrs. William M. Blatt and Walter Hartstone, both of Boston, Mass., and L. P. Loving, of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.
Mr. Lee M. Friedman, of Boston, Mass., for respondent.
Mr. Justice PITNEY delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Weightman v. Clark

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103 U.S. 256
Weightman v. Clark
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Mr. Henry Flanders and Mr. R. J. C. Walker for the appellants.
Mr. John I. Rinaker, contra.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Wylie v. Coxe

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# Wylie v. Coxe (55 U.S. 1)

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United States Supreme Court
55 U.S. 1
Wylie v. Coxe
THIS was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Columbia.
It was brought before the court upon the following motion:--
The appellee in this case moves the court to dismiss the second appeal in this record from the order of the Circuit Court, overruling a motion to open the decree and grant a rehearing. And, also, to award a writ of procedendo, commanding the said Circuit Court to proceed and execute the first decree.
RICHARD S.C.OXE, In pro. per.
Dec. 22d, 1852.
Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Who's Who in the Far East/WATSON, Major C. J.

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​ WATSON, Major C. J. (NINGPO), Chinese Army; Supt., Taotai's Police. Came to China, 1862. Address: Ningpo, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WATTS, Lieut. -Colonel Charles Newcomen

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​ WATTS, Lieut. -Colonel Charles Newcomen (SINGAPORE), Headquarters Staff; b. Feb. 9, 1860. Lieut., 17th Foot, Jan., 1881; Lieut., Derby Regt., Feb. 19, 1881; Capt., June, 1895; Major, Notts and Derby Regt., Oct., 1896; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel, Aug., 1902; Lieut.-Colonel, 1904; Staff service, D. A. A. G., Natal, 1893​98; Stn. Staff Officer (graded D.A. A.G.) South Africa, April to Nov., 1900; grad. Staff College, 1888; on active service, South Africa, 1896; Matabeleland Relief Force (mentioned in despatches); on Staff, Natal and Transvaal, 1899-1902 (mentioned in despatches.) Decorations: Queen's and King's Medals. Address; Singapore, Straits Settlements.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WELD, Frederick Joseph

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​ WELD, Frederick Joseph (SEREMBAN), District Officer; F.M.S. Civil Service; b. June 6, 1870. Ag. assist. Collector of Land Revenue, Kuala Kangsar, 1890; Collector of Land Revenue, Kinta, and Registrar of Titles, South Perak, 1899; District Officer, Kuala Selangor, Nov., 1899; Secretary, Commissioner, F.M.S., 1900; ag. Secretary to Resident General, 1901; Registrar of Titles, Collector of Land Revenue, Seremban, 1901; ag. British Resident, Negri Sembilan, 1903; District Officer, Kuala Kangsar, and Collector of Land Revenue, Registrar of Titles, Seremban, 1906. Address: Seremban, Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WATSON, Dr. James Russell

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​ WATSON, Dr. James Russell (CHING-CHOU-FU), M.B., Durh., M.R.C.S., Eng., D.P.H., Cantab; Medical Missionary; b. July 28, 1855. Educ.: Charing Cross Hosp.; Durham and Cambridge Universities. Arrived Shantung, March, 1885, and in charge Mission Hosp. ever since. Address: Eng. Baptist Mission Hospital, Ching Chou-fu, Shantung, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WATSON, Lieut.-Col. W. M.

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​ WATSON, Lieut.-Col. W. M. (SHANGHAI), Commandant, Shanghai Volunteers, Major, West Riding Regt. Was on active service in Matabeleland, 1893-4; South Africa,. 1896; in command of Chinese Regt. July 28 to Dec. 1, 1900; present at relief of Tientsin and relief of Peking (mentioned in despatches.) Decorations; Matabeleland, South African and China Medals. Club: Shanghai. Address: Volunteer Headquarters, Shanghai, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WEI YUK, Hon.

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​ WEI YUK, Hon. (HONGKONG), Unofficial Member of Legislative Council; b. 1849, at Hongkong; s. of late Wei Kwong, banker; m. 1872, e. d. of Hon. Wong Shing, the 2nd Chinese appointed to Hongkong Leg. Council. Educ.: Priv. Tutors; Govt. Central Sch., Hongkong; Stoneygate Sch., England; Dollar Institution, Scotland. After European tour returned to Hongkong in 1872, and entered service of Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, now Merc. Bank of India, Ltd.; on death of his father, compradore of bank, retired from its service for three years; rejoined as compradore, 1875, and has since held that position; J.P., 1883; Unofficial Member of Leg. Council, representing Chinese, since 1898; Chairman, Tung Wah Hosp., 1881-83, 1888-90; one of founders of Po Leung Kuk (Soc. for Protection of Women and Children); associated with numerous bodies having for their object the well-being of Colony; has served on all commissions appointed by Govt. to enquire into matters affecting Chinese, since commencement of public career; has rendered much service in connection with negotiations between Hongkong and Chinese Governments and was instrumental in pacifying his fellow countrymen during riots in connection with British acquisition of Kowloon hinterland; for services rendered during plague epidemic of 1894 was presented with gold medal and letter of thanks by general public and address of thanks from Chinese community; was originator, 17 years ago, of idea of railway from Kowloon to Canton, thence to Peking, and spent large sums furthering scheme; failed owing opposition Chinese officials. Address: Hongkong.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WATSON, Reginald George

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​ WATSON, Reginald George (KUALA LUMPUR), Commissioner of Lands and Mines. Educ.: at Haileybury. Cadet, Straits Settlements, 1883; Priv. Sec. to Sir C. C. Smith, 1884-1885; attached to Land Office, Malacca, 1887; ag. 2nd assist Protector of Chinese, Singapore,. 1888; Senior Magistrate, Selangorr July, 1896; acting Senior Magistrate, Perak, June, 1899; Senior Magistrate, Sept., 1901; Commissioner of Lands and Mines,. Federated Malay States, Feb. 27, 1904. Address: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WATANABE, Viscount Kunitake

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​ WATANABE, Viscount Kunitake (TOKYO), Ex-Minister of Finance; b. May, 1846. Was Vice-Minister of Finance, 1889-1892; Minister, 1892-1894; later Minister of Communications; again Minister of Finance; resigned, 1895; created Viscount in consideration of services during Japan-China War, 1895; Minister of Finance, 1900. Publicaticn: Work on Indian philosophy. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WATSON, Dr. Malcolm

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​ WATSON, Dr. Malcolm ( KLANG ). M.B., C.M., Glaeg., D.P.H., Cantab., M.D.; District Surgeon; b. Aug. 24, 1873. Educ.: Glasgow; Cambridge. Dist. Surgeon, Selangor, 1900; do., Klang, 1902. Address: Klang, Selangor, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WATANABE, Baron Chiaki

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​ WATANABE, Baron Chiaki (TOKYO), Treasurer and Director of Estate Bureau of Imp. Household; b. May, 1843, in Nagano-ken. Took active part in Restoration, being Sec. at Kagoshima, at outbreak of war; subsequently appointed Gov. of various prefectures; created Baron, 1900, Vice-Minister of Home Office, 1892. A ddress: Tokyo, Japan.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Kuang Sun-mou

Mr. K. Y. Kwong
孫謀字星池
(K'uang Sun-mou)
Mr. K. Y. Kwong, a native of Nanhai Hsien, Kuangtung Province, was born in Canton in 1863. He was one of the first groups of young Chinese who was sent to America by the Chinese government to receive modern education. Mr. Kwong prepared for college in Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., from 1887 to 1880. He entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1880 and joined the 1884 class, but returned to China in 1882, before graduation. From 1882 to 1886 Mr. Kwong was general assistant in the Kaiping Mining Company, Tongshan. From 1886 to 1900 he was assistant engineer on Peking-Muk len Railway. He was assistant engineer in the Pinghsiang-Chuchow Railway from 1901 to 1903. Mr. ​Kwong rejoined the Peking-Mukden Railway as resident engineer from 1903 to 1905. And was district engineer on the Peking-Kalgan Railway in the fall of 1905-1906. In the fall of 1906 he became engineer-in-chief of the Canton end of the Canton-Hankow Railway. From 1911 to 1916 he was chief engineer of the Peking-Suiyuan Railway and from 1917 to 1919 that of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway. During 1920-1921 Mr. Kwong was shop superintendent of the Peking-Hankow and Peking-Suiyuan Railways. From 1921 to 1922 he was engineer-in-chief of the Peking-Suiyuan and consulting engineer of Peking-Hankow Railway. He retired to private life in May 1922. Mr. Kwong was awarded in December 1912 the Fifth Order of Chiaho; in November 1913 the Fourth Order of Wenfu; in March 1915 the Fourth Order of Chiaho; in December 1917 the Third Order of Chiaho; and in February 1921 the Fourth Order of Paokuang Chiaho. He was for some time president of the Association of Chinese and American engineers and also of the Chinese Engineers' Association. He was also a member of the Commission for the location of railroad lines called by the Ministry of Communications. Mr. Kwong's permanent address is: Care of Association of Chinese and American Engineers, Nanchitzu, Peking.