, 1882-03-04
ESOP OUTDONE.
A Few Fables From Bret Harte's
New Book.
rHE coon SAMARITAN.


THE GOOD SAMARITAN
A certain man went from Jerusalem TO
Jericho, and fell among thieves, who beat
him and stripped him and left him for
dead A good Samaritan seeing this,
elapped spurs to his ass and gslloped
away lest he should be sent TO the house
Of detention as q witness while the rob
bers We're released on bail
Moral-The pereeiver is worse than the
thief.
THE KISD-HEARTED SHE ELEPHANT
A kind hearted she elephant, whsle
walking through the jungle where the
spicy breezes blow soft Ger Ceylon's isle,
heedlesSly SET foot upon partridge,
which she crushed t. death within few
inches of the nest containing lis callow
brood. ''Poor little thing, said the gem
erous mammoth, II have been 4 mother
myself, and my affection shall atone for
the fatal consequence of my neglect S.
saving she sat down on the orphaned
birds.
Moral-The above teaches us what
home IS without mother; and also that
it is not every person who should be en-
trusted with the care of an orphan
asylum.
TUE PHILOSOPHER AND THE STIPLETONS-
\ simpleton having oceasios to seat
himself. sat down on pin Whcreon he
made AN outcry unto Jupiter. A phil
osopher, who happened to be holding up
hItching post in the vicinity, rebuked
him, saying: Il can tell you how to
avoid hurting yourself by sitting down
on pins, and viii, if You'll set EN- up. y
The simpleton eagerly accepted the offer.
The philosopher swallowed four fingers of
the rum that perisheth, and replied /;
Never sit down" He subsequently ac-
quired 4 fortune by advertising for agents,
to whom he guaranteed - week for
light and easy employment al their homes.
Moral-The wise man saith There
is Niger in the fence, but the fool
sendeth on twenty stamps for samples
and is taken in.
THE PRUDENT TIGER.
4 prudent tiger having Observed a
procession bearing the remains of a
sainted Brahmin to the tomb, commu
nicated the intelligence to his wife, who
said "My dear, we are almost out of
meat, and though the deceased, from the
austelities of his private life, WAS III poor
condition, / have no doubt that among
his surviving friends We may encounter
others more succulent miserable
tipress." exclaimed her lord, ''cannot you
see that If We permit the deceased to be
canonized, piigrimages will be instituted
to his tomb, and the producer and con
sumer will be brought together in accord
ance with the true principles of political
economy. Rather then let us offer a
chrome for each new pilgrim This pru-
dent advice being followed, the tiger en-
loved free breakfast to the end OF his
days.
Moral Beware of breaking the egg
that lays the golden goose
THE WOLF AND TIRE LAMB.
4 wolf one day drinking from a run
n.ns stream, observed lamb also driuk-
ing from a running stream, observed
lamb also drinking from the same stream,
at some distance from him.
Il have yet to learn" said the wolf,
addressing the lamb with dIgnifed sever
ity, what right you have to muddy the
stream from which am drinking.
"lour premises are incorrect, replied
the lamb, with bland politencss, ''for if
YOU will take the tronhle to examine the
current critically, you will observe that
it flows from you to me, and that any
disturbance or sediment here would be,
50 far as You are concerned, entirely
local
Possibly you are right, returned
the wolf; ''but, if | am not mistaken,
you are the person who two years ago
used ycur influence against me at the
university"
.Impossible, replied the lamb, Two
wears ago | was not born.
'.Ah, well, added the w.lf, c"mpos-
edlv. Il am wrong again but It must
convince every intelligent person who has
listened To this conversation that J am al
together insane and consequently not re-
sponsIble for my actions.
With this remark he at once DIS
patched the lamb, and was triumPhantiy
acquitted.
Moral-This fable teaches us how er-
roneous may be the popular action IN re
gard 10 the distribution Of alluvIum, and
the formation Of River Deltas.