The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-06

gentleman named re gave MN wv
oranges, which, instead of eating, he
put into his bosom, and bowed bus
thanks. AS he bowed, the oranges fell
out, and ratified along the ground. re
exclaimed:
"Here's a pretty young visitor, to
hide his oranges and carry them OF
without eating them! What does this
meang"
Then little Laudable knelt down and
said:
"My mother is particularly fond OF
oranges, and / wish to keep them Tor
her."
Ze was surprised, and let him 60 home
without reproof.
Then there is a story OF a man named
Lee. whose mother wa always very
much frightened in a thunder storm.
| At last, she died and was buried i in a
wood: but, as often as a thunderstorm
threatened, Lee a to his phothers
tomb, and, kneeling down, erred OUT
with tears:
"Lee is near you-don't be afraid
mother
There is a curious story Of a boy OF
eight named Woo Mang, which means
Brave and Talkative. He was wonder
fully dutiful to his parents, who were
so poor that they could not afford mos
quito nettings for their bed. So Woo,
early in the evening, used to get into
his parents bed, and let the mosquitoes
bite him without disturbance for an
hour or two, and then, when they were
filed with his blood, and could bite no
more, he would get out, and call to his
parents to go to bed and sleep in peace.
Another story calls omind that of the
Greek mother who told her son, as he
was going to battle, to return to her
with his Shield or upon it. A father
and two sons, after noble conduct in
battle, fell by the hand OF the enemy,
the sons having followed their father
into the thick Of the fight. When the
bodies were brought home, the bercaved
mother laid her hand gently upon them
and said:
"The father was n loyal officer, and
the boys were dutiful sons. Come.
come, this is no time for lamentation.
Another story is Of a maj whose
mother had lost her eyesight. For
thirty wears he took care of her, leading
her out ON pleasant days into the
garden, where he would laugh and sing
SO gayly that his mother forgot her sad
condition. When, al length, she died,
her son almost wasted away from sor-
row, and on recovering his health be-
slowed all his tenderness upon his
brothers and sisters, his nephews and
nieces. He used to say to himself:
"This is the only way in which / can
get some comfort, in letting my love go
forth to those who are left"
There is Q similar story of agreat or
fcer, named Yang, who in the spring
time used to carry his aged mother IN
his back up and down the tlowery walks
of the garden, and, after placing her in
ashady seat, frisk and gambol about for
her amusement. The old lady live to
the age of one hundred and four.
There was another great officer whose
Younger brother, named PerVerse, was
terrible addicted to drink, and, II day,
in q drunken fit shot his brothers only
OK. When the officer came home, his
wife met him, and said:
"Perverse has shot your OK"
He was not at all disturbed by this III
tellieence, and asked for no informa.
ton. but simply said: -,
swell, let the OK be cut up for food
Having said this, he sat calmly down
to read, when his wife again cried:
"Perverse has shot the OK; surely
this is no light matter
81 am aware of it," said her husband,
and kept on reading his book without
even changing color. Such was his un:
willingness to be moved by a brother
misconduct.
Brotherly love, in fact, is regarded By
the Chinese as only less important THAI
ilial duty.
There is a story of a Mandarin
! named 500, before whom some broth
ers brought a suit about the division o
a tract Of land. After much litigation
/: continued at intervals for ten years, TIN
Mandarin at last called the brother
before him, and addressed them thus:
sit is difficult to get a brother; it
easy enough to get land. Suppose yo1
gain your fields and lose your brother
how viii you feel thenP'
Upon this the Mandarin Wept, AM
not one of the bystanders could kee]
back his tears. Instantly the brothers
%perceiving their error, bowed low to tn
magistrate, asked his forgiveness, and
s. after ten years of separation, took u
their abode together 10 the family home
!, stead.
y The work is filed with such tales a
J. these. Family duty appears to be tn
: religion of the Chinese people. II W
+ may Judge from the narratives OF NJ
Is Hue and other missionaries, both Prot
l. estant and Catholic, Chinese familie
f live together in peace and harmony
u Many of their popular sayings an
maxims express a very elevated kin
20 of moral feeling. Take these as spec
III mems:
"You may be unciyil to a great mar
! but mind that you are respectful to
small man.
le ITO go on a pilgrimage to offer il
!. cense in a distant temple is not SO goo
y, as showing kindness near home.
= eff you have money and use it
- charity, it won't be lost
y "Use men as you use wood. II On
az inch is rotten, you must not reject til
u I. whole piece"
IF You have good children, you nee
ne not toll to build them houses
Think of your own faults when yo
are awake and Of the faults OF othei
when you are asleep
BETTER be an honest beggar than
y dishonest millionaire"
T. "If q man has not committed ar
70 deed that wounds his conscience,
~ knock may come at dead of night an
he will not be startled.o
However enraged, don't go to Law
however poor, don't steal.n
The people of China are like ourselv'
1Y fn more than ono n~arfinnIar hut The