New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
Recent "Ennoblement" o
Oxen That Drew Mutsu-
hito's Funeral Car
Has Precedents of
Various Kinds.

ny ~ -
'ai'o"S
,-o7,Ti,ht. 1872 ay the Brentwood COMPANY
Emperor Noshihito'S acton ID
slowing court and uobiliary rank up'"
me booted oxen which drew the huRe
tyo-vheoled hearsc containing the
dead body Of the Mikado through the
streets Of Toxic. on The first stages ~
he journey 70 its maj 'osI'Hs l''''
near Kioto, constitutes, hh' "e'I,' 80
NoeYs dramatic hara-krl INC o''''
laN. one of those touches OF the OrleH'
(Which DESPITE all the wonderful ASSN
us,ior bv the japanese Of Western
rl,,s remind US that the East Is East
and iii, West Isl West and never 'he
twain shall meet For there Is some
thing fust rs harbavlc IN the notion 'i
lraye and chiyamous old General No@L
f.c hero OF Port Arthur immolat'nS
bins.lf in order 10 escort ID the WoFA
beyond that sovereign whom ne had
served with so much devotion III III"
as there is i'm bcstOwing high once
uyon brute byasts-namclY oxen. hN'
when il is borne in mind that one 81
Oh, greatest pcrsonagcs Of the impe!la.
household bears the title Of LORD III
Waiting 20 IN" Musk Cat IT will be
spurcciatcd that. although the court
of Toxic is patterned In many things
upon those of Berlin, Vienna and -
Jlmes's, vet the one is Asiat!c and the
others are Of Europe.
IL must thoroughly be understood
That The honors thus conferred oy the
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I'll OF inc E''eid'" ISL, ".'S "
IsI'rns TO 'hem inc '''' % o'''.e '..,
causing lhtte@il'' INC Virus
honorable ~ DO ''eI'Neo To '''.i ~
speciIFe names ms Doing PI'N''a
mat belongs 10 al me 'Hv''''e'S - WV
pllNE COUNCILS o' p'ta' pi i'd''' d'' -
anu. LORD Io"ASA'''u uiu li''s -! way
of showing MS contempt ''E mo IT.
land which he was depute' 90 "uh"u-
ister as Nl'eroN I'D 'Hc name OF h'ne
george I.' whereas Emperor ioS''''.''''
when ne bestowed analogous olst'"c'
lions upon the oxen was moved ~ "
Mai desire Z" h0h'' 'feI!'ou| ana
everything that had served his iatA.E
and predecessor on the throne.
BELIEVE ANIMALS HAVE SOULS.
+. may Crr,bo,. holm - cxn,ain mat
t1,e ubon 7 mention that like -
Thomas IN Rill,cal ,imev Ink. Ma
bon,at md ike a.. famous French
root r.gr,.rt,rc md otber b,rds on
t,.+t sid.s 10 t,,, A,lar+;. g., cheese ,,,ovs
modern DAYS. the Japancsc arc con
WINGED that animals have souls. At
the close n their war with China some
fifteen or sixteen years ago. they con-
secrated with much religious pomp and
ceremony magnificent monument.
erected at 2 cost Of $4,000, 10 the
memoir Of their horses lost in the
esppaigu. and in the sprine If 1893
Grand funeral services were held at
NIjvagi for the horses killed IN The war
with Russia.
lu ,he presence Of the Governor, 81
the province ana Of ALI the leading
military. civil and religious officials,
prayers were recited by clergy Of the
h Buddhist and Shinto rites for the wei
fee and ropoyo Of the syir.ts-it would
" hardly do 10 call them tho manes-of
-. horses that had given their lives
30 the service OF their country since
The beginning ~ the conflict Offerings
~ wheat and oats were placed On a
large altar. aud then tho rankinS gen
cral present delivered o memorial a.
dress, while the troops stood al attea-
lion. He rccitcd the services cf the
horses. the numbers that had fallen IN
his battle and in that, he solemnly
iHanSed their Spirits-that is TO say,
their Souls-in behalf Of the Emperor.
80, o. 90, -, CO" ~ '''V II" IN 'o' w
.tcsr human, comrades IN Wrestling viz
tory from the Russians. and assprs5
Them that their names wou,d be held
in affectionste and bonorad rcmem-