The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-02-26
JAPANESE ToP-sPINNISG.

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At certain seasons of the year top
leisure time of American and English
boys. and some Of them become very
skillful. But Japanese jugglsrs are
the people to spin tops, and / will try
to describe some of their more difficult
feats, as saw, them. -s.7
Twas at Japanese Juggling enter
tainment, and when the first part of
the performance was over the men who
had been acting cleared the stage, set
on it q small table, q number of swords
and little house, like the doll houses
set in toy shops, bowed low and left.
Immediately afterwards a richly-dressed
Japanese made his appearance, carry
ing in his arms about q dozen tops,
somewhat resembling common hum
ming-tops, each with long thin stem
run through the bulb-shaped part and
protruding at the top and bottom-the
top stem being cased in a loose sheath.
Bowling to the spectators, the Japanese
took one of the tops and twirled it
briskly between his palms for a second
or two; he then dropped it upon the
table, where it spun around in that
swiftly revolving but apparently mo-
tionless state that boy top-spinners call
"sleeping. The Japanese indicated
by signs that it would stop when he
told it to, and turning toward the table
he lifted his hand as a command. No
sooner had he done this than the top
stopped as if it really had seen and un-
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asn, anu, Z. % !eiole, P!aceU
uPon 'ng Iao,e' "nere ~ spun itseh
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H. 49, tahia I, - III, .hn ahantS sse Sp nom
stem nlaced the no;nt of the IpTer
stem caref,lIy mon the odgo of tha
b1odo naer tho h;St Tho toe .ru, so.
so-oo nnoronts ~ th;. ,,os!t;op -
then hegan To RIM slnv,r tosysra tha
,,o;nt of the sword Xhen - haS
reached the noint If Ieaned over at an
anole of forty-five DEGREES. and contin-
ned tn revolve for several moments in
that difIicnIt nos;tion until n was canobt
in the inoglar's hand met 40 II 4os
about to sf9n sn;nn;nr We
Throwin1 the sword tn one side the
nerformar saa;n n,aJs The tn,, sn;n un ~
IN Tho 70 hla and ,,;"L;rr mn t;va nther.
Started them them ais also % Ha tben I H stretcha5 S
q thin wire across the stage and tsL;n1
the % tons from the table niaced them
one after another mon tbe w;re "a ho
had nrev;onsIv n1aced the first one mon |
The ed,o 81 H. sworS Than sl,,,
a sround fo- sew saooud. u,;tho;,t ,an np
inc. hnt ar snddeniv as # hv ono imnuI.e
thev ali started on an eycnrs;on eIon%
the wire halanc;no them selves 90 tha1
went With ali the nicetV Of exnert
t;obt.rone walkers ReacSino the end
Of their trip. thew dropped one by one
into the hands of an assistant. who
stood ready to catch them. - -
Th;. tr;ct was .uccoaded hv NOR.
IT, I ~
sn;Snar % NJ. ~ wslteJ 70 tbe side ~ nf tha stare ~
and united a string W which 40 soon | as r.
waa iooaed .wnng ou;cSiv ~ tha nd
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~ tha st,nI ~ % h,,t snon = ha~.r ~ ~ uo @
=. LILY. .nH S...s' ". .e:II n ~ " Moxe
S.oy upr~ ~au' son.
anieS WIN y. n, .ne s's,n ngd;, cons,nuea tn
sais sway way 70 2. move SHd steadily upward var until
d;stanea Al I'D - n ~. iost =" Sne ah;S eh;
the :. sies,, over the staoe
When ~. .nn,snsa ,5st ,-...od 4h;s
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tha oH don II houss t tss sne t a. oseu
.ne uIn naaS nSGse % W .ae cen.eI , " tns sIage
auu na Piaoeu ~ oesp9 7 'ne ,!n Sao!e' ne the1
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appPet, ap taH;U 49, sPE enman.E upSM ta sne 'aoi'
au, 'a sesonsn - u Tis nanu' inu
:a1eo ; 70 tne sPecIaoo!s, oy slghs, Inat
ne woIiI seno IL On q tourney torougn
% Ine 9on-nouse. ne tnen saS oown on