The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-03
a JaPanese CiFcus.
Japanese Aian.I

That something extraordinary Was
about to happen had been notified we
believe in the japanese papers; and by. .
o'clock in the morning the creek from the
Grand Hotel to the third bridge, and in
Hommura every point that could CEN,
mand q view of the "hundred and one
steps" were closely crowded with specta.
tors, japanese and foreign. With the
latter clA1 the tea-house at the bottom
of the steps was thrOnged, and the orders
for beverages issued to the smiling
waitrosses were unprecedented in the
history of that thriving establishment.
''But," says the reader, "What has that
fight Of steps to do with the pony you
we're speaking OFF, A great deal, Sir,
for the beast has been announced TO 60
up and down them with q rider on his
back. And, sure enough, when it arriv-
ed at the foot of the stairs, not without
difficulty, and long behind time, owing
TO the pressure of the crowd, female
athlete, armed with potent eudgei, after
scattering salt for luck, vaulted on its
back and directed it, head on, TO the
ateep ascent.
With a resigned air the patleAt crea-
ture began to jerk itself up TIE steps, ey-
cry now and then shifting and looking
mildly surprised, as much as to say that
| the getting up the AtagOyama stairs, "a
| which it was 50 we'll accustomed, had
been intensly stiffsned aud steepened.
At the halfway stage the Pnor brute,
| apparently F'half-baked," with heavine
aides and dFOapiHg head, was allowed &
4 few seconds tfeathiRg time, AMI tre4tssl
| to asspFinkIing Of salt, and theI tFged
I by thu. girl Jockey t. the lafteF and steep
l sr half Of is climb. And il went At II
| with will, tluFchiHg upward and hog
ging its back with every slow hut fetet,
aimed step. Within 20 feet of the sqAa
l nit, however, the horse flesh heginning =
/ faii though the spirit remained willing
the staIWart Fidef applied her stick an
uaed her Voice With Feaanans ekseet. A
the sixth or seventh step from the Co
he pony's friends seized its bride, Il
legs anything they could lay hold OF, an
I 81 it was dragged, and showed, and pom
l ueleIi to the achievement Of tta journey
At least Ne thought the joarTey ~
then achieved, never dreaming that To
creature could return % the bottom 2
the steps direct, otherwise than by FailIh
down, as one Winter morning Yesra a
Q certain sailor did, "a be IsloEed upi
4 EaAnSseQ Io219 A00 c4ISteu "a 80 6tess
Yet Whea few m0aentS rest had ose
Iccosded % the skeleton steed, Q nal
! acrobat, after throwing s0Iae salt &c
. On the gToand, and 4a himsef. eismbel
/ "a On to the pod and pointed the Jade
IL Roman n0ss Yokokana-wagd.
VIII iaa former matscr-Of-fact 0aInE
: bis mount began its descent shdl
i way down, The rider transferred the fa
be carried 10 the safeguard OF has toe
and calmly stead on his haq4s in the -
Ole, aRd tanned HE face with his 100
At the middle stage. agAin, . feW seeond
rest was allo4ed for the horss 10 breath
, and for the rider 20 make fresh oblat1Ol
= l Of salt. Thence 70 recommends, and g
/. | pair to arrive safely at the foot OF 4
! Eli amid eontinaous planditA after . :
. iies Of varied and ingenioHs cOntaEtiol
6erfoFnsed by the hiped associate Of 4
Q dual compaEy. We are insoEmed Oh
\ the an0nsloaa qHadFaPed win climh Al
! aescead Iaa4leF.