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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
A Japanese JuggIer.

The following account Of the perfor-
nance Of a Japanese juggler at Yoko-
hama is taken from "The Cruise Of
Her Maiesty's. Ship Bacchante." A
man lay down on his back on 1mat-
ress spread on the ground, put his legs
up in the air, and on the. soles of his
feet was placed a massive empty
bronze water-jar four feet deep, into
the mouth of which climbed a small
boy. The man spun this with his feet,
tossed it up in the air, caught it on the
solcs Of his feet again, sometimes caus-
ing the jar to stand with its mouth
uppermost while he spun it round and
round, then tossed it up again, and
caught it on its side, the boy the whole
time sitting unconcernedly inside.
His assistant then inserted, one after
the other, between the jar and his feet
series of spitkins or wooden pans
about foot each in depth and decreas-
ing in diameter, so that when the
seventh or eighth was in position the
jar was at least seven feet above the
soles of his feet and standing on the top
of this pile of smaller tubs. The boy
now crawled out from the neck of the
jar, and proceeded to Chamber about on
the outside for while, the man all the
time balancing the pile on his feet, until
the boy got back into the jar, when, by
a sudden kick of the legs, he sent the
spitkins flying in all directions, and
caught the jar and the boy as they de-
scended seven or eight feet through the
air on to his feet again. 1t took two
men to lift the empty jar on to his feet
to begin with, and the most extraordin-
airy thing is the great weight he thus
pedipulated.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
The Germans and MerrIng.

For q long time the great market for
the vast shoals of herring caught on
the coast of Britain have been in the
centre and east Of Europe. AS they
leave our ports, gutted and preserved
in salt, herrings are already fit for the
table Of the German, the Russian and
the Pole. A raw salt herring and a
couple Of boiled potatoes is favorite
supper with people Of all ranks in the
countries spoken Of, many in hot
weather washing the dainty down with
sour milk. The same fare is the favor
ite second breakfast" of the German
student and others, many OF whom pre-
fer the FISH taken direct from the bar
rel, without being stepped.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
The Popc,s Habits of Life.

A Naples correspondent gives the
following account OF the daily life of the
Pope: The Pope, now seventy eight
years of age, leads very regular life,
and is in fair condition of health. At
6 A. NJ. he celebrates nlaSs in his private
chapel. AT he taxes breakfast, con-
sisting of chocolate and milk, with
sometimes raw eggs beaten up. Imme-
diately afterwards he receives the visits
Of his court, and Cardinal Jacobini
reports what has occurred in the world,
and gives him an account of the letters
received on Papal business. Besides
these official letters, others arrive in
great numbers from all parts Of the
world, most of them being from
priests, missionaries, monks and nuns,
while Others contain sums of money
from penitents, and many are petitions
for a blessing, pecuniary aid, or advice.
After these letters, in all languages,
have been translated, and their con-
tents briefly reported to the Pope, they
are placed in the Papal archieves.
Hundreds Of kilograms also arrive each
day, the greater part asking for the
benediction In drticul0 mortis, which
naturally often reaches its destination
after the petitioner is already dead.
Forts telegraphic correspondence the
Vatican makes use of anumeral cypher.
The greater part of the morning is
thus passed in business At o'clock
the Pope dimes, and afterwards retires
to his private room until the heat of
the day is past. AT 6P. NJ. he repairs
to the Vatican garden, where his car
riage awaits him. At the prettiest
spot in this garden there has lately
been erected an elegant kiosque in
Eastern style, and there the Pope re-
mains for some time taking coffee and
other refreshments, and surrounded by
his most intimate friends. The con
versation runs on the topics Of the day
and on the articles concerning the Pope
or Papal politics that appear in the
italian or foreign journals. Precisely
at sunset the party breaks up, and thu
Pope returns to the palace, his physi
clans having advised him never to re
main out of doors after sunset o.
account of the malaria which prevail
In the valley below Monte Mario. A
about o'clock, after praying on hi
knees for half an hour. his Holmes
retires to bed.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
Forbidden Kisses.

"Remember," said a physician to his
wife, as he was leaving, home for few
days, and do not let the children kiss
any one."
ais it possible" asked surprised
third party who was present, "that
you consider it necessary to give such
instructions as that? Where is the
dangerp"
"The danger is so complicated and
yet so certain that it would take too
much time to describe it here" said
the doctor, looking at his watch. "In
my case, all kinds of people come to
my house and office to consult me, and
they often wait hours. If one of my
children happen to come in they are
almost certain to talk to 1t, and you
know almost the first impulse with
people who notice children is to kiss
them. BAH it makes me shudder-
tainted and diseased breaths, lips blue
with cancer, foul and decayed teeth.
You would kill stranger who would
waylay your young lady daughter and
kiss her by force, but the helpless, in
nocent, six-year-old child, susceptible
as flower to every breath that blows,
can be saluted by every one who
chances to think of it. tell you it
wasn't Judas alone who betrayed by a
kiss. Hundreds of lovely blooming
children are kissed into their graves
every year."
"But doctor, how can a mother be SO
ungraclous as to refuse to allow people
to notice her sweet little children?"
"There need to be no ungraciousness
about it, or, if there were, which is the
more important, the safety and we'll
being of the child or the permitting of
habit of i'll breeding and doubtful
morality at best? Let the mother
teach her child that it is not kitten
or lap dog, to be picked up and
fondled by every stranger, and instruct
it to resist any attempt TO kiss it. Why
there are agents, pedders of household
wares, who make it a custom to catcl
up prattling child, kiss and pet it
and SO interest the mother that she will
buy something she does not want.
tell you there is death in the kiss! Tn,
beloved and lamented Princess Alic,
of Hesse took diphtheria from the kis
of her child and followed it to he
grave. Diphtheria, malaria, scarle
fever, blood poison and death turks il
these kisses. There, shouldn't won
der if lost the train. Remember, n
kissesv and waving his hand the doc
tor drove away.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
He Got the Testament.

awell, old fellow, hear that your
grandmother Is dead" "Yes," replied
the old fellow, somewhat sadly, "she
died yesterday. 1t is the way of the
world. We must all die some time, and
the old lady was well advanced in
years." "She left last will and tesla,
ment Of coursep i have understood
she was very wealthy" aOh, yes, she
left a will and testament" still more
sadly. Eyes he replied, and the tears
began to stream down his cheeks, my
name was mentioned. I'm to have the
testament
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14

One of the tests Of good nature as

One Of the tests OF good nature as
well NJ hospitality is to take people un-
a.y.res near meal time, In the old
rs when guests were fewer, and
~ ing more rare, Tie Visitor wasa
;ol-send, whD,e adselts svls welcomed
gal stly prolonged. pebaps it is not
t lie expected that hospitality should
ain the same under new social con-
u5ions, nor indeed is it possible, for
people as a rule, that Is. well-bred
people, rarely visit without being in
vited; but there are occasions, when by
accident or circumstance. without de-
liberate intention or malice afore-
thought, the necessity of extending an
invitation or accepting one is forced
upon an individual, and he or she sits
down to "pot-luek." If the spirit of
kindness, cheerfulness agd willingness
presides at the board, it lruly matters
very little what else the3e is on it, for
"pot-luck" means any Kind Of luck,
good, bad orindifierent, and only needs
welcome to be the best luck in the
world, whether the dinner be off rich
joint or only "picked up There are
housekeepers who would gladly be hos
pitable at such times, but they arenot
blessed with faculty, perhaps not with
resources. They have "nothing in the
house." which means in the larder, and
think their bill of fare must be supple
mented by costly dishes to make it ac-
eeptable. City people, living within
easy reach of stores and markets can
easily eke out a scanty dinner by the
addition of lobster salad or box
of sardines- -yiands usually relished by
the most fast lious. II it is in the
country, the time hot dny in August
and people drop in unexpectedly TO din
ner, set them down to bread and milk
garden salad, bread and butter ant
good home made berry pie. They viii
say and think too, that they never ha(
a better dinner in their lives; and |
may be true, too, for more WHOLESOME
diet they never relished.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
Danger of the Great Paris Tower.

The iron tower which is to form the
chief attraction of the Paris exhibition
Of 1899 is already beginning to fill the
Partisan mind with apprehension, and
savant explains the curious phenom-
ena which will be produced by this i'm
mense mass Of iron rising to height
of 300 meters. He says tlht the enor-
nous blocks of iron running north and
south will become polarized, and that
this polarization will soop invade the
whole colnInn. Thec 3aid knows
I whether the four lifts with their con-
tinual friction will not increase the
magnetic influence a hundred fold
In this case all articles for mile around
1. will be attracted to the tower, and will
adhere to it as needle does to mag.
net. If the troops quartered in the
Ecole Miltaire, hard by, be called Out
to drill, it will be all in vain for the
commanding officer to shout "En
avantr if they are paraded with the
column behind them; theywill irresist
IDLY be drawn to the rear,with the ex
ception of the drummer, who does not
carry rifle. All the houses in Paris
will suffer from st. Vitus' dance, and
gradually attracted toward the Chaml
Mars, will finally find themselves stucl
to the tower. AS for locomotives en-
tering Paris, it will be found impossi
BILE to stop them at the various termini
they will rush through Paris and dasl
themselves to pieces against the centre
of attraction. These and other evils
we are told, will follow the erection o
the great Elffel tower. w
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14

Death is snatural to q man, but slavery
UNNATURAL; aud the moment you strip
him of his liberty yol strip him Of his
virtues; you convert his heart into a
dark hole, in which all the vices conspire
against you.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14

There Is art In pride; a man might
as soon learn trade. Those who were
not brought up TO II seldom proved
their craftnaster. s =.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14

Two heads ought to, be better than
one. Four lips are certainly better
than two. IL,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14

The multitude who require to be led
still hate their leaders.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-10
The Island OF Grfnsey.

On the map of Iceland may be seen
q speck of an island called Grimsey.
1t is the most northern, and conse-
quently the coolest, of the Iceland
group. Eighty-eight people-no more
live on it. They have tried to keep
few COWS, but the winters are too
hard for them. Two horses and few
sheep with very coarse fieeces are the
only animals of the kind on the island.
A good minister, Peter Goodmanson,
lives in this remote place. He is a
poet and an astronomer, and is en-.
ployed to take observations for the
Meteorological Institute at Copenha-
gen. Once or twice g year some of the
islanders visit the mainland, but the
stormy seas, covered with icebergs,
make the passage always dangerous.
On one side of the island, which is a
high precipice, countless birds build
their nests, and the collecting of eggs
is one chief means of living for the lit
tie settlement. Men are let down over
the face of the rock by ropes. They
wear suits thickly wadded with feath-
ers to save themselves from being hart
on the sharp rocks. Each man car
ries pole to help himself with, and q
ladle for scoOping up nets that he can
not reach with his hands. There is in
his frock a great pocket, in which he
can put $50 eggs. There he works,
with the sea roaring beneath him.
Many accidents occur, and many lives
are lost in this business.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-10
Gum Tragacanth Paste.

Keep g. fruit jar that has q cover full
of dissolved gum tragacanth. Have
q brush with a ring in the cutoff ham
die, so that it may be hung up when
not in use. If scraps of paper get
loose on the walls a moments work
will put them on again as good as
new. When the house Is papered al
ways save the scraps or get an extra
roll. 1t is but the work of moment
to put on fragment of paper that
has been torn off, and it improves the
appearance of the house wonderfully.
If the piastering is broken, or a place
dug out by some careless expreseman
or mover of furniture, before the pa
per is put on wet q spoonful of plaster
of Paris and fill the place. Let it dry
and then put on the paper. 1t will
look decidedly better and will pay for
the trouble it takes.-PhHadelphia
CALL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-10
Marriage on the Stage.
From the Boston Herald. [

A party of gentlemen, including q
prominent clergyman, who is deeply
interested in one of Boston's charita-
BILE institutions located at the South
End, were last evening discussing the
feasibility Of giving an entertainment
in Mechanics Building in aid OF the in
stitution. Among the party was a
newspaper man who answers to the
call Of "Jack, come to dinner" Vari-
GUS plans were suggested, and the dis
cussion turned upon what would draw
best, when some one said that g. mar
riage on the stage would draw well.
Suddenly the clergyman's face lit up
with bright smile, and, turning to the
newspaper man, he said: 81 will give
you $500 if you will bemarried on the
stage at our entertainment at Me-
chanics' Hail. 'sI'll do it," said the
newspaper man. 81 intended to wait
about two years before married, and
hoped to save that amount of money,
but if / can get $500 I'll be married at
once. I'm dead in earnest; name
your date, and Pm your man." The
party were dumb-founded, for the
newspaper man asserted his sincerity,
and later told the writer that he
meant what he said.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-10
PERSONAL POINTERS.

"THOMAs +. BAYARD, son of his
father, is g. Yale freshman this fall"
Is the way the Cleveland Leader puts
it.
MRS. WOODWORK, a new female re-
vlvalist, holds forth in Indiana. She
is said to be intensely dramatic both
in tone and action.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND now wears O.
flower IN the lapel of bis coat, q thing
which Washingtonians observe he
never did before he was married.
GEN. LORD WoIsELEY was one of
the most interested visitors to Mr..
Succi, the italian faster; possibly with
q view to using his "elixir" in future
campaigns on the Nile.
DR.. GATLING, the inventor OF the
Gatling gun, lives in an unpretentious
but comfortable house near Hartford,
and goes but little into society, being
absorbed by his own ideas and work.
The ex-Empress Eugene has been
recommended to try the Italian
climate this winter, as her health is
very poor. She will live quietly in
Pisa, the spot which has been Sc
lected.
BETSY PEMBERTHY, the old lady who
first taught Henry Irving at school,
has just died. We don't suppose she
was responsible for his legs, but we
wish she had made greater effort to
take the kinks out of his voice.-Chi-
cago News.
CAPT. JACK, of Mount Airy, N. J., is
one Of the ''people talked about" He
has not been elected to Office, or writ
ten book, or run away with bur-
lesque actress, or discovered the cause
OF seismic disturbances, but has fre-
Quently eaten q hundred oysters at g.
single meal.
SENATOR VANCE had an engagement
to make q political speech at Chariot
ia, n. G. An operatic performance
was to be given in the town the same
night. A compromise was effected.
| Mr.. Vance started in early and COM
pleted his remarks by $50, and the
manager began his performance after
the speech.
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES pre-
| sided at lecture given in Boston the
other evening by Col. Henry Lee, on
"GOv. Andrew and Massachusetts
in the War" During the evening Dr.
Holmes read poem which he once
wrote and published anonymously.
Three different people claimed it as
their own, ''and," said DR.. Holmes,
Il could give you their Names"
WHEN Edwin Booth is ut home in
his old-fashioned Boston house, he &C.
cupies suite of rooms on the first
floor which are entered from a landing
q little way up the winding staircase
which leads to the second story.
These rooms are furnished with quaint
old furniture and are hung with historic
bits of armor and old portraits. Mr..
Booth sleeps on a narrow antique
four-post bedstead, which is provided
with wooden canopy and red drap-
| cries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-10
Cities That We're TO Be.

LBen PerleT Poore in the Boston Budget
1t may not be generally known that
there are, on the banks of the Poto-
mac, the sites of two proposed cities,
whose projectors were once sanguine
that they would grow and attain
national Importance in population
and trade, but which stubbornly re-
fused to thrive in spite of ali that was
done to push them forward. Thefrst
of these is Jackson City, on the Vir-
ginia side of the Potomac, just oppo-
site to Washington. Theidea of build
ing this city as rival of the national
capital was conceived by some of ''Old
Hickory's" friends during his presiden-
tial term, and such faitn did they have
IN thename that they did not think fail
ure was possible if they called il Jack
son City. Accordingly, they bought of
George Mason, for $1OO, 900, large
part of which was paid in bonds OF the
company, g. tract of land and laid it
off in lots, streets and avenues on q
magnificent scale. Then, to give eclat
a public demonstration on the occa-
of the new city. Accordingly, on the
OCy dpHOHAOCQ a. loLSO CIOWO 61SSCI41r
bled on the spot, among which were
President Jackson and members of the
cabinet, and many other distin-
guished persons, and after an GRAFTON
had been delivered by George Washing
ton Park Custis the cornerstone of
Jackson City was laid with imposing
ceremonies. BUT, strange to say, that
was about all that ever was laid, not
withstanding the magnificent send-off
with which it had been inaugurated.
The traveller who passes the site to-
day sees only one Or two dilapidated
frame houses to mark the spot. The
other dead city is Quantico, on the
Potomac, some twenty miles below
Washington. Soon after the close of
the late war, when the Richmond,
fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
was extended to that point, the city
was laid out on an extensive scale,
and such confidence did its projectors,
have in its future that they went to
work and built a large and handsome
four-story hotel, at a cost of many
thousand dollars. They also obtained
a charter comforting upon the COM
pany extensive powers, such as to
build railroads, do abanking business,
engage IN manufacturing projects,
etc., but, contrary to their sanguine
expectations, the enterprise never
thrived, and instead of busting,
busy city, Quantieo is q quiet coun-
try railroad station.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-10
Fairly silenned Fannu ate her din

Fairly silenced, Fanny ate her din
ner with what appetite was left her.
Three days afterward Mr.. Chickerlv
once more made his entrance, just at
dusk, valise in hand, while Fanny sat
enjoying the ruddy light of the coal
fire and the consciousness of having
performed her duty in the merding
and general renovation of her hus-
band 8 drawerful of shirts-a job which
she had long been dreading and post
poning.
"Well, how is Aunt Elizabeth p"
questioned Mrs. Chickerly when her
husband, duly welcomed and greeted,
had seated himself in the opposite
easy chair.
"Dead." was the brief reply.
'Dead! o, Frank? OF her old enc
my, apoplexy?"
"Yes.'
''Was her will made?"
cit was. Apparently she had ex-
pected me on the day she herself ap-
pointed, and on my non-arriv al on the
only train that stops she sent for the
village lawyer, made her will, and left
all her property to the orphan asylum
in ScenersviIle, with g. few bitter words
to the effect that the neglect of her only
living nephew had induced her, on the
moment, to alter her original inten-
tion of leaving it to him. She died the
next morning"
go, Frank, how much was it?"
"Ten thousand dollars"
There was a moment or two Of
silence, then Mr.. Chickerly added, com.
posedly:
"You see, Fanny, how much that
missing button has cost mel"
Mrs. Chickerly sat like one con-
demned by the utterance Of her own
conscience. Not alone the one miss
ing button, but the scores-nay, hun
dreds OF trifing omissions, forgetful-
ness, and postponements which made
her life one endless endeavor to ''catch
up" with the transpiring present
seemed to present themselves before
her mind 8 eye. What would this end
in? Was not the present lesson suffi-
GENTLY momentous to teach her to
train herself in g different school?
She arose and came to her husband g
side, laying one tremulous hand on his
shoulder.
"There shall be no more missing
buttons, my love-" she said earnestly.
He comprehended all that she left
unspoken, and silently pressed the lit
tie hand in his own; and not word
more was said on the subject.
But it was not forgotten. Mrs.
Chickerly set herself resolutely to work
to uproot the rank weeds growing in
the garden of her life. And she sue
ceeded, as we may do when we resolve
to do the wise thing.