Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1891-08-06
THE JAPANESE MECCA.
Kioto, the Holy anc Magnificent
City Of the Empire.


Dr u 4 p5Sy ciSya yi tne empire,
city. They contemN { s =. ;,.,.a,.sas sn1 ~
their future home and will ,sm Eor.
time erect cosy dwelling i9o--that is,
live. centuries,
Persons desiring to sub4e emperors
Herald AND TRIBUNE apE courtiers
branch Office in with H. psto shave
Market street ~ keep their
IS. A Bovell- Of Nofs 4 vast pagoda,
in the city Saturday. skings, sparing.
beer = lspsy statI corp the eyes and
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many pine It Is there
healh ppelliAE AEoured por-
ye must go, II
an! apanese archi-
B, Is 'nxury, and
pdry ysnaticism ts,l Ha
q, Hogon-
einess( y Of the
n s@d in two
of " proper, the
vof the grand
",The temple
NJ usic1 building,
-. les, 20 feet in
=. - 4 'jo,ll 2,ltere that you
swtce day, morning and 'luo luHury, ~.
|. { which are well attended, aIo ~ sr so,. h;,o sno
9th saint and sinner. are ald inside and
ones is plain spoken hhntptnres; the
Reaus for the people 10 ekel twenty-five
and to come unto throne o vide, with
--seaver and Summerset ted by the
the best stamp Of gum thirteenth
furLishit any size withdt ~ its coil
delay Of ordering. L<,s of everv
The rain was heavy e. There are
week. The tent. under NAL Of cranes
o. Jones was conduclinge teo decora- ,.s;
was blown down while seFy incfeaipie .,
progress Sunday. No one ,ancs !, NV. y
j. Sanford Crouch has q
clerkship at the l'iedmont i rs power
-one to attend the Busiles5 take into
lexington, KY where he nSns /. Ialse .,ss'
history q 4 tSe u mar, sus
ratives Of ci,ser the hustlinA by the
BONES Of HdRill always be fhCezan.
Every year, ils{IaIo stree,i iane door {rd
June, there al Sn's'cl65pg store. ,1t-
dred thousand pns.- ~, n..-s1iom
all partsof the country, hN Travelled
sometimes five hundred or 81 Hundred
miles on foot, begging along the road
for few handfuls Of rice. d Is custom
ary for the grand priest to pass process
sionally on horseback once year
through the streets of Kioto; and all
those who are 30 fortunate as to see
him, or even q portion Of his vestment,
are purified from all their sins, through
that mere contemplation. On these oc-
casions the pageant is gorgeous in the
extreme, and the whole city keeps up
the festival SO long as the pilgrims re-
main at Kioto. The excitement is SO In
sCdoO pidv ~ WYNN iOb auC iuelS AOI u
foreigner to mix too freely in the
throng. The inhabitants OF the prov
inces Of Yamato Yarnasio and Ise are
strong fanatics; and foreigners must
exercise great circunspection. taking
care especially not to trespass upon the
rites. II a member of the czarowitz's
escort smiled unintentionally during q
religious ceremony, or trod with his
shoes upon the sacred mats on the floor
of the temple, 1t would have been
enough to incite fanatic to avenge
Buddha- II is on account Of an i'm
prudence of this kind that Mr.. Mori,
minister Of public instruction, who was
known to be a Protestant, was assassi- :
mated two years ago. 1t is to be re-
membered also that in the beginning of
this year the Russian legation at Toxic
was stoned by band Of "soshi," be-
longing to the lowest class of people,
whose fixed idea Is to prosecute for
eigners.