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JUGGLING
TALES
By
Paul Cinquevalli

A JUGGLER nowadays must among other quail
n fcations be with ideas; if he only
perform a few feats, matter how wonderful and
clever they may be- he will never win great repu-
tation.
have never been troubled with lack of ideas
for feats; but many of them have taken ire
mendous time to master completely. Ideas for
feats come to me in all sorts of ways. For example,
when l was balancing large wooden ball on top of
a stick day just for practice, the ball slipped
and fell the back of my neck without hurting
me in the least 1t then at occurred to that
if could catch ball by accident the back of my
neck without hurting myself, l ought to be able to
do the same thing any time l wanted to. So l
threw the ball up the air, tried to catch it the
same place, did not quite succeed, and was knocked
senseless on the floor This determined to master
the art of catching ball my neck without hurt
ing myself The difficulty to be overcome to
catch the ball on the right place; eighth of
inch to the right left, if heavy ball is used
instant death. So l began to practise with fairly
light one and, as grew more perfect used heavier
ball, until was able to catch sixty-pound cannon
ball my neck the right place with much
certainty as can place a hat my head. 1t took
about year to master this feat Though by
the most difficult feat in my repertoire, it
is certainly the popular, probably because it
looks such dangerous thing to do.
Another feat came into my head one day when
at dinner. 1t struck as | cutting po-
tato that it would be rather a nice notion to cut
the potato in two in the air and catch the two por
tions the knife and fork. l made note of the
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play because may sweep him along into marriage,
and that the time may come that he will feel, as
Tannhauser said to the very face OF his spouse:
Venus, lovely wife of NINE
You are but a she devil
Such things have happened, I've been told out
side of mythology.
1t is far more lust and Infinitely better to assume
that there are few women of the kind considers
for wife who could deserve the Tannhauserian
proach l and most of my kind are fond OF taking
altruistic stand, by declaring that one reason
why do not marry is because we don't want to
make some good woman unhappy which is another
way of saying that l thinking chiefly of myself.
Were l married, and made my wife miserable, as l
probably should good part of the time, it would
make me desperately unhappy, and think more of
that than of how it would affect her Most of
are built that way fancy. And if ! changed my
be uncomfortable all the time. 1t isn't the big
rices that difficult, but the constant succession
of the small, every day ones. As an English groom
put it, 1t aynt the jumping urdes that 'urts the
the ard ighway."
The Enthusiasm of Ignorance
THE with the matrimonial state of mind is
always dead certain that he is going to make
his wife beatifcally happy all the time. When the
actual experience proves differently, he places the
blame on her. as rule. If he had little less
thusiasm and little more commonsense the shock
wouldn't be great when he woke up. 1t is
curious thing, this enthusiasm of ignorance
The man with deep understanding and broad
NIT that the Complete Bachelor is not complete
human being-embraces marriage with serious
earnestness with full appreciation of its POSSIBLE
ties Heine put it this way:
The man who marres is like the Doge who weds the
Adratic Sea He knows not what he may find therein,
pearls, monsters, unknown storms.
The normal has faith in the treasures and
perils, faith in his ability to overcome the mon
sters, to weather the unknown storms The bach
elor isn't at all of the treasures the monsters
Continued on page IS
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idea and little afterward began to practise it. was
able to do it fairly accurately after month"; but it
took two years work before felt justified in doing
the feat in public
There some feats that venture to perform in
public only in the winter. One of them is balancing
the thin end of billiard my nose; then l
let the slide down my and bring it up
again balanced the heavy end. This is extremely
difficult and the should become the least bit
sticky, it is likely to do in hot weather, it would
not slide with sufficient smoothness rapidity to
enable to succeed. | often practise this hun
dred times before breakfast it is splendid for
keeping the eye in training
When the Trick Wouldn't Work
A POPULAR feat is balancing top hat an
1 umbrella. On the hat is placed halfcrown
and cigar. toss the lot in the air and catch the
cigar in my mouth, the halfcrown in my eye, and
the hat my head.
A rather funny incident occurred in connection
with this feat years ago. when playing
in pantomime at Manchester. In the third scene l
a waiter and performed all sorts of antics
with cups plates, and saucers; then funny man.
came on, who challenged to perform the trick
with the hat cigar, and halfcrown. IN give you
the halfcrown," the man would say, if you catch
it in your right eye
l performed the feat; but caught the coin in my
left eye.
You cannot have the halfcrown,' the man would
exclaim. You have caught it in your left instead
of your right eye
Then l would say. THAT is easily altered" and
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titude are silly he announced to her sternly I'll
spank you'll"
Then came an afterthought that was stroke of
genius. I'll spank you in the presence of your
small brother!'
He meant it, having grown desperate through his
wrongs. She felt that. The colossal audaCity of
the threat, coupled with her vivid imagination in
pcturing the small boy going about telling every
body, made her collapse with dread After that
everything was lovely The man had the wisdom
ures l never deluded myself into thinking could
be hero 1t is far less trouble and far
Portable to be bachelor.
Luxuries Become Commonplace
THE adorable inconsistency novelists rave
about in their women may be all right in homeo-
pathic doses administered at long intervals but
for steady diet it doesn't appeal to me. am very
fond of canvasback duck when can afford it; but
l should not like to have to eat one every day for
a month.
Matrimony seems to be like the Boston woman's
description of her native city: a state of mind
haven't the matrimonial state of mind, no. have
ever been anxious to cultivate it. Of course. can
imagin a combination in a single woman that
people find it. But if woman possessing all these
qualities and attributes should imagine that she
could be content with husband. l should
straightway lose all confidence in her intuition and
be sure there was some undiscovered thing wrong.
There really doesn't seem to be much hope tor me.
There is possibility always of endowng woman
with irresistible charms out OF the luxur1ance OF
ones own Imagination. The most prosaic, matter
of fact, dough minded creature that
trousers do that It's of the things the
Complete Bachelor guards against. Henry James,
perhaps the most perfect bachelor in our language,
said that when the flower of love blossOmed IN
his heart he forthwith plucked it forth to analyze
and dissect it, and it was always destroyed.
That is a common method of bachelors to safeguard
themselves, though no one else has ever expressed
the idea so charmingly. The who cleaves to
his SingeneSS is afraid to give his imagination full
The Prescott daily news., 1909-01-22
CALLS ON NATION
 TO SAVE ITSELF

Continued from Page 2.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
PRESIDENT MURRAY's INSPECTION.
Looks Over the Baltimore & Ohio, the Hamil-
ton & Dayton and Pere Marquette.
~ Telegraph to The Trlbune. l


Baltimore, Sept. I4-Presdent Oscar c. Murray
spection trip which. in addition TO the Baltimore &
Ohio lines included the Cincinnati Hamilton &
Dayton and the Pere Marquette systems
The inspection party left Baltimore on September
2 for Cincinnati direct going thence TO Toledo via
the Cincinnati. Hamilton &, Dayton and 20 Detroit
Saginaw and Ludington over the Pere Marquette.
AT the last named point the train and party we're
embarked on one OF the large ferryboats OF the
Pere Marquette. and made the trip 20 Milwaukee.
Two days were spent in Chicago. going over the
Chicago terminals. in which the Baltimore & Ohio
now has large interests In speaking OF the Gin.
cinnati Hamilton & Dayton. Mr.. Murray expressed
himself pleased with the general physical condi
tion Of the property. He said that a large amount
OF money would have TO be expended 10 produce
economical results I'm operation. This effected, and
with the general Improvement in business through
out the country President Murray is optimistic as
the future OF the line.
The Baltimore & Ohio is completing it's orders for
the equipment that was decided upon last
month. II has placed contracts with the Baldwin
Locomotive Works for twenty-siX Atlantic type
passenger locomotives; with the American Loco
motive Company Richmond (Va-) works. for thirty
four consolidation freight locomotives; with the
Ralston Steel Car Company, OF Columbus. Ohio. for
five hundred ventilated box cars: with the Whpple
Car Company. Of Chicago. for five hundred refrig-
orator cars with the Standard Steel Car Company
of Butler. Penn, for thousand box cars. and
with the General Electric Company for two electric
locomotives.
These orders call for expenditure OF more than
$4,000, and together with those given in Au
gust reach total Of more than 100000.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
NAME J. P. MORGAN, JR.
National City Bank Directors Elect
HIM an Harrin,an's Place.

D. P1erpont Morgan, jr.. was elected director of
the national City Bank yesterday, succeeding the
Iate e. H. Hartman. The first impulse of Wall
street was to connect his election with the reports
Oh the entrance of the Morgan interests as large
factors IN the Union Pacific, with which property
the national City Bank is closely identified but Il
Is understood on high authority that no such infer
ehce can properly be drawn.
George W. Perkins. OF J. p. Morgan & Co, has
eeh tor many years a director OF the National
c1ty Bank and the election of young Mr.. Morgan.
ms partner. Is declared to be without Significance
olher IMAM as another indication of the amicable
ieiauohs now prevailing among the great financial
groups. This friendness has been frequently
SHOWN during the last year or two in the i'm
portant bond offerings brought out jointly by J. P.
Nlorgan q Co.. the National City Bank and the
First National Bank.
Inc board OF the National City Bank is a widely
representative one. 1t includes James Stiman
lohs president and now chairman Of the board who
Is commonly credited with being the largest stock
holder; William Rockefeller Jacob H Schiff Henry
Z. trick. Cyrus II. Mccormick J. Ogden Armour
who was elected a director recently; William D.
sloane. Moses Taylor. Henry A. c. Taylor NJ Tay-
lor Pyne. James H. Post. Stephen S. Palmer p A
valentine. Edwin S. Marston, John w Sterling
I. s. Fairchild. Francis NJ Bacon, Cleveland II
Dodge. Joseph p. Grace. Samuel Sloan, James A
Suliman and President Frank A Vanderlip.
Messrs- Rockefeller. Frick Schifr and VanderliD
are members OF the executive committee OF tho
Union Pacific.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
TELEGRAPH CONSOLIDATION RuMoRs.
Western Union Goes Up on Reports of Pur.
chase by Postal or American Company.

Two Tumors regarding the Western Union Tele-
graph Company were current IN the financial dis
trlct yesterday. One that the American TeIe-
phone and Telegraph Company had bought con-
troi OF the company. and the other was that It
was TO be combined with the Postal Telegraph and
cable Company The first report was denied. but
as regards the second information was forth
coming
Both rumors have been heard before. but they
were more persistent yesterday. and. taken con-
nection with sharp rise in Western Union stock.
more attention was paid 10 them. Western Union
made a net gain for the day OF Ia points. closing
at sos. after having touched SIS. American Tele-
graph and Telephone stock also advanced sharply
on the report that It 10 take the West
ern Union. jumping from l42i. at the opening OF
the market 70 ll3ss. which It closed, a net gain
for the day OF 2ls points.
There we're no transactions yesterday in the stock
OF the Mackay Companies. which owns the entire
capital stock Of the Postal Telegraph It has been
known for a long time that the Mackay Companies
was the largest stockholder OF he.American Tele-
graph and Telephone Company but the exact ng-
ures have come 10 light only recently They show
that il holds s240S shares OF tho latter company's
stock, worth at the present market price upward
su.IS5.O0o which is several millions more than tho
stock actually cost.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
OTHER MARkETs-BY TELEGRAPH.

1905 oe'' sS.a seP @arkst Tor esssa
So; bulls. ssssss5; calves $500; stOCEars and
HOGS Receipts lestinatsd(. 10000 head market rkt
TSSs q SIS sss Gs0; %rs ss.y 4 ss sGos s6
IS 55 packing 81 e5Gss 80; pigs. 50 2SSs1 sO bulk
stesdg 70 16c lover Sheep s4Gs5 is: lambs ,6 T5G
81 65 yearlings s5at5 rs
Kansas City Sept 1s-CATTLE-Reeepts Is 600
strong slow steady. Top. ss 10; choice
port dressed beef 50 TO- fair 20 good
8 90 @ s1d s4 na
81 Boa So so: calves. s3 504sT go
HoGS-Reeepts $4,000 head; market opened strong;
81 u.s. heavy SIS i5ass 55 packers and butchers
ss@ss sIh; light. sT5qsI0: pigs. S. 5o9sT so a..
higher Utah lambs. 81 To lambs. 50 i5QsT 70: year
.5 Hss sossss sss aSa sS tssdsTs IS ssSssss
fairly active and steady; prime steers se s69s yEAI
HoGsRecepts. 1900 head slow. heavy steady 9shers G
pigs 81 dsires and ssass so SHEEP
AND LAMBS-Receipts. $500 head; steady; sheep
active lambs slow; lambs sS@sT Is &c oo oc,ober
IS 52st December 45; no 81 40: rejected 20 ''
TIMOTHY. prime, ST. 30; AISIKE prime 81 DO Ss,, hsao.
U1ncinnat Sept 1s-cATTIsE- Receipts III hsaa .s as
asa Is HoGsSReesipts head quiet ana steady y.
butchers shippers s. i5ass oo common ~ oog ~ ~
q 5o LtMss@steady: ssasI so ~, :, s.,
Union Stoekyards. Pittsburg Sept
ply light steady: choice. So sogs a shnlfrLSuppy @
nsn. ran 81 esss IAMesst boas7 So VEAL CALVES
seass so HoGs-Recepts light: slow; sesaS' pl' ssIs
hesvies IS mediums s. sorfs 20; hsaxS ssTSs
ro,rhs sS t;osfs7 so ,
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
ALL CUBA PE4CEFUL.
Misleading Reports Sent to america
Tobacco Tariff.

Havana, Sept. 8 (SpeciaD Reports OF trouble
impending IN Cuba. which have been circulated
throughout the United States. absolutely with
out foundation in truth. The misleading items
which are constantly sent forth have their origin
IN a small coterie which Is pledged 10 do all in
is power 10 make the Cuban government appear TO
be failure hoping thereby 20 hasten IL not actu-
ally another Intervention
Publication of such reports in the United States
has naturally been followed by rather caustic edI-
iorials Cuba and the Cubans. These editorials
have been carefully translated and given TO the
local island papers. The result has been that the
cubans have begun TO regard the United States al
most an enemy instead OF their friend and ally.
So imminent the Intervention Of the United
ststes supposed 10 be recently that President Gomez
receiyed many. kilograms from the interior prom
ising allegiance in any measures he might take IL
such injustice attempted"
The statements given out by President Taft and
reiterated by the Cuban Minister in Washington.
ana also by the American Legation in Havana. as
serting that only the cordial relations exist.
have had tendency 20 allay the suspinicons which
had been engendered. but the seed has been sown
ana the cutting editorials. although based mis-
npprehensions. have deeply wounded Cuban pride.
Cuban tobacco interests are worried over the
outlook for their industry. A meeting has been
held whore every branch OF the industry was rep
4. resented. Il is said that IL some steps are not
taken by the government to open up new markets
there VIII be enormous decrease In production
because under present conditions there is no money
n tho business save for the actual cigarmal1ers.
who are well paid. The conditions complained OF
are said 20 be due 20 the prohibtive duties placed
BY q number 6f countries. notably Spain The
tobacco interests agreed petition President Gomez
70 call an extra session OF Congress for the pur-
pose OF adopting a maximum and minimum tarifr
rate. allowing the minimum only where Cuban to-
bacco Is admitted under favorable terms and ap-
plying the maximum in all other cases. With all
nstions save the United States. this is entirely
practicable. for Cuba sends nearly All or her proo-
ucs with the sole exception OF part OF her tobacco
70 the United States Spain. on the other hand
sells millions Of dollars worth OF her products TO
Cuba every year. but buys little. About the only
thing that Spain could buy 70 an advantage Is 10
hacco. and this she has almost barred Two IneII-
bsrs OF the Cuban Congress. who are also members
o. the Ways and Means Committee have taken the
sce OF the tobacco interests and are advising then
along lines tending 20 create public sentiment
throughout the island.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

xo.,on sent l4-su5sequent the heavy sales OF
WOOL last month market 10 comparatively quet
territory. but mills are wei
stocked holders asking top prices Inc oonesuc
clip y uausuAly vel esAaso w Ps 9aAs ''A' -
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
sEsu.
LIVESTOCK MARKET,

New York. September "a 1e0a
eaaSg ai cars for sau~htsrss and 1S for ths market
and % cars were held over Yesterday There was no
weak City dressed native sides in fair demand at
i've Steady at Ssa eSss S on
SS this 5 @ ABOUT asa
ssrs OF beef Cpa.sly estims'sd9 in tho Adratc TO
CAIYEs-Reespts were as head. including 21e for
SSnos d f over sn Mohnr fsS GSn. m
af @ S Sa6 aa % d asS Sr s
grades and all other sorts q calves Dressed calves
vsas i4e Tor country dressed ana Sc Tor dressed
SHEEP ana AND ihMBs-R.espts were 24n cars or
S'i SoT ihs ' %akas With The few :as. I "s car;
ing ears that arrived late, Common 10 good sheep
g ;S S%. z 80 r. SS s s e. :.
ssts per il lamb. i o. sisses. p., :"
anS 81 Is al s. Is per- Zoo S s do g
y az g 90 ESQ 30 DO e5 r. q 90 2aa do 70 y S
so5 SG d. st 81 q IT, - s at q So 40 x
uSsy sheep lSs S at 81 81 .Saey S e III % 50 as H.
ss 'S q S SS aS 81 f.
Sanders. 1ra stat. lambs. as p: at & 50; Z d.
20 s1SS sSa e Co 7 ~ west dG Sn ss s fs lambs Q. m
wss' E5na % s0G S. s h. a.
20 N:%ea .1as Rsniacss lambs Go m :. ST;
S. s. 81 az & j. 70 e S. E;s S1tfS'a ~ :Fs 70 n
fIOGS-Receipts 10 3,OB2 head. In
Guiding about half for the market Prices steady
with light medium state and Jersey hogs selling
- ssisses aSsso s. Sead hogs 1852 n
st Sc so per 100 roughs 8i2 10 at 81 30: stAgs
hog hos ESQ n - at IS S. leo ~ IS 90; rough $40
NJ mePssEssn q co. state hog. leo ~ at g. 60; 8
yesterday state hogs 100 10 at IS co. do 125 10.
az IS as; / rough 400 No. at 81 co.
Andrew Mullen date yesterday; ns hogs 131 n.
a. ss co. do ~ al So 80; roughs a6 10 at 81 60
NJ III Hollis fiae yesterday; lt3 state hogs. it2 n, at
IS ; ss DO i72 ro at IS co. roughs 3i2 10 at 81:
DO 363 n. 81 90
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
JAPAN's FINANCIAL POLICY.
Premier Katsura's Reported Plans to Reduce
Taxation.

Toxic. sept. Is.-Premier Katsura will outline IN
a speech before the Bakers Club tomorrow night
The financial policy OF the government tor tle
coming year. u Is generally understood there WIN
be no increase IN the expenditures for the main
tenance OF the army ana navy.
IN the adjustment Of last years budget, the esil-
nate of actual expenditures over receipts shows
that the prediction that the income would be
rnderestmated by z0,oo0.o0o yen tsio'ooo.oOo) was
realze6.
II is not expected that any taxes viii be apoi-
sned next year, but that the income tax ana tnose
~ the textile business VIII be REDUCED. me tal-
sree COR bffh the military and civil arms OF the
t1Yernment wifi he raised. The pay oi members pf
ne Diet VIZ Increased 10 900 ven tsl2ooJ. An
annual sowing Of 600 900 viii be effected oy
read jpstnaent administrative depar mentA:
&c any surplus wlstch may accrue VII bs oeVoteo
stAs TeoGQutioa CfIbondA =
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
TIDEwATER STEEL COMPANY SOLD.
D. NJ Coffin, of This City. Pays sSO51OO for
the Plant az Chester Penn.

Chester. Penn. Sept. H.-At a receivers sale to-
day the plant OF the Tidewater Steel Company IN
this city sold 10 D. NJ. Coffin. OF New York.
who II is said. represents syndicate which will
operate the plant.
Mr.. Coffin secured the plant for S3O5lOo. which
is $50 900 above the appraisement price The next
highest bidder Henry T. Brown. OF Philadel-
phia, whose bid s3O5O5O. 1t is believed the
sale will be confirmed by the court. large num-
ber of steel interests represented at the sale
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15

= blood. s2a3sc. Secured values: Tsxas--E1ne. n
months. 75GIScs nne. 20 : months 6esl0c dno faA.
5s46uc. Calii1rnia-Northeru. 6SQlpcs middle county.
63a65c. fan free 5Od5.c 0Iegcn-Easern No staple.
77u7sc. clothing 1On12cs valley No L. 31G5sc-
Terrory-Fine staple sIasoc. nne medium staple 100
70fJ72c medium clothing. 6Tn6cc.
y blood 7SQ76c y blood 6Sa7Oc. blood. 67fs6sc.
Pulied-Extra. 73G75c A. sS8d6c: 556deo.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
Soaring & COMPANY, Bankers,
WALL STREET

rib led2a strong lis; long clear mlddles light 2so
IA ~ strong u.s. long clear middles heavy. S540 io
strong ees 3D. short clear backs 1890 ~ strong Sss
square. Iiais 10 strong COS Ga. IARDaPrime West West
dull els CHEFasE-C Canadian. nness white steady.
Sos: Canadian nnest eolored. steady 5Is Cd TALIOWM "
steady 42s RosIS1Comrnon Arm es. PETROLEtIM-
psansd steady Txd. LINSEED OII5-Steady. 2js Cd.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
DIRECTORS

Street
President Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Director Erie.
EARL FURMAN Schenectady Schenectady
N. Y.
RUSSELL &
Street, New City.
POST Treasurer American Equipment Co. III Broadway New
GEORGE, Member Bankers. Wall
j. William YorkC city
N. Y.
CHARLES TREMAIN. President Railroad.
National
Paterson Deposit Company
President Wharton Wharton
N. J..
L w Soaring. President Dover. n. j.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15

80. ,sor The leading domestic quotations range as
follows: Ohio and Fennsyivania reeces-EAA SeeeSses
aashed sOG4lc. unwashed, 2sG-Scs
- blood comning 36a37c; Is blood comons, seg3lc;
Mchisan Wisconsin and New York neecss-Fine un.
S45sa5c g blood unwashed S4G3oc \ blood.
sasssAc sntucky Missouri-N blood S4c;
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
F,JRopEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

Liverpool. Sept. lt-closnE; wHEAT.spot dull: No
bcr rs o$d; December. Is sd March Is srd cohNs-
American. mixed via GalNeston), os
sla. futures nominal; October 47sd December, SIS
ava FIsoUR-Winter patents dull, 3as HOPS In Lon
dcn (Pacinc firm f4Qf5 os. -BEEF-Extra India
mess steady. Dos. rORK-Prime mess Western str9ns
lois 50 HAMS-Snort cut. l44lu N. strong Us- oA
CCN-Cumbsrlsnd cut 1880 ~ strong. Sss VI: snos'
New-York tribune., 1909-09-15
BALTIMORE STOCKS.
BOSTON CURB STOCKS.

-r,,sh.a by J. Thomas Reinhardt no 3s Broad street.
sew York. and No. 81 Devonshire street. Bostonb