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THE AMERICAS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, l«9l.
A VERSATILE FREAK.
glltnar Carlo, SonaUaiaa of Oath
Give, Away Profeaalanal Secret*.
A copper colored,' long haired, smooth
faced young man walked into the Cen
tal police station and asked tor lodging.
7/ouTi welcome to all wo have,” said
Lieut. Burns, “but if you’ll tell us
rhether you're black, white, brown or
I shall see that you hare the best
bed in the house."
The applicant scratched his bead and
stood first on one foot and then the
other. Finally he drawled out, “My
grandfather and grandmother on my
mother's side were Indians. My father's
father was a Spaniard, and his mother
a Mexican. I don't know what lam."
“What's your business?" asked Lieut.
Burns.
■•I've been inBgrnnm’Jband of brave,
bold, but bad Bedouins. I’ve played
Zulu, Kaffir, Malay, Indian and 'Ureas-
er,’ swallowed the swdrd for six months,
eat fire, licked hot -pokers with my
tongue, danced on hot coals, chewed hot
steel, breathed out fire from my nose,
walked over razors, broke glass with my
feet and played the human ostrich."
"Well, what is your occupation?"
asked Lieut Burns.
■Tm a museum freak, a fakir, a sport
and a bum.” said the copper colored
man.
“If you'll tell us how you work the
fakes you shall have a feather bed.” un-
blushingly promised Patrolman O’Don
nell.
“There ain't no fake in tho human
ostrich," said the freak. “The ostrich
eats glass, swallows knife blades, stones,
pieces of iron and everything else he can
get hold of. There ain’t no fake in that.
'Cause why? 'Cause you don't get a
chance to make a fake out of it. If you
could we'd fake it. It ain’t a trick to eat
a gloss sandwich. Just put a thin piece
of glass between a couple of' pieces of
bread and when the bread goee down,
down goes the glass, too. People think
it’s bard out the stomach, but that's only
imagination. I siW a fellow do it, and
I did it ten minutes afterward. There
ain’t any trick in stepping on gloss. You
watch the fellows tiurtdp.it. First they
stir the glass upyritfrji sthfk to make
you think they're trying to get the sharp
pieces on top. They’re just turning the
sharp points down. But a fellow must
have real dry feet or ho can't do that. If
bis feet sweat or are damp he'U get cat*
"The fire eating fake is nothing. If
you soak your hands and feet in borax
water three or four hours a day for a
couple of weeks you'll be able to stand a
pretty hot piece of iron. We don't run
any risks, but mix a little paste and lots
of borax. We put a coat of this on our
hands, and when we pull a hot poker
across it there's lots of smoke; a sizzle
and a bad smell. We don't hold the
poker very tight or very long, but people
think they smell burning flesh. We
cover the bottoms of our feet the same
way. and dance around on hot coals and
iron for a few seconds. But if the paste
is wet your feet stick and you get burned.
You can fill your mouth with borax, lay
lots of it on your tongue and lick a red
hot poker. It makes a little flame, and
when people see it they think you're
breathing out fire."
“But doesn’t the glass you eat hurt
your stomach?”
“Not mine. Tho only trouble is that
you’re liable to cut your tongue, aud
you’ve got to bo careful.”
Tho freak was turned over to Turn
key Eustace, who was instructed to give
him a good bed.
“Where did yon -come from?" asked
Eustace.
"From Now York," said the freak.
“Foot or rail?"'
"Both.”
“Where are you going from here?"
‘Tm going to get a job as soon os 1
can, and when I havo A couple of dol
lars HI skin out."
"What’s your name?"
“Signor Carlo."
“How old are yon?”
“Twenty,"—Cleveland Leader.
Mot to Bo Trastod.
The ignorance of some American born
citizens of foreign descent in regard to
the precise meaning of some English
word* is sometimes rather astonishing.
An instance of this was met with the
other day by a reporter who had called
at the house of n German on Second ave
nue in the ordinary course of his busi
ness. The man, who it was afterward
learned was 30 years old, had been born
in this city, and for at least ten years
had been in business, was not r.t first
inclined to be communicative. Finally
he stepped a little closer to the reporter
—they were standing in the hull—and
said, "Are you a confidence man?" The
reporter was indignant, naturally, and
in furcible language be declared he was
no “confidence man.” “Ach, well,” said
the man us lie opened the door, "I think
perhaps if I told you does tings my numes
you would not write, but if yoirno con
fidence man I tell you nodings.”—New
York Times. •
Imagination In Life.
It seems probable that a little imagina
tion is very much better as a possession
than u great deal. A littlo is, to the
doily incidents and events of lifo, what
salt is to meat. Tho relish it bestows
upon them is'just as good as a pleasure.
If you are in a sorry' plight you can see
help coming by its aid, though, on tho
other band, you,are not tormented by
grievous relapses of impatience and de
spair upon tho delay of the arrival of
such help, as you would surely be if you
wen as imaginative as a poet And in
like manner, when you are in the thick
of prosperity* under its gentle, judicious
suggesting you are ablo to look ahead,
foresee the inevitable squalls which shall
follow such a spell of fine weather, and
be prepared for them. In fact, a certain
amount of imagination fa like ballast to
a ship, whereas too much Oct* like a
storm upon the samo ship, catching it
with all sails wt—All the Year Hound.
He Saw.
Waiter (hoping for a quarter;—Er—
sometimes gemmens gubs me a tip, sah.
Broker—Boy C., C. and I. C. Bee?
Wailer (dolefully)—Iaee.—Good News.
The Wisdom of the Anclreta.
Dr. Talmage is very vigorously tn
dined to believe that the Nineteenth
century had not absorbed all the won
ders of the ages. Jerusalem waj a won
derful city, with wonderful architecture
—nothing like it in all the ages. The
reservoir* of Jerusalem were built wit):
cement as perfect today a* it was when
the trowel laid it 1,000 years before
Christ. That dentistry had reached an
advanced Btage was shown by the filling
of the teeth of the mummies at Cairo.
Solomon knew all about the circulation
of blood. Job knew all about the re
fraction of light.
Isaiah knew that the world was round
when hesaid, “The Lord is seated on tin
circle of the earth.” Ancient art ex
celled . the modern. Tyrian purph
couldn't be made now. Pliny describes
a malleable glass that one could tit
around his wrist. The Nineteenth cent
ury coukln’t produce a Damascus blade.
We have great cities, but Babylon was
fivo times larger than London. “I lie
gin to wonder," said Dr. Tidmage. “i|
the world hasn't forgotten more than it
knows. But what this age does excel
in," he continued, "is morality. There
were never so many good men qpd
women as now. It is tlio result of the
influence of Christianity.”—Washington
post.
ItoNton'M Oldest Hoiiwi,
What is generally believed to lie the
oldest house standing in Boston lias been
transferred from one estate to another
for the first time in over 200 years. The
property is known os tho Wells mansion.
The sale was mode by the Wells estate
to Mr. A. Ratshesky, a Hebrew million
Hire.
This interesting relic of the colonial
period, now used for a store and tene
ments, liears a strong resemblance in its
style of architecture to the old Dickens
house in Ismdon. It is a two story frame
structure, very substantial and likely tc
last another generation, if not torn down
to make room for a modern building.
The striking peculiarity of its exteriori*
that its second story projects six inches
or more beyond the walls of the first—a
freak of construction that cannot be ac
counted for on any known ground of
practical' use or ornamentation. The
title was examined into by John T. Has
son, who discovered that it -hail not pre-
vlohSly beeti inquired Ynto dues 1681,
when it alma into the possession of the
fotefathers 'of 1 the prdsehi comptrollers
of tba Walla eetote.-Boe*>a Post.
lllark and Green Ten*.
Generally speaking, all teas are di
vided into two colon—green and black.
Japan is the only country which pro
duces green tea only, while China is the
only land where both colors are pre
pared. India, Ceylon and Java send
forth block teas alone, on the principle
—at least in India—that adulteration oi
green tea is too easy.. It is worthy of
mention in this connection also that'
until within a few years all the teas of
Japan havo been black, and this was tho
case when in 1836 the first importation
of fifty half chests reached this country.
The venture was immediately success
ful.
The flavor of the Japan tea pleased the
American palate. It was spoken of us
“a black tea with green tea flavor,” and
ns the leaf was dried in the natural color
it was believed that tt must lie free from
adulteration. Tho importation for the
second year wae 400 half chests, and in
the third year the umount arose to 1,100.
But it did not by any means stop there,
rising rapidly till the yearly total
readied the wonderful amount of 20.000,-
000 pounds.—Good Housekeeping.
'Kscapa for the Gallery.
An old time theatrical advance agent
told me this amusiug incident which oo-
curred in London, England, at tho first
production of the opera “Faust” in the
Drury LaneAheatre: “The original Faust
was taken sick in the evening and could
not appear in tho title role. An under
study, whose name was not revealed,
was chosen for the part He was a first
class tenor, bat was a very stout man,
weighing about 240 pounds. lu the last
act, where Marguerite lies dead on the
floor, and Faust descends through a trap
door amid lurid flames, the trap in this
instance, being very small, was not large
enough to let the under study through.
The stage hands underneath pulled their
utmost on the legs of the substitute, but
to no avail. There was breathless silenoe
in the audience at the awkward pause,
which was soon broken by a voice in the
gallery exclaiming in a shrill tone, 'Hur
rah, fellows! We’re safe! The hot place
is full already I’”—New York Star.
licttMDi for » Divorce.
The Druses sometimes divorco their
wives for apparently tho most trivial
causes. Thus a man named Suleiman
Attala had a wife. Isbakyeh. The
woman frequently worked for us, and
on several occasions 1 liad to complain
that she talked too much and workod
too littlo. At length I was obliged to
tell Soleimau that, owing to his wife’s
laziness, I could employ her no longer.
Shortly afterward I went to England.
On my return after a couple of inontlis'
absence l was snrprised to find that
Soleiman had divorced Isbakyeli, and had
already married another woman, On
inquiring from him tlio cause of this ho
replied, “Your honor told me that you
would not employ my wife again, so I
thought I would get rid of her and
marry another woman whom you would
employ.”—Blackwood’s Magazine.
DECORATE THE PIANO.
fa fnail Room* It Is Now Mad. a Thing
ef Beaatr aad an Artistic Joy.
The magio skill of modern decorators
has vanquished the formidable aggres
siveness even of the parlor piano. For
merly pianos were most obstinately,
hopelessly angular objects in a pretty
parlor, positively refusing to lend them
selves to any scheme of decoration. But
even a piano has possibilities, and since
these possibilities have been discovered
aud realized the piano is the keynote of
the whole decorative scheme. Of course
in all city parlors an upright piano is
used, and instead of being set back
against the wall like a child in disgrace,
it is uow turned out into the room al
most at right angles, which is decidedly
more agreeable to the performer. The
back of the instrument ia then draped
with some beautiful material, hanging
iiko a curtain to the floor.
Sometimes a plain piece of Roman
sheeting is used, a silken damask or
Pompadour velvet, with the main color
in harmony with "the room. Some
ladies introduce a small picture or bit of
embroidery in one npper corner, arouud
which the drapery is hung gracefully, or
clever needlewomen embroider tlie
whole drapery in qnaint, odd designs.
A scarf of silk harmonizing with the
hanging nt the back falls over the top of
the piano, and there are candelabra or
some light pieces of bric-a-brac that will
not rattle when the instrument is in use.
Such are the possibilities of a piano
an object of docorative art. but wonder
ful indeed uro its possibilities in another
direction.
Placed near a bav window, it shuts in
the coziest lovers' nest imaginable.
Soft cushioned window seats that have
room for jnet two—intuitive seats they
■night be called—are hidden thus away
completely from tho. cold, cruel world.
Smokers’ retreats with littlo couches
may be bidden in the shadow of such
piano when rich hangings fall from
corner window. Or a delightful tea cor
ner ia made with a screen for a doorway,
and soft divans and dim lights inside.
Miss Georgia Cay van has such u tea cor
ner in her artistic little house in Harlem.
The back of the piano is hnng with
Soft abode of yellow, brocaded with dull
green leaves and flowers. Against this
the little tea. table.is placed, witb ita
dainty belongings, and a low chair be
side it where the hostess preside*.
A yellow cushioned divan extends en
tirely around this corner, lighted by the
soft radiance of a lamp with a pale green
shade, and piled high. with a baker's
dozen of pillows—large and small and
medium—with bright silken covers.—
New York Sun.
Unrlril Railway Portsra.
All English railway companies are
very particular about civility being
shown to the public, with perhaps one
exception, known to most railway men?
but even that company, has now im
proved in this respect, as well ns in many
others. A bnldhendcd director of this
company was traveling with some stran
gers, and at one of the stations one of
them Asked the namevf the place. A
porter pointed to the name board, re
marking, "Can't you read?” The direc
tor was somewhat vexed, but said noth
ing. At tlie next station another of the
passengers asked if they changed there
for A . "Sit still, and don't bother;
this ain’t a junction,” the porter replied.
The director, who was much surprised
at tlie incivility of the porters, told the
strangers who lie was, and expressed re
gret that they hod been so spoken to.
will see, however," lie said, “if they will
speak in the same way to me.” At the
next station he put his head out of tha
window, but could get no one's attention
till the train was moving off, when a
porter came up and shouted to him,
“Keep your bald head in, old buffer, or
you’ll catch cold.” Ha fumed with rage,
but the strangers seemed to enjoy his
defeat
There was trouble at those three sta
tions the next day, and three faces were
seen no more on those platforms.—Cham
bers' Journal.
Two Queer Addreeae*.
Not long ngo a letter came through
this postoffice addressed to “Lard Mills,
N. H„" which found its proper destina
tion at Oil Mills, N. H. A letter ad-
dimed to “Boast Pig, Hass.,” was de
ciphered by the Boston null clerks to be
intended for Dedham, and there It was
delivered to the person for whom it was
intended.—Concord Monitor.
A IVrvcrue Woman.
What! yon love another! But you
said you'd marry me if your father dis
owned you."
“I know. But hs didn't disown me,
you see!”—American Grocer.
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It Was Not If* That Worried.
“Now, sir," cried Mr. Bogwig fero
ciously, "attend to me! Were you not
in difficulties a few months ago?”
“No.”
•“Now, sir! Attend to my question, 1
ask you again, and pray be careful in
answering, for you are on your oath. 1
need hardly remind yon. Were you not
in difficulties some months ago?”
“No; not that I know of."
“Sir, do you pretend to tell this court
that you did not mako a composition
with your creditors u few mouths ago?”
A bright smile of intelligence spread
over tlio ingenious faco of the witness as
ho answered:
"Oh! ah! That's what yon mean, is
it? But, yon see,'it was my creditors
who ww-w in difficulties, anil not me,"—
Green Bag. " ~ -
Laughable Newspaper Mistake*.
A Syracuse printer, in setting up a
book publisher’s advertisement, con
strued one of Dickens’Kvorks thus: “Bar
ney, by Rudge, 61.30.'' Misprints are
sometimes very ludicrous in their sig
nificance. A country paper gives an ac
count of an amateur concert in which a
young lady received a well deserved en
core by tho exquisite taste in which she
sang* “An Angel's Whisker.” In Dr.
Wayland's time a meeting of the Amer
ican Scientific association was held in
this city. The doctor gave a party to
the association. His friends were con
siderably surprised tho next morning to
find it reported in tha newxpoper* that
Dr. Wayland had given a billiard party
instead of a brilK.int party.—Providence
Journal. - - ■
No Harry. ,
Old Gentleman—My boy, don't you go
to school?
Boy—Yaw.
“It’s long after 0, and here you are
playing.”
"That's all right. We had a rather
l&te breakfast, and mamma was 'fraid
I'd be late, so she wrote me an excise,
uul I’ve got it in my pocket.”—Good
News.
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Machinery Supplies.
We are now in our new building in Artesian Block,
and ready for business.
A Full Line of Cooking Stoves and . Ranges.
Gas Fixtures and Sanitary Goods a Snecialty.
Globe, Angle and Check Valves,
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(Barlow Block.)
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TIME TABLE
Taking Effect April 10,1801.
Its ...... BtUcau tea...... lve 4 40
\ pm hr*..4*. ,.«Opelika* lve 1 25
i |a*f. M .» f <30lumbus arr'll 45 a
1 Ire......Columbus lve 11 20
1 '--t....... KllAVillfl arr 9 05
, t.....,.*EllavUJ«.......lve 8 fto
arr...... AmerlcuH arr 8 20
lve Amerlcus, lve 8 no
, ve...i... Conlele..;.. ..lve 6 20
1 Ire Helena lve s as
i a in lve... 'Lyons .lve 1 A5
* r....;. Savannah...... arr 7 40 p
... Charleston....;'arr 2 15
r and Americm, via' Opefi
..lve
ifAmilricus, via L’ni<
Jolumbug.
T 40 am lr»T....ilodt(om«rr.....ftrr| 7 06 j
3 GO hr*...*.. Columbus arr'll 20
*>4> arr......A«nrtcni......ive] 8 SO
ftotw’n Montgomery imTAmericus, via B» fa
i 40 ft mil vs 7... .konigomsry arr 7 as p m
lve Eutaala ..s....lve 4 07
. lve Albany arr 2 Go
t«0 |arr......Amsrtcoi.......lye| 110
i lot ween Amcricmtaud Jacksonville, via Helena
m.
illre
p::::::a
jarr J
.Amerlusc arr 8 00 ai
..Helena lve 3 55am
ttrunHwick..
Jacksonville..
11 00 p ni
Jnta In the Southwest, and as
imitncham and all points In the Northwest.
• Meal Buttons. •
Sleeping cars between Columbus and Savan-
l'ossengers from Charleston destined to points
est of Borannab, change cars at C. & S. June-
W.N.MABBHALL. E. 8. GOODMAN,
rintenilcnt. Gen. Pus. Agent.
■■Ml—^—cns.Ga. Amerlcus, Ga.
J. M. C A ROLAN, 8. B. FtSS. Aft.
Savannah, Ga. K. A. SMITH,
m. d. Mo -
Ameriouii, Ga.
JXO. T. ARGO, C. 8. A.,
, - - Amerlcus, Ga.
Wi H. SMITH, o. P.A., ' ,
NewYotk, N. Y. »
East Tennessee,
laaltf
Virginia and
Georgia R’y
System.
-IS Tint OXLY-
Shortand Direct Line to the North, East or
West.
This line is conceded to be the best equipped
and runs tho finest l*ullman. Bleeping Cars iu
the South.
Megant Pullman Sleeping Cars, between
Jacksonville and Cincinnati,
Titusville and Cincinnati,
Brunswick and Louisville,
Chattanooga and Washington,
Memphis and New York,
Philadelphia and New Orleans,
Chattauooga and Mobile,
Atlanta and Chattanooga,
Without Chang*.
Jfor any information address
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Knoxrtlls, Tsn».
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