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■ I . 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. , • —- 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. K. P. FABRIB, Pres. BLOOM BROWN. Sec. * Treas. C. P. PAYNE, M’g’r, Americas Supply Co., Suooesiors to HABBIS & PAYOT, 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, Te'ra Cotta and Iron Pipings and Fittings. Greneral Repair W ork dsct-H TELEPHONE No IS. ESTABLISHED 1667. . INCORPORATED 1890. JAMES FRICKER & BRO. I have, just returned from New York, where I purchased a very large stock of DIAMONDS 1 -AND WATCHES at prices that will enable us to sell lower than ever before. Out stock IS InuRtnse, assortment oomplete,, prices loWhr than any one. Call and' see for youreelvet before buying. C. A. FRICKER, JACKSON ST., AMBRICUS, GA. 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