The New York herald., 1850-07-22

WldOWert, or 20 I,uUU. In 1911, notable In
crease is remarked in the number of totally un-
educated accused; it is So per cent of the whole,
and in 1876 il only 81 per cent and in 1916, 81
In what are called offences" which are tried by
the Tribunals of Correctional Police there is also
of before these tribunals was 16l ,36, and of
accused 207, ,476 in 1S47, there 1874 92 cases,
and 239, ,29l accused. This makes an increase of
cent of both. The increase must be ascribed to
the bad harvest of 1885, and to the distress which
ensued. The same cause led to an increase in the
number accused OF mendacity, from 1916 in l845,
from 4,O74 in ls45, to 5,004 in 1876, and 6,2sl in
IS47; ; and of accused of simple robbery, from
26,257 in 1916, TO 81, ,76S in lS47.
Confessions OF q sword swallowcr.
[From the London Chronicle.1
! have been connected with the conjuring and
tumbling professions, and every branch of them,
for 10 years. lost my mother when child, and
with the tumblers. continued tumbling until my
feet were Knocked up l tumbled twenty three or
twenty-four years. 1t was never what you call a
good business, only living. got .c3 week
certainly, at one time, and sometimes ca but you
had TO live up to II, or you were nothing thought
of that is to say, if you kept "good company"
Now there is not living to be made at the trade.
sword M d swallowing against the Celeb Celebrated Ramo
Samee, who was then getting G25 or ESQ week.
first practssd with cane, and found il difficult
TO get the cane down. When | first did it with
the cane thought was dead man. There's an
aperture in the chest which opens and shuts; and
il keeps opening and shutting, as understand it !;
but know nothing about what they call anatomy,
and never thought about such things. Well, if the
cane or sword goes down upon this aperture when
il is shut, it can 60 no further, and the pain is
dreadful. II it's open, the weapon 60 through,
the aperture closing on the weapon. The first
time put down the cane got it back easily, but
put my head on the table and was very sick,
vomiting dreadfully. tried again the same after
noon, however, three or four hours afterwards,
and did il without pain. did it two or three
times time more, and the next day boldly tried j,
was blunt, and was thirty-six inches long, an
inch wide, and perhaps a sixth Of an inch thick.
felt frightened with the cane, but not with the
sword Before the sword was used, it was rubbed
with handkerchief and made warm by friction.
l swallowed swords for fourteen years. AT one
time used TO swallow three swords, knife, and
two forks, Of course keeping the handles in my
together. / felt no pain. No doubt many Of the
audience felt more pain in seeing it than in doing
it, Iwore Turkish dress both in the streets and
the theatres. never saw ladies faint at my per-
formance-no, there was no nonsense Of that kind.
Gentlemen often pulled the sword and knives by
their handles out of my mouth, to convince them
selves il was real and they found il real though
the people to this day generally believe it is not.
formance, but generally had loud applause. /
used TO hold my head back with the swords in my
stomach for two or three minutes. Eve had a
guinea day for sword swallowing. This guinea
day was only for few days at fair times. ! was
with old salt-bcx" Brown, too, and swallowed
swords aud conjured with him. | swallowed
swords with him thirty times day-more than
one each time, some times three or four. Ihad
third Of the profts; Brown had two-thrds. We
divided after all the expenses were paid. My third
might have been 30s. week, but il wouldn't be
half as much now if ] could swallow swords
still. II i could swallow a tea kettle now
the people would hardly look at me. Some
tmes-indeed, q great many times-say twenty
i have brought up oysters out of my stomach
after eating, them, just as swallowed them on
the end OF the sword. At other times there was
blood on the end of the blade. always felt faint
after the blood, and used to take gin or anything
could get at hand 10 relieve me, which il did for
was obliged to 60 TO the doctors. used to eat
well, and drink too. When felt myself injured
by the swallowing had lost my appetite, and the
doctor advised me take honey and liquids, tea beer
end he told me if swallowed swords, il would be
my death but for all that was forced to swallow
swords TO get meal TO swallow. kept swallow
ing swords three or -four years after this, feeling
any great suffering. j then thought would swal.
low a live snake. I'd never heard Of any one, In
dian or anybody, swallowing live snake. It
came into my head once by catching a grass snake
in the fields in Ncrfolk. said to myself az held
u by The neck, There seems no harm in this fel-
low III try Il can swallow him. Itried then
and there, and did swallow him. II felt cold and
Shiny as IL went down. Iddn't feel afraid, for kept
tight hold Of him by the tail and no one has any
rig to be afraid Of grass snake. When brought
the snake up again. in about three minutes IL seen-
ed dead. After that l introduced snake swallow
ing into my public performances, and did so for
about four years. have taken 5s. and as low as
ls. when swallowed snakes in the streets OF Lon
don. catched my own snakes few miles from
London, and killed very few through swallowing
on 'em. Six snakes, properly fed on milk lasted
ne year The snakes never injured me: and
shOuld'rf have plyen m hut the erfo
grew stale, and the people wouldn't give me any
ding forit. have swallowed swords In the streets
thirty TO forty times day.. and snakes as often,
have followed any sthersort oflife; you see I'd been
so long accustomed TO public life; besides, may
have liked Il far better than labor, most young
men do, but no labor can be harder than mine has
been. II my father had been what he ought, he
might have checked my childish dongs and
wishes. | have tried other things though, in
the hope Of bettering myself / have tried
sbeemaking Tor hve or elk years, but couldn't get
living at It. | wasn't competent for r-that's two
years ago-eo now I'm musician to a school Of
scrobais. Very many like me remain in the street
business, because they cant get out Of IL; that's
the fact Whilst swallowed swords and snakes
played the fire-eater. didit once or twice last
we,k. eat red hot cinders from the CRATE, least
! put them IN my mouth, really red hot cinders. /
have had melted lead IN my mouth. only use a
bat ofchalk. chalk my palate, tongue. and hn-
gers 1t hardens the skin Of the tongue and palate
but that's all tire-eating affects the taste for
time or rather u prevents tasting anything par
ticularly. I've eaten hre for twenty years in the
streets and in public places II hasn't brought any
money Oflate years. | wasn't afraid when | fret
tried Thy eating lighted link-a small hambeau.
] felt no inconvenience. The chalk did everything
that was right. You may stroke a red hot poker
with chalked hands, and not be burnt | make the
same as the acrobats; perhaps ! average Ia. a
weeF, and have wife and sir children, the Oldest
under eleven, 10 maintain out Of that. Sometimes
were obliged 10 live upon nothing. When was
slipper making lhad from 3s. Sd. to a. dozen, the
9nndtry costing me II. 3d., leaving me q. for a
1ozen. could only clear g.. a week hy IT, that's
All could get out Of the slop-shops. There's one
hing coming from sword swallowing that ought
@ mention I'm satisfied that Ramo Samee and
Iave the doctors their notions about stomach
Jump.
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