The Baltimore County union., 1867-09-21
The HuHI0O E,os,.

There Is a man "u exhibition IA London Who
calls him.elf " Naiaior, or the human frog. aud
who performs icats under water Mr.. f. Buck
Land has examined him and makes report there
upon '' Naiaior practices in an aquarium
sni il, following arr some of his feais
% lie lesCcnds and eats under water, q slsOnge
cake or "a hun tie opens hii mouth io show tha,
be- has really sW WallOwci IL. "a is most difficult
~ swallow cake under water without also swal.
lowing water u required ihro, y-afs practice
a. de- this Performance with saici, foI " wi,n
under water, be- shclld happen 10 cough, VI" VA.
irr would enter. he would instantly b. rh1ko 81
and serious accident would cnsnr
Ascending To ihe suGfacc a scala ~atu ,-'tiir
il handed to him he dives with il I" his perch
at the bottom, ani drink down the contents.
viz u half pennyworth of milk hr choosrs
milk bcrausc of the color. and IA order that the
audience may see that he actually drinks IL irum
the bottle this j. u most difficult trick, as u b.
hard io swallow the milk without iir water get
ting into his mouth
4 lighted pipe j. handed Ia him he takes a
FEW wlifs above ihr water. and then drscenls
with IL when under water he manages seIIr.
how a. Keep Il alighi and iucmii hubhlrs. Whirh
coming io the surface. hurst IN little lufs of to-
l,acco smoke Coming iO III" 'nriace, hr Shows
that his pipe Is still alighi.
lie is Young man. iWrnl, yeats "ld i've 'ri
u
y, i.ound in weight be- - hghil, hnilt lui cN.
rr,dinel, veil made ani muscular III pulse
nn Coniag cut ot The Wntei gave onr hnH,ir~l
ani fotty-,ight hs'aii io The miuui, twenty min.
ui,s after they were nin'i, .iWn in iilr minute
When hc first l.san Ia practice hong sa, un-
dee water SOME faur years sinre, he usrl in 'ui'
isT from severe hssadachcs, hut now these hN'
quite disappeared he never has rheumatism ut
other ache or pain 10 my form though be- gurs
through his performance NJ halfpsst ten every
night, and somciimestwirc day. The water "
his aquarium be manages 60 keep nj lrinIera-
inrc Of about sixty.lwO dcgrccs, but the warmer
the water Is the longer he can stay ~ and the
easier his performances bcnome The Longest
time he he's ever remained under water nj o stretch
ha. been sisty.ninc seconds. AMI last Saturday
week he remained sixty -four his ord mary tricks
require from ten To thirty s.conds under water
CoxcEir. Hardly anything ismorc coniempii
hr than that conccl which rests mcfcl. upon
social posi,iou the concri oi thosc WIN ifnagin,
that thus they arr divorced from il,c clay of coin
mon men Of those who shrink with horror from
I the idea of work. ~ something which degfadcl
by its very contact, and Yet who, very likely uNi
\ their prcfcnt position tO spmr not remote auc,s
I tor, who recognizing hi cal 10 work lived muf'
| honestly in the world than they do, aud wns no
ashamed of soilcd thumbs. II l. one Of ih'
/ mcanest things for leOpie 10 bc ashamed of ili
work FROM which they draw their income an'
which glorihvd their ancestors more with thei
soied aprons aud black gowns than ihenselve
with their Gne ribbons aud flashing lcwelry.
might be a line thug 10 he like the lillies, mon
glOriOusly clothed than Solonian, and doing noih
ing, " We were Only iillirs. Advantageous ia
slIiou Is ouly n inOTr emphatic call to work an
while those who hold the advantage may not b
compelled 10 manual drudgcry, they should II
cognize the fact that manual drudgery may u
performed In tie same spir, as that wlch chata,
eTizes their own work anl iheteiow that u
equally honoratie. ie.-Rsr. D.. Chgpia.