, 1874-10-28
A 'T'al,fsetf .TnEtncrs

from fHE 4itW CTtfHHA {'3CHHIfs
Tho tricka er S;suor Carto Bonedosti. now ey-
h1bitiug ut tho Academy Of Music Ills Rkill In
swallowing swords, canes. and razors niny per-
hAps recall Ron1o curious circumstances in tho
car2cr Of Mr. Norman l1eimsl. Ill old resident in
this city.
uclmel was IN Aleatian shoemaker, who came
over TO tl,is county III l38 or 193Y, and Hottled
in New Orleans. 1io opened n Bhou-shop On
Royal street, which becasne ID e>ue quito fassl-
/ ionable. In addition to shoena1ing. Heimol
father cf lin country No. 3 (Ulrsses s.
Grnnl), on whit waa then usually styled Maino,
but which has now becotne perverted into ~.
malne street. There Heimel lived comfortably
but humblv for quito O number OF years, doing g
l,ttle business in the tsunihg limo, Rueh az con.
yerting goat and alligator hioes into leathor.
Ta,snlt tho astrIaeent principle used Ia tauninG,
il well known, n healthy and pleasant drink, as
.uysgo,ating to tue blood aud avhteni as chaly-
uoato water. 1t a not over plea: ant to srnoll or
taste, but Que easily conles to like it after tho
lad great 1oudnoss for ibis tat,niu. It was
lis solo ard only drink. 1Io thought It
fur preferable to his national boer, md
declared tnat it was possessed Of every virtue.
anl tnat utter go ting on spree with tanuln,
QUO could go 10 bed perfectly uhharnlod, sober,
and without n headaclle However good tannin
may DO as a streugthsncr mud iuyiSorator, too
much Of il, like too much of everything olHe.
proved not healthy. Tne tannin corroded and
burnt Heimeis tul oat like alcoilol. uo soon en-
tIrely loat tic uouae OF taste. Evcrythinu was
to linn ltke dry. tasteless chi rs. Ho was man
great, il nt votaciotls, appetite, mud yet lis dln-
ner proved to Inn wholly tasteloss. Ho ato until
I he felt satisfied and tull. II VAS moro physical
| uot gastronomtcal. work.
Notwithstanding this unpleasant conao1uonco
OF his habit, IIel:uol persist" ia trinkin. half
| dozen glasses OF tannin every day. The drink
scanned to strengthen aud iuvinorate his stomach
s.Sf.f .ktxAs
| bio cahbages, at,d could defy md smi Mt ali
| ined!oinoa, These had no effect upon him, aud
| ho would often take whole bog oil pills at dose
| to show the lcrculean character of his Byhtem.
lie seonod literally nude oil lr5ss, and cou d, like
| all ustric swallow small htoues. nails, pIcccs Of
iron. etc, without any ar 'a4ont Injury. Thoso
tricks he frequently performed for tho benefit Of
| his puzzled ueighbors and c.nldron.
It occurred to llclmet that thia 1efogmity or
anun1a OF his Organization might becomo profit
| able If exhibited; that he might appear ns hu-
man prodigy. This ideh WAS further developed,
| and Hai,nu loft the sioe-makine business for the
STAGE appearing az the "Gteat American Or
trlcl,." Ths was in 1861, at the very beginning Of
md nppcarcd IN Vienna md many other Eu,
| ropeau cities, Mhcre liz e1cted considerable ut
| eit.ou and surprise in swallowing .ais. swords,
oto., although thjs toat was always regarded AZ
c!evor legoraomain rathor than as genuine
After several years Of show life, Heimol re-
turned to this e!tE with quite e9m'ofshblo Tor
tuso and established hiulsolf at bis old taunory,
directly opposite tho Dumalro Bsrcet station.
Ills cxori!onB, however, lad apparently under.
mined mud broken him dowiI. TO vas perfect
wreck Of his fofmor sell. Originally no was a
robust. hearty German, somerhat Inclined to
stoutnoAa. Now ho waB weak, thin, and enlu'
c1ataa. ,..
physiological to! us that tho human systom
becomes renovated every soren years. NOT only
10 lao o'ooa, tao nes1, ana tue s!ho"s pocoliH