The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-05-15
TIE TIMES, NEW BLooMF1E1D, Pa. MAY l5, 1877.

will like the company ola captain Of
Spanish infantry, and I'll send you
along. Come, load up again !"
But the astonished Spaniard did not
seem inclined to do so. A man who
swallowed carving-knives as he would
sardines, and who caught pistol balls
between his teeth, was not exactly the
man for him to deal with.
While he was pondering upon what
he had seen, Joe took handful of bull
lets from his pocket, and began to toss
them rapidly down his throat and when
these were gone, he picked up half-a-
dozen good-szed stones and sent them
after the bullets.
Holy Santa Marie ~ calculated the
Spaniard, while his eyes seemed starting
from their sockets. "What man. BY
my soul, It's the devil"
And as he thus spoke, he turned on
his heel and hurried away from the
place. After he was gone, Joe beckoned
for me to give him the knives. / did
so, and then saw him slip them up his
plNONC5s w hNh VIC IGLuIuCu W IuG CtUG
he approached the keeper.
You want your knives ?" he said.
But the poor fellow dared not speak.
Joe put his hand to his right ear and
pulled one of the knives out; then from
his left ear he drew the other one. The
keeper crossed himself in terror, and
shrank trembling away. But we finish.
ed our wine, and having paid for il
turned to go.
Here" said Joe, "I haven't paid fol
the use of the yard YETI And as he
spoke he threw down a piece of silver
upon the counter.
"Nol mol" shrieked the poor fellow
90, crie@, don't leave your money here
don'tl"
Joe picked it up and went away
laughing. When we were alone he ex
planned to me the secret of the PISTOLS
They were pair he had used in hi
legerdemain performances, and such a,
all wizards use to perform tricks o
catching balls, ETC. The main barrel O
the pistol had no connection whateve
with the nipple for the cap; but wha
appeared to be socket for the ramme
was, in fact, a second barrel-to be sure
smaller than than the other, but as larg,
in the bore of any rifle pistol-and will
this secret barrel the priming tube con
nected. So the apparent barrel of tn,
weapon might be filled with powder ant
ball and no harm could be done.
When Joe returned with his pistols
of course he had both these secret bore
loaded with blank charges, and then tn
other load was nothing but effect in ap
pearance. At the second loading 10
had charged the secret barrel of his owl
pistol, while the Spaniard had beef
filling up the main barrel of his. Then
of course, it became necessary to max
an exchange, else Bizar never woul,
have got his weapon off AS soon a
Joe got the other pistol into his posses
sion, and made the exchange which W
spoke of at the time, ,he had only to pres
smartly upon secret spring on the sid
of the stock, and he had the Who'll
charge which the other had put in
emptied into his hand. So he had tn
marked ball to dispose of as he chose.
Everafter that, while he remained il
Mahon, Joe Lattit was an object of bot
curiosity and dread on shore, for an az
count, all colored to suit the exaggerate
conceptions of the cafe keeper, had bee
spread over the city, and the pious Cath
olics there wanted nothing to do wit
such man, only to be sure and keep o.
his good-humored side.
TRYING RRIDAl TRIP