Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-05-12

'DliHti w u Nnhg Nl'H'''HN "" '"I
lishmPn, who, nj the fairs Of ~, Ger
man IN 1924, lcapcd over forty people
without touching one Of them, II
our own day We are familiar with
many remarkable cSposil 'os o
strength andcndurancc. DR.. Winship
with the aid ot straps, lifted i weight
OF $500 pounds, and with tho little
finger of his tight hand Gould misc
his body considerable distance from
tho ground,
The strongest man IN the world a,
the present time, so Ear as We know,
now lives m Reno, Washoo county,
Nevada. A San Francisco Chronicle
reporter recently witnessed the aston
ishing ieals Of this remarkable man,
and was fully satisfied by what he
saw that he is really all that has been
claimed for hun. Ills name is Angelo
Cardcla, an Italian, aged ihirly-cight
years stature, five feet ten inches
weight, one hundred and ninety lbs,
occupation, laborcr; habits temperate,
though he has no scruples against the
use Of malt liquors and the light wines
OF his country. Ia personal appear
ance he is not remarkable; merely q
good.natured looking son OF Italia,
with broad, heavy face, n noble de-
vrlopment OF chest and shoulders, and
large ileshy hondS. Ills strength was
BON with him, for he had no athletic
training, When "strippcd TO the
bpd,' however, a marked pecniiarty
in his spinal column Is at once mp
parent. His backbone IL, we might
say, double join,ed, with the vertebral
apicula,ions unusually large and
prominent Though he is not a man
Of unusual size, his spinal column is
double the ordinary width and his
other bones and joints seem made on
a similar large and generous scale.
After some solicitation, he finally con-
scented to favor the reporter with an
of strength, which proved
to be such an astonishing exhibition
Of lifting power as scarcely to be be-
lieved. The reporter, whose weight
is one hundred and fifty pounds, stood
with one foot on the floor and arms
outstretching, his hands being lightly
grasped by two friends, one on each
side, to preserve the balance OF bis
body. This slight assistance, however
had no tendency to raise his body,
being merely to keep him from top.
ping over. Cardela then stopped
down and placed the third finger Of
his right hand under the hollow Of
the reporters foot, upon which he was
balancing, and, with no preceptible
effort raised the reporter to height OF
four feet and deposited him standing,
on table near at hand. This feat he
and then grasped the repor.
tiers ankles with both hands, raised
him above his head, and gently low
cred him TO the table in sitting
posture. CardeIa bad pipe in his
mouth while lifting, and continued
as much as to say, per
Baccho, its nothing;a way we have
in our country" On a former occas-
ion he raised Mr.. Lawrence. a gentle
man connected with the editorial staff
of the Reno Gazette, in similar way
with one finger carried him across the
room, and left him standing on a
table. He has also lifted by the same
plan, taking his third finger, (Which
seems to be his most reliable one),
several Reno heavy weights, one
weighing over two hundred pounds.
He can strike a blow with his fist with
a power OF five hundred pounds, meas
ured on the register. II is said that
two Irishmen near Verdi started in 10
whip him one night, but concluded to
Civ up the contract, as he grasped
one in each hand and beat them to-
gether until the life was nearly ham,
mered out of them. Many other
tales are told of bis extraordinary
strength and there can be no doubt
that, in his particular specially, he is
unrivaled. and indeed l,tsus naturae
when the peculiarities of his physical
'make.up" and his almost limitless
power are considered. He states that
his father could strike blow equal in
power to 1000 pounds; so that his
strength seems a direct inheritance.
Cordeila has not much education and
an imperfect knowledge Of English.