National Republican., 1880-04-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
His Name is Angelo oardeia, aud He Strike
roo Bnu,1a
a MODERN SAMSON.


His Name is Angelo oardeia, aud He Strikes
800 Pounds.
| The strongest man in the world at the present
| time, so far as we are able to learn, now lives
In Reno, Washoo County, Nevada. A reporter
recently witnessed the astonishing feats Of this
| remarkable man, aud was fully satisaea nv
what he saw that TO is really oil that Is
claimed for him. His name is Angelo Cartela,
an Italian, aged thirty-eight years stature
| five feet ten inches; weight, 100 pounds
occupation, laborcr habits temperate, though
| he has no seruples against tho moderate use Of
malt liquors and the light wines of his c0un-
| try In personal appearance he is not remark-
| able, merely n goOd-natured looking sOn of
| Italia, with broad, heavy face, a noble de-
| veopmont OF chest and shoulders, and large
| fieshy hands. His strength was borne with
| him, having had no athletic training. When
stripped to the buff however, n marked
popularity in his spinal column is at once
apparent. His backbone is, VIC might say,
| doublejointcd, with tho vcrtebral articua
unusually large aud prominent Though he
| Is not q man of unusual size, his spinal column
| IS double the ordinary width, aud his other
bones andjoints seem made on similar largo
and generous scale. After some solicitation no
finally consented TO favor the reporter with an
exhibition Of strength, which proved to be
such an astonishing exhibition of lifting
power as scarcely to be believed. The report
foot on the floor, and arms outstretched, his
hands being lightly grasped by two friends.
one on each side, to preserve the balance Of his
body. This slight assistance, however had
no tendency to raise his body, being merely to
keep him from topping over Cardela then
stopped down, and placed the third finger of
his right hand Under the hollow of the report-
ors foot, upon which he was balancing, and,
with no perceptible effort, raised the reporter
to % height OF four feet, and deposited him,
standing on on a table near at hand This
feat lie repeated aud then grasped the report.
ers ankl with both hands, raised him above
his head, and gently lowered him to the table
IN sitting posture. Cardela had pipe in his
mouth while lifting and continued smoking.
as much as to say "Per Baccho, tits nothing;
way we have in our country p On former
occasion lie raised Mr. Lawson, gentleman
connected with the editorial staff of the Reno
GdEette, in similar way, with one finger
carried him across room and left him stand.
ing on table. He has also lifted by the same
plan, using only his third finger (which seems
to be his most reliable onel, several Reno
heavy weights one weighing over two
hundred pounds. He can strike blow with
his fist with power Of five hundred pounds,
measured on q register. 1t is said that two
Irishmen, near Verdi. started In to whip him
one night, but concluded to give up the COLI
tract, as he grasped one in each hand and beat
them together until the life was nearly ham,
mered out OF them. Many other tales are told
of his extraordinary strength and there can
be no doubt that, in his particular specially,
he is unrivaled, aud, indeed, luslB nature,
when the peculiarities of his physical make.
up " and his almost limitless power are consid-
cred. He states that his father could strike q
blow equal in power to 1000 pounds so that
his strength seems direct inheritance Car
della has not much education and an imperfect
knowledge Of English. He dslikes to show
his strength aud fails to realize his own value.
If he were TO give public exhibitions of his
wonderful powers, no would doubtless be
recognized and acknowledged to be the most
powerful man in the world in certain lines of
strength.