Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-04-17

finger of his right hand could raise MS
BODY considerable distance from the
ground.
The strangest man in the world at the
present time, so far as we are able to
learn, now lives in Reno, Washoe coun
ty. Nevada. A San Francisco Chronicle
reporter recently witnessed the aston
ishing feats of this remarkable man,
and was fully satisfied by what he saw
that he is really all that has been claim
cd for him. His name is Angelo Cardela,
an Italian, aged thirty-eight years; stat
IRE, five feet ten inches; weight, l9o
pounds; occupation, laborer; habits
temperate, though he has no scruples
against the use of malt liquors ana 'he
light wines of his country. In persohai
appearance he is not remarkable; merely
eood-natured looking son OF ltalia,
with a broad, heavy face, noble devel-
opment of chest and shoulders, and
large, hcshy hands. His strength was
born with him, for he has had no attn
letic training. When stripped to the
buff. however, marked peculiarly III
his spinal column is at once apparent.
His backbone is, we might say, double
;ointed, with the vertebral articu!atlOns
unusually large and prominent. Though
he is not a man of unusual. size his spl-
nal 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
consented to favor the reporter, with an
: exhibition of strength, which proved to
: such an astonishing exhibition of lifting
J power as scarcely to be believed. Inc
: reporter, whose weight is $50 pounds,
stood with one foot on the floor and
. arms outstretching, his hands beng
u lightly graspcd by two friends, one one
. on each side, to preserve the balance OF
. his body. This slight assistance, how
ever, had no tendency to raise his body,
/ being merely to keep him from topping
. over. Cardela then stopped down and
X placed the third finger Of his right hand
Il under the hollow of the reporters foot
u upon which he was balancing, and witt
20 no perccptible effort raised the reporter
le to height of four feet and deposited
III him on table near at hand. This tea
III he repeated, and then grasped the re
d. porter's ankles with both hands, RAISED
10 him above his head, and.gently lowered
u him to the table in sitting posture
u Carlela had pipe in his mouth Wh'l
~ lifting, and continued smoking, as muc
p, as to say, "Per Baccho, It's nothing;
Z" way we have in our country" On
oo former occasion he raised Mr.. Lawson,
liz gentleman connected with the edltor'i
WI staff of the Reno Gazette, in q sImlld
'u way, and with one finger carried Ill
Vi across the room and left him standln
VI on n table, He has also lifted by TT
no same plan, using only his third hinge
'A (Which seems to be his most rellab
M one) several Reno heavy weights, or
- weighing over two hundred pounds. /
''' can strike blow with his fist with
power of five hundred pounds, measure
'rd on register. 1t is said that two Iris
ne men near Verdi started in to whip HI
tie one night, but concluded to give up I'll
'de contract, as he grasped one in each hal
a and beat them together until the II
on was hammered out of them. Many 9th
III tales are told of his eXtraordina
on strength, and there can be no dou
III that, in his particular speciality, he
'in unrivalled, and, indeed, '"s"s nature
ulo when the peculiarities of his physic
nus "make-up" and his almost limltl'
Oh mower are considered. He states TT
'''' his father could strike blow equal
a''l power to one thousand pounds1 so IL
emu IN his strength seems direct inheritan
gnu Cardela has not much education and
n III. imperfect knowledge of English.
Ills dislikes to show his strength, and ia
l'eo to realize his own value. If he were
Nv" W, give public exhibitions Of his wonder
''ou mowers he would doubtless be recognl;
LII and acknowledged to be the most p'
MIA, .e.,1 ,x :, tho world IN certain Ii
of c..,