The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-26
THREE GOOD STORIES.
EVIDENTLY WRITTEN By SOME FOLKS WI
CANT TELL A LIE.

EVIDENTLY WRITTEN By SOME FOLKS WHO
CANT TELL LIE.
That habitual retailer Of tough yarns, the
New York Sunday Mercury, has done its
worst 1t claims to have found a man in
that city who eats glass, and has eaten it for
twenty years. He SAYS "all you want Is
strong teeth. It's the best thing out. It
settles your stomach Just like a seidlitz pow
der. I've chewed up a piece Of glass when
I've been so drunk l couldn't see, and in
less than a half an hour / was ali right and
sober. / wrote to a paper here about it. and
what do you think they did Why, printed
my letter in an editorial headed Look to
your windows, and said il must have been
written by a lunatic, I knew that editorial
was written by a fool. I told a friend Of
mine of it, and asked him what had better
do? He said, hold my tongue or I'd land
on the island in a strait jacket. / saw
chap eat glass once when l was 4 young fel-
low in Germany. 1t was at a country fair.
/ thought I'd ike to do IL too so when I
went home l tried it. At first ! used 20 cut
myself, but soon discovered the real secret
of glass-esting in the life OF Benvenuto Gel
lini, the great SCULPTOR, by Goethe. Some
person tried to poison Celini with diamond
dust, and gave some diamonds to a lapidary
TO be ground to powder, which was TO be dis
tributed in his food. The lapidary sold the
diamonds and ground up some common
glass. This was put in a dish OF salad, and
Cellini discovered it after he had eaten some.
He found it was glass and didn't hurt him
at all, while If it had been diamond il would
have created ulcers in his intestinez which
would have killed him. So he experimeuted
on dogs and cats, and found out that there's
no harm in eating glass, which digests and
/ passes away"
TWO THOUSAND KISSES " An HOUR-HOw
A BET WAS WON
At party Of young people in Paris, con
versation happened to turn on the subject Of
kissing, and the question was propounded
who Of the young men present could boast
of having given or being able to give "his
girl the most kisses Various were the re
plies this question called ont. Finally r
/ young man and the girl to whom he was be-
trothed bet 200 francs that they could kiss
10000 times in ten hours, provided they
would be allowed to take an occasional glass
Of wine between" Two persons were ap-
pointed a committee to count the number Of
kisses, and the work began. During the
first hour they counted 1000 kisses. During
the second hour the kisses were not nearly
as numerous, for the committee only counted
1000. After the third hour, during which
they managed to score but 80. further opera
tions were brought to a sudden standStiu.
The lips of the young man were seized with
a Cramp, and he was carried of in a fainting
condition. The girl. few days later, was
stricken with brain fever which nearly car
ried her off TO a land where kissing under
any form Is unknown When the people
who had won the let demanded their money
the parents Of the girl refused to pay her
r share Of it. The matter was then taken to
the courts, and there it was decided that the
, bet must be paid
I 4 DEVICE TO PREVENT MARKET MIN PALM
l ING OFF OLD EGGs FOR FRESH ONES.
= The Jft,ra,ltee sun says sam Medil has in.
y vented device TO prevent market men palm
ing of old eggs for fresh ones. The inven
e ton is thus described: He proposes to ar
e range a rubber stamp in the nest OF every
;. hen, with a movable date. The stamp is AZ
ranged with pad, which is saturated with
J. indelible ink. When the hen lays an egg
n as is well known, she kicks slightly with uel
lie hind leg. An electic disk is arranged 81
ID that her foot touches it. when the staml
turns over on to the ink pad, ana then re
Ia wolves, stamping the date on the egg. Tn,
n hen then goes of about her business, tn,
farmers hired girl removes theegg. replaces
: the stamp, which is ready for another. OF
w each evening, after the hens have retired Z
e their dOwny roost, with the roosters, tn
date Of the stamp is changed to the follow
to ing day, md the good work goes Oh. InJh
p, way there can be no cheating. You 20 &
the grocery and ask for fresh eggs, and tn
- grocery man says he has some eggs OF tn
vintage Of January %, 1880, FOR inStanc,
You look at them, and there are the figures
IT. which cannot lie With this method it is a
lg object for the man to get rid Of his eggs
knowing that tomorrow may be too late.