The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-24
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Gives Away Professional Secrets.
"A copper colored, long haired, smooth
faced youngaman walked into the Cen
tral police station and asked for lodging.
'SYou're welcome to all we have" said
Lieut.. Burns, ,zAs.but If you'll tell US
whether you're black, white. brown or
red, shall see that you have the best
bed in the house.fA
The applicant scratched his head and
stood first on one foot and then the
other. Finally he drawled out. s'My
grandfather and grandmother on my
mothers side were Indians. My fathers
father was Spaniard, and his mother
Mexican. I don't know what 1 am
"What's your business?' asked Lieut.
Burns
s'Pve been in Barnum's band of brave,
bold, but bad Bedouins. I've played
Zulu, Kaffir, Malay, Indian and 'Greas-
er,' swallowed the sword for six months,
eat fire, licked hot pokers with my
tongue, danced on hot GOALS, chewed hot
steel, breathed out fire from my nose,
walked over razors, broke glass with my
feet and played the human ostrich"
ss@Well, what is your occupation?
asked Lieut. Burns. essy .zpI
I'm a museum freak, fakir, a sport
and bum" said the copper colored
man. lT Ls4s
IF you'll tell us how you work the
fakes you shall have feather bed" un-
blushingly promised Patrolman OiDon-
nell
There amt no fake in the human
ostrich" said the freak. 1.-The ostrich
eats glass, swallows knife blades, stones,
pieces of iron and everything else he can
get hold Of There amt no fake in that.
Cause why? Cause you don't get
chance to make a fake out of it. IF you
could we'd fake it. It amt a trick to eat
glass sandwich. Just put a thin piece
of glass between couple of pieces of
bread and when the bread goes down,
down goes the glass, too. People think
it's hard ON the stomach, but that's only
imagination. 1 saw a fellow do it, and
did it ten minutes afterward. There
amt any trick in stepping on glass. You
watch the fellows that do it. First they
stir the glass up with stick to make
you think they're trying to get the sharp
pieces on top. They're just turning the
sharp points down. But a fellow must
have real dry feet or he can't do that, If
his feet sweat or are damp he'll get cut
''The fire eating fake is nothing. If
you soak your hands and feet in borax
water three or four hours a day for a
couple of weeks you'll be able to stand a
pretty hot piece of iron. We don't run
any risks. but mix a little paste and lots
of borax. We put a coat of this on our
hands, and when we pull a hot poker
across it there's lots of smoke, sizzle
and n bad smell. We don't hold the
poker very tight or very long, but people
think they smell burning flesh. We
cover the bottoms of our feet the same
way. and dance around on hot Goals and
iron for few seconds. But if the paste
is wet your feet stick and you get burned.
You can fill your mouth with borax, lay
lots of it on your tongue and lick red
hot poker. It makes a little flame, and
when people see it they think you're
breathing out fire" i
''But doesn't the glass you eat hurt
your stomach
mot mine. The only trouble is that
you're liable to cut your tongue, and
you've got to be careful"
The freak was turned over to Turn
key Eustace, who was instructed to give
him a good bed.
..Where did you come fromf' asked
Eustace.
From New York." said the freak
.sFoot or raii?'
| 'tBoEh.
Where are you going from here?
I'm going to get job as soon as /
can, and when 1 have couple of dol
lars I'll skin out
Whats your manner"
~Signor Carlo.''
How old are your
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