The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-30
THIS NEGRO IS A
GASTRIC WONDER
A Human Goat is PROF. Joe Sims, Of
Australia"
ATE KNIFE BLADES AND TACKS.
GuIpcd Down Hair Pins and Lamp
Chimneys i'm a Manner Calculated
To Mako Billy Goat Turn
Green With Envy.

Some neonle have been known 10 chew
rags for a paper-mill Others are reported
10 have acted pall-bearers Tor pecuhhaiy
consideration. but Joe Sims, VINO II pu1
sowu on the street dodgers as prolessv'
chewed up lamp chimneys ana swailo"ee
the pieces last night for the pehen. Vi
the negro Young Mems Christian Asso-
Citations.
sims claims TO be a full-blooded Aus
tralian. He looked very much like
negro saw last winter selling nam
sandwiches at Weldon. y. c. He mas
hushv hair. snow-white teeth. straight
self-iuportant figure and "A voice IKE a
fog-horn. lie tells you great deal ABOUT
himself.
This negro. who advertises himself as
a most wonderful prodigy. IS a KIND or
aU-around entertainer He claims 20 os
able 10 DO almost everything from hillns
mis- internal structure with All KINDS OF
metallic and mineral substances 10 play
ing high mass on a Sunday school or
gan with a whining tone and something
OF a capacity for wind.
PLAYED THE PIANO.
7, vas al True Reformers' Hall that the
entertainment Of which ] am giving a
fevv rambling comments. was given. The
audience was small and the room large.
That made the gathering look thin. But
the spoctators were AN attention. a negro
whose name was not on the show hlils,
introduced Sims with decismatory
flourish. and said De could chew up glass
fragments. bite knife blades OF ana swat
low them. deposit pins Ia his stomach,
break solid stones with hs fist and
olocute an for the benefit Of the l. VI.
G.. A
Sims first played the piano He pre-
L.. r.fI tina
fellows who mgged that mp 10 the third
story forgot 10 bring the key. ana so
that instrument remained in statu quo.
mis- selection on the piano was original
said he "Dere amt no fake about hit.
De harmony. dc melody, de music. de
uoetry. de words. and De whole thing WIZ
composed by me m double G. remat keo
the performer. Then he sang loud, but
not sweetly He apologized for his voice
and the apology was accepted. 50 was
the song. but there was no persistent ana
emphatic cry for more.
After the song the Professor said "a
little piece about two farmers and "a
circus. and told a story about an unsuc-
cessful attempt on his part during ms
Younger days 10 commit suicide; but
some power spared him 20 swallow nu-
merous unnatural specimens OF diet Tor
the benefit OF the colored NJ. G.. A.
4 MATTER OF FAITH.
After number of Introductory -four
ishes about various subjects on the side
Sims got down 20 business. He declared
with much emphasis and gestures 90 burr
that the process of puverizing glass anc
chewing il up was simply and solely a
matter of faith. and not question oil
stomach architecture az all. Just ike
"A patients condition might depend chiefly
upon his confidence in the merits or bread
pills or colOred water. Then be proceenel
fo crush "A dozen or more pieces OF slas,
i'm his hands. chewed mp the fragments
fine and washed them down with glass
of water ass il he had done nothing more
than swallow a. glass of James river
slime such ms Richmond people Wrestle'
over week before last. sims must nave
deposited quarter of pound OF glass
iu his stomach. 10 was suggested tnal NE
would become transparent if be stuck %
the business long enough. The idea wa
also advanced that. if he would driuf
James river water awhile during th'
muddy season. swallow some seeds o
various kinds and then deposit liberia
supplv of glassware inside he might ru'
"a Uttle hot mousse and raise flowers. Al
they would need would boz little more
light Stranger things have happened
ATE A KNIFE BLADE
Sims possesses remarkable digestive APP
paraus. He biz of and swallowed
knife blade. and got ON the outside o
some hair-pins and other articles sucl
as billy goats seldom dine on. lie ever
swallowed taos worse than the hard
tack dealt out ar Santiago. He wou'
make "a fine specimen FOR an anatomica
table Doubtless his stomach wouh
bring to light a. greater variety OF SINAI
articles than ever found room in llttr
Johnnie's everyday breeches pockets.
As "a pugilist he would prove "a ma ci
for Sid Mccoy with a little training
breaking large solid stones into irtg
ments was au easy feat for him. thl
bushy headed negro from Australia o
Weldon. North Carolina. This aroused
the wonder of his spectators and the'
recalled Sampson. Goliath. John t. Sui
Hvan and IL few other notorious charac
ter. who knocked ont their adversares
whether with naked fists. siiug-shots. o
lust plain iawDoues of asses.
Sims claims 90 have letters of common
datiou from President Mckinley and
Queen Victoria. lie did not produce
them but nobo,y seemed 10 be dispose
TO raise amy dispute about this part o
tho show Bill
10 lsa little remarkable how many quee
things one sees when bee looks for them
who would have thought the human
stomach can digest lamp chmneys
u0cket knives and Garnet tacks all fO