Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1894 — Disconcerted the Fakir. [ARTICLE]

Disconcerted the Fakir.

A novel story of the late Sir Richard Owen is just going the rounds. A snake-charmer at Cairo, reckoning without his host, appeared before Sir Richard to go through a deadly performance with a cerastes—the horned asp. The reptile was placed on the ground. Owen looked at it a moment then stepped forward and picked it up. Before the luckless performer could interpose the savant plucked from its head its projecting horns, which, on closer inspection, proved t<j be fish bones. The fakir was somewhat disconcerted at the rapid unveiling of an actually harmless animal, and the entertainment was withdrawn. —[London Figaro. Georgia sends out every year about 1.000,000 bales o' cotton.