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AN EASTERN WIFE'S REVENGE.

TOES FOR FINGERS.

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TOES FOR FINGERS. During the last few months the winter garden of the Central Hotel of Berlin has been the scene of some wonderful performances by C. H. Unthan. This gentleman was born without arms, but this defect did not hinder him from becoming a very useful member of society and earning an honourable living by doing with his feet what other people are wont to do with their arms. A correspondent writes as follows When I went to the hotel to meet this foot artist," I met him in the hall. lIe returned with me to his room, the door to which he opened with his shoulder, and a few minutes later I sat opposite to him-he with his bare feet resting on the table. He moved his feet about the same as other people use their arms, perhaps a little more lively, for his toes were never still, and several times he scratched his nose with them, and slapped his left leg with his right foot in emphasis of what he was saying. During our long and interesting conversation we touched upon politics, when Unthan suddenly took up a newspaper laying on the table, which he held between the large toe and the second. Later on he pulled a cork from a bottle of wine and filled our glasses. Standing firmly like an oak, upon one limb, he performs with the other all kinds of work, and, as our hands do not need to be covered indoors Unthan leaves his feet bare, from which circumstance he derives no evil affects. 'I 1 When walking about he clothes tnem in a giove- like stocking, over which he wears a shoe. When obliged to ring the bell to the door of a house, he removes his foot from the shoe, raises the same, And pulls the knob, just as we do with our hands. Unthan is a finely-built man and is \cry happily married. His young wife, a Bohemian, is an exceedingly bright woman. Unthan's exhibitions were largely attended by medical men from near and far; he is an expert shot, removing with his lead the cork from a glass cylinder, and hitting the centre of the target. with an accuracy which is dis- played by few marksmen. Besides this he is a fine musician, playing the violin and the cornet-a-piston, and filling out his leisure moments with a game at cards. In 1869. Unthan travelled around giving exhibitions here and there in 1870 lie was fTnplled from Paris aud went from thereto England where he remained until 1872. In 1874 lie did North and South America, pursuing his way on horse- back from one Mexican town to another. Unthan is an excellent rider and has won many races both in riding and firing.. While m Cohrna he was drawn into the revolution and escaped fiom that State with barely his life. At this time he played only the violin and confined himself to exhibitions on that instrnment. In 1877 he returne to Europe and settled down at Prague, from which place he makes his annual tours.

A BARREL OF XXX.

MAN AND BEAST FIGHT.

THE BEGGAR'S BANK BOOK.

THE FIRST CHANNEL STEAMER.

A TRAIN ATTACKED BY BRIGANDS.

----WHAT DID HE MEAN?

A RELIC OF POMPEII.I

--A BATHING MASTER ATTACKED…

CAREFUL SON-IN-LAW.

A COWBOY'S TOOTHACHE.

A LUCKY PROFESSION.

FARM AND GARDEN.

THE MISER'S DIAMOND NECKLACE.

HOUSE OF COMMONS' TIME TABLE.

IMPORTANT DATES TO BE OBSERVED…

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MAN AND BEAST FIGHT.