The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-10-10


signi6canoe besides those Of Aadams
0obers, who laid claim to no vthes
power than uncommon physioalssrengsh
This woman, Who IL described as pcss-
esaing remarkably beautiful faoA and
form, appeared Hrss before the pablis
~ Sc. Bartholomew fair, Ia London, Ia
1873. Her achievements astonishsd
ell Who bshsld them. She oarrjra
weights eqsal 20 2 ole pounds, lifted =
heavy table on which several persons
we're seated With her teeth, supported
an anvil weighing 400 pouads on her
chest while Blacksmith forged . horse
shoe upon 10, aud afterward tisd her
loGg hair about the aavu and Ewung u
about. The Georgia girls chair feas
was iavorite one with Madame Co
bert, and Il ID noteworthy Ia the ease
Of each woman. this was the 6rst brasoh
Of their performances attacked b. skep-
tiolsm. Whether, - was charged, he's
public performances were made up
largely Of ,rioksry, there appears 70 be
no doubt that she vas sxu aordinArily
strong. % one occasion while travel
ing her coseh sank into the mirs and
resisted oil efforts Of the horses. De-
scsnding, the female Samson easily sI-
tricated The vehicle, and procssded on
her jourusy amid the sPplas@ Of lsrg,
crowd Of common Ssopls, with whom
her popularity continued for ysars.
Derbyshirs bad . sGroag woman
whom London managers sought vainIy
to coax from her vocation Of breeding
In horses- This was Mis Phobs
Brown, spinssas, Eoand and ruddy, ,whe
walked like . man and preferred q
mans labor. She could easily walh
forty 70 6fty miles Ia . working day
and could carry fourtsan stsne viii
eass. The maiden had G lover who
ven.used 10 displssss her. His punish
meat was similar 10 that familiar 4
mischisvous boys, thsir mothers, ant
the lastsPs slippers. and sftsr IL "a
sdministstsd, By the muscular Phosb.
there was. her biogfaphsr naivsly re
dates. no further disssnsion between be
and her swaln. A few other stronl
women are trsosabis tbrough nseasia'
literature, but q virtual monopoly Q
nighty thsws and sinevs has ever bse
enjoyed By the male ser.
The present Emperor Of Russia
said t. be ono Of The strongest men Il
bis Empire Of hsroulsan inGividuali
While che heir spparent, he ono dA.
visited his father. the ls's E@psroE. I
complain that his mail vac tsmpsre
with. The Emperor sent for the ohis
Of Police, drew from him . confession
Of guilt, and ehided him in tbe prsssnc
Of The CsArowiseh. The Iastsr said &C
. worJ, bot handed The 'crsssfallen faos
tion.ry . sign Of ho~ great wss b
anger IN The form Of silver roabl
{, lated into . roll. Ia bis sune'
days this vas favorite visiting card ,
the Csarowiieh. Hs conld strike
poker seainss bis arm and bsnd IL, bii
pieces ont Of china cups, feass vhse
were In the repertoire Of Thomas Top
ham, the celebrity Of Irlington. Top
hsm vas . drsyman, aud somstims
when exhilaratsd BY The vast potions |
liquor supplied him by admirers, woul
take his horses shafts. He bad . play
ful habit Of tvissing heavy kischs
l,okers into coil sbout Che necks I
trembling countrymsn. One night, att
having Astonishsd tavern fuil wiiA b
drinking power. he came npoAA . wstel
man peacefully slunbsring IN his eo'
and threw oox and nam ever the Va
Of . burial grourd.
In 1871 II. Gragoris, claiming 10
II years old. astonishsd the physician
and the public Of a;iovn near Ioudc
by carrying seven hundred pounds VII
ease, lifting "a OF, IN perforuing osh'
wonderful fsats. A celebrated Loadc
physician Who sxanined Grsgcrie d
scribss him % Aa exaggerated ssudy !
Hayden. His shoulders were prodil
ious and his bieeps almost ineredibl
Grsgoris's strength, rather than
source Of pride to him, was sie caass
anxisty. Although the mildest Of mi
he lived in dread that he shoald bs pl
voksd TO uss his strength against . b,
man being. he was afriad 70 hand
his own child lest he should give IL
fatal squeeze.
Nearly ell individuals Of uneomm
strength make up In bulk what %
arc deficient in height. Stanley, I
African explorer, describes . strc
maa who was SIX feet Ave inches, .
rather disproportionatsly a'ender. j
could toss an ordinary man tsn 4
In the air and catch him In bis dsscsl
he would take ous VI the large VII
Muscat donkeys by tho sars, and "
. sudden movement Of his right fl
lev the surprised ass on his back.
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