The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-21
FOR YHE SIHRNHR SEX,
A Column in Which the Ladies
Have no Special Interest,
BUT THEY MAY ALL REAL 1T,
Matters That Arc Written for "AIen'
FOlks"-Mcp of Mighty Muscle,
The Loss of a Nose and What
Happened to the Loser,
MEN OF MIGHTY MUSCLE,

Noble Lords as Judges In Very Rsmarka.
bio Feats Of strength.
london Times,
On Saturday night the Royal Aqua.
rum was thesCene Of a very remarkable
contest, Two men Of extraordinary
muscular development contended on the
stage before an excited audience for the
right 10 be regarded as "the strongest
man on EARTH" For some time past q
public performer named Sampson has
been giving daily exhibitions Of ieats OF
strength at the Westminster Aquarium,
and according to the posters which cover
the b~oardlngs OF the metropolitan
thOroughfares he claims TO be "the
strongest man on EARTH"
Until last week, In spite OF the daily
challenges to all.Comers, no one appeared
10 dispute the muscular pre.emlnenCe
thus roundly asserted; but on Tuesday
evening a young German named San.
dow, who was watching the periorman.
Ces Of Samson's pupil, Cyclops, entered
the list and won the $500 offered TO any.
one who could perform the feats which
we're announced nthe daily programme,
The outcome OF this incident was that
Samson himself challenged the new
conner to a contest OF strength 10 take
place on Saturday evening, and this
challenge was at once accepted.
The interest excited in this encounter
was evidently very great, for every seat
In the theatre OF the Aquarium was
booked long before the time forthe per
formanCe was announced TO begin, A
turbulent aud noisy crowd surged and
iostled at the entrance TO the theatre,
upsetting, among other things, the pay.
box and some imitation statuary. Alta
quarter before 10 o'clock Samson, In pro-
fessional costume, appeared on the stage
alone, and his appearance was the sig'
nal for several minutes OF mingled cheer
ing and hooting. After q brief state
ment Of his position, Samson offered to
begin his usual programme as his rival
had not appeared, hut this offer was re-
jeCted with angry cries Of "Wait for
Sandow." AT 10 O'Clock, amidst the
greatest excitement, the long'expeCted
sandow appeared on the platform &C.
panied by friends and a committee Of
persons interested in the coming strug.
gle. Captain Wordsworth, OF the Aqua.
rum Company, announced that the
Marquis OF Queensberry and Lord de
Clifford would act as judges, and then
succeeded a long interval Of dispute and
argument about the money TO be staked
on either side, In the course Of which
Samson drew forth against himself many
unmistakable signs Of public distayor.
Sandow, on the contrary, had the public
warmly with him from the first. He is
q young man OF fresh complexion and
we'll above the medium height. His
arms are indeed like weayers' beams,
and the great muscles were, asthe event
proved, stronger than iron bands.
When the impatience OF the audience
had reached dangerous heights, Samson
opened the contest by bending and
strengthening iron bars on his chest and
arm, and this feat was successfully per-
formed by Sandow. After another long
dispute, Samson bursted q wire rope
twisted around his chest, and in imita.
ting this feat his rival seemed for the
moment to be on the brink OF failure.
Twice he strained his chest in vain, but
the third time the rope snapped amid
the rapturousa applause Of the spectators.
Shadows next burst chains slipped over
his biceps, and more disputing anil up.
roar were raised by samson's objections
that the chains we're not such as I'D him
self used. Finally, as Samson you'd
give no more leads, the judges decided
that sandow would perform feats bf his
own, and tue newcomer then went
through some very remarkable perform.
ances with an enormous dumb.bell
weighing S00:pounds. Samson did not
attempt to initiate these tours de force,
and the house refusing to hear what lie
had to say he left the stage. II was
then declared that the Judges were Of
the opinion that Sandow had done every.
thing his challenger had done, and the
victor bowed his acknowledgements 10
the enthusiastic aud prolonged applause
which greeted the judges decision.