The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-11
HERE Is a FEMALE HERCULES.
Emily Harper's Suddenly and Wonder
fully Developed Str ength.


From the Nelo York World.
ROCHESTER, March S.-Nearly every one
within twenty miles of Alexander, Genes
see county, has heard, during the last few
weeks, more or less concerning Miss Emily
Harper and her wonderful and suddenly &C.
quired strength. Physicians from every
town in the county have been here to inyes-
tigate, and wise men from the east aud
every other direction have seen her and
shaken their wise heads and dep arted with
out leaving any Of their wisdom behind
them. Small wonder that the wise men
are nonplussed and the learned doctors puz-
zled, for who ever heard of delicate Young
woman, for whom the lifting of tea kettle
was burden, suddenly developing into a
female Hercules! The detailed account of
Miss Harper's case has not yet appeared in
print, IN spite of the excitement it las
caused
Miss Harper is delicate looking, though
quite handsome young woman of is years,
and weighs about ITO pounds. One day
about three months ago her mother noticed
that Emily broke a great many household
articles while handling them She would
grasp the slender stem Of goblet and it
would break into pieces. She would under
take to clean lamp chimney and it would
be shlvered into fragments in her hands.
Her mother supposed careleSsness was the
cause, and reproved her for it. Now the
girl was as yet unconscious of her
newly acquired strength, the break
ing Of the articles being due to this lack of
knowledge and the power to gauge and
adapt her strength to her requirements
This in itself was the cause of quite q
calamity, for as soon as her mother had
ceased Gliding her, Emily threw her arms
around her and gave her a good hug, lust
to show that she bore no resentful feeling
| Upen relaxing her grasp, Mrs. harper fell
| TO the floor with moan of pain. An in
| vestgation disclosed the fact that two of
her ribs were broken.
Mr.. Harper was absent at the time of the
occurrence, and upon his return questioned
his daughter concerning the accident. The
girl, anxious to justify herself, rushed up
TO her father with the exclamation: This
is all did" She placed her arms about
him and gave him an affectionate squeeze.
Mr.. Harper, in speaking of that embrace,
said: 81 was once Rugged by bear in the
Maine woods; l have wrested back hold
with some pretty strong men; but never
in my life received such a shaking up as
that girl gave me when she showed me all
| she did to ma"
| Of course, these two hugs made it plain
that Miss Harper had suddenly become
possessed of remarkable strength, and in
spite of the efforts of the family to keep the
matter quiet it soon became the talk of the
town. The writer visited the family yes-
terday and witnessed some of the girls feats
of strength. She easily duplicated all the
ordinary acts of the stage athletes, and DR..
| Duval of the New York School of Anatomy
in company with Robert Marsh of the New
York Psychological Society, will be here
next week to see Miss Harper and investi-
gate her case; but it is doubted whether
their explanation of the marvel will be of
| any more value than the forty and one
already given.