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ceaIed his identity under the imposing
name of CycIops. They have been per-
forming at the Westminster Aquarium,
and sending out all sorts Of challenges
from the stage to men who labor under
the hallucinatiOn that they can lift ton
or two with comparative ease. Finally,
after Sampson had offered prize Of 500
to the man who could do the feats done
by CYclOps, his pupil, and So, 800 to any
better man than himself who might turn
up, Eugene SandOw undertook the task,
He fairly won the premiums offered by
Sampson, but the latter, probably through
chagrin, refused to hand over the money.
Some highly amusing stories are told
about these contests. Sampson, who is
not the herculean person in appearance
that his feats would seem to imply, is
native of Metz. the son of a French
mother and a Spanish rather. He speaks
seven languages, plays sOnatas on the
piano with the delicate touch of a girl,
and has a bIceps measuring l43 inches IN
repOse and 49, inches when he Wrestles
with an iron rod or a wire rope. His
chest measurement is A inches, but when
he initiates his lungs he adds several
inches to his figure. CyclOps, his
pnpil, is 81 years of age, and mag
nifcent specimen of physical develop
ment
SandoW e a PomeFanian, and was born
at KOnigsberg twenty two years ago. For
four years he has been trained by Prof.
Attila, one of the known athletic
teachers in Germany. His development
is superior to that of Sampson, his chest
measurement being 455 inches, and his
biceps and forearm each from L to u
inches larger than those of his rival. He
weighs 202 pounds when in condition.
Sandow performed in London before the
leading sporting men of England. eclips-
ing SIMPSONS most difficult feats, break
ing chain bracelets ard wire ropes with
rods rod bv gtriiSinS them across his chest, his
arms and his thighs. The bracelet chains,
which had a resistance Of $500 pounds,
were snapped like pipe-stems. Among
those who witnessed these extraordinary
trials of strength we're the Marquis of
/ Queensbury. Lord de Clifford and Cap
tain Wordsworth, who acted as judges.
As the Pomeranian snapped length after
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
what makes a Cat Tread Softly.

"Grandpa, what makes a cat tread
softIy?" asked little Tommy Findout of
his aged relative, as the pair sat down
to improve their minds when the even.
ing lamps were lighted.
1T is a faculty provided by an all
wise Creator, my son, which enables
the cat to walk softly" replied the old
man, as he laid down his paper and
beamed on the youthful seeker after
knowledge.
"AII members of the cat tribe are en-
dowed with a noiseless tread, which
greatly facilitates their capturing their
prey. You have doubtless noticed
that the pedal extremities of the feline
are furnished with soft, veIvety balls
or coverings instead of hOOfs. These
balls extend below the claws, which
are drawn up when not in use, enab-
ling the cat to walk across a board
floor without the slightest noise.
"Oh, that isn't what makes a cat
tread softly" said Tommy, when the
old man had finished.
"No? What is it, then ?" asked
grandpa.
RATS, replied the boy, while a hap
Ply, happy smile lit up his ingenious
Chicago Times.
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hen Without Names.

In a work upon the prisons Of Siberia,
NJ. Edgar BOuIangieI, a French engi-
neer, who spent long time in the SER
vice of the Trans-Caspian Railway, de-
scribes a strange class of beings IN that
country. They are the men who do not
know who they are.
No doubt many of these men merely
assume this ignorance, in order to mys-
tify the officials. but their identity is in
many cases totally unknown to the au-
thorities and all their acquaintances.
The prison of AlexandrOvsk, M.
Boulangier says, contains several of
these singular people. Now and then,
driven by hunger, a yagabOnd cones
to the prison door and asks to be
taken in.
81 have come to deliver myself up, 5"
says the vagabond.
"FOr what reason? Who are you ?"
Il don't know"
"Don't know? What's your name 2"
''I have forgotten it; it was so long
ago;
Where is your passport ?"
81 have none"
"Then you are a brOdiagU-a vaga.
bond; you have escaped from prison.
What crime were you in for ?"
81 have forgotten"
Nothing more definite can be got out
of him. Sometimes these vagabond
exiIes accuse themselves of crimes that
they have not committed, in order to
make interesting journeys at the ex-
pense OF the government. Frequently
their inpOsture is detected after they
have been transported long distances,
but who they really are the authorizes
seldom ascertain They are kept uLder
surveillance, and NJ. Boulangier Is of
opinion that they sometimes really for
get what their names are.
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recovered his usual cOmplacency suffi-
GENTLY to remark to his fireman:
ct understand, Jim, that Dora Che
ney is going to marry that brakeman,
Charley Dunlap"
"That so ?"
eyes; pity to see that girl throw her
self away on such a gOOd-fOr-nOthing
brute, amt it ?"
Chats what it is"
Somebody ought to tell old Cheney
what's up. He'd stop Mister Dunlap's
little game.
"Ye-ep."
Il never did have any use for that
Dunlap. If he ever crosses my. path
I'll drive him into the ground notion
to do it anyway on general principles.
A week later a solitary figure walk
ing down the quietest of Warren's
quiet streets had his attention at
tracted by two persons coming out of
the Methodist parsonage. One he
recognized as Dora Cheney; the other
was q We1l-dressed stranger, who i'm
proved the opportunity to press a kiss
upon DOra's unresisting lips as he as
sisted her into waiting buggy. This
proceeding so engrossed the attention
of the solitary figure that he did not
notice the rapid approach of a man
from the opposite direction, equally in
tent as himself upon the scene across
the street.
There was a muffied thud. mutual
recoil, a glare of recognition, and
Charley Dunlap and Jack Bronson
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each Instantly became serenely obIivi-
Gus of the others existence.
Upon reaching Mrs. JOhnsOn's
boarding house Charley was met at
the door by the landIady's daughter,
Angelina, her eyes sparkling with the
complacent consciousness of interest
ing and exclusive gossip.
ooh, Charley. She exclaimed eager
", what do you think? Dora Che
ney's gone and married drummer
from Chicago. He's awful handsome.
and his name is Harry, and they've
been engaged ever so IOng-say what
makes ye look so funny 2"
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As soon as Ironsides made his tardy
appearance Dora had encased herself
in waterproof and rubbers, and, ac-
companied by Jack Bronson, started
home Jack was not at all pleased
with the scene he had witnessed upon
entering the telegraph Office, and de-
termined to intimate to Dora that the
frequent presence of that brakeman in
the telegraph Office was very
distasteful to him; but Dora pratt
tied on so prettiIy that he hadn't
the heart to chide her. BY the time
they had reached the Cheney mansion
and were seated before a bright fire,
he had nearly made up his mind to let
the matter go, when, by a happy in
SEPARATION, he saw an easy way out of
the difficulty.
Dora, said he, suddenly, "wilI you
marry mel"
Dora was so startled by this abrupt
question that she was unable tOrepIy for
a moment, and Jack, remembering the
old adage that silence gives consent, :"
concluded she was too much overcome
with emotion to speak, and so put his
arm around her waist reassuringly.
"AIr. Bronson" said Dora, rising to
her feet 81 am very sorry. / never
meant to encourage you to think we
could ever be more than friends"
Jack was completely overwhelmed
by this unexpected reply. He, too,
rose to his feet.
at suppose from that that some on
else has won your affections ?"
Dora made no reply.
"Then" continued Jack, in the most
sarcastic tone he could command, "I
am sure I wish you much Joy, but I
must confess I am little surprised at
your choice" And he walked males
tically forth, slamming the door as he
went, leaving Dora standing in the
middle Of the floor, speechless with in
dignatiOn.
Not until he had nearly reached the
end of his run that night had Jack
passed through successive stages Of
anger, disappointment and chagrin and
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Ben Franklin is to blame for the sor-
did and very partial view of success
that prevails in this country. Frank
lin, though himself not a parsinlol Jus
man, dinned maxims of parsimony into
the ears of the American people so
persistentIy, and did it IN such a won
derfully forcible way, that he succeed
ed in ingraining the thought Of the
American people with an eminently ma
teriaI philosophy. The moral Of 1t all
is-save, save, save for a rainy day.
By dint Of everlasting repetition of the
vision Of the sainy day that has got to
be laid up for, Ben Franklin has sac
ceeded IN taking all the sunshine out
Of the days that are not rainy for i n
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clared that the Pomeranian had beaten
the Metz man out of sight.

clared that the Pomeranian had beaten
the Metz man out of sight.
When these two, with Simpsons in
cOgnitO eOmrade, CyclOps, cross the At
lantic, they viii meet competitors worthy
their prowess. Louis st. Cyr, the Cana
dian Hercules" who has challenged
Sampson and SandOw, is rs years of age,
and is a man of superb development,
standing feet 1O5 inches tall and weigh
ing 1913 pounds; his flesh and muscles are
as hard as oak and he IS probably the best
weight litter ever seen in this part of the
globe. Another challenger is Denis Gal
lagher, muscular athlete who formerly
resided in Buffalo, and whose speciality is
Lancashire wrestling.
st. Cyr and Gallagher have both ap-
peared in public contests. The former
has put up a 245-pound dumb bell from
floor to shoulder and from shoulder to
arms length with one hand. On March
28, 1886, at st. Henri, Canada, he lifted
a platform on which seven men were
seated, and which, also, contained seven
dumb bells and a barrel of -four, the
whole making a dead weight of 2,376
pounds. He repeated this feat SIX
months later. Immediately after this,
he placed a barrel of -four upon his
shoulder, and followed this up by lifting
$500 pound of pig iron with plank as
the hold. His tremendous development
will dwarf both Sampson and SandOW
and render q contest among these giants
decidedly interesting
There are other great Americans who
will in all probability enter the list
against the herculean foreigners when
they arrive William B. Curtis, the
sporting editor Of the Spirit of the Times,
is a famous amateur athlete. He has
| lifted with the harness 1, $50 pounds II
New York City David L. DOwd, OF
Springfield, has lifted I,4425 pounds
with hands alone; II. Leussing, of Gin
cinnati. has a record of lifting 1854
pounds; G.. w Winship, Of Boston, !, 200
pounds; Ambrose A. Butts, of Auburn
BoIlevilIe, Ill, Zoo pounds; and 6. o
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DisagreeabIe Agreemenf.

1T is dangerous to make a confession
unless one really means 1t, and we may
add that 1t is sometimes dangerous to
take a confession as honestly meant.
A husband and wife, between whom
little unpleasant passage had occur
red. had made the matter up, and the
wife said, as If to clear her conscience.
"Oh. well, I suppose I have my
faults.
ayes. my dear, said the husband.
aWhat?"
Il simply said yes.
aThat L have my fauItsl" exclaimed
the wife, Indignantly. What are they,
I should Like to know 2
Well, to begin with
@No. I don't want to hear.
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out tonight, do you. Mr.. Dunlap"
eyes, we're marked out on number
nine"
That's so; I remember taking the
order, now You're to have the 242
That's Jack BronsOn's engine, isn't it ?"
yes, was the reply, in such dry
tone that the operator turned with an
amused smile and said:
Il don't believe you love your neigh
Dor Bronson as yourself.
Cant say that I do, " replied the
young man. Then, as though moved
by a sudden impulse, he stepped to the
side Of the rOsy-cheeked operator, and,
bending down until his mustacheI al
most brushed her ear, exclaimed:
Dora - Miss Cheney, I meant
can't bear to see you treat that Jack
Bronson just as friendly as you do me
any longer. want you all to myself,
for L love you, Dora.
"Do sit down, Mr.. Dunlap" said
Dora. Some one viii come in. This
is so very unexpected, and besides,
you know, Pm already Good
evening. Mr.. Bronson!"
The door had suddenly opened, re-
veaing the astOnished faces of Jack
Bronson and Ironsides, the night
operator.
Charley" said Tonsides. as he
stepped in and shook the water from
his dripping hat, L saw yer partner,
Shanty, as L came along, and he told
me to tell you to come down to the
car"
Charley pulled his cap over his eyes
and hurried out, wild with mortifca-
ton and despair. So they were al
ready engaged, were they? He turned
toward the river, with a vague notion
Of throwing himself into its turbid
waters, but changed his mind and
started back to his way car. Reach
ing the car, he bolted in and flung him
self upon a locker with a dismal groan.
Shanty was lying upon his back on
the opposite side of the car, smoking
vigorously. He was man who never
troubled himself about the affairs OF
others; but the conduct of his partner
was so extraordinary that he stopped
smoking, raised himself upon his elbow
and, after gazing a moment in speech.
less wonder, inquired:
Watts the matter"
"Nothin'"
"Git fred?"
"No."
SCOT the colie?"
"NO-oh, no."
"Wel, what in thunder does all We %
"Are you a friend of mine ?" asked
Charley, impressively, suddenly start
ing up.
Shanty's only answer was a look o
establishment.
"You see, went on Charley, "I toIi
Dora I loved her-I mean-Ja ck Bron
son-confound it, they're goin' to b,
married. he concluded, In desper
alton.
@WeIl-you-are-a-dandy," drawI
ed Shanty, in a tone of whitening con
tempt. "D'ye mean to let that din
ner-tabIe railroad man cut ye out Xix
that ?"
aHow can I help it?"
"Iick him
click himl I'll break him In two
But I'm afraid that won't help the mat
ter any.
Shanty was prevented from express
ing his views upon this point by tn
entrance of the conductor with tn
announcement that it was leaving
time.
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WORK OF THE WITS
- busiaess-Troning.

PRESSING business Ironing.
A sBoER sign orsesboeing done
here"
TIE ditch-digger is the man who al
ways gets in his work.
EDIToR,s shears-How do you feel
Exchange cut up.
A SCHOOL board whose doings never
need withdrawing the blackboard.
A YOUNG man whose girl went back
on him says that he suffers from heart
failure
TIE GROWER that goes too often to
the bar is broken at 1ast-over some
ones head.
she between the acts)-Where are
you going? He-Out to see man for
moment. Shells he going to buy it,
or are you?
GUEsT-Say, waiter, I can't get my
teeth through this ham. Waiter Ga Y
NJ. @. a. young MAXWELL, Ham was
| always little hard to Noah, you know
HE-I like parIOr matches better
than the ordinary kind. She NEARLY
thirty)-I like all kinds of matches,
whether they are made in the ParIor
or not.
A PITTsBURG news paper IN its an
sweFs to correspondents says, anna
Dickinson was born in 1912" then it
gallantly adds, We do not know the
Iady's age"
OLD Gentleman don't know what
to think of the coming generation.
! One of the Coming Generation-WeI ell,
you can make me your son-in-law if
you want to,
YELLowLY-It seems strange to me.
Brownly, that Whitley enjoys the most
perfect health and yet takes no exer-
/ else. BrOwnly-NOthing strange about
! 1t at all. Whitley is too lazy to catch
any disease.
GAzzAM-I see that a lighthouse on
the shore of Lake Michigan has been
blown away by a gale. Mrs. Gazzam
! We'll l think the Government ought
to stop building light houses and build
heavier ones.
GAGGs-By George! how tired some
of these jokes look one sees in the al
legged humorous papers. Baggs -
Guess you'd look tired if you'd trav-
eled around as much as they have, and
been declined with thanks as often.
INQUIRING Boy-Pa what do sailors
mean by scutting a ship? Pa-(wor-
L16O over 16tLI4ly OK pS4lS5S - l. ne y
mean, my son, that they put a big hole
in it like the one which Bridget's ut
tie has made in that last ton of coal.
WELL, sir" asked a noisy disputant,
"dOn't you think I've defeated my an
tagonist to some purpose? ooh, yes,
replied the listener, "yOu have. IF ever
should happen to fight with such
Philistines, I'll borrow your jaw-bOne. "
SHE-They say that vaccination will
be obsolete in the twentieth century.
He-I should think it would, at least
for women. She-Why for women more
than men? He-Because ballroom and
bathing dresses viii probably leave nc
room for it.
FARMER HAYsEED Doctor, that
heifer o mine is a pretty sick animal.
DoctOr-Yes, so I see. Farmer 7 ay-
seed-Td like to have you fix her up
if you can. You see, Doctor. my wife
died two months ago, and it would be
awful hard to lose 'em both in one
year.
A TEACHER was instructing his class
in natural history And to what class
of birds does the hawk belong? ?" he
asked. "TO the birds of prey" was the
reply. "And to what class do quail
belOng?" There was a pause The
teacher repeated the question
where does the quail belong ?" con
toast?' yelled the boy at the foot of
the class.
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length Of the steel chain bracelets with
his biceps and burst the wire ropes with
his pectoraI muscles, men rose IN the
audience and waved bank notes OF Eig
denominations as an invitation to Samp-
son to beat the White-skinned SandoW if
he could; but the former sUIked and de-
clinsd. SandoW then, after lightly toss
ing a l50-pound dumb-bel4 in the air q
few times to keep his hand ia, while the
judges consulted, performed trick that
caused Sampson to collapse. He plaeed
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Louis 81 Cyrs the CANADIAN hercules
and Denis Gallagher, the wonderful
strong man Of Buffalo, are expected to
meet in a public trial Of strength and
skill. such as has never before been Wit
messed in the United States. IF half the
feats said TO have been accomplished in
England and elsewhere by these men are
duplicated here. the exhibition viii be
one we'll worth seeing, and viii be nofa-
bic among nineteenth century athletics.
1t is pretty hard to believe all the tre-
mendous stories that are told of those
fellows who are coming here to show US
Just what real physical strength means.
For many weeks past a short-necked man
with stout legs and big biceps, calling
himself G. A. Sampson, and spelling it
with %, to show that he wasn't related
to the other Samson, who was so badly
tricked by Delilah, has been astounding
London audiences by his performances
with a young fellow who modestly con-
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THE LOOK OF LIFE.
j. B. SALISBURY.

The loom of life with sturdy beat
The tramp, tramp. tramp Of human feet
Is weaving now a siIken veil,
A living web, so fair, so frail,
Yet every thread is dearly bought
A flashing gem for human thought.
The warp was drawn when morning stars
Autuned their harps to golden bars,
Which echoed down the hills of space,
And suns and worlds, with maiden grace,
Joined in the song, piercing the air
With darts of tone. Twas music rare
AS long the lines OF quivring light
That chased away the gloom OF night,
There hung as jewels there and long
The swayiug tentacIes of song.
Gods throne, the strong and sturdy beam,
y Id fast the threads Of light agieamg
A Z souls slipped down the golden way
To mate with forms OF sOrdid clay.
BARRE CENTER, n. Y.
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Breed, of Lynn, Mass, a barrel of -four
weighing 226 pounds, with his hands
alone. All these men compare favOrably
with the foreign champions. A carpen-
ter named Storms, of Granite Corners,
N. Y, aged 80 years, shouldered a 4, 900,
ronr1o6 oannnrl
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SINCE Humboldt Witnessed fish
thrown from the volcano Cotopaxi, in
1903, 1t has been found that the phe-
nOmenOn is repeated from time to time
during eruptiOns, and that it occurs
also in other volcanoes of the Andes.
The fish are sometimes elected In vast
quantities. All belong to one species,
which exists in some of the lakes on the
sides of the mountains.
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a chain around his back snd neck, ana
proceeded to lift the I50-pound dumb
bell with his hands. The chain snapped,
the BritIshegs yelled and the referee de-
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OMETIAIE within the
next few weeks lovers OF
athletic sports in this
country viii in all prob
liability be treated to q
novel and surprising
contest. Sampson, Cy-
clops, and Ssndow. the
trio whose feats Of
strength have been ex-
citing a furOrin London;
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MIGHTY MEN OF MUSCLE.
FEATs OF STRENGTH THAT EXCEL
THOSE OF THE ArVCIENTs.

Prospective Contest Between Sampson !
sandOvv, st. Cyr and Ganasher-G Giants
Wine snap Trace Chains and Bend Strong
IRON Bars with the Utmost Ease.
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scape, eNcIaImed ImpauentIY:
Dear me, isn't this awful! I do
wish that poky old Ironsides would
come and relieve me. It viii soon be
dark, and then how viii 1 ever get
home through those oceans Of mud ?"
A solemn-looking young man, who
mad been furtively watching the Oper-
ator's every movement, shifted his ell
bow into a more comfortable position
upon the high counter and declared
that was hard one.
"Thank goodness, resumed the girl,
ST haven't far to go. Pm glad I'm not
a brakeman, obliged to be out in this
storm ali NIGHT. You don't have to 60
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TIE beer drinkers hopes are In hops
and they hop to the bier.
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A RAILWAY ROMANCE.
BY c. F. CARTER.

- - IN THIN the grimy
WI corner that served
n for a telegraph of
o. VA flee in the Warren
f-3 n Depot, one stormy
x November evening, a rosy
~ checked girl sat at a table
XII receiving a message. Her
~ task finished, she tossed
Z ~ her pen aside, and, looking
= out at the dripping land
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-02-21
Astray Notice.

HAVE taken up one roam yearling heifer
AT James III. Shotwell's farm The owner
VIII pay all charges and take the same away
, 500. MARION +. RUTLEDGE