The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-01
TWO STRONG WOMEN.
They Will Contest for a $500 Prize
and the Championship.

Iney Will contest Tor xOOO Prize
and the Championship.
From the NeO York World.
Two women who share the popular weak
ness for the circus, spectacular and athletic
performances, and never lose the oppor-
tunity OF witnessing marvellous acrobatic,
flying ira PEE, rope walking and equestrian
feats, the story Of Two herculean females
may possess q charm.
Miss Josie Wohlford, better known as
Minerva" is pleased to style herself the
strong woman of the world
Miss Wohlford has just set the CIRCUS
loving population agog by accepting the
challenge OF the famous Fanny German,
who, under the name of yucca" has won
a national reputation by her herculean
feats, Minerva does not underestimate her
abilities, and closes a rather ironical letter,
sent from Mexico, where she is the sensa-
ton OF the hour, by saying:
"When | return to New York, about Feb.
10, 1898, l will let people know who is the
strongest woman In the world, and it won't
take me long to- put them to sleep. | mean
business
This fair Hercules is only "a years old.
She is handsome brunette OF eiephantine
proportions. Her weight is 1856 pounds and
her waist measurement is thirty-four inches.
Prof. Charles c. Blatt has the credit of
being her instructor In the mountain
AAiONlLB al To- E6N6u nuuuTbu pOunUb Is a
weight which the young lady carries com
fortably in one hand, while dumbell under
100 pounds is not worthy Of her recognition.
The specific gravity Of 300-pound barrel
of lime or other mineral matter is con-
venientiY overcome by her feminine biceps.
She makes speciality Of breaking horseshoes
with her bare hands. This she does by
knocking them gently against her hips
Iron chains, which fetter other animals
securely, are snapped into pieces by her
without unusual expenditure of energy.
Another feat in which minerva" distin-
guishes herself is performed by placing two
chairs three feet apart She maintains her
EQUILIBRIUM by placing one foot on each.
A halter is then put about her neck with a
chain, to which is attached 250-pound iron
ball. She then lifts her head, straightens
herself and raises this toy several feet from
the floor by the strength Of her neck.
2OO-pound man, sitting in a chair, she
can elevate to the ceiling on a seconds no.
tice. But Minerals" star performance is
intercepting the speed of cannon balls
When one is fired at her from distance of
thirty feet, instead of foolishly allowing it
TO take her head along with 1t like a genuine
veteran she catches it in her hands The
sum of $500 and the championship will be
her reward if she beats Fanny German. and
Richard K. Fox has been made stakeholder.
Miss Wohlford is filling years engage
ment with Orrln Bros. at a salary of $500
per week, in recognition OF her superiority
to other professional women. When the
match between this champion and the
popular Fanny German takes place, fifteen
feats will be performed by each, and the
successful winner of eight will be the cham
plon strong woman OF the world. w. K.
Harding has been selected as referee.
Yucca claims that she can excel her
fair rival in the remarkable feats OF swing
ing chair around in circle, or balancing
a whole pyramid of them in mld-air with
her teeth-quite as we'll as if her dentals
were originally designed for that purpose.
She also lifts 170-pound man in chair,
or a 3OO-pound anvil with her teeth. Lift
ing 56-pound weights at arm's-length in
each hand, lifting a 130-pound dumbbelI
over the head with one arm, elevating bar
rel with three men, the average weight
being 200 pounds, and supporting by her
teeth barrel of water tipping the scales at
600 pounds, are all among the notorious
performances Of Miss German.