Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-16
] n Q YOUTHFUL AMERICANS
gAl MN NESTlNG READING ron ,r,,,s
Y BOYS AND GIRLS.
1'.' is 4'e S"n'lOsv, the Strongest NInn
sH the World. and How He DcycI-
opcd misunderstanding with Dorx-
"a BicyclinE in Denmark.

X SSSlIS ,oI MS muscles, raises horse and
R3ss ri Fter high in the air, wiclds Huge
i'll which are two men, as if
Ht s5 were tcn-pound duml,-bclI, and
sSsfu lote many other remarkable fcats. JIG
asf nas been giving exhibitions in Chicago
al summer. and has been the wonder
aSs5aa'llled admiration Of all brholdcrs.
peculiar feature of Shadows i'm
sssss3 nense strength is that it is almost on
developed by artificial means. He
I born i'll Prussia in 1867. AS a child
ss8I3s sSandow was delicate, and his parents
feared that he would not grow to man
iSsSsnood. While he was still very young
ms father, who was Il jcwclcr of aver
age size. Travelled a great deal with
MN for the benefit of his health.
8sSaW hen he was twelve years OLD he Wis
lted Italy and was greatly impressed by
IgssaIne statues he saw in that country
SsMFof the Greek and Roman dcmigods
heroes
sasF33E He asked his father why mon now
didn't RESI- mblc the statues. His
ssS#S father told him that in oldcn times
ss people walked instead of riding and
HSRdldn't care for comforts which make
A} modern men weak. The ancicnts We're
sSSllOt lazy.
$Ss3# Young Shadows ambition to become
MIG like the statues he had seen was fired.
asslnd he asked his father to buy some
fAt books for him, explaining how hc too,
Knight get strong. The old gentleman
him some works on physiology
and anatomy and the boy began to
study. When he was eighteen years
EB4old he Went to the University ut Goct-
IA tingcn and aftcrWard to the University
EfAl0f Brussels in Belgium. where he stud
lied anatomy. In the meantime he had
S$ practiccd assiduously with dulnbbclls,
s and had discovered he claims, Il Sys
N item which would make any man strong.
s5 The weights he used were small, his
a#3heavicst dumb-bcll weighing five
533s pounds.
OWN 5.a Before long he was able to far out
strip all his companions in fcats Of
8Astrcngth.
S Dr. Ramm Guitoras says: "Sandow's
Il vital organs are undoubtedly as strong
as his muscles. The capacity of his
lungs is simply wonderful The popular
D idea that strong men develop their
il muscular system at the expense Of the
vital organs is fallaciolls. 10 increase
Il the size OF the muscles the circulation
must be increased and this implies OF
course. increased work by heart and
Il lungs. The functional capacity OF these
organs is therefore increased proper
y tiOnately to the increase Of muscle.
TT ''Look at such men as George Goldic.
Harry Bucrneycr and William B. Cur
It's! GOldic has been an athlete ever
since he was able to work. Now at
fifty he is as spry III the gymnasium
as any of his pupils in the New York
lot ,1,,J. and 9
Curtis, when 8; young man. shield
;ecords for running and weight throw
hg-an unusual combination. He was
probably the strongest man in the cOun-
try twenty-five years ago, when he
& lifted something like Il ton and Il half
T in harness. He gets his exercise nOwa-
days by walking thirty or forty miles
every Sunday.
fE ''Brcrmcycr, too was Il weight throw
Is e. and a boxer as we'll. No one looking
at his splendid figure to-day would
say that athletics had done him any
4 thing else than good.
&& These men, however. took care Of
H themselves. They did not abuse their
strength by indulging in excuses Of all
kinds after each period Of training. 1t
& is this that kills strong men, and not
4 their strength that does it,
Il 1t was hard for the spectators. when
b calcium light was turned on the
figure standing on pedestal in the
back of the darkencd stage, to believe
that it was indeed flesh and blood that
they beheld. Such knots and punches
and layers of muscles they had never
before seen off the statue Of an Achilles
a Discobolus or 4 fighting gladiator.
The face was that of little more than
boy-smooth, with rosy cheeks and
a little blonde mllstach. The chin,
however, was square and heavy. The
neck was massive, and the shoulders
seemed a yard apart. The arms looked
us though hickory nuts and Walnuts
had somehow been forced under the
skin, causing it to bulge out in abrupt
Iumps. Layers Of muscles three inches
thick covered the chest, and on the
abdomen was q succession of rolls OF
muscle that one could tell even from a
distance of several yards were hard as
ron.
Below the waist the development was
no less remarkable. The thighs were
"big around as beer kegs some one
said and the calves were in proportion.
The ankle and foot, however, were
comparatively small.
See how his ribs show. / heard
physician who sat near me eXclaim,
rs SandOW suddenly cNaHSeu Ills posi-
ton and fiexed the upper part Of his
body. 1 thought they were ribs. too,
until / felt Of them in Shadows dress
ing-room after his perfo nance last
Tuesday night The ridges that stood
out go plainly were Of muscle, and not
of bone. They gre rlldimentary in
nest men and they don't know how to
develop them" SandOw said. THAT Is
the reason they are SO infrequently
scen"-Ex.
Fishing With Dogs.
The savages Of Saglalin island have a
unique method of fishing for salmon