The age-herald., 1900-11-18
SOCIETY CIRCUS
 FOR TOMORROW ManagementAnnounceS Engage ment of pr. Ferrer Martin IN FEATS OF STRENGTH He Has National Reputation as One of the Strongest of Living Men. His Performances Are a Mar
 vel to the Proefsslon.
IN FEATS OF STRENGTH

The management of the Society Circus which will be presented at the Jefferson to- morrow afternoon and night by the Bir- mingham Athletic Club announces as one of the crowning features of the perform ance the engagement of pr. Ferrer F. Mar tin, who will present at both performances a number of tests of his wonderful strength Dr. Martin is a recent addition to the med ical fraternity of Birmingham, and will give his first public exhibition of strength in this city at tomorrow's performances.
 Dr Martin has hardly the appearance of a strong man, being of medium height and of seemingly slender build. He has, how ever, held for ten years the heavyweight lifting record of America, being able to raise the enormous weight of 1264 pounds with his arms alone. A recent test made with the dynamometer at the Battle Creek Sanitarium displayed the remarkable ag- gregate lifting capacity of over two and one-half tons.
 At the performances tomorrow the Doctor will introduce a strength test that has no equal on two continents, and which is pro- nounced by physicians an ineXplicable mar vel The weight used for the feat will be an upright piano weighing one thousand
 
 control of the abdominal muscles he will also lift at one time six men.
 By far the most interesting part of Dr. Martins history relates to his experience with the Apache Indians. An invalid lad of fourteen, he was sent to the Southwest a last attempt to save his life, and through a series of romantic coincldences he was adopted by the Red Men, and be- came a chief among them His thrilling adventures with the most savage and fear ed of all Indians, with which facts few Birmingham people are familiar, would make an excitingly readable volume.
 He was looked upon as child of the fire god, and the medicine men of the tribe were detailed to cure him. In year he was robust and well and riding the widest bronchos of the plains-an attainment which has often since won much admira- ton. During his long stay with the h. dians Dr. Martin obtained their secrets of body building, which have developed them into one of the most powerful collection of people alive. In the early part of his uni- versty course at Columbia College, New York, he was ridiculed for his system of exercise, but when, one by one, American and world records went down before him, his movements and daily regimen were widely sought after. Today Dr. Martin is recognized as the first authority on all matters physical.
 An interview with the Doctor as to the peculiarity of the Indian method of body building brought out the information that 1t is based on the simplest natural laws, and is patterned after the movements of wild animals. Accordingly, a development is produced unlike any other form of train- ing, and gives the natural animal charac- teristics of combined strength, grace, agil- ity and endurance. Charles Selby (I<id Me Coy) and Roandow, the worlds champion strong man, owe much of their success to their training with Dr. Martin.