| Show STRONG MEN I 1 sandow has several beveral divah in the held field among then them being st fet cyr the canadian the modern ii sampson ampson of france and oscar oacar wailand nd the swede this latter individual has never been surpassed sen sui passed at borne of I 1 his is feats having lifted pounds in harness and 2070 pounds with nith liis his hands bands lie is a much larger man than sandow being i ft 2 in high and weighing pounds lie ile is said to bo be a perfect furm form without an ounce of superfluous fl eh in choit a better model for the ideal than the german ilis his traveling companion august Augu johnson is just juit as large and well built but not so eo strong the latest rival of sandow Rin dow however is ii a russian named ivan iran who is no larger and almost its as strong us as tile the german is only 5 51 ft in height but bulia is all through an ac immense mass of muscle as hard iss as lignum vitie vitic lie ile breaker half inch iron chains as easily as ordinary men would a piece of twine titine lie ile has ina immense mense atren strength ath in ins big hair and if two strong men inen take him bi nik by his locks locka tightly lie he m will ill throw them down by shaking his head I 1 he le will allow a pound stone to be smashed with hammers on his head and will let smiths with sledges edges el hammers and chisels cut a pound plate on hie ms chest Sk ox like ribs fire are able but the strongest is ii tle me cou coa Bt r Artic ruction tion of his libs ibs I 1 in one bone each across his stomach sto macli which gives his trunk en noi olmous strength altogether is a wonderful strong man even in these days of lest leal and stron strong men this his human anvil with a boilerplate stomach will mill probably ie re comet coma rich as a freak without doing good in the world and as tor that hairy hair some velilian Ue ve liliah will get him a n nd d cut cubit it off and his great strength will be only a past comet something lin that lives liveten in memory |
