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Press, Volume LII, Issue 8994, 5 January 1895, Page 8

"CRATEFUL^RESULTS ,, afaa. Lydia 31. Tarbox, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, U. S. A., Bestored to Health by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla ' "Last Spring, I was grievously afflicted with biliousness and liver complaint My mouth was in a terrible condition every morning, my tongue thickly coated, my breath was offensive, and my bowels were always ont of order; nor did the many remedies recommended do mo any good, until I«■. tried Ayer's Sarsaparilla, when my Improve* ment began almost from the first dose. This unlooked-for, bat grateful, result, was accomplished by only two and a half bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla." . .* Ayer's Z% Sarsaparilla Admitted at the World's Fair. MadebTor.J.C.Ayer*Co~lewelLMass.,CAA, An amusing story is connected with the period of strong man S&ndow's life when he bad quarrelled with his parents, wno would not consent to bis becoming a professional athlete, and, unable to procure an engagement, he became reduced to his last pennies in Amsterdam. Scattered about the city were a number ot weightlifting slot-machines, and from these Sandow conceived the idea of procuring a splendid advertisement. One nighi he went round the city, and, dropping a penny into the slot of each broke them one after the other. There was a great outcry, and he was ultimately arrested, but pardoned on the ground that having paid the fee he was entitled to try his strength on the machines. So much attention was caused by the feat that whereas he had been unable to earn twelve guilder* a nfgot before, he was now offered twelve -hundred a week. The following are the feats Peter Cyr, the brother of the champion, Loot* Cyr, performed at Montreal: Liftiug with left hand above the head, 1291 be; lifting with right hand above the hod, 1551b*; lifting with one hand from the floor, 418lbs: lifting with two hands from *he floor, 6861b*; lifting with one finger, SMlbs; lifting ball above bead, 153|1b«; holding out from shoulder at right angle, 4Ulbs; shouldering dumbbell from floor, 2751b*; back lift without harness, 20321 bs; lifting, while kneeling, a barrel weighing ooSJlbs and two dumbbells, one Iα each sand, weigh* lag 6251b*.