The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-24


about the same size; and that of Noah, in
Lebanon, which is 20 yards in length!
Pliny says that by an earthquake in Crete a
mountain was opened, and in 1t was discovered
u skeleton standing upright, as cubts long,
which was supposed to be that of Orion or Otus.
ne same author relates that in the time of
Caudius Cesar there was a man, named Cab
1aras, brought by that Emperor from Arabia to
hone, who was feet inches high "the tallest
man that has been seen in our times" But this
giant was not so tall as Posio and Secundlla in
the reign of Augustus Caesar, whose bodies were
preserved as curiosites in museum in the Sal
lustian Gardens, and each of whom measured in
length 10 feet inches.
The Emperor Maximus (very much Of a NAM
was feet high, and was in the habit of using
his wifes bracelet for thumb ring. His shoe
was foot longer than that of any other man,
and his strength so great that he could draw a
carriage which two oxen could not move. lie
generally ate forty pounds weight of flesh, and
drank six gallons of wine every day
for the est. Nicholas even Mt the current
price of board; though not so tall as one of
whom Joseph tells viz.:-Eleazar a Jew, who
was one of the hostages whom the King of Per-
sia sent to Rome after peace. This giant was
over ten feet high But these are pigmies COM
dared with him of whom Kircher writes (though
this is what Yankee philosopher would demo-
inmate a whopper). The skeleton of this giant
was dug out of stone sepulchre near Rome in
the reign of the Emperor Henry II, and which,
by an inscription attached to it, was known to
be that of Pallas, who was slain by Turnus and
was higher than the walls of the city! The same
anthor tells us that another skeleton was found
near Palermo that must have belonged to man
400 feet high.
In times more modern OG13), some masons
digging near the ruins of castle i'm Dauphne
in a field which by tradition had long been
called "The Giants Field at the depth of 1S
feet discovered brick tomb 80 feet long, 12 feet
wide, and feet high, on which was grey stone
with the words l'"Theutobochus Rex" cut thereon
NH NUo nH hnXrf nd hum on
skeleton entire 25l2 feet long, 10 feet wide across
the shoulders, and feet dee1 from the breast to
the back. His teeth were about the size of an
oXs foot, and his shin-bone measured feet in
length.
Plot, in his "OXfordshire," 1876, says that a
skeleton II feet high was then to be seen in the
town hall tn Lucene. 1t had been found under
an oak in Wilisau, near the village of Reyden.
He instances numerous gigantic bones which
had been dug up in England and adds:-"It
remains that Notwithstanding their eXtravagaut
magnitude) they must have been the bones of
men or women; nor does anything hinder but
they may have been so, provided 1t be clearly
made out that there have been men and women
of proportiOnabe stature in all ages of the world,
down even to our own days
Old Cotton Mather held the belief that there
had been in the antediluvian world men of very
prodigious stature, in consequence of the find
| ing OF bones and teeth of great size, which he
judged to be human, in Albany. He describes
one particular grinder weighing 49l pounds, and
|
| also bone, supposed to be thigh-bOne, II feet
long, which, with the others, crumbled to pieces
rs soon as it was exposed to the air.
The 'Drawer" gives this anecdote of a
''Model M. D.
had just finished my supper, and was enjoy
! ing my cigar on the deck, when | heard man
| declaiming, in loud voice, to two or three at
tentive listeners (but evidently intended for
''whoever it might concern at the same time)
on Pathology. Being, rs it were, thus invited,
also became a listener to something like the fol-
| lowing
"There il is now Well some people talk
about seated fevers. / don't know anything
about seated fevers: there amt no sich thing as
a seated fever. 'sketer bite is a seated fever
cure the bite, and the fever quits you quick
enough. Jes' so with a bile-the same thing
! There amt no such thing, l tell we, as a seated
fever Fact is, and you can't rub it out, YOU
regular doctor practices according to books
now l practice accordin to common-sense
| Take case now: There was DR.. Rugg, of ou
village, the very Samson of the Materier Medi
ker. Wa'al, he treats fever according to the
books. What's the consequence? get all tht
patients! He met me one day, and says he t
me- says he, How is it that you git all the feve
cases?' told him exactly how it was; and i
is So"
''Well, doctor" interrupted one of the listen
ers, "How do yOu treat fevers?"
'sWell, there it is, you see You ask me hoy
I treat fevers. If you'd ha' asked me when
first commenced practizing, could ha' told yo
cant tell you now. / treat cases zacly as
find em-according, as said afore, to commo
sense. And there it is Now there was Mrs
Scuttle she was taken sick. All the folks sal
she had the consumption; hadn't the consump
tion more'n you've got it (singling out burl
listener who weighed some two hundred an
fifty or three hundred); had two doctors at he
at once; didn't do her u single n1oSsel O. good
Wa'al, they sent for me; and as went into tn
house see lot of tanzya and flock of chicken
by the door. Felt her pulse. Says land She
never forget it till her dying day does come
says |, You amt no more got the consumptio
than I've got-not bit And there twas, yo
see In two weeks cured her."
''Well, but Doctor, how did you cure herr"
There it is again ] told you see a lot {
tanzy and q flock of chickens growing at tn
door. gin her some of the tanzy and fresh lal
egg-brought her right up! It's kill or cur
with me. Fact is, gentlemen" continued tn
doctor, ~ call myself an officer My saddle
bags is my soldiers, my disease my inimy, rus
at him, and ther he or me has got to conquet
Inever give in
-Rame ramihes encouragingly in Texas.