The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-09-02

the other advocates OF Womans rights that
the stranger was carrying off their queen.
They instantly armed, and came down to
the 8 o'clock mail boat, on which the men
had embarked, in great numbers. Her.
cules and Hippolyta were taking a parting
drink in the captains room. Seeing the
crowd of Amazons on the landing, and
hearing the tumult, Hercules thought Hip
polyta had acted treacherously, SO he slew
her, and taking her girdle, sailed home
ward, the boat leaving precisely on time.
Then Eurystheus sent him to bring the
oxen of Geryon, monster with three bo-
dies and very little soul. He lived in the
far west, and when Hercules, in searching
him, arrived at the frontiers of Lybia and
Europe, he rent mountain in twain, and
left half on each side, forming the Straits
ofGibraltar. If I should rent mountain.
am afraid should find myselfin as great
straits as Hercules did, unless rents were
very low. These two mountains are called
the "Pillars of Hercules" What became
of the mattress and the rest of his bedding,
am unable to state. The oxen were guard
ed by the giant Eurytion and his two
headed dog; but Hercules killed the giant,
knocked the dog on his respective heads,
and brought the oxen in safety to Eurys-
theus. He took the first premium on them
at the next county fair They were good
thing to have, for if Eurystheus got broke
in going against the "bank," he could raise
steak on one of them any time.
The most difficult labor of all was get
ting the golden apples of Hesperides, for
Hercules did not know where to find them.
They were choice variety of apples
golden sweet" perhaps-which Juno had
received at her wedding from the goddess
of the earth and which she had intrusted
to the keeping of the daughters of Hesperis,
ably assisted by watchful dragon. After
various adventures, Hercules arrived at
Mount Atlas in Autobiography and
atlas had both been introduced into Afri-
ca even at that early day.. Atlas was one
of the Titons who got tight on one day and
endeavored to "clean out" the GODS
But these tight uns got the worst of the
fight, and Atlas was condemned to bear on
his shoulders the weight of the heavens.
Jupiter facetiously called it the "health
lift" and said it would do him good. At
las was the father of Hesperides, and just
the one to find the apples and bring them
to him.
Atlas consented to go, if Hercules would
bear up the heavens while he was gone,
which he did, having borne up under al
most everything under the heavens. At
las found Hesperides on an isle of bright
ness and glory, floating in western sky.
Their home was on the settin' SUM- He
got the apples, pretending that he wanted
to exhibit them at the Pathological fair,
and brought them to Hercules. Then he
resumed his exercise with the health-lift,
and Hercules returned with the apples to
Eurystheus, who exhibited them in one of
his sideshows
Another exploit of his was to vanquish
the champion wrestler of his time, Anteus,
son of Terra, giant and terrible throw
er. He was inyincible as long as he re-
NAMED on "earth," so Hercules held him
up at arms length with one hand and
strangled him. A newspaper report of
the affair was headed "Death in the Air"
Death for the want of air would have been
more appropriate. Other exploits did
Hercules accomplish, but the above were
the most talked about at the time. After
completing his IL labors Qaboring only
eight hours each day., they gave Hercules
complimentary benefit, where he was as
sisted in giving exhibitions of strength,
boxing, ETC., by DR.. Wlnshlp, Jem Mace,
Mike McCoole and O'Baldwin.
The death of Hercules was very mel
anoholy one. His wife, Dejanira, put
magic power on his robe as love spell,
in order to make him constant to her, as
he hadn't been constant to anything else.
The apothecary who prepared the powder
made a mistake, however, and put cow
itch in it. The effect was terrible, as may
be supposed. When Mrs. Hercules found
what she had done she went and hung
herself Hercules in despair hurled him
self into the midst of bonfire at politi-
cal meeting that was being held in his
ward, and persisted among the blazing
tar-barrels. Jupiter said the boy should
have chance, SO he enveloped him in
cloud and took him up in a four horse ON
nibus to dwell among the stars.