Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-11

plnaty Se0Dnn " yuplHut tiiupn ph>o' ~ sN'
entered Agrigunlum, his native bone, he Was
attended by 90 escort of three hundred chsrlots'
zach drawn by Two white horses, and followed
bv the population, cheering and waving ban
| ners. Milo six times won the palm at both the
Oigmpic aud Pythian games. he IS SAID to
| nave Iua mile with tuur yerr ola OK upon
hi. shoulders. and atierWard killed the snimsl
with ocs blow Of his fist. and ate the ehtlfe c'r
a ss in one day So great was ts muscular
| ooc,er that ho you'd bind O cor0 rUuon bis
lead aud break ii by the swelllug pressure OF
his v;ens. An ur0iusry uesl fJr hll,o was
tgeaty pouuGs OF meat, as mucu Dread, aGo
fit.en piuts vi TlDe
p lvd.nus, OF Thessss, was or colossal
beigbs aud prodgious srepgtb, aud. II Is S i'd,
alone aud without weapons. Killed al en!rr'ous
euraped lion. O1e day, It is recorded, b.
| 5, IL a bull by It's hind feet, sod tue animal
esc ned by leaving the hoof 10 the grasp OF the
athlete.
The Roman Emperor Maxinus was upRard
| of eipht feet 10 height, and, like Milo OF Gro.
tons, could squeeze to powder with bis hoRer5
and break tho lex of hols, by kick. his
gife's bracelet served him as a riDs. aud bis
eyery dsy repast WAS sixty pounds OF msat AID
| au amphora OF Wlae.
Wall, q prisoner 10 Germany, Richard l &C.
! csp:ed 40 Invitation to btxoS match With the
s)u of his ialior. He reoe we'd the first blew.
which made him sagger, but. on recovering,
with blow OF his f,l he killed big antesoo s:
| uu the sp,t Topban, also 40 E1gllshnsu,
horn in ITO was possessed or ssIonlShlns
strength. HIS arm-plts hollow 10 the caso 0t
ordinary men, Wero With hln iul ot muscles
and tendons. de would take bar OF lro0.
l - H., aodS - "a
middle of the bar bstlud his neck, and oeod
The .X:rtmi!ies by main torcs uotil they met to
oe,ber aud beod back the lron straight agAlo.
| a.. tipht. seeiGg tho Satchmau asleep in bis
n,x he carric1 tho nsp aud BITS shell Lo great
dis spc,, aud put then on The wall OF a chuca
ward. Oalug 10 domestic troubles, ho c1m-
miucd suclos 10 the prime ct lite.
! The famous Sardefburg, kiog OF hIDaola,
| vho was TO o 10 l4l4 Was man OF grca.
stature, aud his fea,s IF sword ,x.co'so have
new. been "a i lied. o. opeoecssGp, With his
cjmetrr, he L ruvk his ANTAGONIST such blow
that It's force eayrd hin TO the Salst.
| H. il s,id to have cl,veu 10 TWO mon who
| were c 81 10 armnr from head 10 foot "a one
oc,ssi o the brother ald nephew OF cartaln
Bs labgu, who bad been convicted OF crucllcs
toward the AbsDians, were br0ueht 10 t'm
bouod together. Transported with rage, b.
|
Maur ca, count Of S4xory. the hero OF f %
,enoy ,oberittd The phy s'c.i VleOr OF his faIhsr,
and was especially ed Tor the surDrIslog nus
GUAR power or grip" OF bis hands. Oa ono
occasi ~, pesdiog corkscreW, he w'oed a
| largs iruo ua, rouJd IUto the qulrcd shape
Win bi> Grgers and opened talt a Il z,n bottles
Of wioe with it. Another tine, when stopplog
at q blacksmith shop TO hav. his horse shod, he
| p,cked no a punber Of Eorssshoej, and W;h
his hands snappud them 10 tu0 as readily as 1t
mads of glass, much 10 the disgust OF The
smith.
II history is to be believed, Phatyllus. Of
Cro,oDa, could lamp distance Of fifty six feet.
The exatcise WAS pracIced at the olympic
games and formed part OF the course OF the
psntablon. Strut. an English authority On
games and amussnsnts, SPEAKS OF YoIkonire,
Jumper named ireland. whose powers Wera
msrye Gus He was SIX feet h'gh. and a. The
aye of eighteen le.ped without the aid of spring
board, over nine horses ranged side by side. de
| cleared q cord extended fourteen feet from the
grouad with one bound, crushed with Ii. foot q
blsoder suspended at height OF sixteen feet,
| and on another occasion llg ntly Cleared large
| wagon co ssred with an awning.
| Colonel fronside WAC lived IN lndls eTly IN
this century, relates that he met IN his travels
an old white haired man, who. with one leap
. | spraue over the back OF an enormous elephant
fsnked by six csmes OF the largest breed. q
COURTEOUS French work, published in Paris IL
l745 entitled THE Tracts Toward the History
of Wonders Psrtor med St Fairs" mentioned al
Englisbmsn who, nt the fair o, st Gnrmail, Il
1924. ieaped over forty people without touching
one Of them lu our own d-y We are fsmih,!
with m.ry remarkable expositioDs Of strength
: ind endul ance. DR.. WInsnip, with the sio o
. straps, lifted weight of $500 pounds, and will
the little finger of his right hand could raise hi
body considerable distance from the ground