Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-05

-AnouR iHo NIechS INC SUCCESSFUL I'll nctC was
ctoFnnd with leures aid lJst,d d,Rn With
~eal.b and honols Whoo Escno;us, in The
blocty c;ni Oiympisi. tliumpiant ia s4rnts,
entcred AgtEenuni, ha na'vo homo, nc Was
attendeG by an &C r; q $50 oh5rCt1, each
drawn by two white horses. apd followed b.; the
p)pul:co, cheering Gtd waving iapacys. Milo
S nmcs wen tho palm at beth The Oyupc
and pglh!au games. lie ;a si 10 Ea7c !un
mll9 With four year cli ox upon his sloGlle,s,
aud btterWard killed tho animal vita a blow Of
D $ list. or u Eta tho entire cac,s5 in Qua dsv
% great Was his mGscl'ar poscr that ha would
sOmrtineS bind cord I0uGd Bis head aId
bIcak IL by the ~, liiig end rr,ssa7o Lr the
Ve'Gs An o7dl1asy meil lur Milo was iHeaiy
POUNDS OF m1at, uS luuch btral, sid fifteen
piBii OF wluc. PIlYdamus, uj ihcs3ulia was eft
nfntigioua stTcErth and cIl0sSal height, aud,
1t Is said, alono apd without weapons, .aied en
enormous ard enrased lion. Oae day liz is %
recorded he seized bull by obo OF its lind
'eof. and tho animal escaped only by leaving
the hNot 10 the gri So T.! thc athlete. i'hc kU-
man Enptrcr Msximibus Was upwsrl CT ,iSht
ieet 10 height sDd, likn Milo. ul Crotope, c yult
sluetZ1 to powder The hardest stone with his
Rogers nnd break tho leg or i,9 cl i horse by a
kick. llid wltu'd brsC lot scive,; HIN as a I'll ."
end his every day meal Was Sky pGuuGs vi
meat md &c smphOra Of WAC.
Willie prisoner in Geruany, Richard |.
acc; p'cd Al Invitation TO b.xi0g match with
tho sou ct his ,iIer. lie ,ivcd he iifs: Lloy,
wtloh uade Inn stegytr; but c ,ve.ing, with a
tl2@ Of tho fist killed his autaeoris ou thn spot.
Tophan, who was bern in Londcn in l7l0, was
possessed OF astonishing strength. Ills arm.
pita, hollow IN tho case OF crdiuary mcp, were
with him ir!l OF muscles Sid trndvns. lie
would take bar OF iron, with It's Two ends
held 10 bis hands, plac, the middle Of the Tar
behind his ok, and then bend tho cyircui-
ties by malo turce until they met together, and
bend back the lroo stralgh again. Ono night
percclVlog wachman asleep 10 his beg, he
carried both the man and his shell TO q great
distance, and deposited them OF the wall OF
churcbyard. Owing to domestic houb!es, he
committed suicide 10 the prime Of life. The
famous se'nderbcrg, King Ct Albania, who
was born IN l4l4, was man of great statute,
and MS ieats In sword exercise have never been
tqualed. % ono otclslcn, With scini-
tar, he strusk his antagonist suoh a tcryibo
blow that rs tremendous oros c!caVcd lin TO
tho waist. lie is said to have often eleven in
two Mon who were clad 10 armor from hcsd 20
foot. Ol one OCCASION the brother end nephew
CT certain Baltabao, who hsd boon convicted
OF crucies toward the Albabiaps, w.rs brought
TO him, bound together. Transported with
rage, he cur thcm 10 two With oDe stroke CT bis
weapon. Maurice, Co1nt of Sayony. the hero
OF touteooy, Inherited the ply aical Vigor Of his
iather, aod was especially noted for the supris-
lng musuoular power, or grip" OF his hands
va ono occasion. needing corkscrew, he twist
Cd long iron nail round into tho rCuu;r,d
shape with his 6ogcrs. and with this extempor,
lzod lmrIemeut ope1ed half d0z1u bottles OF
VINO. Another time, wheo stopping at vii
loge blacksmith shop to have his horse shot,
be picked up numb,r OF new horseshoes, AID
With his hands snapped them in lyyo as readily
as 1t made OF glass, much to tho surprise and
disgust of the smith.
If history is to be believed, Pnaylius, of Gre.
tona, could Jump q diStatcs OF filty,six feet
The exercise was pIac.icsd at tho olympic
games and formed part OF the c3urso Of the
Pentathlon. Strut, an Eoglish authority cn
games and amuscneuts. speaks of Yorkish
Jumper named ireland. whose powers were
something marvellous. lie was six feet bigh,
aod at the age of eighteen lesped, without the
aid OF sprlDg board, over niue horses ragged
side by side. tie cleared c,rd extended tour
teen feet from the ground With b0uad, crushed
Win us loot q oladuer suspended at o height
OF sIX!oen feet, aud 90 another occasion i.htIy
c,ehred large Tapoa covered wlh au Gwni1g
COL lroosldc, who lived in l1ti. early 10 tbs
century. relates th1t he met ia his lrav.I5 40
old white haired man sho With oos leap sp,arg
over the back otsn enormous c!eDhapt n,uk, d
by SIX came Is OF no largest hrced 4 carigus
trerch work. publishtd ia PaTi4 IN l7IJ. cn.
tltled "lh, Tres Toward the History Of Wo:,
ders P'tI1rl ed at Faits" ma1tioas aa l..osiish
man, who az tic Fair 81 s.. G:Imain ID l72i,
leapsd ever ferry p:o9lo without teuchipg 5ao
OF them. 10 ou. own day W. are laaili.r vi h
macy remarkable cXo9a!t;oGs t' s.Gcag.h .uj
euduracc>. Dr. Wiu-hin, w,h ii: I'd Il
strals, lied weight Of 3 800 p;uc.t4. a24 With
tho little hoger Of his iigh: had cyud ras. hi,
botv ossIderablc dI5iaa,. trom ;,,3 2ruued.
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