The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-03

ANNA sWAN uATrs-'n AID nns HArE
AND THEIR PASTOR AND WIFE.
thunderb0lts for Jupiter, and bow old
cyciops. tae mcane-t of the lot. was made
drunk and had BIS only eve iabbed out by
Ulysses Phey also gave us tie name
gigantess. meaning .aorn Of the earth, as
they we're supposed 60 have been gondereI
by the blood of Uranus falling OF fertile
soil 1t is quite likely the Greeks go, these
notions from fossil bones. just as millions of
modern people have found giant bone.
This notion that men were formerly Of i'm
uonse stature is among the most persistent
of popular decisions. Several years ago u
Snowman travorscd the west with the skele-
ton of "myiodon rrbustus, seated In an
immense chair and surmoumtei by a hideous
human skull fashioned ont Of plaster for the
purpose and set with frightful glass eyes.
and with st be exhibited the certificates "
"several eminent su.geous' TINT II Was n
vcrilablo human skeleton The sight Of 10
made even stout man shuddes. and 10 w0s
no doubt responsible for thousands OF uight-
mares
There is DO proof that there ever vas q
mau ZEN feet high, lut few have reached
riaoicct and many have exc eiei eight ,wl a.
IN every age Of which wo have record There
have been women Weighing over 500 pounds
Cant Bate,. husband OK the recently de-
ccas 8 lady, is oicat Zee. high, yet Boz served
through the war i9 tho Confederate cavalry.
and vastlorou-liy RECONSTRUCTED" without
epncill act Herr Wnaolme.r Of Austria,
Is TIE largest man uow iA the w0rld-A that
"0foot giant in Afrlci' is u myth-beiug
feet luches high. with unuaturally long
arms, their reach being lO-5 feet lie was
OF average size till the age Of H. Mrs
Emma Markiey, Of Philadelphia. weighed
Ggpounds. her colin was $ feet long. feet
dc,u and a. inches vide, aud as no hearse in
the city could transport % 10 the cemetery
ter strong mel cid that service. she was a
delicate girl, and at 10 weighed but ninety
pounds She Was notably kind ami devoted
to charitable daeis.
"Iweuty-threo feet and nine inches OF
R0biusDusr was lately ono OF TIE ettrac-
lions OF kuoxAillc Ia. three brothers IT
that name being each feet II inches high.
"Ihe marriage of the fat woman and Gee
Albino' drew a big crowd - q New York
dino museum some years ago, She was
Maud Petit. OF Tyrone, Ireland, who
weighed seventeen pounds 40 birth and 80
a. maturity The certificate was written
with his toes by the "argllcS, man" tho
"hornei man from Africa" AMI the "wild
boy Of Mexico stood a. next friends. and
tho living skeleton" erivenei the occasion
w.,h some Of his most venerable jokes Tho
wedding rag was bracelet Size for tho
"snak claru,r' Eight women we've cell
lsc,ed at Chicago n 1855. whose joiut
weight vaa 3,o35 pounds. the inges. aud
probably tho heaviest ia the world beug
Mrs Hannah Battersby. weighing rs
pounds.
Scripture tells us Of whole races Of giants
the Ncphilim, Auakim. Rephaim, Emim,
Zulm, etc -- but no figures arc given
Enough is told, however Of o., king Of
Bashan to show that be was sumner"
and Goliath's height was six cuNits and a
sranr-9 feet o inches Aside from these.
who excited Is much attention then as they
would now, it is conclusisely proved that the
average height Of Egyptians and lsraslitcs
then was q little below that 81 Americans 90
day. and such Of their tools aud weapons as
remain Indicate that they were not 30 strong
Is modern raos
IN conclusion it can only be repeat shat
OF cIanis an3 iaagiS, fat women l-t living
skeletons. s,1ence has 10 explanation. Tier