Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-10-09
GIANTS OF MODERN DAYS
MEN WHO suReAss ANCIENT HEROES
W STRENGTH.

Modern Times aud the Immense
weights They Llfted-A New York Man
Beats the Record by Using Harness.
Savants tell us that by distributing I
weights over a mans body in such a
manner that every part Of his frame will
have 90 bear its share, he can be made
to raise Il weight Of over $500 pounds
| The stvants are right. as the perform
ance of w b. Curtis of New York, will
| show. December 20. 1868, Mr.. Curtis,
with harness. lifted 1909 pounds. As q
| horse is about seven times larger than a
| man, ii should he able To carry seven
times the number of pounds lifted by
Mr.. Curtis, but the horse never was born
that could accomplish such feat.
Speaking Of wrestling aud strong men
reminds me that centuries ago there was
born in Crotona. Italy. a babe who in
after years became famous Greek /
! athlete. At husking bees. house warm I
ings and country fairs he was the high /
roller Of all the men Of muscle who
gathered to show what they could do in
feats Of strength. He was the pet Of the
young ladies. and his name was Milo.
At the Olympic and Pythian games he
threw all corners in wrestling, and one
day, Just To show how strong he was. he
carried 4>year-old heifer four times
6 around the Olympic race course.
AT another time Milo lifteda thousand
pound OK. and didn't seem to exert him
self greatly in the attempt, either. His
strength. however, gave hisa what the
} moderns call swellel head, and one
= day while in the woods he noticed IA tree
!, which some wood choppers had partly
split open. A wedge held the two sides
OF the tree apart. and the wood choppers
g were gone. Milo, first to give himself
y an exhibition Of his own strength. in
serted his hands in the opening and tried
= to rend the tree asundcr. He pulled the
= breach little wider, just wide enough,
In fact. to let the wedge drop out. and
: then his strength began to fail him. Like
:" vice the tree closed ON his hands. and
! he was held prisoner until nightfall,
! when pack Of wolves held high jinks
over his bones.
POWERFUL. EMPEROR.
History also tells OF another man Of
prodigious strength, Maximinus, one Of
!, the Roman emperors. Toward the close
!, Of the Second century he first saw the
- light Of day in Thrace and when old
y, enough to work was sent to the fields in
'" charge Of sheep. From earliest boyhood
=. he was celebrated among the lads Of his
neighborhood for marvellous feats of
- strength and agility. and one day
- when the Emperor .eptimius Severus
" was passing through Tbrace on his re-
y turn from the East his attention was ut.
.,s tracted by the young shepherds fcetness
~ Of foot and other remarkable feats in
= athletics
=. The young Thrsciun was over eight
feet i'll height. aud was a perfect model
!. Of physical manhood. He was offered 4
place in the army Of the emperor and
accepted Although barbarian he rose
!. from rank to rank and was finally pro
=, claimed emperor of Rome He reigned
for many years. hated by everybody, and
was finally killed 10y his own soldiers. Il
is related that in one day Maximum:
- overthrow twelve of the strongest meT
!. that could 10 produced. On his thumb
:, he wore his wifes hrocelet. and it tool
!. ! forty pounds of meat day to appeas,
his appetite.
In 1908 there lived in Kent. England
man named Joyce, who exhibited sucl
4 lfs4As VI LllatA llG " ~ AiA'
second Samson. To Joyce is due tn,
:, credit Of having discovered many trick
in lifting and pulling against horses. Iii
J., tlourished for about ten years. but wher
~ his secrets became known he droppet
out Of sight
:. TllE STRONGEST MAN OF TO-DAY
= In the early part Of the Eighteenth
century Il German named Van Eckehert
- attracted u good deal of attention. Lik
:, most strong men of the present day h
=. took the name of Samson. His most ex
:. tranrainary feat was the holding of
:. massive cannon. which he snspende,
: from hia girlle. To accomplish this h
stood on Il framework over the cannon
: which rested on rollers. and when al
- wis ready the supports We're knocke,
:. out from under the weight. leaving i
dangling in the air. In performing thi
:. feat all depends on the natural strength
= Of the pelvis bones. which form donbl
j, arch, capable of sustaining grea
Il. weight.
~ Probably the strongest man Of toaa,
- In Louis St. Cyr. the Canadian. His fea
Il. of lifting 3.536 pounds OF pig iron In
+, never been equaled. The iron wa
~ placed on platform at Berthierville
1, Canada. Oct. |, 1888. and st. Gyr pushe,
= il mp with his back. arms and legs unit
i the whole weight was clear of the trcstl
upon which 1t rested ST. Tyr also put
up the aI5-pound dumhbell from floor 4
shoulder and from shoulder to arm
ies length with one hand In March, 1856
" he lifted platform upon which sevei
W men were seated. and which also con
~ tanned barrel Of flour and seven dumb
~ bells. the whole weighing 2.3ss pounds
~ ST. Cyr is about % years old, stands
- feet 10 IL inches in height and weigh
" 823 pounds
The best on record lift with the hand
~ ~ alone WIS accomplished by David /
: Dow1, who some years ago had charg
=, Of gymnasium IN Springfield. Mass
=. Dowd succeeded in raising lie /
US pounds Of pig iron clear from the Spring
:. field opera house stage. using no artih
- cial means whatever. = Boston Globe
IN
~ Too Circumioentary.
Yonng Husband-This bread ism / suci
''' as my mother used 10 make.
Young Nife-Now, John
Hushand-it's better.
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