Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22
MODERN FLATS OF STRENGTH

at his tackle till his face became livid.
and he had to sit down, staring as if in
a stupor. or ike a man half recovered
from stunning blow.
Moreover. professional duties obliged
him TO stick to the city and limit himself
to indoor exercise. He was rather irreg-
ular in his diet, too, said a medical
friend of his. whom / met in Haver-
hin, few years ago. 'sbut his chief mis-
take think, was the neglect of field
sports
Baron Trenck. the German Rob Roy did
not make himself liable to that reproach. ana
vlved hardships that would have killed a
dozen ordinary men. six feet three. bread
shouldered, agile as panths-," a eontem-
Life Guard regiment of Frederick the Great
in his eighteenth year. Before the outbreak
OF the second Silesan war he had fought
dozen duels, but the king condoned all Dis
faults from Klotiyes OF sheer curiosity 10
see his abilities tested in active service
The result Of that experiment surpassed all
expectations. The gigantic young life guards
man conductod his forays after the manner
Of the old Morse -freeb0oters- He would charge
into a hostile wagon train. regardless OF es-
corts, stampeding horse and riders by the i'm
petuosity OF his attacks. and never hesitated
to balance his personal strength against the
numerical superiority Of his adversaries.
His hot temper finally got him into a fatal
who knew that duel would not give him
one chance in a hundred. and revenged him
self BY slanderous imputations-a charge OF
Mystified, but with a view to subsequent in
vestigation, the king sent him TO the next
military prison. and the young daredevil almost
at once Ieaped from the fortress walls ana
would have effected his escape if IL had not
been for his lack Of typographical information
traitor. but, in spite Of the jailors now re-
doubled precautions. the third proved COM
prisoner made a sudden dash for the sally
port, knocked down the sentry and vanished
I by rushing Ike wolf through willow thicket
and out into the Hill forests beyond ne
| escaped across the border, but the Prusslan de-
tectives were camping upon his trail and The
| first time he attempted TO revisit his native
| land he was captured and flung into sub
terranean stronghold OF Fort Megdeburg, where
| he passed the next eight years. often despair
| ing of dsliverance. but physically rnbroken, By
chains. frost and diet OF rye bread ana
/ water. The repeated intercession of the Aus
| trian government finally prevailed, and after
l his release the Magdeburg martyr, as they
| called MIN. walked with perceptible sroop-a
memento Of the short chain that had for years
| connected his neck and his ankles. put coula
| straighten ont under the impulse OF passion,
and on the, whole. was stin considered
prodigy Of pryical vigor.
Trenck was addicted TO alcoholic stimulants.
not to excess. as judged by the habits Of that
: liquor seemed TO have the effect OF turning him
| temporarily crazy ard under the influence ne
/ insuted a French official during the Reign OF
/ Terror and was promptly dTegged 70 the guillo-
/ tine. An eye witness attests the fact that X
required the combined Efforts Of six soldiers 70
overpower him after he had snapped MS haaa-
/ cdffs and Knocked down his would-be execu-
TONERS left and right
A Kentucky giant OF the same time flung
/ away his life at the battle Of Murfreesborc by
1 stepping TO the front and bombarding the blue
coat slzirmishers with showers of stones and
I blasphemies. Think We can frighten US be-
cause our ammunition is gone, do your BLANK
4 blank your souls; come on. and III hck the
whole Of you! Sheo. What soldiers! Can't o..
i a barn gate If you can't hit me. Try again.
and so on. till a Michigan sharpshoOter did
try, once too often
St. cyr, Canadian lumbermans son. was
| not as tail his father, but even in his
| early teens amazed his neighbors by his dead
/ lift s performances. He could jerk out large
/ screw bolts, after bit OF preliminary shaking,
| and il his 18th year disl0dged a saadbound
wagon which two stout horses had been unable
] to stir. The teanlster was on the point OF
| tightening his load Of bricks when ST. cyr
| crawled under the wagon bed ana. soNiy rs
1 ing not only lifted the cart but pushedst for
/ ward far enough for the horses to do the
rest.
The Turkish empire. indeed. can no longer
/ claim monopoiN of athletic marvels- Blondin
| carrying his business partner across Niagara
/ Fails on a swaying rope, Bauerschmiot ana
/ Sandow pittng man power against nc.se pow
er, Professor McFadden lifting two big men
! after reducing his strength BY a week fasis
Weitzbahn breaking inch planks like shingles,
| prove that the ediice OF the Caucasian race
/ can be reproduced from its ruins without the
/ assistance of Oriental architects
II must. however, be admitted that on the
| borders of Mussulraan temperance lands mod
| ern Christendon produces its stcutesA cham
| pions-Magyar peasants and iTon-hsted Monte
/ negrins The latterday Samson, par excellence,
/ was perhaps Peter Garganof, Bulgarian sol
der who bent rihe-barrels OF the heaviest
| caliber. and in the presence of his sovereign
/ prince Alexander or Battenberg) once Shout
| dered a wounded comraGe. and without stop
| ping for a breathing spell. carried him SIX
1 miles including long stretches Of upgrade
| trails.
/
1 .Glutton Peter, his meSsnates called him
| in allusion to his exorbitant appetite. could
! outmarch, as we'll as work out, airy MAJ Of
| his regiment, and more than once performed
| the marvellous feat OF sDlintering the handle
| OF a stout ak BY striking the blade into an
| oak tree-the resistance 10 the impact OF the
| wedge-shaped iron acting check to the
| force Of the blow.
Indoor life and the multiplication of labor
! saving machinery are the two main obstacles
| 10 the progress Of physical reform, but their
| Influence is getting outweghed by the revival
| OF temperanceSand rational hygiene, and. above
! all by the reawakened appreciation OF phys-
| eel vigor
The clouds OF the middle ages have not yer
| been wholly dispelled. but in spite Of their
| lingering shadows. a plurality OF our progress
I i've fellowmen has rodiscoVcred the fact that
| the highes: blessings Of moral and bodily
/ health be only CONFORMITY attained
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