The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-08-17

,>C ENT RACES MARVsLS OF PHYS
lCAL DEVELOPMENT.

$50 Scmibnrhasians of One Thousand
Ncnrs Ago were All Remarkably
rrHPortioncd Men - The Chants of
Ancient Greece and Rome.
/ Tint the human race has degener-
:tol .n size rs well as longevity is a
.-.t well utteSted 10y various authori-
.es. 4 prominent Washington physi-
,.aI who has made a life study OF
brain ana cerebral developments, says
that. On visiting the catacombs OF Par
u.s. what struck him most in those vast
/ repositories of the contents of the
citys ancient graveyards was the
| great size OF the skulls in comparison
with those of more modern mankind.
This superiority OF development in the
men who lived 1000 years or more ago
the scientist attributes 10 the open air
life then i'm vogue and the physical
sports and exercises INDUCED in.
There are several races OF giants
mentioned i'm The Bible. ana the Greek
and Roman historians have recorded
many examples which serve 20 shew
that these specimens of elongated hui
mauty wore nv uo means rare at one
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rrnsco with an lnscription showing
that Nis Giant was TWENTY-FIVE and
one-baIf feet hirh and that his bones
were found in 17o5 near the banks Of
fine AIodcr.. a little river at the foot OF
the mountain of Crusol. upon which
tradition SAYS the giant dwelt
ON Jan. IA. 1893 some masons dig
rfng near the ruins OF q castle in
Bauphiuc. IN "a locality which had long
. been known "a. the Giants field, at the
depth Of eighteen feet discovered a