MODERN GIANTS.
VERY TALLI'KOPLK ARK SA11) TO
BE BECOMING SCARCE.
The Heaviest Giant Was an Ameri
can and the Tallest an Aus
trian—Other Giants—
A Tall Couple.
Complaints are frequently made by
men in the freak business that giants are
becoming scarcer every year. This is to
be taken with a good deal of allowance,
although it is true that dwarfs are more
numerous, as undersized men are more
frequently met with than men above the
average height. Living in cities is apt
to stunt the growth, and as a larger por
tion of the population is constantly
coming to live in that way the average
stature is apt to be steadily diminished.
It is perhaps not generally known that
the heaviest giant of whom we have any
authentic record was a native of this
country. Miles Darden was born in
North Carolina in 1798, and died in Ten
nessee January 23, 1857. He was seven
feet two inches in height, and at the time
of his death his weight was upward of
1000 pounds. Until 1853 he was active
and lively and able to work, although his
weight was then 875 pounds. He was
finally obliged to remain at home or to be
drawn about in a two-horse wagon. In
1839 his coat was buttoned around three
men, each weighing more than 200
pounds, who walked in it across the pub
lic square at Lexington. His coffin was ,
eight feet long and three feet deep.
Another old-time Western giant was
Charles Freeman, of Michigan, who some-1
where in the '4os visited England and
was put into the ring as a prize fighter, 1
his adversary being William Perry, who
afterward became ch.; : <>:i of England, j
Freeman was of enon.. ius strength and
measured eight feet in height and three
feet across the shoulders. He became i
somewhat noted as a circus rider, but died |
at a comparatively early age of consump- j
lion in London.
The recent death of Colonel Ruth
Goshen removed one of the largest and
best proportioned giants ever exhibited j
iu America. At the time of his death, j
which occurred at liis home in Clyde, N. j
•J., from dropsy, his weight was some- j
thing over (500 pounds, and during his |
last illness it required the services of four j
men with a hoisting apparatus to turn him :
in bed. Contrary to most giants, Colonel j
Goshen attained the advanced aire of
seventy years. He was born in Egypt
and had been one of Barnum's greatest
attractions for many years.
Among other giants of modern times J
perhaps the most intelligent, and cer
tainly one of the most gentlemanly, was j
Colonel Orr, who died some seven years |
ago. He will be remembered by many I
who witnessed his performance in "Jack, j
the Giant Killer," a drama which was j
presented by Colonel Orr and a company j
of Lilliputians and attracted much atten- |
tion. Colonel Orr was seven feet four I
inches in height and weighed 520 pounds. |
At the time of his death he was a Royal j
Arch Mason and a Knight of Pytliias.
The Chinese giant, Chang Won Gow,
was doubtless the tallest man ever exhib
ited in America. He claimed to be eight
feet two inches high, but lacked the fine
proportions of some ot' his predecessors.
Chang is the son of a wealthy silk and
tea merchant of Pekin and is well edu
cated, speaking several languages. 11c
has been exhibited in Europe and Austra
lia, and when in Australia wore a soli
taire diamond ring given him by the Em
peror of Russia, which was valued at
over 81000. He was also the possessor
of a gold medal awarded him by the Ber
lin exhibition attesting him to be the
tallest living man.
According to an English newspaper, j
however, the Chinese anomally cannot
rightly claim this pre-eminence in stature, j
since there appeared in London some
three years ago a giant, who far surpassed
any other whose height has been recorded j
in modern times. This giant was an 1
Austrian by birth named Weinkelmeier, |
and his height was eight feet nine inches, j
He was born in Fricdburg, in 1865, but i
showed no development of this extraor- i
dinary growth up to the age of fourteen, !
when he began growing rapidly. At i
the time the account from which we i
quote was written he was on exhibition at
the London Pavilion, where a huge bed !
had been constructed for him, and which
was expected to be his home for some
time.
The successor of Chang, with Mr. j
Barnum's show in 1885, was a Norwegian I
named Brustod, who was only a few '
inches shorter than Chang, but consider-.!
ably below him in intelligence and ac- !
complishments. He spoke English fair
ly well, however, and was very muscular, i
though not more fleshy than his Chinese
contemporary.
Of all modern giants, however, Cap
thin Martin Van Buren Bates, of Ken
tucky, and his wonderful wife, are the
most interesting. Captain Bates's weight
has been given at 49(5 pounds, and his
height at 7 feet 11$ inches. He wears a
26-inch collar and a Nc* 25 boot. A
writer, who met him a few jiears ago in pri-<
vatc life, describes him as dressing neatly
in black and wearing a massive gold chain
and watch, presented to him by Queen
Victoria; a brilliant diamond in liis shirt
bosom. and a fashionable collar and scarf.
His face was ruddy and healthy looking,
and his smile pleasant and winning.
When in England, in 1875, Capt.
Bates met the famous English giantess,
Miss Anna Swan, to whom he was soon
married. Mi's. Bates was exactly the
same height as lier husband, and, togetli
| er, they made a handsome pair. Her
j weight at that time was a little over 400
I pounds and her form was very charm
' ingly proportioned. It may interest lady
readers to know that 65 yards of goods
j were required to make this lady's wed
' ding gown.
A reporter who visited the giant
| couple at their residence in Seville, Ohio,
several years ago, gives a vivid picture of
the domicile of these mammoth people:
I"It is a difficult matter to convey an ade
j quate idea of the proportions of such a
| dwelling as the one occupied by the Ohio
i giants. A door that is six feet six inches
high is a large-sized opening in the side
of a house—that is, a dwelling house,
J not a cathedral. But the door of the
domicile of the Bates giants are ten feet
high, and the knobs are nearly as high as
i the reporter's head. The house was
[ built by Captain Bates in 1876, and is
| elegantly furnished. The couch upon
which the big couple sleep was made
j especially for them, and is a curiosity to
look at. It is extensive enough to give
the great big people room enough to
stretch in, and it looks as big as an ordi
nary-sized floor. It is really ten feet
long, wide in proportion, and about
twice as high as a common bed. The
magnificent dressing ease is also a huge
affair, with a glass upon it nearly as big
as the side of a house. In the sitting
room is a piano of ordinary size itself,
but it is mounted on blocks two feet
high, so that the instrument is away up
in the air, out of the reach of common
folks. There are two rocking chairs in
this room that are so big that the report
er had to climb into one of them the
same as an infant would clamber into a
high chair. It is very expensive for the
giants to live, as they have to pay such
exorbitant prices for everything they
wear. For instance, it costs the Captain
830 for a pair of boots. It is a most as
tonishing sight to come across the two
giants out for a drive. City folks who
have seen the ponderous wagons with
wheels reaching to the second story of a
house, used to haul stones weighing tons
and tons, can form an idea of the vehicle
used. It is pulled by six stout Norman
horses, and it is enough to make a man
think he has got 'cm sure to suddenly
meet such a spectacle on the road out in
the country. Passing wagons have to let
the rails down and drive into the adjoin
ing fields until the giants go by."— New
York New*.
The Finest Fishing Sport in the World.
Robert Grant, in an article on "Tarpon
Fishing in Florida," published in Serib
ner's, says: Tarpon fishing is, in my
opinion, the most magnificent fishing
sport in the world. I understand that
veterans at it now refuse to take up the
anchor, after taking a fish, preferring
to part company rather than not to bring
him to the boat by force of rod and reel
only. As compared with salmon fishing,
the vast difference in the size of the two
fish is a vital factor on the side of the
Silver King. Anglers with but slight,
experience have at least an equal chance
of saving a salmon, but what accom
plished fisherman expects to land more
than one tarpon in three? If a salmon
were equal to a tarpon in •weight, and
still retained proportionately its activity,
it might be a more formidable antagon
ist; but forty pound salmon are rare,
whereas 120 pounds is not much more
than the average weight of a tarpon—
which shows the futility of such an argu
ment. The manner of fighting is prac
tically the same as regards running and
leaping; the tarpon does not sulk as the
salmon is so fond of doing, nor, so far
iis my experience goes does he double up
on the angler, which, of course is an in
teresting trait iu the salmon. Nor, in
deed, are the surroundings of a tarpon
fisherman to be compared with the beau
tiful scenery arid picturesque life on a
Canadian salmon river. Bait is a dirty
substitute for the trig fly, and the monot
ony of listless waiting palls on one ac
customed to repeated casting. But all
the same, any one who has hooked and
landed a tarpon can well afford to smile
at the enthusiasm of any other fisherman
in creation. Try it for yourself and see.
Mankind's Average Age.
The average age at whieh mankind die
is now forty years, and is steadily on the
increase. The United States, despite the
talk about the rapidity with which the
Americans wear themselves out, forges
ahead of every other nation on earth in
respect to the longevity of its citizens,
fifty-five years being the average here.
Of all the nations of Europe Russia is the 1
most of n favorite with the death angel. j
—Bostou Cultivator.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The diamond is carbon crystalized.
The old idea of igniting gun cartridges
by electricity is again being revived.
Extensive experiments are about to be
begun for the precipitation of sewage by
electricity.
A big piece of ice in a tub of water
wili lower the temperature of your room
fifteen degrees.
In using fire hose pipe there is a loss of
ten to twenty-five t pounds pressure to
every hundred feet of hose.
Rooms occupied by consumptives
should be thoroughly cleaned, floor,
walls and ceilings, at least once a week.
At the new shooting grounds in Brus
sels electricity has been introduced to
record the results of shots at the differ
ent ranges.
Dr. Gradenigo, of the University of
Padua, has successfully transplanted the
cornea from the eye of a barn fowl into
the human eye.
Lime has of late been used to draw
frost out of the ground. It is wet slight
ly and covered over with blankets and
other non-condncting materials.
New York now manufactures an imi
tation of every mineral water of any merit,
and these are bottled, labeled, and sent
cut as though coming from the different
springs.
Wheatstone concluded that electricity
traveled at the rate of 288,000 miles pet
second, and Maxwell considered it to
travel at or about the same speed as that
or light.
From the large Pcpp compressed air
station in Paris, it is proposed leading
distributing conduits to smaller stations,
each of which will be equipped with com
pressed air engines intended to drive con
tinuous current dynamos.
One of the largest leather belts ever
made is on exhibition in Boston. It is
153 feet 7 inches long, 46 inches wide,
double thickness, and weighs 1423
pounds. The hides of sixty-five animals
were used for its manufacture.
From Norway we hear of a curious
telephonic experiment, where a physician,
being a distance of one hundred miles
from home, talked to his dog, an English
setter, through the telephone, the dog
showing his understanding by a series of
barks.
A French manufacturing firm has pat
ented an alloy of steel with two to four
per cent, of copper. It is more elastic
and malleable than simple steel,and capa
ble of far greater resistance. It is in
tended for cannon, armor-plates, rifle
barrels and projectiles.
Even rain water may not bo absolutely
harmless. An epidemic presenting hith
erto unknown symptoms broke out at
Rio de Janeiro last March, and Dr.
iDomingoe Freire has been led to suspect
a poisonous principle washed down from
the atuiosohere as the cause.
A Story About Wild Bill.
Captain Harry Horn of the Oklahoma
show tells a story of Wild Bill, the no
torious western desperado. Captain
Horn was a deputy sheriff under Bill, and
was in the saloon in Deadwood, Dakota,
with him when he was killed. Bill was
playing poker and was looking over a
hand when his murderer stepped behind
him, deliberately put a revolver to his
head, and blew his brains out. Bill was
killed almost instantly, but before he
toppled from his chair dead he managed
to throw his cards down, get both his
pistols out, and cock them. Such mar
vellous quick action almost passes belief.
Chicago JVeics.
Pencils Made of Paper.
One of the difficulties which have
stood in the way of the substitution of
paper pulp for wood in the manufacture
of pencils hits been the toughness of the
paper covering, and its consequent re
sistance to the action of a knife. By a
new process the molecular cohesion of
the paper, it is claimed, is modified in
such a manner that it can be cut as read
ily as cedar wood. After the completion
of the process the pencils are gradually
dried at increasing temperature during a
period of six days, and they arc then
plunged into a vessel of molten paraf
fine wax, which has the effect of modi
fying the texture of the paper pulp in
the manner described.
Tokio, Japan, has a society of sculp
tors which comprises 630 members.
Summer Weakness
Is quickly overcome by the toning, reviving and
h!u«>,l purifying qualities of Hood's Snrsaparilla.
This popular medicine drives off that tired feeling
and cures sick headache, dyspepsia, scrofula, and
nil humors. Thousands testify that Hood's Sarsa-
J H *.i'.n "makes the weak strou^."
"My health was poor, u» ' had frequent sick head
aches, could not sleep well, did not have much ap
petite, and had no ambition to work. I have taken
less than a bottle of Hood'j Sursaparilia and feel |
like a new person."— MßS. W. A. TURKER, West '
Hanover, Mass.
N. B.—lf you decide to take ITood's Sarsapar»'la j
do not be Indueod to buy any other.
Hood's Saisaparilla ,
Sold by all druggists. $1; si* for 05. Prepared only •
by C. I. HOOjj & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. I
100 Poses One Dollar
Sate That Sweet Girl!
Don't let that beautiful girl fade and droop
into invalidism or sink into an early grave for
want of timely care at the most critical stage
of her life. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
will aid in regulating her health and estab
lishing it on a firm basis and may save her
vears of chronic suffering und consequent un
happinees.
A more pleasant physic
You never will find
Than Pierce's small "Pellets,"
The Purgative kind.
KOOEK EVANS, of Washington, has blacked
the boots of every President, from Jackson
down.
A School of the Illgheit Order for Yonut
Ladle*,
Ingham University, Lo Roy, N. Y., estab
lished over fifty years, offers superior advan
tages in its Literary, Music and Art Depart
ments. Excellent home. Attention given to
social culture, llates moderate. Send for
catalogue. Address Miss K. M. Webster,
Principal.
OITTHRIE, Oklahoma, has already floated a
SJO,OCX) municipal loan.
All who use Dobbins'B Electric Soap praise it
as the be«t cheapest and mint economical fam
ily soap made; but if you will try it once it will
tell a still stronger tale of its morlts itself.
I'lcaac try it. Your grocer will supply you.
THE English sparrows have almost extermi
nated the wrens, orioles and meadow larks.
Taking It altogether there never wa« a time
when our country was enjoying greater pros
perity than at the present moment, and yet
there are thousands of people in the land who
are fussing and fuming about hard times. No
doubt but what many of thMii are honejt in
their complaints, and it 13 often because they
have not round the right kind of work or the
right way to do it. Now, if business is not
moving along with you satisfactorily, take our
advice and write to B. F. Johnson & Co., Rich
mond. Va. It is more than likely that thoy
can help you, at any rate, it would coet. you
nothing but a postage stame to apply to them.
Heir* Wanted.
Information is wanted of the whereabouts of
Johanna Wilson, daughter of Mark Sweeney,
wife of Thomas Wilson, born in Limerick Co.,
Ireland. She is, if living, heir to an estate. If
(lead, lier children or next of kin are wanted.
Address, W. J. COVIL, Webster City, lowa.
Old smokers prefer "Tansill'g Punch" sc.
Cigar to most 10 centers.
If afflicted with sore eyee use Dr. Isaac Thorn p
eoa'cEye-water. Drutrists •ellat2sc.perb«ttle
DR. KOEHLKR'K FAVORITE COLIC MIXTI'RE
X 7-f domestic animals, will cure 99 out of every 100 cases of colic, whether flat
/ ' ulent or spasmodic. Rarely more than lor 2 doses necessary. It does not eon
stlpate, rather acts as a laxative and is entirely harmless. After 20 years of trial
/ w ll ,TAol '"'than 8000 coses, our guarantee is worth something. Colic must be
/ I rented promptly. t. spend a few cents and you have a cure on hand, ready
i *T h<,, 2 ueeded, end rerhajs nave a valuable horse. If not at your druggist's, en
' close ro cents for sample bottle, sent prepaid
n/r-SSJK I V.V K0 ¥ H j!'£ K A HMl.lrl.rm, l»a.
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Hook on Special Disease* free.
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Caret u specific for the certain enre
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BEWARE OF IM
Grocers often substitute cheaper goods for 5
Send back such articles, and insist upon having
ENOOH MORGAN'S SOP
SHE TELLS HIM THE SECRET.
" Lafet unto Amicota
Came a pale face preacher, teaching
Peace and progress to the natives,
Wooed and won by Uanita.
She nobler to make his calling,
Whispered to him nature's secret—
Told him of the herbs so potent
For the healing and the sating."
—EXTBACT FROM TOEJI OT "L'ANITA."
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Makes a clean sweep. Every
sheet will kill a quart of flies,
stops buzzing around ears,
diving at eyes, tickling your
UOM, skips hard words and se
cures peace at trifling expense.
Send rent a for 5 sheets to
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M jj g || Hif « on the bottom of all Shoes advertised by him before
m mm aA H Ml B Htt Jfs fi vJ| leaving hts factory: this protects (he wt-arors against
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do not be deceived thereby, but send direct to the Factory, for you can get what you want by return mail,
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dollars are saved annually iu this country by the wearers of W. L. DOCCSLAS* SHOES. In order
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row cap toe, and be sure to give size and width you wear. 1 can fit any foot that Is uot deformed, as my
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Is a fine seamless calf shoe, with Dongola tops au<l
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Huttou ami Lace on London Cap Toe, Narrow Cap
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6th. It Is so/d by more dealers throughout tiie U. S.
7th. Its great success is due to merit.
Bth. It cannot be duplicated by any other manu
| 9th. It is the best In the world, and has a larger
1 demand than any other $8 shoe advertised,
will !:e paid to any person wlio will prove the above statement* to be untrue.
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Aw Kditor's Experience.
Major Sidney Herbert, a well-known journalist iiT
agricultural circles, writes Aprl. 18th, 1899: Some
five years ago I wrote a letter stating that Swift's
Specific had cured me of severe rheumatism. Since
that time I have had no return of the rheumatic
troubles, althongh frequently exposed to the influ
ences that produced former attacks. Several of tnrf
friends bad a similar exper:race, and are Arm in their
conviction that S. S. S. brought a permanent cure.
The searching power of this medicine is shown in
the fact that it developed a scrofulous taint that wax
conspicuous in my blood over thirty years ago, an«i
has removed the last trace of it. I have also tested
8. S. S. as a tonic after n seven; attack of malarial
fever, which kept me in bed for three months, and
am convinced that, its curative and ftrenctheninjr
?roperties insured my recovery from that illness, as
was in a very low condition of health.
SIDNEY HERBERT, Atlanta, fia.
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