FRIDAY, JUNK 23, 1916.
TjA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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Somatim Thtt Titan Ar the Re
sult of a Somewhat Myitarioua Dii
aaaa Callad Gigantioiam Og and
Goliath and tha' Giant Races of Gath.
Glanta and dwarfs abound In the re
gion of tbe Caucasus mountains. Now,
why are some people bis and some lit
tle? In families heredity seems to gov
eru tbe matter. Where races are con
cerned It is not so easily explained.
We are accustomed, by tbe way, to
think of tbe Chinese as of Inferior
height; but that is because our Chinese
immigrants nearly all come from the
south of China. The people of north
China ere tall and occasionally ap
proach the gigantic.
Circus glauts are not uncommonly
sufferers from a disease called glganti
clam, which in the long run Is inevita
bly fatal. It appears to be due to
something wrong with a small gland
at tho bnse of the brain, which, In a
mysterious way, governs growth. A
strange thing about this affliction la
that the victim may be attacked long
after he has become adu.'t and has
ceased to grow In a normal way. A
man over thirty years of age may sud
denly become a giant, the first warn
ing he gets of tbe fact being the dis
covery that ho needs a larger hat and
bigger boots and gloves.
' There are, however, occasional giants
who ore simply people of extraordinary
size, in other respects normal. How to
account for them nobody knows unless
by calling them freaks of nnture. Much
more remarkable are the giant families
which are found !n the Caucasus re
gion, though most Individuals ot such
families are not big enough to be worth
while for show purposes. For circus ex
hibition a giant ought not to be less
than seven feet six inches tall. With
Uiat stature, plus boots with thick soles
and a high hut, a man may be safely ad
vertised as touching the eight foot mark.
Such giant families are not unknown
In history. Josephus and other profane
historians indorse the statements found
in many places In the Bible In regard
to the giants of Gath, from which lo
cality. It will bo remembered, Goliath
bailed. The Bible puts the stature of
that redoubtable champion at "six cu
bits and a span" In other words, about
three inches short of ten feet. This
would seem to be the altitude record
for a human being, even allowing that
the measurement was from the ground
to tho crest of Goliath's helmet.
The most celebrated of all tho ginnt
breed, not excepting Goliath, was Og,
j king of Bashuu. At the time when the
I wanderings of the Israelites in tho wil
i derness were brought to a close he was
ruler over no fewer than sixty cities
"fenced with high walls, gates and
bars." His Indeed was a powerful mon
archy, and the conquest of his realm
by Moses is looked upon to this day as
one of the greatest events In Jewish
history.
Og, by the way, was accustomed to
sleep in a remarkable bedstead not of
wood or metal, but of basalt.
Whatever the circumstances under
which the giant breed existed In Pales
tine at the time of the first arrival of
the Israelites, it is certain that in later
years they were scattered about among
other peoples. In a political sense some
were llittttes and yet others Amorites.
Coming Into contact with other races
they became, it would scera.'elther ex
tlnct or subordinate. From what little
Is said of them in history it Is to be
Inferred that they were mentally infe
rior, though formidable fighters by rea
son of their great size and strength In
an age when mere bodily prowess
counted for much.
If Goliath be supposed to have been
eight and one-half feet high (allowing
for helmet and crest) his stature did
not exceed that of the celebrated
Wlnckelmeyer. the tallest man of mod
ern times, who. born in Bavaria, died
not bo muny years ago. The height of
many giants has'',been exaggerated, but
WlncKcimeyor was careiuuy measureu
by the anthropologist Doubes.
A man of less than eight and one
half feet could hardly have worn the
enormously heavy armor aud accouter-
tneiits described In the iirst book of
Samuel as composing Goliath's outfit.
Tho staff of bis spear, we are told, was
"like a weaver's beam." the Iron spear
bead alone weighing GOO shekels, about
twenty pounds.
Tho giant breed In Palestine appar
ently died out not very long before the
birth of Christ
There have been lesser glunt breeds
In modern times, but lu some instances
they have been the result of artificial
selection, as. for example, lu tho case
of the wrestler!) of Nippon, who, seen
in a crowd, stand head and shoulders
above the ordinary Japanese.
In the neighborhood of Potsdam there
are tod;iy many very tall people owing
to the fact Hint King Frederick Wil
liam's famous regiment of giants was
long Btatlonod there. The regiment
numbered 'J.400 soldiers, and all Eu
rope was searched by the monarch for
big men to serve in it Philadelphia
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Last Appearance of Splendid
Will Be Seen at Sherry's.
Film
Mother love forms one of the chief
th-jmes in the master motion picture
drama "Slander," recently released by
William Fox, who presents in this film
for the first time under his auspices
the stage star Bertha Kalich, which
was shown at the Sherry theatre last
evening and will be run the last time
tonight. The play is a sensational ar
ray of acting, customes and plot. The
ability of Mine. Kalich as an emotion
al actress already has placed her in
tha halls of dramatic fame.
As her churacter m the film story
of "Slander," Mme. Kalich is ousted
from her home and divorced from her
husband through the injustice of that
cowardly weapon tlie name of which
is used as tne play s title, one is
forced to leave her two children,
which parts are 'taken by the talented
juvenile actor and actress, little Miss
Jacqueline ; Morhange and Master
Walter rerguson.
The wronged wife r.fter a long ab
sence retuins to see her children, al
though the courts gave the father
their custody. She is discovered by
her husband, which part is acted by T.
Jerome Lawler. The latter returns to
rlisnnver his divorced wife with tne
two children, and a scene follows
which is a wonderful piece of acting
on the part of the great star, hor op
posite and the two little ones.
Mme. Kalich in this picture does
acting which critics assert is even
more wonderful than her stage triumphs.
CHAUTAUQUA
, " Starts
Sunday, June
25th.
Let iis supply you with good things to eat while
camping. We make a delivery each day out to the
Park. ' Phone'' Main 75.
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A car of Watermelons just in, on ice, 5c a pound
Cantaloupes, good and sweet, 3 tor ...2oc
We have the first of the home Strawberries
iu today
Aged Man Is Missing
Hubbard, Or., June 21. Peter
Zimmering, aged 75, residing three
miles northeast of Hubbard has dis
appeared as completely as if the
earth had swallowed him. On Mon
day morning, June 12, ho had
planned to go to Salem accompanied
by his .wife, to pay taxes and for
this purpose had $175 in currency
on his person. They left home at
9:30 for Aurora to take the train
for Salem, Mrs. Zimmering traveling
the regular road while he took a
short cut thr6ugh the timber. 1
Mrs. Zimmering went to , Salem
but could not find no trace of her hus
band and returned to Aurora on the
afternoon train, where her husband
had been seen just before the train
arrived. That is the last record of
his whereabouts. Because of his age
and weakness it is feared he has met
witn toul piay ana tne lamuy nas
offered a reward for information
concerning him.
Peter Zimmering is short ana
heavy and wears a short stubby mus
tache. When last seen he wore a
light gray slouch hat, dark blue coat,
dark vest and trousers, work shirt
with blue tie and heavy work shoes.
Red Raspberries, 2 boxes
Home Peas, per pound - : :
New Potatoes and New Carrots
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