Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1894 — BERLIN’S YOUTHFUL GIANT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BERLIN’S YOUTHFUL GIANT.

Il« 1* 14 Yenrii Old, 0 Feet Tall, and Weigh* 380 Pound*. A boy of gigantic proportions, such as has novor before been equaled by stmllar objects of curiosity, is being exhibited in Berlin, says a writer in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His name Is Carl Ullrich, and he was born In September, 1880. His father is a man of small stature, and hts mother and thelrsoven other offspring show no unusual proportions. Up to his third year Charles grew normally; from that time on he took a spurt toward an unusually rapid development. He Is now nearly six feet tall and weighs 330 pounds. His head measures In circumference 27 Inches. Hands and feet are enormously developed, tho middle linger of each hand being In diameter tho size of a silver dollar. Professor Virchow, who has closely examined this juvenile monstrosity, states that

all the bodily organs perform th'dr functions normally, and that In all probability the giant youngster will surpass all giant men when he reaches his majority. Carl was a bright and active pupil at school, and converses intelligently with his audience, although be has been in the museum but a very ehort time. The Alligator. The alligator does not attain his full length until he is 50 years of age. When 1 year old his length Is about twelve Inches; at the age of 15 he has grown to two feet. Temperance Item. A prominent English physician of long experience with drunkards says that he can recall hundreds of recoveries among men, but only five among women. Tensile Strength. The tensile strength of wrought iron rods varies as the square of the diam eter. A 1-inch rod will support 7,000 pounds and a 2-inch rod ,28,000 pounds. _____ Too Valuable for Farming. Some long leasehold property in Cheapside, London, sold the other day at a price equal to SIBO per su* perflcial foot

THE GIANT BOY.