The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-12-30
NINE FEET HIGH.

Chang has arrived. For years vague
rumors have been circulated to the effect
that Europe had giant that the Tritons
themselves might envy. If an American,
Australian, or Canadian giant were pro-
duced, some scoffing foreigner was always
ready with, "Call him gisnt? You Just.
ought to see Chang. Chang can swing
his arm over this fellows head and not
touch him."
Yesterday when the City OF Berlin
reached her wharf the cabmen fell back
in disnay at the apparation which loom
ed up and picked his way carefully down
the gang plank. This ives Chang. He
walked up to a coach with majestic
tread, and, resting his hand lightly on
the seat, which was above an ordinary
mans head, looked down upon the driv-
er, and, smiling, said in perfect English:
''Can you drive my secretary and my
self to the Spanish Hotel at % Great
Jones street.
"Can-can you get in the carriage"
stammered the hackman.
s'Oh, yes, easily, and the giant crouch
ed down until his knees nearly reached
the ground, and nalf slid, half crammed
himself into the vehicle.
A Sun reporter called at the Spanish
Hotel in the afternoon and saw, sitting
L 6 H. In
heavy boards laid across, presence
which seemed to fill the whole room.-
Chang is unquestionably the largest man
in the world. He is gigantic. AS he sat
there smiling and nodding, his thoroughly
Chinese face looked fully as broad as an
ordinary mans shoulders, and as long,
if not longer than -four barrel. His
cheek bones bulge out, and are as large
as full sized orange. He is thirty three
years old, is the son of wealthy silk and
tea merchant in Pekin, where he was
born, is well educated, speaks, reads and
writes English, German, French, Italian
and Spanish, and is thoroughly courteous
and gentlemanly With Chang is his
secretary" bustling, busy, earnest
little Frenchman, named Neaud, who
looks upon the giant with admiration and
delight.
"What kind of trip did you make9"
asked the reporter.
Extremely rough. The majority of
the passengers were quite i'll"
"Oh, but Monsieur Chang was not one
little bit sick. Oh, no, no, no, inter
rupted the little secretary. owe had to
have two staterooms made into one, and
berth eleven feet long made expressly
for him. He wasn't sea-eick bit. He
, saug q Cn,na5o cong Ior the passengers
in concert on the steamer last Monday
with immense success. Oh, he's great
fellow"
"What is your exact height, Change"
81 have never been measured, mon
sieur; with our people it is superstition
which takes the form of religious creed,
| that no man must be measured until
dead. 1 would rather die than allow
| myself to be measured, I would die at
once, fear. am, however, somewhere
in the neighborhood of nine feet. L will
stand up and you can stand beside me
and judge for yourself.
Chang rose, and rising, it seemed as
| though he would never stop. The San
reporter stands six feet three inches I'D
height. He, at Chang's suggestion, put
on a high silk hat and walked under the
giants outstretched arm, near the shuul-
der, without coming within two inches OF
his sleeve. Then fixing the height of
his head about half way between the gl'
ants waist and neck, the reporter check
| ed off three feet at guess and found that
the crown of the Chlnaman's head was
surely nine feet from the floor. HIS
| hands and feet are comparatively small
and very we'll formed. He has exhibited
before all the crowned heads of Europe
and Australia, and has been the pet Of
several sovereigns. He wears solitaire
diamond ring given him by the emperor
of Russia, which is valued at 81 400
Attached to his chain is a gold medal
given him by the Berlin exhibition,
| which asserts that he is the largest maD
of recent times. He also has half doz-
en- immense diamond rings given him by
rajahs in India, mayors in Australia, and
potentates from all quarters of the globe.
While talking to the reporter he sudden
ly dived into his vest pocket. which was
large enough to hold an ordinary man
head, and brought forth ring with the
official seal and monogram of Francis
Joseph, inscribed Chang He also
has watch, given to him by Queen Vic
toria, which weighs two pounds and 6
half, and has chain niue feet long
which barely reaches around his nect
aud down to his vest pocket.
Chang was brought over by Barnum
, Bailey & Hutchinson, the new Barnun
!, firm, who give him $500 week for ont
year.
A number of men who were leaving OF
furlough for England were stopped be