The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-18
A RUSSIAN GIANT.
The Tallest Man in the World is
Now in London.

l.ondoners have an opportunity Of gazing
ON the tallest man in the world.
Alachnow, who has arrived at the Lon
don Hippodrome, is Russian who out
giants all other giants
He stands 3 feet 2ll inches in his socks
specially woven for him-and the rest of
him, except his neck, is in proportion.
The great gold ring which he wears on
his first finger weighs nearly half pound
and would make a respectable collar for
prize fox terrier
His froek coat contains enough material
to elothe three ordinary men, and he wears
size in hats hitherto undreamed of in
Bond street.
The onl parts of his raimeut which have
not to be made specially for him are his
collars, in which he takes l51 inches.
During his stay in London he can never
travel in hanson, an omnibus or rail-
way vehicle.
He will be compelled either to walk or
ride in a motor car, or on the top of an
omnibus.
When he is at sea he has to sleep on
deck, fer no bunk has ever been constructed
long enough to hold him
His average daily diet is: Three quarts
of tea, 3 quarts of beer, 30 eggs, pounds
of vegetables, 5 pounds of bread and I
pounds Of beef
When Machnow goes to the tailor the
man who has the important and onerous
task of fitting him has to use stepladder.
The measurements which set the whole es-
tabhshment agape are: Neck to waist, 32
inches; total length of coat, 60 inches;
across the shoulders (behind), 81 inches;
shoulder TO elbow, sc inches; total length
of sleeve, 551 inches; across chest, 80
inches; around chest, 60 inches; waist, 50
inches; trousers inside leg), so inches;
trousers (outside leg), ~ inches; trousers
(sround bottom), 80 inches; thigh, 40
inches.
When the tired little tailor who took the
giant measurements in London sat down
to rest and gasped his order for black broad
cloth for the suit the order ran round the
shop in wondering echoes;
Fifteen yards, double width. -
A cast of the giant hand has been tax
en- for the amazement and edification of the
patrons Of Nine Tussaud. From the tip
of the middle finger TO the wrist the cast
measures l9l inches His foot is 81 in
ches long
Machnow is % years old and is still
growing. He weighs 450 pounds.
He sleeps long, which means literally
that he requires four ordinary bedsteads
placed side by side, and that this huge
couch is covered by six pairs of sheets
sewed together with cord, because one
kick from the giants big toe would disrupt
seam sewed with thread that would resist
the nightmare attacks Of ordinary humans.
Maehnow dimes from an extension table
that is always extended to its full size for
his comfort He cats five meals day
the lightest. which he calls his ''snack be-
fore taking a nap, consists of two and
half quarts of milk, with two and three
quarter dozen eggs beaten up in it. After
this wee draft he sleeps lightly for half an
hour and awakes hungry for the dinner he
finds waiting on the extension table for him.
Feodor Machnow comes from an old
Russian family whose ancestors were emf
grants from Syria. His parents, as well
as his two brothers and one sister, are all
of normal size His grandfather, though
large man, was not giant, but there is
tradition that one of the earliest genera
tions of the family was made up of men of
immense stature and women who were en-
larged editions of the Juno type.
Among the notes of Prof. Won Luschan
examination are these: The boots, which
scarcely reach his knees, come to the waist
of man six feet tall, and a 12-year-old
boy of average size can hide in one of them
Through the ring which he wears on the
index finger of his right hand a half dollar
can be passed. A steel spring mattress
four times the ordinary size must be built
for him wherever he goes, because the
proportions of the mattress are so unwieldy
that it cannot be carried in baggage car