Show charles great strength mr sumner stood kix feel two inches laigh liis shoes and lie was so veil built ibal his na only noticeable when he was near a of ordinary size but luiere was a manner hain a frac awing of the arm a stride a pos of bis head a sway of his broad shoulders that aavo to those who knew librn bust the idea that he was of heroic size too wai something in tho intent look of hi deep set eye liis corrugated brow llie frown biorn of intense thought ind his largo head made yet to seem larger by its crown of thick wicnty longish gray hair all of which gave the idea of physical but kiili aig smile alic set frown passed liis liole appearance changed and ill face liep meil like a dark ilan suddenly lightie ligh tid ilis smile effected a in his whole and it set up a peculiar sympathy between its recipient for one of his habits he had extraordinary and act lie was not nu while in washington liis only c was walking pd as he eliat it as the pare rather than alic distance which when opportunity offered lie would go at a pace that amazed beholders some persons attempting to join and keep up with him only succeeded ly taking an occasional hop step and jump such as clail practice walking parents up to alic time of his inbur ie he walked in washington for hi lie said lie could omnibuses omni buses und give abuin long oilda lie was hardly aware of his enormous it was so seldom called into exercise his hooks mere packed in largo boxes at the cod of each bession and bent from bis rooms to the capitol only to be returned nt the beginning of next session these boxes weighed nearly live hundred pounds each and were to in passages and stairways and so were accompanied liy four men once when lie was living at alio llio rev dr sampsons Samp sons one of these heavy boxes got stuck in alic it could be extricated without damage to the walls only by lifting it over alic banister ba the four men failed to apply their strength to alic most advantage for they got in each others way and ill us failed to move ilia box the senator and gloved ready to go out came to the stairs why dont you lift it over the rail said he how can we answered one you have no idea of its weight lei me try said hie senator and leaning ocr rail he the rope at alie cud of the box and lifted alic latter dear of its en tangle ments by one sure pull splitting his glove however across the bade alio men were amazed and he a little said 1 I mean to lift it only to try its vii lit and then went back for fresh gloves A U johnson in hie august cosmopolitan |