Show the RACE OF op GIANTS they tell us of the ancient days when giants walked the earth dearth as though the race existed only in tradition long ago having died out Williams burghers however rather pride themselves that they have a few of the same sort left yesterday that ancient burgh turned out a corps of stalwart fellows whose those colossal proportions fairly overtopped over topped the common crowd fancy a military company composed of seventy men not one of them under six feet in height the pioneers ran ranged ed above six feet three the captain ain aln being ein eln six feet ec s six 1 x in height e 1 t this is corps t the te todd odd grenadiers Grena G r e diers commanded by captain sam am lewis passed our office yester este da day Y on t their air way to flushing presenting a noble appearance the standard bearer was six feet seven and a half inches high and the target bearer a portly colored man rising z six feet three inches new york paper A new process has been introduced for the manufacture of telegraphic cables its chief peculiarity consists in the en of pure india rubber instead of gutta percha and in braiding the outside covering so as to obviate the liability to stretch or kink |