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Show PRODUCE A RACE OF GIANTS. Two Million Dollars to Do Spent In Scheme to Regenerate tho Trench. An attempt to breed a race of humin giants, one of the most remarkable sclcntlllo experiments undertaken In modern time,, Is to be begun at Rouen, Rou-en, tho ancient capital of Normandy, says the London Hxprcss It seem, that Count dc Saint Ouen a descendant of William the Conquerorwho Conquer-orwho endowed tho undertaking to the extent of H00COO confidently ex-peeled ex-peeled nt tho tlmo of his death that tho fortune which ho bequeathed wotill ultlmatel) lie the means of regenemt-Ing regenemt-Ing the Trench poople. but though scientists sci-entists admit that It mny bo possible to breed a raco of giants, they regard the Bchemo on thu wholo as anything but aelo one Iho 'ou it's schemn I, practically one uf ..electlvo propagation Ills mono) Is crt to encourage glints nnd glintcasea to miirr) Onn per cent will bo given awny each )ear One couple selected ever) twelvemonth will io-celvo io-celvo the comfortable sum of UOOO as a nestegg with which to begin hnuje. keeping nnd to support tho little giants nnd gliintessis whom the stork may happen to diop down (ho chimney. Ihe Count do Halnt Ouen was not tho tlrst to conceive Buch nn Idei. Prulerlck William, Iho tlrst King of PrusMn, and fithei of I'rcdcrlck the Hient, attempted It nearly two latin-drod latin-drod )cnrs ago Ho collected J100 s, ants, vi horn ho enlisted In a regiment knoavn nn the Potsdam Guards ' Many giant, woro kidnaped for this regiment I'rcderlck commanded hi, ruards-men ruards-men to marry tall women, nnd it was his hope to piopngato nn arm) composed com-posed of giants None of the mm In the front mnk of his Potsdam Guards nns tinder seven fool In height Tho schemo for cultivating giants, however, how-ever, was ibundnned before nny Itii. pnrlmit results were observed Yet It is said that abnormally tall men In the vicinity of Potsdam today clilm direct descent from rrederlck s famous giant regiment It Is, of course, lecognUcd (hit great stature cun bn Inherited. The best evl-denro evl-denro that Buch a chnrncterlstlo can b developed b) propagation ma) be found In tho wrestler, of Japan Ihey are much taller and very much heavier heav-ier than the lapaneso as a race, having hav-ing fot centuries been bred by bcIcc. Hon. |