Another triumph for America. She has produced the smallest man in me world. Effete England is again outdistancou in the march of progress. The man in question is,.Major Gautz, cf lowa. “Gantz” suggests that his forefathers were made in Germany; but the “Major” stamps him as a genujne American product. Ho is 37 years old, weighs 301 b, and is only 18in high. His father is a farmer, 6ft high, and scaling list 61b. Dnflng the summer a competition wiil bo organised among tho bird charmers of Paris. la all tho public gardens there are those who como every day to feed tho sparrows with crumbs of bread, and some of them know their feathered friends so well that they have given tuem names, to which the birds respond. It is proposed to form a jury, which shall deliver rewards and diplomas to those who have attained the greatest perfection in bird charming.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4806, 8 November 1902, Page 7 (Supplement)
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