Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-02-12
A FEW NOTED DWARFS.
MIDGET MEN AND WOMEN WHO
HAVE PUZZLED SCIENTISTS.

AoNH -NthlafNtDie Longevity ~ ih"S' -
short stature -Lucia's Big Lover-Ihe
Smallest Married Couple.
The English dwarf, Sir Godfrey Hudson,
was doubtless tho most widely known Of any
human curiosity OF either ancient or modern
times. Born OF parents Of normal size, IN
| Rutlandshire, in 1919, at birth his height did
not exceed inches. He did not begin to
walk until after the end of his third year, h4'
height then being about foot At the end
of his seventh year he was taken into the
family Of the Duke Of Buckingham, having,
between the age Of 3 and 2, added but inches
TO his stature AT the age Of 30 he was only
10 inches tall when equipped with his high
heeled Shoes then so fashionable
From the age Of 30 to 35 his growth was as
remarkable for its rapidity as v had pre-
viously been for its tardiness. At 30 he was
but Is inches high; at 50 his height was
feet and inchesi
How or why this remarkable change was
brought about was too much for the distin-
guished Society Of Royal Surgeons who time
and again discussed the phenomenon without
arriving at any satisfactory conclusions
Hudson lived TO the ripe age Of 63, about
three times the age attained by the average
giant.
HOW NATURE EvENs UP
Why giants, as a rule, should all, or nearly
all, be Of the male persuasion and Of very
short life, and why dwarfs should be Of about
equal numbers Of both sexes and Of long life,
is an anthropological enigma worthy Of la
borious investigation.
Joseph Bornwalski by courtesy called
Count Bornwalsxi, was another Of the old
time dwarfs Of distinction. He was born in
November, 1879, near Chaliez, Polish Russia.
He was one inch less in height than Hudson
at birth. and weighed but - ounces His
brothers and sisters-the entire family num-
bering six, including himself-were alter
nately dwarfs and people Of normal size. The
eldest was a brother, . feet Q inches IN height;
then came another brother, feet 10 inches;
next Joseph, the subject of this sketch, who
was but feet inches On the day no attained
his majority; next came sister 5 feet
inches; next another sister, who died at -,
being then but feet . inches ia height, who
was in turn followed by sister Of the regu-
lation size.
Joseph married woman Of fair proper
tions; removed to Banks Cottage, Durham,
England, where he lived to the advanced age
OF 0s years, furnishing more striking evil
dence Of the longevity accorded awarfs 10y
plying nature as part payment for the
abridgment Of stature suffered.
There lives, or did, a short time since, near
Stonersville, Pa, girl by the name Of
Vadilla Sheerer, who will be 10 years of ageif
she lives until Oct 81, 1880 She weighs ~ X
pounds AT the age Of she weighed but
one-third as much as the average baby at
birth, tipping the beam at 9s4 pounds. The
poor little thing is unable to walk or talk,
cannot even stand alone, and is perfectly
helpless.
AN ATOM OF HUMANITY.
The most remarkable atom Of humanity
that has ever attained his or her majority
bears the poetic name Of Lucia Zarate and
halls from Mexico. She was born in the
country named Jan. 2, 1868. When ON exhi-
bition in this country ia 1888 to 1855 she
weighed, according 10 the most reliable &C
counts. about nine pounds generally adver-
tised as weighing but four pounds and nine
ounces. Lucia, like most Mexican girls OF
good family, was betrothed when still in her
cradle. As her afianced grew TO be a strap
ping fellow Of $50 pounds, Lucia's parents
watched over their midget offspring, reluct-
antly admitting to each other that the IN
equal match must sooner or later be de-
clared Off, and, although the two have long
since given up all hopes Of ever being joined
by the hymeneal ties, each holds the other in
loving remembrance. When on exhibition
in Philadelphia, Lucia thought She saw the
face Of her Mexican lover in the throng
which daily crowded around her The very
sight Of his face, or the face Of one she mis-
took for him, caused her days Of sorrow.
! Her time Off the stage for two weeks after
tho little episode was spent in bemoaning her
fate and praying to be allowed the stature
and avoirdupois Of other girls Of her age.
After her tour of the principal American
cities, Lucia returned TO her Mexican home
where she is, no doubt, still enjoying heI
semi-oriontal life on as grand a scale as her
abbreviated proportions will admit.
It has remained for Germany 70 Guido al
other countries In producing the smallest
married couple in the person Of miniature
marquis and marchioness, who made a brida
tour of Continental Europe during the yeal
1880
Tho marquis was born at Kiel, the capita
city Of the province Of Schleswig- Holstein, il
the year 1850; soon adopted the title Of Mar
quis Of Kiel, by which he has ever since beel
known, and which. as with the name Of on
own Tom Thumb, was first applied as a nick
name. The marchioness was born at Neu
rachnister, also German city, in 1865, an
is consequently eight years the Junior Of he
midget husband At the time Of their man
a riage their combined height was eight niche
shorter than five feet, and their combine
weight but thirty-two pounds, the groor
weighing nineteen and the bride but thrice
, pounds. At the time Of his marriage I'll
e marquis weighed almost four pounds le,
u than the Bates baby did at birth tina brid
{ weighed but little more than half as much 4
: the same child.-St Louis Republic.
0 An Army In Miniature.
A gentleman by the name Of I.awrenc
/, living at West Salem. Ills. has produced