Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-05

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the present time London has only seen
four giants If any abnormal height or
size-namely James Tolles, eight feet SIX
inches in height in 1919; Scott, Chang, and
Herr Winckelmiter, the Bavarian giant:
OF eiantcsses, Miss Scott and Pauline
Marie Elizabeth Wedde are the only colos-
sal ladies who have astOnished the eyes OF
the Sightseeing world. The latter called
the Queen Of the AmaZODs, was born at
Ben-Rendorf. in Thuringia. on the 3lst OF
January, 1866, and introduced 20 the Lon
don public AZ the Alhambra in piece en-
titled Babil and Biiou. She was good
looking and Of handsome, well-propor-
toned figure. and measured about eight
feet four inches ia height. OF her subse-
quent history and career we have not been
able 10 trace any account since her provin:
cial tour in France, after exhibiting herself
IN this country.
II is a curious fact that giants rarely ex-
coed the age Of forty or fOrty-fve, aud few
amongst them ever show signs Of much in
tellectual capacity. They are. rs rule,
gOod-tempered. indolent, and placid their
opposite extremes, the dwarts. being irri-
table. active. clever and ill-tempered.
Dwarfs may be- divided into two sec
tions-drs,ly. those who are born so ana
remain dwarfs oil their lives from child
hood tin maturity: and secondly, those
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the early months or wears Of childhood. 1t
may De remarked that those dwarfs who
come under the first head are often notice
able for their shrewGness and intellectual
capacitv. combined with much childish
vanity and an ovcrweening love OF dress
and Animation. Those. on the other hand,
who ara defOrmed and show an unnatural
development of any special limb are, as
rule. irritable. seml-ldiOtic, and incapable
of any high degree of mental capacity. =.
ono of the most celebrated dYarts OF
whom We read in history was Nicholas
Ferry. the dwarf If King Stanislas, Of POI
land. who was remarkable for hrs wit, good
temper. and intellectual attainments ana
accomplishments. Next after HIM IN ce-
lolrit, ranks a female dwarf named Babet
Schroier. who was born at Piegelsbach,
near Mannheim, ON the 3lst OF OCTOBER,
1910. Her parents were poor laborers' maze
and hearty people, VINO permitted visitors
to sec their wonderful child, but would
never consent. poor As they Were TO ,ex-
hibit her for anv pecunary benefit. Babet
was perfectly formed, although when she
was born zho weighed only one and half
pounds. Sic grew till she was about TWO
feet six inches nigh, and then stopped.
HDr hcaltA was Al ways good and her charac-
ter amiai IT, and lively.
It's q strange fact that the length Of life
or NlN fffH rf'flllN lil if III tiiOl'ii hA''h w
their size and stamina. They arrive at
maturity quicker than a normal human
being and age quicker We read OF this IN
the case of the famoue English dwarf Hop
hns, who lived about 1851. AT fifteen
wears old le measured TWO feet seven
inches IN height and weighed only thirty
pounds. ,p Co Tins age lac had the appear
ance al % fresh smooth-sknned youth,
but suddenly an extraordinary semplance
of the most dccreplt Old age began 10
creep upon MIN. He became bent,
crooked. and torn with an asthmatic cough,
sight and hearing began 20 fail, and hls
teeth to drop out or decay 30 atteuuated
and feeble did Dee become that he could not
walk without stick. and presented all
the appearance of wlthercd and aged
man. Before these signs ~ decay came
upou him his weight had been nineteen
pounds but now De- lost nearly six pounds.
and visihly shrAuk tin he died IN about a
year from sheer derrcpitude and old age.
His parents were fine. tall, healthy people,
anl there Dad been no previous member Of
bis family who slowed a similar abnormal
coul lion. Doe died on the 18TH OF March,
1901: aged seventeen years and two months.
Although dNarls &C. morally attain q
greater agc tran giants, silll they rarely
pu~- three. Jro-aDd-ter. There are, now
ever. two notable exceptions TO tins rule
in tine persons Of fmlas Cloves, the Ia
nous MaNock dwarf who died al that
place Bon 1854 at the ripe age of one hundred
and three. lie height being three feet SIX
inches. He bad cau4cdto boz built for him
self little house eight feet square. fur
ui-hcl with articles suitable 10 his SIZE
The other instance was that of Peter The
Greats NiForiie and dwarf 20 woman hc
called PoIpce. whose height was that of
child of aN. She VAS remarkably pretty,
lively. and clever. and the Emperor had an
extraordinary affection for her. She lly,d
10 pass thc age oi one hundred years with
0ut egcr having suffered from any illness
yher- may stll be seen in the Ducal
Palace at Man'ua six little rooms opening
one out of the other which We're construct
cd lv order of one Of the Dukes OF Nlantua
for thc special occupation Of hrs favorite
dwarf. THE walls of these apartments are
Uut six feet hiEh and the floors eight feet
square. and tlcy are reached by two stair
r8-cs OF small stops. These rooms are at
present deuudcl of AL furniture and the
doors even have occn taken of their hinges
lu our own times NO dwarf has created
more sensation than Charles :. Stratton,
commonly known as General Tom
Thumb His career of scli-cXhlbiti0n WAS
long % success both t0 himself and 10 Bar
ruu. who undertook 10 show HIM about
Ills tour in Europe alone brought him
10000. llc married Layinia Warren,
one # two dwarf sisters who ac-
comp,mod hm on his tours. OF this
marriage was born one child, girl, who
died foo 1856 when about three years old
Tom Thumb himself died IN 1888, and his
widow, wc believe. married another Ameri-
cln dwarf General and Mrs. White sue
cc led GO thecelebrity and admiration for
merly bestowed OBJ General Tom Thumb,
and charmed the public 10y their amusing
WAYS and limitations of popular actors and