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of the Holy Trinity, Rev. DR.. Watkins
officiating The large church was
packed to overAowing. Many distin-
guished faces were seen among the
audience, including, among othe"s, Mrs.
August Belmont, Mrs. Paran Stevens,
Mrs. W. ". Astor, Mrs. w. X. Van
derbilt and others. Lucy Adams, the
midget, acted as bridesmaid and Major
! Newell as groomsman. Newell is also
we'll known dwarf.
Since her second marriage the late
Mrs. Thumb has settled down to the en-
! joyment OF an enviable reputation; but
few inklings of her everyday life are
! given to the public.
Minnie Warren was another celebrat-
ed dwarfess. She was sister to Mrs.
Tom Thumb, and before being put on
exhibition beside her sister was plain
Huldah Bump. Minnie was some ten
years younger than Mrs. Thumb and
weighed fortytwo pounds. She was
born on the Bump homestead, two miles
out from M.d:!!lehoro Center, Mass, and
early began the show business. She was
married to Major Newell (same person
mentioned as groomsman at the Magri-
Thumb wedding above) in 1S-, and
died July %, 1878, eight hours after the
birth of a girl baby weighing six pounds,
one-seventh the weight Of the little
mother. The baby lived but few hours.
Mother and baby were buried in the
same cofin.
MIDGET STATESMAN.
Saul Solomon, the famous law-lnaker
of Cape Town, South Africa, is thirty
four inches tall. His hands, feet and
head are said to be somewhat large,
otherwise he is we'll proportional.
Highly educated by his parents, who
are of Holland Dutch descent, he was
elected to the Cape Legislature when
hardly out of his teens. He rapidly
rose to some of the highest positions in
the colony. Standing on chair when
addressing the Assembly, he leans
against the back, and with many awk-
ward gestures dictates laws which are
heard, feared and obeyed from the Cape
of Good Hope to the borders Of Zulu
dom.
TWO BoNELEss DwARFs.
Sussex County, Delaware, is proud in
the possession Of the Misses Marine, two
remarkable little dwarfs, who were born
and reared in that county. The oldest,
Miss Lizzie, lacks three inches of being
three feet tall; has head in proportion
to the rest of her body; is very intelli-
gent, conversing fuently with all with
whom she comes in contact despite the
fact that she weighs but forty-fve
pounds, and must stand on chair In
order to put her head on a level with
the shoulder of an ordinary person.
But stand on a chair or any thing else
she can not, neither can her sister, for
the reason that neither are provided
with those necessary adjuncts to stand
ing-boues. A sort of cartilage answers
in place OF the bones, enabling the
little mites to move hands or feet with
perfect ease. Both use the finger quite
nimbly, doing all sorts of needle-work,
such as embroidery, etc., although the
fingers may be bent in any direction
desired without the least sensation of
pain, being almost as pliable as so many
little ropes.
WEST VIRGINIA WONDER.
Of all the specimens Of iliputian hu-
manity that have ever found welcome
in this world of comparative giants, the
little daughter of John E. Miller, of
Hampshire County, West Virginia, is
the most wonderful. She is twenty
three years of age, cannot walk or talk,
and is but twenty-six inches tall. Al
ways lying in little cradle, she is en-
abled to keep O sharp look out on what
is going on; no one has ever yet been
sharp enough to call for On article in the
house that the little one could not point
out. Her memory is most remarkable.
A new song or poem repeated IN her
presence is never forgotten. If the same
song or poem is again repeated or sung
with the variation of but single word
the little prodigy will show her disap-
proval by yelling Justify md frowning a
frown that cannot be mistaken. How
such remarkable memory can find
resting place in head no larger than q
teacup has long been the wonder of
physicians and savants who have jour
neyed from far and near to test the re-
markable gifts Of the little wonder.
HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED.
After Lucia Zarata, the smallest living
human being on the face OF the earth IS
Pnygn-E'ru, who resides at Shigaken,
Osaka. This pocket edition of human
being is but fifteen inches tall, by actual
measurement taken by DR.. Burns in
1857. Americans who have been in that
country twelve to fifteen years, and who
have known the little wonder since their
arrival, say they do not doubt that
Pnygn IS as old IS he claims -thirty-six
as he has been man in every partlc-
ular, except in height, since the begin
ming of their acquaintance with him.
The foreigners have taken him in hand
and educated him to high Standard
high even for one of ordinary physical
capacities. Hc is a fine hnguist, and
writes q hand that teacher would
envy.
Having almost exhausted the subject
of adult dwarfs this chapter on dlmlnu-