Man's Epitome

Ê 1 9f besMu tlie diminuWSv'Oj live little niiin the fPi OKy Slüiw are exhibitfcï'iitsfïffll is so iight in vveight .BB J2 'is tu peruiit liis ÊB bi'ing caricil like i dolí by alinost any ordinary ehiltl. A featleinan's high hat almost as comyletfly hides liim as a pair of oldfashsoned sniffers tbe flauie of a candle - in fsHit, be is so sinall that he cannot be isompared to any other human being. Wheu it is remembered that au oi-diarv eiiild at birth weighs in the aeighborbood of 10 pounds and that Peter the small, with bis clotbs on, tipa the scales at six and a half pounds, searly four pounds less, one can get e idea of tbe microscopic proportions oft'nisreal midget. The little gentlexiau is nearly of full legal age, luis :i iairly good educatiou, a liuguist, conYcrsing with ladieu, children and otliers ia Russian, English and French, and besides many musical and other aceomplishments. He is ainostcharming little gentleman with whom all the thiUlren are delighted, and is petted and ad mi red by all the ladies visiting show. As a living curiosity, it is safe to say lie liever luis had an eqaal, ug 80 mach smaller than all i ; exhibited, possessed of a :t cheerful disposition, with a form figure as perfect as any, and near- unie-h intellectuality, he excites entRusiasm and wonder at h is size, while inating everybody with his manner and intelligence. lreat Peter the ill, by whicb name he is known, is ut doubt oue of the living marvels linies of the age, and far more ayiazing as a little human being than juay otters ever known. In the same ieat with him is Miss Ella Ewing, the iuiericau giant, an enonnously lar'e Tfoitian, one of wltose hands will comgletely cover the whole of her little üoiüpanion in the same manner as a fcliiVil would close her hand on a peanut. There are also exhibited here the famaps drissa twins, two pretty young ïadies, who are lound together, side by sxle, in tlie same way that the Siamese íjrins were, only instead of the bond beiíg a Kgature only, it is bone and sinew. All three (or four) of these living human curiosities are more than reinark%ble, and present the greatest human 'sronder ever discovered - that is why Hbey are exhibited with the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, which bas presented nearly all the living curBBsities discovered in 50 years past, and ■&ow claim these to be the greatest. Tbree rings, three stages, a race track 3d aerial enclave are necessary to show the wonderful performances, Tthk-h comprise 100 acts. Besides there are the menageries, a 70 horse act in ne riag, 24 elephants in three rings, a siajiical entertainment, a 40 horse team in the parade, and numberless other features, all of which will be here on ia-.'iist 17. McClure's Magazine for September uilt be reproduced a superb life-cast of #e tace of Henry Clay, made by John H. I. Browere in 1825, when Clay was ity-eight years old. It is probably the most real and vivid likeness of Clay jR existence, and it bas never been pubSfehed. In tbe same uuinber of McOuie's will be reproduced the only ■prtiait ever painted of Mrs. Henry Clay.. It also has never been published. ííote by Mr. Charles Henry Hart will selato the history of the portraits and 4Je drcumstances under which they nere geoduced. ISirt,. Annie Besant will receive at fte School of Music parlorg, Friday 4-5 t. 8he is accompanied by the Couniess Waclitweister, a distinguished Sweedish lady, and Miss Dixon of the londou library. Dr. Mary Wood-Allen and Mrs. Taft of this city wil do the honts of the reception. All ladies who onld like to meet Mrs. Besant, or to sfe auy questions on Theosophy, are inTsSel to be present.