The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-24

called The Key West Democrat, is 20 years
old, 10 inches high, and weighs 35 pounds.
The general was born in San Domingo and
raised in A.orida..
The sting Of honey bee, when compared
with the point of fine needle under power
full magnifying glass, is scarcely discernible.
The point of the needle seemed to be about an
inch in breadth.
Prof Edward @. Pickering, of Harvard col
lege, says that in undertaking to measure the
intensity Of the light of the satellite of Mars
hole about the twenty-five hundredth part of
an inch in diameter was required
A very curious little toy is the microscope
containing the Lords prayer. The whole
prayer is ON piece of glass not larger than
the head of pin, yet it is magnifed to such
an extent that 1t can be read easily by looking
through the microscope.
The smallest hogs in the world are quar-
tered in the Geological gardens in London.
They came from Australia, and are known as
the @pigmy hogs" They are well formed, are
frisky, good-natured, and make excellent pets,
They are about the size of a wild hare.
in captivity is the one now in the Geological
garden in Philadelphia, Penn. He IS only
nine weeks old When about four weeks old
he appeared one morning with glossy coat
of grease. Up to that time his coat of hair
was rather tongh and non-repellant, and not
at all calculated to shed water. The mother
Is teaching him to swim
The smallest baby was born in Chandelaria,
New, few weeks ago. The father and mother
are strong and healthy, weighing 1870 and 100
pounds. The child is male, perfectly
formed. When it first saw light it weighed
eight ounces. Its face is about the size Of
horse-chestnut The mothers Wedding-ring
was pulled over its foot up to the knee Three
such babes could play hide -and-seek i'll a
eigar-box. 1t is in good health.
The will of the late Peter Maltzberger, who
recently died in Reading, Pa, has just been
filed in the registers Office. 1t is the shortest
ever admitted to probate in Berks county. 1t
is as follows: Reading, Pa, January ~, 1880.
i, Peter Maltzberger, do give and bequeath
to my wife, Lena Maltzberger, all my personal
and real property, absolutely, and L appoint
my said wife executrix of my last will and
testament. -Peter Maltzberger."
kind of dwarfed kangaroo is found in
northwestern Texas. Its body is about eight
inches long. Its fore legs are not more than
an inch and half to two inches long, and it's
hind ones are fully six inches. 1t has tail
about eight inches long, completely bare, ex-
cept tuft of long hairs at the end and ridge
of short hair on its upper edge. The animal
is of a soft blue color. Its only mode of loco
motion is by jumping like kangaroo, and it
can jump eight or ten feet.
An ingenious mechanic of jamestown, New
York has constructed perfect locomotive
said to be the smallest in the world. The en-
CINE is only eight and a half inches long, with
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throw drop of water per stroke. AS many
as 5S5 screws were required to put the parts
together. The engine itself weighs pound
and half, and the tender two pounds two and
q half ounces The mechanic was at work
upon the locomotive at intervals for eight
years.
The city of Texarkana, though small in com
parison to some of the other cities of the
union, is the most phenomenal. 1t lies in two
states-Texas and Arkansas; hence its name
The state line runs through the centre of it's
chief street. Its population is 5000 1t is
considered the gateway of the southwest. 1t is
only eight yt Grs old, but has the airs of city
of twenty-five years Four railroads centre
there, the climate is like that of Italy, and
tramps are not tolerated. Money is plenty,
and the people are prosperous.
The smallest steam engine in the world was
made by y. A. A. Buck, of Waterbury, Conn
The engine, boiler, governor and pumps stand
IN q space SeVen-SlXGeenthS OF an inch square,
or the area of a gold dollar, and five-eighths
of an inch high. The engine has 148 distinct
pieces of machinery, held together by fifty
two screws. Three drops Of water fill the
boiler to overfowing. The diameter of it's
cylinder is sixteenth of an inch. The
length of stroke three thirty seconds of an
inch. The whole engine weighs three grains.
The youngest pensioner in the United States
is James w, Crandall, aged 10 years. He re-
sides in Philadelphia. Crandall had natural
love for the sea, and his mother secured his
enlistment in the United States Navy on March
81, 1881. He was on board the United States
steamer Constitution, and was taken i'll off
Cape Hatteras For six weeks he suffered
from typhoid fever. When he recovered he
was as deaf as post The physicians thought
it ruse of the lad to gain his discharge. To
test him he was placed between two of the
ships largest guns Both were discharged at
once. All expected to find the lad dead from
fright but he simply wrote on a piece Of pa
per: Il thins the deck Jared little, but
heard nothing" He was discharged on April
II, and through his lawyer and Pension
Claim Agent W. H. Druen, he succeeded in
obtaining pension of $12 per month for Life