The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-22
Some Small THINGS,

William h. Vanderbilt has the least
to say Of any mau on Wall street.
The smallest navy in the world for the
money spent on 1.-THE United States
navy.
The shortest verse in the Bible is the
thirty-fifth verse Of the eleventh chapter
of st. John.
The mule has the reputation of having
the smallest and daintiest foot for its size
of all hoofed animals.
Diamond is the smallest movable type
in the world, 1t often gets under tho
finger nails Of the compositors.
Watches made as early as 100 were
SO deicately constructed by hand and
so small as to easily fit on the top Of
lead pencil.
1t is worthy of remark that mos
quito has concealed in its bill six COM
plete surgical instruments, each so min
ute as to be indiscernible to tho naked
eye
General Longer, the editor of news
paper called the Key West Democrat,
is 20 years old, forty inches high, and
weighs thirty-tye pounds. The General
was born in San Domingo and raised in
Florida
The sting Of honey bee, when COM
pared with the point Of fine needle
under a powerful magnifying glass, is
scarcely discernIbe, The point of the
needle seemed to be about an inch in
breadth
Prof. Edward G. Pickering, of Har-
ward College says that in undertaking TO
measure the intensity OF the light OF the
satellite of Mars hole about the TWEEN
ty-five hundredth part of an inch is re-
quired.
A very curious little toy is the micro
scope containing the Lords prayer
The whole prayer is on piece Of glass
not laTgey thar the hcad Of Il pin, vet it
is magnitied to such an extent that it
can be read easily by looking through
the microscope.
The Smallest hogs in the world are
quartered in the geological garden in
London They came from Australia aud
are known as the "pygmy hogs" They
are we'll formed, are risky, good naturcd
and make excellent pets. They are about
the size Of a wild bare,
The smallest baby was born in Chan
delaria, New, few weeks AGO, The
father and mother are strong and
healthy, weighing 1870 and 100 pounds.
The child is 4 male, perfectly formed.
When it first saw light il weighed eight
ounces, lis face is about the size of a
horse chestnut. The mothers wedding
ring was pulled over lis foot up to The
knee, Three such babies could play hide
and seek in cigar box, 1t is in good
health
The will of the late Peter Mclt2berger
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 isaS follows Read
ing, Pa, Jau, %, 1880. i, Peter Moltz-
berger, do give and boquoath to my wife,
Lena Mcltabergcr, all my personal
and real property, absolutely, and / APP
point my said wife eXccutriX of my
last will and testament. Peter Mcltz-
berger"
A kind Of dwarfcd Kangaroo is found
in Northwestern Texas. It's body is
about eight inches long, Its fore legs
are not more than an inch and half TO
two inches long, and its hind ones are
fully six inches. II has tail about
eight inches long, completely bare, OK.
cept tuft of long hairs ut the end, and
ridge of short hairs on its upper edge.
The animal is of a soft blue color Its
only mode of locomotion is by jumping
like a Kangaroo, and it can jump oigh,
or ten feet
An ingenious mechanic Of James
town, n Y, has constructed perfect
locomotive, said to be tho smallest in
the world. The engine Is ouly eight
and a half inches long, with tender
twelve inches long, The pumps throw
drop of water per stroke. As many
rs 5S5 screws werc required to put tho
parts together The engine itself
weighs pound aud half, and tho
tender two pounds, two and half
ounces, The mechanic was at work up
on the locomativo at intervals for eight
ypurS