The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
WONDERS.
Ingenious Contrivances Invented in vari-
Gus Parts of the World.

Ingenious Contrivances invented in vari-
Gus Parts of the World.
The smallest engine in the world is
now IN the possession of John Penn. in
Greenwich, England, the eminent
maker of great engines. 1t will stand
on a three-penny piece. 1t really cov-
ers less space. for its base plate only
measures three-eighths of an inch by
rhree-tenths. So small are some of the
parts that they require a powerful mag
| nyfying glass to see their form. The
whole weight of the model is less than
a t~hree-penny piece. 1t works admira-
bly,, and when working it's crank-shaft
performs an almost incredible number
of revolutions in a minute.
A library in the museum at Cassel,
Germany, is made from five hundred
European trees. The back of each vol
ume is formed of the bark of a tree,
the sides of the perfect wood, the top of
Young wood and the bottom of old.
When opened the book is found to be a
box, containing the flower, seed, fruit
and leaves of the tree, either dried or
imprinted on wax.
Human art and skill are chasing hard
after nature even. If they never come
nearer overtaking it than in the follow
ing effort of surgical science thousands
of manned sufferers will still have cause
to rejoice: A gentleman of Marble
head, Mass, who, by sad misfortune,
had lost a large portion of the roof of
his mouth, together with the soft palate,
and consequently the ruin of his art Gu
lation and ease of eating and drinking,
entered a friends office in Boston, re-
Gently, and presented for his inspection
an ingenious piece of mechanism, in
vented and constructed for him, at the
request of a famous surgeon, by MIR.
Dudley, ST., of Salem. 1t was no less
than an entire roof for the mouth, with
several teeth mounted thereon; also,
both a hard and soft palate With this
artificial substitute for the natural or
gans, the gentleman convinced his
friend by actual trial that he could cal
and drink as well as before his misfor
tune. He assured him that he woulC
not take ten thousand dollars for the
doctors artificial work, and expressed
much gratitude for the excellent service
of the skillful dentist.
We thought the invention sufficiently
ingenious by which the cattle were
forced to draw their own drink, setting
the pump-steam running by their mer'
weight on a scale platform before thu
water trough; but the following con
trivance of adjusting the habits ant
/. manners Of two species of creatures a
{ the same time, SO as to saw life ant
property is much more ingenious-it de
serves to be called witty.
A bee-raiser in New England is SAT-
to have patented an invention for tn
protection of bees from the attacks @
the honeymoon, which enters the hive
at night and rifles the stores. The ide
rose out of his familiarity with the dali
routine, not of bees only, but of hens
, Hens, he observed, retire to rest early
, bees seek repose earlier still. No soone
are they sunk in slumber than the mot
!, steals into their abode and devourS tn
produce of their toll. He has now bull
a stand of hives with a hen-house abov
it. The bees first betake themselves t
their dwellings and settle themselve
for the night. The hens then com
home to roost on their perch, and, a
they take their places upon it, thei
weight sets ome simple mechanism t
+ work, which at once shuts down tn
: doors of all the hives. When the da
dawns, however, the hens leave thei
! roost, and the removal of their weigh
from the perch raises the h~ive-doors an
r gives egress to the beesin time for the
t work.-Philadelphia Saturday Night.