Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-28
SOME SMALL THINGS.
Wonders of Nature, Science and
 Human Intelligence.
Tho 1,3O4, ,0OO Pores of the Human Body A Cherry.Stono Containing Twenty Eleht Perfect Dice-Diminutivo
 Oxen and Sheep.

O4Oh bAAu 6AOOps The human skin Is perforated by, say in round numbers, 1000 holes or pores, Tn :he space of every square inch. If, therefore, we estimate the skin surface of the body of middIe-sized man at 16 square feet, that surface contains no fewer than 1,SO4,-; 600 pores. wrought an ivory chariot with four wheels and four horses, and afull-rigged ship, each 60 small that bees wing would hide them from view.
 Hsdriapus Junius writes that he saw at Mechlin, in Brabapt, cherry-stone cut into the form of basket, in which some me-, chanic of the minute had deposited 2S dice, &aeh perfect with Its spots plainly discern. fble t6 one with good eye.
 1prriapus, of whose skill so mapy won !dertul things are related, is seld to have pp Ike the modern clock, 90 minute In eye that 9ne could b6 entirely hidden in theI mouth o{ ap ordinary map; yet they were powerful enough to grind, in single day, grain enough to feed eight pen.
 A MT. Beedle, living at Ottery St. Mary, Liverpool, Eng, once executed much more difficult feat in penmanship than that accredited to John J, Taylor, of Streator, H. MT. Taylor wrote 4. 100 words on the Dlan6 sloe O1 PoStaA Caro. 4uoSo ooAu arg made 51S inches long and 3 inches In width. Mir. Beedle used card 8]1 by 3h inches, which would be considerably smaller than the card used by Mr. Taylor. On this small piece of cardboard this penman, yielding wizards quill, wrote the fol- lowing pieces without the slightest abbre- ;viation: Goldsmith's "Traveler," ''The Deserted Village" "Essay on Education" | .sDistress of a Disabled Soldier" ''The Tale of Azim" and the six essays on "Jgstiee,n! "Generosity," 'Irresolution of Youth," ssFrailty of Man," "Friendship" and ''The, | Genius of Love-" In the center of the card; there was perfect picture of Ottery. church, all the shades and lines being formed of parts of the writing. The miracu-,' l lous production was finished with the na-' tional anthem of "'God Save the Queen" and 1 embellished with 7s stars, 51 cresoents and 1 19 crosses. A snake with his tail in his mouth inclosed and finished this remark, able work.
 The Ashantee cattle of the Cape Coast| South Africa, are the smallest of the bovine species. One recently brought to London, a bull, perfect in every particular except in size, weighed but 67 pounds. Seven were shipped 6h board the vessel, to be used as fresh meat Curing the voyage, the iargest' of these weighed when dressed ready for cooking 4S pounds. The bull, spared from the general slaughter on account of his playfpiness, was allowed to run loose on tire voyage.
 Tho ''ftnnirg oxen" of Ceylon are also very small However, their Liliputian pro- portions are not to be compared with the midget bovus above mentioned. These "running oxenn are used in the mail service and are said to exhibit extraordinary pow CTS of endurance for animals of their size, the largest of them not exceeding 200 pounds in weight. Two of them with cart, a mail sack and driver will make from 80 to 100 miles of a trip in day.
 Tho tiny Breton representative of the sheep family are the smallest of the sheep species. They are natives of Breton, France, and afe not much larger than full-grown lack-rabbit. A ram of four years could be entirely hidden in a common wooden bucket but for his horns. These are too small to be raised with profit either for mutton or for their wool It Is said that one has never been known to dress as much as 25 pounds. An old man living near Portland, Me-, has
 fashioned two ingenious pieces of mechan. ism. One 0 steam bark and the other 8 barkentine, built on scale of one-eighth
 of an inch to the foot. Every detail ob served In building big ships is strictly ad ; hered to. Each plank is bolted and riveted
 with bolts made from pins, hammered out until they are QOL larger ln QlameLer than
 Q pin. Tbe steam-engines and boilers arc . exact cotnterparts of those used in large ships. 1t took 4e4 days to complete them.
 At Manchester, Eng, in 1s16, light
 fingered mechanic made wonderful little
 knife. It weighed but little over one penny
 weight, and was provided with 16 usefu
 articles, viz.: Three blades, a button hook
 saw, punch and screw-dr,ver, cork-sorew
 hook and gimlet, two feams, picker
 tweezers and two lancets. The whole
 length of the knife was but eleven-six
 teenths of an inch.
 A very interesting curiosity was on ex hibition at the great fair in Paris. It Is , miniature working model of the grea ] Cruzot hammer-the largest in the world It works in glass case only two inches fl height, Liliputian clock furnishing thu ) motive power. The original hamme, ) weighs 100 tons; the model nine grains.
 TT STOOD THE TEST.
 How Q Deaf and Blind Woman Succeeded in Making Q WNl.
 One of the most striking scenes in dctiol