Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-05-12

gentleman VIII uAONbue 80 ~.
to Eogland purchased it in Prussia, al ow-
ing the original owner e5,OOO iof MS
IL
Mack ScarlOst. a blacksmith, who lived
under the reign of Queen Elizabeth, mace
a chain of As links. TO which he attached a
na5lock made of steel and brass, consist
no Of Is pieces besides the key. Inc
chain was so small as to freely admit oil
being fastened about the neck Of COM
mon everyday flea, and the apparatus,
flea, chain, paddock, key and all, welgneo
but a grain and half when exhibited De-
fore the wondering royalty on plate oil
polished silver. -.
The reader will, no doubt, think these
flea and eherry-stone stories worthy TO oe
taken with the provsrbisl grain OF salt,
noting. as he will, that they nearly all
hear the date and stamp Of "ye olden
times;' but what will ne say when IN
formed that within TIE last five years San
Francisco professor has equalled Marx Scsr'
lost's ingenuity in every PARTICULAR
This Golden Gate graspsr after the IN,
fnitesimsl exhibited a perfectly trained
team of heas drawing a miniature taily
no coach made of gold, with all four weesl'
nerfect. each turning on its axle. All the
elite of San Francisco witnessed the pro,
fessor's wonderful exhibition OF MS conIrol
over these risky little pests, and all were
unsparing in their praises of the queer III
tie team, the professor and the goideu
coach.
The fret watch was made 10 Nu'em berg
in the cherry-stone about the year IA 4.
soon after It's invention curious gold ano
silver smiths began 20 experiment on wna'
they could do in the way Of diminutlve
timepiscss Ore Of these, now over 2OU
wears old. is kept 80 q wonder IN one Of the
Swiss museums. 1t is only 3-l6 Of an inch
in diameter. hut small as it is, it not only
indicates hours and minutes but seconds,
DAYS Of the week, days of the month and
the number of the year.
Another OF the old Nuremterg wonders
was in the form of an acorn, fve-sixtsenths
of an inch in diameter and half an inch
long. T. was perfect in every particular,
kept good time and was used as charm on
a lsdy's necklace.
Oae of exactly the same pattern, bat
provided with a tiny pistol, which was
used as 40 alarm, is now to be seen IN the
South Keasington Museum, London.
King George III. Of England had watch
not lsrger than an old-fashioned silver i've
ceat piece, which had 100 different parts,
the whole not weighing as much IS a all
Yer dime It would take column Of the
Item To enumerate all the dainty little time
pieces that hav- been invented during the
past 400 years. They have been made nc
larger than peas. and set in rings for ply
sicians TO facilitate the counting OF the
Iulse. They have also been fixed in brace
lets, brooches, eyeglasses, tops of pencils,
and even in umbrella handles. Finished
workmanship and plenty of money will
provide almost anything that can be con-
iured up by a myriad minded people.
The enginemakers, like the watchmak-
ers. have also tried to attain distinction II
The matter of the diminutive. In 1870
john Penn, the eminent maker OF great
steam engines, who resided at Greenwich
E3elsnd, came into possession of what wa
then the smallest steam engine in tbs
world. II stood on a thIee-penny piecs L
really covered less space, for its case-plat'
measured only three eighths Of an irch By
about three-tenths From the extreme
smsllness of the model some of the detail:
were omitted, but not enough to interiors
With its going. Tine screws were only the
one-eightieth OF an inch in diameter, anc
these were duly furnished with hexagona
nuts, which could only be loOsened by ale
OF a tiny wrench made for that purpose
The weight Of the whole model, without
The three penny base, was less than tn
weight of the coin itself.
Six years later, time of our Centennia
exhibition, Penn would have felt ashamed
OF his three penny piece" engine had hi
had /, on exhibition in Philsd=lphis
During the progress of that great expost
ion. Lsvi Taylor, OF Iudlsnola, H..
placed on exhibition, side by side" Wit
the great Corliss engine, an engine pertec
in ell i.s parts, Duilt on % cent gol'
piece, ard with some of its parts so small
as to only be seen by aid of powerful
microscope The entire engine weighed
but three grains. In other words IT woul;
have taken lac such engines to balance al
ounce avoirdupois. T1ree of the Penn
engines would have weighed more thai
146 like that made by Taylor.
The engine made by D A. Buck, o
Waterbury, Conn, is usually given in list
of small things as the smallest engine il
tue world. but this is a mistake; the on
mentioned last above. 30 far, takes the
palm for small .ness.
The writer cheerfully admits that the
Buck engine is more perfect in Its details
than toe lows wonder, bat the fact that it:
base plate is a gold dollar forever kills ii
claim to being the smallest, as the lows
engine, as mentioned above, uses 25-cent
gold piece for the purpose. Bucks en-
glue haa 14S distinct pieces Of machinery
he'd together by five screws. Three drop
of water fills the boiler to overa1wiug
The diameter Of its cylinder is one-twenty
eight Of an inch. The length of s.rok'
three thirty seconds Of an inch. It's entir'
), eight, four and half grsins.
L. the year 1882 = mechanic by tn,
name of GOldie, living at jamestown, n
/ Y, constructed miniature locomotive
perfect in all it's parts, which weighed bu
one pound aud q half. A circular tract
10 feet in diameter was also built by tn
I Inventor. whose time must have hurj
heavily on his hands, and hour after hOu
he amused himsel N watching this pocke
edition Of the most useful piece of machan
ism spin round and round in its endles
/ fight Goliie claims TO have worked up
on his model during all his spare time 70
over eight years As it stood finishes
ready for the track, it was composed O
200 pieces, held together by SO screws
Ore ounce of water filled the boiler, an,
the pumps threw one drop at each stroke
Electric Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so well know
and 50 popular as to need no special men