Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-03-28

some OF the royal departments. giving
as a reason that IL was absolutely nee
essary TO have an uncommon good pen
man in that department. After finish
ing the cereal wonder and dispatching
It TO his majesty. he picked up COM
mon visiting card aud wrote prayer
for the imperial family on its edge.
This was also sent 10 the Emperor. II
ls needless 10 add that the dextrous
Hebrew was Installed ut the head Of n
department the mex day.
These wonderful feats with the pen,
which arc all true TO the letter. have
been completely overshadowed by the
incomprehensible achievements Of
William Webb, OF London, Eng. In
1886 Mr.. Webb invented a machine
which is composed OF exquisitely grad
nated wheels. running tiny diamond
point at the end OF an almost equally
Tiny arm, whereby he was able TO write
upon glass the whole OF the Lords
prayer within space which measured
the two hundred and ninety-fourth OF
m inch in length by tho four hundred
and fortieth of an inch in breadth, or
about the measurement OF dot over
the letter ii" In common print. With
that machine Mr.. Webb. or any one
else who understood operating it, could
write tho whole 1886, ,4S0 letters Of Old
and New Testament eight times over in
the space ofone inch square.
When this wonderful microscopic
writing was enlarged by photography
every letter aud point were perfect and
could be plainly seen.
In museum of curiosities at Salem,
Mass, there is preserved common
cherry seed or stone, followed and
fashioned like basket. Within tho
basket are twelve tiny silver spoons,
the shape and finish OF which can not
be distinguished with the naked eye.
The name OF the artist who constructed
this little wonder has been lost. but the
existence OF the thing itself will not bo
questioned by any one from the old
witch headquarters OF the Bay State,
DR.. Peter Oliver, who was born In
England somewhere about the begin
ming OF tho eighteenth century, tells us
OF seeing carved cherry stone that
would be wonder even in this era OF
fine tools and fine workmanship. The
stone was from common cherry, upon
which were carved the heads OF 12i
popes, kings saints, queens and empe-
rors. and, small as they must necessa-
rily have been. 1t is announced, on the
authority OF Mr.. Oliver, that the heads
Of the popes and kings could readily be
distinguished from those OF the queens
and saints by their mitres and crowns.
The gentleman who brought this little
wonder TO England purchased it in
Prussia, allowing the original owner
1000 for his treasure.
Mark Scarlost, blacksmith who
lived under tho reign OF Queen Eliza
beth, made chain OF forty-ive links, to
which he attached padlock made OF
steel aud brass, consisting OF fifteen
pieces besides the key. The chain was
so small as to freely admit Of being
fastened about tho neck OF common
every day flea, and the apparatus, flea,
chain, paddock, key and all weighed
but grain and half when exhibited
before the wondering royalty on plate
OF polished silver.
The reader. will, no doubt, think
these flea and cherry-stone stories
worthy to be taken with the proverbial
grain OF salt, noting, as he will, that
they nearly all bear the date and stamp
I'VE olden times;" but what will he say
when informed that within the last
five years ID San Francisco professor
has equaled Mark Scarlost's ingenuity
in every particular.
This Golden Cato grasper after tho
inlnitesimal exhibited perfectly
trained team OF loas, drawing a minia-
ture tally-ho coach madc OF gold, with
all four wheels perfect, each turning
on It's axle. All the elite OF San Fran
cisco witnessed the professors wonder
ful exhibition OF his control over these
frislsy little posts, and all were unspar-
ing In their praise OF the queer little
team. the professor and the golden
coach.
| The FIRST watch was made In Nurem-
berg In the cherry-stone about the
year 1477. Soon after its invention
curious gold and silversmiths began
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