The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-11

r. Fl. Riddle of Kinsman, o.. has con-
structed the smallest locomotive. 1t
runs in his shop on guage Of road "a
inches. Their are four driving wheels,
61a inches in diameter each, four front
truck wheels 2A inches, 11s cylinders,
stroke 2B inches, boiler inches in dia-
meter, length of fire box inches. The
tubes are but | 1-6 inches, 1872 inches
long. The tank has a capacity of twelve
quarts and the entire engine and tank
Is SO inches The steam pressure OBJ
tainable is ITO pounds and the entire
engine is constructed of 1,S41 parts. Mr..
Riddle is a machinist and built the en-
CINE for the amusement of his boy.
The smallest railway is located in the
back yard of a friend of James William
Edward Dillon, years old, of Anderson,
Ind 1t is known as the Dillon Short
Line and has been operated for several
months. The cabin Of the engine is
large enough for the engineer, who is
President Dillon himself; in fact. he is
fireman, conductor, brakeman, auditor
and section foreman. His financial
hacker is the boys father, j. A. Dillon,
who is wire drawer at the American
Wire Nail Works. The father built the
locomotive and railway, the rails being
of wood, faced with steel.
The smallest steamship is the Nina,
built in New York. She is about IL
feet long, 8 feet wide, and her crew
and passengers consist of one human
being, who must fulfill all the functions
himselfr The boiler weighs so pounds
engine 25 pounds, the machinery 20
| LOCI,
two hundred weight in ALL The minia
ture liner can stow away about forty
pounds of charcoal; can attain speed
of-about 51a miles an hour and cost
| about $1,25Q
| A pair of shears have been recently
made that are no longer than pin. A
| dozen pairs weight about half grain.
| If sufficiently delicate material could be
procured, it would be found they could
cut. They exhibit the skill of Sheffield
workman.
The smallest shoes ever made for
human being have just been turned out
of big factory at Burlington. N. j.
They are for the midget daughter Of
George F. King and were made by the
mites father, although less than two
inches long. When tried on the midget
they We're found to be quarter of an
inch too big.
The smallest book printed in a reprint
of letter by Balileo to Nine. Christine
di Lorenza. The book weighs "A of an
ounce and is q of an inch long, ZIG
of an inch wide and "a of an inch
thick 1t contains 205 pages, 1900 lines
and about 10000 letters, each of which
40, ha NV tho mint IF min
Th smallest newspaper halls from
Guadalaya. in Mexico, and bears the
motto Much Meat, but Little Froth."
1t is a weekly production and consists
of eight columns of reading matter,
each column being about inches long
and III inches wide.
Mr.. d. Goodin of Mckinney Tex,
claims to own the smallest electric mo-
tor in the world. 1t only weighs nine
-hundredths of an ounce and figures
in it's owners scarf as pin. It's claims
for the title, though it is in itself so di
minutive, are not based on slender foun-
dations Between the field magnets.
fixed into position by gold screws. an
armature about the size Of wellused
slate pencil revolves. The armature is
of four-pole variety and is wound with
fine wire; the current is connected by
means of copper brushes of wonderful
thinness; the commutator segments are
of gold, and golden is the switch,
mounted on a black rubber base worn
in the lapel of the vest pocket, and the
noise that the machine makes when |
working, unlike that of the stationary
engine with its f1ylike buzz, resembling
81 Of
The smallest stationary steam engine |
is so tiny that 20 caliber cartridge |
will cover it with ease. 1t is a cylinder |
engine, possessing a diameter of the |
third of one-sixteenth of an inch, and |
1t is capable of running off 1,760 revolu-
tions a minute,
Burton Marley of New York claims
to own the smallest dog in the world.
This remarkable animal is named Cyclic. !
Cyclic weighs eleven and one-half |
ounces and is not as big as an ordinary
sized rat His measurement from tip
Of his nose to the end of his tail is just |
6 inches and his height is 3R inches.
The miniature dog is of the Mexican
hairless species known as blue-tan.
Cyclic is nephew of Chico, now dead,
who was owned by Anna Held, Burton
owner of Cyclic, says that he
is not a great watch dog. Cyclic was
born in New York City, but his father
and mother came Of the creme de la
creme canine families.
The smallest landscape painting which
has come under the writer's notice was
executed by Flemish artist on the
smooth side of grain of common corn,
and yet the picture includes a mill, a
miller and the usual accessories.
The Marquis Carcano. an Italian
grandee, claims to own the smallest
horse in the world. Leo was born and
ored on the nobleman's stock farm. AL
hough only q inches high, he is a well
chestnut with beautiful
lowing tail and name.
Berlin has the smallest elephant I'm
he world. 1t is only / meter high and
Weighs so Kilograms.
In Luret, France, resides the smallest
soldier. Recently, when this young
gentleman, Louis Bernadot, by name
vas requested to draw his number out
# the CONSUMPTION urn, good-natured
sendarme was obliged to lift him up
several feet to enable Bernadot to COM
by with the request, al he is only 20
inches tall
Not long since a Berlin turner's APP
prentice completed what is perhaps the
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