Show I Dlinuto Ienmunship I PI iny tno elder who wrote during tho Firs century of the Christian era mentions the fact that there existed oven at that early date a copy of Homers Iliad small enough to be completely hidden in the shell of a hens I egg Professor Schrieber German inventor i of a stereographic process in order to offset tho wonder vouched for by Pliny translated both the Iliad and the Odyssey in so small a compass that the volume containing both books complete could be with ease hidden in the shell of an English walnut In tho year 1S31 The Chicago Inter Ocean made mention of a gentleman who had written the entire first chapter of tho gospel of St Johu on the back side of a postal card That little notice innocent us it was caused the editor several sleepless nights I Within the next three days postal cards I and slips of paper with minute specimens of I penmanship began to pour in from all directions direc-tions Among the hundreds of samples submitted sub-mitted for inspection the editor acknowledged that the greatest curiosity was a postal card from John J Taylor of Streator Ills upon I which was written 4100 words in legible I characters tho whole embracing the first second and third chapters of St John and nineteen verses of the fourth chapter of tho same and also the sixth and seventh chapters of St Matthew besides having nine words in which mistakes occurred crossed out All of this wonderful production which the editor acknowledges would make three columns of his paper set in minion type could be plainly read with the naked eye |