A curious and interesting specimen
of the fine work of a famous old
American engraver, A. W. Overbaugh,
has just come to light in a little Staten
island town. The relic is an ancient
gold dollar in the center of which, in
a circle one-sixth of an inch in diam
eter, Overbaugh engraved the Lord's
Prayer. The inscription cannot be
read with the naked eye, but is per
fectly distinct with the aid of glasses.
At the bottom of the circle Overbaugh
added his name. The engraving was
done on a wager.
The coin will go to one of the New
York museums.
RAISES SIX-INCH GERANIUM.
Richard Diener, a gardener at Col
ma, Cal., has perfected a geranium
that is six inches in diameter, which
is pronounced by experts to be one of
the most extraordinary achievements
in floral culture. Diener. also has pro
duced carnations four or five inches
in diameter by crossing them with the
"Prosperity" pink. Ile has secured
fifty-seven varieties of dahlias and is
now trying to produce a blue dahlia.
Where Rich Croesus Lived
Mull
Far away in Asia Minor, under the
shadow of a high, sharp hill, two bro
ken columns have stood for centuries,
looking toward a little river, alone,
rising from a mass of vegetation that
covers the fallen tops of two or three
of their fellows. They are beautiful
Ionic columns, and they mark all that
is left of the city of the man whose
name still stands today for wealth in
calculable-Croesus, king of Lydia,
who ruled in Sardis. The columns
had not been disturbed for many cen
turies, probably not since the year
17, when suddenly it came into the
mind of an American to go and find
their secret. The American was Prof.
