Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-03-10
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: struc tion, to escape from the horrors
, that surround him. One nights sound
sleep, and braciug tonics. remove the
, disease. To procure this sleep, the
victin's friends should ha,s recourse
to physician fami!iar with the disease.
and in whose honor aud ability they
have confidence.
We might write . volume on this
subject. We believe. however, that We
have said enough to show that temper
ance in oil things is best.-N. Y. Sun.
lyTEREsr1NG ia, rs.
The most ancient manuscripts are
written without accents, stops, or sepa-
ration between the words. nor was it un-
til after The ninth century that copyists
segan to leave space between words.
The 6rst piece Of artillery was in.
vented by German, soon after the in
vcntion Of gunpowder, and artillery
was first used by the moors at Algesi-
ras. in Spain. in the siege of 1s4l.
The first banks were established ia
Italy in the year sos, by the Lombard
Jews. Of whom some settled in Lombard
street, London, where many bankers
have ever since resided.
| The oldest version Of the old and
New Testament belonging to the Chris.
tians. is that in Vatican. which was
written in the fourth or fifth century,
and published in the year 1887.
Ancient books were originally boards.
or the inner barks OF trees and bark
is still used by some nations, as are al.
so skins. for which latter, parchment is
generally substituted,
Bowling is an old English game, and
was very common as early as the thir-
teenth century. Charles /. played at it,
and il was daily sport OF Charles H.,
at Tunbridge.
Stones were first used for bullets
iron ones are first mentioned in 1850.
LeadeE bullets were made before the
close Of the sixteenth century. Stone
cannon balls are still used in the East.
Chocolate, the -four Of the cocoa nut,
was first introduced into England from
Mexico. in the year 1890. and soon be.
came favsrite beverage in the London
eofree-houses.
~ Billiards were invented by Henrique.
Devigne, French artistic. in the year
1871, and at once came to be most
fashionable and captivating game.
The largest and oldest chain bridge
in he orld is said to be that at King.
tung, in China. where it forms per-.
feet road frem the top Of one lo1y
mountain to the top Of another.
Woman never appeared upon the
stage among the ancients. Their parts
were represented by men until as late
as 1862, when Charles Ii. frs. encour.
aged the appearance OF woman before
the public.
Armorial bearings became hereditary
in ia miles at the close Of the twelfth
century; they took their rise from tho
knights painting their banners with diff
ferent figures. and were introduced by
the crusaders.
The first balloon was constructed at
Paris By NJ. M. Montgolier, in 1883,
when Rozier and the Marquis d. Arlan.
des ascended, after which numerous as
cents followed, many Of which proved
fatal.
The we'll known cotton cloth, calico,
Is named rom Coilcut, city OF India,
which was discovered by the Portu-,
guese, in l498. Calico was first brought
TO England by the East India Company.
in 1881.
Diamonds were first brought from the
East where the mine Of Sulbulpour was
the first known, and where the mines Of
Golconda were first discovered in the
year 1854, those Of Brazil in 1928.
The diving bell was first used in Eu-
rope in the year 1897. 1t was used on
the coast # Null. in searching for tho
wreck OF part Of the famous Spanish
Armada, some time before The year 1869.
Glass bottles were first made in Eng
land, about 1858. The art Of making
glass bottles and drinking glasses were
known TO the Romans in the year 70,
A. NJ. as they have been found in the
ruins OF Pompeii.