Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-04-29
WHOLE NO. S12.
FACTS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN.
Spinach is Persian plant.


The turnip came originally from Rene
The peach came originally from Persia.
Sage is Il native of the South of Europe.
Sweet majoram is a native Of Portugal
The bean is said to be a native Of Egypt
DamSOns originally came from Damascus.
The nasturtium came originally from Peru.
The pea is a native OF the South Of Europe.
Ginger is a native Of the East and West
Indies.
Coriander seed came originally from the
East.
The Cucumber WAS originally a tropical
vegetable.
The Greeks called butter bouturos-"cow
cheese
The gooscberry is indigcnou, to Great
Britain
Apricots are indigenous to the plains of
Armenia.
Pears were originally bought from the
East by the Romans.
Capers originally grew wild in Greece and
Northern Africa.
The walnut is a native of Persia, the Cau
casUS and China.
The Glove is native Of the MALAGA Islands,
as also is the nutmeg.
Cherries were known in Asia as far back
IS the seventeenth century.
Vinegar is derived from two French words,
vim aigrc, "soui wine
Garlic came to Us from Sicily and the
shores OF the Mediterranean.
Asparagus was originally Il wild sea coast
plant, and is a native of great Britain.
Ncctarinc is said to have received its name
from nectar the principal drink Of the gods
The tomato is 4 native OF South America,
and ii takes its name from a Portuguese word.
Grccna@c is called after the Gage family,
who first took it into England from a mon
astcry in Paris.
Parsley is said to have come from Egypt,
I and mythology tells us that it used to adorn
the head Of Hercules
/ Apples were originally brought from the
East by the Romans The crap apple is ind.
gcnous to Great Britain.
/ When James Buchanan was Minister to
England he had ears of corn, hcrmetlcaily
sealed sent to him from this country.
II is i curious fact that while the names ot
all our animals are Of Saxon origin, Norman
names are given to the flesh they yield.
/ The onion WAS almost an object OF worship
with the Egyptians two thousand years be
fore the Christian era. 1t first came from
! India.
/ The cataIoUpc IS native Of America and
so,callcd from Il place near Rome, where it
was cultivated in Europe.
Before the middle of the seventeenth cen
tury, tea was not used in England, and was
entirely unknown to the Greeks nd itomans.
The word biscuit is French for twice
/ baked because, originally, that was the
insure It's keeping.
Cloves come TO Us from the Indies, and take
! their name from the Latin c!auyu, or French
ckim, both meaning a nail 10 which they
. have resemblance.
Lemons were used by the Romans to keep
moths from their garments, and in time Of
! Plnv they were considered an cNccllc"t
poison They are natives Of Asia.
A At
worrying about this and that as being in
furious to health, ANA llylng III drcau lest
they should do something to shorten their
days 1t is Il question whether the world
would be much the loser if such tmid people
should have their fears realized, and be trans
lated in hurry, for the world needs brave
folks, and not such as worry least they Shall
not live at all.
But, leaving this point without discussion,
it may do us all good to rcmchlbcr that long.
| cvity is iargly a matter of inheritance and
depends very little on what we do or do not
do, provided we do not commit suicide.
Whether We live long or briefly on the earth
is Il matter that was largely settled before we
were born Our ancestors and yours, reader,
had more 10 do with the solution Of that
problem Than VIC can have.
The truth IS as science teaches, longevity
is a family trait. Sobriety, and regard Tor
the principles of hygiene, will not necessarily
insure long life. These may maintain & cons
dtion Of health and vigor, but length oi HE
is largely determined by inheritance. Ions
rcvitv is a talent. 1t may be improved like
any other talent, or it may be wasted, but no
amount of cultivation will create it. In spite
of intempcrance and exposure, a man VINO
has this talent for long life may become a
ccntcnaran \ saddlcr, aged ll3, whose
grandfather died at IL, and his father at llj
was asked by Louis NV. what he had done
20 attain such length Of days; he replied:
" Sire, since | was fifty, | have acted upon
two principles; | have shut my heart and
opened my vine cellar" Again, Golom-
drcwSk Il Pole notwithstanding the hard,
ships of eighty years of service rs It common
soldier the fatigucs Of thrty-fvc compaigns
under NcpOlcOn, the sullering5 OF the terrible
Russian campaign, the effects OF five wounds,
and the recklessness Of a soldiers life" surs
vivcd, and in 1916 was still living at the aye
Of 102 But it is to be Observed his father
attained the age e 12l, and his grandfather
13U. A wei known literary character, NJ
OucrsOnncrcs, was living at five score III the
full possession of all his power lie said:
My family dcsccnds from Mcthuselah: we
must be killed to die my grandfather WAS
killed hv accident at 125 years OF age, and
|, he added. smiling, invite YOU to nay
burial in the next century,
CookrNG ~ CoID.-It is a curious fact
not generally known, that the acs
ton Of intense cold on organic sub
stances is similar 10 that of high degree of
heat. and that when subjected to a very lO+
temperature of heat, meat can be brought to
condition similar to its state when cooked
by actual warmth Quite recently Hun
rarian chemist, DR.. Won SawiCzcwsky, who,
it appears has investigated all the various
ways suggested for preserving meat thy
chemicals cooking by heat and hcrnclicaliy
sealing. etc \ and has found points Of object
ton to all, has attempted the preparation of
! the material by suhjcCting it in 4 perfectly
fresh state to a temperature Of 35 deg, below
zero, Fab, and sealing it afterwards in tins.
, Tic results obtained have been highly salts
factory; the meat on being removed from the
cans appears, in point Of smell and color, IS
lsc.h a5 if taken from the butchers staH.
Although partially cooked, and thus Ioluir-
Ing less fuel to complete its preparation for
, the table, it is cntl y without the taste o!
meat which has been PARTIALLY subjected 10
auv heating process, and may be rOlsted,
boiled. O. otherwise treated, the same Is if 1t
. were fresh. L commission appointed by the
German government has lately conducted a
q series OF successful experiments upon the
= process; and a. Il final test two Corvcltes Of
. the German navy, being about to crcum-
navigate the globe, have been supplied with
a large stock. An extensive factory is being
n erected in Hungary for its manufacture. e.
Scientific American
s~WLile an Iowa woman was strug-
cline in the water and likely to drown,
her husband yelled out, New bonnet
swim for lifer' and she kicked out
and safely reached the shore. Detroit
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