The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-07-01
BITS OF INFORMATION.

The gauntlet which was commonly
thrown down as challenge to an adver-
sary was an iron glove. It was part Of
the full suit of armor.
JOHN CARROLL, who was born at Bp-
per Marlborough, Md, In tT36, vas The
first RonHh Catholic Bishop in the
United States. He was appointed to
that Office in 1889.
The saying, "Nine tailors make a
man" is perversion of "Nine tellers
mark men," A tell of & bell lie called
a teller, and 1t The death 81 q NAH was
tdiled three times three times; hence the
expression, "Nine tailors make man.
WYcKL1FFE, the Mofning Star of
the Reformation, - is supposed to be the
scholar who, with the aid of learned as
sociates, made the first complete trans
lation of the Bible into the English Ian
guage. This great undertaking, it is
believed, was completed about 1883,
not long before the death Of the great
reForneF:
IT is stated upon what is believed to
be good authority-William S. Patterson
that, while the date of the introduce
ton of printing into America is uncer-
tain, yet it is believed that the art was
introduced into Mexico by Yieerey de
Antonio de Mendoza, probably after his
arrival in October, 1885. The same au-
thority states that the first printer was
Juan Pablos.
UMBRELLAS are ali invention OF great
antiquity. They are seen in the sculp-
tires of ancient Egypt and Assyria
They are also seen on early Greek vases
They were used by our Saxon ancestors
as shelter, or mark of distinction, for
royalty. In an Anglo-Saxor. manuscript
of the tenth century, preserved in the
British Museum, is the drawing of a
King, who has an umbrella held over
his head by an attendant, in the same
way es it il borne ever modern Eastern
Kings. The form ID precisely similar to
those now in use, though they were an
entire novelty when reintroduced in the
last century.
The expression, "Don't crowd the
mourners, is said to have originated in
this way: The Mier prisoners in Mexico
of beans were placed in hat, every
tenth bean being black one. This man
who drew the black bean was to be exc
ct1ted the next morning. One of the
unfortunates, who had already drawn a
black bean, was jostled accidentally by
a fellow-captive, who was crowding up
to try his luck. The iostled person,
whose fate was already sealed, laughing
ly remarked "Go slow; don't crowd
the mourners, boys"
CLOCKS were first used in monasteries.
and the word originally meant bell, and
the two-clock and bell-in calling their
inmates to their devotions, performed
the same Office. They were, however,
tower clocks not small ones for apart
ments. One was Set up in France in
1874, and created a great excitement,
being the wonder of the age. The ma
ker of it was made pebleti1an for his
services in constructing so great piece
of workmanship. The first one in En-
gland was during the reign of Edward
I and was placed in the tower opposite
Westminster Palace. The hour-glass
and sun-dial had long been lii Use, but
this was the first thing that could be
called 3 clock except the water-clocks,
which had been taken from France to
England by Richard Occur de Lion.
The word "watch" is from the Saxon
word " to wake" At first watch was
as large as a saucer, and had weights,
and was called " the pocket clock"