The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-20
Their First Appearance.

Envelopes were hrst used IN 1859.
Anasthesia was discovered in 1914.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
The first air pump was made in 1654.
The first lucifer match was made in 1898.
Mohammed was born in Mecca about $40.
The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
The first balloon ascent was made in
1898.
Coaches were first used in England in
1869.
The first steel plate was discovered in
1880.
The first horse railroad was built in
1862.
The Franciscans arrived in England in
1924.
The first steamboat piled the Hudson in
1907.
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed in
1888.
Ships were first "copper" bottomed' in
1888.
Gold was first discovered in California in
1848.
The first telescope was used in England
in 1908.
Christianity was introduced into Japan
in 1549
The first watches were made at Nuren-
burg in 1477.
First saw makers anvil brought to
America in 1919.
First almanac printed by Geo. Won Fur
bach in 1860
The first newspaper advertisement ap-
peared in 1862.
Percussion arms were used in the U. 5.
Army in 1880.
The first use of locomotive in this
country was in 1929.
Omnibuses were first introduced in
New York in 1890
Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1926.
The first copper cent was coined in New
Haven in 1857.
The first glass factory in the United
States was built in 1870.
The first printing press in the United
States was worked in 1920.
Glass windows were first introduced into
England in the eighth century.
The first steam engine on this continent
was brought from England in 1853
The first complete sewing machine was
patented by Elias Howe, Jr., in 1916.
The first Society for the Promotion of
Christian knowledge was organized in
1898.
The first attempt to manufacture pins in
this country was made soon after the war
of 1912.
The first prayer-book of Edward VI.
came into use by authority of Parliament
on Whitsunday, 1549.
The first temperance society in this
country was organized in Saratoga county,
N. Y, in March, 1903.
The first coach in Scotland was brought
thither in 1861, when Queen Mary came
from France. 1t belonged to Alexander
Lord Seaton.
The first daily newspaper appeared in
1902 The first newspaper printed in
the United States was published in Boston
on September 25, 1890.
The manufacture of porcelain was intro
duced into the province of Helm, Japan,
from China in 1913, and Hezin ware still
bears Chinese marks.
The first society for the exclusive pur-
pose of circulating the Bible was organ
lied in 1905, under the name of the British
and Foreign Bible Society.
The first telegraphic instrument was
successfully operated by S. +: B. Morse,
the inventor, in 1885, though its utility
was not demonstrated to the world until
1912.
The first Union flag was unfurled on
the 1st of January, 1776, over the camp
at Cambridge. 1t had thirteen stripes of
white and red, and retained the English
cross in one corner.
When Capt Cook first visited Tahiti,
the natives were using nails of wood, bone,
shell, and stone. When they saw iron
nails they fancied them to be shoots of
some very hard wood, and desirous of Sc
curing such a valuable commodity, they
planted them in their gardens. .