Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-07

The Ee<zusIty Buzzsss % the 1feeusse
Of sAeeEal ArttezeA
The fisst bail rang I'm ADeriea ssas
erected on the arxt ehareh ever hEilt
IA this ecantxy. early ia a<e@ colnm-
has landed at Isabelle. Ia tia island Of
Szn Domingo ia December. 1904. and
soon built . ebn4eh- Shortly after
ward q new city was beg nm tn the royal
plain Of II Vega. and ssas ealied La
Vega. or the City Of the Plains The
church. ysfth its hall, and sli the other
houses OF lisa bella. was then moved to
La. Vega. In 1919 the na~ City of the
Plains was destroyed By an earthquake
Abcuts quartar Of . century age In
the branches Of fig tree which bad
gro~u up amcDR the ruins OF tho bel
fry tower of the chureh. . bell was
seen, which proved to b the original
bsil 10 question. and this historic bell
is now ia the city Of Washington It is
OF bronze, eight inches By six aud q
halt, bears tina ietter e in old Gothic
characters, and has tina Image OF San
Miguel On its aurface.
The first drops Of hicod shed IN thu
war Of the rebellion. it has been de-
esared. are at the present time in the
possession OF Col B +. Hawkins. of
the passion Office in Washington. They
were shed By Col b 8. Kelley, who
commanded the federal forces at the
battle Of PhiNppi, the first battle Of
tine war. One of the first bullets fired
pierced Col Keifey's lung and stsined
his vest, which was PRESCRIBED. Col
Kelley did not die, although the
surgeon pronounced his wound Il ortal
The FIRST printing press ia the
United States began its cieiiizing work
at Cam bfidge, MasS, IN Harvard uni
versity, In 1853. The frat American made
illustration, it IL believed. is in Tully's
almanac, of Boston, Ia 1898 The 6rst
American copper plate portrait pub
lished in this country was Ia Increase
Mather's '.Ichabod," Published In 179a
Tho first three engravers were Paul
Revere, Benjamin franklin. and Isaiah
Thomas. who distinguished himself at
the battle OF Lexington
The FIRST perterhouse steak was SO
named in New York city. ia the famous
cd tavern of Martin Morrison. at ss7
Pearl streek This was 3 favorite re-
sort Of SO afaring men. A steak being
called for by an old pilot one night
Morrison said he had no steaks, but
would cut and broii for him a thick
slice from tina sirioin which had just
been prepared for roasting the next
day. Morrissn's place was known as
the Porter house in the neigh borhood,
and its freauenters soon got to talking
about the Porter house steaks. Morri-
son finally told Gibbons. his butcher ia
the Fly market, to cut up sirtoins for
him thereafter.
The first mirrors of which there is
any rec ord were ia use among the Is
raelitcs at the time Of Moses, and were
made Of brass. When the Spaniards
first landed in South America they
found mirrors OF polished black stone
in nse among the natives. The first
mirror Of solid silver was made by
rasitsles in the time OF Julius Cesar.
In the fiftee n tn century the first glass
mirrors were made in Germany bv a
blow-pipe, and were convex. The first
mandatory OF glass mirrors for sale
was established in Venice early IN the
sixteenth century.
The first match was the product of
the ingenuity Of John Frederick Kom-
prisoned in the penitentiary at Hohen-
luc;fer match while in his gloomy dun
geon. The German government for
babe the manufacture of matches on
the ground Of public policy. because
some children playing with them had
caused fire. Komerer was ruined By
Viennese competition when he was re-
leased from prison and died paneer.
Up to 1852 the yiennese manufacturers
controlled the match business OF the
entire world. m. Y. Sun.