St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-11-12
Inventions.

Inc t0iUlng envelope WAS ueo" III
1919.
Coal was first used in England as
fuel in 1850. ,,.
Coal oil was first used as an illuml-
Ice was first made by machinery by
Carrie in 1860.
The velocipede was invented by Drals
in 1917.
The piano was invented by Christie
fall, in 1911.
Steel needles were first made in Eng
land in 1916.
Iron pavements were first laid ID
London in 1877. .
The cotton gin was the work OF Ell
Whitney, 1893.
The first almanac was printed in HUI
gary in 1470.
The Calling gun was the work OF
Calling, 1861
The first American paper money was
made in 1740.
Corn shelters, the invention of Phln-
rey, in 1915.
Covered carriages were first used III
England in 1880.
English books were first printed by
CaXtOn in 1474.
The first iron wire was drawn at Nu-
remberg ia 1851.
Alcohol was discovered in the thir
teeDth century.
The thermometer was the invention
of Calico, 1886.
Gun caps were first used 10 1922, ID
the English army, 1880.
The revolving pistol was the inven-
ton of Colt in 1886.
Advertisements first appeared In
newspapers in 1862.
The first cast-iron pillow was made by
New bold in 1897.
Shorthand writing was the invention
of Pitman, in 1887.
The steam engine was the work OF
Ericsson, 1880.
The knitting machine was invented
by Hooton in 1776.
Stocking making machines were the
work of Lee, in 1888.
Machines for setting type were in
vented by Mitchell, in 1854.
Shoemaking machines was invented
| by Gallahue, 1858.
| Silk manufactures were established
in Europe in A. D., 1866.
Locomotive engines were first made
by Trovethiok, in 1909.
The machine for pairing apples was
| devised by C0ntes, in 1903.
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ed by Richard Hoe, 1s42.
The circulation Of the blood was dis
covered by Harvey, III 1911.
| Washboards were invented by ar
American named Rice, in 1849.
Matches for striking light were III
vented in 1S39-the other kind by Adam
and Eve.
The first dictionary was made by
| Chinese scholars, b. e.. 11O9.
The first pair of spectacles was made
by Spina, an Italian, in 1899.
Platform scales were the invention Of
| Thaddeus Fairbanks, in 1881.
The circular saw was devised by Ben
than, an EnglishmaD, in 1890.
The dinner fork was introduced into
Italy in 1491, into England in 1907.
The first training school for teachers
was organized in Prussia, in 1875.
| Threshing machines were invented
| by Monies, a Scotchman, in 1882.
The first postotfice opened its dools il
Paris, in 1862; in England, in 1901; ir
America, in ITO.
Banks and banking were known il
! Greece 395 years before Christ; IL
| Rome 352 before Christ; in Venice 154
| A. d. The Bank OF England was or
ganized in 1875.
The first patent tor,sewlng machinei
was granted to Weisenthal in England
! in 1755.
I Calico printing was first executed by
! the Dutch in 1870 first made in Eng
| land in 1861.
| During the past week Il number oil
United States naval cadets have passed
! through Pittsburg on their way back tC
AnnaDolis Academy, after attending
vacations at home. a The other night q
| Times reporter had an entertaining half
hours chat at the union station Will
cadet Stearns, 1913, Of Dayton. He talked
about how he had spent his vacation
| his mates and life at the academy
| There are many customs observed al
the academy that seem funny to lands
men. One in particular is the allowance
of "g rog money made to the cadets
The cadet who INDUCES in strong drinl
or tobacco in any form is severely deal
with il found, and yet he is allowed
thirty cents day for every day of The
four years he spends at the academy fol
"grog.' Up to the time R. B. Hays was
president the issuing of daily ratioDs Of
"grog" had been custom from time
immemorial in the navy. During, the
Hayes administration, however, there
| was, 1t Will Uc femCD Oefeu, Specially
strong temperance crusade. One Of thu
results of that crusade was the passage
by Congress Of law forbidding the is
suiug Of "grog" rations in the navy
but, fearing that the effect of this woult
be to raise mutiny among those wht
sail the deep, as the utter abrogation o
such time hOnored custom would mos
likely have done, Congress provided
that in place of the spirits "grog al
lowance Of thirty cents per day shoult
be made to all, from the Admiral to thu
youngest cadet, including able seamel
and others on ship. And so it is that a
the end of his four years at Annapoli
the cadet has to his credit, when h
starts on his two years. cruise as mid
shipman preparatory to being passed t.
the position of ensign, $406 of "groI
money" and many a champagne blow
out follows the receiving of that money
The naval cadet has the best Of it owe
a West Pointer in that particular
Pittsburg Times.
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