The National tribune., 1893-01-26
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EDITORS CHAT.
Glass and Its Story of Ancient and Modern
Times.


Glass and Its Story of Ancient and Modern
Times.
The history of glass lie the history of civilization.
In earliest times it used for articles Of oraa
fnentation Tor The select few; in later years for
comfort end development Of humanity as a whole.
No material ever invented by the mind of man
has been OF so great and varied service. All the
sciences are dependent upon IL TO degree, while
chemistry aad astronomy without its aid would
YET have been hidden in the heart of the ages.
The most delicate microscope, by which medical
scienists The innitesimal germs that scourge
mankind into plaques and ferers. aud the powerful
telescopes OF Ihe Lick Observatory that sweep the
heavens of their choicest secrets possible only
by the perfection Of giass.
Before the use of glass men lived in barred cas-
Ties or dark mud novels. groveling like animals.
Now, through is aid, they have light, warmth,
cleanliness, comforts and lurures in 10000 FORMS
surpassiug the widest dreams of Arabian magic.
Three thousand years before Christ, as shown
ancient ton,bs. there were gisss-bIowers in the
great city Of Thebes. but these glsssblowers were
engaged ia making vases and ornaments for roy
atty and the preservation in durable FORM of the
deeds of reigniug monarehs. In The British Mu-
scum there some very unique specimens Of this
Egyptian work.
Not only tie Egyptians but the Phoenicians and
Assyrians produced choice specimens of ornament
al glass and in the ruins OF Nineveh bottles and
lenses have been found. The FIRST specimen of
transparent glass found in the palace of MINI
rud ia SineTyh. made 7lq b. c.
In the famous Cesnos collection, taken in 1866
10 $50. froIn the tombs OF Dale, on the island of
Cyprus there L703 articles of glass irridesoent
and incrusied including ornamental cups, vases
and bottles aud utensils OF every sort.
The Romans learned the art from the Greeks
and during the reign Of Nero great perfection was
reached. The excavation OF Pompeii shows that
glass used in the windows The celebrated
Barberini Portland vase. in the British
Museum. is example Of the exquisite workman
SHIP Of the Romans This tells the story of
Roman marriage and recovered In q marble
ssrcophRgus at Rome in the 10th century. Its sup
posed date l. 1873 b. c.
Ii until the l3ah century that glass mir
rors made by The yenetians took the place OF pol
fshed steel mirrors. which were before that time
81 IL was doubtless one Of those dim steel
mirrors the Apostle Paul referred to when he said
Now we as through glass darkiy."
Tie venetians were the first 10 excel In the man.
ufacture Of modern glass, and 10 make general use
Of window-panes in their houses. The Bohemians
came next la rank third. the French; fourth. the
English The English plate glass is the mos, cele-
brsted The United States lie now making q fine
quality
According 10 l1hcSSn1us, VINO wrote In Tie third
century, and 81 Jerome in the fourth, glass was
used to some extent In pslstial Roman windows;
and Venerable Bede asserts that the abbot Bene-
dict introduced glass windows into England in
GA for in ecclesiastical structures. There is
reference 10 them in the eighth century, in the
same structures and to their rare appearance in
dwellings in the 12th century; but not until the
latter part Of the 18th century did window glass
come into real use in England
n
general uprising Of the common people TO secure
their rights its use As late as the 10th century
10 England, aud the 18th I'm Scotland, only the
houses OF the wealthy were provided with glass
Glass WIS first made in England about the middle
Of the l6th century. IL OF the earliest
manufactures of the United States. The English
colouists at jamestown were making giRss when
interrupted by the Indian massacre OF March o.
1872
Massachusetts began the glass manufacture as
early as lG5s. but the first glass-faciory WAS not
built until 1885, Massachusetts New Jersey, New
York, and Pennsylvania now lead in the manu-
facture OF glass.
The uses Of glass manifold that IL ID scarce
ly necessary 10 enumerate; but the recent inyen-
zion Of glass cloth. made from highly-wroug hi
glass threads or wire, lie curious, and promise.
such great things in decorative aud ornamental
stUffs, &c 10 deserve special mention.
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APPLES NERVE TONIC.
An authority on the subject says: Apples arr
aspiendid nerve tonic. German analysts say tll:t
she apple contains a larger percentage Of pho,
phorus tAinu ANY other fruii veeuI4b.e. TIA
phosphorus A. admirably ad ape. for reneMin.
the essential nervous matter. |rs [ 81 The lir.i.
and spinal cord. Also the ,i,, fif.,. r,sle are :,