The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-10
Medical.

pair of tongs, some bronze, some 10.
have been taken from the ruins of POI
peii.
Individual plates for table use We're I'm.
known to the ancients, who held thai.
meat in their hands, or employed the IA,
wheaton cakes then made on which 70 boIS
their victuals. They are first mentionsS
in A d. 500 as used by the luxurious IN
the continent, and in the ninth century
they had come into common use both {,
England and on the continent. They wers
made OF wood or some kind of eartheD.
ware, the former material being preferred
because it did not dull the knives
The cups of the Assyrians closely "a,
semble our saucers. Every nobleman and
gentleman had his own cup and cup bear
er, the latter of whom always accompanied
him to a feast, carrying before him the
cup of gold, silver, crystal or marble
which his master only used on state ocea.
sions. Saucers for cups were introduced
in the latter part of the eighteenth cen.
fury, and were at first greatly ridiculed
the persons who employed them being
said not to be able TO drink without hay.
Ing two cups.
Rocking chairs of the style prevailing
nowadays are believed to have been in.
vented in the present century. They ara
women now are so luxurious that they DO
have chairs with wooden circles on the
legs and which sway back and forth in
such sort that it maketh one sick to behold
them"
Chairs were in use in England as long
ago as $500 B. c. The Chinese employed
them from about 1900 B. c. In India they
were used, and are mentioned as dating
from 100 b. c. House chairs with backs
in in India A
known to have been employed in Rome as
early as A. d. 20, being mentioned by Pliny
at that date. Chairs with footrests wers
used in Rome A. d. $50.
Coffee pots are an oriental invention. and
supposed to have come from Arabia in A
D. 400. About the same time they were
used in Persia, but they did not come to
France until 1862 and made their ap.
pearance in England without coffee in
1850.
Goblets with stems and stands like those
we use to-day were employed In 900 B. c.
Among the valuable objects found by DR..
Schliemann was a golden goblet. Vessels
Of this metal were commonly employed in
the service of the temples. A curious COB
let with three stems has been found in
PompeH Its use is conjectural, but the
superstition is that it was used to pour
libations to the gods.
Saltcellars first came into use in media,
eval times; there was only one on the
table. and 1t held from two to three quarts
The salt was placed about the middle Of
the tables length. At the upper end sat
the lord of the castle or palace and his
intimates, and the saltcellar marked the
dividing line between the associates Of
the nobleman and the dependents, so that
to "sit below the salt meant social in
feriority.
Among the Arabs a practice from time
immemorial has prevailed of churning by
placing the milk in leather skins which
were shaken or beaten until the butter
came. The Huns did their churning by
tying a bag of milk to a short lariat tha
other end of which was fastened to the
saddle. The horse was put at a brisk
gallop, and after a round of some miles,
the churning was considered to be ac-
complished.
Smoothing irons were first used in
France, and are supposed to have been a
French invention. being introduced in the
sixteenth century. After the introduce
ton of starch, linens were first made
smooth by pressure, being starched and
placed between two boards. This being
found not to give the best results, re-
sort was next had to pressure with
cold hatiron, and finally the iron was
heated to impart the polish now con-
sidered indispensable.
Teapots were the invention of either the
Indians or the Chinese, and are of uncer-
tain antiquity. They came to Europe
with tea in 1910
Dishes of gold and silver used in table
service in 800 B. C. were found at Troy
by DR.. Schliemann. One of these was
about the size now employed
Outer blinds for windows were I'M 4
known until the fourteenth century. The
Venetian or interior blinds are so called
~. g
Pepper casters were used by the Athen-
ians, pepper being a common condimenL
They were placed on the table with the
salt in England in the sixteenth century
The first patent for a sewing machine
was issued in England in 1890. This
early invention was not successful and
other patents were issued in 1904, 1918 and
scores of times since.
Rocking cradles for babies were used by
the Egyptians many centuries before
Christ. Among the pictures copied by Bel
zoni is one of an Egyptian mother at
work with her foot on the cradle.
Tumblers of nearly the same shape and
dimensions as those employed to-day have
been found in great numbers in PompeL
They were of gold, silver, glass, agate
marble and other semi-precious stone
Mosaic floors. laid with small pieces OF
different colored stones set in regular pat
terms, were known to the Egyptians 2,aV
B. C. In Babylon floors of this kind dated
from 1,1OO B. C. They were common in the
Athenian and Roman houses.
Lucifer matches were patented in 1851
while friction matches preceded them by
thirteen years. The improved machinery
by which matches are now made by the
million at a trifling cost were the inven-
lions of comparatively recent years.
Needles antedate history They Were
first made in America in 1880.
Lamps were used before written history
Thousands of ancient lamps have been
found.
Curtains were employed for bedsteads
in the eleventh century; they were after
ward transferred to windows.
Combs are found in the earliest known
graves.
Brooms were used in Egypt 1000 years
before Christ
Buttons were used in Troy. Schlienann
found over 1880 of gold.
Prominent Minister Writes;
After ten years of great suffering from
indfgestioD with great nervous prostra-