The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-16

The manuscripts of the fifth and
twelfth centuries were written with
very good black ink, which has not
shown the least signs of fading or OBJ
liberation.
Books were originally made OF
boards or bark of trees, then of skins
and parchments. Papyrus was used
in Egypt. Vellum leaves were invent
ed by Attalus, King of Pergamus,.
about 1893 BIC. The most ancient are
the Pentateuch of Moses and the po-
ems of Homer and Hesiod
Miss Ada Latimer has sung the.
hymn to Apollo, found at Delphi in
1893, before the Womans University
Club of New York. It is thought that
this song of Greek devotion has not
been sung since the Ionian boatmen
heard the cry, "Great Pan is dead"
about Christmastide, A. D.4.
About the time the American colo
MES returned to the thirteen original
stripes many suggestions were made
to change the style of the flag materi-
ally, and the most prominent design
suggested was of flag to be quartered;:
the upper staff square to be blue and
contain the thirteen white stars; the
Goddess of Liberty on a white field be-
low in the second quarter. In the up
per quarter of the fly Of the flag was to
be an outspread eagle, andin the quar-
ter beneath the thirteen red and white
stripes. This flag was never adopted.
The following American newspapers
were founded as follows: New Hamp-
shire Gazette, Portsmouth, n. H., 1856:
Newport Nerc,t1y, Newport, r. I.,1758;
Connecticut Couru1lt, Hartford Ct,
1864; Massachusetts Spy, Boston and
Worcester, Mass, III; New Jersey
Journal, Elizabeth, n. j., 1919; Augusta
Chronicle, Augusta, Ga, 1885; Hamp-
shire Gazette, Northampton, Mass,
1886: Salem Gazette, Salem, Mass, 1890;
Greenfield Gazette, Greenfield, Mass,
1892; New Jersey State Gazette, Tren-
ton, n. j., 1892; the Guardian, New
Brunswick, n. j., 1892; Portsmouth
Journal, Portsmouth, n. H., 1893; Rut-
land Herald, Rutland, VT, 1894; the
Prison Mirror, established by the in
mates of the Minnesota state prison,
at Saltwater, Mimi, 1887.
The Association for the Preserva
ton of Virginia Antiquities. since its
organization in 1889, has purchased
the old powder magazine in Williams
burg, which is now being converted
into a museum for Colonial relics; the
home of the mother of Washington in
Fredericksburg and the historic home
of General Nelson in Yorktown. 1t
now desires to purchase the site of the
ancient House of Burgesses in Will
iamsburg, in which the assemblies that
governed the colonies met after the
seat of government was removed from
jamestown in 1898, and to erect upon
it simple stone, engraved with the
names Of the eighty nine members of
the Assembly, who, under the leader
ship of such men as Peyton Randolph,
Robert Carter Nicholas, Richard Hen
nv Lee. Richard Bland, Patrick Henry.
Thomas Jefferson and George Wash
ington, fired the torch of patriotism
and freedom.
Probably the oldest timepiece in the
country is the clock which complacent-
ly ticks away the hours of the days.
and the nights in the building of the
Philadelphia Library company, at
Juniper and Locust streets, unques-
tionably first and foremost in its COL
lections of historical relics. This clock
was made for and belonged to Oliver
Cromwell, the protector, and it has
been part of the furniture of the Phil
adelphia library since it was presented
to the company in 1893. The remark
able feature of this piece of mechanism
is that although fully 40 years of age,-
it still keeps perfect time. The CrOm-
we'll clock is wonderfully we'll pre-
served, and runs with perfect regular
ity. It is one of those oldfashioned
timepieces which stand on the floor,
with it's face about half foot above
the head of a man Of average height
The face is plain, polished brass, with
steel circle containing the hours in
Roman figures. The minute-hand is
perfectly plain, but the hour hand is
ornamented by sort of scrollwork.
There is really nothing particularly
remarkable about it's workmanship or
its general appearance. Its style is