The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-05
FOR THE FIRST TIME
When Things We Are Familiar witt
Came Into Being.
Parsons WaoI,l,-

game Into Being.
Parsons Weekly.
:, "A Terror OF the industrial world is
the strike in any trade. The first regu-
lar strike may be said to have taken
place in 1884 In London, when the tail
ors struck, but, after a struggle. had
TO give In to the employers.
;, Pioneer Postcards.-On Oct. !, 1870,
the pioneer postcards were used BY the
public, and Immediately became an ex-
tremely popular means Of correspond
ence. They had a stamp impressed on
Them, bare postcards on which we affx
our own stamps coming much later.
britain 8 First Colony-To accom-
modate surplus population, big powers
this, and the pioneer colonizing settle
ment was in 1858, when Sir Humphrey
Gilbert planted the English flag on the
shores Of Newfoundland, and took DOS
session Of the island in the name Of
his sovereign.
The First Policemen.-On Sept. 20,
1929, the, good citizens of London saw
troops of men,, dressed in dark blue
tailor coats, with top hats, parading
They were the pioneer police force, and
have been dubbed "Bobbies' or "Peel-
ers,' from Sir Robert Peel, who in
augurated them.
The Man Who Started Free Libraries.
Free public libraries are now seen in
every town or borough of any size. Mr..
Ewart, a member of parliament, after
many attempts, got the act passed en-
poWerlng the establishment Of free pub
lie libraries, and in 1852 the pioneer
library was opened at Manchester, and
the people first given access to library
Of their own.
Speaking Across the Water-An
event Of universal Importance occurred
on Aug. 28, 1850. On that day Jacob
Brett laid the pioneer cable line. It
was from Dover to Calais, and upon it's
being hauled up at Cape Grisnez mes
sages were exchanged, and thus for the
first time known to history two coun-
tries spoke to each other across the
water. Unfortunately, the cable soon
snapped, and had to be replaced by an.
other.
The Father Of All Novels.-A great
branch of literature, undoubtedly the
most widely popular, and one in which
England showed the way to the world,
is the novel. In the year 174O read
ers were delighted with new kind
OF book, a prose romance, not of legend,
but Of their own day and manners. 1t
was the pioneer novel; was called "Pa-
mela,' the work of Samuel Richard
sui, 1IOuuOu PRIMER, ana the great
success it met with soon brought forth
host of others.
First Conqueror Of the Air.-The con-
quest of the air is a science that has
engaged the attention of man for gen.
erations now, and is, today, one of ever
| increasing interest. The pioneer bal
| loon was seen in November, 1882, when
Joseph Montgolier made silken bag
ascend by means Of heated air, what
| we would call a fire balloon; while the
pioneer voyage in one was made on
Nov. 81, 1888, by Pilatre de Rezier and
Marquis d'Arlandes, also in a fire bal
| loon, in Paris. g,
Eli ght Hundred Years Ago.-It will
| be readily admitted that our hospitals
| are phase Of life that is absolutely
necessary to our existence as a civilized
nation; no country with any pretension
| to civilization could, in fact, do with
out them. The pioneer Of these noble
| institutions was St. Bartholomew at
| Smithfeld, founded as long ago as 1923.
by Rahere, the prior of the priory of
st. Bartholomew's that adjoined; and,
! tho the first building has long gone, this
pioneer hospital still stands after near
1y 800 years on the same site.