The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-04-30

on How 10 Treat Servants" for
few necessary revisions and heart-tc-
heart hints.
forgot to mention that it was | who
told the policeman about Mary
Coffee was introduced in England
about 1850 In the last days of Cron-
wells Commonwealth. on May L., 1Go1,
the Public ADVERTISE printed the foi-
lowing notice:
4In Bartholomew Lane. on the Hack
side of the old exchange, the drink call
ed coffee, which is a wholesome ana
physical drink. having many excellent
vertues closes the orifCe af tie stom-
ach. f0rtifes the heat within. helpeth
digestion. maketh the heart lghtsom,
is good against eye-Sores. coughs or
colds, rhumes, gou1. scuTVy, or
Kings evil. and many others are 10
be sold both in the morning and at
three of the clock in the afternoon"
Tea was introduced into Franc
prior TO coffee, but the volatile Gaui
did not take 10 the bey yerage, and c n
tinued to sip bis native wine. Final
" in 1872, an Armenian, Paschal By
name set up his first coffee shop at
the fair of the St. German, which
was held during the first two spring
months of each year. Thither focked
the merchants Of all France and for
eign countries, and openstalls and Da-
Zaars, where purchasers might secure
anything from a Turkish rug to the
German wienerwursts. The willy
Paschal made cups OF steaming hot
coffee for merchants and buyers, and
so popular became the beverage that
he sent boys with pots through the
streets Of Paris and made fortune in
trade, and lords and ladies were wont
to await his coming with the spring
| fair with great impatience. Finally,
in 1859, an Italian opened up a spice
store across from the Kings theatre
of the Comedy Francaise. He also
made coffee, and called his place
cafe, from which the word originated
and with the Introduction of that
insidiOuS drink" says one writer,
''the nerves of the French nation be-
came unstrung, and to coffee may oe
ascribed the French revolution and
other kindred calamities. Voltaire
and Diderot met their friends daily
at the Cafe ProcOpe, and, taking their
coffee they overthrow all religions,
and while they attacked heaven they
prepared unwittingly the upheaval of
Visiting cards originaed with the
the earth"
Visiting cards originated with the
Chinese as long ago as 61S during the
period of the Tong dynasty. The
cards were large and of bright red
color.
Forks Were first used in 1920; sugar
in Europe about 1850; cabbages were
introduced in England in about 1910,
turkeys in 1923, and bread was first
made with yeast about 1881.
The early Greeks knew nothing of
the use of butter, while the ancient
Romans used it as a medicine, never
as food. The Christians of Egypt
burned butter in their lamps instead
Of oil.
Animals that live under water at
tain great age A carp has been
known to live 200 years Il suppose it
was family pet) while common riv-
er trout have been confined in a we'll
where they have attained the age of
so years; and when you come to think
of it, goodness only knows how far
they had travelled on the river Of life
before they were caught and incarce-
rated. 1t is said, but please under
stand that the writer does not vouch
for the truth of the tale, that pike
was caught in 1897 in a lake near
Heilbronne, in Swabia, with a brass
ring attached recording that it had
been placed in the lake in 1880.