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HOODJIBIVEB GLAOIEB, TETOSDAYtyJANUARY 18, 1908.
ANTIQUITY OF SPOONS
THEY ARE LINEAL DESCENDANTS OF
ANCIENT SHELL SCOOPS.
Metal Spoonn Were la l.e la Biblical
Dar Anointing Spoon. Are aa Old
a the Time When Prophet Kathaa
Anointed Kins Solomon.
A FreucU scholar says: "Spoons are
old. I do not claim that they are as
old as the world, .but thoy are certainly
as old as soup." After which It Is easy
to believe that for the last five or six
centuries no self respecting family, of
however humble station, but could
boast at least one spoon to its name,
whether of silver, pewter or even
wood.
That spoons are the direct lineal de
scendants of the shell and horn scoops
with which our ancestors were wont to
convey fluid food to their mouths would
seem a safe assumption. Many exam
ples of these ancient spoons are seen in
museums and also of the spoon of
wood, which was the next step toward
the spoon of today. It Is from the
wooden spoon that the word Is derived,
as the old English word "spon" meant
a small piece of wood.
That metal spoons were used in bibli
cal days Is certain, for in Exodus the
Lord tells Moses to, make spoons of
gold for use in the tuberuacle, and to
day there nre to be seen in the British
Museum spoons which certainly wera
used in the early days of Christianity,
besides others found in the ruins of
l'ouipeii uiid Herculaneum.
Anointing spoons are as old as the
time when Nathan, the prophet, anoint
ed Solomon as the ruler of Israel, and
they have beci used to anoint kings
from that time to the present day. The
spoon with which England's rulers are
anointed by the archbishop of Canter
bury is at least 000 years old and has
. been used for the purpose of anointing
the kings of England ever since it was
remade for the coronation ceremonies
of Charles II.
Another spoon of great antiquity is
the "Pudsey spoon" given by Henry
VI. to his friend and protector, Sir
Italph rudsoy, in 1443, at the time
when he was concealed in Sir Ralph's
house after the battle of Hexam. This
spoon has the pear shaped bowl of the
usual form of all ancient spoons pre
vious to the restoration. The handle is
octagonal and at the end is flattened
out to form a seal, on which is carved
the king's badge, a single rose. Inside
the bowl, near the shaft, is the ball
mark of the thirteenth century sterling
silver, a leopard's head, and on the
back of the bowl Is the mark of the
maker, a heart in outline.
This spoon is the most ancient
known piece of silver In existence that
bears the Indisputably authentic hall
mark of the English "Goldsmiths' com
pany." All the earliest spoons have pear
shaped bowls. It was not until the la,,
tor part of the seventeenth century
that they began to elongate toward the
egg shaped spoon of the present time.
I'd to the seventeenth century all
spoons were large and closely resem'
bled the modern soup spoon, the bowl
being very deep.
The handles of the early specimens
were straight aud rather heavy, but
about the time mentioned their shape
was entirely changed. The stem and
handle became flat and broad and at
the extremity were divided into points,
or scallops, and slightly turned up.
When tills great change first began
teaspoons were made as small as the
after dinner coffee spoon of modern1
times, but as the art of making them
advanced they became larger and lar
peer until they attained the size they
are now.
Again, at the beginning of the eight
eenth century the handles showed a
still further change in that where the
sides were straight they had curves
and the shaft itself became slightly j
undulated. At this same time were
also toon, some innovations in' the (
shape of spoons for specific purposes, j
oue being n spoon having a perforated j
bowl, v illi a straight stem, which was
presumably intended to clean the
spout of a teapot, while the bowl was
for the removal of floating tea leaves
from the cup.
This was undoubtedly the forerun
ner of the tea strainer. Another spoon
was the suuflf spoon, and besides this
the marrow spoon made its appear
ance. This first marrow spoon was a
crude affair indeed, but it was not
in which It is seen even nowadays-'
that is, with the two ends of different
sizes, one for the large bones and the,
outer for the very small ones.
Probably none of the old spoona
!. n Oo !
which came into fashion iu the six
teenth century. It was an English
custom at that time for sponsors to
give these spoons to the children for
whom they made themselves respon
sible as baptismal gifts. A wealthy
godparent gave a complete set of thir
teen, but a poor oue generally content
ed himself with but one, that having
on it the figure of the child's patron
saint, to make up for the lack of the
others. The complete set had a Mas
ter spoon and twelve others, the Mas
ter spoon having a figure of Christ
on the handle holding in one baud the
sphere aud cross, while the other is
raised in blessing. Each of the twelve
apostles is distinguished by some em
blem. St. Paul has a sword, St. An
drew a cross, St. Teter, of course, a
key, St. Jude a club, St. John a cup
(the cup of sorrow), and so on. j
Whole sets of these spoons are ex
ceedingly rare. It Is said that but two
complete sets are in existence at pres
ent, and there is a third set of eleven.
This is of great value, having an on-
A (irim tragedy
is d:iily enact d, in tlioneandsnf homes,
adi:ith claims, in each fine, another
victim of Coiuniption or Pnt-unioni:).
tthen iMiiths and culils arc properly
trusted, the tracitly is averted. V. '.i.
Ilr.ntiiv. .f O.ik invlon, Ii.d., writes:
"My wile lisd th" emi-iuiiption, and
tliicr (1 ;'Ctr.- l.er up. Finally die
tix.k Or. Kind's New di-cowry for Con
Miniptiou, Coiifhs and ( old', which
eiued her and loday she is wrll and
strnns;." It kills tW genus of all dis-iaM-i.
One do-e relieves. Guaranteed
atoOctiiid 1.00 by C. X. Clark drug
gist. Trial lJottie free.
doubted date of 1510, while the two
others are 1560 or 1T67 in one cue
and 162U In the others.
This last set is especially unique In
that every spoon in it was made In the
some year and by the same maker.
The oldest ball marked apostle spoon
that is known is dated 1403, that date
being determined by the ball mark on
the bowL a shield, with a crowned star
in the center.
The value of these old sets of a poe
tic spoons will be understood when
some of the prices paid for them are
known. One set sold in. 1003 for $24,
500, while another, of less ancient date,
brought $3,00. A single apostle spoon,
bearing on its handle a figure of St
Nicholas and on the stem the inscrip
tion, "St. Nicholas, pray for us," sold
in London some years ago for the un
heard of sum of $3,450, the most ex
aggerated price ever paid for a single
spoon so far as can be ascertained.
The most modern apostle spoon of
which there is any record bears the
date 1(165. It is believed that about
that period the custom of giving spoon
as presents at baptism began to wane.
Other spoons of interest, though not
of such great antiquity, are the little
"caddy spoons," which made their ap
pearance when tea drinking became
fashionable more than 200 years ago.
All of these spoons have very short
stems and handles, with bowls of some
fanciful design, some perforated, but
the majority shell shaped and fluted.
A few were made like miniature
scoops, with handles of ebony, and
some others were perfect imitations of
leaves, the handle being formed by the
leaf stem curling around into a ring.
The hall mark on a spoon has varied
hi position with almost every century
since the first was made, aud as this la
one of the important things in deter
mining the date of a spoon, togethet
with the position of the maker's mark,
it is necessary to know what year eaeb
change was made in.
To within n few years after th
restoration the hall mark was alwayi
on the inside of the bowl, while all
other marks were on the back of the
handle. ' But after this all marks' were
put on the back of the handle, near the
bowl end, until the latter part, of the
eighteenth century. Then they were
removed to the other end of the handle.
It was uot until the beginning of the
nineteenth century that they were
again put at the end of the handle
nearest the bowl, where they now are.
CUTTING GLASS.
Way. by Which It Mar Be Done
Without I'alnir a Diamond.
It often occurs that glass tubes of
various dimensions have to be cut
where a diamond is not at hand, as is
shops and power plants where oil and
water gauge tubes must be neatly
fitted. The usual method adopted, says
the National Glass Budget, M to file a
small groove around the tulie and sep
arate the glass with a sharp rap at the
place weakened by the file. The result
is not always satisfactory, because the
ends often break unevenly owing to
the difficulty of making a straight
groove with the file. Better results are
obtained when only a small incision is
made with a file, just enough to cut
through the enamel of the tubes on one
side and not all around. While the
tube is still warm from the friction of
the file the tube Is then taken between
the thumbs and forefingers, the thumbs
opposite the file incision and the fore
fingers around the tubing, close to, but
not, covering, the Incision. Treasure of
the thumbs invariably causes the tube
to break in as straight aud clean a line
as though cut with a diamond. -
Another method Is to use a fine saw
blade, which should be kept fed with
hlte emery carbomndum or pnlver
ized silica sand of bard grit, moistened
with camphor, oil, turpentine or water.
A straight, steady and even stroke
should be made, aud when the work it
carefully done against a gauge the cul
will be as true as though it had been
ground.
Window glass, especially single
strength, can be accurately split elthei
In straight or curved lines by first
making an Incision through the enamel
of the glass and then holding a hot
Iron close to the incision till a fracture
is started. The fracture will follow
the hot iron with remarkable fidelity.
The iron should be preferably round
and somewhat blunt and with a bulky
head, like an ordinary fire poker, so at
to retain its heat well for long cuts,
especially for thick sheets, to keep the
fracture going when once started, even
If two heated irons have to be used.
Monarch and Coins.
The great Napoleon was not
greal
t the whist table aud a characteristi
etorT la(told f nlm at leltem- .
n Private party of whist he took out
four MPoleons to use as markers, and
one of the young ladles took up one of
the coins and asked him what it was.
The polite hero snatched It rathet
roughly from her and, pointing to the
impression, exclaimed, "C'est mol."
The annoyance caused by this Incident
ruined him so much that he made a
misdeal. The party begged him to try
again, and he did so with the same
result. His countenance then displayed
the rages of convulsive fury, and hll
anger was not appeased until the
houso had been searched for old cards,
which could be more easily dealt
Meantime the unhappy Count La
Cases, his only attendant, was ordered
to sit ('.own at a spare table to play the
cards alone until they should run
smoothly.
Louis Philippe showed equal regard
for the coin that bore his name. He
dropped a louls on the carpet while
playing whist and arrested the prog
ress of the game to look for It, where
upon a foreign ambassador who was
one of the party set fire to a billet of
1,000 francs to give light to the king
under the table.
Wealth of Words.
"He talks very Interestingly," said
oue girl
"Yes," replied the Other, "but In all
the stories I ever read the man who
nsed lovely language was always poor
and struggling.. It doesn't seem a good
sign to me." Washington Star.
Aa Ana-el One.
"Does it create a furore in your fam
ily when you go home lateT asked
Bjones of his friend De Smith.
"No; it creates a fury," was the sug
gestive answer. Chicago Becord-Her-
UL
Always Increases the Strength.
A reasonable amount ol food thor
oughly digested and properly assimilated
will always increase the strength. If
your stomach is a "little off" Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure will digest what you eat
and enable the digestive organs to assim
ilate and transform all foods into tissue
building blood. Kodol relieves Sour
Stomach, Belching, Heart-Burn and all
forms of Indigestion. Palatable and
strengthening. Sold by G. . Williams.
St. Plaere.
There Is a pretty bit of history IS
the name of that vehicle, the fiacre, St
Fiacre was an Irishman of noble birth,
who went over to France in the set
enth century and lived as a hermit II
a forest near Meaux. Bis popularity
became very great in the France of
later centuries. When Sauvage started
public hackney coaches in Parts In
1040 he found the most convenient
center for them to be an inn in the
Rue St. Martin, named Hotel 8t risers
and adorned with an Image of the
saint; hence "fiacre."
Indigestion Overcome.
Indigestion is easily overcome by the
use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, because
this remedy digests what you eat and
gives the stomach a rest allows it to
recuDerate and grow strong again.
Kodol relieves Indigestion, Belching of
bas bour ntomach, Heart-Burn, etc.,
and enables thedigestiveorgans to trans
form all foods into the kind of rich red
blood that makes health and strength.
Sold by O. E. Williams.
Hew, Taaa.
"Do you mean to say this child fell
from the third story and landed on her
feetr
"Tea," replied the policeman. "I was
an eyewitness."
"That settles it!" replied the neigh
bor. "I always said her mother was s
cat" Detroit Free Press.
Rla Mission.
Old Mortality was freshening up the
Illegible Inscriptions on the ancient
tombstones.
"I merely wish to show," be explain
ed to the curious bystanders, "that
there is nothing essentially new In
modern Action." Chicago Tribune.
Soothing and Comforting.
The soothing and comforting effects
of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, when
applied to Piles sores, cute, boils, etc.,
subdues pain almost instantly. This
Halve draws out, the Inflammation, re
duces Bwelling and acts as a rubefacient,
thus circulating the blood through the
diseased parts, permitting or aiding
Nature to permanently remove the troU'
ble entirely. Sold by G. K. Williams.
A Liquid Cold Cure.
For coughs and colds no remedy is
equal to Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar the liquid Cold Cure. It is dif
ferent from all the others better, be
cause it expels all the cold from the
system by acting as a cathartic on the
bowels, uives Mrcnutn t.. weak lungs
Affords immed n ii lii-f In Croup,
Coughs, Colds, litHiping-Cough. etc,
Children loveii. Sold by G. E. Wil
liams. '
Here Is a Bargain.
Fi've acres tirsl-clu.-s land, one mile
from Hood River; nil ri orchard; new
building on place. .Must sell at once.
For pnrticul r- are .Mm Leland Hen
ilertum.
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Grubbing Machines,
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that for the fall planting we will hare and can sup
ply In any number .,....
Cherry, Pea r,Aprlcot,lesch& Plum Trees,
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Also, all the standard rarleties of apple trees. Can
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BAWSON & STANTON, Hood Biver, Or.
Closing Out Ladies! Top Skirts
These Skirts are of the latest Fall and Winter
styles, in blacks, browns, blues, plaids and tans.
Exceptional good values at these prices.
Ladies' Top Skirts, worth fO.OO, reduced to $7.00
Ladies' Top Skirts, worth 17.00, reduced to 6.60
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Free Delivery. Phone 931 HOOD RIVER, OR.
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Dry Goods Ammunition Boots and Shoes
Hardware Graniteware
Hay Grain Flour Feed Full line of Groceries
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Phone 131.
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