History

The man got along quite a long time without money. He used what we call “the barter system”. If a man wanted something he did not make or raise himself, he found another person who had what he wanted and offered him something in exchange. The first kind of “money” used by primitive man usually … Read more

Honey is one of the most amazing products found in nature. It has been used since very ancient times since it was practically the only way an early man could get sugar. It was used by the ancients as a medicine, to make a  beverage called “mead”, and in a mixture with wine and other alcoholic … Read more

It is almost certain that gold was the first metal known to One reason for this is that gold is found in the free state, uncombined with other metals or rocks. The bright yellow color and shining appearance of gold probably attracted the attention of a primitive man. Exactly when this happened can- not be … Read more

Man can obtain gas from places where nature has stored it away, or he can manufacture it. Here is an illustration of how a man can make gas. If a clay pipe is filled with powdered coal, covered with clay, and then heated in a hot fire, smoke will come from the end of the pipe … Read more

Furniture is anything on which people sit, sleep, or eat. So when the early caveman slept on a wolf skin on the floor, that was his furniture. When he made a crude box in which to keep his bone tools, he made the first chest. The first records we have of furniture as we think … Read more

If you had to name the most long-lasting material made by man, would you say it was brick? Well, it happens to so, and brick will outlast granite, limestone, or even iron! Brick, of course, is a modem building material. It is being used today everywhere in the world. But actually, brick is as old … Read more

The wedding cake goes back to Roman times. In those days, among the highest members of the rich families, a special kind of cake was used in wedding ceremonies.  The bride and groom not only ate this cake together but treated the guests. It is even said that the cake was broken over the bride’s head … Read more

On a hot day in June 1859, at the close of the battle of Solferino, fifteen thousand dead and wounded lay on the battlefield. There were few surgeons, and many of the wounded died before they could receive medical attention. A young Swiss, Henri Dunant, traveling through the battle area, was appalled by the carnage and … Read more

You have probably heard people say that the only true “Americans” were the Indians. Everyone else has ancestors who went there from some other country.  The  Negroes,  too,  originally went there from other countries. But what most people do not know is that the first Negroes to come to  America came explorers! They came with the … Read more