Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-07-07


MS when dry, and creased rope is even
weaker.
Medical authority can be found for the
theory that it is the carly riser who
clutches miasma if there be any in the
lir.
Basic Stag, the refuse of steel works,
when freed from iron and reduced to
powder proves TO be valuable fcrtIl-
izcr.
Florida promises to become largo
producer Of opium. Sixteen plants will
produce IN ounce. and au acre OF pop
pies will yield $1,000 worth of opium.
1t has been ;.sccrtained by careful cx-
! pcrimcnts conducted by NJ. Roger that
poisons lose one-tifth of tlcirtoxic power
when taken into the system BY fasting
A Pacific coast physician advocates
the passage of law requiring that the
bodies OF persons dying from leprosy be
crcmated, on the ground that the re-
mains often exhibit vigorous lcprous
bacilli year after burial.
DR.. Worms, of the Paris Academy OF
Medicine, has asccl tanned that bees, ants
and wasps show u marked dislike to the
new saccharine. TO the human palate
there is no difference in the taste be-
tween it and sugar 1t has been shown,
however, that its use dsturbs digestion
a physician of Philadelphia analayzcl
a black iapanncd hat band worn by Il
patient suffering from headache, and
found it contained three grains of one OF
the lead salts From this case lie con-
cludes hat many headaches are often
due 10 she absorption Of the lead in the
hat band.
Extended observations at Paris and at
Munich Indicate that the sanitary con-
dition Of locality depends on the
amount of water contained in the ground
The years in which there has been IL
large quantity Of ground water present
have invariably been the hcalthiost,
while those in which There has been
smaller quantity have invariably been
the unlcaltlicst.
There has recently been discovered in
the high Alps, near the summit OF the
great ST. bernard, five large granite
affairs and numerous other relics OF the
stone age, used in pagan cpochs for sac
riticcs. Swiss scientists consider this
discovery proof that Mount st. Ber-
nard was 81 place of sacrifice i'll pagan
times, and that the canton of Nalais
must have been inhabited by human be-
ings us far back rs the stone age.
/. has been estimated that the walls of
building in which 30, 600 bricks are
! used require nearly 5000 gallons of water
in the construction; this being stored IN
the pores and spaces of the bricks and
mortar until dispclcd in the form OF
vapor. 1t cannot be too well known that
until this large quantity Of water is so
dispeled, the house is not habitablc.
The town Of Basic, in Switzerland, has
recently adopted Il wise regulation which
forbids the Occupation of ncwly-built
houses until four months after their COM
plction.
a big spider was placed on a rock in
the center OF an aquarium in Il recent cX'
pertinent and a larva of a water beetle
put near. The beetle promptly seized
the spider and pulled it into the water,
but after Il sharp struggle the spider
broke away and escaped. The beetle
soon afterward renewed the attack, and
fastened itself on the spider by its pine
crs. The spider also got good hold,
and the duel resulted in the death OF
both. 1t is said that if two Of the Larvae
are placed in The same aquarium they
will light until one or the other is dead,
and the victor will decapitatc the dead
one.
The Popu7ar Science Ne,os directs the
attention of inventors to the demand for
a good form of pencil sharpener. 1t is
great annoyance TO constantly stop and
fashion fresh point, with the accom-
panying search for u penknire and the
disposal of the dust and shavinss The
pencil sharpencrs in common use make
point so short and blunt that the sharp
cning process must bcrepeatcd every few
minutes. What is needed ssome device
which can be sold at Il low price and
which will cut long, sharp, tapering
point. such as at present can only be
formed by q penknifc i'll the hands OF an
expert sharpcncr.