Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-09-21

ODDS ANc ENDS.

The average age of the twelve Eng
lisl! bishops is rs years.
Strange how wet it is" BE
stranger still If it were dry with such
heavy rains.
The king of Spain took his first sea
bath at San Sebastian two weeks ago.
His eldest sister, the princess OF tho
Asturias. aged ., carried him III.
During a session of the grand lodge
Of Odd Fellows at Rome, Ga. Aug. 81,
Col. Adolph Brandt. Il prominent law
yer OF Atlanta, while speaking on 4
resolution, fell dead from apoplexy.
Tic prophecy of y mad man that a
disastrous earthquake would shock
London on April S, 1850, caused thou.
sands OF persons, particularly those OF
rank and fortune. To pass this period
in their carriages and III tents.
4 startling was discovered ut the
bottom ol ascoal pit near Airdrie, and
on being taken to the surface it next
day returned to the bottom OF the
shaft, so;.ic 800 feet.
The building of big steamships is
said to be ovcrdonc. The result will
probably be sharp competition and
reduction next year in ocean fares.
Thc wedding tro"sscau of the en-
press of China flied 600 boxes, each
OF which took two men to carry. The
cmperors two other wives were able
TO pacl, their apparel into 300 boxes.
Japanese oranges arc rs different
from our idea of an orange as they
can we'll be, separating from the peel
almost us easily rs 4 grape, dividing
into sections ut the slightest pull. each
section Ike separate fruit, and dis
solving ii the mouth with Il flavor of
cherries, leaving no pulp behind.
English booksellers deny that maya
zines interfere With the sale of cheap
books. ins England, at least. There II
costs as much to send Il magazine by
post as it docs TO send Il book, and be-
sides. the dealers TO not receive the
same discount on magazines as on
books, and many of them are non-re-
tlunablc. SO that they are 4 loss II
kept in stock.
II Mrs. Harriet Coo, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, lives until Jan. II, 1890,
she will be l03 years Old. She was
born in Hartford; Conn, in 1857. Her
father. Alexander Mcneil. was 4 sol
t!icr in the war OF 1912, and her grand
father, Gen. Mcneil. was Il soldier in
the war Of the Revolution. In her
1U0th year she had Il paralytic stroke,
and il was thought she would not re.
cover, but she did, and now is in 4 fair
state Of health.
Crushed Stag is said to be greatly
superior to dry earth as an absorbing
and deodociz;ng material for earth
closets, both on account of It's extreme
porosity. which makes the use Of Il
smaller quantity possible, and from lis
value as q fertilizer, which is vastly
increased by using it for the purpose
suggested It is also cheap and plcn'
tiful.
The library of Manchester collect
or containsa copy Of what is probably
the smallest volume ever engraved,
printed and bound. 1t measures IL
in height, by 10 inch i'll width, con-
tlins - leaves or Ga plates. is covered
in crimson aid gilt roam, and has gilt
edges. 1t was published in Paris, at
the Black Cat, 50 st. Denis street.
The contents Of the book arc entirely
in French, and consist of eight chan
sonettes, each illustrated b. q Wig
nctte.
,Tr. Laurancc Hutton has hit upon
Il novel idea for decoration in his
study. The fliezc that runs around
lis room is made of the death masks
OF Distinguished men and women. The
effect is striking and not unsuggestive
OF the famous room i'll Bluebcawl'scas-
lie. This room Of Mr. IIutton's, by
the wa, contains many other things
of interest, among them Q pencil
sketch OF Thacl;emy by himself. Like
all Of Thackelylys portraits done by
his owi, hand, it is more or less Libel
Gus.
Tho total original cost OF The British
var ships of Ill sorts TT the last Spit
head review, paradcd for the inspcc-
ton OF the emperor, was ZIG. S53, 7G5.
Tic number Of Slips present was 10;
of torpedo beats So The weight OF
metal contained in the heavy guns
Was 8, coo tons. The tonnage was APP
proximatcly go, 900. Five hundred
and siXty-ninc heavy guns, irrespec-
tive Of quick lireis and machine guns,
composed tie armament.
y citizen OF Belfast, Ireland, wrote
on Il postal card the whole OF one of
the annual messages of President
Cleveland The message contained
15.c0o words, yet tic writer got it all
on the card with a steel Pen and ink,
each letter, as seen through u micro
scope, being beautifully formed. More
over, border tlirce-eighths OF an inch
wide is placed Ground the card, re-
presenting u string of beads, lifty-two
in number, cacli lllce-siXteenths OF an
inch in diameter, most Of them con-
tanning the Lords prayer; 1000 words
arc put into tlis border. The writer
is II years old, aud says lie could get
is. coo words on Il postal card. lttook
lin foity-iivc days to write this one.
Three crazcs.
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