Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-12-07

John G.. Whittier SAYS he expects TO
live to the age of 100 years. though be
is not anxious to Go SO.
Eight thousand pounds of lead ore
in one chunk were taken from the De
Graft mine at Zincite, Mo-, the other
day.
If YOU have wife be rs gentle and
attentive to her as if she was the wife
of some other lnan.
A brother of the Rev. DR.. Lyman
Abbott. the Rev. Edward Abbott, of
Cambridge, Mass, has just been made
Protestant Episcopal missionary bish-
OPP OF Japan.
Bonapartes house at Longwood.
st. Helena, is now barn; the room
in which he died is stable; and where
the imperial body lay in state may be
found machine for grinding corn.
Of 1.54S marriages contracted in
Prussia last year between blood rela-
tons. l.422 were between cousins, Ito
between uncles and nieces, and Is be-
tween cunts and nephewa
Senator Edmunds. of Vermont, says
his daughter is about as skilled in the
law as he is. She acts as his amanu-
cnsis and advises with him when
doubtful legal points arise. Such
daughter is jewel in the parental
crown.
Said Lord Wellesley to Justice
Plunkett: "One of my aides-de-camp
has written personal narrative of his
travels; pray, what is your definition
of 'personal'Y'' well, my lord" was
Plunkett's reply, 1--WE lawyers always
consider personal as opposed to real. "
\ bust of the German emperor, by
Professor Begas, is to be placed in the
grand corridor at Windsor castle. 1t
is present to the queen from the en-
peror, who is represented in the uni
form of the gardes du corps, with his
helmet on.
The origin of the word "hurrah"
has for some time been discussion in
the press. \ writer in an English
Journal expresses the conviction that
It is nothing but All enlarged form OF
hurr (signifying rapid movement,
and is of purely Teutonic origin.
Also. that the word hurry" is its An
glicized form.
NJ. Nantet reached the Paris eXposi-
ton from Brussels. after seven days
Journey, in q phaeton drawn by u pair
of dogs. He is humane man, and
when his dogs were tired he went be-
tween the shafts while they mounted
the box.
To ext an apple into quarters pass a
string by means of a needle across the
apple, which is divided by pulling the
two ends of the string, crossing under
the peel. Operate in the same manner
on the opposite side of the apple, so as
to divide it into q second half, and it
will be perfectly divided into quarters,
although envelopcd by the peel.
Since the Palatipe bridge disaster,
the Central railroad authorities have
issued all order directing ell signal
tenders to stand ON the track for five
minutes after each train has passed,
with red light or flag, and after five
minutes have elapsed to stand five min
utes longer displaying green signal.
No trains dare run by the red signal,
hence the chances of collision i'll case
of accident are materially leSsened by
this arrangement.
The bows of the college for the blind,
Of Worcester. England, play very
fair game of cricket, the ball used be-
ing made of wicker, with bell inside
of it, which rings when it is thrown.
The wicket keeper claps his hands be-
lind the stumps to guide the bowler,
ard so expert are the bowlers that they
can hit the wicket with three balls out
of six.
The new city of johannesburg, in
the south African gold region, is at
tracing attention, and there are those
who predict for it a phenomenal fu-
tl.re. They promise million inhabl,
tants in live years, an output OF gold
which will gid the whole world,
commercial importance threatening
the established trade centers of the
Old World, and q political and social
position second to no city in Africa,
north or south.
The Eiffel tower has already paid
the cost OF its construction. An OIL
cial notice has been issued, informing
the shareholders of the Eifel Tower
company, that they can claim repay
ment of the last fifth of the capital in
vested by them in the undertaking.
The other four-ffths were paid pre-
viously on presentation of coupons.
The fortunate possessors OF these Sc
curitics will, however, continue to re.
ceivc dividends. The concession OF
the tower is fer twenty years, after
which time it becomes the property OF
the city of Paris.