Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-06-01
ODDS AND ENDS.

Too much help has ruined more men
than too little.
In 1860, the LADIES' of the country
wore 50, AGA, 900 worth Of wire IN their
j hoop skirts.
A Georgia man has a hen which
laws double eggs, each one having an
egg within an. egg, as it were.
The man who is drawninto scheme
to invest / cent and draw out 81 may
not be u fool, but ho is III no danger
from brain fever.
Imam exhibition at Dresden arc col,
lcctcd number of boots. shoes ana
slippers once worn by emperols, kings
queens and primes.
We are all of us more or less hum
bugs in this worlds but most OF US
wont allow anybody but ourselves 10
say So Somcrvillc Journal. :.
Dentists in Cedar Falls, Ia, arc
likely 10 have an opportunity TO 60
fishing. An Indian doctor vlsitcd
the town and during few days stay
extracted nearly 900 teeth.
The London Times will be COM
PEELED to pass its dividends this year
owing to the great expense incurred
in the Parnell Investigation. u clryu-
lar to that effect has been sent TO the
shareholders.
It is not interesting to have . man
tell how rich he might have been if he
had good luck. 1t is better to know
what he has been able to do against
bad luck.-New Orleans Picayune.
An inhahitant Of Portland, Oregon.
not long ago offered to sell twelve
acres of land for $3.50 per acre: Ills
wife refused to sign tho deed, and
though he was;angry ct tho time nc is
more than pacified now, as the prop
erty will bring 500, 0O05rcadily.
Some negroes of Carrollton. ca,
entered into compact TO rob she
town. They succeeded finely until they
consulted 4 Tallapoosa fortune teller,
who said they were thieves. This ter
riicd them, and led to their arrest
There seems to be place i'll society
even fort the fortune teller.
4 writer in an Engligh paper claims
for Woodbridge the credit Of possess
ing the mcancst man in the person of
aniscrly ycoman who refused to ~
low his daughter to receive scalskm
Jacket as present because he could
not afford to pay for the camphor
which would be needed to keep the
moths out of it during the summer.
There is no country of the world
where the science of long life, accom-
panied with good health, uninpaired
mental faculties, good digestion, and
great activity, is better understood
than in France, and there, of 1000
persons born, 120 reach the age OF 70,
and the percentage continues to be
high until SIS is past.
Paper doors arc said to be great inn
provcmcnts over wooden ones They
are formed of two thick paper boards,
stamped and nodded into panels and
glazed together with glue and potash
and then rolled through heavy rollers.
After being covered with q waterproof
coating and ono that is lircproof, they
arc painted, vanished and hung in the
usual way.
DIR. J. NJ Elmunds, III paper in a
dental monthly, advocates tho inn
planting OF metallic roots in tho jaw
and the building OF artificial teeth
upon them. He believes that this
method opens now possibilities for
dentistry. By planting two metallic
capsules in the rear OF the jaw and
two in the forward portion, he thinks
it practical TO lay a foundation for a
complete set Of permanent teeth.
There is cradle in New York that
has rocked over 10, 600 babies. 1t be-
gan to rock nineteen years ago, when
the Sisters of Charity started little
founding hospital on Twelfth street,
New York, with IS in the treasury.
Sister Irene was at the head Of it, as
she is still, wonderful, frail little
woman, whose genius and devotion
will always be remembered by these
who lave once belield her among the
babics whom she has saved ind sue
core.l