Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-03-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

Skulls of Roman soldiers, the teeth
being perfect; have been discovered In
the chalk ut Folkstone.
Mrs. Mona Card, who started the
'sIs Marriage Failurc9" business. has
been studying Buddhism.
There is young giantess 6 feet 8
inches high, said absolutely TO be only
~ years old, on exhibition in London.
She is Don Cossack.
Tic fast mail service between New
York aud San Francisco has been re-
duced to four days. twenty-five hours
and forty-iivc minutes.
What u fine thing old age IS" said
NJ. Augier not long before his death.
"One is surrounded with care, atten.
ton aud respect. But what pity
that it lasts SO short Il time.
A sturgeon fourteen feet long was
caught in tic Sacramento river, near
Chico, last week. Instead OF killing it
the fishermen fastened arope to the
body and turned it loose in the river to
get fat. They feed it OH the cntrails
OF salmon, and the captive likes the
treatment.
Little Jim was but few years old
when there was wedding i'll the fam
lily. The aged grandmother kept her
scat during the ceremony. In telling
about it afterward Jim said: ''Wo all
stood up and got married 'ccpt grand
NAL"
4 novel advertisement appears All q
Gloucester (Mass.) paper. 1t is from a
property holder. and notifies certain
gang Of noodlums that he intends to
assert his rights against annoyance. 1t
also reminds the parents OF hoodlunl
minors that there is legal response.
bility for destruction Of property, and
closes with the remark that if the po-
lice did their duty there would be no
occasion for the advertisement.
The farmers ofthe neighborhood of
Hiawatha, Kan, are burning corn for
fuel, finding it cheaper than coal.
Corn is sold on the farm for twenty
cents per bushel, while tile average
price of coal delivered at the farm
ranges from twenty-one to twenty.
three cents per bushel The Farmers
alliance brought the attention of the
farmers to the relative prices OF the
two commodities, and advised that
half the corn crop be use! as fuel,
thus advancing the price OF the other
half and saving money iii their fuel
bills. Tie farmers have begun to act
OH this advice.
The construction of the canals de-
signed to overcome distractions i'll the
Tennessee river ct Muscle shoals has
becn completed. It was begun By
the government i'll 1873, and nearly
81. 600, QUO has thus far been expended
OH the work. The opening of the
canals will give water transportation
nine months in the year from Chat
tanooga to the Mississippi river.
Are women more charitable than
menu The London street sweepers do
not think so. One of them on being
asked for all opinion replied thatit was
no use asking ladies for a gratuity;
they never did and never would give
poor man anything. Another said
that a lady occasionally gave him a
penny when her purse was handy.
And still another said lie never heard
Of a lady even noticing a poor sweeper.
The marvellous growth of the colo.
MES is now familiar story. Certain
ly nothing moro remarkable has been
seen in The history OF the world. Dur.
ing the fifty years succeeding the &C.
cession of her majesty. the area gov.
erned by tho queen, exclusive Of
Great Britain, increased from l,100,-
200 to &. 400. COO square miles; the Eu