Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-03-29
ODDS AND ENDS.

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The government has totally sup.
pressed the Lutheran church in Rus
It is said that Gen. Boulanger is now
charged with the enibezzlement of
/ 252, 600 francs.
remember that a wise friend Of
mine did usually say, That which y
everybody's business is nobody's bust,
ness."-lzaak Wilton. =
There. are SO, GOO benefit and burial
clubs registered in England alMls
Wales, with funds which amount to;
ELL, 900, OUU
A New York physician is reported
as saying that during an epidemic OF
diphtheria in that city there were
..iive times as many cases on the shady.
as on the sunny side of the street. 3.
The Austrian minister Of justice. has;
ordered the establishment OF Especial
department in tile penitentiariess for.
! jnyenile.ssstlrst offenders, who sIences3
forth are! to- kepts separate from.
Eotber c rininal
>Srt
claim for pensi onaree entl led
tf7i spensio Quincy
q itI
ls;thes UIlited States c0loredd ls
I witnessed PatriclsS Henry and
Thomas Jeferso .::s 3
The Maine sealshave grown familiar
witll7tle summer tourist, and call spot
one as far as they can see him, They
are not afraid OF this species, but let a:
Maine fisherman come!along and how
they will divel
I do not know what may appear to
the world but to myself ! seem 10
have been only like boy playing OH
tile sea shore, and diverting myself in
now and then finding smoother peb-
BILE or prettier shell than ordinary,
whilst the great ocean of truth lay all
undiscovered before mc.-Isaac New
ton.
1t is to be presumed that London
Justice has made its computation with
accuracy when it says that ali the
peope now living in the world, or
about /, 400, 900, 600, could find stand
ing room within the limits Of field
ten miles square, and. by the aid of
telephone, could be addressed by a
single speaker.
An English journal says that short
sightedness descendsp from parent to
child in diagonal succession-that is,
sons inherit it most frequently from
their mothers and daughters from
their fathers"
The latest development of the slot
machine is brass frame inclosing
the city directory. which permits the
volume to be opened only when a
cent has been inserted in the slot. 1t
is hailed as a blessing by druggists
and others whose directories are i'll
constant demand by the public.
There are now 1O1 geographical
sosieties in the world. Of these
France and her colonies have more
than any other COUNTRYSIDE, with
1880 members; next comes Ger
many, with % societies and 5000
members; followed by Great Britain
and her colonies, with 8 societies and
800 members.
It is we'll known that practice in
looking at distant objects improves the
eycsight In the test for color blind
ness among the engineers: of the New
Jersey Central roadit was found that
the Oldest man iDsthe service had the
best sight for long distance purposes,
and was better able to distinguish the
various shades and colors.
The province of Ontario Canada, is
possessed of the most extensive deposit
of rock salt which has yet been found
on the American continent. The salt
was first discovered at Goderich, about
twenty years ago, at q depth of 1,01O
feet, by boring which was made for
petroleum. The salt measures extend
over an area of l,200 square miles.
The horses on some Of the stage
routes in Nevada are trained to wear
snow shoes. After all animal becomes
used to them he can travel four or FIVE
miles an hour, where it would be inn
possible to go that distance i'll week
without them. The shoes are made
of thin steel plate, and measure about
Q by IL inches. The horses are shod
with long heel ealks. which go through
the snow shoes and prevent their slip
ping going up and down hill.