Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-05-03
ODDS AND ENDS.

Gayety is 10 good humor as per
fumes TO vegetable fragrance; the one
overpowcrs weak spirits, the other re-
creates and revives thcm.-Dr. 5.
johnson.
= All Russian slips of :war are to be
: lighted exclusively by. electricity. and:
by january ,ieXr.thc iwllole Russian
fleet will be lighted. by;that ncallss -.
y Connectscut SCI, captain AYERS that
the: ;dhati'osS is Quilc us subjeetsto. sea
sickness as mankind iii general and
womankind iii particular.
Some men give more light and
knowledge By the bare stating of the
question with pe,spicuity and jnstrcss
than others BY talking ofitin: rross con.
fusion for whole hours togctllor.-Dr
|. Watts.
More than a third of the board
school mistresSes iii London Get sala-
RIGS of over 81. 600 Il year, and there
are altogether about l.GU0 i'll the me-
t;opoiiS and the provinces together
who receive $3.50 or upward.
An Albany. Ga. young man made
desperate love at a dance 10 the wear
or of mask Imagine his surprise
when tl,oobi2ct Of his addresses raised
her face covering, and said: You
ought - love youraunt !"
The Castle bieycrlins. where Grown
FRINGE Rudolph shot himself, will be-
COILS y convent OF Carnnelitc nuns, the
tlca,h chamber becoming chapel.
Queen Victoria. who travelled to
France as countess of Ealmoral, took
her owu led aid bedding with her, q
custom which Ecr majesty never
breaks, cvcn if Invited 10 stay IL aroy-
Il palace.
Tic other el2ya lady, distributing
flowers ina hospital ward, gave little
maiden Il rosc with long, thorny
stalk. D.;7- an>l by she heard - plain
two voice, "7Mn'al:l. you gave me q
flower with nails on 1t
4 horse 1T Ansonia, Conn, got a
psbLlc i'll his nose while drinking
fi0rl shallow brook, and now, when
ever he crosses it, laps water there like
dog, though clsewLcrc,hc drinks in
tie usual fashion.
Among the British exhibits at the
Paris exposition is the railway saloon
il which, tic great Duke Of Yelling
ton used iotlarel to and from London
when, us Lord Warden Of the Clinaue
ports. he resided N. ". :.:c-- ::..;a.:t.c.
mere is an admirable practice
which some school teachers have Of
lavi!ing their pupils TO give Gil &C
count each day OF important events
mentioned il the newspapers. When
directed by judicious instructors, such
exercises cannot fail 10 exert a power
Tul influence for good on youthful
minds.
The late Carl Ecsa was Il boy prod
ICY" and was billed at concerts us tho
''juvenlc Pagalini" lie married
Mmc. Parcpa, his rrima donna, dur
iny his first tour Of the United States
lie is said to have never taken bene-
fit or testimonial i'll any form. Music
WAS his profession, but politics and
pictures were his pet hobbies.
y Washington woman, prosecutor
III an assault and battery case who
called the courts attention to marks
on her face. the result, she said, of the
beating she had received, almost faint
ell which, the Judge ordered an officer
10 closely examine the injuries. lie
rubbed Il handkerchief over her face,
WHEN the marks instantly disappeared,
having been made with paint. The
case was then dismissed.
King Alexandria of Servia is !3.
The heiress of King William Of the
Netherlands is Q. King Alfonso OF
Spain is almost 3.
a Dresden manufacturer has pro
duced thread from the common net
tie so fine that sixty miles of il
weigh only two and one-half pounds