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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-11-22
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At 2.40 A. M.-Philadelphia Express, connect
ing for New York and Atlantic City.
$40 A. M.-Mail for Philadelphia.
500 A. M.-Perryville Accommodation.
. zoos A. M.-Express for Philadelphia and New
York.
l245 P. M.-Express for Philadelphia and New
York.
$40 P. M.-Express for Philadelphia and New
York.
421P p. M-Express for Philadelphia and New
York. Sleeping car through to Boston.
4.57 P. Mast Express for Philadelphia, con-
Meeting for New York.
SGT P. M.-Express for Philadelphia and New
York.
557 P. M.-Congressional Limited Express for
Philadelphia and New York. Composed of Par
lor and Dining cars.
Gas P. M.-Fast Express for Philadelphia
II. S5 P. M.-Express for Philadelphia and New
York.
STARTING FROM PRESIDENT STREET
STATION-WEEK DAYS,
At 6.28 A. M.-Mail for Philadelphia.
8.07 A. M.-EXpress for Philadelphia and New
York.
SS9 P M.-Port Deposit Accommodation.
All p. M.-OxfOrd Accommodation.
go p. M.-Express for Philadelphia, connect
ing for New York.
7.4s A. M'-Perryville Accommodation on Sun
STARTING FROM CALVERT STREET STA
TION-WEEK DAYS.
At 2.35 p. M.-POrt Deposit Accommodation.
4.23 P. M.-Oxford Accommodation.
For Brooklyn, N. Y, all through trains connect
at Jersey City with boats of brooklyn Annex"
affording direct transfer to Fulton street. avoid
ing double ferriage and journey across New York
City.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
a Roc's Egg.

One of the most interesting things in
the National Museum ut Washington Is
the cast of IL real roc's egg. Strange as
it may appear, there is foundation for
the storied existence of the supposed ex-
istence of the supposed. to-be.fabulous
bird. 1t was the gigantic epiornis of
Madagascar, which stood twelve feet high
and laid an egg as big rs 14S good-slzed
hens eggs, and holding two gallons.
Arab traders, such as Sinbad the Sailor
IS said to have been, made their way to
Madagascar. centuries ago, when this
mighty fowl was still l. existence, and
brought back the yarns which subsc-
quietly developed into the tabled roc.
a bigger bird than this, however, taking
weight as criterion, existed in New
Zealand as late as the time of Capt Cook
IT stood only nine feet high, though it
was so bulky that full grown one
wood have .:rpcd the scales at some,
thing like 1000 pounds. The egg 1t laid
was a trihc smaller than that of the roc.
fffis was the giant Moa. 1t was so
clumsy that it could not escape from the
sailors who landed on the island and
killed it for food. The extinction of the
species is supposed to have been caused
bv change in the New Zealand climate,
for it is known that the enormous fowls
gathered in great numbers at the last
about certain hot springs and there per-
ished. Quantities of their bones have
been found in those springs.-[Boston
Transcript.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
Turlish PunIsI,1nonts,

In Turkey twenty years ago men
were hanged fortriics; tradesmen who
sold short we ght might be nailed by
the ear to their own doorposts. and
petty thieves, as well as men who were
impertineat to officials or who refused
to pay their taxes twice over, were
bas!inadoed on The so1es of the feet
This last punishment, b. the way, was
light or cruel according as the patient
was accustomed to go barefooted or to
spend his life in babouches. The water
carriers. porters, street fruit sellers,
aud peasants generally, whose soles
were like horn, cared little for twenty
five cuts with bamboo; but to trades
men, clerks, and women the stripes
were overwhelmingly painful and
brought weeks of lamcncss.
The present Sultan has abolished
the batinado in the European part of
his dominions, md practically done
away with capital punishment, except
for brigandage and for attempts of as
sassina ing high officials. Even brig
ands. however, are only. hanged when
they have laid hands on foreigners and
caused an outcry in the European
press. Genuine Turks seldom find
their way into Jail, saving for murder
or inability to pay taxes, and the muir
ders are often committed under the in
fuence of religious fanaticism, when
the Musshlman, driven mad by the fast
of the Ramadan or by the rejoicings of
the Bairam holidays, runs amuck with
q knife among crowd of Giaours.
Such offenders, however, are always
leniently dealt with by the Pashas, I'M
less, of course, they happen to kill q
foreign Christian having an AmEassa-
dore to avenge him.
In Turkish prisons the Mussulmans
and Christians are kept apart, and the
former, a grave and gentleman like
looking set of men, bask in the sun
most ofthe day. smoking, and the per-
form frequent additions at the trucking
fountain in the middle of their airing
yard. They give no trouble, and wait
with the utmost patience until it shall
please Allah to open the prison doors
for them. The Christians, herd of
Greeks, Bulgarians, and Macedonians,
with the most villainous faces, morals,
and manners imaginable, have to be
ruled with a tight hand to be kept
from strangling one another. When it
becomes necessary to hang one of these
gentry the Greek goes to his puni h
ment struggling and bowling; the
Turk makes no more ado about the
matter than if he were going to have
his head shaved. AS the Turkish Ex-
chequer provides no hangman or ropes
for executions, some curious things
occasionally happen. Not long ago a
Turk, who had to be hanged at k1rd-
joli, walked about the town for an hour
with two soldiers who had been ordered
to execute him. These soldiers did not
mean to buy a rope with their own
money, and they failed to borrow ore.
Eventually. they broke into n stable,
stole rope, and hanged their man
from nail over the door.-Tempte
R11
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
Tbroo Soted Widows.

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has re-
turned from Florida, and is seen on the
streets occasionally, little figure,
slight. white haired, and folded in
black shawl When seen latel. there
was the faintest touch Of pink on her
cheeks, giving her that delicate, she'll
like beauty which sometimes goes with
n soft, white skin and viii curls. She
had bunch Of lilies CO the valley IN
her bosom.
Mrs. Beecher's rooms are full Of pic
lures of her husband, as the young
lover, in the prime of life, as he was
the year he died; and most of these
pictures are so placed that the trail of
vine, the petals OF a flower caress
them. Her interests in life are largely
the things that interested him, or that
she believes would, if he were now
living, meet his approval. She gives a
helping hand to the Brooklyn Womau's
Health Protective Association, which
wishes to clean the streets of dirty
city.
Mrs. Custer, in black dress, and with
WluulEb 6A co. WHO 'SSH VIZ ~
the other day. Mrs. Custer has the
record, J. believe, Of never making an
acquaintance who does not wish to be-
come her friend She walks the pave
ments with splendidly free step, in
which one could almost fancy remin-
iscence of the plains. A more prosaic
explanation is found in her broad-soled,
common-sense shoes. She is deyoted
to her husbands memory, and absorbed
in her literary occupations.
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant looks we'll and
kindly, and is ut present rather stouter
than is altogether becoming. Queen
Victoria, however, is aeshier, and Mrs
Grant dresses in better taste than
Queen Victoria Not much credence
is to be given to the report that she will
go to England to live with Mrs. Sartorls.
All her interests nre on this side of the
water. Another report, even less prob
able, says that she has plans tor volu-
minous literary production. When she
has finished the "reminiscences which
now engage her, which will be pra,c'i-
cally her autobiography, it is more than
doubtful if she sets about any further
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
GornAM's LOVELY BLONDES.

The most lovely women in New York
to-day are blondes. The Gothamito
loves blonde; it is to him the very
highest form OF beauty. A girl whose
coloring is intensely fair by nature-not
made by although She may not be very
pretty, can easily get herself known nq
a beauty If she dresses herself in pale
colors and poses and gets herself al
lnded to in the papers as ga delicate
blonde" Fair, yellow hair, a white
skin, slender figure, small hands, and
a general air of fragility are quite sufi-
cient to give their owner the crown of
beauty, where brown haired Venus Mt
her elbow is ignored. Miss Amy Bend
is nov supposed to be the pretticst girl
in the younger set, mainly through the
fiawlcss perfection of her exquisite color
ing. She is as finished as flower, rep
rescnting the absolute ideal Of the fragile
blonde type. Everything is in perfect
harmony; there is not one feature or one
shade in the coloring that does not bal
ance with the rest. Wrists too thick,
or ears too large would spoil the whole,
but all accords as perfectly as the notes
of nocturnc. 1t is this harmonious
completeness, this perfection of finish,
that has endearcd the pale blonde typo
to the New Yorker, who every time pre-
fers an inferior article highly finished, to
to superior article that may be crude
and rough.-Argonaut.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Use lukewarm water and milk instead
of soap in washing oilcloth.

Use lukewarm water and milk instead
of soap in washing oilcloth.
Polish your irons when you do your
stove, and you will have no trouble with
them.
People in good health require eight
hours sleep. Thin, nervous people re-
quirc ten.
a paste of earth and water applied i'm
mediately to the sting of bee or wasp
will alleviate the pain.
Finger marks can be removed from
vanished furniture by rubbing them with
a soft cloth wet with sweet oil
in making cold starch for fine ma
terials -four should always be used; corn
starch often leaves little specks of dust
that arc very hard to remove.
An offensive breath may be made pure
by rinsing the mouth few times every
day with mixture of tcaspoonful of
tiucture Of myrrh to q tumblcrful of
water.
In every family there are always some
members who do not like bcefsteak rare.
A good plan is to have half the beefsteak
we'll done and the other half rare, then
everybody will be pleased.
Tan can be removed from the hands OF
face by covering them with thick paste
made magnesia and water. Let the paste
remain on for short time then wash it
off with CASTLE soap and warm water.
A bouquet of sweet herbs for seasoning
soups, sauces and stcwed meats consist,
of one sprig of thyme, two bay leaves
and three sprigs of parsley. A sprig of
sweet rnajoram may be added if the
flavor is liked.
A bottle of bromine left unaorkcd in
closed room for twelve hours will thor
oughly disinfect the room and destroy all
insect life. One who has tried it says it
is far more effcctual than tho fumes Of
burning sulphur.
Many people find veal very indigestiblc
and some become seriously ill after eat
ing it. Chicken salad that is one part
chicken and three parts veal should not
be served to any guest unless he is told
of the combination.
To keep the copper boiler bright pol
ish once a week with mixture made of
ten cents worth of oxalic acid powder
and quart of water. Rub on with a
flannel rag. The solution is poisonous
and should be placed out of children's
reach. Very little OF the fluid is Deces-
sary to polish the boiler. A quart will
last some months.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
Evtdence OF Insanity.

An old lawyer of distinction delighted
to tell the following story:
"Many years ago, I was defending a
prisoner for DEMONSTRATING, and, seeing
no other means of defending him in the
circumstances I set up the plea of in.
sanity. I argued it at length, read
many extracts from works on medical
Jurisprudence, and had fine patient at
tention of the court. The prosecuting
counsel did not attempt to reply to my
argument or controvert my authorities;
I seemed to have things my own way,
and whispered to theaprisoner that he
needn't be uneasy. Then came the
Judges charge, in which lie reminded
the iury there was no dispute between
counsel as to the facts OF the case. In
deed there could not have been, for
several witnesses had sworn positively
that they saw my client steal the horse.
a.But," concluded the Court, the
nles of insanity had been set up, and [
q Charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that
it should receive your very grave and
serious deliberation; but l must be
allowed to say, gentlemen, that, upon q
review of the whole case, l can discover
no evidence of insanity on the part OF
the prisoner, except, perhaps, IN the
selection of. his counsel.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
ROOTS AND srupB1E AS MANURE.

The value of roots and stub5lc n,
manure is generally moderated. TIN
Storrs Experiment Station has conducted
a series of observations upon the subject
as follows: Sections of soil containing
roots were taken mt various depths from
six inches to forty-two inches. 1t wa
found that under average conditions fron
three-fourths to niue-tcnths of the root
we're in the upper six inches. Some o.
the results afford the following interest
ing comparison Of the weight per acre O.
roots and stubblc, and the value thereof
Cow peas, to the depth of 81 feet, CAV
1897 pounds of roots and stubbs
which contained nitrogen, phos.
phoric acid and potash to the total value
of S4322; timothy and red top, to the
depth of three feet, gave value of $21..
SO per acre; buckwheat, to the depth oil
one foot, gave value of S1.23; wheat
roots alone, S143; clover roots alone,
$500, rich clover stubble having o
mauurial value of % Us per 1000 pounds.
Other observations confirm the fact that
clover roots and stubblc contain large
percentages of all three of the most
valuable ingredients o.; plant food. All
the facts seem to imply that clover aad
other lcguminous plants have the greatest
manurial value; timothy and other
grasses stand next, and the grain crops
leave the least amount of plant food in
the stubble The value of clover on
grain lands is thus partially accounted
for.-Boston Culticator.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
rSe1,Sp's REAL BEAUTIES.

In fact, the far famed beauty-aud it
still cxists--of England is only to be found
in the middle and lower classes. Tho
aristocracy are absolutely ugly, in gen
eral sense, and the uglicst of tho lot are
the maids of honor generally in attend
ancc on Her Majesty. On the other hand,
the shop girls, tho mattresses and bar
maids of London are often absolutely
beautiful in both face and figure. the
trim black dresses which they wear, FREQ
from trimming and adornment of any
kind, and their snowy aprons, only ell
nance their charms. The contrast some
times of bcvy of waiting women in at
tendance at one of the great mansions is
so strange that one begins to wonder
how it is tho lady cannot discover tho
secrets which enable her waiting maid
to possess and preserve her good looks.
Philadelphia Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
Effects of Coca Leaves.

The increase of ones power of endur-
ancc by the use of coca leaves, especially
in the higher attitudes, is something mar,
velous. Aside from relieving sirrochc-
the distressing difficulty of breathing in
cident to exercise in the thin air of the
Andes, it is said to completely abolish all
sense of hunger and fatigue. 1t is an
undonbted fact that an Indian, when well
supplied with coca, will travel from fifty
to seventy-tive miles day, carrying or
his back the load of a llama, almost with
out food for days together. Indeed he
considers food as Of secondary importance,
or rather third on the list of necessities,
diluted alcohol coming next to coca. All
the Aymaras and Quichuas, of Bolivia,
male and female, use incredible quantities
of both alcohol and coca, while their
allowance of food is very small, the
menu being limited to but two or three
edibles from one years end to another.
That the women consume even more than
the men is perhaps no more than fair,
since the former do all the hardest work
and earn most all the money Washing
ton Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
rAKrp roMAroEs w1rI RICE,

The Carolina style of serving baked
tomatoes will furnish a hearty dinner for
farmers family when meat is not easily
obtaiuabc. We would all be healthier
if less meat were eaten in very hot
weather, and vegetables and cereals
we're more largely INDUCED in. Take
large, sound, ripe tomatoes. Cut piece
oil the top about m inch in circumfcr-
auce and with a small spoon take out the
seeds and water, leaving in the pulp.
Meantime have pint of rice cooking in q
quart of boiling broth which you may
have made from the bones Of any roast;
season with salt and the half of a green
pepper cut very tiuc; cook for fifteen
minutes, when the broth will have becn
absorbed; drop in two ounces of butter
and draw to the back of the range for ten
minutes; then fill the tomatoes, put on
the covers, put little butter over each
and bake for half an hour.--4myican
Agriculturist..
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
SANDWICHES.

Jam sandwiches are the prctticst things
aad newest things for afternoon tea.
Peach jam, strawberry, apricot and plum
make the best sandwiches. OF course
the bread must be cut thin and well
buttcred before the jam is spread between
the slices, it only on the ground Of
economy, as the same pieces of bread dc
for both. Large Strawberries cut in slices
a quarter of an inch thick, strewn with
sifted sugar, and put between thin slices
OF French roll spread with fresh butter,
or better still, with heavy cream, make
exquisite sandwiches, and so do pine.
apples OF bannas treated in the same
fashion. Cream cheese sandwiches,
sugarcd, not salted, are delicious served
with strawberries. For savory sand
wiches, lettuce, cucum5crs and tomato
are much nicer at this time of year thar
the anchov;cs and caviarc, and smoked
sardincs that make such pleasant arc
dainty additions to the afternoon tcs
table in winter. Have you tried very
simple sandwich made of nasturtiun leaf,
spriuklcd with a little salt, and set be-
tween two thin circular pieces of ,breao
and butter of its own sizc2 If not i
will be u surprise to you to find how
dainty it is il llavor-B0ston Transcript
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
LEAD IN LACE.

Philip De Clarmont gives an account,
in lie Montteur della Temture, of o white
satin dress totally ruined by its trim
ming with English lace. The dress had
been worn but once, had then been
packed into trunk which was deposited
in damp place and exposed to emana-
tions of hydrosulphuric acid from gas.
When taken out. it was found that tho
pattern of the lace, particularly of its
tulle ground, had been printed in indeli-
bic black upon the white satin. The ac-
cdent was not difficult to explain. Eng
lish lace is habitually charged with sui
phatc of lead which in this case had alb
sorbed hydrogen and hydrosulphuric
acid from the atmosphere, forming sui.
phidc of lead, which had been imprinted
and fixed upon the white satin, which
naturally had also absorbed hydrogen
and hydrosulphuric acid. The seller OF
the lace showed that charging English
lace with white lead (sulphate of lead)
was commercial usage, and thereby cs-
capped paying the damage. An objec-
tionable usage it is at any rate, as the
absorption of lead through tho skin
from such lace may become dangerous to
health. Scientific american.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
FASHION NOTES.
Handsome countcrpanes show pink
undcrthrcads or shadowy foundations.

Handsome countcrpanes show pink
undcrthrcads or shadowy foundations.
Exquisite lounging robes arc made of
silk-striped terry embroidered with wash
silks.
"Robe" dresses have hand-painted
velvet flowers introduced in the trim
ming.
Sashes of surah are finished with tin
sci and silk netting above long silken
fringe.
For all fashionable correspondence the
notc-shcct and envelope must be very
small.
Handkerchicfs have narrow hens,
edged with Valcnciennes lace, half an
inch wide.
What are called summer rugs are
made of the feathers of birds, presum-
ably dyed.
1t is quito a fashionable recreation to
find two hats on the feminine head cx-
actly alike.
Lap robes, plaided with white and
blue, gray or tan, are suitable for ladies'
village carts.
Smoothly woven unblcached sheeting
is used for bel covers to be worked
with wash silks.
Pug dogs, because they are out oil
fashion, can be had almost for the
traditional song.
Undressed white kid gloves, with
gauntlets to the elbow, are now very
much the fashion.
Medicis collars are cut much smaller
than they were last season, and are
called "cherusques. +"
The latest fancy in bouquets is to have
the stalks tied with inca-wide velvet rib
bon, knotted at intervals, with buds aud
blossoms tied in each knot.
The most stylish sleeve is the full
bishop, made with loose slip wristlct
! one inch wide and banded just above the
elbow with two-inch ribbon.
Amethyst, stem green, silver, black
and cameo brown velvet ribbon is the
bouquet of color suggested for trimming
white dresses by the ladies' tailors.
The long skirt is slowly but surely
gaining ground. To be really la mode,
a skirt should touch the toe in front and
lie inch on the ground in the buck.
Some brides are making their bridal
calls with two cards, one for the bride
groom, Joined by a bow of white silk cord
knotted through holes pierced in the up
per left corners.
Striking contrasts are now the rule in
shoes. White kid fronts 60 with patent
leather and scarlet morocco backs. In
tennis shoes the colors are darker than
last year, especially of brown and tau.
Dark Russia red and black patent
leather are supersediug the russets. The
shoe is simplicity itself. The lacing
across the instep shows the hosiery,
which is as handsome as it can be made.
Lace, net and figured gauzes in redin-
gotes are now worn over plain silk skirts.
Overslzirts of striped, brocaded, or
printed silk have redingotes in plain silk.
These redingetes show the skirt beneath
more or less generously, according to the
fancy of the wearere
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06

I'm the mae7aG
the consumptive who's not be.
reft of Judgment and good sense.
Hes taking DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. If taken in
time and given fair trial, it will
effect a cure. Consumption is
Lung-scrofula. For Scrofula, in its
myriad forms, and for all Liver,
Blood and Lung diseases, the "Dis-
covery" is an unequalled remedy.
It's the only guaranteed one. If
it doesn't benefit or cure, you get
your money back. You only pay
for the good you get.
"Discovery" strengthens Weak
Lungs, and cures Splitting of Blood,
Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis,
Severe Coughs, and kindred affec-
tons. Don't be fooled into taking
something else, said to be "just as
good" that the dealer may make a
larger profit. There's nothing at
all like the "Discovery." 1t con-
tains no alcohol to inebriate; no
syrup or sugar to derange d.
gestion. As peculiar in it's cura-
tive effects as in its composition.
Equally good for adults or children.