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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-09
IRON ao,o0o 10 10000 hairs grow in

IRON 50, G00 20 l20, o1o hairs grow in
a lluln:En scalp.
On July the earth is farther away
from the sui, than at my either time.
Patti is preparing her autobiography,
wl4;cl, will be published simultaneously
in Paris and London.
IIavo ut least two pair of shoes OF the
same weight. and do not wear the same
pair two days in succession.
a nan never knows how much he
can do till I've tries-or how badly lie
can do it either.
The Visiting Nurse association of
Chicago employs and pays four trained
nurse; to visit the Sick poor free OF
charge.
A wllite pitch has been discovered
that can be run into deck seams hot,
ARA Will stand t,aa Suns lteat in any
aaitsxssa.
Y'wc;,sy-Nx people M.Msa Nlahoney
are employed in various capacities by
the city and countwgovcrnlncntof Chi
eASo.
Mrs. Arthur De Vail, of New York,
possesses u necklace OF priceless pearl
ropes containing 100 pearls of large
size
Mrs. Philip z. Armour, the wife OF
the Chicago millionaire, is II notable
liouscEceper. and prides herself upon
her culinary successes
Sume recently published statistics
show that Canada is tho proud posses
sor of 3,02l lawyers, of whonl nearly
onc-half belong to Ontario.
Tic discussion Of the affairs of ones
aeighbors is an evidence of prying
disposition and of mind occupied
with trilles.
Commissions in children should be
treated with cold bandnges to the head
and heat to the body. A tub of warm
water aud mustard is good.
Friends of the norbidly Irritable
SHOULD guard against increasing the
evil by their own conduct, and general
ly should take counsel with q physician.
a recipe for driving away cocllronchcs
is to sea! up several of the insects in an
envelope and drop it in the street un-
secn. Tho remaining reaches will oil so
to the finder of the parcel.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-09
Flotsan and JctSam.

a wlalc sixty-cight feet long, and
dead from the tl.rusts of a sword
fish, floated ashore on the South Caro-
lima coast the other day, and the two
parties of negroes who found it fought
dor four houss as to which SHOULD take
possession Then some white men came
along and gobblcd the prize.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-09
Gross CorclessncsS.

Miss Breezy-That statue you made
for US, Fir. (iravcr'
Graver-oh, yes-the copy of the
Venus of liilo; do you like Il?
Hiss Brcezy-Ycs, but isn't it I'M
lucky?-its arms have somehow been
broken oG.-Hlunscy's Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-09

f" stops for passengers on signal to conductor
~ daily, except Sunday.
Fl. w. Dunno, Sup't
Cape Charles City, Va.
r. j. Cooke, Gcn'l Freight and Pas
senGcr Agent, Norfolk, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-09
Good Views /!

No one, who Is willing to adopt tho right
course, need BIO long afflicted with boils, car
buncles, pimples, or other cutaneous erup-
tions. These are the results Of Natures ef-
forts to expel poisonous and effete matter
from tho blood, aud show plainly that tho
system is Kidding Itself through the skin OF
impurities which it was the legitimate work
of the liver and kidneys to remove. To re-
store these organs to their proper functions,
Ayers Sarsaparilla is the medicine required.
That 10 other blood-purlfer can compare
with 1t, thousands testify who have gained
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
SURVIVED FIG EXECUTION.
The Soldiers Fired Vollcy at Him and
 Thcn --2-cac Away.

The Soldiers Fired Vollcy at Him and
 Thcn --2-c;lc Away.
 A man who has attended his own ex- ccution ard still survives to relate the details is surely worthy of short para graph. The nan in question, though at present serving in thc humble capacity of waiter in onc of the Paris cafes, was, twcnty-cnc years ago, one pf the his to.ic characters of tho world. His name is Colonel GI2rScras, and in 1869 he was on tl,c po:lt of being proclaimed President of Uruguay, when he was ar rested, charged with treason, and sen fenced to Ec slot.
 On Monday. June 90, of that year, scvs the St. Louis Republic, he was taken by Q platoon of soldiers out 0f the capital to cleared spot in the heart cf n forest and bound to chair. At the word ''Fircr' q nervous shock caused Aiarteras to fall to the ground. He did not hear tSe vollcy. but laborer work ing near by cid. The workman went to ascertain the cause, saw the solohers marching away and Marter2s badly wounded, but not dead by cCy means lying on thc ground. Tie laborer took the would-bc president home and cured his wounds. and Le aud Marteras now often tell Cf the supposed execution o1 the French pretCndcr."
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
ANCIENT BUDDHIST STATUE.
Some Carvings Found in India by Chil-
 dren at Play.


 dren at Play.
 The Pioneer of Allahabad reports an archaeological discovery of some impor- tance at Maheswar, in the Rungpore district Some children while playing among ruins there unearthed two beau tiful groups of statuary cut from the hard black basaltic stone found near Gya. Both represent mythological deities, with features of Greco-Bud- dhistic type. The first is two feet in length by twenty inches in breadth, with depth of six inches. It repre- sents Vishnu or Basudo, the emblem of the preserving power in nature.
 The central figure stands on a lotus and its four hands grasp club, wheel, lotus and couch. On the head is a tiara three inches in height, which, with the earrings, necklace, bracelets, waist-chain and sacred thread, are ren- dered with wonderful degree of deli cacy and finish. To the right and left stand figures of Lallsmi, the goddess ol wealth, and Saraswati, who patronizes learning, each ten inches in height. Round the central group are seven minor deities, armed with bows and ar rows and riding on horses and ele- phants. The entablature is surmount- ed by head of the Alavar, known as Nrisingha. On the base is an inscrip- tion said to be in the Landsa charac- ter, a mixed form of Devanagirl and Tibetan.
 The second piece of carving is small CT, and the workmanship, though good, is not equal to that of the other group. It is sixteen inches high, twenty inches broad and six inches deep, and repre- sents Pauranic goddess. The figure is seated on a lotus and is four-armed. The lower left hand supports male in- fant, the corresponding right hand holds a sweetmeat and the two other grasp branches of trees. This group also has an inscription in Landsa, which, hOwev- CT, has defied elucidatiOn. Both pieces of sculpture arc in excellent preservation, the tracery being as clear cut as ii 1t had just left the artists hand. History and tradition are alike silent as to the origin of these curious relics, and it will prob ably remain puzzle how an inscription in bastard Tibetan should be discovered at so unlikely spot.
 The keenest excitement was caused by the discovery among the Hindu pop ulation. Apart from the intrinsic value of the carvings, which is considerable, they are objects of worship. During their temporary sojourn at the local DO lice station they were visited by crowds and smothered with sweet oils and flow CTS. Various claimants came forward and to avoid litigation the district made them over to the local Hindu religious association. They have been built into the wall at one end of its hall, where they were inspected with interest by Stuart Bayley during his recent visit te Rungpore.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
IMAGINATION KILLED HER.
A Dream of Death Accurately Carried
 Out to the Peaceful End.

A Dream of Death Accurately Carried
 Out to the Peaceful End.
 A remarkable instance of the hold superstition has upon the mind of even the educated and religious, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, was recently eX- hibited in the case of Mrs. Rebecca Byrnes, of Helena, Ark, lady noted for her intellectual attachments and pious life. One morning, arising in what seemed her usual health and spir- its, she summoned her children to come to her.
 One son was residing in Topeka, Kan, one in New Orleans, two daughters were married and living in Sedalia, Mo-, but, obedient to their mothers call, they came at once, though ignor- ant of the reason of their summons. When all were about her the lady in- formed them that she had had dream, in which her husband, who had been dead for nearly fifteen years, had warned her that she had only ten days more of life. She sent for her children to bid them goodbye, which she pro- ceeded to do with much calm ness, but with the air of one who had not the slightest doubt that she was already dy- ing.
 Her friends attempted to reason with her and to point out the folly of placing such perfect confidence in a dream, but all to no purpose, for the lady persisted in asserting that she would depart from earth on such day and exactly at a certain hour.
 Her pastor demonstrated with her, and even brought the severest censure to bear on her superstitious credulity, and at last Mrs. Byrnes ceased to speak of the matter, so that her family had begun to think that shc had conquered her fancy. She continued in excellent health and pursued her usual daily life, but just before the hour she had pre- dicted would be that of her death she sought her children and bade them good bye, then, seating herself quietly in an . armchair, expired just as the hour was struck. The physicians declare that her death was due solely to her imag- ination.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
A SINGULAR WARFARE.
It Is waged by the Nobility on Walters Who Wear Mustaches.

It Is Waged by the Nobility on Walters c Who Wear Mustaches.
 ? A Vienna dispatch to London paper says: A curious wager is at present oc- cupying the attention of such widely separated classes as our young noblemen and the Association of Hotel and Res taurant Walters in this capital. Several of the young scions of the highest Aus trian aristocracy, who were accustomed to dine in an old hotel of high repute in the Karnthner Strasse, took exception to the practice of the walters, most of whom have seen twenty or thirty years service, in dressing their mustaches in just the same fashion as the noble swells" they had to serve. One of the high-born customers accordingly laid wager, which was immediately accept ed, that within a given time the ob- iectionable adornment should disap- pear from the upper lips of the wait CTS in all the fashionable hotels and restaurants in Vienna, otherwise the proposer himself was to shave off his own establishment for given period.
 In norder to effect his purpose, the latter commenced by trying to persuade the hotel-keeper in the Karnthner Strasse tc forbid all his servants wearing mus taches, on penalty of losing his aristo- cratic customers. In this case he sue eeeded, but the walters, who were mostly married men, one after another gave notice to leave their places. They were at once replaced by younger men who, for a consideration, submit ted to the imposed humiliation. The same thing happened in a number ot other hotels and restaurants, and the wager was nearly won by the layer, when the proprietor of the Hotel Impe' rial, the first hotel in Vienna, fatly re- fused to comply with the whim of the Vienna jeunesse doree, whom he told outright that if they deserted his house he should readily find better customers. The case was also taken up ''as matter of right and honor," by the Association of Walters, which threatened to eXpel from the society any member degrad- ing himself by humoring aristocratlc caprice in this matter. Thus the matter stands at the present moment. The bet appears likely to be lost, and then will come the triumph of the walters, who expect soon to have the satisfaction o1 seeing their would-be dictatOrs, instead of themselves, going about with shaven lips,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
An OId-Tima Custom.

A resident in Clements inn, England,
 writes: Oranges and lemons say the bells of St. Clements" according to a quaint and ancient doggerel which thousands of school children have chanted while they play without know ing that the words had any import other than the hay ideas conveyed to young minds by nonsense rhymes. Beadles and portcrs of St. Clements inn, however, attach q practical mean ing to this music of the bells, It is their custom always on New-Year's morning, and has been from time immemorial, to present to each tenant of chambers in the inn an orange and a lemon, accom- panying this gift with wishes for a happy new year. If all ancient customs were so honored in the observance there would be little fault to find with them.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
large Families.

The Government of Quebec last win ter provided that every father of fam ilv having twelve or more children living should be entitled, under certain eondi- tions of settlement, to one hundred acres of land. Since the day appointed for re- ceiving claims, there have been no less than five hundred and forty-seven duly proven applications, and fresh claims are coming in, which, it is expected, will raise the total to between seven and eight hundred. The notable fact about this is that, while the burden of the birth and care of children comes to the mother, all she gets from the Gov ernment will be the use of one-third ot the land if she lives longer than her bus band. -..--- ...--
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
School niscinllne in Germany.

A queer case of school discipline has lately attracted attention in Germany. The teacher of q village school, who carried on the business of extracting teeth to increase his paltry income, utilized his dental skill for the disciplin- ing of recalcitrant pupils. Eight boys were by him deprived of teeth, which he thought they could get along better without than with, as punishment for gross disobedience. The parents of the pupils caused this odd discipiinarian to be prosecuted for doing bodily injury to their offspring, but the charge was dis mlssed because the teacher proved by expert medical testimony that instead of harming his pupils he had actually benefited them This style of discipline, however, has been prohibited,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
HEADS OF FAMOUS FRENcHMEN

How Some Great Characters Are Judged k by Scientific Measurement I Scientific Paris is just at present en- unused over a new fad, well known in America-the shapes and measurements of the heads of famous people, says the New York Journal. Among the recent experiments made with a measure such as is used by natter to shape hats to order, are some extremely curious re- suits. Of course the exact dimensions of the craniums of historic personages have to be secured from pictures and busts.
 One of the most irregular is that of Voltaire, which is almost pear-shaped, bulging out suddenly and offering curl- ous number of indentGions. If this is the philosophical philosophy not unmixed with poignant satire and cynic- ism-then the legal cranium differs rad ically from it.
 NJ. Demange, one of the ablest crim- inal lawyers in Paris, the man who con- ducted with the most consummate skill the defense of the murderer Pranzini, has perfectly round head.
 General Le Brun might represent the military head, almost oblong, but Gen. eral Ferron's, brave and capable French commander, is entirely round. The latter is prudent and cautious in his movements.
 Gambetta had a very ordinary head, coming slightly to point in the rear. This is the French political cranium.
 IL hoe 1O1Ic head, almost perfectly round, and quite ample enough to harbor all the differ ent feuds to which he has been a party. If his head is to be taken as an illuStra- tion of combativeness, as shown in the numerous duels in which he has been a principal, then NJ. Henri Rocheforts, his rival in that regard, is almost the opposite type-rather long, narrow and of very irregular shape.
 The head that wears a crown, or rather should wear a crown, if the Roy alists are to be believed, is narrow in forehead and almost regular in shape. The Due DAumale and the Due de Montpensier are similar in regard to the shape of the forehead, but the latter's s is enormous in it's proportions.
 Marshal MacMahon is a combination of the military and the political-a mar row forehead, small oblong head, lit tie like Voltaire's, but of much smaller proportions. It is almost the same as that of Gambetta, but not so regular. A very small head is that of the Prince of Monaco, who has never distinguished himself in any particular; while reg ularly long and narrow one, almost the fac-simile of foot, belongs to Osman Pasha.
 The French scientists believe that race and nationality have much to dc with the shape of the head. The same military genius who in one part of the world has long, narrow head, ir another part will be small and round According to them the North Germans Swedes, Norwegians and Russians are long-headed, deriving their origin from Eastern sources, while the South Ger mans, the Austrians, the Hungarians the Swiss, the Irish, the French, being of Celtic origin, are round and broad il the shape of their craniumS.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
THE QUEEN OF HAWAII.
She Is Dignined, Stately Woman of Edu-
 eaton aa Experience.

She Is DigniGed, Stately Woman of Edu-
 eaton aa Experience.
 The queen of Hawaii, who has as- cended the throne in succession to the late king; is not wholly inexperienced, as she had on several occasions acted as regent in the absence of the king. h. deed, says the Chicago Journal, she was so acting when he died. She rejoices in the name of Lydia Kamehameha Lili- nol5alani, and was born in 1888. Her relationship to the Kamehamehas, the first kings of the united Hawaiian islands, is through her mother. It is an old native law that legitimacy tor the right to be royaD is derived from the female, and not from the male, as in European countries. The queen, who was poor claimed Ecir-apparent to the throne on April F, 1877. is morganatic- ally married, her husband, Lieut-Gen, John Owen DominiS. being q governor of one of the islands. The new ruler is tall in stature and dignifed in man. ner. The new queen is a woman of much strength of character, is intel lectual, we'll read, and. in fact, clever. She speaks English tluently
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
rrerrhoar 2 sk.::-Grca.aer.

A scientific gentleman of Buenos Avrcs, NJ. Cobes, has discovered that ell living animals breath through thelr skins as vcIl e through their lungs Hvpcdcrn,ic injections of c2yCen into their skins ere taken up by the caPil- laries of the system in the samo manner as when oxygen is brc2thcd through the langs. The practical part Of the discovery is that M. Cobes thinks the hypo6ernic respiration will become of great use in lung diseases.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
The Search for the Pole.

Scientists have by no means aban- doned the attempt to reach the North Pole. The prospects are fair that an- other year will see an expedition into Antarctic regions for purposes of ex- ploration and discovery. It is quite probable aleO f, f our f'0vcrr7ro c-s during t.-c ccl2iC, -1E. 1- petition wl-,ch shall penetrate llUo t--e yet unknown interior of our own Ter ritory Of Alaska.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left ear uppertit in right ear Wattle (varuga) on jaw. under mouth. c on left jaw (cheek, bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock C on left cheek and C on left ribs.
 HENRY HUNiNG Post office: Show Low. Arizona Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek, Laguna Or;ega and Laeuna Salada.
 Horse brand C { left shoulder
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-03
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.

William Hallfssey, the Murderer OF
William Mclaughlin, Arraigned in
the Harlem Police Court-Story of
the Crime.
NEW York, August civilian HALLS
sey, the murderer of William Mclaughlin,
was arraigned at the Harlem police court
this morning. Hallissey is fifty years old,
and by trade ajourneyman jeweler.
At the same time in court were two wit
nesses to the affair. They were Mrs. Kate
Hallissey, the prisoners wife, and William
Burke of No. 242 Mott street, in whose
arms Mclaughlin died shortly after he was
shot.
Mrs. Hallissey is the sister of the muir
dered man. On Saturday afternoon the
deceased, who was twenty-eight years old
and lived at 1876 West sixty-seventh street,
called on the Hallisseys. The two drank
considerable, and became very drunk.
Soon after, as the police say, the two
men began a quarrel. Hallissey, it is
claimed, was home at the time,
and drank with the two men. This,
Hallissey denies, declaring that he did not
return from his business until midnight. 1t
was little AFTER III O'Clock when Nc
Laughlin and Burke staggered out of the
Hallissey's room to go home. 1t is alleged
Hallissey accompanied them half way
down the stairs. When Mclaughlin
reached the sidewalk it is claimed he made
some sighting remark about Hallissey's
daughter Kate, which was overheard by
her brother George. The next instant a
shot was fired and Mclaughlin dropped
into the arms of his friend Burke, who was
too drunk to hold him long, allowing him
to slip to the sidewalk, where he gave one
gasp and was dead.
Officer Keyser, on hearing the report of
the pistol, ran in the direction of the sound
and found Burke STOPPING over the corpse
of Mclaughlin. The body was removed
to the station house and Burke detained
as witness. Shortly afterwards HALLS
sey was taken into custody at his home.
Burke said to-day that he was too drunk
to have clear understanding of what oc-
Cured. Mrs. Hallissey says that she
knows nothing of the shooting. The
police are looking for Hallissey's son and
daughter, both of whom, it was learned,
had left the house shortly after the shoot
ing and remained away all night. At the
request of the police the police justice re-
manded Hallissey, his wife and Burke back
to the station house until tomorrow morn
ing when they will be brought to court
AGAIN
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-03
TBLEGRAPHIC JOTTINGs,

The sale of the Gaulois has been pro-
hibited by the German authorities in
Alsace-Lorraine.
Turkish dispatches say that the govern
ment troops were victorious in a battle
with the insurgents in Yemen.
Trouble is brewing in Madagascar, the
government there refusing to grant appli-
cations for consular exequaturs made
through the French officials.
The president yesterday morning, in
company with Mr.. Wanamaker, attended
service at the Cold Spring Presbyterian
church at Cape May Point, N. j.
The death of Hon. Bayless Hanna, min
lister to the Argentine Republic, during
the Cleveland administration, occurred at
Charlottesville, Ind, yesterday.
Inquiries made yesterday elected the in
formation that Mr.. Spurgeon is in tran
quill condition and is able to sleep and eat,
but evinces no decided progress toward
recovery.
A despatch from Drontheim, where the
imperial yacht Hohenzollern touched yes
terday, says Emperor William has 80 far
recovered from the effects of his recent
fall that he will soon be permitted to walk.
The workmen of the Cherhourg arsenal
gave punch" at the Hotel de Vile to the
Russian crews. They carried the com
mander of the Korniloffe around the hall
in chair amid enthusiastic cries of "rive
la Russo"
The major part of the directors of the
Freeman's Journal wish to continue in a
Parnellite course and to exclude E. Dwyer
Gray's influence from the management of
the Journal. Mr.. Gray intends call a
meeting of the shareholders to expel those
directors.
The attack made on Athale, the italian
station in Northeast Africa, occurred on
June 6. The place was occupied by Italian
flonardi and an Arab garrison, and was
provisioned for one month. No new b 8
been receivedslnce. 1t is hoped that peace
has been restored.
At about 2 o'clock Sunday morning on
High street, near Ballston, New York, a
freight car jumped the track, pulling sew
en- others after it. The cars were loaded
with slabs of granite. No one was in
jured and the track was reported free for
travel early this morning