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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18

On July 10, 1745, Captain James
Talbot, in the Prince Frederick, and
Captain John Morecock. in the Duke,
fell in with the Spanish ships Notre
Dame, Lewis Erasmus and Marquis
D'Antin. The Prince Frederick attack
ed the Marquis D'Antin, and took her,
being at the same time exposed to the
fire of the Lewis Erasmus, which, after
a stubborn resistance, was also captured,
but as each Of the ships was superior to
the English vessel, the engagement last
ed some hours The Duke, which had
commenced the action, had III the mean
time gone in pursuit of the Notre Dame,
which had taken flight, but night COM
ing on, the chase was given up, and the
Duke returned to assist the Prince Fred
ericll in the charge Of the captured ships.
The two prizes contained treasure to the
amount of $500, 900, which was convey
ed to the Tower III 10 wagons on the 1st
and Cd Of October. -Medallic 1llustra-
tiOuS
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French Prisoners Railway Carriages.


These railway carriages, of which
there are 40 in constant use, are the
property Of the government, who pay
one-half of the price of third class
ticket for each prisoner conveyed. The
repairs are executed in the yards Of the
different railway companies at the ex
psnsc of the state. They merit de-
tailed description.
Each carriage contains double row
of cells, nine on each side, separated by
q passage running lengthwiee, with a
solid door on each lateral face. at one
extremity there il desk and table
that draws out. These, as we'll as a
number of cupboards, are for the use OF
the warders. The latter sleep on fold
ing bedsteads, which the passage is just
wide enough to accommodate. The cells
are 60 centimeters ga inches) wide, Go
centimeters (2G inches) deep and LIS
meters g feet inches) high. The pris-
oners sit facing tie door and are attach
ed by leg irons, giving certain amount
of play to the legs. Should prisoner
misconduct himself it is possible to
shorten the chains from the passage
without opening the door Of the cell.
Their creature comforts, however. are
not altogether neglected, the carriage
being lighted by windows at either end
and warmed by stove. At night it is
brilliantly lighted by q special lamp.
One cell is fitted up as convenience for
the prisoners. For intellectual recrea-
ton, it must be admitted, small provi-
sion is made. The articles of the code
relating to convicts are hung up inside
the cell door, and that is all.-Fort-
nightly Review.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18
A Powerful Burning Glass.

The most powerful sunglass ever con-
structed in France was that made un-
der the supervision Of the savant NJ.
de villette. This glass generated heat
sufficient to melt u copper coin of the
size Of our silver 25 cent piece in ~
seconds.
George Parker of Fleet street, Lon
don, made glass much more powerful
than that which resulted from the
Frenchman S efforts Parker's was three
feet in diameter and so powerful that it
was actually used to melt substances
which were too refractory for the fur
naces. The best authorities on heat say
that it had power of 1861 1862 degrees
F. This is best understood when it is
known that it only takes temperature
of 2, 1877 degrees to melt cast iron SO that
it will flow like water. Louis Re-
Dublic
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nIustn,t sl,nre Women.

A strange incident occurred III Bonn
bay recently. a monster meeting OF
Rindoo BARRIERS was held for the purpose
of considering the question of the i'm
propriety of shaving the heads of Hin
doc widows and thereby disfguring
them for life. About 400 BARRIERS hay
ing assembled, one Of them, named Ba
bajee More, read a pamphlet i'll Nah
ratti, in which he stated that the bar
bels Of old were happy and contented,
but latterly, as though curse had de-
scended on their heads, trade had fallen
off, and they had become poor. The
curse could only be accounted for by the
fact that they were committing great
sin in shaving the heads of poor, limo.
cent widows, thus depriving them OF
their best ornament 1t was against the
Hindoo scriptures to deprive widow OF
her hair, and doubtless it was the curses
Of the widows that had lowered their
calling. The meeting thereupon unanl-
mously resolved that no barber should
shave a widows head, and that If he
did he should be communicated.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18
uanovarian Etiquette.

One Of the minute points of etiquette
upon which the king of Hanover insist
ed was that he would not receive visit
ors for first presentation to MIN except
in uniform. Sir Joseph Grove had no
uniform, and he comments on the fact
that king who was utterly blind could
see (sic) unless the person he wished to
honor was in uniform. An American
journalist was once refused an interview
with the same king of Hanover on the
same ground, but he was ultimately
more successful, for, pleading that he
was an American republican and there
fore could not do otherwise than appear
without a uniform, he was received,
the king commenting himself at the be-
ginning of the interview upon the spe-
cial ground for the exception. -Athe-
,,o1r1,,,
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Hsd Spotted Skin and Hair.

The first and most wonderful Of the
spotted negroes vas born in 1908 on the
island of st. Vincent His father and
mother were both Africans of the very
darkest hue The child in question was
as spotted us leopard, the peculiarly
not conflniug Itself to the skin alone,
but extending to the hair and nails. The
hair (wool) Of the head was composed
of 30 spots, alternately black and pure
white, varying from the size Of pea to
that of a half dollar. Showmen who
heard of the freak engaged the boy and
his parents for tour of England. He
died at Great Marlowe, Buckingham.
shire. in the fifth year Of his age
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18
A Wooden House May Be Water Tight

A Wooden House May BE Water Tight.
As many architects have probably re-
ceived from owners complaints of leak
ages of walls and roofs during severe
storms, it may be of assistance, to the
Younger practitioners, at least, to know
that they may properly assure their
clients that the experience of the best
architects and builders shows that it
often proves difficult to build wall or
q roof, even under careful supervision,
which will not permit water to enter
the interior during protracted storms
accompanied by high winds. Even with
the most careful work in filling masonry
Joints, minute cracks will occur, through
which the water will penetrate, and these
cracks are most difficult to detect. Great
difficulty also is found i'll having the
pointing Of stone work so done as to
prevent penetration of water during drlv-
ing storms. A cheap wooden house shin
gled Oh the outside can with ordinary
care be made watertight, but brick or
masonry walls even 2 feet thick, al
though built with especial care, often
prove to be very vulnerable to wind
driven storm water.-American Archi-
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18

A Foxcroft man who was in the Maine
legislature in 1869 recalls perfectly how
Tom Reed looked and acted at that time.
The budding young statesman from
Portland was 30 years of age, with
face as smooth as an apple, and, as the
Foxcroft ex-member put it, "He weigh
ed over 200 pounds and looked like
great, green, overgrown boy. " His con-
duct and bearing we're much the same
then ss now, and his appearance when
addressing the house, though aggressive,
with a humorous turn, was, over all,
timorous. Boston Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18

the rivers Ct blood. With tie EARTH
quakcs Of thy wrath shake the founda-
lions Of the palaces of the sultan. Move
all the nations Of Europe to command
cessation Of cruelty. If need be, let the
warships of civilized nations boom their
Indignation. Let tho crescent go down
before the cross, and the Mighty One,
who hath Oh his vesture and on his
thigh name written King of Kings
and Lord Of Lords, go forth, conquer
ing and to conquer. Thine, o Lord, is
the kingdom Halleluiah Amen"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18
So She Was Exiled From the Choir.

The Rev. ~. NJ Shepherd, vicar of
St. Johns, Carlisle, has inst dismissed
from the choir of his church young
lady, Miss Gibson, because she took
part in an amateur performance of
s.Iolanthe " at the Carlisle theater. y
write this, - said the reverend gentle
man in his letter, with great sorrow
and disappointment, but your appear
ance in the choir would cause so much
comment and give so much
umbrage and hinder my spiritual work
to such al extent that should despair
of recovering such blow for years to
come. "-Westminster Gazette.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18
Hungary Water.

The first alcoholic perfume was Hun
gary water, made from rosemary by
Elizabeth of Hungary, 1870, she having
procured the recipe from Hungarian
hermit. This perfume became popular
throughout all Europe in that and the
rucceeding century.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18
ARMENIAN HORRORS.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE TELLS THE STORY
OF MOHAMMEDAN CRUELTY.

An Eloquent and Fervid Appeal - The
Cowardly Sultan Excoriated-Has Amer
lea the Right to BE Hoard?-Clara Bar
ton and the Red Cross.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. 1t was appro-
pirate that in the presence of the chief
men of this nation and other nations
DIR. TaImage should tell the story of Ar
menian massacre. What will be the ex-
tent for good of such discourse none
can tell. The text was II Kings XIX,
81, "They escaped into the land of Ar
menia. ;"
In Bible geography this is the first
time that Armenia appears, called then
bv the same name rs now. Armenia is
chiefly tableland, 1000 feet above the
level of the sea, and on one of its peaks
Noah's ark landed, with its human
family and fauna that were to fill the
earth. That region was the birthplace
of the rivers which fortified the garden
of Eden when Adam and Eve lived
there, their only roof tho crystal skies
and their carpet the emerald Of rich
grass. It's inhabitants, the ethnologlsts
tell us, arc "a superior type of the eau
casian race. Their religion is founded
on the Bible. Their Saviour is our
Christ. Their crime is that they will not
become followers of Mohammed, that Ju-
piter of sensuality. To drive them from
tho face of the earth is the ambition Of
all Mohammedans. 70 accomplish this,
murder is no crime, and wholesale mas
sacre is matter of enthusiastic appro-
baton and governmental reward
The prayer sanctioned by highest Mo-
hammcdan authority and recited every
day throughout Turkey and Egypt,
while styling all those not Mohamme-
dams as iniidels, is as follows 80 Lord
of all creatures! 0 Allah Destroy the
infidels and polytheists, thine enemies,
the enemies of the religion. o Allah,
make their children orphans and detile
their bodies, cause their feet to slip,
give them and their families, their
households and their women, their chill
dren aud their relatives by marriage,
their brothers and their friends, their
possessions and the race, their wealth
and their lands as booty to the Mos
lens, @ Lord of all creatures! ' The
life of an Armenian in the presence of
those who make that prayer is of no
more yalue than the life of summer
insect
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II..)TII.I.L||:l,I..)ZJI55
IIb'I.L'.B.RI.IlAL,.
such us

Doors. Windows, Blinds, ManteIs,
White Pine Mouldings, Turned
Porch Columns, Porch Trimmings,
Shingles, Laths, Hair, Lime,
Bricks, Cement, and Il full line OF
Hardware, Cook, Parlor and Gasoline
Stoves. Pumps, Stone Well CURLING,
Wall Paper, Tinware, Lever
Setting CuttivatorS, HarrowS, Wheel
Barrows, Wheel Wood, Coal,
Agents for Harrison Bros u Cos
Paints, &c, &c.
Give us Il trial and he convinced
that our prices for goods in our line
are lower than ever known to be in
this county before.
Thanking You for your kind favors
OF the past, and soliciting contin-
uance OF the same. we are,
Respectfully yours
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18

rOhere has never been time in the
history of man when goods We're
I as low rs they are to-day, and we
have bought very largely this season,
much more so than usual, direct from
tile manufacturers in the West, Tor
spot cash in order to meet the wants
o. the trade at rock bottom prices
for all kinds of
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-18

An Eloquent and Fervid Appeal - The
Cowardly Sultan Excoriated-Has Amer
lea the Right to Be Hoard?-Clarn Bar
ton nnd the Red Gross.
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American Sympathy.

Did say in opening that on one OF
the peaks of Armenia, this very Anne
MIA of which we speak, i'll Noah's time
the ark landed, according to the myth,
as some think, but according to Gods
"say So" as know, and that it was aft
er long storm of 40 days and 40 nights,
called the deluge, and that afterward q
dove went forth from that ark and re-
turned with an olive leaf in her beak?
Even so now there is another ark being
launched, but this one goes sailing not
over deluge of water, but deluge OF
blood-the ark of American sympathy
and that ark, landing on Ararat, from
it's window shall fly the dove of kind
ness and peace to find the olive leaf Of
returning prosperity, while all the
mountains of Moslem prejudice, oppres-
sion and cruelty shall stand 10 cublts
under. Meanwhile we would like to
gather all the dying grcans of all the
100000 victims of Mohammedan op-
preston AMI intone them into one pray
er that would move the earth and the
heavens, hundreds Of millions OF Chris
tians voices, American and European
CRYING ont: 80 God Most High, spare
thy children With mandate from the
throne hurl back upon their launches
the horses of the Kurdish cavalry. Stop
Mesa free press., 1896-04-03
The Natural Bridge.


of fossils and petrifactions, in color,
form and material in the world
! 1t is situated in Gila county Ari-
zona, about 5000 feet above sea
level, one hundred miles south from
Flagstaff, on the A u P railroad
and starting point for the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado, easterly
from Phoenix similar distance,
over what might be 6rst-class
wagon road, seventy-fve miles
northerly from Globe which a rail-
road will soon reach, and spans q
deep cba along which ordinarily
flows very small stream often
designated by the name oil Pine.
Much is truly said of The grand
eur and magniiicence of the Grand
Canyon Of the Colorado, which far
exceeds in magnitude, and changing
scenery any other like freak of ma
ture on the globe. But it is in
comparable with the awe, mystery
and wonder that strikes the behol
der of this fossllized bridge and its
environments on even first cursory
view, increasing in astonishment on
further examination, and days
even weeks-exploring the multi
piled caves, caverns, etc.
Erudition, choice periods and
finely polished phrases, attract, in
terest and afford pleasurable SEN
sations in reading, while quite often
imparting very little useful infor-
nation. The object herein sought
is to give sterling facts in common
language to ensure this description
as realistic as possible, only gener
alizing, as any attempt at details
would take volumes.
As to a general view of the TO-
rog a ohy of tile plateau Of some 40
acres, including and covering the
bridge proper, which constitutes the
farm, or rather, ranch, in western
phrase-of d. D. Gowen, the resi-
dent proprietor thereof, together
with some of the surroundings.
This farm is substantially level
plat of very rich soil, nearly Or
quite half mile in extent norther-
" and southerly, along the line of
hills, which tower some 1900 above
on either side, with an irregular
average of one-third that width
The upper, or northern part has
quite a descent from the eastern
hill to which it is permanently at
tachel. to near the western hill
where it abr ruptly breaks off by an
almost vertical wall of some 200
feet to the trinkling of the small
stream "Pine" In the dark chasm
L hn
tumbling over boulders and thro
crevices to where it enters under
the bridge proper at the lower or
southern end, and thus continues,
covered by the southerly part OF
said farm, some 200 feet below the
surface thereof, on its dubious way
TO eventually mingle with the briny
deep.
But as he bridge at each end,
indents the surface of the ranch for
many feet, 1.-THE bridge-is now
only about 500 feet wide, though
evidently double that width in for
mer ages. The elements or con-
vulsions of remote periods have
evidently gradually dissolved into
pristine atoms and mingled with
other new creations. The south
part is somewhat smaller than the
upper part and being attached to
the hills on either side, is level,
with slight depression towards
Mesa free press., 1896-04-03

dS TO .Cn6 IlaIluoF Wnen anu NV
long these immense masses were In
process Of creation.
From time immemorial when old
dame nature did not dream Of fu--
ture existence OF "Old Dawes" farm
or bridge across the gorge, then
200 feet below it's present surface,
the water of those springs, possibly
of tenfold volume and fossillizing
power than now. has been perform
ing it's office work of filling the
chasm with marvelously curious
fossils and petrifactions of divers
colors, kinds and sorts, aud con-
structing it's bridge.in such fantas-
tic forms and varieties of stupen-
dous grandeur and magni6cence as
nowhere else appears Oh earth in
conjunction with such other essen-
tial materials and substances as
nature deemed wisest to provide.
Consequent upon such gradual ele-
vation of the plateau was the rising
of the orifces of those springs un-
tsl their greater work was accom-
plished a sure and safe foundation
constructed for the unknown depth
of soil now constituting the farm,
which was evidently created by
decaying vegctatson and mountain
wash overcoming the power of the
water to fossilize or petrify every
thing coming in contact Herewith
by reason of losing portion Of
such power or volume or both, yet
retaining sufficient to gradually
fossilize their orifces upward as soil
rose above it's foundations to it's
highest point. doubtless accounting
for their being bottomless at pres
ent. These seem sensible views of
original conditions after considera-
tion and examination Of the present
conditions and environments. Bat
could we correctly drlve into the
remote ages of the past and actu-
ally witness conditions then exist
ing, very likely quite different con-
siderations might be- neces >ary to
arrive at the truth.
More space has been given this
branch of the subject on account Of
the unique character of the farm
and its vironnents and resources
than most might deem it deser we'd
but it will be equally or more at
tractive to practical minds than the
often much spurious verbiage and
extravagant statements relating to
native wonders that rarely only
crafty the sensuous in the average
man, unless he is endowed with
faculties that enable him TO fully
realize the projected design of his
creator in those grand, magnificent
and stupendous creations and evo-
lutions of nature
The primitive formation of this
natural bridge and also of all the
visible sub-strata of the farm is of
such divers kinds and varied hues
as to clearly indicate multiI lied
changing in the character of the
water, the vegetable and other or
ganic substances entering into its
com position during its formation.
A redish porphyritic granite ap-
pears to be the original foundation
rock upon which is erected this vast
natural structure, and doubtless the
substrata also, that were forming
during countless ages. A careful
consideration of all Of these appa-
rent truths after a more critical
examination of present existences
and progresses during long past
periods disclose matters of momen :
oantn % \ hnt n,,nht tn nt;
Mesa free press., 1896-04-03

SANTA FE, PRESCOTT & PHOENIX r. R.
TIME TABLE
(fount tain Time is Standard Time)
Leave Phoenix, north bound. at 80 a m and
7 40 q m
Arrive at Prescott, north bound, at 283 p m
and l0pm.
and IL OF p m
Leave Ash Fork, ,southbound, Q p m and o M
Leave Prescott, south bound, m and 56
Q m.
Arrive at Phoenix, south bound, at As m
and p. M
Mesa free press., 1896-04-03
from the surrounding hills during
he cycles of the past.


Whatever may be the under for
nations or sub-strata of large por-
tions of this magnificent plat of
ground, aside from the bridge prop
er, both of which are apparently
fossil in general character, or how
or when formed, other than con-
jecturally, as hereafter intimated
may remain unsolved mysteries for
ever Yet the soil of said farm is
deep and fertile, evidently ages in
folming luxuriant vegetable
growth, and even more, almost con-
tinuse. wash from-the towering hills.
This is concIusively apparent from
the easterly side of the upper part
attached to the hill being some feet
higher than the westerly side, where
abruptly broken off by the deep
chas,n, as would necessarily be the
natural result of grad ual forma-.
ton from such flow, while the 10 v
er part reaching the hills on either
side, with consequently equal wash
from each, is nearly level with only
a slight depression towards the
center.
Although some 5000 feet above
ca level, this farm is so protected
by surrounding hills and otherwise,
that the apricot, peach, grape and
other like fruits are cultivated with
ne greatest success. And cropa
requiring much milder climates
than usually found at such attitudes
are successfully raised by irrigation
from springs.
AS there is no fossilizing or pet
rifying quality the water of "Pine"
creek, which is of small quantity
independent of the springs, except
on occasional floods, nor in the wa
ter of said springs, only under pc
culiar conditions, an important
query suggests ITSELF ulder, the
present conditions of the water, and
other substances essential to such
vast formations; how such immense
of fossils or peLrlfactions
underlying 40 acres of land and 100
to 200 feet deep, and also under
thousands of adjoining acres, were
created. unless from extremely diff
fering natural conditions in the re-
mote past from these now known
to exist.
At the upper or eastern edge of
northern part of the farm are at
present some five. distinct springs in
suring to the surface jointly less
than one hundred miners inches Of
q very peculiar, yet not unpleasant
tasting water, with no found bot
tom thus far explored. None of
the water therefrom has any pres
ent power to fossillize or petrify
anything exception spray suostan-
TALLY in dashing over the 200 feet
precipice on the west side of the
ranch in q beautiful cascade after
traversng the entire width of the
farm and as soon as striking the
bottom of the chasm ceases to pos
sess any such power. This is ali
invitation for scientific invcstiga-
ton that may disclose matters of
vast Importance.
Under and within the spray of
this cascade--bnt nowhere else
nearly anything and everything
from fine lace and silk to all forms
of wood, dead animals, etc. speedily
petrify. "Old Dave" as the pro-
prietor is commonly called, has
completely demonstrated this fact
during the many past years by nu-
merous evidances anv one can ex-