- !'V K K. SCHWEIER, THE OONSTITUTION-THE UN I ON-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor- and Proprietor. voiTxLiv. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29, 1S90. NO. 0. 3 T7s'cciDtsr to the vestibule trmlo ' Chesapeake cJ hi0 Koad. Soogh fatal in it t, serenil JlrtVid train men. reaped the Pti uooal horror of burning cars, be- M th !" W 9t'ala ,ieated- X !!Twh reads a account of the disas doubt that toe death-rate would Zn t Bior tIls'Ta if lhe car" dart hid txn present. UHBATUKK ere-U'ii.tuous thing 1'Isr with General Greely on such a atvect but the building of numerous tgo murt have Lad some lnflu j, 9n tie Gulf stream. "We've bad B'gSty litUe snow !n'-e. Tbi accident to E n In Pasha has re to German pap rs the fact that, Ut him. Kl4rI 1ucu another Ger-Bun-Africaa explorer, passed success fully throujh great dangers in tlie interior of Afri a for viral years, but fill out of s window upon bis return tad tusta ned fatal irj-.rVa Good b'ws come from Russia to the effect that tbe Czar is about to punish ,me of his officious agents iu Siberia who hare teen exceptionally cruel to H 'lei -ch action on his part will have wholeonie effect on other offi njts who have hert-tofo.e imaj.ned that to be cruel was to win favor at St. Ptwiiburf Beware of unprofessional advice. M4 be chary of lndendent home dos ing. Here is quinine, a medicine of wonderful usefulness one of the most indispensable of drug. But look out for It. Too much of it knocks the patient silly. Who shall say how asmy cf the suicides reported lately of people with the "gr.ppe" cams from jvrnloties of quinine, very likely self prescr.led. Jib Hubell Mackenzie xs burling wyrlsof mingled vitriol, salt and vine t the n any distinguished doctors if Europe alio coi.tend that leprosy is not contagious. Leprosy was stumped jut of Europe by recognizing Its con iitf.uM nature an I isolating those aff.cled w th It, tli doctor says. It bat now made it appearance again and jijrvidici alarmingly, simply through aoa-recoenition of its contagion. Ix Jsrw, according to the proposed tension of tl.e treat i e wit i European r,J American Powers, foreigners may to acy here, en; Aii ln any business, 9ton ta:id in ai.v S'ate of the Empire. In t e p-Tts, where foie'g-i interests are i: r ,ved. a m.icd jurisdiction of Japa-i-oescil foreign judges w HI have con trol over all caes arising between for eigners md natives. Tlie Japs will yet be brought undercoutrolof enlightened jovernmenL PVR uptalron of evolution is show Ice in M-dlterrai:e in waters the excel lent qualities winch it displayed in crossing the Atlantic. In the wav of nival construction this year will lo squally as importaut for us as the la-t at, no less than eight war-ships an 1 Ave torpedo boats having been ordered. on which work which will be vigor ously prosecuted. Uur navy will le toon something worthy of the name. Wrrrt Ihe exception of Great Britain ami Austr'a-U angary, the heir to every tmpirta'it throne in Euro; is younger than the Constitution of the United State requires a member of Conjiess to bo; tho-e of the German Empire, Portugal, Spaiu and Holland being respectively seven, two, nine and ten years old, while the maximum agi in any one instance is twenty-six. The prospect of ch tuges of succession can scarcely be contemplated with equanim ity ty monan.hi.sts in Europe. Moue than twelve thousand property owners in the city of Philadelphia have faileti to step up to the esptain's oslioe to settle for their taxes f 1... Some of these have, no 4oubt, simply been careless and will pay op as soon as they are reminded or the obi ga:i,.n; others will r -quire time, and ome may have to sacrifice their prop erties. There is no room for the escape f uYtnqueuts if city otlieUtlJ do their duty, and there should ba no scaie in Justice to those who pay their taxes promptly. The murder of Mrs. Knillin of Tren ton is the fei ut:on of the dav. From first do iltsasto the truthfulnes of Miss rureell s story w as expressed, ad now it is almost certain that Mis. Kaiffn was not killed by burglars. iu" Pu."icians who made the autopsy ueclare that the woman died peacefully 'aners.eep from chloroform, and that sn w oot strangled. This ts a direct contradiction of the young woiaau's mvT, uo says Mr. KnilHu was asened by noise made by burglars. w uut she was only overcome after a kree stru-uV. Some very senatio!i:l ar likely to be discovered before case Is finally settled. Use of the points la whioh the wet " Klvance of the east is in the sale of fruit and vegetables by weight. In tiie "Wm and middle portion the old. m -laoa by measurement is w I'r.'.cUteil. it is easy for a skilled 111 'h9 rruii and vegetable busi to stand under the very eyes of Iiis fa-lelesa customer and pretend to fill a ure full 0f potatoes, when It is in "'"J only two-thirds full. The youn iraces who peddle fruit from Vlons are the most conscienceless in respect. Their measures are that the much vietlmlie.! nnhlii? Mion.i!!y decline to buy their wares . Tue Xew Yurk Retail Grocer's J"" 0D. greatly to their credit, are "Mvoring to establish the custom of JTE everything by weight. Tbe old "a pint's a pound the world "VUtta. no longer works well. CULTURE OF THE PEANUT. Particulars About an Eatabl Boys and Ctrl tro Fond or. Tbe peanut, sometimes called srrourd pea or ground nut. la known in the, southern state as the plndar and gou- uer;aoa me r rencn cau it plstach de terra. It is generally believed to he a native of Africa, where It la the Drlnci. pal food of soms of the Congo tribes; but four or five species of the nut are I found growing wild in Brazil, lu cul tivated baa been success! ullv Intro duced Into Spain. in this count rv it Is raled principally in the States of Virginia, Xortn Caro I na and Tennessee, and has been moie recently cultivated in California. The culture of the peanut la not diffi cult. Land suited to the raising of coco or melons is generally selected, and caie Is taken Uiab there is nothing in the ground that would stain the shells. Planting time begins when the danger to plants from frost has passed. The ground is plowed rive or six inches ileep and then harrowed. The nuts are tikenfroru thep! w.tl: breaking the bkin, are planted two ui .oiee together in rows about three feet apart and twenty inches from bill to hill, and are covered with two inches of earth. AVhen in a short time the vine ii eight or ten inches long and begins to blos som it is covered with an Inch of to.l. care being taken to leave the tip end uncovered. Tbe Tines blossom pio fusely with small yellow Cowers, and as the flower fades away a sharp pointed si em grows out from Its bate, turns do wu ward and buries Itself in tbe ground; on the end of tbe stem a thick s'lelled iod forms and enlarges rapidly. Ail the care that is necessary after tbe stem returns to the ground is to keep the Land free from weeds. In October, wh-n the nuts are ripe, Uie firmer loosens the earth and pui s up the vines, to which the nuts adhere, a id turns them over to dry. He performs ll. is work only iu pleasant weather, and w heu the ground is dry. A Tier the v.n.-s have lain in the sun for a day, which i generally a sufflciect time for drying tnera. the g ower stacks them around a et ike about live feet high. HANDLING THE CUOP. The vine! remain in stack from three to tve weeks, aittr which the nutsaie oi.'krd oft, placed in sacks and sh ppd lo market. A vine under favorable . i.dilious often beais more than a huu. In d nuts, a:i I the yield per acre averages forty bushels. Most of tlie Viri;i ia and North Carolina crop. hlch is about two-thirds of the whole crop of the country, is marketed In Noifolk and Petersburg, Va.; the rest, with the whole crop of Tennessee, is carried to St. Louis or Cincinnati. In each of these cities are factories where the nuts as ttey ars delivered by the farmer are bought. Tbe nuts as they appear at this stage, with earth and their stems still clinging to them, are hardly to t recognised as the bright nut we afterwa.ds see on the corner stand. To polish them, and to remove the earth aud stems, the nuts are scoured in large iron cylinders from w Inch they pass through blast fans, in w hich a strone current of air separates the lully developed nuts having sound kernel- from those imperfectly filled, mi 1 from empty pods. The sound nuts fall through the fan upon picking ta bles, where th se which are disctdoied -re fc;ken out, aud tlie bright ones are pissed ru into sacks which wdl each hold about one hunorei pouudsof ui-t-. E.ich sack is marked with the braui which indicates the grade of its con tents. The dark and tlie partially uue J nuts are shelled, and tbe kernels are used bv confectioners in makiug peanut an !v. The woik of pickiu g over aud s parating the nuts is ei formed by il- tle girls, about twenty ol wnom euii loyel at every table. Three varieties of peanuts are grown in this country, tbe white, tbe red ami the Spanish, lbs white, wnicn is me most important variety, has a nut with two kernels with pinK sums: iu vine spre.uls a'oug the ground, in this re- siiect unlike that or tne reu vaneij, which crows more upright and ln bunch. The pod of the red nut holds thieeand somet'me four kernel, and has a le-r red skin. The Spanish is n;u -n smaller nut. wub a lighur sklu aud milder flavor thau either of the oti.ers possesses. The ent re crop is shelled, and used special y iu that rich i- nlei tioii known as nouiiat, be nis lory of the competition betweea the home produc: ami tue impoiu-u peanut U interest 11 ' llllj 7lfCS Oltt1 SUD10 idea f the impo t.tuce of the peanut traue, INCIlEAjINO DEMAND. Iii 1872, and Tor several years pre- vk:is, mere were nuuunoj " ..it vew York a half miiliou bu hels f ieanufs, the creater iart ol wnicn ..... . . w..m .uiim irmu .irica auu ira nuu s,o n 'fiie American ranuers graau ,.i v ikeiie 1 to a Derceilion of the loiits to lie maue uy raisiuz mo uu-, Melon i atches were tuine.1 into ieanut th Ids, and in the seed 01 t :e apan- i.h nut was planted in irgluia. l ne i.-, lin t win fo- n 1 to equal that of ihe toreig-i nut, and as it co--t two or three eelils a lxu--iU iess ia ui -' uo. Ion? before the lininiried nui w:is driven ttom the market. At pr eut Virginia. "or h Caiol ua and Ten- .unit "Vouber ra'siua'' as cue of tlir ihlef i lid US trie. In the consumption of peanuts in he Unite I Slates wa ess than two mili-oii bushels, lu 1 S7 the amount l, .id it . leased to fttr and a tliird mil ...... i.,wi,i all of b:cli was e.ten in i i;e Uuited St tes aud Canada, The Vmaii l for peanuts has trebled in t le l ,t lew jeirs, and ti e crop has never i.... ...ir.-ii.t to sutily t!H oeuiano. l i e price of peanuts vailes according i.i ii.uu..lv. The average price last y. ar was live ceu: s a pound. Americ v a nver a. e crup which is esuinaiea ...nil.... bushels, repiesente . f ti ro million three hundred iuv v .. - m -...i .1 .liars at wholesale price. I he peai.ut u a more us-ful product than teopla hi general th:uk it to be. vv- .ii kn. how eaceily it is sought .fir intheroas ed s afe t help b. ys Luse-bail match or a circus; but its use in the roasted fot m by no miiius ti, xtent of Its value, or t :e vanetv of uses to which it is put. Ti e nuts contain from 42 t 50 per cent, of a nearly colorles. bland, nxed ou .;..k Ambles cUve oil. and U used r..r.i,niUrDU poses. The oil is princ ely employed iatbe fure oi the finer grades of soap. In lbcJJ v ir- !ni . bean to manufiicture peanut . ' .u...k i.Im a recuVarlv lfllat- bTulVa"d Nortdi Ca. "Una has long made pastry ox pou.o-. ' , " ,. .. v ..rn for dessert, and It s auhstituta for coffee. Tbs nutlaverjEutrlOouB. Th. BSgioes r. - It la Terr mn tiAM i. - : , a ' - J r u. HIM1UU porridge custard, and rrepars froia It a beverace. The Tln fmii ews.. good as clover bay, a id hogs fatten on what they find o i the fields arter the crop baa been gathered. AN EGG WITH WINDOWS. Observing the Process of Ineuha. lion mrought Pisos of Glass. A f ranch wi n ti V . . shed on either side of an eirir. without injuring the membrane, in patches about tha air nf tt.a and snugly fitted the openings with bite 6. b"" -"o lonowing report ol the wonderful experiment, according to the London Standard: I placed the egg with the glaas bull's eyes in an incubator, run by clock work and revolving nnM .uv. .n .v.. t bad the pleasure of looking through and i:iuuK me cnange rjxjn the inside t the end of arh .i.t. minn.A. x- . changes vem nntiAA.lA nf;i -i. end of the twelfth hour, when some ol me lineaments ot tne nea I and liody of the chick made their appearance. Tl e heart appeared to beat ut the end of the . t . i i i . . . ..cuij-iuurm nour, ana in lorty-eight honrw Ivn taimpU f Kl.u.1 ,i, ..... . - - -'.wu " t' uinimu- guished, the pulsations being quite vii- L.e. At tllA f. f t it 1. hnnp . n .n.lnl. t 41.- heart appeared, much resembling a lace .. a i ii. .. . . . ui uuuvm; luiura novn ni r.n itu. r A the end of seventy hours we distnin- guished wines and two bubbles for the brain. r.nn for . lull . t. .1 ... the forepart and hindpart of the head. The liver appeared at the end of the una any. ai me end ol 131 nours the nrt .Jni... .1 i -" - ...... y .... ...i... .u uuwrveu. At the end of 138 hours the luncs and . .... .... . Homsoa naa necome visible, and lour honra latr tl.a in . , .uv .. 11. the upper mandible could be distuin- : V. 1 r-. .,- . . ... Kuiaiitm. a ne siimy mauer oi tne liram began to take form and become more comrjact at the becri Dmnff r f ft Ha utrAnlh day. At the 190th hoar the bill first opened and flesh began to appear on thebrca-L A . K . 1 0 I.I. . 1 . . the 210th hour tbe ril had beirnn to ut out from the back; the bill was luite visible, as was also the gall blad ler. At the beirlnnin? of the i Wth hour the bill had lM40..niA tr'n iml it wfi evident that the chick would have moved had it been taken from the shell. Eonr hotira mo-a in.1 f t li.r. e. . .1 commenced to shoot out and the skull to become gristly. At the 0.eV4th k0nr 1ia atm MniwrA.! and two hourv Inter the rll.s were er- fecL At the 331st hour the Kpleen drew up to the stomai-h and the lumrs to the chest. When the incubator had turned the egg 335 times the bill was frequently opening and closing, as if a chick were gasping for breath. When 451 hours bad elapsed we heard the rlrt cry of the little imprisoned bip.'iL From't'jat ftimA fitrw.r.l Ka i - r.i w ....t.llv . n . 1 m ..... u out a full-fledged chick at the proper .line. A Jolly Sea-Dog. There Is a sheep dog on board the steamer Horror, which piles between Uio de J aneiro, ew lork and Liver pool, that regul irly takes his station on deck at the tnird watch, and ran be re lied upon as thoroughly as the oldest seainon on board. His name is "Nick," and whenever a sail is sighted nothing ran stop him until he reports it to the orueer on the bridge. He frequently sights a vessel before the lookout, and understands what it is to be tbe first to reiorL If he hears the lookout sing out. he understands perfectly what is wiiil, and will obey any order tne men give him. He is very valuable as a ba rometer. There is no rbange in the weather which is not foretold bv Nick. He only enters the Captain's cabin on imortaut business either to announce a s til in sight or predict a change of weather, which he does In a mont re markable wav. When he wants to in form the Captain that a sail is in sight i a run. m. and barks Yicroronalv several times and then walks out. When he becomes a weather prophet be stands on his hind leirs and paws at the barom eter, anil, according to Captain Hening and bis crew, Xick is usually several hours ahead of the instrument. Ihe steamer was at Kio when the revolution broke out, and remained there several a tys. The dog usually accompanies the Captain on shore when he goes. but on the morning i f the revolution, when the troops paraded the streets. was very anxious to know what was go- lnir on. and lumped ovcrooaru ana swam ashore to satisfy bis curiosity. When Captain Hening came ashore he was met on the wharf by Nick, who barked furiously aud tugged at his pantaloons to go back to the ship. Tbe ( 'Britain naid he instantlv knew some thing had happened, and bis fears were verified when be reached the orlice of the company. Nick is about six years old and has a sluurzr black-and-tan coat, with the softest and most intelli gent eyes ever set in the head ol an ani mal. cto l ore Aiar. The Beecher Statue; The statue of the late Henry Ward Beecher, now being made by J. Q. A W.ivl and destined to occudt a site in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, is about readv for casting, but the relatives and T 1. nf Me IWlmr are said to be very mnch dissatisfied with it. Accord- . 1 :uu. v. - ail to the great preacher, tno position is . f i i ... i are so put on as to lead one to think that Mr. iJeecner must nave nwa m veritable dude. Many are complaining because thev have not been invited to see the plaster cast st all, notwithstand ing thev were among Mr. Beecher's nearest friends, and contributed liber allv to the fund for the erection of the sta'tue. Ir. Soarle, who knew Mr. Beecher for more than twenty-five years and attended him in his last ill ness, said the other day that the only member of the fam ly who had seen the status was Colonel William C. Beecher. The widow of the dead preacher bad not been invited to look at it, and had not dons so. Dr. Searle said that he went to Mr. Warde's studio on his own responsibility. "I was disappointed in the statue,' he added. Tne right slue is good enough, but the left ia very poor. Of course I could recognize the fare as that of Mr. Beecher, but the likeness is not a good one. The trouble is probably due to the fact the photograph from which fr Ward worked was taken in a poor iiuhL and the left side snffered from that defect.- Colonel William O. Beecher the only member of the fam ily now in Brooklyn, said last night that he tad heard nothing about dis satisfaotioa, but he admitted that he felt hurt beeaose none of the members of the family had bees requested to look at tUa Voxk. AN AMERICAN PYRAMID. MonumsntsJ Structure In Mex'oO Equal to this Egyptian Cheops. It is not necessary to leave North American soil to visit a genuine pyra mid which will compare in size with the ryramid of Cheops iteelf. It can be reached without crossing the sea; in ?act, a railway will carry us almost to ihe base. A 1 ranch of the Mexican ind Vera Crux railway runs from I'ueblo to Cbolula. about nine miles listant, where the great pyramid itands. Although it is on American soil, no oody knows just when the pyramid was uilt. It is very old that we know md may be older than that of Cheops, n Egypt. The Aztecs invaded Mexico a thou sand years ago, and it was standing ben. Perhaps the Toltecs or the Um iecs had a hand in its construction. 01 perhap it was there when they came. Who they were, what they were, whl Ihey built thu huge i-tructurs ail lies are questions which have been isked In vain. Certain It is that It wai built by a civillzad race, one skilled in sng ceering. Ihe measurements of the pyramid lifter, llumbolt giving the sides of the base at l,4i J leet each, and Bandaller made the north side 1,1x0 feet, and the east side 1, 21 feet, 'he south side 333 feet and the west side 1,UU0 feet. x ne ueigut is about 144 feet or more from the base to the top. A view which Humboldt gives show that formerly tbe four terraces of the pyram d were very distinctly to be seen, b, t now. owing to the crumbling of the shaip edges of the terraces by the action of rain and time, the pyramid a pect Is not ro immediately to be dis cerned, liut a new view and not very m nute examination shows at once the artificial character of the mound. A broad paved road winds up to the top, where in the time of the conquest stood an Aztec temple. This sue is now occupied by a pretty church, built by the Spaniards. The Aztec temple was dedicated to the mysterious "lair god," QuetzcoatI, of whom tradition is limt he came from over the sea ln an cient times to teach the Aztecs the arts of civilization. There is some ground for supposing that this mythological personage was a Christian missionary who found bis way Iiom Greenland iu old times a fa rly civilized land to Mexico, who lived with the forefathers of the later Aztecs and taught them many arts. He was called "the god of the air;" his statue was crooned with a golden mi ter; be wore a gold ollar, turquois ear rings, and carried a scepter studded with gem taid a shield painted with emblems of tbe four winds. The pyramid is built of adobe brick. and it is supp sed that it served both as a forfeited place and a site for wor ship. At tbe top as a temple cf the gods, and on the terraces merwiw.!. lings, tlie whole making ' a fortified pueblo, no doubt Impregnable to as sault in the days befoie gunpowder was known. This pyramid and tbe smaller ones in the vicinity resemble marvelously the Assyrian and Chaldean temples, which Layard and other explorers have tic minute'y described. Cholula has nevet been explored, but doubtless contains rare antiquarian treasu es. At tlie time of the conquest, in cut ting off an end of the pyramid to make room for a more direct route from Pueblo to Mexico, a vast hollow cham ber under tbe structure was disclose! to view. It was built of stone and sustained by beams of cyiness. In it were two skeletons, some idols and a large num ber of glazed ve.-seis. From the top of the pyramid can be seen on the plaiu below some curious mounds, one somew hat resembling an elephant -all uuralstabably artificial. showing that this region was once a religious gathering ground, a sort ol American Mecca. Cholulu has one great advantage over Cheops. The latter is built on flat and arid plan. Cholulu stands in tlie midst of magniDceut scenery. Per haps this Is rather a disadvantage, the pyramid being dwarfed in appearance by the huge mountains which form a va-'t wall, separating the valley ol Pueblo from the Valley of Mexico. From the top of the phyarald there is to be seen a good-sized hill lying uc under the base of Popocatepetl. it looks like a (sailboat alongside of the Great Lastern. In other directions one sees Malinche, the most curious of mountains, mid the lofty, "star-shining" peak of Ori zaba. Tbe entire district Is beautiful, and at the same time impressive, and should be better known to Americas tourists. Opportunities for Stanley. All over the world, on this side of the rcean, people are trying to make capital out of the name of Stanley and suggest lo its bearer tbe craziest, but more oi less seriou-ly meant propositions. The queerest of the e offers has evidently ! come Iroui Vienna. The Ronachei istablisnment offers him an engagement for fifteen nights, promising him one half of tbe gross receipts, free of tax, and telling bim at the same time that a guarantee fund of 10,000 florins hat been deposited with tts Austro-IIun-garlan Consul at Cairo, and that the sketch of a convenient program from him would be highly acceptable at an early date. A similar proposition has been made to Stanley by tbe Vienna Orpheum ad ministration, who inquired of bim in the same letter if be would be willing to bring some trained elephants with bim. Usrr Zizula, a manufacturer of bil liard tables, offered Mr. Stanley a place as sole purchasing agent for his firm of fine and medium fine ivory, at a salary of fifty florins per day, with 3 per cent, commission on tbe amount of his purchase. Tbe administrators of the Panblon offer him for tbe exclusive right of exhibiting his bust ln wax the sum of 2,0 0 florins, payable at Easter at a first-class Vienna banking-bouse. On tlie part of the Edison Phono graih Society. Mr. Wangemann is taid , to have offered Mr. Stanley 3,000 for , the first thousand words spoken by bim into one of its phonographs, and hav ' sent bim an Instrument with the latent I improvements as a present The foregoing are on.y a few speci mens of the abuses to which the tele graph wire to Zanzibar has been put, . and it would be by no means surpr sing If Stanley were tempt' d to return in- stantiy to Wadelai. whither the mea reeffsr 7 could bo follow him. Sleep. rhoo twst at an OsCa choicest Meairnaw Bless l Batter thaa arta eaa offer wealth fame. power, Tkey chance, decay t thou always art the inns. rbroufrh all the years thy fxeabnesa thou dsest trrer all lands tnlne even pinions sweep. in sic, iow worn, uie Dimo. lae lone, we lame. Hearing thy tranquil footsteps, bless thy name. Anguish U ooothed. sorrow foreets to weep : ioou ope b ine capuve a cell ana Diasi nun roG.ni- Thno ei'st the hunted refuge, freest the slave. www ftt roe outcast pity, can at tue exue home. Beeirar and kfnr thtne eaual bleaslnc kid. We for our loved one wealth, Joy, honors. crave. But God, He g-lvcth His beloved Sleep. Ontury. HIS F1K.ST CASE. It froze, and it continued to freeze I There was lace work on the panes of the most exquisite beauty, and icicles of crystal depended from the eaves of my bouse. The trees were so covered with fairy frostwork that when tbe run shone the eyes were dazzled, while t' e mind was no, ought to have been, QUed with wonder. I say ought to have been, for mine was not. Ia fact. I was too m-tem- iered at that time, and the more it iroze the worse my temper grew. I walked up and down my little surgery to keep myself warm, aud abused rvery thing and everybody, myself worst or all. 1 abused Long Pogis for being the prettiest and healthiest place that was ever situated twenty miles from a town ind railway station, and called myself in Idiot for buying a practice in so jut-of-the-w ay a spot, and thinking lliat 1, a young doctor, would besuie jo get on. But I had not "got on," fori bad oeen there a year, and so far had found that my practice really was to practise patience, for no one would give me a chance iu medicine. Xot but that there were plenty of people about; the trouble was that either they would not be ill, or, when they were ill, they would go to old Doctor Kobson at Tuuston. twenty miles away, when Ihey might have come to me and been cured f r half t.ie money. I was not what is commonly called ''hard up," for I bad enough money left to last me, with economy, for an other year; but 1 was sick and tired or the terrible inaction, and of being piliel or laughed at, or treated wi h contempt, ts the new doctor. In such a frame ol unud I ought to have sensibly set to work to heal myself by prescribing exercise and fresh air, and forced myself to go out, instead oh sitting indoors s'.udylug, and fearing to leave home ln case that long-expected patient should come, as come he wou.d, I was sure, directly I went out. ' I walked to the fire and poked it that frosty day, ant then 1 walked to t e window, rubbed away a little of th-j Crny ice pattern, and looked out. Two ruddy-faced young fellows and three merry-looking girls, evidently their suiters, were walking sharply by, with the frozen snow creaking and crunching under tbeir feet, ss each iUDg a pair of glistening skates de pendent from tbe wr.st. "Off skating!" I said aloud, and a thrill of pleasure shot through me. Well, why not? I had a splendid pair of nearly new skates, which had beeu ground and oiled before they were, put away two seasons before. The ice was Jierfectly safe, the sun shooe, the sky was blue. In imagination 1 begau to glow and feel tbe blood throbbing in my veins as I beard the hollow, metallic ring of the hard ice, and saw the pulls of white dust fly at every ttroke of my steel blades as 1 sped along. "They are g dug up to the big sheet ot water on the way lo the lialL Lord John is in town, and the bailiff has given them leave. Hurrah! I'll be a boy again for a day, and skate as 1 used to skate. It'll do me good, and " A second thought struck me, and 1 threw myself ln my chair with my fore head all in lires, for I caught a glimpse of it in the glass. Self-denial, John Russell!" I said. "Master yourself, for so sure as you ko skating sometiody will come and want you. Stop at home aud study up, ready for the patient who will come. Your surgeiy' weak yet. "Of course it id" I roared angrily, as if In answer to somebody who had spoken, "So would yours if you had no practice!" I jumped up and went to the window again, fur a party of young men were going by, talking end laughing, and all canying the skates but one, who had a gun. As l readied tne window i snrauK back and felt tbe blood tingle in my cheeks, for one tall young fellow, whom I recognized as a gentleman farmer's ton, looked at my bouse and said some thing to bis companions, at wnicn tuey laughed. "Ah. me!" I said to myself. -They are pitying the poor doctor, when, per haps, that fellow with the gun will shoot himself, or half a dozen of them will go in and be drowned, or who's that they're talking to in a chaise T Oh, old Morton, the veterinary surgeon. Pity I was not brought up a veti Plenty of horses, cows, pigs and sheep want doctoring, but uo people." The skaters went on. aud I took down a book which, off and on, I stu lied all day, going deeply into tbe construction of joints and tbeir muscles, and ques tioning myself bow I should proceed li at any time I was called in to attend a patient with a sprained anitie, auee, wrist, elbow, or dls ocated limb. Jost as I resumed my seat after lunch the skaters came back, evidently to their own dinners, and just then Mis. Din i on came in to clear away. "I knew it would be, sir," she said. "The pump it's froze hard." "Kestore its circulation with a kettle of boiling water, Mia. Dintcn," I said, "and have It bandaged with hay bands." "Wby. sir. anyone would think that you were a country gentleman. Instead of from town. That's just what I was going to do." I went on reading; Mrs. Dintoa went on talking. "They tell me some of the young people's got a wnole bundle of torches from Tunslon, and they's going to skate to-night by torchlight. And o':, what do you think, air? Marly, the carrier, tells me that the old doctor over at Tunston's IU in bed with gout." "Hump! Might seud for me to be'p h ml" 1 muttered to myself. "And that he has got a locl demon down from Loudon to help him." "Ah whatr" I roared. "Well. sir. I thought it strange, but that's what Marl said." "No. no; locum tenens, Mrs. D n ton." "So, sir; he said local demon as plAJt as plain, and Dick Marly 's a very eazsafnl man. You won't go skatlsg. str? I did dust your skates. " No. no. Mrs. Dintoa. Too busy, thanks. "Poor old fellow! Gout? Well, he will not need me," I said to myself, and I read till the sun set red over the hill, and then till tbe mist was gray, and the night s:t in as it does set in during a January frost. As I sat over my tea iu my cosey, warm room, and listened to the hum ming of the frosty wind outside, I turned in my chair to listen to a merry chorus, as a party went by my window, and the clink of a pilr of skates told me what their mission must be. I read on for perhaps an hour, qu'te in good spirits, and was rceutally treat ing a very bad fprain successfully, when Mrs. Dlnton bustlel into tbe room. "A letter for you, sir. Man brought It from the Hall, sir." "From the Hall?" I cried excitedly. "Is he waiting?" "No, sir; he's gone ajaln. Said you was to come on directly." I opened the envelope with trembling Angers, and read, written in a bol l clear hand: "Die Russell: Come on to the Hail directly. Lord Johu has met with an accident. Leg badly fractured. Bring your instruments." "Lord Johnl" I exclaimed. "I thought his lordship was in town." "1 did bear as he was exacted down at any time, sir. Is s nythlDg the mat ter?" "Leg broVen!" I said hurriedly. "Quick, Mrs. Dinton, my coat." 'Bless us aud save us! Poor, dear manl He's slipped on the front door steps, as sure as I'm a sinful woman. Miid him with a houseful o' servants and not to think to throw down n shovel of ashes! Here's your comforter, bir." I slipped the things on, stuffed band ages of splints into my poikeu, a bottle or two in others, and then caught up a lung mahogany box from the sideboard cupboard. "Ob, for goodness sake, sir, don't say as you're going t; " 'That's all, I think!" I said, breath lessly. "Dou't sit up if I'm late." The next minute, without hearing Mrs. Dinton's reply, I was out In the frosty night, thinking of the task I had in hand, and Ihe possibilities. I bad a mile and a half to go, passing two or three farm houses before 1 reached the park with its tine avenue of oaks; and Just before I reached the last house, with its rudJy lights staining the pure snow, I could see other lights dwn in a hollow to my left, and heard shouts as the smoky torches of the skaters glided here and tlier?. I a' most ran the rest of the way, and kept expecting to see the illuminate i wiudows of the old E izabethaii Hall; but all wus dark aud btill, and when 1 reached the place, I was saluted by the bay ng of a flog, a n an came out of a yard lo my right w.tli a lantern, while beyond him I could tee the lights in tho eUiblva. "Who's there?" "1 Dr. llussell." I said. "Will ycu sliovv me the way up to the house?" "Yes, sir; but the.e s no one there, sir. Mr. Bern ett and old Sam are in the stables." "What, is be there?" I said. "Yes, sir, and migbtly bad." "Be quick, t'.eu. How did the acci dent occur?" "Well, sir, that's wliat I can't make out," said the old bailiff, whom I now lecognlzed, as be led me toward the stable. "No business to ha' slipped up as he did, for it's only time days since he was roughed." "What?" I said, as we entered the stable where a group of people were btandiug in front of a stall. Had him well-roughed, ' said the bailiO. My good man!" I excla med; "has not Lord John broken his leg?" "Yes, bir, worse luck! and only fetching a load of wo id; and a tine tak ing his lordship will be in, and tlie young ladie, too, wlien tuey come down, f r he's a Cue old favorite o' theirs. Morton says tl.eie's nothing for him but the poll-axe, and theu the kennel after we've took off his skin." "Here," I Baid, unbuttoning my coat and taking the letter from my breast. The old bailiff oieiied and read the letter by the 1 glit of the lantern. "5 me one's been having a game with you, sir hocusslng of you." I stampei my foot and made a snatch at the letter, white with rage and dis ai i nntnient. "Which I call it a shame, sir. It's because we alius called the old horse Lord John." "Give me my letter and let m go." "Stop a moment, sir," s.ild the oil mau, taking out a letter which he read aloud: "Well mind and shut the gates after we've done skating, and we shall be off tbe Ice by eleven." Yes, I thought so, sir. One of M r. Mark Wlneey's games. Lookl" I snat bed tbe two letters and com pared them. There was no duu t nbout It. I bad been hoaxed by the practical joker of the place. "If I bad him, here," I said, fiercely, "I'd horsewhip him." "And serve him right too, sir. It's too tiad to a gontlemar; and it's line him as called wolf ln the fable. P'r'ai s some day he'll want help and It mayn't cone." "Well, Master Bart." said a rough voice, "the sooner the better, I say." "Oh. don't say that. Mr. Morton," cried a woman. "Poor old Lord John!" "Well, 'tis a bad job, Mrs. Beunet, but the sooner he's out of bis mleery liie letter. "I'm 'frald so, Mr. Morton. Poor old chap, then!" The bailiff aent into the stable wnere a good looking cob was standing on three legs, and tbe poor bru e turned its head round aud uttered a pitiful whinnying sound, while I lxiked on. "If vou'll fetch tte pole-axe, Master B ut, I'll boon do it," said the harsli vo ced man. "Is the leg badly broken?" I said. "Well, no; not what you'd call badly broken." "Couldn't you set it?" "Set it!" said the vet contemptuously; "who ever heard of setting a horse's leg?" "I have," I said sharply, for his toae annoyed me. "Then you'd Letter set it," he said, with a sneer. "I will." I said. "What?" "D es your a aster set much store by this horse"?" I said. "Store by bim, sii ?" cried the bailiff. "Why, Miss Lydia will break her heart alo'it It. His lordship wouldn't lose bim for a hundred pouud." "Shall I try and set tbe leg," I sal J. . "Shall you. tr, sUT Will yuu?" Fivr answer I took eft my co it, and tbe veterinary surgeon laughed. I ned not tell you how we did lk Suffice it tliat I did set the horss's let that night. The poor animal seemed to understand what was going on, and rubbed his muz tie agalast my hand as 1 patted and talked to him after be was hoisted up and sluag from th-s stable rafters. As I went borne at about eleven, I was stopped half-way by an excited group, who hurried me t one of the farms, where I found another patient awaiting me, lying groaning on a mat tress. "How did this happen?" I said. "We were just leaving the ice," said one of the partv, "when Mark slipped snd fell." "Mark!" I involuntarily replied. "Yes. sir. Mark Winsey." I meditated for a few moments, as 1 recalled the bailiff's words, and then 1 took off my coat once more, and with a great deal of show placed my small mahogany box on the farm kitchen table. "All leave the room," I eaid, "but three." 1 was unwillingly obeyed, and then 1 knelt down and examined the injured man. Leg fractured," I said, "just below the knee. Hah! a bad case." 'i here was a faint groan from my pa tient. "Lucky for you, Mr. Mark Wlasey," I said, "that I've been in practice to night." There was another groan, and the young mau looked at me wildly. ''I've set Ixird John's leg, sir, and I've followed out your advice ln the letter. I did bring my instruments luckilv for yoa. "Whatr" he groaned- "Doctor! doc tor! you're not going to take off my leg?" "Surely I ought to know best what to do in a case like yours, sir. There, l shall not hurt you much. 1 ou an too young and stout-hearted to need chloroform. Your friends will bold you. Jin kind enough to pass me that case." "Doctor, a moment!" he whispered, hoarsely, as he clung to my hand, which I bad laid upou his wrist, "I wou't flinch. I'll be a man, but but it was a beastly contemptible thing to do, and and I beg your pardon." "And 1 beg yours, my lad. I am ashamed of myself for being so mean as to try and frighten you in revenge for your prac:ical Joke." "I s a ear I'll never " "N"o, no, don't swear It," I said. "There, lie still; I will not hurt you much. It is a simple fracture, an! soon you shall lie qui.e well." T batik Goll" I heard him whisper to himself, "for my mother's rake!" 1 kept my word, and I believe he kept his; and we two became the best of friends. As for Lord John, lo the disgust of old Morton, the veterinary burgeon, an 1 the delight of Miss I.ydia, Lord John's daugiiler, the horse's leg bone kMil together, aud he lived for five years. longer, with only a Might limp. Somehow that frosty day ulways seemed to be the turning point iu my career, for the uulooked-fi r results ol .Vaik's practical juke made me good friends at the Hull, aud within a few months 1 was the possessor of a respect able practice, which with the succeed ing years has steadily increased. Tale of a Ballooner. "I used to make balloon ascensions in connection with Warner's circus," said an old and retired ae onaut the other day, "and one day I went up fro n Pewln, 111. Tbe balloon was new an I light and I got a much longer ride tha i what I excted. I dually de scended iu a farm-house yard about ten miles away, my anchor having caught ln a cherry tree. The farmei was an old fellow, about sixty years ol age, and he sat reading on his door siep as 1 came down, lie removed bit glasses, put them in their case, put the case in his pocket and then came for-1 ward and carelessly observed: "That a balloon?" "Yes. Help me pull it down." "Are you a balloon, r?" "Yo. Pull hard." "We got the air-ship down, and I -n..f A.l l.ir.. . ,a ..... ... ....... 1., 1.1. n.i.icu unit w ..ne ujo w .u n u 111 uia wagon. He had t one, -nd I had hired a riir nf a neiM.nr sind wa alw.nt tr deoait. when the old fellow steDUtd forward with: "I have a bill here, sir." "B.U! What lor?" "Damage to cherry tree, 2 shlllin's; skeeilng my poultry, 50 cents; skeermg niu nM wn... .n ll. fcur..- servi.-e. .,1 ...ilf tl "Toij.! - 9.-, ivhlch i. uughty cheap, cousidenu' the nines." "But I won't pay it," I protested. "Oh, you won't? Well, I'm a Jus tice of the Peace, and I'll issue a war i ant. My nay bur is Constable, and he kin serve it. The old woman is out ol her fit by this time, and she'll be wit 11 e s, and I sort o' reckon I'll fine you about $Jo for dibturbin' of the peace and contempt of this court!" "And I was made to real ze that the best way out of it was to come down with tbe amount of his bill, and luckily I had it, with a quarter lo spare." Cticajo IIera.1 Taken at His Own Decision. A good Joke is being told on a cer tain well-known Police Judge, wh. liai become a terror to e i!- lo?rs, h!ca everybody may an well know. It ceutly well-known gambler w is captured during a raid on a jniker game ruiininj ' in the central pa t of S . Louis. All the trial the next incruinit the gimblef denied having pl .vei for money, bul cn ps were uscu. ji:cuuii unci mui $1', however, saying that ' chips" were money. After the docket of the day had been disposed of the Judge was approached by the poker player, who wanted to know If the Judge stlil thought that "chips" weie money. On receiving an answer in the affirmative be aaldi "Well, I suppose I will have to pay my fine." Coolly counting out tea "chips" he laid them on the magistrate's desk, and before tbe Judge had time to re cover bis equilibrium be had disap I -eared. The fine was afterward remitted by the Judge, but the "chips" are stil in his possesion as a reminder of nu ruling that "chips" were money. Not Much of a sight. After All."; saw a goblet to-day made of bone." "Pshawl I saw a tumbler made ol a 1. a V. 1 I -- .1.1.1 uesu auu uiuw m uigu. "Where?" "At the circus." It has ben estimated that a bom twenty-live tons of quinine pilis havi b.-en consumed in this country duriui the last two weeks. NEWS IN BRIEF. Asbestos was Erst mined as an article of commerce in Caaada lq 1ST. In tbe first year the shipments it tbe mines bad risen to 4,619 tons. In the picturesque parlance of Ok lahoma a "sooner" is a man who en tered tlie Territory and occupied land before the hour named ln the Presi dent's proclamation. The arslstic wealth of the Paris munlgcipaplity ln paintings, sculpture, engravings, etc., is estimated at 500,000, outside of the great treasures owned by the nation. It will be curious to note next Spring, remarks a New England ox change, what has been the result of the all-winter growth ot grass on lawns, especially where fertilizing matter has stimulated it. Collecting addresses. The Detroit Journal is endeavoring to collect by postal card the addreises of all living male and female descendants of revolu tionary officers and soldiers of 1770. There are no piisons in Iceland, aod such things as lo -i8, bolls or bars are unknown. Th hi-wory of the na tion, extending over 1,000 years, records but two thefts, aud no policemen exun on the island. President Carnot, of France, has learned to waltz in the American fash ion. He has always been fond of danc ing, and his recent Intimacy with the American colony in Paris has led Mrs to adopt our mode of waltzing. humbentig operations are almost at a stand still about the White Moun tain region. There is next to no snow in tbe woods, and ln the valleys and clearings the ground is entirely bare with the exception of patches of ice. The total coal consumption of tbe world is said to amount to upwaard of 1,000,000 cwt. per hour; of this quan tity about 240,000 cwt. are required tr hour in order to heat the lioilers of stationary aud marine engines and loco motives. Probably the youngest editor in the country is Hodman DeKav Gilder, the inspiring genius of the G'Aimtiry Seat, a publication whose first number has just apeared in New York. Its mis sion is to help the Washington mem orial arc'.i. The embryo Republic of Brazil is getting on, or, rather, those w ho have Undertaken to start it are. General Ileodora Fonseca's salary has been bxed at f 3 ,0i)J year, and the salari of the ministers and other officials have been cousi lei ably increased. The European country possessing the largest number ot public libraries is Austria, which has no fewer than 577, coiita'ning 5,475,0iX) volumes, without reckoning maps and manu scripts; making an average twenty-six volumes ier 10J of the entire iKpu'.a lion. A new building, designed a i. mo rtal or Henry Ward Heeclier, Is to 1 rected oa the site of the present Irc ture looms und parlor of l'lvmouili Church in Brooklyn. John Cl.iflm, S. X. White and Thomas G. Shearman have offered to pay the entire cost, nbout 1:25,00). The town of Frankfort, Ky., may be congratulated upon banishing from its limits the nose-olTending cigarette. Vet even cigarettes may be tlie cause of virtue, or they may provide the same. An Alabama man died of cig arette smoking recently, and left $10, 000 to the Y. M. C A. Objects discovered In and near Borne by excavators w ill henceforth be placed in the Baths of Diocletian, there j to form a Museum of Uiban Antiqui ties, Willie those found in i. rur.a. la tiuin and elsewhere will be placed at the Villa Giulia, on the F la in mi. in Way beyoiig the Port del Pok1o, named from the famous art pat. on, Pope Ju lius III. Two more cases ot an unknown fatal d sease have occ lined in Cileai Lake, Iowa, making eight deatli from the malady within a short time. A post-mortem on tl.e body of the latest victim shows the same condition as Id previous cases numerous plugs of pal yellow fibrin filling the cavities of the heart. The doctors there are unable to , ...... , . . , C,M!,,, ,he ,hasB or c,,re ,U Of an CCCellUlC O..I lllall ot : lnu- i rloU9 disposition, who ie ently died iu Millinglon, Conn., it is lelated that In was once asked l y a IkiUI neighljor for The would-be boiruwer was not allowed to enU-r the miser's huni, bul the desired amount wns handed from the WlndOW IU Clean b lis of the old East Haddam. Coil"., bank. The in- stitutiou hal gone out of existence and the money was worthless. Mauley is iep-rted to have already sold the publisheis right of volumes. Is which he will tell the story of th Euiin Belief Expedition, for the sum of $21)0,000. There was a great com petition among publi hers for the work, one firm going to the expense of send ing a special agent to treat with lbs explorer on his arrival at Zanzibar. Several German houses have dispatched agents there to treat with Emm 1'asha on his arrival. What is said to be the largest organ ln tbe world Is building at the Koosevelt organ work ln New York foe the Auditorium building, Chicago. It wid be operated by electricity. Elec tric motors are now used for tlie pump ing the organ in eight churches iu New Yoik city at a cost of 510 ler month ir horse power. Tbe water motor consumed too much water, a-d the gas engine was too noisy, William K. Variderbi.t, who hss t0meQH been classed by the public as ,be b d of the Vanderbilt family. though his brother is a moie import ant financial figure, looks almost like a boy. He moves alout town briskly and amiably, and his popularity among people of all sorts is verv great. Theie is none of the ostentation about bim that most very rich men display. He is of medium height, ruddy cheeked, bright eyed and has an endless fund of good humor. The Number 8. Beginning with the new year he num ber 9 wi 1 be required to earn Its salary as it hasn't done In a thousand year-. For a hundred and ten years to come It will have to do duty every time a late is written iu full. The writer whose 7's and 9's cannot be di.stiogu;slie I from each o '-her, must study to improve hla -tytA I J Tub riiil-ilelfh'a bonrJ of heaUh save recommended citizens of that place to boil both milk aud water twenty minutes before drinking tbem. 11 Philadelphia n ilk is like that supplied J to most cities, it will be sufficient U voil the a ater alo&e. !' t
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