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THE BUSSIAN DOCTOR. A Traffics and Itomantio Story from Roal Life. ABAPTEU PliOM TUB OF.UMAM KUSK l'ORKK. or Mme. nil ongngemi tlie mother s and talked u events of the The Genu: in the ttsu.il and pupil w: tne prospect ot their son. although her head ominou.nr ;in ever of the dire h campaign of 1812. his were not given manner. Teacher lout into the gar- I UY MRS, FKAXCKS A. SHAW. Trantlallo flopyrighUd, 147, by A. Y. KfUog SwfiapT Comoang. treating whispers of which he umTer jitood only "A tic main. Ail ret'ot'r." 11c again .ought his wonted place in the forest, ami threw himself upon the grass. But though he lay there for a long time he did not study one word 'A demain au revvir!" kept echoing in his ear. Upon reaching home he hunted up a French gtainm.ir and a French-and-Gcrman phrase-book hidden away in the depths of the family library. To morrow he would return the handker chief with thanks, and assure the thrower of the ball that his eyo no longer pained him. But he felt that it i would be easier to commit u Latin ex ercise than these French phra."es. His swollen uye did not escape his mother's nolieo. but the limb of a tiv was made answerable for the little French girl's awkwardness. He locked the two handkerchiefs in his desk to take them out late at night and unfold them. In one corner of thj pocket handkerchief he discovered the initial II. with a coronet above it. Coulu this other dainty thing, with its deli cate perfume, bo any protection against wind and weather? What use less trilles these spoiled girls must have to wear, and this was a Parisian through and through! German women were so different. What, indeed, could a manly man do with a doll who carried such handkerchiefs, wound such spiders' webs about her neck and wore gloves in the garden? What would his mother, who only on Sundays allowed herself the luxury of white under sleeves, and was by no means lavish in collars and handkerchiefs f ot her husband and son what would she say about the always fresh white gowns of this young French woman? Terrible memories of the 'Revolution and of .Napoleon's wars had taught her to hate the French, and she was displeased to learn that her son even knew these foreigners. This night Arnim dreamed of gigan tic balls trying through the air. They all hit him. Handkerchief after handkerchief was wound around his head, and two soft litt.e hand were laid upon his heart, while a sweet voice asked: "Have 1 reatly hurt you?" The next day Arnim had many les sons to recite at the gymnasium, but his memory was not as usual at com mand. At the appointed time he found himself on the familiar path. As he passed the latticed gate his heart beat vio'etitly. From beneath the low lrawn vis. on of his cap lit; gazed stealthily into the garden. Suddenly he dis'erncd a white shimmer. The glove'.ess hand of Hoi-tense waved him 4t greeting through the lattice-work of the g.ite. "(), sir, you came at last." she said, in French. '-How is it with you?" As ti politeyonngniati. he was obliged to step forward, to take off his cap, show the eyo which meantime had as sumed till possible colors, and say as suring ly the words he had a thousand times rehearsed: "Jc me parte a.ssi z lien, mademoiselle." Then taking the handkerchief with the coronet from its paper wrappings, with a "thank you very much," he handed it to its owner. Where was the other? Hortense did not ask. but still chatting and laugh ing merrily, she opened the gate and came to him. Arnim listened in silence as the rippling rivulet of her speech (lowed gayly on, while tho rosebud mouth was wreathed in smites and the eyes glowed like sunbeams. "O, how I love the forest !" she cried, in ecstasy. The trees murmured softly nbove those two ounsr heads, and with happy hearts the, paced slowly up an down the path. Young violets in chnrming profusion nestled amid the grass. Arnim would gladly have plucked a bunch of them for his lovely companion, but ho could recall only their Latin name, Viola odorata, and he forebore. Ho told hei ns well as ho was able that he spoke but very little French, ami she replied, laughing, that sho knew no German. Then she asked him to give her Ger man lessons, assuring him that her father would not object. She next in quired as to his name, his home, wheth er he had parents and brothers and sis ters. When he had answered she said, sadly: " I have no mother, no brothers or sisters." Then sho bogged him not to bo afraid of Mile. Fifine, her governess, assuring him that she was not so cross as she looked. "Is it she who always makes you wear gloves?" he asked. She laughed and nodded. "But I do love to take them off," he said, suiting tho action to the word. 'Hero they are. Please keep them awhile for me." He put tho gloves in his breast pocket, "And yet I would not liko to have brown or red hands like so many of your German girls," she added. "That is so ugly uglier even than gloves." So thev walked ii'iiud down or stood den, nnd soatcuisclve.s comforta bly in the aijr by the fountain. Sometimes v-Mlle. Filino was in good humor, the forest. temple on th over his fear governess, i lot that fore la belle Fran She scorned ompantcd them to me-dow or to the bp. Arnim soon got morose old rrencn cry day cursed me to remain far from lis stupid Germany. line licrman in no and honored conversation! children to! tie distance tious destinv of some roni None ques of the foreil Hortense, btti hour much maincd Ion until Mile r They bell spring and t two youthfu rose and fel amid this un droll were phrases, and turn s tongtt French sottiu laugh heat til dets. Sometimes spring up, j brown curls then the pre inotii;.o anil ir. iimt Iteutii rniiie s ,1. . .... .......... IT.. 1 1 ir..i.ii1 1 jti iv t. - sum i iiiia. in- imguiui .....i.. ...... ..-w .i i i i. It......... lllg me mi very iniigii oi iiuiicum ?m laughed o often and so merrily when hi was near ! But to-night it" she friendly walugh her eye-glass, ith but little of her she left the "two fate, as sho sat a lit- Ibsorbed in tho tieti- hero and heroine laughed it was not aloud, and he slowly returned home. The tict evening just as he was set ting out for the forest, an unknown lad appeared bringing him a note with a perfume of violets. "From tho French young lady," the boy said. "No answer required." With a strange feeling of apprehen sion he broke the seal. Awkward Ger man characters confronted him. Ho read: "Dinil Tk.achf.ii: My aunt, the Marquise Duvols, h.is come, and will ta'o me with her to Part i. S'i i is the m other of my cousin Kent, whom pa.u anil Pi tine siy I am oao day tn marry. 1 '.o not know whether we shall return here. I h .vo wept very much at the thought of leaving. If we J J return, I shall at onco rciume my lcom with you. Thoy have been so beau tiful and h jolly ! I shall never forget you n"ver! Au ritolr. Plcaso remombor your tad, IIonTESSK." PITCAIRN'S ISLAND. CRIME THAT RESULTED IN THE EVO LUTION OF A NEW PEOPLE. THE YOUNG PEOPLE, which learned most : or ' niruaire, Arnim found the riort, and Arn longer, not tfrom the depths of her novel, gije signal for departs lire to tho laughing 'ason of roses, these tiros. How musical tense s clear iaugn itter of birds! How L-ermtin words and awkward from Ar the dear, familiar CHAPTKK n, Oil alloted Arnim could no litn re- 'Hij ?s$'!hJ muster courage t leaving 1 P over to the vine wreathed house. One ilav his mother said: "those French people, have left. The old sexton of St. Mary's Church has engaged to keep the gar len in order until their return. Believe tne, my sou, this is best for you." He went forth into the quiet moon light, timidly, as if about to do some wronjr, and looked over the latticed their mutual blun lively child would back her golden run away. Jt was 's manifest duty to bring back tlfactory pupil. Whilo within ran with tne jrraN "Jehhabe, du her teacher poem. "Th: oth soon learned to gate into the garden. Mile, r time 3 eves, w dignity of a teach- ' er then in til eagerness of youth they would hide and seek liko two merry el i, until Fifine's grim figure loome near by, and her "Enough of nonsense recalled them to theirs. Then thev would again sit opppaeh other, Hortenso repeating wjtho dimples in her cheeks deepdinto an arch smile: er hat," etc. But she reui rapt and silent when say. "i leel if I do not nil; He never vi from Kieliet These lines ir fill that she 1 for her in Frd might learn " I hear n Now fa Through! 1 KIS-i " The nlgl in the And the nloud some German music," she would penning ot tho words and them." 1 of reading to her him a pin his favorite poet, protest. ised her as so beauti- l him to copv them hat-actors so that sho bv heart: ' l'eneatli That cav That li A if wit The idvl was plaved out. Deathly stillness lay over all. How cold seemed the silvery moonlight upon the path! Liu-ht waves of perfume from the rosebeds were wafted over to him; mortally weary seemed the plash of the fountain; cool breezes rustled through the tree-tops, and as in a dream he murmured the refrain of the little poem that had been so dear to the absent ouo: ' As if within that garden Of rose i, white and ro I, She (ttill for mo woro waiting, My darling, long years dead." "Adieu, dear little Hortense! I shall never see yon again," he murmured, softly. It was indeed a final separation. They never met again. No tidings passed from one to the other. Arnim had scarce entered the university when his parents (fled, thus severing every link with the old home. Serious student years absorbed him. His powerful in clination toward medicine had nii'de ician despito his father s i murmur, ncir, it seems; rest at its murmur b dreams. js trill softly leaty ways; h of their singing Is the lolilen days. lonbeam's shimmer It leumttr. so near, ho vailey Lir from here. tnt garden Of resets and red. She still I wtro waiting My darLtig years dead." lie had setrce iri-adtiated when he ' made the acquaintance of a wealthy ; Russian, ill with inflammation of lungs. This happened as he was about ' to settle down in his native town with a view of building up a practice there. He had the good fortune to cure this ! foreigner who, grateful for his tveov ! erv. and touched by the decided fond i ness oi his half-grown son for the ! young doctor, invited him to share , their southern travels as family phy sician and Gu-m.in tutor. In this way Arnim saw a great deal of the world. Finally, at the solicitation of hs new friends, he sc. tied in Uussia. Every where he had taken with him the lace handkerchief of the charming Hor tense. After tho lapse of thirty years when, as a busy, successful physician he had lived a life far removed from that youthful idyl, he still cherished t its a precious memento. His heart remained strangely iin 1 touched by love. Not that he had striven against the charm of wotn iti's beauty or gone out of tho ' way of that spell old a,s creation ' aself. Still no woman had awak ened in him more than a pa-ssing inter sst. When he pondered over this un usual reality, "I have no time for love," was the refrain of all his thoughts, "and without love there is no happiness in marriage." A woman had always presided over his bachelor household. Ivan clung to dim with canine fidelity, and years uiissed without his noting the swiftness had recited tlilreamy verses, Hor- , 3f their flight Little by little there tenso rose suflr. and with feverish had awakened in his heart a longing haste pluekedisejray from the red ! r,. his native land, for the ouietof that hieh bloomed ,uait old town, for tho rustle of Ger- le garden, and a)an forests. These longings deepened before him. He i ,ritii thev made him ill. He learned through correspondence that tne vino ivreathed house stood vacant and was mm TADI.VQ. , I I I Once suml with light footj when Arnim as already passing through the land pupil's request, io rose sua r. and e pluekettisegay 1 s and whtlics, wl 'ild luxury in the roses in wild laid it on thiblc carried it in Hind as ho wont home, delighting in j-auty and fragrance, What a dear.l-hearted creaturo sho for saie- nc purchased it gladly, and was, this little! Even his mother, ,ottlcd down within those four walls spite of thosjniniscencos of 1812, 1 to hjm t, ,n0!tt beautiful possession lu could but lov Tho next nMien Arnim returned from the gym jiii, ho found a letter from the Man It contained a check and some obi ry words of courtesy, expressing n regret that tho les sons must be mtitnted for a season, the whole world Tho little place wa unchanged. Ho found hiscousin already there. With the lums ho had sent her, sho had arranged jvery thing to his liking. Marianne expressed some surprise at light of tho tall cousin she had not mot as his daughtiia about to visit Pans. ; ,or twuive years, and whom sho had Arnim jioi:u nimseii iuv mm , jmagitieu younger, j van s aspect mieu pause in tho us would be the best her with horror. She wanted him sub thing for hiniis examinations were ,itted at onco to tho shears of tho hair near at hand e also decided that he j Jre8ger, but tho shaggy Russian scouted would make tempt to bid Hortenso jj,jg jea( anj j,is master only laughed farewell, thu his visits to the forest 1 it ti ho would cht a path not leading by j With strango sensibility tho doctor tho latticed ! now wandered through his native town. If tho rose 1 lilies in that glass of ' Whole streets had been laid out, mod water had oi ecu less enchanting in rn houses had risen, a railway stathm. their perfuni he came to this oon- j jtoml just outside the gates. But for elusion! He about to throw them i the vine-wreathed house, to which so Mutiny on u ItrltMt Mnu of Vt'nr Lends to tho Development of n New Hare. The Adviiiitneeit of t'lvitlrntlun AYIttiutit It Attemlnnt Vleen. Tho ship Uotuity, Deo. Z 1TS7, sailed from Spithoad, Knelanil, lioitltd for the South Sea. The ship was under a commission from tlio Uritish ndintralty to visit the Society nnd other islatuis and collect a nuniUr of tho broad fruit plants, which were to w taken to certain of the ltritish West Indies for tho purpose of stocking those islands. Tho ves sel sUrted on her homeward voyage with Lieut, llligh in command. Ho was of an un usually overbearing and insulting disposition. Ho accused Fletcher Christian, tho innte, with liaving stolen somo coeoanuts which ho had bought at Otahoito, ouo of tho islands they had visited. Christian determined to getaway from tho ship, and was infortned tiy tho iKMitswaiu that the crow were ready to mutiny. Ho surpristnl tho captain in his berth, made a prisoner of him and took jhw scssion ot tho ship. Thocnptaiu and eighteen of his ollleers and men were then set adrift in an oh.'H boat. Christian, with tho twentj'-iour oiacrs who had remained in tho ship, steered for tho Soeietv Island, ami sixu-en of them llnally divided to renmin at Otahoito, whilo Christ ian and the rest, taking with them twelve Otnlieitean women and seven men, set sail in the ship for any plaeo that chutico might tal:o them. Nothing was heard of Christian and those who had gone on tho Motility for twenty years. At the end of that time an American ship, Impelling to touch at l'iteairn's Island, found there an Lnglishiin called Alexander Smith (his name was alteward changed to John Adams! , who said ho was tho solo sur vivor of those who had sailed on the Motility. Christian, thinking tho island a place where there would bo little chance ot their licing discovered, had landed thoro and burned tho ship. Things went smoothly for two jenrs, when one of tho men, having lost In's wife, insisted on taking one of tho Oui heitoan men's. The Otahoitoans rolxdled and killed throe of tli whites. Tho rest of tho whites, with tho aid of the women, then killed all tho Otaheitean men. Only four men were now lelt on tho island. One of theso succeeded in making an intoxicating Hiiuor ami drank himself to death, another one was executed by his companions, aud a third died of consumption. Adams, now an old man, became at last impressed with tho responsibility resting upon him of teaching tho descendants of him self and his companions the truths of tho Bible. Tho result was a model community. Iu IS'M tho inhabitants moved to Norfolk Isl and, but in ls.".(i a part of them returned to Piteairn. This colony has since been remark nble for tho purity in which it has retained the principles inculcated by tho patriarchal Adams. Between tho years 1W0 and ISSO n number of ships called at the island. In 1SSI! tho American shin Harry -Mills visited tho place, and ono of tho inhabitants, named McCoy, accompanied the ship to Liverpool. In tho Rfitne year another American ship, tho the Wandering Je.v, stoppeil at the island anil ui leaving Capt. Talpey, tho commander, 1001; ! with him another ono of tho inhabitants. This was Earnest Hey wood Christian, tho ' great grandson of Fletcher Christian. Until his arrival at Hull, England, Earnest Chris ! tian had never seen a house, a horse, or any ! quadruiied. His delight anil astonishment when he llrst saw a sieam engine nun nam were unbounded. On his arrival Christian was treated with tho greatest kindness, and when ho left England took with him many vuhmblu nresents for tho islanders. Christian spent three years on tho ship, visiting San Francisco, and going completely ! around tho world before ho returned to his , island homo. On her second visit to I'itcairn Mrs. Talpev had with her a young English girl, 17 years old. Sho was tho youngest , iH.rson who had ever visited tho island, and great was tho interest and admiration sho excited among tho girls of her own ago. Ono in particular, -Miss Emily McCoy, kept 1 close to her all tho tmio, asking her all mull- uer ot questions alxait tho outside world. "You are tho llrst girl of my own ago, ouUido of this island, that I have overseen," b-ho said. "Tell mo all you can. What do horse cars look likoi And tho churches-do you have jeoplo enough to fill themf Among tho island women who visited tho ship on this occasion was Miss Rosalind Young, ono of the most attractive and enter prising on tho Island. Sho was at this tltno about !i'l years old, had never had a shoo on her foot, swam liko a iish, played tho organ in tho little island church, assisted her father iu teaching tlio "village school" and was tho leader in everything among tho women on tho island. Sho has written au account of tho island for Tho Century, and sho told Mrs. Talpoy that she never hil'd an idle moment. Another curious vein of modern civiliza tion thut has eropied out on tho island is tho desire for somo place where ono can get a rest and change from tho ordinary routine of life. On an isolated island only a fow miles In circumference, in midocean, and containing only ono villago ol lesi than 100 inhabitants, "summer rosiuonces would seem to bo hardly practicable or do Birablo. Yet theso peoplo havo already begun to build, a little way from Jho main settle ment, a small "summer colony," where tho older ones may go uway, for a littlo whilo every year and lo more retired than thoy can in the village. They have named thoir retreat "Happy Volloy." Tho condition of tho islanders has lately been considerably improved by tho numer ous visits of English and American shiiis. Tho population is increasing slowly. Iu 1879 it was lt. In December, 18SJ, it was 103, of which number 2 wcro shipwrecked sailors who hod settled there. Tho colouy consists of about U0 families, who live in singlo story cottages formed of bamboo, with thatched roofs. The islanders are still noted for thoir strict religious conduct, graco lwing said before and after each meal, and swearing or anything of a similar character bing abso lutely unknown. When any disputo arises among them tho settlement of it Is laid over till tho next arrival of a man of war. when it U referred to tlio CUDtalll. and hU do- clilon is final. Now York Press. "You don't mean to say that you under stand French, Tommy!'' "Oh, yes, I do. When ma and v speak French at tea, 1 k low I'm to havo a powder". Now York Commercial Advertiser. Johnnie Mamma, why do they call minis tors doctors! Mother I can't tell, Johnnie. Johnnie Perhaps it's because they're the pillars of tho church, mamma. Yonkors Statesman. A littlo child in ono of Albany's public Reboots was rebuked tho other day for using n slang expression and excused herself by re plying: "Well, my brother brought that into tho house." Tho teacher said; "Your brother ought to bo more enreful of Ids language." "Oh," said tho littlo ono apolo getically, "you know you can't stop boys from bringing slang into tlio house. Can your Albany Journal A littlo pugilistic cousin, who persisted In running in nnd out, despito tho fact of his having a heavy cold, was reproved by me. 1 said: "Tho first thing you know you'll be taken out to tho cemetery." "I don't care," ho replied, with tho utmost nonchalance; "I would liko o rido, and, anyway," ho added, "I could live up in heaven." A littlo play mate said, eagerly: "Oh, my two brother, is up there!" "Thoy are, are thoyt" my cousin said, fiercely; "well, you just wait til) I get there, nnd I'll smash their noaol"-- Philadelphia Record. Philip, 7 years old, is proud of his stand ing at school. "Well," said his uncle, who had heard tlwi loy sponk rather delightfully about his school triumphs, "hafc is your relative rank in your class i" "I I don't know what you menu, uncle." "Why, 1 mean where do 3-on stand in your classes!" "Oh! In tho reading eliisi I stand on the crack just in front of the big desk, and in the 'rithmetio class I don't stand at all, 'cos we lust sit on tho recitation bench!" Youth's Companion. Apprnpi'liite. A New York merchant, w-ho does an ex tensive business in Cuba, had Ikvh entertain' ing a wealthy citizen of Havana for several lays. On a recent. Sunday the Cuban and liH wife wcro to sail for home. At tlio last moment, tlio merchant thought it would be tho proper tiling to send some flowers to Ids departing friends on Iniard tho ship. So lie hastily dispatched an othco hoy to a llorlst s .o purchase somo (lowers. "Oct about $' worth, and I will loavo the selection to you," were his instructions to tho boy, ufter telling why ho wanted tho flowers. He then accom panied his friend to tho steamer, and just as "all ashore" was cried, tho olllco Ikw rushed up tho gangplank carrying two broken col ituns ono boro tlio inscription: "Wo mourn your loss," and tlio other, "Uono to another horo." Tho Argonaut, l'rohulily. "Par, what is patrimony f" 'It is what is inherited from a father, my dear." "Oh and tlion is matrimony something inherited from tho inothorf' Life. RUSSIAN FANATICS. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AN INTEFH ESTINQ RELIGIOUS SECT. side l-'il i T. lit l by siib r's . ' II'IU . . ' ate, until Mile, hem. student learned though his oyc us note from i nnd himself i ii i n il. r to is. i p. nd his both with Ids out of the w poor flowers of tho garde He kept h then he wan Jw; but why make tho j many memories clung, ho would again Ivor for reminding him ; have wandered forth. Here a sweet lere they grew? I melancholy spell detained him. Lolution until evening, i ')l0 linden was vet standing tho d again along the dear reo beneath whoso shadow ho hud read no bhiinme him; all wa garden was! old path, pihe garden gate wanted to absoinfo he s way. To lei ing word w Ho "Kathrino von Heilbron" with his sh his pupil that in her nlinu k0scs and lilies. syrinras and d no longer pass this ( jarnations, whoso perfumes had per r go without ono part- . ciuled tho air of university lecture bo discourtesy. Hut rooms and greeted him from tho white dress greeted jnuige gardens of Lonento all wcro ent and empty, ihc here. window of Uhnmbcr looking on the Ercry tree and rock on his own do Hited; ho saw figure j Baja waa known to him; Dt outsldo hs nir! Who ltld Trlrycl. A Detroit lady in Washington writes to a friend that uowards of 100 young women at tho capital are habitual riders of tho tri cycle. The smoothness of the btreoU there makes this a paktiino rather than a laborious and tirebomo exercise. Most of tho woinon trk-yclLta liavo a cclal costumo iu tho na ture of a riding nauu minus mo iram. .v ertheleas they are a long while getting over their ncrvousnetis and their self consciousness so as to really enjoy tho exhilarating pleas ure. Many girls own tho machines thoy ride, but a largo projiortlon of the cyclers hlro them by the hour. Tho iiUsady work nsiulrod is really Ijcncflclol oxerciu enormounly so, In fact and there ought to bo more of it done wherover tho conditions will permit. Detroit Free l'ruu. rlr l'luy. A colored woman entered a prominent dry goods store a fow days since, nnd wanted to look at some work baskets. Tho clerk, a young man, showed her sovoral, and sho hc leeted a small one, which sho thought was worth about a ipiarter. "Wrap this up for mo," said sho. "Oil, that's all right," Raid tlio clerk, "you just imagine that it is wrappod up." 'All right," sho answered, as sho picliedup tlio basket and started from tho btoro. 'l!ut you forgot to pay mo," said tlio clerk. "Oh, Unit's all right," sho answered, "just imagine I've paid you." The laughter of tho propriotor and sovoral .:lorka who had overheard tho conversation no embarrassed tho young man that ho per mitted tho woman to walk oir without pay ing for tho basket. Washington Star. Cnged With n T.tmntlc First Baker Just oponlng I see. I suppose you will join tho bakers' truiit. Sccoud Baker I huvo ho uso for a trust, sir. "Ah, ha! I thought so. You Intend to ctit in prices. "Wo'll just bhow you, sir, that" "I havo no intention of cutting under In prices. I shall charge tlio full market rates, whatever thoy aro." "Eh?" "I expect, sir, to gain custom by thosupo rlor excellonco of my bread." First Baker (springing for tho door and dashing into the street) Ilea von preservo us! What an escapo! He's mad, mad as a March hare I Omaha World. Japanese Art. A magazino writer says that Japanese art ii declining. Any one who has scon tho aver ago Japanese oil painting will not bo sur prised. A long haired and wild looking female, fearfully and wonderfully made, jumping a half mile into space and grabbing a mud lion by tho off hind log, appears to be tho favorite motif in Jopanoso art. Norrls- town Herald. Where the Shoe I'lnchet. "You ought not to liaro punished the boy so soveroly," he said reprovingly to the woman. "Tho dog bolongs to a nolghbor, and. lwsides. tying a kottle to a dog's tall is not such a wickod thing for a boy to do." "Tho kettle belongs to mo," said the woman, still mad. New York Sun. Til If I Too Much. "Wo havo heard a great deal about the reckless oxtravaganco of tho far west,"sayf Tho Chicago Times, "but wo cannot go quite bo far au to Iiellove the yarn tliat there is o hotel in Dcadwood where they chango the napkins ovory tlmo thoy change proprie tors." Frightened OfT. Wifo I am sure, John, that burglars at temntod to enter tho houso last night. Husband You dont say sol What do you b'noso f mhtcnod them otfl WifeI think it mutt havo boon your snor ing. Kpoch. lie Walked lluck. "Murphy, molght ol ax yet whudder It'i liathural er artluciai tur ycz to bo uat iwv letrKcdf" "Artificial. Molke; ol rodo up In a b'looi wan toltuo an' walked buck," Harper1! Bazar, rhe lilen of MhlllMii rushed la the Ex treme Limit Some StrHiiRe llellefn t'o eulliir Soclnl and riimnclal Method A Curium. Specimen. Tho interesting sect of "Negators" ofTers to us tho spectacloof a strango religious pes simism. The doctrines of this 6eet push tho idea of nihilism and of negation to their ox- troniest limit. Tlio members lead a Itfo or vagabondage, and pass tho larger portion of their existence in prison. -lho government thinks their doctrines dangerous to public saloty, and subject them to tlio most rigor ous punishments. Let us tako as a typo ot tills sect a certain merchant named emsiiKiiu lu his search for truth he four times changed his sect, and finally became persuaded that all religion was error and lying. Henddlcted himself to tho study of the sacred aenpturea. and thought ho -wrceived that thoy were 1106 in accord with human nature, aud then ho catno to repudiate all ideas of Ood and ro- liirion. ns well ns all human Institutions, an authority, government and society. Ho was promptly arrested and imprisoned, ana an hi property conlUcuUxL Ho refused to jus tify himself or to avail himself of legal help for In defense, persisted in his opinions, and nritiuticd to preach in tho prison. Hero is a curious specimen of Ids answers to tho Judgo d'itistnictlon: Judge Who aro you! Prisoner Don't you eo I'm a manl Are you blind! J. What is your religion! I'. I have none. J. What Ood do you beliovoitif P. I don't believe in any Ood. God bo longs to you to you people, it was you who Invented hint. 1 don't want him. J. Do vou worship tho devil, then! (with somo irritation). I'. I worship neither God nor devil, be cause I have no need of prayor. Tho dovil isalso an invention of yours. Ood and tho ievil are yours, as well as tho czar, tho prles.-j, and government officials. You aro all children of the snmo mother. I am not ono of you, and I wish to know nothing of you. IC.icli for himself, say theso sectaries; there Is neither right, nor duty, nor social or political or religious hierarchy. Man, aban doned to his natural instincts, without hin drance from government, will bo irresistibly impelled toward truth nnd enuity I hoy deny, without exception, nil rights of prop erty, (iinl recognize no lonn ol hoeial orgnn-17-ulion. I'or them, marriage, tho family, social duties, l not exist, thoy live in a fantastic world of liberty without limit, and despiso all that surrounds them. For example, if any ono asked Shlshkln for anything whatever, he would give it lliem att once, only it absolutely must bo something useful, lood, eloilies, or money for vital needs, etc. Hut ho would not given half penny for tobacco, wine, or such liko things. '! hlioulil prefer to throw the money out at tho window rather than help you to poison yourself itli tobacco," ho answers to thoso , who ask him tor money to indulge in that habit If any one thanks him, ho answers: "What a stupid word! You havo received what you wanted t you havo eaten; well now go." Those sectaries are advocates of nil that is natural, they never sliavoorcut their hair, they drink no spirits and do not smoke, so us not to sK)il tho natural beauty of tho intel lectual lacultiev Thoy dream of a life in winch each should work for himself, satisfy ing his wants with tho productions of tho earth, and making for himself all nooobsary article. What 1 over ought to bo given to those who are III want, Thoy entertain a profound hatred for all compulsory work under all forms. They nover go intoservice, even If threatened with death, and thoy em ploy no servants. When Sliishkin was in prison thoy shaved him and tried to c-oaipol linn to work, but ho utterly refused, saying: You have taken mo by force. 1 did not uslc you to shut me up. So now you ought to feed no aud work for mo." It was of no uso to Hog him, to chain him to a wheelbarrow, to shut him up in a dungeon, to give him only- read aud water; it had no ctloct. He ro- niained Immovable. Thoao sectaries do not allow of tho ox hango ol products or of trade. "If you w.itit anything and 1 can give it you, tako t When I iu my turn want anything, you will give it mo." Thoy preach free love and to not recoguizo mnrriago. I hey consider women to no independent Doings, wpiai to men, troo to choose lovers and occupations iceordlng to tasto. Thoy replace tho word wito by friend. A man, a woman nnd a child woro brought txiforo a judgo, accused of belonging to thu sect of Negators. "Is this your wifo!" asked the judge. "No, the is not my wifo." "But ,'ou livo with horf "Yes; but Bho Is not mine. Sho is her own." "Is this your hus twind!" "No; ho Is not my husband," an- overed tho woman. "But how is it,thcnf" -slant tho judgo, astonished. "I need him mil ho. needs mo, that is all; but we each be- I nig to ourbolvcV answered the woman. 'And this littlo girl, is sho yours!" continues ho judge. "No. She Is of our blood, but he docs not belong to us, but to herself." But aro you mad, then f cried tho magis ralo, out of patiouco. "This cloak that you r. wearing, is that yours!'" "No, it is not iiino,'' answered the sectary. "Why do you .ear it then!" "1 wear it because you have iot t'tkon it from ma This cloak was on no hack of some ouo elso, now It Is on mine; i'luts to-morrow it will bo on yours, ilovr an you expect mo to know to whom it bo ,"igs! Nothing belongs to mo but aiy ought and my reason." And so on. Tho words "faith," "power," "law," 'tisago," inspire them with profound horror. Under no pretext do thoy huvo recourse) to i.iiu protection of tlio magistrate, preferring to Kuller witli patience, to uppeal to tho law for protection would bo to recognize it, to submit to social Institutions; but to submit to law is to destroy one's individuality, which thould rest for its support only on the indi vidual conscience and ersonal convictions. It iuui.t bo added that thoy do not believe In tho lifo of tho other world and the rewards of the future life. Thoy hold that man is Im mortalized only lu posterity, in behalf of winch ho speuds his moral and physical fore. Nineteenth Century. A Ciirlnii PlnnUli Myth. Dawn and twilight are only rarely made dlvluitic among untutored ooples. Bal tlioy are pcrsoultlcd lu a curious listhoniaa myth among thu Films. It is related lu this tory that the sun Is a torch lit up every morning by Kol, tho dawn, and put out every evening, by UJmmerlk, tho twilight I'hnlr father, Ukko, the ky, desiring to unit them, they coiibented to coma together for a few days every year at the timo of tho summer solstice, at which tlmo there Is In, Finland no night between tho twfllfibt and theduwu. On these days, tho legend con tinues. (Kuunerlk passed the torch directlr to Ulialllanced,and sho blew It alive witk her breath before It bad time to go out. Count Uoblet d'AivJella la I'opular Seisat MouUur.