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'THE RUSSIAN DOCTOR. A Traffic and Romantic Story from Real Lite. (Adapted rnox mi GKHMA.it of Mm. EUII POSKS, 1IT MH9. FRANCES A. SHAW. IYilatUn VopyrlOtd, IW7, by A. A'. KiUw Jfnctpapir Company. may Help,' she (Tied, reaching him the basket. "I fear you will not show much skill. Do you really know how to tell the ripe berries from the greon ones?" He laughed and took the basket Desiree began to pick hastily. For a few moments he tried to help; then he set the basket on the ground near her, and sprang over the bed to the bench Deneatn tno era linden. "Please excuse me from bcrry-pick-in(r. Let me atono for my awkward ness by reading to you. 1 have Lani artino in my pocket." "That would be beautiful, but I fear I can do nothing but listen." " Hilmar, where arc you? Have you forgotten our engagement?" called the doctor's voice from the terrace, and directly after his quick, firm step was heard approaching. "I am waiting for vou," he said, impatiently, with an un easy side-glance at Dcsiree. Hilmar sprang up. "I beg your pardon," he answered, with some bewilderment, slipping the book into his pocket. "I was going to lighten Desireo's task by reading from Laniartinc's poems. May I havo that pleasure at some future hour, mademoi selle?" Desiree smiled and nodded, wared her hand to Arnim, and the two gentle men went away. The young girl's eyes followed them on the long path leading to tho forest. Hut it was not tho tall figure of her guardian that lixed her thoughtful Hnnce. -o A week later at the close of a lesson, Arnim detained his pupil for a mo ment "I am delighted to hear from Mari anne," he said, "that you have become a great help to her in every way. Per haps you may soon be called upon to take her place." "Is Marianne going to her brother?" asked Desiree. "She once told mo that she might." "No. she will perhaps marry. I know some one who is tired of his bachelor life, and wants a sensible wife. Who knows how soon he may take her from u?" The young girl turned deadly pale. "You do not believe," she began, then stopped suddenly. "I believe that a betrothal will tako place before our eyes, and I regard the marriage as a very suitable one. 'Hil mar,' as lie wrote me, 'is done with love.' He wants a sensible woman and a good housewife." Desiree did not answer, but the hand which rested on the table, trembled. Arnim saw this with mingled terror and anger. "1 must really interfere in Mari anne's behalf," ho cried, excitedly. "To marry a man like Hilmar is a prodigious venture. Fascinating men who have been much worshipped by "women are not to bo reckoned upon. If accident throws in their way another woman brilliant or gifted enough to in terest thorn, woo to the poor wife bound to them in marriage fetters! Happily Marianne'f is an energetic, un sentimental nature. She will in any event remain mistress of tho situa tion." "Does she love him?" asked Dosirce, softly. "I do not know. She is very reticent. But I am sure she would not refuse liim." "Has ho not yet asked.her?" "No, but ho is likely to do so very oon. His visit has nearly expired." "And Marianne suspects nothing of this?" "I think she must have understood the special attentions Ussikow has paid her." "Then thoy will soon marry?" "Doubtless for Ussikow must pass tho winter in tho South, and needs a sensible companion. You may speedily realize your wish to conduct your uncle's household. But I would not chain you here, my child. We would travel and see the world. Whero would you like first to go?" "To my mother's grave," she whis pered, hid her face in hor hands and, 6obbiiig, left tho room. They would all meet at supper in the "garden room." Hilmar came homo late from his walk ; tho doctor lingered in his study. Dosireo was perfectly possessed to help, although assured by Marianne that there was nothing for hor to do that in her present nervous stato she would only hinder. Sho dropped a glass and broke it It seemed as if her hands could hold nothing firmly. At last every thing was ready, and tho young girl seated herself at tho window opening on the veranda. Marianne was in the kitchen, doliver- ing to tho servants one of thoso lectures that was apt to precede every meal. Tapillon's hands lay idle in her lap; eho gazed out into tho star-lit darkness of the summer night Light murmurs broko the silence, heavy perfumes camo borno upon the nlr. Her thoughts, ai if wafted by tho breeze, lluttered horo and thoro. Again she heard tho volco which had said: "Are you not now sheltered as In a father's house?" Yes, Ussikow was right. What could eho expect moro? And yet she could hut reflect that this very man was about founding himsolf a homo a homo with Mariannol Was ho really Uo wife for him? Would ho sing his beautilul Hongs to her evenings, and would she sit by with that everlasting crochet unmoved and indifferent as now? Would sho not interrupt him with all sorts of irrelevant questions as she now interrupted her cousin when he read? How deathly silent and solitary it would be when those two had left the house! Then she recalled the words and nip,lody of that song so inexpressibly sad. There were tears in her voice as she hummed it softly to hersolf : "Commo lo Jour mo dure Passer lotn da tol!" Life for her seemed to havo no joyous (lays in store. A longing, such as she had ncv,r before experi enced, come over her. Sho stretched out her hands into tho empty air and cried: "O mother, if I were but witli vou V A light footstep startled her; a shadow llittcd past tho open door. She rose slowly and stepped out upon the terrace. No one was in sight but a light in the chamber opposite showed that the guest of tho house had re turned. At table, Marianne bore tho burden of tho entertainment; tho others seemed constrained. After supper Arnim announced that a virulent typhus had broken out in tho suburbs, and that he had been summoned to a consultation of physicians, which would take place tho next morning. Desiree was silent under plea of head ache. The gentlemen withdrew early. As they left, the doctor said, excitedly: "Go to bed, Papillon, and sleep away your headache. We must not miss our joyous sunbeam from the breakfast table. Who knows how much I may soon need its cheer?" Hilmar accompanied the doctor to his study. Scarce had the door closed behind them, when he said, nervously, but in a strangely repressed voice: "Forgive me, old fellow, but this must go on no longer! I must leave you. Send me whereveryou will, only away from here the further the better. Let me bo perfectly frank with you. I have deceived myself. Marianne is tho most excellent of women, but we are not. suited to each other. And then I will confess to you that my heart has been stolen for all time. Arnim, I lovo the sweet creature who calls you uncle. Give me permission to win her." The doctor started. Gazing at his friend with diluted eyes, ho stammered: "Tho child you dream!" "She is no child, but tho most en- chantinsr woman God ever created for the happiness of man." " And do you believe that Desiree" "I believe nothing as yet, but I hope," interposed Hilmar, with impas sioned accents. "Allow me to spcafc with her." "For God's sake, not now! Leave me time to accustom myself to tho thought that her youth and loveliness mav no more briirhten my home. To morrow I shall be calm." "And you do not despise mo for giV' ing up Marianne'?" "No, no!" said the doctor, with a shrill laush. "You two could never be hannv in marriajre. Fortunately sho suspects nothing of this absurd plan between us. Now leave me. To-mor row we will talk things over. I will sneak with Desiree myself. Until tins happens, promise that you will not ex chanire a word with her. Your hand upon it." Hilmar pressed the doctor's hand Upon leaving, he said: IIILMAH AND THE DOCTOIt. "Earlv to-morrow moriiins I wal start out for a day among tho mount ains. I will remain longer if 1 can en dtiru the absence from Desiree. Good- niuht, Arnim." Ho had scarce vanished 'when tho doctor uttored a hollow irroan. Slid dnii and vivid as the liirhtninir's flash, flamed up in his soul tho consciousness that he loved Hortenso's child. Tho utrnntr man foil unon his knees, and buried his head in tho cushions of his arm-chair. "Lost as soon as found!" ho sobbed. This night sleep was a stranger to his eyes. Ho paced restless through his chamber until the morning gray in wild conflict with an overmastering passion. Marianno had been right his hour had indeed come! Love so long de layed had invaded his lifo not like a mild spring rain, but rather like a wild tempest overthrowing all in Its path. His heart was rent with anguish. Why had he lived, why T.id ho still live? What should ho do without tho sun shine diffusing warmth through his house and through his whole existence? A faint spark of hopo still remained. Tho thought that if tho uhoico lay be tween him and Hilmur, Desireo might decido for him. 116 recalled hor grate ful aflection, hor loving glances, her ardent greetings, tho confidences sho Intrusted to him, tho tono of volco hi which sho said: "I shall remain al ways with you." Could sho forget all this? Could her Heart turn to t 'its casual acquaintance, this man of whom sho knew so little cood ever from his own lips, who had done thing to win tho treasure of her lov who confessed that he had been about to woo another? Poor wrestler! IIoT little he kmW the heart of wom an! as if it ever required time or floble deed to call fort 8 ife lo! It cotftc and it is theue! Sho lo?cs tBiti is the miracle. In ninety-nino cifttogt iff tQ hundred she scarce knows vwiv. With passionate ftrdor, ArniiJ nigB t to recall from hrSroading, from his o n experience, examples of the devotion of a young girl to an elderly man of love that had sprung from gratitude. Ah, could she but belong to him for the rest of his life ! Never to leave him more ! How he would bear the beloved one on his hands! She should live where sho wished. He would not bury her youth and loveliness within these four narrow walls. When in tho morn ing twilight, he at last Hung himself exhausted upon his bed and slumbered, in dreams he clasped his beauteous darling to his breast, and her sweet Hps whispered : " I remain always with you !" CHAPTER VI. 1 was a relief to Arnim not to find his guest in the breakfast room, to feel sure that thoy would not meet for the whole day. "Hilmar has country with his portfolio," he said, taking his placo at the table. "He will probably return to-morrow or the day after." "1 am glad he is away," said Mari anne. "I will have his chamber thoroughly cleaned." Desireo turned pale. "Ho must havo gone in tho night," she said. f"Iwas awake very early, but did not hear tho slightest sound in tho house " "We need not trouble ourselves if he stays away a week," remarked Mari anne, coolly. "Uncle, you are ill!" cried Desiree, suddenly, and, bonding over him, she grasped his hand. "You look as if you had had a bad night "I havo not slept." he answered, with a faint smile. "I havo been kept awake by many anxieties. I shall leave directly for tho consultation. "You will not renew your practico at a time like this?" asked Marianne, in terror. "Think of j'ourself and of us. I am mortally afraid of typhus." "It would bo an unworthy physician who thought of himself in such a crisis, Are you afraid, Papillon?" "Yes, very much so," she said, blushing, as if in shame 'at her weak ness. "But if one I loved needed my help as nurse 1 should not hesitate to give it." The doctor.on his return at noon from tho consultation, looked grave and anx ions. "We hopo that in town tho disease will bo confined to isolated cases," he said; "but in the outlying villages it has become epidemic. You will sec but little of me. I must do nil I can, and I would like my meals at as early an hour as possible." All at once Desireo laid her hand upon his arm, and gazing intently into his face, said, with tremulous voice: "Uncle, do you think our guest has taken tho route to tho villages? A sudden pain as from some sharp instrument shot through the doctor's heart, but ho answered, calmly: "That is scarce imaginable. Tho picturesque region Ussikow frequents for sketching lies eastwardly from here. Tho epidemic rages in tho villages to tho west. He may return this evening." Ho did not come this night or tho day following. Arnim was sure that if my thing had happened somo word would have been sent. Marianno did not suffer a moment's , anxiety, but Desireo wandered restlessly about the garden and terrace, gazing often down tho forest path for some glimpse of the absent one. "Commo lo Jour me dure Passur loin do toll" echoed a constant refrain in her heart though the lips were silent. It seemed already months since ho went away. The doctor plunged into his practico with feverish ardor. It came as a God send to divert Ids thoughts. Tho viru lent cases in tho town increased rapid ly. For tho first time tho destroying angel of pestilence had invaded this peaceful valley. The little hospital soon overflowed. There was urgent need of nurses. Solitary cases of self sacrifice, displayed by contrast the egotism of human nature in its appalling nakedness. Tho general motto was "Lot him save him self who can!" Abroad, tho doc tor's energies were taxed to the utmost, his heart wrung by tho spec tacle of human misery; at homo he met only anxious faces. Marianne mado no concealment of her terror; Desireo llittcd around palo and sllont but with a look of strange foreboding in her oyes. Ivan in his bewilderment broke almost every dish lie touched, and turned things upside down. His grand preservative asralnst disease was h lraugnt ot whisky.' Kattie, tho cook believed every liatf hour that sho had an Httaek of tho murderous fovor, and ran howling to hor mistress. She anted tho doctor constantly on hand, mil did not see why ho could not pas. :iis whole time in the vicinity of her Utchon. Why should ho run after trangers and leave his own household n tho lurch? Arnim. at tho incessant utroaty of his cousin, had proscribed Irops as a preventive. Sho scarce nl owed tho vial out of hor hand. Sucr icial clouds of smoko arose from v oom in tho house bui tho doctor itudv. Hero, at his cxpre.s coiiiin.in. 2ono out into tho EMPRESS OF GEUMAXY. TRAINING WHICH HER MOTHBG) Tt33 BRITISH QUEEN, GA?B qjcnOQi Arwtoroar 10" Ml fhQ-iHtU C1i0iQmm1 I iiOUmO"-P" o' B3tjtpl -lorn It) Qie IWfrQn CoiptP That tjje English, princess who bow occm pies tfce exalte", position of empress of Uer mnny though adored ly U?r busband and the objort of the allectionato respect of her late father-IJ-law, tins never been n favorite with her mother In-law. with the print chancellor, the unprogresslv aristocracy of the Oerman court and government and of the (Jcrman public who have judged of her mainly by the opinion they bnve known to be enter mined In regard to hei In those exalted circles has long been no secret to tbo who have tieen In a ositfoii to see themselves the relative position of the Imperial family of Germany, and to Judge by the way in which public opinion Is Influenced In and by the capital in this country as In all others. Hut tho reason of the state of sentiment alluded to t not far to seek CJueen Victoria. sufficiently sure of the solidity of her Grandeur and of that of her family made it n iolnL In the bringing up ot the latter to encourage them to llnd henlthv amusement in "homely" interest and oecuivitlons The royal children had at Windsor their gardens, dairy and kitchen, in all ot which they amused themselves at their pleasure, working In their favorite domain as hard as any other children would have dono. deeply Interested in digging and plant Ing, sowing and gathering In making cakes, tnrts, custards, etc. preparing everything and keeping everything In order with then own hands, doing everything themselves even to the makingof the llreln their kitchen and the "cleaning up" and putting away ol everything brought Into use In their doings One of their greatest delight was to gel the queen and IVince Albert to come to then quarters tc lunch, when everything compos ing tho repast was of their own providing The Hrst gathering of the green peas of theii gardens was always mado a nrctext foi en gaging their royal parent to come to one ot these repasts, every dish of which was always mnde by the young princes and princesses, who were very proud of their success on those pleasant occasions, when thoir flowor teds furnished a handsome bouquet for their royal mother and c favorite (lower for the paternal huttonhola TUB PinsT LKTTEHS I10MK. The first letters frcm "Vie" to her family iftoi her marriage all contained inquiries Hltotit her garden and Its various plants unci Mowers, among which was a beautiful rose nush o' her own planting and training, and in which she took especial interest, and nows eouceriitng the oteuiug of its buds was con tnntly asked tor by the future queen ot Hrussia. 1 he latter, soon after hei establishment In Herlin. was found by some ol the stillest of the coutt ladies one day when they came to iwy their rosjects to the crown princes lurched on a ladder hammer In liana, busily engaged in putting up some window draper i In one of het drawing room The horror excited If tht minds of the visitors by such in abasement ol th royal dignity on the luirt of their future queei may be more read ily imagined than duscriliod, as also the in digtiation of then royal mistress on learning fron hoi ladies thi unprecedented demoo racy of her son's brldo1 To nil tho remonstrances addressed to hei from time U, time, on the scort of her lapses in the department of royal dlgnity--froin which everything Ilia th' ordinary uses ot feet and lingers was (mulshed as derogatory from the rules of divine order tho crown princess always replied "Mamma docs so.' r 'Mamma approves of if" ano this Justi tleatioi was Invarialil) regarded, by German prejudice and jealousy as an aggravation ol the oltuuse. Thus the young crown prince mused a vast amount ot local augur by in listing on the wearing of cups by the maid ervunts employed in her mlaet German il ls have generally tine "heads of nair " are mud of them, unit consider caps, as worn by tald servants in linglaiicl, to be an outrage ind an abomination und the women In the uriucess establishment unanimously relusei o oliey the order Hut th. prince on artiing this refusal. Informed the Iioum'IioIiI nut bhe wus quite determined on caps being vorn. MUST PUT OK CAPS. 'All tho maid servants in mamma's service venr caps," said the princess, "and all those ho wihIi to remain In mine must wear them hose who will not submit to this rule can nil my service. Those who desire to remain nisi put on cap- ut once." When It wo "Hid that the princess' mind was made up n the subject little white caps, like thoxe urn by servants in ICngland. were at once dopted. but the general public regarded the ilposiug of these caps as a piece of odtoiu Knglish" tyranny The princess, utter her marrlnge. not onlj iiuliuued to take nutmea' porridge as a pan it her own morning meal, but always had it T"ed ut her family breakfast table, at a egulnr item of that repast. A mall portion it the (Scotch dainty, perfectly cooked, fcarved n little wooden bowls most tastefully curved hikI flunked with tiny jugs of rich creuni was place, I beside each plate and It used U be coulldenMally tarid smilinglyi remurked 0 giiesu honored by admission to the lull macy of this family repast, that the royal bostesr 7ros always especially gracious U those who hud disposed of the porridge uti the most apimrvnt munlfentioMK of approval That the practical familiarity with the in teresuot ordinary life, so widely cultivated by Uueeii Victoria In the training ot hei children, has elfectually preserved the Uer man empress from the ijieciul danger ol royal isolation, I abundantly evidenced ti her active patronage of enterprise of publn benevolence, that It has proved equally ellect ive within the privacy of her owu home u well known to all who have had an opiurtu uity of looking more nearly behind thunceuea Berlin Cor New York Urapbia lluiitliia for Nfiuh's Ark. A Russian ultlcial now in this country say that another attempt to llnd .Nouh'i ark l about lo be made by u company of Russian explorers. After the deluge recorded in Ueuesu the ark in which the human rui was saved rested upou the moiiiilulli- ot Ararat one of the two punks ot which U In Russian territory, and Is the grul laiidinuik between llussiu. Turkey and I'eixin nui lur from the eastern end of the Ultick fii I nr luuimit u more than l7.0U0feel aisne the level, and U constantly covered with now and ice. Iluntou Traveler MitlflitB I'leiMutnl II clue. A mother once wild she wanunl to uiake ber boys leel thut home was the plejAiuiU! place on eurth, and he took care to lutorexi Imr m early .li truiU and Mowers, and lit rueud them III the growth and develop meat of all liirms of plunt Ufa Next to tht warm, luilernul allecllon h deems tho in flueniv ut llowen and fruit as (he mot potent ugfucit in making u ploasaut noma HU Ujui Itepublicuu. THB LANDLORD OF PARIS. Tj3Ctf)ng to AmAicnns Wtio Visit tUt l-Ycnch Capital An Incident. "Wiece are many things that American sfcoOra be cautious about In taking apart ments In this city one thing In particular, tflal of ilemandlng a duplicate Inventory of all the articles in the room, and to be certain of carefully noting every crack, stain or scratch Ir porcelain, on carpet or furniture, otherwise, when giving up the apartmenU there Is sure to bo some trouble with the landlord. To prove how we Amorlcans are In the power of French landlords after signing a lease and Inventory. I will tell the experience of a friend of ours whe just returned to bis nativt land thoroughly disgusted with France and tho inhabitants Mr V signed a lease for an apartment on the Champs Klysees for two years, went carefully over the inventory with tho landlord, and when thoy came to tho dining room he told the proprietor that ho did not wish any of the glasws or tableware in IL as be had plenty ol his own that ho had Just purchased and anxious to use so as to imss It free ol duty when he returned to America. The landlord asked the privilege of placing the dinnei and breakfast sets, with the two or three dozen glasses. In a closet that was not to be used. Of course our friend agreed to this arrangement, and did not oven look at the alwuuloned porcelain. At tho end of ttie two years tho Inventory was again taken, and on arriving nt tho dining room the long clo-ed closet was opened and nil tho china and glass taken down from tuo sueives wuere n mj covered with tho dust of months. Mr 1'" asked in astonishment what use mere n in n looking at it alL "Why. to see if it has been broken," tho landlord no plied with a gracious bow "111111 nave noi used It. mid most certainly would not lie re sponsible for any breakage. " "IliiL mon sieur, tho inventory cans mr it, nnu e muim ni it " niul down came niece after piece Tho result wns n charge or 600 frnncs against Mr. V for a badly used dinner and break I list set nnd a dozen and a. tuiW cracked ghusses- Naturnlly there wns n iruuiemious u nKi.tnn in n-vpr'a ofllco Tt retribution, but all In vain, for Mr V was actually obliged to pav this exorbitant domanu oi mju iran llllt. lui fnmsli'iiinir n chock for the required amount ho asked in n meek voice if tho two sets nnd glasses would lie his ir ho paid ims . . . . . . , i i.i .... sum, for tho landlord una sum .uoy uiu i of no service to him, being so bndly dam aged. "Certainly, If monsieur so desires it, but of course monsieur would not think of iuking It to America In such a bad couui tiou." "No matter what 1 would do with IL" Mr P ri.nln.il . niul wrote out tho check with out further words. After tho door hnd closed on tlio satisfied and smiling landlord our . . . i 1 1 ,i friend ordured his sorvanis 10 my an me china and glass on tho floor In the ante chamber and to wait for his return, after which ho rushed ton hardwaro store close by, purchased four stout batchoU and re turned to tho apartment with a beaming countenance. And now to work. He called to his servants, nnd setting tho example he began to chop the array of chlnn and glass into a thousand pieces in a very few mo meats nothing but a heap of crusher" porce lain and glass remained as evidence ot the deed, and our friend heaved a sigh of satis ruction as ho surveyed his work. l'aris Cor Argonaut. Dress Acconllni: to tho Wcntlior. The great trouble with most men nnd one nr ti,. -Miumin uliv vou hear thorn complain so frequently of sickness is Hint they do not know how to dress to meet the requirements of tho weather Men wear the snmo weight of underclothing all through a season, with out any reference whatever to tho dally changes of weather 1 know lots of men who carry their heavy flannels on their backs from September to July and never think of putting on light underclothing until the ex tremo hunt or summer is iiihmi them. Now this is nil wrong. 1 believe in changes of clothing for changes or weather. Thick lamb's wool is tho proper thing for the depth or winter, but when tho spring chnngos como a man should Iuivl light underclothing for tho warm duyB und a heavier quality for tho cold days. I always tako advantage of tho first broak in tho winter weuthor to don garments suita ble to tho shifting temiHiraturo. At times when other people are sweltering In Ilnimols I am comfortable in tho guuziost or linens, and then immediately the mercury rails 1 lift the lid or my clothes chest and make uso or material thut will give mo comfort and protection through that day. To do this successfully ono need not bo a weather prophet exnetly, but ho must cxnmino his barometer on arising and study tho proba bilities of tho day I have followed my pres ent custom ror years and never round n cold to result oven when the changes of garments would lo regarded by another porson with tho greatest appreheiislon. Dr W, P. Jvler in Globe-Democrat. Tlio Children or the I'oor. In tlio homos of tho very poor there nre no hired ccrvuntr to keep tho household ma chinery rurning smoothly while tho mistress Is away Tho wife of tho laboring man Is frequently cook, nurse, housemaid, laundress, all in ono; and If she must go out as a bread winner besides, what Is to prevent tho do mestic engine from running oil" the track and getting ltelf hopelessly dltchodl Of the two evils, if both are evils, 1 am persuuded that it is better that tho child should go out to la bor than tho mother Liberty, uncurbed by tho check rein of parental restraint, Is a more than doubtful blessing, for the loss of which the child that takes Its mother's place in tho shop or the mill Is more than com pensated by the advantage of having ber care at homo. It is of far greater Imports auce to tho physical and moral well being of the child that It should have a clean, well ordored home to receive It out of working hours, than that Its working hours should be abolished. Tho real hardship to tho children of tho poor Ilea not in setting them early to learn the wholesome lesson of labor, but In leaving them to grow up amid the dlscom forts and dangers of a neglected borne, while the mother Is bestowing upon loom and spindle the care that Is the natural birthright of her little ones. Uliza V. Andrews in Pop ular Bciuticd Monthly No Cuuse for Alarm. A man living in a lioboken Itat was greatly dUturiied and not a little alarmed by a ter rible commotion In the flat abovu There wo the sound of tierce scuttling and falling bodies with now and then a half subduud bowl or groun. "Thui big 00 pound lubber up there must be whipping ins dellcut little wife," said the Indignant listener, us he run up the stairs mid knocked ut the door or the upper HaL I'he delicate little wife came to the door, fluttered ami excited wltJa victory, and cur ryuig a broken broomstick In her hand. "What's the matter up heref asked the niuiL "Uh, nothing nothing worth mentioning t all only IllRKUi swore m how he wouldn't ilma thv buby, un 1 ben lottln' 1m know as how he would, lie's drossln' of ei now, sir that's alL Beg (uirdlng far dls Uirbln' you." Detroit Free i'mss. Don't be alTm-Led. It'na deformity. A CURIOUS BELIEF. SUPERSTITIONS OF THE TOTONAC INDIANS OF VERA CRUZ. Stories of tlio Nalinil." or Doabtsfe Guarding Children A km I nut Kvil ltS enrMIA Ken rules ol the Btarrcloasb The Would be lllter llltteru Meanwhile the friends nnd kindred gatber up the ashes which for wieks past have beca collected from the household fireplace for tho purpose, ad at a little distance from tb bouse they distribute those ashes In a circto Inclosing the cabin, the ring being perhnpss. foot wide and several Inches thick. This nnf remains during the night of the child's birth. nnd tho next morning it is cureruuy u siiected. with the view to discovering the tracks of any animal which may hnvecniwwa it during the night hutover It may b tUit has left its Imprint in the circle, tbaC animal Is the nahual of the new born In fant. It Is not quite easy to explain tho meaning of the word iiahuaL Other self, guardian splriL wraith, token, all these have somewhat of its force, yet none is exactly tho detlnltion. If the nahual be n deer, for to sUinre, tho babo, become a man, has under exceptional conditions the owor of exchang ing his coroml lioiug at will from Hint of n. , man to that of a deer Thus It goes without saying that the child, as he arrives at th lieriod of Intelligence, is carerully taught what animal is his nahual, and it is held, sacred accordingly An Indian mother must giinrd her child against evil influences, so she plucks a tuft ot the halr-liko scarlet feathers that grow at the root of tho "canoe ticnk" (the toucan), and fastens thorn on the crown of tlio infant's head with cera do cumiieoho, a very tenacious wax gathered by insects. If sho meet sv "white ono," that is to say, a Caucasian, sh hastily covers tho face nnd head of her baby to avert the Ills which may befall it, for iC the stranger gaze upon tho child tho look means mal do ojo itho evil eyel. With Increasing years tlio tlo between th mnn nnd the Individual animal into which ho transforms himself becomes stronger nnd rtronger, until at last tho death of the ona snaiw the cord of llfo of tho other Take, for instance, tho story of a death which occurred on tho night of tho birth of a womau of the l'otouau nice, who in her advanced years wos u prodigy of kuowledgo nnd a very notable person. It may bo said, en passant, that the telling of this story in detail develops many features of Interest ill the daily lifo of the Indians. It wus the night of birth of the daughter, and some hours nftel that event, indeed aboutduyllghL when Francisco 8 niul his wire awoke to the fact that the .tranger wns crying lustily from some physi--ai discomfort. The husband arose to stir tho lire into n hlnzo, for llfty years ago matches und candles were not in use In Mintla and the firelight served for all pur poses or Illumination. Hut tho Indian serr ing woman hud crept away to the straw mat that was her only bed and the Are timl died down nst rekindling, so that th man had to seek tor a torch at the hut ot a neighbor, who wns already astir sad -uting his simple breakfast of tortillas, s thui, unleavened eorneuko, dipped in a sop it red Chile oK!rs, ground up with water hi preparation for beginning his work at daylight. Returning homo with tho brand, Francisco was relating to his wife that his envy and admiration iad boon moved by tho gusto and hearty apjietite of the neigh bor, when that neighbor's wifo came rim ing to tho door crying and calling "Chicot Chicol Come quick to help mot Mariano k dyingl" And, truly enough, when Francisco reached the spot tho man ho had so lately lett eating with zest and vigor was ast the lust agony, whother from apoploxy, heart disease or wliat not these tuniplo feeling people had no means of verifying. Hut the explanation was for them siniplo enough when, a low days later, word camo in from Yecuatla that at the very hour of the sud den death a part)' of hunters at that place had killed a lion (mountain lion), which ani mal wus the nahual of tlio dead man. The bud Indians uro rather Inclined to make capital with tht. superstitious of their occult powers, but it sometlmos results, in this matter, as in others, that the would be biter is bitten, as witness tho following epi odos There was nn idle follow, Jose, who hung utKiut Misantla, liviug pn the oirnings of his wire, who ground corn and made tor tillas for her uolglibors. The wife died and Jose turned his wits to stealing chickens and making himself a hiilKuii!e generally in the community Onedny he went to a changarro kept by n poor widow A changarro is & stand for the sale or uguardlente and tepache, a sort or beer or cider made rrom fermented com and puioap'ilos. Jose demanded liquor, and tho keeper declined to give It to him gratis. Then says Master Jose, Indicating a miserable hug-o' 'bone of a horse belonging1 to tho widow, winch was tiod to an orange tree in the courtyard i "You had better give me the liquor or I will throw mal deojo (the mvII eyci on your horse and kill him." The vender of liquors iicrsisted in her refusal, and, by u curious coincidence, a little later the wretched animal fell down and died. Ik nad probably been on Its last legs, but the Indians did not view the matter from so philosophical a standpoint Thoy seized Master Jose, the sorcerer, and administered to mm on the spot no sound a beating that he shortly died from the effects of it And there was another, a notorious drunk 'ird, who lived In tho moiite, the chaparral, the jungle, his family deterred huu from ioiug to the town, for he always returned 1b u toustly state of Intoxication when he went down to Misantla. lie heard one day that a neighbor, a man who lived two or three leagues away at the edge ot the mountain, liaij a stock of aguardiente, and he bent his -iteps to the chozu a hut of cune and palm to buy a share of It. The other man stren uously denied the possession or liquor, and the toper grew furiously angry at what he considered a falsehood and selfish unneigb borly refusnL "Very well," ho said. "yoi. refuse to give or sell mo aguardiente. You wilt rue IL The first day you go out hunt ing" tor the other lived by the spoils of the cuuso "I will become a tiger und kill all your dogs." In spite of this formidable menace, the hunter, who really had no liquor, could but persist in tils assertions. Lo and beholdt The first time thereafter that be went hunting a big tiger set UHu his dogs and killed the whole pack, one after another The poor fellow, bereft of his moans of sub sistence in the loss of bis dogs, went down to Misantla and look out a doinandu a writ f complaint against his neighbor on achargn of witchcrutt and do; Mentlug Aim! lu Jndgus of that day lly took place only wiw ten years since actually ttwli the cliarg onnally, sonoiwly, and th oltendw was committed to Jail on the grounds aforesaid, with what result present deponent kiiouctli dol Y, IL Addis in Ban Francisco Chrou Icle, Adulterated Cod Liver OIL Profeasor I'oel, or L IVUirslmrg. found 60 W ceiiL of (letrolvuin in th d liver oil sold by ouedruKKt tlB adullnli article having lb hute. ntl and ttpHT once of Uie Renuiua,' Mineral oil Is alto In qiMHitly found ui olive oil Hoston 14