'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