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CHAPTER III, the same, h at the last moment
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first train to the City. A hansom eek to restore his geed • name•. answered Daoon, not looking up , "utas
and s
conveyed. himstreet,
to the corner le Fen- I have g[van you st promise, said he brought Mr, Ardwiok and the h
church street, and he completed hie, Gilbert With an earnestness that reach- er gentleme•n 3"
r o on foot. HGs destination was yeouter degree
to of
her life ban Tho ktvou,
your y
one of those massive blocks of build- py aiiadI shall not regret what I do this As soon as the doorggcloned, Daoon
t the
containing the offices of some He
da' 11 it is in the power of the man and releatsed 1 m id'ng-pl ce o Astbury
fife most extensive London firms Hn she loves to do 1t, 1 will,, was the ter- I nm your debtor for life. If you
theefdst a broad swinging
tendon vent and determination n las to fulfilull baton -s 000udld fail in. your escape, trust to me.
first floor the broad s cid him. Re tion Then do not have any fear about G bye •ageln.
of Ellicott & Co's offices faced They clasped hands, and debtor and
but assht down me. But should you fail in your prom- creditor parted—the one standing trem-
a,
did not enter by them, p g ise, I shall set 6vhat at ma be rn my biing on the threshold of discovery, the
Corridor, hutted at a small door on power to do. Have you written the Pa other passing eabnly under the aloud
which the word 'Private' was Printed per 1 reqquire?" of disgrace,
e with which It is here," answered Dacon, draw- Gilbert walked quietly and unob-
In gold letters. .A. latchkey elute ing from leis pocket a sealed envelope,, served down the broad staircase,. out
she was provided gained hili immediate Gilbert opened at, and read the let into the street. He hailed a passing
entrance to a small. but high-ceilinged ter it contained. There was not the hansom, and was driven to the rail-
apartment. ft was well lighted by a slightest
is studied every tyorin d�ondawe weighed its way station where be was to enter the
large tv[ndow, hay ng a double frame purport, as it committing the whole to train wli'tch would be his funeral car ;
Por he was leaving behind all that a
of glass to deaden the an of traffic memory. man values in this world—the woman
in the street. A rich Turkey carpet and Are
rt Satisfied?" st askedplaen- he loved and the certainty of an bon -
massive oalt furniture proclaimed this oii h?" 3 low thingsranightWhat
o C for Itiit m note
to be the sanetorum of a person of some ,FQuita plain, and I am satisfied. ' his His prospect of o was that of
importance. would be enough to convict any man, fl'a onlyn that Dacon pjoyved true and
At the writing -table was a gentleman even
ritjnf hoThereI; taattempted
e ltdbackhis
witla the - made a ggeed and faithful husband to
other gapers, T wish your mixtd to be Hetty He carried tvitlt'him to his es
ile the co >:• iousness of Innocence and
On leaving Cedar Cottage, Gilbert 0.s0 thin
e wasPro
aware hat he was doing municatin wit the poral
office, and,
g, and was frightened by the, as he had anticipated, ateda clerk appeared
t traight en the pathways of the idea that when. Gilbert had e t more In response to his ready " Come in,
1 t
ubjeoted. 'himself e • would" I s l ho with
wen s Mr T111icott desires o see yo im
Champs Hill
meadows Permitted he Prebend ttiel degradation to whichol e
Champion 'Hill Station and took the h recant mediatnl , e
boli him' in an moment,;,
of thirty-five or so, who started to his
feet on the opening of the door. He free„ from any haunting dread of the the tender satisfaction of knowing he
was tall, handsome, with trim mutton- power this thing would give me over the done all it was ill human nature
°hop whiskers, chin and upper lip clean- You. I wish you to be free to devote o 0 o rove ow much
By -
Yens whole lite to her. Now, are you a d- p manor of this
t i t h u h he loved By-
ly shaved, and his head covered with satisfied?" n by, perhaps the y
would brighten his y
bushy black hair. He wore the ortho- Dacon grasped his band again, and
dos black cloth frook coat, and in eevery vent I ail for
o keep innt y pledge," to he stied with
respect had the appearance cons bitter emphasis as soon as he had re -
with his surroundings—that of a man covered control of his voice, "I shall
of position and authority in a great eon- deserve the worst fate that can befall
mercial house. But when be saw who I a man in this world and the next. I
ask no mercy "
bis visitor was, agitation displaced his
dignity.
"I thought it was Mr. Ellicott," he
said huskily. "1 am glad you have got
back before him.—What is your answ-
er?. Have you seen her?" In his eag-
erness for the desired information, he
paid no heed to the whiteness of Gile
bert's face or his physical exhaustion
so plainly evinced by the manner le
which be grasped the back of a chair
for eupport the moment after putting
down his bag and other things.
"Yes," he answered faintly; "I have
seen her."
"That was lucky. How did you man-
age it ?—for she told me that nothing
would induce her to speak to you again
until— But, good. heavens, Astbury, you
look as if you were going to faint. Sit
down man. Here is a glass of water."
Gilbert took the water, vat did not
sit down. The draught seemed to re-
vive him, for he spoke quietly and with
more firmness than at first, "1 sup-
pose the hurry and excitement have up-
set my nerves a bit, I she.l1bAeall
luckyht
presently. As you say, it
saw her—lucky for you."
"Chen you have the answer.I ex-
pected she would give 9—What is year
decision? Henry Dacon's lips were
parched as he put the question; his eyes
seemed to start with terror as he wait-
ed. -
for the response. Strongly
man as he was. his whole frame shook
with the intensity ofhis
before brief
suspense.
In the momentary pause
rt
spoke there was concentrated an age of
misery and fear.
My decision is what I promised it
should be if she satisfied me that her
happiness absolutely depended on you."
Dacon sprang forward and grasped
Gilbert's bands, looking as it he could
scarcely believe his ears. Do you
really mean this, Astbury?'' be queried,
joy and doubt contending in his mind.
Do you think you are strong enough
to carry it out to the end?"
"1 will try," was the calm and re-
solute reply. 'The sacrifice is a ter-
rible one—it seems too great for anY
man to make for another, however
Strang the bonds. of friendsip between
them may be,"
"Lt is for her sake,' was the calla
and solemn answer.
"True, true; it is for her sake. Heav-
en known I accept it only because it
is so. Had there bean any other way
to spare her—to make her happy, 1
would have done. anything, rather than
let you take this burden on your shoul-
ders. There is no way out of i1 except
this, and as you meant to go away at
anyrate if she told you that—that'—ile
became, more and more confuted, and
.his face so flushed that a fit of some
kind seemed imminent. He did not
complete the sentence, but ran on in
another groove. "It !s hard for you—
cursed hard. Will you not repent when
you find yourself au exile and thunk
of what you know will be said here
" So be it, was the comment
then abruptly: "Tell me what are the
plans you said you would devise for my
escape?"
Everything is ready, and not a bit
too soon." Bacot spoke promptly, for he
was glad of any change of theme. Be-
sides, be was intensely relieved by the
calmness with which Gilbert appeared
to view the present position and the
future.
Has Mr. Ellicott sent to Scotland
Yard yet?" he queried as Dacon opened
the door of a lavatory, on the walls
of which bung several coats and hats.
" Not yet; but he has gone to see
his lawyer, Ardwick, to tell him he
may take action as soon as he thinks
fit.'
Then the police may be at work
now ?"
"Not before my uncle returns. Here
put on this overcoat—it is big enough
to cover you without taking off your
own. In the pockets you will find
everything you. require In the way of
money, and the necessary letters and
papersr f the steamer He Hercules, bto act ound from
Bristol to Rio Janeiro with a genera!
cargo. She lies under orders to be
ready to get up steam as soon as the
owner boards her. You are the owner,
and your name is Edward Harrison.
The money you have there and the
goods on board the vessel will give you
a fair start in Brazil; and of course
you will have whatever more you may
require from me as soon as means of
communication can be arranged."
Your plans of escape are marvel-
lously complete."
They ought to be, for they wore
made for myself ;" and even at that
moment of peril, Dacon could not con-
ceal a gleam of pitiful pride at this
acknowledgment of his ingenuity ; so
you can depend upon it they have been
made as thoroughly safe as could be.
The coat will do—wide enough and long
enough to change your whole appear-
ance."
We will put it to the test," said Gil-
bert quietly. "But before we part, let
this affair be thoroughly understood
between us. Accident placed in my
hands the proofs that you had involved
yourself in extensive speculations; and
that to cover your losses you had, with-
out authority, endorsed bills in the
name of the firm to the extent of
about eighty-four thousand pounds.
On making that discovery my duty was
to inform 1tlr. Ellicott. I have not done
so, and therefore have made myself in
some measure a partner in the—trans-
action we wilt call it. You'know I am
not a partner in it, and had no sus-
picion of it until a few weeks ago. I
told you, and you confessed, because
you could not help yourself. I owe
you something for your friendly help
when I needed help so much. You re-
minded me of my debt, and told me that
your exposure would blight Henrietta
Silverton's life, and I now believe it
would. Then to save her, so long as
you are true to her I shall be as one
dead. All this is clear between us two;
and now we have only to arrange how
about you? win you not, by -and- 1,
T am to get on board the Hercules.
begin to feel that the sacrifice is toe 1'l'here 15 no one," he added with bit-
great, and seek to undo everyth:,ng
1.1e had spoken with nervous rapidity,
as if striving to drown in words the
promptness of his better nature. His
impulse in the first gush of admiring
terness, " I have to regret my death,
for death it is. You have many who
care. for you; and so it is better that
I sh,uld go than you."
y, AltDury, ora
.gratitude had been to say : "No, Ast- shall cavein," said Dacon, trembling lest
bury: 1 wig noth r11savkyou willobear 1 ahadaundertakenert ttbe tapsskuiof sh eldinat g
thing even for he
the burden of my own Coity—sin—mad- hint. "I at anyrate will miss you.--
ness—call it crime at once. You, how- Crime, shake bands, old fellow. 1. shall
ever, shall not suffer fortune." But the not forget my promise even for a mo-
-weakness which had betrayed him in- ment."
to his present position proved stronger I hope so, for your sake and for
then has nobler' instincts. Good and hers.—What about the trains?" The
bad were so equally, posed in his char- question was asked with an abrupt as-
acter, that temptation of any kind al- dentition of devil-may-carences to hide
ways weighed the balance down on the the emotion his trembling lips betray -
wrong side, although be suffered the ed.
acutest pangs, of remorse afterwards. Dacon looked at his watch, and then,
His superlleial impulses were always to make quite sure of the time, stepped
of a generous nature. Warm-bearted to the window to examine the dial of
and fond or. approbation, he delighted the church clock opposite. ' By taking
in doing a good turn for any one. 1 bus, a hansom," he answered. " you will
when Gilbert first arrived in Lbndon, catch the afternoon train easily. Get
ho cheerfully recognised his former on board at once sail at en.oe, and
schoolmate, and dict everything in his then—"
power to promote the youth's prospects Ile stopped, and there was such a
;But when driven into a corner, Dacon look on his face that Gilbert was rous-
se intensely dreaded being detected in
.a fault, that ha could not help trying
to escape :rem it no matter who might
be the seap1ae-gnat. He was bitterly sen-
sible of all that Gilbert Astbury must
hazard and lose by the coarse deter-
mined upon. He devoutly wished there cipl i, th m Iter "
bad been any other way out of the decided that no more time is to be lost." makes her the largest vessel afloat,tv1111 I clout sec 1t 1" she curtly replied. I
hole into which he had tumbled; but Then your piens are likely to fail. lie, 14 knots. She is fitted up for '200 "01 course not—no wife ever does. SAND AS AN EXTINGUISHER
there was none save the one Gilbert at he first step,. first, 151) second, and 1,000 steerage pas I That is why the press of the country is
offered him. Hepersueded himself that "Not unless you want them to fail," sengers. filled with so many murders, elope- I 'Water mill not extingulsl burning
if Betts future had been inalienably rejoined Dacon in hurried and excited 1 meats, and d.vorne cases. I sit down kerosene oil, but dry sand will, and it
linked whir Asthury'A as 11 was with accents. They will go into my un- THOSE, AWFUL L 14ILC'13;OBES• beside yea of an evening with a heart is wise precaution to keep a ].,ox of it
his own, he, too, could and would have cle's room first, and iben send for me. At the seaside or in the country,tvhere. full of love and affection, I am hardly 10• some convenient place to lie used in
made the same sacrifice for love's sake. Hare; go into the lavatory. Attar the tented when—' an emergency If this is not at banal
i ou i wa.
As for Damn, he stood for few mo-
ments dazed, like one who has just
heard the sentence of death pronounced
upon, him, and could not yet realise its
full import. He would be safe if Ast-
bury made good his escape—safe from
all hint of shame or disgrace; safe from
the contempt of the woman to whom
he was devoted ; safe from the scorn
of that good, generous uncle, who
trusted him and had done for him all
that the most affectionate parent could
have done for a son. He would still
retain 'his position in their esteem;
still bold up bis head in the City as
the future chief of the great house of
Ellicott & Co., whose- wealth and in-
tegrity were undoubted. That reflec-
tion roused, but could not console him;
for there came with it the bitter know-
ledge that he had this day bung round
his neck the heavy chains of eternal
fear and remorse.
A clerk came with a second message,
and Dacon tried to pull himself to-
gether in order to endure as calmly as
be might the ordeal of the forthcoming
interview with the head of the firm,
the lawyer, and the detective.
(To Be Continued.)
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
Ile Talc.. a We k'i, Vacation, lint lie
Beesa't enjoy 1t :: vii.
"I told you once," said the retired
burglar, "about sitting down one night
in the parlor of a house that I'd called
at, to rest a minute, and falling as-
leep ; and about being woke up by the
man of the house who took me for his
uncle that be'd been expecting on a
late train, and took me upstairs and
put me to bed in the beat room. Re-
member that? Perhaps you remember
that after the ]louse got quiet 1 open-
ed the window and got out on the roof
of the veranda just in time to hear
the real uncle come up the path from
the street, and hear him and the nephew
hustle upstairs after the strange man
in the best room, oh ? Well, 1 had an
experience once that was a great deal
worse than that.
"1 had stepped into the front room
of a house from the veranda, through
a window which I'd opened without
much trouble, and which I left open
so 1 wouldn't have the trouble of open-
ing it again when 1 was ready to go
out, I hadn't much mor'n got an when
a man came in through a door on the
other side, carrying a lamp, just the
same as the man did that took me for
Ms Unalo William; and this man holds
the lamp up and looks at me and says ;
Why,Bill 1'
"And I'm blessed if it wasn't a cousin
of mine that had moved into that town
about five years before and I knew
well enough, but I'd never been to
isit him and we'd sort o' half forgot-
ten each other the way people do when
they live in separate places like that.
I'd thought of him when I struck the
town, but it only just sort of occurred
to mo that that was the town Steve
lived in. I hadn't any mora idea of
meeting him than it we'd been a thou-
sand miles apart.
how'd you. get in, old man?' says
Steve, and 1 give him the same .,jolly
about coming late and thinking I
wouldn't disturb the folks, but just sit
in the parlor till morning and surprise
u"'Well, come on, now,' he says, 'and
you can surprise the rest of 'em when
you get up;' and be took me off tip -
Attire to bed. f set my bag (john a
little to one side when we got into
the. room, but his eyes happened to
light on it, and he says:
'I should think from the size of your
bag you didn't mean to stay leng;' and
I says no I hadn't meant to, l,ut 1'd
stay as long as I could.
"Or course I couldn't 511(15 down no
veranda post on Stephen. 1 had to sine,
and matte 'em a visit;' and I did. I
stayed a -week, and they made me
just as oocnrortablo as they could; but
I didn't enjoy it a bit.'
LARGEST VESSEL AFLOAT.
A Belfast correspondent. states that
the Pennsylvania, a twin-screw steam-
er, with 30,001 tons displacement, 20,000
ed from the. apathy which had taken tons carrying capacity, 535 feet long,
possession of him. 03 feet beam, and 42 feel deep, was sur
1107 u is the matter o 1 eeesfully launched by Messrs. Berland
My uncle is (getting out of a faux- i
wheeler below. Ardwiek is following & Wolff, Belfast, for the Hamburg -
him, and next. there is a stranger. 1 1 American Line. The normal speed of
believe he is a detective. Ardwick has the vessel, this measurement of which
LS POST..
THE BOWSER'S TROIISI.ES.
"`By=tire-way," said Mr, Bowser, as
he looked up from his paper, "have
you heard from your mother lately 1"
"Had a letter yesterday," replied
Mrs, Bowser, "and elle asked to be re-
membered to you,"
' 'The dear old soul I think as much
of her ns I do of my own, mother. I'll
give you $10 to -morrow to buy a nice
little present for her, Is your father
well 1"
„Not, very. He's very old, you
know,'"
"Poon old dabby 1 There never was
a nicer man in all this world. I'll giver
you aio to buy something Por him as
well."
"You ,are awfully kind," said Mrs.
Bowser, as she wiped a tear from her
eye.
On money matters. I. suppose_I ought
do what is right. I was thinking this
afternoon that I out you pretty close
on money matters. I suppore I ought
to make you a regular weekly allow-
ance; and then you can depend on hav-
ing just so much."
"It is awfully sweet and kind of
you,"
"No taffy, my dear 1" laughed Mr.
Bowser, "I was going to say $5 per
week, but 1 guess I'll make it $10. If
that won't do, you ]et me know later on
and I'll make it $15 or ,$20."
Mrs. Bowser looked at him through
her tears, and called him the best -
hearted and most loving husband ie
the world. If a neighbor had come in
just then to create an interruption all
would have been well, but fate willed
It otherwise, In his great good nature,
which in the average husband is the
prelude of a row, Mr. Bowser whistled
a merry air and stroked the family cat
and planned with himself to buy'Mrs.
Bowser a hundred -dollar cloak next
day as a surprise. He was growing
real frolicsome when she ventured to
say :—
Had you just as soon look over
three or four little bills which have
oome in during the week?"
131118 I" echoed Intr. Bowser, as his
whistle cut short off and he cuffed the
cat off his knee, "I always pay cash
down, and l don't know anything about
hills. Where are they ?"
"You—you didn't happen to have the
change, and told me to go ahead," she
said, as she produced three or four pa-
pers. "A. water pipe burst one day,
you know, and you told me to send
for the plumber. Here is his bill, and
I'm sure it's a very reasonable one."
Two dollars, eh? Two dollars for
plugging up a pin hole leak in a water
pipe 1 vices that tinker imagine, I'm a
fool or a lunatic? I'll never pay it this
side of the gravel what else?"
"Yon told me to get the door bell
fixed, and the bill was $1.
'Door bell! I told you! Never 1 If
the door bell eves out of order then it
was because you stood there and haul-
ed and pulled and yanked on it and
finally got it out by tire roots. You'll
pay that bill out of your own pocket."
"And I hada broken window pane in
the cook's bedroom replaced,'• said
Mrs. Bowser. 'I knew you'd tell me
to go ahead, and the bill is only eighty
cents."
"Eighty cents!" he shouted as he
grew red to the roots , of his hair.
"Eighty cents for a small pane of
glass, when glass can be bought by the
rod for fifty cents! And who busted
that pane or glass, Mrs. Bowser ? The
cook probably got mad because I found
fault with the coffee and stood before
the window and deiibertely kicked out
a pane of glass to get even. I'll keep
it out of her wages! What else?"
"You know I told you that the lock
on the basement door was out of or-
der ?""
Never 1 Never heard the slightest
allusion to it I"
"And you said I should send for ,a
locksmith'?'
"Neverl Never !"
"And the bill is forty cents."
"Forty ' cents 1 Forty cents for ttvo
minutes' work 1 And if that lock was
out of order, how came it so? Did that
cook, in order to get even with me
'again, stand there with a crowbar and
whack and jab and pound until she
broke the lock? That's forty cents
more out of her wages! Are these all ?"
Yes. Ityou don't feel lilts paying
them I'll do t out of my weekly llow—
ance. The whole thing only amounts
to .$4.20." '
"Your weekly allowance!" he repeat-
ed. "Mrs. Bowser, have you a weekly
allowance from a royalty or an es-
tate?"
You said you'd give me one, you
know,"
"Never I If I said anything at all
touching the subject it was to the ef-
fect that if you hadan allowance you'd
pay a dollar a pound for sausages."
Then you can send mother five dol-
lars and pay these bills with the rest,"
she suggested.
"Motther? Five dollars? You may
or may not have a mother, Mrs. Dow-
ser --I do not know ar care—but why
should I send her five dollars?"
"You—you said. you would."
"Never 1 It has never occurrerl to me
in the last fifteen years to ask if you
had parents or were an orphan l"
Mrs. 33owser crossed the room and
sat down and picked up a hook, and
11r, Bowser got. up find crossed his
hands under his coat tails, and walked
about, He finally stopped before her
and, balancing himself on heels and
"toes, he said:
Mrs, Bowser, I had planned to
spend a pleasnat evening with you. I
came home with a heart Lull of love
and kindness, and I was ready to do
anything to shots- hots much I appre-
ciated my borne."
"But what have I done?" she asked.
"It is useless to thrash over old
straw. Even as I was thinking of buy-
ing you acostly present as a surprise
you—you—"
I handed you those bills. I said I
would pay them out of my own poe-
sot. pp��
"Yes, you handed me those bills. I , the day „come soon when the flags of ery, ctlsense and death, are successive
do not complain of that. I do not coin- • the two nations shall float together links in the same chain. (0) Calisthenics
plain of the amount, which is msignifi- I from t ho sante staff, wherever there may be very genteel and romping very
rant. What t scant you to understand ; is a strategic point between civilize ungentcei, but one is the shadow, the
is that there is a great underlying prim- , t.i,on • and barbarism." other the substance, of healthful exer-
e n is a rise, (10) Girls need health as much—
nay,. mare than boys- They -Gan only
obtain it as boys do by running, tum-
bling—by all sorts of innocent vagrancy.
At least once a day girls shottld have
thole halters taken off, the bars Id
down, andbe turned loose like young
roles." i
A COMPOUND ;1rRAC'TURIe.
Why was it that she broke the en
ga onient, Fluffly0
lleoause she found out 'that 7 was
broke,
Nov, 201, 1896
this subject, If you cannot disoprn the
feat underlying principle, talk is idle,
j, win retire tom librar and should
anyone call You can las that I aro Y
bus.
very, very busy—and that it iii quite
I¢kele you way Shortly ,go bong to see
your =ether I" Good night, Mrs. Bows
ser--good-night l"
And Mrs. Bowser sat there Ino an
hour and tried to figure it out and the
nearest she could come to it was;—.
Never present a bill to your husband
when he's goad -natured. Wait until
he's "off," and the bills can't make
him much "offer,"
BRITISH WARSHIPS.
Ruiners at ItallfuxTflat ale North Allan
tie squadron ss to be ?)uublcd in
Strength.
A report is current to inside naval
circles at Halifax that Great Britain has
decided' on what is considered the most
important- meaeiire, so far as the de-
fence of British North America is con-
cerned, that she has ever taken at a
time when the nation has not been en-
gaged in war. It is 'stated that the
squadron of warships note known as the
British North American and West In-
dium fleet;js to be separated into two
divisions, and each division brought up
to surpass the strength, whiob so far
has been maintained for the'singe
squadron. On died will serve for the
defence of Newfoundland and the At-
lantic coast of Canada, while the other
will make its headquarters at Bermuda
and look atter the interests of Britain
in. her West Indian possessions and pos-
sibly those in South America. This facia
step means that a powerful fleet of
British warships will be found in Can-
adian and West Indian waters the year
round, whereas at present the summer
months find the ships on the Canadian
and Newfoundland coasts, awhile the
other half of the twelve months is spent
in the West Indies. Heretofore during
summer time it is not unusual to have
one or two of the smaller ships of tbe
squadron cruising in the West Indies.
The division of the. North American sta-
tion, in the manner indicated may not
take place until next spring, but it is
probable there was a good foundation
SALT .
POULTICES,
%he thief object of a pouti'tlee is to
supply and retain heat and moisture for
the relief of pain and internal pongee,•
Plop, Other bit less fregnent uses are for,
cleaning the surface of foul ulcers and.
bustening the removal of dead tissue.
Poultices are beat made of ground,
flaxseed, but in ease title is not to be
bad, bread, corn -meal or hominy may
be substituted,
In making a bread poultice, the crust
of the leaf should not be used, and it
should be remembered. that snub a poul-
tice quickly becomes spur, When corn-,
meal or hominy•is used, eat should be
added to eaeb 'applieaticn•, to prevent
irritation of the skin.
The greatest benefit of a poultice•
eoiilea from its heat; therefore care
should he taken to apply' it very hot.
The flaxseed -meal sliould be mixed,
with boiling water in a receptacle Place
ed. over the fire, and the mrxaure should
be constantly stirred until it is of about
the consistency of oatmeal porridge.
The batter should then be evenly
spread, about half an inch in thickness,
on a warm cloth folded In two or three
layers.
Over the surfaoo of the flaxseed a
Piece of cheese -cloth, white tarlatan, 'or
a fine cambric handkeroh1ef should be
laid; ar, these failing, the surface may
be covered with a small gaantity Of
vaseline or sweet oil. This procedure
in no way interferes with the action of
the poultice; its object is simply to pre-
vent the flaxseed from adhering to the
The poultice, atter being applied to
the body, should he covered with either
oiled silk, flannel or cotton wadding.
so that the heat may be retained. As
soon as the poultice cools, it should be
removed and a fresh one applied.
in order to render a poultice more ef-
fective in diminishing ar relieving deep-
seated pain, as in the chest and abdo-
men, mustard may be added to the flax-
seed. Such a poultice is far better,
for ordinary purposes, than a mustard
plaster. It le rarely followed' by any
unpleasant irritation of the skins
The mustard should not be added in
the form of the powder, but should be
carefully -mixed with a small amount
of warm water, and then thoroughly
stirred into the flaxseed: just before it
for the statement of a couple of months is spread upon the cloth. The amountago that Halifax harbor will contain of mustard should be varied according
at least one member of the British to the severity of the pain and the age
fleet this winter: One of the most in- of the person.,
teresting features of the story that the TOR application for mustard in this
naval service will be doubled and more form is particularly well suited to
than doubled, is the statement tbat the children and old people whose skin is
flagship far the British North Arnett- easily irritated.,
can division will not be the battle -ship
Renown, bat it milli, be the mi6'lrty ship
of war, Royal Arthur, one of the great:
ARE DEFORMITIES OUTGROWN?
monsters of Br it ain'snavy, and that It is a matter of common observe,
she will bring the new vice -Admiral tion that the "bow -Ie s and "knock
wibh her to command this division. 6
When the 'Vee -Admiral now command- knees" of young ohilalren become ap-
ing, Sir Jas. Erskine, leaves this station parently straighter as age advances,
in a few months his flag -ship the Cres- even when no assistance is given to
cent, toile return to England. The clivi -them Perhaps it is due to these
sign of the station will of course mean
two British vice-Admirans an this side facts, or possibly to a species of self -
of the Atlantic. One of them will be Sir delusion, that mothers so often believe
Sohn Fisher; who will be the other is that their children will outgrow many
unknown, but his flag-shipwill be the stout sncreasin
Renown. To keep the officers of the Y g deformities, Which aro
various ships attached to both diviei- consequently neglected, to the children's
further hurt.
Certain deformities, when arrested,
will apparently grow less or disappear
as the growth of the child increases,
until as adult age is reached they may
cease to be noticeable. But even though
ons familia,r with the waters of Brtt-
ish North America and the West In-
dies it is said there will be an exchange
of divisions every eighteen months, the
ships on the Canadian coasts going to
the West Indies and vice verse. The
big cruiser Talbot, which recently came
to Halifax from jonglaard to replace the the ideal of symmetry be a eomparat-
Megicienne, will, it is understood, be ively low one, a deformity of any mo -
one of the West Indian fleet and her mens most be treated early if the body
niece at Halifax twill be taken lay anoth- is to be brought up to the average ston-
er ship of the same eines.. The recent dard. The child, like the tree, must
additions to the British ships in Am- be taken in band easily if any natural
eriean waters have n•Iready greatly distortion is to be corrected,
strengthened the squadron, and it is Pott's disease, a curvature of the
quite certain that by next summer spine due to au inflammation of the
Great Britain will have on this side of joints causing decay of the bones of tbe
the ocean the greatest fleets she has spinal column, and hipdisease, due to
ever despatched across the Atlantic. The similar condition of he hip joint, are
ships have already begun to take their : among the deformities which require
departurefrom Ha flax and Bermuda , Lreatmenc at the eari.esas
t possible mo -
for the winter. The Talbot and Intro- , meat.
pid having sailed this week; but the , Postural deformities," so called, in -
flag -ship Crescent, with several smaller 1 eluding bow-legs, knock-knees, flat
vessels will remain for some weeks yet. ' chests, round backs, "shackle" or loose
1 joints and weak feet, are among those
for which most can be done b3' surgeons
UNION JACK!" and awparents. On the other band, such
"GOD BLESS THE
Mdeformities will be inored it tihe weak
parts are subjected to strain. Thus
Biome llnrtzeai eenees stream's Treat- attitudes producing fatigue at tweak
meat or )ter (atlontes, spots, attitudes induced or encouraged
At a recent meeting of the 112etha by uncomfortable seats or by defects
of eyesight aro common causes of a
i S.
at New York Bishop want of physical symmetry..
dist resellers oP p Y
p
C. Hartzell, who was elected at the last Newly sutured postural deformities
General Conference of the Church to yield in most rases to eimpie means
succeed Bishop Taylor, retired, ashead which a mother or ncapable of
applying; but the firstt evidence of any
of the missionary work in Africa, ad- disease of She hones or joints, such us
dressed the preachers on the outlook a limp, a dee
spoke
one foot, or a
in his new field of labor. The Bishop curvature of Ilia spine should receive
@immediate attention at the hands of a
spoke of the long struggle which has surgeon.,
been cared on for hundreds of years i 1n general, it may be said that de -
t them -
by philanthropic and Christian people eee�res. Nniure eaertsdu not tend.to horsolf correto other
for the moral, mental, and social ele- directions. However, a corrective force,
vatiou of the negro, and reminded his though in itself very slight, if rightly
hearers that the colored man had pros applied may entirely do away with the
ed to be a willing and industrious pu- deformity, or at least aid largely in
pit and grateful for the efforts in his lessening sl.
behalf. Of the future of Africa Bishup,
Hartzell said: THE HEALTH PRECEPTS, '
It is usual to refer to Africa as the I
' Dark Continent,' but, in my mind. Af- 1 The following ten "hygienic aphor-
riea is the land of promise,nn
the co- jams," said to have been framed by the
try tubera the missionary will win his late Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, aro given
grandest and greatest victories in the
future. God, in his wisdom, has held in the "Medical News:" (1) "L'lie best.
the veil of mystery, over Africa and thing for the inside of a man is the
will continue to do so until the civil -1 outside 01 a Diorse. (2) Blessed R he who
Red nations can be encrusted with its
custody, We bear a good deal said , invented sleep—but thrice blessed the
about the gold and silver question. But, ' thing for the insides of a man is the
I tell you, there is 1,200 -mile stretch ingg, (3) Light gives a bronzed or tan
of gold -bearing. rock in Africa, with $3, -'color to skin; but where it uproots the
500,000,000 in sight already, which will lily it plants the rose. (4) The lives
settle the whole matter and peep the of most men are in their own hands,
ratio between gold and other coin ma- and, as a rule, the just verdict after
tale at the proper figure."' death e,'ou1d be—felo de se. (5) Health
01 the attitude of Great Britain to- must be earned—it can seldom be
ward her colonies and missionaries, the bought. (0) A change of air is less
Bishop spoke in warmest commends- valuable than a change of scene. Tho
tion. God bless the Union Jack 1" he air is changed every time the wind is
said. " I want to see the troubles be- changed. (7) Mold and decaying veg-
tween the United States and Greet l3ri- stables in a cellar weave shrouds for
tain settled, and settled quickly. May the u ler chamber. (8) Dirt, debauch -
He tried hard to satve his
•mind With that reflection end with the
constant natation of the at' ument: "11
is all for her sake, He wishes maketor
her happy. So do I. She hes toll him
there is only one way of doing it, and
he agrees, I, .also, must agree," All
clerk has oome for me, eve will know the air is clear 1,500 microbes must be ; "When Ihand you three of your little , the flames should be smothered by
that the coast is clear, and haft can inhaled into tbe rinse every hour, while bills for repairs to the house, which throwing some heavy rug, woolen sub.
get. away by the private door." in London the number often reacll+'1. you authorized me to incur 1 she inter- stance, or .a, damp towel over it, '
Gilbert submitted to be hustled into 14,000. The organisms are caught by rupted.
the place of concealment. ,Dacon, with the nose and passed to the digestive ; "Mrs. Bowser," he said, as his i •
heart palpitating painfully,; seated him- organs, which, when in health, destroy thumbs went up to the armholes of his A $`10,500,000 mortgage has been
self. Ills hands, trembled so that he them. 1 vest, "it is needless to say more on given on 5. Paroeu of Beaten property.