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CHAPTER IV.
et was late when Dacon Wilted et Ce-
der Cottage, sp late that even IIetty
lead begun to despair of hie Coining,
Her Mother bad delayed dinner for an
lions on bis Amount, and was not pleas,.
ed by the inevitable consec uonoe that
the extra delicacies provided to tempt
tilee jaded appetite of her future Bon-
in -law were spoiled. After dinner, as
was her custom, ween they were quite
alone, she took what was eupbesnistl-
cally termed" forty wines" in her easy-
chair; as each wink occupied rather
more than a minute and a -half, she had
usually a good hour's nail. She Awak-
ened under the pleasing delusion that
she had only shut her eyes for about
ten minutest, and was invigoratea by
the repose, She was as eager ,as ever
to learn the details of wbat.bad hap-
pened in the City, and confident that
"Tear Henry would never think of
leaving there in suspense for a whole
night." But as the hands of theclook
pointed to eleven, she became decidedly
impatient; and again when a vehicle
stopped at the gate and the sound of
footsteps ou tba gravel was heard, she
immediately took credit to herself for
never having had a moment's doubt of
" Dear Henry's" oonsideration for the
anxious state of their minds.
" There I I told you he would come,
My dears," she said, as if Betty and
Daley had been doing their utmost to
persuade her that he would not; "and
euro enough, here he is!"
Dotty ran to meet him, and was
startled to see how weary and almost
haggard he looked.
"I was sure you would expect me
some time to -night," he said; "and
late as it is, I have come as soon as
it was possible. We have bad a bad
time in the City, as you can guess."
"You seem to be quite worn out,
poor dear," exclaimed Mrs. Silverton,
sympathetically adding in a practical
way: " Take a glass of wine; or will
you have a little brandy 4—and have you
dined ?"
" A little of this, thank you," he re-
plied, helping himself to brandy -and -
water ; " bat I cannot eat. This has
been the most horrible day I have ever
known. The loss to the firm is very
serious."
And is it true that Gilbert Let -
bury has run away?" asked the widow
with a severity of tone indicative of her
resolution to nave no pity for the
young man who had so disgraced her
sponsorship.
He cannot be found," was the eva-
sive answer.
Daisy had been sitting in the shadow
of a large screen, knitting; but she had
been observing ail that had passed and
paying attentive heed to every word.
She looked up now and spoke in ter soft
clear voice; Do you believe he has
anything to do with these frauds?"
l,iaeon was startled by this abrupt
question from the hitherto unnoticed
listener. 1 cannot say what he may
have had to do with them. Miss For-
ester."
Daisy rose and looked at him steadily
as she put the next question: "I want
you to tell me, Mr. Dacon—do you be-
lieve that he is guilty?"
"I do not." The emphatic answer
seemed to jump out of his mouth in-
volunatrily: there was not the faint-
est note of doubt or hesitation in its
deliverance; and yet there was a mon-
etary disturbed expression in his eyes,
as if he had heard the words spoken by
some one else.
I should be glad if he could clear
Himself of all blame," remarked Hetty
with a sigh,
"Impossible, or he would not have
run away," insisted the widow, holding
to her first judgment.
' Thank you, 1\&r. Dacon." observed
Daisy earnestly. " I also feel sure of
his innocence, and sure that it will
some day be placed beyond a doubt."
"1 nm pleased that you should share
my, opinion, Miss Forester," said Dacon,
quite recovered from that flash of con-
fusion which Daisy alone had observed.
"I am so satisfied on the subject, that
I mean to do all in my power to help
him."
Mrs. Silverton was breathless with as-
tonishment and relented having so has-
tily declared her decision. She put on
her glasses and gazed at him with un-
bounded admiration. How good 1—
how noble of you, Henry!" she ejacu-
lated. I cannot find words suffi-
ciently strong to express my wonder
and delight at sueh magnanimity 1 You
who, on account of your friendship for
the young man, must, like poor me, bear
some reflections for his misdeeds—you
are the first to speak in his behalf I
This is truly noble, and I wish 1
could think of him in such a Christian
spirit. But I am only a woman, and
cannot so quickly overcome the—irri-
tation—the annoyance I feel after hav-
ing presented him to all our friends.'
Hetty's hand stole softly into his, and
the gentle pressure of her fingers told
him more eloquently than her mother's
grandiose address what a paragon of
manhood he sheared in her eyes. Ills
band gave a slight convulsive jerk 58
she touched it; but this was no doubt
attributable to his dislike of such open
praise—although she thought the prates
was not in the least bit exaggerated.
I am only doing what I believe to
be my duty to a true friend. Unfor-
tenately, there is not much in my pow-
er to do; for Mr. Ardwick, our solici-
tor, has already made vp his mind about
the case, and his opinion is not fav-
ourable to Astbury. I made out, too,
that his view was taken by the detec-
tive who was present at the consulta-
tion to-cley, although he did not express
it so plainly."
" The detective!" All colour faded
from Daisy's cheeks as she repeated the
ominous word,
Yes; I am sorry to say," Dacon Pro-
ceeded deprecatingly, as if apologising
for himself, " the affair has passed into
the hands of the police. My uncle
would have put off that step for an-
other day at anyrate, but ,Ardwick in-
sisted that too much time had been
already allowed to slip by before decis-
ive measures were taken."
' And what will they do? asked the
girl in a frightened whisper.
, They must first find our frlend,and
then everything will depend on the evi-
dence they can bring, against him. As
he had not been seen in the office since
the forenoon, bis lodgings were search-
ed; but nothing that could inorimin-
ate him was dieeovered. Ills landlady
stated that he had gene out in the
morningg as usual, and she bad seen no
elgne 0f' preparation for a journey. She
expected biro back at his usual hour ;
but be has not yet returned to the
house."'
' Ile was ''here to -day."" sat Daisy,
lookingat her cousin, and told nee
that lis was going Way, and would
probably never return."
Eetty a cheeks were tingling with the
re/nemoranee of the painful some she
bad Passed through, She, had no
th,ouglt of aoneealing the interview
with Gilbert, although she had annune-
ed her resolution not to see him again
until tints dreadful bin/incase was dispos-
ed of one way or another. 13ut she could
not and would not tell her lover what
winked 'things Gilbert had insinuated
against 'him, and how fiercely see had
been compelled to defend him, The re-
colleetion'of these insinuations refloat-
ed the more lustre on Dawn's conduct
towards his would-be traducer.
Yes," she said, looking down, "he
toad me, too, time he was going away.
'I am glad you saw him," was :De -
eon's ready apmment; " and I hope you
contrived to say something obeering to
him, for he has been in very low wa-
ter lately. Since he has told you that
he was going, be must have meant it;
and I hope he will get clear away be
yond tee reach of the Scotland Yard
people." ,
Daley regarded him with an expres-
sion of surprise, and spoke .somewhat
reproachfully: I thought you said
that you believed him Innocent l If you
meant it, you should wish him to be
here toprove his innocence."
It is very difficult to know what one
should wish under the circumstances,"
rejoined Dacon uncomfortably, for he
was taken aback by her keen glance
and sharp rebuke. 'But we will see
what to -morrow brings forth. I will
let you know everything that. goes on;
and now I must say good -night."
"You won't forget that I shall be
dying for the earliest intelligence of
anything that may happen," said Mrs.
Silverton Impressively as she was ehak-
ing hands with him ; "for, you know,
everybody will come to me for infor-
mation. I feel almost as if they would
regard me as a sort of accomplice—it
is so unfortunate that our names should
be associated with—with such a'—site
was going to say "criminal," but sub-
stituted -
u ed the i intoe
milder but in some
ations scarcely less offensive word—
' person."
Daisy fancied that ha winced under
the reiterated expression of her aunt's
indignation with the supposed malefac-
tor ; but be spoke composedly enough.
"Do not disturb yourself at all on
that snore, Mrs. Silverton. Everybody
will be sorry that you wore unlucky
enough to be acgaaanted with a man
suspected of a —blunder like this -for
it is more of: a blunder than a crime.
But nobody whose opinion is worth a
straw will dream of blaming you for
the kindness you have shown him."
"It is curious now he contradicts
hSmsslf," reflected Daisy, "He says be
believes Gilbert innocent, and now he
speaks as if he thought him guilty.")
"I am glad you should think so," re-
joined the widow ; "but you are so gen-
erous and considerate in your way of
looking at things, that you are inca-
pable of guessing what ordinary peo-
ple will say and what scandals they
can make out of .nothing." This eves
said with a smile and an admiring
shake of the head.
! am glad you saw poor Astbury
to -day, Hetty," he said when they were
alont together ire the little hall andhis
arm was round her waist.
"He pleaded so earnestly to see me
that I was forced to yield," she ans-
wered meekly, but quite determined not
to explain that it was the threat of
danger to him which had overcome her
resolution.
You did quite right. 1 should have
been more sorry than you can imagine
if you had remained stubborn in your
determination not to speak to him. Poor
chap, he is in a bad fix, I did not like
to tell you the worst before your ano-
ther and cousin. But every raihvay
station is being watched; telegrams
were sent late to -night to the police at
every port in the kingdom to have him
looked fer and his movements watched.
To -morrow morning, a warrant will be
issued for his apprehension,"
Should he be caught—what will hap-
pen 1 0 Henry, I feel so sorry for him,
because"— She hesitated; and a jea-
lous pang shot through the man's
breast, extinguishing his better feel-
ings.
"Because what?" be asked with a
gentleness the display of which re-
quired an effort.
"I do not know that I should tell
von; but there should not and need not
tie any secrets between us."
"Certainly not."
"Then it is because I think—no, I
am sure—that Daisy is as fond of him
as—as I am of you."
He drew breath and experienced a
twinge of pain at the meanness of his
momentary suspicion that he was her
accepted suitor only because he was the
heir of Gilbert
ws the mans heEllicott
loved. t He was
glad, relieved, yet tortured by the con-
sciousness of his own falsehood; but he
was palliating it with good resolutions
to fulfil the terms of (Gilberts bargain
in the fullest measure. He would make
Hetty's whole life one of unmixed joy
80 far as devotion and money could ob-
tain that result. His voice was a lit-
tle husky when, after a pause, he
spoke.
"That is another mason why 1 must
do everything a can to shield Astbury.
At the same time it is a pity, for I
see no chance of his coming back ex-
cept as a prisoner."
Daisy would .sut ffer semhorrible, w would
in her place." Sbe elung to him fondly
whilst speaking; and he felt that ahs
was shiveringat the bare idea of him
being in suca position. Do you
think there is no hope of Gilbert being
able to prove his innocence?"
The question stung him, and he an-
swered with a curious note of pain in
his voice, although the sound was
scarcely above a. whisper; I de not
know, Men bane been before now in
as bad a fix as he is, and have come out
of it all right, or at anyrate not much
the worse for getting scorched in the
fire. S mean to stand by him whatever
turns up, and you can tell Daisy to be
certain of that,"
This assurance was comforting to
Hetty, and would have. increased her
love for him if there hail been any
space for its increase. On returning to
the dining -room she was flushed, and
there was a happy light on her face.'
"We need have no fear about Gilbert,"
she acid, speaking directly to Daisy,
for Henry says he will protect him,
no matter what happens."
"8 am sure he will, and I have ,just
been saying so to Daisy," observed Mrs.
Silverton, who had been busy all the
time extolling Dacon's virtues with
the biggest adjectives she could think
of.
Hetty was surprised that Daisy was
not so enthusiastic as herself in ex-
pression', of gratitude, when ebo re-
peated Dacon'e assurance of fidelity to
his friend. More, she considered her
reception of ft ungraeziously cold.
Daisy was certainly grateful for his
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empeatic declaration of faith in Oils
Pere and yet oho was puzzled by wan,
lois ecaentrieities ee tone and look,
j aregon ofn n sed wee, tot se an oaQ
preseivs vulgarism, "eleuffiin wetllan
uneasy eonsononce, So, wens; the oth-
ers were loud—and she amid not deny,
,ueti loud—in their 'mule/none of tee
(Wined, friend, she was somewhat s1
loot, wondering what it meld, be that
us
made her sit-see/Loma Co
ious_not only of his
genez'osiuy bet of els truth.
Sha racked her brim all tee nigght
for some explauationof her daubtthat
should e natural and oonsisteet
with the .aberaoters and position of the
two men. She was glad when morning
came, and it was praetipable to leave
se. room and go out without bxoit-
leg too much astonishment in theminds
of the domesties. She took a brisk
walk Iet the keen morning air, throu�,,gglz
the meadows round by ilio Berne ;dill
road, with the fresh 8oliage of its aen
cent trees sparkling with many deli-
cate shades of green in the sunlight.
Then down the steep of Champion Hill,
through the meadows again bank 'to
the Cottage,
A telegram .from Dacop °arrived at
luncheon -time; "Nothing known yet,
except that he has got away." Later
came a message with' a note for Hetty,
She was disappointed and 'distressed,
but not alarmed by its contents. This
was what she read to her mother and
cousin: It will be impossible for me
to call this evening. My uncle has had
a serious attack of apopolexy—so ser-
ious that the dootor fears the worst,
and I must remain by his side."—(The
lamentations of the lover for the joy
he had to forego were judiciously omit-
ted by the reader.)—"No trace of Ast-
bury has been discovered; but it is
painful
in• fulls to ebto le write that the bank
to prove that he re-
ceived the cash for most of the forged
bills. The cashier who paid the money
knew him well, and there can be no
question as to his identity. I am truly
sorry for this ; but still hope that there
may be some mistake, although every-
thing is against the probability of [t."
A heavy cloud shadowed Daisy's face
as she listened to these last sentences,
Mrs. Silverton scarcely heard them. for
at the announcement of the dangerous
illness of Mr, Ellicott, ber interest in
Gilbert's fate was for the time extin-
guished by the more important con-
astbyya n
T bargain.
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sideration of the change which the
uncle's death would"Dear
make in
Henry's" circumstances. Hewouldcome
into a vast fortune. immediately ; and
—of course after a decent interval—rho
would see her daughter united to the
chief of the great firm of Ellicptt &
Co. 1 But whilst thus cogitating,she
was not unmindful of the conventional
expression of regret for the old gen-
tleman's affliction and imminent dan-
ger.
It is very dreadful; my dears, to
think of tba poor. old man being sud-
denly stricken. Tbe last time I saw him
he looked as if he would long outlive
my time. Still, we must not forget
that in the course of nature we have
all to be prepared for the end; and Mr.
Ellicott has passed the allotted. span.'
She breathed a sweet sigh of resigna-
tion, leaned back in her comfortable
chair, and devoted herself to pleasing
speculation as to how many thousands
a year leer future son-in-law would in-
herit,
"Ah, here is sometbing written in-
side the envelope," ejaculated Betty,
as she stopped in the act of replacing
the letter. He says: 'I have just
•irned that Astbury was seen at
Charing Cross railway station last
night taking a ticket for Marseilles. A
detective has followed.' —0 Daisy, I
hope be will escape 1" The expression
was full of deepest pity for her afflict-
ed cousin,
Daisy got up, looking very cold and
bewildered as she moved towards the
door. She stopped on the threshold,
and turning her face to Hetty, said
strangely: I hope he will not escape;
I hope they will overtake him andbring
him back.—There ; do not mind what :[
say; I am out of sorts."
Hetty did not follow, for sh'e under-
stood her sorrow, and knew that soli-
tude would be most welcome at pre-
sent. But she was utterly at a loss
to guess why Daisy should wish Gil-
bert to be captured by the police. She
would have done all that a woman
could do to hide the man she loved
and shield him from such a fate. She
did not divine hbw thoroughly convinc-
ed Daisy was of big perfect innocence;
and how oompletely she was imbued
uvith the Idea that his only, crime was
in failing to come forward to assert it.
The next day, Daisy had recovered
her habitually quiet demeanour. She
was a little paler than usual, but, as
she rarely had much colour in her
cheeks, the fact did not attract at-.
tention. She had not confided ber sor-
row to Hetty, who had half expected
she would, and was prepared to give
her every help and comfort that s[n-
cere sympathy and affection could give.
The forenoon post brought the news
for which they had been prepared by
Dacon's letter. Mr. Ellicott bad died
without once recovering consciousness
or the power of speech. As the de-
ceased gentleman bad not been an in-
timate friend of tho inhabitants of
Cedar Cottage—although Mrs. Sil-
verton did ber best to make him out
to be so on the strength of his one
visit, when he simply sent be his card
by the footman—the ladies were only
affected by his loss in so far as itcon-
cerned Henry Dacon.
The widow was delighted to learn
in the course of a few days that Dacon
was, as she had anticipated, left at the
head of the house in Fenchurch Street;
although se was chagrined et the
large amount of money of which he
was deprived by the legacies to various
relatives and charitable institutions,
she was quite satisfied that the future
life of her daughter eves to bo one of,
ease and splendour, as far as money
couldtions of purchexistaseence.
these desirable condi-
In the City there was a profound
feelingof aston[shment and regret;
for Jhn Ellicott had been regarded
as one of the most prominent of citi-
zens and business men: a steady sup-
porter of all City rights and privileges,
and a true philanthropist, giving help
freely wherever help was really need-
ed. .Moreover, it was very plainly saki
that his death was in some mysterious
way associated with the discovery of
those enormous frauds on his house.
Ie bad 'been seen on 'Change, and bad
transacted business requiring the clear-
est intellect on the forenoon of the
da of his fatal attack.
Even the deepest impressions, how-
ever, are speedily oicatrised by the
whir[ of City life;; and so, as when the
king ,lies. the ory of 'Long live the
king I" is immediately heard, Henry Da-
mn found himself recognized as the
chief et one of the wealthiest firms
tivithin the sound of Bow Bells. He bore
his honours modestly, end thereby en-
hanced the golden opinions he had al-
ready won from City magnates whilst
he had held a subordinate position. The
great fraud on Isis house W85 soon
shelved for more recent wonders oe the
same. character, It dropped into the
category of those varying commercial
legends digoussed by junior clerks at
luncheon bars in and about Cheapside.
In this case the• legend was, that
the confidential clerk had got clear
away with his booty le Spite of all the
effer'ta of the pollee; and, the amount
ofilisplunder was estimated according
to the imagination of the individual at
train eighty thousand to two hundred
thousand, An action we brought
aleph-tee the bank to reeoyez;stnzt it wee
compromised without going into court,
and the firm bore the loss, wI [oli was
stated to be very much snorer than
tied been at first supposed. Mr. Ard-
wick, the lawyer, declared that suck a
result would never have happened if
Mr. ERioott had been alive, He at-
tributed the failure of the case entire -
1 • to the halt-beartod spirit In which
tbe new chief of the house went into
the proceedings, whvltst he cleared out
of them in direct opposition to the best
legal advice. Henry Dacon was, how-
ever, content to let the affair drop, and
Was ,glad when it was disposed of, al-
though he was so mush the poorer byy
the arrangement, He was sijll a rich
man; his wedding day was approaching
and it was natural that he should nidi
to be relieved from the euspense inev-
itably entailed by en tendeozided law-
suit, however certain the remit may an-
pear to be. "Thank heaven it is ale'
settled, Hetty," he said, on the even-
ing of the clay on which the compromise
was agreed to, "We can start clear of
worries, and know what we are about.
Ardwick is wild with me for not going
on; but I have had enough of it, and
am easy in my mind go long as you
say it is all right.
And of caurse Hetty said it was ale
right, expressing at the same time her
happiness in the feeling that an their
marriage day he would not be harassed
by the phantom's of law's delay, costs
and losses. She was quite sure that
the lawyers only wanted to parry en
the case for their own benefit.
There. was, however, one person in
Cedar Cottage who agreed with Mr.
Ardwick. That was Daisy; and for
weeks she had been seeking an oppor-
tunity to speak to Dacon alone. He was
instinctively aware of her desire, and
contrived to avoid a tete-a-tete by one
excuse and another. On the very eve
of to wedding day.,Daisy found her op-
portunity, Bas. Sbverton was isusy in
the drawing -room arranging and rear-
ranging the marriage presents; and on
an imperative summons from her moth-
er to settle something about the dis-
position of the gifts, Batty left her lov-
er and cousin in the dining -room. As
soon as the door incised, Daisy spoke hur-
riedly but resolutely: I am glad of
this opportinity, Mr. Dacon to ask you
where is Gilbert Astbury 1" •
"Astbury 1—Well, really"—
She lifted her hand impatiently, to
signify that be was not to proceed if
he intended to repudiate his know-
ledge of the fugitive's whereabouts.
"You do know where he is;" she con-
tinued, "and I want his address, It is
now more than a year since he went
aivay; and if you have not known it
all along, you have known for sometime
where he might be found.—Please, do
not waste time in denying it, for I wish
to spare Betty any unpleasant recollec-
tions, and she will return presently. I
believe you have been aoti.ng• as his
friend, although acting under a mis-
taken idea as to what was the coarse a
true friend should take. I mean to
set him right before the world, and you
must help me."
She had made a bold Hazard of a
guess at the truth, a:nd•she had struck
the mark. In the meanwhile he bad
recovered from the first surprise at the
vehemence of her attack, and answered
quietly, even with the equanimity of
ane conscious of having done a good
turn to his neig8sibor Have you for-
gotten Bliss Forester, that I promised to
do all in my power to serve him? I
have kept my word; and you are right
-I know where be is."
"Where ?" •
"In South America, where he is safe,
prosperous, and, I believe, as happy as
a man can be under the circumstances.
At anyrate, he has made up his mind
not to return to Engiland."
els he aware of all that has been go-
ing on here? Is he aware that he bears
the brand of a crime, although he bee
not been convicted except by his own
folly [n leaving the country?"
"Being conscious of his innocence, I
suppose he is indifferent to lull that.
He says nothing about it in his letter
to me."
"Ahl he has written to youf"
"Yes, and forgets none of his friends
in asking for news of home."
He put a delioate emphasis' on the
word "none," to imply that hers had
been prominent amongst the names
mentioned.
Does he know what is to take place
to -morrow?" She puts the question un-
der the influence of a degree of anxi-
ety
nxiety which seemed to be stifling her.
You mean our marriage 1-05, yes,
and he sends up his kindest wishes for
our future happiness.
"Wild you give me his address 1"
He hesitated, and then said thought-
fully: 1f you will consider for a mom-
ent, you will agree with me that Imust
first ask his permission."
She bowed her head in acquiescence,
and the conversation was stopped by the
return of Betty.
(To, be Contented.)
INVENTOR OF MATCHES.
55118 poo *aisle, the Frenchman, or
Walker, the Englishman.0
France, says the Landon Chronicle, is
about to honor with a statue the man
who did not invent Inciter matches. In
1830, it mane, M. Micalet, professor
of chemistry" at Dole, in the Jura, was
illustrating before his class the explo-
sive properties of chlorate et potash,
when it struck one of his pupils, Charles
Sauria, by name, that a combination
of phosphorus with the detonating
chemical might furnish a far more sat-
isfactory means of kindling a fire
than the old flint and steel. He set.
to work upon the problem, and bis ex-
periments and those of his friends were
attended with success. A year or two
afterwards 51. elicolet visited Austria,
and gave the discovery away to Ger-
man manufacturers, Without wishing
to rob M. Sauria of the posthumous
glory which appears to be the only re-
ward of his ingenuity, patriotism com-
pels us to claim the merit of being the
real inventor for one of our own na-
tion, Mr. Walker, of Stockton, by the
use of chlorate of potash and sulphide
ce antimony, was making friction
matches as early as 1820. Young Son -
rice very likely never heard of his pro-
cess, but the Germans certainly did, and
it was from his original. [dna that their
trade sprang, up and fructified until
the composition of cheaper wood and
labor and of improved machinery drove
theen out of the market,
QUITE A LAND OWNER.
The Cear of Russia owns in fee simple
1,000,000 square miles of cultivated
land, and has an income of more than
£2,000,000 a year, although, as he is a
despot, he can command the resources
of the whole nation.
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If all man were like Rev. Miles Grant,
of Boston, the question of am/minim
would lee quickly solved, for lie knows
ho win live et 871-20. a week. Rev,
Grant snakes one of these peculiar 00m-
innations of foot and theory that are
rarely found. Ile invariably praotioea
what lie preaches, le practice he is a
vegetarian; in theory, he is ono of that
interoatng soot known as Adventists:,
Tho question of diet has been docile -
ea by him after profound study. The
oor•r'eot idea he believes to bo based on
four principles. They are as follows;
1, Eat healthy food; 2, consume a
healthy quantity of food; 3, eat In e
healthy manner; 4, eat at healthy times,
Of ecurse the first question that arises
le how to correctly interpret these Prin-
ciples. Healthy food, according to Mr..
Great, is included in the following list
of eatables: Unleavened bread, made of
Graham meal; porridge, made of (me -
mo
at
maeans, and ilia arjk
ofefruitl,bs, includingpeas, figs andvdateouss; Enindsg-
lisle walnuts; mild new cheese;;raiv eggs
milk. The braid is made by stirring
Graham meal and cold water, all the
combination is about thick enough for
GRIDDLE CATHS,
and is then baked in cast-iron gem pans.
These articles are never permitted to
pass Mr. Grant's lips: Flesh, fish and
fowl, pies, cakes, tea, e��ffee, eugas, salt,
ginger, mustard, pepper; and ie spices.
In short this diotarian uses no season-
ing in any food, unless a little milk can
be considered to come within that cat-
egory. The unleavened bread is placed
at the front of all healthful food, on
which, the .Doctor declares he lives well
at a cost of 87 1 -lo. a week. There are
sno other two things, he alleges, which
enable one to accomplish so much work,
either mental or physical, as will this
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bread and oatmeal porridge,
he latter
made after the fashion of hasty pud-
ding.
Just how much can we eat on an 87
1-2c. a week basis?, Dr. Grant says we
can get allwe need, all that we ought to
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consume, f we wish to maintain our
health at the proper standard. He tells
exaotly what to do in these words:
In relation to the 'healthy quan-
tity' of food, I became satisfied that
most people ate too much, When I
camp to decide on the quantity that my
system needed, I first let my appetite
decide; but it soon occurred t omy mind
that my appetite had neither reason nor
judgment, and, therefore, was not com-
petent to direct in the matter. The
Late Dr. Dio Lewis, at Boston, gave me
a valuable rule on this subject, which
was to decide on the quantity before
a mouthful is taken- After weigbing
and measuring my food, and noting the
effect upon my stomach, I arrived at
the quantity and quality of food adapt-
ed to a healthy system. I found that
when I followed that my stomach made
NO MORE COMPLAINT
about its work then did my eyes when
seeing, ears when hearing, or heart or
lungs when breathing. I have not bad
the sick headache once in forty-five
years.
"Concerning the manner of eating, I
soon found that fast eating was acom-
mon bad. habit of the American people,
and one special cause of indigestion, I
had been in the habit of eating a meal
in five or ton minutes. Instead of
moistening my food with saliva, Iwash-
sd it clown with tea and coffee. My
rule is not to eat a meal in less than
half an hour, but. I am usually much
longer. All the food should be con-
verted into a complete pulp in the
mouth before it enters the stomach.. I
drink nothing when eating.
"As to the times of eating: In my
early life I ate whenever I felt an ap-
petite for food,. which might be a dozen
times a day. 1 became satisfied that
this habit would lead to the ruin of
health. For thirty-five years I have
eaten but two meals a day, and noth-
ing between meals. I take breakfast at
8 o'clock and dinner about 3 o'clock!, I
have no desire for food except at these
hours."
As I grow older, I feel younger. I
can preach every evening and three
times en Sunday, and feel as fresh at
the close of the day as in the morning."
HE BOUGHT THE HAY.
Bow an ❑aehrialod 1'enn5rlTun to 1nrine
ltcsleil 11,11 Aneli01o'Cr.
The man who goes to an auction sober
is often tempted to purchase things he
does not want and cannot; aftord to buy.
But such temptation is much stronger
when it comes to one who has been im-
bibing over freely, particularly it he is
of a speculative nature. Yet there are
a few who have sufficient wit to get
them out of difficulties of this char-
acter, even when their brains are more
or less befuddled. Au amusing oc-
currence took place at an auction in
one of the rural towms in Pennsyl-
vania, where a house, barn and farm
were offered for sale, rarmers came
from ale the surrounding country with
a view of making a day of it and some
of them imbibed too much corn juice
in honor of the occasion.
In the barn were stored between 2,-
600 and 3,000 we ght' of hay—prime tim-
othy'—on which the bidding started at
tour cents and gradually rose a quar-
ter of a cent at, a tuna, until it neared
the market value of 71-2 or 8 cents per
pound
The auctioneer was annoyed by the
reckless bidding of a typical old hayq-
seed who was so drunk that he oculd
hardly stand. He was determined to
buy that bay, regardless of its cost,
and when thelast sober bidder freely
cried "8 cents" he shouted "ten 1" Of
course nobody would go higher than
that and the farmer chuckled to think
how their neighbor was to be taken in.
Do you mean to pay cash for this
hay ?" asked the auctioneer, who be
fan to believe he had a good thing.
Well, i reckon," replied the inebriat-
ed baysoed. And how many hundred-
weight are you going to take?" Dun-
ne as I later .bout takin' a hundred
Weight," said the punrchaser' "you
might gjmmo 'bout one pound." What
tha auctioneer said will long Ise re-
membered by the farmers of Montgom-
ery county.
It is estimated that 050,000,000 Leet of
lumbar were cut in the Ottawa district
We year. , , ,
Nov, 27, 1890
PRACTICAL, FARMING,
RAILROADS AND AGRICUI,;L'31LtE.
Every fawner ought to be interested
b; experiments welch have been Made
during the past year by the Great East:
ern railroad company of England to
bring the farmaz's and market garden-
ers lute direct aommunicati.on witlll the
consumer,
"ilio system brought into operation
by the Groat Eastern railway enabled
the farmers along its route to send
Produce by passenger train into Lan-
don and suburban towns at the reduce
ed rate of eour'penae for twenty pounds,
and one penny additional for every five
pounds or part thereof up to sixty. ,.
'Mende. This includes fres delivery to
tbs consumer: if within three miles of `.
the station. A correspondent writes to
the " London 'Times," that the ;result '
has exceeded all expectations and that
the 'average number of boxes sent 1511 -
der thesethe apodem
dalnd. rates is about five
thousand per enontle which 'felled to
ppY a
Tlhs aompany compiled a digt of the
farmers and market gardeners in their
district wile were ready to forward
produce` direct hm
list was to freel eireulatedteconsuamoner.g LonThis
don consumers, who corresponded with
the farmer chosen, and received pro-
duce fresh from the farm delivered at
the door tinme-
man. The railwithoutroad aompanyeaidof alson middlads, 1
suggestions whereby extra labor and
expense might be avoided by packing
produce in suitable boxes winch the
company supplied at lowest Dost. More-
over the Company circulated twenty.,
five thousand copies of a pamphlet on '
the treatment of poultry when t they
andproduce far that the exceeded thdemand' foer th
of supply.
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It is not possible that the railroads
will take such an advanced step in
this country without the aid of some
outside influence. The farmers would
do well to undertake to push the experi-
ment along one or two lines of rail-
road for a test case. The transaction
should be direct with
the
railroad
com-
panies
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with no added cost of an extra
officered company web would be like-
ly, to take the lions share of the pro- srj
fits. The express companies do much
of the delivery now required by such
trade, but their charges are too high.
The rails d do it much
and company,' soul
cheaper and more direct and aatisfao'
tor. No doubt the farmers are much N,
to blame and many changes need to
be inaugurated on lines other than tran-
sportation, as when market gardeners
pass with wagon loads of fresh pro-
duce thwouglz consuming districts and
then offer their material in a locality •+?
where the ordinary 'consumer hardly
cares to go and bear the discomfort of
selection with the added cost of deliv-
ery.
APPLES FOR. COWS.
I do not think there is any better
food for milch cows than ripe, sound
apples says a correspondent of the
" Rural Noor Yorker." I am aware that
the prevalent opinion is that apples
have a tendency to make cows sick and
dry them up. As conf[rmatory of this, .'
T have hoard of numerous instances
where cows have broken into orchards
and eaten their fill of apples, and have
been made sick, in a few instances have
died as the result. I also knew a case
where a man ate an unreasonable
quantity of baked beans, and it killed
him. Now theme case no more proves
that ripe apples are not good cow food
than that baked beans are not good
human food.
The proper way to feed apples to cows
is to have them ripe and sound; green
or rotten apples are not good food for
anything. The cows should never be
given a full feed of them at first, or
given them on an empty stomach. At
the first, the cow should have no more
than two or three quarts once a day.
LIMBURGER CHEESE.
The curd is made by the aid of ren-
net in the usual way, then cut up and
placed to drain in a perforate:, box
lined with a linen cloth. When the
whey has drained off, salt, parsley, tar-
ragon and small onions mashed into
pulp are added, and well mixed with
the curd. It is then put into moulds
and left to drain for thirty-six to for-
ty-eight hours; then the cheese is tak-
en out of the mould and placed in a
well -aired room, at a temperature of
65 to 70 degrees F. on an osier hurdle
covered with, wheat straw, where it re-
mains for six or eight days. It is
then salted and placed in a cellar upon
shelves covered with fresh straw. The
salting is repeated after two or three
days, after which the cheeses aremore-
ly turned from time to time. Once a
month the cheese is brushed over to
remove the mold, and in three months
the cheese is ripe.
RENOVATING PASTURES.
Prof. C. S. Phelps says that some of
the cheaper forms of fertilizing mater-
ials may be economically used on pas-
ture lands: Air -slaked lime •has a
chemical and physical effect not repre-
sented in its direct value as plant food.
It will destroy an acid condition of the
soil, check, the growth of moss, and en-
courage the activity of baoteria.which
convert organic nitrogen into the avail-
able nitrates. Wood 'ashes, bone and
coarse manures rusty often be used to
good advantage. After a season of
droughts, which frequently kill out the
better kinds of .forage, grass seed, and
clover should be sown very, early in
the spring. If the land is smooth
enough, the seed may be partly covered
by Harrowing. Even where this is not
practicable, much of the seed will ger-
urinate, owing to the naturally moist
condition of the ground at this season,.
of the year.
GOLD IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
It is stated that an export' will short.,
ly examine the gold -bearing quartz,
reef discovered at Cape Brayle. Licenses
have already been taken out covering
the country for an area of 84 square
miles around the reef. A recent analy
sis is said to have shown that the be
rock under the quartz yields 8dw'
l2gr. of, gold per ton, while the qua
itself. yields 3 oz. pen tan.
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