my. so 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
76 ? 
Baronet’s visit ? She had never loved Felix bet¬ 
ter than she did that morning, ss she sat tuink¬ 
ing of him ; her heart warmed to him—Vila great 
love had touobed ber at last. She would not go 
back home until after two; the Baronet could 
not prolong his visit b.'yond an hour, 6 he 
thought. 
As she entered the house she saw her mother 
watching eagerly for her at the dining-room win¬ 
dow. She went to her at once. The moment 
Bbo opened the door she heard the Baronet’s 
voice. 
" Qood morning. Ml *3 fliyc. I was Just saying 
that atter my long ride over, T would uotgo away 
without aoelng you, It I had to stop here until 
midnight.” 
She looked at him in simple surprise. 
*• l thought that, it was my father you wanted 
to see, sir Owen.” 
lie- laughed: he was somewhat disconcerted at 
her answer. 
“Did you not see that, that was ray excuse for 
coming to sse you ?” he said. 
Violet turned away, while Francis Ilayo and 
htg wito looked at each other. The B -ronet sat 
dawn again; nor did he leave until long alter 
three, tie talked of all kinds of ttlogs which he 
thought would Interest Francis Liaye. ilia least 
word was llstaned to wlthtnumse admiration by 
those children of Mammon. Then, after prom¬ 
ising to .-.end grapes anti choice fruit, alter offer¬ 
ing til klads of favors, ho wont away. Violet 
was compelled to go to the garden-gate with him. 
He asked her, and Mrs. Uayc answered the ques¬ 
tion for her. 
“ What a very good friendly neighbor!" said 
Francis liaye. as he, with his wife, watched the 
Baronet mount hl 3 horse. 
Mis wife turned to him with a face that quiv¬ 
ered with agitatiou, 
«He is worth forty thousand a year—forty 
Thousand! It you are a wise man, you will not 
say one word; It you Co, you will spoil it all.” 
So when Violet returned, half dreading the de¬ 
bate that she felt pure must follow, there was no 
reference made t.o the Baronet, or his visit, save 
that. In general terms, her father expressed him¬ 
self much gratIBed. The only perceptible dif¬ 
ference was that tUe girl's parents treated her 
with even greater deference and affection than 
before. 
That, night—it was a lovely night, in May—v lo- 
let, sitting with her parents, heard a signal that 
she knew well. 
There was a quick beat ing of her heart, a thrill 
ran quickly through her veins—Felix was out 
6 lde. 
‘‘How the leaves tup the window l” said Mrs. 
Haye. " It Is growing late; we will have the 
shutters closed." 
Violet hastened away, cetenslbly to see that 
her mother’s wishes were obeyed, but In reality 
to see it Felix were outside. 
Ilow lovely the ntghr, was’ The world lay oalm 
and smiling under the light of the moon; the 
soft brerzo brought the scent of the pink haw¬ 
thorn In the hedges, of the clover in the mead 
ows, or the violets In the woods, violet wont 
quietly out, and there, by the great, lilac bushes 
stood Felix. She had no tune to remonstrate, 
lor he had clasped her In hla arms as theugh 
nothing but death could part them. 
4 i pid i frighten you, sweet 7 ! hope not—I have 
but live mlnu‘ es to spare." 
"Will you not come Into the house, Felix ?” 
she asked. 
"No. I have but tive minutes, and I want to 
spend them with you. I ought not to have run 
over, but I could not help It —1 could not rest. 
I want to know It you saw that man to-day. and 
what he said to you. Yes, 1 know,” he continued, 
••that I am Joalou3. Never mind that, sweet 
Jealousy is a consuming lire. I could not rest. I 
could not sleep. 1 have tasted no food—my very 
life has seemed to be leaving me. 1 felt that 1 
must run over, that I must hold you in my aims, 
kiss your lips, hear you say that you love me, or 
the nre would destroy me.” 
Oaco more his great love mastered her, once 
more the mighty passion in him seemed to make 
her sirong and noble by example, 
•• Tell me all about It, sweet," he said. 
Looking into his handsome face, his lovelit 
eyes, she could not say many words which would 
hurt him. 
"There is little t,o tell you, Felix,” she replied. 
•4 j wont out soon after twelve; I did not return 
until after two. Then ho was still here. lie went 
away soon afterwards.” 
“ Did ho talk much to you, Violet ?” 
44 ji 0; no talked to my father,” she answered. 
He drew her nearer to him. 
44 n 0 hss not taken oae thought, one word, one 
look, one smile from me, has he, sweet 7 Oh, my 
darling, if l could but take you where your beauty 
could gladden no eyes but my own t it Beems to 
me, violet, that this fever of longing is burning 
my heart away. Will the longed-for time never 
come?” , ., . 
"Yes," It will come,*' she replied; and this 
time she did not add hor usual remark—" I have 
not quite promised, yon know.” 
She was sorry tor him. Sin) could not quite 
understand hla feelings, but she had some dim 
perception of what he suffered, of the toituro of 
his love, and Joah usy, of the greatness of his love. 
She saw such pain In his taco and In the trem¬ 
bling of his Ups that she did what she had never 
voluntarily done before—she caressed him of her 
own tree will; she laid her hand on the cluster¬ 
ing hair, and drew his face down to hers, she 
turned her sweet Ups to him. 
44 you need not fear, Felix,” she whispered. " I 
love you—no one but ycu!” 
"That was worth walking a hundred miles for,” 
he said. “ If you are so kind to me, Violet. I am 
afraid that 1 shall run over every night. I would 
walk all day and walk all night for the ohance of 
hearing such words.”: 
The dew was falUng, and the fragrance of the 
pta c floated round them.—To be continued. 
AN ESSAY ON FOODS. 
The two great duties which food has to perform 
in the body aro to maintain the heat of the body 
and to supply material for Its growth and re¬ 
newal. lienee foods are divided by writers on 
the subject Into carbonaceous or heat-producers, 
and nltrogeneous or muacle-makera. This divis¬ 
ion, however, Is arbitrary and of only partial ap¬ 
plication, since nearly all carbonaceous roods con¬ 
tain nitrogen, and nearly all nltrogeneous foods 
contain carbon. In lean beef, wblcb ranks with 
nltrogeneous foods, there Is more or less fat or 
carbon, and In vegetables richest In nitrogen, as 
beans, peas, cabbage and onions, there are sugar 
and starch. So that all roods are more or lees 
nltrogeneous, all foods are more or less carbon¬ 
aceous. and those terms are used with relation to 
roodt simply to Indicate which quality they pos¬ 
sess in the greater degree. The chief function of 
the three groat carbouaceous fools—sugar, fat 
and starch—Is to keep up the animal heat, and If 
more of these substances la used than Is neces¬ 
sary for thU purpose. It is stored up In the body 
and produces corpulence, Ilenoe all ford.-, con- | 
taintrg larg«. proportions of these elements must 
be .avoided by t hoBe who do not wish to Increase 
their weight. In tho potato, for example, t.he 
composition is, for every hundred parts, water 
15, nitrogen 2.1, starch 13.5, sugar 3.3, fat o.a, sails 
0.7. U win be seen that tho proportion or starch 
lu nine times as great as thatof the nitrogen, ana 
the sugar also largely exceeds the nitrogen. 
Wheat flour contains In loo parts, water 10.7, 
phosphate 0,00. nitrogen 3 a, albuminoids 15.4, 
starch 9X4. cellulose o 3. Wheat flour, therefore, 
contains more starch. In proportion than potato 
does but the conversion of a large pare, of tho 
starch Into dextrine by toasting bread, neutral¬ 
izes, in a degree, tbo fat-producing quality. 
Tbeu, as tour-fltths of all we eat, supports respir¬ 
ation, there must of necessity be in our food four 
times as much carbon as there Is nitrogen. The 
wheat, alone wilt supply rhls sulllilenUy for per¬ 
sons tending to fatness, so that the starch In tho 
potato Is surplus and should, therefore, be de¬ 
clined. In new milk, thoutrh the constituents 
vary with the kind and quality or food given to 
tne producer of the milk, there are la every hun¬ 
dred parts, water SO, nltrogeneous matter 5 5, 
sugar 3.S, fat 3.6, salts 0.06. So, adding the fat 
and sugar together, they exceed the nltrogeneous 
matter, and hence milks rank among carbona¬ 
ceous toorts. But from the lime It contains, milk 
Is the growing food, and better for children than 
any other food, since Us constituents are blended 
in just the proportions required by the growing 
child. Milk Is also very grateful to men and wo¬ 
men of large osseous development who are not 
Inclined to corpulence, while small-boned and 
plump persousoomplatn that It. makes them "bil¬ 
ious.” Au egg weighing l ounces contains 15.33 
per cent, of curb on an t two per cent, of nitrogen, 
la the classlflCtUlon referred to, eggs would rank 
with carbonaceous foods, but they are so rich in 
the various salts required ty the body t hat, they 
are permitted, even In the dtet cf corpulent peo¬ 
ple. On the scale of nutrition beet has always 
been regarded as the kind or flesh which gives 
the best nutriment, to the eater, while mutton 
and poultry are softer lu texture and more deli¬ 
cate In flavor. 
Fish is richer In phosphorus than flesh, but on 
the whole less nutritious, it Is recommended, 
however, that, fish form a part of one meal every 
day. Next to the tlsh In nutritive qualities, eggs 
deserve mention, and then comes oaseine or 
curd, which Is strained from milk, but exists 
also In seeds, as peas, beans, almonds. Of all 
vegetables, peas and beans rank highest In nu¬ 
tritive qualities, as they contain from twenty- 
three to ewenty-ttve per cent, of nltrogeneous 
matter, or tbo grains, oats arc the richest tn 
nitrogen; wheat comes next; then. In order, 
maize, millet, rye, barley and rice, the latter 
being the least uutrltLous seed In extensive U3e. 
Fruits are nutritious to a greater or less degree, 
but are valuable chiefly for their flavors, the 
relish they give to food, the acids they contain 
which promote digestion, and the various salts 
which render them peculiarly grateful, not to the 
palate alone, but to the whole body, it Is im¬ 
possible in the space at command to do more 
than outlloc tho subject. What baa been said Is 
intended to answer Inquiries already made and 
to stimulate research in those who read. In the 
preparation of this brief article, Edward Smith’s 
book on " Foods,” which is a volume lu the In¬ 
ternational Science Series, has been consulted, 
also Pereira on " Food and Dlot," and also the 
articles on various kindred topics in the cyclo¬ 
pedias. To tneso we refer those who wish to 
pursue these Inquiries turf,her. In all these books 
the chemical composition of articles treated of Is 
given, arfd there are tables showing the compara- 
i lve values of foods with respect to their power to 
produce heat in the body, to promote its growth, 
and to restore Its wasted tissues.—[New York 
Tribune. 
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A RIVAL FOR EDISON. 
One of the inventions with which the account 
credits Miss nosmer far exceeds In Importance 
and value anythi ng that E ilson has discovered or 
pretends to bo on tbe tbe point of discovering. It 
Is tbe use of a permanent magnet as a motive 
power. M1 sb Ilosmer claims to have discovered 
in tne permanent magnet a properly hitherto 
unknown and unsuspeuted, which can be turned 
to practical use in the driving of machinery; and 
she t3 now having constructed In London a ma¬ 
chine of four-horse power to bo nan by the new 
motor. TUere Is no battery, no electricity, no 
beat.no fuel, H is tbe magnet, and that alone, 
which Is to move the machine. 
The enormous possibilities underlying such an 
Invention it, is utterly impossible to estimate. 
The falling off in the price of co.fl alone Is suf¬ 
ficient to revolutionize the trade of tho world. 
It would diminish the cost of every manufacture 
under tho sun by doing aw ty with the necessity 
for transportation of raw material. It would In 
tills way destroy half the manufacturing centers 
of the world in rebuild them In me wildernesses 
and the mountain. It would relieve Niigata rrorn 
the sharaetul possibility btnud at, nr laic—of be¬ 
ing given over to Misrdru Jgery of turning wheels 
and driving spindles; , nd l would enhance !m- 
men.-ely me value of the latest Eulsonian Inven¬ 
tion, the electric light, by mrmsblog a cheap 
means of generating the electricity. There is no 
end, in short, to the marvels which the new in¬ 
vention will, perform if It answers the expecta¬ 
tions of the inventor. 
The very Immensity of the discovery and of its 
possible cons quenoes will serve,however,to make 
people Incredulous, or, at. the very leas , skepti¬ 
cal ccnoorulug It. There It something in the 
story so suggestive of th: wlll-o’-the-wltp, per¬ 
petual motion, that the world, both scientific and 
Unscientific, will be cautious about committing 
Hsflf to approval unit Miss iloMuer’a claim Is Es¬ 
tablished by the production or a working machine. 
TUe production of such a machine Is promised tn 
the near future, and will be awaited with a good 
dead of interest .—Detroit Free Press. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Marrying off r Daughter. By HEJTET GRS* 
viLis. T. B. Peieiauu & Bros. 7oc. 
There la a charming simplicity and freshness 
about the works of U 1 I 3 author whicu have ren¬ 
dered her a very general favorite. The proml- 
nent characters In Marrytng off a Daughter, aro 
not intrinsically interesting, but are iaithful por¬ 
trayals of individuals ot a class abounding in 
European society, of which we on this side of the 
water, happtly know little or nothing, lu point 
of delicacy and finish, ibis book will not compare 
favorably with some ol tnr other stories, We 
cannot, however, help sympathising wnh tbe art¬ 
less heroine, the victim ot the persecutions ot an 
unprincipled mother, nor can we help enjoying 
the quiet humor and general interest ot the story. 
Stock Breeiltna t A Practical Treatise on the ap¬ 
plications ot tuo laws o' development and here¬ 
ditary to iho improvement and breeding of do- 
me-ilc anlm.iU. lly M.iXlY Miles, 51. D. New 
York: D. Appleton & Co. 
Prof. Milks lias at, last concluded to publish 
In book from tho essence at his admirable lec¬ 
tures. It is the first, successful attempt or which 
we aro cognizant to present to bolh farmer and 
student, systematically and In convenient form 
the known tacts and principles or improving and 
breeding domestic animals. The manner of 
classifying and arranging the locrs Is simple and 
easy ot comprtlietislOii ; the .subject. Is treated as 
exhaustively as is necessary tor a comprehensive 
outline, and as a text-book tor students, or as a 
work of reference for farmers, It meets every re¬ 
quirement. We hope Its introduction will be 
extensive, among Tanners especially. 
Railroad In China, the Woosung Railway—re¬ 
cently demolished by the Chinese. 
Bcs’des Mrs. Cooke’a Knoware, already, men¬ 
tioned, there are three capital Btorles. Two 
Hundred and Two is contributed by Elizabeth 
Stuart Phelps; Helen, by Alice Perry; and A 
Rescue from Cannibals, by Mrs. Frank M'Cartby. 
Poems aro contributed byE. S. Phelps, Will 
Wallace Harney. Frances L. Mace, Paul Hayne, 
and W. H Babcock, 
Tbe serial novels by Black and Hardy, contin¬ 
ued in this Number, will be concluded in Janu¬ 
ary, to be followed Immediately. 
Sunpay Afternoon for Deoember bas In the 
way of Action a story by Ellen W. Olney, The 
Story of AU:e; there is another entitled Gallow- 
sps; an Installment of Edward Everett Hale’s 
serial, and of Fishers of Men, tho latter bringing 
tbe story to its cltmax. 
What a Radical Found in Water Street, gives 
the experience cf ono who, disgusted by the petty 
bickerings and jealousies which accompanied the 
worship or Culture in the Club of the True Broth¬ 
erhood, was madb glad by the cordial and genu¬ 
ine brotherly love found among the Christian 
workers m Jerry M”A'iIey*3 Water srr»et Mission 
In New York. McAuley was formerly a noted 
bruiser, and a graphic account ot bis experience 
is given tn his own words. Rev, Tryon Edwards 
solves the riddle. Why Mtchael Angelo pm. horns 
on his Moses. Mrs. u. T. Leonard oiscuisra Des¬ 
titute and D Mlnquenf,’Children, and favors scat¬ 
tering them, rather than bringing them together 
In large institution?. Tho Arc of Alms giving 13 
set forth by Rev. G. T, Lidd. Co-operation and 
Simplification should be read by all women over¬ 
burdened with the cares of housekeeping and 
dressmaking. 
Among tho shorter contributions are the Bam¬ 
bino S tiitlsslmo. Temperance and the Laborer, 
Poor Relations and tbetr Uses, and Poems by Car¬ 
oline Leslie, Margaret J. Preston, and Julia C. R. 
Dorr. 
In The Prophetic Conference the Editor reviews 
some of tno reasons advanced at the late New 
York conference in proof of the second coming of 
Christ, taking a negative view, llo writes also of 
What Dives Knows about Lazarus and The Fiat 
Iniquity, besides the usual briefer paragraphs. 
| A liberal installment ot book reviews closes the 
number. 
The possibly most interesting statement In 
Sunday Afternoon, for Decern her, Is that before 
January l, 1S79, yearly subscriptions may be 
made for $2.10, postage paid, the regular price 
being $3.00. 
The Eclectto for December opens with an ex¬ 
tremely Interesting paper by Archibald Forbes, 
the distinguished correspondent, on the British 
Annexation of Cyprus. Another i lmely article Ib 
T he Austrians In Bosnia, by A. J. Evans. Jas. Hen¬ 
derson In his article on England and America as 
Manufacturing Competitors, alms to convince 
Englishmen that so loeg as Americans cling ta a 
protecilve tariff there laVttle dinger that Eng¬ 
land will lose her supremacy as tfie manutactur- 
log country of the world. As an Englishman’s 
view of the '.ltuatlon, tho paper is both instruct¬ 
ive and Interesting. 
Animal In elltgence, The First Edinburgh Re¬ 
viewers, coven's Revenge, Slavery and Polygamy 
In Turkey, The Earth's Place la Nature, Halluci¬ 
nations of the Senses, Fred: A Tale from Japan. 
Musical Poetry, Biographical Sketch of Beaccns- 
tleld, Literary Notices, Science and Art, and Va¬ 
rieties (a most interesting department) comprise 
the other prose contributions. A line steel en¬ 
graving of Beaeonstleld adorns the first page. 
MAGAZINES. 
During all the agitation of the woman ques¬ 
tion, which bas so shaken society for the past 
dozen years, there has boon one safe refuge lor 
the opponent of woman’s emancipation. Driven 
to admit that woman had climbed as high as a 
man In literature, in arc and tn government, 
compelled to confess her equality, If not superior¬ 
ity, la a social aspect, It has always heretofore 
been open to tbe scoffer to shelter himself be¬ 
hind the triumphant declaration that woman 
has never shown herself an Inventor. But uuless 
the London correspondent ot the New York Eve¬ 
ning Post has been deceived, or Is deceiving that 
journal, this last stronghold of the toe to fetnl- 
nlno progress has been luvaded and his last de¬ 
fense beaten down. According to the corre¬ 
spondent, woman, in the person of Miss Harriet 
Hosuaer, has shown herself not only an inventor, 
but a great inventor in a time which Is peculiarly 
one of great inventions. 
Harper’s Magazine for December opens with 
four old Christmas po?ma: by Ben Jonson, George 
Wither, a. T. Coleridge, and Giles Fletcher. Ab¬ 
bey illustrates these with three pictures: the 
Christmas Walts, the Shepherds, and the Madon¬ 
na In the Stable. 
An illustrated article on England's Great Uni¬ 
versity, contributed by M. 1). Conway, gives a 
satlstactorlly comprehensive view of the various 
colleges of Oxford, t.Ue social life of the students, 
the most eminent of the professors, and the work 
accomplished by the University la promoting 
scholarship in England. The Illustrations are 
picturesque and Interesting. 
Tne most interesting paper tn tne Number— 
because ol Its humor—la the fun-provoking nar¬ 
rative of B. Munn Chowson ot Dedham, concern¬ 
ing the peculpjr institutions or Knoware—an 
island upon which he is thrown by shipwreck. 
This art icle is by Rose Terry Cooke. The Illustra¬ 
tions are as humorous as the letter press. 
The thrilling adventures ot t he Usd River Col¬ 
ony beloug to the early pioneer history ot the 
West, anti are told by General Chetlaln, a de¬ 
scendant or on: ot the colonists. The article is 
effectively Illustrated. 
Lovers ot music have a treat given them in the 
Illustrated paper on Mendelssohn and Moschclts, 
covering ft remaikably Interesting era lu the 
progress of music both In Englaud and Germany. 
An Illustrated paper by Charles Barnard, de¬ 
scribes the mining Ot Silver In all lls stages. 
Tho brief paper on storm signals by E. H. Knight 
Is also very timely. 
Ex-Governor Seymour, under tho tltte Crime 
and Tramps, makes some important suggestions 
os to the punishment of minor crimes. Dr. Cord, 
in some Peculiarities of Yellow Jack, presents 
very curious facts as to the migratory character 
of yellow-fever epidemics, and other features ot 
the disease. A. A. Hayes, Jr., contributes an In¬ 
teresting and piquant description of the First 
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the persons and Journals quoted is especially 
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This Catalogue contains quite a remarkable 
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Sunday afternoon, tor November, contains a 
most lute renting article on the Woman's prison 
In Massachusetts, entitled Woman In Prison. 
The author points out a way for the phitan- 
thropic ally Inclined to exorcise their reformatory 
proclivities, nearer home than India or Africa. 
How To Uso The Bible, Is a suggestive paper, by 
Washington Gladden. Fencing The Lord, con¬ 
tains some excellent hints, which, It Is to be 
I hoped, those who frown on diversions of every 
! kind, will profit by. Who Are The Demirks? is 
I answered pleas tutly and Intelligently by H. K. 
I Carroll. Tho Japanese Story of Creation, is a 
unique contribution to Magazine literature. Culps 
From a Northwestern Log, deals mainly with the 
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periences and opinions of one who has lived 
anio g this race, It Is at least worthy of respect¬ 
ful attention. 
