JUNE 7 
“ Need you ask ? rshaw I you are less observ¬ 
ant than 1 Imagined, or else you have a motive 
for feigning ignorance.'' 
“I really fall to catch your meaning, Mr. Dun- 
forth,” said Noel, more coldly than before. “ Oblige 
me by explaining yourself. You have given me 
some very unpalatable advice, worded In a style I 
did not admire, and for what reason v” 
“For the simple one that demure, low-voiced, 
meek, little Miss Gray Is not as Insignificant a 
member of this establishment, as she pretends to 
be. I happen to have learned nover mind how— 
that she stands so high In Miss <'arlsforde'S favor, 
that her word may make or mar our fortune.’’ 
“ Now you talk nonsense I” Nod retorted. “ Miss 
Gray may possess all the lull lienee you assert—1 
hope she does, for 1 do not think she will employ 
It unwisely ; but It will never be exercised on my 
behalf, as I certainly do not Intend to lay myself 
under more obligations to Miss < arlsforde than I 
am at present.” 
Clement’s incredulous smile was excessively 
provoking. 
“ My dear fellow, we do not commonly consider 
that we are laying ourselves under auy tremend¬ 
ous obligations when wc make proposals to a lady 
and she accepts them. If she gives us hor hand 
and her property, wc more than requite her with 
our love, Our protection, and so on. Bui, you will 
moat certainly never win t he heiress ir you do not 
propitiate her conildimtc.” 
*‘I would not win her by such debasing pro¬ 
ceedings, even if 1 wished to do so," was the In¬ 
dignant reply. 
“And yet,” he was coolly told—“and yet you 
have given Miss Gray cause to think that you are 
anxious to Und favor In the eyes of the heiress. At 
any rate, that Is how she has Interpreted—but I 
beg your pardon, J have no right to break the con¬ 
fidence reposed In me, nor to remark upon any¬ 
thing you choose to say or do, 1 ouly proposed to 
give you the friendly warning oi which, lu your 
ignorance of Miss Gray’s real character, l feared 
that you stood In need.” 
“Thank you,” said Noel, in anything but a grate¬ 
ful tone. 
“I should like to see you master here,” clement, 
went on, quite enthusiastically. “ It Is your prop¬ 
er place, und you will llll It well It certainly Is 
hard—very hard that, there Is but one way of get¬ 
ting at your rights. To a man of an honorable 
turn of mlud, the. idea of currying for the smiles 
of my lady’s dependent, before you can get to the 
ear of my ludr. is simply disgusting." 
“ So much so, that depend upon It,. 1 shall never 
degrade myself by attempting It,” he was angrily 
told. 
“ Well, don't Hash such Indignant, glances at 
me! 1 did not suggest anything of the kind. If 
It had not been hinted to me that you had already 
determined to go In for the heiress, I should not, 
ha ve presumed to warn you that you were making 
a mistake in u(Trouting the little Gray.” 
“ You pay men very equivocal compliment when 
you acknowledge that you believed mo to be 
adopting such a dishonorable course,” Noel ex¬ 
claimed, speaking even more resentfully than 
before. 
Clement only shrugged his shoulders. 
“We men of the law hear and see strange 
things, and you would not be the llrst who has 
suffered a handsome dowry to blind him to the 
Imperfections of his bride. But here comes Irene 
across the lawn,” he added, glancing from the 
window by which for the last live minutes he had 
been lounging, “and she looks as if she were In 
trouble; so you must excuse me If 1 run away to 
learn what, has happened, and console her.” To 
be continued. 
MAGAZINES FOR JUNE. 
Lipfincott’s Magazine. -State and Society in 
Ottawa, Illustrated; Frederic G. Mather. Why do 
We like Furls? concluding Paper, illustrated; 
Sarah B. Wlsler. A strange Story from the c onst, 
Rebecca Harding I in via. Housekeeping in Texas, 
Illustrated; AmeliaK. Barr. TwoSounets, Louise 
Chandler Moulton. Women’s Husband’s ill. The 
Bar bur of Midas; Part 1. With While Hands, 
HowardOlyndon, My Village In Ihe South, Pure 
IV.; Annie 1'ortor. Through Winding Ways, 
Chaps. XXXVI. XXXVIII; Ellen W. Olmiy. Sir 
William Johnson, Bart.; Charles Me Knight. Play¬ 
ed out; Thu Author of “The I'lllton Picture.” 
American Fiction; M. U. Vau Kenssalaer. our 
Monthly Gossip-An English Husband, A New 
Poet in London, Thu American Snob, Ineligible 
Men, London Society Notes, The Romance or Old 
Age. Literature of the liuy—“ Wild Life In a 
Southern Country,” Baker s •• English Actors lrom 
Shakspcare to Mucrcady,” llmvell’s " Lady of the 
Aroostook;" Books Received. 
An ENtinisn Husband. —It Is a common boast 
with English people and l heir admirers that, Eng¬ 
lish women are the only wives who am real com¬ 
panions to their husbands. We are told that they 
can ride, walk, sail, and climb Alps; that they 
wear stout shoes and sensible clothes; that, it is 
delightful to behold thorn sharing their husbands’ 
healthy pastimes. It Is true that English ladles 
do all these things; It Is touching to think Ol the 
trouble they must take from their earliest years to 
fit, themselves to he the companions of men. A ny- 
body who has seen one of them In the full enjoy¬ 
ment oi her privileges -coming into Chamouul 
after crossing the, Col du Geant, ror Instance, hot, 
draggled, with a cold In her head and no skin on 
her nose, t rudging half a furlong In the rear of a 
silent, cross-looking man -must have been Im¬ 
pressed with their Ideal ot human felicity. A re¬ 
markable example of this perfect union In pleas¬ 
ures and pursuits has lately been given In Lady 
Anne Blunt’s travels among the Bedouin tribes of 
the Euphrates, noticed In our last number. Lady 
Anne Is .an Englishwoman of excellent birth and 
accomplishments, a musician, an artist, a linguist; 
she Is nearer forty than thirty years old, und the 
mother of several children; her title and fortune 
are her own; und whatever rank, wealth and the 
ncom parable English system of female training 
THE RURhl. NEW-YORKER. 
can do for her sex has been done for her; she Is 
til ted to be the companion of a man. We may 
learn lrom her book the use to which her husband, 
Mr. Wilfrid Blunt, putslier gifts and acquirements. 
Mr. Blunt, It would scum, does not like England 
In winter, noran Indoor life, nor to be balked of 
anything on wiped he has set his mind; so he and 
Ills wife set out In the autumn of istt to pass the 
winter In Asia, without a notion of where they 
were going or how to get t here. When they were 
fairly out or sight of Europe, Mr. Blunt took It Into 
his head that he should like to migrate with the 
Bedouins. 
*• Wilfrid, without thinking that the answer 
would be an encouraging one, asked whether it 
would be possible for a European to l ack himself 
on to a tribe, and so make the journey with them. 
Mr. S ’’(the British consul at Aleppo), “to his 
surprise, answered that it certa inly could be done, 
and why should we not do It? According to hire 
It would not even be a dangerous experiment, and 
only tact and patience would be required In en¬ 
during the tedium oi Bedouin life during several 
months, a nd the courage to be all that, t ime be¬ 
yond the reach of Christian help. Wilfrid Is now 
full or the Idea. For me, I am only afraid of being 
away from England longer than we intended, and 
we should get no letters ull the time; otherwise, 
the plan seems agreeable enough,” Preparations 
were set on loot at once, and Lady Anne’s work 
began with superintending the manufacture ol a 
tent, which she made lu great part with her own 
hands. While these were going forward news 
came from the desert that wav had broken out 
among the tribes: “ on the wliolo, a pretty kettle 
of lish, and our prospects are growing doubtful. 
Wilfrid says our best chance is to Join Jeciaan •• 
(one of the chiefs) " at once, help him In hts tight 
with Ibn Rashid, and then 11 victorious go down 
with him South us he pursues the enemy. But 
this will depend on the chances of war.” 
They set forth through a thirsty region inhabited 
mainly by wolves. Jackals and hyenas, with an 
occasional lion, and perambulated by ilerce tribes 
at war with each other, by rapacious Turks und 
Arab banditti, where there were long days’ jour¬ 
neys over sand and stone: In a word, Through the 
desert. They traveled on horseback, Mr. Blunt 
ha ving a very Hue mare, Lady Anne a very rough 
one: they always stalled in the morning, as lie 
had determined the day before, whether It were 
raining pitchforks or blowing great guns. 
At lirst the cold was so bitter that her hands 
and feet suffered excruciating pain, and then lost 
all sensation; alterward the limit became so In¬ 
tense that she was glad to dismount sometimes 
and rest In the shadow or her horse. They habit¬ 
ually slept In the open air, amidst their horses, 
camels, asses and native attendants, or. for a 
change, In a khan cheek by jowl with muleteers 
and zaptlehs (Turkish soldiers), or In a caravan, or 
In an Arab camp with men, women, children and 
animals crowding into their tent all night, maul- 
lngund pawing Lady Anne and making Inquisi¬ 
tive, impertinent remarks. ’They lived precari¬ 
ously Upon the game which Mr. Blunt shot by tile 
way, on the dried provisions they had with them, 
or on the fare of the lrlendly Arabs. “Milk was 
brought, and dates, with fresh butter rather nas¬ 
tily plastered Into the dish by the very evident 
thumbs of the women. . . . Half-baked loaves 
of dough set to garnish the edge of the plate, all 
damp and clammy, and hall sopped In ihe broth. 
In the middle lay the great fat tall of the sheep, a 
huge lump of tallow, with bits of liver and other 
nastiness near It.” When they were fortunate 
enough to find water, it sometimes tasted ot 
asphalt, tomctlmea of soap. “The water is very 
muddy, but quite sweet,” writes Lady Anne, 
cheerfully, one day when they were in luck; “II 
comes from some pools of rain-water, and rain¬ 
water Is always good.” 
The hardships of their life were loo much for 
tlielr servants, although the latter were children 
of the soil, and tlielr party was dually reduced to 
two besides themselves-the man-cook and a young 
lad; In which defenceless condition they traversed 
lonely tine is Infested by binds ot murdering rub¬ 
bers. Lady Anne was left alone In camp when 
Mr. Blunt was tovvllng, and sometimes rode alone, 
entirely alone, for hours while lie went off on a 
scout or survey. He left her one morning hi her 
lent on the outskirts of Tadmor to get. Information 
aland a Journey of several days which he meant 
to make without her; during his absence her tent 
was overrun by insolent people of the lowest class, 
and her position was beginning to be very un¬ 
pleasant when she was reinforced by a visit from 
the mother and the sister of a citizen of some con¬ 
sequence. They told her that the male In habit¬ 
ants of the place wore real “men of Belial,” and 
that they themselves durst not go about alone. 
She had plenty lo do, altering the stuffing of the 
saddles when they rubbed the beasts' backs, help¬ 
ing to pack the baggage, saddle the horses, hide 
the mules, pitch and strike the tents, cut green 
stuff tor the mares' supper, get up In a cold night 
to cover the quadrupeds or catch them when they 
broke loose and scampered away. When they fell 
In with Turkish or Arab dignitaries It was her part 
to fulfil the tedious exactions ol Oriental etiquette 
as became a gentlewoman, while, her husband 
went hunting with the sheyk. To these tasks 
must be added that of keeping Mr. Blunt luagood- 
h moor. “ Whatever we do had better be done quick¬ 
ly," hlie observed at one stage, “ns Wilfrid Is fret¬ 
ting at this llte In-doors." Vet in sight of Palmyra 
he hears a bird sing and becomes homesick. When, 
after marching for months and riding hundreds of 
tulles, he finds a Bedouin tribe which they can 
join, he stays with H less than a week, some of 
his raartt.1al qualities appear In the following story: 
“ Wc were obliged to alter our course northward 
and skirt the shore of The lake, looking for a place 
where wc could cross, for Uio upper part was evi¬ 
dently quite shallow, though about three miles in 
width. At. last, we came to the track ot a camel 
leading across the wot mud, which we could trace 
for a long distance till It disappeared in the mirage, 
and Wilfred, impatient to go to the tents, deter¬ 
mined tq follow P, while the guide” (who was 
nearly blind) “ and the rest of the party should go 
round tile head of the lake, r foolishly went with 
him, and, doubling the soundness of the bottom, 
did so on foot; but I had not gone more than a few 
hundred yards before I was quite exhausted, and 
my boots and skirls were so clogged with mud 
that I was unable Lo get any farther. I confess 
that I was rather frightened, lor already there was 
such a derive mirage that, we could not see any¬ 
thing round us but the uniform expanse of mud, 
and we had left l lie camel-track, which meander¬ 
ed about; and I thought wc were going to end our 
days Ih this miserable place, lint, Wilfred would 
not turn back, and at last l managed to scramble 
on to my mare, and then found mutters less hope¬ 
less, forth' mud was not really much over her fet¬ 
locks, and did not get an.v worse.” 
Lady Anne never complains of her husband, who 
Is apparently a hero in her eyes, and she often 
quotes his wit and wisdom, but we get, an impres¬ 
sion of his disposition from bits of unconscious tes¬ 
timony. She complains or nothing. In fact, but 
once or twice betrays her feelings by a laconic 
“Jnshallfth!' the Mussulman equivalent of the 
Italian “i"e void pazlenza!” It Is to be observed, 
however, that her only outbursts of enthusiasm 
are over a clean, carpeted bedroom and a well-set. 
dlnlng-table. 
Tito reader follows this courageous, good tem¬ 
pered lady through tour mont hs of an existence 
which differed In no essellal from that of a camel- 
driver. Jllcr sufferings from heat, cold, hunger, 
thirst and tatlgue were severe enough - It is not 
pleasant to think of wlial, she must have suffered 
from circumstances at. which one can but guess— 
the close and constant contact with low, dirty, 
seml-clvlUzed scoundrels, the total Impossibility 
of observing any of the decencies of life. It she 
felt these t hings as keenly as was natural tn a per¬ 
son so born and bred. It seems almost, Intolerable: 
If she did not, It Is worse. A high motive lifts mor¬ 
tals above conventional standards. A woman may 
undergo trials tor the love of God or humanity 
which would degrade her In a lower cause. But 
t he Blunts were noil her explorers like the Pether- 
lcks.aud Bakers, nor missionaries, nor even, by 
their own admission, professional travelers or 
sightseers. They had no object that can he dis¬ 
covered In tlielr Journey except to relieve Mr 
Blunt's ennui and restlessness. Lady Anne was 
not a martyr to religion, philanthropy,science, ne¬ 
cessity oi’ love of gain. She proved herself worthy 
of tiie epithet which her countrymen bestow as 
their capital commendation upon a woman, “a 
good fellow,” but we. cannot, help thinking that she 
w;xs unsexed. 
As I began by saying, this hook puts the fond¬ 
ness of Englishmen for taking those whom they 
terra “tlielr women” with them everywhere in Its 
tme light. They cannot be accused of making 
woman a toy. but they make her a fag. Lady 
Anne Blunt's duties and occupation* are those 
ot a squaw. Mr. Blunt gives his approbation to 
the record by editing It himself, aud adding a few 
chapt era on a mb lire, i n one or them i here is the 
following passage, which may be taken as an ab- 
srrael ot ids views on the proper position of 
women: “Women in the desert have their rights, 
which are respected, and they do not complain 
that they are Ul-treutod. ft has not yet occurred 
to them that they should be placed on an equal 
footing with their husbands or their brothers. 
They are hard-worked and happy." 
Let us hope that Lady Aune Is wry happy,— 
Lippi ncotl's for June, 
Tins PoruLAR sciknce Monthly, conducted by 
K, L. [and W, J. Tollmans. Contents: The Con¬ 
dition of Women from a Zoological Point of view. 
Professor W. K. Brooks; selecting a First Me¬ 
ridian, E. Cortambert, (illustrated); The study of 
Physics in the Secondary schools. John Trow¬ 
bridge; ,'toilcrn Science In Its Relullah to Litera¬ 
ture, William Brackett,; observations on the 
Chameleon, t). R. Bachelor, M. 1).; The 1.’tilted 
States Llle-savtng Service, W. I). O’Connor, (Illus¬ 
trated); Diseased Condition oi tlio Faculty of 
Wonder, Professor Galrdner; Are Explosions lu 
Coal Mines prevent able ? Francis It. conder, C. E.; 
Chemistry in its Relations to Medicine, Professor 
Ira Rent sen; The History of Games, Edward B. 
Tyler, F. R. s.; Whales aud their Neighbors, Dr. 
Andrew Wilson; A Problem in Human Evolution, 
Professor Grant Allen; Sketch ot Professor Clif¬ 
ford, (with Portrait), correspondence: correc¬ 
tion. Editor’s Table: The London “Times” on 
International copyright; Curious survivals of 
Suvuglsm. Literary Notices: Rood’s Modern 
Chromatics; “American Chemical Journal;” 
Journal of the American Chemical .Society; 
Emerson’s Water-Wheels and Machinery; Com¬ 
stock'S Outline of General Geology; De V.noun's 
Sewer-Gases; LOgouve’s Reading as a Fine Ait; 
Damon's Ocean Wundeis. etc. Popular Miscel¬ 
lany: The National Academy of Sciences; The 
Growth of a Continent; Storms and Neuralgia; 
Physiological Action of Aconite; curiosities of 
Nervousness; A Botanical L shrpor; Explorations 
In Central Africa; The Annual “Outing,” etc. 
Notes. 
Alum as an Adulterant of Baking-Powders. - 
Dr. Henry A, Mott, Jr., employed as chemist for 
the Indian Department, having made analyses of 
different baking-powders, publishes in the “Sclen- 
tlllc American " as the result ot Ills investigations, 
tho statement that at least, titty per cent, of tin? 
many baking-powders examined by him were 
grossly adulterated. Dr. Mott, round that the In¬ 
jurious powders are composed of alum and bl- 
carbonute of soda, oftentimes containing false 
terra alba. Insoluble phosphate of lime. etc. The 
best powders are composed ot bltartrate of potash 
(cream of lartur), tartaric add. carbonate ot am¬ 
monia, and bicarbonate of soda, hold together by 
a little starch to prevent decomposition. '1 he 
Injurious effects of alum oil the digestive organs 
have been pointed out. by chemists and eminent 
physicians: it produces dyspepsia, constipation, 
vomiting, griping; It Is a powerful astringent, act¬ 
ing chemically on the tissues. Bays Dumas, the 
French chemist: “ It Is to be feared that this salt 
(alum) exerts a deadly action by Its dally Intro¬ 
duction Into the stomach, especially In persons of 
weak constitution.” Liebig condemns the use of 
alum in bread-making on this ground among 
others, that It combines xvli.fr the soluble phos¬ 
phates. forming Insoluble salts, and thus the phos¬ 
phorus or the grain Is lost to the system. Dr. 
Mott's paper exhibits ns follows the result? of the 
analyses of four brands or baking-powder; 
DOOJ.RY'S standard baking powder. 
Burnt, alum. 2(1.45 per cent. 
Bicarbonate of soda. 24.17 " 
Sempiicarboimteof ammonia . . 2.3! ” ” 
Cream of tartar. None. 
Starch . 47.07 “ “ 
100.00 
pataphco baking-powder. 
Burnt alum. 20.03 per cent. 
Bicarbonate of soda. 22.80 “ “ 
Cream of tartar.. None, 
Starch.67.17 “ “ 
100.00 
CHARM BAKING-POWDER. 
Burnt alum. 30.06 per cent. 
Bicarbonate of soda.31.82 “ “ 
cream of tartar. None. 
Starch. 38.12 “ “ 
100.00 
BAKING-POWDER MANUFACTURED BY C. E. ANDREWS 
A CO-, MILWAUKEE, WIB. 
Burnt alum. 22.63 per cent. 
Bicarbonate of soda.21.70 “ “ 
Cream of tartar.. Noue. 
Starch. 65 68 “ “ 
100.00 
[Popular Science for June. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Farm Implements mid Farm llliieli'merv; By 
J. J. TnoMAf. New York O. Judd 06. 
Tubs is a new, revised and enlarged edition of 
Mr. Thomas's well-known work. The new chapter 
on “ recent machines ” embodies mention of most 
of late improvements in farm machinery, one of 
the main objects of the work—to present In an in¬ 
telligible and simple manner, the leading princi¬ 
ples ot mechanical science, applied directly In the 
farmer's daily routine, that he may know the rea¬ 
sons of success and failure-is clearly and suffi¬ 
ciently treated, i he book is a valuable addition to 
a farmer's library. 
USEFUL MISCELLANY. 
l ekiodicity in Commercial Crises.— It may be 
accepted as pretty well determined that there Is a 
periodicity of commercial and Industrial crises; 
that they occur with singular regularity after a 
c 'rtaln lapse ot time. Prof. Stanley Jevons has 
found that In a period of 165 years a crisis took 
place every to years. Why crises thus occur is 
yet unknown. In Jevon3's opinion neither wax’s, 
trades unions, excessive speculations, luxurious 
living or any other of the commouly assigned 
causes can be regarded as sufficient. Any physi¬ 
cal explanatl in Is* yet merely speculative. In ex¬ 
amining a problem of this kind It appears to be 
difficult for most writers to avoid confounding the 
causa cognciscrniit with the causa cssciuli. others, 
departing altogether lrom the semblance even of 
seieniuie method, lay the responsibility of a crisis 
on t he shoulders Of some class of persons who are 
really as unable of themselves to arrest or occa¬ 
sion it, as a mole to million :e the inclination or the 
earth’s axis. Most of the pseudo explanations 
can be readily exposed by showing that they do 
not take Info account. aJl the facts that, what may 
apparently suffice for what Is local und naUonal 
fulls when applied over the whole area or a crisis. 
The periodicity ot crises is yet an unsolved prob¬ 
lem or physics and polities. 
Few persons ramillur with old books have failed 
to observe dark specks here and there upon, or 
rather within, the substance ot the paper, which, 
upon close examination, especially with a lens, 
are seen to liave the same dendritic appearance 
that we hud In moss agates, and upon the natu¬ 
rally-fractured surface of outer compact rocks, it 
Is well known that such markings on the stone are 
generally produced by an oxide of manganese ; 
and the similar nuu’klngs upon the paper are 
doubtless due to the same cause. The following 
ts suggested us un explanation: Dioxide ot man¬ 
ganese is sometimes used In some oi the processes 
ot bleaching the pulp. Minute portions ot the 
mineral would naturally remain lu the manufac¬ 
tured paper, which by a slow reaction would be 
restored to an oxide again, in the process ot which 
It would assume Its characteristic dendritic form. 
M. TEiiqt'KM, a French artisan, has originated 
a method ot writing on glass with common or In¬ 
dia ink. The glass is heated over a spirit lamp, 
or gas, until steam ceases LO be deposited on It, 
that is to say, Wl deg. to (>a deg Cent; and a varnish, 
composed of eighty grammes ot alcohol at as deg. 
four grammes of mastic m drops, and a gramme 
of gum sandarac beared together in a Mask, Is then 
applied to t he glass, alter the tutoring ot the var¬ 
nish ; the latter Is very hard, and becomes bril¬ 
liant and completely transparent, bat, if applied 
cold to »he surface or glass. It remains opaque and 
absorbs Ink. A sheet of glass thus prepared may 
be written upon with Ink, but must afterward be 
dipped In very thin gum water. 
A German periodical Is responsible for the fol¬ 
lowing method of making malleable brass: Thirty- 
three parts of copper and twenty-live of zinc are 
alloyed, the copper being first, put Into the cruci¬ 
ble. which is loosely covered. As soon as the 
copper Is melted, zinc purl lied by sulphur Is added. 
The alloy Is then cast Into moulding sand In the 
shape of bars, which, when still hot, will he found 
to he malleable and capable of being brought into 
any shape without showing cracks. 
I ndi a ts said to possess a convenient tree, called 
tho “ kapas," which is used as a telegraph post. 
When cut. down, Its branches partially removed 
and stuck In the ground, It readily takes root, 
thuschecklug the ravages ot the white ants and 
becoming a living telegraph post. 
