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Year: 1877

The medical management of the voice

 is quite as important as the manner of

 its production, and the professor of

 singing and the medical musical trainer ought to coalesce. Dr. Browne pointed out the mistakes made by teachers in their endeavors to convert contraltos into sopranos and barytones into tenors, He said rightly that the voice should be always exercised in notes we'll within the range of the singer; he was opposed to the exercise of the voice to it's ex- treme limit. He protested against the supposition of the existence of any uni versal medicine to regenerate a lost voice, and blamed the practice of sing ing-masters prescribing for their pupils remedies they could know nothing about. The general health should be cared for on general principles. As for the stimulants used by singers, he was opposed to any alcoholic drinks. On this point the lecturer might have cited the various modes adopted by singers, for most certainly Malibran never in- jured her magnificent voice by drinking before she sang-porter, which she would have out of the pewter; and Grisi was never so grand in the last act of Norma as when she had taken bottle of Dublin stout. MT. Sims Reeves is opposed to stimulants; he recommends glycerine lozenge; but Rubini drank bottle of claret, and Duprez was never in finer condition for his at de poitrine in the final scena of f"Arnold" William TeH than when he had taken pint of champagne. We have known some prtnse-donne who prefer port, and there was one British barytone of note who took gin as stimulant. No two con stitutions are alike, and what would be poison to one is salvation to the other.- AthenRum.
Year: 1877

With sunshine and an open fire, there is only one other customary enemy to be got rid of in the bedroom, and that is the fixed washstand. This machine is useful enough in public places, in hotels and restaurants, but ought to be banished, both for sanitary and asthetic reasons, from our domestic life. Leav- ing out of view the expense of plumb ing arrangements, their liability to get out of order, the frequency with which they get stopped up, the freezing in winter, and all the evils water and drain-pipes are heir to, believe it is now admitted that the drain pipes are a source of great deal of the diseases of our cities, and even of our country towns. Convinced of this, and seeing no certain way to prevent the evil so long as drain pipes are allowed in bed- rooms, many people nowadays are giving up fixed washstands altogether, and substituting the old-fashiened ar- rangement of movable piece of furni- ture with movable apparatus, the water being brought up in pitchers, and the slops carried bodily away in their native slop-jars.-Scribner's Monthly.
Year: 1877

4 Drunkards Brains.-Hyrtl, by far the greatest anatomist of the age used to say that he could distinguish in the darkest room, by one stroke of the scalpel. the brain of the inebriate from that of the person who had lived so- berly. Now and then he would con- gratulate hls class upon the possession of drunkard's brain, admirably fitted from its hardness and more complete preservation for the purpose of demon- stration. When the anatomist wisht 8 to preserve human brain for any time he effects his object by keeping that in 8 vessel of alcohol. From soft pulpy substance it then becomes compari- lively hard. But the inebriate, antici- pating the anatomist, begins the indu- rating process before death-begins it while the brain remains the consecra- ted temple of the soul, while it's deli cate and gossamer tissues still throb with the pulses of heaven born life. Strange infatuatiOn thus to desecrate the godlike! Terrible enchantment that dries up all the tender humanities and sweet charities of life, leaving only 8 brain of lead and a heart of ne!-Medicdl Journal.
Year: 1877

WEAVING CoLTs.-A Vermont farmer says he weaned last spring colt in the following manner:

 "I fed grain or meal to the mare when the colt was with her. The colt soon learned to eat meal with the dam. After he has been taught to eat with the mare he will eat as readily when he is re- moved from her. l put my colt in a stable where he could have plenty of exercise in large yard, fed him with hay and bran mixed with milk, which I soon taught him to drink without the bran. weaned him from the mare. in this way, when he was three months old; he seemed contented, and I think did as well as though he had run with the mare twomonths longer. It is much better fer the mare, and more conve- nient if one wants to use her, as most people do in the country. while the colt IS with her. This way of weaning colts is very convenient, and one can feed milk at such times as seem judicious, substituting grain or shorts for tn g milk at any reasonable time."
Year: 1877

AN EMINENT JUDGE used to say that in his opinion, the very best thing ever said by witness, to a counsel was the reply given to Missing, the barrister, at the time leader of his circuit. He was defending prisoner charged with stealing a donkey. The prosecutor had left the animal tied up to gate, and when he returned, it was gone. Miss ing was very severe in his examination of the witness. ''De you mean to say, witness, the donkey was stolen from that gate?" ''I mean to say, sir," giving the judge and jury a sly look, at the same time pointing to the counsel, ''the ass was Missing"
Year: 1877

PorAToEs.-Some investigations by Prof. Hollny have been set on foot to ascertain the most profitable way of growing potatoes, the experiments ex- tending over series of four years, From these it results that potatoes with rough surface are both in quantity and quality the most recommendable. They contain Iess water and more starch. If the potatoes used as seed have been air dried, and wfthered, the result has been harvest of especially large tubers, not less in number on the average than if the seed had been in the usual condition Prof. Hollny believes further to have reasons to conclude that as to the posl. tion of the tuber in the earth, it is best to lay the tuber navel uppermost. The reason is said to be that in this position the germs spread wide apart, and are deeper in the ground. The same has been observed with potatoes cut in pieces. when the cut surface should al- ways be uppermost. The Gulich method of alotting to every plant hill for it. self, milling crosswise and giving space freely, has been surpassed by the com mon Siesian method, with the plants sixteen inches apart, laid in a groove six inches deep and thirty inches apart. The former method is said to foster the best seed potatoes, but not equaling the latter in quantity. As to milling, the sooner this is done the better.-German Correspondence.
Year: 1877

Cor THE DROP ON THEM.-At party on West Hill the other evening num- Der of young men presented one of the party, who was very obnoxious to them, with large tin jackass, with an appropriate presentation address. But the mean man got the drop on them by accepting it gracefully, saying that he would always keep it, and never part with it, and as often as he looked at it, 1t could not fall to remind him of the d nors. And then, somehow or other, it seemed to the young men that the presentation had gone of kind of tame after all.-Burlington Hdackeye.
Year: 1877

IT CERTAINLY looks a little odd when a married couple are visiting at a friends house to see the wife accident ally lay her hand upon coal shovel, and the husband, as if by instinct, dodge behind the nearest object that can afford him shelter.
Year: 1877

NOTHING will fatten chickens faster than Indian meal mixed with sweet milk. A little powdered charcoal is re- commended to be mixed with the meal by some writers upon the subject of fowl raising and fattening.
Year: 1877

GIVING HORSE MEDICNE.-Gener- ally medicines are given to horses in the form of ball, because the administra- ton of drench is 8 much more trou- blesome affair; and in almost all cases more or less of the dose is wasted. Sometimes, however, liquid medicine IS to be preferred, as in collie or gripes, when the urgent nature of the symp- toms demands rapidly acting remedy, which ball, from its requiring time to dissolve, is not; and besides this, ball cannot contain any of the spirituous cor dlals. The best instrument for giving a a drench to horse is the horn of an OK. cut 0bhqnely, so as to form spout. Bottles are sometimes used in an emer- gency, but their fragile nature always renders them dangerous. On giving a dreDch the tongue is held the same as for the delivery of 8 ball, but the head must be more elevated the drench is then poured into the throat, in small quantities, after which the tongue is let go, but the head still kept up until 1t is all swallowed. The horse cannot swallow if the head is held too high, and he fluid is apt to enter the wind pipe and the lungs. Allowance should always be made for some waste in giving a drench.
Year: 1877

A CHEAP LIN1MENT. - Take equal parts of hogs lard and coal oil, melt the lard and put the coal oil into it while hot and stir we'll before each using. Rub the part affected with the prepara- tion, rub we'll and heat by the fire until the skin is hot. More benefit will be derived from this preparation than many of the costly linimentg.
Year: 1877

The Telephone. The telephone is suc-

 cess, and as such entitled to public

 favor as triumph of science. Recent experiments at or near Boston, carried

 on by persons six miles apart, under the

 supervision of Professor Bell, the in

 ventOr, fully demonstrate the facility

 with which the human voice in ordinary conversation or in song, or instrument tai music, may be transported over in means of wires. The following is a description of this improvement in tele- graphy:

 The telephone, in it's present form, consists of powerful, compound. per manent magnet, to the poles of which are attached ordinary telegraph coils of insulated wire. In front of the poles, surrounded by these coils of wire, is placed 8 diaphragm of iron. A mouth piece to converge the sound upon this diaphragm substantially completes the arrangement. As is we'll known, the motion of steel or iron Tn front of the poles of 8 magnet creates a current of electricity in coils surrounding the poles of the magnet, and the duration of this current of electricity coincides with the duration of the motion of the steel or iron moved or vibrated in the proximity of the magnet. When the human voice causes the diaphragm to vibrate, electrical undulatiOns are induced in the coils en- virOniDg tine magnets precisely analo- gous to the undulatiOns of the air pro- duced by that voice. These coils are connected with the line wire, which may be of any length, provided the in be good. The undulations which are induced in these coils travel through the line wire, and, passing through the coils of an instrument of precisely similar construction at the distant station, are again resolved into air undulations by the diaphragm of this instrument.
Year: 1877

To BROWN FLOUR FOR THIcKENISG GRAvY.-Place one pint wheat flour in a pan and set in the oven to dry, stir, and place on the fire to brown; stir fre- quently, and remove from the fire when of rich, light-brown color; sift, and keep in covered box; either dredge in the food or mix in cold water, and stir in. It should be sifted into the gravy before the water is added, as it thickens quicker and is Tot SO apt to lump.
Year: 1877

GREEN ARTICHOKEs FRIED. Cut a couple of green artichokes into eight or more quarters, according to the size of the artichoke, and trim of all that is uneatable from each, putting them as they are trimmed in cold water, with the juice of lemon squeezed into it, to prevent their turning black. When the quarters are all done, dip them ir batter, made with flour, oil, water and eggs; see that each piece is well coated with it, and fry them in plenty of boil ing lard; serve piled on napkin and ParniShed with fried narslnu
Year: 1877

SPOTTED TAIL TO GO OUT AND BRING IN
CRAZY HoRsE-GENEgAL CROOK GOING TO
RED CLOUD.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


CHEYENNE. wy T.. Jan. q, 1877
Colonel Mason post commander at For: Robinson,
Red Cloud Agency, tclegrspns General Crook oday,
that bceve, he could get Spotted Tal go and
bring Crazy Horse, If the General would permit the
acceptance OF the hostile chiefs offer to surrender
his giving up his arms and ponies. General Crook
telosrnphcd in reply that Colonel Mason could
accept tho surrender on tho terms named
learned to-day that Crazy Horse Is
q OF spotted Tahs brother n old
Spot undertakes the mission no will probably succeed
and thus substantially end the indian war. That he
will cndeavor to do seems likely, he
dsl,kes tho prospect OF trip 10 the Indian
Territory and wishes to strengthen his influence with
tho whites that hts request to stay where he Is may
bc respected


General Crook goes to Rod Cloud IN few days
Year: 1877

Poor, foolish worm! if he had lain
Snug in his earthly bed,
That early fowl had never made


A breakfast of his head,
At noon, no doubt, the bird had sought
Some distant forest bough;
And if the worm had slept till then,
He might have lived TIL now.
Take warning. early risers. all,


And heed the lesson taught:
The worm that lies in bed is safe
The EARLY WORM is caught.
Year: 1877




We always look upon Washington as peculiarly
fortunate man, but rumor tells us that Mrs. WISH
ington frequently became So exasperated bccanse
OF her husbands cain, wooden, and persistent
smile that she would burst into tears, and after
making unwarranted alIusions to alleged min1cs
in the Treasury Department, would lock hcrscf up
in her room, and leave the Father OF his Country to
brood over the gloomy thought that ahe would
ultimately unlock her door and como forth for
more conversation.
Year: 1877




The prevailing taste in female attire renders the
following incident not quite impertncnt: Two
young gentlemen, unknown to the writer, were
standing ut the corner Of Eighth and Vine streets
at late hour the other night. engaged in earnest
conversation respecting some person who had Just
passed. Said one:
81 know it was man.


-''No it wasn't Ills pantaloons had only one
leg
That appeared to settle it. At least, the listener
heard no further argument
Year: 1877

Perhaps 50, / do not question that
there may be a stage cf civilization, a
days journey in the march of the
race, when the emotional may be cul-
tivated to advantage, any more than
that picture and image worship had
it's day, in the long reach of time.
Catholicism had its work to do, and
has done it, SO emotional Methodism
had its work to do, and has done it,
and think the effort to bring back
the old distinctive features" the
great deluges of ''amens" we used &c
hear, will not succeed.


A METHODIST.
Year: 1877

Mr.. Joe Glandon is going to open
a cigar store in the room now occu-
pied by Geo. Sutter in the Ringo
House. Joe is still going to attend
to the express, will put ''sub" in
the cigar depot. AS soon as his
cigars come we will try them and tell
you all about it.
Year: 1877

The Boston Square Dealing Boot
and Shoe Store is now in full blast.
See his ad elsewhere. Business is
busines, buy your boots and shoes
where you cam get the best for the
less money.
Year: 1877

ny, in quiet church, not tar from Mrs. mar
courts residence, whittier chosen few were
afterward to repair. Never had the bride
looked palmer than on this occasion. She
had, if the truth must be owned, spent half
the night in tears, and the traces of this emo
ton we're too distinctly visible in her heavy
lids and pallid chez ks, while an expr, ssion OF
proud melancholy rested on her features. A
little color would have contrasted favorably
with the dazzling white of her drapery, but
her extreme paleness rendered it unbecoming.
There was scarce tinge of rose even in her
lips, and her fair hair and light lashes offered
no break to the monotony of outline. Her
dress was white silk, with veil of Brussels
lace. Her only ornament was magnificent
diamond necklace, which Lord Desborough
had presented to her with a special request
that she would honor him by wearing it on
this occasion. The Earl himself looked hand
some and stately, and his department, every
one remarked, was perfect. As one charitable
lady afterward said, it was beautiful to see
how we'll he carried it of, considering that
that poor, ugly Miss Harcourt had literally
been forced upon his acceptance. Any one
would have supposed, to look at him, that he
was quite satisfied and happy. His responses
were made promptly and decisively; while the
brides we're scarcely audible, and her hand, as
he placed upon it the wedding ring, was as
white and lifeless as hand of marble, chill
ing him with its touch.


The ceremony was over, and then came
Geraldine'sgreat trial, the breakfast. Fortu-
nately for her, however, this ordeal was not a
long one, for there had already been an un'
wonted delay, and the hour fixed for their
starting was near at hand. She was soon, to
her great relief, obliged to leave the table, in
order to change her bridal attire for travel.
ing suit. The Earl's carriage-and.four were
in wanting. The coachman, decked in white
favor, handled the reins impatiently, and the
splendid chestnut horses paved the ground
and champed their bits, fretting to be gone.
The hurry of dressing brought little flush
and less icy expression into Geraldine's face.
In her lilac silk and white chip bonnet, with
its pink roses, she looked almost pretty as she
came down again to bid the guests goodbye.
The adieux were quickly spoken. Her mother
kissed her lightly on each cheek, with q beam.
ing "au revoir, my dear Lady Desborough"
Her husband offered her his hand, in which
she placed her gloved fingers and led her out
to the carriage; and seated at his side, she
was whirIed of, a moment afterward, feeling
as ifshere we're in dream, out of the old life
into the new, toward the unknown home to
which her thoughts turned with no sentiment
of brida like longing or anticipated joy.
Year: 1877

WE are informed that the Commls sioner of Indian AgaIrs has directed Agent Stout 10 make an examination Q. the country southward, with a vIew o. ascertaIning if suitable land and water can be found for a new reservation for the Papago Indians, as the present one is inadequate and it would be useless to ask all the Indians to come on It to live. The examination may not amount to anything beyond ascerlaining facts bearing upon the subject, We are also informed that the people now on the reserve at San Xavier, are disposed to leave pcaceably and without legal com pulsion. but if they should leave, the reserve is not nearly large enough for halt the PapagoS.
Year: 1877

TIME and again we have been in formed that the honest people of Yav apal, even right in the town of P, colt. were not favorable to the removal of the Capital by the palpalable fraud committed by a few shameless and rascally officers who represented the people of Yavapai county in the mak- ing and not taking of the census of 1876, and the organ of the rOgues has finally acknowledged as much, as wit ness the following from late number

 Our citizens may be somewhat sur prised when we tell them that certain parties here in Prescott, have been trying tO thwart our proceedings in this matter, and cause a delay which would certainly be injurious. We have received, as has a lawyer of Prescott. news to that effect.
Year: 1877

SuNE idea OF the hard freezing on the
GreenbrIer river may be formed from
the fact tha, car Jumped the track west
of the White Sulphur Springs, yesterday,
and being thrown down Nh embsnkment
of forty-fve feet to the river, failed to
hreak the ice
Year: 1877

WEST VIRGINIA was in the front Of
the great October battle, and won
lsurels. Now let her Legislature adopt
resolutions conveying to her sister Dem
ocratic States the assurance OF her cordial
support in the struggle for the supremacy
OF right.
Year: 1877

NEW ORLEANS, January lc.-In an
interview 10 day Governor Packard
stated that he intended to retske the
Supreme Court building, but he would
proceed under the forms OF law, and
would avoid conflict which would re-
main aa cause OF bitterness alter the
recognition of his government, which
event he regardnl As certain
Year: 1877

There is one thing which the friends of
members from this city would do well to
impress upon them, which is the impossi-
bility of their ever having another chance
to abuse positions of trust if they aid the
enemies of rapid transit during this session.
They cannot act against the strongly ex-
pressed wishes of their constituents in so
vital matter without incurring suspicious
that they have been purchased by the horse
car companies. No member of the Legis-
lature who lays himself open to this
SUSPICION can ever be reelected, or will
ever again enjoy the respect and confidence
of his fellow citizens At this stage of the
business we are reluctant to mention names,
hoping that those who have listened to the
tempter-may think better of it and redeem
their reputation before the session ends.
But they have no right to expect this.for-
bearance to continue if they should prove
incorrigible. If one of the Staten Island
members should vote against the Rapid
Transit bill he will have q better excuse,
inasmuch as some of his misguided
constituents fancy that rapid transit would
impair the value of real estate on their own
island. This is an error, but natural
error. It may be honestly, however mis-
takenly thought that quick transit to the
part of this city north of the Harlem River
would impede the growth Of population on
Staten Island. But no member from the
city can honestly think that he is acting in
the interest of his constituents by aiding
the horse cor companies in their obstructive
tactics.
Year: 1877

Some salutary measure of legislation
seems likely to be adopted in Massachusetts,
as a remedy against trouble lately felt in
that State, and of which several other States
are not without some acquaintance. The
abandonment Of trains at certain hour by
the engineers that have them in charge-no
matter where the trains are or what the cir
cumstances of passengers that mako the
journey urgent or haste imperative-is an
evil of very great magnitude, and
one that. no disagreement between
the engineers and their employers can
justify because, though the company is apt
to be sufferer, it is not the only sufferer and
not always the greatest sufferer. In Mas
sachusetts this subject has recently come
forward in consequence Of the strike on the
Boston and Maine Railroad, and though the
committee of the Legislature to which the
subject was referred produced majority
and a minority report, there is 30 fair on
agreement on the main point that the
minority report itself-given in another col
umn-favors all the legislation that would
be necessary to overcome the evil.
Year: 1877

The Secretary Of the Interior has ap-
pointed the commission to investigate the
character and habits of the grasshoppers and
other destructive insects, as authorized by
q provision in the Sundry Civil Service bill.
The Commissioners are Professor Riley, of
Missouri; Professor Thomas, Of Illinois,
and DR.. Packard. of Massachusetts. They
are all accomplished entomologists and
fully capable of discharging the important
duty to which they are assigned. We shall
doubtless know more about these unwel-
come visitors when the commission con-
cludes its labors than we know Mt present.
What we are already certain about is that
they have very disreputable characters and
very bad habits They are found in places
where they are not wanted, and no one can
tell how they manage to get there. They
stick closely together, 30 that by tho power
of numbers they can defy all attempts to get
rid of them. They live upon what belongs