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And he whirled aloud in eavage glee, So long M Biliy he ootUd sea; And he mid; " Youag man, let m<* yon fiapbn In the future to nae a cuspidor." Then Biltv'a mother same out, >41 "book That boy from a tree with a trammel-hook. And ehahoxadthoecnoa his aohine head, 3 And kept him a week or moz* in bed. Th!« tea tale from the ages dim Of BiHy the Kid, and what cam«vto him. vy»c MADAME HALfBRAN. ' f. l:-£f • •• ... •• ,. Y»e Starr •( a Uifled Sinner. If few among the "queens of song** have commenced their musical studies at so early an age as Maria Garcia, we hope there are fewer still who have en­ tered on so arduous a career with so much suffering and with such poor pros­ pects of attaining success. As we read in Miss Clayto n's admirable work of tne " delicate,/ sensitive child" trembling with fear in the presence of her terrible father, whose ungovernable passions urged him at times to rebuke her short­ comings with blows, our feeliugs of pity for the fragile victim and of indignation against the brutal Garcia struggle for mastery, and we are tempted to wish that our ears may never more be rav­ ished by sweet sounds, if they can only be produced at such fearful cost. The sickly Maria, who was born in Paris, March 21, 1808, was the eldest daughter of Manuel Garcia, a Spaniard, and a member of a respectable Jewish family. He was a man of great talents, and gained distinction as an actor, com­ poser, teacher and singer. His wife was a professional, and had obtained celeb­ rity In the great parts of the Spanish drama. In the spring of 1818 the Garcia fam­ ily went to London, and the liUle Maria was placed in the convent at Hammer­ smith, to be educated. She seems to have been a most winsome little creat­ ure, and what with being carried away by her own willful temper and vivacity, and being petted by her teachers and schoolfellows, she was in danger of be­ coming completely spoiled. But her father soon removed this danger by withdrawing her to commence her mu­ sical studies in earnest. She was now 10 years old, and of so quick an intelli­ gence that she already spoke with fluen­ cy Spanish, French and Italian, to which she soon added German and English. With such a man as Garcia to direct her studies, the poor girl's griefs and troubles began. He habitually treated his family like serfs, roaring at them like a bull when he was displeased ; but, as if to punish her for her weak frame and sensitive organization, he appears to have reserved his most violent out­ bursts for the shrinking, helpless Maria. On one occasion, when his wife, son and daughter, with himself, were singing with some quartettes, " he accompanied •©very fault the child committed with a •cruel blow on the face." It seemed at first as if ItariA never •could become a really good singer. "Her voice was weak, her lower notes •ery imperfect, her upper hard and thin; her intonation so uncertain that it "was feared her-ear must be defective. At tun<& she would sing so frightfully out of tone that her father rushed from the piano in rage and despair, when the child, trembling with fear at his anger, yet having in her something of his in­ domitable will, would run alter him and entreat him with sobs and tears to re­ commence. ** Though at this early age nature hmj denied Maria a good voice, Garcia was determined she should become a great vocalist. " He resolved she should be reared in thorough contempt for the weakness of her sex. He never could understand how an? one could be over­ come by doubt, indolence or timidity. Whenever he heard the words '1 can­ not,' he uttered an expression of rage and acorn, and his eyes flashed omin­ ously." How terrified was Maria when she met those fiery glances 1 One evening, when she and the Countess Merlin were study­ ing a duet, the child became discour­ aged over a certain passage, and in a moment of forgetfuiiiess uttered the fatal words. Barely had they escaped her lips when her father's eyes flashed upon her, and he demanded sternly: " What did you say ? " Trembling, and • with clasped hands, she murmured, " I will do it, papa;" and she executed the passage perfectly, telling the Countess afterward that she knew not how she did it; papa's glance had such an effect Upon her. Mana had many excellent qualities which endeared her to everybody. She jnm "charming, frank, bold and orig­ inal her faults she inherited from her father; she was " impulsive, obstinate, willful and in temper a perfect little • fim." Jjike most men, Garcia did not yt all admire th<?ee faults when, to his biiktion, they exhibited themselves in his own child. He said, " Her proud and ftabborn spirit requires a hand of iron to control it. Maria will never become gnat, save at the price of Buffering." Garcia's systematic efforts, aided by Bar own lively intelligence, resolute flniutesa, and, above all, her marvelous ipscinots for art, at length wrought a de­ cided improvement in her voice, and at 16 " her chest notes had gained in depth and richness, tliouyjh the other parts of IHF organ were still crude and veiled." At this period she was in England with liar family, and made her first appear­ ance as one of the choir oi the King's , In 1885, Madame Pasta being taken •uddenly ill, Garcia offered the mana­ ger, Mr. Ayrton, his daughter's services; and she appeared as Rosina in " II Bar- biere di Seviglia," June 17. She was «dy 17, bat she made such a highly favorable impression that the manage- engaged her for the rest of the Batasalary of £500. "Her pretti- pieasing voice, and sprightly, easy •H MUAAfl n£kv " . gained her general favor. Xake her father, Maria was ambitious. Jft Zmgarelli's opera, "Borneo e Guili- ©tta," die bad to sing in a duet with Yelluti, the eminent male aoprano. "When they rehearsed it together in the morning, Velluti reserved hia embellish­ ments, for fear his companion should try to imitate him. In the evening he sang his part, "embroidering it with the most florid decorations and finishing With a new and beautiful cadenoe which astonished and charmed the audienoe." "Maria seized the phrases, to which she imparted an additional grace, and crowned her triumph with an audacious improvisation. Thunders of applause greeted her, and while trembling with excitement she felt her arm grasped by ft hand of iron. It was Velluti's, and as lie glared on her, gnashing his teeth with rage, he hissed in her ear, " Bric- cona!" (scoundrel). Toward the end of 1826 the Garcia family came to America, and Maria's father started an Italian Opera Company Of his own in New York. His daugh­ ter's success was extraordinary. Her tinging of English songs especially de­ lighted the Americans. The New fork traitors went into a deliiium of admi­ ration over her fresh, lovely voice, amaz­ ing vivacity and her beauty. She was rather below the medium height; " the contour of her figure was rounded off to a becoming degree of emV»onpoint. Her carriage was always noble and dignified; her hair--the pride of a Spaniard--.was black and glossy; her eyes dark and ex­ pressive ; her teeth white and regular." Shortly after her arrival in New York •he became acquainted with M. Fran­ cois Eugene Malibran, who represented himself as a rich merchant. Maria lis­ tened favorably to his suit. The severb labors she had to undergo, and. above all, her father's ungovernable temper, made her only too anxious to give up her professional life. Garcia refused hia •Consent to the marriage; but Maria** natural stubbornness of will, which her father's stubbornness had but strength­ ened, ultimately prevailed. As M. Mal­ ibran was believed to be wealthy, Garcia finally gave way, and on March 23,1826, the young singer of 17 became the wife of Malibran, who was 50 years of age. He had assured her " she shoul<3 be independent, and to Garcia he prom­ ised 100,000 francs as compensation for the loss of Maria's services. Only a few weeks after the marriage Malibran be­ came bankrupt and a prisoner for debt." Garcia's rage was something awful; and, being himself in pecuniary difficul­ ties, he hastily departed with his family to Mexico, leaving poor Maria utterly friendless, and bound to a man who could not protect her, and who, worse than all, " selfishly looked to her musi- oal talents as a means of supplying him with the necessaries of life." Endowed with extraordinary energy, Madame Malibran set hersalf resolutely to the study of English vocal music, and de­ lighted New York audiences at thd National Theater, every evening, with her singing, " the manager sending a considerable portion of her earnings to her husband." But Maria's was not the nature to tamely endure such a hud fate. Dis­ gusted with her husband, she quitted him five months after marriage, and ar­ riving in Paris, in 1826, took up her fpfljfiAnpp wit.li XT Mftlihrflii *a aictar The only person she had ever known in Paris to whom she could venture to look as a friend in this gloomy hour of isolation and helplessness was the Countess Merlin. Fortunately this lady was still living; the beautiful unhappy Maria sought her out, and appeared be­ fore her "nearly destitute, seeking guicl* ance and protection." The Countess, feeling pity, interest and admiration for one whom she had known as a child, and who was so un­ fortunate and so gifted, exerted herself to the utmost to befriend her. Wher­ ever she went she extolled Maria's gen­ ius, and the result was an engagement at the Grand Opera, Paris, for 1827. At this time Pasta ani Sontag were the reigning queens of song. Maria had never heard any of the great Bingers; the theater was larger than any she had sting in ; she was but 19 : on the result of her first night depended her future Buccess, and " for once in her life Maria trembled at the ordeal before her." The audience was critical, and at times ex­ tremely cold. The opera selected was "Seoiiramide." "In the andante to the air, 'Bel raggio,' she threw out such powers and displayed a voice so full and beautiful, that the coldness gave way to applause. There were defects in her singing, but she showed what she could do when not checked by nervousness or emotion, and from that night she was the idol of the Parisians." Her versatility was surprising--trage­ dy, comedy, burlesque, nothing came amis3 to her. and in each she was true to nature. Her energy and activif y were astounding. " Often after going through a long and fatiguing opera she would jump over chairs and tables, or race up and down-stairs like a school boy in the wildness of animal spirits." " When I try to restrain my flow of spirits," she would say, "I feel as if I should be suffocated." She was fond of athletic sports and pastimes, riding, skating and shooting. Neither was she wanting in feminine tastes and pursuits. "Her theatrical costumes and head-dresses were all in­ vented, and sometimes made by herself; if she saw a cap, a piece of embroidery or a design in tapestry that struck her, she instantly caught the idea and imi­ tated it, and sometimes surpassed the model She wrote and spoke five lan­ guages, and could converse in them at the same time without confounding them. She had a natural taste for drawing, and could sketch caricatures and portraits that were striking like­ nesses. She could compose with ra* pidity and felicity romances and songs. Always impassioned and vehement, it was often difficult to recall her to rea­ son ; but, having in her the instincts of justice and good sense, she was always eager to repair any errors into which she might fall; she was so ingenuous that she could not conceal her real im­ pressions," and whenever she took a fancy to anybody she was at no pains to hide it, Malibran never allowed herself a mo- ment's rest. After the opera she would often sing at private parties, for her own pleasure and that of her friends, till one or two o'clock in the morning. In vain the management "trembled for the health of the darling of the public ;" in vain her admirers remonstrated at the reckless waste of her transcendant pow-- ers--nothing induced her to alter her course. One night she fainted at the moment of appearing on the stage, lumbers of vinaigrettes were at once presented, and by some mischance one was selected containing a mixture of oil and alkali, which some eager friend pressed to her Hps. Hsilf-unconsciously she tasted it, and the next instant b isters covered ber mouth. She cou'd not possibly appear on the stage in that state. The director was in despair. "Stay," said Malibran--"I will ar­ range it;" and taking a pair, of scissors, Biie stepped up to a looking glass and cut off tiie blisters that covered her lips. She then went through the part of Al­ sace to the Semiramide of Sontag, and, . OTjSkSfilf ***<* bttlar. « UHML MaKbran baeane «oqoainftad with the distinmiriicdBelaian violinist. M. Ohar£deB«riot Hawia iHSS with Sou tag, wlkonot onlj dnl not can for him, but was already engaged to Count Rossi, Maria, from sympathis­ ing with De Beriot in his disappoint­ ment, came to feel a warm regard for him ; she also took the liveliest interest in his superior talents, and ultimately he reciprocated her attachment. In the meantime, her husband, whom she had constantly assisted, hearing of her won­ derful success and of the extraordinary sums she was earning, unexpectedly came over from America. She had accumu­ lated some savings, and these she feared her husband's presence in Europe would rob her of. She declined to see him ; but he was determined to have hia rights, and an arrangement was entered into, Maria secretly resolving to abandon her profession rather than submit to his control over her earnings. Finally in March, 1835, the French Tribunal grant­ ed her a divorce from Malibran, and when the time fixed by French law had elapsed she was married to M. de Be­ riot, Maroh 29, 1836, in the presence of their intimate friends. About a month after this marriage she was in England again, and while out one day with a riding party she was thrown from her horse and sustained a serious injury from which she never re­ covered. She neglected to seek assist­ ance while the hurt was fresh, and not only refused to have any advice, but concealed the affair from her husband and sang the same night. She was then at the height of her marvelous talent, j having never ceased to improve. Her agonies from the effects of her fail were at times fearful, but she straggled with all the energy of her charaoter and nev­ er yielded till death seized her. When, in September, 1836, she sang at the Manchester Musical Festival, she was literally dying. On the evening of the second day she sang in the duet from " Andronico " wi.tli Madame Cara- dori Allen. The touching melancholy of Mftlibran's singing on this occasion, " her face pale and expressive as tbat of a beautiful specter,, her accents inspired by a soul all but ready to take its flight, awakened an electric thrill in the hearts of the audience. Forgetful of her dying condition, passionately pos­ sessed as it were by her marvelous genius, they thoughtlessly redemanded the duet. Their enthusiasm struck to her heart, her cheeks flushed, she raised her head, ber eyes shoua with preter­ natural lnster, and she recommenced. Her voice was astounding; her soul ap­ peared poured forth in each note, and a brilliant shake at the top of the voicc ooncluded the final effort." , From the theater she was carried to her death-bed. All Manchester waited in the greatest anxiety for the bulletins of her health. She died on the 23d of Sep­ tember, 1836, in her 29th year, and the intelligence of the death of one so young, so beautiful and so gifted was received with universal sorrow. Her husband, De Beriot, "raised a circular chapel to her memory at Lacken. In the center was a statue of Malibran, as Norma, sculptured in white marble, faintly illumined by a single ray of light admitted from a dome, and surrounded by masses of shadow. 'It appears,' says the Countess de Merlin, 'like a fantastic thought--like the dream of a poet.'" - v „< r " J* , a.- v " J "<•' ' M* A r/*11 * vj* A V 1 I . ' afferthey SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. ELECTRICAL exhibitions are likely to become epidemic,; Close upon the Paris Exhibition came a proposition to hold one at the Crystal Palace, London; and a like project is now on foot at St. Peters­ burg. Americans are singularly back­ ward in organizing stich an enterprise. FBEQUENT imparities are found by mi­ croscopic investigations to exist in the diamond. Organic matter, carbon and bubbles of gas are common impurities. Quartz, chlorite, pyrite and hematite have recently been discovered in dia­ monds, and small crystals of topaz have also been seen. PAUL MABCOY has described a leaf of the giant water lily (Victoria Begin) found in Lake Nuna, Peru, as measuring twenty-four feet nine and a half inches in circumference and weighing between thirteen and fourteen pounds. One of the flowers was four feet two inches in circumference and weighed three and a half pounds. The outer petals wave nine inches long. SOME valuable relics discovered at Ninevah in the form of fine ivory carv­ ings showed signs of crumbling on ar­ riving in England. Concluding that loss of albumen was the cause of the decay, Professor Owen boiled the articles. The experiment proved entirely successful, and the ivory was restored to its original firmness and solidity. M. GAYON has been studying the phylloxera of the French vineyards with the object of discovering, if possible, some parasitic organism which might be propagated and made to destroy the phylloxera. He has found such organ­ isms, and has striven to cultivate them, but with doubtful resulta. He is pursu­ ing the investigation further. The rav­ ages of the phylloxera have become a source of great loss to the vine-growers of France, and any researches promising ultimate relief from the pest are eagerly encouraged. REMABKABLB wind pressures are ex­ perienced in India. On October 5,1864, two passenger trains, one of eight vehicles and the other of twelve, were upset on the Eastern Bengal Railway, all the cars being overturned. Several cars were started from sidings by the force of the wind. On September 21, 1878, a long train was traveling on the same railway at a speed of about eight milea an hour, and was brought to a standstill by a heavy storm aad forced back about a mile with full steam and brakes against it. It was found difficult to proceed after detaching half of the train. In­ stances of this kind are said to be fre­ quent on Indian railways. THE great red spot on the planet Jupiter still attracts a large share of at­ tention from astronomical observers. This spot is of an elliptical form, with tapering ends, and covers a vast area, being 29,000 miles long and 8,300 broad. This mysterious appearance was first observed more than three years ago, since which time its form seems not to have materially altered, although the ordinary dark hands crossing Jupiter's disc are in a state of constant change. Speculations as to the nature of the red spot have been numerous, but not very satisfactory. The dark lines across the planet are believed to be due to the atmospheric movements, and the sug­ gestion that the red spot is a portion of the body of the planet which has in some unknown way become visible through the atmospheric envelope seems as plausible as any offered. an three years JB.y IN SWEDEN, as well as Norway, rye cakes are used by all olaMes as a 00m- mon articles of food. A COLOSSAL pin* which was lately up­ rooted by an inundation in Onlaia, Fin­ land, was found to have 1029 annual rings. TH* first eggs laid by a pullet or hen after moulting may be slightly blood­ stained, but it need not give any cause for alarm. THE special advantage of green manur­ ing, or the plowing in of green crops, is in the large amount of humus which the soil acquires. THE flour pade from sorgo seed is nutritive and healthy, and many Western experts claim that in the near future it will be largely used for human food.-- American Cultivator. BOUMAXIA exels all other countries in Europe in the production of Indian oorn. The average yield is thirty-four bushels per acre, the total crop aggregating about 108,000,000 bushels. AN OLD orchard can never be made young again, but by good care, pruning and cultivating it can be made to bear a fair crop until a young orchard can be act out and brought into bearing. THE general defect of lime is to render available the plant food already in the soil, without itsfelf supplying any sig­ nificant amount. Liming cannot, there­ fore, be successfully repeated exoept at considerable intervals. IN 1873, France had 682,500 acres in sugar beets. It is estimated that the cultivation of the sugar beet has in­ creased fivefold since 1840 and doubled since 1862. This culture was many years in securing a foothold in France. THBBE is little if any absolute fertiliz­ ing value in coal ashes, but when mixed with clay soil in large quantities they render the soil lighter and more porous, and allow the air and sunshine to pene­ trate it. For this purpose they are highly esteemed by gardeners. RUSSIA raises 1,650,030,654 bushels of grain annually, of which 616,938,768 are of rye, 589,774,616 of oats, 221,300,342 of wheat, 124,051,128 of barley and 97,- 905,800 of millet and other small grain. The average yield per acre in wheat is 17 bushels, of rye 17, of barley 26 and of oats 32 bushels. POTASH for grape vines is being tested in France. A variety of black muscat has been found defective in color where potash is defective in the soil, and a Writer recommends that one vine of tbi« grape be placed in every grape-house to show by its full or deficient color whether or not the border for the roots has a sufficient supply of potash. THE village of Oakham, near Worces­ ter, Mass., boasts of a tame patridge which has been the pet of the owner of the old mill for several seasons. The bird responds to calls and will fly out of the bushes and light on one's shoulder withthe utmost readiness. He takes special delight in making new acquain­ tances, and is BO well known to the sportsment in the nighborhood that thus far hs hss cscapsd being shot. CHICKENS should not be allowed to roost till from four to five months old, and then on broad perches, two or three feet from the ground. Exhibition birds are better roosted on shelves, covered with sand and littered with straw ; but then they must be kept very clean, and the straw must be frequently changed. On no account place perches one above another, so that the droppings fall on birds lodged lower down. Cleanliness is the great key to success, and the roost- ing-places should be scraped out daily and resanded. The greater the number of fowls the greater must be the care. QUINBY, the wellrknown writer on bee culture, says: "If there is any article that I would cultivate, especially for honey, it would be catnip. I find nothing to surpass it." This is high authority, and ought to entitle this common but lit­ tle utilized product of nature to a place among the valuable items of the farm. It is but another instance that goes to show that our people fail to utilize the native resources of their farms as they should. They have not learned the value of the things they tread upon, and often ruthlessly destroy. A CELEBRATED Irish farmer gives tv>ia advice to one young in the business: "As a breeder you must be careful not to lose the calf-flesh. If you do so by starving the animal at any time of his growth you lose the cream, the covering erf flesh so much prized by all retail butchers. Where do all the Hcracrerv. bad-fleshed beasts oome from that we see in our market, and what is the cause of their scragginess? It is because they have been stinted and starved of their growth. If the calf-flesh is once lout it can never be regained, A great deal of tallow may be got internally by high feeding, but the animal can never again be made one that will be prized by the retail butcher. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. THOMAS _K. 'BKBOHSB, of Elmira, a half-brother t! Henry Ward, is decidedly eccentric in his habits. He is fond of beer and billiards, and does not conceal the fact. Politically, he*is a Green- backer. He says he has never read all account of hie big brother's trial, with one donee9 of xnaoe and cinnamon mixed, two tablespopnlttls, of oelery seeds; Mid two ponndrcf sugar and put upon the fire to boil. After they begin boiling let them remain only five min­ utes. In a few days they will be ready for use. BANANA AND APPLE TAUT.--Makecnut of fine flour and freah butter. Make lit- Ing every family with a tab of wales, a peck measure and % pint cup would have mnde these same fellows as honest at the day b long. -- PhUftfelpbis, Newt. THE FAKLT MCTO*. To CUBE makes its FELON.--As soon as ii apply a poultice, 01 one nuur muu m«' »»««._ maha* its appearanoe apply a poultice, tie ffirust, but make it Rood. Slice apples 1 ^ equal parts of salpeter and brimstone, fine and put in dish with three or four | J;th bananas sliced, only adding sugar and perhaps a little syrup if you have it. Cover crust over fruit, b^pah a little fnelted butter over top, strefsr with white sugar, and bake twenty miiiutes or more, as required. FILBEBT TABT.--Grind one-half pound of filbert kernels fine with orange-flower water ; *nix with one-half pound of powdered sugar ; add gradually eight yolks of eggs well beaten, two ounces of flour and eight whites of eggs beaten firm ; spread this paste out into three layers of equal size, three-quarters of an inch thick; bake in a moderate oven; spread peach or apricot marmalade be­ tween each layer and ice. FBIED CHICKEN.--After neatly dress­ ing and carving in pieces of proper parboil a half hour or longer, until ten­ der ; take out with a fork, and place in a frying-pan of melted butter ; fry brown by frequent turning to keep from burn­ ing. A nice gravy is made by pouring the broth in which it was boiled into the frying-pan, with a thickening of flour and any seasoning preferred. Curled parsley, arranged as a g»rnisht adds to the general effect. ICE-ORE CAKE. -- The white* of thirteen eggs, three and one-Half oups of flour, two and one-half cups of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of yeast powder, three- quarters of a pound of butter. Mixture to spread between layers : Three teacups of white sugar, one teacup of boiling water. Cook to a thick syrup, then pour boiling,over the beaten whites of three eggs; add a teaspoonful of citric acid (powdered) and flavor with vanilla. I am sure that, once fairly tried, this will become a favorite cake in "The House­ hold." SALLY LUM.--One pint at sweet milk, a quarter of a pound of butter, a little salt, a heaping tablespoonful of sugar. Put the butter in the milk and set them on the back part of the range, or in some warm place where the butter will melt and the milk will not burn, then stir in flour enough to make a good dough, like that for pound cake (a good stiff dough); when the flour is well mixed with the milk and butter, add, beating vigorously, a tablespoonful of yeast. Put the dough in a buttered tin basin and, when light, bake. It will need baking about an hour, |Pr«m the Detroit Free Freaa " Hooaehetd.'*] AN EXCELLENT YABNISH.--Two parts of turpentine to one part of boiled lin­ seed oil. Mix and run on furniture with a soft cloth, polishing dry with another. Cheap and reliable. TEA CAKE.--One quart of flour, one heaping cup of sugar, four eggs, butter the size of a hen's egg, one tablespoonful of yeast powder. Season to taste. The proportions can, of course, be doubled. HAM PIE.--Pick the ham into small, fine pieces, boil a cup of rice, beat up two eggs, and stir it with th© ham and rice ; season with pepper, salt and on­ ions ; put it into a deep pan, and bake in a moderate oven, 1 GBIDDLK CAKES. --One pint of sifted white flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a half teaspoonful of salt; mix with two-thirds of a quart of milk and water: stir in one egg and one table­ spoonful of molasses. Bake on a very hot griddle. LEMON BUTTE* FOB TABTS.--Lemon butter is excellent for tarts. It is made as follows : One pound of pulverized sugar, whites of six eggs and yolks of two, three lemons, including grated rind and juice ; cook ten minutes over a alow fire, stirring all the while. OYSTER CATSUP.--Take fine, fresh oysters, wash them in their own liquor and pound them in a marble mortar ; to a pint of oysters add a pint of sherry, boil up and add a teaspoonful of salt, two of poo tided mace, one of cayenne pepper : let it come to a boil again, skim and rub through a sieve, and when cold bottle and cork well. BAKED PUMPKINS.--Slf^e the pumpkin a quarter of an inch thick, peel amd lay in layers in a baking pan, then a layer of sugar with a sprinkle of ground cinna­ mon and a piece of butter; repeat till the pan is full; let the top be well cov­ ered with sugar; bake in a moderate oven until the sugar becomes like a thick syrup. PICKLED RAISINS.--Pluck the stems 'from a box of raisins ; pour over them enough vinegar to cover well. Season Time for Men to FIJK "There is no question about it," said Mr. Crandall, the inventor, as he sat in his mechanical Btudy in Brooklyn, at work upon something new. "A flying machine can be constructed, and as soon as I get to my mark in money making I am going to construct one. I am sure that 1 can do it. Of course, the bird is the model, just as the fish is the model for a boat. My notion is to make a body, egg-shaped, out of rawhide, Jrnnm «««. - J J 1 M vv«9* C* UlVUCi CUJU xv&uicu nilOU wet, and to suspend it beneath two large wings of papier-mache. These wings, of course, will be made like a bird's. It has often puzzled me to know how a bird, after making its first leap from the fround, mounted higher and higher. I ave, I am sure, discovered the mechan­ ical method, and I provide for it by fill­ ing the wings with holes, and covering the holes on the under side with thin shutters made of light paper and open­ ing downward, so that when the wings are raised against the air they will be sieves, and the resistance of the air will be lessoned, and when they are lowered they will beat solidly against the air. These wings I should have made upon a - frame, working in a socket with a ball joint where they touch the boat. Now, a bird's body hangs below its wings when it flieB. So should the boat of a flying machine. A bird can turn its wings almost at any angle. The man in my flying machine can do the same thing by pressing open pedals in the bot­ tom of his boat. He can thus have per­ fect control of his course, and can shape it to any point of the compass." " What would be your motive power ?" " Electricity. I would run the wings by an electric engine, operating a crank in the middle of the boat.. I calculate that the rawhide boat would not weigh over ten pounds, and that the electric en­ gine would be of about th<) same weight. The wings would be about fifteen feet long, and the Bpread of the machine would depend upon the velocity at which these wings may be worked. See what a weight in body the gossamer wings of a humming bird carry, or the wings of a bumble bee. Yet they fly at great speed, because tbey move their wings with great rapidity. I think that with bat­ teries of bottled electricity and the tiny electric engines of great power the fly­ ing machine is taken out of the category of dreams, and appeals to the inventive faculties of practical men. " I believe that before another cen­ tury is gone by men may have flying ma­ chines on their housetops ih Brooklyn, tbat they can take a seat in them, turn a tiny switch and put their feet upon their pedals, unfold a morning paper, and cross over to New York with as little con­ cern as they now feel in a ferryboat, or as they may some time, sooner or later, feel on the bridge. The plan is simple, and, as I am not ready yet to begin it, I hope some other inventor will take it sufficient lard to make a paste, and renew as soon as it gets dry. A few applications will effect a cure. BAD BREATH.--Bad breath, from ca­ tarrh, foul stomach or bad teeth, may be temporarily relieved by diluting a little brpmo chloralum with eight or ten parts of- water, and using it as a gargle, and swallowing a few drops just beune going out. CROUP PREVENTIVE. --First get a piece of chamois skin, make it like a little bib, out out the neck and sew oil tapes to tie it on with: then melt to • get-hersome tallow and pine tar; rub some of this on the bib, and let the child wear it $11 the time. Benew with tar occasionally. CUBE FOB vbm HAJUCHH.--Take A small piece of cotton batting or cotton wool, make a depression in the center with the finger and fill it up with as much ground pepper m will rest on a five-cent piece; gather it into a ball and tie it up, dip the ball in sweet oil and in­ sert it in the ear, covering the latter with cotton wool, secured by a bandage oreap. J. Hiaonrs, in the Popular Science Monthly, writes that experience has shown that animals confined in a close apartment where they must inhale over and over again their own exhalations develop tubercle of the lungs, and that human beings are no less injured by breathing the air of poorly-ventilated rooms, he thinks is proved by the fact that of eleven preachers who died dur­ ing eight years in one county of Penn­ sylvania, eight died of consumption. A MEDICAL student of good physique and healthy parentage suffered from shortness of breath, dry cough, general weakness and despondency. By prac­ ticing regularly deep and prolonged breathing he was relieved of his lung symptoms. He acquire d, by this prac­ tice, a difference of five inches in the measurement of his chest. This is a kind of pulmonary gymnastics which can usually be prescribed in cases of "weak chest." -- Foots"0 Health Monthly. - SUFFERERS from consumption will be interested in a method of treatment de­ scribed in the Medical Record, which it is said lias cured from 60 to 75 per cent, of the cases treated. Six cases are described ; all had been treated by good physicians according to customary methods. At least half of the patients had vainly tried a residence in the West and South. The lungs were deeply dis­ eased. yThey were steadily growing worse, and seemed to have been advised that their malady had become serious. Under the new treatment four of these patients recovered, and are again active­ ly engaged in their business pursuits. One, whose case was greatly complicat­ ed by other diseases, after making good progress toward recovery, suffered fresh misfortune from a pleuritic abscess breaking into his lungs, but has since begun to regain.health. One, that had been supposed to present most favorable case of the six when first presented for treatment, failed afterward to gain strength, and died gently while asleep. The time taken for recovery under the new treatment seems to vary from six months to a year, but relief from the more distressing symptoms was obtained in all cases in a much shorter period. The th eery of cure is to clear the lungs by a mechanical treat­ ment, chiefly of manipulating the mus­ cles of the throat so as to cause more forcible breathing; second, to establish perfect digestion ; third, to promote a process of healing the tubercles, so tbat they shap become chalky or calcified masses; fourth, to compel the patients to take plenty of fresh air, sunlight and out-door exercise. To secure perfect di­ gestion, a special diet is ordered in each case, and the food is changed as the power of assimilating it improves ; that part of the treatment was fully success­ ful in each of the six instances described. To promote the calcifying of the tuber­ cles, the salts of lime, which are found in most vegetable and animal life, must be supplied in a soluble condition ; the theory is that too much heat in ordinary cooking destroys the natural combina­ tion of these salts with albumen, and renders them insoluble to a weak diges­ tion. In regard to out door exercise, •this is regarded as so important that the patients must go out in rain, snow, dampness or even night air or dew ; and in the twenty years of the doctor's practice he knows of no instance of catching cold from such exposure. Only strong head winds and extreme hot weather need be guarded against. The patients sleep with the windows open, summer and winter. On the Hills of Cursing. In a work just issued from the press-- " The Past and Present in the East"-- the author describes a recent visit to the once famous mountains, Ebal and Gerizim, on which he spent a day. He states that he and a fellow-traveler as­ cended the latter, and they afterward proceed to test the acoustic property of the valley between. To do this his fel­ low-traveler rode down Gerizim, acrosa the valley, and began to ascend Ebal, his "horse looking the size of an ant." After ascending a considerable distance, until he appeared but a faint dot on the hillside, he stopped. It had been ar­ ranged that the two should signal to each ather when ready to speak, but that waa now seen to be hopeless, so, waiting un­ til the dot appeared to have ceased to move, the author, the Bev. H. .Tonesj commenced to read aloud from a book: " Feeling that he might just as well have thought of addressing the House of Commons from Lambeth Palace." After a while he paused to hear the result. Great was his surprise when from the little dot on the hillside he heard ttie words of the twenty-third psalm, gcg/rl this in spite of the conversation carried on by some Turkish soldiers near. On the two meeting they found that each had heard the other .with pelted dia- tinctoaw. A New Truth. Millions of dollars have been spent in revivals, sermons and books, to make people honest; yet tens of thousands of small dealers still give light weight. One-half of th»t amount spent in furnish- A Horse That Did Some "Awfal Con­ ning Things." "Horses, ez I take it, is jest 'bout the Cutest critters a-livin'," remarked old Jerry, as he drew a little nearer the fire; "and," continued he, "I've seen 'em do some awfuf cunnin' things. Oncet, dur- in' the late war, we hedn't a sol'tary match in the camp, an' we was in a thmiderin' bad fix, when all at oncet an idee struck me, an' I told th' boys I'd light one o* th' camp-fires quicker than th' 'orthodox hereafter' could scorch a feather. Well, I jest waltzed out an' got ol' 'Prancer,' who was a powerful kicker, an' fetched him right up to whar th' fires was already fer to set a match to. They was a big flint rock nigh whar tiie kindlin' wood were lyin', and I jest backed ol'Prancer up close to thet thar rock, and one o' th' boys held 'is head while I commenced tickling his heels with a rye-straw. Quicker'n Jersey applejack'll make a man see torchlight processions, tbat thar boss commenced kickin' agin that flint rock, an' the sparks flejv so thick th* ooys hed • roar- in' fire ui less time then it takes V tell it." "And 'notlier time," continued the venerable narrator, scarcely pausing to take breath, "I think 'twere in the battle of Gettysburg the Bebs was a beltin' th' hot shot into our camp thicker'n cold molasses in January, when all't oncet I seed a shell a-comin', tight as it could come, right t'ward us. It strudk nigh whar I were, an' come a-rollin' t'ward me. I suspicioned every minute were my last, when all 't oncet ol' Prancer turned 'round, an' jest Kftin' his heels, sent thet shell a flyin' square back to the enemy's camp. Ye see, he kicked it a tumble whack, an' it fell inside the enemy's lines an' busted, an' killed more'n a dozen men. Our captain said thet my hoss havin' kicked thet thar shell war a 'special prov'dencc, but I say 'twere pure smartness in the hoss." VA' ; I'll*' .'A>" • * j •- F./ 'j: . y . a'J,. » * " WHAT a pity flowers can utter "no sound," save Beeoher. You bet it is 1 If the sunflower eoold spaak some of the fools in tlm eoontoy voold thing drop. TBAT RICH EXFEKKENCE. I*» I [Detroit Free Pre*.] A f*W Mentha ago an interview with a pra&> iasat aad well-known phyuici*n, formerly a •BBident of Detroit, bat now living in New Yorfc appeared in the columns of this paper. The statements made brthe doctor and the fasfci fee divulged wore of so unusoat a nature M to eatue no little commotion among thoae wlb read them, and manj ioqnirie« were raised at to the gemiinenefw of, the interview and tto validity of the statements it contained. The name of the physician waa at that time snp- pleased at his own request Hie seal of secrecy, however, can now be removed, as the inferestiu* Wter whfoh appear* below wHl abundantly show. In order, however, that the reader may better understand this letter, a few extracts are herewith given from the interview In question. After an exchange of courtesies and a reminiscences about the war, in which the defer--, tor was a prominent surgeon, the reporter r|* marked upon the doctor's improved appear- ance, upon which he said: ̂ "Yes, 1 have improved in health since yon - last saw me, and i hope also in many other >1 ways. One thing, however, I have succeeded 1& doing, and it is one of the hardest things far any one, and especially a doctor, to do, and that is I have overcome my prejudices. You know mere are some people who prefer to remain to the wrong rather than acknowledge the man­ ifest right. Booh prejudice leads to bigotry of How, Ism tphysician, and of the 'old school' order, too; but I have, after years of experience and observation, come to the conclusion that truth is the highest of 4U things, and that if prejudice or bigotry stand in the way of trath, so much the xvoree far them--ihty are .certain to be crashed sooner or later. Why, wh«n I knew you in Detroit, I would no sooner have thought of violating tftte code of ethics laid down by the profession, at of proscribing anything out of the regnltr order, than I would of amputating my hand. Now, however, I prescribe and advise those things which I believe to be adapted to eui%.. and which my experience has proven to to annh " > -such. "How did you come to ideas as these, doctor ?" get such heretical "Oh, they are the result of my experienee and observation. I obtained my first Ideal' upon the subject, though, from having beofc cured after all my care and the skill of my pro­ fessional brethren had failed to relieve mt. Why, I was as badly off as many of my pa­ tients, with a complication of troubles, includ­ ing dyspepsia, and consequently imperfect kid­ ney H and hver, and I feared I should have to give up my practice. For months I Buffered untold agonies. Dull, indefinite pains in vari­ ous parts of the body; a lack of interest in everything around me; a loss of appctte ; head­ aches ; all these disagreeable symptoms were added to pains which were both acute and coir • Btant. Slok as 1 was, however, I became re­ stored to health in a most surprising manner ' and in an incredibly short space of time, and K was this that proved a revelation to me. That was the starting point, and my prejudices faded rapidly after that I can assure, you. I went to reading extensively, aqd analyzing more extensively, and since thet time I have discovered mamr things of real vahto to humanity. Why, only a few days ago I ad­ vised a lady who was suffering from a serioas female difficulty and displacement to use the same remedy which cured me, I saw her this morning and she is nearly well; the pain and inflammation are all gone and she is around «s usual We have no right in the medical frp^ ternity to sit bpek and declare there is no suw thing as improvement or advancement, or thfct wo have a monopoly of the remedies whtyh nature has given to mankind. There are great changes going on in every department of lifls^ end there are great developments in medicine as well. Thousands of people die every year from supposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other complaints, when in reality it is from trichina, caused by eating poorly cooked and diseased pork. Thousands 01 children are dying every year from dropsy as the apparent sequel to scarlitina, when in reality it is from diseased kidneys which have become weakened by the fever they have just had." "Well, doctor, you have got some new truths here, certainly, bpt they eonnd very reasonable to ma." " Well, whether they are reasonable or not. JL" have demonstrated to my own satisfaction thM they are true, and I propose to stand by then;' no matter how much opposition I may raise by doing so. Any man, be he politicise, preacher or physician, who is BO considerate of bis . pocketbook or of his own personal ends as to stultify himself by suppressing the manifest truth, is unworthy the name of man, and un­ worthy the confidence of ike publio whom he serves." The above are some of the principal points in the interview referred to. Now for the sequel. The following outspoken letter frost ! the doctor himself, which has just been ni|t oeived, is published in full: Editor Detroit Free Press: Some time ago a reporter of your paper had an interview with me which he said he would • like to publish. I consented on condition thet you would not mention my name until I gave you permission. I have now accomplished the purpose I had in mind, and wish to say to you (which you can publish or not as you see fit) that I had debated for a long time whether I would shake off some of the professional fet­ ters which bound me with others for years, and tell the truth, or not. When I looked back, and thought of the tortures, like those described by Dante in his trip to the infernal regions, whien I endured from dyspepsia, and recalled how much I would have given at tbat time for the relief which i have since obtained, 1 deter­ mined that I would take the steo so long med­ itated, and thereby discharge a duty to my fel­ low men. If I oould thereby save one poor mortal one night of the terrible suffering I en­ dured, 1 would be fully satisfied,. id the other oonsequenoe* what they might, / My dyspeptic condition was produced by a torpid liver, which did not, as a consequence, remove th® bile from the blood. This pro­ duced dera ngement of the stomach, imflammip tion of its coats, dyspepsia, constipation, head­ ache, depression of spirits, yellow complexion, fatrcovered eyes, chilis and fever:in short, I was miserable to the last degree. I appealed • in vain to my books, to my Mill and to my fel­ low physicians. The mystery of my i)l-healt£. grew deeper. I traveled everywhere--ex- - haunted ah authorised expedients--hut fo no purpose! , When in this frame of mind, desperately in need of help, but expeoting none, one of nay unprofessional friends called my attention to some unusual cures wrought by a prominent remedy and wrgad me to try it. I emphatically declined. But secreUy, and with the firm determination that I would never let anybody know what I bad doue, I began its use. It was only an experi­ ment, you know, but, for that mat or, all med- . leal treatment is experimental. Well, to rualia, a long and surprising story short, I experienced a sort of physical revolution. My skin got fk better color. My liver resumed its function* I no longer had to arouse the bowels with, cathartics. My headaches disappeared with n® dyopepsia; but still I was not convince** " Nature did it," I reasoned. But, determined to posh the investigation to the extreme while I was in active work, I teied uie effect of the remedy on my patients afflicted with kich ney, liver and urinary diseases, watehing every development carefully and sudiously. Then I was completely dfcamod, for the remedy stood " ^ U n d i w * i i f i n g c i r o u m s t a n c e e , t h e matter of oonfea.-ing- my core became a que* Hon of conscience and of daty to hnmanity. •« Here is a remedy," I said, " tbat has dona for me what the best medical skill of the conn* toy eoold not aeeompHsh "---and an honor*! tile I will not suppress the facte. I there­ fore write yoa and most unhesitatingly assert tbat for all diseases of the kidneys, livery stomach or urinary organs which are amenable to treatment, Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure surpasses any remedy I have ever known or used, and sinoe physicians have so much ill-, suocess in the treatment of diseases of these organ*, I am prepared to accept all the conse­ quences when 1 my that they are, if conscien­ tious, in duty bound to use this pure vegetable compound in their practice. Yours very traly, J. W. fijOTH. M. D. Statements so outspoken as the above and coining from such a reliable source are valuap- ble beyond question. They conclusively show not only tbe power of the remedy which hat become so well known and popular, but the great importance or attention in time to th#' first indications of declining health. WheU professional men of snob high standing sink their_ prejudice and willingly declare their be­ lief in tuat which they know to bo valuable^ the public may couhdeutiy follow their numpta. Ix OAmnxr bo too frequently stated that strangers are not allowed to carry concealed weapons in this city. The* do not vote here, and they cannot expe<* to enjoy all the privileges of citizenshilte oil a fifteen minutes* acquaintance. New Orlemw Picayune. • M i .J, '.CFK LAI