Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1880, Page 6

HOM MA ERS. Porato Saran. a dich with a shalle dispose on It seme cold Dotlal pol eos cat tn lies: beat locether three parts of off and on part, more ¢ 1153, a-or treagih of it of tarn ¥ dm wiaa’toa -A Praxo MENTS. London journal plan correspondent of a ts offen seen that, ed to tue rom, 2a red with pretty kn ks, and ase with evergreens or tlowers, ts agaist If, and s alance ts fixed to the plano b < above the tabie, on which plerares, miniatures, are’ arranged. derneath 1 is etther a low jardin fillea w ire evergreens, or some or- Bamental waste-paper basket or box. 1 have seen Japanese hand sereens arranged tn slant- ing positions. Li urtains of et or satin | looped back With large bows to show alternate Bounces of satin and 2offee-colored coarse lace | underneath the table. attached to the plano back, have a pretty effect, and so has a mirror | Stted to the back of a plano. with an orna mental frame, and a jardiniere contataing flowers at the base A TRANSFORMED CAB! of utiltving an old ted attention y. Interior had been removed, and only the two sides and the front remained. {ft was fixed to the wall on each side of the Mreplace, two cushioned seats fitted in at the part of the front cut away for the entrance, and a mst ET.—An original way | net at- | of the shug chimney corner was the result. The fire- pl S a small ae. mp Was suspended by a chain from , and the light thrown down by a ol Shelves, containing odds and ends a abd @ Variety of knick Knacks, were don the wall of tae room and intertor and on a level with the top of it quaint Vases, e°c., which en with advantage from the room. The cabinet was one of the tall, old carved oak ones, to be met with in country houses, and th perversion of Its original use was owing to t' Inventive powers of a gentleman who wished embellish in some decided way the platnaess r aking Mite tfe-place, and give : 2 effect to bis ‘The . and th p that the Je deergased.— Art Annuttes T DIPTHERIA AND SCARLET vrd derives very hetwithstand of both dipther Des of the disease are not unusually reat present. it econtends that this 13 means a subject for congratulation at this Faver.—The litte comfo: xine wid ta and scarlet rly Season, in view of the reason ble po: bility of the Increase of both diseases during the winter and spring, and the probat th Ss hav of di promptly and ef prevent ¢ by th spread as hate > harrow the belleve ton tS not es ays afford to be civing bis families the benefit of the donbr see to It not only thar the ventilated, but that tae drains and erllars ai A personal poturs ha rd houses that no 1s A know of principles of and proper drainage 13 as essen- | physiclan as is that of any other ventive of disease. v. F. Tri . E Go= ot many days azo, upon akfast table of a certam household athiede x nature ed, Dut the lady | the appeared some butter of that 1 Was unanimousty re at the head of the family, who had a fragal | mind, o d It to be carried to the Kitchen and used as “cooking butter.” ‘This little incl- dept points to a grave error tuto which many peopie fall when they suppose that inferior utter and poor or spolled wines are qulte goo enough for kitchen use, because the thelr character In ‘the coc 3 | fs @ great mistake and accounts for the fearful pastry and wretched sauces ocea- | sionally set before one. Without z001 materials, | nothing good can be made. In sauces good | puts are Indispensable, and Ude, in his | ry book, particularly recommends a cook to besiow the greatest atteation ou sauces, whieh ne calls “the soul of cookery.” Fran: catelil, too, insists upon great care and atten- ton. We ‘all remember how Mirobolant, in “Pendennis,” composed his nobi e on the four nole, Vetouté slow mw. it : p . are there maby enjoyment: feet or so lasting as wien **'The tender morsels on the palate me And all the force of cookery is fett When Descartes retorted upon the dandy Mur- c “x ed his surprise that tos so be a courmet Providence m “he almost exp to yo nh religious a qo or san there It ts much too comm take to suppose that any joint. In point of fact, the first princi- ples art in itself. Th res 2 Mine joint Is spoiled and foun Cc oserved, to be as much overdone outside a5 & ig raw to the widdle, from igence and tog hot a rt Geo TIL, though proverbial for the plain nature of bis dinuers, whicb | consisted of roast or broiled ie Was } an epicure in his way, aud his ‘cooks dressed his favorite legs of mutton vo pertec- + Uon. The method of roasting them was to put them down, tn the first instance, distance from the fre that six quired to roast a joint, whteh, in other kite eus, would have been done In half the ume By this simple method the juices were pre. ed in eve sitely fender bssties. leh cooks served, the eat thoroughly ‘coo! art and rendered x Bat It takes a little more trouble, é remark mdde by an rench divine from the pulptt will appiy “Ce nest de faire le | OLD-FASHIONED a Prew § Prpore. One pound of be aleucia raisins, stoned and cut in halves; one ound of best currants rubbed in a damp cloth and thea In a dr alllittie stocks and rourh bits | them, after w sprink! Db iy, to prevent them her in lumps: one pound of nicely © SO a3 to look lke the rind of a fresh | touch the Dod pit no mili, as ling. The pudding ts pan or bowl, to Uhat would ruin t Teixed (hus: H Plenty of room for st articles In pounds sugar. currant mn this round and ih’ a state of bowl, and stir spoonfuls of dthen aad the brandy RiS as lightly as possi ixture and bi ring togetner *y lumps. Have the water always use the copper for dip the pudding cloth 4 be a sound new one) Into it . When wrung 4s dry as posatble, in a owl. drede it with Hour, and drop your pud. ding inte tu light spoon do not press them Together, as that makes the pudding heavy: then gather up the cloth, a very small portion sta time, assinall gathers make the pudding # bicer shape. Have a yard of new tape to ts 1 with, and leave plenty of room for the pud ing to swell; It should be ted tght enough to Uthe water from getting in. The pud- @ing should be kept bolling for eight hours, and care taken that 1t does not set to the bot” tom of the pan We place a stout stick (a broom handle will do) across the top of the copper, and fasten a loop of strong string to the padding to sling tt over the stick, which, besides insuring no Setting to the “bottom. makes the pudding a nice plump shapeat the Top: but in this case it must be closely watched, that the water does not bot! away and leave the pudding uncovered: plenty of boiling water Should be kept ready th ease this should hap- pen. To serve the pudding, crushed loat sugar should be piled on the top to imitate snow, and also over the sprig of berried holly that [5 Stuck in ff: and, when desired, faming ‘Spirit may be added tn the dist. preve | of the mouse. } Of mic carpet Were trretrievably ruined. Pf her | | fecungs it ts unnecessary to speak, and it is aoubtial if, in the whole range of Concord Pbilosophy. there 18 anything ay and unintelligible to afford her aay rea tort. Chang! Boubtle me Ol Our readers have noticed {short distance it most A SCARED FEWALE. A Search for a ‘Terrible Mouse—A the Vomen Threwn FE Fi What the Boctors Found. (New York Times.) } It was Bottom’s opinion that there exists | no more terrible wid fowl than your toa. | From Bottom’s pont of view tals may be | true, bat bad the matter been brouzat to Mrs. Bottom's attention she would insiaat. | Lave decided that the mouse is far more ter- ribie than the lion. ‘The latier can easily kill a defenseless woman, but his enormous sie forbids Lim to be gulty of the acts of | stealthy abd invisible wiekedness in waich the depraved mouse deiights. If a loo | shoaid be let loose in a room contamniag s Tal women, they would Know that @ violeat death threatesed them, but they would have no oceasion to jump on chairs and to twist Ubeir skiris Ughtly around taem in order to. guard against the fiendish tactics to which the incttse 18 prone. ‘The latter Infamous wis i | luspires terror not so much because of fe ngth as because of his p: hess io conceal utmnseit atnong the forts dresses or in the recesses of large sleeves. Cu to bide his Une for surreptitious biting, or the stb more te all over one.” Women may like to die, un- JeSs, OF Course, they are tormented by longings | lor unattainable bonnets or neartsick for india shawls deferred, but as a rule almost any Wotwab would rather be tora In pisces by a Hon than be confronted tn a pubic promenade | by an adventurous mouse. Of this a signal | Mlustration is afforded oy wie mouse cat4s- trophe which occurred iu Boston last Monday tor Tif¥ing process of “raunings | nmstances were as follows:—On the ing in question there were assembled at The house of 4 feading philosopaera select party of people of culture. Amoag them was a malden lady who has been for many years ad- dicted to the illicit compusition of poetry, the vagueness and uninteliizibllicy of whic’ has xiven her a deserved local reputation as a Woman of genius and an apostie of progress. In addition to the anatomical pecultariutes already indicated, the maiaen iady dresses with much severity of taste in Dlack bombazines aud spectacies, aud 1s fond of carrying with her bottles of smelling salts and other medicinal preparatious, with a view to any sudden shock Which her nervous system might receive from accidentally meetlug with people ture. While the leading philosopher was reading aloud from recent Coucord philosophy, a loud shirtek from the maiden lady startled the com pany. { Wasat [inst supposed that the poetic alidtus bad suddenly aud unexpectedly struck her, and Ubat she would preseutly bezin to re- cite a new poem. IL was sogn found, however, that the lady bad been atta@ked by a violent mouse, For soine ¢ refused Wo plainly tn- dicate the locaiity in which the mouse was pur- Suing his ravages, aud continied to dance wildly and to cry,““Take it off! Take it off!" but ater awhile she became calmer, and asserte: that the mouse had penetrated to her pock An ingenious womin instantly prop: ths he pocket should be removed aud the mouse killed, a proposal thut met with gener bation. Ali the men who we drew trom the room, with the doctors, Who remained to receive the poc | aud to punish the mouse. ‘Tw } of exceptional bravery undet }3 pocket, assi as vould be owner. T. ivusly conces Uli ladles, which ar burglar, and have tion With the extert reached only by a pec ar gymuasih mance, which the masculine eye ts never, i by accident, permitted to witness. Aller much dificulty the pocket was found, untied and brought to the two doctors, with It upper end tightly twisted Co prevent the es Ii Was a large pocket, and 1 was { thought best to kill the mouse without at ing to disentangle iim from the handker and keys with which he wa sed to b2 tn by. Accordingly, one doctor laid the down on the marble-topped table, and devoid of cal- | od to battle the minediate com of the wearer, Dut viher doctor prepared to pound tt with the to peker, while the ladies stopped thelr eat avoid hearing the death-shrieks of the mou: aba stood on chairs to provide against the cou Ungeney oF his possible escape. ‘The doctor with the poker was an athletic mau, who hada large Tamily of boys, and ne pounded the pocket with a vigor whicu Smashed the top of the table and jarred a japanese vase from the raantelpiece. A apge and pungent odor filled the atr. and ) the blood of the mouse, which seemed to be at tmes jet black and at others pale yellow, dyed the marole and dripped down to th carpet. When it was certain that the 1m was completely dead, the two medical m: carefully opened the pocket and made an ex. amination of the contents. They found frag- ments Of an Ink-bottle, a vottle of smelling- salts, and a bottle of congh mixture, rematus of a handkerchtef, a collection of keys, aad a | pair or spe ogether wi b a yard meas- ure of the kind whicn rolls up with a spring, There was. however, not the slightest tual: | cation of a mouse, and It was decided that the accidental breaking of the spring of the yard measure had produced the fotse and move ment within the pocket which the maiden lady bad mistakenly attributed to the furtive py lady was stralghtway ied by everybody for giving a false alar atid Was rejuesied by the wife of the Philosopher to take notice that her table and up- | the changes for tae coming season made in the playing rules of the National Base-ball League Perhaps the most Importaat 0: bac pitcher the distance between the front line of ‘hts posi- | fon and the home plate nitty feet tastead of forty-five, as heretofore. ‘This it will be seen at a glance gives the batter a better oppor nity 1or “judging the ball” when sent in by the piteber, and als) lessens the strain upon Ca catehber, § although five feet is a ver, decrease at least a Irlide the velocity of the ball, aud waat 1s of much greater consequence, enable bim to judze more accurately just where the ball will come and to prepare the more carefully te recetve it, Which Of Course greatly lessens the danger to his hands and person. Two other changes have also Ween made concerning the piteLer and batsmen, but asthe first favors the one | player (o be disadvantage of the other and [Le fecond conversely, the two about offset one another, 4 striker is gtven his base on seven ails, Dut may be put oUt on three strikes with- out recetving the Waring “fair ball.” Furtiy wore no T is permitted to havé another ran for him under any circumstances. In other words, 4 man to beable to play must be able to run bis own bases, and no substitute can be called tn, except tu cases or actual injury or fitness,” and then with the und-r- standing that he play daring the remainder of the game. an old rule whteh Was ih force several years ago as been restored. It Js as follows: “A base runner may te put ont on returning to his base after a foul Aft, if touched by the ball fn the hands of a fielder after the pitcher has handled it.” These con- stitute the chtef alterations that have been effected, but even these are expected Lo All hange the character of the game. clent to. the list few seasons the strength of a nine has aded so exclusively upon the pitching and | catching that the occupants of the positions in Which tls work 1s done have been compelled to bear almost the whole burden of the contest. ‘The beliet 1s now that next season there will b+ more batting aud consequently more flelding, so that general excellence rather than brilliant playing Of two or Uiree individnals will _b2 re- quired to render @ team stroag.— Fale Nevrs. For Something New in Entomology. (Detroit Free Prese. } Last Sunday as Mr. Jones was returning from church with bis family he discovered a new and singular looktug bug on his front door step. As be was something of asclentist he was nat- urally pleased with the new specimen, and, forming his pocket handkerchief tuto a Sort of cage, hé pounced down on it, and succeeded in capturing e microscope, children,” he caited, a your ma to hurry; J want her to look at it; Pm sure it belongs to tue Hemiptera class and is a uew specimen. Her>. Charile, put your eye to the ocular side and tell me what you see,” “Oh, pa, ain't tt splendid? vs got four Wings. elght eyes, and, oh, my! atu’t it a r, though? ‘Red, and green, and yellow, t's eetting away, ain’ it, pat” n it isn't deadi” ‘erted Mr. Jone, ; “Il w-as-n’t q-a-t te sure whetie woved Or not. Let me look! Yes! it’s a terres- trial, 1 think, atter all; it belongs to the geaus Fentatoma—the autennie hay flexible look: and yet, now that I look again Ue eyes seem to indicate that it ts a pnyto coris, In which case tt will be very destructive % your ma’s plants, and we must Kill it at once. Til ask Prof. Sill, It will be, in any case. a Valuable addition to science. ' Maria, where's Ube ehlorotorm:” “Up on tne clock shelf; what are you going to do with it,” asked Mrs. Jones, who had been eiving her undivided attention to the baby. “{KUl this bug as soon as you have examined it.” answered Mr. Jones tn a lofty voice. “I shall present it to the Detroit sclenUfic assocta- | the shove mentioned singers enpioyed | efforts, whetber the masie | of votee prodtiction ts employed. the } an Italian, ; Inusie. | or the | arlas, if thelr associations have been with Ger- | atory, dramauc style | accowplishments that come under | Wanstormed into a full-blown artst. ton— in Cll. I guess not, Mr. Jones,” broke in his with much interest at Fite, who Was looking (he hew specimen. “pati $2 for that bug last . Pi jo wearen my new boanet, and I must ue the eee Ito onwnen I came ia. Tt belongs e re, and couldn't any frie naa been baked for a century. deader Sclence will have to get along without it, Jones, Poor Ji as ius already classified.” James Watson, while carryin; Christinas candles across a Taliroa Merrick, L, ot track, at Was Struck by a train and killed. VOCAL “WETHODS.” {From Warren Davenvort’s ‘'Vagaries of Vocai Caltare."") Every teacher has a “method,” every sing2r has @ “method,” and every student is acquiriag a “method.” The term is applied to ali sorts and kinds of vocal efforts. aad {$a most haaly Substitute when the critic lacks the knowiedze hecessary for an intelligent explanation of a performer's Capabilities; tor wha‘ is easier thao to say that so and so has a “good method,” “bad method,” or “no method whatever,” if they do or do not sing to suit one’s fancy. itis the most absurd and tll-apnited word tn the whole vocabulary of technical terms eu ployed in the vocal science. Jn most cases the persons using the term could give you no technical expianation of the difference Detween a good and a bad “method.” Jt they pretended to explain, no two of them would agree as to what ia their mind constituted a “method.” Again, communication with another at a distance may be by teleptone, telegraph. or the Various mail conveyances, eaca controided by & different mechanical action, but the result gained is the same. In voice production there is bat one result to gained, and only one mecuaaical activa or method” to be employed. Pure tone Is the Tesult desired, and tuis is gatned througa the normal, Mechanical action of the vocal appa- Tatus. This mechanical action 13 governed by laws thal are the same in both sexes of ail Taves Of the human fainly. The motive power, air, sone and the same thing in every indt Vidual and citinate. ‘There ts and can be but one trae method for emitting the voice, the germ of waten existed in Adam, “and has’ been inherent with every human belng since, possessing a musical ear and the faculty of using the volce in sinzinz. Because abnormal or erratic actloas have deen tutultive with a large number of vocalists, or have been tanght by equally tgnorant and enthusiastic teachers wnder the Impression that they constituted a “method,” tr does notia the east argue In their favor or deiract from our assertion that tbere is or can be but one normal huechanical action or ‘method’, in volce pro- ied? flan method.” the “French method” and the “German method,” just as it & method, properly speaking, could bé national. We have heard numerous stogers, some of them famous, who have beon educated some tn one and some im another of the above-claimed Inethods, each one professing to be an exponent Of {heir choice, who, although claiming v9 have different “methods,” sang in every respect ually bad and displayed no “method” waat- ever in dispeasing their vocal vagaries. We can recall a Singer Who clatms to have studted ud acquiring the rman method,” who: ‘orts were the It of exactly the vocal movements employed by another, wa: seofled at the German metaod and claimed That the “Itallan metaod” was the only method to live and die by. : Every bod t admit the marked ditfer- un Of music” fdentical with n and Frencu composers, Dut {pulation of the tug chese at schools, as reg ton oF tone. and the same, if oyed, Many Of the most reno of the dard Italian works are of the purest Saxoa the claimed Italian thelr production of n.und never sitdie method. Nevertheless, tove and rendition of tue muste Is exactiy simt- 6 That of Singers Wao were born end Dred . The former lay ny elaim to haying the Italian method, while the Lauter > all thelr success to'a thorough stud Principles. On the oier band, slagers re vealous advocates of the [tallan metho t ender with the greatest effect the grand Of the German operis and be equally scessful in the interpretation @¢ the German led, rivailing m every parieular the singers who boast taat they excel fa such muste be ving Studied aud acquired the cd a thod. st critical could observe that each of tne same “method” of voice production tu all thetr Was Germaa or Tuallan, their versatility being 4 mative purely thetieal and having nothing to do witha metnod” of vocalization. Chetical nature of some hools of music,” In Lhe of which, respectively the wers em- perform ame method The ce acter of the musi¢ marks the different em not the action of the vocal organs. Ifa singer hows oF sereeches in One school of music, n+ will do the Same in all he attempts, Ir be sings orrectly 12 one school, he will in all. It 1s easy enough for a singer to Jtallanize or Germanize his name and sing in the Italian laa- guage, Dut his vocalization remains the same. the folly g about Itallan, Gor- aman or French “methods.” Say, rather unt one studied ia Italy, Germany or France; or with German or French teache or has a taste for Itallan, German or Frene! If one's assoctations are with Italian muse They will fall nto that style which te “art of singing” requires tor the performance ‘antibiie, sostenuto character of Italian Iman qusie they will be incitned to the declam- quired. But this ts tue art Of Mpging, not voelce production. Voeal “method” has to deal only with the production and control of the voice ta coutra- distinction to the “art of siuging,” whiea en braces plirasing, expression and all the oti head of style by which me. characteristic distinction cet composition. it is the ati cf singing thar writers expatiate upon, Imagining all the While itis voeal_method. The toriner 13 what Is taught by scores of teachers under the del rey ave giving tiwtr pupils voce voeal method,” judging trom tho ev: ‘ that offers itself for observatton through dium of the theorist’s pen, the efforts of pubile singers, the work of teachers and the results gathed by pupils, {¢ is most assuredly a lost art. The acquirement of a vocal method is analogous to the acquirement of a flexible and finished te hnique in the study of the plano. With what great care does the intelli- gent and honest plano teacher proceed through the progressions of five-tlager exercises, scales and expeggtos tn order to ferm the pupli's hand aud secure a texiole and irm touch. With what cauulon does the theroughly- | Schooled violin teacher work with bis pupil to gain a tlexible bow arm, good tntonaticn and perfect faciltty in all the positions on th» Gnger-board before he allowg him to attempt To phrase avd give expression to a roman Tondo, sonate or other concert plece. The instrumental teacher knows that all me- chanical movemen(s must be brought to that degree of perfection that they shall have be cou Intullive with the pupil, before he 13 to be trusted with bis own feelings and emotions $2 the rendering of a composition, The more {nterse bis emotional nature, the midre thor- ough}y schooled must he wein‘order that he dogs nou *scrape” \ustead Of play his viaiim, or “hammer instead of touch hfs plano; for the effect m le upon the listener and not upon air Years are willingly speut to acquiring a fotshed technique upon an instra- ment. Vocal pupils grumble because at, the end of six months’ or One year’s study they nee nob again, the Instrumentalist can ebtata at o perfectly finished instrument, white! scarcely subject method” of practice. a 1s (o {njary frau an erroneous It tt suould happe ome injured, burned, brokea or otherwi royed, another one equally good can be purchased. With the voice it is quite diffe ent. The tostrument may (independent of disease) through the bad wsage attendant upon erroneous practices become {njured or rained. In the latter case it cannet be restored, and 1a the former case only after the most Careful and intelligent vocal treatment. How important then to proceed in the right direction and with the greatest caution in the cultivation of the most delicate of all instru ments—the votce. How tmportant that the Instrument shouid be employed normally in order that its _preser- vation may be insured in the attempted per- fection of the mechanical move.gents called “voeal culture.” Alas! for the poor singer. destruction ts more often the result of his creaultty in following the instructions Of his teacher in trying to gata,a “method.” Before a pupil can produce a pure tone, or correctly mould a yowel-form, many teachers commence the stndy of songs, arias or cava- unas and expect that the pupil will furnish a periect tnstrument for their performance, They entircly overlook the fact that the volce must frst be bulit. Erroneous practices wil not do thts good method will not do tt in six months either, It requires time to educate a beaithful action into a muscle, and very often unhealthy actions have to be educated out of them frst. All the obstructions watch seem sO haturally to present themselves must be re- moved. In this is the real art. It {3 not so much what you are dotng as how you are do- og it. Itis here that the teacher 1s as often tn the dark as fs the pupil He gropes about in bis Ignorance of the real cause of the ob- -truction, in the experimenting to flad which po eae voice fs often ruined, After all, a go method,” cail tt Italtan, German, French or English, if you please, is based upon a very simple process, for it is nothing more or less ‘ban an unobstructed emission of the voice and a flexible control of Its action. Granting that the respiratory actlon (below the larynx) is unobstructed by any muscular resistance, it 1s stating it very considerately to say that there fs not more than one singer In a thousand who can purely and freely emit his volee. That is, let the column of air tlow free and unobstructed by aby muscular resistance trom the source of sound, the vocal cords, until it reaches the hard te OF roof of the mouth, well forward towards the teeth, ‘Tats we wilt call the angle of tucidence, aod the purity of the voice depends upon its unobstracted direc- tion. From the point where {t strikes the hard palate to that where It leaves the lips we will call {t the angle of retleetion. This angie is responsible tor the quality, Our reaters will note here that we ignore ail the “pharyn- geal Qualities” as the results of abnormal or erratic actions. It isn the seope of the angle ef reflection that all the sonsonant aud vo-el Terms are moulded (Md uttered through the be ney of the tongne and lips," properly called the organs of ‘articulation Cousequently 1b can be seen that what are called “good tones” are dependent ypon the stmultaneous action of two movements, and the singer may emtt his voice purely (che angle of Incidence), and Yet fall In the expected effect through an ad- hormal action of the articulating organs. The simultaneous action is “vocal method.” and if one or the other of the movements are frratic, Vis nota “vocal method.” The wat is absolatety necessary. Let us look at the efforts of the two mo: financially successful and highly-praised sin ers that have appeared tn America in the last twenty years. One of them could not sing in tune even, to say nothing of having many other serious deficiencies: the other hada few high notes which were flexibiy delivered (in the abnormal falsetto voice so commoa with high sopranos), skipping over them ima brit lant way in the arpeggto forms, but shock ingly defictent in tone aud tts delivery in the middle and lower part of her voice, and un. able to sing a scale respectably well! Neither of these singers had a“method,” in the tone pense Of the term, although both thougat they rhe critics thought they had, also, and gave the mtst glowing accounts of their “fue meth- ods,” etc. Such examples mislead tae pubite and estaolish a low standard of criticism. VIGNAUX AND SLOSSON, Whird Nights Piay in Paris World’s Championship—4 Large mdance and Great Interest + e Watch, (Via Freneb’Atlant’c Oable to the N. ¥. Herald. Vakis, Dec. 22, iss0.—The attendance to nignt at the billiard match was larger than ever, and the greatest faterest wus shown on ail sides in the evening’s play, the American player having assumed aleed of 150 when the close of Tues day’s game was reached. A number of distin- guished people were present in the audience, President Grevy was expected, but did not make bis appearance. An early hour having been determined on for the calling of the game both men were ready at eight o'clock, at Which time the reféree called them to the tatle. Siosson then resumed his untinisoed ran of last evening, when he had 2 to hfs credit, but he made only ¢ points. On both sides the play was Very indifferent for several tnnings, When the seventh innlug was reached Stosson, after counting 44 by-shots, which were made all over the table, got the ballsto the rail and settled down for slong run. By caretal play he ran 204 amid much applause. On the completion of the 204th shot the balls were in such a position that he attempted a masse shot, bat tailed to count. In the sixth inning Vighaux had run itt on the long rail; he carried the balls from the head of the taole to the balk line at the foot ral, when be turned and carried them back again, missing an easy shot. In the Dineteeuth Inning Slosson made 59 points by open table” billards, including ~ some well calculated and excellently played shots, which were much applauded. In the twent first inning he added another little ran of 13. all of which served steadily to increase and greatly which Was ai- Meanwh! 8 highest run was only s5, whteh he olue Very good play in the’ sixteanti e supplemented this by a run of 73 tu eteenth inning and ieth. In the twenty: 1, mostly by open play, at which point, he iauaged to get the bails rafied at the ad Of The foot Tall, golng the unnatural way; led thei with great nicety pearly to pupper balk Ins, turned and brought them back tothe third diamond on the long rail, xoine the uatural Way, and stopped « ued 1,54) points, with the bails lefe on the addto the figures of his score, ready amounting to large tiga Vignau: hird tautng Slosson tor to-morrow. 'The rua amouated to 1 and {ts conclusion for tue evening created gre applause. The score was ed BY the S00 for Siogsen, 1,51 gNAUX, a for Slosson on the evening’s piay, he a Vighaux by 150 on the conclusion of hts game, and finishing to-night with the ‘best. Twenty-three tunings were 285 tO played during the eventing. ‘The deruing to-night ather in favor of Slosson. and the greatest interest ts aroused in the match in amateur and professional circles, both by the comparatively close play and tue fact that Cue American has not oaly retained but added to ead he obtained yesterday. VATCHING WHE GAME FROM NEW YORK. Stn this elty last cventug over Slossoa’s improved chance ot winning the Parts match. Messengers are dispatched’ every evening 16 Slosson’s rooms in 2d street for copies or the cable message, which are afterwards bulletined im nearly all'the best kuown billiard resorts and scrutinizea eagerly. Betting also has long runs and remarkable averages that the match ls being played upon {ts merits. Slosson a esterday a gre: rite in the pools on final result. In his own rooms there was no hancicapping on the third night's game, and the American was Che favorite at almost two to. one, whereas Vignaux was handicapped &: points in the pool of the night before. At news, and when It came they gave tires that would bave delighted the ears of s Were he not thousands of miles away and prob. ably asleep al the Ume. His brother Lesite was elated hough by the result to bet $50 to $50 twice that George would win the mateh. The bulletin of te three nights’ play now reads: Siosson Gaines —— Firat. See Vigpaux’s score. Ce Es Slosson’s score 321 ps Vignaux’s best run. Slosson’s best run. Vicnaux’s average. Slosson’s average. aS 5-1 In the pool for the fourth night's gaz i 80u Was handicapped 200 points tu other words he must make to wix 60) before Vignaux mal 400 points, Even at these odds the Americar promises to be a favorite. Offers were made of even money that Slosson would win the mate by 26 polnts, without takers, and offers of 59 to 40 and 200 to SO that he would win the match, were made with a like result, or rather with no result at, all. Meanwhile the experts had been making deductions from the score, aad began to aise the probable cause of Vighaux’s falling off. “He {s the beat rail player in the world, marked some one, “and when he was in’New York he astonished everybody by the sklil of his open play. 1 can’t see, therefore, why the buk lines of the new gaue should worry him more than they do Slossen.” At once the experts rose te explain and made sinanimous answer: “it 13 all ig the difference i their methods of overcoming tbe balk Hnes. Siosson goes round the table, turing the cor- ners {n two shots, and still keeping the balls along the rail. Vignaux keeps to one rall, and generally the short ene. He does not attempt te turn the corners, but reverses the position of (he bails by means of a follow shot. He with his lett hand ag well a3 he dees wich night, and evidently he bas practised this ed of reversing “he balls to the exclusion of tee other method or turning the corners. Slosson’@ method fs better, acd that Is where he gets lig present advantage.” Th this way ran the opinions of the experts, but It Was asked, “Why should not Vignaux, eeing bis mistake, adopt the other met: . Too late,” dee! expert Hither the reversing or the turnin; shot requires the nicest Manipulation avd ong practic: skill mainly rests in working the balls into the ght position for making the shots. Vignaux <0 to his hotel to night and practice the ning shot, and suc: atch Went On to-morrow hight he might fali nd it would demoralize him.” Daniel Strauss was a little milder last even- Ing in bis opinion of Vignaux’s superiority, but it Was a flattering opinion still He se’med pretty certain that the French champion would come to uhis country soon, and results might | be different. ‘He is a wonaerrul open player.” 4 quoth Strauss, “I remember one night unat be bet me a bottle of wine that he would make heir re- succession. He won his bet. As for draw shots, I've seen him shoot from the string and draw his ball from the lower spot to the upper One. He is Une coolest man you over saw, Wor hecan (afd Mr. Stratiss pai of a strong iilustration), he can sit in a chair for two hours and not say a word. The French players don't like him because he tssues a challenge to them every month which none of ther dares to ac- cept. Bless your soul, | have seen him count titty playing with one hand,” and Mr. Strauss seciued Inclined to continue his pralses of Vignaax’s Skill indefinitely. “You still think he ts Lar superior to Slosson?” asked she reporter. Well, ] don’t know. I did think so,” an- Swered Mr. Strauss, reflectively, ‘but now I con't know V. ¥. Herald, % ‘THERE 18 ONE character in ‘Endymion which hone of the guessers seem to have identifi says Edmund Yates in the Lonion World, “and yet, perhaps, 1 13 the mostobvions of them all. Ireter to Lady Moatfort, who helps Endymion all through his career, ‘She is ‘utended for the Hon. Mrs. Norton, who tntro- cuced Disraeil to Lord Melbourne after his (ure <0 get into pariiament for High She did this expressly tn ‘ordertnat he bt have another chauce. It was on that ‘asion that Lord Meibourne said to Disraell. ,Tell me what you want to be;, to which the ; genous youth answered. -I want to be prime Minister.’ In the interval he made his first Steat trend Lord Melbourne's wife; and by a ruriber ludicrous twist of characters and events, Endymion (Disraelt himselh afterward marries the lady. Certainly he has good reason or tusisting that woman bas the power to wake @ man’s success in lite; tor without Lady pe fee eae Rae — and Mre. Wyndam L ave been perched on @ three- legged stool in the O14 ery Tod i A CitcaGo TEN ant intormed the owner of the house he occupied tnat the drainage was de- °. and demanded repairs, whica were not. nade, hter was barely saved from ‘ ico by. cleat eria, peer ae. Dhysician de- © we she was rm nt for a cov damages has been Orought sgainey ne lendio Lightning: has destroyed one of the eadles be- wren Victoria, British Colomaola, andthe main daue. » | wouidn tn by S3 in the | groWn more into Tavor with the evidence of | O'clock the place was {ull of people waiting tor | The | ‘d fn fi; Dut when the ¢ the opening shot from the string ten times in * ages has been brought against | "NS and explain rates. No canvassers are | 10 copies one year sor $15.06 ead DEADENING P4IN. Discovered. ‘The last number of the Medial Record con- tained a nouce of a new and curious method of deadening pain which Is of striking simplicity. Ti was discovered by Dr. Bonwill, a deatist of Phuadelphta, tn i875. In using the method the operator merely requests the pattent to breathe rapidly, making about one hundred respira- tions per minute, ending fn rapid expirations. At the end of from two fo five intnutes an entire or pariial absence of pain results for half a min- ate or more, and during that time teeth may be drawn or incisions fhade. ‘The patient may be in any position, but that recommended ts lying on the side. and it 1s generally Dest to throw a handkerchief over the face to prevent distraction of the patient’s attention. When the rapid breathing is first begun the patient may feel some exhileration; following this comes The sensation of fullness fn the head or diziuess. The face ts at rst Qushed, and after- ward pale or even bluish, the heart beats rather feebly and fast, DUC the Sepse of touch 1s not affected, nor is consciousness lost, The effect 1s produced in females more readily than In the mate; children can hardly be made to breathe properly. It is denied that there ts auy possible danger. other than” frequent dental ones, have Deen successfully made by this method, and it 1s claimed that in dentistry, minor surgery and obstetrics it may supplant the common anwsthett nation 1s that rapid breathing diminishes tue oxygenation of the blood, and that the result- ant excess of carbone acid temporarily potsons the nerve centers. Dr. Bonwiil gives several explanations, one being the specific effect of carbonte acid, another the diversion of will force produced by rapid voluntary muscular ac- Won. and, third, the dammtng up of the blood in the brain, due to the excessive amount of air passing through the lungs. The Avcurd ts not satistied with the theories, but considers it Proved that pain may be deadened by the method, which it commends to the profession for the exact experiment determination of Its precise va.ue. Once Was Enough, One man in this city to-day knows more of the working of the fire department than he did twenty-fours ago, aud Is firm in his optaion that for celerity in responding to calls to duty. Boston firemen are unrivalled. He was ap pointed to the force yesterday. Early this morning his dreams were put to an end by 2” highly commendable in a beginner he dressed, hurried down stairs, and took bis place on te hose carriage. As he described 11, wheel, To give me more room. Off we went, the horse landing In the street with the first bound. When we were there, half a dozen more meu plied on. Talk about fast travelling? We fairly flew over the pavement. Around a corner came the protective department wagon, and it SWUDE up against the curpstone with such force that J thought everybody would be kiled. Part of the way We ran on ove wheel only. There's atrifie too much excitement in such alite. 1 "b remain in the department anoth day, even if they would make me a commis stoner.” With this he offered his resignation.— Boston Trauscripl. A TEXAS SHOOTING.—At Round Kock, Texas, on Monday night Eugene Hait tired Into a win, dow of a house of.tl-fame, shooting Alice Mel- Vin In the abdomen and tnilicting a wound from which she has since died, He’ also wound: another tnmat | 1 8 8 0 THE NEWSPAPERS 1 8 80 OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. | THE EVENING STAR | THE WEEKLY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. the size of the New York dailies), 1s everywhere recoguized as the leading newspaper of Wash- ington. 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These figures include only the sub- H Ject of the advertisement, and not any change | of the matter, which, in some instances, 13 made dafly, and, althougha new advertisement in fact, 15 Hot counted but onee, instead of 310 pup- cation dates. The advertising books are open to the inspection of advertisers to verify tat ; Statement, or an affidavit of tts truthfulness will be submitted. THE WEEKLY STAR.—This ts a double or | eight-page sheet, containing fifty-six columns | of fresh News, Literary and Agricultural matter | every week, and 1s pronounced by competen judges one of THE CHEAP. 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Preeident, | _octt#-3m ©. 5. LOVELL. Te \HE STEAMER AHKOWSMITH ‘Will leave Potomac Ferry Co. rf, foot of 7th street, at 7 o'clock, &. m., every SUNDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, For ai tne POTOMAO RIVER LANDINGS a6 fan aa Leonardtown snd Nowini; returning MONDAY WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY. Fare and Freight at lowest rates ayib-ly ¥. 2. STONE, Purser. URFOLH AND FORTKESS BONBOD | EAMER JANB MOSELRBY, | OE IAMED TBA | Firet-ciam fare, 81; Round trtp, | trip, 62. 81 50 second-class fare, 75; Round, Leave 6th-et. wharf WON Da\b, WEDNESDAYS apd FRIDAYS, at 5 o'clock p.ta. Leaves Norfolk alternate days at 4 p.m.,stop. Plays st Alezam Piney Poiut, Point Lookout | and Fort Monroe, Va., going aud returning. NTEAMERS FOR NEW YORK. Btesmstips JOHN GIBSG £. 6. KNIGHT Pier 41, Eust River, N-¥., SATURDAYS, at 4 p.m. Georvetown st 7 FRIDAYS. For freight Fate DENHAM, Agt., 63 Water | 5 {UK NORFOLK, PORTEMOCT!, FORTRESS MONLOE AND THE SOUT s £18 GEORGE L&Ahy, sr rying US. Mall. Josers Wotr ; Comusuder, | Leaves } w, INGTOR, NosPoia, frow: of Seventh st. | From Campbell'é wharf. E | Ew MONT 2X, SREDNES. | TUrsDAY “crus. DA aXD BATUL- 4pm Lookout Going $1.50. Ticket DAd snd FRIDAY, at) Sr 1 rooms for wale ; MB OW heed’s Sone, 1216 ¢ at. 0 w.; HB. Poik- store, 682 Le pits, 1431 Ps Wee inborn's «tation Office Purcy G. ¥.. next to Pos? ave. Dw. WM 'P. | _seva7 mp ead GERMAN LLOY D—Sreawanie Link BETWEEN NEW YORS, |! .vaR, LONDON, SOUTRAMPTON AND BKEMES ‘The steamers of this company wi aed trom Breme., Pier, foot of 3¢ te vuthampton and Bremen, first cabin: @s0) tsburg and the West, 8.00 a.m., daily, with in eee eeping Cars to Louirville and Chicago;'10-40 petals o Soe pose a vo daily, with Sleeping Cars from Harrisburg 00, 2 Bowlins Groene New fork to Cincinniatt, St. Louie and Chicao ; 9:30 Pm. "ZEROTT & CO. V8 Pa ave "Ann dailp, with Palaoe Cars to Pittsburg: ms + an Roe BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. ILIPE’S NEW i ced LINE NG" GEOLGETOWN, ALEXAN! ASEISOTOW PRI ADELA eT RDBIA 1 OoNNECTIxG at DELPRIA WITH OLYDE‘S Lixas ror New Youu, Bosron, Paovipenca, BE axD 441 Forts Of Ten New ASD EN STATES. Throagh ville of aang give Fro. Ws Bondaye si 6 hia Saturdays, at m. From Philad 0 . | dancing ty nb | g00Ge an at Ws le Whart, foot of 1ath street. | we aM P. CLYDE & G0.» General wath Philadelphia . et. Wharf sod 1202 PI Fe. W LINE. _— LANe ROUTE THE CUNARD BTEAMSHIP OOMPANY LIM Between New York and Live ‘k Harbo: at 2KOM P! 2 Jan !Pariiis Wed. Wedilesday from New York. according to accommodations. Tici rty t0 Paris, 26 wold eaditional, berurn tickets ob favorable terme Bteerave at low rates. Rtecrare tickets from Lservoul and Queenstown, and a! other parc ot Earcpo, at lowest rates. ‘Thronah: bills of laden given for Kelfast, Giaagow, Sayre, Antwerp and other ports ou the Goutinent snd for Mediterranean por apps st the Company's For fr nt and paseaye affies, No. 4 Kowlin OF DOLL wtaes a eabin to OTIS BidkLOW & 00., Gas 7th ‘streck Waahinwton, D.O. $027 VERNON H. BROWN & 00., N.Y. REW YORK_ROTTERDAM. he, lags Steamers Of this liue—*"Amster- daw," ““W. A. Scholten," ‘‘Rotterdam,” “P. Oa- land," “‘Schielam" and ‘Mase carrying the U. ) 8. Mail to the Netherlands, leave Wateon's Storen, Brooklyn, larly on WEDNESDAYS. Fire’ Cabin sO $70: Becond Cabin 84h, BbU; Bronte are 826. BH. CAZAUX, General awcnt, 27 Bouth ‘iliam jew York. For passage apply to W. G MET: & 00., $25 Pennsylvania venne, Washington; or F. Wf” JOHNSON, Awetit, National Safe Deposit Building, oorner New York avenue and 16th northwret aug? ERCHANTS AND MINER TRANSPORTATION OOMPARY. OUTSIDE LINE OF STREAMERS BETWEEN BALTIMORE and NEW YORK. sailus days from Baltimors— by | AY ana SATURDAY. at « tae ro toot er | Spears Sharh (near foot & re ait fork—Every WEDNENDAY and 8aT- ie m.. from Pier 44, eat Kiver, (near Passenger ccommodations. Lowes? x} 9 Feb | Elewant Emireions, Premature Uld axe, caused by over- rates freigh! exert: self-abuse, or over-indulen which | — Bstes of passars—First-cisme, 65, ineinding mesic fends t0" misery. decay qa death. ‘One box will | 4nd stateroom berth. Bteerave, €2, meals, if de frestnent, oO eae Bon, or atx "bones for | 3H. Der De HU GOIN tent. On a bor on aie ponent Sve doliare; ‘sent by mail prepaid On receipt of | (Boston Wharf. Bac tone te. ___ COAL AND WOOD. aL, ‘Woon. OoaL. Cc ARTHUR &. S§ITR Has on band constantly rece! the best - seg of Coal aud Wood Pines iar aitantion en : Goal free from iste oF Gere through mail or telephone prowpuy ued. See rane cthomse B. sold stand”) _yazsenan FAIB ASSOCIATION. THE FIBST PREMIUM FUR LENT OOAL ap SINDLING WOOD wse swerded to us over e competitors. STEPHENSON & SKO., Depot and Mill, 7th-street whart. Omce: 12th and Penn. avenur. ous G, } SHERIFF, a ig OOAL AND WOOD. af, evecy variety. . Qiid and 338 Pa. ave. Depar ina “Mili Waier and 5 treet, Potomac. 4 OAL. saag WOOD. 1D m cheapest, beat. ‘Too best in America. ALSO, iption a epecialty. L. E. GANNON, Reem 7, Uorcoran Ballding.