Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-29

Music IN ENGLAND.-TI ere is r. o country where
one may hear better music than in England vet
that country has never produced great composer
Handel was German, and Haydn was born near
Vienna. England has nev6 r created n school ar
style peculiar to itself The glees of the sixteenth
century will always charm. Just as the Irish melo.
diFs DO; 61t they are mere fragments of the SIM
plest kind, and have nothing in them tending to
nigh eminence. The English know this. and
they prove their good taste by never playino their
own music and by only playing the best music of
METHOD TO INCREASE THE sizE OF FRUIrA
solution OF copperas applied to apples pears &c ,
II Is sid by a French author viii cause them to
grow much larger than usual 1t should be en-
ployed three or four times during the season. CO m
menciDg when the fruit first begins maturing The
applications should be made after sunset-never
in sunshiny day. .Sulphate Of iron (copperas, }
il is well known, induces rapidity OF absor ption
The use Of sulphate of iron has been prescribed as
aspecitc against the black knot in plum trees IL
must be applied after the knot has been removed
by excision.
IL A Boston hay dealer has been detected I'm
a curious fraud. The hay was so loaden that a
person could crawl into hole left near the bottom
of the cart. and in this place a colored man. In the
employ OF the hay sPeculator. was in the habit of
concealing hir;,self while the hay was being
weighed. OF course the live freight was upon
the top Of the load when ID was delivered and the
purchasers little suspected that either themselves
or the animated one hundred and fifty pound lump
had been sold. Some Of the purchasers have paid
Tor him dozen times, and begin to think 1T about
time to take possession.
D-A machine has been patented in England
Tor copying the written mannscI pts of a message
and though il has worked successfully for A dis
lance OF 39O miles, it is yet in crude state The
communication is written on tin foil with varnish
- ne IoIl Is placed In the machine and by the use
Iy In contact with the non-conducting varnish and
conducting foil, make and break the circuit I'm
manner corresponding with the form of the letter
which Is duly registered at the other end Of the
line; on chemically prepared paper
AZ The revival OF another great exhibition Is
seriously contemplated in London. The Society
oI Arts nave hitherto hesirated TO its expedf-
ency, SO soon after that Of 1885, but IL is now said
that so large body Of the principal manufactur-
ers and producers of the country have promised
give &c all the aid in their power thai they are
OF its complete success
H AT the last datss from japan a telegraph
was building between the cities Of JeddO, Nagas-
n, Simoda, and Hekodad, and between Jeddo
dhu tile summer residence of the Emperor All
the vessels In the Imperial feet were To be turned
into steam ProPellers, one being already com
Pieted Japan is certainly progressing
IL New London girl at San Ahtonlo Texas,
keeps bowling saloon, and offers herself to roll
with any amateur in the country She finds
plenty who are willing TO try their hand with
her, and she pockets the change, never as vet
having been beaten. She states that In sir months
ism bad. T''
ID There has just been constructed for the
SdhIt ste Maria Canal, gate which 10 believed
To be the largest In the world Tits 81 feet wide
Toe width Of the canal-3l feet inc hes deep and
81 inches thick. The timber used in its construc
,lon, cut into boards, would measure about
l2O 900 feet i1 - tI III p TI'T-f''
IL The ladies and dfessfnakers of Paris are
positively now taking their FASH ons from England
Ihe french women are wearing the red striped
pettcodt Of Wales and the pluIned transformation
OF the wfde-awake which so charm nyly adorns
the heads OF London Amazons In Rotten Row .
ICA little tool has been iuvented for ,re,d-
Ing needle. Its made with two blades which
holds the needle with its eye opposite little f,,ps
mel shaped opening, iRto which 1t is perf,..tIy
essy for person OF weak sig tt TO pass the threat
and the thread Inevitably passes through the eve
Uc Iron freig ht cars are coming into use ON
tue Ohio rafiroad. Four or five nave besa ecn
structed and are found to answer well The en-.
tire car weighs only III ,5UO pounds, while an ordi
nary wooden baggage car ,vrig las "a so 10 10 500
pounds. D ~ = y H7fN3iT IL fIDJ Z - 4
III Hon. Robert C. iscEenck, who formerly
represented the DAYTON (Ohio) District In Con-
gnrss, and vino bas been silent for ten yean, Is
now on tins stump zsa Republican, -
BJ-A snow storm Of fifteen minutes duration
Prevailed at Florida, Mass On Wednesday last
and nearly whiieaed the gropndHVf GIO s1sil
" B5r- rhe prepsietos Of the Great Eastern re-
aiiked over Sa $50 from admission fces during
The tine the ship was open to visitors,