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New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
SCIENTIFIC W0RK IN cEYTRAL PARK.

The annual report Of the New-York meteorological
Observatory for 1873. inst received, contains snm-
mary Of what has been done az the observatory for
the last ten years under the director. Daniel Draper
There have been issued several interesting papers
on meteorological phenomena. of which the follow
ing may he specially named Does the clearing
of land increase or diminish the fall of rain " " Is
the climate OF New-York CHANGING: or more gener-
ally Is that Of the Atlantic States undergoing modt-
cation 7" "What j. the direction IN which Amos
pheric fluctuations cross the United States v Is
across the Atlantic and predict the time OF their
arrival on the European coast y This report also
contains descriptions Of the sef-reeorhng instru-
ments that have been made at the Observatory.
They are baromerers, thermometers. instruments
for direction. .veocify fO-ce of wind, rain and snow
gauge a sun instrument for recording the tempera-
ture aud hours Of duration of sunshine continu-
nnslY.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
P8LLV4Y NEWS.

1HE SECOND AVENUE ELEVATED LINE.
DELAY Z, COMPLETING IT-MATERIALs not READY
WIN INFECTED.
Many citzens have noticed with lively interest
thar the workmen on the Second Avenue Elevated
Railroad have almost completed the connection with
the south Ferry and Third Avenue Road at Chat
hlm-squnrc When the Second Avenue Line is in
running order the City Hall branch Of the Third
Avenue Line viii be running. and viii no
longer lie q branch Of but the main line OF the
Third Avenue Road below Chatham-square. The
Nev-Bowery and South Ferry Line VIII be then the
main line Of the Second Avenue Road below Chat
ham-square whore the Second and Third Avenue
Lines will have junction depot. Then the East
side rand transit facilities VIII be doubled. The
dav of the opening of the Second Avenue Line Is not
as near at hand some may have been led 20 hope.
President Guiiford OF the Manhattan Company said
yesterday;
1--WE did expect to have the Second Avenue line
i'm operation to Sxty-ffth-st. bv January l. II you
have noticed the crowds thai beset the stations of
The Third Avenue Line IN the evening. you can un-
drrstand why We are desIrous of getting the new
line opened and the City Hall branch running. at
tbe earliest practicable moment. The iron manu-
facturers are greatly pressed with work, and we
have been disappointed IN not receiving materials
as RAPIDLY a. expected. II Is impossible 10 say now
when the new line vail he ready. but we feel con-
fdeut thai everything will be ready within the first
two months of the new year."
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

DIED
BLrS-At Nassau " P on saturday November %. Nathan
Blum. In the 65th year Of ms
Fufera VIII ta<e frn his late residence 20 East 3ji
st, on TUESDAY December 9. NJ iOa
Relatives and Trends are invited - aienf without lnfrr
nOrce II IN psrt uariy requested that No lowers b. sent
TExrty ExASu-EL.
The this @eitay reqasstsi
% attend e funrr1 o The late Mr. Nathan Blum ffou -
tuesday. December q AZ 10 a. without
further notice. N. STERN. Secretary.
CALLENDER-Int this city, on MONDAY evening December
:. william n. Calender in me 9th wear ~ his Afe.
Relatives and friends o. he .niy are Invited 70 atten ts
~ the TT nsh gurarOn Weinos-
day December TO- 10 O'Clock without further ND
tce. II IL regne-iri that no flowers be -enL
IDterment a. Newport Il. I.
CrMrSGs-On sunday morning. December :, 1879 James
Cummings. in his 77tl
attend the funerll
late 40 1873 East 3Jtst. cdnes
day, December 10. ~ $50 ~.
Interment on THURSDAY at woodavn
DAWSON Monday. the sh George Davis IN the f5h year
Funeral th-
drew Melville esq. on Thur siay the ltn AZ ocor<
Relatives and lres are nEei 10 attend without urtner
notice.
IRNING-At West Bergen y. T. Monday. Novem ber =.
1879 Alfred ~ The Beaufsn and Mary
II. Irving. aged year aud 10 months.
LITrLE-At AIgers africa. saturday. November 20.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
OLNsTEAD-At Clinton y Y. on Thursisv. December 4,
Mary Proctor Bond wife OF the late Asa Omsted aged 81
ZABRIsKIE-At Paramns n. j. sunday December 7.
Aetta " d. daughter of j. c. Iabriskie. tho
l9 h year II her
Fnn-rai resiisace Thursday llth
inst. O'Clock. the Pa Canrch at ? a
Irsin leaves foot OF Warren-st az l0:2O a m
New Brunswick papers please coDy
TFALr,-Snddenly On MONDAY, December = John T.
in ant son Of oliver A. and Josephine B. We-l fall
Friends Of the family invited atend the funeral
az 33y West 5lstst. Wednesday morning. at
Inierment at Hudson.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

DISPOSING OF THE RELICS OF THE FAIR.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF YKsTERDAY-REsULTs
or THE LATEST PRIZE DRAwINGs-wINSISG
NUMBERS.
The new armory of the Seventh Regiment
was further transformed yesterday from the
ing place that for three weeks has attracted the resi-
dents of New-York 10 the dreary. amphi-
theatre that It remain for some months 20 come
From early dusk the vast space rcsounded with
the blows OF after another the counters
and partitions demolished, until At last
little was left bat the framework OF the
booths, looming up before the visitor Ike
huge skeletons The members OF the various company
committees worked untiringly all day. boxing and
moving rhc articles that had been sold awarded and
IN the afternoon few parties Of ladies Who had been
attendants NJ some OF the booths revisited the
of their recent toils and triumpba For most
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

hcaued with his gentle smile and replied; Lha,s
r,ght Chaplain, that's all right. as mucn Us "
sav Thaiis the omirenty prorer thhng 20. You, w
your POSITION. say. But he cOniinuea % u"n ~ ~
see thai what I say about these gentlemen uont hu'
them aud Il does a heap OF good v
"a grim. wrinkled. strong, gloomy face Is
nat of Carivc as seen by correspondent Of The Chs
,.e OF san Francesca. who urccecds 10 describe the
,,helsea sarrs dislike for America and Americans, and
,he criticisms 20 which he treats those VINO call upon
him On one occasion a Californian. being re-
cssvea with the hahitual drnunciauon o.
the grrat Revubuc er tuFed 10 calmly % the
end and ;hcn observed Go ancad. Mr.. Carlyle T;
I like to hear you abuse the United States. for
AZ seems 10 90 you good. and t docsn DO Us DIT Of
harm You'v had a good deal % say Of wind-bags-
confess that we're pretty windy te other side but
We can't come np To you over Vow. you impress
me As the biggest wind barvOu you Ike candor-i
have ever seen II should take the wind out OF Iont
nfty odd volumes what would be lett OF tHem ny
all winn ard you know H. ueu o.LD.v "a" a -, 49,,
writing them. however You've made Your ma pa
and m Won had anv common a1j were nty years
younger. You'd make. II you'd conn and We Win US
pretty xtoi American. NOuNr expressed your flfW
INV country nud I've expressed ny views " you: l
suppose we're about even. Do owe you anVthng' VT
CARLYLE n do i'N pay you The ahtA1r = tepo1 "a
sad afierward that the Californian was me least uh'
Interesting American he had seen.
ST. NAzAIRE. Dec. S.-Niscount de LeSseps,
The promoter of the Panama snip Canal scheme mas
sailed for AsPinws His wife. three children ana n
teen other persons sailed with him.
LONDON, Dee. S.-To-dly Queen victoria
receives. H.. officers and who DISTINGUISHED tn m
selves IN the Zulu war she conferred the Victoria cross
and other decorations the corporal anc three prvaies
OF Enrke's Drlu garrison. Gensrsis Sewuisaro, @
Craa lud Pearson and otter rooih All SoH'-
VnanGeEs attended the ceremony.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

and sunny little bit of aower painting by pupil OF his
Mile. Blanche By Our own men, there are good exam
ples OF Mr. Jewell sends several Eastern subjects:
two pieces bv Mr. Arthur Parton, who has had such
brilliant IN England not explained by
these pictures with their metallic execution and their
scattered distribution OF HIGHT and dark Mr. George In
IS here With his violent clever artist
wlifGy astray-and Mr. ]. G.. Brown with his pro-
vozngly s'fl hut hard almost mechanical, persOnages;
a'c Mr.. D. Haas with his painted ship upon painted
ocean. always STACEY and always the same tprObaby
hecause be has learned do thing we'll every
the repeated; aud here leading up
the rear the huddle of medocrities aud worse, who
gradually weeded out from Academy find hos
pita5e home in that o. BROOKLYN. None OF these need we
and stop 10 mention Miss Mara T. Dixon II is
TO cal the young lady account for her ravestv Of DR.
Chace's fine picture. the Ready for Ride, winch she
exhibits here "a study" without however
mentioning the name OF her original More In
feresiing than the greater part OF the olldc-
are the water-color drawing by tho late
John ". Hi, which, by the a6ectonate care
OF Mr. NJ Falconer have been assembled IN OF the
rooms and which show this delicate truthful artist at
his best The collection Of ctchings. too IS very inter
estng. and may call particular attention 10 the
work OF our townsman. Mr.. James D smillie, whose
etching after picture by Jacque On possession.
believe. OF Mr. Belmoup is specimen OF artist feeling
and artist skill Of which NAV all be proud This
plate efched expressly for the first number
OF the Bier,caH ART Rerer. and fine as Is the
autograph proof here exhibited t s really bur little
than the impressions in The RsrieT ITSELF fact
due entirely the careful printing which the publishers
make point OF giving every plate. Othcr excellent
etehiurs here by Messr-. Fslcouer. Church. and
samuel Colman. snd the display Is one greatly enc0ur-
10 the American lovers OF this delightful form Of
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
OPENING Up THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
SHEPHERpsrowN, MI, Dec. 6.-The first div


ision or the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, from shep-
herdstOwn Rivrrton, distance Of forty five miles,
will be opened Tor business Monday next. The road
when completed will extend from Hagerst0wn. Nd. to
wsynesboro. Va. distance OF 142 miles From Hagers
the road passes through SharpsDug and the battle
heid OF Antietam crosses tue Potomac River 5heD
uerdstOwu. and theu through the enire length OF
beautiful mi fertile Shenandoah Valley forming
connecting ink between the Chesapeake and Quo Rail-
rOai and the three great trunk mes 10 Ncw-York-
Baltimore and ONO TIE Philadelphia and Reading
and The Pennsylvania Railroad.
The open ~ the Shenandoah Valley Railroad will
make available The mineral resources OF Henan
GOah Valley. and VIII bring into market the rlcl dcpOs
OF iron time the Increased demand fer
iron and the scarcity of Penusylysnia render
them particularly desirable. The new road IL being
well constructed. steel rails being laid upon oak esand
thoroughly balasted wITh stone The recently discoy-
cred Cayerns Luray which have been brought into 80
much nOorctv during The past wear. are directly upon
the line of the road Tie work upon the uncompeted
portion of the being energeticaly prosecuted
under the direction OF W. w. Coe, chief engineer. Jo
seph II. sand. formerly the Pennsy vana Ra rosd. y
superintendent completed portion Of the road.
with headquarters at Chariestovn. West Virginia
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
NEIGHBOALY GREETINGS
From the vslo. York Herald.

Christopher North. writing about Dewspa-
pers and their readers averred that he would give more
for praise Of country clergy man and his family
than the admiration OF whole city but fortunate s
the Journal that can command both. This double good
fortune neighbors OF The TRIBUNE and The World
enjoyed yesterday, when the former resumed
tie publication OF a sunday edition after
an interval Of eighteen years. and the lat
ter appeared in gay new dress. II Is an
eete euson that the Clergy in cty country disap
prove of sunday newsps pers The experience Of the
sunday Herald always nas been that clergvmen and
Their families are and appreclatiye read
ers and now that TIE TRIBUNE las adventured again
VIC do doubt that its will he the same. Since
JOshuas the has stood still auy day Of
the week aud neither wspaper. unless II would
make "A sOecism OF the words tnat combine IN that
name As The Worlds type. u Is as becoming as
Winter bonnet OF the latest style Is to Fifth-ave.
,.ffa
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
BRo0KLYN ART ASSOCIATION.
rnInrY-N1Nrn RECEPTION.

THIRTY-NINTH RECEPTION.
The handsome rooms of the Brooklyn Art
Building with the Academy OF Music, @ere the scene
last night Of the social gathering pleasantly familiar
twice year to the inhabitants OF our gay suburb and
10 the stranger whom Art Association 50 Hospitality
invites within her gates. Explain 1t how we wey 'ne
peope of Brooklyn TO ENJOY themselves on
these occasions (so long. at least, as thev connne
themselves 10 the cheerful. wel-ighted rooms OF the
Art Guiding and keep well cloar Of the maelstrom OF
the Academy parauettel hearter. more uneonven-
toua way than her Jaded transporting or soOn we
trust 10 ranspOniinel Deighbors OF the Island CITY,
when they indulge IN similar Festivities We awaYs
come away fro these assemblies with the belief that
the Brook yn people. at least. have been having rea
good rmeD Every body aJpears TO know everybody
And everybody seems glad TO see evefybod
and Whatever may be the facts the impression remains
of general good fellowship, as there were KIND o
Brooklyn grip" that made Us al Free M"sOns as soon
As we have been provided with eaia osue and have
shaken hands round with the graciousy smiling com
mittee The Dis lay Of pictures the walls this year Is
AZ urefty much the same character as usual
But whatever tire pictures may be, makes no
difference on these evenings TO The mass oil
visitors. NJ young with pretty girl on MS arm
and the striking peculiarly OF BtoOkFn as SEEN
OF these assemblies s that the supply OF pretty girls
continues unexhausted year after year-can possibly
give any adequate attention 10 pictures And 10
young lady on the 0f delightful young man
aud another striking peculiarly OF Brooklyn
Is the great number OF good-lOOklng, CON-
paniouabe young there there iu proportion
the popul4ton-can the pictures they really
are H. indeed she can them at all And the critic
himself who allows his social disposition TO get the bet
ter Of him a. De easily may these times finds IL di
cult To see the contents Of the gallery dry light;
he must wait til the foam OF chat aud gossip
has subsided, tili the perfume OF the bouquets
has yielded Hunters Point much preferred
by NewYorkers and TIL the cold and calculating day
hight put the deceivng fatery OF the gas. su
Il Is too easy that committee has not found
the pictnre-mns productive this year. and that
comparatively few gems have been nearthed.
The best pictures In the lsrge are. sad TO say
almost all Dy foreign hands-the being David COTS
ssong-brds In Competition" canvas that Will we'll
reward much study well is the story told and 90
living are expressions Of the dereot heads There
% excellent marine by rhe wekno wn hand OF J. Claws
csver specimen Of Leon-y Escosuras hand dexterity
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
4 SUNDAY TRIBUNE.

Fron The TJI5vn, Of Saturday
Mr.. Greeley printed a regular Sunday edition
of The TRIBUNE in 1861. Since then, we have
contented ourselves with a paper six days
in the week and it Is with the greatest re-
luctance that we have been led TO cOntem-
plate Il return to the Sunday issue. Every
other morning newspaper IN the city, however,
has long since made a Sunday edition one OF
ts principal features; and for years the
united demands of our readers and advertls-
ers for a paper on the day when they say
thev want II most have grown constantly
harder 10 resist. The habit of New Workers
m this respect has greatly changed since
the war. They read newspapers more
than books, and they read more on
sunday than on the buster days OF
the week. II is not question any longer on
sunday mornings, whether they VIII read the
lewspa pers, but only what newspapers they
Will read. Our patrons have long urged their
right TO get from us what we have 10
sell. at the time when they want TO buy.
They do not want to wait, and they VIII not
wait, til Monday morning for Saturdays news.
If we refuse 10 sell, they simply 20 elsewhere.
After long efforts to resist 1t, we are thus
finally forced to see the imperative business
necessity of giving our patrons what they
want, rather than drive them to our rivals.
The question o. work on a day held sacred
by most Of our readers, and accepted as
properly a day of rest by oil. Is not involved.
Nobody objects to, or would consent to give
M Mondays paper; but there Is lar
more Sunday work necessary IN It's prephIa-
ton than ~ that for Sunday morning. we
shall so arrange matters, however that
all employees will have their day OF
rest. And we shall hope to make our
Sunday issue such that even the most
scrupulOus of our readers Will rejoice III
il as an Improvement over the sunday publ
cations which it will dlsplace.
Heuceforth The TRIBUNE will be issued
every day in the year. Ask your newsdealer
70 supply II regularly.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
RAPID TRANSIT ABOVE THE HARLEM.

DISCUSSING The M RITs OF TWO PROPOSED ROUTES.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners held a
special p. yesterday, for the purpose Of
receiving the committee appointed By Westchester
County proper holders last week Nearly all the
bers of the committee present including Leonard
W. Jerome. IL. b. ClaAn. Judge Tappan John Haskin.
W w. Niles and others About hour was passed in
general discussion " the various proposed routes. all
the members Of the committee fayoring the Rr jad-
ave- r1ute along the line OF the Harlem Raj road. The
discussion informal. and there were times when
nearly every one present seemed TO be talking Several
members OF the committee said that II road were
built on the Fordham-ave route they would be .tlsed
aud would waive their preference FOR the Railroad
route The Fordhamav~ route Is one Of those included
N the plans OF the suburban Rapid Transit Company
for " cl the stOck has been sub-cubrd and the
missIoner- feel confident that The road VII be Oul n
under the authority given by the old commission.
under taat which Will be gwen by the new. Nothing
definite setled yesterdaY after The departure Of
the committee. the Board held a private session and
rec
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
QUESTIONS FOR THE PARK COMMISSIONERS

SIR: What excuse can the Central Park
Commissioners give FOR the condition Of the southern
Boulevard throughout its whole length. and especially
how thev justify cnlpable want OF attention
to rhe place the Boulevard where BroOk-ave. sewer
n More than years ago the rosdbed was
torn up OF conrse Destroying the macadamlzng. and
after the sewer was lad the filing done with
earth and as the macadamizing has never been re-
placed becomes slough OF despond In wet weather,
aud a source ~ complaint and discomfort 70 all who
drive through IT, Last Spring Il almost npassabe
and dangerous 10 the springs and axes Of Oc-
casiouay a nuIrhar OF meu employed wirh wheel
harrows wheeling MI holes formed by the dirt
having been blown away otherwise dispersed. Money
aud time are throw Mt work Of this kind Moth
ing less than the replacement OF the macadamz ng VIII
be Of the slightest II very Easy 20 CRY poverty.
and waste more money continually on frivolous re-
first. H.
Ncr TOrk, Dec. g 1879.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
.,UBLIC OPINlOA

Congressman Cox thinks the Sage Of Gra-
mercy Park i- r.ady for potra burial de- unquesfion
aDiy ought 10 be- isn't easy afJar AL 10 grt
nlfry enough a wc-ilied bari 10 hold ~ down.
iPhiade pHia Record (ndD
We believe that with a proper candidate
and harmonious National Convention the punicaIs
cannot ,ail 10 carry New-York State "a l--O-lUuca
Herald (Rrp)
The present Congress will never pass bill
dcrriyng grccnbtck- of shred pf the dignity and
they possess. ana n the Delaware ~eDatOr
persists IN forcu- the question TO "a vote. VIII be
encounter defeaf which H. VIII have only himself TO
tAank fOr.-isl. Louis Republican lDeml
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
MIDNIGHT WEaTHER eEPORE
GOVERNMENT INDICATIONS.
Synopsis for he past "a hours.

WASHINGTON Dec. 9. l a. m.-The barom-
eter is highest north Of he Middle States. The severe
storm night the Middle Pacific Coast region Is
probably central IN E1stern Colorado IL has been
accompanied by rainy weather. generally turni1g TO
snow over the interior. Threatening weather. with
occasional light rains is now reported from the West
Gulf states to the Lower OHIO and Lower Missouri
Valleys partly In latter. The temperature nas
fallen the Ohio Valley, Middle States anj New-EDg-
land and In Nevada, Utah and Idaho with WINDS ahft-
ing to Ortbwesferiy. II has risen in the Southern
Star- with sOutberly winds and from Lakes Michigan
and Superior 20 Colorado and Wyoming. with winds
yeerng 10 easteriy.
Indications.
For Middle States New England. rising and high
barometer c0der uortheriy windr. veerng easterly
aud party cloudy weather. followed IN former by falling
tarOmetr and Tuesday night bv slowly rising temper
ature and ram, partly snow IN northern portion.
For Canal regions OF NewYOrk New-Jersev and North
Pennsylvania. the temperature Will probably fall
below freezing Tuesday night
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
THE NEw-HAvEy ROADS RETURNS.

ALBANY, Dec. S.-Compared with last year,
the the annual report OF the NewYOrE. Hart
ford and New-Haven Railroad follows trans
portaton expenses 1873 So .492 1879 s2.24l 933
Total earnings, 1873 s3.s52,9s2 1879 1898 .595.
Total payments other than for construc don, 1873
80 $50 .ss2 1879, s3.e33 SIS Passengers carried,
1875 1929 46s; 1879. 1857 s9s Tons OF freight
rird 1878 89s,T9e 1879 2U9. $780, Total of surplus
fund. 1878. s211s 637 ls7S.s2. 130.29
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
CENTRAL PARK OBSERVATIONS.
am rnn understand the mature and 5.

"Do you understand the nature and So
lemnity OF an ostbf" tue Judge Of Vandaa asked a
witurss who had up irom Tie lower snd OF the
Stale Well yes" the witness repi ed, arer some
study; " reckon know the nafur' of an oath, but
there never appeared pOwrrlul amount or SOL
about swearin' II allus come Kidd OF
nat'ral ike Nam little when she was ri~d, dad
was born cuserr and Parson Bedloe-" But the Court
excused hum without further pedigree.-lBuriington
Hawkeye
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
A NOVII. SOUTHERN BOOM FOR GRANT.
From Iss YicAsoirg Herald ficw)
l. l. L. Il

General Joseph l.. johnson has the credit of
originating riie plan OF making General Grant Captain
G. neral for NJ with salary comparable 10 us stand
ur aud me position is occupy. General Johnston
b.. Cunrs iulltcd this scheme, but fear Is
the Of appreciate the present
situation somew hat too much There is 100 much
warped narruwnrss and liberalfy 80 the present body
ia Washington respond 10 the wishes OF the American
ruplc IN regard 10 MS great UuOn soldier We hope
:. uhcru .bgressnlen " 10 take the ead the move
and press "A fui conclusion. tbs would
nr so clearly accord the uiar demand that tie
SOud south would be praised fOr 10.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

mlttee consists 81 Thomas n. Cushing ard Hollis III.
HuDnewel. Of Boston George III Norman. ~ S."gerti
Colonel PLflip Schuyler and q. g. Rowland. ~ Ncw.
York These gentlemen are auihOr7"d 10 go all al ard
invite proposals for erecting tbe buildings. a0 20 con
tract with ihe buders. The land npon when u j. 70 20
built s owned by James Gordon Bennett The hidings
Will cost nearly 100000.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

THE SURE REPUBLICAN FUTURE.

In redistricting the State OF Illinois there
viii bo som, important changes which find parallel m
the reapportonmeut in al the States IN lrSO. II l.
believed that Mort hcru and Central Illinois VIII have
added 10 their population by $50 not less than IL per
ceut O voters. while southern Inoi. will show de-
cese al the best. VII barely nod ITS nrcsent poit
zeal In respect Illinois may b. said % be-
O. plcal n Tie Union. the Republican party VIII Dc
the -slIner py the reappOrtiOnment
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

Afflicted with serious skin scalp aud blOoc uors -
To their family Dhysician who ehr ralkiy teBi tsi he
cise eThausfz their patience ana ney
consult tbe Authority scalp snn ski Diseases sl1
(price Of consultation pretty good srm 10 ese tines
much is ted o, the authority Br We Fefre 10
little received soon the patient sees 20 'rroyenen ems
icouraRed accidentally learns ~ the iufcra
Remedies, IA cured. This is 1sfcrshng hht
Documents contain many such state
uents fully aftested