FOREST AND STREAM. 



317 



§illi;ir(k. 



C. Dion vs. Ubasst.— The iwo nights' match between 

 these well-known professionals, which took place at Chris. 

 Conner's private pai'lor, on Dec. 15 and 16, resulted in 1he 

 success of Tbassy, who played with unusual skill (Will en- 

 durance. The match was 1,000 points up, at the tliree- 

 hall game, on a. carom table five feet by ten. The contest 

 lasted over live hours, and resulted in a serve of 1,000 to 

 930, in farm- of UlJaSSy, The winner's average was 

 R 16-1&8, and luc loser's 7 7S-12~. Ubassy'g bestron was 

 137, and Dion's 91. 



Urnoi.pnro vs. \i'.s\v\ .—. Rudolphe has issued the ap- 

 pended challenge to Vignaux: 



No. 20 East ForjiiTKENTrr street, f 

 New Yohk, Dec. 17. f 



Matjtjetv Dkt.any, Esq., President National Billiard 

 Cong-rets and Stakeholder. — Dear Sir: Desiring to chal- 

 lenge the winner lor the championship of America and 

 possession of the championship emblem, inclosed please 

 find certified check for $050 as forfeit, in accordance with 

 the rules adopted for the government of such contests. 



Yours truly, A. P. IU:i>oi,imii;. 



Wn.sox vs. Gi'tLLET. — There is likely to be a three-ball 

 match in Brooklyn between Clark E. Wilson, a resident or 

 that city now, and Louis Guillet. In a letter to the dipper 

 Wilson says: 



1 understand that Mr. Louis Guillel wants to play any- 

 one in Brooklyn at the three-ball game. Allow me lo say 

 that! will accommodate him— game to be 400 points up, 

 with three balls, for §50 or $100— at any time that suits his 

 convenience, lam, respectfully, 



Ci.atuc E Wilson, 

 No. 0:15 Fulton street, Brooklyn. 



<*7/f5S, 



The Cafe Intern moNAt, Tourney. — This series of 

 chess contests does not advance toward its completion very 

 rapidly, the second-class players not playing games as fre- 

 quently as they might do. Thus far the record is as fol- 

 lows: " 



Players. Games Played. Won. tost. 



-Mason 4J 311 h 



Aliierou! ... 45 35 JO 



Dclmar 10 3i 8 



1'errin 31 27 fi 



Dell 37 20 II 



JlcCuicbeon 31 23 11 



Dr. Burnett 23 22 6 



Barnes 29 IS 11 



Mr. Perriu, who has been sick, has resumed his play in 

 the tourney. 



The Brooklyn Club Tourney. — The following is the 

 record in this tourney up to Tuesday. ' Wc give the names 

 only of those who have won more games than they have 

 lost: 



Players. Games Played. Won. Lost. 



Dr. Baructt 13 12 1 



Spence... 12 10 2 



Horner 10 8 2 



Robinson 10 7 3 



Philip 7 6 1 



Perriu 5 3 2 



The Philadelphia Club. — Mr. Keichhelm, the noted 

 player of Philadelphia, thus refers to the new chess club 

 which has recently been established in Philadelphia on 

 what promises to be a permanent basis. He says: 



" The club now numbers ninety members, and is increas- 

 ing from five to ten every week. Abandsome suite of 

 rooms has been taken- on West Penn square, opposite the 

 new public buildings. These rooms are located in the sec- 

 ond story, and command a fine view. They are splendidly 

 furnished, the expense for furnishing alone amounting to 

 nearly $1,000. The President, Mr. Joseph U. Bennett (one 

 of the wealthiest men in Philadelphia, worth $3,000,000), 

 has donated a billiard table, which will occupy a room by 

 itself. Some of our foremost citizens have joined, and the 

 club is a splendid success! The officers are as follows: 

 Joseph M. Bennett, Presidenl ; George C Helmbold, Emer- 

 son Bennett, Jacob Elsou, James G. Whitehead, and James 

 Roberts, Vice Presidents: G. Keichhelm, Recording Secre- 

 tary; B. M. Ncill, Corresponding Secretary, and W. II. 

 Saycn, Treasurer. More anon." 



The three great chess clubs of the world are now the St. 

 George's, of London; the Vienna, with a Baron Rothschild 

 at its head, ami the Philadelphia Chess Club. All success, 

 unity, and permanence lo the latter. 



P/? $£<$*$&* 



— Each of the members of the Columbia College, who 

 won the boat race at Saratoga last Summer, was presented 

 with a handsome cup as a .memento of the victory. The 

 only souvenir of this occasion was a set of flags, wbich 

 belongs to the college, and not to the individuals, so the 

 last, presentation was to give each a suitable and valuable 

 prize, that all might have something to recall tbeirflrst boat- 

 ing success. Prof. Van Amringe delivered a very appro- 

 priate speech on the occasion, which was loudly applauded. 

 Upon one side of each is engrafted "The" Students of 

 Columbia College and the School of Mines to the"— giving 

 the name and position in the boat of the individual to 

 whom the cup was presented. Upon the other side is 

 engraved, "Victorious in the Intercollegiate Regatta of 

 1874, at Saratoga, over the crews of AVesleyan, Harvard, 

 Williams, Dartmouth, Cornell, Trinity, Princeton, and 

 Yale." After the presentation exercises, the company 

 engaged in dancing to a lale hour. The occasiou also did 

 a don I ile service, as it was the formal opening of the new 

 building for Ihe School of Mines. 



The Columbians will build a handsome boal house next 

 Soring, as funds have been contributed largely by their 

 friends. 



— Professor W. D. Whitney, of Yale College, has been 

 elected au bonorary member of the Loudon Philological 

 Society. 



—There are now no less than forty college papers printed 

 in the United States. Nearly every principal seminary 

 would seem to have its literary organ. 



— President Potter, of Union University, has contributed 

 4500 toward the organization of the college boat club. 



—Brown University li el ita lioM bouse destroyed i.y five 



last Ptlll Eleven bundled debars ltBve already been 



pledged lor a new one and several hundred more are ex- 

 peeled. None .of this aiumim has come from alumni, but 

 all has been raised within this college, Ihe faculty con- 

 tributing largely. 



—The college chapel at Yale will be ready for occupation 

 by next May. 



— The aggregate of gifts and legacies to universities and 

 colleges in" 1873, was *S,238,U1. 



— Pool ball was very brisk Saturday thc12lli; the college 

 twenty played thirty picked men. beating twice; the third 



fame* was' declared drawn because of the darkness — but 

 fleen of lite "twenty" participated. A supplementary 

 athletic contest was held in the gymnasium last Saturday 

 afternoon, The programme included a two mile walk; 

 Down*. '75. Sewall. '70, ami VY'harlf, '77, being the con- 

 teslauts. On the sixly-tirsl round Wbailf retired. Downs 

 won in 17.0:! ! -1. Sow ill's lime was 17.49, and W hard's, 

 fori 3-4 mile, Hi. ■.'•.'. Whadf w as suffering from a blistered 



fool.— MidiUel 



1 College Argus. 



llAHVAnu University. Deo. 18, 187-1. 

 Editoii Fokeet isn Stream:!— 



The Harvard crew for Ibo next season will probably be selected from 

 die following:— 



Wermoro, '.:.: Bacon, 76; Hull, '76; Brown. "711; Taylor. '77; Bacon, 



;. P -. '78; Loring, '7S; Morgan, '76; Ely. '7S; Otis, L. S. S ; 



.lani.-s. I.. S. S ; Thayer, L. 8. S. 



;M LS.perbaps a larger nuinlirr [ban ever offered themselves for the 

 "'Varsity " before Thaj train very steadily, and if Harvard ia not well 

 represented n i S inttnei » ill not. lie from a lack of excellent material. 

 Trial races Uai itrondj taken place between crews chosen by lot from 

 the above named, and lire reunite have been in every way satisfactory, 



The clans of "75 has ailed her various unifies as follows:— 



/W -Theodore r. Page, 



tf/iitor— Lesf.er W. Clark. 



Marshal*— Vincent ti. Bovulircli, Abbutl Lawrence ard Henry S. Van 

 Buzcr. 



Sfewtory— Warren A. Reed. 



Chaplain— Richard Montague. 



OKist— Henry W. Broughton, 



Iisij Omtor— Albert a. Thayer. 



Class Day Committee— Nathaniel II . Stone, John H. Applcton and 

 Nelson Taylor. 



Class Committee— Jtmea H. Hodge, Benjamin R. Curtis and Mauley 

 A. Raymond. 



The Chess Club formed by the students is Quite prosperous under Mr. 

 Bnrgwyu us President. As the flub has been Organized hut a short time 

 it will play no match "antes lilt niter the New Year's intermission. 



The Glee Club have been obliged to give up their trip to New York, 

 Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington as the faculty disapprove of 

 entertainments given by students, at which art admission free ia charged. 



Owing to the cold weather athletic sports receive but little attention at 

 present, although a few still enjoy a short time at foot ball. 



Mr. Notman haa eugaged to take the class photographs for '75. He has 

 given general satisfaction, and pleased tmrvpry much by tire manner in 

 which the pholographs of the Harvard and MeGill foot ball teams were 

 taken and finished by Mm last October. Maktin. 



(Ruanda. 



Mr. II. Collier and Mr. i. May, both of St. Catherine, 

 returned a few days since from a shooting tour in Mus- 

 koka, where they spent, the latter part of November. 

 While on their expedition in that delightful sporting dis- 

 trict they succeeded in killing sixteen deer and a large- 

 amount of other game. — Canmlian Sportsman. 



A number of sportsmen from Elora, who have been 

 north in quest of deer, have returned with large quanti- 

 ties— lb. 



Mr. A. Dulmage and Capl. Hayes, American Consul, 

 have just returned from a most successful hunt of four 

 weeks in the township of Denbigh, county of Addington. 

 Tliev bring back with them thirty brace of partridges and 

 thirteen deer. When the trappers learned of Mr. Dul- 

 in age's trip thev visited hint ia numbers and sold him 

 $1,000 of furs. "He is the Belleville agent of the Hudson 

 llay Company.— .ZMfcqi/.'c Chronicle. 



The Amherstburg Edio says: " Some 158 squirrels were 

 shipped from Bismarck station on Saturday for Buffalo. 

 They were killed by some sportsmen from Buffalo." 



<f?w publications. 



f ■Ritual SroitTS. By J. H. Walsh (Stone- 

 uerlcau from the eighth English edition: Philadelphia: 



know, h 



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the "old 



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MAGAZINES. 



Popular Seknre Monthly. December, 187-1. D. Ap; de- 

 ton Jt Co. This popular exponent of the higher class essays, lectures, 

 Jtc, upon all tile varied subjects dial pertain to a high order of scholar- 

 ship, comes to us With a rich ami varied freight of thirteen papers, and 

 the scientific rrrnl literary articles are varied, vigorously written, and 

 highly instructive. Wucrc all subjects treated upon are or au order above 

 common magazine articles, it would take too much space to do ample 

 justice to all within the scope of our paper. We therefore give the fol- 

 lowing extract only, on eating oysters in Summer:— 



"According to the popular notion , which, in tire main, is correct, the 

 spawning season of the oyster embraoes those months which have no r 

 in their spelling, namely. .May. June, Julv and August, the four warm 

 months of the year. The fact is. that oysters do their spawning during 

 these four months: but a few are liable to spawn whenever the water Is 

 warm enough, and large numbers pass through the year without spawn- 

 ing: and these, were it not for the dillicnlty .If assorting them, would lie 

 available for food at uuy time, But the prejudice is universal against 



hi ngp id ' In si ■ - pi t <-■ o sten : t id re n j re said I 



Ible ibnodance. and which has o do will! [be ivants of it! young— per- 



tops, re fly. a soi t of fluid amnion. " 



Srrihner's Monthly for Jaunty. The January number of 

 Serihncr is not without a Christinas llavor, containing, as- it does, a 

 Christmas sketch by L. Clarke Davis, entitled "My Night in a Stage 

 C/iach," a "Christ mas Sngeesri,-,,!," ;iU d -A Christ mis Sleigh Ride," the 

 latter by F. R. Stockton. In'thhi rytmbet bestat Dt III lland's new se- 

 rial, "The Story of Savannahs," with air illustration by Sol. F.ytinge. 

 The first ehnpfer tells about Srvtmaalos and "How Miss Buttorworth 

 passed one of her evenings;" iii the second eltapler "Mr Belebercar 



ieE hla i t at tbi' town meeting, and the reader la introduced lo Jim 



FtntOH " Tbeflnrl Installment of Major Powell's acr-.iuiui of his daring 



deaccntofl lorodafa here riven, with striking illustrations by T. 



MoranttnaW D. Shapparfj also thehaalTiningpf a series of "Old Let- 

 r, is," vvrtiten from London In the tine- of William IV., and now for the 

 first time pubVslted. I'lie present laafullment is accompanied hy au 

 original portrait sketch of Rogers, the poet. "Trawls in South Amer- 

 ica.' the opening art ieb- r,f ;::,, :[„„!lr,j, is effectively illustrated and in 

 teftatlng. Hom theycotob Lsrtlefi in Smith America is descritied in the 

 following skctehr- 



"The I n rile is the ill illr sou rye of foo:| supply to IhcConihn. The for- 



is embark in e;i 



i and nmvn the 

 . When they (I 



hy their fails, ami throw them ' over on their backs, iii fore Ihe turtles 

 bav,; rli-.ipneated, a thousaua piismiers often remain iu the hands of the 



St. Mcfiolas for January is a perfect literary feast for 

 o ir young people, but as we do not wish to lessen their appetite, we 

 Shall call from it only the following bit. of natural history, winch may 



-ned out of 

 nit of blm! 



r are found 



r whei 



siip- 



received the Household Treasure , of Cleveland,. 



pliment it on its improved looks. It is filled with an ex- 

 tent of reading matter. Wei hope the Household Treasure* 

 s readers a mental treasure, and to its proprietors u linau- 



Tiie Teeribt.e Eakthqtjake ix Guatemala.— Dr. J. 

 Schuchmacher has given to the Panama Star the result of 

 his observations in the region of Guatemala most affected 

 by the great earthquake: 



After elimbing over a low hill they came to the valley of 

 Chimachoi, little prepared for the terrible sight that burst 

 on their view. They had already seen awful cracks and 

 fissures withont number, and looked with awe and wonder- 

 ment on the depths wdiere thousands of trees had rolled 

 down for many miles into Ihe valleys beneath; but the 

 stupendeus cataclysm now before Ibem overwhelmed their 

 feelings with sensations indescribable. The whole valley, 

 with houses, cattle, men, women and children living there, 

 had disappeared — probably sunk down. The mountains 

 from every side fell together and buried up everything out 

 of sight; God only knows how deep. Everything iii this 

 dreadful valley was huddled together in the wildest con- 

 fusion, and so changed in its general aspect that the neigh- 

 bors can no longer trace the least resemblance to the valley 

 the earthquake had filled tip. This terrible place our 

 travellers had to cross ou foot, leading their mules after 

 them, whose feet every now and then would break through 

 the thin sun-dried crust that had formed on the surface of 

 avalanches of mud that crossed their route. They came to- 

 a place where a kind of upheaval had been going on wdtich 

 threw down great trees on all sides, but with their roots all 

 converging towards a central spot, and the trunks disposed 

 around like the radii of a circle. It seemed to them that 

 here the subterranean forces had tried and failed to break 

 through the strata. In another place a tree of six feet ia 

 diameter had been snapped across at two feet above its 

 roots, which slill firmly held into the soil, produced, no 

 doubl, by the Hunk and top acting and oscillating like a 

 lever. This tree and hundreds of others laid prostrate were 

 covered with living and gorgeous orchids, where a bolanist 

 might have collected willf ease rare specimens, which, 

 under other circumstances, he could only get at by the ex- 

 pense and labor of culling Ihe trees down. From such 

 contemplations they had to move onward, and entered the 

 gloom of the forests, abounding everywhere with an im- 

 mense variety of lycopeuliums; vines, orchids and oilier 

 epiphytes. The sense of danger prevented them carrying 

 with them those beautiful and rare denizens of this region 

 of damp and vegetable profusion. 



On reaching the summit of the Ccrro del Tigre, they 

 emerged Into sunlight and a more modest system of vege- 

 tation. They found the whole of this mountain, or ceiiv, 

 rent everywhere and in all directions, the cracks and deep 

 fissures crossing each other in the most perplexing manner. 

 It was only with the greatest precaution that the animals 

 could be led over the ground. To the right and to the left 

 of them great avalanches of earth had slid pown into val- 

 leys two thousand feet deep. Some smaller ones which 

 they had to cross still hung over the abyss, held only by a 

 part yet adhering to the rocks, trembling at every step the 

 mules took oyer it. 



