Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 12, 1881, Page 9

’ The coming week will be one wonderful in events to the Chicago public, but the one event most impor- tant will be our Special Suit Sale. Buyers of Suits for males can find great inducements the coming week. Any size, from two-year-old Child Skirt Suit, at $1.96 and upwards, to the large stout size, fifty breast Man’s Suit, grading from $43 downwards. 3,227 (actual count) of the very best grade of Suits on sale this week, all new goods, at Harvey Bros.’, 84 and 86 State-st. N. B.---We are still using our Furnishing Goods Department to draw trade by unheard-of low prices. Nothing but good goods. - ~=MEOSIC. A Dull Week—Preparations for the Saengerfest—* Oli- vette’? Again. Lawn Concerts—Musical Examinations —The Theodore Thomas Fes- tival—Other Announce- ments. Musical Notes at Home. and Abroad—New Music Received. HOME NOTES. The past week has been a barren one in musical matters. Preparations are actively going on for the great Singerfest, and announcements are made of important musical events in the near and remote fut- ‘ure. Otherwise there is absolutely nothing important to chronicle dmong the events of the past week. On Thursday Mr. Louis Wahl was elected President of the Singer- fest Association, and Messrs. Arnold, Héch- ster, and Kohler were selected as a com- mittee to preside over the reception of visit- ing singers on the 29th. On Friday the sec- ond rehearsal of the male chorus of the Sangerbund took place at the Exposition Building. “Odysseus” was rehearsed. There ‘will be one more rehearsal next Friday even- ing, when the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven and the first act of Wagner's “Lohengrin will be given. Afterwards there will be two re hearsals each week with full orchestra. June 6 Mr. Balatka rehearsed the Cincinnati singers, and all the music was sung that will be produced. About 300 singers will come from thet city. To-morrow night the Acme Olivette com- pany, under the management ot Mr. C. D. Hess, will apvear at the Grand Opera-House in Leander P. Richardson’s adaptation of *Olivette.”” The cast will be sub- as when the same com- there will be Hail ot ay evening, June 1, tl & public rehea at McCormick Mendelssohin’s “Elijah? by the Beethoven ; ciety ‘Mr. James Gill will take the part ah. Jenny Kempton will give her last pupils’ reception for the season at the Meth- odist Church Block on Wednesday, Jane 22. The Union Club will give a series of lawn coucerts upon its grounds during the sum- mer, begiuning June 23. Other concerts will follow on the evenings of June 30, July 7% 14, 1, and August 4, 11, 1S, and 25. On nest Thursday evening, June 16, Mrs. Eugenie de Roode ltteg iH Rives Ey concert at piano-rooms_ of Story & Camp. 3t Rice will be sted by otoers, including some of her pupils. Pye ‘Arabelia Root, the well-known con- cert singer, was juagsicd te per former ess manager, Mr . del rinitage, 2 the Windsor Hoiel, New York City, May 29, by the Rev. Dr. Hepworth. She. will con- nue her professional engagements under her former name, making Chicago her head: quarters, where she is at present, a guest of the Palmer House. A concert will be given Monday eve the Park Avenue Methodist | Epi Church, corner of Robey street and Par! nue, by'the Schubert Club, under the direc- tion’ of W. W. Wallace. Choruses will be Yendered by uieC lub from Schubert, Wag- ner, Dalfe, ete. The Club will be assisted by excellent solo talent, including Miss Kittie ‘ailace, soprano of the ‘Third Presbyterian Chureh Choir. A prominent feature of the sateriainment will be the choruses for male ces, ‘The examinations of the theoretical classes atthe Hershey School of Musical Art have been fixed for June 20 and 33. ‘The entire Subject of harmony from the elements to counterpoint and fugue is embraced in these examinations, which will be both written and oral. The written examination will con- inue at least three hours, after which the Paners \rill be examined by the judges. The day _¢ |. Fae oral examination occurs on the 23d, at 9- o’clock, and friends interested will be wel- come. On Tuesday evening, June 21, the Chicago Quartet. will give” their entertainment spoken of in last Sunda: issue. The zen- tlemen connected with this organization are all well known. The entertainment will be of a novel character. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. ‘The Chicago Musical Festival Association have an important announcement to make, and one that cannot fail to greatly interest music-loving people in Chicago. In a circu- Jar they say that arrangements have been concluded for a musical festival under the direction of Mr. Theodore Thomas, to be held in this city in June, 1882. Further negotia- tions are now in progress that will secure for this festival the finest array of soloists and the best orchestra ever brought together in this country. ‘The importance of the occa- sion will demand that the festival chorus shall represent in the fullest degree the vocal culture of this city. The performances will be seven in number,—three afternoon con- certs with soloists and orchestra, and four evening concerts with soloists, orchestra, and ehorus. The works to be performed will in- clude Handel's oratorio, “The Messiah.” a Bach cantata, a. selection from Wadéuer’s “Lohengrin,” Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and other numbers yet to_be selected. ‘The proper rendition of these works by a. chorus of 1,000 voices will severely test the musical resources of Chicago. : The work of learning the music will be conducted almost entirely in the sub-re- hearsals appointed for that purpose, and they will be arranged with due regard to the con- venience of the members of the chorus. The attendance of the singers at these sub-re- hearsals will be regulated by their individual avility in sight-singing, and the readiness with which they [earn their parts. From time to time mass-rehearsals of the entire chorus will be held, in which every member will be expected to participate. : ‘A musical festival of such proportions will naturally attract many visitors and musicians from various sections of the country, and their verdict will very largely determine the standing and repute of Chicago as a musical centre, E 1n view of this, no pains must be spared to achieve results which will fully sustain: the fame of thiscity, At the same time, care will be taken to effect this with the minimum of tabor on the part of indiyidual singers, and avoid any Interference ‘with the re- hearsals of those Jocal societies whose work in the past has led to the possibilities of this festival. : eee, FOUNDLINGS’ HOME. The concert tobe held on Thursday even- ing next at the hallot the Union Catholic Library, 200 Dearborn street, promises to be agreat success. It deserves to be, because of the intrinsic merit of the program and performers. But beyond this guaranty of a fair return to thosé who buy tickets in im- mediate. pleasure and improvement, there is astill greater reward. The object of the concert is to aid the new Foundlings’ Home Which within a week or two will make a be- ginning under the charge of Sister Walbur- No charity es.blished or proposed is rthier or more deserving; aud those who a‘dit, even in the little tritle of purchasing a ticket for this concert, will, byso doing, have the consciousness of a worthy act performed. They may de assured that, in the registry 0! those whom God loves, their deeds will be recor MUSICAL NOTES. a August Wilhehnj has sailed for Australia. ‘Mrs. F. E. Crane is making a success onthe concert stage. ‘A Guarnerius violin was recently sold at Florence tor $1,300. ‘Mr. Frank Platt, a young pianist of great promise, died recently in Boston. ‘A new opera, “Almansor,” by Tito Anto- nini, is in preparation at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome. They are to hi London this mo: direction. : -er 600,000 francs have been subscribed for the sufterers by the burning of the thea- tre at Nice. Miss Eames ne spat seay. oF has gone to Europe to ethe “ Meistersinger” in th or next, under Kichter’s Juch, a young American yo- début at Chickering Eee join Col, Mapleson’s.opera company, having been en- gaged by him for five years. _ Zare Thalberg, the daughter of the pian- ist. is to retire trom the stage, and marry an. italian Marquis. z Mr. Shetavood, the pianist, has been giving concerts in Boston, and has been received with great favor, Minnie Hauk receives enthusiastic praise for her Kise in “ Lohengrin” from the Dutch newspapers. “Pinafore ” is being given in the Sandwich Islands. ‘They have just recovered trom a small-pox epidemic there. Sir Julius Benedict is 76 years of age and his wife 24. ‘The latter las just presented the former with a son and heir. “What's ina name? Nothing; but, if you spell it ‘Billce Taylor,’ the courts won't allow you to perform it.’—usical Herald. it is reported that Mapleson has concluded acontract with Faure and Nilsson to sing together in “Mignon,” “Faust,” “Me fistofele,” ete. The Omaha Singerfest began June 8, and ends to-night. All the cities of, the Missouri Valley have sent delegations of singers, and its success is already assured. Miss Thursby was Invited to sing in Vien- na during the festivities attendant upon the wedding of Princess Stephanie, but was un- able to accept owing to other engagements, The London Times is rather severe on Gilbert and Sullivan’s new opera, ‘ Bun- thorne’s Bride,” and ends its criticism by saying that ~‘ it will probably achieve a great success in America.” At the last meeting of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society the report of the Treas- urer showed the total receipts for the year to have been $9,311.63, and the total expenses $8,917.34, leaving a balance of $394.30 on hang. ‘The ‘Trustees of the Permanent Fund reported the amount of the fund to be $21,828. Adelina Patti’s last performance in Paris Was marked by a novel gift from Mr. and M W. Mackey. This was a parasol li-open rosebuds mounted on a framework lined with white satin. When the priina donna was called out before the curtain the manager accompanied her, hold- a this pink parasol over the pretty little ady. Meyerbeer’s “Pardon de Ploermel ” (known in this country as “ Dinorah 4 isin preparation at the Opera Comique, Paris. ‘The principal part is to be sustaine® by Mile. Marie Vanzandt, for whom M. Jules Barbier is making a translation of the Ltalan recita~ tives which Meyerbeer wrote for Mme. Car- valllo when the work was given in London. —London Athenwum, The Musical Critic and Trade Review paints the following item: “A 4-year-old aby has been discovered out West who plays by ear inany of the most difficult meindies of theddy. She has appeared twice in concert, but, her father being wealthy, has refused all otters for professional engagements. He is the manager of the Opera-House of Upper Sandusky, O., and the little one’s name is Maxgie Lime.” M. Maurel made his reappearance at the Grand Opera, Paris, on_May 6, after a some- what long absence, as Hamlet, the character in which he first gained the suffrages of a atisian audience. Itis stated that Verdi destines for M. Maurel the part of Jago in the opera he is now writing on the Shak- spearean tragedy, and the principal character in which is to be, not the jealous Moor, but his trusted lieutenant. Mile. Valleria, Mine. Sembrich, M. Verg- net, and M. Gailhard will _take the principal parts in Mozart's opera ** II Seragtio,” which is shortly to be produced at Covent. Garden. Mr. Gye’s company has been reinforced by Mme. Trebelli. As soon after the production of “I! Seraglio” as possible, Mr. Gye will produce: “il Demonio,” by Anton Rubin- stein, who is now in England, and will per- sohally superintend the rehearsals, Laterin the season Verdi's “ Aida” and Boito’s ** Me- fistofele” will be given, Signor Ricordi_hav- ing grauted the permission, which has bither- to been withheld in favor of Mr. Mapleson. NEW MUSIC. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co.: Two popular overtures, * Sans Souci ” and ‘Golden Fleece”; “La Traviata,” air byEdouard Dorn; potpourri from “ virates of Penzance”; “ My LilyQueen.” by Odoardo Barri; ‘Sally Mackenally,”. by W. H. Delehanty; “Come Back to the Old Home Again" I Won Her Little Heart When Dancing "; “Ave Maria,” from Verdi; * O, Rest- less Heart,” quartet; “ Kuitting tho Scarf"; by Gird'Plasuti: “twelve “The .Conquerer’s Grand Dance.” by Arno Kieffel. New York: William A. Pond & Co, Chicago Musie Company: “Wheel the Huby Our”; * Don't You Miss the Train”: Down in, Gossip Row’; “Hang the Mulligan Baaner Up ":""The Skids Are Out To-Night": Ob. He Promises”; “The Mirror's the Cause of It All"; “Skidmore Masquerade”: “Erika.” by. Gustay Lange; “High Low," by Carl Faust; Minuet de Boe- eberini": “La Sympathie”; “Catamaran Galop”; “The Old Mill; “Longing”; “The Bapy and the Fy"; Brenk into Beautiful Blossoms. Chicazo: Root _& Sons’ Music Company: Saalfield: ‘Olivette ‘altzes"; “* Daybreak.” m1 J. J. Anderson: “We Will Love This Nation.’ Cincinnati: George ‘ewhall & Co.: * Good- "3 “Pledge I'm Gone"; " “Black Lulu": Say Not Adieu”; “School Girl's “Dy Littie Queen,” O'Clock,” alo) “The Piak Pond-Lil Madison, Wi PARIS GAS COMPANY. Operations for the Yeur 1880—Extracts from the Annual Keport to une Stock- holders. Panis, April 29, 1881.—In accordance with the law, we submit to you the results of our working during the year 1880, and give you the condition of the Company on Dee. 31 last, The recent experiments in lighting the Rue du Quatre Septembre and the replacing at a. large number of points of the ordinary street- burners with gas-lights of high illuminating power, seenis to have developed a demand for light which constantly increases, and which in 1880 has produced a large increase of consumption. ‘This circumstance, united with the exceptionally favorable conditions for manufacture; both of gas and our resi- dual products, has produced an increase of profits which is made more prominent when compared with the year 1879, because that winter was attended with unnsual severity and a depreciation in the price of coke, which had been heaped up for several years at the different works. We are happy to inform you that the divi- dend for 1880, while testifying to the new progress of our enterprise, will to a certain extent make up for deficiencies of former years; for itmust be borne in mind that from 1875 to 1879 the profits have remained almost stationary, although to provide for coming increase of consumption we have been obliged to issue new capital to the amount of nearly $5,500,000. Consumption of gas—Durine the year 1880 we have sent out 5,635,535,000 cubic feet of , Which is an increase over last._year of about 136,000,000 cubic feet. . . . The day consumption, which results principally from industrial and domestic uses, amounted to about one-fourth of the total consumption. Receipts for gas—The receipts for gas, which in 1879 amounted to $11,123,918, amounted in 1680 to $12,006,143. Number of consumers—The number of c sumers on Dec. 31, 1860, was l3.5li—an crease of 9,243 over those of the saine day in in 1819, and about two-thirds of these new consumers are upon the *Conduites Mont- antes,” showing the great benefits resulting from the expenditures made in putting in the “Condultes Montantes” during the past ten years. 7 Public lighting—The number of public lamps on Dee. 31 was, in Paris proper, 41,9 and in the suburbs, 7,233; a total of 4! Ly which is an increase of 3,022 during the year. Of those in the city proper which serve to light the public streets there are 179 of the “ Quatre Septembre,” each burning fifty feet of gas per hour, and 152 0f the invdel of the “ Place de la Republique,” consuming thirty feet per hour each. ‘These large burners are equivalent to 2,740 five-feet burners, to which may be added 697 other large burners, which are maintained by private consumers ab stores, theatres, etc. *Conduites Montantes” have been placed during the year to the number of 1,525, mak- ing the whole number 15,415, in 11,519 build- ings, which have cost ou an average about $130 each; but the amount of gas sold there- by during the year has brought ia about $2,000,000, and supplies about 30 per cent in number of our consumers. Manufacturing capacity—fhe manufact- uring capacity of the Company during the pear lias been 920,000,000 cubic reet, and we 1 ave been able to meet all demands and have a reserve of about 6 per cent in case of acci- dent or unexpected consumption. It is esti- mated that in order to meet the requirements of next winter it will be necessary to in- crease our capacity of production to over 10,C00,000,000 cubic feet. New pipe laid—The new pipe laid from the new works at Clichy to the centre of Parisis about three miles, of forty inches diameter, which, added to the other new pipe in the city and suburbs, makes the total ot pipe laid about twenty miles, The entire athount of main reaches the sum of 1,100 miles. Capital—During the past year there has been added_to the capital account, by ex: penditure, $2,019,002, which makes th capital expended up to Dee. 31, 1880, $35, 052, For this there has been issued in stu $16,800,000, and in_ bonds 9,145, making a total capital of $39,149, 48, of which about $900,000 remains unexpende RECEIPYS AND EXPENDITURES. RECEIPTS. Sales of gas ....... Sules ot coke. Sales of tar.. Sules of ammonia water. Sales of chemical products. Meter rents, stopcocks, ete. Other sources... = ‘Total receipts. Materials, manufacture, et Service at works. Municipal charges. State charges... Total expended. Excess of recepits Add balance from 1879, Deduct unpaid debts..... Of this amount the shareholders are al- lowed to receive as dividend before the city has any share in profits the sum of 52,480,000, Hence there remains a sum, in round num- bers, of $4,960,000, which is to be divided equally between the shareholders and the municipality; so that the city’s shar gas proiits for 1830 is $:480,000, whil is instance it happens that the Company a of profits, in excess of ipulated di that the e1 zt franes per share, the par valueof w 250 francs. 4 ‘The above gives the general points of the last annual report. ‘Chere are many other details which € would be of interest were it customary: in our system of ac counts tv go into the minute | de- tails, as is commonly done abroad. The price of gas is $1.75 to brivateconsumers, and one-half that price to the city. ‘There is but one company, and that is a regulated mo- nopoly. Private consumers burn as little gas as possible, and it is seldom used in parlors and sleeping rooms. In fact this article is written by the glowing effulyence of two candles, and even this extravazance of sperm consuniption is scarcely justified. But when it comes to the matter of public lighting in the streets and public squares, the theatre: cafés, restaurants, and entrances to hotels, there is probably no city. in the world that can compare with the City ot Paris. The ublic pay for the light out of doors, and en- Joy it; while at the same time the more gas there is constuned the cheaper it can beimade, and, consequently, the larger is the city’s share of the profits. $< EVANSTON. The program of commencement week at the Northwestern University will be a very full one, occupying every day of ax catire week, and making perhaps the most attractive commence- ment week the University hasever had. Tne unniversaries and other exercises will occur as follows: Friday, June 17, Pp. m., oration of seniors for Kirk prize of €10u. Saturday, 7:45 p. m., Iagt lecture of the senior course will bo given by the Rev. George C. Lorimer. Sunday, 10:40 a. m., Baccalaureate sermon to the sentor class. by Bishop Cyrus D. Foss. D. D.i 7:45. p. Wy University sermon by the Rev. M. C. Briggs, D.D., of San Francisco. Monday on the campus field day will be observed during the day, beginning at 10a. m.; 7:43 p. m., anni- versary of the Preparatory School. Tuesday, 9 a. m., the Board of Trustees will nold its annual meeting; at 10 a. m., class-day exercises will occur on the campus; p. m.. the coucert of the Conservatory. of Music will be held in the Methodiat Church. Wednesday. 10 a. m., anoual meetine of the Alumni Associauon; 8 p. m.. alumni meeting at which Mr. J. H. Raymon will give an oration oa ‘Brains ané Brawn, ana Mr.J. A.J. Whipple a poem, the exercises to be followed by a banquet. Thursday, 10 a, in. commencement exercises; in the evening Pres- ident aud Mrs. Murcy will give a reception at their residence to'the Alumni and friends of the University. ee From the Conservatory of dtusic no class will graduate this yeur, thouzh there are more thun &@ bundred students iu attendance; und the con- cert willconsequently be by the Students with orchestral accompaniment. ‘The funeral sf Mrs. James R. Blaney, daueh- ter of Mr. J. M. Williams, of Evanston, took lace yesterday afternoon at Zo'clock from the Congregational Church. ‘Tho death of Mrs. Blaney in Rome, Italy, a few: weeks ago was noticed atthe time. The services were con- ducted by the Kev. Dr. Goodwin, of Chicago, xs- sisted by the Rev. A. J. Scott, of Evanston, and the remuins were taken to the Rosebill Ceme- tery. A large number of friends were present, and the pulvit was beautifully ornamented with jowe The Rey. George C. Noves. D, D.. will preach this morning and evening iu the Presbyterian Church, ‘The Rev: A. W. Putten will preach this morn- ing und evening in the Methoust Coureh, ‘the Rey. A. J. Scott will preach this morning and evening in the Conyregutional Cuureb. ‘The Rev. Frederic 8. Jewell will conduct the morning and evening services to-day in St Mark's Episcopal Chureb. ‘The Rev. George it Pierce will preach as usual to-day in the Baptist Church. ‘ospel Tempermnce meeting will be held in Union Hall this afterucon at 4 o'clock. THOSE DIREFUL PLANETS. The Earth Safe After All, The Loulsvitte Courter-Sournal Astronomer. The attempt of the prophets of evil to frighten people by predicting a cataclysm as the sequence of the planetary groupings of April 27 and April 25 was a very conspicuous failure, People dic not, asthe slang-whang- ers say, “scare worth acent.”’ The month of April passed away very much as other Aprils have passed away, with the exception that the cold weather hung ona little longer and there were some tgly storms. It was true that Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and Nep- tune, at that time, made nearly a straight line with each other and with. the sun and the earth, and were assembled in the con- Stellation Aries, Venus being between the earth and the sun, and Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune on the other side of the sun. Venus was. 66,000,000 miles this side of the sun; Jupiter was 475,000,000 miles beyond the sun; Saturn was $72,000,000 miles beyond the sun; and Neptune was 2,+46,000,000° miles beyoud the sun. So much for the position in April. We are now confronted with one of those terrific diagrams, printed by newspapers ad- dicted to the ventilation of Zadkiel’s and Shipton’s vaticinations, in which the sun is displayed with a wicked leer on his_face in the centre of the Zodiac, with Neptu Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mar: savagely beyond him in the constel ‘Taurus, neatly in a line with each other, hile our poor little picayuny earth is seen on the other side of the sun, attended by its paltry moon, both looking as if fi out of their wits. Venus is displa: in advance of the six constellation Virgo. be the precise position of the planets at 5 a My, ‘Fane 19, which fallson Sunday. The astrologers assert that something very awful will happen at that time. Phanix, the Cali- fornia seer, : “Periods of planetary conjunction, when satellites become impreg- nated with fresh electric force, develop a new form of magnetism from the combined association of two bodies. ‘The intensity of vibrations of electric, solar, and starry light becomes so quickened at periods of perihe- lion as to inaugurate and impel the develop- ment of many new forms upon Earth. These are destined, when matured, to advance along progressive steps of evolution, and when thus organized to ‘displace and replace these species which during a past and less developed age have become extended and attained their utmost limit under existing conditions of Earth.’ Dame Shipton predicts a collapse of the solarsysteim, Piazzi Smith, basing his astute calculations on the mensurations of wie great Pyramid of Egypt, mysteriously declares that “a very great nuinber of results have been brought out, all converging in_ the year 188134.” ‘That means June, 151, of course. Now, we wight expect something sensa- tional at the terminus of 2 period of the pro- cession of the equinoxes, which is 25,527 years, but iwost of the prophets suggest that the ca- tastrople will come to our earth from the combined tractive force of six big planets, all on one side of the sun, and the sun and the planets ip a straight line on one side of the earth, We suppose our little moon will go first, since it is only one forty-ninth as large as our earth, and can furnish less resistance. Still we have confidence .in the ability of the. sun to resist the planetary strain, ‘Che sun masters Neptune, and keeps int Circling by pulling him out of a straight Me 1-100,000 of an inch every second, and. Neptune is an enormous distance frour the sun, as we have shown. By giving our earth a little pull out of a straight line at the rate of 12-100 of an inche scecond, thesun keeps us running on time, with no hot-boxes and no manner of accident. So with the other planets. ‘The sun has power, to deflect . them froin a straizht line, and maintain the cirelings of the whole system. erofadestructive combination of nd six planets looks very imminent, ationzlly on paper, the plan- cireus-horses running to- ring. ly, however, the effect upon the earth will be unapparent. | The solar enersy and repulsive force of Earth prevail, and unless the machinery runs down, we will get safely throngh the seasun of perihelia without the tilting of our axis or disintegra- tion or combustion. At present the sun’s heat and vital force is believed to be main- tained either by the impact of meteoric mat+ ter or by the slow. contraction of the sun. dt may be that some time it may be neces- sary to supply that luminary with fuel other tl _cosinieal dust, meteors, ete. In that case, if Mercury, Venice, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Nep> tune were to fall into the sun they would keep up the | to the usual extent for about, 26,000 Just at present there is no evidence that the sun isin need of such an amount of fuel,and until the fires burn iow we may be quite certain that our little earth will not be needed for fuel, which is believed to be the fate of the hypothetical intramercurial planets. Yet such a fate is notignoble. Can we not reconcile ourselves with the idea of our mother earth plunging headlong into the solar furnace to contribute for some cycles to the warmth and comfort of other and newer worlds and systems? It may be at some future period, but not just yet. The perihetia will effect but slight resuits upon, the position of the earth. Planetary per- turbations are numerous.—more numerous than people imagine. We are proceeding with the sin every year several hundre millions of miles towards Hercules, and be- ing continually in a new point in space, the earth is, of course, exposed to fresh pertub- ing influences The polar axis turns upon itself every years. The equatorial belt will shift its position. The polar regions of to-day may a few cycles be temperate or trupical rezions. One of our attendant moons has been shivered to fragments; why not the other? It is only a question of time; but nobody believes ina cataclysm at this particular time. That is well. So we be- lieve in the stability of the visible and invis- ible, as azainst the dark words of the prophe ets of evil. a It is believed that Chicago will before many years rank as the centre of the organ manu- facturing interest of the Nation. The fame already achieved by the Kimball organ— ~ distinctively and exclusively ‘a Chicago ine strument—is already such as to make W. W. Kimball's central musical warehouse, corner of State and Adams streets, the base of the largest organ trade in the United States. It is claimed by experts—admitted, it is now claimed, even by rival Eastern manufactur- ers—that there is not a single “ point” in organ-making in which: the “Kimball” does not evince a special, practical, and distinct feature of superiority—in all the details of construction, art finishing, voicing, speech, touch, tone, etc., they steadily maintain their ascendancy over all competitors. Mr. Kim: ball has practically added a new feature to thy great manufacturing industries of the city. ———————— FROM JAS. K. LAKE, SUPT. WEST DIVISION RAILWAY, CurcaGo, June 4.—Michael Greenebaum, Esq. DearStn: The refrigerator and water-cooler with pressure you have placed in my house can- not be too hizbly recommended. The chambers of the refrigerator are perfectly dry and cold. ‘The water-which is drawn off on the first ane second floors, ulthough the refrizerutor stand: in the basement, bits an axrecuble taste, und it cold, though it is free from fice. The saving of ice atone will eventually pay tho cost of the re- frigerator. I deem it the most perfect of tht kind ever brought to my notice. Yours, Jas. K. Las. —— Bargains in Lisle-Thread Gloves. C. A. Covtant & Co., 145 State street. _ hi line the sun as sketched se