Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1881, Page 9

! Our Best Cheviot Business Suit, - - Hot Quite So Good Cheviot Business Suit, 17.00 , ~ SUNDAY. 2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: » FIPTY- BIG CLEARING MEN’S. | ’ Best Blue Serge Business Suit, “Cheaper Blue Serge Business Suits, Ast Quality Blue Flannel Suits, - 2d Quality Blue Flannel Suits, - -° 2000 3d Quality Blue Flannel Suits, - Ath Quality Blue Flannel Suits, - ~ $4, $5, and $6 $3.20, $4, $4.80 $2.50, $3, and $4 $2, $2.40, $3.20 Men's Cassimere Trowsers, Same Relative Reduction, Best ‘Alpaca Coats, Best White Vests, - 1 HALE-YEARLY SALE, HEGULAKR DISCOUNT PRICE, PRICE. $7400 $igz0 1360. 1760 1280 20100 18.00 B80 10-40 - 22.00 16.00 >. 25.00 W100 - 100. HARVEY BROTHERS, . 84 and 86 State-st. Many remember we have been making a run in our Furnishing Goods quoting the lowest of prices on the best of goods. of this unusual opportunity. — by department---so avail yourselves This makes one-fifth off of all prices on Chil- ‘dren’s Kilts, which heretofore have been the lowest, as Ladies well remember. | TF YOU PAY IT UNTIL AUGUST CHILD'S. Indigo Blue Tricot Suits, {° land for money, Boys’ Blue Flannel Suits, Boys’ Serge, Cheviot and HARVEY 84 and Blue Seersucker Sailor, can't be beat, - 3 White Duck Suits, beauties, - - - Boys’ Indigo Tricot Suits, CASTE Y0L DISCOUNT PRICE. REGULAR PRICE. Blue Sailor Suits, 3tol2years, $6, $9, $10 $480, $7.20, $8 Cassimere Suits, {Ssarsaee} $5, $7, $8 $4, $5.60, $6.40 - ie Bargains at Regular Price, 39, claiaed by competitors, $$) $7.20 - 400 2.40 3 2.49 - $7 and $10 $5.60,$8 Worsted Suits, $l $8.80 I 9.60 BROTHERS, ‘86 State-st We have Light Suit, special thing, and best in the | 3 to 12 years | 5 Department the last two months We even now extend the 20-per cent discount to this -ART NOTES. The Chicago Sketching Party at .the Natural Bridge’ of Virginia. Stained and Painted: Glass Win- dows for Waiter Larned’s Residence. Gleanings from.the Chicago Gal- leries and Studios—Sales of - * Works. 4THE CHICAGO SKETCHING PARTY. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Naturan Brmoer, Va. July 12—The sketching party, composed principally of pupils and professors of the Chicago Acade- my of Fine Arts, which left Chicago on the last day of June in charge of Mr. Carpenter, arrived here on the 4th of July without ac: cident or serious illness. The bridge and all other points of natural beauty in this vicin- ity have been taken in pencil, crayon, char- coal, India ink, and by photography to an extent which astonishes the natives. The gorge or caiion over which the bridge extends is from eighty to ninety feet wide, and about 215°feet deep. Through it ruis a small stream—Cedar Creek—over which one may now step dry-shod at many points. The rock composing the bridge and the walls - of the gorge is a hard, flint-like. non-fossilif- erous limestone, probably belonging to the Laurentian system. At the bridge strata are nearly ‘horizontal, but gving either up or down the stream we find undulations which ‘in many places are so abrupt that the strata are vertical, giving rise to several beautiful falls or cascades. For a long time the bridge and surround- “ing property have been’ in possession of a private citizen, who charged the few visitors who’ came $1 each for a view. Jt is now owned bya wealthy company, who have in- deed bought up the whole neighborhood with the view of making the place a fashionable summer-resort. The Richmond, Alleghany ‘& Central Ohio Raitroad now runs within two miles of the locality, and a branch fs now in process of construction, to run within a few hundred yards of the bridge. No ad- mission fee is now charged. . - A As the altitude of this region is about 1,500 feet above the ocean level, the: temperature ‘ought to be cool and pleasant at this season, and the people aver that it usually isso; but since our arrival it has been oppressively hot “and dry. No rain has fallen for two months, and hence zrass, corn, aud oats are ruined, and vegetation generally is badly damaged. Itis almost impossible to exaggerate the Kindness and hospitality shown us by the people generally. It would seem that -hay- ing been a soldier in the Union army is rather a recommendation to one here, how- “ever it may be elsewhere. We have heard several prominent local. politicians. assert that if Garfield lives and continues his Ad- ministration as he has begun it, he will have little or no opposition in ‘this State fora Second term. ‘Uwing to the large amount of coal and iron in these mountain: ranges and to the abun- ~ dance of fine timber it requires no prophet to: foresee, that in point of wealth and im- “portance this State has a future hardly dreamed of by, the old ai r ae ane oF roes seem to be generally happy, Not very Drove. “They, works hard, but _ Save little or nothing cf their small earnings, ‘Women get from $4 to $6 per month and -Doard, aud men about twice as much. As Tailroad laborers they are aid rea je ver i vorki nol ry superior, working ates. wee bat twelve ' or fourteen “day with perfect cheerfulness. After the, hardest, longest, and hottest day’s work is Over they not infrequently go several miles dances or to prayer-ineetings. We have been told of several instances in which they Went from five to twenty miles to their Prayer-meetings, aud yet. were back “Teady for work’ on thé next day. Most of those in this region are Baptists. They have their own preachers, some of whom com- pare very favorably with the white clergy of this section in the matters of erudition and eloquence. Itis said that they excel in the art of extracting money from their poor con- gregations, and that an opportunity to “ pass round the hat” is never neglected. gvod ta: The Ste of the Company now in possession Natural Bridge is shown by the fict ieago is represented by Mr. French and Mr, Cleveland, who are engaxed in the oversight and, planning of the various em- bellishments, roads, paths, and bridle-paths. of the great 2,0U0-acre park now being formed. H, D. Garrison. STAINED AND PAINTED GLASS IN CHICAGO. : Messrs. Healy & Millet have had on exhi- bition at their room, -No. 22 Central Music- Hall, three mosiac stained-glass windows of such extraordinary excellence and beauty as to deserve mention, ‘They are -for the coun- try house of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Larned, at Lake Forest, and the designers, Messrs. Healy & Millet, may be said to have selected and arranged not only every tint, but every particle used in these really precious win- dows, The glass is strictly pure stained glass,no painting having been introduced. Although the tints are so numerous they are stillso delicate in their gradations as to se- cure the most harmonious as well as the qnost striking effects. It is quite useless to try to describe objects of this sort, in which the forms. are altogether conventional, the richness and beauty of coloring requiring to be taken in by the eye in order to be appre- ciated. Still a few words will give an idea of the perfection to which mosaic stained- glass windows have been brought in Chica- go. The designs are Moorish in style; the round arches filled in the two outside win- dows by lozenges of alternate blue and amber of exquisit clearness. In the middle window this round arch is enriched at the centre by the lotus flower (shall we say of the Nileor of the Calumet?) around which is an atmos- phere—vermeil tint, as the poet has it—like nothing but the aurora flush of a summer morning. Outside this is a space in olivé or moss green, near which appear bands in pur- ple madder, with figures raised by.eating In the surface and producing a very choice ef- fect. The arch is banded from: the space be- low by conventional radiated forms, strong in outline and contrasts of color. ‘The glass used is chiefly rolled cathedral, to be recog- nized by a certain thickness and unevenness auf surt@ce as if it had been literally rolled out by hand, and the antique glass, very thin, to be recognized not only by the purity of its tints, which, however brilliant, are never crude, and however delicate, never poor, but by minute bubbles in the body of the glass. the conventional forms cut from these mate- tials are of marvelous intricacy, and the skill used in their manufacture only to be realized by those who understand how few mechani- cal appliances can be made to serve under such circumstances. . Quite different from the above inagnificent specimens of conventionalized designs is .a stual! vestibule door, noticeable for its sig- nificance as well as for its beauty. In the centre is painted a rustic cross with ivy leaves, on a ruby-red ground with.a border in green antique, held by bright roudelics on_a ground of the petesy opal tinted rolled eathedral on which are painted swamp rushes with thin brownish. clubs; the leaves, whether’ rising or falling, are symmetrical withouta single repetition of form; while the space above is lightly filled in by tender sprigs of young palm. ‘The border’ would appear to be simply of very choice tints of antique glass, in rectangular forins, until one sees2 medieval verse in old English characters: z - Nulla salus est in Domo, Nisi cruce munit homo er liminaria. up r which may.be translated Iiterally thus: “In a house ig no safety unless man fortifies it by the cross over: the threshold.” ‘This beauti- ful specimen of both stained and painted glass was presented by Mr. and Mrs. William Wells to Miss Eliza Allen Starr, and is set in the vestibule door of Saint Joseph’s cottaze. it was designed by her nephew, Alr. William W. Starr, who carried ont the intention of Mr. and ‘Mrs, Wells, to have the door thor- oughly significant of its destination. The yerse Wrought into the border was one which has been pinned onto the door of the first Saint Je osepie was taken down -the night of the -fre 0 ingly ‘pinned again onto the door of the sec- PJ ‘1, and persever-" ond, to find itself emblazoned at Inst ina way befitting its medieval orizin. The door onorable in every way to the taste and skill of Mr, Wells and of his workmen, as also of the designer. The question as to whether noble, beautiful, and sigmticant Windows canbe produced in United States, in Chicago, i: ART GLEANINGS. Miss Marie Koupal is out of the city for a few weeks. . Cyrenius IIali is away on a sketehing tour, and will not return until September. * In addition to his studio classes, D. F. Bigetow finds time to sketch ut Riverside. J. ¥. Murphy, the well-known artist, who formerly resided here, and who is often re- ferred to with pride as a Chieago production, is at present visiting his old home. At Root & Hamerskotd’s is shown a tea set decorated with original designs by Mrs. Enoch Root. As each piece differs from an- other much versatility is displayed in the se- lection of pretty and appropriate orna menta- tion. : Franklin Simmons, the sculptor,. whose studiois in Rome, but who is also -well known in this country, baving designed the Army and Navy monument at Washington, is at present visiting here as the guest of Po! ter Palmer. He expects to gu to Indianapolis soon witha view to completing arrangements towards executing for the State of Indiana a statue of the late Senator O. P. Morton. C. F. Schwerdt has recently completed a very excellent oil portrait of Col. Kay; also, afine ideal ‘study of a Spanish } The face of the latter, which is in profile, is al- inost tov cold and refined to be quite in har- mony with the voluptuousness of the bare and exquisitly-modeled bosom and arms, which are partially draped by a shaw creamy lace failing from the black hair. coloring is rich and warm, and the picture is one of more than ordinary merit. M. Schwerdt is also painting for Mr. Almini six decorative.panels in appropriate desigus, to be placed in an Egyptian parlor in the house of Mr. Alexander Mitchell, of Milwaukee. HW, A. Elkins, who since the lawsuit insti- tuted by his wife against a siloonkeeper for damages for selling liquor to the art $ been especially abstemious and indi at his studio in Elgin, visited Chicag week to order new miterial and dispose of some of his finished works, which approach more nearly to his former strength than any done of late years. Unfortunately he ** fell among thieves,” who robbed bim not only of his pictures, but of his reason as well, and he was only persuaded -to return to Elgin through fear of confinement if, he remained here. It is his wish and intention to make a trip to Colorado as soon as he “ recovets.”? * The “ tllinois Derby” isthe name by which’ Gean Smith designates his latest effort, a de- scription of -a running race at the Chicago lockey and Trotting Club Park. ‘The picture, which is unfinished, will show the-racers of | the day just as they are coming under the’ wire, With the assembled ‘nnutitude at the left and the judge’s’stand at the right. Mr. Smith clains to-have made very careful studies of the horses, and the picture shows more attention to detail than is customary with this artist. He has also executed for Prof. Gill, who is as fond of pictures as of his music, a very excellent fruit piece with the familiar grapes, apples, knife, and* nap- kin well arranged. 2 At Haseltine’s are three pictures br L. C. Earle, one of! £nd two water-colors. ‘The oil is called “After the Skirmish,” and repre- sents a dog at the foot of a stairway gazing up ata very demoralized looking cat which ‘is eyeing him from a safe position on one ‘of, ‘the stair-poéts. The overturned flower-pots “show the effect of the skirmi: The dog ts. avell drawn, but hardly shows the satisfac-- tion generally exhibited by the canine race when ‘they havesuceeeded in routing a feline, , —said feline being in this case about as bad as possible. ‘I'he face is blurred and uncer- tain, looking much more like a chipmunk than it does like a cat, while its position must have been wholly imaginary, As a whole, the pleture is poor in color and quite “unsatisfactory.” Of the water-colors, one called ‘Meditation’ -is the best thing this artist has exhibited lately. Itrepresents the ruddy face of an old toper retlectively gazing ‘upon an empty mug. from which he has un- “doubtedly taken many a good drink. ‘There is meaning, character, and, rich color ‘in every line, Of the other as much ‘cannot be “success of th said, although it disarms criticism by its tide, whichis “A Study in Color? it is merely that-and nothing more. Like much of this artist’s work, it Jacks sentiment and intention. Perfect in drawing, gorgeous in color, there is still something to be desired, and wingled with a feeling of admiration for his dexterity is one of disap: he does not go beyond the careful posing of a mode! or the artistic draping and coloring of acurtain, Mr. Earle is not a student, but an artist of pretensions, and his work is looked upon critically. The party of artist excursionists from Clii- cago, now traveling in Virginia, appear, from their own accounts, to be combining work with pleasure ina high degree. Some of them are so enthusiastic that they sketch from morning until night, scarcely taking time for their meals. ‘They are now making their way by canai to Lexington, frum thenee they will go to Dogger Spring, lron Gate, and Kanawha Fall: i ting the Nat- ural Bridge, Virgin made some lovel. etches of the locality, whi inclosed in an album and forwarded with an accompanying letter from visitors and citi- zeus in tne vicinity, to Mrs. Gurtield, through Mrs. Blaine, in which they expressed their eratification at the recovery of the President, and their belief that the feeling aroused by the attempted assasination would serve to unite the North and South more firmly than anything that occured since the end of the War. It was a very graceful and arti: way of showing their sympathy and admira- Hon for the wounded President and his noble wife. Several good sales have been made during the past week at the Lydian Art Gallery, and a number of excellent pictures hung up_to take the places of those disposed of. The enterprise, which has in view both the exhibition and sale of sterling works of art, is most gratifying, the more so that the pictures so far -sold—in all fourteen during the past month—are of a high order and command a high price, and in nearly every instance will remain in the private residences of Chicago. ‘Fhesales of the week include Sontag’s unset Effeet in New Uampshire,” a very beautiful work, which improves with frequent seeing; “Summer- time,” by Julie H. Beers, a sister of Willia Hart; “Moonlight? by Miiiler Leit “Going to Water,” by I Te eattle piece by Hinkley. There: is cellent prospeet that William Hart's * Last Gleam,” a noble painting hekt at $5,000, will adorn the collection of a wealthy Chi- cagoan. Among the uew works on the walls is a really great work by F. Duverneck, entitled “The Coming Man,” the subject being a vigorous infant, life-size, just on the hither side of the walking-age; the youngster bemg hunched up in a con- trivance mgeniously devised for an aid in Jearning tu walk; his: fat little legs painted so truthfully.that they seem almost to be kicking about on the: cany his chubby cheeks and saucy eyes exactly filling the idea of 2 healthy boy-baby; the whole drawn and colored with a freedom and breadth not commonly seen. ‘The other new pictures are murexquisit small cattle-piece by Franz Volz, a2 famous painter of animals young steer, by Setimayer; “Lion’s Head Rock, Marble- head,” by Charles G. Dana; “ Pray First,” a charming little bit- by August Miller; 2 flower-piece of unusual richness by Duns- more; and two canvases by uA, Chatain, a pupil of Jerome and Mfeissonier, who has Just located in Chicago,—onea woodchuvyer, ! and the other a portrait of the artist himself, and both strongly drawn. IN THE GREAT ETERNITY. 2° For The Chicago Tribune. 2 O when ‘tis mine to close mine eyes On life, how wilLit be? ‘What terrors williny trembling soul On its dread jourqey see? What sights, what sounds, will grect {t there, In the zreat eternity? Q Jesus, in Thy mercy, then Show merey into mo. Yea, when ’tis ming.to say farewell To all on earth IJove, ‘To wing my flicht t rhe unknown realms ‘That Lite’s redemption proye, Whosv bands will guide ine o'er the w: Whose lips wii! teuch me words to say? Or sentence of the Judge delay? |. For, Lord, dear Lord, l know that I Am’all unworthy Thee. | * O Maker, Fatner. Savior, Friend, From lust of tlesh my soul defen, And guide me to the ugknown end. Within my heurt Thy sweets distill; Teach me todo Thy boly will; . Alelp me, O Lord, L, kneeling pray; ‘To-day, to-morrow, and alway. ~ .mnade eurnest efforts to procure the passage of ‘the friends of the removal in the matter of pur- rd THE BOARD OF TRADE. How the Enemies of the Re- moval Were Outflanked. The Scott Property in the Hands of the Friends of the New Building. The Men Who Control tt and “How They 2 Got It. 5 Areportercailed yesterday upon Mr. Jobn R. Bensley, Chairman of the Board of Trude Com- mittee appointed to procure a new site, for the purpose of getting some further information a3 to the progress made in reference to building on the La Salle street ground. As the following conversation shows, he was successful in his mission: : “Well, Mr. Bensley," sald tho reporter, * bow | isthe matterof the removulof the Board of Trade progressing?” “It is making reasonable progress. We think WE BEGIN TO SEE DAYLIGHT Now.” “Has the’ Building Association been tormed yet that is to erect the building?” “No, but a committee of five, with President Rogors at its head, has been raised to form such an Association.” “When do you expect ground will be broxen in the new enterprise?" * “+48 svon as possibie, for we want the founda- tions fn this fail.” “T notice there is an injunction out against the city forbidding it to close the street?” “ Yes; but no one but the city wus enjoined, as 1 understand it.” “So this injunction will not interfere with the Board of ‘Trade tn their building matter?” “Not in the feast.” “When will Mr. Scott commence his build- ** Mr. Scott does not own any of the property now." *s Well, then, the Tracy estate?” “ The Tracy estate does not own any of it.” -“ What do you mean?” “ Teuppase L may ats well tell you + THE WHOLE story. For some months it has been evident to me that some parties here were trying to defeat the removal ut the Bonrd of ‘Trade by purchasing the whoie property of Mr. Scott. and, by vot pressing the passage of the ordinance of vaca- tion in the Council, defeat the contract with the Bourd ot ‘Trade, thit sale to the Board being con- tngent upon. the vacution of Lu Sulle street. Mr. Scott wus sincerely desirous of carrying out in good faith his agreement with the Board, and the ordinance, but he was a uon-resident, and part of the prosy was ugainst the vacation, and the bourbon property-owners were throwing all possible obstucles In tho way, so that, taking all inall, Mr, Scott made up his mind that it was not of much use for him to try to get the street vacated. He wanted to dispose ot his property, and very naturally wanted to get as much for it as he could. Meantime, the parties bere hostile to the removal got up a pool and made Scott 2 good offer for the entire property. ‘The majority of our Committee had suspected something of this kind, and I had ob- tained a promise from Mr. Scott that if he came to the conclusion that he must fell, that he would not ell to parties hostile to the removal until be bad given me # chance to enlist some of chasing the pfoperty and so insure its falling into friendly bands. Finully I received a letter from Mr. Scott stating that Be had an offer from Chicago for the property, und wanted to sell, and naming a price that 1 could bave it at, to- gether with the subscriptions, all subject to. bis contract with the Bourd of Trade. There was but one way to do, and that. was ta get hold of some of the right kind of men and get them to come to the front and take the property. It was not long until I found THE MEN THAT THE OCCASION REQUIRED. §. A. Kent and P.). Armour are men who be- lieve in Chicugo, and who believe also in the Board of Trade. They are in every sense broad ‘gauge, and belleve that an association with 1,590 members, and is doing more busingss than any other commercial organization iif the . lund, should no longer be compelled to swelter and smothor in an attic, packed like sardines in a box, tive hours every day, constantly in jeopar- dy of life or limb by being transported in an elevator that takes forty ata trip, all because a few miserly property-owners in the immediate vicinity of the present location have an unde- fined fear that they will not much longer be able to make the * blood come’ every time they rent an office. +f laid the whole matter before them, and asked them to join me in purchasing the whole prop- erty, take our chances in getting La Salle street vacated and s0 keep the property in the hands of the friends of-the removal. laa very short, time they agreed to doso,and { at once telc- graphed Scott.that 1 would take the property at his offer—* Cash.’ Scott replied that I could buve it, and we bave entered into contract. We shall, of course, carry ont Scott's contract with the Board of ‘Trad id then we shall improve the rest ot the black. “ ~ You took some pretty big chances to*go in’ where it was ‘too deep’ for. W. L. Scott to “wade’?"” “Yes, | know it, but Armour and Kent both sazacious and plucky men, and, as know, have plenty of nerve and menns, and when they take hold things have to go. Their prompt action actually ent - SAVED THE WHOLE CHANCE tothe Board of Trade, for Ido not know who else I couid have brought to therescue in time.”” “Now that the strect has been vacated and the Boxrd of Trade is going there, you willmuke something out of it, will you not?” “IT hope so; but it costa pile of “money, and we had to take big risks, and, besides, the Board of Trado gets the wreater part of the property fora mere nominalsum. But we were bound that the enemies of the removal should not get “Suppose the Courts should decide against the on,—tben what?” “Thou we should have our property on band, —whieh would probably be as profitable to ua.— and the Buurd of Trade would go some blocks further east und a little south of Van Buren street, for you can't keep the Board in its pres- ent location. not even with a file of soldiers. But the Courts will not decide against the vacr- uon. The most eminent counsel here say. that there is not a ghost of a chance that it will be defeated. ‘The Common Council has un undou'ted rigt to vacate the street. and in this cuse itis so fit- ting and proper a thing to be done. and the whole movement is su backed by public sympa- thy and approval, that uo Court will be likely to travel fur out of its way either to delay or de- feat the matter.” “+ Do you know who tried to buy the property of Scott?” ° g “Ido, for I have documentary evidence over his own signature.” * Who was it?” “Tdo not think it necessary to_tell—at least justnow. There were several in the ‘bool,’ and iumong them one La Sulle ‘street banker, who, when be paced of the ground, found that the blocks were rather narrow, and finally con- cluded not to go in.” “When did you make the contract with Scott?” “About the 20th of June.” “WILL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BE PLEASED WITH THE ACTION TAKEN 2? “t think they will, for they will be glad of any- thing that will bave a tendency to ger them out of their present unsatisfactory quarters.” “T see that you are ulready in possession.” “Yes, and expect to rei:in so.” “By what means will the Building Association that you speak of raise the money to build with?” “My iden is, that each member of the Board of Trade should tirst have a chance to take, sny, $500 worth of the stock, and that the Hoard of ‘rade itself should take $100.00) worth. and if there is auy left then let outsiders ssubseribe.” “About what do yon think will be the capital stock of the company? hat will depend very much on what kind of i ded to erect. Probably ‘$750,000 to $1,000,060. “What do you suppose the stock will finally be worth?” “I presume tho stock will pay about 7 per cent; and if it does it wiil probably seil ut about $1.20 after awhile, for it will be like a long bond, and will be sought afte HOW TO SUPPRESS THE SMOKE NUI- SANCE. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cricaco, July 16.—As. the suppression of the Smoke nuisance appears now to be fully deter- disgust and contempt expressed by many par- ties who hud been subjected to great Donnie and expense by the application of worse than worthless machinery fur the consumpuon of smoke, the idea with which I started, that the suppression of dense smoke where steam power wits generated was of very doubtful possibility, seemed perfectly warranted: but when my at< teution was called to two lurge furnaces burn- ing the cheapest aod dirtiest kind of Itlinois coul I witnessed the perfect. contro! of tho engineer over tho emission of smoke, causing it either to roll in. dense volumes from the tall chimney, or with one turn of bis band shutting it off so that nota stain wastruced upon the sky, while the furnace fires were ronr ing with intensest heat below. The anterior doors leading to the tlues of the reat boilera were opened, with the burners in operation, and I found the flues hot and pertectly: free from smoke, and a few moments later. the operation of the burners having been suspenped, the same pluces were reeking with unconsumed carbon and cooled down many degrees. When I Peeped {ato the eye-hote at tho back of the furnaces, the machine betng fn operation, and saw billions of intensely red, clear tlames whirling and eddying xbout without one traco of smoke, and then tn an instant, upon the oper- ation of the burner being suspended, saw the furnace filled with dense, bluck clouds through which the fire on the grate bars gicamed luridly. and dull; when 1 saw tnese things, and learacd subsequently from Messrs. Libby, McNeil & Libby and others that they had made crucial tests, weighing the coal and measuring the water used, with the most gratifying results both as to the suppression of smoke and economy of fuel, 1 had to be convinced, and admit against all of my foregoneconclusions that the problem of the consumption of smoke within the furuaco where it was penerated and the consequent economy of fuel by reason of” perfect conibus- > don had been solved;. and that O. D. Orvis, of this city, was fully entitled to the credit of hay- ing invented the best and most practical device foreconomizing fuel and suppressing smoke that hus yet made its appearance before the public; and that there exists no reason for any engineer, fireman, or other person saying the emission of dense sinoke from furnace chim- neys canuot be easily prevented. While I bave no pecuniary interest in any ay paratus tor the prevention of smoke, I have, in common with all other citizens, an futerest in freeing the city from an abominable nuisance. and I wouid say, further, that whoever is [nter- ested In this matter can satisfy himself in the remises by going into the engine-room of the ‘nion National Bank Building and asking for Mr. Moore. the eninecr, who will cheerfully exhibit and explain the action of the burners. There muy be better devices for the purpose than this of whicb I have spoken, but I huve not yet seen them. Respectfully, T.P. ra $<. EVANSTON. ‘The Board of Trustees will hold thelr regular meeting next Tuesday evening. The University is to yet au opinion froma competent lawyer us to its title tothe disputed - piece of property at the foot of the Davis street pier, with a view of contesting the ownership ofit, Lust evening was inaugurated at the boat- house a serics of informul Saturday evening re- gattas und receptions. A number of selected crews met and rowed races over the course, rec~ ords of the races being kept. After the rowing d music assisted x nuinber of club members to while away the time in dancing, Hereufter when the weuther {s pleasant these informals will occur every Saturday evening- The Free Methodists are holding a camp- meeting on a vacant lot on Ridge avenue, north of Church street. They ure baving a good nt- tendance and report « prosperous meeting. Two Indiana evangelists are conducting the meeting. ‘Tne Kev. A.J. Scott will preach this mdrning and evening in the Congregational Church. | The Rev. George C. Noyer, D. D., will preich this morning and eventng in the Presbyteriau mined upon by the authorities, it becomes a matter of public interest to know how the de- mands of the ordinance can be most readily and effectively compli¢d with, and pursuant to that end I have mude a careful inspection of all the devices for burning smoke now in use in this city. Starting, I must confess, with the idea thatan impracticable deniand had been made upon the people whose business required the ‘use of steam-power, after a careful investisa- and Iam agreegbly surprised to find that there is at least one device which may be sutd to be absolutely effective in.its operation, not only consuming allof the smoke, but in uddition thereto actually converting the portion of steam used in the process into the most effective kind of fuel, for the dry steam from the dome of the boiler, being. forced in fine jets through the tubes of the machine, mingled with uw large volume of” air’ drawn in by the creation of a vacuum, is instantly -decomposed, in its passuge over the bed of fire, and re- solved into hydrogen and oxyyen uses. two.of the most highly inflammable substunces In nat- ure, the result bel that the sulphurous gases, carbon, and alt yolatile matter elimmated by heat from coal are instuntly rendered incandes- cent, becoming steam producers, instead of tly- ing up the chimney ia the form of dense smoke tofoulthe atmosphere and blacken and dis- figure everything It comes in contact with. In view of the alleged utter failures of ‘nearly'all of the smoke-burning devices, and the profound Church. ‘The Rev. A. W. Patten will preach this morn- ing in the First Methodist Church. The Rev. Frederick S. Jewell will prerch this morning and evening in St. Murk’s Episcopal Chureb. . ‘The Itev. George R. Pierce will preach this morning and evening at the Baptist Chureb. ‘A Gospel temperance tueeting will be beld at 4D, m. to-day in Union Hall. Mr. E. is. Hurbert will conduct the meeting. : THE CITY OF THE WHITE-ROBED. - For The Chicaso Tribune. ‘What fs tbat-land across the sea Which Hes so faraway— ? That country, strange, invisible, ts Whicb knoweth nignt norday? No bird wings from its noiseless shore, No sail sets from the bays; ‘What is that lund whose murmurs creep Into our dull, long days? Far, far beyond the sea it lieo— . We may not know how fuir: _ -Ithbath a name—sweet Puradise; Our deud ure Angels there. ‘ . Leuo W. MircreL. A good excuse for sickness of yourself and family is that you don’t use Hop Bitters. creownstenen