, 1879-08-10

rs pe1rer to the tc1T1Dle hour WAcn the Eartn,
The Moon, and the Sun itself, would cease to
hare particle of heat or life. This grndual
Refrigeration, now chiefly felt in the regions
kpowcs as Temperate would presently-withia
few hundreds Of thousands Of years-invade
the Tropics; and at last the miserable remnant
Of the human fami1y, driven slowly together by
the necessity of finding heat, On the line Of the
Equator,
: WOULD CEASE TO EXIST.
The seas and oceans would freeze, tile Earth
would harden. an eternal stiffness would sue
ceed the restless being OF to-day; and only in
some distant planet would the ever-new and
never-ceas;ng miracle Of Creation occur. II.
Fiammation does not commit himself to such
rash and confident authorizations as the Ffqdro
scientist; bpt his Hypothesis, that the rain is
due to the disappearance Of the famous spots
on the sun we used to hear SO much about, IS
perhaps as we'll worth consideration. In tile
present state of meteorological science, little
enough Is known with certainty of the morrow
and yet see what strides we1ther-wisdon has
made since the death Of poor Fftzroy! The
Herald alone has accom- plished wonders. With
ten or hundred Hera'd 'ds taking notes ut differ
ept points Of the two hemisphcres, what might
ne not be able to forctell in twenty years!
As it is, II. F.ammarion's strange hypotheses,
the hardy vaticinations Of Academcians-of
Etampes or others-are practically OF small in-
terest- We csre much more TO be told OF some
pleasant way Of passing time when it does rain
: than to be informed simply that it IS going to
rain. Of all cities, Paris is the one in which
outward things should least affect the spirits.
We arc not, IS the unfortunate Londoners, re-
e,nax1 <an ,F nfnkr In Fo.
amusement in vet weather.
EVERY INDOOR DISTRACTION,
slmost, is at hand. The cafes offer in them
eelyes well-nigh inexhaustiblc resources to the
sp!enetic. 4 world OF art is waiting to console
those who lore beauty, at the Louvre For the
ladies there are those rneyer-tailiug feminine
comforts, the Bon-Marche, the Magasins du
Louvre, and the Menagere. Lazy people, with
d fancy TOR literary entertainment, need not go
any distance in search Of magnificent free libra
res. Reading rooms are plentiful. Churches
With something ancient or beautiful tempt you
to enter and admire at every turn. Covered
passages, lined With pretty shops, afford toIer-
able scope even for thos1 who banker after dry
and sufficient exercise, and the name OF the
theatres, concerts, and bathrooms is, during the
greater part OF the year, Legion. And vet, even
nonotonons- 4 singular change is visible in
the demeauor OF the buoyant Parisiaus. Men
20 about on the Bou}eyards with 1ong>drawn
faces, looking about as merry as Cooks excur-
sionists. The ladies, in despair at beng unable
to air their spring and summer dresses, are cet-
ting sour md unattractfve. The children are
p'ntng and peaking from long confinement to
small and unhealthy rooms. Our concierges,
whose daily delight it Is, IN ordinary years, to
sit in luxurious Incidence outside their houses,
rr1nr ~, \
in fact, Is suffering from severe
and protracted
FIT or TIE BLUES.
We pride ourselves on our peculiar exemption
from blues usually. ale Spleen" the ineyita-
Bile and natural affection Of milords and ntla-
dies, Is eonyentionally supposed not to trouble
from it than most people, though suicide is SO
prevalent here All the more painful, there
fore, is the attack now that it has come.
And ret, Heaven knows Parisians need little
to content them. 4 ray OF sunshine and peep
courtyard OF the Tuileries daily, in fine weather.
will keep hundred quiet for hours. I SOW 4
number Of elderly folk made thoroughly happy,
On the boulevard St. Michel, this morning, BY
the passlng-bv Of q tame monkey, led by it's
owner. The lfghtest tride supplies matter for
sentiments. a mistake OF au omnibus~conduc
tor IN giving change, fail OF cab~borse in the
street, the lighting of lamp, the sight OF an
eccentric hat, will set any quantity OF tongues
qua non to French people,. They arc more
quickly affected bg passlngcIo and fogs than
Englishmen (of Americans eau hardly speak).
Nomlort Is to them more intimately bound 10
With the clemency of the elements; and, In
ne1r domestic arrangements, wet SUMMERS ara /
es1aeht!g unprovlded against They 90 out to
enjoy themselves. Once in the cafe, French-
men snap their fingers at storms, it they are
no1 TOO often repeated. They have, however.
neen repeated fur too often this year.
among the chief sufferers By the hateful rigor
u lne season arc the poor managers Of
j.: TEE oPsN-AIR CONCERTS.
lhe Cafe des Ambassadors. the A1cazar !
q Etc, and the other places OF al-fresco enter-
tatnment IN the Champs Elysces, arc in 4 wretch
su 81 pneet. me blatant huntins-horps that till |
meg me atr WITH boisterous music on summer-nights |
ehanan, into the doors of the cafes
ana soooen, despite all the desperate nttemnts |
.! tne pfop11etofs to enliven it with a lberal
display OF electric light and the strains ~ a
eapttat band; At the covered entertanments
cirone l. sniiiGS 1;M ana ate more cheerful. The
eeem to tire of the fine Panorama, and 1fe
little Theatre des FoIies- harirby is 6n;nr ,Sat
Tor 1t Is q brisk business doubt whether 1is
very existence OF this diminutiye house is
sla snoNn 70 most people It Goes not often pro-
talked Of till the bankruptcy Of nauaser
draws attention to it. Just now the programme
of the Folies- -Mariguy happens to be very anus
ns. s2w sWo merry pieces most rcspectaby
o!ayed there last week: one, short comedy
entitled - I'm Soir qu'il Neigeait,' inculcarinr
he lesson that wives should not kcep their
husbands at home every night, If they wish tie
matrimonial bonds to seem. pleasant to them:
ne other, sparkling operetta Of Herye's, the
music OF which, may remark, was executed
lnder the direction OF most deserving chef
Porchestre, who, besides controlling bis small
and Of sf1 musicians With his ere, beating time
Eth baton, and turning over the leaves OF the
auslc, Kept up spirited and continued accom-
anment ai on piano before him. dare say he
aa,,a 10 not get dollar hight for the whole per
bout ~ "'1''0H
TIE oRCHEsTnAs OF PARIS,
= the way. Beginning at the top Of the pro-
ssston With the bands OF the Conserratoire and
'pera, and gradually descending, one would !
9me at last to the orchestra of the Theatre
.'o!ntnartre, which. few years ago when + !
|slted @ Il, boasted only one piano, played by a |
a and hnshy-headed man OF Teutonic appear-
nee, a Chnns ar fph I'm d.vot,3 - a.. -t..et !