, 1881-01-09
After transacting some other routine busin ess
the Club adjourned until Friday evening, to
meet at tho same place.

the Club adjourned until Friday evening, to
meet at tho same place. .""
JoHs 3. Cough delivered the second: Of his
lectures yesterday evening tn the Central Music.
announced subject was Twenty Years After"
the lecturer showing the great strides which the
Temperance cause had made within the past two
decades. The lectures, which were given Under
tho auspices Of Company Of the Etrst heas-
meht, have been successful from a. financial as
well as an intellectual point of view. ~.
. The. remnant Of the socialistic Labor party
officers for tho ensuing year. The officers elected
are az follows: General OrRantzer, JONI s1hl9' X
sou; Recording, Secretary for main secSon; a;5: s:
urcr, John Fosseil: Auditors, .John Blake and
Gerard sehophofen Officers Tor ths ocnriI31 Gngrs1
secrotary, Mrs: L n. swank: Secretary ,dif. Mts:
OTIS, G. N. Sloan and T. J. Morgan ,,<.
held at the club house last evening; and The at
tendance was quite large me FOLLOWING es,a XVI
tienen were elected oisers for ne ensuing s
ySa1 'dent, John ~ n. ~1ewest: treasurer. r. Cobb;
G. Il. Fassenden + Il. Watriss 4. L. Hove and I'd
+ P. Ersktt,e. The subject Of the purchase or
fha house aud grounds at present occup1eo> ~
the Club was not brought up in the meeting as as
it. was umdeEstnod ht 5ha5 t1 caanres were made IN
tho constitution aud bylaws.
"A REGULAR semi-mouthlY meeting Of the
Board Of Directors of the Chicago FnDlie MpEary
was held yesterslay afternoon: Mr, n the
purchase OF 40 new books to supply lng p1ace "
worn-uut volumes .Concurred In: The same
COMMITTEES recommenaea Inc xas ~ niso G
colcurred in. Libr9rian william =; foo!e r.
ported the circulation Of books for the month OF
If = ner cent Us compared with December, 1873;
thar there are IL 44s volumes now in the Library,
$40 volumes having been added since June l.
1850.
city Charles M.Spooner, Superintendent OF the In
dustrtaI Branch Of tho Vermont Ife-lnsuranca
Company in Chicago. Mr.. Spooner was native
about two months ago, when he was appointed
to fill the position occupied at the time Of his
deceaee. He WIS man highly esteemed ano
respected By his numerous friends at home, and
faithfully and efficiently performed the duties
OF his office in his new sphere OF employment.
For many years Mr. spooner was engnged IN
mercantile pursuits, but during the past three
years has devoted his attention Athe business
of lifc-insurance 10 New York my, Ph1iadcl-
phia, New Bedford, and finally lineage. 60 Ae was
A TELEGRAM was received yesterday after
noon announcing that the Hon. John Kelly
would arrive In this city tomorrow morning.
it Is therefore, absolutely ccrtaiu that tho peo-
pie of Chicago will have an opportunity 10 see
the Ta,nmany chiefta,u. Whatever difference
Of opinion there may be as to Mr. ke!ys polit-
West on mission Of charity. He lectures IN
Centra; Music-Hal to- morrow evening for the
benefit of ST. Joseph's Orphan Asylum 1t Is
charitably- -facilned people, but it may be proper
to state that ST. Josephs is in actual need Of aid
Not only Is a portion OF the present building
sity for the erection Of addition. as the pres
ent building, even when completed. will not ac-
commodate more than one-half OF those for
whom shelter is asked from the Sisters tn
charge. 1t il to be hoped that the desire to aid
this noble charity together With the curiosity to
see Mr. Kelly, VIII cause central Hau 10 pe
crowded tomorrow evening.
FOLLOWING is the list Of duuable goods re.
ceived Yesterday: Lyon & Hcaly, ecases musical
instruments; H. ~ King & Co., case leather
gloves; ]. ". Goen + Co., case leather gloves:
ydrt & Roehling, cases cigars; Vergho, Ruhl-
aS c. ! a s.ssas: Biaas
wick Co.. ! case cue tips and chalk; sprague'
Warner g. Co., 81 cNses mustard; Chap5n g. Gore,
case cigars: order Wells, Fargo s. Co., caselace
| and velvet; the Rev. Fischer, case silk church
vestments; E. Hoffman. Ceases cigars; F. E. Ed
goods; Julius Bauer & Co., cases musical in
strumeuts; Grommes a. UIlrich, cases cigars;
>KnntzIer Hargis. cases cigars: E g. F. &c F: p;
sacks salt; Clark g. LoyeduyS barrels fish 81 bum
| dies fish; Foss, Bros l. Co, case manufactured
iron and wood Belford Clark &Co.,5 eases printed
| sheets: Hibbard Spencer & Co., 800 boxes tin
, G1esFG sseas Ge%ps I ~ Ss9ss e. s01fs ts
plate. Collections, S11 ,5s2.
| AN INTERESTING ExHIRrffOE.
| Prof. William Crookes member, of tie Royal
| Society Of England, the inventor Of the radi-
ometer, delicate little paddle-wheel, which, to
the casual observer, seems to move without any
| impelling force has made some very curious
! discoveries in the movements OF the molecules
Of rareaed gases through the medium 9an, OF LIN in
have visited the Chicago Exhibition during the
past two or three seasons have witnessed the
electrical pyrotechnics, in glass vacuum tubes
arranged as letters, forming the advertising
sign Of a prominent firm dealing In that species
| Of merchandise. These tubes-techntcallyca called
| with various, gases in rareaed condition.
through which current Of electricity is passed,
and exhibit pale but beautifully tinted hues:
the aurora borealis. Different gases give different
| hues, and combinations OF these are formed by
| tnclosing one eas-fiiled tube within another:
containing second the two hermettcaily sealed
| from each other. Then. again by twisting and
curving these glass receptacles, and rotating
The Thoie ynssty Of striking and
| Prof. Crookes, who is thorough scientist,
| experimenting with this pretty and interesting
apparatus, conceived the theory that the
phenomena here presented bore directly upon
T. the free movement Of the molecules Of the
| gases, and set about Investigating them, with
| IN proportion to the exhausted condition OF a
receiver, aud the consequent abstraction OF the
] molecules OF the gas. would De Lne 1fee0Om tOI
| movement Of the molecules, and the less liabil-
| ity 70 collision between them In short. that
the fewer there were the greater the space TINT
| each might move about In. .
/ In his experiments his attention was first
| drawn to the dark halo which surrounds the
negative pole of the tube, and this he varied by
| the use of different gases. changes OF tempera-
| tu1e, different degrees OF exhaustion, etc. The
| movement OF the molecules impinging upon d
| delicate radiometer produced a rapid movement
| Of its paddles Convergng the curious force by
| means Of a reflector, he intensified its. action
! md heightened the colors-caused the light to
| project shadows, diverted the direction Of the
molecular force BY means Of IN electro magnet,
etc. =, ....
| made the subject Of au illustrated paper read
1 before the Royal Society In 1878, but no public
| exhibition has, SO far as Is known here, been
| given in the United States. To Chicago will re-
| dound the honor of first bringing these expert
| ments where IN interested public can witness
them; and this, too, with no mercenary intent
| on the part of the exhibitor OF the Society.
| At the next meeting Of the Chicago Electrical
| Society Prof. H. S. CArhart, Of Evanston Uni
| yersity, will practically demonstrate the theory
| Of Prof. Crpokes. 70 enable him to do this per-
| fectiy3 Prof, Carhart has been at the trouble
and expense of procuring, through Prof.
| Crookes, full set or these tubes, manufactured
| expressly for this lecture The occasion will be
a rare one for those interested in the science OF
electricity, as well rs all who care to know
something Of the latest accented theories Of
those kindred forces. heat, light, and magnet
i in one Of the club-rooms OF the Grand Pacific
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