The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1895, Page 23

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1895. 23 LATE WASHINGTON GOSSIP. A Glimpse ‘of the Leading Legh- | tions. in ‘Our.Republican ;| Court. " TALK ABOUT NOTABLE PEOPLE. | Many of the Ministers Sport Swurds‘ and All Are Brilliantly | Attired. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10.—A vis- itor to Washington who wishes to see our | reign diplomats in all their glory should be present at the New Year's reception at | the White House,when all of the represen- | tatives in town appear to pay their respect | to the President.. To Americans accus: | tomed to the plain black coatwhich is | worn on the occasion of our*important ceremonies the glittering array is a bewil- | dering sight, for some of the costumes of | the geptlemen who appear in Eumpean[ court dress are gaudy affairs. | The Embassador from England, Sir lian Pauncefote, wears 1n honor of the | cccasion a suit of white and gold, and | carries his hat under his arm according to the rules prescribed. The Ministers from | other courts sport swords and glittering | orders on their gold-laced suits, while the | gayly colored robes of the Chinese Minister brush the neat black coat of the repre- sentative from Japen. | There are prancing teams to shining‘ coaches on that day, and the sparkle of the plated harness and clatter of hoofs on | the driveway make a scene of brightness | and life. | Sir Julian Pauncefote is regarded | as the head or “dean” of the diplo- matic corps, and preference is always shown to him, while all matters, such as the direction of the funerals of Ministers, are done in accord with his directions. 1t is the rule of the corpsthat the Minis- | ter who has been longest at his_post shall be dean, and while Pauncefote has not in s case-been the rezident for the greatest umber of years, his title of Embassador is the first ever held by a Minister in | Washington, baving been conferred only a | few years ago. The British embassy building eet in the city at the front is a 'he big coat of is a large red- on the most fashionable | It faces the east,and driveway and a porie glass doors have the arms engraven in the w | | | | | | { Washington Home of Congressman | George B. McClellan. nter, on the lamp-posts are gmtermg‘r t crowns, while over the entrance is a| nze of the familiar lion.and | 1 The hall of the house is broad, | i at the back is a wide stairway, at se head is a life-sized painting of the en. pariors and library are handsomely red and the stables full of horses and ches, At one side is a tennis-court, 1 a bright day the digmfied English- can be seenin his white flannels busy ng the ball, which his attaches must up when it islost in the grass. The sh embassy is the only house in town d by a foreign Government, the e place belonging to the English na- The French embassy was formerly the me of Admiral Porter, who aied about years ago. 1t was leased from the r estate by the present Embassador, Patenotre, who has_just bad the house in thorough repair and the'_ou‘tsxd'e nted a pretty cream tint. Within it been remodeled, new doorways cut 1 new furniture and ornaments brought om Franee. : During his trip abroad this summer M. | Patenotre bought a_great many valuable | pictures and tapestries and now the parlors | re beautiful with the rich hangings and | quaint cabinets, while numberless pretty ornaments make the rooms most attrac tive. The Embassador has also been re- | cently presented. by the, French Gov- | ernment with a =~ bandsome set of | china, in the center of each dish beinga | crest in gold—a design which is made ex- | clusively by the Government for its Em- | bassadors. M. Patenotre is a handsome | man with a fine figare, dark hair and eyes of the same shade. His wife, who is a pretty blonde, was Miss Elyerson of Phila- delphia, and they have been married only | two years. The Chinese legation, strange to say, is the most modern of the homes of our | foreign Ministers. It stands on the crest | of a high hill overlooking the'city and the flag with the black dragon on its yellow surface is always floating from its turret. | The housé is of a brownish stone and is | built in commodious style, with all of the | most recent of inventions for convenience. On entering one finds nothing savoring of the Orient in the parlor, which is of | light wood and furnished in comfortable | American style, with light carpet, stuffed | ire and heavy portieres. ‘The dining- | ix | M in socie: | woman. room hasa pretty cabinet mantel, and it is fitted up with dainty engravings on the walls, mirrors and a cloc%:, just as is in every well-to-do house in- the city. In fact, the wnole mansion is all American throughout in its furnishings. The servants are Chinese and there are about a dozen of them who do not know a word of English and float about in their gaudy robes and noiseless shoes. Besides the Minister, who is a portly man, there are his wife ana three little children; tiny toddlers who dress like miniature man- darins in gowns embroidered with the most grotesque of figures. Mme. Yang Yu is no doubt considered agreat beauty in hernative land, and when got up in her robes of state is an im- rosmg object. Her jet biack hair is coiled high over her olive face, her cheeks are reddened with rouge and her slender form is loaded with silken gowns covered with embroidery, and great red and blue arti- | ficial flowers are stuck in her head on state occasions. The two daughters of the Vice-Presi- dent, who are soon to make their debut, the White House and will remain till they | go north again next summer. . The family of Senator Brice are back in | their old home and will be among the | foremost of the entertainers for the com- 1 e - o | Mr. Hatch, the Minister from Hawaii, | and his wife, who was a San Francisco | girl, are located at a family hotel in town. |~ Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett will not be in Washington this winter, but her son. who is the origina! Lord Fauntleroy, is studying at Harvard. The Morning Journal of New York, which has just %een bought by Mr. Hearst of San Francisco, has located large offices in town. Sweeping Dirt Into the Streets. The Merchants’ Association has sent a eir- cular letter to its members and to the heads of | & large number of business houses requesting co-operation in the matter of keeping the streets and sidewalks clean. The letter states that it it is impossible to keep the streets clean if peo- ple persist in sweeping the dust and dirt of their premises into the gutters. Receptacles - | JULIA AND LETITIA STEVENSON, DAUGHTERS OF THE VICE -PRES[DE.\'T.! [Photographed for *The Call” December 3, 1895.] are now living here in town with their mother at the hotel. Miss Julia Steven- son is a tall, well-formed girl, who dr very styhshly in becoming gowns. She shaded by has d: r and blue eye: long shes, and a ¢ 4 that s cellent health., Her , is a blonde with hairof a red- ares more winter Mrs. Stevenson lost Mary, a lovely young lady, >ut to make her appear- Mrs. Steven- who was ance into the social world. son has never recovered from the loss of her child, and she will take but little part ¢ this w! Geo Your e McClellan, son of the famous gene of that name, has taken a house in town and brought s family with him. McClellan is a fine-looking | man, with an athletic figure and a big | sif it belonged ‘to | head of hair that looks a football player. His There are no Clellan expects to made coming sessions of Congrass. The effects of the e Minister from Portugal have been sold at auction and the widow has left for her home with the body of her husband. The Minister had consumption before he came to America, and the climate of Washington brought his disease to a speedy end. The home which he had just arranged is now to let, and the post of Minister will be filled by a wife is a sweet children. Mec- mark in the | young man, who will shortly arrive in this | country. Till he reaches here the Consul- General at New York will act as Minister, The beautiful Miss Helen Murphy of New York and San Francisco, who was married about two years ago to Senor 'V cente Dominguez, son of the acting Minis ter from Argentina at the court of St. ames, is now living here in town, where her husband has taken a pretty home and British Legation, Washington, D. C. furnished it ir luxurious style. She will be well remembered in California, where her father was a large property-owner. California’s Congressmen are about all in and most of them are quartered at ho- tels. Mr. Barham is staying at the Ebbitt House, Mr. Hilborn is at the Hamilton and thke rest are domiciled about the city. Very few members are keeping house, hence we find the hotels full of statesmen. Most of the Senators live at their homes, and such men as Sherman, Haleand Quay, who. have lived here for years, own fine mansions. \ Society 1s taking a rest, and while there is a great deal of visiting done in a quiet way there will be nothing of importance done tiil after the 1st of January. M Morton, sister of the Secretary of Agricul- ture, is located at the Portland, the rest of the Cabinet beingat their own homes. Sen- ator Allison is boarding at a hotel and so is Hoar of Massachusetts. Miss Herbert, daughter of the Secretary of the Navy, will be home within & short time. The daughter of Congressman Newlands of Nevada will make her debut in a few weeks. The family of the President are back at 7770 At CHINESE LEGATION, TN AN WASHINGTON, D, C, z , for such refuse have been provided and placed atconvenient points. The letter calls attention to the city ordinance upon this subject, and it is very apperent by reading between the lines that the ordinance must be complied with either by co-operation or compulsion. 4 BUST OF . F, SEARLES, The Art Associatipn Will Have a Portrait Made in Marble. | To Adorn the Hopkins Mansion—Rupert | Schmid the Sculptor Selected for the Task. | Honorsare being thrust upon Edward F. Searles by the art fraternity of San Francisco. Ci are at work upon oil paintings or water-colors, etchings or pastels to lay be- fore him as a tribute to his interest in their profession, and now the Art Institute has awakened to a belief that the benefits | it has received from Mr. Searles call for an enduring recognition. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Art Institute, held Friday, it was resolved to cause a life-size bust of Edward F. Searles to be wrought in Carrara mar. | ble and placed in the Hopkins mansion as | a memorial of his having given the build- ing and donated it to the purposes of art. It was also resolved to give the commis- | sion for the portrait bust to the sculptor, Rupert Schmid. If it is possible to induce Mr. Searles to se Rupert Schmid will go to New York in order to model the douor of the Art In- stitute from life. If Mr. Searles refuses to be modeled the bust will be made from a | photograph, but it is hoped that he can be | persuaded to sit for the portrait. The | sculptor will be given a year in which to do the work, and when it 1s completed the portrait bust will be added to the perma- nent exhibit in the Hopkins mansion. One of the most enthusiastic promoters | of the project for perpetuating the donor of the Art Institute in marble is James D. Phelan. He is president of the Art Insti- tute and he takesa lively interest in adding to the City’s art treasures. It was a ma- jority of the Board of Directors, however, which passed the resolution unanimously to have Edward ¥. Searles wrought in marble for the benefit of the present gen- eration as well as for posterity. e LigrArY inkstands in oak, cherry and wal- nut; also in leather and silver. A large va- riety of handsome calendars in silver and leather. Desk-pads_with sterling silver cor- ners, elegant bound Excelsior 1896 diaries. suitable for Christmas presents at Sanborn & Vail’s, 741 Market st. * SHE WAS THE FIRST STAR And Besides That She Played Before the President of the United States. Every now and then an anecdote comes tothe front showing that our first President liked the theater as well as do his follow- ers of to-day. The point is mentioned in |one of the many theatrical stories nar- | rated in that new book, ‘‘Shakespeare’s | Heroines on the stage,” Says the author | of the book: | “A Philadelphia Portia of this same sea- son of 1793-1794 comes of a noted family, being none other than Mrs. Eliza Whit- lock, the sister of Mrs. Siddons and of the Kembles. In England, at the age of she made her London debut as the herol of “Shylock’’ on the 22d of February, 1783; and though somewhat masculine in face and figure, yet displayed so animated a countenance and so graceful a bearing as to win a moderate degree of favor. A few vears after coming to this land she en- joyed the distinction of playing the first ‘star’ engagement on the American stage, being engaged for $450 and a benefit '.opF at the Boston Theater in October, 1796. There she repeated her Portia, contending with the remembrance of Mrs. Powell's impersonation of a previous season. She also had the honor of playing before George Washington in Philadelphia.”” CROSBY IS MISSING. D isappearance of a Man Who Made a Suctessful Land Deal. The police were notified yesterday by John Knowles, 1320}4 Howard street, of the disappearance of his friend, H. L. ‘Crosby, who has not been seen or heard of since Friday, December 6. Crosby -had sold some property in Napa and obtained $3500 more for it than he expected. He had been celebrating the occasion of his good fortune, and w! last seen had $360 in his possession. His friends are very muéh wortied over his absence. as they fear be might have been -robbed and mur- dered. He is describad as a man 40 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches tall, slim build, dark com- plexion, dark e{es and auburn hair, He wore a dark blue cutaway coat, vest and ot Most of the® painters in the | A WORLD'S FAIR OF WINE, Bordeaux Exposition Is Favored With the Earth’s Choicest Vintages. ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S EXHIBIT. Paul Oeker Gives an Account of the Great Aggregation of Vineyard Products. BORDEAUX, November 15, 1895.—The great Rabelais makes Panurgas say to Pantagruel: *“Which of the two things would you rather have, a nose as long as your sight or a sight as short as your nose?” Pantagruel, after retlecting a moment, answers: “I'd rather have a drink.” Rabelais evidently thought in regard to such obscure and idle questions that the truth might be found at the bot- tom of the glass: In vino veritas. After all it is of greater importance to know what wine has been poured into your glass. In the good old time of the Curate of Meudon the sellers of adulterated wine had no such easy time as those rogues of the present day. May Rabelais’ hero and his successors always drink good, genuine wine and they will easily console them- | selves for not giving answers to certain questions. Surely the great wine exposi- tion, as part of the general fair at Bordeaux, will have largely contributed towara solving the question as to where in the world such genuine wine may be had, and the State of California, as one of the tenants of this magnificent ““Palais des Vins'’ at Bordeaux, has an equal interest in showing it. Although only a small ex- hibit, this Californian contribution, com- ing bravely a distance of 7000 miles or so, to the proud congress of all the noblest wines of the world, gathered here at the | famous viticultural center on the banks of | the Garonne, cannot fail to hold its own in the illustrious assembly of the great +¢crus” of Medoc, Burgundy and other dis- tricts. It was evidently intended by the pro- | moters of this Bordeaux Wine Exposition | to show to the world at large that at last | the French vintner had triumphed over his enemies, the phylloxera, the mildew, the black rot, ete., after twenty years of | millions cf losses undnseemingly unending | Sisyphus labor, that at last the former rosperity of the French vineyards had egun to return. But then the question has been asked: Why did Bordeaux invite her comuvetitors of other countries? Why allow them by coming to become still better known, and even gain fresh prestige by obtaining prizes and medals within the very walls of the great wine city? French wine experts and interested parties say in answer that changed since the time of the phylloxera, and France to-day, despite the reconstruc- tion of hervineyards, is obliged to gravitate in new tracks and to reconquer her old markets. Twenty years ago the wine mart was localized in France; at present it is universalized, and new relations have been entered upon between the various nations, from which France cannot afford ! to keep aloof. The French producers and dealers, there- fore, want to be thoroughly posted on all new conditions, on all new wiae industries m the different countries. What better means, they further say, could therefore | have been devised than the general ad- { mission of all competitive viticultural | products of the world to this Bordeaux ex- position, thus affording an opportunity | right here to study and learn what their | competitors are doing. Moreover, what | would the real Bordeaux, Burgundies and | Champagnes have to fear from wines of | other climes and countries? However this | may be, the International Wine Exposi- | tion at Bordeaux became a fait accompli, | the invitation was accepted by all wine- | producing nations, and we find gathered | here, by the side of the very complete | national and coionial French exhibits | wines and_spirits from Germany (Alsace- | Lorraine, Moselle, Rhine, Bavaria); Cali- | fornia; also New York State, Australia, | Chile, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Austria- | Hungary, the Canary Islands, Madeira, | Ttaly, Japan, Russia, Portugal, Roumania, | Argentine, Uruguay, Switzerland, Syria, f Denmark, Norway, Turkey, etc. | One is vividly reminded here of the lines of the poet Mouselet: | - the Burgunder; | None are missing at this peaceable rendezvons, | All are here—oh, what a magnificent spectacle, What a resplendent gala! | _But while the *Palais des Vins” un- | doubtedly 1s the wonder and the key of the Bordeaux Fair—which, by the way, will be closed in the second half of No- vember—the latter is also a general ex- position on a considerable scale of all products of industry, agricuiture, art, in- dustrial art, sciences, etc., and is quite an extensive enterprise. Besides France, Al- geria and Tumis, the French colonies and countries of the protectorate, only Eng- land, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal were admitted as exhibitors. Rut in its wine and spirit departments, electricity and social sciencesit is a world’s fair, open to every nation without distinc- tion. The originator and manager of the whole exposition is the Philomatic Society of Bordeaux, under the presidency i of the eminentengineer, E. Aug. Hausser. This society was founded as early as the year 1808. Tts principal object is to pro- mote useful industries and practical | science, comprising technical and profes- | sional instruction and education by means | of free classes and popular lectures, the | holding of -technical, commercial and | scientific reunions, expositions, congresses, | ete. Itsfirst exposition was held in 1827, | lasted forty days and comprised sixty ex- hibitors. TFive more were held during the period of 1828 to 1845. The seventh took place in 1847 and was on a much larger scale than its predeces- sors. Though it was only a district fair, there were 300 exhibitors, and a national | art exhibition was part of it. The tenth, | which took place in 1859 and lasted three and a half months, was -entirely national, embracing also the colonies, and had at- tracted 1300 exhibitors. The eleventh, in 1865, was the first international exposition held in Bordeaux, with over 2000 exhibitors and 300,000 visitors. Finally the twelfth, held in 1882, had the character of a world’s fair in the wine and spirit department. There were 6000 exhibitors and 1,000,000 visitors. The present exposition is the thirteenth and the greatest ever held here, In size and extent it may be compared to our | Midwinter Fair, containing about an equal number, or even more, of large buildings and halls, of an artistic style or preten- tious construction. The exhibition grounds cover the whcle of the magnificent and immense public square of Bordeaux, which fronts on the River Garonne, the Place des Quinconces, a surface of about 15,000 ‘square yards, with the principal exhibition ‘b\rildi::igs grouped around the new Monu- ment des Girondins. This fine work of art is erected in memory of the Girondist party in the convention of the first French revolution—a very tall marble column crowned by the goddess of Liberty -and surmounted” by other allegorical statues and fountains, and basins: at' the basi The main building, the Palais Principal, a vast double edifice, consists of two sep- arate parts. These are connected by an immense central rotunda, surmounted . by a superb dome, the auditorium: for musicales, theat- trousers and a black soft felt hat. rical performances, lectures, meetings, con- | persistent struggle, after millions and | the axis of the wine mart of the world has- and social gatherings. The front , whose ceniral “‘entree d’honneur” is flanked by horseshoe galleries, each ter- minating in side pavilions,faces the monu- ment of the Girondists, and its interior is divided into several large halls or galleries filled with innumembfia works of thein- dustries and industrial arts, the porcelains of Limoges, the faiences of Valauris, the bronzes, jewels of the greatest houses of France aud other countries, art furniture, glassware, ete. The rear part, the beauti- ful facade of which fronts on ‘the river quai, is styled the **Palais de la Gironde,” and consists_principally of one undivided immense hall, harboring the most im- portant part of the wine and spirits exhibit of the World’s Fair. There are other buildings and sections within the exhibition grounds also de- voted to this wine exposition, as for instance, a very large hall filled with cel- lar appliances, all of the latest improve- ment, samnple vineyards planted in all the celebrated vine varieties known in France, etc. These outside viticultural exhibits are by no means lost among all the other various large exhibition buildings and de- f‘arlmems of prominence, such as the zlace of Electricity, the Algerian and other colonial pavilions, the “Midway Plaisance” of the Annamite, Senegal and Seudan villages, populated by hundreds of skillful artisans and artists, the machinery hall, art exhibits, chemical industries and many interesting specialties such as the artificial preservation in incubators of prematurely born infants, etc. *x k k k k But all these features are overshadowed by this unique international wine exhibi- tion, the like of which -in completeness and detail has bardly been seen hereto- fore. The interior of the *‘Palais des Vine”' of itself is a beautiful sight in the artistic, tasteful arrangement of all these large and small pavilions, kiosks, pyramids, col- umns. From the center of the hall there rises a graceful monument and work of sculpture, an elegant round ‘‘jardiniere’” filled with choicest flowers and plants, the four pedestals of which support allegorical bronze figures and ceramic vases, while the high middle column, with its orna- mental frieze and dome, is fittingly crowned by the bronze statue of *‘The Wine - drinker,’”” holding a full goblet in his right hand. To the left of this monument are grouped within a very richly decorated instaliation, the “Salon d’Honneur” of the wine pal- ace, the most beautiful flowers of the viti- cultural wreatn of the wonderful Gironde; the white Sauterne wines. find under the Banner of the agricultural and viticultural syndicates of Blanquefort anl Lesparre (Nathaniel Johnson, presi- dent), the four foremost *‘crus”’—Chateaux Lafite, La Tour, Margaux and Haut Brion; then follows a certain num- ber of second crus oi the Medoc, of third, fourth, fifth crus, thereaiter the superior ‘bourgeois” and the plain bourgevis of the same country, all com- prising 100 exhibitors; further the exhibi- tion made by the ‘‘agricultural committee’” of the Medot, a collective exhubit of eighty contributors of ‘‘bourgeois.” ‘artisan’’ and “‘peasant’’ crus, in their successive order and rank. Honor be to Medoc, to those wines which any one may drink without the least hesitancy, in all the ex- cellence of their long noble descent! Indeed, they have a glorious old history. As early as 1302 the wine of Gascony, which included the Bordeaux crus, heid an important place in the London market. Its exportation engaged 4000 sailors and pilots continually. Even in the sixteenth century the precious Medoc products could not be dethroned in the British Isles by the wines of Spain and Portugal, which then had become general favorites. About that time a French Embassador to the English court wrote home: “OQur white louis are changed into English crowns, and if the loss of Dunkirk to the English has robbed us of that money the wine of Gascony will bring it back to us.”” During 1730 70,000 tuns of Bordeaux wine, valued at over 9,000,000 livres, were exported, not only to England, but to Denmark, Flan- ders, Sweden, Germany and America. In the ‘‘Salon d’Honneur” we further find the great white.wines, the unsurpassed Chateau Yquem and ten of the first class of the Sauternais; Chateaux Climens, Guiraud, Rabaud, etc., which during the last five years yielded in total nearly 6,000,- 000 bottles of precious wine produced from grapes picked singly and throughout se- lected most carefully. Honor be also to their neighbors here, the other old crus of France, the “wines of Sainct Melyon,”’ which are so strongly con- stituted that they will appear in all their beauty when other Medocs grow weak; the Saint Emilion, Bonorol, St. Christophe des Bardes, etc., here worthily represented by eighty e s, Next comes_the collective exhibit of the celebrated Libournais district (seventy- three exhibitors) of Fronsac with the gen- erous ruby crus of the Canon coast and of Dordogne (St. Michel, Saillans,Vevac, ete.), all of old reputation, and many others. There is a very brilliant collective exhi- bition of the Canton de Bourg sur Gironde, beginning with the year 1865 and coming down to 1894, also generous wines so co- piously produced by the picturesque sites of this district, with its fertile soil. Many new extensive plantations have been made there during the latter years, especially of the Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet and Verdot varieties, which_thrive so well.in Califor- nia, but especially of Cabernet, which, blended with Malbec and Merlot, will produce wines which mature rapidly for consummation. Also in the once phylloxera distriet of the Canton de St. Andre de Cubzac, repre- sented here by 150 exhibitors, the graits of the varieties just named have made most wonderful progress toward the reconstruc- tion of those vineyards. For want of space 1 must abstain from dwelling in detail on all those interesting various French exhibits, the grand vins of Burgundy with all their noble names, the Chambertin, Vougeot, Pomard, Beaume, Nuits, Montrache (mostly made out of the black’ Pinot grape), or the white Chablis (out of white Pinot or Chardenet), with a total production in 1893 of 70,000,000 Ameri can gallons, or on the wines of the “Midi (south), Algiers, Tunis, Roussillon, Carig- nane, or all the champagnes.of Rheims, Epernay, Cote d’'Or, Saumur, etc., or the very line cognac exhibit of the two Cha-~ rentes, etc. In the central part of the north side of the hall we find the foreign exhibits, by the side of Spain, Bavaria’s Palatinate wines, Italy’s large show, the collections of Por- tugal, Chile, Argéntine, Russia, California, etc. The most interesting of these are the exhibits of Spain, Russia and Californi: The Marquis de Misa has sent a wonderf exhibit of sherry, the real xeres, ‘“‘I’em- perador de los vinos.” This Spanish fire- wine is raised on the chalk soils of a tertiary formation from the Mantuo, Palanimo and Pedro Ximenez . grapes. Such exquisite strong wine is no doubt destined to make the greatest fame of Californian viticvlture in_ the hot interior valleys, where also “Rayonne de soleil est plus chaund qu’ail- leurs.” Other ‘“‘vinos generosos’’ are here, the Spanish Moscatel, Malvoisie, Malaga, Lacruna, Muscat, Manzanita, of dark or amber or golden color. Rnssia has surprised everybody by her varied wine exhibit from the Crimea, Bessarabia, Caucasus, Turkestan, the Don and Astrachan, where almost everywhere an amazing progress has been made dur- ing the last few years. French wine statisticians assure me that there are no less than 500,000 acres planted in vines in Southern Russia—the tenth part of the French vineyard acreage—producihg from 80,000,000 to 90,000,000 American gallons each year, which would be nearly six times as much as California produces, and yet not- enough for the home demand of that immense population. But I doubt the correctness of these statistics. A mag- nificent pavilion, crowned by an elaborate dome, contains the Crimean and Caugca- sian wines of the Czar, presented here by Prince Gallitzin. The Cabernet variet; ‘bas been largely planted also in the Cri- mea and, stranse to say, contrary to the results obtaine | in California from this gra; -viz. : & wine of Medoc type, though perhaps, a little stronger in alcofio] than in the Gironde—the Cabernet in Southern Russia produces a port of 16 and 17 ger cent alcohol without fortification, so high is the percentage cf sugar pro- Medoc, Red Graves, St. Emilionnais and | Here we | by the hot sun of the Crimea. This poxtis pronounced to be a delicious, velvety and fruity wine. Also Tokay, Malaga, Muscat of Livadia are pro- duced there without any addition of sugar and alcohol. : There are, further, exhibited here good Burgundy wines of the Caucasus, made out of tne Kakhetic grape, Saperavie, and the Grenache varieties, the latter being well known in California. TheMon- vede and Puiotgris yield enormous crops per acre and wines of 13 per cent alcohol. Also Semillon, Malvoise and Riesling thrive well. . It'is interesting to chronicle that Japan is represented by wines and brandies pro- duced by natives. Last, but not least, California’s exhibit. This choice collective contributio:1 from all the different wine districts of the State, the names of which appear in large letters on the outside wails of the little orna- mental pavilion, has no doubt consider- ably advertised -California wine here and attracted a great deal of interest. There has been an amount of samplinfz by the jury, experts, dealers, journalists and others, and opinions have been formed and expressed upon_ the value of our product. As far as I can learn, many of the wines, both red and white, have ated surprise, and 1n several cases almir: tion. Unfortunately, I notice that a num- ber of bottles on exhibit, particularly of white wine, have gone wrong,. turned cloudy and show deposits. This may have given rise to some of the fault-finding with the white wines. : As I have learned from our Consul, Mr. Wiley, or rather his Vice-Consul, ' Mr. Beecher, both of whom have taken a most earnest interest in this exhib: critics claimed to discover a taste o ten wood” in some of the wines. The wines of Inglenook (Napa), Cresta Blanea, Beringer Brothers, are among those which I heara favorably commented upon. On the whole, our red wines seem to be liked better here than the white. The former seem to have shown the best keeping qualities among this ‘exhibit. Fault bhas been found with the-labels, corks and tin caps. In some instances the Jatter have worn badly. tributed the poor condition of some of the botties. The best varieties of wine and brandy which we produce are a]vpar(-nlly here on show—our Cabernets, Zinfandels, claret blends, Semillons, Sauterne types, ports, sherri weet wines, etc. All or most of our leading wine-cellars and vineyards seem to have taken part, and it would therefore be probably useiess to enumerate the exhibitors. California appears repre- sented in all classes and divisions of the official catalogue. As far as the publications of the awards o to date the diploma of the silver medal has been awarded for wines (dry and sweet) to the collective exhibit of Califor- nia and the Cupertino Wine Company of Santa Clara County. The diploma of ‘the bronze medal to Albertz of Cloverdale; Arpad Haraszthy; Carpy & Co., Napa; H. W. Crabb, Napa; Ruby Hill Vineyard Company, Pleasanton, and Julius Smith, Livermore; the bronze medal also for brandy to Diehl, Menke & Co., San Fran- cisco. Honorable mention is awarded to Ben Lomond Wine Company, Santa Cruz; Beringer Bros., St. Helena; Italian-Swiss Agricultural Colony, Asti: P. Klein, Santa Clara; Napa Valley Wine Company and chilling & Co., San Francisco. Germany received for wines nine awards, Australia thirty-six, among these a diploma of honor, the second best (the first being the grand prix), and five gold medals, the third best (while the diploma of silver medal is only the fourth best); Austria- Hungary only three awards (one silver medal, two bonorable mentions); Chile one gold medal for the National Scciet of Agriculture and two bronze medals; Cyprus one honorable mention; Spain abont 140 diplomas, from the diplome d’honneur down to the honorable men- tion; New York State (Bishop of Roches- ter), one honorable mention; Greece nine, Italy twenty-five, Japan one, a gold medal; Portugal twelve, the Argentine Republic one silver medal, Russia one grand prix for the Czar’s exhibit (no doubt for political reasons), one bronze medal and four honorable mentions; Switzer- land one silver medal, and Uruguay one bronze medal. There may yet be other awards for Cali- fornia, the publication of which has not been reached or which may have been cabled over before this letter will be pub- lished. Whether the California wine_ has been done full justice at Bordeaux, either by the contributors to the exhibit or the jury in making the awards, will be diffi- cult to determine now. Some of the Bordeaux experts who expressed them- selves freely on Spanish or Russian wines had nothing at all to say about_ours, and even dectined to give their opinions. It is not to be forgotten that in the English and German markets California is a com- petitor with France. It may be of interest to add that since May 1, up to October 12, during twenty- two weeks of the exposition of Bordeaux, the total number of visitors was 1,719,078. The following are the awards given for California brandies at the Bordeaux Expo- sition : Diploma of silver medal — Inglenogk vineyard, Rutherford, Napa County; Ital- ian-Swiss Agricultural Colony, Asti, So- noma County; Sabatie & Co., San Fran- cisco. Diploma of bronze medal—George West, Stockton, and Diehl, Menke & Co., San Francisco. Honorable mention—Beringer Brothers, St. Helena; H. W. Crabb, Oakville, Napa County; Kohler & Frohling, Glen Ellen; Repsold & Co., San Francisco. Among the foreign exhibits of brandy or *“‘Cognac’’ California ranks as high as any other country, in fact higher than most of them, only Greece, Italy and Russia also carrying off silver medals. Australia bad to be contented with bronze medals, Italy and Russia each received but one silver medal, Greece six, California three. One New York exhibitor is awarded “honorable mention’’ for hisgrape brandy. Yesterday’s edition of the leading wine journal of Bordeaux, Feuille Vinicole de la Gironde, contains a brief summary of all the foreign wine exhibits, written by the editor and well-known wine expert, Henri Kehrig. It will be interesting to hear what he has to say about the Australian and Californian exhibits: *‘Around the tourth pillar, opposite the Greek monument, are grouped the wines of Australia. First the collective exhibit of the colony. of Victoria (twenty-six ex- hibitors). then fifteen individual exhib- itors. We find here, also, the Cabernet, Malbec, Riesling, Frontignan, etc. The Australians, on the whole, have sent us good products. Some of their types are perfectly ‘vinified,’ bothr red and white and sweet wines. Some specimens show a good deal of fineness and a ‘cachet’ of grandeur. Australia is very much devoted to viticulture, but, generally speaking, the financial results do not come up to the sacrifices made. “The California monument pavilion, ar- ranged in very good taste and decorated with dark green velvet hangings, repre- sents an assortment of a great many vari- eties of wines. California aims at the pro- duction of all classes of wines and the con- dition and form of the bottles are exactly appropriate to the'product. The claret is in Bordeaux bottles, the Rhine wine in ‘fluted’ Rhine bottles, the port in so- called English bottles, the grape brandy in cognac bottles, etc.; and we read here on labels: Cabernet, Sauvignon vert, Mal- bec, Reisling, Traminer, Port, Sherry, Maiaga, Tokay, - etc. The collective ex- hibit of California consists of twenty-two exhibitors, one of which lffpmwuts acollec- tion of wines of eight different years since 1886."” PAUL OEKER. His Natural Inference. “I'm taking lessons on the violin from Professor Scrape.” “Is he a good master?’’ play feur tuneson one string.” % “Really? Well, you ought to be able to f{lny ;;:e tune on four strings.’'—Chicago ecord. Supreme Test. .Elder Berry—What is your idea of faith ? Joblots—Putting a nickel on the plate and expecting a crown of pure gold.—New York Herald. To this’/may perhaps be at- | should say so; last night I'heard him | Dr. Sweany, Our Most Eminent ‘Medicai and Surgical Expert, Adopts.a New Course. He To-Day Publishes Testimonials for the First Time—A Most Remark- able Showing—What Skill and Abil- ity Have Accomplished. T HAS BEEN STATED AGAIN AND AGAIN that the noblest work that any man can be engaged in is in the alleviation of the suffer- ings of his tellow-mortals, and it is doubtless true. There is not one man out of a hundred on this Coast who in this connection has not heard of Dr.Sweany (whose offices have for many years been as 737 Market street) and the wonderfully clever work which he had done— curing when each and every school'of medicine had given patients up, and healing and putting onthe right path the thousands who had be- come victims of pernicious habits, or who, DR. F. L. SWEANY. (From a recent photo.) through their follies, had become utterly “done up,” &s some people call it Feeling that perhaps it might really be doing the public a service, Dr.Sweany has at length been persuaded to publish & few of the many thousands. of testimonials and grateful let- ters with which his offices are fairly stacked. The permission of each patient has first been obtained, and then the testimonials have been verified by a well-known business man, and only the initials are appended to the letters, for even now Dr. Sweany will not permit their identit yto be known to the world. Patients who come to the office for treatment, however, have the privi! of inspecting these letters in their | original form as well as thousands of others. As will be noticed below affidavit has been made to the absolute genuineness of these let- ters, and they are not to be in any way come pared to the purchased letters which so many unscrupulous doctors of low character publish. They are usually bought by the score and are of 1o value whatever to the inquirer or seeker after health. To commence with, then. let us take the case of a middle-aged man of Sacramento. He writes the following interesting letter: Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 6, 1894. T am feeling a great DR. SWEANY—Dear Sir: deal better. 1 have not s as I do now. My stomach is in good condition. € sleep well and_my appetite is good. The color ig coming back in my face. I can say your medicing is @ great boon to me. Before taking your treatment my appetite was poor; alwaysgot up in the morning with a bad taste in my mouth, stomach swollen_and sore, and sometimes had vomiiing spells. I have taken medicine from our doctor bere, but all the relief L had was tempotary only, but' I have every cons fidence that you will cure me. Wishing you success in all your undertakings, Respectfully, A A That bears the very imprint of truth on itq face, and shows that Dr. Sweany’s treatment really cures—it does the work thoroughly. Sometimes, of course, this sort of succesd creates professional jealousy, &s in the case of this young fellow who lives in the Sagebrush State. He says: = Ren v., July 28, 1894, DR. F. L. SWEANY—Dear Sir: The last medi- cize has helped me a great deal. [ am feeling fine. Everybody is pleased to see me up and ask_how it happened and to tell them who 1t s that cured me. Those doctors that gave me up to die are mad to see me improving, and when anybody asks them vhy they did Dot cure me they say L cannot get well Please send me some more medicine. B. B. The confidence which Dr. Sweany inspires in his patients is most remarkable. The mo- ment they are fully under his care they seem to get imbued with the ides that they have at last found help. For instance, read what a young Oregonian says: Baker City, Or., August 22, 1895. DR. SWEANY—Dear Sir: L believe that I will be well in a short time. I am gaining sexual power quite fast. Have not passed milky urine more than twice since taking medicine. Send a supply of medicine as soon as possible, as my supply will be out in a few days. Yours truly, AALT. And then, for a moment, consider this grates ful letter from Mexico, for it is true that Mr, W. E. G. had much 10 be grateful for. He wrote: Sonora, Mexico, June 16, 1895. F. L. SWEANY, M.D., San Francisco, Cal.— Dear Sir: I received on the 11th instant your let- ter and package of medicine. Your directions have been carried out as closely as possible, and I could not hope for better results. My general health is excellent; muscles of the back and legs are braced up; I can undergo a greac deal of exertion without feeling tired; mw mind is clearer, and, it I may so express it, purer; feel cheerful and no longer despondent; feel better and look better. I used to be troubled 'with neuralgia pains under the eyes, which seem now to have left me. Sexual emissions have become rare. I sleep and eat well and my digestion is good. I will say that if I continue to progress so well as at present and find mysel? in a satisfactory condition on mar- riage I shall not consider the amount already paid you t0 end my obligations to you. 1t1s now likely that my marrlage will take place in September. Yours truly, W. E. G. And perhaps here it may be as well to give a specimen of & letter from & man on the fair way to recovery. Look at the trust and confi- dence that he has in his complete recovery, And it is right that he should have: Los Angéles, Cal., July 16, 1895. DR. F. L. SWEAN Y—Dear Sir: Pléease send mo some more medicine. The pain { had in the lower part of my belly 15 not half as bad as it was. I sleep well and my appetite is good. Iweigh 28 pounds more than I ever did, and I am bound to gerwell. My flesh 15 as hard as 2 rock and I have not done much work, either, to make muscle; still I have muscies, and good big ones, too, Respect~ fully, C A, And others write in different ways—as the spirit moves them—all pleased with the course of their treatment and all full of praise for the eminent specialist. One man says: My head feels better than it has forayear. I can sit down and do mental work with more ease than for a long time. In my heart I must say that 1 el truly grateful to you for the relief. And another: I have noticed & marked change in my condi- tion. The 0ss of semen has nearly ceased and the shrunken organs seem to be graduslly returning 10 their natural size and strength. This list might, of course, be continued un- endingly, but a sufficient variety has been given to show how great is the range that Dr, Sweany covers in his treatment of diseases. All chronic and private troubles, no matter how severe, are unfailingly and quickly bene- fited; diseases peculiar to women is another specialty, and that disgluting ailment, ca- tarrn, is promptly cured. Indeed, if you are ill, no matter what is the matter with you, apply to Dr. Sweany, and you will get prompt and certain halx. Don’t waste any t.me. Come to the ofiice to-day if you are in the city: and if not, sit down at once and write, for quite & large proportion of Dr. Sweany’s professional business is done by correspondence, and out- of-town patients are treated quite as success- fully as those who are able to call at the office in person. ’ AFFIDAVIT. The origingl testimonials which are repro- duced above were inspected and compared by Mr. A. Atkins, the well-known and popular newspaper man,and he has made the following affidavit thereto: State of Callforala, City and County of San ciSco, ss. : Personally ap] before me, Mark Lane, a Notary Babilc lana 0r 1h6 Oity aid County of San Francisco, State of California, A. Atkins, who, being first duly sworn, deposes and says. that he has caretully_examined and compared the fore- going coples' of letters and testimonials, signed, Tespectively, A, A WUB. B A, AT, W E: . and “C. A.,” with the originals thereof, now in the possession of Dr. F. L. Sweany of San Fran- cisco, and that the same are true and exact copies of said original letters and testimonials, | Subscribed and sworn to inis seh aa Subscribed and sworn to before me th day of December, A. D.1895. . MARK LANE, ‘Notary Public in and for the Clity and County of’ ‘San Francisco. State of Californis. F. L. SWEANY, M. D., 737 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, \