The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 3, 1897, Page 8

At last the suspense is over! In a performance of “La Gioconda” the Italian company of great unknowns was divulged at the California Theater last night, before a big and competent au- dience. Eversincethedays when Giannini came up out of nowhere and smote the town with an avalanche of sweet sound the coming of a foreign Opera cormpany has been the occasion of excitement in the local music world. Sometimes this excitement has died a sad Wdeath at the first performance. The French organ on of last year, for in- stance, in spite of its array of subsidizing agels’” and its obese | prices of admi-sion, did much to encour- | age skepticism—so much that for thelast | month I have been afraid to compromise myself even in an advance notice—taking care that the adulatory adjectives were safety-valved with “it is said,” or “it is promised.” Tnere are tricks in all trades. But now the first night is over and the truth may be told. So far as the leader and the orchestra and the chorus are concerned our friends from Italy, via Mexico, are a fabu- lous surprise. 3 But the most of the singers who rejoiced in the principal roles of “Giocenda® last | night are down to the worst expectations. | voices wobble and dodder and | quaver and sagand domany other strange | things to the music of Ponchielli. Never | my life have I heard so much vibrato | and fa pitch on one stage in one night. | There may be persons who enjoy the human voice when itis at its shakiest and | cking notes that have no place in the | e’ of civilized’ harmony— in} fact, | | authorit | nearly all the good work that was done, there were persons in the California last nicht who made a feature of crying “Bravo!” and “‘Bis!” at the times when my ears were blistering of the tremulous cacophony—but I am sure that the quiet, sensitive opera-goer enjoys his music most when it is clean-toned and in & simi- lar key to that played by the orchesira. As a matter of history let me write the names of Signor Giuseppe Agostine and Signor Viciorio Girardi. Agostine is the Italian tenor who sang the part of Enzo, and Girardi is the basso who sang the part of the venceful husband. Eacn has his faults, but both sang a straight, true note last night. Look to these names on your programmes, for if your auditory organs are delicate and fas- tidious they will mean a great deal to you during the season. Ifeit sorry for the leader, Pietro Val- lini. He is a_musician of imagination ard i He nas the Latin glow and seductive graces of form and color. He brought out the Hugoesque splendors of the score with brilliancy and with beauty, and he never for a moment lost sight of the drama, so far as he could aid it. Vallini wouid have made a great night of it had he had a little assistance from tbe singers.” Asit was the tenor did and tnis rather throu:h the gifis of nature than any art of his own. He is a small, slim, smiling youtn, this Agostine, with a small, slim, <miling voice that seems to be neither matured nor educated; but besingsthereal limpid tenor note of sunny Italy with a flime and a reed-like poignancy in it to burst out when you least expect them. Dramati- cally he is no better than the others of the company (they all revel in the one-two- three-let-her-go-at-the-gallery system of stage tactics, accompanied by padded gestures). but he made the part of Enzo delightful to hear last night and deserves no small glory. Girardi, who shared with Agostine the distinetion of singing evenly and in tune, would attract no attention under ordinary circumstances. His basso is very feathery, and he realized few of the immense histrionic opportunities that lie in the part of Alvise Badoero. In fact the drama of Hugo, which Boito so cunningly condensed for the music of *‘Ponchielli,” was not touched upon In the performance. If I had not wit- nessed the work some time ago at the Tivoli I shonld never have known the possibilities the piece holds for dramatic singers. The blind contralto mother’s burst of melody 1n the first act, Barnaba’s incantations at the lion’s mouth, the trio of the monk, the mother and Gioconda against the back- ground of thie ve:per hymn singing inside the church, the blend of creed and passion in Laura’s prayer to the Virgin as she abandons husband for lover, the tremendous scene between Laura and Gioconda, the great scene where the sersnade in tne distanc: is singing away the life of Laura, aud the ex- WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1897 quisitely tragic finale—all of these pathet- ic, melodramatic, vast, rhetorical, maievo- lent, fascinating and stagy moments that are so expressively Hugoesque were lost, entirely lost. Signor Francesconi made a small something out of Barnaba’s song to the sailors. b:t he gave it none of the Mephistophelian dash and his vibrato never left him for a -econd. Signorina Nina Mazzi as the Gioconda excelled in the general incompetency. Her singing was one prolonged nanny, aggravate | bs preposterous acting. Signorina Beatrix Franco was alnunst as bad 1n the part of the mother, and Ade- lina Fanton’s Laura was occasionally dramatic, but on the whole insecure. Tne event of the night was when Val- lini played the ba:let music as a prelule to the third act. 3 Twonder if some afternoon we couldn’t smugg e away Vailini and his orchestra and bis chorus and have a warm Italian version of the Ninth Symnhony? HTON STEVENS. HHGAg e In the Audience. Among those who attended the opera last evening were: R. M. Hotaling, Hayes, Mrs. J. A. A. Hotaling, M Mrs. Mr. and Mrs Schwartz and party, Lientenant Noble, Don- &ld de V. Graham, A, C. Hooper, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. ]\irkpa(nct, Mr. and Mrs. Gallois, Her- man_Shainwald, Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Palmer, Mr. Dubedet, Mr. Broqu.y, E. J. Mo.atre, offi- cers of tho French man-of-war: Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Rossi, Mr. and Mrs. George Hens- chell, Mr. and Mrs. Will Bryan, Miss McConnell of Woudiand, Mr. and Mrs. A. Sbarboro, Mr. and Mrs. M. Leventritt, R.and E. M. Leéven. tritt, Mr. and Mrs. S. . Rosenstock, Dr. and Mrs. P. de Veecni, Dr. A. Oliino, Professor and Mrs. Areenti, Dr.’ T. A Rottanzi, Mrs. S. Rot- tanzi, Mrs. Steffani, Amedee Jouliin, Mr. and Mrs. ‘Fred Marriott, Mr. and Mrs, Clement Bennett, Sinford Goldstein, William M. Bunker, Mr, and Mrs. J. Frowenfeld, Mr. and Mre. A. Steinberser, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ackerman, Miss Ella Newell, Judge and Mrs. I. A. spinetti, Mr. and Mrs. J, M. Rothehild, Nr.and Mr« Brandt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles’ A Green, Mr. and Mrs, M. War- shauer, J. M. Furnett, Fle-enzo Cavagnaro, My. and Mrs. Henry Hamburger, Miss Cn: lotte Jewall, My and Mrs. F. Habenicht, Mrs, George Habenicht, N. Habinicht, Al Lange, Georze Abboit, Miss Lulu Saxthori, Henry Palmer, B. M. Leloug, Mrs. Peter Sloan, Mrs. Hurry Wood, E. Beek, Df. umar, ~ Mr. and Mrs, Leon’ Slos Captain J. Mchonald, Major and Mrs. Rath: bon, Mr. und Mrs. C. de Guigne, ex-Senator James McCuidin, Miss Kitty McCudden, Mr. and Mrs. E tark, R. E. Severns, P. Bacigalupi, M. G. Tonini, N. Ferri, Mr. and Mrs. F. Michelena, F. Pedretti, C. Zapell, P. A. Giannini, Rev. and Mrs. M. S Levy, Mr. and Mrs. G. Brenner, D. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Schwartz, Jonas Bloom, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Figenbzum, Mr. and Mrs! Hirshler, Dr. nud Mrs. Arthur, Regensburger, Mr. and Mrs. Louls Sloss, A. Stern, Miss Stern, Mr. Goldstein, Miss Goldstein, Mrs. Crouduce, Miss Elenor Croudace, Nr. and Mrs. Edward Hamilton, E. J. Moiari, Tom Barbour, Jo-eph Howel!, E. J. Butler, Armand Calleau, J. Reis, Mr. and Mrs. John Chretien, Mr. and Mrs uchizola, Miss Chuchizols, Mr. and Mrs! Granucei, Miss Brizzolara, Mr. Cadenassi, Mr. and Mrs. Pastore, Mr. and Mrs. Bacigalupi, Mrs. R occatagliata, Miss Ferrogiaro, Dr. Cagliera, Miss A. Cagliera, Dr, and Mrs. V. Vaccari, Mrs. L. Scatena, Miss Flor- ence Scatena, A. Malpiede, G. Almagia, . Patrizi, Dr. G. Ollino, Senator and Mrs. E. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. A. Zabald, Mr. and Mrs. G. Musto, Misses Musto, Miss Aida Sb boro and Dr. H. Sartori. o To-Night’s Opera. The bill for to-night is *“The Masked Ball,’' with several new singers in the G.cast. A TENPERANCE SALOON STARTED Dr. Morgan Will Inaugurate the Work in This City | in Two Weeks. It Is to Have Everything a Real Saloon Has but In- toxicating Liquors. Bartenders Have Applied for Posi- ns, but the Doctor and His Wife Will Fill the Bill ti San Francisco is at last to have a tem- perance salon. As Tue CALL announced | ne months ago, Rev. Dr. H. Victor Morgan of the Uhristian Church has for some time been anxious to start this line the city. Now his plans are and ome week from next Tuesday will see the temperance salon in | full operation. Dr. Morgan spells it sa- lon instead of saloon, giving it the old, respectiul title instead of the corrupted one which means a drinking-place. idea was made public Dr. bad but little rest. Letters as strongly of work in already mad : | 3 The temperance saloon idea is by no means original with myself. It has been tried successfully in other cities and has proved. at- tractive te young men who would otherwise spend their time in the drinking-places. In adding this apartment to our mission work in San Francisco we do so with the 1eeling that such & place is needed. Since opening my reading-room a few weeks ago one very intelligent young man, who nas charge of a stock ranch in the interior,dropped into our readine-room. Each day while he remzined in the city found him in attendance. Before leayv- ing he said: "It has been a real pleasure for me to find a place open where I couia come and read and find some person to talk to. Often when in (hecity I have gone into the saloons just beczuse I was lonesome, I believe there are hun- dreds of young men who would prefer to come to temperance places if they knew they were open.” It seems to us that Cbristian people who are interested in the moral and religious welfare of the sirange young man could do no better work than to fit up a room with papers, temperance drinks, etc., and keep it open day and night. There is room in this city not for one or two, but for hun- dreds. Such institutions cannot be expected 10 be self-supporting ana will need to be supported by some organization. Since agitating this movement I have received many letters urging me to go ahead. One man in New York, who read an article in re- gard to the work in THE Carr, writes as follows: ““Your proposed work is vractical and. Chrisiian. Many of our ciurches do not take into consideration the fact that In nearly all large cities the strange young men are almost forced o frequent the drinking saloons. I believe the time is coming when religious peopie will see that the only way to overcome evil is by doing good.” Hexry Vicror Morean. LR LR R R R R R R R R R LR R R L L R R R R R A L R R L R R L R R R R R R R R R R R R R | | commending have poured in on him in a steady siream. Some of them have come from those eager to fiil the position of barkeeper, and there are more of these than of any other. Bome of them are anxious to do it for the cause and a certain statea sum per week; others because they have had experience in the real saloons and at present are out of work. These, like the others, would require a small sum weekly. One man objected to the whole thing on general principies and said he was sure it would lead younz men to try and find out wnat the real thing was. One man to whom Mr. Morgan made applica- tion for a building for the salon looked shocked (he was reading his Bible at the time) and said be didn’t approve of such thines. The remark struck Mr. Morgan as being somewhat superfluous, seeing that the man had in the property underl |Miss Gladys | charge of insubordination and neglect of E) Scene in Onz of the Temperance Saloons. his agency two of the real article, both ! running in full blast. | However the letters praising the effort | are several times larger :n numbers than the others, so Dr. Morgan is not di couraged in the lea<t. Al sorts of dona. | tions have been coming to the littie mis- | sion on Howard street—papers, maga- zines, etc. Mr. Morgan will tend bar himself, and | when he is not there his pretiy little wi.e will officiate in his stead, so the hopes of many applicants will be crushed to the | ground. Tables will be spread a'l through the large room and temperance drinks | will be served to ail who wisa them. This | idea has been very successful in England | anain Chicago, and Dr. Morgan has great | hopes of what the work will accomnlish here. FAMILY JAR IN THE GREENROOM Wallis and Manager Frawley Part Company. The Actress Gives a Spicy Version of Her Side of the Trouble, Miss Gladys Waliis and T. J. Frawley, the theatrical manager, have parted. Frawley says he has dismissed his charming young soubrette on the plain duty. Miss Wallis on the other hand de clares that she was simply squeezed out of the Columbia combination becanse she refused to put up with the insults heaped upon her by her employer. Altogether the circumstance has given rise to mach gossip in the greenroom. For some time pas: it has been an open secret that Frawley and Miss Wallis were not on the best of terms, though they con- tinued to appear together in many roles on the stage. During the recent tour of the Frawley Company to the Northwest tbhere were signs of an open rupture. Upon the return of the players on Sunday last Miss Wallis received a “‘two weeks' notice that her services were nolonger re- quired, whici she handed to her attorney, Henry 1. Kowalsky, for advice. As the young actress was drawing $110 a week, with a contract expiring next May, Kowalsky promptly advised her to pay no attention to the communication. When Miss Wallis turned up for rehearsal the following morning the stage manager oraered her to give up her part, and thus the long-expected breach had developed at last. Frawley says the young woman was a mischief-breeder and refused to obey or- ders, was frequently late at rehearsals, and in justice to tue welfare of the company be was obligad to discharge her. More- over he intimates that success had affected Miss Wallis to such an extent as to en- iarge her ideas of herself to an unmanage- able extent to put it mildiy. Miss Wallis resents Frawley’s accusa- tions in an unmistakable manner. *‘Be- cause I refused to put up with his insults is the true reason why 1 Lave been dis- charged. For some time I have not <poken to Mr. Frawley for reasons which Lasa woman deem sufficient. 1f I were a mischief-breeder it is strange Frawley was 50 anxious to raise my salary when I | of reve! signed with th in “The Geisha. Mrs. Kreling was begged and asked to release me, and 1 was told if I left the Frawley company it would be the means of disrupting the organization probably. Finally Mr. Leahy secured another so! brette in the Eastand I agreed 1o con- tinte with Frawley until May. Every underhand method was resorted to to se- cure my release from Mrs. Kre!ling since tbat time. I have kept away from Mr. Frawley and Isuppose that thisis his way ge. “He talks of my being tco late to re- hearsals. Why, on our recent trip north he faiied to show up at all one nizht, and we were obliged to have a substitute aciu- ally read the part.” And thus it goes. Left-handed compli- nts are being passed with vigor. Miss Ilis declares she will bring suit to re- cover her salary of $110 a week from now until May, according to the terms of her agreement, and krawley shrags his shoulders in derision at the bare idea of anything being due her. In t e mean- time Miss Lillie Wren has succeeded Miss Wallis in the company which proceeds to Honolulu on the next steamer. MOVING A TOWN ON SCOWS. How Citizens of a Waestern Settlement Keep Up With the Procession. The town of New Kamiichie in Mason County will soon cease to exist, except in name. Al present the townsite presents a deserted appearance. All the buildings, except one store and hotel, are vacated and many have either ben torn .down or moved away. The townsi'e is owned by the Port Blakeley Mill Company, as well asall the bui'dings. A monih ago a rail- road bad its terminus there. Now there is nothing left except Lhe right of way and & few old ties, The rails were taken up, and the round- house, machine-shops and everything were moved away. Two miles and a half furtber up the bay is the new town and the terminus of the railroad, which handles more sawlogs than any other rallroad in the State. The railroad is owned by the B akeley Mill Company, and they dump miliions of feet of logs in the water eacn year. The new town has notye: received a name, but nevertheless it has its importance. A gang of housemovers went over a short time ago and proceeded to move the buildings to the new terminns of the rail- road. These buildings were taken down to the beach and load d on scows and towed away. Five residences in all have been taken to the new town, which some call the “rollway,” because there is where the logs are rotled from the cars into the bay. Two large houses are now being placed on scows and will be 1owed to Port Blakeley, a distance of eighty miles. The houses are two stories in height and forty feet lonz, and, placed on scows being towed up the harbor, they look very pretiy. At the same time there is an element of dancer present. A little wind would soon cause the houses to tumbie 1n tbe bay. Three more buildings of the same size will be taken to Blakeley—then the town will not amount to much. The wharf will be attacked next, and the Jurge warehouses will be moved to the “rollway.” After that the company’s of- fices anc other buildings will be taken nway to lend dignity to the new town. Only two families, the po-toffice, two de- serted hotels and an Odd Feliows’ hall will comprise the town of New Ka mil. chie.—Seattle Time: ————— POINTED PARAGRAPHS, Woman is a lovely dream—and dreams always go by contraries. No man ever gets discouraged in trying to live without working. Some men are like a bass-drum—they make lots of noise, but there’s nothing in them. Absence sometimes makes the heart e Tivoli people for a part W grow fonder—of some other person. Love muy be blind, but it can smell the cloves on a man’s breath just the sam A wife is called the better half because she usually gets the best of the other half. THE AUDITOR T0 PHELAN Broderick’s Interpretation of the Laws Governing the County Clerk. The Watchman of the Treasury Does Not Thoroughly Agree With the Mayor. His Views on the Subject Set Forth in a Lengthy Communication. The Letter in Full. Auditor Broaerick, after two days’ care- ful study of Mayor Phelan’s communica- tion regarding the County Clerk’s office, has arrived at his conclusions ia the mat- ter, and submitted the following answer to the Mayor yesterday: AUDITOR '8 OFFICE, Nov. 2, 1897. Hon. James D. Pheian, Mayor of San Francisco— DEARSIR: In Cousequence of the receipt of yours of October 18, wherein you call my at- tention to an enumeration of “laws affecting the clerical force of the County Clerk and Dis- trict Attorney,” I have given very careful and industrious search and inquiry iuto all the authorities and decisions referred to by you. Out of respect to the office vou hold aid the statements made in your communication I have held out the salary demands of all depu- ties and copyists of sald offices for the month of October, and propose to reirain irom audit- ing tneir demauds a reasonabie time, for the reason that your views have been g published in'the press of San Franci for the further reason that I belicve the appro- priation made b the Roard of Supervisors was based upon the arzument therein. I do mot agree with you in many of your conclusions. and while it may be a hardship upou the officers whose salary I witnhold tem- porarily beeause of your assertion that their appolntments are made under an unconstitu- tional met, it iy nevertheless due the public and themselves to have the subject-matier “cleared up.” I am disposed to hold the de- mands a reasonable time, say ten days, so that you may reconsider. vour premises wherein we differ, and should no chance of opinion arise then that we may bring about some means of sccuring & speedy judiciul de- termination of the question ai issue. The question is of public importance and is de- serving of judicial adjudication unless you can come to view theé maiter as Ido. I have examined all the authorities:ou have cited (and others that you have not cited), as well as the briefs submitted to the Supreme Court, and am fuliy convinced that your con- clusions wili bear revision. As to the office of County Clerk: You sav that the autbority vested in the County Clerk as to the appointment of depu- tles and salaries for same is derived from an actof February 13, 1880, and is as follows: _ 9 register clerks at $175 ver mouth. $18.900 9 courtroom clerks at $175 per mon 18.900 8 assistant register clerks av 3 month... 2 record clerk 4,400 s (Probate Court) at $150 i T B,6V0 hird"" District 150 per month. .. cevenee 4800 3 copyists at not to exceed §300 per month, . 11,800 Maximum expenditure. .. <100 569,400 The act of February 13, 1880, Statutes of 1880, page 5, was no doubt enacted to enable the County Clerk of San Francisco to dis- tribute this clerical force above referred to in the twelve Superior Courts, and if yonr de- termination «hould be right as to future act (April 2, 1880) would be the maximum limit of his power to appoint. 1 beg leave to call your attention to an error in your computation as to the compensation due the three copvists wherein you set down $11,800—should be $10,800. AsIinterpretthe laws it should be $300 & month or $100 ench, $3600. It is unressonable to suppose that copyists could earn $300 per month at 6 cents per folio in official hours or that such maxi- mums would be sat. You then say: “All clerks in excess of this number have been employed under the supposed authoriza- tion of the det of April 2, 1830. Worley’s con- solidation act, pag 278, wl icn provides that” Then follows quotation of the act, which I beg leave to call your attention to asa misquota- tion and not as the act reads. his act is unconstitutional and void as special legisiation for two reasons: First— Becuuse there was at the time of its passage no general classification of citics and counties, and the act is therefore obnoxious to the pro- visious of the constitution forbidding special legislation in the matter of prescribing the powers and duties of city and county officers. (Article XIV, sec. 25, sub. 28.) Second—Be- cause it is limiied in ite app.ication to that class of municipal corporations known as ‘cities and counties,” and does not by its terms apoly to county cierks of sll counties.” You then say that these questions were fully discussed, etc., in the cases of Desmond vs. Dunn (55 Cal.), wherein the McClu CL WAS declared uuconstitutional,and the case of Earl vs. Board of Education (55 Cal.), wherein the Trayior act was declared unconstitutional, and that these rulings were approved in the case of Denmann vs, Broderick (111 Cal.). I have carefully and patiently gone through the dstails of these cases and read the opinions infuil and 1 cannot bring myself to under- stand that the questions before the court in these cases are at ail like or similar to the questions raised by your communication. The McClure act was unconstitutional all over. In that act an attempt was made to force an entire form of government upon & section of this State in disregard of the will of the peo- ple and the constitution. The Traylor act was unconstitutional all through because it tres- passed upon the Jawful powers of boards of education and trustees and assumed to cstab- lish positions and salaries in confifct with the constitution, and referred to consolidated cites and counties only. Both had no other object than that of bestowing special favor on a special class. As to the enman vs. Brode- rick case, the Supreme Court said of it; “Under our views ot the case, however, there are many standpeints from which ‘respondent assails the law which it is not necessary for us to explore. While it may be true, as coun- sel for petitioner says, that the law was in- tended for au excellent and worthy purpose, it was evidenily drafted in ignorance o?!. constitution ef the State or with reckless dis- regard of 1ts provisions.” Having gone over and through the above cases cited by yon I have sought other means ot information from which I derive the reason in the main my difference of opinion, a Synopsis of waich 1 respectfully submit for your considetstion. In the case of Burke v, Cal., p. 182), decided Juue, 1885, the question before the court was the salaries of Deputy County Clecks, and therefore to the point. The constitutisuaiity of the acts of February 13 and April 2, 1880, upon which you draw the line, was very iuily und ably discussed in Edgar, Auditor (67 briefs of aticmeys on both sides and the cou said in s opinion, “In the view taken s case the constitutionali y of the acis of 1880 1bove cited may be conceded without deciding tne pint.” The briefs calea the court’s attention to the ac: of Februaty 13, 1880, thorizing the County Clerk o distribute the clerical force beretotore dedgnated for the district and other titled coirts of thiseity and county to the service of the Superior Courts, and also the act passed by the same Lezislature and approved abouisix weeks later (April 2, 1880), in which was disigaated the number of Aeputy clerks and copiists ‘hatmizht be appointed 10 each Superor Court and to elc?l Judge thereof. I theefore think the opinion cou- cedes and estallishes the coustitutionality of both acts until ytherwise ruled upon, Tuere is asiil later case bearing directly on the questim in hand, that of Welch vs, Sirot! er, Auditir, 74 Cal., 413, decided Decem- ber, 1887, L tuis case he brief of the attorneys for Auditor Strothe contains the following: “The act of tie Legisiature ‘An act in rela- tion to certaiy assistants and copyists of County Clerks’ approved Avril 2, 1880 (stat- ntes 1880, 104), 18 unconstitutional and void” The court igmired this view of the Auditor, but decided the main issve, which was to the cffect that the Board of Supervisors’ amount of appropriatiin and toe one-twelith act had no bearing upn the rightof Deputy County Clerks 1o theirstatntory saleries. Perhavs you! views in regard tothe act of February 14, B91, may be correct. That act was an ameudnent to the act of April 2, 1880. he amendmerts were three in number, as follows: The vord ‘couni:es” was added thereto, the clssification was changed from 100,000 inhabtants to 120.000, aud a vrovi- slon was made for a Chiel Deputy County Clerk ata salag of $250 per month. A Chief Deputy CountyClerk, 1 balieve, is not known 1o ourlaws anywherd else in the State, and as the classificaipn is amiss the act may be therefore douttiul. However that may be, I will make futlier invesiigation. My object in the present instance is (0 get at a means of adjusting the terms of your communication as 1o the rigits of the greater number of deputies affeced. UNFERMENTED GRAPE JUICE. A Refreshing and Healthful Drink That Is 3ladcand Preserved Easily. One of themost refreshing and health- ful of drink; according to an exchange, is unfermentd grape juice. It 1s made with so littlelabor and grapes can be pur- chased in quantities at so small a cost that it may iways be kept on hand. It is especially jalatable when served with cracked ice, aad, if desired, the addition of a little lemn juice. To prepare gape juice: Pick the grapes from their stans, throw to one side the poor ones, wah the whole cnes and drop them into a pircelain-lined kettle. Pour cold water overthem until they are barely covered. Piacethe kettle over the fire and let the grapes ook slowly uutil they are tender enough to break easily. Then mash them wih a wooden mallet or spoon. Turn tie crushed fruit into a cheese-cloth bay and let the juice arip over night. Meisure the juice and put it into the preserviig kettle, nlace the kettle over the fire andallow its contents to boil twenty minuies. Weigh as many ounces of granulated sumr as there are quarts of juice. When thejuice has cooked the re- quired length of ime add the sugar and boil ten minutesionger; then bottle the juice and seal thebottles. A formula for making grape wine is thus: Remove thi grapes from the stems and reject all thee that are imperfect. Wash the grapes and put them into a large stone crock ind mash them, using a wooden masher pr the purpose. Cover the crock with a ciarse netting and place it in an even temprature until fermenta- tion begins; then nrn them into a collan- der and extract al the liquid from the skins and seeds. Strain the liquid and add to it granulatel sugar in the propor- tion of two and shaif pounds to each quart of juice, then add water enough to make one gallon. ?our this liquid into a demijohn, reservin enough of the liquid in some other vesse toreplenish the dem- ijohn, for when fernentation takes place the wine works of and tne demijohn should be kept full. The wine should not be bottled for thre( or four months, and often not for longer,if it is kept in a very cold place, as all fermentation should cease before it is botled. e Two Siwms to It. Some old fogies jeclare that lovers should be prevented by law from taiking over the front gate. This is a case, how- ever, where a creat ea. may te said on both sides.—Philade! hia Times. ——————— An Englishman’s hair,allowed to grow to its extreme length, rareiy exceeds twelve or fourteen inchei; while that of a woman will grow in rire instances to seventy or seventy-five inihes, though the average does not exceed twenty five or thirty inches. CASTORIA For Infants and Children, Tl‘l‘n’l.lo' is {] -3 L] ture P27 757 IR CHINESE HATE K BIE SCAENE The Mongolians Foster the Hawaiian Annexation Idea. The Oriental Empire Takes a Hand in United States Politics. Money and Diplomacy Being Used to Open the Gates for Another Invasion, The recent outbreak of the highbinder war in Chinatown has servea to call atten- tion to the condition prevailing in that section of the city. It has shown that there is a constant menace to society, not only in the matter of violation of petty ordinances, but that the lives and welfare of citizens are endangered while property interests are jeopardized through possi- bitity of extensive fires being started in the savage desire for revenge that seems to animate the breasts of those partici- pating in the trouvles amoug the Mon- golians. The extra details of police officers neces- sary to preserva the peace among the Chinese factions have so far prevented any violent outbreak, but every officer on duty in that quarter feels asif he were walking on & smoldering volcano. On the surface the present trouble is nothing more than one of the ordinary factional fights that have disturbed China- town for years. Apparently it grows out of the question whether certain pig butchers and pork sellers shall continue to do business or not. In other words the Chinese are incustriously promulgating the idea among the whites that a boycott has veen declared by one of the tongs against the members of another society. But the Chinaman is no fool. He plays his cards well, whether it be in the game of chance or the game of life. In this in- stance he is playing for life and bis first trick is to fool the whites. The old tronbles between the See Yups and the Sam Yups always make a good excuse for excitement and also make a good blind for diplomatic purposes. As soon as the present outbreak was announced there were several Chinamen in San Francisco who knew that something was behind the blind and they at once set about finding found and it is against these that the ef- forts are now directed. The recent decision in the United States Circuit Court permitting the families of merchants to come 1n without a certificate is one, and the possibility of the annexa- tion of Hawaii is the cther. But itison the latter point that they feel most san- guine of success and they have deter- mined to use every effort and spend large sums of money in order to bring about the absorption of the islanas. There are row on the Hawaiian Islands nearly 20,000 Chinese, and every vessel from China brines additions to the number. Should Hawaii be annexed all these Chi- nese will have the right to remain, not only there, but in any portion of the United States. Quong Sing, a well-educated Chinaman who does business on Dupont street, said vesterday that there was no doubt that the troubles 1n the Chinese quarter of the city were the outcome of this effort rather than of any pork-dealer boycott. “*China wantsto get her people the same rights in ths United States as are enjoyed bv every other nation,” he said. “The Emperor has called upon bis Ministers to help bring this about. The Minister at Washington received instructions six months ago to do all in nis power to break the laws which now hold Chinese out. The Consul-General, who has just retired, was uudoubiedly removed - be- cause he showed too much interest in the preservation of American laws, and be- cause he was not in full sympathy with the desires of the home Government. The fight that has been made up north was carried on lurgely with Government money, and I am certain that Govern- ment will be back of the fight to bring about the annexation of Hawaii.” —_— Accused a Doctor of Carelessness. In Judge Daingerfield’s court the suit of Mrs. Margaret A. Lathrop sgainst Dr. P. H. Flood for $10.000 damages is on trial. Mrs. Lathrop cuarges that the physician was guilty of carelessness while attending her and that in consequence her ant child died. —_—————— New Divorce Suits. Suits for divorce havs been filed in the of fice of the County Clerk as follows: Elizabeth White azainst George Washing. ton White, for desertion. A. B. Kelso against Florence Kelso, for al- legea intemperanc: ————— Schleswig Holsteiner Verein. Articles of incorporation of the Schleswig Holsteiner Vercin have been filed by John Schleeman, Charles W. Arp, Curt Eoth, Rein- hold Rohde and €. Buch. The society is to be social and educational In its nature, —_————— Simpson’s Savage Assuult. In Judge Duume's court yesterday John Simpson was convicted of nssaulting Robert Morrisy with & deadly weapon. On the 6th of last September Simpson cut Mr. Morrisy's throat with a razor, inflicting & painiul wound. —————— Libel for Wages. In the District Courtof the United States yesterday John Rury, a sailor, filed a libel against E. A. 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