The morning call., 1894-05-13
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

ITO a man who Is familiar with the origin OF
certain popular drinks ii Is interesting To OBJ
serve how little Is known about them by men
who nevertheless consume gOody quantities Of
the same and imagine they are posted" said
L. E. Sterling. VINO is connected with an East
ern lmporting-house, yesterday Take cham
payne. for instance. Now, there isn't one man
In twenty who can tell you the exact locality
this wine comes from and not one in hundred
can tell yon how it is made. Champagne Is the
name given to those wines which come from the
Department of the Marne, near the towns OF
Rheims and Epernay, in France, and the vlne-
yards cOmprise about $4,000 acres. About
one-fourth of the vines produce white grapes,
while the remaining three-fourths are devoted
to the production of black grapes, but both are
employed TO make white wine, the skin and
stones of the latter being taken away immedi-
ately after they are gathered 10 avoid the wine
assuming reddish color, which ii would do If
there were left to ferment with the juice.
The Juice obtained from the first three press
ings Is used for the choicest Kinds of wine.
When II comes out of the press the wine Is
placed in casks and allowed to ferment: 1t Is
afterward drawn of. leaving the dregs, and the
Iecoupage commences. This consists in mix
ing the wine of The black grapes with hat of
the white process which requires much skill.
After being bottled the wines are placed in
subterl anean cellars and are left there for
three or four years until fit for the market.
The best brands usually find their way into the
cellars OF royalty aud those OF the very
wealthy, but the wine-makers OF California bid
fair TO eventually produce fully as palatable an
| article as the far-famed product Of the Rheims
| district"
There is a wide division OF opinion among
experts as to the utility of automatic sprinklers
| IN case of fire." said 5. j. Sanders, the repre-.
| sentative OF an Eastern fre-appaIatus supply
house. at the Palac, yes erday. "As for my
| self, / don't pin much faith upon their ell.
| cheney, taxing results In the aggregate. recol
| lect few years ago, when the big Sycamore
mill was burned in Fall River. Mass, the man
who first reached tn valves after the alarm
was given turned them on. 1t was easy enough
to determine which way TO turn the valves fol
they could be turned in only one direction The
second man to reach the valves did not know
that they were open, and could not tell from
their appearance. He tried them, and as they
were fast one way he turned them the other
| and naturally closed them. After the mill was
| destroyed ana things had cooled of some meu
were directed to dig down TO the valves. and
| they were found TO be closed. The automatic,
are not always satisfactory In their working:
| either, because only few men in the establish
| ment where they are used know how to contro
them. Sew raj years ago lightning struck biz
establishment in the East and started small
blaze and the sprinkers at the same time. The
| fire was put out at once, but the sprinkers KEEP
| at work. None OF the men present knew where
the valve was. and the mill was washed down FOL
| halt an hour before the superintendent cOnlC
arrive aud cause the turning off OF the valve"
I'm the town of Westerly, r. L., there Is
large cloth factory in which the experiment o
| nf ha hnqn n a rri
on for some months and the results CAREFUL.
| noted" said S. NJ. Kennedy. Boston CONNER
cial man, al the Occidental yesterday. "Thi
firm formerly worked its employees ffty-thre,
hours week, but reduced the time to forty
eight hours. There was no reduction OF wage
| and great care was taken to avoid payment f0
overtime. The result was in every way salts
factory. The loss in wages, only .o4 Der cent
WAS precisely made Up by the economy In gas
fuel, lubricants and wear and tear OF machln
cry. The men were more punctual he averag
| of lost time was lower and the output was a
great as before. even the piece-workers show
Ing an increased energy. The experiment ha
had a good effect In the community and 1t /
promised that other factories will adopt TIL
plan"
"The rumor is current in Denver, and gen
orally accepted as a fact, that ex-Senato
Tabor has succeeded In retrieving his falle
fortunes and is once more on the way TO bt
come very wealthy man." said Z. q. Owens O
the city named yesterday. "It is only fe,
years ago when his fortune was estimated
100000. but he fell among the politician,
with whose ways he was not familiar, ana as
result he was numerically bled. The money
lenders, too, had their innings when he foun
himself in need of ready cash. and they fleece
him at the rate of and 8 per cent mont