Evening star., 1897-05-01


Though there are several fine specimens
of meteorites in the National Museum,
remarked scientist to a Star reporter,
there are not as many as 1 had antici-
pated finding there. Meteorites are neceS-
sarly very scarce, and, though they have
been falling from the skies since the be-
ginning of the world and are constantly
falling. bat very few have been found.
for. as a rule. they bury themselves deep
down into the earth when they do cail.
Strange as ii may appear, there are more
American meteCriteS to be seen IN the
Royal Museum in Vienna than in any. or.
indeed, in ALL of the American museums
The reason for this is the meteorites sell
at a very high figure and but few Ameri-
can museums have a sufficient fund on
hand to purchase them The Eurooean
museums. on the other hand. have plenty
of money and outbid American museums
for these rarities- There seems also a
very general desire among foreign muse
ums to show more American specimens
than from any other country In many
other things well as meteorites. 1t
seemed like a contradiction Of things for
me to have to go all the way to vienna
to examine a meteorite which fell In Iowa,
and particularly as l made my study and
report on the same for a western insti-
tuition.
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"In the way of salaries the chief brew
ers of many of the leading beer breweries
In this country" observed a prominent
brewer to a Star reporter, far exceed those
of the average college presidents and pro-
fessors. Indeed, an expert brewer of repu-
tation can command any amount of money
In the way of salary. Many of them. to
my own knowledge, get from ten to twelve
thousand dollars per year. and their en-
ployers would rather double their salaries
than lose their services.
''The brewers of whom / speak are as a
rule highly educated chemists. as well as
brewers While they give but little atten-
ton to the various details of their work.
they have general supervision of eacn
brew that is made in their establishments.
They pass upon the malt. the hops and all
the other ingredients before any Of them
can be used. as also upon the water. a
brewing is a very expensive undertaking,
for the reputation of their brews of beers
depends upon the formula which they use
as well as their profit. 1 have known of
chief brewers costing their employers
twenty to thirty thousand dollars per year
Dy the miScalculatiOnS they made, for the
brew when completed was not I'D to the
standard. and had to be disposed of at
greatly reduced prices. bearing no label, SO
tnat the brewery could not be held respon-
siDlc for its shortcoming. The slightest
error turns the whole brew often running
into the hundreds of thousand gallons, into
a failure. In cases where this occurs the
beer is worked OF into country places and
& sold IN irregular ways, while only the
ystandard beer is sold to the city trade
I Wine makers also draw fabulous saia-
res 1t Is no unusual thing for q good
wine maker to get from five to ten thou
sand dollars per year. / know of a dozen
California vineyards who pay their prtn-
cipal WINE makers five thousand dollars a
year Of course, there is only one of these
nign-prlced men about the place. Wine
making is attended by many difficulties
The grape has to be cut at a certain time
TO be packed away in a certain way, and
treated il only one way. The therDom-
eter. the barometer and any number of
otneT ometeTS have to be constantly and
very carefully studied. Then the moon is
supposed to play an important part. OF
course, every wine maker can make claret
put there IS but little market for all the
ciaret that is made. All the failures in
making other wines can be turned into
c!arets, ard Ii is for this reason that claret
always sells for less than any other wine.
A Wlae maker may start out to make a
sparkling light wine a champagne He
mas therefore TO produce a wine without
coior. Should he fail in getting a colorless
WINE he can turn the whole thing into
ciaret. and thus save himself from a total
loss The same way the various failures
TO obtain sherries, port and other wine.
"here color is Hot an objection, can be
turned into ciarets If all other brands do
not come UP TO the desired result In the
Onio valley. as well as in California son,a
excellent wines are now being made The
attempts to make champaenes, however
are not as numerous as they were The
nish-salaried wiEe makers are usually
brought over from the famous yineyards
OF France. and are ALWAYS emnloved FOR o
season. ioi
Ihe beer brewers are employed by the
year, lot beer making can be Conducted
successfully eight months In each yesr
ha hoo
montns in a year to make his success or
failure" vi
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one of the things which force themselves
ap'n "neeiman. explained a dealer in
bicycle sundries TO a Star reporter Soon
stantly is the price charged for ,am,. W.
as wen as every one else know il Ia ex
orbitant. but there is no reIie, from u
The men who sell the lamps do not get
all the money. Indeed taking the cost for
repairs. making lamps good. and tinlterinp
generally. there is less profit to US for the
lamps we sell than in the other things used
Dy riders There is no business reason
why good bicycle lamp should command
an the way from s. to $. for the finest of
mouse lamps. with chimneys and decorated
globes or shades. can be bought for much
iss iess money The makers Of the high-grade
lamps started out with a st;m price and.
OSo- ore SOu1e SlYDS OF weakening
they maintain their prices This tainS
was impressed on me very forcibly last
season. when there were about 1000 wheels
SOLD here at auction. They brought all
the way from sf6 to SO. Another auction
house sold a large lot of a different make
at prices ranging from SIS to $40 To a
man or woman who had bought q whole
Few bicycle for $50 1t was dificult to ex-
plain why lamp should cost from s2 to
% Taking the price for the lamps sold
for use in the house a factor in the cal
culatton, / think that so cents should be
price enough fo- any bicycle lamp on the
market. The difficulty in the case how
ever. is that the makers of the bicycle
lamps think otherwise. And there you
are"
The policy and lottery business In this
city owes its downfall more to the efforts
Of the late Henry q. Noye& than to any or
all other men combined" volunteered a
gentleman who was interested by him in
the movement. which took a couple of years
to successfully carry 1t into effect. Mr..
Noyes reported the Police Court proceed
3rgs fer The Star for a number of wears
ae saw hundreds of policy runners and
packers arraisned In the courts who man.
aged to secure acquittai for the reason
that there was rot sufficient law to conyict
them. The police and ofber orthnr,,,,.