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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
MECHANICS INSTITUTE.

Its Trustees Meet and Appoint Com
mIttees.
The newly organized board OF trustees
of the Mechanics Institute met last mig ht.
President Denicke appointed the follow
ing committees:
Finance-Presson, Root, Wilson.
Library rooms and building-Root, Wallis,
Plum.
Books and onations-Leggett, Healy, Form.
halls.
Lectures and classes-McLaren, Leggett,
Root.
Printing and sdvertising-Neal, Presson,
Wilson.
Pavilion-Plum, Kendrick, McLarep.
Employes-Formhals, Head, Neal.
Machinery-Wallis, Lewis, Formulas.
Art-Heald, McLaren, Leggett.
enthusiastically, Lewis, Heald.
Tickets and admissiOns-Wilson, Kendrick,
Neal.
Music and decor ration-Kendrick, Presson,
Healy.
Management-Lewis, Wallis. Plum.
These committees will have charge of
the business of the institute for the next
year and of the Mecnanics' Fair, which
opens August II next.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
FLlPPED
AMID MACHINERY
Two Wood Working Shops
Have Gone Up in
Smoke.
Seventy.Five Thousand Dollars
Worth Burned in Two
Hours.
Some Insurance Was Carried, but the
Loss Will Be Severe
One.

The Pacific Planning mills, near Sixth
and Berry streets. and the Pacific Wooden
ware and Cooperage Company were de-
srroyed by fire last eveEing. and only by
hard work was the surrounding property
saved from a similar fate.
The fire started. so far as can be learned,
in the rear of the Pacific Planing-mills,
and the flames were first seen bursting
through the roof beside the smokesack.
1t was supposed to have started in the
boiler-room.
j. T. Daniels, the night watchman, and
Policeman M. T. Hurley saw the fire first,
and turned i'll the alarm. Before the de-
partment arrived the combustible mate
rails in the mill had got we'll started, and
despite every effort the fire spread to the
cooper-shops adjoining.
There the flames were got under control,
but not before both buildings had been
burned clear through to Channel street.
and several vessels lying at the wharves
there had been more or less damaged.
The first alarm went in from box 156 at
10:45 and within ten minutes after the
second followed. 1t was hard fire to deal
with. and fears were at one time felt that
the large warehouse on the corner of Sixth
and Berry, belonging to the Woodenware
and Cooperage Company, would be
burned.
The planing-mill was owned by A. Han
son. With the machinery. building and
stock, his loss is estimated at at least
$25, 900, of which SIS, 600 is covered by in
surance.
The cooperage company is owned by q
syndicate, of which Henry P. Dodge is
president It Jared much worse. A great
deal of valuable machinery was destroyed,
besides large stock, and it was stated
that $4,000 would barely cover the Iosy.
The company carried $50 900 insurance.
The steam schooner Noyo lying at the
wharf was afire once, but she was towed
out of harms way as soon as possible
The lumb ber scows Annie Eliza and No. Z
were damaged slightly, the scow Nellie
Rich was scorchet to the extent of $40O
and the Lime Point sustained a damage
of $50.
Beyond the supposition that it started
in the Doiier-room nothing is known of
the origin OF the fire. At 1915 the fire
was Out.
John Valentine, who lives in Mont
gomery's Hotel, on Second street, jumped
on hosecart to go to the fire. He was
ordered off at Fourth and Townse nd
streets. and in jumping off he got in the
way of truck 2. He was knocked down
and seriously injured. At the Receiving
Hospital it was found that his left thigh
bone was fractured and he had sustained
abrasions and contusions OF his limbs
and other injuries.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17

complete the work. so that the total cost
will undou btedly reach nearly S., 600, 600.
1t will consist OF liz volumes, in udin
an index and an atlas, which contains 17S
plates and maps, illustrating the import
ant battles OF the war, ca m paigns, routes
of march, plans of forts and photographs
of interesting scenes, places and persons.
Most of these pictures are taken from
photographs made by the late M. B.
Brady OF Washington. Several years ago
the Government purchased his stock of
negatives. Each vo,ume will, therefore,
cost an average of about $26, 1856. which
pro Dably exceeds the cost of any book of
the kind that vas ever issued. Copies
are sent free 10 public Libraries, and 1,347,-
500 have teen so distributed. The atlas
cos's $50. The remainder of the edition is
sold al prices ranging from 80 cents to 80
cents per volume.
But there does not seem to be a large
popular demand. for only IL 1914 copieD
have been sold. for total of $50 154. The
books can be obtained by addressing the
Secretary of War. The material used in
the preparation of these histories is taken
from both the Federal and Confederate
archives, and is purely official. The re-
ports of commanders of armies corps,
brigades, regiments, ETC., are carefully
edited and arranged so as to give conse-
cutive account of all engagements with as
little duplication and unnecessary
material as possible, and as the writers
represent both sides of the struggle, it
may be regarded as impartial.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
exceedingly beautiful

contains some exceedingly beautiful
music.
The High Priest, a part exceIlently taken
by sFreiche, has some fascinating lines in
the forest scene. and the orchestra accom-
paniment Is most effective. Some of the
choruses in this scene are very fine.
MasSart was the tenor, and when left
alone by the altar in t forest scene he had
an exquisite aria which s-rvedly brought
down the house. II was very Wagnerian,
of the genre of the prize Song from the
"Meistersngers. and even on first hear
ing its beauty was very apparent, par
ticularly as Massart sang it in splendid
style.
The scene where Brunehllde is awak-
ened from her long sleep suffers by COM
parison with the same scene in Wagner's s
"Siegfried." Dramatically speaking, the
fact that Sigurd has his face hidden and
IS almost mute mars the action. Brune-
hide, however, has some fine lines. es-
peclally the 20 mon Sauveur SiIencieux." :"
and although Nine. Foedor is not cast
In heroic enough mold to make an
ideal Walkyrie she sang and acted very
acce ptably and was heartily applauded.
Rsyer awakens Brunehilde twice. the
second time in Gunther's berg, where
Gunther falsely asserts re is her deliverer
and claims her for his wife. Henri Albers.
who made a splendid Gunther. was in
tcHSciy uIdmdtlC, OOIu VOCdiiy anu MS
ironically, in this scene, and Mime. Foedor
seconded him well. In the second tableau
of the third act Hagen (Athes) has some
line lines to sing.
The last act is somewhat som Der, but
there is very poetical music In the scene
between Brunehilde and Sigurd.
Taken altogether the cast was good.
Massard, who seems to excel in heroic
roles, made a good Slgurd. though he
played almost as much to the audience as
ii he had been singing in ballad opera.
Henri Albers. who is an artist in every
thing he undertakes was an ire proachabIe
Gunlher. Nine. Fremeau was good as
Uta and Athes did we'll as Hagen.
Nine. Berthet is too doli-like in ap-
pearance and acting and too light of voice
to make very satisfactory Hilda, but she
sung sweetly. The cnoruses were fairly
good.
"Sigurd" was brilliantly costumed, and
some of the pictures presented were ex-
ceedingly artistic and imposing.
There is no possibility that Reyer's s
music will be sung or whistled in the
streets, but people who incline to Wagner
ism in their tastes are sure to support it
heartily if it be given again.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
MODERN MUSIC DRAMA
San Francisco Takes Very
Kindly to Reyer's Opera
"Sigurd."
Wagnerians G. Into Rap.ures Over
the Beauty of the Score-Fine
Costuming.

Modern musical drama of the later
Wagnerian type is practically an un-
known art in San Francisco, but last
night the French Opera Company per-
formed the very up to- date work,
"Sigurd," for the first time here, and
il applause goes for anything the audi
ence took to it as kindly as a duck takes
to wat-r.
''Sieurd" has been in the repertory Of
the Paris Grand Opera for about ten
years, but SO farit has made no headway
on this side of the Atlantic. The COM
poser, Ernest Reyer, has broken away
from old traditlons as completely as
Wagner did.
There are no morceaux that can be en-
cored. In the style of the carly Verdi
school everything is linked together in the
score, for, like the Bayreuth master, Reyer
has tried to give his work all the cohesion
possible. Reyer no doubt owes something
TO Gluck and the German romantic writ
ers, such as Weber, but he has borrowed
the fully developed use OF leit-motives
from Wagner. and has orchestrated them
very fully and richly.
There was great deal of orchestra last
d. d'orchestra, did his best to prevent the
orchestral score from becoming blatant
the California Theater is such bonb bon
box of place for music drama the vocal
score would no doubt have been more
enjoyed had it been possible to have the
orchestra deep down out Of sight and par
TALLY muffied by distance.
The subject of ''Sigurd" is taken from
the Nibelungen, that collection OF legends
that furnished Wagner with his famous
tetralogie. There is strong family like.
mes. between the lbretto of "Sigurd" and
those of 'Siegfried" and "The Dusk OF
the Gods but the French librettists have
CHANGED the motive for the awakening OF
the Walkyrie. In ''Siegfried" the hero
delivers BrunehiIde for himself, becomes
her husband and forgets her Immediately
afterward, thanks to the fatal draught Of
the traitor Hagon. In "Sigurd" he only
awakens the Walkyr.e for his friend
Gunther, whose sister Hilda he loves.
The libretto of Reyer's music drama was
compos d by Du Locle and Blau. So much
has been written abort the plot during tn
last week that it is scarcely necessary to
repeat it in detail.
.Sgurd" grew upon the hearers as they
became familiar with the lait-motives, and
no doubt greater familiarity with the
work would reveal many more pleasing
| themes. There is nothing the average
opera audience loves more than tune,
and in spite of the fact that the first act
ends in some fine martial sounding music.
the recitatives are long and monotonous
| and little or no melody was apparent IN
the whole act.
| The orchestral prelude to the second
| act contains q strongly marked theme.
which at one time aroused the f1agglng
| attention Of the audience. This attention
| never waned all through the act, which
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
BUTTONS MADE OF MILK.

The Dairy Will Also Supply Combs,
Brush Handles and Billiard Balls.
For long time buttons and other arti-
cles for which bone is generally used have
been made from CONCEALED blood pur-
slaughter houses and treated with some
substance that hardened it to the sutfi-
cient consistency. From blood to milk is
a long remove, but the same articles that
are made from blood can be made from
milk by process invented by an English.
man named James Callander and soon to
be introduced into this country.
The milk used is the skim milk that is
of little use for domestic purposes and can
be obtained very cheaply. 1t is the milk
that remains after the cream has been
skinned off. The process of turning this
liquid into buttons, poolballs, com bs,
backs of hair brushes and sim lar articles
consists, first, of straining the milk through
q cloth, IN order to remove every vestige
of cream, and then mixing it with sup
stance the ingredients of which are q se-
cret of the inventor and COMPRISING it.
At the end OF three days the substance is
as solid as celluloid, and is ready 10 be cut
and shaped in any way the manufacturer
wishes.
At present factory in Holland is en-
gagged in fashioning the hardened milk
into various articles, buttons being the
chief. The buttons made in this peculiar
way differ very little in appearance from
ordinary bone buttons. They are a creamy
white in appearance, but can be colored
black or red or any other color by mixing
the coloring matter with the milk before
the hardening process begins. They are
said to possess advantages over the bone
and celIuloid article in being less brittle
and less liable to chip. For this reason
the billiard balls and pool balls which
have been maze in England from this sub
stance have found favor where cheap ball
is required instead of the expensive ivory
onas.
For combs the milk substance has been
found to be especially we'll adapted, as it
is smooth and delicate to the touch, ard
derives from its creamy origin glossy
surface that is Just the thing for combs
In the same way it is good substitute
tor ivory in billiard and pool balls
The great difficulty the inventor had to
overcome, and which he grappled with un-
successfully for seven years before he hit
upon the right plan, was to keep the col or
of the substance OF uniform shade. Ac-
cording to Mr.. j. r. Burdoch of Brooklyn.
who has known the inventor for many
years, the early experiments with milk
buttons always resulted in the turning out
of a substance hard enough, to be sure,
but breaking out in spots OF yellow, like
freckles on a country boy.-New York
Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR
Proceedings During the First
Session of the Grand Lodge
of California.
Keystone Ledge Eetertains the Rep.
resentatives With Musical
Programme and Dance.

The first biennial session of the Grand
Lodge of the knights of Honor OF the Stale
of California and the seventeenth session
of the grand body in this State, was held
yesterday in the Alcazar building.
The session was called to order by Grand
Dictator Prescott L. Archibald. and there
were present nearly full representation
of the various lodges, only two lodges not
being represented. There were also present
the following named grand officers:
Past grand dictator, A. H. voight Los Ang.-
les; grand dictator, Prescott L. Archibald. San
Francisco; grand vice dictator, w. w. Morrison,
Oakland; grand assistant dictator, w. j.
Thomson, San Francisco; grand reporter,
Thomas Johnstone, San Francisco; grand
treasurer, F. William Zehfuss, San Francisco;
grand chaplain, Rev. G. B. Allen, Oakland
grand guide, Thomas Learned, San Francisco
grand guardian, ]. C. Harvey. San Francisco;
grand sentinel, W. S. Lane, San Francisco.
donald, George w. Lemont, San Francisco
The following-named committees were ap-
pointed: Credentials-Isaac Onyon, L Fried
man. B. H; sohunhoff State of order-R- D.
Wade, R. Il. Noble, +. c. Mccullough. New
business-W. A. T. Stratton. D. B. Warwick, T..
h. Epey Distribution-H. X. McLennan, v.
L. Earnshields, S. w. Coffman. Neurology
NJ. V. b. Taylor. A. E. Hart, J. s. w. Saunders
Press-H. }. Lask. Samuel Polack, J. l.. Blais-
dell
There were two sessions, forenoon and
afternoon, the last one being prolonged
until q o'clock, and considerable business
was transacted, much of it OF character
not of general public interest.
The constitution was amended so as to
allow past grand dictators the right to the
floor in the Grand Lodge, but without a
vote.
The degree of old age was conferred
upon twenty mine past dictators.
A motion to reduce the salary of the
grand reporter. which is 500. was de-
feated.
To-day the most important eveut will
be the election of grand officers, which
will be held at O'CLOCK in the afternoon.
During the forenoon session there was
presented the reports of the several grand
officers, a synopsis of which appeared in
The CALL on last Monday in an article Oh
the Grand Lodge meeting.
In the evening the Grand Lodge was ten
derrd an entertainment, banquet and
dance in AlcsZar building by keystone
Lodge No. 2l07. The banquet was given
in Social Hall, which had been hand
somely decorated with yellow and white,
the colors of the order, and at the end of
the hall shone in golden letters keystone
Lodge to the Grand Lodge" Covers were
set for $50, and every seat was occupied,
one-half of those present being ladies.
The following named had charge of the
functions:
Committee of arrangements-Fred Raabe,
chairman; Fred Raisch, treasurer; Numar
Rose secretary; U. J. Tuska, c. H. Holcomb
II. s. Kohn, John Morrisey.
Reception committee = Dictator, Louis
Thron; chairman, Arthur Figel; J. Brand tjen.
j. ]. Riordan.
Floor manager George w. Branch; assistant
floor manager, L. J. Welch.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
BOOK AND PRIEST
CALLED USELESS
Dharmapala, the Buddhist,
Lectures to Theoso-
phists.
Nirvana Defined as the Union of
the Individual With the
Infinite.
w sdom Without Love Said 10 Be I'm.
possible in the Very Nature Of
the Thing.

81. Dharmapala, the Buddhist monk,
lectured last night to select audience in
Native Sons Hall, under the auspices of
Golden Gate Lodge of the Theosophical
Society, on the subject of THE Growth OF
Spirituality"
The lecturer advanced the idea that
ignorance IS the fundamental cause of all
misery. The notion of illusion he took to
be that which is not fixed or imm Mortal.
sNirvana," he said, ''is the separation
of the soul and the body and the union OF
the individual with the infinite. Itis to be
realized in life and is not an after state.
II norance consists in not r)perly III.
derstanding the laws of nature. Neither
is speculation spiritual growth, but rather
experience. Religious life does in no sense
depend upon dogmas, but upon expert
ence.
Truths are things that stand on SELF
evident facts. They do not require The
authority of priests
"Regulation of the mental faculties is
the path of progress and final Liberation.
Man is the concentration OF actions OF
which self is the embodiment"
The speaker here used the simile of q
mothers love for her child, which ex-
poets no reward for its labor. as guid-
ance to all human action. Some time
was spent in dwelling on the good that
would come to humanity if all our actions
were dictated by a spirit of unselfshness,
and concluded as follows:
"You cannot have wisdom without love.
Every thought should be one of love and
compassion. No book or priest is neces-
sary to one who really wishes to lead a
religious life; but be must never be in
active, never lose vigilance.
.'If man continue thus he will in
time drink deep o. the stream that flows
by immortalisy's shrine, and SHINING will
become to his pure mind an impossi-
hiIitv
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
OAKLAND REDEEMS ITSELF
Not Enough Carson Passengers to
Fill a Special Train.

Not Enough Carson Passengers to
Fill a Special Train.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
906 Broadwa March Is. (
Oakland has redeemed itself. There are
tot enough citizens who wish to see
,rize-fight withi1 her borders to fill e spe-
tal train.
Although a goodly company of the
porting fraternity and few who would
eel aggrieved if they were classed with
hat element left this afternoon for Car
on there was nothing like the exodus
bat was anticipated. There is. however,
little Joker somewhere in the woodpile,
or many professional and business men
re missing this evening from their usual
iaunts, and as they have been talking
considerably of their interest in to-mor-
,ow's battle the inference to be drawn
rom their absence is at least suspicious
There was to have been special train
II day coaches run from the pier for the
sccom mediation of those who desired TO
make daylight trip. but it failed to move
nut owing to lack of patrons. From this
is evident that the Oaklanders who de-
ired to be protected from the public gaze
lave gone to Carson by the side streets, as
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
Uses Made of Dead Horses.

The body of dead horse is put to
great variety of uses. The leg bones,
which are very hard and white. are used
for handles Of pocket, and table cutlery.
From the tail and name are made the
horsehair cloth for furniture covers, while
The ribs and head are burned to make
bone black. the vapors arising being con-
densed and forming the chief source of
ammonia The short hair taken from the
hide is used to stuff cushions and horse
collars and the hide itself furnishes
waterproof leather known TO the trade as
cordovan. and Is used for the manufac-
ture of high- class hunting and wading
boots. The boots of the animal are re-
moved, and alter being boiled to extract
the oil from them, the horny substance is
sold to the manufacturers OF combs and
fancy toothpicks.-Tit Bits.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
St. Patrick.s Day at berkeley.

The Berkeley division of the Ancient Order
OF Hibernians, Board of Erin. will commemo-
rate the anniversary of the patron saint of
Ireland at Sisterna Hall tonight. Elaborate
preparations have been made for the celebra-
tion, the committee having charge of the en-
tertainment sparlpg neither labor nor expense
In their endeavor to make it an ali-round S uc-
cess. Special talent has been employed
Stephen L. Sullivan will deliver the Grafton
John L. A. Juanet, Charles S. Warner, J. Henry
Long, Miss M. Mcnamara, Willie Douglas, the
Cook brothers aad others will contr butte 20
the mirih and pleasure of the evening. John
J. Sullivan will be the chairman OF the even-
ing The entertainment begins at o'clock
sharp and will be followed by grand ball
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17


and tainted Instead of carrying nourishment
to the different parts of the body it carries
poison, which settles at some point and eats
away the tissues. According to where IT set
ties it is called liver or kidney or skin dis
ease-scrofula, erysipelas, eczema, or cam
sumption if it settles on the lungs. 1t is all
one trouble: tainted blood; clear out this
faint and build up the tissues with rich
blood and the disease is stopped side
tracked it can't go any further. No matter
what the name of a disease is if it's blood
disease, DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery will cure it by driving the poison out
of the circulation and creating a new sup
ply of healthy red, life giving blood to re-
vive and nourish the wasted tissues. It
puts the digestion in order, invigorates the
blood making organs and builds frn
healthy flesh. Consumption is a blood
disease. Don't believe it can't be cured
1t is cured every day by DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
Dear SRI cannot say enough for your " Col
boy suffered with lung trouble-hrst taking la
grippe; second intermittent fever; third, lung
trouble. For two years he coughed. The ply
sician could do no good and thought he must
die was told to try DIR. Piercc's Golden Med
ical Discovery. Gid, and before he had taken
one bottle he began to mend and could eat a
little. When he had taken four bottles he was
well and now is as stout as before.
Respectfully yours,
urs.) >zuaIzLAa RaeLx
Proctor. Morgan Co, Mo.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
FRATERNAL FELLOWSHIP.
What Redding Chapter OF tho Order
of the Eastern Star Has Been
Doing Of Late.

Redding Chapter No. Al OF Redding, Shasta
County, has since the installation of Miss Jen-
ME Persis Dean as worthy matron entered
upon an era of prosperity never before known
in the chapter. Already ten applications have
been accepted and four more are in view.
The attendance at the regular meetings is
from twenty-five to forty and at each session
the utmost harmony prevails. Recently the
chapter gave an entertain ment, which was
well attended, the hall being crowded to its
capacity. The event was a success in every
sense. 1t being one to extinguish a debt the
amount was realized, and the members of
the chapter are exceedingly well pleased. At
the last held meeting of the chapter the sub
ject of furnishing the home at Decoto for
widows and orphans Of Masons was q matter
under consi liberation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
AIcalde Parlor, N. s. G. W.

This evening Alcalde Parlor, N, g. G. W., will
initiate several candidates. and afterward
will confer the interesting side degree, "The
Exalted Order of the Nincompoop The
officers who confer this degree are: J. J. Grief,
O. H. Furgeson, William Teustermacher, R..
II. Andrews H. Morton, R. IL. Hession and u.
Alferitz. The Alcaides will give an excursion
to the Santa Cruz Mountains on Sunday, May
8, and 200 gate prizes will be distributed. On
the 1st OF May this parlor will give smoker
in banquet hall, Native Sons building.