The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-01
Play Havoc With the Vine in the
Wine Districts.
Something Of Interest to Consumers
of the Grape Juice.
And Seine Interesting Facts aud
Figures Relative to Many
Things.
PARIS, MAY 7TH, 1884.
pecial correspond nee of The HER.LDl.

PARIS, MAY 9TH, 1884.
The accounts coming in from the
departments respecting the late frosts
and persis cd cutting northeast winds,
are positively heart-rending, land the
more SO since everyone counted upon a
good mosher-earth abundance. and
which would be the beginning of the
end OF the lean kline years. 1t is no
ezaggeration to state, that the damage
inflicted on the vineyards OF the Bun
CANDY region. must be estimated by
millions of francs. Even the hooks,
where beautiful and historical brands
of wine take their name have severely
suffered. The delicate white buds
have been burned up. and fall as crisp
as autumn leaves. In the OIls annals
district. the loss is terrible; in the
Franehe- Comte, the snow completed
what the frost had commenced. Elk.
peet g rise in Burgundy and cham.
payne wines.
In the south of France and in the
medoc or claret country, che damage
has been relatively small. The lucern
crop has been killed right of, 90 the
new plan OF ensilage is already urged
upon iarm ers. Sow maize or other
fodder and, when green. lock it firm
ly up by pressure, in trench or sllo,
at the rate OF two tons per square
yard. The wheat land. indeed a |
the green that nature clothed herself
zith. 30 early this year, is now chang
ed 10 russell brown. As for the fruit
trees, their duty is finished for the
current year. Not only the blossoms.
but the leaves have been burned up.
Mr.. Gladstone will doubtless be sorry
to learn there vii! be little jam this
SEASON, unless sea- weed jelly aud the
turnip crop come with extra force to
the rescue.
There is serious ,al)ing of in the
culture of the sugar beet this season.
Farmers do not find the play worth
the candle; they cannot compete with
the German producers. Sugar factor
les are as plentiful in the market, as
palatisl residences in faris. The
wool clip has also proved defective.
Thus, then, the four chief natural re-
sources of French riches ARE injured
the vine. cereal, beet, .and wool
crops. That state OF things ought to
give the finance minister q head
ache.
The municipal elections that were
prognosticated to discount the crack
OF doom have resulted in leaving
pretty much as they were.
Paris remains what she is, and what
she ever will be, advanced republican.
Some mighty men OF Israel have fallen
in all the tribes; the most remarkable
il Joffrip, the reddest OF the reds, and
who embodied all the isms and lists in
bis credo. A fact worthy to record
there were not many absentees at the
polls. Electoral sbstention was be-
coming as great danger Jas the ma
sional round robin to abstain from
increasing and multiplying.
The mayor of Gate. in Corsica, lie
the 4sbroth OF boy" He coolly cries
to the Home Minister. that he forgot
to hold the elections on Sunday, IS by
law required, because he was too tired,
having been raking the day before
with some friends.
NJ. Charms gives Roland blast on
bis horn. The French naval COM
have reported, that monster
iron. clads are hiudrance, not help.
The age of leviathans is past; the war
ships OF the future must approach in
rapidity the greyhounds OF the Allan
tic, and depend on torpedoes, and not
Woolwich infants for destroying the
foe, The discovery is cruel, be con-
fesses, because France had quietly
amassed the materiel in her dockyards
Tor building iron-clads. to the value OF
,ne hundred millions of francs, equal
10 the annual deficit say OF the bud
get, and was on the point of surpass-
ng England in the number of IRON
,lads. It may be assumed, England
Knows al that is going on in the navy
lockyards here, IS we'll as the
French admiralty itself. Just az the
3ermans point out from time to time
he defects in the new fortresses erect
ID by the French, who concluded the
rods alone were in the secret. Italy
/ appears, though having the biggest
If big waT-ahips.cs pital, in time. like
y for coal tenders--i' a st vely en-
3loyed conssacting t1e navy OF the
uture.
Pulsations are lsss high On the
Egyptian question. France has the
air of smelling a rat in tie coming
while maintaining (so say
NE ell of us) that England must exA
plain her intentions about Egypt,
France feels that she herself must
precise her own. The ardor with
which the German journals stroke
France down the grain for her atti.
.uds respecting Egypt, commences
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