New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-25
THE TALK or THE DAY.

. ,,,o noe, "a reported from the Bordeaux
vino district In France. II IS the Botryts Cinerea'
a Kind OF fungus, known among the country PooPie
as the gray rot. which In warm MOST "'
spreads with extraordinary rapidly ms iu"suS
bores through the skin OF the grapes ana u'ies w
the Juice especially diminishing the percentage Vi
tartar I'm II. and operating upon It IN other ways
to min the flavor of the wine. An effective means
~ cbockinp the disease has not been discovered
and It ia causing great uneasiness III 'he WIN
growing districts
..r,o Won want my daughter for her money or for
herself demanded the old gentleman; man a., he
trimmed backward over the rug; Il war; her d ior
myself and I want her money to Id H zen certainly
must understand" -Detroit Free Press.
A u.tle less than two years ago rich grain mer-
chant of Odessa died. leaving fortune of 4"oop
rub,es 10 his three daughters. under peculiar con-
dItious They were only 10 inherit the money On
condition that they became servants, wasner"on'e"
or farmworkers for eighteen months. Inc ume
has just passed and the young women nave coi"e
into their fortune Two OF them were chamber
maids and the third a girl OF all work. In ODESSA
houses They did not have much trouble IN Sc
curing situations In the course OF their ser'l'u"e
the two younger daughters received each l"o''
than five hundred proposals OF marriase' anu 'ne
elles, four hundred and fifty. They decIihed an
ana now assert that they will continue to live IN
single blessedness.
WOMAN, LOVELY WOMAN.
She spoke so softly that the throng
hbou, them never could have guessed
The meaning Of the whispered WORDS
Which she aside 10 him addressed
sbo smiled. so sweetly when she spoke.
or Sream that anger tipped the shaft
SO gracousy, indeed. twas sent
She looked so sanity none could know
How deeply was her sprH m.o"s"''
No index was 10 what she thought
And none save he. OF those who there
Had inkiIng tina, her fair lips Kissed: go.
you chump, that tie just kills my natt
Detroit Evening News
Dr. Dawson Chief Of the Dominion Geological
Survey IN an estimate OF the amount Of gold OBJ
taned from the Yukon district OF Canada, lad De-
fore the House OF Commons at Ottawa, places the
total at sil0o50 OF this. $4,000 was mined IN
1907 500 coo in 1896 10000 In 1895 $500 In 1891.
BIS 900 in lsos $4,000 in 1892 $4,000 in 1891. $4,000
IN 1890. $1,000 In 1852 and various small sums
pror 10 that time The diggings have thus an
historic background Of about decade. though
most Of their fame has come 10 them within the
last twelvemonth.
ct shall tackle them said the young politician
..Dont be TOO brash" advised the veteran. IT
IL always good policy to expose your "hole
hand Indianapolis Journal
Our pension list exceeds all Germarys army
costs by more than $40 10000 year. and is 10000
COO more than that Of France. only Russia's mill
tary expenditures upon her giant army. patrolling
Europe and Asia from the Baltic to the Yellow Sea
and the Indian Ocean. exceed the sum which.
thirty years after the close Of the war. We sim
annually pay over TO pensioners. Russias
military burden all told Is ;l76 ZOO. our pension
list IL not quite equal to this but. with the cost
% our small Army OF q. no men added. the aggre-
gate exceeds e. our military expenditures are
world.
\ letter addressed 10 Tho Ornriest Man IN ne
United states" after n long Journey through the
maj s.. very appropriately sent back TO the
writer IN Denycr.-(Denver Post.
The following notice was recently posted at The
entrance OF a Georgia mill: