The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-22

which had been set aside in 1905 for the
| Emperor Napoleon by his great field
marshal, sou1t. No wonder the wine Is
expensive when 1t Ii recalled that the
wine itself was Of tho vintage Of 1870,
ana was. therefore. seventy-elght years
| old when II was chosen for the great
Emperor. When you take into considera-
| ton the loss OF interest on the original
cost of the wine and the loss by evapora-
ton, 1t cannot have cost less than $4,000
a butt. a Spanish expert. IN writing
OF the wine in 1870, says: The wine IS
verltable essence very deep in color and a
pungency Of flavor which asserts itself
the instant that 1t touches the lips This
vino had never been sold before to any
ono except to the Duke OF Hamilton and
the Emperor Napoleon Ill, each OF whom
bought part OF the gask. the Duke OF
Hamilton paying 5000 for his quarter,
or $50 bottle.
\. This Is the highest price ever recorded
for any wine. being Is per- cent. more
thar, was paid for the Grand Vim Latte
the great comet year, 1911.
Now that the old Madeira drinking
arlstocracy Of the South has vanished
there will be few. If any, left who can
tell the difference between the Napoleon
and any other good s1errys. but for all
such there will still be the great conso-
laton OF knowing that they paid a big
price for 1t, for, where taste is lacking,
tho proof Of the pudding is not In the
eating, but in the cost.
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Texas takes tho lead in caring for such
Of its people as may be afflicted with
the rabies, being tho only State In the
Union so far to establish an Institution
for the treatment OF hydrophobia by the
Pasteur method. There are five Pasteur
Institutes In the country, but they are
all private enterprises. They are located
In New York, st. Louis Chicago, Balti-t
more and Atlanta. 1t is stated that a
largo percentage Of the patients for these
private hospitals como from Texas, ana
this fact, with the apparent Increase
year by year Of the number OF persons
afflicted with. hydrophobia in that State,
led the Legislature at its last session
to make an appropriation for the cree
ton and equipment Of a hydrophob'la
hospital building. The institution is an
adjunct Of the state insane asylum al
Austin. 1t will be completed and ready
for opening about October LIST.
And now comes q Russian scientist,
Professor Metchnikoff who says that
sour milk is a real elixir Of life Ac-
cording to his theory there is bacillus
in sour milk which easily attacks and
overthrows the bacillus Of old age. Pro-
lessor Metchnikoff says that with IN
creasing age thcre.is q real fight between
the bacillus Of old age, as he frames IT,
ana the forces that would tend TO Keep 9
man young. If his theory IS correct
sour milk will become the most popular
beverage in the world. We recall having
heard powerful man once say that ne
was brought up as a child on sour milk
and that he considered it to be Of great e.l1
value
BY sour milk" the professor means
that good and healthful drink known in
Virginia as buttermilk.
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Virginia comes up this year on the Hog
and Hominy' platform all right. The
monthly crop report of the Secretary Of
Agriculture, Just issued In Washington,
shows that the corn crop in the OLD Do
mlnion displays a better average con-
dltion than at any time within the past
decade, the percentage being on Septem-
her 1st, .es. On September l, 1903. It was
IS per cent, and the year before It
was but 3d. For the last ten years on
September LIST the average condition has
been .S7 per cent There will be plenty
OF corn In the old State this winter to
fattcn the many hogs that are now roam
ing in the pastures and the farmers are
going to have some real old fashioned
.hog killing times" when the ground gets
hard frozen.
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Professor Isaac w. Brown has dlscov-
cred that the beautiful little bird, the
purple martin, is the natural enemy Of
the mosquito and that one or two of
| these birds will destroy an army Of the
insects in day. Richmond can well at
ford to cultivate the friendship OF the pur-
Pile martin
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| Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson has
declared that he is no longer candidate
for the glory of office" Other great
men have made similar declara tons at
ter the returns had all come in.
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"A Brooklyn geosrapher Of some distinc-
tlon gravely informs us that the Niagara
River will run dry in $500 years. And
them we will not see the beautiful falls
| any more. What a pity.
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| Russia seems not OF know when she
has enough OF trouble on her hands The
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