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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7090, 26 August 1901, Page 3

Behbot foe " EuBT."-M, Be^yerie, a Erofossp? pf Agriculture, cjaim.s to have made a wonderful discovery relative tp the cure of diseases by -plants In % course of researches into. a. disease very common.in hothouses, a sort of rust called hotrytis cinerea, it occured to • M Beouyerie to water soil TyitK some liquid .in which he hadjeultivated the botrytis. 'This liquid he found'conferred immunity to the plants groTrhupon the soil thus watered.,. . N.one of these plants were attacked by the rust, It is to hoped M.Beauverfe will giye fuller particulars of his discovery. If it turns out to be what he leads'us to.think, it bids fair _tq revolutionise agriculture, for if rust can be cured by merely watering the field with a" botrytis culture which can be prepared at a nominal cost, then probably maav more parasitical d}s,ea, SO s pi plants are Wable . VYhaj; wp.^ld Ireland npt have given f6r a nure fpr. pptatp blight ? ,•'..■. ... ■ Buttebman's Dinner. — One of "the regular customers of a famous Parisian restaurant used to be a short, thin, shy, and Bhabbay.clr-eßaea, rn,an, who.se name no qne knevft hut who gave.put that he was a butter dealer,: for -which- reason says' a well-known French head-.waiter, he was always.called the butterman at the restaurant in .question. He, ate next to nothing,' but his'soupturefin,-filled with a soup.specia\ly prepared for him, was always, put before him. He took a few spoonfuls and had it taken away. Next came a whole ;fillit of .heef, 'from which he cuVthe tiniest slice. Then followed four quails or- a large ■ ohioken,- of. which he.ate one mouthful, together with, twolettuce'leavesando'nsradish.- His dessert was four grapes-rnever a single one more—and a.cup of coffee.. A bottle of the best clayet and another, of the: best champagne was served with the repast, but he only wetted his lips with ajlrop from them.attd;let:them go. Ho took two of these, meals a day, and the price for each meal was 120 francs. But this was' was not all.. Every time the .butterman gotup from! his extraordinary meal he; gave :40 francs to the head waiter, who •put his food on his plate, since the guest did not like toiandle spoons or dishes, 20 francs to,the waiter, 10 francs to the lady cashier,- and 5 francs to the porter Thus each meal came to; 200 francs, or £8 sterling. One 'day the -.mysterious millionaire went away and was never seen 'again.'- •.'^'-■f;v;.':'-'" v: -.;■■■': ■.■-■'■ ■.'■.-•;. _.:The Maiiawatii. Brass Band will hold adance in the' Foresters^ Hall on-Wed-hesday next! ; : :' ''.■■■...'.^^•'•■■..V.--^!:;:-;.

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