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SMOKE TO PR OTECT VINES.
Plan OF 4 Grape Grower to Save His Crop
From Frost.
From London TIT. Bits.

From London Tt BITS.
One OF the most successful growers OF
rapes In France to-day Ia NJ. Bignon, a
scientist as well as an Agricultural. who has
lately bstn explaining to the members OF the
French National Society OF Agriculture the
methods he adopts for saving his vineyards
from late frosts. NJ. BIguon declares tina
for many years lie has employed artificial
clouds for the prevention OF frosts. and that
had his example been followed by others.
millions Of francs worth OF wine might ma We
been saved.
My plan of op Grafton" says NJ. Bignon.
is very simple. Along my walks, at u dis
lance OF some rfty feet apart. | have basins
sunk into the earth TO Il depth OF about II foot.
Into these basins | place from fifteen to twenty
pounds OF resinous matter and some pieces Of
pine and other vegeta BILE debris. This makes
Il cloud Of sufficient size to keep any ordinary
frost from affecting my vines. The amount
of material used, Of course, depends on the
length OF the frost.
As a rule the late frostH are not numerous,
and II we get three or four during a season
We consider ourselves very badly used. Ia
1908 the frosts were bad, and ! had recourse
to these artificial fires four times with perfect
success. The r~eslnous matter creates IA
dense cloud which hangs over the vines like
a curtain. producing a temperature which
successfully keeps al a distance those blight
Ing frosts SO destructive TO the young buds.
For a fifteen acre vineyard the cost for
each cloud necessary to kill a frost should
not exceed 92O, and shou Id you be visited by
four such frosts during a season Ia high
avera gel this would mean an outlay OF some-
thing like 1000 francs. or $50. But when
you consider that the result will be the saving
Of al least % per cent. Of the harvest, or say
from $50 to 200 barrels of wine, the cost 10
too trihlng to consider.
During the many years l have been en-
ploylng smoke as a preventive OF frost | must
have saved at least 1000 barrels OF wine,
for never once has my plan failed TO accom-
plish it's object-that Is to say. when the
smoke cloud has been sent up In time. As
a rule when a frost comes the atmosphere IL
free from all agitation. and the smoke remains
above the vine yard lik a canopy. OF course
II a hurricane OF even a moderately strong
breeze accompanied the frost we hou1d have
our trouble for nothing; but fortunately
this seldom, II ever. happens. and the smoke
cloud honorably and successfully performs
Its duty"
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Dining Room In an Apple Tree.
From GOOD Housekeeping.

An ingenious family OF East Aurora. New
In a keep cool" symposium. Close by the
house Ia a wide branching apple tree, and In
this. with the aid OF simple carpentry, has
been constructed Il novel dining room.
A roomy platform. easily reached by a short
flight OF steps. has been built among the apple
When the round dining table Is placed on this
platform there Is ample space for the chairs
to and fro OF the maid.
4 pulley line Ia. run from the pantry window
10 one Of the apple bouEhs. and by this means
Dinen, dishes and food are trolleyed back and
forth In q huge basket, thus simplifying and
shasteudnG the getting and clearing away OF
i1picy frSeTance Of ripenins Sppple s' eye rye
meal time becomes a delight even on
the hottest day.
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IHysterical Short Leg.

From the London DAILY Mail.
A curious case OF "hysterical short leg
to use a doctors descriptive phrase-has
recently been admitted into q special hos
pital In central London.
The patient. a lad of Is, appeared to
have one leg a couple OF inches shorter thar
the ether. After. some months treatment
on the south coast he was brought TO a.London
orthopedic hospital. Leg spllnts were used
with the Idea OF extending the limb, but
when the patient, was placed under chloro-
form, his leg suddenly assumed a normal
p%osition.
The only explanation was that the lad.
who was mentally deficient, had, by con-
tracing the muscles Of the leg, caused the
appearance OF a shortened limb. He was
removed TO a hospital which treats mental
cases. In the ward he was told TO leave
his bed and run to the fireplace and back.
The lad burst into. tears and declared he
could not do 1t. The point was insisted
upon and the patient staggered pathetl.
back. when he fkei.' Unfortunately for fO the
short leg theory. he fell on. the wrong
side. and the bogus nature OF his alleged
defect was made even more apparent than
before.
He stolidly refused to Use his leg natur-
ally, however. ip spite OF the exposure.
4 fellow OF the Royal College OF Surgeons
said Yesterday: This assumption OF bodily
defects is not altogether unusual and Is a
form OF hysteria. A contraction OF. the
muscles and a fitting of the pelvis,. and the
10 excite sympathy and attract attention.
have known Of cases. where serious wounds
have been inflicted by patients suffering
from hySteria with the same object"
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HOW 10 TREAT YOUR PLUMBING
II You Don't want Your House 10 Get Fun
Of sew er Gas While You Arr Away.

To prevent poisonous gases from coming
up from the cesspool or sewer into the
house q trap is always arranged on every
waste pipe. The simplest trap In use, says
Everyday Hopsekeep ping, consists OF a bend
In the pipe deep enough to hold a cupful
or 30 Of water. .
This water fills the pipe at the bend to a
depth Of a few inches, and, as sewer gas
cannot div through the water. mont can
get past the trap as long as 1t Is full Of water.
At the same time the water In the trap offers
no obstacle to the passage OF waste water
to the drain, since any such waste water,
when poured down, pushes before It the
water already in the trap, and itself takes
its place.
When, however, the house lie empty and
the fxt ures not In use the water in the traps
begins to evaporate and gradually sinkstoa
point where the bend OF the trap is no longer
filed and air from the sewer begins to pass
into the house. The simple traps which are
most in use at present lose the protection
VI the water in them in from two to three
We eRs.
" hen a house is to be closed for that
length Of time the pipes should first be
thoroughly flushed out with clean water
and then, lust before the house is left to
itself, a tablespoonful or 30 Of olive oil,
lard oil or any ~lubricating oil may be
poured down every waste pipe. This oil
will find it's way to the trap and float on the
surface Of the trapping water, protecting
1t q long time from evaporation. Kerosene
oil is useless for this purpose, as it ID 30
volatile that y soon disappears; but crude
petroleum will answer, il its smell Is not
Objectionable, and 1t is very cheap.
Oil applied in this way floats mostly
on what the plumbers call the house side
Of the %trap-that is, the aide nearest the
fixture: and. as a cert ain amount Of evapo-
ration takes place from the other side, the
seal will be lost in course Of time, notwith-
standing the prot ection OF the oil. so that
for security during a longer period. 1t IL
necessary to employ different means.
Some plumbers fill the traps entirely with
oil, which Ii quite eftectual with any oil
except kerosene; others use molasses for
filing them and others crude glycerine.
None of these LIQUIDS IL subject to evapora.
ton under such circumstances and any Of
them will keep the traps secure for many
months.
Otherwise than by the protection OF the
traps ordinary house plumbing needs very
little care on being left to itNelf in warm
weather.
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EDWARD AND HIS CLOTHES.
Averages Two Suits q Week. Not Counting
His Uniforms.

King Edwards tailors have a standing
order to provide him with about 100 suits a
year, exclusive Of military uniforms and
court costumes.
These suits cost between $50 and 500
each, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The King selects cloth and patterns and
Is said to make his selections so rapidly
that In ten minutes he will choose 81 600
worth Of clothes. When the King has Sc
lected a certain cloth the tailor uses 1t for
no other customer. His hour for q seance
with the tailor Is IL A. NJ. and he is said to
be a marvel Of pu~nctuality. He is also a
pretty good lightning change artist for u
mere monarch. He gets out of and into his
clothes with extreme despatch,
There Is only one other man in the world,
william, the Second to None, who pos
sesses more uniforms than King Edward.
The Kaiser's outfit, II 10 said, includes 1000
of them. But the Kaiser delights in dom
hing gorgeous costumes.
King Edward wears them only when the
exigencies Of the King business demand
that he should make a show Of himself.
He Is, however. most particular about what
might be called the official part Of his
outfit.
He has an inventory made once a month
Of his uniforms in. stock accompanied by a
Cdlcluhy PiSp0ION otdSCAhoA, ~ VIVA WI
dition. They are never allowed to get
shabby. The slightest blemish on a uni
form condemns 1t and 1t becomes the per-
quisite Of the superintendent Of the ward
robe or one Of his assistants. Of these
there are four, two Of them being expert
tailors.
The room which Is called the royal ward
robe at Buckingham Palace Is 90 feet long
by SO wide, and with it's accumulation OF
coats, overcoats, waistcoats, trousers.
shirts, underwear, ties, boots, shoes, socks,
stockings, hats In great variety, &C., 1t
looks much like the %stookroom OF q ready
made outftting establishment. The apart
ment devoted to the Kings Official clothes
il still larger.
When there are big functions on hand the
King sometimes is obliged to make a dozen
changes a day and he never puts on fewer
than three different suits daily.
The statement made that he never wears
the same suit twice is erroneous He does
make 1t a rule never to Wear the same suit
twice on consecutive days.
As are most stout men he is hardest on
his trousers. Because he will not tolerate
the suggestion Of q wrinkle In his neither
more than three or four times. In this
way he gets through quite 100 pairs In the
course OF II year.
He is particularly e~xtravagant with re-
gard to overcoats. He INDUCES in Il great
variety Of headgear, and his experiments
in hats and car from time to time have
resulted in popularizing no less than seven
distinct varieties.
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HUNTED BY A COUGAR.
Narrow Escape OF Man Who ThOuS ut These
Beasts Didn't Hunt Human Beings.

Most hunters and uaturalists say that
the cougar will not hunt man, writes Charles
j. Lisle In Outdoor Life. | though 80 for
fifteen years, then learned that | was wrong
l came near learning it just Il second too
late.
l had been fishing u small stream In
northern Idaho and was about to start
for home when I saw a large cou gar cross
an open space between two trees, l had
hunted cougars for years, and thought
I could safely despise the m, even though
unarmed. So ! went on.
But this cougar was different from others
1t came out to meet me. l motioned az
II to throw q stick at 1t.
Still 1t orept nearer, snarling and showing
its teeth az it fattened itself in the grass
I ran a few steps toward 1t, hoping to
brighten it. Instead, 1t orouohed for a
spring, for was not more than a rod away.
Thoroughly frightened, | yelled at the
top OF my voice. No panther ever screamed
more horribly, nor in such deadly earnest.
That was effective, for the beast dashed
back into the wood in fright, while | lost
no time in returning to camp.
Securing my rife, / carefully retraced
my path up the stream TO where l had seen
the cougar. As | intended to prospect
the country for several days, l dared not
risk the animal attacking me again I'M
prepared.
I walked through the heavy windfall
timber with rife cooked and ready for
instant use. But l saw no sign OF the
cougar. / orept over logs, following the
oourse Of the stream, up beyond where l
thought l had heard the believing Of
cattle.
Still I found nothing. ] was o~bstinately
pressing forward when / felt d Fremont
ton, an empowering inclination to look
backward. The look came nea being
my rS last, cougar WAS hunting me Thar.
on the log / had just climbed over, and
just in the act Of springing upon my back,
was the largest cougar I had ever seen.
Silent and sure az a shadow, IL had fol-
lowed my trail, waiting for just his moment.
Already 1t was contracting its muscles
for the spring as l swung my rife around.
There was no time to aim. With a quick
snap shot l fired at the oreature, jerked
the lever Of the gun desperately to throw
in another cartridge, and braced myself
for the shock.
The shock did not come. The one bullet
had lone the work OF death; The cougar,
the log, unable to finish the spring it had
begun.
IN It's agony It seized a young pine tree
growing beside the log and made its great
teeth meet In the tough wood This tree,
was az large as a mans Ieg.
have the oouga, akin as atrophy, With
only two seconds between US in the ,Sacej
for it's ownership I count it a prise worth,
keeping. And I &C no more unArmed out,
into the great woods, with the words OF
naturalists az my only protection egatnttt
wild beasts. ! much prefer A-goedr ins.
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regarded entirely an, the results of con-
tests figured on the basis of the piston or
displacement or cylinder capacity OF the
motors.
Horsepower rating vary to such an ex-
tent that they are ALMOST meaningless. Each
motorcycles have been able to compete IN
runaway and uninterestlng races and
great dissatisfaction have ensued. But n
few months since many prominent auto
placement as an EQUITABLE solution Of the
to the use OF big pacing machines formeriy
used on cycle tracks and also from several
fatalities due to the employment Of monster
can Mot.orcyclists set a limit Of five horse
power on the Motorcycles eligible to COM
a Pfi sdoSr.k In the this S sSH"' ~ freak rhs m lSss Hss t o3
sbnormal power and to encourage the prac-
beer, causing frict ion. and as a way out
Of the ~ dbi In The piston displaesment
pc tried in the hin climbing contest on july o,
ln which i will place all horse-powers and
and give an absolute measure OF each ma
Sfn.ne tse ca ms sSt ~ li aad PeIsbt siTsy. b Msrf hsG
prizes. ln the ten mile Rochester handicap.
which, after the national championships
at the r. A. Nj. meet, piston dlspia &c ment
viii also be employed IN aIlottlng the handi-
caps, which will likewise be the first effort In
that direction. The result will be arrived at
by multiplying the piston displacement In
CUBIC inches by the time and dividing tine
result by the total weight. This gives, In
or its capacity per pound weight, into the
time. and therefore measures its perform
In the square Of the diameter OF the cylinder
mutt piled by 1884 times the stroke. The
weight include e. weight Of machine compile
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Watch Mechanic Made for Gar.

FrOW Inc T0TTEf.
There il in the possession OF the Car a
very remarkable watch. II was made by a
Polish mechanic named Jules Curron.
The late Gar had heard SOME wonderful
tNios about the inventive ability OF this man,
and, wishing personally to test his skill, he
sont him n parcel containing a few copper
nails. some. wood clippings. a piece OF broken
and a few cribbhge board pegs. Accom-
IanyinE. this was a command 10 make them
into a timeniece.
Within 2 remarkably shor, time the Car
LsoeiNed them back in the shape of a watch.
aofpe case vas msdc Of china, and the works
end as'ontEhed was the Car thar he sent for
{ne ma conferred several dis, met ions upon
cum INA granted him d pension.
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Golf Notes,

ey he 'F fresport P0 colf q cls sSvf hass selects. sllsstsd
from their number I Edward Young, Jr,,
e. j.. Cartwright. secretary-treasnrer. and
srpors are II, r. A'h f., R S:lRlesini r.. l a. NJ Sthf Ho fBG..
3ean Ands 4 Il. e cut NJ ATTESg oH.s Roh E; B;
H morrow y; With S a ssEEiidooo h San ssfsHp s SPssns sbt to-
are weekly eompetitions, scheduled to Sep
OF note since last sea son, but there is a Mar
under WAY, to move to a new loca ton where
there VIII be room foI eighteen holes, tennis
courts and club buildings; This matter Of
but nothing came Of II.
ANOTHER record Of a hole In one must be
added to the instances recently noted at
sarsdsie s9d 81 Andrews In a match at the
the 1856 yard hole. 'e VII
Hin Field Club, has made a ine reeo r52rfr or
the extended eighteen hole course BegiVUiI
hing win, 8 on a 100 yard hole, Pearson foi.
loved WIN on the no yard second. There
on the sixth, and seventh. the latter over Pa
yards, and being out in 80. Coming home
the only flaw was, at the sixth, sonethinv
over 800 yards, where he took @, fnishinS
in 50. The course is somewh hal over : nmS
yards aud par. on the NJ. G.. A. figures, is ~,
H SS '.::::%::.s a::ss;:t-@ ~
PHILApHLPHIA, June 1a.-That the solfers'
~ pfa1l ifs nn tpT Ilm nis game IT,, IL Superior % the love
SrdsS Il mi the sd decree Ess q SfpfP, TssidsS de SSas. % y Sat,
q the Common Pleas Court %refusisse Mt o tbs
Pennsylvania Railroad the injunction II
'Afed reatrainins tho {asSionabiss' Bsie Coli
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Races for American Y. G. Dor,.s.

II. W. Eaton has presented to the American
Yacht Club a handsome silver punch bowl
which, 10 TO De a prize for the club dorles to
race for. There are sixteen dories OF one
design owned In the club and they are 10 sail
a series Of ten races. The owner OF the boat
scoring the most points III the series will get
the prize.
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New YORK Y, G. Race,

The 80 footers owned In the New York
Yacht Club Will race this afternoon OH the
Sound Of Glen Cove for a prize offered by the
house committee. There probably VIII be
seven starters.
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The following Is a list Of referees appointed Ii
cases In the supreme Court last week.
BY Justice TrusA,
Cases. Referees.
Chester Realty Company
VS.. Marx ............ .Aslbel p. Fitch
Levine vs.. ST: John go, Charles y. Gug geuhr liner
Matter OF Del Vale Eugene II. %pomeroy.
Emlgrant Ind. Saw. Bank
VS.. Kuntz ....,......, Leo c Dessar.
Duryea va. Kaiser...., william g, Davies.
De Peyster We. b'way Re-
lance Realty Company Charles II. Dugro.
Cent? Trust Co. VS.. Pell.. Robert ID. Murray.
Arbuckle VS.. Dwyer.",.., Cornelius J. Sullivan.
Oochrane vs.. COchrane. :. .GeraT I'd Roberts,
Helm Guthrie b. Plant.
BY Justice Giegerich.
Brand Va. .Naughton d Co Jos. F. Daring.
Mcdonald va. Wilkinson. Henry W. Wolf.
Matter Of Burga uer,. 90. Jacob Levy.
ADV, Co. ....,..... Gustayus A. RoGen-
Bowron vs.. Zimm crman Peter Schmuck
Matter OF Adee, -. ....,..J John II. RoGan,
Matter OF PARK er 49,. William H.. Woodruff.
Brown vs. Riverside Sec.
Company, .".",,..T Thomas P. plnnesn.
Brown vs., Same. ....... Thomas B. Dinnsan,
Richa rds vs.. Richards. 80. Oh, y. p. Mccain.
Matter OF Sullivan ........ Morris Cukor.
SItowel vs. Stowel.......N Marley PletEek.
Matter OF Peck. ...,.... MONTGOMERY HAN.
Weber VI. Weber. ........ David L. Wen.
Moses vs. Moses -. ..,. Eugene A. Philbin.
Nleberg VS.. Lewenhof. ,.. Moses J. Sneudain.
by Justice Leventrtt.
Matter OF kohn -. Charles A. Ralish.
BY Justice Greenbaum.
McHargo va. Gates. 49,. . . William F.. Dunning.
BY Justice MacIeAn.
Zwicker RI We. KoTsteger., George Haas.
Hudson d Maine X. r. Co.
VS. bonue '..'..',.' Rlcharo II. C1arke.
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Club from using one OF the railroads cross.
ings as a part OF the course.
IL deadly. but its golf" is the epltome
pears that the use made by defendants or
the crossing in question is for the purposo
OF the pastirne, OF, golf and is attended with
been deliberately arranged by the defendants
10 include lse Of the crossing, although a.
an earlier date the ground was laid out in a n
otheL manner, and while the use Of this cross
ing BY the defendants may be regarded as
onTne and highly imprudent, on the par
OF thoee who go use II or authorize It's use.
eomplainant's right 10 restain defendants
Is not clear and free from doubt and the In
junction In therefore refused"
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List OF Referees.

The following is a list Of referees sppointed In
Asses In the Supreme Court last week:
BY Justice Truax.
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President John II. Wood Of the New Jersey
Automobile and Motor Club signed the lease
for the organi2at IONS headquarters In New
ark last week. The new home OF the club will
be In the old Osborne mansion, at the north
east corner Of Broad and Chestnut streets,
which = i'll be relnodelled for it's future use.
The club has DECIDED not to hold its proposed
will hold one later, fhe following commit
tees have been appointed: House-W. l..
Meeker, Jacob 4. Dawson, job I. Angel and
Jacob s. Dawson, Legal-F. X Pratt, chair
man; Paul T.. Heller and DR.. Clement Morris.
Racing j. W. Mason. chairman; W. !. Fisk
and DR.. james r. Engllsh. AuditlnR-L. ".
Frisbee. chairman: {. !. Bond and L. T..
Chairman Tiss; i.sonsrd B. zusi sna w. + j sM,is oPRsn..
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have asserted for several years that NJ sais
hcatlons IN racing events by rated horse
power did not give all cars an equal chance
tried az the annual meet Of the Federation Of
american M~otorcyclists next month will be
watched With much interest. The meet is
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mcrce and the New York Yacht Club. His
wife, five sons and two daughters urvive
him.
Or. George r.. shooters. an examiner
in the Patent OltCe at Washington, died in
that city Friday afternoon Ht the age OF So
years. He was born in Burlington, Nt.t
STUDIED in the Office Of Folsom n ClevPla nd
law School and pr4Ct!shd law in Albany.
AftaTwRrd he wis clerk % "A United States
Senate committee, was era duatcd in medicine
and practiscd in WASHINGTON and in Europe.
some years ago he was appointed an ex-
amincr in the Patent Office.
Funeral services for T.. Robert Williams,
who died IN Friday of typhoid fever at st.
day afternoon at st. Jamcs's Protestan ut Epis-
copal Church. Of which he had long been the
bgrytone solOiSt. He was a member Of the
apollo Club and we'll known to musicians In
Brooklyn. For the lest year he had had
charge of the music in the Lafayette Avenue
native Of Wales. Wis, and his body Will be
taken there for burial.
Daniel Madison R~rOsnan. a native Of New
York city, who for many years was a resident
of New Orleans, died in New Orleans last night.
aged 81 Mr.. Brosnan as Il civil engineer
assisted In the construction Of Fort st. Philip
Canal connecting the Mississippi River and
mathematics at the Louisiana State Uni
yersity and the boys high school, In 1850
he became city engineer OF New Orlea MS.
He was afterward surveyor and examiner Of
the civil service board.
William j. Vint, a veterinary surgeon of is
Reeve place, Brooklyn, died Of heart 70 ilure
on Friday night while attending a lodge
meeting at Red Men's Hall. a short distance
from his. home, He leaves a widow and
several children.