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CLEANINGS FROM
THE REALTY WORLD
Enough Saved on Queens Transit Lines
to Build Bay Side EXtension---New
Jersey and Long Island Notes.

Announcement by the Public Service
Commission that tho contracts for the
Queens rapid transit lines, extending
from the greensboro Bridge and the
Stenway tunnel to Astoria and to
Corona. have been let for total Of
only S4,367.o47 In place Of 100000,
the official estimate, indicates that there
will be large saving on these lines.
which residents and property owners
beyond Corona In Queens hope will be
available for the construction OF the
Flushing Bay Side extension.
Tho contract for the Stcinway tun-
mel extension 20 the Greensboro Bridge
plaza has been let for S5b7,s66, the
bridge plaza terminal station and con-
nec,ions for sss4.s5a, the Astoria line
for sS6O.743 and the Corona line for
s2,o63,5ss. making a total, as above
stated. OF S4367,0i7, which Is $2,74o,000
less than the estimate IN the official
report OF May 20, 1912.
The Public Service Commissions e.
innate Of the cost Of three track sub
way and elevated line from Corona all
the way TO Bay Side is $i2I0,000 and
for a three track line to Main street,
Flushing. and IA two track line beyond
ss.564. 900. Property owners and resi-
dents OF the Flushing Bay Side section
would be satisfied with n two track line
beyond Main street, which would re-
quire an expenditure of only $4,000
more than the amount saved in the
contracts for the lines now under con-
struction
Tho Terry 4 Tench Company ana tho
Cooper 4 Evans Company. two OF the
largest subway contracting firms in the
city have put in estimates for the
work which are very much less than
the official estimates. The Terry &
Tench Companys estimate for the line
TO BAY side II 1901 150 while that OF
the Cooper q Evans Company IS
sS163.O00.
Just before the last election the Third
Ward Rapid Transit League carried on
an active campaign among the candl-
dates foI office in order To ascertain
their positions in regard to the con-
struction of the line and secured letters
covering fourteen of the sixteen votes
In the present Board OF Estimate COM
hitting them 10 the construction OF the
line as soon as possible. Chairman
Mccall OF the Public Service Commits
sion also wrote the league a letter ad-
Nocatins the immediate construction of
the line. which position is known tn
have the approval Of n majority of the
commission. A favorable report from
the rapid transit committee Of the
Board of Estimate authorizing the Pub
lie Service Commission to let the con-
tracts FOR the entire line is expected at
an early date.
Residents OF the Third ward feel that
any further delay would be wholly un-
fair to their section Of the city FOR
the reason that contracts have been
let for Bronx subway lines costing
s2s.000 900.
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$4,000 TEMPLE IN NEWARK.
Jewish Congregation Plans building
for High street.

NEWARK. y. J.. Feb. l3.-Sunerlntend-
ten OF Buildings William L. O'Rourke
granted twenty-four permits for new
buildings during the week. the esti-
mated aggregate cost OF which was
1927 900. one OF these permits was for
the new temple OF the Congregation
Bnai Jeshurun. which viii he located
on the northwest corner Of High street
and Wayerly avenue. at a cost OF $2l0.-
coo.
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your own Satisfaction tnat ION larliInS
does not produce the results represented
in the cleverly written literature Of the
concerns selling securities. purchase
two or three common red foxes These
can be bought for a comparatively small
sum and you can try fox farming for
yourself.
Foxes are very difficult to raise in
captivity; the young kill each other and
the odor from foxes is much worse than
that Of the skunk farm. II you sue
coed in raising the red fox you will
have experience sufficient to warrant
purchasing silver gray or other foxes,
selling at much higher figures.
Diamond brand stable manure. dried.
deodorized and ground. is sold by seeds
mon in ffve and ten pound packages.
Holland bulbs. such "a tulips. hya-
Cfnths, &C., that are Just about to flower,
and also house plants will be greatly
benefited by liquid manure. easily pre-
pared by mixing q little of this fertiI-
izer with water and watering the plants
with II once a week.
A florist states that Tho Lemon oil
Company's standard insecticide. used
| according to directions, will destroy
brown ants on asters. regarding which
a Syracuse reader inquired last week.
| This preparation IL for sale by seeds
men and is largely used by florists.
A Delaware reader who Is consider
ing growing for market wishes 10 know
! what Is considered good yield per
acre of peas and tomatoes and at what
price they will pay a profit.
| A good crop of peas Is 100 to 200
bushels per acre. Early sorts To be
profitable should bring not less than
so cents a hushel; late varieties GO
cents. A good yield of tomatoes * zoe
bushels per acre. Some do better than
this. Canneries and catsup makers pay
| from So to 81 ton. For market they
should bring better prices.
| II is the custom in parts % Switzer-
land to plant q tree on family holidays,
such as marriages. &c. the friends ~
| the family usually furnishing and plant
ing the tree. The work Is often ac-
companed with n good deal az parade
the relatives Joining In the procession
Music and congratulatory speeches
make a part of the performance.
A new winter Towering hegonii. me-
iior. Its parents are soCotrind and
IIonsdale's light pink sport Of Glo.re d.
Lorraine 1t is a strong. robust grower
twelve or eighteen inches go two frr'
In height and the foliage is uoarig
round, Of a rich dark green color. i
bears flowers in great profus.on; IN.
male flower is nearly two inches IN
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OLD nIR>s PLACE TO M SOLD.

iN3-7Sj sixth avenue. forming AN |.
to lO2-lOi West Forty-tifth street, one
Of the best known oyster houses in New
York, is scheduled to bc sold at public
auction Mt partition sale by Joseph l.,
bay on Tuesday. March 3, AT the EN-
change Saesroom on Nescy street
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Mushrooms growing under a side
walk have been known To rails" heavy
fiaRstone and an examination NJ the
plants showed no signs Of damage or
scars on their tender surfaces.
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crease OF more than 80 per cent. in a..
production OF protein per acre Th..
ncdreased value probably extends 20
the roots and stems left in tho soil A.,
means much In tho production OF ,oo,
for stock and in soil improvement,
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Ylen by bobhanh eAtier.. R,Aahsvt-A Nj.

with a iomtardy poplar in the back.
80. Japanese hemlock, an evergreen
Of considerable spread with dark green,
shiny needles.
49, Red birch. similar IN growth TO
the ordinary birch. with rough red
bark.
81. 4 group OF rorsyth!a. the we'll
known early yellow towering shrub and
three American red buds.
IS. Two Scotch pines.
80 Two Magnolia soulangesns. some
times incorrectly called tulip tree.
S6a. Group OF small pyram:dal ever
greens, golden bota. also small Juni-
pcrus virginiana Connarti and a mum
Der OF Azalea mollis and other aza,eas.
81. Cluster Of three white hlrc hes.
three cut leaf sumach tRhus typh!ns
!acneata|, splendid. strong growing
bush Of fudthcry appearance. artist!CallS
combined with birches.
81. Pines and hemlocks.
The tennis court is screened Off on
two sides. but let, visible from the
house
tn" fruit and vegetable garden is
simply arranged. In the centre are four
trained pyramids of apple or pear ,33)
No. 40 indicates dwarf fruit trees The
dots mark the places for currants and
souseberres. The space between the
trees may be utilized for vegetables and
small fruits, such as Strawberries and
raspberries. Within the garden enclos-
ure II chicken house and run arc ar
ranged.
The tstire arrangement IL simple and
may bc used as a model for laying out
grounds OF that size. In making plans
allow for large stretches of lawn. con.
filming the planting to the immediate
surroundings OF the house and the out
| lying borders OF the place, Do not
ovcrcrowd when planting. Leave room
FOR additions and completion later on.
The plan illustrated was drawn and
the suggestions for this article were
prepared by Bobbink x Atkins, nur-
serymcn, Rutherford, y. J.
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A Massachusetts reader having read
the article recently published on tho
skunk is led 10 inquire regarding In
vcstinG in silver gray fox farm
or purchasing breeding stock and rats
ing foxes himself.
DO not invest In silver gray foxes
unless you want to lose your money
is the advice OF IA man who has tried
fox farming, If you wish to prove to
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God Alm!ghtie first Planted Gar
den, and indeed il is the Purest OF
Human pleasures. 1t Is the Greatest
Rcfrcshment to tho Spirits OF Man;
without which Buildings and Palaces
are but Crosse IIandyworks: And q
man shall ever see that when Ages
grow to Civility and Elcgancie. Men
come to Build Stately sooner than to
Garden Finely; As II Gardening were
the Greater Perfection. "-BdCon.
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HOME MIX
YOUR FERTILIZERS
1T is SURE-SAFE EASY
WRITE FOR LITERATURE

PRICES r. o. B. AMERICAN DOCK rrRul
NAL, TOMPKlNSVILLt, n. Y.
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Autumn glory. pink, Is the latest
Towering aster. The astermum offered
as new race Of asters. was evidently
named to convey the idea that II is a
cross OF aster with chrysanthemum.
which is not the case. Nor Is It any
thing new II IL triumph comet aster
and nothing more, a very beautiful
aster, to he sure, but why hook the
mum" on to its name and try to palm
It off for what II Ia not?
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off. My shoulder was black and blue,
and l guess it was the excitement that
kept me at it.
Avery, of the U. NJ. c., and that
other chap, of the Peters Company
the big professional shots, you know
were pulling for me, and that helped,
too. All the way down the lines of
traps those fellows stood behind me.
| couldn't hear them say anything
with cotton in my ears and the roar
Of the guns on both sides OF me, but
every time | looked around there they
were, winking at me-you know-and
nodding their heads, just as If they
were saying, Go to it, kid; we're for
you' 1t helped lot, tell you"
So It came about that the Pine
hurst crowd sized up Tommy as a
natural" trap shot, which is one of
the rarest things in the world. And
(Tommy doesn't say this HIMSELF If
he should get tired of playing base
ball, there are plenty OF people who
would furnish him with guns and
shells, and pay him well to use them
He Loves to Hunt.
Tommy and Mr.. Avery are going
hunting this week, and while calling
on him Tommy had out the now
celebrated little toy gun, with the
leather cheek pad somebody gave him
at the traps, and even stain OF blood
on the grip, where Tommy's nose gave
way under the fearful pounding of
those 3 IL drachm shells.
81 didn't have time to think about
my blamed nose" Tommy explained,
but 1t must have bled good and
plenty And II | didn't look like a
bum next day. with my nose all
swelled up and red-oh, gee!"
Dominoes His Winter Sport.
In the long winter evenings Tommy
plays dominoes.
II believe in really resting" he says.
and there isn't much rest running
around TO dances and theaters. Dom
inoes and a pipe-a long handled
pipe-and then the hay. Is my pro-
gram, and II works pretty WELL"
And OF his off season diet?
"Milk," Gays Tommy. "Of course
take other food, too. But milk Is a
mighty fine thing in the Off season,
unless you put on weight too easily.
| don't and | drink lots OF milk Oh,
and the long handled pipe Don't for
get that There's u tobacco now that
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doesn't bite your tongue bit. and II
doesn't seem to get your wind. either
l smoke a good deal"
Mother Is His "Pai."
In addition to dominoes, Tommy
drives his car a good deal. He is
careful driver, and a good one, shar-
ing that distinction In the family with
his father, who is as good a driver as
Tommy, and perhaps a thought more
careful At odd times, Tommy plays
with "Gyp" who Is a highly intelli-
gent dog and will perform any num-
Der OF tricks for Tommy, but will only
submit to being put out at night by
Tommy's mother. Tommy says he can
make Gyp do anything except go
through a door after 0 o'clock at
night
One more thing. Tommy and Tom
mys mother are pals-regular pals!
nothing TO compare with Tommy's
pride OF "Momsey." Tommy's mother
never is too busy TO go out with Tom
my (Which is mighty often), and
Tommy will jump at the chance to
shove any other engagement to ono
side. to take "Momsey" somewhere.
"Tommyl"
You notice ! have referred always
to Tommy" Mcmillan, never to 4
r.Jre dignified and ponderous Thomas
He wasn't christened Tommy, but T..
suits him. 1t suits him o-day, when
he is a baseball veteran with long
and honorable career behind as well
as in front Of him, just as well as 1t
suited him the first time | ever saw
Tommy, that blazing hot day in July
Cor August) going on nine years ago.
During that nine years l have re-
called Tommy Mcmillan as a fine,
genuine. likable youngster, with the
quickest snap throw | ever saw.
Tommy has all those qualities in
tact to-day-and that's why call
him Tommy"
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-, -
Penn. Plans Boxing
League for Colleges

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 1A.1Ths
University of Pennsylvania boxing
team is formulating plans toward the
formation of an intercollegiate boxing
league. The projected organization ID
the result OF five years effort By
pennsylvania boxing enthusiasts To
interest other universities In the
establishment of such a league
II league is formed the. Amateur
Athletic Association novice rules win
De amended to serve as the league
code. The projected regulations can
for regulation costume and eight
ounce gloves.
Other rules win provide for three
rounds in all competitions; an inter-
val Of one minute between rounds,
each competitor to be assisted by one
second, who shall be an undergradu-
ate in good standing; no coaching
during the progress of bout; no stu
dent under 10 years Of age to COM
pete.
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Rochester Star Trains on Milk
and Tobacco in OFF Season.
Hunts and Motors.
By O. B. Keller.

TIME first time ever saw Tommy
Mcmillan was in July, 1905, or
maybe 1t was August. It really
doesn't matter, and the only reason
am Juggling that far away date into
this narrative is so | can hang a tale
on it.
Tommy Gas of course you know IS
an Atlanta boy He lives with his
father and mother and two sisters
at No. BAL Myrtle street-that is
when he isn't playing ball with the
Rochester club of the International
League. He is one of the smallest
ball players who ever achieved big
league fame, and also enjoys the dis
tinction somewhat rare these days)
of being thoroughly satisfied with his
job and in no way inclined to decker
with the Feds.
They think a great deal Of Tommy
up in Rochester, and Tommy thinks
lot of the club, too.
A Game of Long Ago.
That first time l saw Tommy, now.
1t was on the depot platform at
Marietta, and Tommy, with the then
celebrated Southern Bell Telephone
Company team, was changing cars to
60 up the A, K. & n. to a place called
Nelson, where the Southern Bell boys
were TO play a supposed "hick" team
that day. l was going to Nelson, too,
and l saw the game.
While the train was making up Its
mind to start, Tommy was kidding"
with a slim chap about twice his
length. That was Ed LaFftte, also
we'll known in baseball. They were
Just out of Tech at the time. thought
Tommy was the littlest chap l ever
had seen. And l didn't think then
that I'd ever be interviewing Tom
my about-well, you'll see in a min
ute, II you have the nerve to keep on.
WaIIoped by the Hicks"
The city ball team had 1t all framed
up to romp with the Nelsonites but
the scheme fell through. The main
reason for that was a chap named
Craig Day. Day was side-kick Of
LaFitte's on the Tech team, and Ed
die was amazed to see him lined up
with the ruralists. So was Tommy,
but that didn't prevent him from
cracking out a two-baSe hit when he
led off in the first inning.
That hit Of Tommy's was exactly
ne-half of the total batting attack on
Mr. Day. Tommy got as far as third
that inning and that was as near as
the Southern Bells came to scoring.
The final count was to 0.
The "hicks" seemed to have a pref
ty fair little ball team.
A Prophecy.
Well. I watched Tommy that day,
at first because / was interested in
seeing so small chap play ball. and
later because l was interested in the
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Royalty Golf Tutor
To Play in America

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Ben sayers,
for more than 40 years prominent
figure in British golf, Is coming 10
America for visit In May or juno
Tom Patterson, the professional Of
the Knollwood Country Club, who re-
Gently returned from a trip to Scot
land and England. brings this infor-
nation with him.
Sayers, instructor 10 crowned
heads, such as the late King Edward,
plans to first go to Philadelphia 10
visit his son George, who came to
America last summer The elder
Savers also will play a few exhibit
tons, and may take trip West.
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class of ball he was playing. For
one thing, he got the ball away sooner
after getting his hands on 1t than any
other infielder had eyer seen.
That evening l said to somebody or
other: That Mcmillan kid will be
up yonder one Of these days, If he
keeps on playing ball"
This is the first time ESQ far as l
know that I have said II told you
So"
In the Big Show.
The next thing l heard of Tommy,
he was in professional ball. Not very
much later he was with Brooklyn.
And that recalls another yarn, which
isn't so long as the last one.
1t was that amazing speed in han
ding and throwing ground-hit balls
that directed the scouts attention to
Tommy, and after he was an estab-
lished star that same dash and snap
sometimes got him charged with black
marks in the "e" column. One day,
while playing with Brooklyn, Tom
my's clear grit in a pinch saved the
game for the Dodgers, and one of the
sporting writer's said:
Tommy Mcmillan may be small.
but he has a heart like an OK"
Two days later Tommy pulled off
pair of his snap pegs, both Of them
going into the grandstand. Next day
the sport writer said:
"As. previously noted, T. Mcmillan
has heart like an OK, and sometimes
he certainly throws like one"
A Star at the Traps.
Tommy's triumphs are not all Of
the diamond. A couple Of weeks ago
he was inveigled into trip to Pine
hurst, where the big shoot was to be
held. Tommy loves to hunt, and he
has a fine little pet brush gun" He
never had fired a dozen shots over
the traps, but he went for the fun Of
It,
Tommy and his Ave feet two Of
tallness and his TOY gun"-its 28-
inch barrels were opposed to the great
34-inch trap guns Of some of the fin
est shots in America-Tommy Gre
ated quite a stir at Pinehurst The
big guns thought Tommy was great
fun. They made many good natured
jokes about the kid"
But that was before Tommy and his
toy gun blazed their way to third
money In one Of the main events
$50 good iron men, and a cup nearly
as tall as Tommy himself.
The "Big Guns Were There.
And that was not In any scrub
shoot either. Newcomb was there,
and Taylor--and John Philip Sousa,
for that matter-and the kid, with his
little tin gum" just about took the
almighty measure Of them all, get
ting his ss and his 81 out of the 100
with the best OF them--and better
than most,
81 TOOK an awful pounding" says
Tommy. "A thousand rounds Of that
tournament load, In my little bit Of a
Light gun, pretty nearly tore my arm
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received. send
ne one Dol
lar II not,
they cost you
nothing / take
your W 0 q
Cant you see
that ] couldn
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Tobacco Habit
Easily Conquered

A we'll known New Yorker Of wide experience
has written book telling how the tobacco or
snun habit may be easily and completely bRnshed
In three days with delightful benefit,
The health improves wonderfully after the nico
tine poison Is out Of the system. Calmness. tran
Gull sleep. clear eyes. normal appetite. good difes
ton. manly yigor. strong memory and general
gain In efficiency are among the many benefits re-
ported No more Of that nervous feeling; no more
need O. pipe. cigar. cigarette chewing tobacco TO
pacify the morbid desire The author. Edw ].
Woods. 534 Sixth avenue. 4lG d. New York city.
will send his book free Oh application. to anyone
who wnites.-AdYL -
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By Frank Ct. Menke.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-If D. Her
II bert Fowler, famous as golf
authority and constructor of
golf courses has his way, there won't
be so many golfers in the future
boasting about their low scores.
Asserting that Improvement in the
courses, better clubs and the substi-
tuition of steel and acid center balls
for the fashioned gutta percha
center balls have made the golf game
too easy. Fowler would have cross
hazards and other obstacles placed in
tho course to make the golfers game
more difficult.
Fowler declares that even the poor
est golfer of the present day can get
a greater distance In his drives when
using the new style ball than could
the most expert golfers Of the old
days who had nothing but gutta
percha ball to swat.
oct o make the game as difficult as
it was twenty years ago., de-
cIares Fowler, 1.-The courses ought 10
be heightened about 1000 yards. But
this is impractical. Golfers even now
complain about the length of the
course. MANY of them declaring that
It is too long for them to get In two
rounds in the afternoons OF the short
days OF spring and fall.
INV idea is to add hazards to the
course. l would have installed a
number OF cross hazards, OF a diff
cult nature. This would increase the
difficulties of the player to the extent
of taking away the advantages he has
with the new cored ball, new clubs
and course improvements, and, I be-
lieve. greatly add to the interest of
golf"
HARRY vARDON, the great Eng
IL llsh golfer. agrees with Fowler
that the game to-day is a bit too
easy, but he does not feel that haz-
ards would make the game much
more difficult. Vardon, however, does
not offer any suggestion for lettering
conditions.
J. II. Taylor, the British champion,
while agreeing with Fowler that
cross hazards ought to be installed in
courses, does not think the game has
become too easy.
Golf as It Is played to-day is a
mighty hard game" said Taylor. II
disagree with anyone who says II is
easy. I believe that cross hazards
ought to be placed on the courses, be-
cause 1t would add little excitement
to It, but I'm afraid that with the
ordinary hazards and cross hazards
the game would be so difficult for be-
ginenrs that they soon would become
discouraged"
NEW YORK has gone wild over
~ golf 1t is no uncommon sight,
these winter days, to see at least 100
players waiting to make the rounds
on the Van CORTLAND Park links, re-
garded as one OF the best public
courses In the country.
The city officials have been petit
toned to construct another course in
the park, and to construct courses in
the several other parks on Manhattan
Island and in Brooklyn, and II is
quite possible that the plea will be
granted and that new courses will be
opened to the public Late in the
spring.
AT present, in Greater New York,
"A there are about $4,000 golf play
ers. not affiliated with any golf clubs.
and the number will be almost dou-
bled before the middle of next sum-
mer. In the past the golfers have had
only two public links at their dis
posal; one in Van Courtland and the
other in Forest Park, Brooklyn. Many
golfers In their endeavors to avoid
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boats with which he won the two
Kings cups.