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KING'S VINE TAKES NEW LIFE
Grapes for Royil Table Grow on
Stalks 150 Years Old Quality
Fine This Year.
London- The old lno in the loyal
vinery, near Cumberland lodge, In
Windsor (Jrcnt park, where thu blnck
Ifnnibuig grnios me grown for tlio
royal table. Is this year In better con
dition than ever, and the grapes, too,
tire of finer quality than timtnl.
This Is due to the king himself, who
Ihih gioatly Interested himself In the
vine, which Is finer thiin the one nt
llnmptoii couit
When his majesty came to the
throw Is was no uncommon tiling
for Hie vine to yield l.fiOO or 2,000
bunches per year.
Ills majesty considered this too
many, for the groat vine Is nearly lfiO
H-HTB old and during lecent yearB the
bunches hae been kept below 800,
while this year they lime been ie
ilueed to about fi00.
The consequence Is that frcsli
shootH are pushing out in all direc
tions, for. despite Its wonderful age,
the eteian has renewed Its youth.
The vine is looked after like a child
by a loyal gardener.
"I am always anxious about It," he
leinnrkeil "I live close to it, and I
watch it year out and year In, by
night as well as day.
"The stem and brandies I have to
constantly cleanse and the lnery has
to be kept at an even temperature of
lit" degiees
"The whole roof space of 2,100 foot
Is now eoveiod by the lne, which lias
grown considerably since the over
cropping was stopped, and the house
had to be made larger."
CRAB MOVE ON PHILADELPHIA
Sultan Ahmed Mlrza, the new shah of Persia, and the son of its lately '
deposed ruler, Is only 11 years of age, and from all accounts Is the unhap-!
piest as wen as the youngest monarch In the world. When he first heard
the news of his elevation to the peacock throne he wept bitterly and after his
removal to Sultanabad, where he was guarded by Bakhtlarle, he made sev
eral attempts to run away to his parents, then at the Russian legation, In
Teheran. His one desire is to accompany his father, the ex-shah, Into exile.
The above photograph shows him surrounded by his bodyguard.
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FIRE LOSS IS HEAVY
No Shrinkage Noted in Latest
Figures from Over Country.
United States Allows $175,000,000
More Waste by Fire Than on
Dasio of Germany and Oth-'
er European Countries.
Chicago Kite losses leported for
milli for seven months, Including
.luly. Jll'J.CXi.'ir.o Indicate a total lire
tax lot the year nearly as gieat as in
UMI7 and gieatei than in 11)0.1 and
11105. ami piolmbly to exceed $200,000.
000 In pi e ions enrs October. No
vember and December have noticeably
shown Hie increase when autumn
heating plants were started KITorts
to pievent fires .seemingly have made
little headway and the huge expendl
tines made foi putting them out mere
ly add to the toll taken In the L'nlted
"Slates by the Hie monster, which dur
ing the Inst live .vears has amounted
If) much over $1.000,(100,000 a dead
l(MS
The llio losses of IJiOii year or the
San l-'ranclsco's disaster t cached a
total of $ir.!.710.000, and no adequate
Ktcps have been taken by any city to
thoiouglily eliminate the conllagratlon
lurnul, which in Chicago Is said by an
authority to be now as great as when
the groat lire of 1S7I1 broko out, re
gal dlous of the cltys splendid fire do
paUment and its reinforcements, the
foico paid for by the ilre underwriters.
The effoits which are being made to
secure a high pressure water Bystom
for the lower districts ot Chicago Is a
sign or the times, however, business
Interests having come to see their
slinio in the country's Hie losses as
Insurance companies necessarily must
attempt to make their rates bring a
levenue to cover th,.r losses. That
they have not succeeded In this Is
shown by the fact that the under
writing loss of ten yearn of tho
Amoilcan and foielgn companies lias
amounted to $77,221,512, their aver
age exponse being M cents on eveiy
dollar or premiums and their losses
to 00 8 on eveiy dollar of premiums.
Oltlclnl note has not jot been taken
or the nnnunl annihilation ot ptopeity
to tho value of $200,000,000 nnd more,
although recent leports Horn Kmopean
countries show that the lite loss or
tho United States Is annuall $175.
000,000 greater than on tho basla of
Kuropenn countries
Uoports show that in Germany,
Franco, Italy, Spain, Helgluni, Holland,
Switzerland and Great Hiitaln the av
erago annual tiro loss per capita, tho
uverago rato paid for flro liiBuranco
and tho averoge nnnunl loss or lire by
firo are each nbout one-tenth or tho
same averagen in this country, llorlln
has a population about one-third Inrger
than Chicago. It has grown dming re
cent decades ns rapidly as Chicago,
nnd Is quite ns strenuous In its ac
.tlvltleu. It la surrounded by enormous
and r.tnldly growing manufacturing
sections. The nnnunl flro loss of Chi
cago approximates $5,000,000. The an
nual flro lose of Berlin rarely exceeds
$150,000.
CRAZED BY HER CAT'S DEATH
prison, was taken fiom thete to Hello
vue hospital, for examination as to
her sanity, following the death of her
pet cat. Kublu, hei constant compan
ion nnd friend during her prison life.
She has seen little outdoor life since
1001, when she appeared bofoie a
mnglstiate In Vorkvllle court one day
and asked to be committed to a cell.
She nail no home and no means of
earning her living. She became a
ttusty in the prison, under a six
months' sentence. At that time her
age was 51.
At the expliation of the six months
she again appeated bet'oie a magls
rate and asked that her sentence be
continued Her evident liking for
pilson led to a recommitment each
time She was euoigetlc. clean and a
willing worker, and was or much help
t-. tin matron in the woman's ward or
tiu prison.
Shortly utter her first commitment
a kitten found Its wny into the prison.
Mrs. (liallher took It in hand and
cared for it. The kitten grew into a
full-sized cat, fat and lazy, nnd con
tent to sit for bonis In tho Inp ot her
chosen mistress They wero constant
ly together during the woman's years
of prison life. The constant confine
ment, however, told on the health of
Mrs. (iialthor and nbout threo weeks
ago, when her last commitment ex
pired, she found a place as a servant
with a family In Knst Fifty-sixth
street.
Immediately after the woman left
tho prison the cat refused nil food,
the matron says, and continually
mewed for Its mistress. As the dnys
passed the anlmnl became thin and
weakened and died Mrs Gralthor
had not forgotten -the cat nnd tho
other night she visited the prison.
When told that Rubin was dead she
fell against n door, almost In a faint,
and then begnn to screnm and tear
her hair. All night long, In a cell,
she screamed and ranted Incoherent
ly, the keepers say, and she was com
mitted to Hellenic
For the First Time on Record Big '
Catches Are Made Within tho
City Limits.
Philadelphia. Millions of crabs nre
moving up the Deluwaro river from
the sea. Their coming is duo to tho
protracted drought, which has ro
duced the downwnrd strength of tho
current in the Atlantic to reach tho
harbor
For tho first time in many years tho
Delaware river Is brackish as far as
Gloucester, the result of which Is that
mullet, sea bass and porpoises may bo
seen every day above Chester.
The crabs, which are the hind gen
erally caught off tho coast, are to bo
round every whole from the Dolawaro
breakwater to Philadelphia For tho
first time on record a big catch was
made the other day oft the Point
House piers, bolow Grenwich point,
in the lower section of tho city.
Oldman's crook, Raccoon creek, on
tho New Jersey side of the river, nnd
other tiibutarles of the river aro
alive with fish and crnhs, and every
day fishermen are bringing to market
big hauls made In sight of Dock
Street market.
Hollers in the river steamboats have
to be carefully wntched, as tho salt
in tho water causes constant fonmlng
and moie than ordinary dlllgcnco Is
required by marine engineers to pro
vent serious lesults to vessels which
they nre responsible for
Can't Kiss Wife.
Millvllle, N J Cnn n husband kiss
hl.i wife against her will? That was
the question propounded to .lustlco W.
Fred Ware and the magistrate decid
ed in the negative.
George Shute was arrested when
charged by his wife with choking
her. I'pon crossoxnmlnatlou tho
wife admitted to the Justice that ho
only tried to embrace her, but thnt
she told him to stop nnd ho "didn't
mind."
Justice Ware warned tho man not
to hug his wlfo again unless ho first
secured her consent, nnd held him un-
dor $100 bonds to seo his order was ,
obeyed.
Tying Packages for Mailing.
Washington. Tho postolllco depart
ment will give Inventors an opportu
nity to test methods of tying pack
ages of letters in tho malls. From
hundreds of dovlees tho department
lus selected 11 mid asked tho Invent
ors to furnish 12,000 of each and be
gin nn ofllclol test. Knclr device will
bo tested for ono week In sovernl post
offices and In the railway mall service
Farmer Wins in This Test
Now York Woman Becomes Maniacal
When Informed Her Companion
and Frlond Is no Moro.
Now York. Charlotte QraUhor, who
for tho last five, years has boon n vol
untary prisoner In Yorkvllla court
Long Island Man Outwits Machine
Men and Gets Two Acres of
Spuds Dug and Bagged Free.
New York When Ira Youfig, a
fanner of Southampton, L I was In
formed thnt two rival potato-digging
machines wero being exploited by
their owners as the best In tho mar
ket, ho chewed a straw, thought
things over, nnd decided tho next
move was his. Accordingly ho wrote
lettera to tho owners of tho machines,
Inviting thorn to test tho dlggors on
his farm, lloth nccoptod.
Almost 500 farmers gnthorod to seo
tho demonstration In Ira's potato
patch. Young urged each owner to
do his level best with his devlco nnd
not let his rival outdo him.
Tho contest, under tho eyos of the
farmors porcho don the rail fences,
was keen, Ono mnchlno not only dug
the potatoes, but picked thu in up nnd
bagged them. Tho othor digger
v nuked tho spuds swiftly out ot tho
ground, hut did not even glvo a sug
gestion ot preparing them for a
French fry. Knch dug a full ncio of
potatoes, 100 bushels in all. Then
Ira announced ho would name tho
wlnnor.
"I win," said ho, stroking his chin.
"I'vo had two ncres of spuds dug
free."
COURT GIVES MAN TWO WIVES
Jurist Sets Aside Divorce Decree on
Complaint of First Spouse
Who Charged Fraud.
Lowiston, Mont. C. K. Gander of
Straw, Mont., hns two wives, to both
of whom ho is legally married. Tbroo
years ago ho was married at Groon
field, In,, and took his brldo to Mon
tana. Shortly afterward she went
home for a visit and fntlod to roturn.
Gander sued for divorce, alleging ho
did not know tho whorenbouts of his
wife. Ho obtained a decreo and mar
ried again. Mrs, Gnnder No. 1 ro
turned and moved to have tho divorce
decreo set aside, alleging her husband
know whore sho was, Judge Cheudlo
vacated the dlvorco decreo.
Air Omnibus Is Latest,
Paris. Krancis Laur. French engi
neer nnd inventor, nnnouncos tho In
vention of n flying omnibus capable
of transporting merchandise and pas
sengers, Ho bus asked tho municipal
council to grant him n franchise for
the city of Paris.
"Divide with the buyer the saving we effect by our superior methods
of manufacturing and distributing." Studebaker Policy 55 years old.
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Four Cylinders
20 Horse Power
100-inch Wheel Baso
32-inch Wheels
All Metal Body
Seats Two or Four
Magneto Included
Of Course
Studebaker-Flanders
20-750
The Greatest Automobile Value
the World Has Ever Seen
HERE'S THE ANNOUNCEMENT
for which tho world of Automobilln has boon
waiting so anxiously hoping or dreading ac
cording as the Individual was a buyer or seller
of motor enrs.
WE HAD INTENDED KEEPING SILENT
about this car for u few weeks yet until othor
mnkors had had their say until they had nil
sprung their "sensntlons."
BUTTHEMAGNITUDE OF OUR PREPARATIONS
the purchase of several factories by Stude
baker Interests ns represented by tho E-M-F Com
pnny of Detroit sot trade tongues n-wngglng and
information as to the car that was to be produced
on such a tremendous scale began to leak out.
DEALERS. ANXIOUS TO GET THE WINNING LINE
began to inquire ns to the Studebaker plana for
next year. They were insistent, for. very nntu
rally, they did not want to tie up with nny other
concern If Studebnkers were' to have the great
line thnt had been reported. No man likes to
enlist on the losing side. All like to mnrch with
the Victorious.
CUSTOMERS EVERYWHERE WROTE
in this vein: "If Studebakers are going to build
a runabout I don't want to buy until I have
seen it." Thousands of theso writers have dealt
with this old house for years some of them
never bought a vehicle anywhero else. To
them the Studebaker namo Justly adds to tho
Intrinsic value of any car.
IN VIEW OF THIS ANXIETY
on the purt of our friends we decided It would
bo unjust to denlers nnd prospective buyers to
longer withhold information ns to this cnr.
which will supplement thoso other two incom
parable models, Studebakor-Garford "40" and
Studebaker E-M-F "30."
SO THE CAT IS OUT
Head tho specifications briefly given below. Con
sider the source of this car's origin. Then com
pare it with other "Sensations" recently an
nounced and bco if you don't think they wero
false alarms.
STUDEBAKER-FLANDERS "20"
is tho name of tho now car, and tho title was se
lected because it was believed that that alone
would bo tho strongest guarantee of its quality
to any ono at nil familiar with tho history and
tho personnel of tho automobile industry.
STUDEBAKERS STAND SPONSOR
for tho product tho entire output will bo
marketed through this organization That Ib
your guarantee that tho car will be of sterling
quality throughout Studebakers could not af
ford to lend tholr namo nnd a reputation based
on r.r years of upright dealing to any but an
honest product.
FLANDERS WILL MANUFACTURE
this product. What could wo say here that
would add to his fame as a manufacturer? His
has been tho most wonderful record in this won
derful business. It has been, a succession of
triumphs a repetition from year to year of
feats In production that had theretofore been
considered impossible that other makers now
call marvelous. E-M-F "30," which attained
such nn lnstantnneoua success and now stands
tho most popular car on tho market, was suffi
cient to establish. Flanders for all time.
JAMES HEASLETT DESIGNED
tho Studebnkor-FlandorB "20" nn engineer who
up to the time ho undertook this commission
had never set his hand nor his talent to the de
signing of any but high priced cars. Several
of tho best known emanated from his brain. Ho
designed tho original Studobaker chassis the
ono from which have evolved all later models.
Heaslett doesn't know how to do cheap work
in the senso that tho terra is generally used. Ho
simplifies nnd ho knowB how to design parts
to manufacture to tho best ndvantagc thero ho
is unsurpassed by any.
25,000 S-F "20V WILL BE BUILT IN 1910
Ve realize that these figures will bo almost in
crcdlblo to persons unfamiliar with the re
sources of StudobakerB and tho ability of Flan
ders. It Is a simple statement of fact. That tho
old "ultra conservative" houso of Studebakers
and not sonio young and Inexperienced concern
stands back of tho statement ought to glvo
it a par value. Wo know it will.
THIS QUANTITY WAS NECESSARY
It would bo impossible to produce a car ot this
size nnd quality nt tho price if mndo In Biiinllcr
quantities. Tho tromondouB "overhead" expense
of equipment nnd distribution would, If saddled
onto a lesser number of cars, make it necessnry
to add 25 to B0 per cent, to tho price. Wo can
not build a much better car than others do for
tho money in lots of 3,000 to 5.000. But by dis
tributing the overhend ovor 25,000 cars wo havo
been nblo to sot the price at $760.
COMPARE THIS CAR WITH OTHERS
listed at $100 to $300 more Add a magneto to
those not so equipped wo believe no automo
bllo is completo without a first class magneto
and you will find thnt, aside from tho difference
in price, thero is no comparison in vnluo. We
didn't intend there should bo.
THIS IS A FULL GROWN, MAN'S SIZE
magneto equipped, four cylinder car not a four
cylinder toy or a one-lung makeshift.
WE HAVE HAD IT IN MIND SEVERAL YEARS
under way several months simply waited until
plans could bo matured for Its proper manufac
ture and distribution. No concern would dnro
nttompt a tusk so largo as this until proper ma
chinery not only for making but for marketing
tho product had been perfected and Installed.
That time hns arrived.
THE DEMAND IS ALREADY THERE
this wo know. It only remained to perfect an
organization to properly tnko euro of it and
to extend to buyers that uniform courtesy and
prompt attention that have mndo Studebakers
famous nnd prosperous. Did you ever notice
that n Studobaker representative, wherever you
find him, breathes tho spirit of tho whole or
ganization is a sort of bcacou of safoty to all
Studebaker patrons? Well, it's n fact. It's tho
way wo stand back of thorn treat them ns wo
want their customers treated. They Boon got
the spirit.
THE BEST BRAINS IN THE INDUSTRY
are engaged in tho production of tho Studebaker-Flanders
"20.". Plants best suited to its
manufacture have been purchased for If wo
would avoid all chance of delays and disappoint
ments to buyers wo must depend on no outsldo
concern to furnish tho smnllest part. Every
pnrt must bo mndo in our own factories and un
der the watchful eye of Flanders.
TO MAKE THE LOW PRICE POSSIBLE
it was necessary nlso that there enter in no
intermediate parts profit. No concern ranking
nn nssombled car can hope to compote with this
car in quality at tho price. It was the purchaso
of sovernl plants among them 'tho splendidly
equipped Do Luxe factory at Detroit, a forging
plnnt, a body making plant, and others that
started the rumors and ranko it necessary to
announco our plans a few weeks earlier than
Intended. It suits us all right but
OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR COMPETITORS
wo intended to keep silent yet a while. Deliv
eries will not begin until January. Besides, wo
realized that the announcement of such a car
nt such a price, and by Studebakers, Is likely to
havo tho effect of an explosive bomb on tho
market at this time. Vo had no deslro to pro
clpltato anything, but our hand was forced.
"THIS CAR WILL BE THE SCREAM OF 1910"
Baid the first dealer who was let Into the secret,
nnd If dealers can't pick winners who cnn?
IT WILL BE A REPETITION OF E-M-F "30" HISTORY
the greatest sensation tho greatest success
from every standpoint ever sprung in this in
dustry up to dnte.
OF COURSE IT WILL BE DAMNED
by rivals. But damning doesn't hurt. No car
ever was damned ns was the U-M-F "30," now
known ns Studebaker E-M-F "30." They said
wo would never bo able to make them at tho
price wo did. Then they said deliveries would
be delayed shipping 45 a day now 4,500 in
hands of owners. Damning doesn't hurt, for
they never damn dead ones.
STUDEBAKERS ARE THE WORLD'S LARGEST
makers of motor cars many times over. Yet
wo cannot hope to supply tho whole demand.
And as cars sold under tho Studebaker namo
aro always first choice, persons who nre unablo
to get them and must buy some other aro natu
rally disappointed and often bore.
THERE IS CERTAIN TO BE A SHORTAGE
of every Studebaker model in 1010. Wo know
thnt now. but aro powerless to nvert it. Under
the Studebaker name 41,000 cars, gasolluo
nlono. will bo mnde in 1910. That sounds big,
but this is a big country nnd the namo stands
high over every mile of it.
ONLY 1,000 STUDEBAKER-GARFORDS
America's standard high priced car havo been
planned for. Of tho latest model, not yet pub
licly announced, nearly 200 nre already under
order. For several weeks we havo been awaro
that there will bo n big shortago of this model,
but it is too late to change plans now. The only
thing for you, if you want a car of that typo
seven pnssenger, $4,000, with standard body
Is to get your order in now havo a deflnlto do
livery date eet.
"DIVIDE WITH THE BUYER
tho saving wo effect by our superior method of
manufacture and selling." Thnt 1b tho koynoto
to all Studebaker operations the explanation
of our policy of small profits per unit on quanti
ties of enrs. No other manufacturer Is satisfied
with so small a mnrgln. Most of them do not
know, within several dollars, what it costs to
make nn nutoraoblle and I hey set a wide mar
gin to cover.
YOU HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR WASTEFUL METHODS
ever sinco tho inception of this young Industry.
Wo havo corrected that. This Is an industry
now not a game.
STUDEBAKERS, WITH ALL THEIR RESOURCES
finnncial aud otherwise, would havo hesitated
to launch a project as big as Studebaker-Flanders
"20" under tho conditions which until with
in a few months hnvo provnlled in tho automo
bile industry or rather Game. Tho basis on
which the business hns been conducted was
foolish, fictitious and falso. It wns fair neither
to maker noi buyer most unfair to the dealer.
Ho was nlways chasing rainbows. Tying up
with ono wild-cat concern after another, ho
never handled the same lino two years In suc
cessionnever know where, a yenr afterward,
to find any ono to stnnd back of tho BO-called
"guarantee" ho had given with tho car.
HOW DIFFERENT NOW
when you can buy any typo of car your needs
d ctnto or your purso can afford und havo be
hind it tho warranty nnd the nnrao of a concern
like Studebakers fifty-five years old. This lat
est creation Studebakor-Flandors "20" com
pletes tho lino. Here nro brief specifications,
lead them carefully; then If you desire furthor
Information nbout this or any other Studebnkor
model writo your nearest branch. Whatovor
you do, get your order in or don't berato us
because you can't get n car for noxt spring's
use. when you will want it badly.
MOTpn loTllmW, cnHtenbliicivnlves nil on ono slile. extra
luWiSuriorhu ,'' t normal engine V"iT '
CAn"3o"c-a,bureltur"t "' """""r ,0 U"" """'l K-M-B
COOLINO -Water ; cenlrlfiipul imnp, similar to E-St-P.
MArI:;?tUrt,Cl,':U,Onr'0r,, ' ,,e ""-me ami efllclent.
Inrfo r-M-r1 'V'iOT EIJ,e"i,,,l,,t ?" SpHflorlj Blinl
inr to J--JI-1 , 1MK) In ue to-iluy nnd not a complaint
TnANSMIBSION-Selortlve Hll,llnB Rear; compare with nolsv
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