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It’s  Dependability  That  Counts 
The  most  wonderful  Spark  Plug 
Record  ever  made  under  the  super¬ 
vision  of  the  American  Autombile 
Association  has  just  been  chalked 
up  to  the  credit  of  Champions. 
A  stock  seven-passenger  eight 
cylinder  King  car  traveled  10850 
ipiles  at  an  average  speed  of  33 
miles  per  hour. 
The  long  grind  continued  for  14 
days  and  nights — without  stopping 
the  motor  cat  instant. 
At  no  time  was  it  necessary  to 
change  a  single  one  of  the  eight 
Champions  that  were  supplying  the 
vital  6parks — regularly  and  effi¬ 
ciently. 
As  the  King  Motor  Company 
states  in  a  telegram  at  the  end  of 
the  run — 
“It  is  the  most  wonderful  official 
Spark  Plug  record  of  a  stock  car 
under  triple  A  supervision,  and 
speaks  volumes  for  your  product.” 
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It  is  such  dependability — such  superendur¬ 
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five  of  the  new  cars  being  built  this  season. 
When  you  replace  a  plug,  insist  on  the 
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Use  it  in  planting  trees — get 
stronger,  deeper  roots. 
Proprietor  of  the  Garden  Showing  a  Visitor  about.  Fig.  490 
The  Original  Farm  Powder 
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(Iren  occupy  a  six-loom  apartment  fitted 
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home.  So  delightfully  cool  are  the  Sum¬ 
mer  evenings  that  many  friends  of  the 
family  spend  hours  in  the  little  Summer¬ 
house  located  in  front  of  the  living  rooms. 
By  walking  through  the  garden  a  large 
variety  of  flowering  plants  and  vegetables 
may  be  seen.  Rose  hushes,  geraniums, 
umbrella  trees,  tomato  plants,  potato 
vines,  string  beans,  corn  and  other  tooth¬ 
some  eatables  may  be  seen  growing.  The 
aquarium  is  well  stocked  with  goldfish, 
and  is  one  of  the  attractive  spots,  and 
near  the  walk  in  about  the  center  of  the 
roof  is  a  stone  sun-dial.  The  boxes. con- 
sour.  so  that  it  can  be  used  again  for 
making  wine?  E.  11. 
Englewood,  N.  J. 
The  treatment  for  any  container  of 
wine  should  be  thorough  cleansing  be¬ 
fore  wine  is  again  put  in  it.  First,  it 
should  be  washed  thoroughly  with  boil¬ 
ing  water  or  else  treated  with  live  steam. 
After  it  has  dried  a  Considerable  quantity 
of  sulphur  should  be  burned  in  the  bar¬ 
rel  and  this  should  be  repeated  two  or 
three  times.  Of  course  the  barrel  should 
be  closed  when  the  sulphuring  is  done. 
Remember  the  injunction1  about  hew.  wine 
in  old  bottles.  jr.  e.  g.  " 
A  Garden  on  me  Root  oi  a  17-story  Building  in  New  York.  Fig.  489 
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When  gardens  are  mentioned  those  lo¬ 
cated  on  the  ground  are  usually  the  ones 
contemplated.  Not  oil  gardens,  however, 
are  thus  to  be  found.  There  ore  many 
varieties  of  gardens  in  New  York  City, 
some  of  which  do  not  produce  vegetables. 
That  it  is  not  necessary  to  have  a  150- 
acre  farm  in  order  to  raise  vegetables  and 
flowers,  and  also  to  have  attractive  home¬ 
like  surroundings  in  the  heart  of  a  big 
city,  may  be  demonstrated  by  a  visit  to 
the  roof  of  the  Arena  Building,  38-40 
West  32d  street,  just  east  of  Broadway,  a 
taining  the  vegetables,  flowers,  and  other 
growing  things,  were  made  from  discard¬ 
ed  boxes  left  by  the  tenants;  the  walks 
are  also  made  from  the  same  materials. 
An  inspection  of  this  farm-garden  re¬ 
veals  what  may  be  done  by  a  person  with 
energy,  thrift,  and  a  desire  to  improve 
his  surroundings  and  make  life  worth 
living  by  making  the  best  use  possible  of 
the  materials  at  hand.  Mr.  Surridge  is 
constantly  planning  for  improvements 
about  the  farm.  Light-colored  bricks  will 
soon  take  the  place  of  the  board  walks, 
and  a  real  Dutch  windmill  is  going  to  he 
erected  ou  the  framework  of  one  of  the 
water  tanks.  Each  season  shows  some 
new  work  accomplished,  and  additions 
17-story  structure,  200  feet  high.  100 
feet  long  and  about  50  feet  in  width.  At 
this  elevation  chickens  thrive  without 
fear  of  being  carried  away  by  the  elusive 
hawk,  fox,  skunk,  or  having  their  legs 
cut  nfV  by  a  mowing  machine. 
Mr.  Robert  D.  Surridge,  superinten¬ 
dent  of  flic  Arena  Building,  also  owner  of 
the  roof  garden,  takes  delight  in  showing 
friends  over  his  unique  farm  and  pointing 
to  the  many  attractions.  At  odd  moments, 
when  not  engaged  in  attending  to  the 
wants  of  the  many  tenants,  lie  has  accom¬ 
plished  what  few  people  have  ever  tried 
to  do.  At  the  south  end  of  the  roof  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Surridge  and  their  two  ehil- 
and  improvements  in  and  about  the  gar¬ 
den,  which  is  a  source  of  joy  and  com¬ 
fort,  as  well  as  being  the  means  of  sup¬ 
plying  vegetables  and  Sunday  dinners  of 
chickens  which  never  saw  a  cold  storage 
warehouse.  The  soil  in  which  the  plants 
grow,  is.  of  course,  all  brought  up  from 
below.  It  consists  of  soil  from  excava¬ 
tion  mixed  with  street  sweepings  or  from 
genuine  garden  soil  brought  from  Long 
Island.  WM.  D.  GOODWIN, 
Cleansing  a  Wine  Barrel 
Is  any  special  preparation  necessary 
for  a  barrel  in  which  wine  has  turned 
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