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1y the ats the nageâ€"records, commit- Frmanence, like title- Is and safes in selected ruling go t given to the flames. - seems to the friendly rt to pursue a similar rtters of sentiment, or corre5pondence, it is fter an interval to de- 3 received, unless there reason to the contrary. dust; they grow yel- ; Lhe writers and recip- I away. and a trunk in r the eaves holds the I, the secrets, the scan- ! a generation gone. A; ring in her garret dis- r the strange and hith- d shameful story of an bse memory had been through the long years. letters which ought to led as sc on as read. p family revelations of family traditions of where a family skele- ry bones in the past?! espondence, there is 'ng to do, and that 1: amy to ashes as soon [e owe something to bontemporarres, some- fes, something to those fter us. in our conduct vwritten word. hrs, and letters of ten- en't by woman to wo- rved their first turn. 38388 and performed I best out of the way. .Phyllis in terms of , and it is all beauti- til Strephon finds the it. reads it before he his its nature. and Lthe. feminine minu. rase to one another we their effusxonS. 0 upon the funeral I h V ne 1‘ hole and vsuio SUB ' whispered, My da ti; $113 In Was w \‘v’ n sha A I We W87 day the I killed s of ab ac- a mH P! M . . iigR'I'uJed has given me ~',.~',._.1;~ and réal benefit 'H .54“ :uusyum of money ex- hm am (fiber line, writes A‘ “(d - " 2:. 100 ft. from my 9"!“ ‘(U 7? 'u‘b- " .. . . D 0“ T m a high mu 1 dnllec . 1! LIL :‘ - ‘ - I: “V ., phalders andclay, ant 1 ‘. (willed a drive weII :15 : m, ;v 1111.118 in stnkmg 2 m.- (Ivor the we] 9‘ ‘4 -ump to the reservoir, in 21' {p.11} ‘13.? 1 1-»lâ€"li1- We {run my hull-dings to the buxom “1' 1m»- rcse-rvolr, keepmg It at all 1.331115 4 f1. under the surafce of the gr.,.und. At my lower end of .th'ls 1min 1.1;29, I 'nuve .three branch . plpes, threefuunhs of an mch m dra- _} _, 0m: gueeuto the cellar under the house. then up through the floorl . . j 0m: goes Into the horse: ham and the uzher to my pac-k'mg‘ house. I also have a 60-ft. hose and! 1102.21? whirh can be attached at a1 moment’s nm‘u-e. and as the reservoir i569 {1. ahum the": hydrant the pressure Ls very gmxl. The hose even. be used fur washing carriages, carpets, rugs, winduws. 1x‘gwrflll‘es, horses, etc., and spraying lawns. flowers or s‘hrubbery, and in case (1f fire water could be mrmvn into any room: in the house or on the roof of any of Lhe farm build- ings. I have an overflow pipe from the reservoir, so that the mill can run cumlnuously. and as the reservoir maids aimuz 500 barrels, the water is always pure. It is jusr as fresh as when it mme zfrum the well. The by- drants. all off the water below the surface of the ground, so that it never RH: warm. ma- does it freeze. 1111;011:153 4 ft. ux gruund. A1. we win pipe, I hav each three-foam man. One go- momem’s noxice in fit) ft. about L'h' mamem b ‘ gmnjm is very g0 for washin c My plum as: me about $400. The driiiiug of 1119 well was difficult,'as muv'n of the material passed theough was rock. The. trenches were dug thrnug‘u stiff clay, and the piping was mun: “nan would be necessary in many cases. If 11' is desirable I can turn on 3 811111“ szream and let it run night and day for the benefit of the stock in lens or paszure, or for irrigation. I wouid Inn-SI earnestly recommend this system of water works on dry and tuaiing farms and mere are thousands of them than can be supplied by this wonderfully handy system at a cost of nm to exceed 8:300 to 3250. How FARMERS MAY HELP THEE| ROADS. It is easiz} possible for farmers to keep country roads in a much better! condition than most of them are at‘ present. The individual can afford to do med mending on the same principle that he repairs fences and buildings, "It pays me." And a land owner ought to feel as much shame, even guilt, beâ€" fore the general public. over a mudhole the? can be drained. 01‘ over a choked- “? sluice along his premises as he Ought over neglected cattle or a dis- may of filth. It is not necessary to wait for the “ad-‘Wm‘king season to some. The mos: profitable, common sense work can he pm, in a iiLtle at a time, if at sad, 1'; i"? ,Z ' ' gimnagf' ”4m? Drainage IS the be- unlit-:3 Sparse ending of the Whole m {1.1% rtqzds“are to be roads and Li one :- arermg-troughs and fiian‘iingbLtE-flgs are common causes of pi min“; Ler. yet it IS a very sim- ing Ar: ’ to direct the water flow- A. r"tuft-niun the way it should M, wasgéeha loose hoard, a chunk of y _ .oun against the end of a ‘ 11,141,35qu Itoup till it is worse would 5911i L: ’Five minutes’ work L,‘ _« 1he mater rushmg through ““21 "tunnel. It is not. uncomâ€" see water following the wheel ’53 I m a" . «IS F’ p “101‘; to Ill? 1-". r ‘\ eve S5003“. When a man with half an I’m)“; .2180. see that a mere cut ~ \ e ridge at the edge of the road \V “H174 ‘ . tux; mad {he water into the suit (1:16;. lut‘r'r - - Dre. Laps (km!) a bank. Ulu 0 van further inquiriesâ€"1n vain. and gsitll stuck serenely to her “meat l’tatles,” and with that they had to be content. Not till years afterwards did they learn that the meat which had been a-.. W'OMEN’S NEW FIGURE. By the way, if you are laboring un- der the impression that padded hips are the prevailing fashion, get rid of. it at once. The new figure, fresh from Paris, is hipless, and especially ed to the clinging fashion of gowns. It calls for the full bust, na- ipirig into 3 ha ' d 11019 01' 50“ +nra11v nlaced. but no hips, and this r I v 4 C for r‘ 1* ~ ~ ‘ 01.5. new a man thh half an - at once The new figure fresh’ . ’ eye Cap >7 _ an“; ”3:5“. see that a mere out It . . . - z~~ \ne ridge at the edge of the from Pans, IS 11191688, and espeelally 1036. \\".u'% ‘ . . . - ° dines“ 1:3,}; [1:33 $1.18 water mto the suited to the elmglng fashlon of Drt-gping {n10 (211:8: big: o ‘ f gowns. It calls for the full bust, na- 1' so t turally placed, but no hips, and this pa"? 3 . f?“ Sliperfluous stones now . . . the way 1n whlch rt 18 secured: \\ vv noLLL LULLU'V L516 ‘8‘ 'Vuvv- ‘ CHIC LEV I," v wâ€"â€".â€"â€".v uni, . ,_ Work 5115::le the water out would 18 ressing +3.5, ffneaded “$531138 10 all Two sets of laces are provided, one.of Shu'n‘kn £le ”‘3' Heavmg out a few elastic, which begins at the walstdlne -~ Stones from the track and continues to the tap, where at 18 ° a full “7‘;le -U V- V . gnu. 3:1; 1“, delnmaem to the black- left extremely loose to nge «'1 ii~ “ 390“ maker perhaps, but bust effect. The elastic eXpands and h the movement of the . S21 " . 9‘ ‘mg no the farmer. If all contracts wit ' of lmen or o Fulfila. ~‘Y‘hfl ' :1“ E't-aflfif.;°0r1“.efm thus well kept up chest. The other lacmg nouns (114ch 3ng Wm” “rm" Wmild silk is put in at the bottom of the “Ms of “huh more toward “.19 good corset and extends to the waist hne, talking, ~35 3.“ are dreammg and bringing the two parts of the corset 11"" mt}? {3‘31 View of the subject. is as near together .as possible. The Erma; ”TH-('3‘ feature 0f practrcal gives a meet fetchlng figure. As for I ” ”lb‘nce’ economy, amere hip pads, many of them are seen, all - 7 2 am] giving a gro- 11,-“>‘- vwv-v_ v-vwâ€"c “Wing that way. Heaving out a few 5 u “Ur '1 01d stones from the "301‘ “ u d “Urk detriment to the black- 5‘3 h and wagon maker perhaps, but 3 ‘1e- 2lying to the farmer. If all 3391123 thing were thus well keptup 133* Yearly toll of public service would count mtre and more toward the gOOd “995 0f “hich all are dreaming and ta‘kmg- This view of the subject is DO ml‘l‘f‘ than one feature of praotlcal thing intelligence, economy, amere ‘C'C‘k‘ng out for number one. no mat- Amme the many artificial predi- "9‘3 for making plants do as one hes. that of ginning or ringing the ‘fape- Which is now and then practicâ€" PF horticulturists, is not thé least cmm’u-S and interesfing, says the Home- maé- It Consists of the entire removâ€" Ila the bark just below the fruit clus- be: “h“ '1 month before the time an! my. AND PLENTY OF IT. 1 by“ (tes-rhbed has given me Lsflti'TL‘-’n and réal benefit :11‘u:,:-unt 0f money ex- (a’h'er line, writes A. boulders and clay, ‘and 3‘. miled a drive well {2- 1311111118 in striking a 20“?! and put up a _ ‘1’ l-‘\‘ GIRDLING GRAPES. ._--11 went about 30 'ft. m: m.” the 'hill and made Lti-fin 18 ft. in diameter y. '1"his I lined with a xii :3 it think, laying the mil in mortar and that . the center in cement. ":m paved with cobble- :iem. and the sides were med. The excavation wizh oak sleepers and ads. The whole was .vm feet, of earth, with , “ « manhole in the cen- ‘A 1.. u-ndumed underground ripening. Its effect is to hasten the ripening by a week or two, and to in- crease the size at the fruit. The sap ascends through the pores of the wood and sustains growth, but on descend- ing the elaborated sap, which passes down between the wood and the bark, can go no lower than the point where: the vine has been girdled. It stops' there and goes to feeding the bunch of grapes growing at that point. Of course ringing is 'a thing that can only be done to a limited extent, and the eXperiments can only betried, on scat- tering branches. It is evident that all that part of the vine below the cut will suffer the following year, and that the entire vine itself would be perm- anently injured and perhaps destroy- ed if the practice were made at all general. As an interesting experiment I however, to be made on branches that one thinks of removing anyhow, atrial :0- ringing will furnish an interesting study to those curious in such mat- ters. THE OLD WOMAN AND HER ’TATIES. The Student and the Kettle Full of Pain. toes «Roast Seal for Dinner. Robert Stephen Hawker, the famous vicar of Morwenstow, known far beâ€" yond his little Cornish parish for his wit, his verses, his eccentricities, and his kindness of heart, was, as a young man, extremely fond of practical jokes. While an undergraduate at Oxford he mounted one. night to the cottage roof of Nancy HeaJe, an old woman, com- monly reputed to be a witch, and peer- ing down her chimney flue, saw her crouched before the fire, watching an iron kettle full of potatoes. Very quietly the mischievous student low- ered‘ a rope with a hook at the end, booked: the kettle, and drew it slowly upâ€"upâ€"up, and out of eight. Poor, near-sighted old Nanny, when she: saw her trusted utensil vanishing thus mysteriously, peered after it in blinking bewilderment, crying out in deepairq at the top of her voice: “Massey ’pon my sintul soul! . Art gawn offâ€"’taties and all 2” U d8. moment larer there was a knock at the door. -.Young Hawker had re- turned the kettle, and hidden himself near enough to hear her joyful ex- clamation as she nearly mumbled over the repentant wanderer. Oddly enough, the student’s jest dir- ectly benefited his victim, for when she went about the next day telling her tale, theauthorities supposed that the poor old creature's wits were leav- ing her, and compassionately increas- ed her weekly allowance from the town. If he puzzled old Nanny about her queerly behaving 'taties, however, an- other old woman, Joan Treworgy, of the tiny CO‘I’nlSh seaport of Boscastle, once puzzled him and a friend of his nearly as much. They stepped, very hungry, at her little inn, “‘l‘he Ship," and inquired what fare was to be Shad. l “Meat and ’taties,” said Joan, add- [ing scornfully, “some call ’em purta- % ties, but we always says, ’taties here.” ‘ The guests inquired what kind of meatâ€"veal, lamb, beef or muttonâ€"she “So Eben," she cried, “theer’t come back to bolt! Ay, ’tis a-cold out 0’ doors 1”. would. she say. The meal was at length served. i'ne ’tatles were good, and the meat was not bad, but it was peculiar. They could not “place” it. It was tender and not unsavory, but it had no fami- liar outline or joint or bone about it. The hungry youths ate, but felt a trifle squeamish, and when Hawker suggested that it might be a "piece of Boscastle baby.” his friend dashed hastily to the kitchen to make further inquiriesâ€"in vain. Old Joan sitll. stuck serenely to her “meat and ’tatles,” and. with that they had to be content. Not till years afterwards did they learn that the meat which had been By the way, if you .8 AuLnU1-vu u..- _ _ - in]: of the manuscript of my I want to get it in shape for ,tion, as I have several other “'38 a “mce, whole- and no more might at least A QUEEN’S “ WINTERS." ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF ROUMANIA. DILATES 0N MEN AND WOMEN. Inn and Wife Should Never tense Court In; Jove, In“, Jealousy and Fate are Blindâ€"Ble- 531 Women are Weak. No book in Europe today! is attract- ing more attention than the one en- titled “Thoughts of a Queen." which has just been published in French, and the author of which is Elizabeth, Queen of Roumania, who is better known to the literary world under her nom de plume, Carmen Sylva. An at- ' tractive woman she is. .with her blue eyes. well shaped mouth, heavy brown hair and sweet smile. A Princess of Wied by birth. she was carefully edu- cated by her excellent mocher, and the result is that she is not only a ready writer and a witty talker, but also a good housekeeper, as well as an adept in those arts which fit women to be- com; leaders of society, She began to write prose and poetry at. an early age, having apparently in- herited the poetic gift from her grand- mother, Princess Louise of Wied, who was a poetess of no mean skill. Her first poems, however, of an real merit were those which she wrote after the death” of her first born child. ; This was the first great sorrow of her life, and the poems which she wrote then show how deeply she lamented the loss of her babe. ln “Thoughts of a Queen” she frankly expresses her opinion on many :ubjects. Here, for example, are some . :1 her views about man:-â€" i “11' we study the human body care- fully we shall find that the soul is not far away. Animals move freely in their native element; does not our condition of slavery show that we hu4 man beings seldom find ourselves in our true element? When a woman is bad, it is her husband who is blamed. Do not trust a man who scoffs at do- .mestic happiness.” HAS GIVEN A WHOLE WORLD. Her remarks about women are gspccially interesting. According to i her:â€" l Ewoman is like a flower exposed. to the iwind; for a long time she. remains a iclosed bud. and as soon as she begins ito flower she withers. Man often ;gains his end through the brutal strength of an ox or a bear; woman under similar circumstances uses the itactics of the timorous mouse or those {of the murderous snake that coils §around its victim. A woman’s virtue imust often be very great, since there {are many cases where it has to suffice E for two.” ‘ " nAâ€"u. -1: 13-... “A woman is expected to give her} love freely, to take care of a household'l and to educate her children; moreoverp she must be pretty, elegant and love- able. Yet in spite of all this men say that women .are weak. Among save ages the woman is a beast. of. burden, among the Turks she is regarded as a creature who is fitted only for luxury. Europeans claim that she is useful for bOLh purposes. When a Woman gives In '1egard to love mama says.â€" U1 the Queen of Ron- ms in him." ."Intellectual people oft- en talk nonsense when they find them- selves in a critical or unexpected posi- tion. just as a dog. barks when he is afraid of something.” “One can only bf intellectual with intellectual peo- p e.» Carmen Sylva has evidently not a] high opinion of women who interest themselves actively in politics. for in a smart little epigram she com-' Dares them to erratic hens. She also points out that kings and queens differ from all other mortals in the fact that when attacked they are not supposed to have the right to defend themselves, v'ither with tongue or pen. As for Lprinoes. she evidently regards them [merely as ornaments, for she says:â€" “A prince need only possess eyes and ears. and there is no reason why he should use his mouth, except: for file purpose of smiling.” This may seem a little cynical, but turn over a few pages of the book and you will find the same writer landing virtue and telling men how they can best pursue that course in life which leads to true happiness. Enormous Fortunes Have Been Made Frflm Simple Devices. The invention of the roller skate made £200,090. :The glmletdpointed sometw has been reSponsible for more wealth than most silver mines. One hundred thousand pounds in first-class securities would not represent the for- tune made by the man who first thought of capper tips to children’s shoes. Even a little thing like the common needle threader is worth £10,- 000, a year to its owner, while the “re- turn ball"â€"a wooden ball fastened on a piece of elasticâ€"yields £10,000 per annum; this is only one of the many profitable toys. We may mention the “Dancing Jim Crow,” which produces £15,000 a year; the “Wheel of life,” wont-h in all full £100,000; the walk-‘ ing figure, “John Gilpin," and the "chameleon top.” The sale of the last-named toy has been enormous and the profits also enormous. In- deed, the “chameleon top,” as a profit- able invention, has probably excelled any one discovery in modern times, however valuable and important this may have been. As far as profits are concerned, the invention of toys pays ibetter than those of anything else. lMoney has been and always "can be ailcnla=de more easily out of simple pat- iented inventions than out of any in- ivestment or occupation. Great discoveries take so many years and cost so much to perfect that the fortunes made from them are small compared: with? those we have instancâ€" ed. The man who discovered that a candle if tapered at the end would stick firmly into its socket patented the idea and afterward founded the largest candle factory in the world, Might not anyone have thought of this sfmple :device? Out of the millions who own umbrellas how many realize that these unfortunately indisPensable articles represent wealth untold! The frame, the cover, the materials used, all are the result of numberless exPer- iments and patents. An umbrella years ago used to be made of whale- bone and gingham. It weighed as- much as a po'rtmahteau. Alpaca was substituted for gingham, then silk for alpaca. Each1 change meant a fortune VALUE OF SMALL INVENTIONS. For a long time the rms were souu, then Samuel Fox arose, took the um- brella and cut grooves along its ribs. He designed the “patent paragon frame" and lived to see his invention used universally. At the death of Samuel‘ Fox his heir was benefited to the extent of £179,000â€"the residue of In P (\A [\On “'rlflen by the Duke. of Silurlborongln at the Baltic of Blenheim. A= scrap of paper that carrxes one back to the very atmosphere of a great dec sive battle in the world's history is mow: the historical treasures of dec sive battle in the world's mstory is among the historical treasures of Blenheim House. On the paper are a ough at the close of the fierce struggle at Blenheim. “V â€"r‘ The tumult of battle was rolling westward, where French and Bavar- ians were in disordered retreat, with Marlborough's cavalry riding fiercely in their rear. The 510965 of the hills‘ and the marshy plain were strewni with thirty thousand killed and - wounded. But Marlborough, with the excite- ment of the great fight yet strong within him, pulled up his horse on one of the little ruSLic bridges across the Schwanbuch, and scribbled these dozen lines to his imperious wife in London, to tell her of the great event. Apparently the duke borrowed the scrap of paper from some member of his staff, for on the back of it are the ‘faded items‘of a tavern bill. He used the parapet of the bridge for a writ- ingâ€"desk. He had been seventeen hours in the saddle, most of that time riding! in the very heart of one of the greatest battles in all history, yet the letters are firm in shape, a curious testimony to that serenely nnshake- able temperament which was Marlbor- mmh’s most striking characteristic. What are the tle Edna, looking that her mother just on \Villie’s __ _- â€"A“ What are the holes for? asked lit- tle Edna, looking at the porous plaster that her mother was preparing to ad- just on \Villie’s back. It’s funny you don’t know that, sis, interposed Willie. They’re to let the C wayvuu vâ€" -_ 7,7 , , I total profit of at least £500,000. AN HISTORIC SLIP OF PAPER. WHAT USED FOR. New Apparatus Which Is Used to ll'll Gold to the Surface. The treasures hidden by the see have from olden times formed a strong temptation for man’s ingenuity and greed. and in ancient mthology tren- sure-troves intrusted to the waves play a disastrous part in individual and na- tional fate. No sooner has, in our time, some inventor brought out a. new ‘ submarine device or diving appath ‘ When, to use ShakesPeare’s words, "all the profound sea hides in unknown fathoms” begins to glitter beforc man's‘ eyes with its “demoniac allure On: the 19th of last month the anni- versary occurred of the sinking of the Alabama by the Kearsarge off the French port, Cherbourg. A series of experiments was being made about this date at Cherbourg with a new diving apparatus that enables work to be carried on at far greater depth! than has hitherto been possible. The new apparatus, it is expected. will prove effective at 500 feet up to 10¢ fathoms. The esperiments, it is true. have so far been made at a depth of only 170 ft, but this is already a do- cided advance over previous diving operations, and the trial was entirely :successful. The inventor of. the new device is a Tunisian engineer, M. Piatti del Pozzo, and his apparatus consists of a sphere ten feet in diameter, fitted . with three screws that enable it to SHIFT ITS POSITION at! the bottom. of the ocean. Another of' its features is a Species of dredger worked by machinery that can be used to pick up cables or other objects. M. del Pozzo intends shortly to search for the hull of the famous Alabama sunk Opposite Che-rbourg on June 19, 1854. ' > > At this very moment the lifting of a rich treasure-trove from Sunken warships in the Aegean sea attracts the attention of Eurovpe. The 5th of the month marked the 129th anniver- sary of a famous sea fight, which took place off Tsheshme, an Asiatic-Turkish seaport, [between the Russians and Turks, Count Alexis Orlow, the Rus- j sia'n admiral under Catherine IL, who, i with his own hands, in 1762, had stran- gled to death the czarina’s husband, Peter III., defeated the Turkish fleet there on July 5, 1770, with great losses on both sides. And now the sea gives .up its treasures from the bottom of 1the Aegean. The divers report that the whole ground about the wrecks is covered .with a gigantic carpet of sil- ver come. .In view of the immense ,yield of treasure, the Operation thus jfar has been confined to the Russian flagship, which lies at a depth of a little over 130 feet. ~=A very large amount of Venetian, Austrian and 1, Russian gold pieces has been brought ' to: light, and they are so numerous that the steamship. Inebolic, three ‘weeks ago had already twice carried shipments of 20,000 gold coins each to Coristantin0ple'. One day’s yield alone ‘amounted to nearly 20,000 coins, the Isilver being left untouched until the ! yellow metal’s removal has been com- ipleted. The enterprises daily results iare recorded by the Turkish officials xand the company in charge of the work, whereupon everything saved is brought aboard the government guard- sh‘ip, where it is watched by soldiers. Besides the coin, bars of gold, gold and silver crosses, medals and religion: images, silver and gold services, a i Bible bound in silver and adorned with I gems, etc., has been found. The value D of the objeCLs, at the time above men- tioned, was estimated to be above £250,000. The Princess Bésmarck changed thq political history of France unwitting} ly, and but for her the Ia‘ranco-I-I’rlts~ sian War might never have been wag. ed. Bismack was unfriendly to France but the Empress Eugenie hoped wit! her beauty to influence him. so tha! the little trouble with France ani Germany might be smoothed over She therefore invited the German Prince and his wife to visit the court of France and the Prince and Prin- cess Bismarck arrived in great stati at the Tuiileries. That evening there was a grand re- ception, and Eugenie received the guests in a gown which made her sc ravishingly lovely that even Prince Bismarck, German, stolid and in love with his wife, stood and gazed upon her with admiration. And Eugenie was not slow to observe the effect 01 her beauty upon him. She called him to her side, and Bismarck came with his wife upon his any Now, the Princess B‘smarck was tail and gaunt and ugiy, and her feet were generous. As she walked she showed a great deal of sole. TREASURES OF THE SEA. V‘thile Bismarck stood talking with Eugenie an audible titter was heard along the line of ladies. Bismarck, who was quick as a flash, followed the glance of their eyes and saw them rest upon the feet of his wife. “‘Tfiat settled the matter. The poli- tical history of France was alteret‘ from that moment. A year later when Paris was besieg- ed Bismarck himself fired a cannon over the ramparts, and those who wen near him heard him shout: W‘Gfake that for the feet of the Prin oess Bismarck l” The siight was avenged. THE PRINCESS’ FEET.