Preserving Papers.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 5 June 1914, Page 2

Preserving Papers.

A Berlin storage vault, designed especially for tracings of drawings, consists of earthenware pipes a few inches in diameter imbedded in a mass of concrete. The tubes are closed with covers of stamper! steel, and these have space for numbers or other marks for indexing the contents. To avoid accumulation of water from the extinction of a fire or any other cause, the tubes are slightly inclined towards the opening. This vault was put to use about four years ago, and tracings that have been stored ever since have been not only kept in safety but have been preserved in a perfect condition that is attributed to the even temperature.

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Thomson, the poet of the " Seasons," had not sufficient money to marry the Miss Young whom he celebrated as "Amanda," so the lady was lost to poetry in all senses, and gained by the Navy, for she married a vice-admiral.

Samuel Rogers did not marry, though he was fond of the society of ladies, and a favourite with them. In his latter years he used to regret not having done so. Rogers's "nearest approximation to the nuptial tie" was with a girl whom he thought to be the most beautiful he had ever seen. At the end of the London season she said to him at a ball, "I go to-morrow to Worthing." He did not goj with her. Some months afterwards, being at Ranelagh, he saw that the attention of everyone was drawn towards a large party that had just entered, in the centre of which was a lady leaning on the arm of her husband. Stepping forward to see this wonderful beauty, he found it was his love. She merely said, "You never came to Worthing."

with the tin. And, when the food is given in a liquid form, do not forget to apply only on damp ground, since, when poured upon dry soil, instead of nourishing the top layers of roots, it rushes through the parched soil into the lower spit.

Another reminder is to hoe the powder into the surface, that it may be covered with soil, and not partially wasted by wind and sun. Some gardeners favour the plan of scraping away several inches of the surface, spreading the fertiliser, and then replacing the removed soil. It is not always safe to follow tho directions on the tin as to the frequency of the meals, though the quantities mentioned thereon are quite reliable. Trees carrying a light load require less nutriment than those whose boughs are likely to bend with their weight of fruit. Too much manure, together with too little fruit, will produce overmuch foliage. Excessive leaf development is one of the reasons for barren trees, particularly in tiny gardens where the soil is good and annually manured.