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ones are needed. When a section has to 
be cut to fit a space another coupling is 
needed, and then occasionally one is 
split. A supply of elbows and half elbows 
is also needed, and unions. 
We also found that a hasty order for 
couplings and elbows to a different firm 
from that which had furnished the piping 
resulted in fittings that didn't fit, and 
there was a slight difference in the thread¬ 
ing. 
Our tools accumulated with our ex¬ 
periences, and finally consisted of a Stil- 
son wrench, which is a monkey-wrench 
with curving jaws to hold pipe ; a large 
square-jawed wrench to hold the dies and 
a die to fit each size piping used. This 
last is a small steel square which cuts 
threads in piping. We used two sizes of 
piping—one would have been better. 
Other accessories were a screw-driver, 
already in hand, a vise for holding pipe 
while it is being cut or threadeci, and 
leather for washers. If the water workers 
wear laced shoes this last item may be dis¬ 
pensed with. 
During the progress of our work, at 
the foot of a steep hill, a washer was fre¬ 
quently in demand and shoe tongues 
proved quite satisfactory. If a thin 
washer was needed the woman’s shoes 
paid toll, and if a thick one, the strong 
armed man sacrificed a part of his and 
the trip to the house was avoided. 
Unions are also necessary, and one can 
hardly use too many. These I learned to 
be a kind of coupling which can be opened 
without disturbing the pipe on either side. 
.\fter the work is done, if for any reason 
it is necessary to open the pipe, they make 
it possible without great difficulty. With¬ 
out them, reaching the middle of the 
pipe to open it is like taking beads off a 
string until the desired one is reached; 
one section after another has to be un¬ 
screwed. 
We found that pipe frequently has 
trash inside and sometimes iron filings, 
and each section has to be carefully 
shaken, end up, and blown through before 
laying the pipe. Let the old spring alone 
as far as possible. A long time is required 
for earth to settle and pack after a new 
wall has been put in. You may find the 
loss from seepage so great that the flow 
on which you have made your calcula¬ 
tions is no longer there. 
Finally I would say to the country 
householder who possesses a spring, “Do 
not hesitate to install a ram because ex¬ 
pert labor is not to be had and you know 
nothing about it yourself. Go ahead: 
you will learn as you go along, and the 
pleasure you will feel on seeing the little 
stream of water flowing where you 
wished it will repay all your struggles 
many fold.” F. G. Feaster 
A New Golden Myrtle 
"JV/T OST everyone is familiar with the 
trailing myrtle used as a covering 
for slopes, rock work, banks and in window 
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