One day back in the year 1890, Harry Lee Jarvis and W. H. Prater were strolling over the latter’s plantation near Varnell Station, above Atlanta, when they encountered a highland tortoise or what is commonly known as a terrapin, and pronounced “tarrypin” by the portions of the population who know and love him best. Prater did what quite a number of now celebrated men have done before--he carved his initials and the year on the unresisting terrapin’s lid, and let him go. And last week the terrapin did what quite a number of now celebrated tortoises have done before--it came back. Prater was directing the clearing of a ditch, when one of the workmen picked up a terrapin. On its shell were plainly carved the initials W. H. P. and date 1890, partly grown over by a new growth of shell, but still perfectly distinct. Mr. Prater says the terrapin didn’t seem to have grown much, but looked hale and hearty as when they first met. Makes Tumblers Out of Ice. Instead of icing drinks, why not put them in tumblers made of ice? It looks as if this would soon be possible in every home, for the United States patent office has issued a patent to Hendrik Douwe Pieter Huizer, of The Hague, Netherlands, for an apparatus for making tumblers of ice. Besides cooling the contents, such tumblers will have the hygienic advantage of never being used more than once. The inventor suggests insulating his ice tumblers in paper or celluloid cases in order to make them last at least as long as the drink. Interesting New Inventions. A new piano for traveling musicians weighs but one hundred and twenty pounds and can be packed and shipped like a trunk. A rat trap has been patented that first catches a rodent, then electrocutes it, and finally drops the body into a receptacle out of sight of others. A German speedometer for automobiles has an illuminated dial which makes several color changes as the speed of the car to which it is attached increases. For the blind there has been invented a watch with the hours marked by raised dots and dashes that can be read by the sense of touch. A new traveling bag locks automatically when it is lifted by the handle. A California inventor has patented a chair for amusement places that can be opened for use only when a coin is dropped into a slot. A saddle has been patented by a New Jersey inventor which includes leather flaps to cover the buckles, which frequently wear out riders’ clothing. Champion Quiltmaker--A Man--Defies Rivals. W. W. Yale, of Ouaquaga, N. Y., champion patchwork-quilt piecer of the State, defended his title by completing his twentieth quilt for the year.