The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-11-24
USEFUL HINTS.

70 DYE HAIR BLAoK.-Take sifted
lime, sixteen ounces, white lead, two
ounces; litharge In fine powder, one
ounce. Mix well together and keep dry.
When required for use, mix little pow
der with water to the consistencee of
cream and apply with q sponge.
CHEAP PAINT.-Three hundred parts
OF washed and sieved white sand, forty
parts of precipitated chalk, fifty parts of
resin and four parts of inseed oil are
mixed and boiled in an iron kettle, and
then one part Of oxide of copper and
one part of sulphuric acid are added.
The mass is applied with an ordinary
paint brush while warm. IF too thick,
1T is diluted with linseed oil. This paint
dries rapidly and gets very hard, but
protects woodwork excellently.
LABELS FOR TINs.-We copy from the
Chemists and Druggists .Diary for
1879 the following formula for cement
to make paper stick to tin: !, Add to or
dinary paste little honey or glycerine:
2, wash the surf ace Of the tin With muri-
ATTIC acid before affixing the label 3, add
murintlc acid to the gum-this is apt to
cause the metal to rust under and around
the label 4, add little ammonia or,
5, tartaric acid to the starch paste or
mucilago 6, add aluminium sulphate
(not alum) to the mucilage. Z. The
best plan is said to be to add 90 drops
liq. antim. chlor. to ounces of paste or
mtciuge.
To REMOVE INK SrA1Ns.--The Jour-
natde Ph6Fnaacie d Anvers rec ecommends
pyrophosphate Of soda for the removal
of ink stains. This salt does not injure
vegetable fiber and yields colorless COM
pounds with the ferr' oxide Of the ink.
1t is best to first apply tallow to the ink
spot, then wash IN o. solution of pyro-
phosphate until both tallow and ink
have dlseppeateds Stains bf red nniline
Ink may be removed by mois,enina tho
spot with strong alcohol acidulated with
pltr>c acid. Unless the stain is pro
ouccd by eosine, it disappears without
{ lhculty: Paper is hardly Affected by
the process; still it is always advisable
to make q blank experiment first.
AN EASILY MADE CHA1R.-The Soien.
t!ac american gives an engraving of a
very cheap yet strong and comfortable
chair which may be made as elegant hs
the tastes OF the maker may dictate.
Tbe chair consists merely of barrel cut
OFT above the second hoop so as to form
complete back with half arms at the
side. The barrel thus cut is mounted
on two strips of wood, having casters
under their ends, and brackets above to
form the legs and to add to the appear
ance OF the chair. A head is fitted to
the circular portion and the whole is
neatly upholstered. Of course it is ne
cessary to select q good barrel bound
with iron hoops, and q little care should
be taken in the upholstering to disguise
the barrel form as much as possible.
MEASURING BUILDING aMATER1Ab.-We
fiud in an exchange the following fip-
III es in regard to building materials A
cord OF stone, three bushels of lime and
cubic yard of sand will lay 100 cu. it.
OF wall Five courses of brick will Law
IT. in height in chimney. Nine bricks
IN a course will make fue in. wide
and 20 in. long, and eight bricks in q
course will make hue8 in. wide and Is
in. long. Eight bush. of good lime, 16
bush. of sand and | bush. of hair will
make enough mortar to plaster 100 so.
yds. One fifth more siding and flooring
Is needed than the number of souare
feet OF surface to be covered, because of
the lap in the siding and matching of
the floor. One thousand laths will
cover 70 yds. of surface, and IL lbs. of
lath nails will nail them on. One thou
sand shingles laid in. to the weather
will cover over 100 80. #. of surface,
and lbs. of shingle nails will fasten
them on