The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

AInusement for STRAY Mements.

4. +.
Among the many pleasant employ
ments, for long evenings there are none,
4 perhaps, pleasanter than making scrap
books The old pictures and prints can
be collected at all times; there are 80
,t many that are torn up ana wasted IN
& tisF almost every home; an odd magazine
NJ nowadays will be nine of wealth to
the younp q collector, and the illustrated
papers viii furnish materials for many
- nm evenings work. These scrap books
~ are pretty for Christmas presents to chill
dren. You may take glazed muslin Of
different colors, one of blue, one
T.. Of pink one Of white, etc., a
SIX SIX" squares, @ % &, { 10y you 9 have large o
a., pictures, fold into, four. Lay them
=, evenly together and stitch one side
strongly, then ont the other sides into
E, points with sharp scissors. Trim the
: pictures neatly and; begin on the third
page, leaving the outside leaf for cover
i Starch is best to fasten the pictures to
, the muslin. Lay them face down, brush
the backs evenly and quickly with the
starch, then raise carefully and put them
- in place. A page may bc arranged with
large picture in the centre and smaller
. ones around the outside, still smaller
ones nicely grouped. A margin Of about
an inch should be left around each large
picture: When page is arranged and
ID
warm iron. The cover may be decorated
as you please, border worked with
worsted, and name and title in letters
cut from the headlines of papers.
There are many large prints in the
illustrated papers thatare well worthy Of
preservation. It viii be found pleasant
work to make collection of them and
mount them on cardboard, white or
tinted, either for framing or for port
: folio. This is delicate operation and
;ri requires practice TO do it we'll The en-
ID. , craving must be laid face down upon q
smooth board or table, and thoroughly
{ wet; use sponge and perfectly clear
= (. water. You may give it tone, if the
paper should be too white, by using a
..': weak solution of tea. When wet on both
! sides place it between two pieces of blot
ting paper, laid between two panes Of
. glass. Place this under heavy weight !;
~ when nearly dry the damp blotting pa
; per must be exchanged for dry. When
dry run your paste brush lightly around
the edge, and place the picture carefully
on cardboard, putting it again under the
weight for few hours. There should
be no wrinkles when it is DONE Pencil
and crayon drawings may be treated in
the same way.
- know of nothing that shortens a
long evening SO admirably, or that makes
g.. bed time come so early as this work
among pictures 1t is equally ef1icacious
, for stormy Saturday Many time in
the past have more than limited wish
for y rainy Saturday, when pictures and
scraps had accumulated.
-" -" Painting Tin Roofs.
The best paint for tin or iron is COM
posed Of pure linseed oil and earthly
-. oclres, rcd or yellow. The coarser
granulated powders are best rs q pig
,.;. ment, as they Offer less air holes and
= give, a frmer hold for the oil ON the
grits and thus bend them to the metal.
=, The oil in this manner gets close to the
metal and offers resistance to the air in
removing the atoms from it's cohesion.
.,I Beware OF all metallic oxides or mineral
. paints, especially on lofty towers or in
ir accessible coverings Of metal. Roofing
tin should, when laid, be kept clean
from windfalls of dust, and |, painted
Io' once 10 every two or three years, by the
day-neverby contract. Metals applied
IT, in the angles of roofs, as flashings,
.r'') where shingles are laid behind parapet
vega wallis, should be we'll painted on both
sides, and the exposed crevices between
tn the laps puttied and painted, and thus
~ cut of leaks in corners (Which no feller
can find out. 1" Woodwork should never
- he allowed to close down on the metal,
but instead, o space of one or two inches
i should always be left so that paint can
s',: be easilyapplied to all hashings On all
ua.. sides, and where the dust can be easily
swept. OUT Many troublesome leaks
occur from the base of balustrades shut
ting down so close that dirt is complete
q" ly imprisoned, and, consequently, in
t. ) tune accommodation sets in and the
~ metal coverings are ruined. Bay win
+. dows, with balconies, or with other
=" ornaments. if put on with an idea of
:" permanency, should leave ample room
for the painters brushes to reach every
=, angle, nook or corner, and thus save q
Thousand leaks. = California Atchitect