, 1884-08-28
TALK WITH THE BOYS.
Putting Il Youngster in the Way Of
Being a Handy Man.
Tools for the Lad who Want TO
Learn How 10 Use Them
odd Jobs OF mendIng
"a Boy Can do.


Room can be found in the house or barn,
and a little money will put a boy in the way
OF becoming II handy man. In ms WORK
shop | have two h~and-saws, Il hammer, two
chisels, a small anvil, Il large and mall wise,
n jack plane and a smoother, a mitre-box,
mallet, gimlets, screw-driver, brace and sew
ernl bits, ~nail-set, t~ry-square, drills. rule and
avis. With these tools you can do almost
any job required about the house. The
handy boy Is going to make the handy man,
aiTithe handy man is going to save himself
many dollars and many veNstious decays by
being able 10 hanGis different tools.
IN pulling tho table around a caster comes
OH. Are you going to send it TO the shop, or
get a carpenter to come up: II you are not
: handy man you will have to; IL you have a
screv-driver and two or three screws about
you can Tx it in five minutes. \ dor sag
and shuts hard. Let it 60 for awhile and
you'll break the locks and have the knobs OF.
lfyou are not II handy man you'll go from
two 10 six blocks out of your way ls a,l
penteI-shop. A workman viii come up
lift the door off its hinges, run his
plane over the sagging end a few times,
and your bill is IS cents. Ten minutes Of
your own time would have accomplished the
work. \ door-lock refuses to work. Some
thing Is TIE matter with the bolt. The lock
is fixed, and your bill is at least 50 cents.
Now the wire spring had Slipped out Of place
or gol bent by u jar. A handy man woul
have fixed it with no other help than a screw
driver.
When you nave your workshop take care
Of your tools. In that you can learn the
value OF order and time. Have a place for
every tool. and keep it there when not in use.
Have every article where you eau find it at
aaE4aE-lv It'll. . ns-lY Il 81. .aal. .F
your hammer becomes loosened don droT
the whole :hing into a pail of water to swell
the wood. Don't drive nails into the end 10
III up the eye. Knock the handle out, split
the end which goes into the eye, and when
You have replaced it drive a wedge into the
slit.
If the ear comes Off a pail, tub or coal
scuttle YOU can replace it by drilling a new
hole and using a soft rivet, With a screw.
driyer and hammer you can put one of the
patent fasteners on a garden hose in two
minutes. You Will find a glue-pot an indis-
pensahle article in your workshop. Wherever
you are making n joint which is not to be
exposed TO the weather glue will hold almost
like mills. After n while get a pair OF tin
ner's hand-shears. They not only come handy
to cut all sizes OF wire. but you can peel of
the end OF a joint of s%tove-pipe like pairing a
/ AIlANf WIN ONGA - IANN6 u 1A hANN NARaG-
" make use Of tin cans kicking about.
would add to your workshop a tinneri
soldering iron, IA bar of solder, a penny,
worth Of fo,in, and IA bottle Of muriatic acid.
IN N,ntue u say that in MINI houses out o.
ten IS IA job awaiting the tinker. There
tt lea. al the wash-boiler-in some Of the pan
the wash dish-the dipper, or some otheI
much-used article. This leak bothers and an
noys, but to get it mended you must carr,
the article a mile and back. / should simpl,
tako the leaky dish and scrnpe the tin aroun'
the leak. This to remove the grease. You
acid is in u bottle, and you put it on with
brush made o. a stick and u rag. Your iro
is heated in the stove or range, and when vol
have wiped it Off touch your bar of solde
aud pass the iron over the leak. In thirtl
seconds you have saved yourself IA visit to tn
timer. In soldering ON new tin use powders
rosin in place of the acid.
Besides the saving Of time and money i
being handy, you nave a quiet satisfaction
in having accomplished this or that. /
handling a rule you get II quick eye for dis
tances. In using either bit or drill you mus
exercise care and exactness. Your eye say
that the end Of a board is square; your try
square shows how how easy it is to be d.
ceived. With "a sew-nwl and IA couple {
needles you can repair most amy break in
harness. Five cents worth of material /
your glue-pot will cure all the lame chairs
the neighborhood. A miter-box enables 20
to make a joint which the best carpentt
dare not try with his eyes for a guide, an
gives you a chance TO use holdings an
fancy pieces.
Idon't want to see the plumber and loci
smith and carpenter and timer shut up she
for the want of patronage, but l believe Thu
the handy man is a blessing to a whole neigI