Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-16

Some Things Everybody Ought to Know
How to Do

The other day a hoop on a wash-tub
cracked in two. and was asked to have
the tub sent to the cooper-shop for re.
pairs. To do that / must pay an express
man % cents to take it over. the same 10
return 1t some day, and 20 cents to the
cooper TO mend il. That would figure 70
cents, while the tub only cost so cents
when new. The cooper might repair 1t at
once or leave 1t kicking around for a
to buy new one, but sti I'M
cheaper to fix the old one
myself. How did 1 do it, Well, three or
four weeks ago l picked up an iron tub
hoop in the alley and laid it away. 1t
now came in play. / took of a piece
about two inches long and drilled a hole
in either end. Then drilled holes in the
broken hoop to match. When the holes
were ready brought the ends of the hOOp
together, laid on the splice, and with two
soft riYets and the help of a hammer and
small anvil had hoop as good as new
and had made the repairs at cost Of not
over one cent.
use this incident as preface for urg-
ing every father to supply his BOYS with q
workshop and few handy tools. Room
can be found in the house or barn, and a
little money VIII put boy in the way of
DecOmlng handy man. Inmy workshop
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chisels, small anvil, large and small
wise, jack-plane and a smoother. a
mitre box, mallet gimlets, screw-driver.
brace and several bits, nail-set. try
square, drills, rule and avis. With these
tools you can do almost any Job required
about the house. There may be one boy
out OF fifty who doesn't care to ''putter''
with tools, but the other forty-nine do,
and there is more in it than appears at
/ was in a locksmith's the other day
when gentleman drove up in a carriage
and said:
II want this sewing awl sharpened.
MY man uses it about the barn, and Pee
been trying for the last two weeks to
bring it down."
He was a rich man, but what of it?
Hadn't be brains enough to pick up file
or fuD that aWl TO point on a milestone
Il his time was worth anything he spent
81 worth and paid 10 cents for what he
could have done himself in thirty seconds.
Inc handy boy is going to make the
handy man, and the handy man is going
TO save himself many dollars and many
VeXatlous delays by being able to handle
different tools. In pulling the table
around a caster comes off. Are you going
10 send 1t to the shop or get a carpenter
TO come up! If you are not handy man
you viii have to; if you have a screw dri-
yer and two or three screws about you can
nix 1t in five minutes. A door says
and shuts hard. Let it 90 for awhile and
you'll break the lock and have the knobs
of. If you are not a handy man you'll
go from two to six blocks out of your way
10 carpenter shop. A workman will
come up that day, or that day week. He'll
lift the door off its hinges, run his plane
over the sagging end a few times. and
your bill is 70 cents. Ten minutes of your
own time would have accomplished the
work.
door-loek refuses TO work. Some
thing Is the matter with the bolt. You
are not handy man, and so you have no
toois 10 remove the lock and take it to the
smith as you 60 down. You must have
him come up. The lock is fixed. and your
bill is at least 90 cents. Now, the wire
spring has slipped out of place or got bent
by a jar. A handy man would have fixed
1t with no other help than screw-driver.
when you have your workshop take
care OF your tools. In that you can learn
the value OF order and time. Have a
place Tor every tool, and keep it there
when not in use. Have every article
where you can find it at midnight with
out light. If the handle of your ham
mer becomes loosened don't drop the
whole thing into pail of water to swell
the wood. Don't drive nails into the end
to MI up the eye. Knock the handle out.
split the end which goes into the eve. and
when you have replaced it drive a wedge
into the slit. If one of your bits should
get dull place 1t in the wise, point I'D. and
study the idea which the Inventor had.
You will see how much like a knife
blade the cutters are, and Just where to
draw your file to restore the lost edge
Three drills, taking different sizes. are ali
you need. If the ear comes off a pail. tuh
or coai-scuttle you can replace it by drill
ing new hole and using a soft riyet.
with screw-driYer and hammer Won
can put one OF the patent fasten-
ers on a garden hose in two min
utes. You will find a glue-pot an
indispensable article in your work
shop. Wherever you are making a Joint
which IS not to be exposed to the weather
glue Will hold almost like nails. After
awhile get a pair Of timers hand-shears.
Iney not only come handy to cut all sizes
OF wire, but you can peel off the end of a
Joint OF stOYe-pipe like pairing an annie.
WORK over piece OF old eave-trough, or
make use of tin cans kicking about.
would add to your workshop a tin.
ner's soldering iron, a bar of solder. a
penny's worth of rosin and bottle OF
murlatic acid, I'll venture to say that in
nine houses out of ten there's a iob
awaiting the tinker. There's a leak in
the wash boiler-in some of the mans
the wash dish-the dipper, or some other
much-used article. This leak bothers
and annOys, but to get it mended YOU
must carry the article mile and back.
should simply take the ieaky dish and
scfape the tin around the leak,
This is to remove the grease,
Your acid is I'M bottle, and you put it
on with brush made of a stick and
rag. Your iron is heated in the stove
or range, and when you have wiped it off
touch your bar of solder and pass the iron
over the leak. In thirty seconds YOU have
saved yourself visit to the timer. In
soldering on new tin use powdered rosin
in place of the acid. If your iron gets
oyerheated and won't take the solder let
1t cool until you can almost hold it in your
fingers. Then rub it smartly with a file.
and after that burnish it with your bar of
solder. In mending a leak in a lead pipe
use the rosin and look out that your iron
is not hot enough to melt the lead.
Besides the saving of time and money
in being handy, you have quiet satisfac-
ton In having accomplished this or that.
Ia handling rule you get quick eye
for distances. In using either bit or drill
you must exercise care and exactness.
Your eye says that the end of a board is
square; your try-square shows how easy
IL is 10 De deceived. With a sewing aWl
and couple of needles you can repair
most any break in harness. Five cents
worth of material in your glue-pot will
cure all the lame chairs in the neighbor-
hood. A miter-box enables you TO make
a joint which the best carpenter dare not
try with his eyes for guide, and gives
you. chance to use holdings and fancy
pieces.
don't want to see the plumber and
locksmith and carpenter and timer shut
up shop for the want of patronage, but l
believe that the handy man is a Blessing
to whole neighborhood. He can supply
a missing bolt for boys velocipede, adj
just a sewing machine needle, lance a
felon, sharpen knife, mend pan, put in
a window light, make a bench, glue in a
chair leg, fix a spring for a screen door,
doctor lock, hang an ak, adjust lawn
mower, mend toy, make box and feel
dependent upon nobody's convenience or
caprice.
Piles! PilesIl PilesI!l
Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itch
avRor a.