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To Stain or Color Alabaster

rough, and not in scratches; next use a finer stone and finer sand, till its surface appears equally gone over; then, with fine emerypowder and a piece of felt or old hat wrapped round a weight, rub it till all the marks left by the former process are worked out, and it appears with a comparative gloss on its surface. Afterward finish the polish with putty powder and fine clean rags. As soon as the face appears of a good gloss, do not put any more powder on the rags, but rub it well, and This is effected by mixing with the water in a short time it will have a fine polish. Deused for working the gypsum, any of the ordinary pigments or colored solutions that are not decomposed by contact with sulphate or carbonate of lime. A little sienna in very fine powder, or ground with water, imparts a fects may also be brought up with tripoli, followed by putty powder; both being used along with water.