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^stance of half a mile fron the ship. This is, no doubt, true, but wonderful 

 all the same — one of the mysteries of nature — Nature's God. 



Remarks. — If sailors do not have opportunity to read this, their friends 

 may, and communicate it to them. 



INKS, Black. — Inks of late years are mostly made from the analine col- 

 ors, which have been brought to such perfection as to make good ink, by put- 

 ting the right amount of powder to the certain amount of soft water. John B. 

 Wade, No. 40 Murray street. New York, deals in them, but druggists can fur- 

 nish them anywhere, and others will of course soon deal in all these colors. 



1. The black is made by using what is called "nigrosine" or black ana- 

 line, 1 oz. to water 1 gal. 



II. Violet, which is a very popular color, is made by using Hoffman's 

 violet, 3 B., 1 oz., water 1 gal. Directions — Dissolve the powder with a lit- 

 tJe alcohol or boiling water; and If desired to use as a copjing ink, sugar and 

 gum Arabic, in the proportions given in the black ink from nut galls and log- 

 wood below. 



III. Blue Is made by using Lleman soluble blue, }4 oz, to water 3 gals. 



BeTTharks. — I have these receipts from a nephew of mine, and have not per- 

 sonally tested them, but I have others (see below as to 3 of these colors). Still 

 it looks to me this would be rather pale, then try i^ gal. of water only to the ]4 

 oz. of the soluble blue, and if this is darker than needed take a tea-spoonful of 

 it and add a tea-spoonful of water, this would be equivalent to 1 gal., and so if 

 it takes 3 tea-spoonfuls of water to make the desired shade, it will take the full 

 8 gals. This will be better than if I had tested it myself, as it puts so many 

 upon a plan to experiment for themselves. 



Muing for Clothes. — And by the way now this soluble blue is just 

 the thing to make bluing for clothes being washed. But where the common 

 soluble blue or Chinese blue is kept and used by painters, we put 1 oz. to 1 qt. 

 of water, then a table-spoonful or two is enough for a tub of clothes, the woman 

 judging for herself the depth of shade, putting in more or less to suit. 



IV. Red ink is made with eosine T. extra, or J. yellowish shade, 3^ oz. tc 

 water 1 gal. 



V. Green is made very nice, by using methyl green, B. bluish dark shades 

 J^ to 1 oz. to water 1 gal. 



Remarks. — I think all the powder should be dissolved in a little alcohol, 

 else boiling water as with the violet No. 2. These are all analine inks, or col 

 ors, although they have different names to distinguish them. The nephew that 

 sent me these recipes also sent writing done with the red, black, and the violet. 

 They were as nice shades as could be desired. Any one can make as dark, 

 deep shade as they may choose by first using only half the water, then adding 

 more as they prefer. 



2. Black Ink, With Nut Galls and Logwood for "Writing and 

 Copying. — Inks made from the nut galls alone as the coloring agent are not 

 as good a black as those made with the addition of logwood chips; hence we 

 say : Log-wood chips, 1 oz. ; nut galls in coarse iwwder which have not been 



