608 DR. CEASKS RECIPES. 



eaten by moths or worms, % lbs. ; purified copperas, 3 ozs. ; acetate of copper 

 (verdigris), J^ oz. ; pulverized sugar, 3 ozs., and gum Arabic, 4 ozs.; soft water 

 1 gal. If not to be used as a copying ink no sugar need be used and only 2 or 

 3 ozs. of the gum Arabic to hold the colors suspended in the ink else they 

 settle. Directions — Boil the logwood chips in the water for an hour or two, 

 or as long as a woman would boil it for coloring; when cool, strain, mak- 

 ing up for evaporation with more hot water; bruise the best blue galls, 

 coarsely and put over the fire again till it begins to boil, adding the other arti- 

 cles and set away until it acquires the desired blackness, strain and bottle 

 for use. 



Remarks. — If properly made it is a black ink, at once, and all the time, 

 does not fade, and is therefore suitable for all records. The others are cheaper, 

 and a little less trouble to make, but do not give permanent satisfaction. 



3. Black Copying Ink, Cheap.— Ex. of logwood, % oz.; alum, 

 powdered, 160 grs. ; bi-chromate of potash, 48 grs. ; soft water, 1 pt. Dfrec- 

 TIONS — Dissolve the ex. and other drugs in half of the water, and percolate 

 the rest of the water through the drugs. 



Remarks. — This percolation is the same as straining, only it is done through 

 filtering paper in a glass tHmnel or tunnel, by druggists, the paper can be got of 

 the druggist, and put into a common tin tunnel, such as used in almost every 

 family in the country, the puckering of the paper as It is pressed down into the 

 timnel lets the fluid run down readily. This receipt is the same as one of the 

 best druggists in Ann Arbor, Mich., uses.' If not wanted for copying, add water 

 to give the desired shade, and to make it flow more freely as a general writing 

 ink. It is cheap and good. See also an ink for school children, also cheap, and 

 flows easily. 



Ticket Writer's Glossy Ink. — To any good ink, 4 ozs., add gum 

 Arabic, % oz. Let stand in a warm place, and shake frequently. When dis- 

 solved, if too thick, add more ink, if too thin, more gum. It will produce a 

 fine glossy letter; blue, red or other colors work with equal satisfaction. — 

 Oracle, Out. 



INDELIBLE INK— For Marking Clothing, To Write With 

 a Pen. — I. Ink, into an ounce bottle, put nitrate of silver, (lunar caustic), 1 dr. ; 

 gum Arabic, clean and white, 3 or 4 pieces the size of a common pea; then fill 

 % full with soft water. This ought to be in a dark-colored, glass-stoppered 

 bottle. Else it must be kept in a dark place when not in use. This is the ink 

 proper; but to make it permanent, we have to first use apoimce, which also 

 prevents the ink from spreading in the cloth, as follows: 



II. Pounce — Into a 4 oz. bottle put sub-carbonate of soda, 2 drs.; fill 

 with water. Directions. — Wet the places to be written upon with the poimce, 

 and iron smooth with a properly heated iron; then rub hard over the same spot 

 with the end of a tooth brush handle, to polish, that the writing may be done 

 nicely with the ink, using only a quill pen; then pass the hot iron over the 

 writing to dry, and set the ink, else dry in the sun. This, if properly done 

 makes it Derfe<?tly indelible. — Indian Domestic Economy. 



