370  VARIETIES. 
being  tempered ;  but  each  time  after  use  I  take  tbe  precaution 
to  wash  and  dry  the  files  at  once,  and  I  have  so  far  observed  no 
sensible  deterioration  in  them.  Hoping  this  little  hint,  may  be 
useful  to  some  of  your  readers,  as  it  has  been  to  me, 
I  am,  &c. 
G.  .lunge,  Ph.  D. 
South  Shields,  April,  1 867. 
The  Chemical  News,  May,  1867. 
Writing  and  Copying  Ink. — Dissolve  J  oz.  of  ext.  logwood  in  half  a 
bottle  (?)  wood  vinegar,  filter,  and  add  half  a  bottle  distilled  water.  The 
steel  pens  furnish  the  iron  requisite  for  the  black-bluish  color. — Archiv  d. 
Pharm.  1867,  Jan.,  56. 
Violet  Ink, — Two  drachms  extract  of  logwood  are  dissolved  in  half  a 
bottle  wine  vinegar,  filtered,  diluted  as  before,  and  twenty  grains  acetate 
of  manganium  added. — Ibid. 
Red  Sealing  Wax. — No.  1.  Shellac,  Venice  turpentine,  Chinese  Vermil- 
lion, of  each  eight  ounces,  benzoin  two  ounces,  white  bole  or  marble  dust 
two  ounces,  one  drachm  oil  of  lemon. 
No.  2.  Shellac,  Venice  turpentine,  of  each  three  ounces,  vermillion,  red 
bole,  of  each  four  ounces,  benzoin  two  ounces,  oil  of  lemon  one  drachm. 
No.  3.  Shellac,  Venice  turpentine,  of  each  e'ight  ounces,  vermillion,  talc, 
of  each  four  ounces,  dragon's  blood,  benzoin,  each  one  ounce. 
Extra  fine.  Dammar,  bleached  shellac,  vermillion,  of  each  twelve  ounces. 
Venice  turpentine  four  ounces,  oil  of  lemon  one  drachm. 
Common.  Dammar,  rosin,  of  each  eight  ounces,  turpentine,  red  lead, 
chrome  red,  of  each  four  ounces. — Ibid. 
Jockey  Club. — Essence  de  violet,  de  jasmin,  aa  thirty  p.,  vanilla  one-half 
part,  oil  of  patchouly  one-fourth  part,  otto  of  rose  one  part,  in  thirty  parts 
alcohol. 
Spring  Flowers. — Ambergris  one-eighth  part,  twenty  tincture  of  orria 
root,  one-half  oil  of  bergamot,  one-eighth  part  otto  of  rose,  in  three  parts 
alcohol. — N.  Jahrb.f.  Pharm.,  1866. 
Judkins'  Ointment.— Mr.  J,  B.  Baxley,  of  Baltimore,  sends  the  following 
