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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 21, 1865

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 26, No. 25.

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Writing Ink.

“The Family Christian Almanac,” issued by the American Tract Society, gives the following recipe for making (as it says,) “one of the best writing inks.” It may be of use to some of our correspondents. G.
“Aleppo galls, in coarse powder, 8 oz. ; logwood chips, 4 oz. ; sulphate of iron, 4 oz. ; powdered gum-arabic, 3 oz. ; sulphate of copper, 1 oz. ; crystallized sugar, 1 oz. Boil the galls and logwood together in twelve pounds of water till half the water evaporates ; strain the decoction through a hair sieve, and add the other ingredients ; stir till the gum is well dissolved ; let the mixture stand 24 hours ; pour it into glass bottles, and carefully cork them.”