Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1898 — OLD MANUSCRIPT INK. [ARTICLE]

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Receipt Fi.om Whig an Exc EIjIIBNT Quality May Be Made ’’While examining a large number of manu*ori*tß of an vid scribe, same 25 j ears ago,” taid a well-known New York librarian to a Star reporter recently, “I was at uck with *ke clearness and legibility of the writing, owing, in a great measure, to the permanent quuhty of the ink, which bad not faded in the le st, al ho’ many of the manuscripts were nearly 200 years old. It w»6 remarked, too, that the writer must h ? ve buen celebrated in his day for his oalhgrsphy, tor I met witu a letter ot two from hi* correspondents in which there was a request for the recipe 1 t the ink he ns* d 1 found his recipe which I oopie<f| and XOm one of them, dated in 1658, 1 ita aurin* the last *lB years made all the inkl lute used. “lhe recipe read as follows: Rain water, 1 gs.lon; gal s. bruised 1 pound; green copperas. |: pound; gum arable, lu ounces, a arems 1 scruple. Not requiring so large a quanti y at u time, I reduced the proportions to one-eightn, and the recipe slauds thus. “Kain waler, 1 pint; galls, bruised, 1| ounces; green copperas, 6 drams; gum arable, 10 diams be palls must be coarsely powdered and put into a bottle with t < other ingredie ts und wuter adJed. Tne bottle, when securely stopper* d, ] should be placed la the light(sun if possible) and its contents . ccastonally stirre i until the gum and e pperas are disso ved. after whirb it is enough to shak<the bo'tie daily, and in the course of a month or six weeks the ink will be fit to ute. 1 huve ventured to add fO drops of caibollo acid to ths contents of the bottle, *s it effectuni.y prevents the tormstiou and growth of mold wiihout any detriment to the quality of the ink, ho fares 1 know.”—Washington Star*

When a Bplir.tei has be n driven deep!' iato ii child’s hand it can be extracted by steam. Nearly fill a wide-mouthed bottl * with very ot water, place the injured part over the mouth and press itsliqhti'. - he suction thus produced will draw the fie h down, and i a minute or two the steam wd> extract splinter «nd inflammation together. U* The best plan to remove stopoerstnat have become fixed is to pour a little gly cerine-around the siopper. This never fails to loosen it To prevent such a thing occurring put a bit of thin kid, such as the top of a suede gr»ve, round the stopper or cork of every Lottie you use. Yo< can then be sure of removing them, however Oiosslythey may fit. The kid also helps to keep out the air Here is an arithmetical problem th t is going the rounds: A is indebted to B $5, B to 0, (.’ to D, L> to E, E to F, same amount. A, B, C D and E each have ■ n no more, and consequently they can not pay their debt. They put their money all together. A t ikes ifae $5, goes to B, pays his dent and gets hri receipt. B does the same to C, io D Dto E and E oF. A, B t ( , D and E are out of debt, and F has his money. Who, if any o e, is the loser?—New York “Miss Lucy,” eaidyoung Mr Pitt,with some trepidation of manner, “there is something I very much want to tell you, and the present seems to be a very good opportunity.” “Air- Pitt,” replied the youny lady, who was kind of h art, and wished to spare his feeling , “I know wnal y u are .bout to s, y, and I have been expecting it for sometime, but reallyl t nan ot be as you wish ” “Can’t it?—f Why not?” “ Well, Air. Pitt, I can only be a sister to you. ” “That's just what 1 was about to say You wiT be a sist* rto me becau e your sis ter Alabel and I are engaged to be married. Mabel asked me to ire .k tho news to you.’’—Pittsburg Chronicle.

K State convention of the Union Reform party wtll be hel in this city about the middle of February, if tne men who are engaged in th- scheme can carry out their plans. The Union Reform party is to be composed of Populists, Prohibitionists, Free Silver Republicans, Socialists, and >en outside of all parties outside the Republican and D> mocratic. This party is not to fuse with either of the other parties, and to have at the propertima a t ckvt in the field for all otlic e lhe national conference of tne proposed party will me t ir Cincinnati in Muro . The f ree Si ver Republicans of thi<. city do not tike kindly to this scheme, and he State chairman refused to call a meeting here at the request of some Johnson county men, who are leaders in the, movement, Me.tings are being held all over the State for the purp se of effecting local organizations, tne last one being 11 New Albany last Saturd y. The Union Reform Party has a few followers in this city, but they are spoken of as being mostly men who are pro essioßal “joiners,” who can be found in every ne party that is talked about. Indianapolis News. . There ar*e a number of professional “joiners” in Jasper county who will no doubt hail this new movement with delight. They are great “sticklers" for reform. They insist that they are strictly nonest and the members of the Democratic and] Republican parties were all dishonest. Some of tq<.m acted with ti e Demo ratic party at the ret ent elect on uss-umiug that the the progressive Democratic wing, and taking care |that most of the county ticket was given them. The “Snowdrift,” manufactured ny J. M. Gardner,of Monitor mills is rapidly forging to the front in public estimation. Try it, and you will no other. 'THE CONTINUANCE OF THE PRESENT SOLD STANDARD IN THE UNITED STATES (8 NECESSARY TO THE SUPREMACY OF England's oommbroi’d dominion oveb T lEfoßLD,*—London (England) TtmeS Judge Healy is ope lag cut an extensive new stock of Boots and Shoes, Rubbers of all kinds, school .8 oes, etc , for ♦he tail and winter trade, at the lowest prices.