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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 1

(From the Pacific Printer.)

(From the Pacific Printer.)

Shining Black Ink.—The best shining black ink, used for mourning paper, and the manufacture of which has up to the present time been kept a secret by the makers, may be prepared, according to the Papier Zeitung, of lampblack, borax and shellac. The ink is made as follows: In one quart of hot water two ounces of borax is dissolved, and to this solution about three times the quantity of shellac is added. After this mixture has been properly dissolved, the necessary quantity of lampblack is put in, the whole being constantly stirred. If the lustre be not satisfactory, the proportion of shellac is increased.