Trade Wrinkles.

Fountain Division.—To make a good, cheap, and serviceable fountain division for working two colors at once: Take a piece of « Ivory » soap and cut as near the shape and size of the fountain and roller as possible. Push down to the fountain roller, and friction will soon fashion the soap to hug the roller so nicely that all danger of the mixing of colors will be overcome.—Inland Printer.

To Loosen New Type.—A printer writes to the American Bookmaker that he has experienced great annoyance in this line. After trying every plan suggested, with but little relief, as an experiment the foreman lifted a column of matter to a galley, and, after slightly locking it, took the benzine can and ejected benzine upon the face of the matter, then with fingers and thumbs worked the type back and forth slightly but thoroughly. After standing a little while the matter was thoroughly saturated and the caking of the type was found to be cured. If this experience is worth anything to the sore-fingered and discouraged distributor of new type the object of this paragraph is accomplished.