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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 3

Trade Wrinkles

Trade Wrinkles.

To Make Labels Adhere to Tin.—Take of flour six ounces, of molasses one half pint, and of water one pint and a half, and boil as usual for flour paste. Or, dissolve two ounces of resin in one pint of alcohol. After the tin has been coated with the solution, allow nearly all the alcohol to evaporate before applying the label.

Opening Ink.—In opening a can of colored ink of which little is required, do not pull the skin off the top; break it at the side, take out what is wanted and immediately replace the skin. If you take the skin all off, another will form, and the ink will be wasted. Keep all ink cans well covered. Dust will ruin any ink.

To Copy Patterns from Metal.—It is found that a good impression of any article of metal having a flat ornamental surface, may be taken by wetting some note-paper with the tongue and smoking it over a gas flame. The article is then pressed upon the smoked part, when, if the operation be carefully conducted, a clear impression is the result.

To Stereotype Zinc Etchings a very wet mould, free from creases, is recommended. Those who use ready-made flong should let it lie twenty minutes in cold water, carefully dry between blotting-paper, and then beat in. Those who prepare their own matrices will mix the matrix powder or chalk with cold water to the consistency of milk, and spread thickly on the paper, beating continually but lightly with a soft brush. All zinc etchings must be thoroughly washed with paraffin before stereotyping, and also wood-cuts which are to be stereotyped. Old wood-cuts and etchings which are covered with hard dried ink must be laid face down in paraffin for at least half-an hour, otherwise the stereotype will not be a success.-Der Stereotypeur.

Hektograph Sheets.—Soak 4 parts of best white glue in a mixture of 5 parts of water and 3 parts of solution of ammonia, until the glue is soft. Warm the mixture until the glue is dissolved, and add 3 parts of granulated sugar and 8 parts of glycerine, stirring well, and letting it come to the boiling point. While hot, paint it upon white blotting-paper with a broad copying-brush, until the paper is thoroughly soaked, and a thin coating remains on the surface. Allow it to dry for two or three days, and it is then ready for use. An aniline ink should be used for writing, and before transferring to the blotting-paper, wet the latter with a dampened sponge, and allow it to stand one or two minutes. Then proceed to make copies in the ordinary way. If the sheets are laid aside for two days, the old writing sinks in and does not require to be washed off.—Chemist and Druggist.

The Waikato Archidiaeonal Conference has come to the following conclusion respecting the marriage laws:— « That more public notice should be given of intended marriages than the present law provides, and that this conference suggests that the marriage laws be altered, so that the names of persons intending marriage be published in the newspapers of the district in which they reside. » This suggestion has the hearty approval of the press.