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Show To Make Indelible Ink. Indelible Ink for marking linen may be easily prepared at home by putting two inches of lunar caustic in an ounce bottio and filling the bottle up with good vinegar. Be careful that the bottle is perfectly clean, or tho result will not bo satisfactory. Cork tightly and leave in a sunny place for two days before using. In using Indelible ink it will be found more satisfactory to wrlto on the goods If the following preparation Is first used: Put in a clean bottio a scant desortsnoonful of salts of tar tar and a lump of gum arable the size of a hickory nut. Fill tho bottle with rain water and stand in a sunny place for a couple of days before using. us-ing. To use, dip a camel's hair brush In tho gum llqu'd and pain' "ver a space on tho linen large enough to contain tho Initials or namo desired then al-. al-. low It to dry for at least twenty-four hours and iron before using tho Indelible In-delible Ink. Always use a new pen and dry in the sun, If possible. n |