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Dr. Artemus Browns book of recipes and prescriptions, 1849
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Home made Kreosote Mix 1 pint pure oak or walnut ashes a handful of Stove Soot - boil or simmer 3 qts in boiling water for some hours - drain off Give from a tea to a table spoonfull 2 or 3 times a day Indelible Ink. - Indelible ink, for marking on linen cloth, &c. is made by dissolving one drachm of lunar caustic and half an ounce of gum arabic in half a pint of pure rain water. Previous to using it the cloth to be marked should be wet with a preparatory liquor made by dissolving one drachm of salt of tartar in half a gill of rain water, and thoroughly dried and ironed. American Adv.
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Home made Kreosote Mix 1 pint pure oak or walnut ashes a handful of Stove Soot - boil or simmer 3 qts in boiling water for some hours - drain off Give from a tea to a table spoonfull 2 or 3 times a day Indelible Ink. - Indelible ink, for marking on linen cloth, &c. is made by dissolving one drachm of lunar caustic and half an ounce of gum arabic in half a pint of pure rain water. Previous to using it the cloth to be marked should be wet with a preparatory liquor made by dissolving one drachm of salt of tartar in half a gill of rain water, and thoroughly dried and ironed. American Adv.
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