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These recipes have sold for five dollars
each, and have been the foundations of
many good-sized fortunes.
This collection of recipes and formulas formaking various articles which are in constantuse in every household are, for the most part,articles upon which very large profits are made,both by manufacturers and dealers; somethings, which cost but two or three cents tomake, being retailed for as much as twenty-fivecents. We point out to you the propermethod to be pursued in the manufacture ofthese various articles, and expect you to useyour own judgment and discretion in the matterof putting them up for market, and exposingthem for sale. The goods, when ready formarket, may be sold either direct to consumersat retail, or to store-keepers at wholesale.Those who adopt the former method may canvassfrom house to house, or establish a storeand sell therefrom. The various ingredientsrequired to compound all the different articlesfor which recipes are here given may be purchasedat wholesale drug and grocery stores inany of the large cities. Large fortunes havebeen made upon the manufacture of single articles,for which recipes are here given, andthere is no reason why any one may not acquire[3]a competency in the same way, providinghe has the necessary push and sagacity. Hereis an opportunity to be your own manufacturer,your own wholesaler and your own retailer.Given these advantages, you mayundersell those in the ordinary channels oftrade, and still make handsome profits; andwe trust that the information herein containedmay be the means of starting many a poor persontoward making a fortune or a good income.
Black Ink.—Ink, like soap, is somethingeverybody uses, and few people realize thatthousands of barrels of it are made and sold.
Recipe for making the best and most durableblack writing ink, as used by the leading penmenof the United States and Canada.
To 2 gallons of strong decoction of logwood,well strained, add 1 1/2 lbs. blue galls in coarsepowder, 6 ounces sulphate of iron, 1 oz. acetateof copper, 6 oz. of pulverized sugar, and 8 oz.of gum arabic; set the above on the fire untilit begins to boil, strain, and then set it awayuntil it has acquired the desired blackness.The strong “decoction of logwood” is made byboiling; use soft water, into which put twoounces of