A GOOD WAY TO DESTROY
WORMS IN BEE-HIVES.With very little trouble and at the expense of a quarter dollar, you can
certainly free your bee-hives from worms for a whole year. Get from an
apothecary store the powder called Pensses Blum, which will not injure the
bees in the least. The application of it is as follows: For one bee-hive you
take as much of this powder as the point of your knife will hold, mix it with
one ounce of good whiskey, and put it in a common vial; then make a hole
in the bee-hive and pour it in thus mixed with the whiskey, which is
sufficient for one hive at once. Make the hole so that it can be easily poured
in. As said before, a quarter dollar’s worth of this powder is enough for one
hive.
RECIPE FOR MAKING A PASTE
TO PREVENT GUN-BARRELS FROM
RUSTING, WHETHER IRON OR STEEL.Take an ounce of bear’s fat, half an ounce of badger’s grease, half an
ounce of snake’s fat, one ounce of almond oil, and a quarter of an ounce of
pulverized indigo, and melt it altogether in a new vessel over a fire, stir it
well, and put it afterward into some vessel. In using it, a lump as large as a
common nut must be put upon a piece of woollen cloth and then rubbed on
the barrel and lock of the gun, and it will keep the barrel from rusting.
TO MAKE A WICK WHICH
IS NEVER CONSUMED.Take an ounce of asbestos and boil it in a quart of strong lye for two
hours; then pour off the lye and clarify what remains by pouring rain-water
on it three or four times, after which you can form a wick from it which will
never be consumed by the fire.