BEER. 87 



If stung, extract the sting, apply immediately sweet oil, 

 laudanum, or Goulard's extract, which is a preparation used 

 for inflammations, and so called from the inventor. (Farm- 

 er's Encyclopaedia.) 



BEESWAX. This substance has been classed with veg- 

 etable matters ; but the experiments of Huber have shown 

 that it is produced by the bees themselves, and not gathered 

 by them directly from plants. When the honey is drained 

 from the wax, it can be purified for domestic uses by tying 

 it with something heavy in a bag, and putting the bag into 

 a pot of clear cold water. As the water heats, the wax will 

 be thrown to the surface. Skim it off, and place it in sau- 

 cers, and expose it to the light and air, and occasionally wet 

 it with water, till it is whitened or bleached. 



Bayberry, Candleberry, or Myrtle wax (Myrica ceri- 

 fera) is a harder substance than beeswax, obtained from the 

 berries of the myrtle by boiling them in water. (Bigelow.) 



BEER. Though beer is chiefly made of malt and hops, 

 there are some simple beverages in which only the latter is 

 used, and others in which a substitute for hops is found. 



CHILDREN'S BEER. 



To three spoonfuls of ginger pour a bucketful of boiling 

 water. Allow it to cool, then add to it one pint of good 

 yeast, and one pint of molasses. Cover it with a coarse 

 cloth, and let it stand in a cool place. Bottle in the even- 

 ing. 



MOLASSES-BEER. 



Put to six gallons of soft water six pints of West India 

 molasses and a handful of hops tied in a muslin bag, and 

 let it boil twenty minutes. When it has cooled, put to it a 

 pint of lively beer yeast. Cover the beer with a coarse cloth, 



