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and mudcl}^ color. The action of the 

 acid is to carbonize, or, in other words, 

 burn the organic matter, and this frees 

 the wax that is mingled with it, and 

 allows it to separate and rise to the 

 surface. "VYe have repeated this op- 

 eration with sulphuric acid on several 

 lots of very dirty cakes of wax, many 

 of them almost perfectly black ; and 

 each time, we had, as a result, several 

 nice yellow cakes of wax, and a small 

 pile of black organic matter that had 

 been freed by the acid. We followed 

 the proportions given us by friend 

 Salisbury in a recent article ; viz., 

 about a pound of commercial sulphuric 

 acid to about a quarter of a barrel of 

 water. Into this we introduced a 

 steam-pipe, and then filled up the re- 

 ceptacle with the wax accumulations, 

 or dark cakes of wax which we desired 

 to lighten up. Sulphuric acid mixed 

 in water in the pi'oportions given will 

 not make a solution strong enough to 

 be corrosive to the hand, nor danger- 

 ous to the bees after it has been re- 

 melted and w^orked over into founda- 

 tion. AVe expect to render all our 

 dark wax into nice yellow cakes, so 

 that it may all be of good color and 

 ready for use this fall, or for next sea- 

 son's trade. — Gleanings. 



ROSIN CEUATE, ORBASILICON OINT- 

 iMENT. 



BY DK. A. B. MASON. 



Rosin, five ounces ; lard, eight 

 ounces ; beeswax (yellow) , two 

 ounces. Melt together, strain through 

 cotton or linen, and stir constantly 

 until cool. 



If the ingredients are clear, the 

 straining can be omitted. As an ap- 

 plication for burns, it is "par excel- 

 lent," and has been used in our fam- 

 ily for over thirty years. I cannot 

 speak too highly of it as an applica- 

 tion in all cases of inflamed sores or 

 wounds, or inflamed eyelids. Spread 

 thickly on a cloth and apply to the 

 part affected, renewing the applica- 

 tion as often as necessary. 



To show how valuable it is, 1 will 

 relate two incidents : A few months 

 ago a neighbor ran a nail into the 

 palm of his hand so far as to raise 

 the skin on the back of the hand. In 

 a few hours the hand began to swell, 

 and be very painful, followed by rap- 

 id and painful swelling of the arm. 

 All remedies were a failure until I 

 made an application of this ointment, 

 and renewt'd it in half an hour. In 

 less than an hour all the pain had 

 ceased, and within twelve hours the 

 swelling had entirely disappeared. 



A few days since, another neighbor 

 was bitten on a sore on his hand by a 

 fly, while sitting at the table. The hand 

 soon became painful and began to 

 swell, the swelling extending to the 

 arm. A physician was called in, who 

 pronounced it blood poisoning^' but 

 the treatment employed gave no re- 

 lief. 



Meeting him on the street with his 

 arm in a sling, and learning what was 

 the matter, 1 suggested a trial of the 

 ointment, and gave him some. The 

 next day he was at work as though 

 nothing had been the matter. 



I have just received the following 

 recipe. It is tip-top for a cough : 

 Equal parts of unboiled linseed oil, 

 Holland gin and honey. Dose — two 

 teaspoonfuls, repeated as may be 

 needed. J would suggest that the fore- 

 going recipes be inserted in the next 

 edition of the Honey Almanac. 



Neio Philadelphia, Ohio. 



AX OLD QUEEN BREEDER'S OPINION OP 

 THE GOLDEN CAKNIOLAXS. 



Friend Alley : The golden Car- 

 niolan queen came to hand promptly 

 and was safely introduced. I am 

 well-pleased with her, have begun 

 breeding from her to requeen my apia- 

 ry. I have reared and sold many 

 thousands Italian, Cyprian and Holy- 

 land queens, but never had one please 

 me better tlian the golden Carniolan 

 qiieen received of you. — E. T. Flan- 

 agan, Belleville, III. 



