The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-05-01
NO.46
Fam ard Household Column.

HANDLING BEES. - commenced
helping my father handle bees in the
summer Of 1918. l have handled
them in the old way most of the time.
l have few gums of my own get
ting up, that ! can 90 to, and in ona
minute, have them open, lift tho
frame, and give them a thorough ex-
animation. Long since | have found
that one should move slow around
the hives, and if the bees should sur
rouud him or even Come within IN
inch Of his nose, he should he COM
posed. # he should get angry, the
bers will know it aud reciprOcats it,
anal SO will they know if you are at
ease with them. When you open tho
hive, If Trey scem angry or are dis
t'rbed. 4 few pulls Of smoke Will en-
tire y slbdue them, aud you can pro-
coed With your examination.-Cor.
American Bee Journal.
Always have tho rays of the morn
ing sun fall upon your hives, but
c"ntrive to throw u shade upon their
front for y few hours in the middle
Of the day. when the weather is very
hot. Such a shade will be grateful
to your bees.-Nutt.
How to use q Crindstouo.-COm-
mon grinastone- spind!cs, with a crank
at ono end, are open to the great OBJ
lection that the stone will never keep
round, because every person is in-
clined, more Of less, to follow tho
motion Of his foot with his hand,
which causes the pressure on tho
stone to Ike unequal. The harder
pressure il always applied to tho
very same part Of the stone, aud will
soou make i: uneven, 50 that it is
impossible to grind a tool true. To
avoid this put in place Of the crank
u small! c"s-wheel to the spindle, say
with twelve cogs; have another
short spindle, with q crank and q
cos-wheel Of thirteen cogs, t" work
into the former. The stone will make
about ~ of a revolution more than
tho crank, and the harder pressure Of
the tool on tue stone will change to
place at every turn, and the
stone will keep perfectly round lift is
good one. This is a very simple
contrivancs, but it will be new to
many Of our readers. -Cabinet. Ma
kcr. .....r,.s. ....s'
Cotswold Merinos. -Cross.bred
sheep between a Cotswold ram and
hlefinO ewes are now attracting con-
siderable attention in Europe. At
the Vienna Exhibition, last year, they
were much admired and were favora-
bly, recommended by the judges
Specimens from q flock of three hvu-
areA and forty bred in Moravia show
I'd wool Of ten months growth avera.
ging four and a half inches ia length,
thickly set u, the skin, very bri ght,
having y good curl, and much finer
than the Cotswolds. The flesh was
frmer, and lambs, twelve to fourteen
months old, weighed one hundred
and thirty-nine to one hundred and
forty eight pounds per bead, and tho
half-breed animals bred we'll togeth-
u without deteriorating.
Spontaneous Combustion of Hay
We frequently hear Of CONGREGATIONS
caused by the spontaneous c0pbus-
ton Of hay. The prevention in such
eases 10 simple and cheap. Combas-
ton in hay can arise only from ono
cause.-the dampness thereof. This
may arise from the condition of the
hay when put into tho barn or ware.
house insuf1iciently cured, or by be-
ing wet by exposure tn rain. Tho
preeaation is u liberal quantity If
course salt, Aprilkled through tho
NOV, which will invariably prevent
the heating which canes combustion.
The same method will save hay put
on board ship. partially wet. This
wac tried on board tho
ship Lancashire in lo47, with perfect
Traveller.
Family Glue.-Wo make our glue
in the following way: Crack up the
glue aud put it in = hottie; add to it
csnlmeu whisky; shake up, cork
tight, and in three Or feur days it
can I've used. It ,eqnires Do heating,
will keep for almost any time, and IL
at all times ready to use except in
the csldest weather, when it will re-
quive warming. 1t must bs kept
tight, 50 that the whisky will not
cvaporatA. The usual corks or stop
pers should not 10 used. 1t will l,c.
come cioggcd. A tin stopper, cover
lug the bottle but fitting Is closely
as possible, uGst be used.
We cannot plant anything that will
afford greater satisfaction than the
Madeira Vine. A few bnlbs, or roots
rather, of this beautiful climber, will
III few weeks completely cover .
large window frame. 1t il rather
sensitive to cold, to be hare, tat =
newspaper passed between tia Win.
dow aud the plant, viii! protect it
sufficiently, even upon severe night.
Fruit Recorder.
Tomato Soup.-Take eight mid
ding sized tomatoes, cut tIem ia two,
and removing the pips and watery
substance, put them in \ saucepan
with bundle Of sweet herbs, = Glove
Of garlic, an onion stuck with ,areo
or four cloves, soa'c aI!spice, asd
whole pepper and salt ~ taste.-
Place tho ssuceran on gentle IRE,
stirring the contents occasionally.
Wlcn tho tomatoes are thoroughly
doLe turn them ont on a hair sieve,
,eM"vs the onion, tho garlic and tho
bundle If sweet herhs; remove also
TIE M,aistH,e which will drip from. tho
tomatoes; then work them through,
tho sieve until nothing remains on
| tho ton but tho skins. Have q quart