Put into a glazed pipkin 2 oz. of black resin, place it on a gentle fire; when melted, add 3 oz. of bees-wax. When this is melted, take it from the fire, add 1/2 oz. of fine lamp-black, and 1/2 dr. of Prussian blue in fine powder; stir them so as to be perfectly mixed, and add sufficient spirits of turpentine to form a thin paste, let it cool. To use it, apply a coat with a piece of linen rag pretty evenly all over the harness; then take a soft polishing brush and brush it over, to obtain a bright surface.

To Destroy Bed-Bugs, Moths, and Other Vermin. - Dissolve alum in hot water, making a very strong solution; apply to furniture or crevices in the walls with paint brush. This is sure destruction to those noxious vermin, and invaluable because easily obtained, is perfectly safe to use, and leaves no unpleasant traces behind. When you suspect moths have lodged in the borders of carpets, wet the edges of the carpets with a strong solution; whenever it reaches them, it is certain death.