The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-08-13

How TO OBTAIN ESSENCE OF LEMON.
Cut off thin the rinds of any number
of lemons, put the pieces in vial. and
cover them with spirits of wine. After
day or two this will have taken up all
the oil of the lemon peel and become
far better in quality than that usually
sold.
TEST SIGN OF DEATH-Tie a string
firmly around one Of the fingers of the
supposed corpse if the blood circulates
in the least the whole finger from the
string to the tip will swell and become
discolored. The Academy of Sciences in
Paris offered 81, 900 for the discovery ola
conclusive test of the sort This was
among the most simple and satisfactory Of
the suggestions.
BLACKBERRY JAM.-Gather the fruit
a dry day; mash the berries and pass
them through a fine sieve to extract the
seeds add to each pound of juice one
pound of good sugar; boil and stir until
the surface is covered with clear bubbles,
try little upon plate if it sets fill your
jars or tumblers, let them cool, cover the
top of each with paper dipped in brandy,
and keep in a cool dry place until wanted.
PoIsoN.AA standing antidote for poi
son by oak, ivy, ETC., is to take hand
full of quick lime, dissolve it in water, let
it stand half an hour, then paint the poi
soned parts with it, Three or four APP
plications will never fail to cure the most
aggravated case. Poison from bees, hor-
nets, spider bites, etc., is instantly arrest
ed by the application Of equal parts of
common salt and bicarbonate of soda,
well rubbed in on the place bitten or
stung.
OUTLETS OF VEAL, LAMB OR SHoAT.
When the rack of veal is chosen divide
each bone separately, break an egg, and
wet the pieces with it then roll in bread
crumbs, afterwards frying them in lard.
Make a nice gravy with butter, pepper
and salt, mixed with the bread crumbs.
Any part of the veal almost, cut in small
pieces, may be dressed in the same way
This dish must be thoroughly done to be
good Either quarter of lamb or shoat,
cut up in small pieces-that is to say, the
usual size for ehops-may be dressed in
the same way, and will be found very
nice.
To GET RID OF INSECTS. The follow
ing is vouched as a certain recipe for the
destruction of insects Hot alum-water
is recent suggestion as an insecticide.
1t will destroy red and black ants, cock
reaches, spiders, ehinch bugs and all
crawling pests which infest your houses.
Take two pounds of alum and dissolve in
three or four quarts of boiling water ; let
it stand on the fire till the alum dis
appears; then apply it with a brush,
while nearly boiling hot, to every joint
and crevice in your closets, bedsteads, |
pantry shelves and the like. Brush the |
solution in the cracks of the floor and in /
the crevices of the skirtiug or mob-boards |
if YOU suspect they harbor vermin.
If, in whitewashing a ceiling, plenty |
of alum is added that to the lime, /
it will also serve to keep insects |
at a distance Cockroaches will flee the |
paint which has been washed in cool |
alum water Sugar barrels and boxes
can be freed from ants by drawing a
chalk mark just around the edge of the |
top of them. The mark must be unbrok-
en-, or they will creep over it but con-
tinuous chalk mark half an inch In width |
will set their depredations at naught. I
Powdered alum or borax will keep the /
chinch bug at a safe distance, and travel
ers should always carry package in their
handbags to scatter over and under their
pillows in places where they have reason
to suspect the presence of such bed-fel-
lows.