Sarsaparilla

Take of simple syrup-four pints; compound syrup of sarsaparilla, four fluid ounces; caramel, one and a half fluid ounces; oil of wintergreen and sassafras, of each, six drops.

Lemon

Grate off the yellow rind of lemons, and beat it up with a sufficient quantity of granulated sugar. Express the lemon-juice; add to each pint of juice one pint of water, and three and a half pounds of granulated sugar, including that rubbed up with the rind; warm until the sugar is dissolved, and strain.

Another recipe for lemon syrup is as follows: Dissolve six drachms of tartaric acid and one ounce of gum arabic in pieces, in one gallon of simple syrup; then flavor with one and a half fluid drachms of best oil of lemon, or flavor with the saturated tincture of the peel in cologne spirits.

Orange

This may be made from the fruit in the same way as lemon syrup, or the following formula may be used: Dissolve six drachms of citric acid in one gallon of simple syrup, and add two fluid drachms of fresh oil of orange in two ounces of alcohol; or instead of the alcohol solution of the oil, use the saturated tincture obtained by macerating the fresh peel for ten days in sufficient cologne spirits to cover.

The lemon and orange syrups made from the fruit, after being strained, may be diluted with an equal bulk of simple syrup. One dozen of the fruit is sufficient to make one gallon of finished syrup.

Ginger

Mix two fluid ounces of tincture of ginger with four pints of simple syrup.

Vanilla

Mix two fluid ounces of extract of vanilla with four pints of sim ple syrup.

Strawberry, Raspberry, Or Pine-Apple

Mash the fresh fruit, express the juice, and to each quart add three and a half pounds of granulated sugar. The juice, heated to 180 degrees Fahrenheit, and strained or filtered previous to dissolving the sugar, will keep for an indefinite time.

Nectar

Mix three parts vanilla syrup with one each of pine-apple and lemon syrups.

Sherbet

Mix equal parts of orange, pine-apple and vanilla syrups.

Orgeat

Cream syrup and vanilla syrup, each one pint; oil of bitter almonds, four minims.

Cream

Take of Borden's condensed milk, one pint; water, one pint; sugar one and a half pound. Heat to boiling, and strain. This will keep for over a week in a cool place.

Coffee

Pure coffee, roasted, half a pound, is infused in boiling water, half a gallon; enough is filtered off to make half a gallon of infusion, in which dissolve seven pounds of granulated sugar.

Chocolate

Baker's chocolate, four ounces; dissolve in twenty ounces of boiling water, and dissolve in this one pound of granulated sugar.

Poisons And Their Antidotes

In all cases of poisoning, much depends upon the promptness with which the antidote is administered. The appropriate remedy for acids is alkalies, and vice versa. If lye has been swallowed for water, a mistake often made by children, give at once a wine glassful of vinegar added to an equal quantity of water. If oxalic or citric or tartaric acid have been taken, lose no time in administering a solution of bi-carbonate of soda or saleratus, -remedies always at hand.

If the poison be morphine, narcotme, laudanum, or any form of opium, aconite or other powerful narcotic, a physician should be immediately called, and the stomach-pump applied. If too much time is likely to be lost, resort at once to an emetic, of which most families have an excellent one in the house in the form of ground mustard-seed. Of this give two teaspoonfuls stirred into a tumbler of warm water, for an adult, reducing the quantity for a child, and repeat every five minutes until vomiting is produced.

If corrosive sublimate, arsenic, or other mineral poisons have been taken, the prompt use of the mustard emetic, or stomach-pump, is required. White of eggs should be freely taken in all such cases, as a good medium for suspending the poison, and thereby saving the coats of the stomach. Always remembering that no time is to be lost in procuring attendance of the family physician. Bear in mind that bedbug poison is generally made of corrosive sublimate. When used at all, what remains should be immediately thrown away. It is never safe, wherever hid, or however labelled. It is so deadly a poison, and has destroyed so many lives, it should never be kept in the house.

Drowning, Restoration From

1. Place the patient on his back, with the shoulders raised and supported on a folded article of dress.

2. In order to keep up a free entrance of air into the lungs, draw the tongue forward, and keep it projecting out of the mouth beyond the lips; it may be held in this position by the teeth if the lower jaw be raised.

3. To imitate the movements of breathing, raise the patient's arms upward by the sides of his head, and then extend them gently and steadily upward and forward for a few moments. (This action induces inspiration or the passing of air into the lungs, by enlarging the capacity of the chest.)

Next, turn down the arms, and press them gently and firmly for a few moments against the sides of the chest.

(This produces a forced expulsion of air from the lungs.)

Repeat these measures alternately, deliberately, and perseveringly, fifteen times in a minute.

4. To induce circulation and warmth, do not cease rubbing the limbs all this time upward, with firm, grasping pressure, and with energy, using handkerchiefs, flannels, etc. (This rubbing upward causes the blood in the veins to flow toward the heart, and should be done by assistants.)

5. When the limbs are thus warmed and dried, clothe the body, - the bystanders supplying the garments.

On the restoration of life, a teaspoon-ful of warm water should be given; and then, if the power of swallowing has returned, small quantities of warm coffee, ginger-tea, wine, brandy, and warm water, etc, may be given. By pursuing this treatment perseveringly and energetically for several hours, many persons have been resuscitated; it is a mistaken opinion that death has occurred because life does not make its appearance in half an hour or an hour.

Cautions To The Bystanders

1. Send at once for a physician, and for dry clothing. 2. Avoid all rough usage, and be very careful not to turn the body on the back. 3. Do not hold up the body by the feet for any reason. 4. Do not roll the body on barrels. 5. Do not rub the body with salt or spirits. 6. Do not inject tobacco smoke, or an infusion, into the bowels. 7. Avoid the continuous warm bath. 8. Be especially careful to prevent persons crowding around the body.

Apparent Death From Intense Cold

Treatment. - Be careful about employing warmth too soon, as its too quick and free application will undoubtedly produce mortification, and endanger life.

Rub the body all over, at first with snow or very cold water, continuing this for from twenty to thirty minutes, or until it becomes very red; then wipe it perfectly dry, and let it be rubbed with the warm hands of several persons at one time. After this has been done for a short time, remove the body to a cool room, continuing the friction, and then covering with hot flannel. To restore breathing, make use of the same means as recommended in "restoration from drowning."

Greek Fire

Modern Greek fire is a solution of phosphorus in bisulphide of carbon. When this solution is poured on paper, rags, or shavings, the bisulphide evaporates rapidly and leaves the phosphorus in a state of very fine division - so fine that it takes fire spontaneously. It furnishes the means of performing a very pretty lecture-room experiment; but as an incendiary agent it is worthless, for the simple reason that it does not set fire to even the thinnest and driest boards. The phosphorus, in burning, produces a fusible and non-volatile compound, and this glazes over all objects in its vicinity, and protects them from the action of the flames.

How To Collect The Odors Of Flowers

Roses, and all flowers containing perfumed oils, may be made to yield their aromatic properties by steeping the petals in a flat dish of soft water, and setting it in the sun. The petals should be entirely covered with the water. A sufficient quantity should be allowed for evaporation, and the vessel left undisturbed a few days. A film will be found on the top. This is the essential oil, and every particle is impregnated with the odor peculiar to the flower. It should be taken up carefully and put in tiny vials, which should be allowed to remain open till all watery particles are evaporated.