NELSON.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 1108, 22 July 1871, Page 2

NELSON.

July 11. — Manson Sinclair, son of Donald Sinclair, solicitor, while practising with a detonating needle revolver, accidentally shot himself. One charge not going off, he was trying to adjust the pistol, and the charge exploded. The ball entered his- stomach, and passing through his body, lodged in a house. He said he was shot, and lay down on his bed. He is still alive, but no hope of his recovery is entertained.

Extirpating Ants — The following method for extirpating ants has been found effectual. In the spring, when they first make their appearance in their accustomed hauuts, place a saucer with about a tablespoonful of molasses, into which a grain of arsenic is well stirred. The ants will go to it in great numbers, many will remain and die, and those who creep away never return. This process repeated when necessary will drive every ant from the premises.

How to Prevent Tumblers froji Breaking ■with Hot Water. — Put a spoon in glass jars or tumblers, and you may then pour boiling water into them without breaking. Setting them on a very wet towel folded several times will answer the same purpose.

Cream Cheese. — The following is a recipe for making cream cheese : — Take fresh buttermilk, set it on the stove and warm it just enough to separate the curd and whey ; drain off the whey thoroughly, and season the curd with salt, pepper, and good ric i cream. This makes a delightful dish, for breakfast.

An Effectual way of Removing Bugs and Cockroaches. — Powdered borax thrown into all cr.icks and crevices where roaches and croton bugs appear is an effectual way of removing them. MoUsses and arsenic is a cure for red ants.

Essence of Celery. — This is prepared by soaking for a fortnight a half ounce of the seeds of celery in a quarter-pint ofbiandy. A feiv drops will flavour a pint of soup or broth, equal to the head of celery.

In Hamilton, Ohio, a young girl fell into the machinery of a paper mill, and was ground into pulp. As her substance had permeated all the other pulp in the mill, the question arose — should the whole mass be cofhued and buried, or made into paper as if n>thing had occurred? The former would^entail an expense of some thousands of dollars, a canal to draw off the corpse, and a whole cemetery for its interment. It was concluded to make her up into foolscap.