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MRS. A. P. HILL,
The attention of all housekeepers is invited to this Depart
ment, and the Editress urges them to send her copies of
tried receipts. Let us make this an interesting and prof
itable Department.
an incalculable blessing to your community,
Why was it?"
To this inquiry I cannot reply; but. at the risk
Editress, of being thought impertinent and intermeddling,
I hey them to reconsider.
SKELETON LEAVES.
Bill-of-Fare for May.
BREAKFAST.
Boiled ham, steak, or fried shad and roe. Cheese ome
let. Hominy. Itadishes. Bolls. Bice waffles. Cold brown
bread. Tea and coffee.
DINNER.
Soup a la bisque. Crabs are now in perfection, and may
be cooked in a variety of ways—stewed, scalloped, eaten
cold with salad dressing, or made into a pie. Calf’s head.
Boast veal. Asparagus. Lettuce. Beets. Ureen peas. New
Irish potatoes. Spinach. Jn-xserl—Strawberry short cake,
cream sauce. Iced buttermilk. Bananas. Oranges.
TEA.
Cold veal. Crab salad. SwiBS rolls. Yeast powder bis
cuit. Puffs. Crackers. Mountain cake. Ambrosia.
RECEIPTS.
»S'oup a la Bisque.—Tea-cup of rice, a dozen
soft crabs, a pound of veal; boil until the rice
and crabs can be rubbed through a coarse sieve;
return to the soup and season with salt and but
ter to taste, not making it too rich.
Baked Crabs.— Mince fine after boiling; to a
quart add three eggs, butter the size of a hen’s
egg, pepper, salt: moisten with sweet milk, bake
a light brown. Crabs, when in good condition,
have the joints of the legs stiff. The shell,
whether dead or alive, should look red, and the
body smells well. When stale, the eyes look
dead. Remove the sand-bag. Boil as you would
a lobster. Pick the meat from the shell. Crabs
are in perfection from April to October.
Puffs.—Save a piece of the dough from the
Swiss rolls; roll it thin; cut in diamond shapes
and fry. Serve on a napkin.
Mountain Cake.—One tea-cup of sugar, two
eggs beaten separately, half cup of butter, two ;
cups of flour, two tea-spoonfuls yeast powder.
Serve Spinach with drawn butter and poached
eggs-
Save the liquor in which the calf’s head w r as
boiled; keep it in an earthen-ware vessel; next
day make calf's-head soup, w’ith or without spice.
Library Associations.
The forming of library associations through -
Mrs. A. P. Hitt, Editress Domestic Department:
Dear Madam,—I have received numerous ap
plications from the city and from different por
tions of the State for instructions or suggestions
in regard to the various operations required in
the making of skeleton bouquets. In order to
reply to these requests with the least possible
loss of time, I have determined to send to The
Sunny South, for publication, a series of short
articles containing such general directions as
will be sufficient for persons of ordinary skill
and patience.
The season has arrived when attention must
be turned to the selection and gathering of
leaves most desirable, as regards both their
utility and beauty. It is a matter of the greatest
importance that the leaves be gathered at the
right stage of their growth. During the first
three or four weeks their tissues are not suffi
ciently linn, and if placed in water would soon
become a mere pulpy mass. On the other hand,
if tney are not gathered until some weeks after
they have reached maturity, they will have be
come so tough and fibrous that no amount of
soaking will decompose them.
Select small-sized, perfectly-formed leaves,
and reject all that have been stung by insects,
for the dark spots thus caused can never be re
moved. Avoid placing in the same vessel of
water leaves which have a large proportion oi
tannin, such as oak, birch, walnut, etc., with
those which contain an inappreciable quantity;
for the tannin of the one will so harden the tis
sues of the other that maceration will be impos
sible.
By the fifteenth of the present month, most of
the forest leaves will have attained their full size,
and many will have become sufficiently mature
for use. The leaves of the elm are very beauti
ful, but they require special care as to the time
of their gathering, a few days being sufficient to
place them beyond the possibility of perfect de
composition. I suggest, therefore, that a few’
be gathered at short intervals during the re-
mainder of the present month, and thus some ■
may be secured. They will require from six to
eight weeks of soaking. The leaves of the red j
and yellow’ maple are beautiful, as are also the
smaller leaves of the chestnut. Those of the sil
ver poplar, although not especially delicate, are
easily skeletonized and very strong. Beginners
will find the slender and graceful leaves of the
willow of great service in preventing the almost
[For The Sunny South.]
REVERIE OF A DRUNKARD'S WIFE.
BY LILLIAN WRIGHT.
I*m sitting alone; the evening's dreary,—
Fit ending of a day most weary.
The rain is falling steadily, slowly,
With south winds moaning sadly, lowly.
As here alone in dim light sitting,
Visions of the past before me flitting.
There comes the sinful, vague misgiving,
Is my life quite worth the living ?
The little ones are sweetly sleeping, .
Their dimpled arms each other keeping,
With golden hair o'er soft cheek falling,
Aud smiles fit answer to angel’s calling.
Were it better that they should pass away
Than live to learn of hope’s decay?
My hope is dead; ah! how distressing,
This grief at your heart may soon be pressing.
The day’s work o’er, with brewing, baking,
The o’ertasked body painful, aching;
Yet a keener pain the heart must bear,
For the shame of a drunkard's wife is there.
Ah! well I remember the voice so cheery,
The manly grace, the blue eyes merry,
When friends would say, Best have a care,—
He drinks sometimes—beware! beware!
I would not listen to their pleading,
But said, ’Tis vain—I am not heeding;
I dreamed my love all life could brighten,—
Earth holds no grief love may not lighten.
Drear years are gone! Alone I'm sitting,
Visions of the past before me flitting.
Memory brings words aud acts of kindness
I have loved with all of woman s blindness;
Yet, whilst I sit here in the gloaming.
To list the faltering steps that’s coming,
I'm bitterly thinking, sadly fearing,
For wife and babes he’s little caring—
Else why not the tempting bowl resign ?
Love is dying, sure, slow decline.
Oh, bitterly I bemoan my fate!
How useless,—’tis too late, too late!
[For The Sunny South.]
Drinking Wine—From Biblical Points
of View—Pro and Con.
A DIALOGUE BY A LAYMAN.
wine or grape syrup used for family purposes;
and to these may be added, as a third class, vin
egar, the product of complete fermentation.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
United Friends of Temperance.
out the South gives more hope for the future of "
, J1 ° . , , , „ inevitable stiffness of their first efforts at group-
our people than anything undertaken for the
benefit of all classes, not excepting the public
schools.
If, as some wise person lias said, a people are
to be judged by the character of their reading, a
visit to very many of the libraries in our land
before the war would have shown that we were
not entitled to a very liigb position in the liter
ary world. Then, those who possessed the means
to buy books considered it indispensable to a
well-furnished house to have a well-filled library;
but, as a general tiling, they read—as they did
most other things - for entertainment, to kill the
remnant of time left from other amusements, or
to keep up with the current literature of the
day—well called “light literature.” Here and
there were to be seen those who found their
highest enjoyment in the pursuit of useful
knowledge, but they formed a small part of
even our best society. Our men and women
were ornaments to any social circle. They were
everywhere regarded as refined and cultivated;
but the refinement was inborn, and the culture
a result of careful home-training, together with
constant association with well-bred society,
rather than to close, systematic study of books.
Intellectually, they did not attain the position
for which Providence evidently designed them.
mg. These leaves should not be gathered until
the middle of June. Tlie leaves of the pear tree
are worthy of experiment. The skeleton of the
rose leaf is exquisite, but very fragile, and will
be for beginners the occasion of their most con
spicuous failure. The dark-velvet rose hush
furnishes the best specimens for experiment.
They will require about six weeks’ soaking, and
must be cleared with a blunt camel’s-hair pencil.
One perfect skeleton in fifty may possibly be se
cured—and by a perfect skeleton, I mean one
that is absolutely without spot or blemish. A
true artist will reject all specimens that will not
bear almost microscopic inspection. And here
let me < ntreat that scissors be not resorted to for
trimming ragged edges or changing the form or
size of a leaf. It is a sin against that genuine
ness which cannot be too conspicuous in matters
of even so slight importance. For marvels of
delicacy and beauty, the leaves of the cape
and Arabian jessamine stand foremost. They
can be gathered at any time of the year, and for
tunately, perfect skeletons are easily secured.
Prime favorite with myself are the leaves of the
Deutzia Scabra and the Deutzia Gracilis. I am
unable to give any common name by which these
plants can be recognized. The last-named bears
small, bell-sliaped, white flowers, hanging in
gracefully-drooping racimes. These graceful
little leaves form beautiful wreaths for twining
about black-velvet crosses or around the base of
a bouquet.
Last but not least of the leaves within reach
of nearly every one, are those of the English ivy.
They can be gathered at any season of the year,
Magnitude of tlie Order of Good Templars.
The following is gleaned from the reports of
forty Grand Lodges for the year 1874 by the
Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and
presented in their annual report to the Grand
Lodge of Massachusetts, March, 1875:
The returns to the twentieth session of the
Bight Worthy Grand Lodge embodied the re
ports of fifty-four Grand Lodges, with an aggre
gate membership of over 650,000. It appears,
however, that the Grand Lodges of Arkansas,
District of Columbia, Idaho and New Bruns
wick have little more than a normal existence,
and though Arkansas stands unchallenged on
the published roll of the Bight Worthy Grand
Pro.—Well, this brings me to my last, my
: most convincing, mv overwhelming argument „
from example. I have been purposely reserving ; the State. G. S.
it for the last. You have prepared the way for — -
it. and I know that you cannot escape its force.
I refer to the example of our Saviour himself,
who both made and drank wine. He made it
fora convivial occasion [John 2:1-11], and he
drank it so frequently and freely that he was
called a “wine-bibber.” [Matt. 11:16-19.]
Con.—I remember but two occasions on which
it is expressly stated that our Saviour tasted
wine. First, at “The Last Supper,” the night
| before his crucifixion [Matt. 26:26-29]; second,
when expiring on the cross. [Matt. 27:34.]
Whether or not he ever drank wine on any other
occasion. I know not; but certainly there is no
j ground for the charge which modern Christians
bring against him, that he drank it so frequently
and freely as to be called a “wine-bibber.” This
is the passage to which you refer,—“For John
i came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,
he hath a devil. The son of man came eating
and drinking, and they say, “Behold a man glut
tonous and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans
land sinners.” [Matt. 11:18-19.] Our Saviour
immediately adds, “But wisdom is justified of
her children.”
“They,” his enemies, said of John, “He hath
a devil;” and “they,” his enemies, said of Christ,
“Behold a man gluttonous and a wine-bibber.”
But there is no evidence that John had a devil
or was possessed by a devil; and none that our
Saviour was “a man gluttonous and a wine-bib
ber.” The life of each disproves the charge.
Our Saviour may have drunk wine on other
occasions than those mentioned. I do not know, j
nor is it important to know, so far as our argu
ment is concerned. His whole life was a re
buke to evil of every kind. He taught the ne
cessity, not only of non-evil, of purity, in act
and word, but in very thought and feeling. He
that hatetli is a murderer; he that lnsteth is an
adulterer; he that indulgeth sinful thoughts is
a sinner; and more than this, for not even sin
lessness is sufficient, hut we must love the Lord
with all the heart and our neighbor as ourself—
we must be active and well-doing.
It must be rembered that our Saviour was not
a mere man. He could say to the woman taken
in adultery, “Neither do I condemn thee: go,
and sin no more.” [John 8:11.] Can you? He
could say to the woman “which was a sinner,”
“Thy sins are forgiven thee.” [Luke 7:48.]
Can you ?
But why multiply instances ? He went about
“doing good.” in that let us imitate him,
avoiding all evil and “all appearances of evil,”
taking care always to distinguish between him
as man and him as God. He made wine, you
say. So he did; and he made it not as man, but
as God. But what sort of wine did he make ?
Pro.—“Now, infidel, I have thee on the hip !’’
What sort of wine ? Why, wine! Wine is wine—
wine that will intoxicate ! I don’t know of any
The Order of United Friends of Temperance
continues to flourish and prosper throughout
Lodge, a report made to the Grand Lodge of : otber kind of wine . The word wine is used in
Inglorious ease does not tend to develop the ! ^ ie ) T have attained at least a year s
1 growth. They will require from six to eight
highest order of men and women, and this the
favored children of the sun enjoyed to the full.
But we are to have a different order of things.
Literature has received a new impetus; and
while “Southland Writers” have hitherto been
so few that they might be named, the day is not
far distant when, in numbers and ability, they
will compare favorably with any other enlight
ened country. As has been said,. “Times of
genenil calamity and confusion have ever been
productive of the greatest minds. The purest
ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and
the brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the
darkest storm.” Whilst our troubles growing
out of the issues of the late revolution have j
often seemed greater than we could bear, Provi
dence, dealing always in a beautiful and benefi
cent system of compensations, is already evolv- ]
ing blessings from what seemed hopeless, unmit- j
igated ruin. The necessity for effort among our 1
people is so great that no conscientious person
can be content to fold their bands supinely and
add to the general burden of suffering. That is
a life which one should bravely scorn to live, j
“God helps those who helps themselves,” is a
good old proverb. Tlie effort to provide for I
daily-recurring wants, to help on the inexperi
enced and unfortunate, lias developed unsus
pected talents, which only need cultivation to j
make successful teachers and book makers, j
Books hitherto regarded as luxuries have become j
absolute necessities. Poverty forbids their being
purchased by individuals to any extent.
What can be done to meet the emergency? I
answer, have your name enrolled as a member
of a library association. One of the pleasing
features of the arrangement is. that the “con
sideration ” for which this privilege is granted
is so small as to put it within the reach of all.
The system begets culture and engenders kindly
feeling. It is something in which all classes can
feel a common interest. Witness tlie enthusiasm
recently displayed in onr city in the attempt to
benefit the Association; the whole community
seemed engaged to make the effort a success.
I give a short extract from a letter received
from an intelligent lady living in the country:
“I speak knowingly when I say that, after
churches, no organization is worth so much to a
community as a well-conducted library associa
tion. I must confess to a vast deal of surprise
that the enlightened ‘City Fathers’ of Atlanta
should have refused to donate a site for an edi
fice that, planned and ordered by the able and
energetic board of directors, and supervised in
, all its details by the tasteful and energetic libra
rian, must have been not only an ornament, but
Canada states that there is a prospect of the for
mation of a Grand Lodge there. The best esti
mate of increase that we are able to make upon
the somewhat insecure basis of tlie data before
us would place the present aggregate of mem
bership in the world at about 700,000. Five new
Grand Lodges have been organized since May
last. Two of them,, however, have drawn their
membership from Grand Lodges then existing:
the Grand Lodge of Quebec from that of Can
ada, and the English-speaking Grand Lodge in
Wales from the former jurisdiction of the Grand
Lodge of Wales. The other new Grand Lodges
are New South Wales, Tasmania, and New Zeal
and. There are also applications pending for a
second Grand Lodge in New Zealand and one
in Western Australia. There are about a hun
dred subordinate lodges scattered throughout
other lands, working under the immediate juris
diction of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge. This
includes quite a number of military lodges in
the sections of the United States Army stationed
in the Southern and Western States, etc. There
are also lodges in the province of Natal, South
Africa, Malacca, and the East Indies, Japan,
China, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium,
Portugal, the West Indies, Mississippi, Florida,
and Dakota. There are also lodges in Nevada,
Utah, and the Sandwich Islands, under the
jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of California.
The Bight Worthy Grand Secretary reports that
the future prospects are very flattering, and that
he anticipates a rapid increase of the member
ship in Japan,
The Knights of Jericho.
After our Order had its origin, it was not
doomed to be confined to one State. In a short
time, so rapidly had it spread, that it was not
only necessary to have a State, but also a Na
tional Lodge; and in 1852, on the day of
November, the first lodge in Georgia was estab
lished in Fulton county, and hailed as “Atlanta
Lodge of the Knights of Jericho.” Our Order
continued to prosper, until in 1859 we num-
weeks’ soaking, and then the outer covering will
require to be ruptured with a fine needle before
it can be removed.
En passant, if the experimenter has a micro-
scope, and feels so disposed, she will be repaid
by placing a portion of the lower surface of the
leaf under the lens, and observing the little
thirsty, gaping mouths through which the leaf
drinks and breathes.
There are almost limitless numbers of leaves
which will repay investigation, even though
no use be made of them for bouquets. Each
has its own hidden mystery, and the delightful
task of compelling nature to yield her secrets,
becomes one of the most fascinating occupa
tions.
If the immediate object, however, be to form a
bouquet, it will be better to confine experiment
to those leaves which I have already named, bered, in Georgia alone, one hundred lodges j say that all the wine spoken of in its pages were
i-s, I have re- and five thousand members. j not alcoholic. For proof, see Genesis 40:9-13
the Bible, of course, just as we use it. It means
tlie fermented juice of the grape. Don’t you re
member —’s challenge in the Nashville Ad
vocate and his offer of five hundred dollars for a
pint of unfermented wine? I expected to turn
the tables on you here. This is my “last ditch,”
and, like General Taylor, “I never surrender;”
oi’, as said the French guard at Waterloo, “I
know how to die but not to surrender,” and I in
tend to stand by my principles.
Con.—Right or wrong, eh ? Well, I’ll let you
jubilate a little—so a truce for awhile; but I give
| you fair notice now that I’ll either carry or flank
your last ditch. It won’t detain me long, I hope.
I don’t know, though, that it is worth carrying.
The prize which I seek is beyond; and if I do
fail to storm your last ditch, I’ll just flank you
and march on after the prize. If you and your
principles remain shut up there, you’ll do no
harm, and I’ll meet with no obstacle beyond—
not even that religious bet will stop me.
Pro.—“Let not him that girdeth on his har
ness boast himself as he that putteth it off. ” But
should the worst come to the worst, I have a
loop-hole of escape. Try your flanking, if you
dare ! I am not a Lee, but I think you’ll find
me on the heights in your front.
Con.— So be it. An end to our truce now.
What is wine ? In the modern use of the word,
it means the fermented juice of the grape. There
can be no question about that. But is that the
invariable meaning of the word in the Bible ?
Vinegar is a kind of wine, for it is the fermented
juice of the grape; it can be made from the
grape, and it was doubtless so made by the He
brews. It was used as a beverage by laborers.
[Rutli 2:14.] New wine, sweet wine,* red wine,
strong drink, appear to be spoken of in tlie
Scriptures as different kinds of wine; but in
what their differences c( misted, the Bible does
not clearly inform us. That the Hebrews had
fermented or alcoholic wines, there is no doubt,
for some of their wines caused drunkenness.
But were all their wines alcoholic ? The Bible
throws some light on this question, and seems to
Brother A. M. Mayo recently organized a new
council at Piney Hill, Washington county, Geor
gia. Brother Mayo is leading all the Deputies
in the good work.
I organized Kelley Springs Council No. 223,
at Tennille, Georgia, on the ninth instant, and
am satisfied that it will be a No. 1 council, as
they have good men at the head of it. Magnolia
is looming up again. We had fourteen applica
tions and five initiated at our last meeting.—E.
A. Sullivan.
New Bethel No. 166 is doing well.—G. W.
Peterson.
Of Montpelier Council, one of onr head-lights,
brother J. M. Whitaker, writes: “I think our
council is looking up. At our meeting last Sat
urday, we had a lecture and initiated four can
didates, all influential men of our neighbor
hood. At our next meeting we are to have a
, public debate. Question—‘Which exerts tlie
greater influence, the ballot-box or the band-
box?’ We try to make our meetings interesting
and profitable, and by so doing, we don't fail to
j have a good attendance.” (We bet a dollar that
I brother S. E. Whitaker suggested that question
i for debate.— G. S.)
Oak Lawn Council, at Ogecbee, is in a flour
ishing condition. The members take more in-
| terest than ever before. The new rituals work
! splendidly.—W. H. Cooper.
Hoboken Council is pushing ahead and will
j. do good service.—W. N. Glisson.
Brother Joseph Walsh, of Warrenton, writes:
I “I. B. Huff Council is in a prosperous condi
tion. Never had better prospects to continue
I the good work than at this time. A great inter-
I est is manifested by the citizens in the welfare
j of our Order.”
Double Heads Council is getting along very
: well, and intends to do its best for the temper
ance cause.—W. B. Corley.
Sincerity No. 140, like a beautiful beacon-light,
illumines and makes glad the beautiful valleys
of Dade.—G. S.
Lumber City Council is in a good condition.—
L. E. Burgsterer.
Brother A. M. Moore, the faithful Deputy of
Oceola Council, writes: “We believe we shall
soon have a bright day dawn upon ns. We have
initiations at every meeting. Many that have
grown cold are returning in zeal to the good
cause. ”
Scriven Kesolve is an honor to any Order, and
brother Benjamin J. Leace is as faithful a Dep
uty as the world affords. The council is in good
order and makes prompt reports. — G. S.
Pine Hill Council No. 90, in Lowndes county,
pays up for three past quarters, and begins
again, determined to persevere until victory is
achieved. Brother J. C. Woodard is the faithful
Deputy.—G. S.
Brother Coper has just organized a new coun
cil at Byron, Houston county, Georgia, which is
destined to be one of the best in the State.—G.S.
Brother Sullivan, our faithful Deputy and
grand officer, is in the field again, and with
brother A. M. Mayo and S. C. Sloan, will give
us three new councils soon. If Deputies would
only work, what might be done ! Wake up, U.
F. T. Deputies, and let us continue to extend
our Order until it shall permeate every nook
and corner of Georgia.—G. S.
Sister W. H. Ously writes from Ously, Georgia,
‘ ‘ We have received the new supplementary ritu
als and find them very interesting. I am happy
to say our dear little council is doing well. The
members are all alive and very zealous. We sel
dom have a meeting without having one or two
essays and speeches.”
Brother S. A. Matton writes from Homerville:
“Our council still lives and is hopeful. We
have good material that has stood by us through
much opposition, and we can count on them for
the future. Opposition is measureably declin
ing, and we will continue to prosper.”
Brother A. E. Choate writes from Cochran:
“Excelsior No. 163 is in excellent condition.
Every meeting well attended, regardless of
weather. Our Worthy Primate never missed a
meeting on any account. Dues are paid
promptly and cheerfully. Each meeting is
equal to a social party. We celebrate our anni
versary on the twenty-third instant. ”
I tell you what, our cause is looming up in
this (Washington) county, and all that is neces
sary to have it so throughout the State is for the
Deputies to throw a little spirit of determination
into their work. —E. A. Sullivan.
After an experience of several year
served for such use about a dozen specimens
only; and these as much for their delicacy of
fibre as for their beauty.
Such leaves as the orange, the bay, the magno
lia, the oak, etc., although very beautiful, re
quire months to decompose, and their skeletons,
having an excess of woody fibre, will, in time,
inevitably become yellow, however immaculately
white they may have been bleached.
The leaves being gathered and classified some
what with reference to the time required for
their decomposition, they should be placed in
an earthen jar or bowl. Tlie vessel should be
about half filled with the leaves. Then fill to
the brim with rain water, or well water as free
from mineral elements as possible. Lay a folded
newspaper, or porous paper of any kind, upon
| the surface of the water, to insure the complete
submergence of all the leaves. Place the vessel
in a safe place where a warm and ecen temperature
J can be secured.
I had the most complete success with a jar of
But a civil war came to darken our lair land. | and Isaiah 65:8, in which the freshly-expressed
The time arrived when every true man was on
the field of battle. An enemy bad invaded our
borders, and the Knights of Jericho were not
slow in offering up their all in behalf of liberty
and principle. So completely was the Order
paralyzed by the war, that at its close, but two
lodges remained, and in these the ladies filled
the offices.
Since the war onr Order has languished for
the lack of an opportunity to prosper. To-day,
no such excuse can be given, We are plenti
fully supplied with the necessary books, etc.
We have about twenty active lodges, and all that
we need is for onr members to look just a little
more to the interest of the Order at large. Let
the different lodges examine their immediate
neighborhood; let them find every point at
which possibly a foot-hold could be obtained,
and, having found a place, make an honest effort
to organize a lodge of the Knights of Jericho.
If you fail, good will have been done bv the
juice of the grape seems to be considered as
wine. Vinegar, too, seems to be regarded as
wine. [Numbers 6:3 and Rntli 2:14.]
Tlie “new wine” mentioned in Acts 2:13, can
not mean newly-made wine, in the sense of wine
made from fresh grapes, for it was not the vin
tage season. It must mean, therefore, wine pre
served in the state in which it was when first
made, or wine made from something else than
fresh grapes. Solomon, in Cant. 8:2, speaks of
“spiced wine oi the juice of my pomegranate,”
but it was doubtless a luxury beyond the means
of the poor. This “new wine” must mean, thin,
wine preserved in its new state, or wine made
from raisins or dried grapes. That the ancients
knew how to preserve wine in its “new ” state,
its unfermented state, is highly probable if not
quite certain. Indeed, Dr. Robinson tells us
that the natives of Palestine, at the pr. sent day,
boil down the juice of the grape to a svrn . and
so use it as a condiment with their food. There
leaves which I placed upon a high shelf above simple agitation of the temperance question; is nothing improbable in this, for sugar can be
the kitchen grange. It might be thought that
the sun would be a more effective agent of de
composition. So it would but for one adverse
circumstance. Motion is almr st fatal to decom
position; and as the water evaporates very rap
idly in the sun. it would be found necessary to
refill the jar at least once in every twenty-four
hours, especially if the surface of the water ex
posed should be large. There would also be
the additional annoyance of heating the water to
the temperature of that within the jar.
Do not let curiosity or impatience induce a
premature examination. Do not touch them
for four weeks at least: and then lift carefully
only one or two of those immediately on the top.
I cannot make too emphatic by repetition, that
an even temperature and perfect quiet are essen
tial to success in this part of the work.
During the weeks of waiting for the macera
ting of the leaves, the time can be profitably
and delightfully spent in searching out tlie
haunts of those delicate ferns which form an im
portant part of the phantom bouquet. As these
ferns cannot be skeletonized, but are bleached
simply, they need not be gathered before August,
at which time the seed vessels upon some of the
most desirable specimens have become matured.
Directions for their preservation will be given
in a subsequent article. Mrs. B. Mallon.
and if you succeed, our Order spreads and car
ries to another locality its many benefits.
Temperance Meetings on Sunday.
Mr. Editor. —We are glad to have your assist
ance in the good work of temperance. We are
happy to see you give us the privilege of asking
questions touching the interest of the cause, and
that you answer them and give us the instruc
tion which we need. And now allow me to ask
a question. —Is it right to hold our councils on
the Sabbath day ? I am opposed to it. We are
taught to remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy. It is the Lord’s day. When we meet on
the Lord's day to transact business, appoint
committees to purchase certain things and settle
bills, this is not keeping the commandment. It
is in violation of God’s law. There is no good
excuse for holding councils on the Sabbath day.
“ Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Six days thou shalt labor and do all thy work.”
Some may say we haven’t time to meet on a
week-day. This is no license for us to violate
God's holy law. I would like, Mr. Editor, to
have your views on this matter. G. A. D.
Y'ou have answered the question fully. Our
views correspond exactly with yours.—Editor.
made from the juice of the grape. And we know
from our yearly observation that alcoholic
drinks, or syrup, or sugar, or vinegar, may he
made from the juice of the sugar-cane. If, after
expressing the juice of the cane, we allow it to
stand a certain length of time, alcoholic fermen
tation first takes place; the second, or acetic fer
mentation, follows immediately, if not arrested,
and vinegar is formed. Yinegar is the result of
complete fermentation; alcohol, the product of
partial fermentation. In the order of fermenta
tion, then, alcohol is first formed, and afterward
vinegar; and as tlie fermentation may be arrested
so as to prevent the formation of vinegar, as it
may be prevented altogether and the liquid pre
served in its pure state. This, every tyro in
Temperance in Ac worth.
Mr. Editor.—The great temperance reform
has not passed us by unheeded; but like an
angel of mercy, stopped within our midst on a
mission of love, peace and good will, restoring
loved ones to their “wonted” confidence of wile
and children, snatching sons from the very
threshold of dissipation and ruin, giving them
back to the bosoms of fond parents, washed from
the pollutions ot intemperance. We commenced
this blessed work in the face of a half dozen sa
loons, owned and run by men of influence, four
of whom were church members, and gradually
the saloon keepers gave way, closed their sa
loons, leaped into the current, came to the front,
bearing the silken banner of temperance tri
umphantly to the breeze, until tlie last saloon
in the place was closed by moral power. Then,
and not till then, legislation was asked for by a
large majority of tlie good citizens of the town,
to perpetuate the high moral position taken by
the community by enacting a permanent prohi
bition law, which was granted.
We trust the good work will go on until Ac-
worth, as slie now stands morally before the
world, will stand in commerce and learning.
We already have a first-class male and female
high school, and with our moral position and
hull thy location, we can offer more inducements
for young men and misses to come to our school
than any {.lace I can now call to mind.
The day for the coming of The Sunny South
is looked to with great interest, and we hope your
list of subscribers will soon be doubled. M.
Temperance Picnic.
On Thursday, the thirteenth of May, a very
interesting picnic took place at Marietta, under
the auspices of the Knights of Jericho. There
were about five hundred persons in attendance,
most of whom were members of the Order from
Atlanta.
^ There is a large and beautiful grove one-half a
chemistry knows; every syrup and sugar maker mile from the town, and lo-rc the cars stopped to
knows it too: and so does every housewife, for
does she not know how to make preserves, and
how to stop their “working” or fermentation?
I am fully satisfied, then, that the juice of the
grape can be preserved in an unfermented state,
and I am fully- persuaded that that was one form
of the wines spoken of in the Bible. In other
words, I believe that the wines of the Hebrews
were divided into at least these two classes:
First, the partially fermented, fiery, alcoholic,
intoxicating wines loved and used by the drunk
ard; second, the unfermented, mild, non-toxical
allow the picnickers to uni >ad. For about four
Lours they scattered through the woods, and
from their merry peals of laughter, the most
skeptical would have been convinced that sober
people could enjoy themselves. A fine brass
band discoursed sweet music, and a superior
string band was there, by which to aid the
dancers.
An amusing feature was to see, on one part of
the ground, some leading members engaged in
a jumping match, and on another, playing'
“mumble the peg.” " J