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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