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ing districts to this city, the peaches and strawberries 

 load down the boats which ply regularly between Chi- 

 cago and the ports on the opposite shore of Lake Michi- 

 gan, and hundreds of persons are employed here in the 

 work of receiving, besides the thousands who find em- 

 ployment in handling the material at other points while 

 it is being collected and distributed, after having been 

 raised by an army of workers. And all this is of modern 

 origin. The vast increase to human comfort permitted 

 by the enjoyment of the products of other areas than 

 those which surround the consumer, and the concomitant 

 benefit to the many who, in this direction, minister to the 

 supply of what may be called necessary luxuries to their 

 fellow creatures, is the outgrowth of the present gene- 

 ration, which, by making railroad transportation far- 

 reaching, speedy and cheap, has permitted the inter- 

 change of commodities on 

 a scale that would never 

 have been dreamed of by 

 the people of fifty years 

 ago. — Chicago Trilnine. 



Unfermented Wine. — 

 E. Hulse read a paper be- 

 fore the Victoria Vegetable "t?' 

 Commission, of Australia, 

 regarding the use of unfer- 

 m en ted grape juice or 

 " temperance wine. " The 

 grapes are picked when 

 they are fully ripened, and 

 the juice extracted and 

 bottled as soon as possible 

 afterwards. The bottles 

 are filled brim full and 

 placed up to their necks in 

 vats of hot water, within 

 ten degrees of boiling 

 point. When the must is 

 as hot as the water, the 

 cork is forced into the bot- 

 tle, expelling a portion of 

 the liquid. If the least 

 portion of air is left be- 

 tween the cork and the 

 liquid, the oxygen con- 

 tained in the air will set the saccharine matter in the 

 wine in motion, and fermentation will ensue. When 

 the cork is forced into the bottle the liquid is in a state 

 of expansion from the heat. As it cools it contracts, 

 leaving a vacancy between the cork and the liquid ; but 

 the vacancy must not be an atmospheric chamber. The 

 cork must, of course, be thoroughly air-tight. If fer- 

 mentation does set in, it may be driven off by re-heating 

 the wine. 



The bottles are then laid on their sides in a cool place, 

 and the organic foreign substances must be allowed to 

 settle, so that the liquid may become clear. The set- 

 tling may occupy whatever period the manufacturer 

 chooses; sufficient time should, however, be given. The 



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wine can lie six months or a year without damage. At 

 the end of the settling period it should again be filled 

 into bottles, the sediment being left behind. These 

 bottles must be brim full, and should again be set in 

 vats of hot water, heated up to the same degree, and 

 corked in precisely the same manner as at first, using 

 sealing wax to exclude the air. The wine is then left to 

 cool in the ordinary way, and must be put away where 

 the temperature is even and cool. It is now ready for 

 use, and will keep just as long as it is kept free from con- 

 tact with the atmosphere. This makes a very delightful 

 bevtrage, which is entirely free from alcohol. 



My Thinking Chair. — Out under an old apple tree is a 

 rustic chair, and there I do my thinking. Try the plan, 

 ye tired housekeeper, especially if your head has to be 

 over the dish-pan for a part of every day, or the children 

 are fretful, as the best little 

 darlings will be sometimes. 

 Sit down under the tree, 

 or in the shade, and let the 

 breeze and the bird songs 

 smooth out the wrinkles. 

 You know Mr. Gladstone, 

 the G. O. M., weighed 

 down by the mighty affairs 

 of the nation, retires to a 

 dense woods on his country 

 home-place, and solves the 

 mighty problems, while he 

 cuts a tree down. Near 

 my chair is a bitter-sweet 

 vine, and this is making its 

 way into the branches rap- 

 idly. We don't appreciate 

 this vine enough, perhaps 

 because it is so cheap. 

 We can find it in almost 

 any woods within a few 

 miles of the cities, and can 

 dig up a small rooted piece, 

 which will soon begin to 

 grow, if planted in soft 

 soil and kept moist. It is 

 a beautiful vine for a ve- 

 randa, and the berries in 

 the fall are very bright and keep well all winter, hung 

 over the picture frames. American women spend too 

 much time indoors. Let them have thinking chairs 

 under the trees or on the piazzas. If the ' ' think " turns 

 into a "sleep" out in the pure air, so much the better 

 for the tired nerves and lame backs, and it is wonder- 

 ful how the bothers and the worries disappear when 

 we have to leave our chairs and tackle the household 

 cares again. — Sister Gracious. 



Cash Value of a Reputation. — One of the speakers 

 at a meeting of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture 

 said, that when visiting the west during the berry season, 

 he went to the market to look at the fruit and found that 

 red raspberries from Central Illinois were selling at $3 



