All these things I was preparing to say, and bottling them up till I came, thinking to please my friend and host the author, when lo! this deadly blight intervened.

Now the old mead of those days, brewed of the purest first-year or maiden honey, four pounds to the gallonwith its due complement of white of eggs, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, mace, rosemary, yeast, and processes of working, bottling, and cellaringtasted remarkably strong; but it did not taste so strong as it actually was.

Its briskness depends more upon the time of bottling than upon the unripe state of the fruit, for effervescing wine can be made from fruit that is ripe as well as that which is unripe.

After a month, it should be examined to see if it is sufficiently clear for bottling; if not, it must be fined with isinglass, which may be dissolved in some of the wine: 1 oz. will be sufficient for 9 gallons.

Brewing, racking, and bottling malt liquors, belong to his office, as well as their distribution.

Having thoroughly washed and dried the bottles, supposing they have been before used for the same kind of wine, provide corks, which will be improved by being slightly boiled, or at least steeped in hot water,a wooden hammer or mallet, a bottling-boot, and a squeezer for the corks.

Sherry, if of good quality, will be fit to drink as soon as the "sickness" (as its first condition after bottling is called) ceases, and will also improve; but the cellar must be kept at a perfectly steady temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, but about 55° or 60°, and absolutely free from draughts of cold air.

Whether the S.P.R. will ever succeed in bottling a ghost, and in submitting it to the tests necessary to convince science, matters little.

BOTTLING UP U-BOAT BASES One of the most thrilling exploits of the war occurred on the night of April 22, 1918, when British naval forces performed an almost incredible feat, by entering the harbors of Ostend and Zeebrugge, German submarine bases, and practically bottling them up.

BOTTLING UP U-BOAT BASES One of the most thrilling exploits of the war occurred on the night of April 22, 1918, when British naval forces performed an almost incredible feat, by entering the harbors of Ostend and Zeebrugge, German submarine bases, and practically bottling them up.

The water stands bottling well.

The fine, lunar art of cookery consists in collecting the exhalations that come from cooked meat, and bottling them up.

But it matters little what we in the present day may think of Selwyn's wit, for conversation is spoiled by bottling, and should be drawn fresh when wanted.

"'Yes,' said Spotkirk; 'then there is all the expense and labour of bottling it.'

They were pointed out as examples of the beneficent effect of the true cognacthese old boys who had inhaled the slightly pungent fragrance of the cellars and bottling-rooms all their lives.

Anyhow, Calvary Alley proves an admirable entertainment, a tale of a girl's expanding fortunes, from the grim slum that gives its name to the book, through many varied experiences of reform schools, a bottling factory and membership of the ballet, up to the haven of matrimony.

That personage was absent from home; but we were hospitably received by his father, who also appeared to be his butler, as he was engaged in bottling off some root-beer into stone blacking-jars, when we entered.

* "Wanted, a strong Boy, about 15 years old, for bottling, &c. The Brewery, Brixham.

Another hour was occupied in preparing and saying fourth lesson, during which Williams was bottling up his wrath; and when five struck, and the lessons for the day were over, he prepared to take summary vengeance on the innocent cause of his misfortune.

*** A Pittsburg inventor is reported by Mr. MARCONI to have discovered a method of bottling light.

I have allus allowed if she could git her feelings turnt loose one time, and bile over good and strong, it might benefit her; but thar she sets, day in, day out, proud and restless, a-bottling it all up inside.

If your grandfathers were knaves, will your bottling up their bad blood mend it?

PRESERVES AND BOTTLING CHAPTER IX.

Preserving and Bottling.

Bottling fruit, rules for, 161.