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The New York herald., 1870-04-23
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Married.


BRowN-lBULLloNs.-0n Wednesday, April 20, by
Hartford, Washington county, D. y. to Mrs. JULIA
S. BULLiONs, Of Cambridge washington county,
washington county Post please copy.
DisBRoW-SMITH.-At the city Of P0ughkeepsie,
on Tuesday. March15, BY the Rev. L. l.. Prentice,
EBENEzER II. DIsBROw to Miss ELIZABETH ID. SMITH,
both OF New York city
GAY-CAsEy.-In New York, on Wednesday,
the Rev. a. X. Sanford, FRANK A. GAY to LIZZIE,
youngest daughter OF the late j. q. Casey Esq., botn
OF Brooklyn
GAYNoR-HARFoRD.- Elizabeth, N. j., at the
residence Of the BRIDES mother, BY the Rev. Ed
HELEN r., daughter Of the late Captain r. F. Har
ford OF Newark N. J.
KING-wHlTg,-On Thursday, April q. at St.
Paul's church, Troy by Rev. j. W. Colt, D. D., as.
White, Esq.
MCLEEs-MuRRAY.-At st. Lawrence church, on
Thursday morning April 81, by Rev. b. Clack.
meyer. JAMES MCLBEs to CECILIA E., daughter OF
MCALLIsTRR-CRAw.-On Wednesday, January 20,
at St. Marks church, Jersey Oity, by the Rev. Ed.
mund Gubert Of TarrytOwn, N. w. assisted by the
Rev. d. II. Macurdy, rector. ROBERT A. MCALIsTER
to CARRIE A.. eldest daughter OF alexander Craw,
PIATr-sIMoNsoN.- Brooklyn, on Thursday,
April H. at the Somerve Methodist Episcopal
church, by the Rev. J. NJ. Buckley. assisted by the
daughter Of Joseph M. Simonson. No cards.
READ-ONDRRDONK.-On Wednesday, April 90 at
the residence OF the BRIDES mother by the Rev. j..
Z. Searls EDWIN BEAD. OF Providence, r. L. 10 ELzY
osHn sMiTHWDiroN. nc Wednesday, April 20, at the
house OF the Rev, Mr.. Johnston, Mr. s. p SMITH, OF
New York, to Miss ADDiE DIpON, Of Brooklyn. No
cards.
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GOyERNMENTS STRONG.

GOVERNMENTS STRONG.
The government market was dull ana barely
steady In earlier business, Dut advanced and closed
strong with the higher price Of gold. The following
were the latest street prices:-Unitcd states
currency skies, ll2 1874; do, 1881. registered
1l4x q a114x; do. do., coupon, 114x 114X; do. nve
twenhes registered, May and November, 1O7H
1o7,S; DO, 1862, coupon, do l12x 1l22s; do do''
1854, DO. do, Ill 111><; do. do, 1885, DO. do'
l1lH l11X; do. DO, coupon. January and july
10sX ITO; do. do, 1887. do. do, 1loX 11oA; 40
do 1885, do do., 11oha.ll0,I; do. tcn-fortes regis
tered 105X a 106; do. DO, coupon, 1904 lo6H.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES DULL
The Southern State bonds were duh. The ZEN
nessees were steady at the reaction from the recent
ADVANCE the South Carollnas strong and in demand
and the Alabamas firm. The following were tne
closing street prices:-Tennessee. ex coupon, cox
C0x; do, new, 6eH 6e,s; Virginia, ex coupon 69h
20: do, new, osk 692; Georgia skies, 50 81; do
sevens % "a; North Carolina, ex coupon 4oh Al;
do, new, 22% %; Missouri skies, 92}s 92A; co.,
Hannibal and st. Joseph, o. %; Louisiana stxes 70
7oh; do. levee SKIES, 70 II; do. do. eghts, OIL
o2h; Alabama eghts, cox 100; do. dves 70 10;
South Carolina sixes, 80 81; DO, new, 50 S2h
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TIE CUSTOM HOUSE RING.
OF THE HERALD:-

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
In an article headed the 'Custom House Ring In
Grief" In Thursdays HERALD am made 70 figure
more conspicuOusy than truth Will warrant, ana
withoutquestionlng your perfect right to comment
and crtcise on any that before the courts,
think your own sense OF justice would prevent your
columns being used as the medium Of private malice
both against me ana those who have been my
of1clal associates for over two years. In re-
gard to change Of name, private family matters
led me to do So the dc tails OF which would not In
the public, ana by reference to the "Laws Of
New York." eghty-ninth session. page 2, 49, second
volume, you Will perceive that the change OF name
was duly ana legally made by the State Legislature,
taking effect from April, 1866, over three years be-
fore ] made application or was appointed an In
spectOr OF Customs ! was removed m July, 1869,
on political grounds, and reinstated three weeks
afterward, the Collector having been misled in my
case, no Alderman or City Official acting or being
interested either in my original appointment or in
my reinstatement. The personal animus Is Too ap-
parent In the slur on my religion and In
the combination with "a certain class OF
JewS' deIrauding the government In cOnuec.
ton with q so.called ring, and while do not
feel called upon to take up the defence OF my CO.
religionists claim that their record, either in the
Custom House or general commerce, Will compare
1avOrably with that OF any other Sect Touching the
accusation now being investigated In the United
States Court, am content tnat the result shall be
q sufficient exoneraton, merely requesting that the
press Will torbear TO mould the public judgment
CHARLES l.. LAWRENCE.
The New York herald., 1870-04-23
SPlIs ON The SUN.

To THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMBs:-
As there are many Of your readers who take an In
terest In the astronomical appearance OF the sun,
beg TO acauaint such that at the present time the
outbreak OF disturbing causes In the solar
photosphere Is very remarkable, the solar
surface being dotted over with spots $50 celled).
There Is such spot now coming across tho solar
disc, presenting The most remarkable appearance 1
have seen as yet and also the most extensive.
VIII not take up your valuable space by It's descrp
tOn further than to mention its size. The penum-
bra Is an irregular 0blOng square In shape, and
tains some twenty umbr9 OF various sizes. The
greatest length OF this penumbra ts 65 $40 miles, the
greatest width OF 1t 43,300 miles, or nearly fifteen
times the area OF the earths surface the number In
figures being 2,S56, sol, 900 square miles.
FREDERICK BRODIE, F.R.A.S.
MOLESEY GORE, Uckdeld, Sussex, April @.
~ B-The telescope used BY me Is an eight and
half inch equatorial. Through sucn q powerful
instrument the details OF this spot are very won
derful.
1t may interest some Of your readers to know that
the spots now passing over ine face Of the sun may
be seen BY the naked eye just before sunset and very
distinctly with IN ordinary opera glass.
The New York herald., 1870-04-23
INTERESTING REM alsceRCe.
General Robert +. Lee Visits the Grave Of
His Father, "Light Horse Harry" Of the
Kev0lution.
EFrom the Savannah Republican, April 1871

Gonerai Robert T.. Lee visits the Grave OF
His Father, eLight Horse Harry" Of the
Revolution.
tFrom the savannah Republican, April IS.
General Robert E. Lee sailed OH the steamer Nick
King, last Tuesday, to visit the grave Of his father
General Harry Lee c'Lght Horse Harry,D situated at
Dungeness, Cumberland Island, on the coast of
Georgia General Henry Lee was, during the winter
OF 1811-ls a. the West Indies for mis- health. lie
sailed from Nassau on the snip Betsy for Savannah
on the 10th OF February, lslS Instead OF landing
1t Savannah he only reached Cumberland leland
whore he was received by Mrs. Shaw, the daughter
Of General Greene, the last house Of mis- beloved
commander and friend. he died soon after his ar.
r1vel on the 25th OF March, 1878. 1t was
doubtless, consolation 10 him, as he could
not reach his home, to nave his last hours sootned
by the tender care OF the daughter OF one he SO
much revered ana TO know that his remains would
be placed by the side OF his comrade in arms. One
incident OF mis- death is worth recording as showing
how his venerati0n for Washington and his fOnd-
ness for expressing It clung to him to the last.
surgical operation was proposed, as Offering some
hope Of pr0longlng hts llfe the surgeon urging
this resort his patient put an end to the discussion
by saying:-"My dear SIR, were the great Washing
ton alive and here, and joining you In advocating It,
would still resist.n Dungeness ID now the property
OF Mr.. william Nightengale, grandson OF General
Greene and whose guest General Lee is at the
present time. the latter will probably return 10
Savannah by the end OF she week. and remain here
until the time arrives for his departure ior virginia.
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NEW roKk HERALD SATURDAY. APRIL % 87orRIPLB SHEET

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SscH! buyer: The :ass were sSoo cS3
~ III sss .ns S1'! Hsssra
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SSwss he :.% %s ;pp qSHs eess
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for No. Other kinda ash were dS but nnch1nsed % ....
light. owing ne drmns holSs For sas HON: e
prime YesSins. quoted sss.. with smOdsrai'
HENP.-we heard Of no sales Of moment Prices were
sSs ss @
straw and Sc a soc FOR short Do 81. ,r,. N.
demand being o small :appy Il: %%sSs.s
the only
and 0n'd .5 % For sS AS Ros S
%..a y: St.' '
&c, &c, IS sssa SaiiSra,s sE. s %aas sss
ooo 1o, light s7c ssc. do; middle, &o. 2sNc.; Do
heavy &c. 2sc. good damaged, 26c 26c poor damaged,
n ross Ss'sn s ssasps, Sc &C.: .asss sss
Hight, lOc l8c; do middle, SOC. Aac do heavy Ssc
39c.; foreign hide, light $50 lOc.; do middle, $780,
l0c heavy. Slc s6c bellies 2cc. z2c Oak rough
light, 34c &c.; do middle and heavy, 34c Dsc,
MEnALs.-For copper the market was quet tne demand
being light mostly for small lots and prices favored puy
There sales Of 225 600 lbs a Tor lake
and Detroit Lead dull with small sales or ordinary
foreign at $6 81 SO 2h gold speter was dull pSt nn.
chanssa closing sc for sean 9s@hss s
sss nsu,sa ss'' IN we're sars T.
was scarce and generally 6eld at $33 Genaarnock
was quoted $34 81 x35 and Gartshere at 1896 ~3b S0
American dull unchanged the market closing at $Sl
was dull and nominal at @ Or wrought scrap 80 tons No
sold private tsrms There were disposed Of go
tons headed rails $50 do do TO rve and 6 do
old rails private terms New rails were quiet but
US alS ssd. g. goIa Tor fci English ". heard q no sales.
Pig quiet but firm at c gold, for Straits; 84c do
for English and 37 a87hc do for Banca In plates there
was heavy business transacted the demand being chiefly
speculative and prices were materially higher ,ss
god Jobbew for charcoal 81 62, god for low
QUALIFY S rs good do and SO for the BEST Sales oy
10 reported within the range OF 70 70
aS 80 gold for G. 200 do charcoal erne at VI 70
market rather more active and prices
and medium grades more steady Prices OF
grocery grades firm Saes 700 hhds Cuba ut o6
S8 SO0 hhds at &c., for Dcerara and 6Uc 6oc Tor
Porto Rico. We quote:-- .
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AID THE NAVY.
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
have read with great interest your series OF arti.
Cles on the Congressional management Of our navy,
and sincerely hope you may be able to arrest some
Of the destructive influences at work. Every one
who knows anything Of the matter 10 aware that the
navy which carried US through the civil war is not
that which would sustain the United States against
any great naval Power. 1t did its duty admirably.
More than that, the rebellion could not have been
suppressed without IT,; but Its work is now done,
and nearly the whole Of that navy has disappeared
from the "RegIster." We cannot be said now to
have ships that adequate to the necessities OF the
country. No doubt the coasts and harbors could be
defended against all corners; but such negative
policy would little become this great nation OF
80 ooo 600 OF live people as It would sus their tenn
per. They will expect, when the occasion arrives,
that the arm OF the republic shall everywhere vim
dlcate ITS rights over the broad ocean. Now, when
we have not the first ship OF such navy-when our
for the work are so pitiabe that there Is not
single establishment n IN the country public or PR
Naval COMMITTEES been employed III the discharge OF
this momentous duty 10 the Unionf What mea-
sures have they proposed authorizing, nay, direct
Ing, the Navy Department to enter upon the her.
cuean task, the real business OF naval reconstruc
tIon2 Is this TO be met by bills reducing the
numper of officers, adjusting their rank and
elevatng subordinate stan 10 the rank
and position which the country only accords to the
line or Its own purposes and not for personal graft
fcation? And yet have We not been dosed 60 sar-
felt with these pdltry questions as II their solution
was to furnish navy, and our ships might meet the
world in arms provided the health and pockets OF
the personnel were cared for by rank rather tnan by
merit?
What protest have we heard in the House against
the beggary and llJudged reduction OF estimates
for the navy that has to come against the de-
struction OF our navy yards, especially that OF New
York; Where Is the patriotic voice raised In rebuke
OF this neglect Of our INTERESTS And OF the whole
press OF the land there IS but one that apprehends
the evil and points out the proper action. To be
sure though solitary, yet II ls power Tor II Is the
HERALD.
SO Iar the personnel OF the navy is concerned it
needs no reconstruction. Such eternal tinkerng Is
death to all permanence. But ships are needed and
the means to build them-hat is, iron-clads OF the
first cass-and you are told, too, that the mechan
ism OF the Navy Department needs repair. board
Of admiralty s wanted to replace the present loose
bundle OF sticks the bureaus. Let us pray, then,
that this disgusting squabbe about rank absolute
and rank assimiated shall be dropped and the true
question OF the navy taken up. As Tor removing the
Navy Yard from the great commercial centre you
might as well take the willow from the water that
gives 1t lie and verdure.
TOPGALLANT RATINGS.
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Uplon6 MobH

FEEt6HTs.-Ihc market was only moderately active and
rates were lower In some There improved de-
especially for petroleum vessels which in fair reques
at the extreme close The engagements TO LIVER
pool aeamer $50 boxes bacon 2 100 bales
ton at Nd To London 2700 bbs flour is 7ad ls 3D.;
small lot oil cake az los 26, 900 bushels wheat at
and steamer, so erccs beef ats 70 Bristol bbe
g. I'D 10 Hamburg 400 tons black walnut VS. 3d.
30 do cedar at 2s TO Rotterdam 60 general cargo
private terns To Bremen, steamer % essential
s cases spermeceti at EOS, 1876 tobacco l5s
The charters were brig 2l tons, 70 Jamaica, general
private terms brig 1855 TONS urina, general cargo
at 81 O, and back onprvate terms brig 1000 bbls for
Port Prince, general at 81 00 schooner, l7s
tons to wndward island bark 309 tons 10 0ibral.
M ssr and and nslta with petroleum in cases; bark,
about 200 tons TO Porto Rico back, with sugar. small
brig 10 ST. Kits general cargo bark TO Hamburg general
cargo brig to st. Johns with $500 bbs -four; bark 3l
TONS to Gibraltar and Malta petroleum cases. tobacco
&c., and Tunored) q bark, $500 bbs petroleum, to
q direct port on the Con.inent on private terms;
Gibraltar for orders at Be-. 3d. 3D. 3d. North German
bark from the port 10 Dublin Belfast with 5000 qrs
grain at 4s Cd.
26hc 27c and bags at IL &c. lSHc, without sales
FLOUR AND GRAIN Receipts 4,505 bbs -four, 1880
bushels wheat H. $40 do corn, 100 oats $500
ley The market State and Western nour no
change worthy of notice. Low grades sought
extent for expert, at steady prices but kinds
maincd dull The sales were about 10000 bbls, including
1900 extra State for the FIRST half Nay at S4s7, devered
sellers option Southern hour 6r, with sr demand
sales 800 bbs. Rye -four and higher Sales 100
bbls Corn meal was very 6rm small lot Brandywne
sold at so TO- and 10 puncheons brought 5 5O We quote
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Died.

BuBNETT.-On Friday, April 22, MARY E., wife of
John II. Burnett, aged "a years. months ana days.
Relatives and friends OF the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral. from her late
residence No. 90 Tllary street. Brooklyn, on Sunday
afternoon, at two O'Clock without further notice.
New Rochelle and Portchester papers please copy.
BUssING.-At Williams Bridge, N. T., ON Thurs
day, April II, SARAH BUssING, IN the 7sth year OF
her age.
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STREET puoTArl,ss
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

FRIDAY, April 22-6P.N n
BEEswAx The demand light but prices were
changed. Small sales made within the range Of &c.
&c.
NT.--Rosendale steady at 50, with q fair de-
mand.
CANDLEs--The demand almost entirely for small lots
unchanged closing at 37c 40c for SPERM 50c
and Be- 23c for Western and city
CooPERAsE STOCKThe demand for almost all kinds
50 s0 molasses do 2 55 80 Is; box do, ss0 pipe do,
So 90 @ rum do S5 2s 6 80; hoops feet 4oc &c.;
ConpAGE was quiet but steady 22c. 92c for Manila,
17c for arred Russia 2c for sisa and bolt rope Rus
CoFrEEThe market for was quiet. There was fair
demand the small stock and the rnness OF holders
business For other kinds the quiet
quotations below. We quote Rio, ordinary
goes, 14c al51ac.; fair 162c l6c good do, 16c.
TIC; PRIME do, ac lsc extremes for lots Isc i8c
Java, 20c. 22c Singapore, lsc 1884, Ceyop l7c lsc
Maracabo, l6Iac fsc Laguayra, l6c: lsNc Jamaica,
Mexican, 15c &c., and savania. l6c. 7c all gold, duty
paid. -, .
Maracaibo in bond and l3c. DO for GuayaquL do.
CoTTON.The market for this staple fairly active. the
being from all sorces prices again apprs
nsnd being light. however, at the close. Including ~
arve there sold 39z2 bales Of which 1l93
for export 672 for spinning l67 speculation and
1850 in transit. The business future deliveries
only moderate, but prices steady. The
sales 400 bales basis low ndng for June At 22sfc
and loo do. for May At S We append the closing quota
The New York herald., 1870-04-23

Holders OF gold had their balances carried for two
TO four per and exceptionally free OF interest
rhe operations OF the Gold Exchange Bank were as
follows:-
Gold balances Observation-Disclosures. 794, 900
Currency balances Observation-Disclosures. 922,929
The New York herald., 1870-04-23

THE EXCHANGE BANK or Columbia, S. c., has been
robbed by burglars OF bills and pouds amounting 70
31OO 600. No arrests.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-07-16
Medicinal Quality of PuInpk ms

At a recent discussion of the New York
Farmers Club, correspondent writes of
the virtues of the pumpkin
g | will give you simple, yet very valua-
BILE cure for intlammatory rheumatism. A
woman'S arm was swelled to an enormous
size, and painfully inilamed. A poultice
was made of stewed pumpkin, which was
renewed every fifteen minutes, and short
time produced a perfect cure. The fever
drawn out by the pouitice made them
extremely offensive, as they were taken off.
| know a man cured of severe inflammation
of the bowels by the same kind Of applica-
ton. | think such subjects as this proper
for discussion in farmers club
DR.. Sa0dgrasS.-I have no doubt pump
kins make good poultice. Whatever holds
water and warmth best is the most suitable.
DR.. SnaiM.-ln my travels in Syria l
found pumpkin seeds almost universally
eaten by the people on account of their sup
posed medicinal qualities. Not because
they are diuretic, but as an antidote against
animalculse which infest the bowels. They
are sold in the streets as apples and nuts
are here. 1t is medical fact that persons
have been cured of tape worm by the use
of pumpkin seeds. The outer skin being
removed, the meats are bruised into NOR
tar, into an oily, pasty mass. 1t is swale
lowed by the patient after fasting some
hours, and it takes the place of chyle in
the stomach, and the tape worm lets go it's
hold on the membrane and becomes goroed
with this substance and in some meatnre
probably torpid. Then a large dose of cas-
tor oil is administered and the worns are
elected before they are able to renew their
hold.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-07-16
EXTRACTS FROM
Kate HOneybee's Diary
IN ITEADTI AMI HOME

Mrs. Lestcr.-1 must call the attention of
the ladies to the necessity of looking to
their cellars, drains, and wells, and assur-
ing themselves by personal inspection that
no causes of foul air exist in and around
their premises. 4 dozen rotting potatoes
in the cellar may breed sickness in a family.
Every house should contain ample provi-
sion for disinfecting the various sources of
bad air. \ carboy or less of sulphuric acid
or a barrel of carbolate of lime, should be
obtained where convenient. Ordinary lime,
dry EARTH wood or coal ashes, applied to
decaying matters, will lock up all unhealth-
full odors. The acid should be kept in the
cellar, and very much diluted when used.
If sprinkled along a sewer, it will COM
pletely deodOrize it. The well and cistern
should be carefully looked to, that no foul
odors be anywhere near them to be absorbed
by the water that no refuse matter be
allowed to accumulate in their vicinity to
be leeched into them by summer showers
In large school in England, not long
ago, typhoid fever Frustrated great num-
berS of the pupils and was caused by the
communication of the waSte-pipe of the
cistern with that of the water closets. The
odors of the latter penetrated the former
were absorbed by the water, and taken into
the stomachs of the scholars, causing many
severe eases of sickness and several deaths
The drain of the cistern should never COM
muncate with that Of the house, unless it
is tapped. In the case referred to, cleans
ing the cisternS and the free Use of carbolic
acid checked the progress of the disease
When we reflect that eighty out of every
hundred parts of the blood and seventy
five pounds out of every hundred weight
in the human body, are water alone, we see
the necessity of having this clement free
from everything harmful to the perfect
health of these wondrous houses we live ill.,
Mrs. Knor.-My husband was telling me
only week ago a very painful incident
which occurred last summer i'll Connect
cut. The facts We're given him by physi-
elan residing in the town where the occur
renee took place. A party Of eighteen
young ladies and gentlemen went out on
picnic excursion to the sea- side. Their
dinner was spread on the grass and near
by they found w ell belonging to an old
farmhouse, the ruins of which were nearly
all gone. The water was very clear, cold,
and delightful, and they drank freely of it,
In less than week nearly every one of the
party lay sick Of typhoid fever, and several
of them died On examining the well, the
body of lamb was found in an advanced
stage Of decay. This was the cause Of all
the mischief Let excursion parties be sure
that the water they drink is pure.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-07-16
Flies on Horses.

The Journal Of CHEMISTRY gives the fol-
lowing as II preventive of horses being
leased by flies Take two or three small
handfuls of walnut leaves, upon which pour
two or three quarts Of cold water let it
infuse one night, and pour the whole next
morning into kettle, and let it boil for a
quarter OF an hour. When cold IT will be
fit for use. No more is required than to
moisten asponge, and before the horse goes
out of the stable, let those parts which are
most irritable be smeared over with the
liquor, namely, between and upon!the ears,
the mock, the Hanks, etc. Not only the
gentleman or lady who rides out For pleas
ure Will derive comfort from the walnut
leaves thus prepared, but the coachman,
the WAGNER, and all others who use horses
during the hot months.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-07-16

FRUIT JuICEs.-The juices OF ,aspber-
ries, pineapples and other fruits arr useful
for tiavoring ice cream and similar pur-
poses. The juice can be readily preserved
by bettling. Express the Juice and put it
in bottles set the bottles in cold boiler
with board or grating under them to pre-
vent contact with the bottom of the boiler.
Heat up the water and continue at the boil
ing point until the contents of the bottle ARE
heated through. Cork the bottles while
hot, seal and keep in cool place. The
bottles should not be so large as to contain
more juice than enough to use at once, as
it will not keep long after being opened,