The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-26
THE QUERY COLUMN.
HOUSEHOLD RECiPES-FINANCE
AND ABITHMETIO-GRA JUICE
How Many Thirds in ANY One Thing-New
Arithmetic-ou Quotation From Eliot.
Postal Regulations for Canada.
From the Kitchen.

Please give in the next issue or Inc
Times recipe for putting up grape
juice without fermenting. Send paper 20
Mrs. A. b. Brown, lO2 Liberty street
Petersburg, Va.
Put into bottles. nearly IN. put bottles
In boiler OF water at ordinary temper
allure, with a thermometer, and gradually
heat 10 $50 degrees. Cork bottles with
perfectly clean corks, let them cool, and
at the end of about four hours uncork
and again heat to $50 degrees. cork, etc,
as at first Repeat at end Of another four
hours and still another after this. In all
four heatingi TO $50 degrees. Finally Sc
curely cork and put away In cool place.
The principle consists In killing what
germs are IN the juice at first by heat
and preventing admission or others by
the air. hands, cork. etc, by careful
stopperlng with clean corks quickly IN
serted into the bottles. Another method,
which Is said TO be effectuaL Is TO add
from five 10 ten grains Of benzoic acid
10 n quart OF Juice. It IL always indispen-
sable 10 keep the bottles we'll stoppered
in order 20 keep out the germs.
Bank Cl,arings"
Please explain the significance or the
expression Bank Clearings." A.
BY bank clearings' We understand the
total amount OF am the checks presented
by the banks az the Clearing House. For
fuller Information we suggest that you
communicate with Mr.. william I'M CASH
fer Of the state Bank. this city. and an
officer OF the Clearing House Association.
Too Vague.
Please DO "a subscriber the kindness 10
give the following sum worked IN YOUR
column and decide a contention: Three
parties agree TO do a piece OF work Tor
SEQ: one gets one-third. ono one-tourtn.
one one-nfth Please show what each
one will receive y. l..
Ozeana Va, Sept %. 1897.
n appears from your query that times
have changed since our school days and
arithmetics with them. One-third Of y5o.
plus one-fourth and one-hfth OF the same
will not represent the total You must
be more definite.
Our Legal Holidays
VIII you please give me a list OF the
legal holidays I'm this state. W. #. r.
Chatham. Va
The first day Of January: the nine
teenth day Of January Oknown as Lees
birthday: the twenty-socond day or Feb
ruary: the fourth Of July: the first Mon
day I'm September Qahor day)' the TWEEN
tv-ffth day Of December. and any day
recommended or appointed by the Gov
ernor OF this State or the President or
the United states. as dav Of thanks
giving. OF fasting or Of prayer. or other
religious Observance are all legal hoii
days"
Who Wrote II?
Can YOU tell mo who is the author OF the
following: "I.ifes a reckoning we can't
make twice over. You cannot mend
wrong subtraction by doing your addition
right" READER.
Petersburg.
George Eliot who never said a truer
thing wrote that %
Canadian Postal Rates
Can you please tell me the charges for
postage 10 Canada? I do not mean letters
only j. s. B.
The rates are as follows: Letters per
ounce. prepayment compulsory. two cents.
Postal cards (each) one cent Newspapers
-four Onces) one cent. Merchandise mot
exceeding four pounds-samples one cent
per two ounces) per ounce. one cent Com
mercial papers same as 10 other Postal
Union countries Registration fees eight
cents ANY article Of correspondence may
be registered Packages Of merchandise
are subject 10 the regulations OF either
country 10 prevent violation OF the rev.
enue laws must not be closed against
inspection. and must he so wrapped and
enclosed as 10 be easily examined. NO
sealed packages other than letters IN
their usual and culinary form may be
sent by mail 10 Canada.