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GOOD CHISTM.AS THINGS. Hints as to the Preparation of Holi day Dishes, Etc. Boiled Icing.--Boil one cupful of granulated sugar with half a cupful .of water until it ropes when dropped from a fork; pour this gradually ov er the stiffly-whipped whites of two eggs, beating hard. Add flavoring and use at once. tJhe)rry Barquettes.-Make some little case8 of puff paste similar to tart cases. Stew some cherries or use the best canned fruit and put a tablespoonful in each little case. Cov er with whippei cream flavored with vanila or wine, and put a cherry or two on top for decoration. Home-made Macaroons. -Blanch four ounces of almonds and pound them to a paste with four spoonfuls of orange flower water, which can be bought at the druggit's. Beal the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth and mix with the almonds, stirring in at the same time one pound of finely sifted powdered sugar. Line your tins with a shzet of buttered or oiled paper and drop the paste on in little round cakes. Bake in a moder ate oven. Apple Cream.-Peel about one pound and a half of cooking apples, core and cut them up thin, put them in a saucepan with a little water and the grated rind of one lemon. Stew until soft, sweeten and rub through a wire sieve. Beat half a pint of cream until stiff, stir it into the apples and color with a few drops of cochineal and pile lightly in a glass dish. Seat ter a few chopped nuts and little dabs of currant jelly over the top. Serve as cold as possible. Claret Jelly.--Soak one ounce of gelatine in a half pint of cold water, then boil until dissolved. Take one quart of claret wine, one pint of cur rant jel'uy, three-quarters of a pound of sugar. Put th~e gelatine with this mixture and stir all together over the fire until thoroughly melted. - Beat the whites of three eggs and stir briskly into the jelly, boiling it two minutes; removi from the fire and let stand for two minutes, then strain through a bag and put in glasses. Java Cake.-Ruub one cupful of butter and two cupfuls of sugar to - gether to a cream, add three eggs, one at a time, beating well afiter each one. Sift one and one-half pints of flour and mix through it one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder; add ing this to the previous mixture, and also one cupful of stoned raisins. half a cupful of chopped eitron, half a cupful of milk, little allspice and nutmeg, and one cupful of very strong coffee. Mix into a smooth bat ter and bake. Card Cake.-Mix together one cup ful of molasses, one whole egg and yolik of an extra one, four tablespoon fuls of butter, half a cupful of sour mi!lk with one level teaspoonful of soda stirred in two cupfuls of flour and a pinch .of salt. Mix this well and roil out on a floured board. cut ting in small shapes, and bake quick ly. Frost wi,th boiled icing to which one teaspoonfua of cinnamon has been added. Cut from citron and candied cherries figures which rep resent the different suits of cards and place on top while the icing is soft. Macaroon Charlotte.--One pint of rich cream, whites of four eggs, one .eupful of powdered sugar and a small wiueglass of sherry wine. Beat the eggs to a stiff froth, whip the cream and st'ir the eggs' through it. save ready some -stale maearoons, wvhich have been rolled into fine crumbs. Beat these 'rough the cream. adding the wiue. slowly while -whipipng. The bowl containing the cream should be set in a pan of ~crushed ice, as it will not properlyj whip unless very cold. Line the dish or mould to be uised with macaroons, turn in the cream -and decorate the! top with candied cherries or -any-f thinz which one fancies. 3a:ana Fluff (Frozen).-Cut sev *bananas of medium size into sli .sprinkle them with lemon juice r d shredded cocoarnnt. a,d stand the dish contaisning them on ice for an hour. Then put the fruit through a fruit press, or a keystone egg beat-I -er can be used 'f you have not the press. Season w ith a cupful of sug ar minus one tablespoonful. Fold into this mixture the st.iffiy beaten whites of four eggs, and turn it in to the freezer. As soon as the crank' of the freezer begins to turn hard, open the can and add half a pint of cream that has been whipped stiff. Freeze until the consistency of mush is obt.ai-ned. If desired this can be used in charlotte russe cases. Orng Oreams.-1f vo'i can get t'0:.Tanerine orian2es are tfre best f r this recilpe. Cunt a smal1l hol? in ra a ,.mal! .r,oon1 5een - the pulp, leavingr the ski:is wThoIe and clear. Take five or ii- -e rang es and sqjueeC.?inm I hw I iI : . js solve one ounce of geiatine in a littlf water and mix with iL bhe ,jiee o: all and pulp of the six first oranges four ounces of sugar. Strain, ani whea cold add one pint of cream Pour this into the scooped out orang< sking. Leave them on ice for 2 few hours. Then with a sharp-point ed knife cut around the middle o each, and carefully remove the tol half of the skin which has the holi in it. The cream will have a slightl rough appearance like the inside o1 an orange. Garnish with some littl: strips of the thin yellow neel. Frozen Fruit Pudding.-Beat the yolks of four eggs and half a cupfu; of sugar until iight; dissolve a table spoonful of corn starch in a littlf cold milk, add to the beaten yolk; and gradually stir in four cupfuls of hot milk. Cook over hot water foi fifteen minutes, stirring constantly until it thickens, and then only oc casionally. Chop fine one cupful of English walnuts and plump out a cupful of raisins by covering thea with boiling water, and, after stand ing fifteen minutes, drain them and roll in granulated sugar. When the eooked mixture is cold add a little vanilla, a cupful of strawberry pre serve, the nuts and raisins, and freeze s ice cream. When half frozen add the whites of four eggs beaten to a stiff froth with one quarter of a cup Eul of sugar. When serving, garnis' with the halves of nuts and a litt. whipped cream. Nut Bars.--Chop fine the meats of iwo or three kinds of nuts and mix thoroughly with the cream made as in creamed nuts; shape into bars a.nd cool. Chocolate .Aimjonds.-Blanch half i pound of almonds, dry and toast Light brown in the oven. Melt half & pound of sweet vanilla flavored 3hocolate and dip each almond into the chocolate separately and lay hem on oiled paper until cold. Melt d plain chocolate added to melted Fondant may be used for dipping, vanilla flavoring added to suit the taste. Soft Caramels.--To one quart of moist brown sugar add one cup of Lich milk, third of a cup of butter and half a cake of chocolate, grated. oil nine minutes, then take from the ire and .stir steadily for about five minutes, but not so long that you cannot readily pour it from the sauce pan into buttered tins. When partly cold mark into squares and let stand until cold. Maple Sugar Squares.-Break ont pound .of maple sugar into peices and melt in a saucepan, adding hall a cup of sweet milk and half a eui of thick sweet er;eam. Boil until il forms a soft ball dropped in cold water. Remove from the fire and stii until it begins to cream. Then pomi into buttered tins, as thin as possi ble, and mark out in squares and lei get hard. Hickory-Nut Candy.--Boil twc eufuls of sugar and one-half a cup ful of water together until it will thread, and when done flavor with a teaspoonful of lemon a:nd vaniila to. gether, turn quickly into the beater white of an egg (having the bowl set in cold water), stir in one cupful of hickory-nut meats. turn into a flal bttered dish. and when cold. break int squares. Chocolate Cream Nuts.-Thesa eandies are not cooked. Mix one pound of confectioner's sugar, two reasoofuls of cold water. one tea spoonful of vanilla and the .white of one unibeaten egg to a stiff paste. Shape in litstle balls, dry, dip in melt. d chocolate and press the halves of walnuts or other nut meats on eith r side. Stoned dates or large rais ins can be filled with this same aream. Carameis au Caf e.--Have ready half a cup of strong coffee. Add to the coffee one pound of sugar and boil until a syrup is formed, thren add a eup of sweat cream and con inue to boil until the mixture will harden when dropped in ice water. Stir in a teaspoonful of butter, and when well mixed turn out into oiled tins and when sufhecientiy cold mnark into squares and let stand until per. feetly cold and firm. Chocolate Peanut Taffy.-Three pounds of white sugar, one cupful of water, half a cupful of cider vine gar, a lump of butter the size of a walnut and six tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate. Put these ingredi ents all together in a granite kettle and boil without stirring until a lit. te dropped in water is crisp. Have ready some shlelled peanuts, and stii quickiy through the candy. Drop ii small pieces on buttered paper. Maple Creams.--Cook a quart ol maple syrup until it will form a sofi wx druopix in cold water. Let it - idl. ihen beat until thiek lik. deni11n. Snrinkle co,fectioner's suz Hr in a pliati er and knead thiL doug well Remove pits from pru - IR and (lulle., 1nd place a roll of this eram inside each one. Split figs and treat in same manner. Soften some of the mixture over boiling water, t and when softeued stir in shredded cocoanut or a mixture of chopped nuts and form into balls or drop by teaspoonfuls on to greased paper to form patties. The balls may be left ' plain or dipped in melted chocolate. r > Queen Caramels.-Add just 'enough a milk to a pint of granulated sugar e to dissolve it; also quarter of a tea- c l spoonful of cream of tartar. Place e over a slow fire and stir constantly I S while boiling until a little dropped a into cold water has the consistency c l of putty. Pour into an oiled shal- 1 low pan and let cool until so stiff that your finger pressed into it leaves a dent. Now stir to a soft mass like 6 dough, knead until soft and smooth, using a little confectioner's sugar and then roll out into a sheet about ' half an inch thick. Cut in squares. Just before taking from the fire stir J in two teaspoonfuls extract of van illa. Burnt Almond Fudge.-Brown blanched almonds in the oven and chop rather coarsely sufficiently to sI fill a teacup. Brown also half a cup ful of granulated sugar in .a granite pan, add two-thirds of a cupful of f milk, and when the browned sugar is thoroughly melted add one cupful of granulated sugar and one ta ble- c spoonful of butter. Boil for five min- s utes, test by taking a small quantity in a cold saucer and stir until coil; if it is creamy the candy is done; if b not, boil for a short time longer and test again. Favor with ten drops h of almond extract, add nuts, beat a few moments and turn out to an inch depth on a buttered dish. Ice Cream Candy.-Put four cup fuls granulated sugar into a porcel ainline3 saucepan with one cup of hot water and stir until it is a clear . syrup. When the syrup boils add half a teaspoonful of cream of tar tar dissolved in a little cold water, , and let the syrup continue boiling , without stirring for fiftieen or twen ty minutes. Just before taking from the fire add butter the size of an English walnut. Drop a little in ice water, and when it becomes brittle pour at once into buttered tins and I sprinkle a teaspoonful of vanilla ov er it. As soon as you can handle it, pull~ and draw it into sticks and cut with shears in inch pieces. It is bet ter if kept twenty-four hours beforeS using. CALHOUN COUNTY. By a Total Vote of 598 to 113 the Proposition to Form a New County Wins. h St. Matt.hew's, Decem'ber 17. Perhaps the most me mora.ble and. strenuous new county campaigni in the history of South Carolina came to a close at 4 o 'ciock this after noon, with the result that a baby, eounty will be added to the map and1 the name of John C. Cal.houn honor The vote on the formation of Cal houn county out of portions of Orangeburg and Lexington stands 'as follows: Orangeburg-St. Matthew 's, yes 214. no 2; Fort Motte, yes 47. no 0; Fall Branch. yes 90, no 2: Lone Star-. yes S6, no 0: Cameron, yes 69. no 23: Redmond's Mill, yes 45, no 74. Lexington County-Yes 47, no 12. There was great enthusiasm all day. bust no fighting was reported. The sheriff of Lexington Connty and six deputies stood guard over, t.he Lexington poll. St. Matthew 's. the new county seat, is wild withi foy tonight. The town is lit up with bonfires, horns are blowing and the band is play ing: Even the ladies in groups are making merry with the crowd. AFTER LIQUOR PERMIT. Tillman Introduces Resolutio'n Con cerning Federal Licenses in Lo cal Option Territory. Senator Tiliman is after the fed eral sovernment again. but this time it is not Mr. Roosevelt or See retary Cortelyou, and does not di reetly concern the~ finances of the government. He is after the internal revenue branch. The senator intro duced a resolution directing the sen ate committee on finance to investi gate and report whether it is practi cable for th'e national government to -discontinue the issuing of permits for the sale of intoxicating liquors in locai option communities. Senat Tillman did not state for what purpose he desired this infor mation, or what he would do with it when he secured it, but it is assumed that hr' will have somethimr to say on fthe subieet at a.n ea r y day. 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