then add
the sugar and boil up again, skimming well. Put in jars, cover with
paraffin and keep in a cool place.

16. Peach Jelly.--Cook peaches and add a few kernels; when done strain. To
one pint of peach liquor add one lemon and one pound of sugar. Dry and
heat the sugar in a separate pan and let the peach liquor boil twenty
minutes. Then add the sugar and boil a few minutes longer. This is very
nice.

17. Gooseberry Jam.--To one pound of pulped fruit, add three-fourths pound
of sugar. Stew the berries in a little water, press through a coarse sieve
or colander. Then place on the stove again and add sugar. Boil
three-quarters of an hour, stirring constantly. Pour in jars or jelly
glasses.

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CANDY MAKING

CONFECTIONERS' AND COMMON CANDY.

From the Following Recipes and Formulae, Hundreds and
Even Thousands of Candies Can Be Made.

Candy Making at Home.--The proverbial "sweet-tooth" is a characteristic of
the American people. Hundreds of tons of candy are annually consumed, and
fortunes have been made in the business. The range of price is from ten
cents to a dollar a pound, with some specially wrapped and boxed bon-bons
exceeding the latter price, not because of intrinsic excellence, but
because of the ornamental form in which they are presented. Cheap candies
are adulterated and hence more or less detrimental to health. Good candies
are not harmful, unless eaten to excess. Delicious candy may be made at
home at much less cost, and some famous candies, like the "Mary Elizabeth"
and others, had their beginnings in a home kitchen and grew into popular
favor because of their known purity and uniform excellence. The cost of
ten one-pound boxes of candies is estimated at $1.50 when materials are
bought in small quantities; such candies, placed on sale at church fairs,
bazars, etc., are sold at forty and fifty cents per box. Even at
twenty-five cents a box there is a profit of ten cents on each box. Any
girl can prepare bon-bons for a luncheon or a party at home, if she is
willing to take the trouble,--which is, after all, a pleasure to many. She
may save her own candy boxes and by getting a supply of paraffin paper,
fill them again with candies quite as good as those they originally
contained; or buy new boxes of the paper box manufacturers at two or three
cents apiece. A box of home-made candy makes a nice Christmas or birthday
gift.

Boiling the Sugar.--Confectioners recognize s