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Plum Pudding.

Chop three-quarters Of a pound Of
suet very fine and mix with the Suet
one-eighth Of a pound Of bread crumbs.
Beat the yolks Of five and the whites Of
three eggs light and add them to the
crumbs and suet. with half a pound Of
powdered sugar. Have three-Quarters
of a pound Of dried currants and the
same amount Of raisins weighed after
they are seeded. Sift over the fruit
one-quarter of a pound of flour and stir
this into the other ingredients. Add
One-quarter of dessertspoOnful Of
salt. onequarter of a pound of candied
orange and lemon peel finely chopped,
One-siXtrenth of a pound Of blanched
and chopped almonds and one-Guarter
of an ounce Of pulverized cloves and
cinnamon mixed. Add one glass Of
brandy and one nutmeg grated. Beat
the mixture very thoroughly before
putting it into a buttered mold or cloth
and let it boil steadily eight hours.
Serve with burning brandy and two
sauces
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his rnothe: aud sister. and they turned
when Azure entered and looked at him as
if he were curious kind Of bug not yet
classified. and he hurried away as fast
as he could TO where Hulda was making
coffee cake, with rare aroma Of baking
cinnamon. Hulda was smiling when he
entered, though she was quite alone.
azure" said she, Il t'ink you do not
know it is | who will have Il tree. VIII
you come to my tree
The cinnamon certainly made a deli
cious smell, and Hulda's eyes were won
derfuIIy blue. These Or facts Of some 9th
er nature made Aure's heart dance light
" in his serious little bosom
'Where:" cried he, with much more
yocifcraiiop than was consistent with the
laws Of perfect harmony as understood
by Mrs Mary Tinkerton HieroEomus.
In my own BEDROOM III the cor
ncr. / 20 out tonight to buy my tree.
You come too!"
Azure sat down to think over the latter
invitation. He was not allowed to go
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kissing the Cattle.
A Queer Nontenegrin Custom.
PEASANTS of the mountains of
Montenegro have a peculiar

~EASANTS Of the mountains of
Montenegro have a peculiar
Christmas eve custom. After
H. "a the Yule log has been lighted
tue mead OF the house and the son who
acts as the shepherd Of the sheep flock
go to the stables with candles and
light up each corner of the interior
alternately. Then they return to the
door, and as each holds his candle high
the animals are driven in one by one.
The household wife then sprinkles a
little wine over the oldest female of
each Of the different species of live
stock and, having done this. kisses the
animal on the head. This is a unique
Christmas practice, and antiquarians
have been able to find no reason for
it nor have they been able to set the
time when it began.
The kissing ceremony over the fam
lily "clucks' like a hen and "cheeps"
like a chicken. This is said. certainly
to insure a plentiful increase Of the
fowls during the coming year.
1t should have been said that before
the fire is lighted the iron shovel and
the poker are hidden away. The Christ
mas fire must be stirred only with a piece
Of wood. AS soon as a piece falls from
the end OF the burning Yule log one Of
the sons of the family picks the bit up
in his teeth and at the imminent dau-
ger Of being burned carries it thus into
the yard and there drops it. Now Of
certainty no witches can get in dur
ing the Christmas festivities.
The carcass for the Christmas feast
sheep, pig or goats roasted whole.
In carving it no rib of the creature
must be broken. Otherwise a dire ca
lamity is in store for the family. \
cake is baked on the hearth. and as
soon as the spot where it was cooked
is cool each member Of the family puts
his bare foot on the place and is thus
insured against blistered feet for a
year.
When writing of Saxon Christmas
legends and odd Christmas cevcmonials
one writes in the past almost wholly.
In the Black mountain region the old
time customs are the customs of to-
day, and time seems to have been I'M
able to change their infinite variety.
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HE ltirrDNDlIlU~cS We're learned,
also they were ethical. They
sometimes contributed to the
IltTISt forensic periodicals. and the pa
ea------~ t"riaHila@ enjoyed tn" pleasure
of scoin" is articles in print. With Mrs.
1Iicr"u"rius and her specialized young
ia liter labor was usually its own re-
waid- Professor IIicronoinus explained
The rejection Of their contributions To
current wisdom by saying that they were
allow" the heads OF the editors which
uay have been true.
There WAS no denying that the Heron
".lU>'-~ We're i'll TIE vanguard of thought.
Vt least all of them We're save one. -Au-
r"li;.s iiI"TonomUs, aged I, and known
To diSro pcctful playnatcs as Azure, was
not ethical nor advanced nor learned.
The paths Of learning were tangled jun
giles 10 Azure. and his Imagination inf"st-
ed tEr,I with wild beasts He avoided
knowledge ana circumventcd it with a
discretion which WAS no doubt the better
pat f valor. lie was Il rosy boy, with
eyes thIt were wisiful in spite of his
glowing health and with manners which
were not a. frank rs tt boys manners
"L".t to hc, by which an astutc person
might have inferred that Aurc'S indiyid-
ual.ty was not affcctionatcIy cultivated.
II is true that his father, mother and
sister attended the psychological con
-, IS ana that they talked about and
wrote on child study nay. they employed
AHrc Is IL model for their observations.
Bat still Azure did not feel himself under
stood. He cleaned himself scrupulously
before entering the presence of his par
cnts and sat in respectful silence while
they talked. 1t is an apiIorisIn that q boy
Of ! WHO attends to his finger nails is not
happy. The depths of Aurcs melancholy
Lay be measured by the fact that his
HALLS were always Scrupulously mani
cuicd
1t was to be Observed too. that the
household had another member who was
not advanced. This was IIulda Paulsen,
til kitchrumaid. There were nights
when The conN crSation il! the drawing
10 III was scientific to the last degree
when lIulda and Azure sat by the much
occurred Kitchen table playing casino and
laughing together with the most incense
"-'ntial happiness. The usefulness Of
res eyes reached its minimum on these
occasions. and il was TO he noticed that
certain dinplcs, which did not ordinarily
show themselves in IIulda's checks. came
into charming play when the little boy
Struggled up To her and begged her to tell
Il tale of old Sw, den.
Now Hulda knew almost no one in the
new world. and she told her dreams and
her troubles to Azure, who sympathizcd
with them and who told his in turn
Without exactly knowing why Hulda
was sorry Tor Azure.
Where you have your Christmas
trcc?' asked the girl of Azure as the holy
day drew nearer.
Il do not have Christmas trees" Azure
answered quietly. Mother does not be-
lieye in Christmas trees"
How she not believer"
she says il has no sense"
You hang up your stocking. then, lit
tie Aure?"
"Oh, no. Sister says it is silly to have
things put in your stocking when they
look much hrttcr laid out on the q be"
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RE WONDERED WHY HE WAS NOT HAPPIER
Put Santa Claus. he it is who puts
the gifts III the stockings that hang by
the chimney opening"
Santa Claus i 4 heather myth. father
says. We have never pretended about
Santa Claus"
Hulda's blue eyes rolled hcayenward,
and for some reason which she herself
could not have well explained she snatch
ed The httlr boy to her breast and Rugged
him close. When Azure was released. he
was afraid he had been crying just a tiny
Bit. and he was fearful that Hulda
would notice it that he ran away as fast
rs he could. He couldn't make out why
he had cried. Something inside Of him
seemed to hurt.
He went into the par!or. intending to
drop rewuIk about the present he
would Ike tor Christmas. but he found
q. lot OF. people there drinking tea with
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Christmas greens proper are the hol-
ly. mistletoe laurel. ivy ana pine Yew
and cypress are unlucky except for
churches.
Christmas wreaths may be allowed
to remain until Ash Wednesday pro-
vided they do not wither.
The turkey is a native of America,
over 800 years.
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The Chriatm:a NishEnne

The wishbone of the Christmas tur-
key is fayOrite means of divination in
Virginia, where it is called the fortune
bone. Two unmarried persons, each
taking hold Of one end of the bone, pull
against each other until the bone
breaks. The one who gets the shorter
end will be the first Of the two to mar
ry. Further divination is by placing
the short end of the bone over the
door. The first unmarried person of
the opposite sex who walks under the
bone is supposed to be the future wife
or husband of the person to whom the
bone belongs.
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STATEMENT
OFFICE REGISTER OF DEEDS

Pursuant to the provisions q. Sc. ,l2 =
the ode the following siatrm,n nj >ho, =
iteElS and tatuie OF all Goa i,.r,,,l,0
aud tied b, th- Board # c uut, Comm
>ipntt> al Vance countA 10 Iien b.. ia .
of. >everalty, from Dee III e. IL; lnp.
Nove,nber 30tn, 1890, l. sub uitl,d Lao r.',.
public:
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A YULETIDE DAINTY.
Origin of the Plum Pudding Tna a
MonstrOUs SnusaSe.

Origin of the Plum Pudding Wac =
Monstrous Sausage.
In many parts of England candles
eve, and the village seems Illuminated,
the Inhabitants little suspecting dat
this usage is thousands of years Old
and had its origin in the fact that e"-
cry devOut fire. worshiper kind!tl q
fresh fire on his hearthstone on the
eve Of the sun gods festival and open
ed his doors and windows, too, if he
had any, to let the blaze shine out into
the darkness.
The Christmas carol is a relic CT the
songs once sung in honor of TIE sun;
the Christmas pudding a reminder Of
the giant globular sauSages made OF
that shape in honor of the sun and
served to our lusty ancestors at this
joyful season. Beef, mutton, pork,
fish, anything that was handy, entered
into the composition Of these mon
that could be procured was mixed
with flour and boiled in the largest pot
belonging to the establishment. Steam
ing hot, it was placed on a great plat
ter, bowl Of honey was poured over
It, a sprig of mistletOe adorned it's sum-
nit, and in solemn state it was borne
from kitchen to dining hall.
Sometimes a chief distinguished him
self at Yuletde by preparing buildings
of enormous size. and instances are on
record where these festival dainties
We're carried by four men. preceded by
n couple of pipers and followed by a
procession Of cooks. pot washers and
solutions, who flourished spoons and
spits in token Of their craft and ex-
pected to be rewarded for their labors
by gratuitieS from the guests.
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Decorations Of evergrcens for tenn
Piles and houses during the winter
months were popular among the Ro-
mans and Druids, who practiced it for
the same reason. in order to give aid to
the dryads and wood spirits. who must
die unless they he'd the shelter Of their
native foliage.
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Sitting EAr DucLa

Chop the liver fine and saute in ia
blespoonful of hot butter with table
spoonful Of chopped onion. Mix with
four ounces Of bread "a fou!,h Of a
loaf and a fourth of a cupful Of butter
melted in a fourth Of a cupfUl Of hot
water. Add one tablespoonful Of pars-
ley chopped fine and the beaten yolk
Of an egg
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-12-20

One of the la -. - :.ilSt rl:ni.cr
some forms of Elonrv j; f.,:;:ld in Cen
trail Africa. where ;i.,. t.a;ivrS use 4
crucifOrm iEyGt of CO: ore over 10
inches long. 1t is heavy enough to be
4 formidable weapon.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24
Death Of a Good Citizen.

The Williamson correspondent of
the Grecnville Newa, under date of the
18th inst, says:
Our town is called day to lament
the death of one Of Our NEST widely
loved and prominent citizens. At 2
O'Clock this morning Mr.. Charles Ell; ;ah
Horton was gathered unto his fathers.
His health had been poor for the past
few years, but he was able to meet his
engagements, and yesterday he was
not thought to be sick at all. Heart
! fallnir was the cauSc of death.
Mr.. Horton was a leading member of
the Baptist Church, being often hon
olcd rs Il representative to the associa-
tons ana conventions of that church
al over the country. IiOnOrcd abroad,
ne was no less loved ut home. Thor
o"Shly Christian and beautifully con-
sisicnt III Ills dealings with Ills fellow
men he was known as the friend of
the poor and spent his life following in
the footsteps of Him who 'wontal,oui
dong good" His pastor. Rev. W. r..
Tate, said Of him this morning: ale
WAS :hc most liberal man ever knew =
Alr. Horton wnS - years old last
February. lie was u Mason, Il Knight
OF Honor and II director in the VIII
l!n.Hston F:..::::!" Es!!cSy. which iiist;-
tuition he helped To found and whose
continued prosperity was his special
pride. lie leaves Il widow and five
children who mourn his death. The
children are Mrs. Charles Simpson, II.
!. Horton and T.. G. Horton, of Clinton,
Jctcr X. Horton. of Grccnvillc, T.. II.
Horton, OF Lownlcsvillc, and Miss
Louise Horton, of WILLIAMSON. The
late Thadcus Horton, Of the New York
Times, was his son
lie will be buried Tomorrow after
noon in the family lot in the William
st0n Cemetery.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24
A Remarkable Story.

FAIRBURN, Ga, Oct. IA negro,
handcuffcd and carrying a jug Of
moonshine whiskey, made his appear
ance at the railroad depot here, pur-
chased ticket and left for Atlanta.
The negro related rather re markable
story, and this is perhaps the first case
on record who're prisoner having es-
capped from captors voluntarily goes to
make his appearance before the
very court whittier they were carry ing
him.
United States Deputy Marshalls
johnson and Cox arrested him on a
charge o: making blockade whiskey.
He said they had with them a jug Of
2oonshine: the same jug the negro
Carried 10 Atlanta. After making ~ a.. : :
arrest they began to drink. Finding
themselves too drunk to navigate, the
negro says they placed handouts on
him and tied him to themselves, after
which they lay down to sleep. q The
negro managed to unloose himself,
took the Jug, left the deputies and
came to Fairburn.
When asked what he meant to do,
he replied that he was going to court
and surrender, handouts, Jug and
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24
Jews and GentiIes..

The Columbia Ecroyd, speaking of
the marriage OF two young Gcntiles,
friends of Governor McSwccney, to
two Jewish young ladies, says: tThis
is perhaps the first time in the history
Of the State when the Governor will
take the place Of n minister or a priest
in Il home wedding" Governor Nc
Sweeney has been invited to marry the
two couples. About 1856, when james
l.. Orr was Governor of the State, a
Gentle and handsome young Jewess Of
Columbia agreed to marry. They
agreed not to call in Jewish Rabbi,
or Christian minister, and asked Gov
crnOr Orr to perform the ceremony. In
speaking to some friends about it the
Governor said "that the bride did not
want Christian and the groom did not
desire n Jew to marry them, and as
was neither Jew nor Christian they
have invited me to tie the knott
Carolina Spartan.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24

The Secretary OF State has issued
q commission to concern which seems
to ben pioneer in the matter of the
development of the South. 1t is to be
known rs tho Palmetto Gold and Min
ing Company and is to have capital
stock of 81 100000. The headquarters
of the company are to be Spartanburg,
and it is the purpose to mine gold, sill
yer, copper, etc. This company is to
develop and operate the West Springs
Gold mine, about four miles from Glenn
Springs. il Spartanburg county.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24
Three Children arc MangIed by the Hogs.

! ATHENS, GA, October lS.-Thrce
little white children were victims Of a
horrible accident w ednestlay afternoon
ut Edwin, Ca, about twelve miles from
this city.
The three little children of Mr.. VIII
M. Hayes, were playing in their yard.
They are six, four and two years old,
respectively. They saw several little
pigs in the lot and ran in there to catch
them, just for fun, to make them squeal.
Each one caught little pig, and the
pigs began to squcal loudly. The noise
attracted the attention of three other
large hogs and they bore down upon
the little children i'll great rage.
An old hog grabbed the little two
ycar-old girl by the arm, between the
elbow and shoulder, and crushed it
breaking every bone. The little four
year old boy'., wrist was broken. The
ol@"st boys pig didn't suucal rs loudly
as the others and Ic escaped with
Slight injuries.
All the children are badly bruised,
'eI'|"i9 "Dout tHc luce. each one
having Il strong fight with the hogs bc-
fore they were rescued by their parents.
at first it WAS thought all three were
seriously injured, but they sent immc-
,iatciy ior III. Coiic, OF Wintcrviiic,
and DIR. Little, of Crawford. At late
hour last night all three were resting
well. The smallest child is very badly
injured and its arm may have to be
amputatcd
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24

Rural free delivery seems to have
passed the experimental stage, and to
have become m established part Of the
postal system Of the country. The
report of First Assistant Postmaster
General Heth shows that there are
now about 400 distributing points,
from which letters are delivered in
40 States and one Territory. The ap-
preparation for the current year is
$450. ZOO; but for the next fiscal year
Congress appropriated 81, ,500,oH0. which
will permit considerable ext.n zion of
the system. Atprcsent almost half a
million people are served by the rural
carriers, and in some instances sO.many
foufth-class postoffices have been
superseded that FREQ delivery hes
proved cheaper than the old plan. We
hApc our Representatives will look to
Ahe interest of this section in the in
creased appropriation.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24
The Mccormick People Indignant.

MCCoRMiCK, $. C., October 1S.-Our
people arc very indignant over the
fact that Judge Aldrich should have
granted bail to Singleton Mcintosh
when the coroner's jury found that he
had committed an otfense not bailable.
They are loud in their criticism OF
his action; more so when the facts
brought out Mt tho inquest showed so
clearly that he had committed wilful
murder
Your correspondent desires most ear
ncstly not 20 misreprescnt nor distOrt
facts. and for the sake Of the high
standing, the many Christian virtues
and the high intellectual attainments
OF this man." family, he is sorry to have
to say anything atall, but as your cor
respondent, and my wish to portray rs
near rs is possible for cold words to do
so the feelings of our people, am
forced to safe that they look upon this
action as simply turning dangerous
man loose on tho community. 1t has
been stated by reliable parties that he
MclntOsh previous to his killing Nc
Kinney had boastcd more than once
that he intended to kill three more
men before he would be satisfied,
naming Mckinney as one of them.
The other two, of course, are now at
his mercy, and experience teaches us
that he has no mercy. "Alack aday''
when high tribunal, one that is sworn
to uphold our statutory laws, should
override all former prccedcnts and
grant bail to man accused OF wilful
murder by jury Of twelve honest
and intelligent men in every way his
peers.-Special to -iu0usta Chronicle
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24

Mark Twain, after nine years resi-
dence and travel abroad, has come
home with the fixed conviction that
England is the best flicnd We have in
Europe, and that America is the only
friend the British have in the world.
Furthermore, he believes the Chinese
tangle which lie now comedy will be-
come tragedy, and that when the
crash comes it will be best for both
countries and best for the world that
the Union Jack and the Stars and
Stripes wave together in China.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24
A Trip Through Anderson County.

The editor of the Elbcrton tGa.) Iyi-
b"nc recently visited Anderson, and in
writing up his trip says:
he writer went to Anderson, S. c..
last Mondy, by private conveyance.
The forty miles between the best town
OF upper Carolina and the hustling
Granite City Of Georgia contained
many items of news and many object
lessons.
We believe Anderson County farm
crs arc more systematic in building ND
their lands, painting and bcautifying
their homes, than those this side of the
Savannah. Their terraces in many
places are vcritablc brcastworks that
wlthstood the fresllcts OF last June.
Some of them are five feet wide and
from one and half to three feet high.
There is an air of cleanliness about
their whitcwashcd fences and painted
houses which bcspeak thrift and pros
pcrity.
The ronds are good, but very little
better than Elbcrt's roads with cxcep-
tions hereafter noted. Every branch,
creek and drain across the road we
travelled in Anderson County is bridgcd,
and these .lall bridges are kept in
good condition. The places here and
thcte which would be bad if they were
permitted, seem to be looked after.
we are not going to locate the long
headed Carolinian or short sighted
Georgian who is responsible for this
noticeable difference in those little
matters which combine to constitute
good tca,ls Mid guarantee safety to
life, limb and vehicle. But somebody
i'll Ebert ought to learn something
from somebody in Anderson about
GLOW to have good roads,"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24

1t has been suggested that the next
Legislature create a Board to whom
may be referred all applications for
Iardoning convicts, and we think the
suggestion good one. A number of
States have such n Board, and the plan
works we'll. Such Board in this State
would relieve our Governor of a great
deal Of work and a big responsibility
The Board of Directors OF the State
Penitentiary could no doubt perform
the duties ut their regular stated meet
ings without any extra cost to the tax
Dayers.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24

WIN. J. Bryan is certainly most
remarkable man. Never has any cit-
zen of the United States made so many
speeches in two months rs he has. His
voice never seems to fail and he is
ready early and late to speak, when
ever crowd may desire to hear him.
In his multitudinous talks he never
says foolish things. He steers clear Of
the silver question and talks about
trusts and imperialism.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24

A.dcQislou hos been rendered il tho
New York Supreme Court, the effect of
which is that suicide is no bar to the
collection by the beneficiary of life
insurance policy, even though the
policy prohibits it within certain
period. Many of tho large companies
and insurance orders, it is stated, are
now leaving the suicide clause out of
their contracts altogether, but there
arc stillJsome that will be affected,
should this decision hold generally.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24

The United States Supreme Court
has again upheld the constitutionality
OF the South Carolina registration law,
in the case ofDaniel Gray Wiley, plain
tiffin error, vs.. Sinklcr and others.
The Court held that Wiley's right to
vote for members of Congress was IN
doubted, but that the plaintiff, having
failed to register, that defect was fatal