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WM. M. BELL'S "PILOT"

to start on a batch or batches with small centers and have the center hot, even if the goods do not look quite so well the batch will be easier to handle.

I will give you a small batch in the right proportions for a beginner or for a cheap buttercup. First place in a small kettle or pan two pounds of glucose and set on the fire. Stir until the glusoce becomes thin or starts to boil, then remove from the fire and work all the maccaroon cocoanut into it you can, and set on a tub or on the floor next to the furnace to keep warm.

Now place in another kettle ten pounds of sugar, one teaspoonful cream-of-tartar and two quarts water. Set on the fire and stir until it

Washing sugar from sides of Kettle