Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1869 — How Candles are Made. [ARTICLE]

How Candles are Made.

Wouldn’t you like to go with meto that mysterious land of sweetswhere all the candy comes from? I suppose you imagine it to po some exquisite, fairy-like place* where little elves measure, concoct* mix, stir up, and roll out the various, kinds of bon-bops which you buy in. nice boxes. No such thing; on thecontrary, it is a common-place look- * ing brown building that I shall takeyou into. And, instead of fairieq* you will see big men, with their sleeves rolled up, working in hugecellars, before immense furnaces* where the delicious sweets are melted and mixed. Think of seeing a brawny-armed: man rolling a “chunk’’ of soft candy into a stick, two or three feet long* ornamenting it with stripes of different colored candy, and at last cutting it into lengths to sell for a, penny.

It is wonderful how much work is. expended on little things. Gum drops and cordjal drops of various kinds are all formed in mold*. Perhaps you have wondered how the delicious drop of pear or pine-applo essence gets into the centre of a cordial drop. It is thus: when the sugar is a beautiful, clear liquid, like water, and ready to oome up, they mix it with some of the essence, Xnd pour it into the moulds. The sugar at once crystallizes, become* bard and white; the essence does not crystalize, but remains in the middle of the sugar crystal. Flat candies, like hearts, crosses, &c., are cutout of thin sugar dough* as you have seen biscuit cut front flour dough. Some kinds are pressed into shape, while soft, by rollers with figures or w ords on them, which figures of course are impressed upon the candy. It takes many men to make thecandies tuat are sold in this one building, and it takes thirty-five girls to sell them. You would fancy that a good many choice sweets would find their way between the lips of these thirtT-five girls; but their is a wise man, and lie takes pains to cure his clerks of that desire the first thing. This is how he docs it. When a new clerk comes to him, ho gives her cordial Jeave to eat as much as she wishes. Well, girls are all fond of sweets, and the new hand is sure to stuff herself to such an extent as to make herself sick; and after that day she wants no moro candy. Girls sometimes remain five or six years in the house, and never taste a sugar plum. This result .seems incredible, but it has been proved by years of experience. In Paris, where the most delightful bon-bons are made, they are put into exquisite little baskets, or boxes, lined with satin, and tied with a delicate ribbon,or garlanded with flowers. In fact, the casket is asj beautiful, as the contents are delioions.— Oliver Optic.

A grocer at Peoria, Ills., has been arrested on a charge of mayhem, having filled a pipe for a customer with powder, which'upon being igv, nited exploded, injuring the unsuspecting smoker’s eyes and faoe very badly. An illegitimate daughter Of Murat, the famous King of Naples, is , principal of a female seminary iq , Bordeaux. King Victor Emanuel’is aecuWfl in Italy of subscribing Very often for charitable purpose* large sums * which he don’t pay. ,J, ,y , I a me* Prince Salnv-Salm, » Brigadier i General in the Union armjr In our ■ late civil war, and afterword* h* Mayimillian’s service, hi* B been adjutant of Prince Jreddfick Charles of PrussiV ’