Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-05-20
Spirit Of geffersolr.
CbarlcstoNn, Jererson County, West Va.
:. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 90, 1913.
Secrets of Printing Offices.

had made manuscripts very valuable, aud some
OF the earliest specimens of printing were sold
as manuscripts, a species of extra remanera-
tioD. the printers we're Justly entitled to
reap, for short time. as repayment for the
special difficulties ulder which they labored.
The processes Of what was long termed the
art and mystery of printing were preserved as
secret by Gutenberg, Faust, aud Schoeffer.
for a few years Ctheir work. being prob>
ably sworn to secrecy but with no dishonor>
able intention, as may be inferred from the
fact that the publications Of li5T contained
proud and almost boastful assertion that they
were manufactured by mechanical means
Jenson was dispatched privately, by the king
greater secrecy is to be presumed from this
than necessarily attends the Introduction of
any new and useful invention that smplifies
the manufacture of any article in general de-
nans. From time to time, certain distin-
guished typograg hers have 'endeavored to pre-.
serve rs secrets, some special process which
they considered as giving them particular ad-
vantages. Thus, 1t is said that Baskerville
would not reveal the ingredients of the ink
which, in his day, was considered remarkable
for its blackness. and that Ibarra of Spain i'm
itated his example, while Bodoni refused his
most honored visitors admittance into one room
of his printing Office, in which it is supposed
he adopted peculiar methods for pressing
sheets. Even at the present day. some trade
secrets are still closely guarded, although
many things are freely proclaimed.
Another species of secrccy-that relating
to the careful supervision of confidential pub.
lie documents, books being printed for secret
societies, and the authorship of articles or
pamphlets-has been most honorably main
tanned. When treaties prematurely pub
lishcd in newspapers, the copy is obtained
from some leaRy or yenal official, and not from
any of the printers who set up or work off
the original. So, too, where it is desirable to
conceal the authorship of articles or books,
this is rarely or never disclosed by printer
who becomes acquainted with it in the excr-
else of his calling.
Most honorable to tire profession is the
story of Harding, the printer, who bravely
bore imprisonment rather than reveal the au-
thorship Of the prapier Letters and tie
printer, sitting in his cell, calmly refusing tle
entreatirs of his friends must stand in far
nohler light than the Church magnate and
celebrated wit. who, dressed in the dissnise
of low Irish clown, sat by listening to the
noble refusal and the tender opportunities.
only anxious that no word or glance from the
unfortunate printer should reveal that beneath
the rough dress of Il poor peasant, was hidden
Dean Swift himself. bent solely upon securing
his own safety Mt the expense of the printer
Swift covered before the legal danger which
Harding boldly confronted and eonally as
the worl! has allotted the need of fame to the
two comhafnnts, the wit and the printer both
fought for the liberty of the press. until the
sense Of an outraged community released the
typoerapher from the peril so nobly encoun.
tered.
Sir Walter Scott's authorship Of the Wa
verify Novels, although known by twenty
persons, including number of printers, was
so we'll concealed that the great novelist could
not, even in his matchess vocabulary, find
words of praise sufficient to express the sense
of his grateful acknowed gment and wonder
ing admiration for the matchless fidelity with
which his mystery had been preserved
In thousands of other instances, similar
of the professional honor of printer not to
disclose wantonly, nor from venal motives,
the secrets of any Office in which he is em>
ployed.
To Bo1L a HAM-This is ordinarily cs-
tccmed so simple process that most house,
keepers will esteem such recipe superfluous;
but, in our Judgment. half the bacon eaten is
underdone, and therefore salty, tough, and,
wash ham the day before you wish it cooked,
and let it soak in water all night. IF YOU
wish it for a o'clock dinner, put it upon the
fire by 5 o'clock in the moring in an abun-
dance of water to cover it we'll. Keep it
slowly boiling until you ready to dish it
mp for dinner. You may ascertain if it is suf-
fciently done by the readiness with which the
bone on the under side may be removed IF
it comes out easily, the ham is done: You
may remove the outside skin or not, as you
choose. Some epicures think ham ruined
if either skinned or cut until perfectly cold,
estimating it so desirable to retain all the
juices. IF time allows. the nrettiest way of
serving mp ham is to take off the skin after
being thoroughly boiled, to CRATE bread
crumbs thickly over the top, and brush the
whole over with the yolks of eggs. Now
put in oven and brown nicely. Remark
If, during the process of boiling. it be found
necessary to add more water, he sure that it
is boiling, for cold water Will inevitably ren>
der the meat tough.
SEPARATING HONEY FROM BEE>BREAD.
"A lady correspondent of the California Aq-
riculturist gives the following convenient and
old-fashinned way of separating honey from
bee-bread: Put such pieces of the comb as
have bread in them into round tin butter cans
(those little fiaring at the top are best9 until
nearly full. Then set the wash boiler on the
stove with water few inches deep in it, but
not enough to boil up into the cans ; then lay
few pebbles or an iron chain evenly on the
bottom and set the cans on them, put the
cover on tho boiler aud let the honey steam
until the wax.is melted, which can be ascer-
tanned by small stick or wire. The honey
must be stirred if wished clear. When it is
all melted, lift the cans out aud set away care
fully to cool, and when just about milk warm,
with knife and fork. lift the wax and bread
off the top, and your honey will be nice and
clear in the can.
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