Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19
HOW CANDY IS MADE.

EaoIo OF INTEREST 10 Our hSseofs
Concerning This Vast Industry.
How many Of the boys and girls who
read the Chrislian Union know or even
think what . vast industry candy.
making Is In this countryp An article
recently published in Harper's Monthly.
written by Mr.. r. r. Bowker. tells
US many interesting facts.
In 1880 there were In the United
States 1852 confectioners In New
York City alone there are at the pres
ent time several large factories where
hundreds OF boys and girls as well as
men and women are employed It is
said that people employed in candy
factories are not fond OF candy-rarely
taste It after the first few days.
Stick candy Is made by boiling down,
with water, letter A sugar. Cream OF
tartar Is added to prevent crystalliza-
ton. When 1t has reached the proper
consistency It is kneaded like bread on
marble table, when the navoring and
the coloring matter are added. 1t u
then pulled" as you have frequently
seen molasses candy when passing
confectioner's window. After 1t has
been thoroughly worked and drawn
into long sticks of the proper thick
ness, 1t is cut of by largo shears into
the length Of the penny sticks which
you buy.
Mr.. Bowker in his article tells ~
that
"Lozenges are rolled out like piecrust,
sometimes printed In carmne with q hand
stamp. and then cut out with dies sugar
plums' and sugared almonds are made In
very interesting way. by throwing tho nut,
seed, or other nucleus with boiling sugar into
great copper pans, which are shaken by hand
or revolyed BY machinery over hot nre
Rolled over and over In tho moist sugar. the
plums soon begin to grow. aud are polished
of by each other, while. above. stoam'worked
fans carry of the dry dust Gumdrops are
made OF gum.arab q and sugar. bolleo ana
mixed, seven or eight hundred pounds ~
time. in huge copper stean.kettles. whence
tho mixture IL taken out into smaller ketties
10 be Favored and coored. The cheap gum
drops and 'narsh.mallows are now made
chiefly from glucose"
Glucose is made from starch. and Ii
much cheaper than sugar, but Is not
nearly so sweet. II you should eat
piece of pure sugar candy. and then
candy made principally Of glucose, you
would readily detect the difference.
Glucose enters largely into the manu-
fac,ure OF marsh-mallows, and terra
alba into cheap lozenges. Plaster-of-
Paris molds arc used to form the cream
candies having various devices and
shapes. The sugar cream Is poured.
while hot, into the little molds that
have been powdered with starch, and
are then placed in very hot room to
dry.
Mr.. Bowker says:
scream or soft candies arc pade In simple
way, from sugar mixed with cream or tartar
to prevent crystallizinR To give them their
fancy forms, Hat tray II tiled with starch,
which is pressed irto molds by series OF
plaster OF. Paris models-a drop, hand. face,
berry, or what IL may be-arranged on o long
stick. Into those starch molds the hot cream
is poured, and then allowed TO dry. Some
factories have as much as hfty thousand
pounds OF starch In this use. The drying
room is kept at high temperature. In which
tho Creams soon become dry and solid. Ihey
are then separated from the starch by hugo
sicyes. IL they are to DO CLOSED, they arc
placed In huge tin pans and . cold solution OF
sugar poured over them TO stand over night
In the morning the ice Of sugar on topis
broken, and tho creams are found coated
with fine crystals. Tho nqueur drops are .
very curious product The sirup 10 mixed
with brandy or Favored water, and Is poured
INTO the starch molds. As II cools mt the top
and on the mold. tho crystals make con.
tnuous case, imprisoning the liquor within.
II you have favorite candy store.
you would better test q part OF your
next purchase for terra alba, white
clay that will not dissolve In water and
is very injurious II taken into the
stomach. Colorcd candies are some
times poisonous, and green and blue
candies should be avoided. There arc
safe vegetable coloring matters-burnt
sugar for brown. saffron for yellow.
cochineal for red. These are not as
cheap as the mineral colors that arc
used by many manufacturers.
Boys and girls who wish to make
strong. active men and women eat
sparingly of candy. 1t is bad for the
teeth, and, II eaten shortly before
meals, destroys the appetite for nour'
ishing foods. Union.
Case of lndspositjon.