The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-04-01
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CANDLES.
what Remains s /: a once Great 1ndu'

What ROMANS Of a once Great 1ndu,
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I Notwithstanding the great improve,
ments made in methods Of lighting
since the time when our ancestors were
content to Sit by the Pickering light Of
an old fashioned ta}aaw candle and read
the bible, the "Pi ms Progress, . or
the religious weekly paper. great
number Of candles are sold every year. Il
was thought, when kerosene oil was in.
troduced and finally came to be gener-
ally used, that candles would be drug
on the market. Later, when gas came
into use, it was concluded that the de-
.mand for oil would soon amount to
nothing: Still later, when the electric
light was taken up as means Of illu-
minating the. darkness, some were bold
enough to predict that gas would ere
long become a thing of the past. But,
as a matter Of fact, more gas is used
now than ever before on account of the
increased number Of uses for it.
The production and sale Of kerosene
oil is enormous. And the demand for
candles has appreciably increased du-
ring the past ten or fifteen years. They
are used more extensively for church
and other religious purposes, and for
dinner parties. Plumbers require
great many Of them. Nearly every
housekeeper has a candle in the house
to light her way down cellar or up
stairs. A great many burn them in
their sleepingroom in preference to the
kerosene oil, especially in the summer
time at seaside resorts. They are more
largely used for festival days, and
great many well-to-do persons purchase
many of the finest for ornamentation.
Their use for dinner parties especially
is increasing. 1, :. +; u. ;5
A millionaire's grocer in New York
recently purchased for his use at fash
ionable dinner party twelve dozen of
candles worked in beautiful forms and
having truly artistic appearance. In
fact, the decoration and characterization,
of candles has come to be quite an art.
Thabest candles for ornamentation ARE
of pure beeswax. When the wax is hot
they are worked in very beautiful: shape
and ornamented with great degree or
nicely. The wax when hot is drawn up
by nippers into great variety Of forms
and colored red, green, blue, yellow,
purple, etc. The wax is drawn up by
:nippers in the form Of flowers, fruit,
green leaves. etc. Some of the candles
thus worked are purchased solely to
look at. These beautiful candles, burn
ing at dinner party, either on the ia
BILE or in the chandeliers arranged ex-
pressly for them, present very pleas
ling appearance. A great many Of these
are produced in western New York. +:
Among the various kinds Of candles
now sold may be mentioned parafine,
sperm, stealine, adamantine, tallow,
and beeswax The last named are
cheaper now than they have been in ten
years, although tho demand for them is
increasing. Beeswax, when hot, can
be worked into different shapes better
than the other kinds, which are com
Iparatively brittle. In many places
bees are now grown simply for the wax
which they make, and many beeswas
manufacturers take care of and feed
their bees in such a way as to produce
the most possible and best wax. The
| bee that lives on clover blossoms, it Is
generally conceded, generally produces
the best wax; and. it is stated that there
are some persons SO expert in the bust
ness that they can, by tasting the wax,
tell what the bees have fed on. Some
!, of the bees thus grown are very costly,
instances being cited where they are
!, worth more than 81 each. The work
Of breeding and training them has be.
come great industry.-Providemee
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