The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-07
cANDLE-MAKING IN SWEDEN.
The Inhabitants quite Satisfied with
Candle Light.

W. A. HARDWOOD In ST. Nicholas
The candles Of Sweden are not dipped"
in the old-fashloned way, but are made on
what might be called scientific principles,
after the experience OF a great many cen>
turtles has told the makers just what ma
terials will produce the best results. They
are not run" in hand-held mods, at the
risk Of burning somebody's fingers or spot
ting the kitchen floor with splashes of tall
low Tallow in Its crude state is, indeed
used in the manufacture OF these Swedish
candles; Dut it must pass through a long
treatment before il yields up the pure
stearin from which the snowy candles are
made.
Some of this tallow reaches Sweden after
long ship-journeyings from South Amer
lea, while some OF Che stearin does not
come from tallow at all, but from palm
oil gathered by the natives of South Afri-
ca and still another supply OF stearin Is
secured in a curious way-from insects
shipped from China. The insects in dy-
ing, turn into a wax very rich in stearin.
When the stearin is ready for the mixing
1t Is nearly pure white in color a clear
liquid that has the hue and consistency of
melted white sugar In the factory the at
tendants fill their large, wide-lpped zine
pitchers with the LIQUID stearin step to
long row of candle molds, and pour In the
melted stearin. The molds are in sections,
twelve candles TO a section of the smaller
sized candles. The wicks for the candles
have first been twisted from threads into
the proper size and threaded through the
molds by machinery
AS soon as the steafin has cooled around
the wicks a keen knife passes under and
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the section are lifted out, and another set
Of wicks, all threaded through another set
of molds, stands ready for the next pour
ing Swiftly breaking tho candles apart.
the attendant passes them on in a box to
another workwoman, who sends them
whizzing through a trimming and polish
ing machine. from which they go to tie
counting table.
/ watched young woman who was al
work one day in afactory IN Sweden land
the factory by the way, was located in
the candlestick of the giant candle) count
ing these candles-a small kind il happen
ed to be that they then We're making, per-
haps five inches in length. With a deft-
ness which was quite extraordinary she
thrust her hands into pile of candles
and unerringly drew forth 2i-never more.
never less. All day long she stands al this
counter, and not once IN a thousand times,
so ! was told by the superintendent, would
she draw out other than a. / suppose it
had become matter of intuition. 50 10
speak. She knew exactly how many can
dies would be included in the grasp OF
her hands, and she practically never made
a mistake.
1t seems strange In this day Of electric
ity that there can be found in a part OF
the world where civilization has gone a
people who are 50 generally given over 10
candle-light as are the Inhabitants Of Swe-
den. In one year one firm in Sweden man
ufactures, for the trade Of Sweden almost
exclusively, q 100000 candles of all sizes.
from two or three inches in hight up to
seven feet In spite of the Introduction OF
electricity into the cities, the people keep
using candles, end they even seem to think
them necessary part of their household
effects
During the weeks from the latter part OF
May TO the first Of July you will rarely
find any one during the night using an ar
tihcial light Of any kind, for the nights
are always as bright as day. If you choose
10 stay up all night during the period of
longest days, you can read the finest print
with ease at any time IN the twenty-four
hours, and you can make photographs. IL
you wish, all the night long, with capital
results. Up in Lapland. as late as the 25th
Of July, he'd excellent results IN making
photographs az - O'Clock at night. and at
and O'Clock In the morning, and the only
failure had was ia one case when I gave
even too much time TO the exposure