Show ED editorials ITO R I 1 A LS preserving FRUITS tim THE preserving of fruits is a business nesi nesa which might advantageously engage the attention of fruit raisers and others in this territory for evon even in these northern portions peaches and small fruits fralo generally do well carided canned fruit properly put up is delic deile delicious lous ious in 16 winter and in and early earl eari 7 summer 1 and fruit canned in th this IS ci eity city we e have ave avo found u far superior bior in flavor to that imported the san francisco chronicle has a chapter on the preservation of ef fruits by Aldens process of pneumatic evaporation which may be an excellent method where the quantities of fruit are very large largo lar C but can not possibly be so gooy good a way as canning the fresh fruit near nean dearsan san Lorenzo lore county cal is an establishment for preserving fruit by the alden pro process eess cess extensively ten employed in maryland and other eastern states the following conveys an idea of this process and the results this invention consists substantially I 1 in a the application to substances treated of a heated air blast characterized by certain degrees or stages of humidity force and temperature so adapted as to effect simultaneously the following results first chemically an artificial maturing to saccharine matter of the or starchy contents of the irule so far as practicable together with a fixation or chem chemical leaf leal binding of as much moisture as possible in the condition known to chemists as hydrate la ILY which it can be no longer r an agent ol 01 fermentation or decay langr second ond oad mechanically the evaporation of the water not nol chemically nixed fixed as hydrate with a rapidity accelerated by the warm and humid blast in such a peculiar manner mannen as to exhaust the water simultaneously and equally from all parts of the material treated without impairing its texture and other properties by undue heat or by parching dryness of air without driving oft the fixed water essence and aroma without reducing starchy or saccharine Ingred ingredients lei ier its to gum or caramel and without in crusting crasting or hardening the material to the condition described by the terms dried or 11 third economically A product proof against decay or change enhanced in ripeness sweetness lichu ess and solubility characterized by its natural nat ural nral color structure and fresh amma and by virtue of the fixed mo sture or hydrate occupying its pores incapable of being on the one hand penetrated and injured as dried substances arc by the moisture of damp weather or damp places or climates or on the other hand of bel berng being ing lug reduced lu in a dry atmosphere to a parched and brittle cousis consistency tency teney except in the case of such esculents as meats fish and such vele tele vegetables as rhubarb which are replete with starchy and alli clotts clotis matter and which necessarily assume a brittle consistency when exhausted of free moisture the process is essentially distinct from that of dessi dessl catlon cation in its chemical principles and practical results it is a process which not only forestalls decay and which not only seizes and perpetuates the fresh flavor color and texture of the article animal or vegetable subjected to it but I 1 which in doing these things at the same time carries out the organic process of ripening 1 itself to an artificial perfect perfection lon ion on the same principles incompletely used by nature and with a correspondent increase of the nutritive product th the c means employed to produce these result results L are threefold three fold namely rapid pid cir clr c of air ain accurately adapted and d graduated radiated heat and at all times a considerable proportion of humidity it will bo be noticed that each of these points stands directly contrary both to the process of desiaca I 1 n or kiln drying and to that of orai T iry try sir air drying it is well known that the starch and suar of plants are almost identical in their chemical ner her constituents and that starch develops into sugar by the aid of adds acids both in in the tho natural ripening of plants and in such auch artificial processes as the conversion if A potato starch into crape grape sugar by the add aid but but bat not consumption of sulphuric acid which is now prosecuted on a commercial scale in germany the tho conversion of olf the crape P e luto into the richly saccha rine fine raisin fa is a familiar r 1 i istance of the super maturation of fruit by semi artificial means after reaching its full fall natural maturity in connection with w ah the plant this process of super maturation can be artificially nici fici ally aily stimulated eo fo as to convert the mucous constituents of any organic product largely into saccharine matter in a very few hours with a result analogous to the tho of the grape in other words this wonderfully enriching change which crude art can effect in certain specially adapted products such as the grape fig and prune and that under certain precise climatic conditions is now found practicable by but simple apparatus with any organic product containing or starchy matterand in any part of the world the apple peach or tomato for instance can be as truly rals rais ined 11 according to its kind as the grape and it would gna Ona be natural tural to infer that by the same scientific aid the rai ral of the grape fig nig prune etc may be dispatched with like celerity and proportional improvement of the product in point of or both richness and freshness especially ally the latter here is a description of the mechanical arrangements and in modus odus operandi operand I 1 in the works aro are five evaporators all of which are kept in operation day and highto each requiring the services of bix dix menthe mentho men meu tho iho the heating appa apparatus ratus Is in the basement of the building and consists ot of a furnace under each evaporator tha the jiro ja Js built within an iron box on the outside ot of which a are r D points of iron to give a badlat radiating tn g fr influence n t luence ot of the heat the principal part ot of the apparatus consists of a vertical chamber or shaft built on the same pia pla ilo ila as a hotel elevator it Is about VO 0 feet in in height containing 60 50 wire tra trays I 1 or screens on which the truit fruit la is placed theae thebe trays are 4 inches apart and are moved upward ard every six elx minutes by an endless upa chain h n the heating apparatus is placed under this tills chamb chamber eup erp from which currents ot of air heated to any required temperature generally degrees fahrenheit pass up through and around the frames on each frame is spread say twenty pounds ot of fruit the tho lowest frame Is first placed in the chamber directly over the heat at the bottom of the shaft where it remains sor tor bix six minutes it id ii then moved up 4 inches and another frame of fruit Is placed beneath it at regular intervals of six minutes the whole series of frames are moved upward 4 inches and a fresh frame is put on beneath them theia until the frame frama s are all in containing say if apples 21 bushels of fruit at this time the 6 shaft haft being full one frame Is taken off at the rhe top and one Is put in at the bottom every six minutes evaporating 21 bushels ready for tor packing every six hours if apples the 21 bushels contain pounds quarts water which Is carried off every six elx hours in vapor all this must necessarily cessa rily pass up and around the fruit as the moisture Is taken gradually from it enveloping ve it to the last sast in a aoud c oud of vapor the pores ot of the fruit are thus kept open opens free tree for fartha the circulation and exit ot of vapor until all the free water Is removed the tho remainder 16 per cent being held beld as hydrate it Is well known that fruit will not mature ripen and sweeten up in strictly dry weather nor in cold wet weather the tho evaporated fruit follows the law of nature la in this respect it does not become thorl therefore a dried fruit as nothing evident evl evi deuty at can be dried in vapor without pressure the product per week if apples will be about 30 00 pounds evaporated truit fruit worth 20 cents per pir per pound and aw pounds evari rated cores corea and skins worth 6 cents per pound it Is proposed to convert the co cores and skins into a fine quality ot of apple jelly icily the cost ot of one of the evaporators ranges from isoo to tywo 2000 the price depending entirely on the size bize the labor of six toys or girls under one man to superintend generally would be all that is required and any farmer might make the investment a paying one although the joint stock plan would be the more feasible and in the end more lucrative cra tive TREASURY WOMEN WO de many news pep erial comments have been made concerning the character of ladi ladies ladles 10 employed in the treasury dep departs ment washington and some statements have been made to the effect that the clerkships clerk ships in that depari department were largely filled with mis tresses of congressmen and of other influential public officers per contra a statement is now going the round that the majority of the women clerks come from the best families of the country perhaps both statements ale are true but with the latter only will we now continue it is said then that the following ladies have been or are clerks in government offices in washington the wife of governor fairchild of wisconsin and daughter of a distinguished public man alice daughter of once attorney general ingersoll Ing ersull of massachusetts etts and the wife of the the TJ 8 district attorney for south carolina a daughter of B R J walker once governor of mississippi secretary of the treasury and retained as an able lawyer in all pr prominent eminent cases mrs mary johnson widow of a former U S consul at Florence and daughter of colonel albert who for many years was head of the topographical bureau mrs Tilton sister of general robert the widows of captain ringgold ring Eing gold and major healand Hea many other illustrious names it is averred that their lot is hard enough without them being abused by unjust detraction that they are subject to unfair discrimination in the matter of salary compared with the men clerks and that while the latter can frequently be called away from their duties duflos with impunity there is a constant attempt to defraud the women clerks of ther their sal sai salaries ailes alles for any absence NEW MOTIVE now and economical motive power has been put in operation recently with success by mr william wells of salem says the boston globe the apparatus is very simple in construction st and the new power can be applied to any engine the novel peculiarity is in the construction of the boiler the engine being like any other and the vapor being conveyed to the cylinder of the engine the same as steam the boiler is thus described tho the boiler ie 18 an upright one and Is really a double boler that Is it has two heads head at each end one a few inches from the other the two chambers thus formed fo med one oue at each end of the boiler are filled filled with water and are connected by tubes which a are for the circulation of the water betwee between lothe lethe the two chambers The second or inside bollent boi bol ie hat bat between the two inner beads Is filled with a reparation preparation of of carbon the from which Is the motive power and takes akes the place of or steam beneath the boiler Is a small firebox fire box from which flues bunup run up through the two boilers to tle the sni sul c ke pipe these theve flues pass inside of the tu tubes b ca already mentioned and the fire in naming passing through heats the chemicals by this arrangement ran gement it will be seen that the hide in 10 the inner boiler receives the requisite M amount of heat beat without coming in direct contact with the nire fire flues as the water as haa baa been explained la Is kept in circulation through the tubes the inventor claims that with a small fire a gleat great amount of power can be obtained with water at F Y or the boiling point a pressure of 65 pounds to the square inch is obtained on the vapor boiler and a greater pressure proportionately with greater heat the chem chemical ical leal preparation is used many maffy times over as the vapor after passing through the cylinder is condensed returned to the boiler and used again and the waste of cherni chemicals cals cais is said sala to be very small this invention saves two thirds the amount of fuel compared with a steam engine and therefore is very valuable 0 I 1 SOLD BOLD the municipal authorities of cambria cambridge e abre were cheaply sold when the shah silah was an on his vat to I 1 england at 11 in the morning one june day tile the mayor mayon received the following dispatch col hamilton crewe to the worshipful the mayor of cambridge lii III his imperial majesty the shah of persia desires to visit your I 1 university and tom tod town en route V to london arri arriving ting yIng at Cam cambridge station about ilo llo be prepared with escort and reception as far as time allows the mayor accordingly notified the vice chancellor and other university officials and heads of colleges as well as the public generally the town council summoned was the rifle volunteers were called out and various other preparations were made to welcome the great persian there were flags crowded streets officials and troops and populace and carriage and grays in waiting at the railway station until half past two when hen doubts prevailed and the mayor was satisfied that he had been neatly hoaxed boated the local telegraph authorities were interviewed and they knew nothing of the dispatch it was written on a regular printed form with blank stamp tile the date in the cel centre of the cambridge Camb ridgely circle being penciled some of the hoaxed hoade laughed and some swore but it was ail the same to the hoaxers ho 0 THE EBB great movements have ebbs and flows in their progress and such is the casewitz case with the comai womans comans is nights rights mo movement the university of edinburgh recently opened its doors to women as students under certain conditions and several of the sex seit embraced the coveted opportunity and passed through part of the course necessary kry try for the attainment of a medical degree but nut a new set of professors came incho ine lne and when these lady students applied for a different branch of studies their application was refused they appealed to the court which decided that they could only ask for their degrees after they had received the necessary instruction and that the university could not te be compelled to give them thern this instruction they appealed to a full bench claiming an au equal right with men in every department of the university the court decided that women had no right to demand an education in a university of scotland these women indents Iu siu dents therefore are non suited and non plus sed and their only resource appears arrears to be to get on the right s sade c de of the new professors aidwin and win them over to favorable terms PENSION TO EDINBURGH tire THE european telegraphic dispatches today to day contain conta iii lii a short but interesting account of a debate in the british house of commons on the proposal for the house to vote a year to the duke of edinburgh the second son of queen victoria who is shortly to be married to a daughter of the emperor of russia this custom has been observed in the case of each of the queens queers children already married and it is probable if the remainder make haste that they will be equally fortunate the leaven of bf republicanism is working among the people of the british isles but its influence is not yet strong enough to materially affect the action of the house of commons for john bull is proverbially |