New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-24

1eXOJable law Of nature. All that 3 brlgh'
must fade, and all delicate and admirable struc
lures must, more or les. rapidly, dissolve and
perish. This law il specially imperative witt
regard to nearly everything used tor human
flood, whether Of animal or vegetable origin
1.-The more exquisite and dclectable the cOmbina
ton designed to tempt and satisfy the appetite
the more urgent Is the tendency Of its ingredi'
Tents TO form new combinations with the Gle
neuts which surround and approach them. and
thus become at once revolving to the taste and
noxous y health and life. That yeniSon, fo'
instance, should only bo eaten the day before II
could not be eaten. is perverSc maxim that IL
lustrates the law in question. In spite OF uni
versal care and forethought, millions worth OF
food are destroyed daily through its action, and
innumerable bufraloes and other cattle are
slaughtered for their hides, and tho carcaoses
left to rot where they FELL because the conditions
necessary to preservation for food do rot cS'
ist. OF Fruit and Vegetables, the annual loss by
decay transcends all estimate. all conception ;
and Thousands famsh for want Of the bounties
Of nature which. but few weeks earlier, de-
cayed and passed away before their eyes, they
being impotcnt to prevent the ruin
Several years ago, Mr.. Gal Borden brought
from Texas to thiscity his invention G. " Meat
Biscuit" whereby the flesh Of tho domestic AMI
mails then abundant and Of little value in fexaa
and Florida, IA well a. that Of the still greater
number roaming over the vast plains of South
America, was to BIZ preserved aud made TO min
ister To the sus,enance and comfort OF man.
The biscuit was paatable as well as highly nu-
tritious, but circumstances did not then favor
the invention; 30 Mr.. Borden turned his atten.
ton to the manufacture Of S0lidiled MIX.
which has gradually grown into a vas. business,
whereby be is makinga fortune while contribu-
ting widely to the comfort and wellbeing o.
mankind. His biscuit viii yet be extensively
produced and appreciated.
For several years past tie Hon. ID. l.. Somes,
late n. G. from Maine las been at work on
Meats Fruits Hd Vegetables. with a view to
radical improvement upon existing methods oil
cure and preservation, to which end six distinct
patents have been Issued 10 him. lie bases his
efforts on the scientific truth that the GtmO-
sphere is naturally cold and adverse TO decay
that heat is product of sunshine or Of some
artificial device or procedure. lie proposes
therefore. 10 secure the preservation Of what
ever il now destroyed or injured by heat,
through the construction Of houses designed 10
preclude the admission Of heat. To this end
he emrloys double and treble walls. roofs aud
floors, filed IN with sawdust, spent-bars, water,
/ ice, or some other non-conducting material;
while the only air allowed TO enter is forced II
through pipes which Take it from hight which
iusurcs lie purity am to5ce it through water, or
come other cooling medium, into the apartments
which require it, so rs TO keep currents always
passing OF through the ventilators, allowing
none to enter, and keeping the temperature inst
obove .he freezing point. 4 slide, hardly opened
before i, is closed, admits or ejects the articles
r.seryod thCroin; ana here fresh meats may
be packed or kept fresh through dog-days, their
animal heat and all pu,reiging gases being eH-
PEELED with a rGpidity hitherto unknown; while
fruits that now decay and become worthless,
within a few days at most, may be lept IN
changed for months, iAsuring ample supplies OF
fresh Strawberries and peaches nj Christmas,
and of grapes throughout the Winter and
Spriag. Charcoal may be used for purifying
as well as leo for cooling the air forced into the
BUILDING, which is paced through the ground
for come distance in or.er 10 secure the re-
quirod coolness more chsaply than il cen be
attained by the use OF ice.
Wo have ref AIMED from nuy but the brieiest
and most casual alasion 10 Mr.. Somoss me-
clanical devices 10 secure the erds Le med j.
tatcs, az those Interested will he satisfied with
nothing short o. eareisl scrutiny Of Bis draw
ngs and specifications, AID 10 is staying at the
Aston House, whore any ono VITO will may find
Him. The uc.t OF bis invention iul.c,es IN
ia fundamental idcs or principle. which
aH ms the neutral coldness of the atmosphere
and the possibility of msntaining it through .As
simple exclusion II the suns rays and the
brseles tina, dirase their heat, through tho con-
s,:uciion Of buildings which Keep this end
steadily in view Should is efficacy be estab-
liahed, every r..-.tt - we'll rs eveIy Slaughter
Louise mrs' be provided with building or with
| buildings based on &r Somos's ideas and de-
voted to the preservation Of articles intended for
food, al1 ve1y decided revolution must ensue,
not nerclyin meat packing and iruit-proserving,
but in various branches Of iEdustry-oot les
than 81, 900, 900 per annun being now paid for
ice in this country by the manufacturers Of
Lag.r Beer alono The subject cannot fail to