The morning news., 1889-04-26


partment of al ordinary refrigerator which
has beel made air tight b. Ii i g i,h
rubber: The powder is placed upon per-
torated shelf IN the under part of the box
and ignlted. The box is then closed and
not opened until the powder Is burnt out
Thls may take half an hour and it only
ceases to shoulder :, ben the oxygen con
tanned in the box has bean exhausted.
After tha the subject of the process is
found to be unimpaired in appearance and
quality, with one exception to be noted
later, and rendered perma leltly sound and
wholesome. Ia tle case of melt or vege-
tlbleS, it does not matter whether they
have been cooked or not before being sub
Jected to the process. The result is the
same. Even milk when thus treated will
stand linden Itaiy without sOucing and with
out losing any of its uourishing qualities.
Eggs that have been treated are round to
have lost simply the vital element, that is,
If placed under a he they will not hatcn. A
number of eggs that had been thus treated
and placed under hen were lefs with her
for twenty-one IS, after which they we're
take away and cookel and found to be ell
tirely wholesome.
Physicians VINO have examined the pow
der certify that it contains no element
which can make Oh treated by it inju1-
Gus to the human body. Mr.. Daniels and
his associates theorize that the fumes Of
this powder destroy the bacteria of decay
in any subsua CO.
If this is true and number Of expert
ments conduct d by the inventor aud 9TH
ers seem to demons rate it beyond doubt,
the uses o which the compound NAV be pu:
are multifarious. Pc sons economically ia
ciIned need not exercise their inaglnat ons
to hNd ways in which to save taem>elveS
from loss throu gh the decay of animate or
ina innate substances. the IMPOVERISHED
dude who feels bound to present his lady
friends with costly flowers may be enabled
to buy a large quantity when the price is
low and subj ct them to this treatment,
and thus have a permanent stock on hand
that can be kept indefinitely and drawn
upon as occasion may demand. The posi-
bilities of provisioning expeditions to differ
ent parts Of the world or even for a week
OF camping in the wilderness, are at once
apparent.
It is said that one pound of the compou ID
will cure ton OF meat. 1t has been ap-
Piled t. every sort of substance, including
the human body. There is at present in the
morgue at Bellvue hospital in this city a
cadaver that was treated three weeks ago.
1t Is in perfect ate of preservation and
there are on record cases in othe' CITIES
where cadaver has bee kept 70 much
longer period without any apparent ange
except a gradual wit lering process due TO
the evaporation OF the moisture near the
surface. A striking illustration Of the use
OF the discovery was given recently i'll Eng
land. Several dozens of game and guam
tity of vegetables had been prepared in
Chicago. They were taken across the
ocean in an ordinary trunk and some weeks
late were served up to party of interested
Englishmeu in London. This was done
without bringing the articles in question
m contact with ice.
While in the room where the process is
now displayed | had the privilege Of eat
ing a slice of mutton that had been lied
in one of the | a1ing hotels f this city five
weeks previously, and an egg that had bee
boiled seven " eeks before. So far a. flavor
went, both were indiStinguiShable from
similar articles cooked wiJail one day. II
is certainly a remarkable discovery, and, if
the theory that decay proceeds from the
presence of bacteria in the tissues is true, it
it is susceptible of being placed to much
wider Use than even its iventor imaginei
A gentleman in this city who was suffering
from consumption in an extreme stage
having heard of he compound and it's uses
a few weeks ago, asked per mission to in
hale the fumes of the powder with a view
to arresting the progress of the disease that
was surely killing him. The gentlemen in
charge hesitated to grant it, but as he was
very earnest and took upon aim elf all re-
sponsibility for consequences, consent was
at last granted He treated himself regu-
Iarly for some days, with the result, as he
himself declares, of relieving himself from
his ailment to a rem ,rkable deg ee. He
claims 10 be entirely cured. l may say
that when 1 related this incident to a rep
utable physician with an extensive prac-
tice, he saw no reason for discredl. ing the
story.
tis not at all Impossible" )" he said, ''and
if this Mr. Daniels has really discovered, as
it would seem that he has a compound that
will permeate the tissues and kill the bac-
terra of decay. it may be Of immeasurabe
service in medicine"
The lestlon Inevitably arises, can such a
discovery be utilized TO prolong human life
beyond its normal limits. An ans yer is
anKiously awaited. J. r. BURTON.