The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-05-30

nese. and they are becoming fearfully
high in their charges So far no rem
edy has been suggested more practical
than that 1.-The Penang Debating society
should talk the matter over"
There are 1913 varieties of plants
of economic value in Australia, Of
which 212 are classified as human food
and food adjuncts, 1853 grasses, 90 other
forage plants than grasses. 1913 drugs,
40 gums, 81 resins 80 kinos, AZ volatile
or essential oils, 10 expressed or fixed
oils. IA perfumes, IS dyes, 81 tans, $50
timbers, 81 fibers and 3S miscellaneous
and unclassifed.
A Scotch engineer is said to have
solved the problem of making the mill
run with the water that has passed. 1t
is reported by Glasgow paper that
resident engineer has devised an ar
rangement by which all the steam used
by an engine is returned to the boiler.
AS a resultit is said that as much energy
can be gotten out of one ton of coal as
is now secured by the consumption of
seven tons
"A professional catcher in Pitts
burph wagered ten dollars that he
could catch any ball thrown to him, no
matter how curved or swiftly it was
sent The person who bet with him
paralyzed him by standing a young wo-
man before him to pitch. She had
never handled a ball before, but in
three pitches she put so many curves to
the ball that he has Iec<~almost cross
n,uSuunnulu1 ed to be with
when it came
ig- proposed plan for supply
paris with hot-water fountains has
1 been accomplished, one fountain being
in working order. An automatic ma
chine is used to which the water is con-
| Quoted by means of subterranean pipes.
Ii runs through a coiled up copper
tubing three hundred feet long, and is
heated during its progress through this
by gas, which is turned on by a sou
dropped into the slot, which amount
furnishes eight liters. 1t is thought
that this will be great help to the
poorer classes, to whom fuel is a lux
ury
The president of the republic of
Paraguay advocates the development of
industries that aid agriculture, such as
the manufacture of oil, soap, beer.
cigars and -four, and through increas-
ing products that are suitable to the
climate, such as coffee, cotton, sugar,
vanilla and rice The cultivation of to-
bacco is being perfected by introducing
seed of a superior quality and improve
ments in preparing the land.
Experiments have been going on at
the Edison laboratory on the applica-
ton of magnetism to the human sys-
tenn Magnets having an intensity OF
one to two thousand c. g. S. lines of
force to the square centimetre were
turned on small boy and also brought
to bear upon dog for period of five
hours with no apparent effect 1t is
concluded that the human organism is
in no wise affected by the most power
full magnets known to modern science
Martin Reifferscheid, a fugitive
from German justice, has kept tattooed
on his body record of his varied career
as soldier, cabman, circus clown, and
Lothario. The warrant out for his ar
rest describes this curious autobio-
graphy thus: On the breast, Il can
not change my fate, 1885, on the right
| forearm, woman's head, rife, lance,
sword, cannon ball, and Whoever loves
must suffer, 1897 on right shoulder,
cross, heart, anchor, clasped hands, and
Everlasting faithful on left shoulder,
clown on chair, 1887; on left forearm,
Long live the cabby;" horses head,
whip, clasped hands, True love, 1900"
HOW RAlSINS ARE MADE.
| The Curing Process Has Become Yer
Nice and Interesting science.
The picking of raisin grapes requires
more care, and is slower operation
than the gathering of other varieties.
The clusters, cut from the vine care
fully, one by one. all imperfections and
bad berries trimmed off, are then ar
ranged regularly on the trays, SO that
all will have fair exposure to the sun.
II heaped, or everything each other in
the least, the drying of the under
punches will be greatly retarded.
To make good raisins the grapes
should undergo kind of fermentation
in the first stage of curing, which gives
them pulled appearance and fills the
air with pleasant fragrance. From
30 to 100 degrees in the shade is the
temperature most favorable for this
process. After the fermentation has
ceased and the grapes have taken on
the shriveled appearance characteristic
of raisins, the sun can do them no
harm, however hot.
To facilitate the drying and render it
uniform, the trays are reversed after
three or four days, In order that the
trays to the northward may be exposed
to the south. When the upper side has
become well cured, which may be any
where from a week to two weeks, the
raisins are turned. The reverse side
does not require as strong exposure as
the other.
The total time of curing varies great
| ly--from ten days, or less, in hot wealth
err, to month or more under unfavora-
Bile conditions Raisins cured in about
fifteen days are the best
When the bulk of the raisins is prop
erly cured the work of taking them up
is begun. For this purpose the trays
are collected and piled in stacks of fifty
or more, and sweat boxes each holding
about one hundred pounds when filled,
placed alongside them. Three grades
are usually made-extra fine punches
for Imperial clusters; ordinary punches
for London layers, and imperfect
punches and loose berries to be run
through the steamer Bunches not
sufficiently dried are laid on the trays
and exposed to the sun again
Those put In the sweat boxes are
never uniformly dried, some being over
cured, and some not cured quite enough.
To equalize them and soften the stems,
which are very brittle when taken from
the trays, they are placed In cool
4 room and allowed to remain for GER
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