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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
CONDENSED BY FREEZING.
A lew Process for Preserving MIX
for an indefinite Length

"A new ffOceSD 1Or FfeSerSin8 MIX
for an Indefinite Length
of Time.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Considering the wide and extended use
of condensed milk products. the new meth
cd of manufacturing 1t by a freezing in
stead of a heating process. as carried out
at Ca~ttaraugus. N. Y, is important and in
teresting. The first treatment consists In
placing the milk in a vacuum chamber to
rid 1t of animal gases and atmospheric
air dissolved in the milk, which appears at
This reduces the volume of the milk about
one-tenth. The milk leaves this chamber
at the proper temperature for the removal
separator which is set to run heavy cream.
During the process. any foreign matter.
such as solid particles, which are always
is added subsequently to the finished prod
uct.
From the separator the fat-free milk is
which ice water circutates. reducing the
temperature of the milk from so degrees.
After passing over these, cooling coils it is
stantly stirred: In about nine hours the
whole bulk of milk Is converted into a
mass of icy crystals and milk sufficiently
again placed in a centrifugal. and the milk
reduced in volume about one-half An
average sample of the ice. which looks
NSly AhuSu n SHOWp gives VA dIdiy StS
only about two-tenths Of l per cent of solid
matter. The now thick milk is returned
to the freezing. closet. and in about seven
of crystals. which, after centrifugal treat
ment, measures only one-quarter Of the
original bulk. A third freezing. of four
and a half hours. and a centrifugal ex-
traction, reduces the bulk of the milk to
about - per cent of its original volume.
The final step of the process is the adj
mixture of the heavy cream in proper pro-
portions to the fat-free milk. This final
product. or condensed milk, is q fair rep
resentation of milk minus the bulk of its
water. Moreover, it is free from foreign
f1avors, and has an aroma which is true
to the milk from which 1t is prepared. 1t
mixes readily with water. forming milk
from which cream will separate as from
untreated milk. To show the great con-
centration of the milk, it may be stated
that taking 100 gallons Of milk as a unit
quantity, this would reduce to thirteen gall
Ions in the end. In other words. the eighty
seven gallons Of water in the milk are
formed into ice, leaving an unfrozen bal
ance of very thick milk, which represents
in milk sugar, casein and inorganic salts
fully nine gallons of solids. The fat equiv
alent added by the heavy cream removed
in the first operation is adjusted in the
final treatment to represent a dilution with
water three parts and condensed milk one
part, a proportion of 3 Clio per cent of milk
fat. which is the normal proportion in the
average milk. 1t Is stated that condensed
milk prepared in this manner will keep in
definitely, as the micro-organisms produc-
ing fermentation are destroyed.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

filled with deadly explosives or send a flight
of automobile engines of destruction until
the enemy goes up or down.. Failing, she
can rise to the surface, and, almost invisi-
BILE to her foe, hurl aerial shells that tear
and rend until there is nothing but the sea
and sky and the skulk.ng torpedo boat
with her narrow fin and tiny observation
turret left on the surface.
Desigred, as she is, to blow q warship
into a hazy recollection, the Holland boat is
being watched day and night. Should she
sink at her pier some night at El~izabethport
and the Vizcaya take flight to the moon
two hours afterward. explanations at this
time might prove awkward.
To prevent such a coincidence. to say the
least, United States secret service men are
keeping guard over the submarine volcano
day and night. To make prevention better
than cure agents of the Spanish govern
ment are watching the secret service men.
And. finally, that there might be no mis-
take, detectives engaged by the boat build
ers are watching the agents Of both coun-
tries. Meantime the Holland terror hobs
idly on the surface, prepared at a moments
warning to sink from the sight of an en-,
emy as quickly and warily as a wild fowl
taken by surprise. The name of the keenest
of these, the 'Helldiver." Will stick to the
Holland boat.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
A PHILOSOPHERS DEATHBED.
The Serenity Shown by n French
Physician When Dying-Under-
stood His Own Case.

A French physician, I read, has recently
expired in a truly professional manner, as
well as with the serenity that man should
show in his last hour, writes a contributor
Of the London Graphic. He pointed out the
precise moment when his pneumonia de-
veloped fatal symptoms, and predicted ex-
actly when death would s%upervene. If he
knew as much about other peoples condi-
ton as his own, he must have been a loss to
his patients. Haller died in a somewhat
similar manner. Feeling his W pulse
when he found It almost gone. he turned
to a brother physician with. My friend,
the artery ceases to beat and died. Keats.
less technical and accurate. but with an
equal perception of his approaching end,
said. 81 feel the daisies growing over me-"
The failure of eight
when unto dying eyes the casemen.
slowing grows a glimmering square,"
is the omen most generally recognized.
Some. however, have not only no pre-
science of their coming fate. but their
conviction Is entirely the other way. 81
do not mean to be killed to-day" was the
remark OF the great Turenne a moment
before he was struck by the cannon shot
that killed him.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

boxes or bottles into some imposing or
fantastic structure, or else they set to
work and make specially some striking
novelty which shall interest in spite OF
himself even the most inveterate adver-
tisement-hater.
To emphasize my contention. I repro
duce here a photograph of the monster
candle. which was shown by Messrs.
Lindahls at the recent Stockholm exhi-
bition. The 'Liljetolmens Candle as it
was called, stood no less than 1s7 feet
high. The lower part, which was in
tended to represent an old Swedish
candlestick. was in reality an enormous
structure of bricks and mortar, in which
was established a perfectly equipped
candle factory, whose employees worked
six hours a day. The base of the candle
stick covered a space of forty feet square.
To come to details, the candlestick itself
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
THE HYGIENIC BABY.
This IL the Story of His Many Though
Untold Woes-NothinE to
Do but Think.

-
This IL the Story of His Many Though
Untold Woes-NothinE to
Do but Think.
From the New York World.
He was q hygienic baby and he did not
think much Of his estate. His small world
governed by a watch and a thermom-
eter, and he could only be bathed, dressed,
fed and put to bed when and how the
He was not quite 3 years OF age, and
did not know the advantages of being a
beautiful mother would sometimes kiss him
and cuddle him instead of continually read
ing books on how to bring him up.
tie e'G iifeMan md this tSke was W. s's a cs staff eSsi fur %
with shoe-button eyes. Ont day his mother
came into the room with a little black
letters was written. microbes in the 1rs-
cry" OF course, Winkie did not know what
the black book said, but as he sat on the
black book was his enemy. It was going
to do him up. What would she do to him
now. take his clothes, of and give him q
health food? Q. dress aim up in another
She always did these things after h
W,inkie solemnly sat on the floor and
Rugged Toto. the fur dog. He told Toto all
about It. and Toto gave him a world OF
But he never dreamed it was going to be
as bad as It was. for all his infant wretch
edness. His mother had turned lots and
lots of pages before she called to his nurse:
Mary. 1 have been reading. hat woolly
toys are dangerous; they gather microbes.
Take all the baby's fur animals and burn
them.
What! he never plays with anything but
tina dog? 1t must, be in a shocking state;
Wrinkle did not understand what they
said. but he knew Toto was in peril and he
baby hands. But Mary bore the unwhole-
some but lovable Toto away, and there was
nothing left to hygienic baby but to stare
solemnly-he couldn't ever cry because his
mother thought crying was exciting and
she had six recipes for stopping tears, each
worse than the last. So Wrinkle stared at
tho fire and thought.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
PLUNGER AWASH.
Side and front views.

over this orbit. however. SO that there is
no risk of a collision.
What is the comet? Simply a shoal of
meteorites. Astronomers are now pretty
generally agreed that such is the nature
of a comet, however. difficult they find
the explanation Of some Of the appearances
presented by these objects. particularly
the tails which are thrown out by the
larger comets. though usually wholly
wanting in the small fry. These append
ages have the appearance Of being %electri-
cal in their cause, though exactly how Is
not known. The glow Of the nucleus of
the comet and the fainter nebulous light
of the enveloping coma" are attributed
to heat ~engendered by the collisions of the
meteorities, which are supposed to be in
a state of commotion and to be continually
dashing against one another. The spectro-
sccpic analysis of the light emitted by
comets and the close connection which is
now known to exist between comets and
the ordinary meteors which. entering our
atmosphere. give rise to the familiar
shooting stars" both support this view
of the nature OF comets. They are not
massive bodies; and should the earth en-
counter one of them. as may easily happen.
the result would probably be nothing more
serious than a magnificent display of
shooting stars.
The next comet on the programme for
this year is Encke's. II may now be
looked for any day.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
JULES VERNE'S DREAM.
HOLLAND SUBMARINE BOAT IS A
TERRIBLE WAR ENGINE.
She Gave Convincing Proofs of Her
Powers in u Trial Before As
tonfshed witnesses-Can
Dive Like a Duck.

The Holland torpedo boat. which was
constructed at the Nixon shipyard, at
Elizabethport. n. J., is being hurried to
completion at Perth Amboy, but the in
terested parties will give no explanation
OF their movements or intentions. 1t is
rumored that the boat will go to Wash
1ngton Immediately for inspection and
trial in the presence OF government
officials. The trial runs of the strange
craft have already demonstrated its
ability 10 travel under water.
The Holland vessel is of cigar shape,
with frames 3I2x3h inches, weighing twelve
pounds to the foot. Her outside plating
Is u inch thick, tapering TO q inch at
the extreme ends Of the vessel: for a
portion of her length she is double skin
ned. She is propelled by triple expan-
Ssion engines ~actuating triple screws as
long as the smokestack is above the sur
face; and for her diving operations, when
the smokestack has to be completely
housed. the residual pressure of the
steam will be used for her propulsion,
water heated under pressure evolving
steam for a long time. Then. when this
fails. she will have her storage batteries
and electric motors to operate the propel-
lers.
Three stages of fotation are provided for;
in her light condition with the hull well
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

ly and then frozen, before the flower can
be built UP. 1t seems it is far more diff
cult to make flowers out of lard than out
stance being much softer and more oily
Mr.. Nicholson says it takes him three
minutes to make a rosebud: four minutes
to make a tuberose, five minutes to make
an arum lily. six minutes to make a full
blown.
A particularly beautiful specimen of
artistic fully deserves that name-iS
Mr.. Edward Schur. of s37 Commercial
road. E. Here is the technical descrip-
zipan, which is "a composition Of pow
dered almonds and sugar. The subject is
a well painting called The Angel
Of the Little Ones" The angel Is standing
with wings not yet at rest. bending tender
ly over a sleeping infant who lies in an
eighteenth century carved-oak cradle.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
FOR BRAIN WORKERS.
English Specialist Gives Some Rules
Toward Fruit and Nuts
for Than

EnSltsn Spec1ullSt UlVeo some HuleS
Toward Fruit and Nuts
for Them.
DIR. Sophie Lepper. the English food
specialist. says in speaking of the pecul-
iarities Of various foods. that:
Blanched almonds give the higher nerve
or brain muscle food; no heat or waste.
Walnuts give nerve or brain food, mus
Gle, heat and waste.
Green water grapes are blood purifying
(but of little food value); reject pips and
skins.
Blue grapes are feeding and blood purl-
flying. too rich for those who suffer from
the liver.
Tomatoes, higher nerve or brain food
and waste, no heat. They are thinning
and stimulating. Dc not swallow the skins.
er nerve or brain, and some few muscle
food and waste; no heat.
Apples supply the higher nerve and
muscle food. but do not give stay.
Prunes afford the highest nerve or brain
food. supply heat and waste. but are not
muscle feeding. They. should be avoided
by those who suffer from the liver.
are not good IL the liver is out of order.
Green figs are excellent food.
Dried figs contain nerve and muscle
food. heat and waste, but are bad for
the liver.
furious for those who suffer from the liv-
er. and should be USED cautiously.
Lemons and tomatoes should not be used
daily in cold weather; they have a thin
ming and cooling effect.
Raisins are stimulating in proportion to
| their quality.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
WHERE DO THE DAYS BEGIN?
Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, Ac-
cordfng to a Writer in IN
EnElish Weekly.

Where do the days begin? They must
begin somewhere, and by a clever line Of
argument a writer in an English weekly
figures out that the place where the days
begin lies somewhere out in the Pacific
ocean. A straight line does not define the
place. but it runs. according to this theor-
ist, in q zigZag among some of the islands
scattered over that broad expanse of water.
This is determined by the following rea-
soning: Seeing that, as one moves west
ward, the time gets earlier and earlier. so
that when it is Monday morning in Amer
lea, 1t follows that. If this principle were
continued without limit all the way round
the world. at the same moment that 1t was
Monday noon in London 1t would be also
twenty-four hours later-that is, Tuesday
noon in London AS this is, of course. abb
surd. we have to look for the limit, which
does. in fact, exist. to the principle that as
one moves westward the time gets earlier,
and as one moves eastward 1t gets later.
Before the decentralization of the
globe there was no difficulty of this kind.
When the sun stood over London on Mon
day 1t made Monday noon, and when It
moved westward lin the common phrase
and stood over Dublin, a little later. it
then as the western limit of the known
world was reached the sun dropped out of
sight until the next morning, when it came
up over the eastern horizon and brought
Tuesday morning. In his interval, there
fore, the sun was passing over the place
where Tuesday began.
AS discoveries pushed their way further
eastward and westward this abyss became
narrower and narrower until the place
where time changes and the days began
dwindled into a space no wider than a line.
When the sun reaches this line. time
jumps forward twenty-four hours. from
noon of one day to noon of the day fol-
lowing. The situation of this line depends
on the chance of whether any given place
was first discovered by a traveller from
the eastward or the west.
AS China was first discovered to Euro
peans by travellers from the west, and
America by voyager from the east. it is
clear the line which marks where the days
begin lies between these two. in the Pacific
ocean, and instead of being a straight line,
zigZags about. dividing islands which hap
pened to be discovered from the east from
those which happen to be discovered from
the west.
There must still be many islands in that
ocean where it is ret yet decided to which
side Of the line they belong. and where IL
one were put down one would not know
whether 1t were to-day, tomorrow or yes
terday. There must be many islands there
which, never having been permanently
occupied by civilized people. change their
day from time to time. so that a ship call
ing there coming from China might ar
rive on Tuesday. while another ship call
ing at the same time from America would
arrive on Monday. There must also be
people living so near to this line that by
going a few miles they can leave to-day
and get into Tomorrow, or by going back
can find yesterday.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

does. two expulsion tubes and the nee
essary air plant for operating them. When
diving. she must be able to reach a depth
of twenty feet below the surface of the
water within one minute from the light
condition: when awash. she must be able
to dive to the same depth within thirty
seconds. She has an automatic pressure
diaphragm which governs her submersion
20 that she cannot exceed the safe depth.
The air supply is primarily obtained
from reservoirs where 1t is stored under
with air tube is provided which can be
allowed to ascend to the surface. when
air can be pumped down through the tube
into the hnll.
Provision is TO be made for the escape
of the crew in case of accident. This will
take the shape of buoyant diving helmets
hatch SO as TO escape il the boat remains
submerged.
The Trial.
The submerged terror. twenty feet under
water. in her test, twisted and turned and
svaded eyesight, only to reappear in an I'M
expected place. Her test. though private,
was q success.
The New York Press. in describing the
test. says that the police boat Erie swung
toward the Hollands pier just as the little
wonder moved way from her moorings.
The torpedo boat made n rush. and two
other police boats came up. The Holland
turned and made for the entrance to Staten
Island sound.
One of the Spanish detectives sent to
watch the Holland hastily wired TO the
navy yard and asked that a tender watch
the torpedo boat and keep her away from
the Vizcaya. The tug Narkeeta was sent
to watch her.
Meanwhile the torpedo boat. in deep
water near Kreisherville. was cut loose
from her tug. In deep water. and depend
ing on her own merits after years of ex-
pertinent. The Holland was not pushed,
but sped along the waters surface at a
speed that made the other tugs hurry.
Thnn from hGnanfh tho rnrrn1a1 rfna1 hall
ready hands screwed the cap on the hatch
way. and the torpedo boat fiirted her Pc
culiar shaped stern and suddenly disap-
peared from view. Not even a bubble
marked her course as the submerged war
engine turned swiftly in her tracks. and,
sped away from the accompanying tugs. A
murmur OF surprise rose to q cheer of
amazement and triumph when the cigar
shaped hull OF the Holland reappeared some
distance away from where she dived from
sight.
Then the boat returned TO her anchorage
with her owner triumphant. and prepared
for a formal test before naval experts of
the world. Mr.. Holland said he probably
would make a Few more trips in her before
she Is put through her final PAGES, but that
the boat more than fulfilled his every ex-
pectation.
Inventors Claims.
Her owners say that she can sight an
enemy's feet miles away. sink beneath the
waters surface when well out Of range, and
fifty feet below the calm waves, unmarked
and unsupported, approach the hostile ar.
mament to within 500 yards.
That f. enough. From her safe sub-sur.
face vantage point she can fire torpedoes
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
HARVESTING THE RATS.
Trouble II All for the People In the
Last House on the
Street.

A novel invention to rid h~ousekeepers
of rats and mice has just been put upon
the market. The claimant for this unique
partner declares that at best an ordinary
trap is inhuman, since 1t kills more or
less quickly the poor little creature. and
possibly subjects 1t to a greater torture
arising from the contemplation of its i'm
pending fate. And. after all. traps prove
Intellectual when they have been used a
few times. and no matter how well they
are smoked or scalded, or what tempting
bait is within them, the shrewd little
mice are aware Of the fact that this road
has lured to death and destruction a num-
Der of their fellows.
The new invention has q wide entrance.
AS soon as the small pest is safely in the
trap a rubber band. to which are fixed
bells and fantastic pnmes. and tufts OF
cotton coated with phosphorescent paint.
is clasped about its body. The rat scamp
ers through the door which is left open,
and careers wildly through its corridors
under the floor and through the walls.
The lights and tinkling bells strike terror
to the hearts Of its friends and they pack
their clos an 60" Of their own accord.
This scheme is a little unpleasant for
ones next-door %neighbor. but he has the
privilege Of using It also. The people in
the last house on the street would better
move If this new trap comes into vogue.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
WINNECKE'S COMET.
It's Temperance Was Accurately
Predicted by Astron-

PreulCfe0 Dy AStrOns
0mers.
The Pons-Winnecke comet, which was
picked up by Perrine recently at the Lick
observatory is the first on a list Of five
short-period coments which are expected
to return to visibility this year. The comet
was on time. More than this, it was dis
covered within half a ~degree-about one
diameter of the moon-of the point in
dictated for 1t in the search ephemeris Qts
itinerary, prepared for 1t in advance), a
fact which well illustrates how thoroughly
in hand astronomers lave the movements
of the fairy-like bodies which circle round
the sun. like so many particles of thistle
down, and are really. despite he errors
which some of the larger members of the
order have inspired. not much more SUBJ
%stantial.
When first seen the comet was in the
Western part Of Ophiuchus, moving in an
east-southeasterly direction. 1t was a
very difficult object for v the thirty-six
inch Lick telescope. 1t is approaching,
ent position is near the head of Capricorn,
which now rises soon after 4 a. m The
comet will make its perihelion passage
March 20, passing then verv nearly be-
tween us and the sun and, Of course, be-
ing undesirable.
This comet was first discovered by Pons,
in 1919. and was assigned a period of 56lS
days by Encke, but II was not seen on any
subsequent return until 1855, when 1t was
accidently rediscovered by Wennecke.
Hence its double name. Its period is now
nine months When at its greatest distance
from the sun 1t is about 1900. 600 miles out
side of the orbit of Jupiter; when nearest
to the sun 1t is some 10000 900 miles with
in the earth's orbit. 1t passes under and