The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-27

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maximum II the milk - to remain
vholesome-and It boiled easily with.
out coaguia4iun. -
II wsS' told thet milk:is particularly
.difhcult TO deai:wtth. as. II. more than
the lowest possible current'l 10 employed
1t Is resolved into its various constttu-
ents and eases to be milk. .
If this treatment had been ia vogue
IN England during tho recent hot sum.
mer. ] feel certain that the %infantile
mortality which has been 90 terribly
severe would have been very largely
reduced. as the poor were practically
unable to obtain for their infants milk
in ANYTHING like a fresh condition.
After the milk test ws passsd TO
ing .brasserie had some burgundy Of
excellent vintage but badly corked. We
bought two bottles Of this-the VEN
der. by the way. being amused and
delighted at the sale-and opened one.
It had all the appearance. taste and
smell Of q corked wine. and was
cloudy. acrid and u~npalatable. A por-
into which the electrical continuance
was placed and again to my eyes there
occurred an interesting and almost
dramatic result.
The impurities were. as It were.
gathered up in a net. and after the
wine had been passed through the
filter 1t was good to look at, good to
smell and good to taste. The whole
operation from beginning to end lasted
under I'VE minutes. lts cost. must oh.
viously have been iniinitesi,pal and
we then took q bunch Of ordinary
black grapes and squeesed the juice
from them. This Juice was cloudy
and full Of undesirable matter. The
Browne process rendered the. liquid
clear, and It preserved It. In twenty
Tour hours h residue OF thu Juice
that had lot been 'e~lsctrocuted' was
bad. h Brownetzed was sweet in taste
and SMELL. -,
From wine we turned to water.
washed my hands In q basin. Of ordin-
airy Paris water and MI. Browne aft.
erward- poured a bottle OF. ink into the
water and mixed It up. A portion WA
subjected to the electrical energy with
the same result. The ink and dirt were
filtration the water was perfectly pal.
atable as q drink, and. moreover, had
acquired an evident softness.
-Paris water is VIGOROUSLY hard
This water. after treatment. by Mr.
Browne, was conspicuously soft-e
quality Of ipestimahle value to tn.
skin and OF particular importance t
soNAAS4S AAh0hAs AIIO00ue ! W00 004uI6S
that II water treated 10 this way wer,
employed in = laundry It would Leaf
to 9 saving Of thirty per cent ia soap
A q last experiment on my mrs
day in MI. Brownies laboratory
handful! Of coarse natural wool VA
put under treatment, with the result
~ ] could ode and feel tor hyeAlf, tina
1T u asserted that the Brown
process will kill all the tnllevclent b
GILL found from time to time in wa
ter ana milk. ana which a1e responsi
BILE for so many deaths. Mr.. Taylo,
vouches for the destruction Of tn
typhoid bactlli. and I have report
.isned by NJ. Roussel vouehing for tn
Ing the bacillus Of Tuberculosis.
1t 10 evident that az Q method o
cleaning rivers and water supplies tn,
Browne process must he Of almost in
esttmable value. Publication by cleo
tricity has been experimental witt
before. but with an ordinary electrod
It fs costly and not altogether satisfac
yention is the composition Of the cleo
trode. as I have said before. The re
suit. as I have seen for myself. ID tina
the purified watsr remains pure. IN,
that in It fsh may live Indefinitely
. This !. 9 highly important point. sine
nen Ole IN rivers cieansoo oy chefntca
, processes. i.
!, Further. It is claimed that waite
% treated has q distinct medicinal ef
! feet. Mr.. Browne first began his S1
; periments In Mexico. and he state
that with his treated water 10 hs
: cured dysentery and diseases o. IN
digestive organs. and thst BY it, effect
on acidity It has =. gEeat inpoptiu
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