Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 11, 1897, Page 7

~ NORTHWEST - NEWS BOUND AND ROBBED. Outrageous Deed of Hoboes in North Dakota. Frand Forks, N. D., Special.—One of the worst outrages by hoboes in the Northwest is reported from Barnes county. Paul Paradeaux, who lived alone in an old house for years was found on the floor of his hut, bound hand and foot by strips of cloth torn from wheat sacks and tied together. He was badly burned and bleeding from the rose when found. When he recovered sufficiently to tell his story he said that after he had retired he was awakened by some one calling his name. He admitted two men, who at ence at tacked him, and after binding t beat him over the head until insensible. This was two before he was found, and he had lain there bound for forty-eight hours more dead than alive. . His assailants robbed his of $10.20, all the money he had. There is no clue to his assailants. FARGO GETS A BATTERY, Li isbon Troop Will Be Mustered Oat of Service N. D., Spec —Col. C. E. sf of supply of North Da- tional Guard, went to Lisbon to take an inventory of the stuff be- longing to Battery A. Col. H. M. Creel of Devils Lake will go down to in- spect the company, after which it will probably be mustered out on an order of Goy. Briggs and re-established at Fargo. I les internal troubles in the battery there Las been a lack of nen to meet the requirements of nd the state military author want it transferred here as this ¢ is really entitled to the only battery in the st: Dr cd to His Death, Aberdeen, D., Special—Edward Jenkins, a switchman employed in the Milwaukee railroad yards here, was un en- es that will thirty years nocked down > and receiv se his death. He w A Feat of Move Jamestown. N. D., Special.—The 1 Pacific bridge crew moved a ain elevator from the old to new site of Erickson by loading the building on flat cars and wing it to the new location two miles away. Killed a Trainman, Dickinson, N. D., Spe —William McGregor, a Northern fie brake- n, Was killed in the yards here. He slipped and was struck in the back by a freight car. He leaves no family. SOUTH DAKOTA. ARRESTED AT PIERRE, A Minneapolis Man Will Test One of South Dakota’s Latees Laws. , 8. D., Speci . Rankin, Minneapolis A OEE compa y, s arrested at Fort Pierre the peddler license law and reieased on insufficient paper, was rearrested in this city last evening. He was taken before Justice Ward who imposed a fire of Rankin refused to 7 sent to j ere he spent the night. His attorne have not decided what steps will be taken, but they exp to carry the case up. There is but little question of . e unconstitutionality of 1e law, test would step any further prosecutions under the law. who w: urday under nvented and ker which promise revolution all former methods of haymakin: It gathers the hay from the windrow by being pushed ahead of the team on the same principle as a header, and when loaded with about 500 pounds of it is taken to the *k, where it raised high enough to place the whole load on the stack at once without handling. It is claimed that two men with one of these ma- chines can stack fifty tons of hay in one d Mr. Erbe has made arrange- ments for the manufacture and sale of his machine for next season, st Yankton, S. D., Special. ing a load of hay upon the farm of Mrs. Swearingden, north of this city, an unknown man fel: off the load to the ground, breaking his neck and was inst killed. He came Saturday from pux City searching for work, give no hame. He was of middle age, slight build and gray. Raising Better Horses. Pierre, D., Speciel—Over 500 horses have been crossed here the past week, bound for the Wastern market. The ¢ are quite were brougiit 5 ‘s ‘ago. The thin, wiry, bucking broncho is a rarity, most being we!l bred up and weighing from 1,100 to 1,200 pounds. Populist Paper Sold. Yankton, S. D., Special.—The Yank- ton Telegram, the oldest Populist pa- per in South Dakota, has changed hands. Ham Kautzman of O'Neill, Neb., editor of the Beaconlight at that place, has taken possession. The two papers will be consolidated and con- tinue in the interests of the Populists of the state. Thieves at Watertown, Watertown, S. D.; Special.—George E. Cloyes’ hardware store was robbed last night of a large quantity of pock- et knives, revolvers and jewelry. No clue, Novak at Home. Vinton, Iowa, Special—Frank A. Novak, the Walford murderer brought back from the Klondike, was turned over to the Benton county officials by Detective Perrine. ‘There is no ex- eitement or anticipation of trouble. Much Damage by Hail. Ashton, 8. D., Special.—A severe hail sterm passed over this city, breaking all exposed glass on the west side of buildings and destroying most of the late crops. The storm extended over a wide area, being at least three miles wide and fifteen in length. The dam- age to late wheat, corn and other crops will amount to several thousand dollars. WISCONSIN. INDIAN WEDDING. Reconciliation of Warring Chippe- was and Sioux Reealled, Ashland, Wis., Special—A romantic wedding took place at Buffalo Bay, Lake Superior. in which 50) Indians witnessed the unicn of two distinct branches of the ancient Chippewa tribe. Young Buffalo, the groom, is a grandson of old Chief Buffalo, of the Chippewas of Northern Wisconsin, who was buried at La Pointe in 1837, and is a son of Antone Buffalo, pres- ent chief of the Red Cliff Chippewas. Jeanette Nevieux, the bride, is a de- scendant of the famous peace chief Waubezig, “the White Fisher,” the protege of Schoolcraft, the author. Her father is William Nevieux of La Pointe. Nevieux was a drummer boy in the Union army during the war of the rebellion, about ‘thirty La Pointe Indians being in the Union army. Waubezig was at the head of one class of the Chippewas and Buffalo was at the head of another. The fa- mous episode between Waubezig, chief of the Chippewas, and Waube- sha, chief of the Sioux, is recalled. It tock place on the St. Croix river. The Sioux .had crossed the river to wipe out the Chippewas. When Waubezig challenged the chief of the Sioux to mortal combat the thousands of war- riors on each side were astonished to see the two chiefs suddenly throw dow n their ms and embrace, This remarkable ending of the war was owing to the mutual discovery that the chiefs were half-brothers, Wau- bezig’s mother having been stolen by the Sioux, one of whom she married, and Waubesha was her son. Officers Elected. Green Bay, Wis., Special—At the state convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters the Toll ang, state of- ficers were re-elected: . J. Callon, Milwaukee, chief rang xg W. Drnne- gan, Stevens Pr int, vice chief r nger} n, treasurer; ohn Brechm, ribauer, Milwau- arinette was chosen for “holding the next state W a es kee, truste as the place convention. Decides for Settlers. Ashland, Wis., Special. mo has rendered a de motion for a rehearing made by the defendants in the cases of the Central Railroad company against sixty set- tlers on their lands south of the city. The decision is in favor of the settlers, allowing the defendants’ answer to be amended and granting a new trial upon the merits of the cases. A final hearing will soon be had which will definitely determine the real issue in these cases so far as the lower court is concerne utheran Synod, Racine, W Spec ‘The general ict synod of the Evangelical Lu- an Church of the United States convened here. Forty ministers are present from different sections of the country. Officers were elected as fol- lows: Presiderit, Rey. W. Schnelke, Springfielt, pretary, Rev. P. plore Re reasurer. Rey. . G, Trin ile, IL. Foresters. Wisconsin Catholic a is., Special—The Cath- D a two days’ con- . The morning address by State s J. Callen of bration of solemn high s by B Schwebach of La 2 and non by Bishop Messmer. The chief ranger read his second annual report. Chi f Rat eae 8 Milwaukee, the ¢ Fell Among “Thieves. Hudson, Wis. Special.—Andrew Preble of New Uim, Minn., met some companions in a saloon here Satur- day. The next morning he aweke back of a barn in the north part of town minus watch and money. Eli Viekard was arrested for robbing him and will have a hearing before Judge Bunker. Judze Downs Stricken. oes Center, Wis., Special.—L. four years, was . his whele side S condition is seri- ous. held the office of probate judge severiteen years and was re- elected last s Fastern Star. Stevens Poin, V Special.—Fifty delegates of the Order of the Eastern Star are in session in their annual dis- trict convention here, OTHER STATES. Washington, “Specta. Consul Fow- ler, at Che I’oo, reports to the state de- partment that foreign flour pays no import duty in that country. He says that ene-thicd of the flour imported About 850,000 pounds ifornia are sold in the trict yearly. Minnesota has not been introduced exten: ‘there. The Chinese in that part of China consume corn food most- Robbed a Bank. Napanee, Ont on Friday night t minion bank burglars and checks and cash taken. So clever the bur- glars th:t when the officiais opened the bank on Saturday there was no visible evidence of anything being wrong. Five Men Drowned. Gladstone, Mich., Special.—Five Finlanders were drowned in the bay opposite the furnace by the capsizing of a sail boat. Grapling parties have found three of the bodies. Suspected of Robbery. Livingston, Mont., Special.—Charles Reebe, a miner of Horr, known as “Morphine Charley,” and Gust Sweitz- er, a hunter and scout, are under ar- rest at Yellowstone on suspicion of being implicated in the recent hold-up in the National Park. Where Gold Is Easy. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Special—The steamer Telegram left here for the Michipicoten gold fields with forty pas- sengers, eech of whom will Pee in the new Eldorado. MINNESOTA NE MINNESOTA’S NEW CAPIVOL. Contract Awarded to Bntler Bros. & Ryar, St. Paul, Special—The state capitol commission has decided that the su- perstructure of the new state house, excepting the dome, will be built of Georgia marble and St. Cloud granite, at a cost of $696,000, The marble selected is a clear and brilliant white. and the granite is a brilliant light gray, or pinkish tint. The basement of granite will rise but a comparatively short distance from the visible foundations, thus making the entire structure in appearance al- most a solid edifice of white marble. Upon the elevated site chosen, in the center of St. Paul's natural amphi- theater, the great capitol will be a brilliant monument, sure to become famous for its beauty. The succe: . the Butler- n company, dents of this They will set their employes to work at the earliest possible moment cutting stone at St. Paul, St. Cloud and Kettle River. Although Georgia mar- ble is a foreign preduct, it will be dressed by local labor en the site. The FARMERS QUARREL. Shot Dead } by a After a Dispute. Redwood Falls, Minn., Special.— Charles Kuehne, an unmarried man residing on a farm seyen miles north of Morgan, was shot and instantly killed by Gus Metag, another farmer. Four bullets from a revolver fired at close range went crashing through Kuehne’s head. After killing his man Metag drove to Morgan and gave hiin- self up and is now in the county jail in this city. The ste of the crime, as told by Metag, divulges a neighbo! Metag is a wealthy farmer, ing more land, rented a tract from Kuehne. The crop was harvested and stacked, and Metag wanted to thresh Tuesday, but Kuehne wanted the plowing done first. After dinner Me- tag drove to Kuehne’s bachelor and attempted to change his view Kuehne was obdurate and refus finally telling Metag if he would le: his buggy he would thrash him. Me jumped up and Kuehne made an at- tempt to hit him, but before doing so Metag pulled a self-cocking revolver and tired four shots at Kuehne’s head, all taking effect. KILLED AT THE DAM. Louis Pomery, a Laborer, Fatally In- jured While at Work. Minneapol Special.—Louis Pom- roy, a laborer at tie new dam, struck by a heavy; -e of lumber fn ten minutes afte: d died. He was at work with a coi ion named An- drew Jackson down in the in of the dam on the East side. Ed Love- joy and another wor! n were throy ing some heavy timber down to Pome- roy and Jackson, and they were carr: ing it awa The four men had been working some time when Pomeroy failed to get from under one of the falling timbers and it struck him on the back and neck. His companion lifted it off of him and a doctor was called immediately. Nothing could be done for him. STRUNG HIM UP. Kuchne Neighbor Indignant Citizens Visit Their Wrath on a Lightning Rod Man. Belgrade, Minn., Special.— This the scene of a lynching bee, a lightning red agent who has ble notoriety in days, ¥ the victim of rage. The man’ stions ed a fierce § it agi him, displayed itself when a crowd izens and farmers from country seized him, place w: and gained much unfavo: the last few the people’: the surrounding and without ceremony, strung him up. The job was done quickly and the crowd separated with a sense of hav- ing obtained some satisfaction. AN OFFENDING FINGER. Three-Yenv-O0ld Boy Gets Another Child to Chop It of. Biwabik, Minn., Special—A_ three- year-old son of Thomas McDonald of Mesaba had his thumb cut off by a neighbor’s boy of about the same age one day lately. The baby boy was in the habit of going to sleep with his thumb in his mouth, and the other children bothered him apout it. He finally made up his mind that they would have no reason to tease him any more, and so asked his playmate to chop off the offending thumb with a hatchet. He was accommodated, and learned that amputation in that man- ner was a very painful proceeding. TWO ELEVATORS BURN. Incendiaries Cause a Bad Fire at Mountain Lake, Minn. Mountain Lake, Minn., Special.— Fire destroyed the elevators belonging to E. G. Terwilliger of Minneapolis and H. P. Goertz of this place. The fcrmer contained about 300 bushels of wheat and 600 bushels of oats; the lat- ter had not been opened and was empty. The loss is estimated at $6,000, partly insured. It was through the hard work of citizens that the new elevator of Herbert Brothers & Co., and the lumber sheds of Goertz & Jansen were saved. The fire was of incendiary origin. Grain Stacks Blown to Picces. Madison, Minn., Special—A severe wind storm in this vicinity did much damage in the way of blowing grain stacks to pieces. It will require a good deal of work to put them in as good shape as they were before. Shot in a Fit of Anger. Canby, Minn., Special—Irving Bangs, aged twenty-six, shot himself while angry. He is not expected to live. The bullet entered above the heart, pass- ing through the body. Woman's Horrible Death. Winona, Minn., Special.—A Milwau- kee road switching train on Wall street ran over Mrs. Victoria Gustom- ozyk and cut her body nearly in two from head to foot. Death resulted in- stantly. She was.a little deaf and did not hear the train. Water Works fer Mabel. Mabel, Minn., Special.—A $5,000 sys- tem of water works has been com- pleted for the village. It was put in by the Fairbanks-Morse company. ERS EIR HOARD IS CHOSEN President of the National Farmcrs’ Cougress. St. Paul Speciai—The farmers’ na- tional congress resumed its session at the state capitol yesterday. The most imrortant business transacted was the election of otticers. Tuesday evening, near the close of tne session, the report of the commit- tee on location appointed to designate the place of the next meeting, was adopted hurriedly. This report was in favor of Fort Worth, Tex. At the morning session yesterday the adop- tion of this report reconsidered by an overwhelming vote. The sentiment seemed to be strong enough to carry the congress to Omaha next year, but the friends of the Nebraska city were not disposed to press the matter too hard, snd allowed the settlement of the question to be made a special order for to-day. The final report of the committee on resolutions will also be made to-day. number of matters were cleared up be an incomplete report yesterday, but the committee still has perhaps the most important matte: that is before it for final consideration to-day. ‘This Is the question of practic at reorgani- zation of the congr method of selecting which cempose it. were made a foken. up. Goy. S. D. Hoard of Wisconsin was elected president of the congr Ma 175 votes against GO for B. “the Several mates and the election of officers for Secre- ition, and $512 2 vote $ y Stahl. Each state sented on the fioor polled the yote of its del- egation. John M. Stahl was elected retary by N. G. lding of New York was unanimous- ly elected treasurer to succeed Henry Hayden of Iowa. T. J. Appleyard of Sanford, Fla. and G, A. Stockwell of Providence, Rh. L, were unanimously re-elected fiirst and third a and Alex Dunlap of was elected second as: secretary to succeed D. O. Lively of Fort Worth, Tex. Mr. Lively was elected vice president for his state. Vice presidents for each state were also elected. Duri ing the day addresses were deliy- J. Hill, E. W. Randass, J. orthrop, A. O. Gregg, Dr. teldo, representative from Venezuela, and Senor Romero, the Mexican minister. St. Paul, Special—The National Farmers’ brought its busi- ness session to a close last evening. The adjournment was taken to 8 o'clock Monday morning, but this is simply for the purpose of getting the delegates together again for the visit to the Minnesota State fair. Some minor items of business may come up for consideration at that time, but the con, is practically at an end, and the delegates will begin to leave for their homes to-day. About 300 dele- gates from abroad and a limited num- ber of the Minnesota delegates will take the trip through the Red River valley to-day and to-morroy. On the whole the congress y be said to haye been most sue cessful, and those who have attended many of thé mectirgs are loud in their praise of the entertainment afforded them by St. Paul and of the practi the meeting. The p afforded an embarr. There were more } digested and dis forded for their Considerable 4 jon Was ex- pressed on ‘cunt of the persistency with which ne ef the delegates at- tempted to reduce political qui tions into the deliberations of the con- gr and a resolution was introduced by 0. C. Gregg of Minnesota, and adopted under suspension of the rules, porting for the future questions that have been taken up by any political party, or which rightfwily belong in the sphere of practical politics. The progres element won a de- cided victory over the conservatives in the practically unanimous adoption of a proposition from the committee on resolutions providing for a broaden- ing of the base upon which the con- gress is constituted. Hereafter there will be admitted delegates chosen by the organizations in each state allied to the agricultural societies, stock breeders’ associations, da‘ry associa- tions and the like, and in addition it is to be requested of the governors of the states that they appoint none but ac- tual, operating farmers as delegates. The sugar beet question was given the right of wa the morning ses- sion and a thoro scussion of the subject was indu ea in, The matter of the next place of meeting was then taken up. Fort Worth won out by a large majority. The congress at this point in the pro- ceedings completed the organization for the next year by the elec ion of F. L. Maxwell of Louisi. i president and C. A. Wieting of Au- burn, N. Y., as second vice president. The committee on finance reported that the citizens of St. Paul had paid in $500 and that all the accounts were baisnced. It recommended an assess- ment of $1 on each delegate. The afternoon session was held at the state agricultural school. Prof. Hayes delivered an address outlining the scope and character of the work the school was doing, after which the Gelegates were shown about the farm. At the evening session a number of able and interesting papers were read. congress “0s ° FEAR A MURDER. Des Moines Man Disappears Under Strange Circumstances. Redwood Falls, Minn., Special.—H. M. Johnson, a cement sidewalk con- tractor who came here from Des Moines, has mysteriously disappeared from his boarding house. Johnson was well advanced in years. He was paid several hundred Collars for work done here, and it is feared that he has met with foul play. Firebugs at St. Charles, St. Charles, Minn., Special—The barn of S. B. Patterson, in the center of town, was set on fire, and before the firemen had it under cortrol another barn in the west part of town, was on fire. Shortly afterward a fire was discovered in the large livery barn of Watson & Knight, in the south end of town, but was extinguished before it had done damage. ‘The intention ot | the fire bugs was no doubt to burn up the town : 3, SCIENTIFIC POINTERS. CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV- ERY AND INVENTION. Coles’ Magnetic Motor May Prove the Solution of the Perpetual Motion Problem—A Wonderful Contrivance— Life in Metals. Do Metals Become Tired? HERE are various instances on record where metals,while ~ not showing any appreciable wear, have literally fal- len to pieces, and that without any assigned cause. On one occasion a steel rail, after twenty- two years’ con- tinuous service on the Great Northern Railway, in England, actually disintegrated under the wheels of a _ passing train. So complete was the breaking up that sci- entists thought it worthy of investiga- tion, during which it was determined that the metal had become exhausted and had broken down, just as an over- strained animal might be expected to do. This has led to further inquiry, and scientists are satisfied that metals do become tired out. Fine cracks often appear in steel rails and it has been supposed that they are caused by the continuous concussion of railway wheels. This, however, seems to be contradicted by the examination of newly-made rails, in which similar fine lines occur. ‘The idea that metais become weary, while not altogether a new one, is to an extent a plausible one, and under the careful scrutiny of scientific societies will probably be sat- isfactorily explained and settled. Cotes’ Magnetic Motor. Professor Coles, the famous Kingston (Pa.) scientist, writes that he has dis- covered how to run machinery by mag- netism, and has incidentally hit upon perpetual motion. The gist of his communication follows: The magnetic moior is so simple i in construction that almost any schoolboy will be able to build a motor of his own. If you take a common horse shoe magnet and a steel pin, as shown in cut, marked J and K, the magnet will attract the pin at a distance of a quarter of an inch, so that it will jump to the magnet; and, if you were quick enough to slide some non-magnetic substance over the face of the magnet, just before the pin reached it, the pin would jump t to th other end of the magnet, and ah versa, so long as you were able to cut off the attraction. Professor Coles, working upon this theory for years, nas at last discovered, in aluminum glass, a substance that will cut off the mag- netic attraction as completely as snow cuts off the attraction of the earth from steel sled shoes. The motor may be described as follows: A A isa woven magnet, weighing less than 10 pounds, an] having a drawing power of more than 100 pounds. The magnet is composed of seven different kinds of magnet meials, and so woven that each metal forms a ccmplete and independ- ent junction of its own, and is said to arrest the magnetic currents as they pass from pole to pole. B B shows the ending of the magnets, through a glass rim or case, as the whole machine is encased in glass and works in glass grooves. D shows the spokes in the wheel, which are made of copper, fas- tened to a glass rim; E shows a net- work of German silver wire, forming junctions on each spoke, and ‘ending in steel flocks H; F shows a rubber-like substance which cuts off the attraction of the magnet after it has drawn the steel block down to it, and, then draws the next, and next, as so on, forever, just as if one could take a common horse shoe magnet and attract the pin, and at the.same timé?keep the magnet moving swift enofigh so that the pin could never catch up to it. The speed is over 400,000 revolutions in a sec- ond, proving that magnetism is swifter than either light or electricity. It is, practically, the long-sought-after per- petual motion, and Prof. Coles gives its construction to the world as though it were but a mere toy. In “s lie millions i ne [AA, woven magnet; BB, ends of mag- net; C, aluminum glass rim; D, copper spokes; E, german silver wire network, forming junctions; F, steel blocks; H, magnetic cut-offs; J, horseshoe magnet; K, steel pin.] of dollars, and the world will receive sooner or later its great benefits. Ex- perts, who have seen the motor run, say that it is beyond doubt the greatest invention of the age. Insanity in Animals. That animals are, to an extent, sub- ject to the same mental maladies as human beings, has not been a popu- lar belief among insanity experts. It has, however, become necessary to ad- mit that there is some corresponding affection in animals and man or one answering to the same description. Hy- drophobia appears to be a form of in- sanity and it is said that horses have | gone mad from fright. There is no good reason why this should not be, and very much can be brought in as — TT COME LECT Me ae en eee cee ee corroborative testimony of the state. ment. When a perfectly manageable animal, hitherto without faults or evl- dence of viciousness, suddenly turns upon its keeper and savagely attacks him, there must be some good reasons for it- The animal nature is so made up that cause and effect stand in very close relation to each other. It is, therefore, in order to make no sweep- ing assertions on conditions of this sort until incontestible evidence is furnished upon which to base the premises. German Pipes. The town of Ruhla in Thuringia is noted as being the locality where the largest proportion of German pipes are manufactured, and these are exported, it may be said, to all parts of the world. The German papers give some remark- able data as to this industry, as car- ried on at the Ruhla works, showing that for some years past the annual production of bowls, independently of stems or handles, amounts to 540,000 meerschaums and nearly 5,500,000 of imitation meerschaums; the total of wooden bowls produced is not far short of 5,000,000, while the average number of that popular variety, the china pipe, attains the prodigious number of be- tween 12,000,000 and 13,000,000, of these about 9,500,000 being of common porce- lain and the remainder of fine ware. But in addition to these there are also produced some 15,000,000 of pipes made of other materials than those enumer- ated above. The same manufacturers are engaged in turning out annually 15,000,000 of pipe stems of different kinds, also millions of “accessories,” such as flexible stems, chains, stoppers, ete. Buoy Travels 4,000 Miles. This whistling buoy is doomed, like Cassandra, to give useless warnings. Only there is this difference—when the mariner hears the voice of this whist- ling buoy in the storm his heart stops beating from fear. But there is no danger, for the buoy is adrift on the trackless ocean, whistling like a boy going to schooi when the sun shines gayly on the infinite reaches of des- olate green water, shrieking chilling, strident notes in the pitchy blackness when the giant waves of a storm toss it high and low. A chart issued by the hydrographic office shows that the buoy went adrift from Martha’s Vineyard and had traveled more than 4,000 miles. It was seen in February, 500 miles east of Bermuda. On July 7 it was making for Haiti—whistling, always whistling. Practical Use of Water. In certain portions of the west where water is used for purposes of irriga- tion, experiments have been tried in first utilizing the water for power. Suitable pumps carry it to high reser- voirs, where it is used to generate elec- tricity. It acquires au enormous power by its weight and is in no wise in- jured for irrigating purposes. An or- dinary spring constantly drawn from furnishes a very valuable power in this way, and after the water has done its work either in the electrical plant or in the turning of wheels, it goes on its way to refresh vegetation and make the ground productive. “In this Way it per- forms more than a double office with- out detriment to itself or its original mission. Age of the Earth. Science and religion have indulged in numerous arguments upon the age of the earth. One of the best authori- ties and one whose testimony is ad- mitted by almost all disputants, tells us that the earth became solid some- where between twenty and thirty mil- lions of years ago. This statement is based on the length of time that would be required to solidify all of the strata of which we have any knowledge. As this has been one of the ever-present subjects for questioning and quibbling, it is a great satisfaction to feel that excellent authorities have finally set- tled the point. Purifying Water by Electricity. An electrical company engaged in the rectifying of alcohol and syrups by electricity has made some experiments in the purification of water and has dis- covered that even the foulest water may be made usable. The process is by the free use of ozone, which, entering into the water, cleanses it of all.im- purities. It has long been known that water moved at a high rate of speed clears itself or is cleared of a large amouni of objectionable material. This, with the addition of ozone, probably makes the most thorough cleansing which can be made aside from distilla- tion. A New Food for Cattle A foreign inventor has been experi- menting in a food for animals, in which blood is an important item. Blood and molasses are mixed and to this compound is added cut fodder of various sorts. This is made into targe cakes or may be left in coarse ments. It is said that animals will fat- ten and thrive more quickly upon this than upon the ordinary sorts of food, a ]