The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
WONDERS NEVER CEASE.
Reported Marvellous Invention by
Hungarian Stone. Mason.

Wonders will never cease! At ieast
it seems so. Something new is con-
5tantly being invented. ard if things
continue the same way for another
century nothing will be i'm possible, and
it will not be necessary for people to
work at all--simply sit by and see some
mechanical contrivance perform every
function in the labor world. How
ever, for inventions and discoveries, it
is safe to say that a St Paul man car
rlcs off the palm. His name is August
Boorfried, and he is a Hungarian about
lorty-nine years of age He has lived
in comparative poverty on the West
Side for several years, earning poor
living by working at his trade Of a
stone-mason; but, II his new discovery
proves a success-of which there is no
doubt-he will count his wealth by the
millions. The discovery is this: BY
a combination Of chemicals, the nature
OF which he refuses to disclose, he has
discovered liquid which will dissolve
stone with incredible rapidity. The dis.
solution is not the crumbling kind or
disintegration occasioncd by treating
marble with sulphuric acid. but a com
plete transformation from solid to
liquid. Marble and granite, lime and
sandstone are alike dissolved by the
mere submergence in vat filled with
dissolving liquid. No matter what
kind or how hard the stone is, the ef-
feet is the same What Is the strangest
part Of it all is that the stone, after
being dissolved, forms into a sort of
sirupy substance, which car be ap-
piled to any thing having stone or
glass surface with a brush, and i'm
Eed diately hardcns so that TO make an
impression on it even with rhisel is
almost an impossibility. BY applying
some other chemical BoOrfried has
discovered that the liquid thickons in
to a heavy mass, which can be run into
molds and baked like, bricks. After it
has been subjected to the heat for II
certain length of time it becomes
harder than flint, and almost as trans
parent as glass and by polishing it as
sumcs a brilliant lustcr Ii varies in
colorS according to the kind Of stone
used, and can be had from a bright
rcd to n beautiful azure hue.
Now, Boorfried's idea is that this
liquid of his can be used in MAX
ing a substance for the construction Of
residences, floors, and even windows.
By taking this liquid and sprinkling it
on street previously coated with
asphalt a pavement lis glnssy and
smooth as tobOggan slide can be pro-
duced. This would hardly be profit
able, however, yet the idea is Il good
one, and by further research some
process for rOughening the surface
will be discovered. Just imagine a
residence built of transparent stone, so
that when lamp is lighted in the in
terror its rays. sOftened and changed
into roseate hues, can be seen shining
from the street. The effect
would be marvellous and beautiful.
Mr.. Boorfried claims that car wheels
can be made from the stuff also rails;
and there is no reason why it should
be doubted, if the other is true. He
to go East and cndcavor to lit
torest wealthy capitalists to take hold
of the matter with him. He refuses to
state what the stOnc-mclting liquid is
composed OF, as he says he does not i'll
tend that other people shall take away
from him what has taken him nearly
his whole life to perfect. st Paul
Globe.