Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-09-12
] SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

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Our product Of silt, lin 1890, was
s.776, 991 barrels, the sppp conine
largely from Michigan and Y6Stern
New York.
-Of the total American population
born of native parents, thirty-two pei
cent were earning wages when the
tenth census was taken. The pr opor.
ton of bread winners among our inn
migrants is larger than among the
native population.
In 1890 the capital invested in the
United States in various manufactures
exceeded s6,OOO,O00,000. while the
wages paid the employees Of manufac-
tories had risen from $273, O0O. 900 to
81, 600, 0oO,o 900, the material employed
had increased from $3.50, 600, 600 to
nearly S., GOO, 900, 600, and the value Of
the product from tritie over $1,000.
600, 900 to nearly SO, 400, DOC, OOO
The aera ton of the water of a large
storage reservoir is to be done by means
of compressed air, to be furnished from
an air-compressor on a small steam.
boat to be placed on the reservoir. The
work is to be carried on only during
the hot weather. the idea being to pre-.
vent the development of unpleasant
odors or tastes from stagnation and
the growth of minute organisms.
DIR. Paul Brisson, of Paris. claims
to have discovered the microbe OF
old age He says that it exists only in
the blood of old and decrepit men, and
when injected into the circulation OF a
young and healthy individual it pro-
duces all the signs of advanced age.
DR.. Brisson further announces that by
the injection of certain serum into
the blood, these microbes can be de-
stroyed. and he says that man may live
indefinitely, provided the propagation
of the microbe be prevented and acci-
dent be avoided
An interesting experiment in turn
ing large farms into small holdings,
which may help to solve the agricul-
tural problem in England, was recent
ly completed in Dorsetshire. Sir
Robert Edgecombe, seven years ago,
bought q farm of s43 acres, spent
money in building roads, and wells,
divided itup into Is holdings of from
. to 33 acres, and offered them for sale,
payment to be made in ten equal an.
nnal installments. Purchasers were
readily found of all trades and classes,
eight only being agricultural laborers,
and all the ;nstallments, with slight
exceptions, have already been paid off.
Instead of a farmer and three laborers,
there are now rs families of Is persons
on the land, which has increased in
value from Gl7O to e313 year.
Gas from Condensed Chemicals -
Among the promised blessings is light
produced by the decomposition by air
and moisture of certain chemicals that
are compressed into tiny rolls or rods.
Upon being exposed to damp air, the
end of the rod slowly dissolves, gener-
ating powerful, clear and not un-
wholesome gas that can be piped
through dwelling and used after the
ordinary fashion. There is nothing in
the range Of average wants that is
moregneeded than this. The lighting
problem, especially in suburban locali-
ties, is stupendous one to struggle
with. Small towns where gas is used
make the costof such lighting almost
prohibitive. When one can have the
material for gas supplies as one of the
regular needs in an ordinary rod or
tube at so much per yard or pound, the
question of lighting will be robbed of
many of its unpleasant features.