The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-07

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s%stions and expansions Of matter, is
rapidly gaining friends. There can
be no such q thing As force aside from
matter in motion, and sensation must
be the effect Of matter acting upon
matter.
The movement westward OF the
North American magnetic north pole
is a constant cause Of very consider.
able difficulties in land surveys from
which numerous lawsuits result.
when the original surveys were made,
prior to land entries, the variations Of
tho magnetic needle were recorded,
and the section or quarter section
corners then established are the start.
ing points for all surveys in the coun.
try aud in the cities. But in most
places the needle varies farther to-
ward the west than it did years ago,
and unless a surveyor thoroughly un-
derstands his business he will not
follow the lines Of the original survey.
At Pittsburgh, Pa, the magnetic
needle variation in 1910 was BAG De.
grees west. and in 1895 it is 81 de-
rrces west, showing a change Of two
AID a quarter degrees west in fifty five
years. In making the new surveys il
the old field notes were used in sur.
veying across a forty acre lot, the line
would come cut about eight feet to
the left, or, if running north about
that distance, too far west. These
variations return to the originals in
about 300 years, and the change west
ward at the present time is about the
same at Omaha as at Philadelphia
The geodetic surveys show the varia.
tons at all priacipal places in the
United States.
A scientific authority, Prof. Wart.
man, Of Geneva, says: Electric cur.
rents are detected in all parts of
vegetables. These currents occur at
all times and seasons, and even when
the portion examined is separated
from the body Of the plant, a. long as
it continues moist. In the leaf the
currents pass from tho blade Of the
leaf to the leaf.stalk. Currents can
also be detected proceeding from the
plant to the soil. From the enormous
vegetation in some parts Of the glo he
it must exert some influence on cleo.
trio phenomena. George ". Holley
says: "FIashes of light have been
seen to be emitted from macy flowers,
principally orange colored flowers,
soon after sunset on ~sultry days. IL.
wadski noticed that this occurred
most frequently in the months of July
aud August" The above are evi.
denccs sustaining the writer's theory
that vegetation gathers all its sub.
stance from the atmosphere. and is
the principal element through which
the earth receives new msttor from
space by the addition Of which it con.
%tinues to grow, the most rapid growth
being where there is most vegetation,
near the earth's equator.
Physicists now claim that all outer
space is at a temperature 40l degrees
below zero. This makes it impossible
for the suns heat to reach the earth.
But, it is asked, whence comes the
heat Of u earth and atmosphere ?
1t is generated at the earth's surface
and never passes through space. Prof.
Tate says: "Where a conducting
body is made to move ia the neigh.
borhood Of a magnet, the relative mo.
ton Of the two produces currents Of
electricity in the conductors. If a
copper disk &c kept SO moving, the
faster it moves the stronger the cur
rents become, until finally the disk is
heated and melted" The sun and
earth being magnets in motion, each
whirling similar to the copper disk,
will account for all the heat there
may be in sun or earth, and the fc-
ton Of a burning sun is no longer
necessary. A magnetic u will an.
swer all purposes with much greater
satisfaction, and orthodox scientists
should reform their science and save
themselves from the ridicule of COM.
mon sense people.
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