Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-07-31
Some Wonders Of Science.

\ New York dispatch Of the 18th
inst. announces the astounding dis
covery OF new source OF animal life
and it it is found in no less familiar
article than common salt. The dis
covery was made by DR.. Chas. W.
Littleiield, OF Alexandria, Ind, and
his investigations resulted in Il teSt by
DR.. John Hunter Schall, of Brooklyn,
y. y, who brought to life (these
scientists object to the use of the term
" rcsuscitate" in connection with the
wonder) little Vera Stark, nine years
Of age. who had been pronounced dead
by regular medical practitioners. That
she still lives, with a fair chance of
recovery from the disease of which she
died, is pointed to as a verifcation in
full of DIR. Littlefeld's claim. But
then, Skepticism still points the finger
of doubt at the possibility that the
germ OF lie may never have departed
from the body of the subject used Tor
illustration.
The operator, it is said, took one
ounce OF common salt and mixed 1t
with six ounces of pure water, SIN
ounces of 80 per cent. alcohol and two
ounces Of aqua ammonia. The COM
pound was distributed on five small
plates, covered by an alright glass
tube. After the lapse of about ninety
minutes the salt crystals had become
impregnated with the hydrogen and
transformed into living forces that
Immediately sought nourishment. 1t
has not yet been determined wheth-
err these germs will propagate, but
that is OF less importance than devel-
opment of a knowledge of the extent
of the intimate relation which salt
possesses to the primal forces of life, as
a sustainer of the vital spark while 8
renewal of physical forces may be
sought by all the appliances suggested
by scientific research.
DR.. Littlefeld's discovery is also
supported by investigations of Prof.
Loeb, of Chicago University who, sew.
eral months ago, gave to the world his
theory that salt was the closest ap.
proach to the elixir OF life that will
probably ever be found.
Close on the heels OF this modern
miracle comes the announcement by
DR.. Rudolph Melville Hunter, Of Phil
adelphia, that he has unearthed the
alchemists' secret, OF making gold from
the baser metals. The claim is sup.
ported by Prof. E. J. Houston, of the
same city, who says that while his
colleague thinks that the production
of gold is possible, he (Houston)
knows that it is possible, and he is
supported by Prof. Crooks OF Berlin,
Lodge of London and Currie of Paris.
These gentlemen hold that making Of
gold is possible, if they split ions or
electrons of atoms and reassembling
them i'm different form. To produce
gold, says Prof. Houston, they should
have the capitalization Of gold, the
specific gravity of gold, the spectre.
scopic test Of gold and the acid resist.
ence of gold. The ions in AN atom of
different metals differ in number. An
atom of silver, he says. contains IS 900
and gold atom 137, 500 ions, or about
twice as many. As all ions are OF the
same weight, it follows that the gold
atom is almost twice as heavy as the
silver atom. Reassembled and re-
electrolyzed, and put into activity due
to polarization, we have. says the sa-
want, the new atom, with all the basic
characteristics OF gold and its stability.
AND now there is another race war
this time at Lorain, Ohio-and not