The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-02-26
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TEE EARTH An OTTER SHELL WITH A
FLCID FILLING.
New York Tribune.

instead oil pointing due north ward,
inclines Ia one side In IA greater or
less degree, aud why The region
toward which il Is directed keeps
shifting slowly. is a problem which
has for ages baffl- ii The wisesi men.
But a solution ol II, which, if it is
not accepted by The scientific world
as complete and final, al least ha,
much To comment it TO instant Ia.
vor, Is nos offered by Henry
Wilde, FRS. Il is briefly dis.
cusseu in The Americda .l~eteoyolog.
zeal Journal Tor January by that
new, though already eminent, au-
Ihnrity on terrestrial magnetism.
Professor Frank ii. Bigelow.
Mr.. Wilde has come to the con.
clnslon that the outer she'll Of the
earth and The great mass within
rotate somewha; independently OF
each other. The interior portion,
still in a liquid condition., he con
ceives as continuing to ievolve
about The axis which our plane,
mad in its Infancy; that is, one
perpendicular 10 The plane Of the
~ecliptic. Somehow. in The great
caiaclysm in which The moon was
thrown of from the earth, the
crust of our globe was, he thinks,
skewed over 10 one side about
lwentv-lhree degrees; and this
part Of our sphere, therefore, re.
wolves about what we call 1.-The ge-
o%graphical pole The inner mass,
like The other planets and the sun,
he regards rs electro.dynamic
while the shell is electromagnetic.
Furthermore, two causes are sup
posed to render those portions OF
the earlh's exterior underlying the
oceans more highly magnetic than
others The permanent low TEN.
peralures at The bnitOm of the
ocean, ami The greater amount OF
iron here included, the crust he.
Ing thicker under the seas than
elsewhere.
For purposes Of demonstrations,
MIR. Wilde constructs machine,
consisting of one sphere within an.
oil.er slightly larger one, both con.
rerted into magnets by coils OF
wire e~nclrclinS them. Upon those
portions of the shell which cores
pond 10 the oceans lie attaches
ma2nelized sheet iron. And by
means of proper gearing he makes
The inner and outer spheres uia.e
on axes 234 degrees apart. Final,
~, for lest purposes, he provides
for temporarily fixing a magnetic
needle at any point on the surface
Of the globe. With this ingenious
apparatus, he declares he can re.
produce every known variation OF
intensity and direction in terres.
trial magnetism of which he can
find a record ; aud, what is The con.
vincing feature Of his experiment.
the real magnetic history of all
parts of the world for The last four
centuries, so far as he can learn il.
is actually repeated in The nj
ward WAS to march into complete
and permanent victory. But to
march to victory under The banner
OF tariff reform greatly increased
Nj. Cleveland'> hold upon the peo.
pie, and mightbear him once again
To the presidency over every OBJ
siacle that could he thrown in In.
way.
Relief of The people from the
burdens of class taxation, perma-
nenily overthrow Of the protective
system, even honorable and lasting
victory for their party, were, in the
eyes Of his enemies and rivals. Sc.
cured at too high IA price, if they
added to Mr.. Cleveland's POPULAR.
~, and made sure his reelection.
II il were necessary to sink a grea,
cause, 10 imperiI The fortunes and
stain The honor of The Democratic
party in order to defeat him, they
are ready TO do it. They called a
halt IN The movement, although
the army was qulvering with eager
ness to advance. They sowed the
seed OF discomfort and confusion
IN its ranks, Gy announcing that
The battle was adjourned 10 some
day, and they ventured
to punish, by retiring them,
the generals who, by long and ar.
service to tariff reform, had
earned the right TO command, and
10 put in their places new and
hali.hearied leaders, whose devo-
lion TO their political masters was
greater than Their fidelity 10 the
cause, and whose leadership could
inspire neither confidence nor en-.
in their followers.
Is The Democratic party tn be
thus cishonored, 10 miss The glory
III lis greatest achievement. to
ignominiously all It's high
professions and allow itself to he
turned against its true leader,
merely 10 serve The ambition and
to do The bidding of cunning poll.
%iiciars, not one of whom has eyer
lifted his owL Voice unless it was
10 discourage The fight for tariff re.
form, and some of whom have self
interests and tlinly yelled sympa.
thy 10 keep the people enlangled
in The net Of the monop0list =.
These are tue questions with which
the people mus, deal aid deal
promptly, and, If need be, angrily.
And they must deal Will, them un.
der the same disadvantages under
which they have 10 long been fight.
ing The protective system, an or.