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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23

Casa quotations were follows; Flour was weak mar
~9fA xh 'p.n Sa 81 s 3: hai Wheat s.
sprns wheat sSge'e - [ed 90. 'S a. o n S som
6af.ey 3ic nom ma. no laxseed 7a;?c pr me timothy
seed SEQ nemna ness eotk per ~ - "ss' 'a a.
81 ~ dry siled shoulders xe5, s4gSi 20 short clear
ss e p pA on 81 IS "a ars u 81 srnu;a
. g. 49, = | ,S "a the 6a ter m ei
W., arm extra creamery. 10. arsis i;9ise seconds.
gitc Eggs mere arm "a, Winter P patn s. :,as. So
Do fancy 50 .3a % 10 faWy 50 SgSy go sH ext ~
god 50 BRED soo NJ rSd '9g'se ESn an, m mnfi
steady 80 white, DID, ..c rejected mixed i'igige.
polk clear back and family - 20 family - 90 Kettle
.ari arm al asGti Dry 81, meats Inactive; shsai
50 ~ short ro sides = shI, o S'a 10 >,
sH"nd:rs end short rib sides. s. 5o loose shc clear
oS.S and Indiana 10 5o 81, !; ss drm
d'as tsS%;a Psss%6sT 2 2 g u.s.
Wheat lie i5wer. 40 / Northern re- No. Northern;
90 sample barley lie nssSr S Sk G on ne NJ @
80 81. 40 3. on tracs 39c; Flour unchanged MIL
''s MsnsnP p s' Oct e. ssa,aona break whss.
prices aide 10 The perpeX'ss Of an TnfavSr1os money
mamber wheat closing 4ac under yesterdays closing
oy a SS' Spe ~: sS~fG at '9 7c
y 7s and 'NGn nearly a. ra s and aS S,.t 10
a. &c 1870 yes,sray cosh whsaS9 si %cri b
&c, 80 2 Northern. 62G63c. ur-patents, 81 l3g
a. az, baka-s 3Js3 q production. $1,000 bbs; ship
monts G3V2 bbs No mistuns
phtad.,nbIa Or. % weak and unsettled buyers
I, confidence ard HOLDING of for greater conc eions in
nr "es than holders willing to make Wheat martft
CONTINUES weak and prices dec med further fancy milling
grades in email supply but demand light and prices lc
wheat. October. Sua.nNsc: November.
stac; December. s2Hds2sc: January; S'tgs3.c Corn
Ssn % 1c yc.eray an s sure ear,s IN s
supply and dull former rates; No /? mixed October
Nv. nbor and December 20c. Oas-pemand for CARROTS
LIGHT, with ample offerings at former rates Futures
January 25Go6c Butter quiet and firm. with small
Niles ~ fancy goods; PENNSYLVANIA extra prints 0T2ic
S,yor-Re0ned In fair demand and unchanged Other
ar,,c'ea unchanged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23
EUROPEAN pnopucr MARKETS.

I'm "pcoi Oct 22--3:4S D. m.--Beef--Extra India mess
Kes,se ovs prime firm 4Os. Pork-Prine niess
ssora me firm at 47s ca do medium nrm at 4os bans
hsisrS cut about "a 10 10 ~ frn at Sis Bacon--cuin
cut about rs 10 80 10 steady 34s Cd short rib.
ahss 10 "a ~ steady at 30s: long clear middIes ish,
aus ~ 70 ~ H. steady at Bis long clear middles eavy
1Scut % - 10 steady at 30s short clear mddes heavy
70 oo H. steady at 24s Sd; clear bellies about ~
In 10 Steady at sos ga shouders-About IL 70 "a n
0ssss ns. Lard.-Prme Western spot dull at 2Ss ga;
& ~ ~Msrlcan finest white firm ct 40s: DO coored hrn
,rMiow-Prime city hrm At 2ls 80. cottonseed
h n TX senned firm at lis sprits q turpsnsine
3GM c Tinser no stock; No. Northern sprnS AN s
sSer s..a at os 20 NgyembsI steady o. % zHo
s "a HIPS at London--PaclAc Coast firm at COS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23
SOUTHERN COTTON MARKETS.

ssc.ysston. Oct 2c.Coi,on quiet. but steady mdans'
2 t mdns c good oIdn a, , e:c Britain rita
N".sn,e $50 sales; 74s: spinners. stock zi9VSo lou,
hiSx,sih oct 22.-Cotton steady: middIns. nc, io"
esn' Sac: good ordinary 316c: net and gross
SteS eyc, bales: exports coastwiss 23oZ: sa'es WV
tSlsc ns Oct 22-co,,on easy good ndo mn
M. m.ddlng INC; low middng. i5-1Gc; good osa
Sxre u-iec: receipts, O.G24 bales gross ioSs o.,
10 Great Britt in, 1900; sales 300 stock si3s.
1e. Lahish Oct. 22.COton quiet and STEADY mooHns
"a s mddiing I3 ,Sc good ordinary not quoted mex
I'M oes receipts 1913 bales exports 10 the Continent
~ coastwse. l.i5l; sales. 1855 stock. 1l5.3O6
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23
THE CHICAGO PROVISION MARKET.

.enlcago Oct. % (SpecaD.Althoush provisions closed
ra'eiy under Wednesday pork loc and .ard and RIBS
sScoc under, Il was really a firm market. Up
ne last hour prices were firm and signify higher
NE nns decline provisions with the wheat break.
css recevs eht only 1900. with 1900 estimated
~ sn1a, There continued good demand Inc
~'e'ing q large short line Armour was seller
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23

head sale quoted steady At 50 701$4 10 PIT
100 ~ pigs at 81 1884 80 and choice do were so and
yesterday 81 So dressed in fair demand anu
steady at 4I6sc per ID for heavy light weights
SslesH II. Hollis. late Wednesday: So state pes, ~
n 81 d per 10 do. i2j n. at 81 90 U"
do li3 n. 81 30: 80 State hogs 1871 no az 81 Io
rough hogs 400 10, at SO rs; do go 10 at 81 sass
2S5 H. at So $500 -.
s. sanders Wednesday: 30 State hogs 2ot 10 at
50 S. i3 do l0i 10 s. S. rough hogs. go TO- u
81 IS
s. Judd Co. late Wednesday: SO state hogs. lSl 10:
~ SO 30: 20 do. 2i0 10 50 So rough do. 40 10 AT
So 90 do 42T 10. at 81 80.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23
\ OTICE.-The Department Of Docks will sell

at public auction the premises. October Is 1890.
~ O'Clock by Woodrow Lewis auctioneers. two
buildings the northcast-ry Of
era 18th Avenue. For full particulars, see The CITY
Record. Copies for sale at No. City Hall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23

NJ OTICE-Estimates for the removal of the
piers OF jane Horatio Streets North River
No $751; will be received by the Department
Docks until IL o'clock noon. November I'd 1860. For
full particulars THE City Record" Copies for sale
a. No city Hall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23

NOTICE.-Estimates for the removal of the
~ pier and appurtenances at the foot Of West 10Th
Street North River under contract No. $50 will be re-
ceived by the Department q pocs until !? oeask
Record" Copies for sale at No. City HALL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23
DE.D I'D" LINE OF STEAMSHIPS.

IL for La Cuayra Puerto cabelo. curacao and Mara.
,a.uo via Curacao from Robert e. u kyn
- rH LABEL HlA...; :Saiu gay. oSt ~ ! 10
- vE&r7r'ElA saturdsy ~. 4. D. m
Sc f.,-p.~,O ,......... welne.'sv Oc 2s. I o. IA
These American tu expressly Tor the trade
haze suDeriDr a,cOmnodar n 'pr
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23

- os,, r,,s,.vs Thursdays and Saturdays at p. NJ
- ca..a
Tallahassee Tues. Oct. - Kansas CITY des.' &c"
c ~ BIrm ham Sat. Oct. 81 co cree sat OCT 81
Fms cabin sccOnm d1tions come nE WIN
rail line for all hrs South nj >ouhwes For TICKETS
sni fret, 'fi 81 3S' :sS Broafway o.
the foot ~ Snrlns-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23
MALLORY STEAMSHIP LINES.

ASI Oreway Excursion Tourists tickets all points
IN Texas, Colorado Utah ARIZONA. California. Mexico.
Flor da, Ais Hot Springs, Ark.
sAING alJns the Atlantic Coast - brunswick Ca OF
smsi te.aLe cross NJ the GuI % MeASo % Earyss'
Write 10. 6i-PA r POCKET c''inE ma led freel.
e H. MALLORY & CO. Gen Ac's.. Pier 90 r. r. N. Z.
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1t will be admitted by any student in
physics that the cracking the earth s
crust, permitting the pouring out of
molten material, would probably occur
along the equatorial belt, If at all.
On the earth volcanoes are distributed
in groups, or along extensive lines. as if
connected with fssure of the earth s
crust. The most remarka BILE linear series
of volcanoes in the world is that which
belts the Pacific Coast, as Professor LIE
Conte of Berkeley has pointed out. Com
mencing with the Fuegian volcanoes, it
runs along the whole extent of the Andes,
then along the Cordilleras of Mexico, the
Rocky Mountains. then along the Aleutian
chain of islands, Kamtchatka, the Kurile
Islands, japan Islands, Philippines. Su-
matra, st. Paul, Kergulen to the Antarctic
volcanoes, Mount Erebus and Terror.
thence back by Deception Island to Fuega
again, thus completely encircling the
globe.
AS might be expected, along such line
of assures the volcanic activity is on a
general scale. and it is likely to be mani
tested in several localities at the same
time. This was observed as early as 1885
by the great naturalist Darwin. Within
1o0 miles of Tacoma are not less than 200
volcanic peaks. the largest of which
Mount Tacoma-is 1900 feet high.
Alaskan volcanoes are frequently active,
and the eastern coast of Asia has an
established reputation for seismic dis
turbances. ain the physical formation OF
North and South America there is a re-
markable resemblance, which would nat
urslIy result from the fact that they were
formerly on the same latitudes and gov
erned by similar conditions OF climate" /"
says the Encyclopedia.
When the earth's axis was perpendicular
to the plane of the ecliptic, the north pole
was somewhere in the vicinity of the
Mediterranean and possessed a delightful
and perpetual spring climate. This fact
calls to mind the biblical Garden of Eden,
Platos Atlantis and the Garden of the
Hesperides, and concerning these interest,"
ing times we find the history and tradi-
tions of the older nations replete.
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pure water. The solution will remain
clear for an indefinite period if the solu
ton be undisturbed, but attach micro
scooic octahedrai crystal of the salt to the
finest filament and lower it into the soIu-
ton. Instantly capitalization commences
at the surface of he fluid and progresses
with great rapidity until every atom of
alum in the solution is visible Now. the
comet is sim ply microscopic crystal
crvstaIlizing, j. e., changing the forms of
radiant light and heat into other modes
of motion. which, in the fullness of their
functions, eventually return back to the
originals.
Ever since comets have been observed a
great deal of speculation has been in
dulged in as to what constituted the tail
of the comet, and some very ingenious
theories have been elaborated to account
for the fact that the tail, viii e observed at
a considerable angle with line Grawn to
the sun, and even at right angles to it,
constantly inclines toward the region
from which the comet is ing-always
away from the sun. 1t is difficult to con-
ceive how the tail of the comet OF 1880,
$50, 100000 miles in length, could IN the
space OF time occupied by the comet-head
In sweeping around the sun-a period OF
few minutes of time-describe so tremen-
dous an arc in space in so short time. If
the tail did actually sweep around the
particles at ITS extremity must have trav-
eled with a velocity utterly inconceivable
to the human mind. No known law of
nature can explain ths sudden shift of
position.
Generally the tail is curved, resembling
a scimitar, but many have been observed
of extremely fantastic appearance One
is recorded as having been seen at the time
of Constantine the Great, shaped like a
cross, and the imaginative superstition of
that age discerned beneath it the legend:
''In hoe signes vinces." In this case the
comet did some good. Perhaps we may
be able in coming years, when these mat
ters are better understood, to use these
wanderers as messengers to bear our COM
munIcations to other spheres. OF one
thing we may be morally certain-that if
a ureat comet should appear before the
close of this year, the disappointed politi-
cal party will, beyond all doubt, charge
their defeat to the comet.
f. NJ. CLOSE Disc.
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wheat the spike form being final step
in divergence. Ii must be understood that
each small division of the ear of wheat
is the transformed representative of what,
under different environments, would have
been one complete lily.
The process OF change which endured
for countless ages can scarcely be called a
retrogression, considering the utility at
tanned in the final stage. But that such a
type of floral beauty as the lily. and such
type Of edible vegetation as the grain OF
wheat, should be cradled on the same
ancestral stalk is evidence of the hidden
resources provided by nature for the
emergencies caused bv environment.
ROSE OiHALLoRAN
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MUCH interest is manifesto by the pub
ic in REGARD to the statement of DIR.
Stephen II. Emmons that he has discoy.
cred means OF turning silver into gold
1t is quite poss bic thai he has done so.
though q ere IS some question whether he
WI rcdHce gold in such quantities as to
cause any fuctuation IN the value OF the
precious metal.
Alchemy is something more than the
dream of the visionary and weak-minded.
Ii one will rec b mind from prejudice
and make review OF authentic rec ords he
will find that he transmutation OF metals
Is an accomrl shed fact
All minerals are but differentiations
from common ase, and if one could find
the steps oi differen tiation-and they have
baen discovered-then the problem would
resolve itself merely into question OF
mechanical skill.
Various writer's give the steps necessary
in tho transmuiation OF base mt tai into
gold excepting that one of the substances
used is so wrapped about with mysterious
wells that it may require lifetime for enc
to di cover the riddle unless he is so fortu-
nate as to meet some one already in pos
session of it. This mysterious substance
is red pow er, mysticaliy termed the
''red dragon" and it Is indispensable in
the operations OF { alchemi4;s
Among the authentic accounts of the
transmutation of metals are some expert
ments made in 1882 in the laboratory of
James Price, MD, FRS, OF England, in
the presence OF twelve or fourteen specta-
tors.
A number of experiments were made.
Half an ounce OF mercury was placed IN
small crucible, together with small guam
tity of powdered charcoal and inter. Then
half grain OF powder OF dark red color
was added by Mr.. Price, and the crucible
was placed on a fire OF moderate red heat.
In about quarter of an hour the COM
pany noticed that the mercury, though in
red-hot crucibie, showed no signs OF
evaporation or even boiling. The fire was
gradually raised to white heat, when
small dip was taken on the point of clean
iron rod. When the scoria cooled it was
found full of small globules of whitish
colored metal, which Mr.. Price explained
was an intermediate metal between mer-
curry and a more per ect metal. A small
quantity of borax was then added and the
heat again increased. At the end of an
other quarter of an hour the crucible was
taken out ana gradually cooled. On
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-20
Only One Secret Necessary
to Turn Silver Into Gold

Vienna there is a historical medallion,
containins o,traits OF twelve noblemen
around the edges 1t was originally of
pure silver, but to-day the upper portion
is gold and the lower part silver, a result
of having passed through the hands of an
alchemist and magician. 1t is, because of
its present constitution, one of the rarest
curios in the world, and should, of itself,
even if there were no other evidence, be
ample proof OF the alchemist's art.
An int resting story OF alchemy comes
from one OF the middle States of Germany.
The tale dates from the middle ages A
traveller sought shelter at the castle of
Baron one stormy winter night. The lord
OF the manor was away, but the Baroness
su plied him with food and lodging. Be-
fore the stranger departed the next MORN
ing he sought the lady of the castle and
expressed his thanks for her hospitality.
be said he had no money, but perhaps he
could repay her in another wav. She re-
piled that she desired nothing in return,
but he asked her if she did not have some
silver in the house she would like to
have turned into gold. Accordingly all
the silver plate was brought forth and
transmitted.
When the Baron returned home and
saw the gold he immediately laid claim to
1t under law which gave the owner OF
land all treasure found upon it. His wife
resisted The demand, and he noble couple
resorted to the courts for settlement OF
the ownership. The Judge rendered
decision (which may be found in the Ger
man archives) to the effect that the gold
was the sole property OF the Baroness, Tor
the reason tina the treasure had not peen
''lound" on the Baron's lands, but had
been manufactured" Tor the Baroness at
her request and as a personal gilt to her.
The Baron might have formerly mad some
claim on the silver plate belonging to she
castle, but the comparatively small value of
that was overshadowed by the great value
the gold, and be was entitled to recover
nothing from the Baroness beyond the
value OF the silver that had disappeared.
RAM SINGH.
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noous ana earthquake; 1885, remarkably
variable weather and great earthquake in
Egypt. We have yet to learn the story OF
1910.
In The years 526. 1721 1888, 1922, 1881
and 1884 great remarkable dry fogs ex-
tended over large portion OF the earth
ano these years were marked by the ap-
Dearance of large comets.
The second question may be answered
by the statement that already the earth
has passed through the gaseous portion of
more than one comet, and it is believed by
GOOD authority that she has passed through
the body of at least one comet within re-
cent years. a certain short period comet,
known as Biela's, failed to appear at the
appointed time in 1872. Instead, there
was visible very rich shower of meteors,
through which the earth passed Novem-
Der II and 80. 1872. So certain were the
astronomers at this side of the globe that
the meteoric stream was Biela's comet dis
lntegrated that they telegraphed to the
observatory at Cape Town, in Africa, to
watch the skies for Bieia's comet,
and sure enough the African OBJ
| servers saw the fragments of the
comet receding from the earth. Did
the collision affect the earth? Let US see.
In October, 1871, the earth passed through
the gaseous envelope of Bela's comet, and
t. enceforth the comet has not been seen
as comet. 1t was broken up by its con-
tact with the earth. But In October, 1871,
there occurred awful conhagrations in the
Northwestern States, devastating thou
sands OF square miles of territory. The
testimony of the survivors of Minnesota
and else where states that the flames would
suddenly burst forth in the timber, ap-
parently coming from the sky. The Chi
ca fire occurred at that time also, where
solid granite buildings took fire and
burned as if of wood. Spectroscopic analy.
sis tells us that the gaseous envelope of a
comet contains carburetted hydrogen. 1t
is simple solution of the terrible confla-
gra tions if it be recognized that portion
OF the gaseous envelope of Biela's comet
became mixed with the earth's atmos-
phere in October. 1871. The mixture forms
the most inhammable substance known,
Humboldt, whose reputation as a con-
servative and able physicist stands pre-
emlnently high, emphatically states that
the earth passed through the tails OF
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-20
The North Pole and the Magnetic Pole Parted Company 1000 Ago

1t is weil-known scientific fact that the
magnetic pole of the earth is not coinci-
dent with the pole of revolution, but is
located about 20 degrees north latitude,
near King Will ans Land. The magnetic
pole is not fixed point, but varies con-
tinually, though slowly, pursuing path
about the true pole, its shifting periods
estimated at $40 years.
One would naturally suppose that if the
axis of the earth since the beginning had
held constant position on inclination,
the Two poles, that is-the magnetic
and the revolutionary poles-would
be coincident, especially SO when
we remember that, as the magnetic
pole is constantly moving at an apprecia BILE
rate, it should by this time certainly
have found its center of influence. If it is
assumed, as 1t is by eminent philosophers
if not by geologists, that at one time the
magnetic pole was coincident with the
revolutionary pole (about 1900 years
ago), then the solution is apparent. and
since the change of axis of the magnetic
pole is moving in a spiral. Its center will
again eventually coincide with the present
revolutionary pole.
Astronomy has pointed out that the
axis OF the earth is still ''wobbling." In
fact, 1T is a very suspicious wobble-a
wobble within a wobble, if you please
the greater wobble having period of 42S
days. 1t is surmlsed, too, that the greater
wobbling motion is but an epicycle of a
still greater wobble, which will account
for the poor orieniation of the pyramid OF
Ghizeh, as well as the fact {. at the sun,
when in Cancer, at Athens, does not come
so far north by degree as it did 1000
years ago.
fh.s leads to the statement asserted with
confidence and defended with assiduity,
that the revolutionary axis of the earth is
shifted periodically. And if this be true
it is of he utmost Importance to scien-
fists, explaining many events which have
been too much in the dark. Colonel Fred
G. Plummer, formerly State Geologist of
Washington, has recently publ shed an
excellent treatise upon this subject, en-
titled 1.-THE Last Change of the Earth S
Axis" Mr.. Plummer is deserving of
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-20

much credit, for not only collecting and
collating the valuable information, but fol
the fearless and original way in which be
presents the matter.
1t is by the kindness of Mr.. Plummer
whose little book is protected by copy
right, that permission has been granted
THE CALL to introduce lhe facts and
theories advanced.
1t is claimed that the shifting of the
axis, that is, the revolutionary axis, will
explain the reason of the food, the sinking
OF continents, more especially Atlantis,
the presence of DRIFT deposits. the bir OF
Niagara, the position of the magnetic
pole, e frozen mammoth in Alaska, the
reindeer in Europe and many of the
myths and traditions of all ancient
nations.
1t has been stated as fact by some
philosophers that upon several occasions
vast areas upon the earth have been sud-
denly changed, even in a single night
from tropical and semi-tropical countries
into the bleak and bowling wildernesses
OF a frigid zone. And this effect NAV
readily be accounted for by shifting oi
the axis, which movement controls the
different climates experienced with the
earth to large extent.
In his book Mr.. Plummer says:
The fact that the fora and fauna of the
earth are found in zones, and that the fossils,
or former evidences of life, are not found in
zones coincident with our present lines of All.
tude, are enough to force the conclusion upon
any THINKER that the past has seen vast
changes OF climate Upon the earth. How in.
deed, may changes of climate occur SO that
points OF equal latitude will be affected
equally excepting by change of the earth's
axis? As long as the earth revolves its
climates will be in zones, and no theory can
explain how ice sheets existed III Ohio when
Siberia " as not glaciated, or why the reindeer
made his home in Europe while the mammoth
fed upon the tropical vegetation Of Alaska, ex-
cepting on the theory that the zones, and con-
sequently the axis, were formerly different.
Many other and even more famous au-
thorities might be cited to the same effect.
and some selections from them are pre-
sented, as follows:
We must imagine that the hills and valleys