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yer of the net value, after doducting
the refining charge. Of $685.
on the 22d of April he deposited 1854
ounces. which yielded cola gold and
1926 silver of the net value OF si20.10.
Following these. at intervals of two
or three weeks, DR.. Emmens has made
other deposits. their value ranging from
sl26.72 to s56e.iS a few days before
my COMPENSATION with him he deposited
1906 ounces. yielding Ar gold and $50
silver Of q net value Of Sii9.i5. He said
to me that he was turning out about
$500 worth Of metal at that time.
though the production was not constant
for reasons connected with the opera
lion OF his machinery.
That DR.. Emmens turns In gold at the
assay office there Is no question.
asked the director OF the mint at WASH
ineton few days ago. and he told me
that the assay office had received gold
from Or. Emmens which the doctor
claimed he obtained from Mexican sill
yer dollars. All Mexican dollars. the
director of the mint told me, contained
small amount of gold. According to
the assay office report, however. the
gold In a Mexican dollar Is only "a
trace" and not Of any Importance in
disproving nr E,mmens' claims, No
one asserts that the Mexican dollar
contains the amount OF gold that DR..
Emmens says he obtains from II.
Here are the facts which DR.. Emmens
claims, put in the plainest language:
He says that he can put n Mexican sill
yer dollar through q secret process
which Will produce an amount of gold
much greater in value than the dollar
with which the process began, More
over, he claims that after paying the
cost of an expensive treatment of the
silver alloy he can make a large profit
on the product.
He claims not only that he can do
these things, but that he is doing them
every day. The profits he is making. he
says. are now $3.50 a week. There is no
reasonable limitation to the amount of
profit he can make except the physical
limitations of his machinery and the
strength of the three members of the
syndicate which controls the process
Last May DR.. Emmens predicted that
within II year he would be producing
10000 ounces OF gold a month--about
SG5o,O0O worth. or S7,sO0,0o0 worth in a
year. The profit on that production
would be s2.7OO.0O0 a year
Il think that get gold from silver
by my process" said DR.. Emmens. but
/ do not insist on that. Some one may
think that simply get from the silver
gold which was combined with it. If
that is true, I still get gold in CONNER
cial quantities from an alloy in which
an assay shows no gold or only o trace.
l am entirely satisfied, so long as get
the gold. For my own part. believe
that the change which occurs is molec-
uiar but I am willing to admit that 1t
may not be-"
DIR. Emmens took from his desk three
strips of metal. The first. he said. show
ed to his practiced eye slight traces of
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

anything impossible. improbable are
many things; impossible few. 1t was
in liberal latter day spirit that one of
the leading scientists of Great Britain
wrote TO DR.. Emmens recently. l saw
the letter and read II. and though / am
not permitted to give the name OF the
writer-a name which Is household
word In every civilized country--I can
quote briefly from 1t. as follows:
II was dining with II of the first
chemists and physicists in England, and
] passed around small piece OF argen-
tourum. telling them that It had been
sent me by a good and trustworthy
man OF science for spectroscopic exami-
nation. as n sample OF artificial gold
transmitted from silver. | did not feet
ut liberty Ia tell anything more about
II. but | said that in our present theo-
retical views of the constitution OF
matter especially in the light of some
very recent discoveries and specua-
lions. and considering that the process
adopted was quite new, | did not think
1t impossible that the discovery was a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

tinctive prison garb is worn as in civil
prisons. but the uniform Of the branch
of the service to which each one be-
longs is allowed
Visitors are only allowed in the ptis-
on by authority of the commandant.
attractions against the prison dlsci-
pline by the inmates are punished by
solitary confinement on bread and wa
ter or in single or double irons for Pc
RODS of several days according TO the
offense. Good behavior has Its reward
in remission of portion of the sem
tence. in some cases as much as one
fourth of the sentence being RENTED.
The commonest offense for which
sailors and marines are sent to the
prison Is desertion, and the sentence Is
usually one year in prison, with loss or
pay and dishonorable discharge from
the service, which takes away from tho
guilty one for life the rights Of citizen
ship in the United States or to hold any
office of trust or profit under the gov
eminent. Fraudulent enlistment, leav-
ing post or station without authority
disobedience of orders. neglect OF duty,
drunkenness, gambling, fraud thel,
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true one. said there was a chance of
my being shown the whole process,
whereupon the universal assurance to
me was that Il I then assured them 1t
was all right. they would believe in it,"
Though eminent scientists only await
the confirmation of the discovery. the
mint bureau is inclined to scoff. a
short time ago, when DR.. Emmens sent
to the mint for analysis some of his
gold Cor argentaurum. as he calls III,
Director Preston wrote to him that an
assay showed platinum. iron and other
metals which were found usually in
old jewelry DR.. Emmens thereupon
had a Mexican dollar assayed. and find
ing it contained all ytheSe things. so told
the mint bureau.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

led to the present market rate of wheat
and what the causes will be which will
maintain this rate. and inferentially
this means that America must ultimate
ly take her place as the great granary
and mill OF the civilized nations of the
world.
"Of course 1t would be impossible, II
my views are correct. and the entire
population OF the whole world become
bread eaters, for any production of
wheat, however great, to supply the
demand. That difficulty will be met in
all probability by still further advances
along the line of rapid transportation.
SO that when means of distribution are
perfected there need be no fear of a
bread famine in any quarter of the
globe
ROBERT j. ELLENwOOD.
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The Deadly Upas Tree.

Most, people have Mt least heard the
story OF the deadly upas tree of Java.
OF which 1t was at one time said that
to merely approach 1t was certain
death. This story was treated as an
absolute fable, but now it seems as II
there was actually some basis of real
tact for it.
The upas tree is n real tree and
very big one. In the old trees the bark
is over an inch thick and full of thick.
milky juice the merest touch OF which
upon the skin produces most painful
and irritating rash.
What is more, gas arises from this
iuice which has most poisonous eff
feet upon any one near it. 1t is some
times used by the natives for satisfying
private revenge, for a cup of it hidden
in the room Of sleeper produces stupor
and eventually death.
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There are no workmen in my labora-
tory. The three members of the syn.
dictate do all the work.
You have not even an engineer or a
laborer?"
mo one"
would you sell your secret?"
IF any one can show me how 1t
would be OF any advantage to me. /
have had men come to me-men con-
spicuous in the business and the po-
litical world-and offer to provide capt.
tailor my process UP to $500, 100000, and
have always said that ] should be glad
to Join with them il they would show
me how I had anything to gain by it.
They have never been able to show me.
and SO the. matter stands. These men
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
PILL SBURY, THE FLOUR. KING,
TALKS ON THE WHEAT OUTLOOK

America is the country to which the
nations of the future must look for
their supply of this commodity, for In
dia and Russia, though they have in
creased their acreage. have about reach
ed their limit, and in England the wheat
crop has diminished instead of keeping
abreast of the growing demand.
II have said that wheat contains all
the essentials for a perfect diet, and /
should like here to explain why, IL this
be true. 1t should not be eaten entire
instead of being separated. as 1t is when
made into flour or any preparation 9TH
er than the whole grain itself.
This is because no nation ever at
tempts to live solely upon wheat. Other
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them. and smoking is allowed for one
hour after each meal.
At $3.50 p. m. the sergeant of the
guard searches each prisoner and cell
and issues to each one straw filled
mattress and pillow and blanket. after
which all are locked in the individual
cells. and the strictest silence is re-
quired.
At G o'clock In the morning the cell
doors are opened and the inmates turn
in their bedding. are again inspected
and allowed to wash and dress for the
day. At 6:45 a. nj, they have breakfast.
and at s o'clock go out to work. from
noon to / o'clock ia dinner hour and
then n period of work from to 4
o'clock, with supper at o'clock. Each
cell contains a small iron bedstead with
n wire spring bottom, stool bucket
and water bottle, and the limited
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

cribed to the rice diet the small stature
of thepeople of that race. Be that as it
may. one thing is sure. that wheat con-
tains In its kernel all the essentials for
the most wholesome food that man
kind can assimilate. This Is demon
strable not only by the chemistry of
food. but by the experience of those
races that have used wheat in some
form as their staple diet.
From this fact It is evident that as
the peoples who. NOW lie outside of the
more modern civilization come within
its pale there VIII inevitably come a
time when they will conform in diet as
well as in legislation. costume and 9TH
er details to their elder brethren, and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

world of the United States was in a
ferment because England was drawing
from ms our stock of gold. Tho results
of this financial crisis We're felt by al
most every man, woman and child. in
the country, directly or Indirectly. The
shifting OF the balance of trade from
one cause or another turned the stream
Of yellow metal back toward our Shores
and Immediately signs OF restored con-
hdence appeared; prosperity returned.
II DR.. Emmens perseveres In the work
he is doing at his laboratory on Staten
Island and accomplishes all that he
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

gold, and you have profit of s2.70O.-
O0O"
DR.. Emmens says his process is part
ly physical and partly chemical. He be-
lieves the chemical influence merely
makes easier the physical change He
has obtained good results from the
Mexican dollars, but he finds Chinese
silver. of which he obtained a small
amount from the Chinese minister at
Washington. is easier to manipulate.
When an eminent English scientist
wanted to make some experiments
along the line of DR.. Emmens' work
recently, he advised him to use the
Chinese silver.
Scientists were once the most skep-
teal OF men. Now they count hardly
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
DR. EN1NENS, A MODERN ALCEIEAIST,
WHO is TURNING SILVER INTO GOLD,

might offer me million or so for my
secret, hut that would be paltry COM
pared with what | expect to make out
of It, In the meantime the laboratory
is turning out gold and increasing the
output all the time.
Here is a proposition I have made
to any nation that wants to test the
process and that VIII make it worth my
while: / will take 1. 100000 ounces OF sill
yer, worth 100000. and from It [ Will
make GOooOo ounces of gold. worth sl3
an ounce, The cost of making the gold
will be $4,000, 900 Add to that the cost
of the silver. 100000. and subtract the
whole from s7.sOO, 900. the value OF the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
S,,ez Canal Signals.

most ingenious system is empioyeu
by which the director OF the SUI. si,ion
can tell at glance the exact
of all vessels passing throuBh port
model is placed in the once us o,,,ed
said. and the whole canal " tba
from headquarters By means " vs..
telegraph, the position of eaeh sup al
ing marked by figure on the niV tor
II ls thus made easy to arrahs' ."
vessels passing each other
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
Destruction of the Pine Moth.

German foresters have found sure
remedy for the destruction Of the pine
moth in the heavy pine forests of the
Fatherland. The caterpillars born the
latter part of August descend To winter
quarters in the heavy moss at the foot
OF the trees. Early in the spring they
usually climb the trunks and eat the
tender. green needles. Now the forest
ors scrape a broad band in the bark
around the trunk and coat the smooth
space with a mixture of glue. grease
and tar. This kills the insects.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

when this happens wheat will of course
take It's place NJ the head OF the die
tetlc scale
This means that the demand which
now forces wheat 10 81 will continue
MS permanent factor to be counted
upon, aud when the wheatgrower is
fully assured of this fact he will not be
tardy in laying his plans TO plant as
many moro acres as ne forcsees will
find a purchaser in the markets OF the
world.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

applied to the board of trade 10 DC THE
amIned for a masters certihcat s,oouse
hoard refuses to examine her pech"'s
she 10 woman. ~ American
Captain II. G. Bates OF the ,,,n amy
Volunteers was a bugler IN the eher.
ana blew the rally and charge o"
idan's famous 20 mile ride :, ,,o ereat
Colonel Robert G. Ingers9l,, we never
oenostic says Of Hanna, Il have . ncsp
heard word against Mr. Hanna sANN
from the other side
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

foods-fish. meat. lentils and so on--are
taken in connection with the product Of
wheat itself, and It is therefore not only
necessary, but undesirable that the
whole grain should be consumed. 9th
erwise. In the attempt to gain variety
there would be an excess OF uutritive
qualities that is quite as much TO DO
avoided as a deficiency Of those quail
ties.
II have endcnvored to show what, In
my opinion. are the causes which have
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

evening Mr.. Dorling, noticing that this
had happened as usual. drove Sir VIII
liam to fury and convulsed the house
by remarking, II notice lately that the
party opposite. adopting an ancient
precedent. have set up greater light
to rule the day and lesser light to
rule the night"
Press dispatches from New York an
nounce that one Kirk appeared in court
as prisoner dressed in black frook
coat, yellow waistcoat. striped black
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

and white trousers and patent leather
shoes. the uppers of which matched the
trousers. And yet the same dispatches
stated his offense was mystery.
Nine. Nordica recently had an expen-
slve gown ruined by the dirt on the
stage OF the Auditorium in Chicago
and declares that tho next time she
sings there she will wear bicycle suit.
Lady Ernestlne Brudenell Bruce.
daughter OF the Marquis of Ailesbury
wants to sail her own yacht. and has
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

ly rode into Harper. Kan, and com
PEELED the white girls TO participate in
an impromptu ball which they insisted
upon giving in the public square of that
town.
Justice Dorling, recently elevated to
the woolsack, Is a keen humorist. When
MIR. Gladstone was beginning to give up
the leadership of parliament TO Sir VIII
liam Harcourt, 1t was noticed that he
always left at the dinner hour. and Sir
William led during the evening. one
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
lristocracy ana from that of the peas.

aristocracy and from that of the peas
antry
Ex-Secretary Carlisle during the last
campaign In Kentucky was asked II ne
were going To make any speeches. II
should like TO do so" said Mr. Carlisle.
but cannot neEiect my practice You
see. have got through with that $780,
100000 matter of the bond sale. and now
must hustle for living"
Roman Nose and White Horse. with
100 Arapahoes and Cheyennes. recent
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

ed. Next spring he intends to under
take journey Of about two years du-
ration, In the course OF which he win
visit the great cities OF the old and new
worlds-upparently. therefore, planning
TO visit this country. II is also said
that he has finished two short novels
drawn from the life OF the Russian
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

claims Is possible there will never be
another shortage of gold in America.
DIR. Emmens Will make a supply which
will belittle by comparison the great
hoard of the precious metal which Rus
sia hns been accommodating for SO many
years.
Briefly, DIR. Emmens claims to be
making gold from silver on the 18th
of last April he deposited at the United
States assay Office in New York city
7,O6 ounces of an alloy which. being
separated. yielded .e5s gold and .260 sill
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

New York. Dec tG.-"Fnraday was a
Luther. He dared to say that trans
mutation of the metals was the next
great problem for the chemist to solve"
SO said DR.. stephen II. Emmens, sit
ting opposite me ut his desk in an office
on the seventh floor OF big building
overlooking Bowling Green. Below in
Broadway the cable cars went changing
ceaselessly along. Across the way
doomed the big red building of the
Produce Exchange, where millionaire
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Undertaken Smith Of Leavonworth.
kan. at the entreunlon Of the Grand
army veterans, displayed in front OF
ms establishment a huge sign, well
come, comrades"
Count. Folsto'. about whose health
alsquieting reports reached this country
NOT long Since. has completely recover
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
Where Kissing Is Legal

Hollands court of appeals once dee,u-
ed In n case of assault py On a
man who Kissed an unwiilins 81" carson
street of Utrecht. that 10 kiHs M.
cannot be an offense, as II " -. M" and
ture of warm mark of synpa'ns'
dismissed the case.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

merchants gather every day to Nuy or
sell. In the distance was the Brooklyn
bridge and beyond II vast area of
warehouses. Millions on millions of
commercial wealth We're represented
within range OF my eye. If DR.. EN-
mems hopes are realized, all that wealth
will be insignificant compared with the
fortune at his command. II his theo-
ries are correct. we are on the verge of
a revolution, social, commercial. finan-
cial
Not long ago the whole business
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-08

growing season and large and grow
ing markets. If his difficulties are
great, his opportunities are greater
still.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-08
Manufacture of Syrup from Sugar
Cane.
Cane.


Experiment Station with reference
to the manufacture upon "a small scale
of syrup from sugar cane, and as nu-
merous inquiries on the subject have
been made since the publication of
the bulletin referred to, it is deemed
advisable to present in a condensed
form further information with regard
to the most economic processes for
syrup making.
Where the ordinary form of evapo-
rator is at hand, the actual process of
evaporation can be conducted in the
usual manner, but the crude prelimi-
nary system of Qualification now in
general use can be much improved by
resorting to the sulphuring process
outlined in Bulletin No. &c.
In this process the juice fresh from
the mill is allowed to run slowly
through a sulphuring box containing
a number of inclined shelves, and, as
the juice trickles slowly down from
shelf to shelf, it meets with an as
cending current of sulphur fumes
which are produced by burning brim-
stone or roll sulphur in a roughly
constructed brick furnace.
In this way the juice is at once rem
dered lighter in color, and when heat
ed in the evaporation the separation
of aluminous matters and other i'm
purities is effected much more read
lily and rapidly. After the heating
Of the juice is commenced, the addi-
ton of a small amount of milk of
lime is frequently found to facilitate
the Qualification and renders the sepa-
ration Of scums more easy.
Where the above process of clarifica-
ton is employed, the resulting syrup
is much clearer and brighter, and at
the same time it can be preserved
much more readily. If it is desired to
preserve the syrup for a considerable
period of time, the hot liquid, con-
centrated to the proper strength, is
run into bottle or a we'll glazed jug
of from half gallon to one gallon ca
pacity which has been rinsed
out with hot water. The vessel is fill
ed almost up to the mouth with the
hot syrup, and is then securely sealed
and stored away for future use.
BY this process syrup has been sue
cessfully preserved at the laboratory
for from one to three years, and crys>
tallization of sugar can also he pre-
vented if care is taken to prevent
cooking the syrup to too great
density.
By employing the Baume hydrome-
ter or saccharometer described in Bull
letin 66, the proper point at which to
stop the evaporation is readily ascer-
tanned, and when the spindle, i'm
mersed in the hot liquid, reads "a or
IS deg, the syrup should at once be
drawn off.
In the operation of the common
evaporators, heated by direct heat
over an ordinary furnace, great trou-
BILE is generally experienced in the
proper regulation of the temperature
and of the rate of evaporation, and
accordingly some experiments were