The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21

"Thon as he was being shown through the on.
trance hall he laid a hand on his hosts arm and,
referring to his impaired sight, said:
81 now want guidance rather than 10 DO q
guide
"He displayed all his wonted keenness In
gathering Information about everything that
attracted him. He renewed his acquaintance
with several ine works Of art hanging on the
wallis and exquisite bibelots In cabinets. He
singled out with u~nerring taste the gems Of the
collection, and expatiated on their points OF
beauty with the knowledge Of a connoissour.
During luncheon he ranged from topic to topic
in tho checricst vein. giving his opinion on
everything, even the china on which the meal
was served. Being informed IL was not French.
he said: French china Is pretty, but brittle. 1
always think English china has sounder and
moro durable qualities
HE made a hearty lunch Of chicken and light
pudding. with u glass Of champagne. His par
tioipstion in the general conversation was inter.
ruptod only by his deafness.
"When allusion waa made to the death OF
Charles Villiers, tho Father Of the House OF
Commons.' he said:
~ believe 1t was villiers's great aesire TO
live to q hundred. I must say I have no such de-
sire, and shall be well content to 60 whenever IL
pleases God to call me-
This last with q pathetic note in his voice,
but with obvious sincerity.
"a another time 1t was observed that tho
nearest point Of land facing him across tho Med
iterranean. an no sat at luncheon. was the site
of ancient Carthage. He quickly remarked:
"'Tarsus. Surely not the Tarsus Of 81. PAUL.
On being corrected he went into . dissertation
on tho history Of Carthage, as though IL was tho
one topic that enarossed him. He did not take
coffee, but lay down for Q brief rest after lunch.
and drove back to Cannes before sunset"
DR.. Emmens, on turning silver into gold. has
been considerably discussed in the English
press. and, as might have been expected. was
generally classified with the sea serpent. It
has now become known that to Sir William
Crookes, the well.known chemist and physicist,
DR.. Emmens has given full particulars Of his
| process. Naturally. Sir William has been In
terviewed. IT have seen SO many seem-
inRly impossible things accomplished" says
he. that l am not prepared to say that
this is impossible" And this 10 the utmost that
Sir William will commit himself to on behalf
Of the discovery. for he adds that he 10 "still
less prepared to say that 1t is possible He In.
tends, however. to test by experiment the
| process which DR.. Emmens has revealed TO him.
Sir William has also received o sample Of the
discoveries product. has analysed 1t. and found
1t to DO gold. but he 10 careful to say, 'This only
| proves that what I analysed was gold. and not
| GnhC VI. hmm6ub mhu0 Inc BOiu ouU v bliNOEs
DR.. Emmens claims that what he has discov-
| cred is the missing element between gold and
silver. which Hendelieff chrlstenod "argentau-
rum" in his table of the elements. Sir William
pointed out to DR.. Emmens that the specimen
he had received gave no new lines whatever in
the spectrum, whereas every known clement
has distinctive lines of its own. The reply to
this was that in the specimen sent to Sir VIII
liam the process might have been continued till
tho argenteurum was converted into gold. So
Sir William asked for a specimen in which the
process was only half completed. but he has not
yet received one.
There Is another man, a Frenchman. said Sir
William, "who claims to have done the same
thing as DR.. Emmens. I am under no pledge to
keep his process secret. He took Mexican dol
lars-Dr. Emmens also uses Mexican dollars for
his pr~ocess-and dissolved them in nitric acid.
There was q residue of gold, and he claimed to
have made # We poor chemists. who didn't
know rs much about 1t as he did, believed that
it had been there all the time. There IL always
o certain amount Of gold in the Mexican dollar.
especially In the older coins" But Of course.
Sir William admits. this would not account for
the 80 per cent. of gold in DR.. Emmens's product,
which tho learned chemist characterizes rs
either the greatest fraud or the greatest SCI
entiic discovery Of the century"
Antonio Marin. a peasant Of Santiponce, near
Seville, Spain, while digging for the foundations
of o wall In q field named Pajar de Artillo. came
upon an antique copper vessel containing some
hundreds of gold Roman coins, unearthing at the
Same time several gold and silver bars. The
coins are Of the time and bear the imprint Of the
Emperors Nero, Galba. Vitellius, Vespasian,
Titus, Domitian. Trajan. Hadrian. Sabinus, An
tonius Plus and Marcus Aurelius. and Of Faus-
tina Senior and Lucilla. There are also some of
the time Of the Emperor Ohio, which are ex-
tremely rare and valuable. The total value Of
the coins Is estimated at some thousands Of dol
lars. Tho coins are supposed to furnish some
further and valuable data as to the destruction
Of the town Of Stalica, founded by Scipio Afri-
canuR. upon the site OF which the village OF San
tiponce now stands.
The ground where the treasure trove was
found belongs to the State. and the lucky finder
consequently will receive one-half Of the pro-
ceeds. In the first moments Of exultation, the
only concern OF Marin's wife was to know
whether there was enough money to buy her
son. who is q soldier in Cuba, out of the service.
1t is said that many very valuable coins have
already passed into private hands. though the
State department for the preservation Of monu.
ments, SC, has delegated q commission to take
charge of them and classify them. Those re-
ferred to had the imprints Of AgIippina. Agrippa,
Drusus, Germanicus, Claudius. Julia, and Mar
ciana.
At about the same time a shepherd named
JOSE Melibeo discovered in O place named
Sabuchosa, at villanueva de las Cruces. q Ro
man amphora filled with about q thousand sill
yer coins, which are also exceedingly interest
ing. These finds seem to have turned the headi
of tho simple folks of Santiponce and villa
nueva. who have almost to a man forsaken theil
ordinary vacations to dig in the fields, hoping u
unearth some more treasures.
A DEUCE FOR THE DENNISoNS
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