The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-05
ARTIFICIAL GOLD.

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pisoovery Of an English Genius Who il
Dying In Poverty. 80
A sayant has been discovered who
has succeeded in producing by The
most simple means The results SO Gag
erly sought tor BY the toilers in science
Syer since the days Of King Solomon,
who is thought by adopts to have been
himself one OF the most expert This
wondrous adept, who sees nothing OK,
traordinary in the wonderful work he
has accomplished, is 9 man 70 years
9f age, doomed to solitude and pow
erty, as all such great men are, oynio-
ally REMARKS a London corresponds Mt
IN the Pail Mall Gazette. - !
He lives in quarter perdu beyond
Grenelle, and the Interviewer was as
founded at the extraordinary proofs OF
the mans genius as he unfolded one
by one the specimens of the progress
and gradual perfection of the work to
which he had devoted the better part
Of his long life, with no moro satisfac-
tory result than the miserable dWsll-
ing in which he was barely shattered
from the elements-=a wretched garrot,
through the roof of which tho rain
was at the very moment Of the inter.
view fltering in streams upon the
floor. The adept displayed before the
yisitor several specimens Of gold in it's
various stages. 4 lump Of GOLD, for
instance, taken from q mine in
Mexico and by it's side another piece
produced by the mixture OF different
metals, according to proportion, and
pot to be distinguished from the
original substance as taken from the
mine.
Even with the magnifying glass 40
planatioa of the method by which hs
bad arrived at the fabrication OF the
metal was clear and simple. He had
always been impressed with the idea
that gold was created by the combine
zion of other metals, and that it was
simply the highest perfection of breed
ing, upon the same principle that is
visible in the gradual Development Of
objects belonging to the animal and
vegetable Kingdoms. The determina-
tion to ascertain the fact upon the
gerry spot of it's production induced
him to start forth, amid unheard Of
hardships and opposition, to begin his
work in Mexico just five and-forty
years ago.
!"The Identity OF the two specimens
a8w before you" said tho adept lis
absolutely undeniable; they are the
same in every respect I defy the
Binutest examination of the most
skeptical among the savants; the cox
or, the weight, the proportions of the
component elements are Identical. And
yet here have been waiting whole
lifetime for some one to bring me
help and encouragement to multiply
my experiments, In order to convince
the world that tho precious metal to
which mankind has ever attached
such undue value is of itself valueless.
The mockery and laughter with which
! was greeted On nay return to Europe
nearly half q century ago filed me
with despair. and gave up at once ali
the hope which had sustained me
through the long years OF hardship
and privatlon I had endured-the
hope of enriohing my country by
means of my discovery, and rendering
it independent whether of war or fans
lne or commerce, or, indeed, Of any
calamity but death"
And how have you lived all these
yearsp" inquired the interviewer.
shivering as he gazed at the comfort
Jess aspect of the place in which this
Imaginative. benefactor of the human
race was lodged. And then the adept
was fain to confess that while his
moral was sustained by. the dream Of
the future wealth of the world, In
! which he could not hope to share, his
physique was dependent on his labors
as a cheap photographer. at which
profession he earns just enough to
keep the few sparks OF life still re-
manning In his poor worn-out body
from being extinguished altogether.
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