The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-09


A savant has been discovered who
has succeeded IN producing by the
most simple means the results 50 eag-
erly sought for by the toilers in science
ever 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 ex-
traordinary in the wonderful work he
has accomplished. is q man 70 years
OF age doomed to solitude and pow
erty, as all such great men are. cynic-
ally remarks London correspondent
in the Pail Mall Gazette
He lives in a quarter perdu beyond
Grenelle, and the interviewer was as
founded at the extraordinary proofs Of
the mans genius AS he unfOIded 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 more satisfac-
tory result than the miserable dwell
ing in which he was barely shattered
from the elements wretched garret,
through the roof of which the rain
was at the very moment of the inter-
view filteriug in streams upon the
floor. The adept displayed before the
visitor several specimens of gold in its
various stages. A lump of gold for
instance, taken from a mine in
Mexico. and by its side another piece.
produced by the mixture of different
metals, according to proportion. and
not to be distinguished from the
opirv o,1l fal
mine.
Even, with the magnifying glass no
difference could be detected. His ex-
PLANTATION of the method by which he
had 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 combina-
ton 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 determine
ton to ascertain the fact upon the
very 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
now before you," said the adept 'is
! absolutely undeniable; they are the
same in every respect l defy the
minutest examination of the most
| skeptical among the savants; the col
or, the weight, the proportions of the
component elements are identical. And
yet here | have been waiting a whole
| lifetime for some one to bring me
help and encouragement 70 multiply
my experiments, in order to convince
the world that the precious metal to
which mankind has ever attached
such undue value is of itself valueless
! The mockery and laughter with which
I was greeted on my return to Europe
nearly half century ago filled me
with despair. and | gave up at once all
the hope which had sustained me-
through the long years OF hardship
and privatlon l had endured-the
hope of enriching my country by
means of my discovery. and rendering
it independent whether of war or fam
inc or commerce. Or indeed OF any
calamity but death"
And how have you lived all these
years?" inquired the interviewer.
shivering as he gazed at the comfort
less 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-
naming in his poor worn-out body
from being extinguished altogether. =