Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-22
WILL LIVE In STONE.
,onrrs TO BE PRESERVED IN
TACT BY PARTICIPATION.
woman's Graces of Feature and
Form TO Be Preserved Forever
in Pristine Beauty.

NinCnna lettci'
-, discussion engendered over the mum
,f tbe once noted beatty That's, Will
,robably give rise to one OF the strang-
---fode in connection with the dispos-
81 If human bodies that has ever been
ayolyed by the human race.
prominent scientist upon viewing
,bo remains of the once lovely wantoh,
Nysr which the Count de Castellane
saeus TO have gone almost crazy, re-
marked what pity II was thal lhe
rodies of famous women and men could
no, be preserved in some more perma-
mont form than that in when the an
GENTS had endeavored TO perpetuste
them ~.
4 fellow professor replied that BET
FER means for preserving bodies hau
raen known to the ancients and could
he utilized today. This man, VINO mas
bsen connected with an exploration So
riety which has done much work IN
Greece during the past ten years, then
alleged his belief that some OF the
suIendd statues produced by the an
,fert masters were nothing less than
netrifactions obtained by the use or
frur. the secret of which had long
bten lost 10 the world.
This statement" explained the pro-
ls.eor would not only be chimerlcal
hut II would also be preposterous were
/ net prepared TO offer some corrooora-
tive evidence i'm support of it. During
NV travels in Greece ] visited num-
her of the Ionian islands and there
rovnd that the natives were in the habit
nj nsing a drug. which, from what |
Qualities CT hasheesh. The drug is ex
tremely rare and is only sold by few
old women. who profess to be sor-
ceresses. and who alone hold the secret
nj its preparation and guard it jeal-
ously.
Persons who become addicted to the
use of this drug are compelled to stop
using il for time or to take an anti
dote in order to prevent themselves
from petrifying. Whether the drug
which these OLD women dispense is the
actual drug used by the ancients in the
production of their statues | do not
know but 1t is, at any rate, probably
part Of the formula"
The professors words, coming from
man of such high attanments and re-
sponsibility. it may well be understood,
since been the subject of much talk in
social circles
The idea has taken wonderful hold
among the women, who are simply wild
t. nave the matter further investigated
aud petrihcation society established.
The professor in question has stated his
willingness to makef uller investigation
into the matter when he goes again to
Greece but it is likely that the interest
be has created by his remarks will not
be satisfied by any delay in the matter.
TO think how lovely it would be-"
remarked one of the most beautiful
women in Viennese society to me the
ether day. to die with the thought that
ones charms were destined to remain
imperishable through all the ages. To
think that the man of 5000 years hence,
instead of looking up to the crumbling
features of a decaying That's, in which
al the lines of original beauty are lost,
should look upon a marble figure as
perfect as could have come from the
uand Of Praxitiles himself To every
woman the haunting thought of her
life the nightmare of existence, is that
She will one day become a mass of cor
rgption and disgust instead of an object
q q urcment and worship. If there is
any possibility of averting the horrible
developments of the graveyard or the
anuhiliation of the incinerary urn 1t
ought to lie looked up and put into OPP
cratiO, at once"
his woman is only one Of dozens
whom | have heard speak in similar
strain during the last few days.
The subject is one of most enticing
interest to all those whose minds revolt
81 the idea Of returning to dust in the
conventional way.
The professor who started the discus
sion expresses a doubt as to whether
'ugs could be used which would pro-
dIoe a rapidity OF action sufficient to
uHset decay when administered after
Ce1th, He believes that the effect of
'D1 drug is gradual and must be So.
owing to the Pathological nature OF
'" action. In the cases which actually
came under his observation he points
't that it must naturally have heen so,
D.. tae potufying effect was gradual and
NTa#Ic Of being retarded or Offset by
tl HltidOte He advances the horrible
o.. y that where it was necessary on
". part Of ancient scuiptors to obtain
'atns for statues, these. after be-
- elected, were kept in confinement
3D.. drug administered TO them in grad
.0. doses until they slowly petrified
passed away. On this account he
'.s that If some Of the statues sup
no have been obtained in this
her were broken there might be
l hollow spaces representing such
Of the body Is had never petri-
When the idea that the torture
a doata would have caused 4
'-'ura OF the features the professor
that all sensations when under
.H1eucc Of the drug were delight
ZELIE DE MURSKA.