The Columbus journal., 1902-12-24
EVERLASTING YOUTH.


There will be universal interest in &
paper written by Carl Snyder for Har
per's Monthly for November. Mr.. Sny.
der professes to believe that some day
science will be able to make youth ever
lasting. That Is to say, the day is com
ing when everybody will be young and
healthy and happy, when death and sick
ness will be known no moro on this earth
And he doesn't refer to the millennium
or to any other possible upheaval. Mr..
Snyder has reasoned it all out and while
he 10 not now ready to recommend any
process, tho faith that Is in him seems
strong.
"What we call growing old" J" he says,
Seems merely . series Of destructive
feementations. It is probable that these
sre present from tho beginning-that
throughout all lifa there is . sstruggle, 60
to speak, between the two; that, in some
sense, q Professor Loeb once remarked,
death is Q physical agent, the material
antithesis OF life.
III the action Of malt engine upon
starch 10 reversible, 90 is that OF tho fer
meuts which convert the active tissue,
the living protopiasm, into the relatively
dead fatty or connective or cartilage or
bone tissue-the Characteristic, % the
great Russian biologist, Metchniko6, has
shown, OF advancing years. Az tho dis
covery OF the constructive ferments gave
ut least clue to complete account Of
the whole life process, 60 to those who
have closely and ref1ectively followed the
development Of biochemistry the dis
covery Of reversibility in fermentation
may in time disclose tho reversibility OF
tho life process; the moro concrete phase,
the arrest Of death, the prevention OF old
aRe, the preservation OF youth"
This is pretty deep and rather incom-
preheusible to most OF us, but tho pic
ture is none the less alluring. Sane peo-
pie may talk about their willingness to
die, but when it comes to the final test
most OF them would favor delay. Pend
ing the discovery Of q perpetual injunc-
tion against fermentation, it is we'll
enough to keep the field we'll cultivated
up that the Great Reaper may not
encounter too many cookies.
The Omaha World Herald remarks
that "the proposed Rosewater electric
franchise was the torch which ignited
tho pyrothechnics at tho meeting Of the
city council, Tuesday evening. In 0
glare OF red fire al three OF tho ordi-
nances that have been introduced on this
subject were reported for indefinite post
pouement, then recommended to be
placed on file, and finally given again
into tho keeping Of the judiciary COM
mittee, while Q fourth ordinance was
introduced and steared past first and
second readings." The letter from Mr..
Babcock OF Columbus to the council
gave them statement OF the condition
Of tho Nebrasks Central Irrigation Co,
and asked that IN opportunity might be
given to present any information that
may b desired relative to tho merits Of
tho power and to show that they have
been acting conservstively and on busi-
ness principles. Mr.. Babcock stated
that tho company have an authorized
capital Of $lyO0o.O0O and . paid-up capt.
tal Of $S75.O 900; that the canal With its
lsterals 10 7l.M miles in length; that by
virtue Of tho filings and applications
during tho last seven years for the waters
Of tho Loup river, and the actual con-
struction and appropriation, "the said
now control the flov OF the
waters Of the Loup river; that Q con-
tract was entered into with the United
Engineering Co. Of Now York, Who made
, technical report on power development
that $1,000 electrical horse power can be
delivered net, to the city Of Omaha
worth IS per horse power. The city
council Of Omaha will meet this Tues-
day. evening, when tho case will aeain
come mp for consideration.
AHTER eight experiments conducted
With tho greatest secrecy, Marcooi an
nounoss that hs has solved tho problem
ue wireless trans oceanic communicative.
md has SUCCESSFULLY transmitted wireless
messages from tho shores OF Canada to
fhe coase Of England. Tho formal
announcement Of this achieyemeut va
made BY tho inventor himself Monday