Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-12-31

mon at the time founded an institution
for original scientific investigation.
Soon after the corps Of scientists EN-
made the discovery that living parts
Of hody ught be substituted for de
eaylEg PARTS of another body For
instance knee might be- replaced by
knee taken from a different person.
serving the purpose Of a new knee.
From I'LL. starting point the expert
mentors preceded step by step till
there was no part 81 the human body
chat they could not supply.
Nearly half q century elapsed, how
ever before these gentlemen succeed
Ell in replacing all the parts IN "A single
human body by similar parts from 9TH
cr bodies
The first perfect combination man
was completed at the institute last
year There WAS not an organ or n
part Of an organ IN him that had not
been taken from another person. The
man whose parts had been all re-
moved and replaced had been named
Peter Sykes. criminal condemned for
murder He was given the choice Of
being executed or turned over 20 the
professors 90 lose his identity by be-
coming another person. He shudder-
ed ut the iumolltion 81 his own per-
sonallty. but consented rather than die
the death Of a fclon
The case was the first that was sue
ccssful IN producing an altogether new
being The operators who made or,
rather combined him considered that
their first duty toward him was 10
name him They chose the Latin word
omniun, meaning "of all'-that IS, Mr..
Omnium was made up ~ all kinds Of
persons. II was expected By the I'M
scientific laity that he might be OPP
posed 10 giving nj the name of Sykes.
but rs there was nothing Of Sykes left
IN him he made no objection what.
ever. Indeed. he did not remember
ever having been Sykes. The life
Sykes had led was not IN him M all.
Since Omuium was entirely expert
mental, the professors who had manu-
featured him gave orders that he was
not TO he permitted at least for some
tlme-to leave the institution But a
certain part Of his brain and his right
hand had been taken from a burglar.
The consequence was that though
locked In 10y guard he found no trou-
Die IN picking the lock with such i'm
PIGMENTS MS he found lying about and
walked forth into the world the lirst
man born OF great many mothers
and just as many fathers.
As might have been expected. this
fragmentary though entire individual
followed the strongest of all the natu-
raj laws the law which unites the
sexes His component parts had been
taken from persons between twenty
aud thirty Ills average age was there.
fore twenty-five, n time OF life when a
mans fancy turns 10 love. He had
been well dressed rs the professors,
and as they feared he might get out
into the world without funds they had
placed "a roll Of bills IN his pocket.
Feeling hungry he went into restau-
rant. whore he ate a good meal and
took desl crate fancy To the cashier
who was very attractive young wom-
an of twenty Having scraped an ac-
qualntance with her, he invited her to
20 10 the theater with him that even
ing. an invitation she accepted.
II should he noted here that Omnium
on entering the world as combina-
ton man obcycd the two most impor-
tant natural laws. The first thing he
did was 10 satisfy his hunger, the see
ond 10 make love.
Miss Mabel Thompson. the young
lady 20 whom Omnium paid his adj
dresses fouad him a very puzzliug pcr-
son. Instead OF having few charac-
teristic traits he had hundred. The
first clasling Of idiosyncrasies she no.
ilced was between those Of spend
thrift and a miser, q portion Of whose
brains had been ongrafied within his
Uranium Instead Of engaging seats at
the theater he took q whole box This
was embarrassing 10 Miss Thompson,
who was q very modest person. What
was her surprise when after the play
he took her 10 supper and ordered one
herring for the two
This episode. though neither OF them
know H. showed from the first that.
though Il was possible 10 produce a
perfect physical combination man, the
matter Of those elements that are 10
be classed MS mental opened mp new
field for the scientists. II demonstrate
ed that 70 place in the same skull two
such dlscordant elements as the brains
OF miser and a spendthrIft is 20
make bad combination.
But Miss Thompson was doomed 20
further surprise and disappointment.
While going home after the apology
for n supper half herring for each
Of thcm suddenly the strokes ~ a
hell fell upon their ears At the first
stroke Omnlum stopped stock still.
There were three strokes, then nine.
on the ninth stroke hook and lad
der truck passed. Omnlum left the
lady standing on the sidewalk. dashed
10 the truck. stood on the footboard
and was whirled away.
ran n he wondered that the poor