The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1912-07-23
NO NEED TO DIE,
SAYS FRENcAMAM
ALL YOU HAVE TO do No LIVE
FOREvER II ND MAXIM FRIENDS
WITH GOOD MICROBEs AND
KEEP 'EM IN FIGHTING TRIM

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forever. make friends with the good
glycobactere. So declares the smi-
nent DR.. Ellie MetchnikoR. the Pas
teur institute scientist. who has been
delving for many years INTO the mys-
teries OF why men grow old.
The human body. DR.. MetchnikoR.
In common with scientists generally.
declares. is the battle-ground. night
and day. between the good and the
bad microbes. when tho bad microbes
gain an engagement you're . sick
man. Whom the good microbes turn
the tables. you get WELL But. on the
other hand. II the bad microbes rout
the good microbes 10 completely that
they cannot rally. you're . Gonsr and
the undertaken has to BE- called In to
take your measure.
Such 10 your everyday life.
Now. knowing that this terrible
battle is forever going on inside o.
one. DR.. Metchniko6. By u very sim
pie line II reasoning. concluded that
II the good microbes could be fed up.
could be kept hale and hearty and
always ready for . victorious scrap
with the enemy. man would naturally
live longer than ordinarily he woud
60 he went to work to md out what
food the good microbes like best. II
proved to be sugar.
Incidentally the white-bearded sci
enlist discovered that Intestinal de.
composition was the principal reason
for mans growing old. What would
stop. or retard. this putrefactionr
Everyone knows that acids combat
decomposition-that's why house.
wives put a small quantity OF vinegar
IN meats to keep them from spelling.
We must do the same thing with the
digestive tube; we must introduce
into the system an acid-producing MI
crobe.
This was a simple enough opera
tion for DR.. Metchniko6. but he
found that the microbes died OF star
walton because. depending upon sugar
to keep them alive. So the bad MI
crobes had little dificulty In putting
the feeble microbes out OF business
and continuing their nefarious work
OF provoking putrefaction. senility
and death.
Obviously. the thing to do was to
find either another specie Of warrior
In the microbe world. or . food which
would keep the one already discov-
cred going. Sugar. absorbed BY the
system. 10 not enough. 80 DR.. Metch-
nixon discovered In the intestines OF
q dog. lowly. ordinary. canine dog.
the very thing he was after; q MI
crobe capable Of producing the sugar
required for the sustenance of the
good microbes. This microbe, the
dogs gift to man. is the "glycobac-
tere." II forms itself out Of the
starchy foods-potatied. etc.-and
quite easily reaches. in all its hght-
Ing vig0r. the lower intestines. the
seat Of battle. The bad microbes.
pitted against the good glycobactere.
have no show whatever; and other
conditions being favorable. there Is
no reason why man. partaking O:
enough substances producing this
kind Of microbs. should not live far
beyond the ordinary mortal.
But why do 30 many dogs die
young" DR.. MetchnikoK was asked.
Although the microbe was disc0v-
cred In the intestinal hora OF the
dog" replied the savsnt patiently. ut
does not mean that all dogs have
them. To the contrary. The microbe
is vigorously. and. sooner or later.
successfully. combatted by the detest-
able regime followed by most mem
bers OF the canine tribe"
Anyway. though the test has still
TO be applied to man. upon animals
| physically more or less similar TO the
human species. II has met with COLI
adorable success. and even through
this discovery. man is not destined to
live forever. II has been pointed out
that his general health may bs con-
sidsrably bettsred. for life this