The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-26

the legs Of human beings and other
wis. epsuing the human body claim
that tncy are vn thv way tn cut ou'
substances witch toad 'u decay oI
| brius ou cid u.r AID vAr0 they suc
coed ~, shah always be abe 10 70
| main Nouu.
HIM eruutcd Nuu EarSt routcmp
| tuous e.
You -rom to donb, the 1,s buity Of
such % result
"Doubt it: II has bccu done hong
ago
"Bcou done lou= aso. VIA do You
iueuI. prufessor;'
/ Professor Nou Eucst toos his piro
out uf ms mouth he ug- always
smohiu--a looking thc other M the
\ eve, slid
"Rc,ubard. the couceit Of this age is
iuto'rrap'c Mos, OF ON discoveries
are accidental, though will admit
ina nuN.IuaN> our scientists are draw.
iug out natures SECRETS 10y ecieutiG.
experiment Nhy shouldn't what ha:
beeu accidentally discovered today
h9ve been accidentally discovered Ice
fUret'
"Becaus" such di>covrrIe- elertrfy
| the world and W. al kunw oc them
| Some or them do now that bnowl
edge II So widely didused But YOU
! who are German know that there still
remain in the fatherlard those who in
I vestiyste FOR the love ~ science and
( despisin. The world, du not always
! 2ivc Uut their discoveries; and when
, they do it is because they will benefit
mankind"
What do YOU mean Gy saying that
the elixir Of life has been discovcred:"
II did not say that. Listen 10 me
AMI | will impart u secret. pasto,r
did not bcciu our present ucthods of
micrUbo nyCstigation ,Icuncr began II
a century ago. Why should the idea
iay dormant from the time OF Jcnncr's
suggestion till pastcur took IL w and
decoloped il: II did not lie dormant.
Many scientists Thought about il. and
some mad" experiments based on the
idea Of vaccination which .lcuucr pro !
pounded.
ut IL needless To tell YOU how | bc. +,
came u scientist. NOu know all about |
II. was born n scientist. When ! |
was littlc boy WAS wondering what |
held the clouds in position. why oil |
ieCts were reelected in soap bubbles. |
how animals walked. When was six |
Years old killed my pet kitten 10 see
its works. which ! supposed 10 be sim |
Ilnr to th~sc Of clock That may |
seem shocking to yuu. but it was the !
beginning Of Investigations which led I
me To- prolOng life.
AT eighteen lctt the university. | |
had found the professors u stupid lot. |
handing down what they considered !
knowledge from ono generation 10 an.
other. Some Of II was knowledge. hut |
the most OF II was error The first
president ~ this republic. Washington. .
was killed by just such mon. who. fol !
lowing m ancient theory of letting .
blood in case Of fever. blCd the Father ,
or His Country to death. | came into 7
my estate soon after leaving the mi.
versiiy. u landed property in romcra /
MIA on the Baltic sea. There. rid Of HE ,
fsl2c knowledge that flooded the world.
I established my laboratory.
81 followed up thc killing of my kit
ton by nu oDslnught upon such inferior
animals rs would civc me The secrets !
~ nature. ! worked twenty Years. NJ I
antit"Kin for the decay that accompa
ries age
why. professor" interrupted rein |
hard. You are seventy aud you look |
seventy. II YOU discovered this anti !
toxin. why did You moi arrest the eff |
tocts OF age ~ yoursclft"
Not 80 fast. my friend. AZ The time
! made the discovery ! was forty years |
old. could not briug back my youth /
aud thc beginning OF disease is the
time Ia arrest il. There is another rca
son. did not hunt for my anjitoxin
because 7 wished 80 live forever. since :
7 knew this would bring me iutocrablc
misery. ! experimental to satisfy my |
thirst for knowledge Aud now ! can /
explain 10 you why the world never
got my secret. I did not wish 10 cause
my fellow men 10 suffer. At my pres.
ent age have lived too long Had ! |
the physical strength Of youth the
mental enuui Of age would be with me |
And what would this enpui be in an
other seventy or twice seventy years!
in the lonely region in which lived !
] had one congenial friend Weisbard. !
His tastes We're not my tastes or
shonld have hated him. IN bis world !
found something different. something
TO fresben me. 10 hin alone ! con
fided my secret. had cause 10 re.
gret my confidence. lie had daugh.
ter fifteen years old. n lovely. beautl-
ful girl. Could you keep her Az abe
Is today he said 10 me. the rest of
my life would lie supreuely happy
Il sighed. for ! knew that desire
IN preserve his daughter = youth would
master him and he would pursue me
till consented to give her perpetual
youth. paid no attention to this
first broad hint. but II came again aud
sgain aud finally took the form o, u
definite request.
For a year resisted 9ss'lrinGl
Weisbord that " ! consented the day
would come when bis daughter. VII
helnlinc. would long for age. IL not fol