Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1919 — Good From Alchemy. [ARTICLE]

Good From Alchemy.

i' The philosopher’s stone never existed except hypothetically in the lmaginatioh W credulous humanity. But out of the efforts. of inhn.v thoughtful men the present has. grown with its enlightened views and fulTer knowledge. Alcheinv. although in many respects .a remarkable example of the. extent to which human reason may aberrate, can never bp without hutpan interest. It brought to view many fresh fi el dtp .oL. res earth, and led to the, of many facts of great importance during, Its strange and devious career. •