Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1920 — Woman “Spilled the Beans" [ARTICLE]

Woman “Spilled the Beans"

Les* than a century ago a German professor of chemistry succeeded repeatedly In producing small quantities of gold, which he exhibited to fellow scientists whose keen Interest may well be Imagined. It was later ascertained that a devoted servant, anxious to give hl* master pleasure, had bought gold leaf and surreptitiously contributed It to the contents of the crucible. One one occasion, however, the servant was sent on a distant errand, and left money with his wife for the purchase of the requisite gold leaf. She spent the money for drink, buying instead some “Dutch metal* which she put into the pot This led to a discovery of the fraud, prompt revelation „of which by the professor gave rise to immense amusement