Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1892 — A New Metal Discovered. [ARTICLE]

A New Metal Discovered.

A Birmingham (Conn.) man who is so modest as not to wish his name to appear in print claims to have discovered a proeess by which so mo metal, which he does not name, can, at un expense of GO cents a pound, bo reduced so that to all ap|>earancoa it is gold. It is as heavy as the precious metal, is easily washed, and can be hmamerod or drawn. Tho inventor declares that there is no use in taking out a pstent because nobody can discover the secret of its manufacture by analyzing it All that be proposes to do with it is to uso it ns a foundation for gold-plateJ goods. Rut what a cause of disturbed consciences will be tho possession of such metal to some men. A good nutno /ortho now metal would be "devillde."