Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10
How TO MAKE cold.
MEETING on ADULTERA1IOy OF FOOD.
A Large Attendance In Washington to Adj
vocste the Pure Food Isill--A sunday
Marriage Contract Held to
BE Valid.

CHICAGO, March 9. -Anybody who
has the necessary material and fur
mace that will produce temperature
Of 5000 degrees, or volcanic heat, can
stay at home and make his own gold
without subjecting himself to the
rigors OF the Klondke. Il. c. Brice,
president and general manager OF the
National Metallurgical company,which
has a plant at Lowe avenue and Thir-
ty-Ninth street tor the purpose OF
manufacturing gold and silver, said
yesterday that in consequence OF hav-
ing secured all rights to their process
by patents applied for all over the
world the operations Of the company
would no longer be conducted in secret.
The precious metal factory, in which
operations were resumed Tuesday
night. will hereafter be conducted in
as matter-of-fact manner and as open
to public inspection as those OF any
well-conducted manufacturing estab-
lishment Mr.. Brice sees no reason
now why his formula should not be
given to the public. Here it is: Take
Of chemically pure anthony, five
parts; sulphur, ten parts; iron, one
part, and caustic soda, four parts
Place these ingredients in graphite
crucible and expose to white heat, or
5000 degrees, from eight to 4S hours
Powder the resulting mass and mix it
well to incorporate the metal with the
Stag. Combine this with charcoal, one
part; oxide OF lead, five parts, and
caustic soda, four parts. Fuse the
whole until a metallic button is OBJ
tanned, Scorify and cupel this metal
lie mass and the resulting lead will be
gold and silver.
MEETING ON ADuLTERATI0N OF FOOD.
WASHINGTON March 3-About 200
persons, including the state food com
missioners, members Of the National
Grange, health officials, grocers and
pharmacists, were in attendance at
the National Pure Food and Drug con-
gress which assembled at the Colun-
bia university yesterday afternoon for
q two days meeting. Hon. Frank
Hume, of this city, called the congress
to order and introduced District Com
missioner John W. Ross, who formally
welcomed the delegates to the city.
Hon. 5. Ii. Brigham, the assistant sec
rotary of agriculture, presided and in
tro1uced the speakers.
Representative Brosius, of Pennsyl-
vania, who is strong advocate of the
pure food bill in the house, congratu-
lated the congress on the large attend
ance at time when the country was
active with war rumors, lie was not
for war, except that against food
adulteration, and against that he was
for war to the hilt. Reference was
made to the large extent to which foods
are adulterated, and the opinion was
expressed that the only complete and
radical cure was by federal legisla-
ton.
Hon, Aaron Jones, Of Indiana, mas
ter Of the National Grange, said prac-
tically oil the farmers Of the country
were for the pure food bill.
A paper by J. +. O'Reilly, Of New
York, regarding the evils which the
liquor trade suffers from substitution,
imitation and counterfeiting was or
dered to be printed.
A SUNDAY CONTRACT HELD VALID.
ATLANTA, Ga, March 3. One mil
lion dollars worth of real estate is af-
fected by a decision Of the state su-
preme court holding valid marriage
contract made on Sunday The young
man coming into possession of this
property is Reuben Hayden, hitherto
known as q social leader. 1t seems
that in 1850 Mrs. Cone, Hayden's
grandmother, married W. II. Under
wood and reserved her estate for her.
self, and at her death the property
was to 60 to her children. Mr.. Hay
den, in the trial in the superior court,
wanted to introduce as evidence the
marriage contract of Mr.. and Mrs
Underwood The defense objected, as
IL was entered into on Sunday and
therefore was not legal The presid-
ing Judge upheld the objection. In
the decision Of the supreme court the
marriage contract was declared legal,
AS the legislature could only regulate
ordinary employment, and the enter
ing into marriage contract was not
ordinary employment,