Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-08-30

The Oxford Press syndicate values ns tormuia
for making the very Thin, tough paper used 10
the Bibles and encyclopedias at more than $l,oW'.
600. To perfect the process required 20 years OF
hard work and the expenditure OF Sl,Voo'oW IN
cash.
A secret Of even greater value is the formula
for making tho paper employed for the Bank OK
England notes. This is u family possession OF
the Portals Of Lavenstroke, to whom already III
two generations it has brought an enormous 1or'
tune.
The brilliant red cloth of the cardinals robes
worn at the Vatican has been manufactured lor
many generations by the same firm or i'erch"n's
at Burstcheid. near Aix-la-Chapelle
The secret process of dlstilling the dye Is gwen
nv father to son, with every precaution to prevent
anv outsider from gaining possession OF the reel
no according to a writer In the Los Angeles
Times In this connection 1t Is rather curious 10
rota that this family Of cloth merchants Is or
Hupuenot descent and Is Protestant today.
Recipe for Green chartreuse.
When the monks of La Grande Chartreuse were
expelled from France, the senior nDbot carreu
the recipe for the famous llqueur IN a casket ..
temnered steel, and this was never FOR a moment
ont Of his possession. In the open market after
ward the formulate for the twin llqueurs, the
oraen chartreuse and the yellow, were sold FOR
a 100000. AT the time this liQueur was nrst
made the recipe was written on a single fragment
~ norchmept. six inches by nine. One by one
additional ingredients were introduced.
Il has been stated that at the present time
the mixture contains 1877 different substances
And every addition to the drink required IN 40
dition to the recipe. .oo
The result was a volume OF more thah lo
noees, 1t Is no exaggeration to shy that this IL
the most valuable book In the world. This DC.
comes rather amusing when we remember tha'
The mendicant friar who first concocted tne
uoueur regarded his invention with conslderao''
disfav0r. .
He was a. shortsighted as Giovanni Farina
who was the originator Of eau de cologne. n
offered the recipe for sale at $S,6OO. A conservu
rive estimate Of the total value Of its sales' pront
since that Is s25y0oo.0oo.
Famous MarasehIno Cordial.
Tho Namis Of cara, in Dalmntia, were wiser
1hsv noasessed a. one Of their heirlooms a faInil
racine FOR a du1nk distilled from the marasco, Q
wild cherry. When they finally consented to PAL
with their secret they received therefor q 'are
snm in cash and land to the extent OF seVelt
,housnnd acres, This Is the cordial popular tn
world over AZ Maraschin0.
!, Inns frequently happened that. valuable trad
secrets have been lost beyond recovery. For u
strange. the best watch oil, 1t appears, cannot
obtained today because the secret process OF NIL
) inr nerished with the inventor. 1t Ia said I'M
, ,hs Inst nuart Of this famous liquid was sold 4
. 5000. and that was IS years ago. Since then eve
!, eNor, has been made to analyxe the product In
, otternnt to reproduce the oil. but without succe'
The man who made It who alone knew Its comp
. sition died, and. II further appears. not even !
9 name or the place Of hs burial Is known.
: never revealed to anyone the details Of his proce
n md II was not until after his death that the r.
yalue Of the oil was appreciated.
BUSINESS firms IRE not the only. possessors
II trnde secrets. Governments are just III sealo