The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-22

The oxford Press syndicate values Its formula
for making the very thin, tough paper USED IN
the Bibles and encyclopedias at more than Slooo'-
OOO To perfect the process required % years OF
hard work and the expenditure of $lOOO,Voo IN
cash.
A secret of even greater value is the formula
for making the paper employed for the Bank OF
England notes. This is family possession OF
the Portals Of Lavenstroke, to whom already IN
two generations 1t has brought enormous for
tune.
The brilliant red cloth Of the cardinals robes
worn at the Vatican has been manufactured for
many generations by the same firm OF merchants
at Burstcheid, Aixla- Chapelle.
The secret process Of distilling the dye Is given
hy father to son. with every precaution 70 prevent
any outsider from gaining possession or the rec-
ne according to writer In the Los Angeles
Times In this connection 1t Is rather curious to
note that this family Of cloth merchants is OF
Huguenot descent and is Protestant today.
Recipe for Green chartreuse.
When the monks of La Grande Chartreuse were
expelled from France, the senior abbot carried
the recipe for the famous iqueur In casket OF
tempered STEEL and this was never for moment
ont Of his possession. In the open market after
ward the formulae for the twin liqueurs, the
green chartreuse and the yellow, were sold for
81 100000 At the time this liqueur was first
made the recipe was written single fragment
of parchment six inches by nine. One by one
additional ingredlentS were lntrouuceu.
1t has been stated that at the present time
the mixture contains 1877 different substances
And every addition to the drink requireu an au
dition to the recipe.
The result was a volume of more than 1OO
napes. It Is no exaggeratlon to say that this is
the most valuable book in the world. This De-
comes rather amusing when we remember that
the mendicant friar who first concocted the
loueur regarded his invention with considerable
disfavor.
He was as shortsighted as Giovanni Farina'
who was the originator Of eau de cologne. ne
offered the recipe for sale at $500 conserva-
tive estimate Of the total value OF It's safes proS
since that is $25,0O0,O00
Famous Maraschno Cordial.
The Namis of lara in Dalmatia, were wiser.
1bav nossessed as one of their heirlooms family
REGIME for drink distilled from the marasco, or
wild cherry. When they finally consented to part
with their secret they received therefor large
su,n in cash and land to the extent or several
thousand acres This is the cordial popular the
world over as MaraschinO
It has frequently happened that valuable trace
secrets have been lost beyond recovery. For III
stance the best watch oil, 1t appears cannot DC
obtained today because the secret process OF mix
ing perished with the inventor 1t IS salo 'ha'
tho last quart of this fap:ous liquid was sold 1or
5000 and that was 35 years ago. since then every
effort has been made to ,alyze the product In an
ottempt to reproduce the oil. but without success
The man who made 1t who alone knew It's compo
stion died. and 1t further appears, not even MS
name or the place of his burial Is known. lie
never revealed to anyone the details OF his process
ond II was not until after his death that the rea
value Of the oil was appreciated
Business firms are not the only possessoiS "
trade secrets Governments are Just as Jealous