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Show Finds Ono of Lost Arts. Buffalo has a struggling young gonlus who expects some day to bo numbered among tho men of wealth and prominence promi-nence of the country. Ho is Frank Mc-Croy, Mc-Croy, who, although barely of ago, has been ablo to cxcrclso his Inventlvo skill to such on extent that ho has already attracted tho attention of some of tho noted scientists connected with tho Government Gov-ernment at Washington. Young McCroy bases his hopo of wooing flcklo fortuno and Incidentally having a tablot In the "hall of famo" on his discovery dis-covery of what Is considered ono of tho lost arts, lt ls that of tempering coppor. Ho has already given practical demonstration demon-stration of his discovery, and those who havo witnessed the tests havo pronounced them nothing short of marvelous. McCroy went to Buffalo from Hall-stead, Hall-stead, Pa. Soon af tor ho had made his' discovery Representative Dubois of Great Bend, Pa., beoamo interested In tho young genius and sent him to Washington, where ho gave experiments at tho Navy department They wero all successful. ! Tho young man received offers at tho tlmo from persona who wanted to buy his secret but he decided to wait until he was of age. Ho was 21 years old a fow months ago. ' |