Show IT EATS GOLD A New Substance With Which the Chemist of New York Are Wrestling A new substance which as yet has no been successfully classified has been brought to the tention of chemists It is called traigo oro The discovery came about in a peculiar pecul-iar manner A Spaniard who Jived in Mexico was on account of political reasons rea-sons obliged to flee from the country He went to Paris but before going buried a large quantity of gold in a stout oaken chest in a secluded spot Recently he returned and dug up his treasure Imagine his surprise to find the chest not filled with the shinin2 gold but with a black kind of a powder pow-der which showed signs of animal life Chemical tests have shown that the black mineral or animal which it has not been definitely determined had consumed con-sumed the gold A quantity of tcaigo oro has been sent to Ijfyv York where the chemists are tescJngfaJra method to reconvert it to its origin l composition It is said that gold is intj structiblo ctiid that some process can betadopted whereby where-by the gold may be reclaimed Cincinnati Cincin-nati Enquirer 1 |