Foreign News: Gold's Week

Alchemist. Medieval in their great black robes and ermine tippets, a solemn bevy of French judges in Paris last week gave Monsieur Jean de Habdank Dunikowski a chance to prove in their presence that he can transmute other metals into gold by bombarding them with what he calls "Z-rays."

Switching on his Z-tube, Alchemist Dunikowski began to repeat the experiment which led several rich Frenchmen to lend him money, next led him to the Sante Prison. With a loud bang the Z-tube blew up. The French judges...

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