The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-06-10
now IRoNIs MADE.

Approaching The furnace a, night,
long before the buildings around are Wis.
ible. you see a pulsr Of light standing
out vivillY a,Ninst the sky. Aa you
draw near, perhup' a urld blaze fash,
es up by The side Of The pillar, you he's /
a panlirg and anon a deep rumbllng
noise. aud see by the ghaslly yellow
iilht dark Ggnrea making strange and
sinister moIjons enid the humeS. Il
would require but little aid fran an ex-i
cited Imagination to induce tho. belief
that you were approaching the couHnes
of Pandemouium, anil that YOU beheld
before you tho smoke ofIormsDt ascend,
ing.
From tbs escape pipe, aboyo
mouth Of the furnace, tho wnsIa gas Il
bpruiug with a bright yellow flame thA.
brilliantly illumin,tos tho little village,
forming 0 pillar Of light Climbing tho
hill, al the foot OF which tho fufuace IL
located, and walking through the stock
house to the mouth of the furnace you
see two Of our African .citisau5
drawing iron barroSs loaded with coal.
After ascerIaiping that Iheyi contain tho :
proper weight. one backs his barrow up.
10 the mouth Of the furnace now closed
by The cone being drawn up against, thf
cup. and dumps It's contents upon tho
cone, while tho other lifts the weight
which countorbalanced the cone and
kept i, 10 its place. The code sinks and
aheet Of fime'Of inlonscqt heat shoots
up, white the coal sinks into tho ipfenal
region below, 5
Stay few minutes and you will see
the process repeated. 10 a few minutes
more you msy observe barrow OF ore
with fvo hundred pound of limestone
on il decending ia the sane manner,
while the angry flames leap out ss spite.
fully 10 embraced, as they did the coal.
After each charge the cone 10 drawing
TO its place and powdered ore ia scatter
ed around ito edges. 10 reprosS the fame
that brgctS through every croyice. Hour
afIor hour, and day aGer day, the iusa:
table monster claims his regular raliona.
Four borrows Of coal and coke. n bars
rov of or aud five bundled popnda q
limestone %. hoar. ~ 600 -
fual, 20, TOO nhaaf
i ,oualas os t'nesiond toir.proye its digesy,
ton, are poured into liio dery lhross
per day, All this lime tho engine Il
Iorciug current Of air hot enough to
melt lead through twyers. and at intsrS
walls Of an hour Or less a slrean Of moI5
ten lave pous over the dam plate and
cracpS Slugsi'hly down the cpdrr fall
Twice 10 tho ,weuiy-four hours, at elsy-
en- o'clock, morning and night, three
shrill whistles are given BY tho engine,
and tho blsot cpaseG. An iron rod is
driven through the clay that closes thp
aperture in The dam plate, and a torrent
of liquid iron yurg down channel pro.
pared in the sa1j covering tho floor OF
the casting houSe, 10 lis further end,
where il turns o, right angles TO opS
side, and is conducted along narrow
chaGnel (callod lie sow inlo twenty.
eight parallel smallsr channels arrans.
ed at right ANGLES to the sow and called
the pigs. When those are filed. a pc.
culiar shaped spade covered with clay
is driven into tho channel, and the 6ery
food is turned to another SOW and her
pigs. and 40 90 until tho metal is ex,
hausIed. Is tho meta! runs low Ia The
hearth, The oindOr comes off upon lis sur-
face; but Is turred aside and mads 10
run into The cinder tsll 6y dam which
10 driven into the channel. go as TO per-
nit tho metal TO pass under Il. but TO
shut out the oinder, When the metal is
out, the blast islet on for lew minutes
and Immediately fiery blaze ola daz-
cling yellow color, accompanied BY my.
riads Of golden sparks, iutOrspersed With
corruscalicns Of violet hue, issues from
tha tappiOg holeIabd s driven out for
many leet. Then the blast is shut of
sgaln, and The cylinder remaining in
the furnace is worked out. sa6d is at
once thrown over the surface of the
metal, rud in ten minules,it has sokdi
fed. The pigs. are gently separated
with croWbar from the eoH. aud piled
upou each ollist to cool. After cooling
they are weighed aud piled away, In
an hour iron' the beginning Of tho cast
the whistle blows and The blast Is lot on
again. Such ia tlioroutina Of tbs fur
pace FROM day 10 dsy, II takes no rest
an's's4hs hsahh needs rcpairius os.a
Iwyer is bUrued cut.
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A Coop saOr, "A gentleman rsmsrk-
ing ina tavern that he ehot. a hewkSas