The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-05-10
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pies, which were antiquities before
the Saviour was born. When He was
born mankind had forgotten who
built them. They are built without
any cement. The stones arc laid one
upon another like cabinet furniture
nicely fitted. Time has knocked on
those edges three thousand years, but
the stones arc SO hard, that it isp'e
enough to say you couldn't get penr
knife between them-you could not
get a sheDt of paper bctween them.
Loais Philippe proved the hardness
Of this stone when he came to the
throne in 1881. He sent to Egypt
and put one Of these obelisks up on the
spot where Marie Antoinetto was be-
headed. He ordered mechanics to make
two holes for holding the inscription
to be put upon it, stating why it was
there. We are told it took six weeks,
and spoilt ten sots of ohisels 80 hard
is the stone. Now, these old ones at
Rome seventy feet high are carved
the whole four sides up to the apex
with hieroglyphics an inch deep. You
could hide your fingers in the channels
of the letters, and tho letters are as
close as the print on Bible title
page, Champollion says they were
not made with steel they woro
made before steel was invented
with bronze. They could mako
bronze harder than we can make
steel. Indeed, they could make
bronze, what we can never mako it
: elastic. Drop bit Of bronze--it
breaks. They made their sword
blades of bronze.; they made. .!thair
knife blades of bronze. Indeed the
whole treatment Of metals in Asia
reads like fairy tale. "Carlcton,"
who is going to stand here. and deliver
the next lecture in this course, told
mo that when he first went to Asia, he
found that his watch stopped in q
week. Opening it. the steel works
we're nil rustod, The steel of England
would not bear the Asiatio climate,
Tho London Medical and Surgical
Journal says to tho surgeons for the
army in India, "Don't take your Ian.
Gets to Calcutta until thoy arc gild-
cd" Now, you Ybo read novels re-
momber the old Damascus blades Of
the QrYsaders that Fl fgure ip all ro-
msnco and pootry-they ,heysr rusted.
We should have found it. oYt, if they
did, Thsy we're % perfeat Us, crystal,
You copld, bend them, you know, from
hilt to point without breaking. They
had one Mt the London exhibition; in.
1850. You could put it into.,a eoab.
bard shaped like cork=sorew and
take it out again without breaking.
Some men compared it to VIM. II,
Seward. (Iaughter.) This romarka.
bic steel is still the wonder of Europe
Metallurgy is tho browning glory Of
Chemistry, and Europe claims to bo
tho great mctallist Of the world. The
science of Chemistry ,is iA France and
in England: ,Bnt whep, d London.
chronom eter-inal.er %anto tho best
otcel for HIS watch, he don't send
down to Sheffield where they know all
the science, but no aends to tho Pun.
jab where they know only the arts.
Inside Christendom is all the Cbomis-
try outside chemistry is all the ateel.
The 1rst notable Improvement in the
manufacture of steel in England, in
1903, was made ..by.s negro and
whom he died, the secret died with
him. The negroes ip Centrnl Africa.
showed tho first English travellers
there razors better than they carried.
Tho. irrepressiblc negro | Soionce,
with oil its laboring, failod to
equal them in this art. The English.
colonel in the Ipdiesdoes not carry hia
steel. from. Eugland. Ho know 8.
ho can ,:ot bettor sabre blade
made for BIN by common smith in
India than he oan import from Eng
''"f, Tho bqss 5:Ss and novcslists uave mado
very much Of this perfection in tho
manufacture Of steel. Byron is full
Of it. southoS reouFs 70 IT,; Even,
Moore dwells upon 1t. SCOTT has itin
poem and novol. Take Scott's Cru,
eaderp. fosesd the end Of tho noyel
SCOTT brings Hiohard the Lion. Heart.
cd and Saladin, the Soldsu;! faoe TO-
face, in tent together. They talk
about art. Sir Wulter's design is 60
picture the eastern and western civil,
zation as developed. Toward tho aud
off, the ), conversation" Saladin saysl
"Show me tho strength of, which you
tell" Richard draws his sable and
divides an iron bar, an inch thick, at
q blow. Salsdin looks at it and says,
81 cannot do that - but taking an
cider. down pillow, from the. floor, 30
light that it would not keep in shape
ho draws his blado aovoss il, and it
falls in two pieces. The Epglish say
--."this 10 black art this IL magic {;
this is the devil nobody can
out whore there 10 no resis-
tance." Saladin understanding the
doubt takds o cashmere scarf and
throTingit into the .air draws his
blade across it, and cpts it in PIECES.