Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-06-21
A MONSTER ANvu..-Vulcan himself.

4 MONSTER ANvu-Vulcan himself,
with all the swart giants who worked at
the gods smithies under Etna, never
owned such an anvil as will soon be in
use in the new rolling mills at Woolwich,
England. For long time past the
engineers have been busy at the Royal
Gun Factories of the Arsenal in con-
structing this Titanic piece of IRON
mongery, and they are depositing in its
place the enormous plate which is to
form the bed of the anvil block This
plate weighs 1O7 tons, and had to be
cast OF necessity in an open mould.
The surface which is to receive the an
vii block lay, therefore, downward, and
when after many weeks the colossal
casting grew cool, it was needful to
turn the huge mass completely over.
AT the appointed time an army of sturdy
smiths undertook the task with hydrau-
lie jacks and combination of the strong
est tackle; before night they had lifted
the monstrous lump of solid metal,
twenty-five feet square, and since then
they have laid it on it's bed upon the
rock-like structure of concrete and piles
made to receive it, The anvil-block to
be mounted on the huge plate will weigh
only trifle short of 200 tons, and the
steam hammer which will strike upon it
is made of thirty-five tons of solid metal,
the blow, at full force being, of course,
tremendous. In fact, it is rather doubt
full what will happen to Woolwich and
its vicinity when the mighty piece of
mechanism gets to work. That the
earth around will shake and the air roll
with measured thunder seems probable;
for nothing like this stupendous forge
has ever been set to work since the bolts
of Jove were hammered. Thor's fam
GUS weapon was mere driver of tin
tacks contrastcd with it; and indeed,
the old Norske god, for all his huge
strength, would be puzzled to throw
this Woolwich tool-which, taking all
its metal work together, weighs hard
upon 500 tons.
How TO BE PoLrrE. Do not try too
lard to be polite. Never overwhelm
your friends by begging them to make
themselves at home, or they will soon
wish they were there. Show by your
itCGiolo IitIcl tHul NouI WpIuS tIlil YOU
are glad to see them. Have enough
regard for yourself to treat your great
est enemy with quiet polteness. AN
petty Sights arc merely meanness, and
hurt yourself more than any one else.
Do not talk about yourself or your
family to the exclusion of other topics.
What if you are clever, and little
more so than other people, it may not
be that other folks will think so what
ever they ought to do. 1t may be very
interesting to you to talk over your all
monts, but very tiresome for others to
listen to. Make people think you con-
slider them pleasant and agreeable, and
they will be pretty apt to have pleas
ant impression of yourself. Treat
people just as you would like to have
them treat you. 1t is much easier to
lose the good opinion of people than to
retain it; and when one does not care
for the good opinion of others, he or
she is not worthy of respect. DO not
excuse your house, furniture, or the
table you set before your guests. 1t is
fair to suppose their visits are to you,
not to your surroundings. The whole
machinery of social intercourse is very
intricate, and it is our business to keep
all places of possiiication well supplied
with the oil of politcness.