The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-09-07

and muscles ot2Bteel, controlled by
Gods most pdryclous agent, the hu-s
man brain, Into these titantjc arms,
moving with the uneering certainty
.of.fate, a power has been put which
lifts the yeke of labor from the neck
.ofgroaning millions, almost nullifying
the curse which TIE creator pros
claimed to the children OF men. "In
the sweat OF thy face shalt thou eat
thy bread"
Everything around you is sugges-
live>of strength, power, speed and
intelligence, no guess work here, no
grasping for chances in the dark,
'mathematic, stern and unrelenting,
furnish the base of every problem by
which these giants are moved, come
this way, do you see tha, mighty
clever which rises and falls so noises
lessly upand down that, you would
realize its power; ppt this bar of iron
an inch thick beneath its pitless jaw,
sec it cleaves as though it was tissue
paper. Here is a punching machine
that sends it's bolt through thick
plate of iron just as the sewing ma
chine sends IFS needle through a
piece of cambria. And here we have
mcnster lathe working all alone; no
human being near it and yet observe
the unerring intelligence that hour
after hour works steadily on and new
er makes a mistake. Still father on
an uncomfortable shadow falls across
our path, we look up and find our
selves etanding in the presence of the
great Krupp gun, while in military
man 1t might awaken admiration t.
see the perfection 10 which human
,oenine has brought this mi,icle Of
orolna?ee@ c0IiTesS iiG' 'OMlyS IueifnfHt II RI
it awakened in me was hope that
it might Yever be used. Yo cal
scarcely Sealizc its SIZE and lis power
twenty iii rec feet long, twenty tous
weight, fifteen linen b6fteS, salud rang,
Of fifteen miles But though lie
name Of Fred Krupp is indissoIubly
connected with the manufacture OF
the grandest piece of ordiuance of
lnod,rn times. 1t is not solely in
this connection that his glory will pass
to pOsterity, around you on every side
are the cmblenfs of his genius, which
like angels OF peace, all testify to the
greatness of this mans name when
the history OF his monster gun has
passed into oblivion forever. Close
beside this dread engine Of destruc.
ton lies the mighty shaft of steam
ship forged from SINGLE ignot of
sstcel and polished like a ladies,=bod-,
Kin, huge steelRires for locomotives
and wheeles for cars are scattered
around on every Land. Commerce
pays him her peaceful tribute, and
the railroads OF the world in The re
motest climes bear testimony 70 his
genius and skill. Twenty thousand
people find employment in his nu-
lnerous factories and mines, and hail
with satisfaction the exhibit among
our people Of the greatest steel man.
nfacturer in the world.e In one sec
ton / saw what 70 me appeared a
very wonderful operation, it was The
nq1anafacture of tinWare by Bliss &
Williams, Of Brooklyn, we'll do /
reInetnber. the, time when the
commqhest tin pan was made ont OF
four pieces and Of care that had
Spstantiyto be exercised to keep tlle
poSAm fromsmelting off. Great ben
efactoApt the human race was he
who who inyssted this stamping machine,
now they NE a circular plate oftin
place - undeRhe die, and before you
can say Jack, nNch less Robinson,
your pan is made, ND such a pan, a
model Of beauty, aG& strength that.
defee all efforts Of Briaxet to knoclI
OF melt the bottom onEMf it, and