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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-02-20
EARLY HISTORY OF CAST STEEL
How the secret OF 1ts Manufacture Wa
Revealed to the World.

NOW INC SccFOC Oh xt0 m0Uu10GC0E9 v01
Revealed to the World.
The history of cast steel presents a
curious instance of a manufacturing
secret stealthily obtained under the
cloak of an appeal to philanthropy. The
main distinction between iron and steel,
as most people know, is that the latter
contains carbon. The one is converted
into the other by being heated for a
considerable time in contact with DOW
dered charcoal in an iron box. Now steel
thus made is unequal. The middle of a
bar is more c~arbonized than the ends,
and the surface more than the center.
1t is, therefore, unreliable. Neverthe-
less, before the invention of east steel
there was nothing better. In 1880 there
lived in Attercliffe, near Sheffield, a
matchmaker named Huntsman. He
became dissatisfied with the watch
springs in use, and set himself to the
task of making them homogeneous.
If thought he, II can melt a piece of
steel and cast it into an ingot it's COM
position should be the same through.
out He succeeded. His steel soon be-
came famous. Huntsman's ingots for
fine work were in universal demand
lie did not call them cast steel.
hat was his secret. About 177O n
large manufactory of this peculiar steel
was established at AttercIiffe. The
process was wrapped in secrecy by
everyone within reach. True and faith
full men were hired, the work divided
and subdivided. large wages paid. and
stringent oaths administered. II did
not avail. One midwinter's night. MS
n tall chimneys of che Attercl;ffe
steel works belched forth, a traveller
knocked at the gate 1t was bitter cold
the snow fell fast and the wind bo,yleI
across the moat. The stranger. ap-
parentiy a plowman or agricultural
iaoorer seeking shelter from the storm.
wakene no suspicion. Scanning the
wayfarer closely, and moved by motives
or humanity, the foreman granted his
request and let him in.
feigning to be worn out with cold and
lat1sue' the poor fellow sank upon the
noor n soon appeared to be aslean
inat' however, was far from his in4en-
IONS. He closed his eyes apparently
only. lie saw workmen cut bars ~ st..,
.n.o D1's and place them in crucibles in
The fire was urged to its ex-
IRENE power until the steel was melted.
Niotned IN we rags to protect them.
selves ron n heat, the workmen drew
oue the glowing mold. Mr.. Huntsnan,s
factory had nothing more to be dis
hsaS n making OF cast steel had
peen dlscovered.-Inventive Age.
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& For Dark Plaoes /.

The discovery of a new light which en-
ables the photographing of the bones of the
human body through the clothes and flesh,
the contents of a wooden box through tina,
envelope, or of . leather wallet, or ever Of
objects hidden by one metal-aluminium-
is now announced from Germany. 1t is the
newest and most astounding marvels of the
advance OF scientific discovery, and it is
wholly crepited by men of SO great authority
as Edison, while others think the accounts Of
the present state are exaggerated, but re
gard the achievement as quite possible.
The results of this new process are kelly to
be OF the utmost value in medicine and sur.
gerry. while one can easily imagine that in
malicious hands it might be applied to mis-
chief. With the aid Of the new light the
wheels in the head of the sscrank'' might be
seen in ceaseless rotations.
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French Blue Iews.

u1e or the most curious applications st
sunday law Is reported n 1m : Fs.nc,,
sown, where . wheelman was Arrested FOR
sepsirlng the tire of his wheel on TIA road
% SUNDAY. and condemned 10 nav Z ana
2! g francs $50. The defense 81 fra
wnseIman claimed the absolute and IN.
. Mu.ase necessity Of repairing 4 Dunrtnred
s,.c Delng the proper motive for dninr the
. wnic1 did not need the assistanca a.
~ pIoIessionoi laborer and which shsn,ld
~ IT, cOnle under the..lAw Of Sunday 49,.
. " colls took Z different yieW $780,
g sentenced the whcelman. Svs.
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Go be continued. }
1t Might Come n

Nantucket Is famous for auctions. They
are held in the public sqnare. Meat auc.
tons, furniture auctions. There are few
things one cannot buy at auction If one
bides ones time. Whenever an old home
Is broken up Or a resident leaves the is
land the uDwanted effects are closed out
at auction for whatever they will bring,
At the last n q refrigerator was put up.
Too late. The seasons over!" shouted
same n In the crowd. .But tbere'll be
another and perhaps q hot one,' said the
auctiOneer. "But one may die before that,
said the other. Well" replied the auc-
tiOneer, ''if you die you'll be sorry that
you hadn't bought a refrigerator and taken
1t along with you!"
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f11s brUks sl1ort and eva ~ within II !
sndnhef 0f toleorxph wires Tor the railway
SGeavvico, The tube communicated directly
With tho IL outside. They were saved!
They vees savsdl Ar would come through
undossfocd M
Aftha self-san1e moment, another sound
sOf heeakfnr Ina he0fd more distinctly e
the oppOeite end. some thirty or forty feet
81 through the tunnel. Then ! voice rang
~ dearce. 6 if issuing from the tube, IN
short, sharp sentences
You are there Are you iii alive? Il any
one iniured?"
CYRIL ieant down ana shouted back in re.
sply:-
HNe,re two. Both alive. Not hurt.
But sick and half dead with sitting. Send
a III s soon q ever you can. And ii pos
sible pass rs ! bottle Of water"
Some minutes e~Iapsed-thfee long slow
minutes 81 intense anxiety. Elms, now
broken down with terror and want Of oxy-
gen, fell halt fainting forward toward the
shattered tube. Cyril held her mp in
his supporting arms, and watched the
pipe eagerly. II seemed an age; put, after .
time, he became conscious Ola gust OF air
blowing on his lace. The keen freshness re-
He looked about him and drew . deep
breath. Cool air was streaming in through
the broken place. Quick as Thought, he
laid Elma's mouth as close as he could lay
IL to the reviving current. Her eyes were
closed. After = painful interval, she OPEN
Cd them languidly. Cyril chafea her hands
very little effect. She lay motionless now
with her eyelids halt shut, and the whites
OF her eyes alone showing through them.
The close. foul air OF that damp and con-
fined spot had worked its worst, and had
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Old-Tfme Doctor.

In the nth and 18th centuries doctors
carried n with hollow heads, pcr-
1orated like Il pepper caster. These
contained aromatic powders, and when
entering a sick room the doctor would
strike the cane smartly' on the floor and
apply it's head to his 8 for the pur-
pos OF disinfecting that member and
tnus OF preventing ~contagion.
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stringing itself along from Aster place to
Twenty fsth street, is stocked with mauy
million dollars worth of books. Single
buildings with their contents and the land
they occupy are worth more than the assessed
value Of many q rural county in this state.
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A decision has been rendered by the
supreme court of the United States to the
eject that there was no legal provision
against the passage OF the silver coins
which were abraded only BY circulation.
ind that they were . legal tender as long
% they bore the semb)ance of the coin
The case was one gro wing out of a rail.
road conductors refusal to accept a worn
silver coin rendered by q passenger In par
ment of fare.
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CHAPTER v.
aRArrruDK

4 ssTheFe were only two Of you, then, In
the last carriage?n Guy asked with deep In
terest, the very next morning, ~ Cyril,
none the worse for his long imprisonment,
At quietly in their joint chambers at Staple
Inn, recounting the previous days adven-
tufee.
Eyes only y OF us. It was awfully for
tunate. And the carriage that was smash
cd had nobody ct all, except in the first
compartment, which escaped being buried.
30 there were no lives lost, by 1 miracle,
you nay Soy. But several Of the people In
And you and the other man were shut
Mp In the tunnel there for fifteen hours on
: stretch?" Guy went on refiectively.
AZ least fifteen hours" Cyril echoed,
without attempting to correct the slight
e.sror Of rex, fcf no man, he thought. il
bound 70 criminate himself, even in . dirt
alton. 'It was two in the morning before
they dug Us quite out. And my companion
~ that time WA more dead than alive. /
can tell you, with watching and terror"
WAS he, poor fellOwfn Guy murmured,
With . sympathetic face; for Cyril had al
ways alluded casually to this fellOw-travel-
Ter In such general terms that Guy was a. yet
unaware there was . lady in the case.
"And Is he al right again now, do You
know Haye you heard anything more
But bs6ore Cyril could answer there came
! knock at the door, and the next moment
Mr.. Montague hewitt, without his violin,
entered the in some haste, all agog
With excitement. His face was eager and
his M cordial. It was clear he was
NWhy. Cyril, my dear fellow" he cried,
graphing the painters hand with much
demonstration Of friendly warmth, and
wrtnging II hard two or three times over;
"how delighted ! am to see you restored
TO MS alive and well once more. This
y really too happy. What . marvellous
escaped. And what : romantic story. All
the clubs are bnIxing with it. A charming
grill You'll have to marry her Of course,
that's the necessary climax. You aud the
young lady are the staple il, news, l see, In
very big print, in all the evening pa
Guy drew back 4 the words with . little
against. "a charming girl, hewitt! Then the
person who was shut mp with you for
girlf"
Cyril'a handsome face flushed slightly
before his brothers s~crutinizing gaze; but
he answered with . certain little ~illconceal-
ed embarrassment.
'tOh, didn't / say 30, didn't j? Well,
she was girl then, Of course; . certain
Miss Clifford. She got in at Chetwood.
Her people livo some where down near
Tilgate: At least, 30 ] gathered from what
she told ME.
Neyitt stared hard It the painters EYES.
which tried without success) TO look I'M
conscious.
Is romance!'' he said. slowly, scanning
his man with deep interest. "A romance,
] can see. Young, rich, and beautiful. Ny
dear Cyril. I only wssh ! hed hatf vnus
suck. what splendid chance. what
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they never had anybody on earth they
could call their own; they dropped from
the clouds. rs il were, n rainy day, with
out q friend in the world. plump down in
K the Charterhonse. There the were well
supplied. with money, and spent their hole
days with q person at Brighton. who wasn't
even supposed to be their lawful guardian.
Looks fshy, doesn't it? Their names are
Cyril and Guy Waring-and that's all they
know of themselves. They were educated
like gentlemen till they were twenty-One
years Old old ! and then ,,p they weFs ned looss
with : couple Of hundred pc aids of capital
apiece to shit for themselves with. I'm
canny, very; / don't like the look Of Il.
Not ct all the sort Of people IN impression
able girl like ouf Eima ,uld ever be al
lowed to see too much o
Y don't think 4he Wa very much in.
confidence. 1--WE watched her to see, and
/ don't think she's In love with him. But
by 10 morrow, Reginald, I shall be able,
I'm sure. 70 tell you for certain
Tie Companion o. the Militant Saints
glanced rather uneasily acrOss the hearth
rug ct his wifs.. ELSA marvellous gin, 70
said, shaking biz head sagely,. and swayine
hinaself g9nfW TO and fro on the stone curb
Softhe fsn61k. II frankly confess, my dear,
/ don't Quito understand il. And ElmA1
rot Il, too eyery bit i bad . you havs.
Runs In the family, ] suppose-runs some
how In the family. AFTER living with yOu
now Tor tWenty-two years-yes, twenty.
two last Apfii-tn every pat Ofthe world
and Every gTade 0fthe Bervice, I'm c0mpell-
cd to admit that your intuition In thes1
mattsss II really renlarkabls-simply =.
d n. Mi6brd colcred through hm olivs.
heown skin, sxectly IKE Ellna md rcss
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you for coming home latey Crappe-- Not a bit of it. Henry Peck-HoW do you manage it? Crabbe--I don't have any wife.-Tit-Bits
 Mary, hope you took good care of my pets while we have been at Mar gate?" Indeed did, mum; only once I forgot to feed the cat" Il hope she didn't suffer-" "Oh, no, mum; she ate the canary and the parrot! !'-Tit- Bits,
 Johnny-Tommy Joes doesn't know how to swim, because his mother don't want him to go near the water. Nam ma-Well, Tommy is good boy. John- nie-Yes, he'll go to heaven the first time he falls overheard. Brooklyn Life.
 Dea Berry--You remember the words of St. Paul in his defence before Agrip- pa Miss Stalemate-No, l cant say that I remember, deacon; St. Paul. you know. was before my time. Dea Berry You surprise me.-Boston Transcript,
 Johnnie (reading) g)-Three little chil- dren were out in a boat on Sunday, when it was struck by lightning, and two were killed. His grandmother (solemnly)- Johnnie, hope you see the moral of that Johnnie-Yes esm. It says that they were crossing the river on the way to Sunday school when struck. Judge.
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person of Mrs. Campbell, will be against them. Mrs Campbell has formed a new political party whose dec- larations and aims will strike terror to the bosses of all other parties. So far | she is the only member of the party, but she is whole party in herself, and though she does not need adherents she will doubtless soon have them. The way in which she became a new party was this: She wanted to vote at the
 presidential election. She knew of no
 reason why she shouldn't. She went
 list, but the men in charge of the reg
 istering told her that it would be
 against the law to allow her to vote. She couldn't persuade them that it wouldn't be, and she couldn't make them understand that the law didn't | amount to anything when Woman l didn't want to have it. But she was equal to the occasion. As she flounced
 out of the presence of the male tyrants
 she made this startling and onlinous
 declaration: Well, if l can't vote my husband shan't"
 MT Campbell's vote was important
 before, One vote is always important,
 for it may decide the fate of many offieeholders. Mir. CampbelPs vote is | doubly important now, for if it can't | be got out the new party which Mrs. | Campbell has made of herself will have boom whose consequences no man
 can foresee MT. Campbell's vote must
 be got out. How? is the question. It
 can't well be got out by force. It will l hardly do to drag MT. Campbell out over the prostrate and protesting form
 of Mrs. Campbell Strategy must be ! employed, Perhaps some merchant who is willing to help in good cause can be induced to advertise such an ir- 1 resistible bargain for that day that l AiAss SaAliPbSii VIII pC obil6Cd tO SO OuS | and look at 1t and thus give those who
 are interested in getting out Mir Camp | bells vote a chance. Of course, MT. Campbell is to be pitied if his vote is | got out in this or any other way, but
 he must make sacrifice for his coun-
 try and for his fellow men. If his vote
 can't be got out 1t will be bad for him
 and them.
 My experience teaches me-" said MT.
 Bryan the other day, that the mother
 and the wife are important parts of
 the family" Well, rather! And they
 take on a new and very important inn
 portance in the person and the pronun-
 ciamento of Sister Campbell.
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fects that would hardly be risked when new goods Is cut. These naked overs will all save wear on the very best, ab- solutely correct, and new good taste, gown, or pair of gowns. Besides. it is always wise to make a remodeled dress after the rather showy newest fashion, that you may seem rather to have a change of the very newest, than lot of fixed over things. To be always in the Very latest style may mean, if you are wise, that you are an adept at remodel ing, instead of mere extravagant.
 II the bolero effect is to be used in a new dress, this pictured model is a bet ter choice than the one just described It is made of silver gray peau de sofe- the dress goods-is bordered with bias folds of the same and is embroidered with gray silk in the corners at the top over the shoulders are narrow bretelle epauletes finished with embroidery and bias folds. The bodice itself is pink silk and is draped in the yoke and in front with embroidered silk muslin. Ii has a. draped stock collar and draped corselet belt of black satin, the former with lace trimming A plain skirt was worn with this bodice.
 Women who, at the most, possess one diamond will be pleased to learn that tiaras are going out of fashion If you have one, be sure to put it away at once and don't think of wearing it any more, except perhaps to breakfast or something like that to keep you from catching cold, or to keep the moths out of it. FLORETTE.
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ROY ORATOR ED,

Though the Boy Orator is very busy in these days we suppose that he finds time to look at the papers, or If he does not he finds time to listen to some body who tells him what the important news affecting him is. For the last two or three weeks he has been reading or hearing about rise in the price of wheat and for the last two or three days he has been reading or hearing about the regular old-fashioned bulge" in wheat which has taken the hair off of the shorts and given the longs" money and joy. And as he has read or heard about this he has been obliged to confess to himself that with wheat rising and silver falling one of his strongest and most impressive "argu- ments'' has received it's death blow. He has also been obliged to seriously ask himself if he is not mistaken in his notion that he is Man of Destiny. When men of destiny need a fall in the price of wheat and a rise in the price of silver they get them. Bryan gets the other thing just when and where it will hurt him the worst
 But timely and instructive as the present rise in the price of wheat is, it was not needed to show those who know the facts that Bryan's wheat ar- gument is not sound. ''The crime of 1873" isn't what has made the price of wheat It is the law of supply and de- mand. It is fact that the highest average price of wheat which this country has seen since 1867 was in the five years from 1877 to 1882. This doesn't give much support to the Ear gument" based on "the crime of 1873 , It is also a fact that while during the first fifteen years from 1867 silver fell more than IS cents per ounce, or IA per cent, wheat advanced about 2h cents per busIel, or ? per cent, and that while during the last ninety days silver has fallen cents an ounce, wheat, ow- ing to deficient harvests in other coun- tries, has advanced about 20 cents g bushel
 The Boy Orator hasn't seen fit to ex- plain to the farmers the advance in the  price of wheat which has so inoppor- tunely collided with his rabbits foot. Perhaps if he says anything he will say that the Republican National com mittee is running big wheat deal in all the wheat markets of the world and that the Hindoos who are buying wheat in San Francisco have been hired to do it by Mark Hanna.
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mileage tickets on railroads in New York has been rendered by Judge Wal ter Lloyd Smith of Elmira, sitting at a special term of the Supreme court in Tompkins county. A statute enacted in 1895 imposes penalty of $50 upon rail- road companies for refusing to issue mileage book to any person applying therefor, at rate not exceeding two cents per mile. In a suit against the Erie Railway company to recover the penalty under this statute, the consti- tutionality of the enactment was at- tackled, particularly on the ground that it applied to railroads running from one State into another, and thus inter- fered with the power of congress to regulate interstate commerce. Judge Smith, however holds that it should not be so contsured, but should be deemed only to require the acceptance of the mileage ticket for transportation between points in the State of New York. He also declares that the re- qairement that the corporation shall sonable as to amount to an unlawful interference with the rights of the con- pany to transact business under its charter.
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TOTE THAT SHOULD BE cor OUT.

Those whose business it is to "get the vote out" in St. Louis next month will have one job that will give them more trouble than they will know what to do with. When they try to get the vote of MT. Campbell out they win need all their skill and ingenuity. and even with those qualities in full exercise they may miserably fail. For Woman, in the
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NEIGHB0RLY.

Her Father-You say she has accept ed you? Suitor-Yes, sir! Her Father Then, suppose this is merely a rati- fication meeting.
 Unnatural father" sobbed the hero- inc. Indeed, he was so unnatural that the stage manager let him go at the end of the week.-Detroit Free Press.
 Henry Peck-Does your wife scold
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