The Iron Age 1883-08-30: Vol 32 Iss 9

1883. ac. VES acturing f Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wituiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matte: Vol. XXXII: N Wie Vork, Thesis, Aavisi 30, 288 hiae 5 es lang Farag 0. XAXez /LVO. Q. LV ze Orr, tursday, August 30, 188}. Maths Ganded, Tia. Conde, Chinese War Preparations difference there is between the two is that Sampling of Iron Ores, piece vhich are supposed to represent tl for better or r worse letermin the } the Celestials will not work under high press lumps from which they have been | f the whole car; Che possibility of hostilites between France | ure, but will take their own time over every Our London contemporary, Jron, recently These pieces are collected in a measure | Another method of taking sampl ul ind China, on account of the French attack thing, no matter what its urgency ; and they received a communication from Mr. Alexan supplemented by proportionate measure f which is gaining more advocates as ti pon Tonquin, has given rise to considerable | have their own secret societies, which, after der J. Atkinson, of Cardiff. containing an the medium-sized and small ore In this i? s that known as the tu Lm} activity at different points in the Celestial the pattern of English and American trades interesting account relative to the different way a sample is, or should be, taken fro1 his usists in allowing the laborers « Empire, notably at the Kiangnan Arsenal, unions, see that their members do not do too methods pursued in sampling iron ores. each hold rhe total amount taken wei ployed in discharging the car to fill one « situated some tbree miles distant from much work or take too little pay. Thescale of Among other things, Mr. Atkinson states 40 or 50 pounds Thus is the essential part two tubf of ore from each hold, and Shanghai. It is probably the largest of the remuneration ranges from $2 to $3 a week to that in the earlier phases of the import trade of the sampling performed. For the rest, it having these 2 or 4 tons of ore crushed by four arsenals now in the Empire, and, among the coolies, to $70, $80 and $90 a month to the | of Spanish ores into England it was custom- consists of mechanical operations of crush- number of laborers upon a large plate until other things, comprises a small shipbuilding foreman, the mean being $6 to $7 per week. ary to book contracts for large quantities, ing, sifting, mixing, dividing, further crush is in the previous method, after repeate yard with every requisite for the con-| And when it is remembered that they live the delivery being effected in cargoes of from ing and mixin packing into tins or bottles crushing and mixing, a representati yy struction of ships of the size of the gun mainly on rice and similarly inexpensive 400 to 600 tons, and it was found that and sealing nina sufliciently fine stat f division boats built in England for the Chinese dishes, and, huddling tovether in wretched the small samples, which are still com When a sample has been once so taken and btained, this being then packed and sea Government. During the past two years habitations, pay next to nothing for rent, monly met with, gave fairly good results sealed, it is considered final and bindin The advanta iimed for tl method the heavy ordnance department at Kiang- and do not wear fine clothes, it will be seen when averaged over a large number of de-| upon buyers and sellers in regard to the that the fairness of the sample is independ nan has received no small amount of that they have abundant opportunities for liveries. But in recent years the practice whole cargo. It scarcely needs to be pointed ent of the skill of the sampler it it is que attention, and the work being turned out saving money. Their hours of labor average | of selling individual cargoes has become out that this method may lead tovery uncer- tionable whether this advantage is not out there is creditable, to say the least. As re- nine a day, and they leave off two hours more common, and the average tonnage of a tain results The two agents may be men. weighed by the nature ofthe sample bein RE 1) a lormer account f China’s four enals, all the raw material for the guns inufactured is brought from England in shape of bars of iron and steel, and these welded into solid coils, bored and turned arat to their being contracted on the bar: Ss The engraving which we pre t th veek, taken from the Jllustrated mdon Vews, shows a number of Chinese rkmen engaged in this operation of weld a cou, and gives a good idea of the manu acilities for this kind of work at mmand of the Chinese Government tives, as is generally acknow! labdl workmen, ; 1t edged, are and, were not for the that they betray an almost invincible tnce to Innovations, improvements, or, fact, anything new, they would give every tistaction he prevailing opinion among the heads of lfferent departments, which, we would tally remark, are in almost all cases ins, is that Chinese labor. skilled and k 1, will bear vers favorable ynpari “ that of other mechanics rhe ene A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. 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WELDING A COIL FOR A earlier on Saturdays, and have Sunday en tirely to themselves As workpeople their steadiness can be relied upon, for they do not drink, and it is only a comparative few that indulge in opium smoking The shot and shell factory, the smal]-arms factory and the gun factory of the Kiangnan Arsenal are built according to European methods, this being to a certain extent shown by our engraving, and the work produced is onsidered equal to anything done in other uuntries ec The cuntracts for the construction of the new Government cruisers were recently for warded to and signed by Secretary Chandle1 They are now in the hands of Mr. Roach The dispatch boat Dolphin is under way, and work on the Boston, Atlanta and Chic will be commenced in a short tim In everything points to efforts being the Advisory Board to push forward th made vy struction of the vessels as rapidly as possibl Inspectors have bee rdered to take char, of the different branches of the work GUN AT THE KIANGNAN A cargo has been nearly quadrupled vet. nev erthel the cept in one or t wo cases, While the methods of analyzin 53, system nha f sampling ‘ remained the sam« the samples for their several constituents have been brought to a state approaching to perfe tion, too little attention has, in Mr Atki: son’s opinion, been paid to the mode of tal ing the samples. The method of procedure commonly adopted, usually for in the ore is teed to contain a certain percentage of 1 and stipulated in contracts which QUarAn is as follows tepresentatives of the bu and sellers meet at a certain point in tl lischarge of the cargo—usually when a t half of the argo has been taken f n tl vessel—and after an examination of th: they nsult as to the proportion of medium-sized and small ore ta be tuke representing the bulk They then sele x or eight from which to tak samp! "7 imes descend i t ! ! and take the s Ampie from th irta exposed The taking of the same con breaking from ail available Luin ps RSENAL, NEAR SHANGHAI f diffs nt caliber, in which case it 1s ible that the sharper or more zealous ma induly influence the result to the ad vantage of his principal ; or a conscientious : liff ‘cence of opinion with res ird to the pr portions of the three grades of the ore r of the reasonableness in accepting or rejecti ta va sor rej ent t t ma p! en n mil t tern t preferr t ! t rather than mimiit the a t i i t imuplk Wl 1 disagreement of th ! takes pla lution rot un natt« S by he tin tha fu na ty ni I i ni hed dischargin ana nha been ren dt ts dest i n open wagons to the it limat« I n when the 1 I ably and sam fail t id i me is’t tl 1 lo tha I sain} re th [ i ex} ia t 1 i a i surface, is omitted from this sample, whic! ut extent the 1 i n with th thod |! method is pen tot t the qualit f the re ! it—a condit that ra more thar \ 1 sa th porti Rs i hile the ‘ tA i i 1 y id te i take btu i t i I i @ ligt of t DU a gP vided t 0 d I Avi lly thi ron Age Hi Ht er od % © om a é a - . _ To °F DL ee ater OEE ~e “ 77 ee ~~ a tw The Pp i ume & Atwood PHILIP L MOEN, President and Treasure CHAS. F. WASHBURN, Vice President & Secretary. —_—_—_— ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Street, Phelps Building, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms. PURE COPPER WIRE Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA * REFINED INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & C0., MANUFACTURERS OF Established 1831, hel aca MASS. a ME) | SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, -_ Waterbury Brass Co, German Silver and Gilding Metal, CLeeeas. bankeee Copper Rivets and Burs, Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, |Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, CERMAN SILVER, Brass Butt Hinges, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Jack Chain, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, Kerosene Burners COPPER RIVETS AND BURS,|, | : ds samp Trimmings, &c. BRASS KET1ILES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, 18 Murray Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. PERCUSSION CAPS, 100 Lake Street, Chi EN Ss a me wake Street, Chicago. a a POWDER FLASKS, | soting mu a ciaaiiiiies Metalle Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Mewes, Gc.) THOMASTON, Cr. | WATERBURY. O-/ TER ON and S&S FH rir. wr RE, And small Brass Wares of e very Description. 1ells a Specialty. peop: Steel Barb ne Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or 8 Sole Agents for the Bride e ort Brass Co... WIRE RODS o jn BORA Tron, Rivet quality, 2:16 . : ‘ f ay | | atve “einen of che PAT ENT NTIN| A 5 RO Lit Like, A ary irgnand Bteel. with w Capewell Mfg. Co. Ss Li ne of Sport- te rire Fence anda, without aaa of WELD len; hs “Son red ‘Fel Wire: Market and Stone Wire, and Shain Wire. Wire for the elu'long lengtha Coppered Pal Bai Wire a Bolt, Screw, Rivet, Bue . MANUFACTURERS OF ing Goods. ; eye Tinned Broom Wire and Tinned-piated Wire of all sizes pecia Scre IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS, mills At |Sheet and Roll Brass Spiral Spring Wire, and Refined Wire to Pattern for particular cialty 1 inade c iy St Machinery, Gun Screw an rn 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, ’ eay ad t Wire is omp tengl Mnest a nt. viene Coppered, Galvanised or Tin Plated.” W ss feeadak T ‘ Ni P L A i 9 Wire. Steel Wire for Springs, Needles and Drill ia Market Fatent Linen Anish stock, Unrivaled s Steet Musie Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing. Seamless and Brazed Tubing. Copper and Iron Pivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, ; KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Guods. 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. Conn. Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills. BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, N York, 16 Clif, ROOFING PLATE, WAREHOUSES: ! tania wae _- i 2n8 B43. Feast =" Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. ““NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF THE “BOSS” TUBULAR LANTERNS. cure sraeer, new voux. |ROLLED, SHEET&PLATERS’ BRASS| axracons, > anenocan, The Boss GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Copper Wire for Electrical and other purposes, Brass and German Silver Wire, Copper Rivets and Burs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS. Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- HARRISON WIRE CO., ST. LOUIS, MO., SCOVILL MFC CO ———— BRASS, HINCES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. MANUFACTURERS OF ww iRttE PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. AND DEPOTS FACTORIES, 419 & 421 Broome St., N. Y. Waterbury, Com, per and German Silver 177 Devonshire St., Boston. New Haven, " (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), O ate aieaaiaiit New York City. | COPPER & BRASS RIVETS WI R E R PE. AND BURS. Rome, New York. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President. JAMES HA Treasurer WM. HEWITT, Vice President. E. SAMOOS, Goceeuaey: DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & C0,,|__*#0me, New York. Tin, Sheet BROWN & BROTHERS, Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper ' ‘hit ls ean ay taamtl@ one vanah| © nr IRON COMPANY, 29 & 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, 2 . Manufacturers of all kinds of TRENTON, N. J., Manufacturers of DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF ven BRASS, COPPER AND THE NEW HAVEN COPPER CO., | GERMAN SILVER BRASS & IRON COLE MAKERS OF In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. POLISHED COPPER) = “"".""™" cnet Gi taees: sada ial hice oe Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, DEALERS IN PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER __Kerosene Burners, &c. HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs. JOHN DAVOL & SONS ’ Agents for pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, -ATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Dealers in Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. [RON and STEELWIRE OF ALL GRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED Iron and Steel Wire Rods; EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., +7 Bur adelphia Office, JOHN HEWITT. Agent’ 2; North Fovdh st Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876, PAT ; SILVER-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in ricb Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. designs. 290 Pearl Street - NEW YORK.| GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; on, Round and Square Head Cap and Sct Screws; Brass and [ron Safety ana Jack a “Gi Bone immings kinc is, from Sheet Iron, Steel or Brass, — Plated and Brouse Tri “eo L_ — on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work. respectfully solicited and WIRE ROPE Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals. 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. HAZARD MFG Co. WAREROOMS : s7 LIBER'TY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: WiILEKESBARRE, Pa. This Advertisement Changed Weekly, IOWA BARB WIRE Co., 87 Liberty St... NEW YORK. 89 Lake St., Ominaao. ae aio tor IOWA RING STRETCHERS, BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE 0., MANNING & SQUIER, Ga Agents, 78 CENTS EACH. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE, MA MANUFACTURERS ae IRON “WIRE. Lee BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. RON WIRE ROPE. STEEL WIRE rE 728 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo wo R RC! E Ss I bE R WI R E Cc O.. nn =| STAUFFER, MACREADY & CO.. New Orleans, La. CARLIN & FULTON, Baltimore, Md. Ss Bright, 'en ae Annealed and Tin - Manufacturers of Gis Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes straight ened and cut to order. No.3 Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL WIRE. For all Purposes. WORCESTER, MASS, 4ROWNING, SISUM & CO., 85 Chambers Si Mapufacture Belt Hoeks, Cotters. Spring Keys. D King» Staples, and everything pertaining t ire bending Oe De ee eslory BROOKLYA ‘“ 9189 to 923 N. Main St., ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope. ‘Soulm| ‘Suyworg dwey ‘ry 7" ; ’ / ‘ 7" : THE IRON AGE. August 30, 1883, - Mfg. Company, WASHBURN u EN WANG TURING oa. ES consare $4444 5 EX Ste BE es Q i. a Br H 83. baal qatar oe SOS ae -= August 30, 1883. © 0. LINDEMANN & CO., Manufacturers of Japanned, Brass, Tin Plater and Wood BIRD CAGES Original inventors and patentees of Bright Metal Cages, constructed without solder. 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. THE IRON AGE. CARY & MOEN, Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE forali purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. | | i De Ma eee LI VUE MA ELLE EAL LL VISSSITIVSLISISINISININIT < x > > S “~ Ral > > ‘S 4 br > > > D> a bs bd hs es > 4 S = Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel we 7a a on hand, 234, 236 and 238 West 29th | Street, NE W YORK, <7] IRON AND BRASS RIVETS Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. POPE, COLE & Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, \lso Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Sliver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- port shipments. 46 Park Place, NEW YORK. Largest variety in patterns and unsurpassed in ow prices, New Lilustrated Catalogues and Price Lists on — MANUFACTURER OF EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH FOR STAMP BATTERIES. Steel, Iron, Brass and Copper Cloth for COAL and OKRE SCREENS, p Flour Mills, Paper Mills, and Maltsters, 754 to 758 ST. CLAIR ST. CLEVELAND, OHIO. Bergen Port Spelter. MINES : WORKS & FURNACES, Lehigh Valley, Pa. Bergen Port, N. J. The only Miners and Manufacturers of PURE ' LEHICH F SPELTER From Lehigh Ore. Especially adapted for Cartridge Metal and German Silver. Also manufacturers of | BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC. ‘perior for Ligurp Parnt on account of its body / Wearing properties. BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. E. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 } Burling Slip, N.Y. N. Y. M. HOTCHKISS & CO., CO., West Haven, Conn., MANUFACTURERS OF Brass, lron & Steel Keys, Locksmiths’ and Bellhangers’ Supplies, HARDWARE SPECIALTIES. | trated Catalogue Furnished on Application, i/so Brass ona Nickel Plates | — Suspender Buckles, .ELTIES OF ALL KINDS, MADE EITHER OF MEET METAL OR WIRE, A SPECIALTY NE w MAKE OF MIN 1 ae is Brass HINGE. Sol? Lid: no so.3e106 wins ow OFF. Dhol LON ARD BROS8., Scranton, — Fire Pe| Over 30,000 tons of PERNOT OPEN HEARTH SPRING STEEL have been made and sold by this com- pany within the past five years, most of which has supplanted Crucible Steel, to the entire satis- faction of the users, both in quality and price. Samples and prices on application to GAUTIER STEEL DE- PARTMENT of CAMBRIA IRON CO. Johnstown, Pa. [No. 42.] NEW YORK OFFICE: 104 Reade St. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: 523 Arch St. CHARLES A. OTIS, President. SAM’L ANDREWS, Vice President. THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. SAM'L A. SAGUE, General Manager. JOHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY, DRAWERS OF IRON AND WI us a ~ OF EVERY STEEL DESCRI DESCRIPTION GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. WIRE, High Grade and Fine Quality Wires a Specialty. CLEVELAND, OHIO. J. A. EMERICK. HOWARD EVANS. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1876. | ESTABLISHED 1837. H, 8. Cuase, Sec’y. Cc. F. Waterbury Mfg. WATERBURY, CONN. Pope, Treas. Co., | |}spur to Brass Goods. ee MEDALLISTS. | Exhibitions of 1862, 18 1867, 1872. 1873, and only Award and Medal for Nolseless Steel Shutters at P i adelphia 1876, Paris 1578, ana Melbourne 1SS1. |OLARK, BUNNETT & CO., Limited, Late CLARK & COMPANY, Original Inventors and Sole Patentees of Noiseless, Self-Coiling, Revolving Steel Shutters. Also, improved Rotting Woop SuvuttTers of various kinds, and Patent METALLIC VENETIAN BLINDs. Office and Manufactory, - - I62 & 164 West 27th Street New York. MENDEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. The largest Wire Works in the world. Make, on 12 trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all dimensions aud descriptions. RIVET, NAIL AND CHAIN RODS, SPECIALTIES 80LE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED *TATES ww oixiumaiTmMmMmanN Os] MIicHERE RTs, 78 William Street, 5 North Secend Street, NEW YORK. ST. LOUIS, MO, and Burglar Proof SCREW, | wonderment at the Atlanta Cotton Exposi | tion, | tions of the fair, drawing to it great numbers |ton this year full displays of their natural | resources, | | the | | daily received at the institnte. The only method, however, which com- mends itself, says Mr. Atkinson, as being capable of giving a sample that can with certainty be accepted as representative of the whole cargo, is the so-called continuous method of sampling. This consists in taking |four or five times during each day that the cargo is being discharged a small sample, in |much the same way as in the first method | described, representative of the ore exposed | at the time the sample is taken. Each sample is crushed and mixed, and a portion of each | preserved in an air-tight binn of sheet iron jor zine, to prevent loss or absorption of | moisture. When all the samples have been taken, the preserved portions are thoroughly mixed, crushed to the fineness necessary for packing, again well mixed, packed tightly in sample tins, and sealed. It would be perhaps, more systematic still to take a sample after each hundred tons have been discharged, the crushing of one sample ore is being discharged, a portion of each the several portions. This method is the one adopted in samp- ling cargoes of phosphates or copper and zine ores, and in most cases of manganifer- ous iron ores, but has been adopted for iron ores in isolated cases only, it being considered sults. When, however, it is remembered how easily samples may be made to vary to the ex- tent of 2 per cent. in the yield of metallic iron, and when the money value of this dif- ference is borne in mind, it may readily sug- gest itself to those concerned that steps should be taken to secure fair average sam- ples about which no doubt can exist. If it be considered that having representatives of two parties engaged during three or four days in taking the sample would be an un- necessary and troublesome expenditure of time, an agreement might be made by which the taking of the sample is left to some com- petent person, recognized as beyond all sus- picion of showing a partiality for one side or the other. The cost of proceeding in this manner will doubtless be greater than that of taking the small sample, but when divided between buyers and sellers would be small in comparison with the interests involved. - i Two Boston Fairs. Two expositions are to be held in Boston this year, each opening in September, which, it is thought, will together make something akin to the world’s fair contemplated by Bos- ton a year or two since. One of these is to be a great bazar at which the manufactured goods and art works of all nations are to be on exhibition, and also for sale. The prepa- rations for this experimental mercantile ex- hibition are so far advanced that some idea may be had of its importance. Europe, Asia, Africa and the isl@ of the sea will be repre- sented by art works, fabrics of all kinds, curios, and that multitude of things which cunning Parisian confectioners have devised to tickle the palates of all peoples. The prod- ucts of the ee vineyards of Europe, the bog jewelry, linens and woolens of Ireland, the fancy work of France, Germany and Italy, and the strange conceptions of Oriental artists, are to be displayed in much greater profusion than at Philadelphia in 1876. ‘Taken all in all, this bazar of all foreign nations will be a great show and enlarge that taste for household decorative art which was engendered by the Centennial Expusition. This fair is to be held in the large building of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics’ Association. A five minutes’ walk brings one to the equally extensive building of the New Eng- land Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Insti- tute, a corporation in which some 1200 lead- ing manufacturers and merchants of New England are shareholders. The coming fair will be the third held by the institute, and, it is expected, will surpass both its prede- cessors in its value to the whole country. It may be well to say that this institute was chartered as an educational enterprise, and that its managers have faithfully adhered to the ideas which led to its foundation. They believed that if New England would main- tain its long-established reputation as a great hive of manufacturing industries, it must have an institution to which its me- chanics and artisans could from time to time resort to see whatever was new in their sey- eral callings, and to compare notes with each other as to the merits of so-called improve- ments in tools, machines and processes. They, therefore, erected their building, sup- plied it with the needed power and appli- ances, and then invited the United States to exhibit here annually. Last year they induced several Southern railroad corporations to repeat on a larger scale the exhibits of the | natural resources of the South, which at- | trac ted great attention and excited no little These proved to be the chief attrac of people from New England, the Middle States and Canada. Encouraged by the result of that effort, the institute sent invita tions to the Southern States to bring to Bos and that they might have a competition; they also invited the several systems of railways which extend from the Mississippi to the Paci fic Coast to make similar displays for ithe States and Territories they traversed | A speedy and cordial response was given to these invitations, and now the evidence of the work that has been done in remote sec- tions of the Union is beginning to be seen in numberless beavy packages that are The first State to appear through its ac credited agent is North Carolina. The Old North State has secured a space 150 by feet in the center of the main floor, and will | occupy the whole of it with its timbers, ores, minerals and agricultural products, and with specimens of the skill of its manufacturers Scientists unite in pronouncing this State one of peculiar interest, because in its vegeta tion extremes meet and blend, the flora of the temperate and tropical regions of the Atlantic coast both flourishing in its climate and soil. Minerals and ores of nearly every kind also abound, and nearly every metal of commercial unporlance can be obtained from i SO | Boston | being proceeded with while a fresh lot of } }sample being preserved as before, and the | final sample taken after mixing and crushing | that the extra cost is not repaid by the re- | 3 its mines. In the timber collection gathered from all parts of the State are 100 sections of tree trunks, some of enormous diameter From the coast counties there are cypress and pine trees, the latter showing the cut tings made at various times by the tupentine distillers. With these there will be a still and all other appliances used in that industry which was once supposed to be the only one in which the North Carolinians ever en gaged, and which won for them the old ap pellation of ‘‘ tar heels.” When the gold silver, copper, iron and marble which the State authorities have collected and sent to the timbers the wheat shall all be arranged, and finished boards put in place , corn and other cereals surrounded by the tobacco of the golden belt, and the bottled wines of four vineyards be formed into py: mids, those who visit this fair will have their eyes opened to the fact that ‘‘ pitch, tar and turpentine” are small items of the great natural resources of North Carolina | The ladies’ committee of the fair have prepared an interesting exhibit of the work of New England women. While not so great numerically as the display made at the Cen tennial Exhibition in the Woman’s Pavilion it will surpass that celebrated illustration of the skill of our countrywomen in many re spects, for it will how many new avenues have been opened to them and what advances they have made in both artistic and domestic handiwork 1876 As a part of its educational idea, the institute pays special attention to processes. and at the coming, as in former fairs, it will have a large number of machines in motion, thus showing how many things in common daily use are made. This feature, always attract ive to Americans, is peculiarly to the New England people, who like to know the how, why and wherefore of everything. It has become the practice of many leading manufacturers to send their for and skilled workmen to spend a day or two at the fair, the employers paying expenses and continuing wages, in the belief that the knowledge their men acquire will be of suffi cient value to their business to more than pay the cost. me show since so man in a Progress in China. Asa general thing, progress in China is supposed to be non-existent. This, however, says a writer in the Scotsman, is not the opinion of those best acquainted with the past history and present doings of the Chinese. Their rate of progress is not ours ; they move more slowly, but then the vast ness of the body to be moved must be taken into account. China is nearly as large as Europe, and contains a much larger popula- tion, every third man in the world being, it is calculated, a Chinaman. Their progress in the past has been most marked. Thus, the Chinese appear to have been among the earliest, if not the very earliest, of the hu- man race to emerge from barbarism. They have a literature older than the days of Moses, and astronomical observations that go back at least to the days of Abraham. Comparing their early progress with that of European nations, they were clothed in silk robes when our savage ancestors still painted their naked bodies. They invented printing‘ and had printed books about the middie of the tenth century, 500 years before the time of Caxton. Gunpowder and the mariner’s compass were Chinese inventions long before they were known to Europeans. Lieut. H. N. Shore pointed out, in a recent paper read before the Society of Arts, that, in the mat ter of canals, the utilization of carrier pigeons, the artificial culture of oysters, fish and poultry, and in the satisfactory solution of the great sewage question, the Chinese have been before us in time, and, in some of these at least, are still ahead of us in results. Their progress in the past cannot be gain said ; it may, however, be contended that they have now reached the limit of their capacity, and that no further progress need be anticipated. This, to say the least of it, is exceedingly unlikely in a people acknowl- edged by anthropclogists to be the biggest brained race in the world, while facts are against it, for signs of progress are not wanting among the Celestials of the present day. The most striking and significant of is their progress over the globe. Until com paratively recent times, China was a world within a world. these It was as nearly as pcssible self-contained, its Buddhistic religion being the only thing it is known to have borrowed from abroad. The Chinese knew almost as little about, and cared about as little to visit the outer world as they would had it been a different planet. This is totally changed now. From the chief ports along the Chinese coast a constant stream of emigration flows, and has flowed for many years, with the re sult that, next to ourselves, they are now the greatest colonists in the world. The climate of Further India, Siam, Malaya, and the vast chain of islands, great and small, ex tending from Sumatra to Australia, suits the Chinaman admirably, and these are being gradually peopled by this oblique-eyed Mon golian race. Rangoon, in Brisish Burmah contains 10,000 of them Singapore, th great commercial pital of Malaya, has 80,000 out of a total population of Java has 160,000, while the Straits sett ments, according to a recent traveler, ** ar now virtually Chinese colonies under th British flag They are not merely num ous in the Malay Archipelago; they are a influential, the commerce of thi being almost entirely in their ha I Australia they have obtained a f ind can make fortunes at tl working over again the refuse hea t European digger. That they are | neal competitors in tbe i dustrial ra 3 seen in the restrictions put on their entrances into the Australian Phe ha made their way to all the hief ips of islands in the Pacific Ocean, and have now become an influential element in the popula tion of the Sandwich Islands fast superseding the ind nt nat New World i i ime have crossed to the gradually spreading eastward fiom Calif nia and the Pacific slop He ha shown themselves able, and, to judge from the persecution they have been subjected t more than able, to hold the vn apainst the Americans in the labor market China MRE t ne « a SEE i : . 4 OGDEN & WALLACE, 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. lron and Steel Of every description kept in stock Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL, | cavantrea wire Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized AND SNOW SHOES = | Hoop and Banc as Iro mi G rn Row: _ and bar Iron, All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | G@lvanized Nails, Galvaniz “ee ; S P i K E S : 4 é . Pipe. | on hand, PIERSON & CO,, 24 & 26 Broadwav, 77 & 79 New St., NEW YORK CITY. “PICKS” of all kinds, ‘ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, BEAMS, ANCLES, Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. All descriptions in stock. TRON & STEEL. ABEEL BROS., 190 SOUTH 8T., | $65 WATER sT, | NEW YORK. “ULSTER” IRON, ‘‘CATASAUQUA” IRON, ALLENTOWN SHAFTING, COMMON IRON, And full assortment of sizes of the best brands of REFINED IRON Band, Beep, Scro ll and Angle Iron. Cast, Spring, Toe-Calk and 8. 8. Steel TELEPHONE CALL, ** NASSAU, 379 ” So ————— A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN IRON. ( 56, 58 and 60 Huds: a4 193, 95 and 97 Thomas St. AGENCIES: PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Lron. SAMSONDALE IRON WORKS, Merchant Iron. NORWAY IRON =. STEEL WORKS, Homo- geneous Steel Pla oe Riot ATE IRON ‘ 0. , Tank, Boiler and Girder | P. NAILS CO., Wire Nails. Bi. ANDYWINE ROLLING MIL L. Boiler Plates. GLASGOW TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues | A. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. | CARNEGIE BROS. & CO, Limited, Wro | | Iron Beams, Channels and Shapes. Warehouses; Bessemer Steel Shafting, Plain and Polish d. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address 58 Hudson St., New York, | ‘CARMICHAEL & EMMENS THE TRON AGE. 90 Beekman S8t., New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND NAIL CO., | Galvanized Sheet Iron; GO y+ Nai ‘Is Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. CORRUGATED SHEET IRON | For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. Plate and Tank Iron, JOHN W. QUINCY R CO.. C No. 1,C H No. CH No, 1 Flange, Best Flange, | Best Flange Fire Box, Circles. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Price list and quotations sent upon application. ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, ROME, N. W., Manufacturers of the best grade of | Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. scrolls, ovals, ek Ore Half Rounc as Hexaj;on and | Horse Shoe Iron. Also from Charcoal Pig a superior uality of roa bramled J. G. All puddled balls re ducea S hammer. Orders may be sent to the _—— | JA re ohn| ° BNTER, our Agent, at 59 J Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Ntreet, "New ¥ Y Wro ou ght Ire mm; als so old Copper, Composition, Brass. i, FOX & DRUMMOND, ae BURDEN’S | -rortine mitt HORSE SHOES. MATERIAL. 68 WALL STREET, J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, | SATENT 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, Planished Sheet Tron. NEW YF YORK. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. 11, 1876. | Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price, FOR SALE by all the prineipal 98 William St., New York, ‘Anthracite, Charcoal, Scotch and English Pig Iron. t Co r, Tin, Lead, and a hen Wetuls ‘Generally. r In the Large Cities throughout | THE UNITED STATES, And at their Offiec, IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 5<8. <60, 562 WATER ST., & 3c2, 3¢4, 306 CHERRY ST., NEW YORK, SYRACUSE MALLEABLE. IRON WORKS, SYRACUSE, N. Y. | Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage Irons a Specialty. “Burden Best” lron NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO.. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. iler Rivets. | ‘ULSTER IRON WORKS. Bo KINNEIL The Burden Iron Company CaQTeH pip IRON j sbascecs ee FOR SALE IN LOTS TO SUIT, ULST e R ‘EDWARD J. WESSELS Ww. B. BURNS, Proprietor, | 161 Broadway, |C. W. LEAVITT, ‘Stw''ronn NEW AND SECOND-HAND Rails and Railway Equipment PIG and BAR TRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. General Agent ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS. Agent for PARDEE CAR & MACH. WORKS. 90 Broadway, Sew York. Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York, and HARRISON&GILLOON METAL DEALERS. ‘Marshall Lefferts & C..O XF OR D Ww. D, WOOD & a C0. s August 30, 1883, PATTERN. Extra Quality Homogeneous Stee! BOILER PLATE STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. we Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet lron, all descriptions, mao ich ana Amaricnn Fig ti Wrogede, Cat and 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. ‘SHOENBERGER mo WHEELING NAILS Laughlin Nail Co., JUNCTION IRON CO. Joint Yearly Capacity Over 600,000 KEGS, Manager Sales Dep't, W.K. ROSS, 97 Chambers Street, New York, ~~ | KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, Manufacturers of IRON Pittsburgh, - - Pa. Bonnell, Botsford & Co. . Nos: 21, 23,254 7 West Lake St., Chicago, I AND SOLE AGENT FOR THE ; : BORDEN & LOVELL, |igon ano stéEl BOILER PLATE BURDEN’S surren sear, lron, Nails & Spikes, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West St., & i: dkeexe. { ——~ NEW YORK. ud. L. FREEL AND, Agents for the sale of Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, ’ Twist Drills, HReamers, 17 Cedar St., - = NEW YORK. F. W. JESUP & CO., ‘Railway Supplies and Equipment. Ne. 67 Liberty St.. NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH TOOL CO.,/ American & English Refined Iron. gs | Agents NASHUA, IRON A AND STEEL CO., All sizes and shapes in stock. ALKER & CROMLISH conommanutacttre RON AND STERL AXLES. ae oa EGLESTON BROS, & CO. eee < PINs, Pi ISTON RODS. SLIDES, & 267 Front St, j NEW YORK CITY, 267 Front St. IRON AND STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. Agent Sor The Coate jevilie Ire pon Wo. | The i aure *l Ro a. H. B. & e Bar lron. in, ills, and Cnion Tut 8 «ght [ro Beams, Auugles Tees, Riv yeus, ps Also Best Grades of MACHINISTS’ SPECIAL TOOLS, Set and Cap _ YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & grand Se Jron Buildings, B« Shutters, Doors, Thementes Skylights, Bridges, a&e MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO & Dey Street, New York. STEEL TOE CALKS, ' Machine, Car and Bridge Bolts, Screws, Boiler Rivets, &c. Bands, Hoops & Rods, AND Borden Mining Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H, WALLACE & CO.. LIGHT MACHINE FORGINGS A SPFCIALTY. P, 0. Box 1060, Pittsburgh, Pa. FACTORY : Corner North & Irwin Avenues, Allegheny, Pa. Company’s DEALERS IN 'R AGENT FOR VOUCHT & WILLIAMS, Pencoyd Iron Works, Maidencreek tron ¢ Ons LRON MERCHANTS Horse snovs and Horse Waits, Tire,| Maria at Cre woo g pate FRANK L, FROMENT, 112 John St., y NEW YORK Nb Sree, On Spring, Toe Calk, Machinery and | — ——$——___— | Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., | Tool Steel, Bolts, Rasps, Files, NEW YORK CITY. Drilling Machines, &c. Wa. H. WaLLace. Wa. Bispnam.| 288 Gre enwich St., Ne w York. - ORFORD COPPER & SULPHUR COMPANY, SMELTERS AND REFINERS OF COPPER. THOS. J. POPE & BRO., Agents, 292 Pearl St., New York. Copper Ore, Mattes or Bullion purchased. Advances made on consignments for refining and sale Smelting and Refining Works at Bergen Point, near New York. Offices, 37 &€39 Wall St., New York. ww PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, &c, PATERSON, N. J. ~ Room 45, Astor House, New York. CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c, DOVER IRON CO. BOIL FR RIVE Ts, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. Ww. S. Se Broker in Machinery & Iron Agent for FORSTER’S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, The best in market. W.S. MIDDLETON, 52 John St.,N. ¥. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN | oo Pie iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, Pe METALS. 445 to 451 West St., HORSE SHOE 59 Water St., } 3 & 35 South St., NEW YORK. | eatin Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 177 & 179 Bank St., NEW YORK, Manufacturer of | IRON Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Fiats. “MT. LAUREL” & ~'GLENGARNOCK AND CARNBROE SCOTCH PIG IRUN tor spot delivery, and for prompt or forward shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale by JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States. 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK. 101 MAilk Street, BOSTON, MASS, 156 Washington Street, CHICAGO. LEECHBURG IRON WORKS KIRKPATRICK & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFIOg, No, 143 First Ave,, Pittaburgh, Pa. WORKS, Lerchhury, Pa CHARLES HUBBARD, “SHERIDAN,” “ LEESPORT,” t : | “TEMPLE” | BRANDS PIG IRON. “CHARCOAL” PIG IKON, “MAIDEN CRFEK” and **NEW RIVER MINERAL” BRANDS FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. ___QOld Car Wheels, Best Brands. | = = 46 -~Cliff Street, New York City. JAMES ROSS, = IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FOR SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON. MANUFACTURERS AGENT OF Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails and Railroad Supplies. WHITAKER — IRON COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, —_e DEARBORN STREET CHICACO. Joun J. growane, Presideas. ALEXANDER BURN3, , Mas ag ‘THE JERSEY CITY G. ZALV ANIZING CO. MANUFACTURERS CALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES } | Galvanized Sheet lron—Best Blo« ym, Best Refined, Common. Galvanized Ri yund, Square Ba! oop Iron, &c., &c. TT All Sizes anes ~ : “ All Gauge DAN | E L F. COON EY, of Corrugation = : Soe . a ; : : and 88 Washington St., N. a wut = aiitteieaennnimeeianal +e fre = ” p Sizes BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, = 7 mente Leper | | LAP-WELDED BOILER FLUES, 1% to 5 inches a a , mf of Sheets B anes Sovaey Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes Eee ones fi xe Gla sgow Iron Co., Jos. L. Baile y & Co iron , Lebanon kk Ning Mills she ate ‘r Corrugated Sheet tron a Specialty, Galvanized, Black and Painted. Irom Corrugated for th« FULLER BROTHERS & CO. Pie 139 Greenwich Street, New York. an "CO: . Aen y. s Rens. Lror end el He 5. — = “ cast ee = 1 tet timates furnished or application. ° is WORKS, GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, NJ, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOH?’ STREET, NEW * i iler aud Fire Kye ose Re SI 188 KS, ee! rE ons, Sheet irgh, F ted Pa August 50, 1883. js eS LHRON AGE. 5 HENRY LEVIS & CO., ‘Manufacturers’ Agents | For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and — Railway Equi Old Rails, Axles, and heels. bought and sold. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. Siemens? Regenerative GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, | 1198. Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | Cambria Iron and Steel Works. The Cambria Iron Co., having acquired the entire ownership of the WIRE AND STEEL MILLS Of the GAUTIER STEEL CO., Limited, will con- | 50 000 Tons of lron & Steel Rails | tinue to produce all their spec ialties, such as Mer- ’ chant Steel, Plow Steel, Wagon and Carriage Springs, Rake Teeth and Harrow Teeth, Agricul- | tural Implement Steel and Railway Fastenings. | ALL KINDS OF WIRE | Well-known for superior quality of material and excellence of workmanship. The Cambria Iron Co., iaving enjoyed a reputation for more than a iarter of a century for fair dealing and excel- | | | | ence of its manufactures, has now acapacity of | And most approved patented \ddress CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, 18 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, or at Works, Johnstow n, Pa., Address GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT, Paitie BE. CHaprn, Gen’! Sup’t, Johnstown Ne . York Warehouse, ro4 Re ade St. or Lenox Snuth, Selling Age .t, 46 Pine St., New York. Philac lelphia Warehouse, 23 Arch St. THE PHCENIX IRON CO. 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, | and built up shapes for Iron Bridges, REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPK IRON made to order Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD é& CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanised, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE cc SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch 8St., Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited 7 vecially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, lank and Boat Iron ; s Fast, Stamping, Ferrule, Loc omotive Headlight and Jac ket Iron. JAS. ROWLAND & 60., Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington ee cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop 7 a _ PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. cc PP. ROBERTS c& CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. Tee: mate aes SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No, 26 8S, Fourth St., Philadelphia, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. J. WW. PASTSON co CO., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, 1O021=North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING, ANTHRACITE FACING, SOAPSTONE, ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. al Office, 237 South Third 8t., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER, MINING & MFG. CO.., MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR COKE PiG FROM NEUTRAL HEMATITE ORES. Also CHARCOAL PIG IRON AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. ks at MILNES, PAGE CO., VA. WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. 'USTICE COX, IR. & CO., Sales Agents? 224 South 4th St., Philadelphia. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL WIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND Ze STANDARD ¢ Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as low as any of the same quality We manufacture Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston Rods, &c. THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, Works at LEWISTON, PA, LEAD FACING, RIDDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES. X MINERAL, \X MINERAL, IXL FACING, IRON) Treasurer's Office, 132 - - 220S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. | JUSTICE COX, Jr. CRABLSS EB. BARN. JUSTICE COX, JR, & CO., AGENTS FOR men are now also found in the West Indie and British Guiana, while it must not be for rotten that they are spreading westward from > f oO Thibe ongolia an aiatic CHICKIES, CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY 4D China into Thibet, Mongolia and Asiati Russia Many of the Chinese return to their SHENANDOAH eon > own land to spend the evening of their days, Foundry & Forge I ig Iron. where, no doubt, the sight of their wealth CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, forms a stimulant to adored emigration, MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Best Quality Muck Bar. while their accounts of Western civilization The Allentown Iron Co. and the CATASAUQUA MFG, CO,’S with its telegraphs, telephones and locomo reen d Rolling Mill. tives, must gradually prepare their cor \ aaa ca Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. men for ies nteecnantion fae cine 7 i umvankwane aes, improvements in communication It is as a Cash advances made on Iron. great colonizing power that China has a very special interest for this country, the reason being, as was recently stated by Si: Rutherford Aleock, that, ‘taking their numbers and our own, it did not re juire to carry one’s views very far into futurity to see that there would be eventually two rac: which would occupy the greater part of thi world—one was the English-speaking race which had already filled North America and Edward J. Btting, IRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT, 22:3 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad tron. OLD RAILS, SORAP, &o- Agent for the Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. 224 So. Fourth St., PHILA DELP RIA. BLAKEY & WALBAUM, 206 S. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, 55 & 57 Pine Street, New York, Established 1837. A. PURVES & SON, Dealers in Scrap Iron, Metals and Machinery, Cor. South and Penn Sts., Philadelphia, ‘ENTER ea ‘ ies alae on | Offer for sale, in lots to sult, Red or Yellow Heavy GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKERS ' Scrap Brass ; ingot Brass, best qualities, Ingot Gun SPECIALTIES, | Metal made stric tly from Olid Cannon; Steam P umps, Ty r T Shafting Pulleys, &c. Machinery and Tools various N EW AN D OLD RA ILS, stretched into the Australian continent and descriptions. Cash paid for Scrap Iron and Metals. = ee oa eae BLOOMS, BESSEMER PI@G, the surrounding islands, and would very soon | splegeleisen Iron OFTes | count up to 200,000,000, and the other was | No. 328 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA,| AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES GENERALLY. — the 400,000,000 of Chinese.” Brokers aud General Dealers in Sole Agents for the United States for et tececeemel Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and| The North Lonsdale Iron and Steel Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iron, Pig | C0., Limited A Steel Steam Yacht. Iron, Rails and Fastenings, Muck Bars, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘* ve - Blooms, Boller Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe, &c. Malleable Pie Iron. bra) ULVERSTON. Work | Old Rails and Scrap Iron. ; ee eee and “"U. H. M. ork on the new steel yacht to be built _ Florida Yellow Pine, cargo lots. N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S DINAS FIRE BRICKS.|by the Harlan & Hollinsworth Co... of W mington, J Del., for William Astor, of New J. 0. RICHARDSON, | JEROME REELEY & GO). | ccc rate doe tle ae ant « , > > its If, is bre co tructed of steel ‘he de« No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia, 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, itself is tobe constr ted of stoel a d k SELLING AGENTS FOR ae eee ee ae DEALER IN She isto be oucho according CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, dows. She is to be built thr ughout a wrdin Pig Iron, Merchant Bar Iron | 80s Clad STEEL RAtis and BARS, MAGNETIC | Isaac V. Lioyp, Jas. G. LINDSAY. LLOYD & LINDSAY, sea ser BAk IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS, | to the English Lloyd’s rules for sea-going ves and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL sels, and with sp