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Show s FROM MINE TO FURNACE. BY WALDOK A la the that ef affaln art Called Mtutes.th condition of ibo iroa mar-k- i l tb moat accurate bualarn barometer. Likewise baa tbo most uacfal of mtta'a yrsrea tb Yaakac'a heat weapon la the "Aatrlni Invasion" r of foreign of markets. Into sot Every yrsrtluili lame sfelpmrsta Keel leering the shore of tbo New World lauda and dime. and from prrs-oa-t for Indications li will ant ! lout ero Vnrie Bata Is, tu error y truth, tbe Iroa waster of tbc globe. Tbe victory which la bring woa by the people of tbo area leal ropsMIe la tbla aaoot Important Industrial field Is not due to A superiority of Ibo American atrial, nor yr to tbe fact that la Europe rature'a mineral rlrbeo are dwindling away, a bile tbe bills af Mao Columbia's domain yet bold an supply. Tbe real secret of this magical supremacy In found In tbe cheap, aeon with which Iroa and steel may be manufactured on thin aide uf tbo Atlantic, despite tbo high price of American la bur, and hereby bangs our proudest tale of Industrial progress. Tbo Iron are wblrb forma the principal diet at our hundrods of blast furnaces la rlitalncd !u part from Cuba, Nora Mentis, the Bombers Mtatea and Colorado, but tbe east proportion of It comes from that marvelous region the aborea at wblrb are washed by the at tbe Great Lakes, and which goodly portion a of tbs Mtatea of wool tu uj . h'td-wate- errr-sprea- FAWCETT. . aroaderful as tbe vrhleiea la which tbe treasure la carried, ar tbe glam endowed with n uiiwt bumaa lattlli-grarwbleb loan and ausad It on ships and ears and eaable it to nubs an automatic" Journey of our t hire of tta d.atanrv across the euutlueut without a stroke of manual labor being applied to it. Tourrrf uUnrcbaut cal aboteia that load a railroad car is too minutes: ponderous onus of steel that a abip of Am tons of cargo at a scoop, and other rtiyincrrlng masterpieces are the train, for agents" oa tb.a npio-ds- r highway, and from the time that ibe buiky raw material bl!-leaves lbs f of tbo nurtbara wlldernm until It la art down la tbc smoky valleya from the kllaaiaalppi li.ver, tot a leading up banian band touches It. Muck of lbs Iron ere which count from ibe famous (Superior DUtrlrt" : ot obtained from cure-llktunacia auea a eouatiiutw tbu ordinary typo of mine, but from great, open pita front wblrb It 'a acoi.prd i:p Just aa nand la secured la a sandpit, la tbe rase uf tbe Iruu ore, time la a valuable consideration, and ao Iba scooping la done by the steam thorns, each of which coats upward of Ml0,uuh weighs aa amrh as a locomotive and docs tl:a work of algh oar hundrod turn, la appearance bu straw above, very much rrariubies a large bo scar, with a savin-lugl- y mai-hlne- forward end of the beat, while the englnrs aad propelling mnebinrry are located at ibr opposite extremity- - Thy have been built lu tbla way, however, lu order to facilitate the working of the marvelous machinery which hastily una tb ore out of tbe hoid when the Ship ba reached This unloadiug apparatus constitutes tbe very e.lmax of avhirvrmrut in ibe fashioning of mccbauleal marvel to da tuna's work. varieties of the I here are several lui and Ibe uioei wonderful what Is known it tbe "automatic nn loader. although, to bv tore, It it deserving of a more romantic name. Each machine wi i,h a much a a rahroad accommodation train end dues the work of desens. of wen. A gicat Iren arm looking very mneb like a miniature lueprcriun bridge, supported in Ihr middle Instead of at the ends. In moved out uutll It overhang the hip to lie unload' d. Then tbe rud over tbe vessel descend afit-- tbr fashion of seesaw aud hiwcrt into tbe bold of tbe ablp a r.nmsbell burket In which aerrral men might nit comfortably. Tbe Iroa Jawn ai Plead wide apart aa the bucket descends, and nl the twinglug of a lrvrr by an opra-toatand'ng In a .ipa'I rave dlreetlv trie- - e Journey from mine to fnrnaro la the trip from the ailue to the loading port oa tbc npper lakes, ohere tbe ore lake ship. Tbla Initial Jaunt in taken on what In probably the wont crowded aieel-fnrkr- d highway lu lb world. The are way lit going dona to on one uf the ba f tbe unoalted neat any duseu railroad built especially for tbla tragic, but (di.dliluns will be alwayu tbr ana. Ore tram ful ow earb other at less ibaa half-hou- r Intervals, day guff night. Earb ia drawn by a locomotive capable of moving u load of ore nearly equal to tbe weight of tbe entire American standing army prlur to tbe Mpaalab War, and la made up of car many of tbem of pressed steel each with a rapacity of SO tons. Tbe first call of change rara" which I beard no the Journey of the ere flow the wilder nes te ludnstr'al civilisation enmet at tbe gigantic wharves on Lakes Mu peri nr aad Miriness. Tbeare-loa- d d.ff-tv- lalir-avin- g un-util- r how-eve- iwu-t.oc triupuycu lo tbu ore from tht Inks ships. They, too, cur dampen xru utilised to empty tht contents of tht on curs Is double-quic- k order Into smaller cira, which arc whirled away to . the moutba'of tbo furnace. Tbo Introduction of than Inanimate work-er- a lu one of the most perilous uf activities baa happily resulted la tremendous rad action lu tha oaa of Ufa la tba Iron Industry. In uo phase of the work, however, has danger been ao completely banished as In the task of feeding to the blat their eontlnnoua diet of ore and coin. s - . tor-aaee- a once-dread- t. ;r lug docks too ii ry niuch Lke lanueus wooden boxes Imllt out into the laku a distance of from to a mile, and on either aide of them tbe boats tie up broadside, lu the pladng at the ruddy hued raw material oa hoard tbe vessels, alike tu tba other transfers on this magical Journey, hutnau brown lends no aid. Gravity Is tba vessel la In power. Wbea place alongside an ere dock her hatchet are opened, and lute the hold there pours steady Mreami at tha mineral from perhaps a doaea different bias la I lie big duck, aad within three or four hours tbo biggest af the taka skips has bad her Mil aad la ready tu sail away. These freighters of tha Inland seas, by the way, which play ao Important a part Iq the drama at Iroa, aro vesaela wlthaut u counterpart oa any of the other waters ef the globe, Tbo huadrtda ef vesaela wblch move to aad fro carrying the ore from mine to f ureter mprisc the greatest fleet engaged In ay euo traffic under tht Americas Bag. In tbe eyes of tbe person anmutunted only to orraule or river era ft they an very odd lu a appeiranco, for the bridge, mast and art huddled together at tbc extreme one-fift- one-ha- lf blood-colore- d Iflehlgaa, Mlaaesotfi sad Wlaruaalu. hogh arm protruding from one end, aad tktae mlnernl storehoasep of tbe trrwlnetlg In a steel baud which eaa hold Korthwest with the miaufactarlug plant tea toas lu its dutch. By menus of at tLa Middle Mlatea It a auUiun trnnaporu-tio- a railroad track, tba aleaw aboral chain which moves the embryo Iron tiara arm oaablad ta descend Into these buys cheaply ibaa freight la carried anywhere hulea la Aha' grouudeuMmotlaaM half a i Inala the world. tails acruae-kno- wu as opeu pit mines, To curry tbe freshly talaed ere mure than and a few trips of tbe capacious araop of aeo 1.300 mllea by land aid sad deposit It a mccbauleal a hovel rr rack trip occupywlihla a week after It baa left (hr mlavr'a ing aecoatia whera naa would expect abitvel at tba furaacaa la Pennsylvania and to fill Ibe largeot also railroad Ohio la la Itaelf a aurval of twealleth ran-- I car. ary achievement, aad yet it la not half sef Tht first tags at bis Industrial majesty's g drek-huusc- thin ravenous urv rater ibi y e.uev rraunru-l- y bite eat of the ore cargo. taking a 10-tu- a At a signal the monster, lu mouth gorged with ore, la lifted from tbe bowels of the ship aad ran back on sort of railroad track to a point where the ore may be dumped directly Into tliu cam ublch arc to carry It to tha furnaces.In unloading ora, or la loading coal, which tha ora ships carry Iwcfc up tbc lake, use la s, which also made of smaller travel to and from the bolds of tba ships on cables or on great skeleton structures of atcel, known as bridge tramway, which terra as tort of elevated railroads. AquU-k- way of handling lbs coal, however, la by the ear dampers great machines which upturn gondola railroad car and empty Its content aa readily aa a chffd mlgbt overturn a spool boa Ailed with amul. Tbe most modern types of ear dampers will pick up a loaded car, wholly overturn It ao as to remove tbe last veatlga of It Contents, right the empty car ad return It to tba railroad track In a total elapsed period of leas than one minute. In soma localities, notably la tbe vicinity of Chicago nd Buffalo, the Iron ore can lie unloaded from the take ships at tbs very t and limestoua. la the old days at tlonrd at tba top of tha furnaces ta pear h these Ingredienu of Iron making wars ttaa and again overcome by the gases which m aped when tha lid was lifted from the fan nacu and fell headlong Into the nettling cap droa. in tha saw era, however, tharo treat men at tbs top of tha blast furnace, is. tend tha ore and eoke aad limestone ire amt loft oa a novel Inclined railroad, and by aa Ingenious arrangement the arrival of a loaA ed ear at tha top Is tba signal for a Bftlm of tha lid of tha furnace aad the marcrtal h dumped automatically into the sea of sh itat door uf tbe blunt auere Its transformation Is to liegln. but mors often It must uxka a railroad Journey after leaving tbe ablp In order to reach Its destination. Connecting tbe unloading docks on Lake Erie the greatest ore porta la tha world aad the manufacturing plants of the Tlttslnirg district" tliu fountain bead of the stream of American iron mv arerapreadlng tbe globe-a- re aperlal n rectifying railroads quite as remarkable as those which connect the wing with the porta of departure on the upper takes. When It la unloaded from the steel teamen and tow barges In which It bat been brought down the takru the Iran are seta out on the final stag of Its journey behind tbe moat powerful Iron buraea ever constructed. Each of these loeomi tlvaa weight, with tbe tender, nearly Sno tons, and ran draw several dvsea of tha biggest car bodies ever act on wheels, Arrived at tbe blast furnaces the ore Is takes In hand by yet other wonderful machines. Borne of tbem botstlug and convey, lug apparatus for transferring tbu newly arrived ore from car to tbe storage piles and later from the atorage plica to tbe always very simitar In prluci- hungry furnaeea-a- ro CJu&Ptzr&vavG-lSAGHzirEzi- ac Gfcxrcsr- c- VfaZsQ7uajfTr- - KL Itojz. THE BEAUTIES OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. BY WALDON FAWCETT. Ow Matlaaal capital hoc been deaemlna ted the meat awamopuHUn city of tbc New World. Pvrhaps from eu standpoint the cor. net see at this claim might be questioned, foe, to bo aura, Washington baa m great . ealaula" af other nattonalll lea, such aa are to be found within tht couMnca of tbu me. trope! 1st but certain It la that aa other city eu this aide at the Atlantic ta a reudeavoua. fbr social leaders from sa many lands aad uiimao as art assembled at t'uele Mam's seat of oovoramaat. Tha fact that It la tha capital brings thaw paeplc to Washington, fur ovary gavarsaMst at any pretentious on the glubq new malutalaa Its regularly accredited esvey er agent at Mlau Columbia's court, and theuu diplomats, la moat liwtouceu, bring with them to this country tha ladles at their beat be Ida. mm at than oflelal gaeeta tarry la the land af tbu Stars and Mtrlpea for bat a few. mouths, white others havu bean her for half a dunaa years, with every prospect that they will rumala that maeh longer. and moot latorcatiag congressItlaauulqu of beauty,, which ta made up of the wives and daughters atatars at tha statesmen who route te aad wrestle with the InteraaUonal problem that effect the graatcatof republic. Alpnm-ut3attorns arc represented la tha diplomatic eerpo. as tbla branch of oArlaldom la termed, ad la moat laatanrea the representation Includes cm or more members of the fair sex. ,Thro arc women whose marvelous proclaim uu outdoor Ilfs In England's moist cllmatu; brllllaut hnaleoae with gowns and eeuversuUun Tarlatan; Chinese ladles of high degree, d veiled aad closely guarded beauties from Turkey, to any ncthtug at bollra from that yat at capitals Vienna aad daughter! f tunny Italy. From the republleo rum dart-eyeaenurltaa, with Iho rich olive complexions and high coloring of tha Latin races, and from Japan and area qaalat bits of femininity, who are tmong tha first to profit by the era of greater Ptedom which hat lately dawned fur the tome at their raca. Among this great galaxy of tha gentler ck from all quarters of tha globe who arc making tbdr home temporarily lo Washington art many who would attract atteatlun anywhere by their beauty. It may, however, bo source of satlsfartlua fur her countrywomen tu kuuw that the hlgbrat tumors lu thla International talon of personal charms aro carried off liy an Amerlcau woman Baronet voa wife of tba tier-mn Aiuliaaaadur. Whether or not It he t me lhat all tbc world love lover, errtaln'f It la patent that all womankind takes' the grcat.-a- i intereat to a bride, tad thus the pretty young mistreat of tbu Halter diplomatic establishment la .the United Mtatea baa a potest factor of eoucera wit wblch to supplement the admiration for her beauty, slues ll wau little more thaa two years ago that Miss Langbam. a astir of California, but claimed by was wedded to tha youag Teutot diplomat who had long enjoyed tha clota friendship of President Uooserelt. Baronets to a Htrrnbnrg to of mediant height aad Very graceful, flha to a blond, her hair being (luged with a touch of auburn and her vlo'.et ryes ara shaded by long black lashi-s- . lies features ara ddlcats-anregular aad tbelr beaaty la aerentualcd by a perfect romplexUsa, clear and exquisitely tinted. The Baronets spent1 meat of her girlhood la roavedta lu Europe, but her love story hex a when she was creasing the Atlantic lo visit her prop! la tht United Miutra. It wasnt a love story without any distressing momenta of to tba outcome, cither, fer Ihe Gemma government, which baa a fatherly Interest In tha we'.fara of Ha oBctois and deniomla dolt for lit young men, was not a bit takes with tbe Idea of glrlsg oue ef Hi' elerrrvat diplomat to a girl whose ofily dower wax the fairest of facet, t a Kra-turk- j. Ia direct coninmt to Bnroarai voa Microbe rg I personal appearance, lu taales gad In manner to aaotlirr great beauty of th Diplomatic Corps, ('unmet Uargutriie Cassini, tbe blurre young mUtrraa of the Ku.aiin Embatay. The Couatoat, who i not I ha wife of Ihr Ambassador, but daughter, U possessed of many of tlw alemeata of attractiveness wblch reader the Buaalaa women aa fascinating tad yet ahe cannot ba said to ba a typical Biia-labeauty, for most of tbo belle at tho Ciar'e douala arc blondes, whereat tha chic ehaiclalaa at the ambassadorial house bold at Washlogtoa, la a meat proaoaarcd bniuri te. Un waver, she haa tha superb eomplexioa, Dae troth aad splendid car rtage for wbtrh her country women are famous and far from bring out at keeping, bar wraith of glassy black hair aud large, cxpreialvr, dark eyes add Just th requit n al on r every afternoon. Bet for 11 her gaiety, her frliollty, her tore of life end activity, her superabundance of energy uud enthuelarin, t'ouuteai Canslul haa a serious Ida which ntaki-- t her lu many respects the most remarkable girl Id Amerira. If lueiln-eto doubt thla Juat consider that tbla glr. of lift r more than Si years (peaks terra and discharges all the unrlal languages responsibilities of hostess of aa Impo-ras- t htuacbo.d with Ihe skill ftud tael or the veteran campaigner of tba smart world. Barenraa Hrngclmuller, wife of Ihe Ana trlaa Ambeeaaaur. wit one of the famous court beauties of Vienna before the came ta make her home te America' raplta.. Bha baa been here longer thaa nmt of the other leaders of the Diplomatic t'O'pe, having resided In Washington for fully nine years and It la said that fio other forelvu hottest In officialdom has so extensive aa llewi-rei- Obdurate govern manta, like obdo .relent sometimes aud durate father, ao tt happened romance had a that ; tha happy ever tateruatlonal after" beit. n..r is ta.l and atatuesqaeand one of tba moat artistically gowned women la the IMp oma tic Corpw It may be noted, by the way. that la ao other realm of public life ia such atare trf by flneelotbes. At the approach of warm weather each summer the bcantlea of tha Diplomatic Corps fl't lo Europe, but It la nut half so much for a vacation or rest to procure from th modlatre of Paris fresh ammunition fer fashions campaign during the sriaei to fellow. To Indicate the lengths to which this rivalry la Mae feathere" ta carried It may be noted that wbea Bareaeue rrtarnrd from abroad a few mouth alar she brought fourteen trunk whereat, Countess Caaalal brought In 23 trunks These women aro more lucky than their American slaters. Following the world-widcustom, I'ntle Mem doe not k ihe diplomat to pay duty, and tbua an envoy's wife or daughter muv make her money go farther thaa can her Yankee rival. When It come to a discussion at beautiful costume, howevar. w must aot overt look Iba treasures of th ulster and daughter of Blr Chentung Liang Chung, tha aew Chine minister. Thee ladles ve the dauchter la only etxtrru year of alike end tailna richly embroidered which might well be th eavy of any Americas woman, and allka to moat Chinee women of high social a'.atna, they hart moat magnificent Jews', . feily rivaling, la fact, the famous pearls and diamond that sparkled In the velvet headdress at Madia r. Wo, the wits ef the former Chinese not-bl- guad-slxe- ending. Auetra-Hnagary- e, er -- e . age-ha- . to her regal bearing. Cot.alesa Cassini hi a whirlwind. a dynamo. It might almrat be ile i larrd that he la not for one wnk-umoment. XLe g f . wa.ki. fences, d ives dunce, pay, sing, paints. Pur la eq nl'y r: home In the automobile lu which she haa wra 'be rtpuiailoa of tbe most during motor driver la America nr tbe Parisian dog cart, draws by her cob. Naughty Girl, well beloved by the Countess lierauae she can be depended ou to take It Sato her pretty head to run away Ite torch humoa luoi-tlr- r cqitalutaaro lu toclal circles la ell the American clllet. The Anatrlau Auibateidteee to the lend of th free. bride. Ileroa Hengrimuller ta her eecoad hnaband end eh was married to him la Dreatlra only a short time before he was arltrrcd t reprocnt bit country at Vncle bm' hub of pub.le affair. A'.tbourh a Rulau- - or. rather, a Polish woman. Hcronr fulfils every ideal of the Irish type'' of beauty. Tbe oaik hair, uiue eye, brilliant coloring end graceful yet piqaant auecareeil leading mueh-admire- d m'o-itte- Baroaeea Mtemburg ta not tbe enly beautiful American In th Diplomatic Corps ar Wash-lagto- a. A conaidermble number of American womeu have within the pait few year married foreign diplomats, but It Is unusual that so many at them aa at pretest are permitted by their husbands duties tu make their homes in the capital of their native tend. Our of the mot prominent ef these American woman lu Madame Jurseraed, the wife of the Ambassador from Krone- - Tha romance of this distinguished Frenchman and hi Amerlcau wife I aaaurrdly not a eta of th trtrarrleu of opposite, for ihehutbaud It tether under medium height, while Madame Jueserand to rot tall, aad both hare very dark bib and eyta Barone Be'ra voa Gltkra, the Americas wife of the first secretary of , la beautitbe Embassy at ful enough ta attract attention In any nstem-bligand a lavish heritage at good look la the potsrarion at Baroness Monehenr, the wife of the Minister from Belgium. She, toe, I i bride. Her father, Gsa. Powell Ctayten, Is United Mtatea ambassador to Mexico, tad It wai while making her home la the City of Mexico a few yeiro ago that Prince Charming appeared ia tbe person at tba titled Belgian. Tht elalm tbit the women at the countries lose much of their beauty comparatively early la life la assuredly aot borne out by th appearance of the members of th gentler sex la the households of tha ea voya from the Centra! and Mouth America republics. Thereto la Washlogtoa ao matron of mors attnetlve appearance than Manors d Aaplroa, the wife of the Ambassador from Mexico. Nor to tbe alone in tbe enjoyment of tbla distinction. There to Benort Calderob, the wife of the Minister from Pern, who, though the mother at sere children, has that of her fee well algh a youtbfil eldest daughter, and Mxdamt Peart) of the tame legitim, a representative of the Spanish type of beauty 1a Its highest refinement. Many pe roots hold to the belief that the typical Ixaltoa woman should possess something of that wild, dark, picturesque beauty opposed to be characteristic of the Latin race, but It must be admitted that Mlgaora M. Mayor de Planches, the wife of tbe Italian ambassador it Washington, affords scant trice of It. By tbc caeuei obterver the might be m'.ttsktn for an Americas womaa. Mb and her husband aro eauatat, and sprat their childhood la th same heat, growing np almost brothw sod sister. A storm of opposition greeted their desire to marry, but tbe yuuag people were very much In finest, and la time tho little god of Love eeme out WALDOS FAWCETT triumphant. . Frog Catchers in Paris. of their owa. TJiey start out la the tveataf Just before dash, aad each eae carries a to tecs and a long stick with a piece of cloth tied oa tbe end. Wbea he rraehes a pool the fregcatehw hew hla light, and the frog, attracted by It, hope toward It. Next th man lightly drops bis eloth upee the water, and th frog, thlaklag something a good ia eomlag, snips at It, aad catenet It teech la the eloth. It cannot get way, tad tha frogeateber catches U without aay trouble. t" POINTS' k The rye crop teat year, with aa acreage e LttXLMM. yielded lfi,B8S,8TL . The barley crop last year, with 4.9W.1 scree, brought ta tho firmer! MUMMU- The number at auto la a neat varies ft 12.2M to BS.6M. These figatue an tram recent count at five a seta. - The Income of tho British poattBe f money la envelope having no ovlMaMeie addrvee la fSO.OOO or I33.0U0 a day. Austria Imports leas agricultural ery per squaro kilometer of agrieultaral thaa any other country la Europe. 122 There Ii a point seer the Caro, la tha Catiklll Mountains, where year. the ef any day may he feuad . hT' Tho Borough frnlhem.LoBdoa. use at Its garbage la tho furnace at them alctpol electric lighting plait, make e yro af 93,443 a year. Mexico to praettrafly a virgin field lu aaatter of advertising, and tbe American to porter who pays adequate attention " the one who will win the lloo'a uharouf M French people, you know, are very food d. at they eat only the bind legs, Tie Froneh Army haa discovered that be can be used at meeeengros In time of a great many are seeded to aupply the his lows four miles lu fO minutes vi' Consequently frog catching to quite an Industry-ltar sage. When liberated they w1'1 some place frog sre caught by means to their hire. Just ( a carrier plge of nett, but ia Psrls the men here a method relura to lu loft. of frog- a UNI) |