A Dazzling Jewel.

No queen of ancient or modern romance ever had a more beautiful jewel than that cube of dazzling iron which has just been drawn from an oil-fired furnace and placed on an anvil for the buffets of a two-ton hammer worked by Mr. Mangahao Power. What poor things the world's best rubies and diamonds would look beside that living jewel when it leaves its terrible nest! A little while ago it was a parcel of cold scrap, 1 ½ cwt. —and now it is at a dripping heat—2,200 degrees Fahrenheit.

The electric hammer is throbbing aloft in impatience for its task. Thump! Thump! Thump! After three blows it is pausing again, trembling with eagerness to batter that hot nugget, which will do service as a buffer on a carriage or truck.