Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1895 — Steel. [ARTICLE]

Steel.

The method of inlaying the hardest steel, such as swords, daggers, and knives, with gold and silver was a secret process ages ago In Damascus. It is a secret still, known only to a few Syrian artisans and their apprentices. Nearly nine-tenths of the property of this country is held in sum ranging from SI,OOO to $1,000,000.