Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1884 — Loadstone. [ARTICLE]

Loadstone.

Loadstone is the magnetic oxide of iron. When this is highly magnetic and exhibits polarity it is called headstone. It is the richest known ore of iron, and it is used for the manufacture of iron, as are other ores of that metaL It is found in almost all mineral regions rich in iron. • It may be just exactlv as you say, young man but, remember, the man who thinks that the world owes him a living will find that his claim will go unpaid unless he takes, off his coat, rolls np his sleeves, and pitches in to earn it. You will have to work hard for alk you get in tins world,’ and the sooner you make up your mind, to this fact the better it be for you and the greater will be you* success.