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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 388

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softer. Can you show us how to find or to makethese things ? the old chief asked. We maybe very ignorant, but we can learn. I was silent for a few moments. I had neverseen any iron ore, and I had not the least ideahow to get iron out of the rock. As for steel,I knew it had carbon in it, but how it… … ANTHONY MAKES THE CANDLE. And — and saltpeter, I believe, and some-thing else, I went on weakly. But I dontknow what saltpeter is, I m sure. I dont see how we can do anything withthe little you know, said the chief, kindly. You tell me strange stories, but there seemsto be nothing practical about…

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