Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-09-30

Brain disorder, 1 mean; some
thing wrong here"
| l touched my forehead, and so did
he, as he said:
"Aye; and l thought I'd drop in
and tell you If you was going to the
station tomorrow TO take O look and
see If Its post mortem or not. Besides,
| wanted to see where l could always
find you In case of need"
| bowed, and attributed his visit to q
! feeling of curiosity. He sat on the
sink, one rubbered foot thrown over
the other, and wiped his nose With a
dirty handkerchief several times,
while his eyes wandered about like
| Christopher Columbus after discov-
veries. Finally he spoke, like one
who thought himself called on to say
Something,
professor, there has been an acci-
dent this afternoon terrible, too"
|" said /.
"Awful !n said he.
! "What was it?"
" Nitro-glycerine explosion up in
the iron mills-a hundred fellOw-mor-
tails busted?"
"Sadw
EGecting very" Here he rubbed
his mouth with the back of his hand.
Professor what il that nltro-glyc-
erineW
at is very dangerous article" l
answered, happy to display my
knowledge. at has nearly twice the
| destructiveness of gunpowder, but,
unlike 1t, does not explode on the ap-
plication of heat. A red-hot coal
dropped into 1t will not explode 1t. 1t
will freeze; it is yellow and greasy.
Its symbols in our nomenclature are
C3. lis. (No - 3, o."
"You don't mean to say so said
the officer, interrupting me in disa-
greeable tones in the very middle Of q
choice extract from one Of my lectures.
"Why, but you hain't told me how
! 1t does go off. II fire won't bust it,
what in-(hem)-will"
| told him If 1t were pressed or any.
| thing fell on it, it would explode.
"Place 1t under the crusher Of 9
| cider mill, strikeit with q hammer
| let G weight fall on it from height
| eyes" said my man, land thai
Irouses 1t volcaner, does it? How does
1t come, Perfessor?"
"In little cans-why, like these?'
said I, discovering that there was {
little can of 1t on the marble sink
which | had carelessly neglected t
replace in the cellar. / then took {
| little of the glycerine, spread it OF
an anvil and struck it with hammer
A slight explosion and q flame burs
from the paper.
mo, really" said the policeman
starting back; 81 suppose, Professor
that there can would make a mighty
| noise if allowed to explode in here al
, at once?"
at would blow the entire building
\ to atoms,n said l, resuming the anal
ysis of Mrs. JOhnson's stomach.
"No!' ! heard the policeman re
mark, in deliberate Yankee tones
"you don't say sop
The next moment lay on my back
q gag in my mouth, terribly frighten
. ed and sick at heart. Over me stool
, the policeman, and the first thin
that functionary did was looking M
! straight in the face-to take off hi
nose! He then rid himself Of hi
! \ red eyebrows, hair, cap, and becam
+ a determined looking fellow, with tn
ewes of q fiend and the nose Of q RO
r man.
$50 you think" said the metsmor
. phosed, In the tones of n gentleman
, , hthat nothing can save Joe Johnsol
from the rope? Poor fellow! it doe
-. look like it. But my dear Professor
4 Joe johnson is fortunate enough t
q have In me devotedIfriend, as well a
i | brother. / have undertaken to say
!. him, and he shall be saved! In orde
n to this end 1t will be necessary to re
T ! move from the face of the earth nc
only the stomach ofhis miserable viii
!, | wonder, but also, my dear professor
n Pm sorry to he obliged to say 1t, fC
III believe you were my brother
!. teacher and friend-yourselfa as well.
nj I saw that he was In deadly earnes
d "Your death must apparently II
Il sult from accidental least, so 1t mu
e seem to the authorities. My brotht
1t Is In Jail, and they will not suspet
n him, and they certainly will not su
a pect mel
,ei What terrible deed was on his brai
g. Matching? Washe going to murd,
D. meq The hard-earned knowledge Of
score Of years I would have given 4
t. mower to utter one single cry.
e. He took me in his arms and place
le me in chair, and bound me 10
ID and then from q side pocket he pr
erl duced another rope.
ldi Was it myself who was to hang II
le stead Of johnson?
ofI No: YES. He placed the line pulle
MI like over an arm of the hanging cha
v, delier. This was altogether too slig
M a sllDport even for one of my slend
Il; | frame. 1t was not to be hangil
d, then?
IN a weight, and raised 1t by pulling t
I other six or eight feet from the tloC
oil Tine lOOSO 6uu hS pSSuAON W eAS SAH
Was he mad? Did he mean to drs
is me under this weight, and send l
ce ont of the world in novel way
, a letting it fall and dashing my blai
G. out?
MS To the sink end he attached 10
en- yellow string.
nd Under the weight on the floor
mi placed the can Of pitro-glycerine!
Nv, recognized the yellow stringi 1t wa
Ihe Fuse and 1t would burn across
marble slab-there was no hope OF
ta- igniting any substance that wo'
,ur- warn my friends. ,,, ,
nee WDo YOU began to see through /
,vcr ~ asked Joe Johnson's brother. i,
W" I believe l cursed him with
II n ewes, couid only breathe throl
>" " NV nostrils, and great veins y
ed q swelling and growing hot IN my Il
red, head. e...,, -, ,oo
,ody n he lighted and applied 1t to the 4
1OuS 1Ong Az tbai Iittle tyrant that gave a man
,Os ,osps hour to live, and killed him ."