Smyrna times., 1872-05-08
w HOLE NO. a97
how Gq1InpOwder Gq1In is Made---A House
Where Men Never Laugh. '0'0

in ~ mo" that gunpowder is very rvd.rooro,,.
know ' +h y; nedr a hrr, but perhanS von Jntt
The rr "H' 1t ls equally dangerous ali tLro,,aL
f.arfaI f"IesS ,Io Cf making. a powder mil = u
dom aiI'' 10 VISIT and strangers are v.rv sol
far frnm a 10 20 INTO one. They are bnilt
branch If 'hny towh' IN the woods, and each
; nv VI me work Is done in 4 ,,Ir.I' oa0t
Ing IheSe houses ne nui,e d1!' a.e ocllu-
II Ien o'HGT' 50 that if one h'ows 49, lIoiil
, Ivy up the rest. Then the IoIro, up - won
u,'u.hR are made very strong. wLila tIoh VI tne
onj, ,iy HSilty set on so that if # cx,Io3no
car 'ile 1901 VIII suffer But in snifa Of
der ,n;IIi ;E"'eeeS M whole settlement of the no,
evar,. ,4,nia VIII 20 or almost in an instant ond
i9 VTStlge OF the toll of wears will bn anu anu
away IN few seconds WIZ NC swept
pui though you feel like boIdino vo,, 1...,
~ looA at 1t Is really very intere,3;n , nIeath,
coaI ~ Is made perhaps you know of cbom
50: pe''e' ana birthstone Each of H.
Lons L,s - prepared in house by it.slf brt ~
There they are mixed is the first t"rr;hio io
roII;o 1n lhl9 building is an immense n;iIstnno
nndor ~ bounu ana round in an iron he'd onj
d;onts | nf stone are put the three fearful ;ngre-
ule"tS OF gunpowder. They arc tbouogIf !ugre-
9 hlAed and ground together. This 'H;orougnly 10
10 E""seIouS operation because if the stono 10y
LoHeact with It's iron bed it is verv n. Inns t
-. Se.lAc onrG and the suspicion of /. onnSyl ap. ~
SET SCI on the whole. The materials SpaaA one woul9
,nII Vi iour inches thick in the hod az
anJ n, "nlch goes by WATERPROOF is startod
sLnt IreIy Wi man leaves the place. The door =
ha ' anu me machinery left do its own torr;
the min 9,one W hen is has run long enoneb
Ti: TTG mn Is stopped and the men cana Iouku
or cakes Po"ueI III lard Jumps
kon ~ next house is where the cakes are bro.
rn'o grams and Of course is quite 90 d.
s ~, 80 dS 'he last one. But the men can,t -.
i way from ths they are obliged to attend 20
ar iai.9 "oment and you may be sure no Ionrb
DnC oVnG ,rI % ever heard within its walls. Evr7v
mn W. ""o goes IN has to take off his boots ana
rerons na,rJa' because one grain of the dam
SIIlguS powder crushed by the boot wonIJ a.
pl1Ge s,i the whole in an instant uiu CA
me moor OF the house is covered With ,ooh
H. h. amu IS made perfectly black by the dpst of
acb .,o Erdpowder' an % 1t contains set of sieveS
S acn one smaller than the last. T6ronob ebes ,hes
Ie po"uer Is Il sllted; and put into am immense
oO'nS ooU mn where 1t is ground IN. wb;ie
nenh;m em SmoveI IL IN with wooden shovels' The
,a,, u"ile'y makes great deal of noise. hnt The
.ctIoSt o,rL ai.GHt as 10 the other houses. The
-cHleSS crashing OF the machinery even soo,.o.
give greater horror and one is yerv nloJ oe1us u.
ct out of that house. 10 very giao to
ine StoVlhg house is the next on tbelst ,,a
a,.e iUe 'Ie gunp0wder is heated on wooden
,cro - very not, and no workmen stav
pnaa 1rre, @ from there it goes to the packing
.nisters s' %"d 1t Is put up in barrels, kegs and
g 9S,rly re- IT. through all these houses it goes AZ
. . 70 onn me h storehouse. One feels like draw.
lphg breath to see the fearful stnff SaSoI,,
lcked away out of the hands of mon - '"t tI
riOus house. N' Vi men IN this
Iu We neard of things being as dry as
wv i but you wouldn think this bon.e
~ dry: 1t Is almost imbedded in WIS mVoSe
Il j re" roOl is one Dig tank, kept full Of water
al OF steps to 90 in there are shallow tantu
the door o"e "ust walk
10 ~ none OF those powder houses is onv Gobt
~ u "e1 @x'eof ul i.ht. The va "a. So
ou' the days work is short. ending aiwaysa 'ae ae
&c or Tour clock. But the men baye
louS look, that makes one Think ve avora
nent TI %1 the danger, ami glad to get aw,v
"ouSh curiosity NAV take man oncs -
II powder mill he has no desire to 90 ,bo
. 3nd u. tlne' and he feels all the rest of his Gte
I Tor once he had been very near death All nc
ln1ertcan Sportsman. "a Oe"in'~