The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-30

giycefine b poured iBo Ks"
5Eey are called, earthenes 90 b,
ing sixty pounds Thn
then placed in wooded 10
one -half feet deep. whid 1--WE
Of them, and imnersed In
inches from the up Of W:
warmed BY aysn11l pip< |boi
20 raise the tenn Draturd3D a htv
grecs. sDwhich &mpsrn p IS K
all the time, as nearly ape T
remain in this water abo1t by
hours, during which tin1eA euri
still remaining rise to bf lace
scum. and are skimu,C1 . wit
spoon. The nitro-giycHi q
chemically pure. trsnspCR wa
refrscts light powerfully re
for packing. The tin Cos v
parSlfue; md coutattr tty
pounds each. are placedh Thai
wooden trough, aud the n1ts !. fceri
being poured from the cox b c
per cans, is again poured rlhe
through q gutta-percha fon be
tom OF the trough being o. vii
thick layer of plaster wi
absorbs and renders ~ NJ
drops of nitro -glyccrino raosnay
spilled. The tins arc th ID pla
in q wooden trough EaiI
iced water. Or ice a.
where the nitro-glycerinek 10 C
talized or CONCEALED. las ldi
it is slowed away in sm M hzi
500 feet distant, in ams6utt Of frt,
forty cans each. unt6f requi a
When the nitrQeHycerine Ne
veyed to anyAoint by te no c
are packed 9bpen wooden 90 '
two inches q sponge at the 10 N
four rubbA tubes .undorn at ii
are long Enough to allow he nd
come &ne inch over the b. o0the
on opposite sides, thus iute poG3g
elasfe tubes between the Old,
the 4 tin and the insi 9
WOO len box. rendering itpe cd
lte carry. Each tin is eel ulsc< t.
fror the top of each tin to ! ,e 1T
tube passes about ten inches do1p
one and a half inches in di m6f6r,
the purpose of thawing the cookei
nitro-glycerine when the pla[e FER
ready TO use it-liquefactiOr big
fected with water Of sevsnl "a nI
degrees. The tins. being 81 ,sed5 vi
cork wrapped in q bladder, /; re 1t
a sleigh or wagon, covered n I'm
with a layer OF ice and elsnkeb,
may thus be carried anr iist9c
this purified crystalline state % aofel
SO many tubs OF butter.
Perfect system pervadesfuis 1T
and it is necessary to inst re 6hf
The steadiest men possible re lie
for the work; three are emp ,yedin
acid house, working in th,r Q SIT,
eight hours each, but they d. n0t a
ally workmore than seven hourA
cry M vement is like clockv ORR,
man Bhs his place and spt la d
WHICH he is expected to perf@ rm =
proper time. In the morn1n, &tse
or 1850, two men dump the arboys
acid into the soapstone tlnko
mix them, while a third 10 81
the glass jSrs with glycel nd
operation takeS about an l our
draws the acid. = nother wei .hsB
q third carries it To- the troug IS "A
an interval, during which thea
cool, three men attend clo elyp
converting of the glyeerins -
nitro-glycerine. After the niiro1y
inc is dumped into the water ts6t.
men Ire employed in washin , itow
two wash the stone pitchersN til a
The floors are kept scrupulC aslxc
and perfectly free from ato1ls
nitro glycerine. which. step ,ed u
while the men are at ~
might send them to eternitE
the building tosmithereens. IT. r
is then prepared FOR next dsysp
tions, and. by about one OF tw'ocl
after six, or at most seven, be lrS
the days work is done. nv
standing the extreme are 1sedth'
accidents. the Mowbray work1 D
been blown up three times, ahd
nine competent superintend mt
have been in charge. eight havo<b
killed outright and their bod Cd 9
to fragments, while the min hs
living, totally bfind.-Ad aRS CT
Cor. Boston Herald.