The morning news., 1893-12-03

ceived him. That's why they passed the
law, sir, and I'm afraid the good old days
will never return. This can no longer be
called the land of liberty"
You've seen people killed by the stuff,
I suppose3' / said. as he played with a
cartridge as if it were a ball.
We'll, onct a piece OF rock weighing
go pounds scraped my cap of as il few
along TO strike my partner in the breast,
but didn't exactly see him die, you know.
He died-oh, yes. The foreman said that
if poor Ned had oeen struck by the Pitts
burg city hall he couldn't have died any
faster nor been in worse shape to gather
up. As to about dozen others, I've seen
EN- standing on particular spot been
knocked down myself by the conclusion,
and reached my feet again to find hole
in the ground broad enough and deep
enough to bury a span of horses in. The
persons had vanished. ! can't say whether
they went up or down, though we some
times did find evidences in the treetOps to
show they mostly went up"
How horrible to be wiped off the face
of the earth IN that manner"
well, it's better than being smothered
in coal mine or run over by train of
cars. Did you ever see the big hole in the
ground over at Fox Hill;"
No"
That's a place worth seeing, sir
There were fourteen miners in the party
! 0believe. They were carrying lot of
dynamite and sat down to rest and smoke.
One of them built a fire to roast some
Chestnuts, and it is supposed that a stick
of dynamite came in contact with it."
why supposed
Because there were none of the four
teen left to explain matters, you see. One
instant there were thirteen men enjoying
their pipes about fire in the woods
while fourteenth was showing chestnuts
into the fire. In the next instant there
was a bOom-bang - earthquake which
ratified the windows ten miles away, and
people reached the spot to find hole in
the ground 21 feet long, 16 feet deep and
ii feet wide
The grave of all"'
"Well, hardly. There was no need of a
grave. believe they found some frag-
ments half mile away in a treetOp, but
not enough worth burying."
And have you no fear of such a de-
strOyer?'
Not the slightest. It's beautiful stuff,
| as | said before-much nicer and cleaner
! to handle than any other explosive. l
was taken with gun-cotton for i while
| but this beats it out of sight. Fond Of
| witnessing explosives, sir?'
| No, indeed I'm not, I'd I won't
! breathe till you men are off the train. 1t
ought to be against the law TO carry
| dynamite around in this reckless fash
ion"
What! More laws agin it When the
| day comes that a poor, honest blaster
must go on foot because he is obliged to
carry about few dynamite cartridges,
shall want to leave the country Some of
us get OFF at this next station, while the
others go a little further down the road -
We'll, be careful" I said, as l left the
| smoker and went back to the rear coach
| and to the last seat in that.
At the next station the train side
tracked to let the express pass. Four of
the miners got off and started up the
mountain road in the direction of a
quarry. The man / had talked with
looked along tine train until he saw my
face at the window, when he held up
cartridge and laughed and gave it a toss
in the air. When he started on again his
three companions were many rods in ad-
vance. A dozen of us were watching him
as he broke into a trOt to overtake them
He wasn't 100 feet from the train when he
stumbled and fell-there was a pun Of
/ fame and SmOke-the car windows shiv-
cred into atoms-a deafening crash, and
the man in the seat ahead of me called
| out:
That's dynamite, surew
Everybody was up to look at the spot
| There was a hole in the ground deep
enough to take in a hogshead, lot of