The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-31
GENIUS IN THE OIL REGION
Reckless Way of Handling Nj
tro-GIycerine.
SPECTATORS TAKE ToWOODS
Drunken DriIler Cured of lntemperance Lynx
Hunting With High ExpIosives-Died
In His Bed at Last Too.


known Dick Warnsr," said a talkat.ve
man from the oil region. Dick was a
chap worth knowing. Indeed, he was.
Devil Dickr-we used to call him. and 1
don't know but what it was a fitting
name for him. Devil Dick. He was q
nitro glycer.ne handler in the early days
of that suddsm and caprieious explosive
agent, so useful to the oil operator, but
so capable of mixing up and changing
the aspect of things generally when 1t
gets going at the wrong line and place
Dicks way of handling nitro-glyeerine
was so dseingenuous that wherever d OK
mad load of ths stuff to deliver to a wen
everybody else at ard about that we'll
took to the woods. Unless 1t might be
Dan Sutton. Dan was ehum of Dicks,
and had as calm and unruff1ed Mariner
in handling nitro-glycerinie as Dick HIM
self. Why, I've SEEN Dan and Dick play
catch with nit -g1ycerine they were UNI
loading, Dick tossing can after can TO
Dan, and Dan catching 1t, just as If they
were unloading brick, although the miss
ing of a can by Dan would mean that i'm
less than a second you couldn't find so
much as a toenail of either. But Devil
Dick was tha better wo. tn knowing od
the two. Ole was original. He las &C.
MUS He was great.
For instance, Dam Sutton would never
have thought of doing such thing as
Dick did once down at Rooms camp. Dan
might have been willing to do it, bu; he
never could have thought it up. driil=r
uamed Peterson got regular Dutch roll
ing skate on one day. and was blowing
around about what things he could do,
NIB AZ, who should come along but Devil
-, ,s;th nod of elvcerine The load
DlcK WITH ioau ., sis - a.. -, -,
wasn't Tor any Wen arouho .he oaii'p'
but Dick stopped to llsasn to the drunken
driller. Pretty soon he got off his wagon
ana ravs n t,a d,jller.
...pota, s,,,s he I,ll he4 Won $40 YOU
~,-o.,,,,a ,,zth STONE
can't hit a can od s4scerihe WIN So
at twenty PAGES once OUT Oh uen tiines'
and I'll hold the can.
"That was enough to make everybody
aro,,nd tbare nricl< IN his ears. and
@i 1s.o,.., sa,d he,d +ake rho het
When fepeisoii safu 40 - 90" -. 49,
and DICK stepped TO the Wagon ~ See etie
can all made tracks for high ground.
By the time we had got to a safe place
ana s+onnea 70 look around Dick had
sse ~ z;srto,oa ord stood .tbara
PoSSu VI. .iAe 20 ol,,oart,a 81 eryo,e
hoiuinS lHe odil ~ tt;s ,aad,7
tehgtn, anu 'a.S uililei Ms thrn,,s 49,
70 thah ,ss, the lnsomS nioil, s,,, not
wiz. line s1Atn stIuch Dion nrs a. =, ~
.lree alcnes - ie,ai,,s hond hut he ceuobt
the oah oul ~ LIN -. IL. ..,5 - ~
IL oelofs IL fedciIeu ING slouilu; "a ., s.e
throwing ilatci Wouiu IN en 'ut; eie ae
anu tleis VIII III go oI aa,.t,,1,,
DICK ana lne uiIiler irU rom an eeisniy
uoli anu tiipuaa .i ,ni-a aor 80
throws Were all cs9se ~ In e'n' D siilI.
tne iase one aotsteii 81 aAeu NJ ~ his az :,
won ms pe., eoa nls iloitess puo rtn S h;s
BACK IN the wagon ana oroVe Oh ms
WY ~, .,.,, ,.. ao Ava
ihdt was senAuS, "asI ~ .,ott
look whap II olo. men Ieuelson 81 10
soper ana came 10 tniI l ov1I WHAT liS
hau uoise, ne sisneu 'ns Pieuse anu
never toucneo anothel 9Io 49,. " nqu III
ne IS IlVins yer, iiSn anu a. a.
never would nave peen el.rel II y. nau
no. oeen det pevll Dien a,,;,,s Isl Isl
oL men paonl W o % men seAio' '"s'
'hat Way. lsots VI EN-. -, .,,,.o,,,,
~ lhose uaSS LIE wooiS al 49,, IN 81. !,
the OIL region, "a, ana .ne on res re oI ran
pretty much all to WOODS, Were ahve
Win wllo anlnais OF al hinus' anu II
was no ,ncoIl'lnoil Slgnt 70 80 49,. d psar,
OF pantner, OF d YIN VI so tl1 o.nea
savage BEAST PROVING arou ,,' tne canIps
or Inc Isolated oll Towns. Inc lynx. espy-
ciaiiy, seemed TO nave nklns Lor on,
wei men, ana one particularly oig anu
faVas's one ns'u lls sisrins eyss On Desn
Dich aiiiiusl every uas wneu ne wa
$500 r.. - = 81 80. ,.,oa.obi,,r,
Corker Kun roao, ahu MIS- Mauc1 n.ls
as enance 70 e e ID, w. ~ton tyeil WITH
Jay DieA . "a ,a.s va he ,,clrad me-
'oesa ~. ~ ~, ~, nas aoing to Tones,
up ~, -, M ~, s.Tste,, of ,be woods
NV t,, ut,i't Genn1ou,s woods discove1,e5
ahi4 ls9s "a nada Ivnx etealina, alone.
s u,s az he ,,ohes 80 tba 4raas at
en IN, IN ~ t,,a roed and l,eeninp univ a
S sa'.. go saa+ hahIr,a1 ne
.s..est Aaror D,cl,, said milling
p;o,,s sleava #, ooly az that,
@sI seen n This mile or more, said
J,io,- Tt.s hankersjn, after me. and /
o,,i,, hone ;t'Il keen on after ms till we
cit to Keery's opening. I'm achin' for
Il "a do mai. Then m surprise it,
..Keerv,s opening was gap in the
woods aud a ravine twenty feet deep.
n mile or so fulstb.r on. The LYNX
Eent right on. and when we get to the
anenina The animal was still with us.
NOV, said Dick. watch me scatter
alimv
.The lynx had crouched down, only a
few feet from the edge of the nearest