New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-07-26
DYNAMITE is TICKLE.
YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHAT "A CAR
FRIDGE WILL DO NEXT.

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YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHAT "a CAR
FRIDGE WILL DO NEXT.
Some Interesting Stories OF the
Boss Blaster Says, Is AZ Contra
dictOry as q Woman.
"A cartridge Of dynamite is pretty
much like Woman-you can never tell
what It is going to do next, because it
doesn't know ITSELF" said a boss blast
er. II have seen a powder salesman
throw q cartridge Of dynamite into the
redhot fire box Of 20 horse boiler,
and the stuff Just burned like lard
Next day saw cart boy repeat the
experiment with blacksmith's forge
and pill Of dynamite no larger than
a pea-and there will be a wholesome
fear and soft coal in that boy as long
as he lives.
II have seen case Of 100 sticks Of
dynamite fall 800 feet down shaft
and never wink, and Two seen an In
dian drop half cartridge FROM his
hand to his boot and not a grease spot
did the poor fellow leave behind. At
that the poor fellow deserved a better
fate, for he made desperate fight for
it before he scattered. -
Gle was loading a block hole at the
time and had just broken cartridge
in half when he dropped one of the
pieces. Before It could touch the
ground he sort Of half caught it, and
then began desperate brief Juggling
act. Again and again he half caught
the deadly thing. Then he missed it.
He made one last effort and stuck out
his foot to break the fall against the
hard ground, but it didn't work There
was bang, and it was lucky no one
stood near him. Which shows that
dynamite is like woman, because in
my time I have dropped similarly hun
dreds Of cartridges of dynamite, and
still I am here and with a good di-
gestion.
"But it is in winter, when dynamite
freezes, that it is most capricious
Then If you want it to go off It simply
refuses, or burns with a dull roar,
like a boiler blowing off steam It. is
in thawing dynamite that most Of the
accidents happen about which you
read There are two ways Of thawing
dynamtte-one by placing the car
trfdges on steam boiler or within safe
distance of a fire; the other by miners
ing them in pals Of hot water. As the
latter method draws out considerable
Of the nitroglycerin from the car
tridges, and therefore weakens them,
it is often discarded in favor Of the
more risky thawing by an open fire.
Il once saw an experienced powder
man thaw a dozen cartridges by an
open fire, though, rs the sequel will
show, he completely lost his head
when suddenly confronted with All un-
usual emergency. He had placed the
cartridges within foot Of an open
wood fire and had seated himself near
by to await developments when one
of the cartridges caught fire.
Had he left 1t to burn itself out the
chances are a thousand to one that
nothing very startling would have hap
pened, for 1t is conclusion and not fire
that explodes dynamite. Instead, he
rushed forward, picked up the burning
stick by one end, and holding it up
ward like a candle began to blow and
blow until he was black in the face.
He never let go until the fame began
to nip his fingers, and then in his ex-
element he threw the cartridge to the
ground and began to stamp and grind
on 1t with his heels as if he were kill
ing a snake; and, by thunder! he
stamped out the burning cartridge and
lived to tell about It! The cart boys
called him Angel after that, because
by rights he ought to be an angel now.
Zone day a professor from Stevens
Institute Of Technology came to the
quarry and asked me to perform a
certain experiment for him. We
printed with dynamite direct from
newspaper on to block Of iron. The
professor said the experiment proved
most interesting, as he had discovered
among other things that dynamite
works downward and not upward, like
black powder. Our way Of proving
that in quarry is to lay a stick Of
dynamite on top of a bowlder. After
the shot the bowlder is smashed to
bits.
But the professor had his own no.
tons. He carried three round blocks
Of IRON six inches in diameter and
three inches thick. Then he took
newspaper from his pocket and spread
one sheet over the face Of the block.
| placed half stick of dynamite on
top and covered it with little heap
Of sand and touched her off. You
would hardly believe the result, but
you can see the block on exhibition In
a glass case In the Stevens institute
library, and you can read on it dis
tinctly-of course, the type appears