The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-30

the woman part OF The statement dyna-
mite or nitro-giycerlnc. Is one OF the most
ieliable a. well as the strongest friend
man has Dynamite, you must know. -
Z Uothiag but Hitro-g lycerino soaked up In
sawdust or lu Indian meal This makes
of the liquid explosive a solid one. which
can BE- handled 10 better advantage. which
can D. streng hened. on a scale Of per
centage. 10 contain more or less OF the
explosive oil-according 60 the quantity Of
nitro soaked up IN a given quantity OF the
I sawduat-aud which j. more easily han
died both a. 90 safety and as matter
OF storing the stun in assures Of rocks
and leeecs. where fluid would run out
and away when used
Dynamite is cast into sticks, known
as cartridges. These are cylindrical IN
shape and measure from an inch 20 an
inch and a half n diameter By about six
inches in length. Ia color they resemble
the yellow OF unseed oil. and they are
oily 20 the touch.
- have seen some remarkable freaks
in the line 81 tricks Of dynamite. Explo-
/ sivo as che stun Is, I have seen case 81
~ cartridges fall Loo feet Into smart
ana the case WAS simply smashed and tn
dynamite landed IN a heap Ike so mncn
| harmless mush. on tho other hand, saw
a man drop "a c.trtridee from his hand TO
the ground and there Was not enough
left Of him for a grease spot. This peeu-
uarity OF dynamite. its tendency 10 eA
plode under certain conditions and It's
non. explosive trait under more aggravat-
Ing circumstances. Is something that -
not explainable. But the fact remains
that. when properly handled. dynamite Is
not dangerous. Here and there We read OF
blaster who blows himself up, and IN
nine cases out OF ten II s. simply that the
man began drilling in an old hole. not
knowing that It was partly loaded with
an old charge Of dynamite.
Mess confined, dynamite win burn ---.a
80 much grease / have seen whole
cartridge OF dynamite thrown into the
hrebox OF "a boiler and the stun burned
roaring like tugboat blowing OF steam
/ on another occasion l saw a man who
had become excited AZ burning car
I fridge throw 10 10 the ground and tram
/ pie on Il trying TO stamp out the flames
I ana the man lived 10 tell the tale. Il IS
| OF frequent occurrence that dynamite =
/ accidentally set ahre This happens
/ mostly IN winter The cartridges thcn
freeze. In that condition they are use
less as FAR as blasting Is concerned. for
whether confined or not they simply
burn To thnw them IL IS necessary
either 90 immerse them in hot water
or 10 place them near fire. Tho hot
water. however draws the strength out
OF the cartridges. Therefore the bonfire
method IS more often used Hence the
fires.
ITO set or dynamite an explosion il
necessary For this reason a Illuminating
cap is affixed 10 the end or the fuse 80
that when the spark has eaten through
the fuse the cap Is set on and at the
same instan; the whole charge OF svna-
mite goes on. sometimes half a ton az a
time and slice OF mountain Is blows
down 20 be crushed into stone for our
roads ana driveways.
las action Downward.
zone OF the peculiar actions o, dvna-
mite as compared TO other explosives ia
that its action is downward. Often when
~ quarry u Is desired 20 break a huge
rock quickly, a cartride OF dynamite Ia
simply placed or top OF the rock. and after
being covered with a little hoap OF earth
IL set on. The rock Is split into num-
Der Of pieces. Were black powder heaped
on rock in the same way the heap OF
DIRT on top would simply be blown away.
leaving tho rock unframed. This down
ward action Of dynamite makes II Al once
the most useful and the most powerful
~ explosives known. once assisted AZ
number Of experiments at the Stevens
Institute, IL being desired 10 prove the
downward action o. dynamite and is in
credible force. A number OF blocks Of
iron six irches IN diameter and three
Inches thick. were practiced upon An
ordinary newspaper was spread over one
Of the blocks. A cartridge OF dynamite
was placed on top OF the paper. and after
being connected with a fuse and covered
with a heap OF dirt. the charge was set
on. When tho block was examined after
the explosion the print Of the paper Was
distinctly impressed into the surface OF
the iron. The reason was that the paper
where tho printers ink had touched II.
was harder than the rest % the PAPER
and by the incredibly hard and sudden
blow struck by the dynamite. the imprint
OF the shape Of the letters was made as
plainly on tho Iron as II It had been
cheese. A similar experiment was than
made with an ordinary oak leaf and the
outlines OF tho leaf. ribs and oil. was
gougod into the iron. Both OF these
blocks OF iron arc In the museum at
tachcd 10 the institute.
with n few outlines Of dynamite or
nitro -glyce rine az Il really is made pub
he. perhaps q viii quiet an uneasy army
Of experts. who fear that dynamite and
similar explosives are stored under their
dining rooms. There are hundreds OF
I explosives besides these best known and
most dread agents that might have caua.
ed the Tarrant explosion Fierce a. that
explosion may seem 70 citizens who saw
u. and careful as the explosive chemicals
should be excluded from the midst OF a
community. n that particular explosion
had been caused by an agent intended for
that purpose New Workers would have
a little spot in their midst which It would
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