The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-06-04
DYNAMITE A
DYNAMIC DOPE.
Exceeds all Others in Pro-
ducing Sleep.
How the Stuff is Eaten By
the Poems Of Mexico
and Indians

cocaine are all insipid drugs when II
comes to dynamite for the induction
of a really enjoyable Sleep" said
Henry Dexter, muledriver who has
been engaged in construction work
ON the Pacific coast.
81 tried it, ard / guess know. Dy-
namite as a narcotic or dope was
discovered some years ago by Mexioals
employed in loading powder holes ON
railroad construction work. American
have long known the headache pro-
ducing power of nitrogyoerin and
have dreaded the Eardling Of powder
in any shape cur entering places where
explosions had taken place before the
smoke had been cleared out. A tiny
bit of the grkcse smeared on the rcse
VITA produce nauseaItrg headache
which VIII last three days. But 1t re-
NAMED fcr TIE Ieors to find out
y.
Dynamite eating is common on the
Pacific slope among Irdiers who have
worked upon the Southern Pacific Rail
read construction work. They take a
small grain OF it, the size of a tiny
phi and dissolve 1T IN a glass of
tequila. Searching cut a cool, Shady
place in which they ere not apt TO be
disturbed fer ct least "a hours, they
drink this down, CIR several drinks
likely according to how far they have
advanced In tie hatlt ard roll over IN
their blankets in the shade. When
they awaken they have a headache
that is murdepous, and many pretty
tough fights have resulted from too
much Indulgence in dynamite. But
while they sleep they enjoy a dream
that the Thousand and one authors Of
the Arabian Nights tales could not
have described had they ali set to
work on the one theme.
Il took some Of the dope on a wage
one Saturday night Mr.. Dexter went
on to say "and,as by midnight I was
only more awake tllGn ever | took
two more large drinks. ives still
awake Sunday morling and feeling
extraordinarily exhilareted and wide
awake. The fact that the dope would
not make me sleep annoyed me, end
i again took a double swallow.
As the stuff went down the last
time | heard a sharp explosion as e
the top Of a hiE had been blown off.
l thhuSht my head had exploded. i
only thought this one instant. for the
next moment | wus asleep so eourd,y
that a drop of a fifty-meter bridge
would not have woke me up.
Dreams began to pull off thetr
game like the last performance when
the actors have to oatth q 1nhdl1det5t
train to leave town The first impress
sion | received was that wrs a 10
0mntive engineer aud fireman also
doing the work of conductors and
doing the work Of oonduotorsand
brakeznan on four express t4eirs rum
Mig side by side, pulled by 6louble
leaders and pushed behind with extra
locomotives, all running on a four
track dailroad line. I tied book tile
whistles, drove in wedges to hold the |
thpune wide open and began to shove
coal with one hand and punch passen-
ger tickets with the other. We were
ritlirlg for our lives.
Suddanly We struck a forty-daeree
curve and turned into q night tunnel
on a 10 per cent grade The passen- |
gers We're drinking champagne and
eating cake and wanted me 10 iofu
them and the fact that had too |
much business to do at the time TO |
Keep the tInhns frno hitting the sides
OF the tunnel and scratching off the |
padnt WAS tanhahzfng thought. Just
es We were coming out of the other
Side of the tunnel | heard another
loud explostOn that sounded like all /
the locomotives had been blown up at
once.
Then everything became black and |
was Unconscious until | woke up In
hospital at GuhdhlajaIa two dnys
later. 1t took five doctors and twelve
Coctrs and twelve trained nurses six
days and nights to relieve me of my
haeGaehe with special instrument
that shows headaches by horse power
or foot pound minutes said
chat II ii We're divided into
ordinary headaches such as men
have after a nights whisky or
beer carousal it would have gone
acound whole regiment. Half nf
Chicago could have been given sick
headaches four days by dividing up
mlne. end seven ice wagons working
short trips two dogs would have been
required TO carry ice 10 keep their
heads fgrom Bursting. | wont eat