The daily Alaskan., 1913-09-05
THEY COURT DEATH
Those Who Take Liberties With
 Illuminate of Mercury
.PE8DLS OF BLASTING CAPS.

Tr1ra DHHaer5ur ana 5ana.l.ye 'F.ay-
 t5ya" Often Picked Up Around Guar
 rico Are ReaPgnsI5.s For HgHdroda of Crippled youn9assrl
 Over ma children Hava been hurt or
 narHnu. crippled fnrUl.I Iu rHe Iasr five
 gonr from playing wfrH blasting aaus ITUUa mG happened one umg what
 how, would have emnu aI over Ibo
 world. Hnr because rHa accident. ore
 spread aI oyer tne country and happen H. Iae wfa of only ar1a. mu month .unrM.us Is done uE One authorities u.
 Ua.U uu.rma cam naGaH. except ln cl- u.Hfa fHe whole population fn rnr'.Ea
 how H.naHn.HH fU.sa exceedingly uHe. .m things arc when .Hng ur. nul u.
 their proper place. And WHa. draHd-
 m thing .r H going through I.Ir oFip. .n.eH O. blinded Eur wan. ol I..Ie care .aaI suuwIel-a
 E.g often play lu ud around Gn0r-
 r.a nm Sundays and sometimes pick .mr .ug wns and mr .a Investigate
 fHam II ls fHe wr.s. thing .Hu. .HaE
 e..r au Ha without setting bur. .TH.g perhaps know they are danger. .nus I .Hr smrE or a blow wI.' oE .nuT. mm nut mav IH mot rar..Ee
 how sensitive they ur. how violent .f.. explosion ur how .Ha pieces O. cop .n.r ". Even TH. wma misleading
 Iu .Hs respect IHe word "eaus suE .a.s. 0Ha paper .Hns u.oI w.IH toy p.s.
 fua aud na.Huae tHu n..Uue caps are
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 boar H.w .H. aw. resemblance tn .u.. other rHar a Hnuev man enl.ns
 u... ..... In fHu gentle pussy eur
 H... ar. |.r. u. HHse u. se.l.us .u".. .. exploding blasting elu# ne.
 side. ."s them wi. mww.r aud .nnH#. .m m rua .r. Extracting .r.. ....... with H.u distributes Hu
 .uH U..rs holding lighted match
 m.. Hm ur fUwe..nE 10. Banning lem. mu .Hn m arn Immediate H.
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 land ...# hide. r.. r.u.g 0. I ..uw. .# . .... with a .".E .H. pointed m.. .- amy m". .m.#
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 ! f.H.Hnn .H" ..H .nmH" sHa.. unnut . In ...... ur #n inch .H diameter and .u H.. "r two .ur m' u. %. .u.m.. . r... .. mm".. w. mmun.a H . ... m... uua aud ..0u. rHe mos. mm.". arnwH. n common usn ! |.H..Im. nns contain anywhere from . .#.... .u twenty a...u- .. I. Primers for ."n. .rrr.#..H u."". contain ! .m.. m.r. f.n un. er.I. I...a what ! .mn mmmmr ur H.H- ..u uI a gun ur ! .w.TnT m ru ignite .He powder In One ! .M." \ blasting e.n a meant Co ! wnr. .H. other way TIe powder from Hob. fH.. Ia".aa rH. illuminate in laa | .H".Hma ..n and I. .Eu.nHes with rar ! a#. force and HuEuun.as rHa dynamite ! |. .rH. explosion ur UHa illuminate .s SO ! exceedingly quick Hwt EHn HeIus nnr ! .Hans .r copper wl.. mnad themselves ! In Iron un. away They WI. blow | .... .#u through s.en. u.n,e one ! sixteenth uf am Inch su0ea A box of ! "ns win blow Noau#m. square hole ! r.Ns through two Inch uaE plank ! On. a.m win blow aIHIs hand 0I ! wH n. utmost certainty and dI5 ! patch. Lnaa. one of .ne Chicago an. ! .nraH.s.a committed suicide by biting |.a Hnang emp between his teeth ! The point tn ne remembered Is that ]. when blasting eap soes oI Il does ]. great damage locally There .H no es. ! aan.ne s effects Among aI. One d1o ! OF more aeGuts reported from playing ! with blasting caps there are only two |.0r three In which somebody was not ! hurt
 ! Electric blasting cau are just as | strong as ordinary b'aslug eaus butm ! Che capsule or sneT ls sealed un with ! sulphur plug through which tae wires | are carried down t0 tHe illuminate, not ! .g many accidents occur Iu playing ! w.fn them They are generally dipped !. In dnrg oo.0ra1 wax and are not such |.rHuer.Tc n.agthlugs as .he bright cop. ! per blasting caps, hut "yhay get there ! ust tna wme" Amateur electricians ] are earnestly advised Co bury he aIec- ] u.e cap foot or two Ir tha earth be- ! fore trying t0 nGss electric currents ! through thn wires. and lley had better ! not Iu It then Don't open It un Go see ! wm"s m Ig Explosive manufacturers