OCR Text |
Show of any kind of an explosion. But it must be an explosion. "The fact that the odor clings to a battlefield csn be easily accounted for. but why It should be present when a foreign agent has caused the explosion no one can account for. We won't get rid of this amell until we get out to sea. Ain't it funny?-' concluded the tar. The visitor shook his head and admitted ad-mitted that It was. Chicago Journal. should be an odor of powder when the accident had been caused by an explosion . of steam only. "That's one of the things which can not be accounted for," replied the sailor, "but It's what we all. call 'death's aftermath.' Havs you never heard of the persistency with Which the odor of powder clings to a battlefield after an encounter with the enemy? "Well," he continurd, "this odor clings to the field of strife In proportion to the number of .those killed. It's Impossible to account for It. but those who know declare de-clare that If there are a great msny killed in the battle the smell of powder clings to the spot for days after, while if only a few are killed it soon disappears. It's the same when death is the result i "DEATH'S AFTERMATH." One of the Jackles of the battleship Massachusetts, speaking of the accident on board hi Ship, was heard to ask a visitor If he noticed a pronounced odor of powder. The visitor answered that he did, and wondered mildly why there |