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Show j Very Careful. A few days since we paid a visit to a neighboring mine, and while seated in the hut erected by the miners, listened to tbe story of one of them, who was boasting about having killed a number of squirrels, rats, etc., among others, a particular squirrel whioh he had shot a few days previously. pre-viously. One of the boys asked the precise spot in which the massacre occurred, and upon its being pointed out, the idea struck him that a box Blinding within a foot of the place where the load of Bhot struck, contained con-tained at least twentyfive pounds of Giant powder. Just think ot it 1 We did, anil while we heartily appreciated ap-preciated tbe fine bam and fragrant cofiee which the generous miners had prepared for us, we couldn't avoid thinking of possibilities. |