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Show SIMPLY -UTO NISI 1 1 NO . The Chinaman now took his station at a further distance from the mortar, and tho next explosion tilled the spectators with astonishment. There was a pull of bino::e as the projectile left the mortar at an anle of 4ode-; grei-s, winging its way like a bird throUL'h the air. .Reaching its ureal-! est height it began to turn end over end, and when it struek the ground, sent a cart load of dirt flying ahead. Tho distance of the shot was 031 feet. A n;i;l'ENDICULAIt SHOT A mortar, pointingdirectly upward, was next charged with ordinary pow-uer pow-uer (quarter oi'an ounce) and fired. A pull' ot smoke arose, and beyond a wiggle of the hall (a thirty-pound spherical), there was no effect. The same amount of giant powder was now placed in the mortar and the party advised to clear the ground. No second bdding was necessary, and the dignified city fathers started like a flock of sheep for a neighboring hill, led by the mayor, who made dime remarkable timo. At the explosion explo-sion the ball shot upward until it was almost lost to view, and coming down a few yards from its starling point, buried itself about four feet in the soil, vrhence it wag extracted by a Chinaman with a crowbar. Over one hundred was counted while the ball was in the air. Somebody remarked that had the Chinaman been sitting on the ball he ould have gone up for an hour, at which Louderback, who had but a few hours before sent a Chinamanup for sixty days, laughed knowingly. SPLITTING KINDLING WOOD. next laid on a log ot Oregon pine and exploded. The force of the explosion was downward, and the log was reduced re-duced to splinters. Several logs were treated in tho same way, and a very small quantity of the powder laid loosely on the log was sufficient to reduce it to splinters. EXPERIMENTING WITH WATER. The cartridges were next soaked with water, but they exploded all the same. A cartridge was charged, with a fuse and cap, ignited and dropped into a barrel of water. In a few seconds sec-onds their was a tremendous report, a irain of spray and the barrel disappeared disap-peared as if by magic. EXPERIMENTS WITH IRON, A number of pieces of old iron, about the size of stove-lids and one inch thick, were placed in a pile, and the giant powder put on top. The explosion reduced the iron to pieces about the size of half dollars, but did not scatter them. THE FINAL EXPLOSION. A cigar box, filled with broken cartridges, was placed on a pile of wood, and all hands made a rush for the hill. About a hundred yards from the spot a slow fuse was ignited, and the concussion of the discharge fairly shook the fields. When the smoke cleared away, the wood-pile had as effectually disappeared as though it had been exposed for six months in a cold, impoverished and dishonest neighborhood. |