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Show Powder 15m DN Bay 1). Simmons Hit 11-ycaMdd son of JosejJi V. Simmons i' looking look-ing less like a tattooed boy lliti he did a few days pj, IhAtfetolhv care ltn el oti hlmbyhrvrAlir. (n the Kciirth lr wecteds cannon, and ws told -iat it wasn't good for him. He thotfsht oUi-T- "dbd sccurel thu article ile had lots or fun vii it, in auUcijati.n, Irtt rien became to fire it. he ex -terienccd a sudden change of heart. Hie Immediate caute of this was tliat the burning powderrtruc!: t.'' in Die face, filliug hlf kn TlIi the small black prticVftrand causing a keenly fiftWi'S sensation. He lus hail "eixnigli of toy cauuou. j A young man named A'ex. Pyi.r aUo had an experience w Ith jowder on tlie Fourth. He had small paper sack with a quantity vf tlie exrtysive, and laboring under the duMlon Uiat w hei powder is not closely confined It is not dangerous, he ;tncs a match aud lit the air. Jn about a second he wisb" he hadn't done so. and 'hi wish has renialnx vU IlUU ever since. Tlie podtas very lively and very Warm, and it rednced his fice to th condition of a blister, so thf.the has since had to maucrade alwut a la Bex II., with lib face hidden from view. A little daughter of Mr. Hanseu, of the TweutietJi Ward, was also a victim of powder burning. The boys were celebratlng,and she, being ofan inquisitive turn of mind, got her face cloe to a quantity of jowder Just as it exploded. Considerable was imbedded in her flesh, but fortunately for-tunately no serious damage resulted. |
