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Show The Bombs of the Anarchists -Anarchistic ingenuity could scarcely jo further than tho explosive letter, lie latest infernal machlno, devised by Parisians as a mode of destruction. Pulmlnate of morcury is tho ingredient sed In preparing this Instrument ot pHTiiiifiiln j CUTTING GROVES IN CAUDHOARD FOR KXl'LOSIVE. f READY TO MAIL. vengeance. Fulminate Is from the Latin "fulmen," n thunderbolt, nnd the explosive loiter is n veritable thunderbolt thunder-bolt of disaster to tho recipient of ono of these missives. Tho fiondtshness of tho machine is rendered trebly tcrrlblo by reason of tho simplicity of Its construction con-struction nnd tho caso with which It can be sent to tho doomed victim of tho Beds without danger to tho Bonder. A bomb thrown into tho streot frequently fre-quently sonds tho thrower to another world, somotlmes nlono, sometimes In company with tho object of his vongennoo. A pistol shot or n daggor thrust may bo offectlvo In working off Mio victim, but tho chances nre very much in favor of quick retribution In tho shape of tho death of tho assassin. Infernal machines of tho. complicated design nro sure enough, but thoy nro difficult Hi mako and there Is un clement cle-ment of uncertainty In their execution, But In tho case of tho explosive lot-tor, lot-tor, tho mail carrier tnkos all tho risk; tho assassin can ho far nvay beforo tho deed Is accomplished anil tho victim executes hlmsol(. Wlyu could bo more patlsfuctory from tho vlowpolnt of tho dreaded fraternity? Tho accompanying pictures show how tho explosive letter Is mado and how It operates. An ordinary piece of cardboard, of tho kind that is used to prevent photographs bolns hrokon when In transit through tho mall, will do for ho groundwork. A eorles of grooves la cut In tho. cardboard for tho reception of the oxploslvo. Tho noxt photograph shows hov tho ulnilnnfo of mercury is poured Into thoso rocop-tacles. rocop-tacles. Next tho oxploslvo is covered with a plcco of paper, in order to keop It from falling out of tho grooves. In the making of tho trigger nn ordinary snap catch,, such ns Is used do fasten lottera togothor, is used. Ono of thoso snaps is placed ovor each of the four grooved roceptaclos holding tho explosive, ex-plosive, so that whlchovor'slde tho lot-tor lot-tor la opened tho mercury will bo exploded. ex-ploded. Finally, tho paper coVorlng is coatod with mucllnUo, to told air firmly firm-ly togothor, and.thon tho Inferndl machlno ma-chlno is ready for the mall, Our ttilrd picture shows how tho oxploslvp missive mis-sive la placed In tho envelope Caro Is tnkeu to bo soal the envolopo lhat I lr canudt bo opened by Insortlng . . a finger. It Is so sealed that a knif or tho point of a pnlr of Bclsnors must ho used. Tho point of tho opener catches tho clip, and with tho same movement that tonre tho letter opon tho oxploslvo la detonated nnd tho I'OURINO IN THE EXPLOSIVE., coroner tells tho rest of tho story it sufficient of tho .remnins cun bo found to hold an Inquest over. |