Show a F 1 Modern i Smokeless Powder Powder Mill MillIs Mil t p I Is s Like L-k 1 e a T Trembling rem bl- bl Ing vt Vesuvius v- f. f Working in a a smokeless powder mill millIs mi 1 I Is like sitting on the lid ld of or i Vesuvius I 1 t- t says as a's the Ne New York Sun nn only more I dangerous S The Time volcano grumbles crumble anti and rumbles 1 f and quakes giving ample warning before be he 1 fore belching forth orth its Hf torrents n of lire fire tre and lava la a. But the time powder mill mi is hike liko a gl gigantic bomb tilled hued with human t creatures loaded with Ith tons upon tons of Ine and 1 primed lined and ready to explode from a score corl of known and unknown reasons ons Sometimes when a u dnn danger house hous 0 f blows up tearing men within Into atoru toms atoms rending the Iho building into inlo Ino s and gouging ou a gaping I t J hol hole thirty fool feet ur across 11 Into rocks rock and all gravel 11 It is IN impossible to tell tel event even en t I 4 d I what cau ed the time accident I d. d Other tins tin's the eli disaster Is traceable trace nace able tu the time c or em 1 k r ence of or an aim Occasionally i 1 says ys tons Apple Monthly catastrophe J is duo to an fn unavoidable una hIe accident like lc I- I the tho tw mere stubbing of a too toe I r c the the- cau cause e. e when the crash conies comes it Is the lie most Inconceivably i frightful ordeal to lo which time the human tl nervous system can h be lie subjected How Ho human creatures can cnn b 1 h In- In duci-d duci to tn tako take the tho risks o of working In such an UI earthly Inferno rend ready to tl burst bUIt burston t o on 01 the instant In all al its Is horror may amay seem rum past InT understanding still Ill thousands thousands thou thou- sands ands upon uon thousands of or men mn work vork 5 In these mills mis scattered throughout the time United States T j j. j Time Tho drying house where i f. f f v the time washed nitrated cotton coton must be he 4 s dried absolutely l shares harm with wih the tho hitro- hitro l t glycerine building the of C It- heln being the time most hazardous on tho ho face a j of oC If the lie erth earth Time The guncotton drying house RC hO con con- taming as much a as live five l c tons bus of time the I. I frightful explosive I. I a half tea 3 J fC of r which would wO ll b be he enough to ti blow you yui ou lute Inlo elands 4 f on oil s pillars far fur above a marsh yards I 4 V from the nearest t h building IL Nothing time the portentous word wOld 3 7 i J Danger painted in ill hl lug big black letters 7 r the t over entrance enhance this V hO house hOe e from Crom the thc other structures yet yetas as you ou gaze at al Its ls very h Isolation you Qu Lp p approach with wih deep respect Only oty one ono pc JI nn Is permitted In this I hou house c an un Italian a medium sized t j v chunk chunky man nuin he Is dark cark and swarthy l with wl black blad and a blacker mus mus- tache lIe He is a man of rR of ot years 0 exper- exper t i-t i so trained to ii caution cauton that It I has become a habit exercised ed like second 7 i- i i. i nature ty The Tho man In charge chale will wi not h permit ermit you u fH inside ile this his house mouse 11 no io matter mailer muter how favored a visitor you may be he The Tho most h he will vill wt do lii I is to open the hoer door A of or one of oC the clin drying rooms moms to give you ou a n p peep ep within t. t He lie I is married and litt has five 00 ehilt r 1 t dren No he lw Isn't afraid If I he lie were verc 1 4 ho lie would not nol work ork wh where rc he Is work- work Ing iri lie le knows know of nf course that if IC he lie r I. I violates on any nimy of or certain rules he lie and f his house hous are going oln to Je leave to together Cthel but Jt he has no Intention of violating precautions Hw lie Iu never hn has been 1 blown up yet 1 anti and 11 he does eloe not Intend his family has bus ceased I to be n F IHs worrying about him hium You notice he lie is wearing oaring rubber number soled tennis slices shoes in he lie walks 1 silent lent and amid ghostlike As he lie opens the hue thedoor ant s I door elom o of one of f the drying rooms room heated healed to ti a temperature of I no 1 0 de le degrees ce- ce grees gree a breath of lint air all from within strikes you I You see ee what appears to be ie chunks I and slabs lah and wads o of a a dirty white blotting paper parel heaped in Iii metal pam pans pan two 1 by l' three t feet and set In a series of or spacious rucks 1 like so o luau many hi big pl pigeonholes l en now not there Is nothing In the appearance aranC of oC tl the stuff to ti Ill ilI you YOn from throwing It out of or fr your yU way n. n uM met if iC It I w were r an Iii oliT il piece niece of of pP paper and you YOI r afterward wh whether ther after ofel I all al this seeming rubbish can cal be hp th thI the iho I dreaded l explosive ive a mere CO O pounds of which could send Mend an ton Ion Dreadnought ht to th tub bottom Yet Yi-i the slightest t sudden jar against I even CI C a pinch r f of f this appearing ap ap- I al-I penning substance and amid there thele would be ho bea hoa ben a n flash Insh and ane a 1 trash h that would shake hake the Ull earth for fO ou miles around awl and nothing noth In lug ing but hut a pall pail pal of or smoke drifting skyward sky sky- k- k ward would remain of or house or nan man I I The TIme slightest grain of oC sand underfoot i to cause friction fricton against dust Invisible ible ibie to lo the naked CC eye or a a mere I spark Imo knocked l ed perhaps from the head I I or of a carpet tack lack and the hOI and ami man would be lIe annihilated A It spark park of o static electricity of the sort with which you ou can cn light a I gas Jet h by a leaping from the tho knuckle l of if a finger after sliding your our feet Ct ucro across a carpet and ant you OU would have ha vanished blown Into lute atoms scope toms COI too loo small mal to find with a micro micro- Owing to this deaH deadly sensitiveness every precaution for fI safety aC ty I Is tal taken laken en h by Imy the In J. J Hi man nian the building The rue tOO floors mI ar covered co with wih rubber sheets rm fastened IH ll by imy heaed hc's s-hea s led tacks tuck to 0 PVC pre vent vont danger of sparks pall s. s and anti utensils are of brass or copper When the tH of cotton are arc transported tran In or 01 out lul o of the time place laco the floors noor ar covered cred co with wih sheets of oC canvas canvas can can- vas US to lo be ime removed and shaken clear of oC pOj ehl dust t out outside the building Twice a ea day the floors tOO are scrupulously brushed In lii short er e every conceivable conceivable con con- precaution 1 Is taken to prevent prevent pre pro vent catastrophe What I is this smokeless powder fowler It I ix il ig time tw modern ollern high explosive has his superseded eded lie lac style old style hi-style black powder even cn as m electricity has superseded super 1 gas as and l 1 is used not mint only onty in tho the for rO sporting purposes es hut but hutIs lutis l Is u used c exclusively for the I Irum arms rum of ut the ann army and the la navy laaM aMwel as aM aswell well wel as for Cor tho the machine guns gnus the time rapid lire guns and tho tIme huge rifles on the tho decks of our OU and withIn with with- wih- wih In tIme the Ut wu works kM of oC our Practically It I Is nothing but hut a a mix mix- lure of of or and alcohol am and ether ethel or acetone or else elJe acetone wit WH 1 and anti the the the two strongest explosives C known aumi I hl blended Into a n new f which is Ii at ut least double as us strong tron n as time the common black powder explodes without without with with- I out giving off orf smoke and amid once fin un- un In- In not merely loses the time rous characteristics of or Us its dreaded In ingredients I but 1st Js so safe that you n l n ht give I e a a. a hatful of time tho powder ller for the time lG-inci lG Sandy Hook gun Jun to 10 a tm t hab baby to Ila J S S I He lIe might pound it with wih a hammer to lo his hearts heart's content or you yourself I might place it on 01 an 1 anvil and bring bringa down IL it a pound forty sledge on it It rt I would merely squa squash h. h J hike liko c so o much soap or put putty So concu proof concussion pro lon C is this this- thiS p powder I that you could drop a I h house uso on ona a heap of IC fifty tons of it I and it wo would ld not exI ex ex- I So proof Is It against explosion explosion sion I h by fire Ire that you ou might place a astick astick stick of oC ca cannon mon powder on a saucer in your our bedroom I light ht It Jt with a match and und go o to lo bed h by hy a flickering sizzling J light ht as burning fat Jn lii short lort you simply can not explode ex ox- this powder unless you go o to lo th the trouble of ut confining it i and amid even lr then I you 1 can cami explode it il only t h by lining a aI I of mercury I A |